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WOODS TELLS HOW HE
COULD IMPROVE POLICE
Uncertainty of His Job in Way
BOSTON Boys Hear of
Mems Temptations.

BosroN. Oct. 1s.-Police Commissioner
Woods of New York addressed the Latin
School boys here to-day. telling them OF
his work and praising the value or mill
tsry drill. Three difficulties confront
he Police commissioner OF New York,
Mr.. Woods said.
The Now York Commissioners has
been q bird of passage who has fown
50 fast that the polio" haven't been abb"
to keep their eye on him. he con-
that the man at their head would stay
indefinitely YOU would see II change IN
tw.nty-four hours.
There is nothing | can d. To reward
a man Toy doing good work by Increase
OF pay or promotion.
Another difficulty is the enforcement
of sumptuary laws. those regarding sun
! day observance. the selling of liquor, the
, social evil and gambling. Many of these
laws. II has been said, could not be en-
forced by the whole Police Department.
If there are such laws We must not
blame the policeman too much II he fans
to enforce them against those who make
it worth his while. Tho temptation in
, the way of money which comes 10 a
policeman is unbelievable
In talking of preparedness the COM
missioner said
III this country really wants p'a'c-
the real kind, | mean. which looks for
the widest opportunities for the develop
meut Of American life-it must be in a
position tn fight for It. When this couu'
try is able 20 muster a large number al
men at short notice there will be no need
of going to war
The Commissioner spoke before The
~Eriscopalian club tonight on methods
of preventing crime and gave many sto'
ries, Incidents and anecdotes OF obstrNa'
,lous in New York.
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CALL THE TALE A FAKE.
No such Craft, British say. Hence
NJ ROat Crew slain.

\ stor. based on aiiidavits OF mule
teers of the British steamship Nicosian.
which arrived ut New Orleans from
Liverpool on October ! and Is now on her
way to Monmouth and Liverpool. as
serted that the crew OF a British patrol
boat, the B~aralong. living the Ameri-
can flag. had shot AMI killed the cap
tain and ten Of the crew of a herman
submarine.
1t was declared yesterday by British
shipping men In tins port that there is
no such patrol hoit a. the Baraloug and
that there is no such officer ~ capt. Nc
Bride. the name given in the hthddNi'S
As the skipper Of the Baralong, in the
British naval service. The report, II
WAS said. was a pure German invention.
Investigation of the story by British
diplomatic officials was recently con
Guided in his country and tine itSts nave
been transmitted To Washington
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HILLSTROM TO DIE NOV. 10.
Court stops condemned Man When
Tie Begins Address.

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Oct. is
Joseph H,llstrom was re~sentenced in the
District Court here to-day to be shot by
a firing squad on Novcmber ~ for the
murder of two men on January 10, 1874.
HillStrom started to address the court,
but his remarks were cut short.
Widc attention was attracted to Hill
s;rom's case when At the behest of the
Swedish Minister President Wilson inter-
coded in his behalf,
The respite which was then granted
has terminated and Hilstrom'S applica-
tiun for communication of sentence was
deHied by the Board OF I'ardons Satur-
day. as no new evidence had been pro-
cured,
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|RINTELEN is
SHOT 49, GERMAN SPY
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Him and Meloy on Charge
of Conspiracy to Forge Passports
Named in Mexican Trouble.

Yacht club. hut is said Ia have spent
most of his last visit in travelling around
the country under the name OF Hansen.
The indictment returned YESTERDAY gives
him the additional aliases of Fred Miller,
Muller. Edward v. Gates and Edward
V. Gasche.
II was under tho name of Edward
Gates that he is charged with having
applied for "A passport before the clcrk
1 Of the United States District court Oh
| July 90 last. lie described himself IA
"A wine merchant of American birth.
He wa accompanied by Mclo!, but as
II was necessary for him to be Identified
by soipc one known to til" clerk ho
was permitted to bring in AK hiS
voucher Melville e. Barnard, n sales
man who apparently was known to
Meloy.
Swallowed b. 4. :. Agents.
In the meantime, however. the agents
OF the Department Of Justice had kept
close track Of the movements of Kim
tclen and discovered enough To mako
his application for "A passport ui~ticCcptn-
be to tn, state Department. To cNpc.
ditc the matter, however. McloN. 1t IL
charged. wrote II letter on August ) To
the State department saying that lie
knew Edward v. Gates. an American
! iil' il''' 'ihli'' w '''' ~ WI
Der Of years ago in Pennsylvania. Ito
said he had entertained Gates at hIs
nome, Gao Riverside Drive.
Meloy had hardly mailcd this letter, ~
is said. when he learned that the De-
partbent of Justice knew the fun de
tails. Tnking his wifi" and secretary
with him. he sailed tn" same day OF
the Holland-Amorici liner Nuordar
with Iint"lcn. who had provided himself
with "a SMlGS ntSEnnIt
A. Falmouth the entire party wa'
taken of The" steamer. lint'len wa
sent to "A British military prison. M'loy
and his companions were sent back On
the same ship and at Quarantine lie wai
arrested by Federal agents.
Mrloy was released in Slo.uon bal.
and AN Investigation was begun imui,d .
ately by the Federal Grand Jury. Wit
nesses in touch with affairs IN Mexico
were examined. and tn" examination was
adjourned temporarily. Tl" Grand Jury
recouvcued yesterday and found ia" in.
dictm"nta, which. however, ar, admitted
to be only a feature of the ease.
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SUICIDE AT HOTEL SAVOY.
Ia " nbrOier Takes Room Under
Assumed Name and Cuts Throat.

Abraham Abuses, ca years old, who
lived at 1lS last Sevcnty-third street,
took "A room in the Hotel Savoy yester-
day and committed suicide.
lie left the East Se~venty-third street
house at 5 o'clock and registered at the
Savoy as H.. Cohen. At 10 o'clock he
sent a letter to his nephew, Mortimer
Aufses, saying that he was going 10
commit suicide. When the nephe"
reached the hotel about | in the after
noon he found his uncle dead, with his
throat cu, and both wrists slashed, done
by "A razor,
Mortimer Aufses said his uncle had
been in III health for some time. Tue
lead man lived with his two brothers
Benjamin and Samuel Aufses, and his
nephew, tMortimer. all members OF b. a
y, AufAs n Son, pawnbrokers OF 27'
stanton street.
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NyAcK. n. Y, Oct, 1S.-W, q. Graz
ham, who was visiting his son-in-law.
the Rev. Dr. 4. n. Fish, in Nyack, fell
from IA second story window early to-day
and was instantly killed. Mr.. Graham
was one of the few surviving members OF
the Society of California Pioneers. Be
sides his daughter. Mrs. Fish, Mr., Ora
ham leaves a son In California. He was
50 Years old.
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GOSHEN. n. Y. oct. lS.--Tho jury
failed to agree to-day In the action
brought against Robert Goelet by Law.
renee Morris of New York. who claimed
damages from Mr., Goelet for Injuries
Morris said he sustained when the wheel
Of a wagon in which he was riding col
lapsed.
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that Il IL not necessary to nominate
an umpire In advance. 1t is not 10 be-
assumed that the experts viii he I'M
apic 70 gre OF ina. . a"'y ~.
diplomatic negotiation, hut the Gov
eminent OF the United States believes
that in agreeing 20 this arrangement
II should he md rs,ooj in advance
that I'm case the amour, OF indemnity
ls not settled nv IN, Joint committee
NJ exner,s or he uplnmatir II. gotta
No., tho nu,.,lo,, will ,hnp he referred
g., %, ,,,,uI,o a. emo, ia dosirsJ hy the
,,ovar,,,nn, ~ H. initial states
Assun,ira ,h,, ,rts ,,,dorst,ndi,u
".a" ,,a s.rn,.n ,:nyorn,
20 III .. u.tn rnr ,t. CO.
49, 49, ia, 60 ~ ,n,,i-
49, lit IT. -,
h'e ,' 80. -
"''""' a.,
Wv ".",' "" '" ,vi". ~ .
s'en.s "eH,'a"'c !" ~" VI
'he 'ni'e" H'a'eS NAV ,hlS Jo'n' '"'n.
nittee oi eNpcr'S snout" ''e'' "''"'"'
dclaE as soon rs NV NI',r't'h 'ne'h-
her " naneu an" tn"t Tvs h'e'ihes
shouId ne nero W th' ,hltcu STATES
because as no'nteu ou' w my no,e 10
YOU OF Nprll d" laSt' any eNlh"hce
which the German government may
wish 10 nave produced If more Access
sible and can more conveniently be
examined here than elsewhere
r,. ,:cru.u v,,cavr
With reference to the argument to
submit to arbitration TN" question of
treaty Interpretation me Govern
ment Of the United states notes that
III answer To II" inquiry whether.
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The Government Of the United States
corcurs in the desire of the Imperial
German Government that the negotla-
tons relativc to the signing of the
compromise referring this question Of
treaty Interpretation II arbitration un-
der the provisions OF Article - of the
Hague arbitration convention should
be conducted between the German
Foreign Office and the American En-
bassy in Berlin and the Government of
the United States will he glad TO re-
ceive the draft compromise which YOU
inform me the Foreign office * pre-
pared to submit to the American Am
bassador in Berlin.
Anticipating that it may he con-
venient for the Imperial German Gov-
eminent to know in advance of these
negotiations the preference of the Gov
erninent of the United States AS to the
form Of arbitration to he arranged for
in the compromise. my Government
desires me to sa! that ii would prefer,
II agreeable to the Imperial German
Government. that the arbitration
should be by summary procedure based
upon the provisions of Articles 81 to
90 inclusive of the Hague arbitration.
rather than the longer form of arbitra-
tiou before the permanent court at The
Hague,
arrange for SiUrd%t famous pabilcd-
ton Of ms note AT ne 'urli'S~ ddtc
tchich t"iV 0irc yOB time TO notify the
Department. LANSING.
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An indictment was returned by the
Franz Rintelen. a high German official,
who recently left this country. and AM
drew D.. Meloy. a real estate operator OF
80 Liberty street. with conspiring to de-
fraud the United States by e~ndeavoring
to forge an American passport with
which Rintelen could safeguard his Jour
ney back to Germany.
Itintelen, it Is said. finally got out OF
this cuuntry ON "A Swiss passport. His
indictment led to u rumor yesterday that
I've would never be brought back for trial
for the reason that he had been shot as
a spy by military command in London.
\ similar fate. II is said. met Hans Adam
Won Wcdell. the reputed head OF the first
: passport plot. which resulted In the con-
,iction of Carl I,uroede and pleas OF
guilty from four Gcrma rescrvists who
arc said to have obtained their passports
from Won Wedcll.
Making Trouble In Mexico.
ono story concerning Rintelen 10 that
the British authorities before his execu-
ton discovered in his effects papers
! w 'la We
the latter part of his stay In thisc country
had much to do with matters in Mexico.
Tho ensuing sessions OF the Grand
Jury will be devoted TO an attempt to
prove the truth or falsity OF the Mexican
plot ruinors. The Federal authorities
will find out. IL possible, whether Rim
tclen was in touch with Villa through
agents here. or If there was any connec-
ton between Rintelen's work for his
Government and Huerta's recent journey
to Texas. where he was arrested on a
charge of conspiring to equip an expedi-
ton against Mexico.
Meloy, who is charged with aiding u
Rintelen's passport plot has interests in
Mexico. although no facts have been
uncovered TO connect him with Itintelcn',
alleged Mexican scheme.
Rintelen. it Is said. was in this coun-
try a number of times before the wal
to study economic and industrial condi-
tons here for his Government. Accord
ing to one story he acted in the capacity
of the German fiscal agent here for a
period. He lived at the New YORK.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-02

| fled by the old burying ground of the
! Loyalists, which, no longer used fol
| new graves, has been made a part OF
the public promenade. The graves
religious care, however; the spectacle
of busy life amidst fading grave
stones a curious one.
The city lies on both sides of the
harbor; traffic crossing over by ferry,
or going around and crossing the ST
John river by a suspension bridge. By
the latter route, one may stop long
Falls. However, to witness this phe-
nomenon properly, special trip
should be made.
The ST. John river, it might be said,
splits the city in two. On either side,
the wharves, docks. and slips are full
of maritime activities and always
have been. For the instant enterprise
succeeded 1aw1essness in the early
camp, capital (maSts and other timber
growing so near) began building ships
and sending them laden to sea; and
the business, now grown into a great
maritime trade, continues to this day.
The harbOr constantly is filled with
coastwise and ocean-going craft
sometimes warship dropping anchor,
and in the season many pleasure craft.
Their ships standing away above the
water, regular lines. carrying paSSen-
gers and freight. ply between here and
Boston and New York, and it is in
spring to behold their departure;
flags atop, band playing. and passen-
gers waving goodbye Adding to the
ocean trade of this harbor, the Cana
dian Pacific railways line of ships
denied the harbors of Montreal and
Quebec by the ice, makes st. John its
Canadian base in winter.
The harbor opens into many Slips
by which coastwise craft come up to
the very doors of merchants the
tides range here is so great They
ride in on the flood, falling with the
ebb to the ground to be loaded from
the wharf, even from draws (here
the next flood The spectacle is a
curious one. Likewise ocean-going
vessels at wharves or docks rise and
fall with the tides; at one time rid
ing high above traffic level, and a few
hours later their decks twenty-seven
feet oelowi However, st. John has
not a monopoly on this. Chief Jus
tice w. A. Johnston, of Topeka, who
has seen the Fundy tides and tides
oversee, says that it is found as well,
in other harbors of the world: for ex-
ample, at Cork, Ireland, ships riding
in on high tide, drop seventeen feet to
the floor of the harbor by the ebb;
there lying until the flood takes them
out again But more of the Fundy
tides in another letter.
However. since the Reversible Falls
peculiarly are a ST. John institution
no other city of the world Boosting of
its like, they properly belong in this
letter This cataract is the most Won
derful spectacle in all this great bay
so famous for the majesty and power
of its tides; occurring at the mouth of
the St. John river. where the flow out
of the bay into the Stream rises above
fall of fifteen feet, and, reversing
the streams current, absolutely
causes it to turn the other wayl Still
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We'll, MIR. StOrk !
BUNGALOWS TO
BLAME FOR THE
LOW BIRTH RATE
Topeka NewIyweds Build Home
for LOoks-Thats All.
Adult, But Not Baby POpula-
ton, Is Increasing.
MORE HOUSES THAN EVER
Building Permits Show Great
Gain in improvements.
Nothing Runs Around Houses
But the Ice Man.
FAMILIES SMALLER HERE.
Fewer of School Age But More
Attend Grades.
Even the COlOred Race Is
Adopting New Methods.
Nothing Runs Around Houses
But the Ice Man.
FAMILIES SMALLER HERE
Fewer of School Age But More
Attend Grades.
Even the COlOred Race Is
Adopting New Methods.
81 want a little bungalow.
Where the red, red roses grow
"A pretty little home so cozy,
'Just room for me and Rosey."

That is the way the song goes and
it sounds fine and bungalows of the
'just-room-for me-and-RoS kind
are popular, but what do you suppose
the stork thinks about it?
Apparently he flies right by with
out stopping when he comes to a home
with room for only two. At least
this seems to be what he has been
doing in Topeka. Although Topekas
population has increased 2,191 in the
last five years. the number of chill
dren in Topeka has remained station
airy. During this time 1000 new
dwellings have been built in Topeka.
Most of these are of the small bum
ka's birth rate has shown a slight
but steady decrease each year.
Is the bungalow to blame?
Size of Family and Home
1t used to be that the size of the
family regulated the size of the home
Persons either built large houses or
enlarged them as the family increased
Now it seems that instead of the size
of the family regulating the size of the
house, the scheme is reversed and the
size of the house regulates the size of
the family.
Wilson'S Idea.
II. B. Wilson, city superintendent
or schools, in commenting upon the
decrease in the number of persons of
school age in Topeka, said:
II SEEMS InaU the young people are
growing up, marrying and building
homes for themselves, but are not
having children
His conclusions are born out by an
examination of official records. The
population figures for the city of To-
peka, as taken by the county enumer-
ators, give Topeka a population of
47,420 for the year 1910, and 49,611
for 1915 an increase in population
of 2,191.
The census If parcon;; of school ge
between the years of 5 and II, in
clusive-taken under supervision of
the board of education, give identically
the same number for the years 1910
and 1915, rather intere sting coinci-
dence. The number for each year is
10,374.
More New Houses
The record of building permits is
sued shows that 1,76S new dwellings
We're constructed from January 1, 1911
to the present date. For the year
1910 permits for dwellings were not
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segregated from other permits in
keeping the records, and for the pur-
poses under consideration they need
not be considered. What has been
done in building new homes since
1910 is what is of interest. The num-
Der of houses that either have been
destroyed by fire or have been torn
down to make room for other houses
is insignificant and need not enter
into calculations. The total number
of building permits issued during 1910
was 676. At a rough guess approx
mately one-half of these were for
new houses.
So, stated in general terms, the
statistics show that Topeka has in
creased in population by 1000. The
number of homes has increased by the
same number, and the number of
children has not increased at all.
Plainly there are fewer persons in
family, which means that fewer fam
lilies have children or as many as
was the case five years ago, and Prof.
Wilson's conclusion seems verified.
Even the Negroes.
What is taking place is not con-
fined to the white race alone" said
Prof Wilson. The figures tell the
same story with the colored race
Just yesterday the Madison school,
a colCred school and one of the oldest
in the city, was abandoned and will
not gain be used until there are more
children in the district. There are five
rooms in the now deserted building
and five grades were being main
tanned, but the number of children
in attendance had dwindled to just
Twenty-Five pupils for the five grades,
when the school was closed because
the attendance did not justify the
cost.
Story of Decrease.
The following table tells in cen
densed form the story of the decrease
in the number of children in proper
ton TO the rest of the population, and
the corresponding increase in the
mum Der of homes:
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Colonel George Washington Veale,
81 years old. is one of the veteran
"salubrities" of Topeka The colonel
has watched the city grow from n
town of. 500 population in 1857 to a
city of $4,000 and has never lost faith
in the place. He has backed Topeka
and Kansas when many a faint heart
ed person thought the city and the
commonwealth never would amount to
a hill of beans"
Who's Who in Topeka" tells the in
teresting landmarks in Colonel Veale's
life but it gives no highlights of his
career. It tells that the colonel was
20, 1888; that he was educated at Wa
bash college; that he married Mamie
Johnson January 20, 1857; and that
he came to Kansas in 1857; but 1T
save the town from bankruptcy in
1874 when the grasshoppers were
thicker than the dandelions were last
spring on the state house lawn. 1t
tells that he was a captain of the
Fourth Kansas cavalry in 1851 and
that he was colonel of the Second
Kansas militia but it does not give any
information concerning the work of
the colonel in advertising Topeka and
Kansas to the world at the Centennial
exposition in Philadelphia in 1875.
The Early Days.
But Colonel Veale remembers the
early days just as clearly as if they
were yesterdays, so here is his version
of some of Topeka's interesting his
tory.
I'm 1860 we had the greatest drouth
this state has ever known" the colonel
insisted on relating before telling
about the grasshoppers. THAT year
no corn was raised, no beans or any
thing and the people had a hard time
living, but it wasn't as bad as in IA,
when the hoppers came i'll millions.
They took everything before them
The leaves on the trees, corn, and
every kind of crop. There were a
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good many peaches in this section at
that time and the grasshoppers came
along and ate up every peach. The
trees were left with nothing but stones
hanging on the branches. Why, the
pesky things were so thick that when
they flew from one place to another
you could not see the sky. They made
an eclipse of the sun when they
moved. You may not believe it but l
saw heavy train stalled by the grass
hoppers. They got on the rails in such
mum bers that when they were crushed
the track was so slippery that the
wheels just spinned around and would
not take hold
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ST. JOHN, CITY OF LOYALISTS
CONTINUED from Preceding Page.

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land and the coast southwark; with the
Old England. 1t was busy hour, but
Mr.. Smith, proud of his city, and true
to her manners and customs, had time
to be polite to his chance visitors.
Civility is the custom in Canada.
The city, witt her business, and
with her homes for 5, 900 inhabitants,
rises from the harbor front into an
amphitheater, soon elm bing hills, and,
from the ferry or other craft in the
harbor, presents an inspiring aspect
of strength, dignity, and comfort. In
this respect it resembles Halifax some
what Turning back, in recollection,
to the two cities, these marked quail
ties of metropolitan strength, grace,
and responsibility probably are first in
the minds of travellers who have WIS.,
tied them; these and the kindly man
ners and polite attentions of the peo-
pie. The stranger finds mudsills and
vulgar sudden success in these parts,
as elsewhere in the world, but they
are not encouraged by society here. 1t
is easy to find the right sort, if one
seeks to know the way, or obtain 9TH
er information; to buy an umbrella,
or to employ cab. This on the busy
street, in the park, at church door, in
the hotels, on the wharves, anywhere.
So one, visiting town or country here,
always comes away with a pleasant
recollection. Not all of the good peo-
pie here are descended from the
naughty Tory gentry" but these old
families set the social pace long ago;
their example handed down spreading
among the "neighborhoods of streets"
of today. as leaven in a housewives
dough.
In Queen park stands heroic fig
ure of Champlain, the great French
explorer of the 18th century and be-
fore, looking down busy street which
ends at Market Slip and the harbor.