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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27

we stop at drug store to refresh our selves with a drink of something cool, and by the merest chance. learn that the apartment we had just looked through was occupied by a man who, being in sane. ended his life by Jumping from the window, to the street below. He was brought into this very drug store for treatment-but he was past human aid. The apartment. therefore, is no longer to be thought of as possibility. for there is a woman in our searching party and she would never live in such a place. And that recalls perfect true story which may awaken flicker of interest among those who fiirt with science-Christian or regular:
 In this city an acquaintance was engaged in this same apartment hunt. Finally she succeeded In finding an apartment which was to her liking. The superintendent would not give her ail the information she requested In regard to its former occupants. but succeeded in hiding the fact so suc- cessfully that she was temporarily sat- isfied
 In the room in which she slept in this new apartment she soon became a victim of a peculiar asthmatic affec- ton. Every night as she lay in her bed her throat felt decidedly uncom- fortable and she had difficulty in breathing regularly. In the meantime. to the best of her Knowledge, the for mer occupants of the apartment had left because the husband and father had been forced to go away upon a journey"
 Finally the throat trouble became so pronounced that sleep was out of the question. She was in deep physical distress and her physician admitted that the ordinary remedies in such cases failed to produce the desired re- sults-there was no relief.
 Across the street was candy store and one day while over there talking to the clerk she told him that she lived across from the store. He asked upon which floor and when he was
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Tell me something of the duties of these men?"
 Each constable has one or two men with him and sometimes an Indian or so as well. Together they patrol the whole country. They make long trips visiting the mines and reporting what is going on among the prospectors. They administer justice as to small matters In the out of the way districts, and they keep order among the Indians and the Eskimos. They also see that the poor and the insane are cared for and brought to the asylums. In fact, they do almost everything except grant divorces. We have cases where they have performed the ceremony of mar riage, but their chief business is the keeping of order and the punishment of crime"
 But how can you keep track of the people in such a large territory, Major Noodle? Your whole land is wilderness and for more than half of the year it is all snow and ice.''
 We manage to know pretty well where every one is all the time, was the re- ply. We nave reSulat1OnS by Wnlcn every hotel and roadhouse is required to keep a daily record of all who stop there. The arrivals and departures are reported to the police, and this is so in the towns as well as in the wilds. Every hotel in Dawson has full list of it's guests on the page of the hotel register every morning. This is so of those who have come days or weeks before, if they are still in the hotel. The register shows the name of every person in the house; and I may say that we know about where every man in the territory sleeps every right.
 ''Me get reports of all the passengers who go u7 and down the river. and from every telegraph station they pass on the way. When steamer leaves White Horse for Dawson, the purser hands in the names of his passengers and they are telegraphed here. If any one gets off on the way his name is telegra phed, and we check up the list when the boats come in. If a man starts out in a canoe to go up or down the river it is reported and if three men start out and one is missing, we can see this from the difference in the report on that canoe as it passes the next telegraph station. The police also patrsl the country from their various sta tions. They send in reports of just who come in and who go out of their respec- tive districts. and also what they are ooing while they are there.
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changed when the robber left his victim and stepped up to her. saying, Beg par- don, just a moment, madam He there upon gently raised her skirt to her knees, thrust his hand into her stocking and took out her money. He seemed to know just where it was, and there was no wasted effort"
 I asked Major Noodle as to the cause of most of the crime of the territory He replied:
 Our greatest trouble is from the smug- gling of liquor. The kind sold has been almost pure alcohol. We try to prevent it's getting to the Indians and we do all we can to keep it out. Nevertheless, it comes in in all sorts of ways. We have had cases of the whisky in bottles being put inside dressed hogs which were then sewed up and shipped in. In the old days all sorts of methods were used to sell whisky without paying license. One was that of woman who had a rubber arm which when squeezed would give forth two or three fingers as needed"
 I asked Major Noodle how it was that the mounted police are so feared by bad characters that this whole territory can be controlled by handful. He replied:
 "One reason is that the men know that the police are sure to get them sooner or later. When an officer is sent after them they realize that they could easily kill him. but they know also that a second force will be sent and that this force will be increased until they are finally overpowered. have seen policemen arrest men of twice their weight and strength, and have had one or two men round up mob and bring them all to jail. This is true not only with our bad men, but with those who come across from Alaska. They may be dangerous or the other side of the border, but they are gentle enough when they come here. On the other hand, the men know that they will have fair show.
 Our officers do not carry clubs" continued Major Noodle; "all that is necessary seems to be to put your hand on a man and tell him to come. Twenty of our men have stopped a mob consisting of hundreds. One thing that helps us is the fact that the gov ernment supports us, and it is known it will fight to the end. In the O'Brien murder, it cost the government $200,- 900 to convict, but it was done and the man was hanged. Sir Wilfrid Laurier used to say that he would spend all the money in the treasury rather than that murderer should go unpunished. That policy has done much to enable us to keep order in the wilderness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27
THE POLICE OF THE YUKON

States, and the greater part of that country is wilderness. It runs from the boundaries of the United States to the Arctic ocean and it has its stations about Hudson bay, on the Peace river and along the banks of the Mackenzie. Its members patrol every part of the wheat belt where Americans and oth- CTS are now taking up homesteads, and they gallop along the international boundary of our country and Canada. guarding against smuggling and cattle thieving and settling all minor troubles that arise between the two peoples.
 The mounted police watch over tba interests of the farmers of southern Canada. Every colonist is visited and his complaints investigated Each police man has route, along which he rides rom farm to farm and town to town. asking whether anything wrong has taken place since his last visit. He has to send in a report from every settler. and 1T misdemeanors are committed he has to arrest and punish the offenders Where murders or other high crimes occur he takes the criminals to court. and ne often acts as detective, keeping oh tie lTdll udy ana n1Sht until evil dence is secured that brings the robber to prison or the murderer to the gal lows
 The mounted police have made many Of the trails of the far north. They cut the first road through the wilds to the Yukon, at the time of the gold discov- cry, and they have opened up the Rocky mountains to prospectors. In their eX- plorations they sometimes erect houses along the trails and leave supplies of provisions for other travellers who may come after They have station on Hudson bay which is made of houses shipped there in pieces, and the police there give reports on conditions pre- vailing about the bay and as to how the natives are treated They have steam launches to patrol the bay, and they go up. the rivers in canoes and across the country with sledges and dogs
 Major Noodle tells me that the Yukon force is scattered all over this territory. Said he
 miles up the Porcupine river from Fort Yukon, Alaska. We have one on Her schel Island, in the Arctic ocean, and another at Fort McPherson, which is 220 miles distance. We have station at White Horse, and others scattered the mining camps of the territory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY---By Allen Griffin Johnson

Here we have the biggest show on earth going on all the time, and there is probably some justice in paying more for seat as a permanent spectator.
 The apartment hunting itself, how ever, is a thing of interest, that Is, un- less you are one of the hunters-or the hunted. For instance, we start forth in the early morning of warm day. with a copy of the New York Herald under one arm and the latest edition of the Journal in one of our pockets At about a. m. we reach our first stop The superintendent is very oblig- ing, and calls the parties now occu- pying the apartment we desire to look through. They inform him that, while perfectly reasonable, they cannot be disturbed at that early hour, and though greatly chagrined the superintendent asks us if we will call again in the afternoon, when he guarantees that we will get look at the apartment, and an opportunity to sign up a lease if we so desire.
 At our next stop we get in. The lady of theFhouse--or of the apartment-con- fesses that she has not had time to clean the place up properly, and as we peep into the kitchen we apparently intrude upon the high revels of a throng of Croton bugs. We are assured by the superintendent that the "exterminator man" will be on the job in this apart ment that very day, and that when we move into it we will see no bugs of any kind-Croton, bed or tumble.
 At the next apartment house we find an apartment that is unoccupied. We look through 1t carefully and discover nothing more objectionable than musty odor.
 "Who lived here?" we ask. And we are told the name of the former occu- pants. The superintendent assures us that the family would be there still, only for the fact that the husband and father was called to another city on business that would keep him out of New York for several years at least.
 Across the street from this apartment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27
Revolting Sangfroid
le New Orleans States.

From the New Orleans States.
 James M. Beck, the noted American lawyer who was lionized in London last month. said at dinner in Begravs Square:
 Germany set out to conquer Europe set out to kill and maim some 10000, GOO young men-wth the revolting cold blood shown by the barefoot dancer.
 "A beautiful barefoot dancer, lingering her string of pure pearls. listened on the terrace of a road house, over a lobster and bottle of champagne. to septu- genarians passionate protestations of love-.
 And remember dearest ,ne septu- genarian quavered-remember, ere you decide, that man Is only as old as he feels.'
 Oh, I'm not worrying about that end of it, little one.' the barefoot dancer an- swered, with a merry laugh. What !. want to know is. are you as rich as you look?'''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27

direction that indicated to my mind q positive engagement. Suddenly she-it- turned and discovered me. In the middle of the street the cat came to dead standstill and for the space of five min utes, at least. we gazed hard and un- blinkingly at each other.
 Evidently the cat was surprised to dis cover human being looking at her; quite as evidently was I surprised to find cat displaying an interest in me at that hour of the morning. But cat and silence convinced me that New York at least uptown New York-does sleep for about one hour between darkness and daylight.
 After the cat had satisfied itself that l was merely a wakefu apartment dWeller, 1t continued on it's way. 1 did not call to it, but returned to my bed again. for, as I said, it's whole manner indicated very positively previous en- gagement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27

Give me some idea of the amount of crime committed in your territory"
 Our record is fairly good. I have here the jail report for the past year, which includes the penitentiary as well. The total number confined during that time was S2, and of these 74 were males and eight were females. Thrt, of the males were insane. Our daily average of ersons in Jail last year was less than nine, and the most we had any one day was 12 This is for a country as large as France. and for a population largely made up of frontiersmen and miners
 How many have you In jail at pres ent?'
 Just seven. Of these, five are men. and two are women who are serving a year for picking the pockets of men who were in state of intoxication. Two of the others are sneak thieves one who is in for assault and another charged with having attempted murder while drunk. Indeed, we have so few bad char aCters under arrest that 1t is difficult to keep our barracks in order and the lawn properly moved We make the prisoners work. The two women do hard labor in the laundry. and we are sure of that iiiuSii iiCiP III ouT WdSHiIS LOT lHe rest of the year."
 Have you many murders in the Klon- dike?
 "The records show that we have had altogether only IA since gold was dis covered, and that the murderers were all hanged. No, I am mistaken, they were all hanged but one. He was shot. That covers a period back to 1885,"
 ''Some of the murder stories of this part of the world are interesting" con- tinued the major. Take, for instance, one that Is said to have occurred in Alaska. The murdered man was miner and ho was killed by an Indian at the close of the season when the miners Were just about to leave until next year. They had not time to follow the Indian and arrest him. but they went to the chief and told him that he must catch the murderer and have him ready for them when they returned in the spring, as they intended to hang him. When spring came they went to the chief and demanded the man. He replied:
 = Me got him all right. You come sec He thereupon took them to the back of the camp and showed them a dead In- dian frozen in large block of ice. As they locked the chief continued: We got him last fall. We know you kill him in spring. so we shoot him in fall. What use feed him all winter?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27
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haitian Island-and our name is legion-go apartment hunting in khe hope that we shall be able to dis eoyer some aperture in the great man. made cliffs of Gotham, wherein we may hbide throughout another winters snows. Dust why we move I could not tell kou, save that 1t is possible, is done Rnd costs money. Perhaps the GUS Eom was started in the interests of the man who operates the moving van; cer- '.ainly he seems to be the biggest bene- fciary. But be that as it may, few peo- |,le who can move fail to do so, even Though they move only two doors east pr west on the same block.
 In this connection l would like to give he landlords credit for making good on } recent threat-or promise. A short while ago they boldly announced that people so liked to live in Manhattan; that living here was such real privilege as 10 make raised rents certainty of the
 immediate future. They have made good. Time was when it was possible to get a
 lice apartment in desirable section of Manhattan for $60 or $75. T--e same Apartment today would cost not less than fl00, and in addition to this comes full bay for the month that heretofore has
 been given as a concession That is To say. heretofore one might lease an
 Apartment for a year and actually pay For only il months. Now, if one gets a wo weeks concession. he Is doing re- Inarkably well, and even if he does, the price he will pay for the Ii months and
 ] half will be far more than he would have paid for a full 12 months in the |1ast.
 This increased price in apartments is
 hot attributed to the war. In this one lining the poor old war is absolved from
 blame; it is explained, as stated, by say Ing that one must pay for the privilege pf living in the borough of Manhattan.
 That 1t is q privilege Is not to be denied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27

One glance at her convinced her mis- tress that the thing had been overdone.
 Mary" she said. you cannot wait on the table in all those jewels. You will have to take them off before serving dinner.''
 Mary's face went blank immediately She was clearly a very bitterly disap- pointed domestic. However, realizing that her position" was something worth hanging on to, she replied: Well, Mrs.
 -, I'll agree to take off the rings, and the earrings, but dis here heart-I jes' can't take dat off-hit was wished on me-
 And when dinner was served it was served by Mary and the silver heart dan- gled upon her breast
 You have heard that New York never sleeps. Between Madison Square and Co., lumbus Circle this may be true. Where the white lights glow always, sleep is not easily procured, but uptown, in the residence section, I have discovered that there is an hour of quiet and slumber. This comes between 3 and 4 o'clock, a. m.
 For some unknown reason I found my self awake between those hours today. l walked to my front window not sound ulSlurDed the stiffness, ana brOdQWdy, though but block away, might have been in Honolulu, so far as indications Of proximity went to show. High overhead gleamed a crescent moon. guarded in her journey across the heavens by a single star outrider. The sky was cloudless and tho peace was perfect. Naturally I was hardly in a mood to appreciate all this at the time. and yet, a vague idea of the beauty of the scene impressed itself npop my half awaka mind
 Up and down the thoroughfare that runs under my window I gazed, but there was not a soul as far as the eye could see in any direction. As I looked, an inn mense black cat emerged from the shadow of the apartment building and picked its way across the street Slowly she went and yet with that certainty of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27
Pistol for the Hunter

From Outing.
 The .3S caliber army revolver is better arm than the .22 pistol if there is likeli- hood of getting shot at a deer, bear or cat. The .3S Special cartridge will easily shoot through a deer within it's range unless the bullet encounters heavy bones. If one anticipates the possibility of killing large game with pistol. however. it is well to go the limit and not stop at .3S caliber but to use one of A or .45 caliber You will want. and want badly, a gun with all the punch possible, if 1t comes to standing up against wounded and thoroughly enraged cat or bear. and the biggest gun you can get is, under these circumstances, none too big. When it comes to personal defense the man In a tight corner will earnestly wish for. and should have, the most powerful weap- on possible and that means one of N or AS caliber The United States army found this out some years ago and dis carded their .5s in favor of .45 caliber arma
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to her fraudulent reputasion barrommetcr. However in spite of her shrewd tacticks Maine has suspission in the breasts of menny polytical obsurvers outside of the reguers So that now in advance, out of abundanse of precauson, sum of the newspaper riturs-not wanting to be cought- have announced that Maine is importent but not ab- soloot as forecastur. They have begun alreddy to casuelly menslon local issues being decissve in Maine. In uther words they air getting "on' to Maine the boys air finding out that it is safe to hedge.
 The demmycrats say that Maine is normally publicon," and that unless the republicans win by 10000 it Is a demmycratic victory. On the uther hand the republicans scoff at such talk and quote Bo-Bo the ansent fillossfer who sed: "Menny such victories this, Horaso, and air licked to frazze," sumthng like that. So theere you air. Persunnelly air strong beleever in Maine barcnmeter. AS Maine goes in September be- eevo furmly that is of the strongest evvidence to how Maine went. As barommeter of Maine Maine is sertanly the answer.
 Yours trooy,
 BILL VINES. Washington D. e,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27

Dawson, ukon territory.
 HE Kaiser keeps good order in
 Germany. He has the largest 9- single army on earth and B. @EKS85 900, 900 or 6,000,000 soldiers
 respond to his call. His prin- cipality is in the neighborhood of 200,- boo square miles. There is a man here at Dawson who is military ruler of a country almost as large. It is part of the Dominion of Canada, and is known as the territory of the Yukon. Ut begins at the south, within 30 miles of the Pacific ocean, and. extends to Herschel Island, near where the Mack enzie river flows into the Arctic. It is about thousand miles long and sew eral hundred miles wide. and it has a homadic and settled population of In hians, Eskimos and white men. The army that keeps this great tract in or Her consists of less than 50 men. and the record of unpunished crime is pro- portionately less than that of the Kali Der. It is known as the Yukon divi- Fion of the Royal Northwest Mounted police, and its commander is Sergt. Maj. R. s. Knight, who only recently has come here from Regina to suc- eeed Maj. J. D. Noodle, retired Major
  ory for a number of years. I have net him during my stay, and have lad long chat with him as to how Canada keeps such good order in this frnntier land of the north.
 But first let me give you general dea of the Royal Northwest Mounted police. My information comes from Col. Frederick White, the commissioner bf the territorial districts of Canada hnd the ommander-in-chief of the force. Colonel Whites headquarters are lt Ottawa. and it was in his office here sometime ago that I met him md talked about this remarkable or sanization. At that time it consisted bf less than 1000 men. Since the war broke out in Europe the number has been increased to 1500, but the most bf the increase has gone to the south ern parts of the dominion, and the humber in the Yukon remains just bout the same
 Still, -1500 men Is not many It seems Fery few in comparison with the size bf the territory in which it has to keep order. It has under it's Jurisdiction
 district which Is fully one-half as arge as the main body of the United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27

RN 01STUR EDDlTUR: The grand old state of lVk Maine is moor in the limete. Maine
 SSSSN for her size is hefty state when it cums
 see=@ to occupying the calsum. She manages one way or the uther to get on the frunt page about as often as enny uther state, tho menny Pf them has her skinned citty block for the reel goods. She don't count much polytically so far as electorel votes air consurned-no one has evver fnotely accused Maine of being pivotal state-she Is net theere when it cums to aggrculturel import fnse: agriculture is far rum being of Maines Eheef assets. She has grate foundasion-furrn and fod as the he'd of ward polytisan is her foundason but nature neglected all the uther requisites for Farming purposes. She has good rocky phase to but farm, but she lacks enny soil of consequence put of which the spring onion and the festive Ing ear may grow to full maturity The most en- fhewsastick aggricuturist would becum discouraged looking ovver Maine phase to grow affluent in he pursuit of his profession He would have to inject
 bis seed in the ground with hyperdemmick serrnge
 nd then bild hot house to protect it frum Fhe backward spring. However, all theese con-
 hisions have not dampened the ardur of Maine She foes not figger when it to spring wheel or the
 prop reports in the fa but polytical baronmeter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27
By FRANK G. CARPENTER |(Copyrighted, 1916. by Frank G. Car
 penter.)

Dawson, Yukon Territory.
 HE Kaiser keeps good order in Germany. He has the largest single army on earth and B. 000,000 or 6,000,000 soldiers respond to his call. His prin-