The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
New York is the Hotbed OF
Many Law Violations
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
News and Notes Gathered Along
Broadway; the Political
Outlook

New York, December 1l.-That the
criminal classes no longer Stalk
steal,hiiy about this town, but openly
cavort and conquer police protection
at every turn, Is now beng admitted
privately by many men most closely
in touch with the enforcement of the
Law heyeabouts. Highway robbery
bold burglary. sneak theft and even
murder and arson, have lately been
pretty generally reported rampant all
over this island, in the present sue
cession OF crime waves that amount
to an overwhelming food. While eZ-
pert criminologists declare that slml-
lar alarming conditions have been
brought about since the advent OF
prohibition in every section OF TINS
country, the police forces are ser
iousiy concerned for the future here
unless the present tendency toward
criminal careers is in some way
checked
Rush the Radicals.
Responding TO the slogan OF the
League for Americanism, that has
lust been launched in this state, New
Workers are eagerly echOing its call
To "Wallop the head of every So
ciaHstic idea" on behalf of the great
middle Glasses of American citizens.
Before this new force has gone very
far in its fight on the reds and boil
sheviki. ii is likely that thousands OF
the plain people here will rush to en-
list under its crusade against such
sOcialistic schemes as compulsory
health insurance. state water power,
municipal ownership and all other at
tempts to introduce communism into
the Empire state. Since the recent rev
Citations of the extent TO which the
overthrow Of American institutions
is being plotted. a great army OF
folks who believe in Uncle Sans way
of doing things is ready here 10 rush
all sUcialistiC schemeTs, along with
the anarchists, dump them into the
bay and bid them swim to some other
shores where they may like the in
situations better.
SEEK the Substitutes.
Following the recent Roosevelt fam
iiy financing of chain of temper
ance taverHs to attempt to refresh
Broadway FOUNDERS with coffee, cakes
and confectionery, hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of similar
stations are now said to be promoted
To cover every corner of the tender
loin. Only The strongest of coffee and
the d "A issss....ssry is to be offered
the modern day sports of the white
light district in the hope that they
NAV find in this dissipation some sub
stitute for the excitement of alcohol.
According TO confidential figures from
the men who have trafficed largely
in soft drinks since the ban on booze
went in, the profits of such prohibit
ticn purveying are enormous.
One Readers Respond.
!. Shocked at the serious situation
revealed at the recent publishers
conference here, the reading public OF
this town is now really concerned over
the. continuance of their newspapers,
in the face OF the nrint paying short
age. IL one single sheet is curtailed or
urlven from the field by present
alarming conditions, New Workers
feel that serious damage will BE-
done to the national press. Whatever
the people of this town may some
times say. they really value highly
and heartily the news and advertis
ing mediums OF the whole country
upon which so many OF them have
built up their business.