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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
To DEC[fRNAR
ON NICARAGti
Situation in South America is
in Doubt, Reports
Show
BIZ Associated Press.

SAN JUAN. DEL SUR. Nicaragua.
June 9.-The Nicaraguan government
is reported from usually reliable. sour
ces to have confidential information
that the Costa Rican ministry Of war
recently obtained from the congress-
Of that country the authority to de
clare war on Nicaragua. The au-
thoriaztion was said to be in a foEm
which permitted him to make decla-
r~ations at an opportune moment. As
Costa Rican forces are now advanc-
ing from Tampa Rosa near the Mic
araguan bordering in the north west
ern corner of Costa Rica IL is suppos-
ed here that the declaration has al
ready been published in Costa RIGA.
IL is pointed out in this capital that
Nicaragua Notwithstanding her mea-
gre police forces. has done every
thing possible to isolate the Costa Ric-
an revolutionary activities within Mic
aragua. Costa Rica's reported action,
therefore. is considered here one OF
gratutitous aggression instigated by
Nicaraguans residents in Costa Rica.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
Quarrel Over Woman Ends
In Stabblng Match Here


A quarrel over a woman resulted
In a stabbing match yesterday after
noon about 8 o'clock on the corner
of Huntington and Catherine streets
in which Edward Rowe, colored, OF
Hall avenue, received a deep gash
Just over the heart and two cuts IN
the neck and cheek. 1t was asserted
stephen Josephs, a discharged soldier
from overseas, had done h knife
work, and he is now under 500 bonds
for the grand jury on charges OF as
sault and battery.
1t was alleged that Josephs after a
heated controversy with Rowe had
pulled a knife and made three 1aps,
bach one taking effect. Josephs de-
MED participation In the affair. Cir
cumstances point toward the guilt Of
the man since he was in hiding when
Patrolman William Seiboth went to
arrest him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
Wire Strike Near

CHICAGO, June 10-Only eleventh
hour concessions by operating COM
panies can prevent the strike tomor-
row of $4,000 telegraph and tele-
phone operators, j. Konenkamp, in
ternational president of the CONNER
cial Photographers Union of America,
said TODAY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
To Report on Traffic

The traffic committee of the Board
of Trade Industrial Bureau met yes
terday noon at the Madison Hotel
and appointed George ellis to act as
chairman of hat committee until
the return. of A. w. Carroll. the chair
man. Mr.. ellis was also selected to
render the report of the traffic COM
mittee at the members forum to be
held on Wednesday night. June IS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
LODGES

The rank of esquire was confer
red on a candidate by Algonquin
Lodge, No. A, Knights of Pythias. last
night at Odd Fellows hall.
"A meeting Of Middlesex Council,
No. 100. Royal Arcanum, Is schedui-
ed for tonight.
The semi-monthly meeting of
Raritan Chapter of the Eastern Star
will be held tonight at the Masonic
hall in the Elks building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
Not TO Invade Nicaraeuo.

WASHINGTON, June 10-Charles
Lara. representative here of President
Pinoco, of Costa Rica, has made for
NAL deniel on n intention of Costa
Rica to invade Nicaragua.
The fears expressed by Nicaragua
are baseless and absurd" he said, land
therefore she does not need to implore
the help of the American government
against Costa Rica."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
German Admiral Dies

BIZ Associated Press.
BERLIN. June 9:-The death was
announced today of Admiral Won
Holtzendorff, head Of the German
general naval staff during the great
err part of the war. He retired In
August of last year.
Admiral Henning Won Holtzendorff
was a firm believer in the advocacy
of the submarine and received the
decoration Of Pourla Merite early in
1917 for the work of the German u
boats. He was born IN Berlin in 1858.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
Menace TO Nicaragua
By Associated Press.
WAGHTNGTnN Tt,pa IN

III HNoUtFUttU TTtoSs
WASHINGTON, June 10:-The
presence of armed Costa Rican forces
on the Nicaragua frontier is regarded
by the United States as a menace to
Nicaragua, 1t was stated officially to-
day and the government will not risk
allowing N~icaraguan sovereignty 10
be endangered.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
Shipyard Report.

BIZ Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June 10:-Whilt
American shipyards are free to nego-
tate contracts for foreign accounts,
shipping board desires their cooper
alton in disposing of some seventy
five million dollars in surplus engines,
boilers and other fittings. Chairman
Hurley today told the senate COM
merce committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10

Mrs. William Lund and children
wish to thank Rev. Mr.. Nelson, I'm
dertaker Mr.. Oleson. the Dana and
Fremad Societies for their kindness
of their beloved husband and father
and also for the beautiful floral tri-
butes sent by their friends,
b2S0-6-l0-1t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
Protest to Disorder Reports.

SANTIEGO. Chile. June 1O-News-
papers there are protesting vigorously
against the publication of erroneous
reports of disorder in Chile. Complete
tranquility prevails here. The gov
eminent has sent a circular letter to
its legations denying the rumors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
No Request For Warships.

BV associated Press.
WASHINGTON. June 10-No re-
quest has been received from Buenos
Ayres that n squadron of American
warships be SEN there to protect
commerce against boycott growing out
of the strike in that city, officials
said today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10

Recent dispatches from Buenos
Ayres said h a a revolutionary move
ment was in progress in Chile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
A GREAT CROWD
Attended the First Free Show
and Concert Last
Night

The Great SpfeEeI Has Opened Head
quarters Mt Rnritan Drug Co., where
Public Can Interview Him During
the Day Time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
Suffrage Amendment Is
Ratified by Illinois

Busg ssociated Press.
nPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 1o:-
Illinois is the first state to ratify the
woE4en's suffrage constitutions
amendment. The general Assembly
approved the measure today. The
vote in the senate was unanimous
while in tho house the vote was 1872
to 8.
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 10:-Twenty-
two governors were asked to call spe-
cial sessions of their legislatures m
mediately to ratify the federal suf-
frage amendment in a telegram from
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
of the National Women's Suffrage
Association, it was announced here
today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10
CLASSIFIED ADS.
!. RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR
CLASSIFICATION.

DREssMAKER wants learners. APP
nj, 110 High ST
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27

thrust into the map to represent the
patrol, to a new position.
The arrest book on the captains
desk attcsts that despite the diff
Guilty of trying to police q county
with only two men the troopers
are most militant and result pro-
ducing force for good. Arrests en-
tered here cover all the violations
of the penal code and some others
as we'll. "Digging skunk out Of
his hole" is one of the crimes for
which the troopers made an arrest
and obtained a fine This, Captain
Robinson explained, did not come
under the head of attempted suicide,
but was a violation of the law of
the State Conservation Commission.
Among those arrested for drunk
enness was William Blank, of Albany
County. Following his name is this
note by the trooper who took him
in:
ARRESTED and held in Jail over
night. Justice Of the Peace (deletcd)
was on three weeks drunk, so
prisoner could not be arraigned and
was released"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27

that the troopers Will be financially
self-supporting within another year.
The horses were groomed until
they satisfied the critical eye Of
Stable Sergeant Cooper Saddle
sores, sprains and other ailments
were doctored by Trooper Snider,
who while at his work is hailed by
his fellow riders as OR. Iodine y
and given much interesting and en-
tirely worthless advice.
Following the sweeping out Of
the stables, the men in barracks
assembled for drill. This is held six
days a week, half the time mounted,
the rest dismoupted. The men carry
with their fun equipment 5000
Winchester carbinos. These, how
ever, are used now chiefly for drill
ing and are rarely carried on patrol
unless the troopers set forth to
get" some one, dead or alive. The
.45-Colt in the hand of one of the
gray riders is quite as deadly as q
rifle used by one less skilled in arms
Drill is followed by dinner and
dinner by an hours SCHOOL, Dur
ing this period the officers lecture t.
the troopers on law in all its phases
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
Win the
Men

Presently the major sauntered
across into the lounging room, where
the men in barracks were loafinp
and listening to the monograph
that morning, noon and night CON
tinually sings.
'Tention" sang the sergeant a.
he entered. The men shot from
couch and chair as though hurled
up by springs and stood rigid fol
the half minute that interviewed be
tween the command and the majors
cat ease"
A big table ran down the centre
of the room, strewn with magazines
and papers. At the further end
was the perpetual motion phono-
graph. In one wall was large fire
Place. On the opposite side OF the
room huge divan, broken as to
springs and Scared of hide frols
the number Of battles royal that
had been waged upon it by husky
be-spurred troopers.
Above the mantelpiece hang rib
bons won by the troopers mounts
at tho state fair. Below these is
the latest of their trophies, Il 1919
automobile license tag whose owner
had transformed it into ono for
1919 by painting the maroon back
ground black and chiselling out the
left hand side of the lower loop of
the g.
Across the hall the office is filled
morning, afternoon and evening
with the song of the typewriter, that
works almost as continuously as the
photograph. Here the records Of
the troop are made up and the re-
ports assembled. On the wall be-
hind Captain Robinson's desk is q
map of his territory-twenty coun-
ties from the Canadian border as
far south as Poughkeepsie. The
fifty eight horsemen of G Troop
police precinct 1898 square miles
in area with population of 1,040,-
600.
Each night unless absolutely i'm
possible the patrols on the road re-
port in to their commander, telling
where they are spending the night
and where they expect to put up for
the two nights Following. AS each
report comes in Captain Robinson
shifts the little red headed tack,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
-Four Thousand
Arrests

In the eighteen months of their
existence the troopers have made
moro than 1000 arrests for crimes
varying from murder to peddling
junk without license. Raw and
new to the service as they were,
they watched and collected evidence
before they struck. As a result only
per cent Of the cases in which they
have acted have resulted in actual
discharge. OF the remainder "a per
cent OF those arrested were convict
ed and 10 per cent Of the cases are
still pending.
Winter and summer. the gray rid
ers patrol the rural districts Of the
state, two by two. They always
travel IN pairs, usually IA veteran
and recruit together, and each pair
generally has an entire county to
look out for. For a month or six
weeks they work through one ter
ritory, and then arc called in IN
barracks, whore for week or 10
they live under the strict discipljne
OF cavalry troop. Then with
morale and discipline stifcned and
accoutrements fresh and bright.
they take the road again.
In 1913 they patrolled 7ss,27s
miles OF road. This year they will
do as much or more. As the patrols
pass back and forth from state high
way to dirt road, from dirt road to
mountain trail, they are shuttles
weaving tradition that in a year
and q half has become positive and
definite They stand not only for
Law and order, but for fair dealing
honesty, courtesy and gentlcness.
ERR on the side Of lenicncv. .
Major Chandler told his men recent
~. ut is unnecessary To threaten
or speak harshly. Such instances,
fortunately, have been rare in our
work, but when they DO occur the
public lets az know it very quickly,
and If IL is proved to bic true that d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
Commander Of C 'lroop--Captain W. W. Robinson

mems slumbcrs at T o'clock. Tech
nically, it may not have beer all that
a regular army musician would de-
mand, but as far as righteousness
was concerned it was perfect. Roll
call followed breakfast and the
troopers then marched to the stables.
Here the hollow thunder Of hoofs
as the horses were led forth to
water mingled with adjurations to
get ovcr1' and "Whoa, you pie
faced plugw These were followed
by the rasp of currycomb and brush,
as the troopers went to work to add
an additional lustrc to the sleek
coats Of their mounts. A little mule
colt, with an expression Of uncom-
planning disillusionmcnt, shares the
stable with the sturdy horses which
were purchased from the British
government when the organization
was formed. The troopers watch
his growth with rcscntful interest,
for Captain Robinson has sworn that
some one will have to use him as a
mount when he reaches'maturity.
Ten of the mares are in foal.
These, following the grooming, we're
turned into paddock for the day
"the maternity ward" the troopers
call it. When the colts are born
they viii be sent to K Troop, at
Gedney Farm, where they will be
broken in and eventually viii serve
as mounts for the troopers. 1t is
only a matter of year or so now
before the department will raise all
the horses that it needs.
This is only one of the methods OF
economy that the service is practis-
ing. Everywhere Major Chandler Is
cutting down running expenses to
the line where parsimony would
hamper efficiency. As the Depart
ment Of State Police stands TODAY.
it is probably more than paying
for itself. Captain Robinson is
allowed $1,000 a month to run his
troop. OF this he has never spent
more than $4,000. Generally his
months expenses are in the neigh
borhood of $2,70O.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27

pointed him superintendent Of the
Department Of State Police and
told him to go ahead and organize,
the major closed his Office in Kings
ton and started in. One month after
he had received his commission his
troopers were uniformed, equipped
and in camp. There they went
through a course Of training, Of
which they still speak with remns-
cent means. No crack cavalry outfit
ever had more gruelling prepare
ton for the work ahead of them.
The Office in Kingston is still
closed, and in the Capitol at Albany
Major Chandler and his deputy,
| Captain George Dutton, administer
the affairs Of the four troops that
arc conducting unending outpost
warfare against the law-violating
forces of the state.
Through this room stream of
applicants for service with the
troopers is flowing every day. All
OF them are men from the service,
for the police are now considering
no others. Perhaps one in twenty
is found eligible.
Mentally and physically the re-
Quirements for recruit are higher
than in any branch of the govern
mcnt service. He must have a body
without blemish and a mind that
reacts almost instantancously. He
must also be thorough horseman.
If he survives the rigors of men
tai examination and a memory test,
the major himself rolls up his sleeves
and makes physical inventory Of
the applicant from mis- scalp to the
soles of his feet. Usually after that
he grunts commiscratingly and tells
the would-bc recruit why he won t
do Mt all. A missing tooth will bar
a man as absolutely as chronic hear t
disease.
More than 1900 men nave applied
for admission to the department.
Less than 500 have been accepted
The superman who comes through
triumphant is then sent to ore of
the four troop barracks-A at Ba
tavia, Genesee County; d, with a
brand-new barracks, the finest in the
country, at Oneida; G, four miles
west of Albany, or X, at Gedney
Farm, Westchester.
Regarding the comparative merit
Of the four outfits, the layrnan who
attempts an opinion becomes imme.
diately an extremely poor life in
surance risk. Major Chandler in
discussing IL oeals only in supcrla
tives. According TO A, d, G and 4.
troops respectively, a, D, G or X
far cxcels the other three.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
Soon To Be
SeIf-Supporting

Of all the departments of the state
government the troopers were the
only one TO make reduction in the
amount demanded from the treasury
for 1919. Major Chandler reduced
his budget $4,000 this year. Last
year the appropriation was $685., ESQ.
During those twelve months the
troopers brought into the state
treasury in fines, saving on appro-
priation and sale of equipment,
$539,177.51. In other words, it cost
New York to support four troops
of mounted men about $l56,0O0 in
actual money.
With the $4,000 reduction in the
budget for this year taken into con-
sidcration, it is more than probable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27

INTO a ditch, narrowly missing pitch.
ing the whole affair into the swami
below. When questioned, he admitted
that he was only fourteen.
Two hours later, he and his fatbsr
met the patrol at Justice Brown
TIE justice held court in what had
once been chicken house, and DIR
ing the proceedings hens roasted or
the doorstep, viewing the actors
with misanthropic eyes. Hens ana
such trivial matters had TO place in
the mind of Kenneth the prisoner
He could just barely see the troon
ers, and behind them he clearly vic
Toned the iron doors of Sing Sine
swing open terribly.
He gulped painfully when Che ina.
tice, after clearing several ears 81
seed corn and other impedimenta Off
his table, found a tattered copy o,
The motor vehicle law and read tbs
section dealing with the enormitv of
letting any one under eighteen ACT
as "sho-foor."
"Of course" the justice explained
glazing over his spectacles and mil
ing his walrus mustache, "you kin
have counsel-that means a lawver
if you want it."
But Kenneth had already recon
ciled himself to at least ten wears
in prison and Shook his head with
the look of a very sick boy.
"Judge,' Corporal Devine inter
posed, II don't think Kenneth meant
to do wrong; but it was a pretty
dangerous thing for lad of fourteen
to be driving a motor truck, wasn't
it, Kenneth?'
1T was awful" the boy agreed
with an expression of nausea.
The corporal whispered to the
justice.
Sentence suspended" responded
his honor, "only don't do it again,
Kenr eth"
II WON'T the lad promised fever
ishly. He smiled back at the cor
poral as he followed his father from
The courthouse.
Kenneth and his predicament T.
lustrate the trivial end Of the troop.
ors' work, as the afternoon rides
about the suburbs Of Albany depict
TIE minor phases Of the patrol sys
ITEM. The long county patrols on
which the men set out are more
serious affairs.
Two riders pack slickers and sad
dlebags to their saddles and trot
away from headquarters some
morning. In faraway county they
meet two other gray troopers who
start for home. Then for six weeks
or moro the patrol is entirely ION
its own" except for occasional tele-
phone calls to barracks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
More Than
Police

They are more than police. They
are combination Of sheriff, game
warden, health officer, truant officer,
forester, traffic cop and detective.
To this they have added the roles of
friends and legal advisers to the
people Of the territory III which they
make their rounds, and that terri
tory extends from the Canadian Dor
der to Westchester from the New
England line to the wcsternmost
point of New York State.
This great stretch Of land, larger
than many European kingdoms and
quite as Yild and lawless in certain
districts as the mountain regions Of
Kentucky and the Carolinas, is pa
trolled by 1872 officers and men, d.
vided into four troops.
For eighteen months now this al
most ridiculously small leaven had
been working through the great apa-
thetic mass Of rural New York. In
that time the opinion OF the country
folk has changed from amusement to
respect and the constitutional law
breaker gazes upon the gray-clad
horsemen 10 longer with derision,
but with actual fear
Newspapers Of the little county
seats that snorted loud and long
editorially when in the spring of
1917 plans for the establishment Of
the State Troopers were perfected,
sneer no longer In fact, when Gov
ernor Smith last winter proposed to
do away with the organization those
papers that had walled most per-
sistently against the "extravagance"
and "fcohshncss" of founding the
corps applied these selfsame terms
to the Governors suggestion.
Entirely outside politics, with
the statutes of New York State as
their only guide, the troopers have
made good. Confronted by THEN
record, the Chief Executive who had
proposed their abolition has fol
lowed the example set by the rura
papers and is now the hearty sup.
porters of the riders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27

Broad of chest and wide Of shout
der is Major Chandler, with the
keen, eager face Of a boy and an
enthusiasm for his troopers that is
as boundless as his belief in them.
AS major in the 10th New York
Infantry he saw service on the Dor
der, Where for a time he acted as
brigade adjutant. He is a graduate
of the Field Officers School at Fort
Leavcnworth, and was for years
one of the foremost surgeons in the
Hudson Valley.
When Governor Whitman ap-
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HNHEY ride in gray. That is
& the color Of the wide
n brimmed felt hats that
shield their eyes from the
glare and dust of the road. Riding
breeches of faring English cut,
heavy flannel shirts and long-skirtcd
coats are ali the hue of weather.
beaten granite.
Broad leather belts make slim
waists leaner still, and against the
left thigh hangs the weight of the
Colt As. Heavy boots reach to the
snugly buttoned knees. Buttons are
of gun metal and bear the arms of
the State of New York, whose SER
wants they are. Spurs flash in the
sunshine. They and the purple hat
cords and neckties are the sole points
of vivid coloring about the sombre
horsemen.
The law of New York State that
brought them into being christened
1AiSHi eilS bCpeii tilSHI VI DCtle o.
lice. Lawbreakers in the rural dis
tricts have invented thousand and
one more picturesque designations.
Careless or reckless automobiles
have elaborated upon these. But the
children hail the gray patrols as
friends and brothers.
For themselves, the riders have
another title. They prefer to be
known as the State Troopers. "Con-
stabulary" is too mouth-filling a
word for the taste of Major George
Fletcher Chandler, their commander,
and police in the popular mind
stands for certain things that the
troopers do not stand for at all.