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New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Mistaken for Germans

was nothing to do but go and ask It.
Mistaken for Germans
The first door that opened to their
knock slammed, and there were
shoutings and scurryings within.
Then a desperate voice ordered them
to move on. Screams and further
slamning greeted them at the second
and third house they approached. At
length the lights of store shone
through the swinging curtain of
snow. They dismounted and tramped
in.
The proprietor reached behind the
counter at the sight of the two
armed men in gray.
"Who be ye?" he faltered, and
when told cackled his relief.
"Gosh!" he gasped. mis- Has
kins and the rest Of them who see
ye thought We was the Germans IN
vadin' the town.
Newspaper stories Of enemies
within and the gray uniforms had
been too much for the nerves Of
Bologna.
The rural press hammered tbs
troopers unmercifully during the
first few months Of their existence.
They were. called things that less
tolerant men would never have for
given. "Whitlnan Life Guards" was
the most merciful and "The Stacker
Police" the hardest to bear.
Offered for Service Abroad
Immediately after the organize
ton of the squadron it was offered
by the state to the Secretary Of War
for whatever work he should see fit
to assign to it in France or here.
Secretary Baker replied that the
greatest good it could do the ma
tion during the time Of stress wac
upholding the law and maintaining
order in New York State.
The rural press shrieked over the
"extravagance" Of the creation OF
such. force and bewailed its fuse
lessness." Labor organs attacked it
bitterly. Strangely enough, it was
chiefly the press Of the large cities,
which could not possibly benefit d.
rectly from the establishment Of
such an organization, that upheld it.
In October the four troops rode
away to the temporary quarters that
had been chosen for them-Troop a
at Batavia, Troop D at Oneida,
Troop G near Albany and Troop z.
at Gedney Farms.
Immediately the four captains
toured their territory, meeting
judges. police chiefs and district
attorney and explaining what the
troopers hcred to do and the favor
it would be if these officials called on
them whenever needed. Shortly
thereafter the men went forth Oh
patrol, two or three to each county.
Up to the Troopers
The ideal they represented was IN
course of being proved. The gray
riders were face to face with their
judges: 1t rested with them whether
or no they should survive. One bad
break by single trooper might have
brought the whole structure reared
by them and their commander top-
ping into ruin.
They went carefully and ccur.
teously. Men who had sneered at
ICo1finskAd on s,~1,n AAnAeAA
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
By r. F. Van de Water


in Kingston who had new
ideal Of what police work
should be.
1t is also the tale of 232 gray
uniformed cavalrylnen who have fol-
lowed that ideal under his leader
ship; who, through winter and sum-
mer, through blizzard and drought
have worked out their commanders
theories through the length and
breadth of New York State and have
achieved triumph.
Have No Press Agents
Aggressive publicity is no part of
the creed of the New York State
troopers. Their records are open to
whosoever desires them, but that
is all. No pomp OR press-agentry
has attended the work they have
been doing in the rural districts of
New York State for the last three
and half years. That is not the
way the troopers do business.
Yet In the forty-two months Of
their activity the gray riders havs
woven an enduring tradition, and in
the last twelve months have made
a record unequaled in the annals
Of state police and not to be ex-
celled until they themselves beat it.
The New York State troopers to-
day, by grace Of the ideal they have
followed, are the foremost organiza-
ton Of the kind in America, and
probably In the entire world.
In 1920 they made 1900 arrests,
an average of more than fifty year
man. The New York City po-
lice, who are fond Of terming them
selves "the finest" average, accord
ing to the latest available statistics,
eighteen arrests year man.
Convictions Average 94.6 p. C..
In these 1000 cases the troop
srs obtained 94.6 per cent convic-
tons. The New York City police,
out Of their arrests, got 76 per cent
convictions.
Twenty-four out Of every hundred
men arrested by Commissioner En-
nights department went free. About
FIVE Of every hundred taken by the
troopers escaped punishment.
II cost some 100000 to keep the
troopers in the field last year. Dur
ing that period they confscated
s225.000 worth Of drugs, seized
100000 worth Of liquor, recovered
more than s550,000 worth of stolen
property and collected some $4,000
In fines.
In other words, apart from the
protection and aid the riders gave to
rural communities, they brought in
nearly sl,300,000 on an initial out
lay Of 100000.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
A Hard School


Raw trooper and unbroken horse
met, and after numerous precipitate
partings learned equitation togeth-
er. Cavalry drill, infantry drill,
horsemanship took up all the hours
Of daylight. At night, in the big
meeting tent, bruised and weary
men attended lectures on police work
and law by Judge Alton B. Parker,
Judge Benjamin V. Shove, Inspector
Cornelius Cahalane, then in charge
of the New York City Police School,
Deputy Attorney General Edward
G. Griffin and others.
Gradually, out of the ruck Of un-
trained men and horses, the outline
Of an organized force began to be
apparent.
Day and night, seven days week,
stocky, broad-shouldered man with
graying hair and keen face, more
than little like Washington's,
watched over the training, directing,
correcting and driving home ever
)astingly the tenets Of the police
faith he believed his charges must
follow.
On September S, less than five
months after the appointment had
been placed in Major Chambers
hands, he rode forth for the first
duty TO which his men were to be
put, with 232 cavalrymen in gray
at his back.
Eager to Make Good.
Those who attended the State Fair
at Syracuse that year saw the troop
ers in action for the first time: lean
hard men, bronzed and trained to
the quick, who sat their horses, wild
as the wind three months before,
with an easy, certain seat and we're
almost pathetically eager to make
good.
They wore gray slouch hats with
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
IN ORDER that the trooper
4 may be perfectly at home
on q horse he is tought trlck
riding

broke under the merciless hammer
ing that they underwent there. Their
places were filled at once, for there
were $500 applicants. Day and
night the work went forward. Horses
were rushed to the camp from the
Canadian remount station in Mis-
souri,. They were supposedly broken.
Actually they were far from it. Men
and animals both We're trained in
police work.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

was no hotel in the place, and they
sought shelter for the night. There
was nothing to do but go and ask It.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
4 TROOP of the NeaU York
"A State police ready for
field duty
Chandler and the troopers it has
meant the latter.
Knack of Handling Men


meant the latter.
knack of Handling Men
Syracuse, the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons and the Field
Officers School at Leavenworth gave
Major Chandler his training. A
genius for organization, ability to
handle men, courage and tact were
the native gifts he brought to the
service of New York State nearly
four years ago.
While working his way into the
front rank Of surgeons in the Hud-
son Valley he also rose to the COM
nland Of the local company Of the
National Guard at Kingston. When
the troops were ordered to the Mex
lean border he went along as major.
became brigade adjutant, and took
the course usually open only to West
Point men at Leavenworth.
He returned to find that the work
of a committee Of men and women,
who resented the lax enforcement
of law and order in rural New York,
had borne fruit. The Legislature
had passed the measure calling the
state troopers into existence. Gov
ernor Whitman had signed it and
offered Major Chandler the COM
mand.
Up to Chandler
The act called for the appointment
of a superintendent by the Governor
and the organization, equipment and
housing of force to consist of four
troops Of fifty-eight men each. All
this was dumped by the Legislature
upon the shoulders Of the superin-
tendent.
Actually, he was told that he had
S500,000 to spend that year, and
with that amount was expected to
bring state police force into being.
go ahead" Governor Whitman
told Major Chandler. The major
went.
This was on May 2, 1917. In Sep
tember of that year the New York
State troopers were ready for serv-
ice.
There was no time for extensive
research and debate before they
came into being. The war storm
that had been gathering had broken.
The thunder of cannon from over
seas and the mutter Of nation arm
ing itself obscured the faint clatter
Of hoofs as 232 cavalryrnen in gray
rode out on their great adventure.
The Canadian Mounted Police and
the Pennsylvania Constabulary went
forth on their outpost warfare
against crime only after exhaustive
investigation and preparation. There
was no time for this with the troop
ers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-20

Old Bridge. motored to Ocean City
Thursday.
Mrs. Julius Krebs and family
spent Thursday in New BrunswicK.
Mrs. Alonzo Green. of Summer,
Vile. visited her parents, Mr.. n
Mrs. ]. K. Dill, Thursday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-20

the Middlesex hospital, New Bruns-
wick, Tuesday because of illness.
August Ostrom and daughter
Hattie and William Burkert, Jr.,
were New Brunswick visitors Tues
day.
Mrs. William lover and GeneSvi-
eve Hillyer, of South Old Bridge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-20

were South River shoppers Tues
day.
Mrs. John Yahnell, of Helmetta,
spent wednesday with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Benjamin Green, in South
Old Bridge.
Norman Hillyer has secured en-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-20

an operation for a tumor.
Mrs. Theodore Clark, of Spots
wood, spent Thursday with her
daughter, Mrs. David Burkert in
South Old Bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dobson, Jr.,
md Mrs. David Dobson, Of South
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-20

pioymcnt at the Keyport Aera Ma
rine.
Edward Van Arisdale, Jr., is con-
fined to his home with a severe cold.
Mrs. Alvin Benson visited her I'M
Gle, Charles Schnuck, who is re.
covering in st. Peters haspital from
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-20
OLD BRIDGE

Mrs. John Lindstedt, of Helmetta,
spent Tuesday with her sister. Mrs.
William Murray. in South Old
Bridge.
Mrs. S. c. Thorn was removedzto
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-07
HUSBAND is MASTER
Michigan Court Rules He is Respon'
sibIe for Misdeeds of Wife.

The Michigan supreme court laid
down the rule that husband is mas
ter of his own home and is guilty of
law violation if his wife with his
knowledge transacts illegal business
in the home.
The decision was given in affirming
n lower court verdict convicting John
Sydisloo, of Beerrien county, Of violat-
ing the prohibition law. Testimony
was introduced at the trial to show his
wife purchased a still, installed it in
the basement of the home and sold the
liquor.
The supreme court in ruling Sydis-
loo was properly held rs n defendant
i'm the case declared the husband is
the head Of the family and has the
right at common law to regulate his
household, its expenses and visitors
and to exercise the general control of
the family management"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-07
ENVYlNG THE MEN
It's a Favorite Feminine Pastime An
Oregon Paper Finds.

oregon FdpeT FlnQS.
Women are difficult to understand.
Kipling wrote great deal on the
subject and has given to his readers
some supposed authentic information.
Close women friends were visiting.
The hostess reclined as she related
her tale I'm a wreck" (familiar word,
that), she said. I've been SHOPPING
all day trying to get together some
kind of wardrobe. / haven't q decent
gown to my name" And she proved
it by displaying to her friends a closet
full Of morning, afternoon and even
ing apparel. Wouldn't it be wonder
full to be a man," was her closing
statement. "All they do is order a
couple of suits and get an occasional
haircut"
the house entertained her caller thus,
as she sat s!umped in a rocker: I'm ex-
hausted. Spent the entire day clean
ing this miserable house, / did not
have a clcap closet and l had to get
in and dig" Ard she exhibited row
after row of spotless brass and glass
and beautiful china in her white
kitchen and her whole house radiated
cleanliness such as could never have
been the result of but one days work.
II wish l were a man." she groaned.
Just o go to the office, do n little
figuring and come home again" Port
land Oregonian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-07

all hopes Of being nominated for gov
crnor, and had left the convention hall.
saying that he would quit politics and
return to his farm. But ]. B. Irby
held the fort and secured the nomina
tions of Tillman. Irby told me that
after the convention had acted, he
found Tillmar sitting on the river
bank, with head hung down and wait
ing for his train to leave for home.
For years South Carolina was
wracked by one of the bitterest and
mcst vindictive political campaigns
that was ever known. Families and
communities were divided, and poll
tics even invaded the churches and
schools. The story of these cam
paigns is TOO recent to need recounting
here. Tillman triumphed and for
years his faction absolutely controlled
the politics of South Carolina
That political revolution can best
be compared to the French revolution,
cnly without its lawlessness and cru
city. Tillman was the Robespierre,
Irby the Denton, John Gary Evans the
Barnave, John l.. McLaurin the Des-
moulins, ard Jasper Tolbert, Heriot
But in time, the leader of the victor
ious faction began to quarrel over q
division of honors and like unto the
Girondists of France, Irby was the first
to fall under the political guillotine,
worked by Tillman.s Irby never ceased
to dencunce Ben Tillman for treach-
cry and ingratitude. Other reformers
went, one by one, to the execution, un-
ii of the Old organizers of the reform
movement Tillman was alone left in
power Cole Blease, for time, at
tempted the role of the Little Corsican,
but he met his Waterloo OF st. Helena,
and not \even n weeping willow was
planted to mark his political grave.
After several political dog-falls, the
old regime again came into power in
the person of Gov Manning. The
Bleasc faction, the offspring of Till
monism but repudiated by him, was
without a leader and went to pieces.
Gov. Manning, like unto Louis XVIII,
gave way to the mild reformer, Gov.
Cooper, who today holds the reins Of
power. 1t was O. repetition of the de-
throning of Louis XVIII and placing
on his throne a son Of a man who
voted in the convention for the exc
cution of Louis XVI.
This is the situation today in South
Carolina. There is a truce between
the old warring faction, and both
sides are resting on their arms. one
afraid TO challenge the other. 1t would
be very great misfortune for the
state to have a renewal of the bitter
and vindictivc political contests that
characterized the early years of the
reign of Tillmanism. But I find q
restlessnesS among the plain people,
and If they had leader no one can
predict the result.
But in spite of its warm -blocded
people and bitter factional contests.
the state continues to grow in wealth
and power. The Piedmont counties
with their large white population, hold
the balance of power IL the state and
can dictate it's politics when the peo-
pie decide to organize and assert their
strength at the ballot-box.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-07

poured out by Sheriff Quinn and Con-
stablo johnson last Thursday would
have been worth $2.4O0," said q pro
hibition officer who did Il little calcu-
lating for Views and Interviews thc
other day. AT the time ii was pour
cr out it WIS worth about $500. So
vou see booze like real c~tate and 4
lot OF other things has dropped won
dcrfHly in the past year. From what
information | am able to get" IiiG nj
ficer went on to say, 'noonshine
liquor sells for about 500 a gallon in
gallon lots now. 1t is said that it can
be bought in Lincoln comfy and
Ruk counties in North Carolina for
about SO q gallon and Georgia man
10 whom was talking the othcc day
said that in some sections Of Georgia
one could buy ill that one wanted for
50 q gallon. The Georgia man went
on to say that liquor has gotten so
cheap in Georgia that 4 lot of moon
sinners have quit business because
there is nothing in it anymore"
VIII Have Their Way.
when q pair Of Youngsters take a
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way" said Tie other Gay young bus
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story:
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-07

Peace or War?-"Mexico," says The
San Francisco Chronicle, "is taking up
baseball" 1t will be a wise referee
who can tell just where n baseball
match ends and n revolution begins
Punch London).
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-07

ing drunkards. Supported by the pub
lie purse men do not look for work.
There is no VOlstead act in England,
and though the hours for liquor sale
arc rig!dly restricted the open" hours
see The pubs" crowded. Unemploy-
ment makes some men and women
desperate and desperate men and wo-
men, with access to alcohol, are not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-07
ECONOMIC REIMBURSEMENT
in England Amounts to
Revolution.
ECONOMIC life is BADLY SHAKEN


On Basis of Reorganization in Ac-
cordance With Present Status Not
Yet Ascertaned.
London, October 1.-Britain is in rev.
olution and has been almost since the
day Of the armistice-revoiutiOn curl
Gus, actua', but not war.
One phase of revolution indicates it
/ self through the fact that many of the
great, historical estates have been dis
integrated by impossible taxation.
! British society has been built upon the
! land owning basis. The passage Of
these great estates from the possession
of the ancient aristocracy to others will
produce a social fabric of the British
aristocracy it won't destroy it but viii
! tend towards its destruction.
But the most obvious revolutionary
! episodes ar2 those of the great strikes
and those Of the demonstrations of the
unemployed. Both have been very vo-
cal actually threatening although it is
cal, actually threatening, although 1t is
of the unemployed here is not larger
than in the United States.
Out Of the turmoil several basic facts
seem to emerge.
one is that the worker somewhat has
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vast o'''No I'S''
Strike losses since the war have been
huge. The strike at Southampton
caused wage loss Uf 100000 pounds.
The coal dispute cost a wage loss Of
20, ,OOO,O0 pounds, l3.5OO,OOO pounds de-
ficit in railway receipts. G1$,OOO,OOC
in unemployment pay and between 40
OO0, 900 and 5O,OOO,O0O pounds in loss OF
export trade.
Another matter of Importance is that
all alike. have learned to hate the
dole or weekly payments to the un-
emp Dyed from government funds, as
an admission of national incompetence
confession that EnSliShmen through
active industry and wel-earned wages
cannot do business at 4 profit, paying
all bills self res spectingly. Workmcn
and politicians join all others in re-
grctting this.
Uncmploymcnt, therefore, is held to
he not urcomfortahi"' merely Dat
HfH m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-07
Views and INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs OF More Or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS

Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know-Condensed
For Quick Reading.
Bright young business woman of
Camden was talking the other day
about crop conditions in Kershaw
county. 1--WE are practically done
picking cotton in kersh2w," she said,
"and l tell you it is a mighty shcrt
crop down there. l have a position in
"a bank and l am in position to know.
The boil weevil has curtai!ed the crop
like everything and the lack of use OF
fertilizer has cut it still more. 1t isn't
a very good prospect for big business
in Kershaw county this fa'l and most
merchants and other business men
seem to realize it."
Little Loafing Now.
Dry goods clerk Of lCng years OF cN-
pericncc was talking the other day.
Funny" said he, how customs
change. For instance, people, just lots
Of people, used to loaf in the stores.
Up until a few years ago ii was Gus.
tom to find n number Of people Loaf
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-12
CONSIDER PLAN
TO PAVE; COST
To Be S34,4S1
Meeting Called for Next Week of
Property Owners to Discuss
Improvements.
Especial Correspondence

Milan, Ill, Aug. 12.-Property
owners of Milan will decide at q
meeting called for next Friday
night at the town hall whether or
not the five blocks from the Milan
bridge to the depot should be paw
ed. The project will mean an ex-
penditure of $34,481.60.
The village board of local i'm
provements has adopted resolu-
ton providing for the paving from
Third street to point go feet
west of Second street and also the
roadway of Third street from Water
street south to the right of way of
the Rock Island station, near Grant
street The resolution also pro-
vides for the paving of the return
roadways of Dixon, Williams and
Grant streets, between the property
lines of Third street and return
roadway of Second street to Water
street.
The improvement, according to
the resolution, is for the grading,
curbing and paving with brick on
a five-inch concrete foundation.
1t is said that the objections to
the improvement will be strong
and a hard fight will be made.