1914-07-17 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Shakespeare Tercentenary, För the celebration at His Majesty's Theatre in 1910 of the tercentenary of Shakes peare's death Sir Herbert Tree will produce a ayole of the Chronicle plays, beginning with "King' John" and ending with "King Henry VIII." He has received the promise of the co- operation of many of the leading astors of the day,

Capital Punishment.

The beheading of two women in Germany calls attention to the great diversity in the methode cf capital punishment still in force in the civilised world. In Europe alone, the axe, the gallowe, and the guillotine are used, while the solitary confinement for life which has replaced the death penalty in Italy is probably less humane in the long run than execution. Boma of the cantons of Switzer- land retain the death penalty, while others have abolished it. In the United States, electrocution has been adopted for about a generation. When the "death obair" was first proposed hu- manitarians made a great protest, but tho suthorities arranged for the first execution to take place with safficient publicity to con vince the public that this mothod of execution was immediato and painless.

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New York woke up to-day to proper cost of all great public Central. June 20, is threefold. She is to the fact that the dismal tale of works such as the aqueduct 40 have some lead taken off her keel graft which has been running in per cent. had to be added for

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As the actual cost of TO LE graft. by way of increasing her speed, instalments in the newspaper acquiring the land for the to undergo trimming up, and to ever since the Catskill Aqueduct, with the inevitable graft Central. Immediate Possession. be measured. Mr. Charles Nichol-was first projected ten years ago son, the designer, is by no meats has by no means renched the provided for, so far has been Also 1 Motor Boat for sale. Apply dissatisfied with the vessel's per-finish mark. Another disagreeable about $20,000,000, that would formances, but naturally wishes chapter is to be added to the mean about $5,000,000 in graft in the course of the condemnation to enhance her speed in every Bordid story by Frank L. Polk,

man of one of the commissions Corporation Counsel. He has proceedings alone, not counting should not be omitted. The obair way possible.

Cocaine Seized at Karachi. brought suit against Everett P. at all the amount of graft in. con- which reported to me made the Karachi, June 24. An an Fowler, better known since the struction contracts,

"Graft is a product of our times statement in open court that it usually large seizure of cocaine, Hennessy disclosures as "Mur- amounting to 232 ounces, was phy's Bagman," and two other and institutions, said Justice was the practice of some of these commissions in one day, charging effected on the 20th instant by prominent Kingaton lawyers to Howard. "It is the people who experts to testify before severel the Kismari Castome" from two recover $100,000 which the thres are responsible; for, by prescrip a day's pay before each commis European petty officers of the are charged with having taken tion, they have lost their title to

attractive salaries-$50 & day,] ore of the es. City of Benares. from the city on extortionate billa integrity. Graft is as much an sion. Many of these experts receive Information reached a preventive for legal services in connection element to officer that these seamen had with the work of searching titles computing the cost of a public several of them." offered to sell cocaine. They to aqueduct property.

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have the cost of the enterprise. was found in a canvas covered Senator from: 1888 to 1891. box which had been used ne a "The credit for this action A publio atractare built honestly pillow. The ship came here from should go to my predecessor, would be a freak." Dombay and the cocaine appears Archibald E. Watson," said Mr. to have been destined for someone Polk to-day. "He had been in- there who did not lurn up vestigating these alleged extor- same memorandum give a few flash-lights of the conditions take delivery. The two ticnate charges for some time, and

under which the project has offenders, both quartermas-would have followed up the onse tors, were sentenced by the had he remaired in office. It proceeded. Magistrato to nine and three was he who suggested to me that months' rigorous imprisonment it might be well to look into the ally, has been fixed by so many of the other justices as the per respectively. The as. City of bills of the men who are now diem compensation for these Benares consequently left to-day being sued:"

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A Teetotal Army.

The city employed the three disagree with those justices so There are now 33,095 pledged men from 1907 to 1910 to search long as an honest day's work is protect done for the money. If expedition total abstainers among the gar risons in India, while the total titles for property and "

the interests of the city generally." and integrity, instead of slothful- number of members of the Royal Mr. Polk contends that of $350,- ness and rapacity, were the law Army Temperance Association is 26,580 or 50.8 per cent. This is 000 which they collected for their of the Ashokan Valley, no fault the more remarkable that no less services more than $100,000 was would be found with the daily

It is obtained. improperly

wages paid. than 5,896 members and presum-

"It is the ayetem, not theL ably the staunchest were trane-oharged that Fowler and his two ferred to the reserve or the home Besociates got 880,000 in one commissioners, that is most establishment or took their dis-lamp for searches and abstracts deserving of reproof, Many of which had been paid for previoue- the faults charged against the charge during last year.

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Commissioners are the result, not The Baghdad Railway.

The complaint alleges further of their forthcomings, but of the A further chapter in a remark- able history is closed by the that in many instances the three law which created them and the announcement that a complete lawyers collected two and three conditions which surrounded understanding has been reached times over for one day's services, them. This whole project of the between Great Britain and Ger- and that they made many charges condemnation of law in the Asko- many in regard to the Baghdad at the rate of $50 a day for por kan Valley is characterized as Railway. From its inception scne employed to help them who waste, disorder, and confusion. that undertaking has raised a were not entitled to remuneration There is no system and no plan continuous crop of diplomatic at that figure. The court is asked

"Nobody seems to be in charge questions. Our failure to go to set aside all payments which for doing anything. operate; with Germany was an have been made to Fowler, Linson, of the matter, and the result in an initial mistake, whose effects wore and Van Buren, and that they be endless muddle and mix-up. seen when the builders desired to compelled to sccount for their Sometimes se many as ten com- 7 missions, I am told, ars convened place the terminus-the line was collections."

A few days ago Mr. Polk at Kingston to hear testimony in from the beginning planned to go beyond that rose-red city, discovered that the statute of ons day, with only five, generally half as old as Timeat Koweit, limitations would soon intervene only, three, representatives of the on the Persian Gulf. Not only Hence his action at this time Corporation Counsel's office our commercial and political in- The events set forth in the como available for service before them, terests in the Gulf, but the fact plaint took place nearly six years And again it happens, often, so the members of the Commission that the Sheikh of Koweit enjoya ago. British protection, dansed: Great How much New York city has inform me that there is no place Britain to oppose this schemes lost in graft, extortion, and woate provided for so many.commisiona on the great: Ostakill Aqueduct to sit at one time, and they are IF you have lost your appetite to convéney in halls and one of the big variety of to light. Beyond the shadow of Comitiors and Baltics/and other improper dainty dishes at the ALEXAN a doubt, the figure run well up inconvenient and DRA CAFE is sure to tempt into the millions. In passing on places.

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