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FAVOR POLICE DOGS
Results in Kaiser’s Army At¬
tracts Many Nations.
Bloodhounds Are Too Noisy—German
8heperd Canine Do Not Bay,
Thereby Possessing an Addi¬
tional Virtue for the Work.
New York.—There appear* to be a
general awakening to the value • of
polio* dogs all over the world. With- j
out a doubt the attention now being
given to dogs as factors In the Ger- j
man army and the police departments ;
of that country has made the other
nations of Europe "sit up and take
notice." The present enthusiasm
among the members of the German
Shepherd Dog club of America is sim¬
ply a sign of what is about to happen
In connection with police dogs In New
York and other cities, where, unfor¬
tunately, crime is rampant and mur¬
der of every day occurrence.
It is true that several dogs have
been kept In Brooklyn by the police,
but they have been used only In a half
hearted way. The dogs have had toe
many masters; they have been treated
very much like the firemen's dogs;
they have been looked upon more as
pets than four legged policemen, ever
alert and standing for no nonsense
from any one
In no country in the world haa the
bloodhound been used more for track¬
ing criminals than In America. The
old sleuth hound of remote days has
been kept right up to his work, and as
a consequence the American blood¬
hound is very much keener in his pur
eult than the hounds of his own
blood and breeding In Europe. The
bloodhound here la often made sav¬
age, so that he shall become a keener
hunter of men. It la a practice in
some of the penitentiaries in the south
to get Inmates of the prison to kick
palings of the kennels In which the
bloodhounds are kept. The disturbed
dogs thus are made savage, and when
a man is reported missing or Is seen
getting away the bloodhounds hunt
his trail with all the grimneas of a
terrier after a rat.
In Europe a bloodhound Is not sup
posed to mouth or worry his human
quarry. There la not so much senti¬
ment In this part of the world, but
as the bloodhounds generally are
hunted on a leash they can be re¬
strained from harming the runaway,
who willingly surrenders when the
animals are close upon him. Blood¬
hounds make a great deal of noise
when they are running on a trail.
They are more suitable for work In
the open country than in a town or
near to where there are living many
persons, who will naturally rush out
when they hear the baling and thus
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BpoIi the progress of the man hunt.
German shepherd dogs are silent on
the line, and for that simple reason
they are preferred for work in a city
or its suburbs. The wolflike dog Is
also the more active and he can clear
palings and other obstacles with a
great deal more ease than can the
bloodhound.
It perhaps Is not known generally
that some of the railroad companies
keep up a regular "staff" of hounds;
they have been found of the utmost
assistance in bringing desperadoes to
justice. Manning Cleveland, a wealthy
Poughkeepsie man, long has been re¬
nowned for the excellent work accom¬
plished by his hounds. He Is a deputy
sheriff and is ever ready to assist the
authorities anywhere. His hound,
Moses has asserted in some wonderful
runs and more than one miscreant has
been sent to the electric chair through
the scenting out powers of other
Cleveland animals. The terror that a
man Is possessed of after he has been
hunted by bloodhounds la well known.
Not bo long ago the handler of the
Cleveland dogs visited the prison
where lay a condemned man—the mur¬
derer ran down by the aforesaid
Moses and a black and tan American
bloodhound, the latter half pure blood¬
hound and half American foxhound.
"Do you know who this is?" asked
the warden of the prisoner, as he
pointed to the Poughkeepsie man.
"No,” came the reply.
“He Is the man with the dogs,”
continued the warden, and forthwith
the unhappy wretch rushed to the oil
corner of his cell and actually tried
to dig himself out with his hands. The
terror that a red handed criminal has
for the powers of a dog Is well known.
The presence of well trained police
dogs is a deterrent to crime.
SCHOOLS FACE EMPTY PURSE
State Aid Lacking Until Voters Au¬
thorize New Building in
New Jersey.
Winslow, N. J.—The proposition to
build a new school at Sicklerville was
defeated by a vote of 124 to 24, and
the board of education of Winslow
township faces a serious predicament.
The teachers have been engaged, but
the board is without funds to begin
the term.
The school building at Sicklerville
was condemned a year ago by the in¬
spector for the state board, which
has now withheld the $10,000 annual
appropriation to the local schools, un¬
til the voters authorize the new
school. Unless something is done
Boon the schools may not be opened.
Haa Court to Change Name.
Paterson, N. J.—On hie plea that
not one man out of a hundred could
pronounce his name, John Yuszkevlcz
of this city got a court order to change
his name to John Jinks.
BRAVES FIRE FOR KITTENS
Firemen Rescue Mother Found Carry¬
ing Their Lifeless Bodies
Through the Smoke.
New York.—Maternal instinct led a
)ig black . at to ignore flames and
smoke in an effort to shield her six
little kittens in the six-story loft build¬
ing at No. 114 West Seventeenth
street, until the firemen had to carry
her out of the place to save her life.
She was limp and almost suffocated
when the firemen picked her up, but
was still making a valiant fight for
her offspring. All six of the little
fluffy felines were dead, but the
mother was struggling toward the
front windows with two of them in
her mouth in a hopeless effort to get
them into the fresh air.
The fire started in the underwear
shop of Fisher & Co., on the sixth
floor of the building. When Lieuten¬
ant Comiskey reached the place with
his fire company he noticed the cat
walking feebly toward the front of the
loft. She had in her mouth the two
little kittens, but the fire had attained
such headway that the lieutenant’s at¬
tention w r as diverted from the mother
cat for a few minutes.
When the fire was under control he
again saw' the cat standing over a
box. He went up and found that there
were four more kittens. All of them
had been smothered by the smoke, as
were the two the mother had been
carrying. The lieutenant carried the
mother to the street and Acting Chief'
Ross decided to adopt her. He took
her to the engine house at Sixth ave¬
nue and Thirty-third street, where *h#
will spend the rest of her life in lux¬
ury.
EX-KING MANUEL IS MARRIED
Former Ruler of Portugal Marrlee
Princess Victoria of Hohen
zollern in Germany.
Sigmaringen, Germany.—With the
pomp and ceremony associated with
royalty, former King Manuel of Port¬
ugal was married to Princess Augus¬
tine Victoria of Hohenzollern in the
castle of the bride’s father here. The
ceremony, which followed the Roman
Ex-King Manuel.
Catholic ritual, was conducted by Car¬
dinal Netto, former archbishop patri¬
arch of Lisbon.
There was a brilliant gathering of
princeB and princesses. Among them
were the prince of Wales, represent¬
ing King George of England; Prince
Eitel Frederick, representing Emper¬
or William of Germany; Prince and
Princess Henry XXXIII. of Reuss;
Princes Frederich of Hohenzollern;
Prince Carol and Princess Eliza¬
beth.
TERRAPIN CATCHES BIG HAWK
Holds on Until Help Comes to Com¬
plete the Capture of Chicken
Marauder.
Baltimore, Md.—Edwin Lowe, son of
Edwin Lowe of McDaniel, Talbot coun¬
ty, exhibited a young chicken hawk
that he and his father had captured
after it had been trapped by a common
land terrapin.
Mr. Lowe and his son were walking
in the road near McDaniel when they
saw the hawk hopping along in the
road with something hanging to it.
Thinking the bird had been wounded,
they approached it with a view of put¬
ting. it out of misery, when they saw
what was hampering its movements.
The hawk had evidently tried to cap¬
ture the terrapin, but was captured it¬
self, for one toe of the bird was held
tightly In the terrapin’s shell.
Both haw k and terrapin were picked
up and taken to Mr. Lowe's home, and
it was several hours before the terra¬
pin released Its grip.
KING SPARES AN ASSASSIN
Commutes Death Sentence of Rafael
Sanchez Allegro and Five Oth¬
ers to Life Imprisonment
Madrid, Spain.—King Alfonso com¬
muted the sentences of six prisoners,
who had been condemned to death,
to imprisonment for life. Among
them was the anarchist Rafael San¬
chez Allegro, who fired three shots
at the king in an attempt to assassin¬
ate him on April 13 last.
Never Blow In a Mule’s Ear.
Stoneham, Colo.—Barney Benson
had heard that the way to cure a
mule of balking was to blow in its ear.
He tried the remedy and is now at a
hospital in Sterling with both jaws
broken and several teeth missing. The
mule did not take kindly to the "gen¬
tle zephyrs" playing in its ears, and
u a rebuke landed both heels on Ben
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