Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1919 — TALES FROM BIG CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TALES FROM BIG CITIES

Minister With Cash and Confidence Now Has Cash GARY, IND.—Rev. J. S. Moser of 1107 Moss avenue, Chicago, had finished the railroad administration’s dollar-dlnlng-car dinner and was gazing hungrily through the Pullman window at the Indiana landscape. Henry Albert

Tucker, recently of New Orleans, stopped beside the clergyman. “I represent the director general of railroads,” announced Mr. Tucker. “It is my business to protect traveler* from the wily confidence men who prey upon our passengers. Let me see your money.” Reverend Moser produced from a hip pocket the sum of $975. “The purpose of my inquiry,” continued Mr. Tucker, “is to ascertain how much coin and gold watches and

one thing and another you have so that in case some of these!, crafty slickers or berth Climbers get the bes’t of you the railroad administration can reimburse you. I’ll count your roll.” Rev. Mr. Moser handed It over and Mr. Tucker set to work. He neatly palmed a hundred-dollar note and handed back the remainder. “There you are,” said Tucker. “Now, in case yon miss any money, write to the director general of railroads and try to get it back.” A railroad special agent, who happened along the aisle jarred the minister out of his new feeling of security. He urged Rev. Mr. Moser to recount hie money, with the result that Tucker was arrested waiting on the steps of the the smoking car for the train to slow down so he might alight at Gary.

Ruth Elizabeth Calls at Central Police Station CHICAGO. —At three in the afternoon central station was dark and gloomy. Mike Burke, the lockup, was morose. Patrol Sergeant Nick Sweig was grouchy. At five o’clock central station was different. Mike the

lockup was laughing. Sergeant Nick had lost his grouch. Ruth Elizabeth had come in. She came, her tiny hand placed trustingly in the big red mitt of a copper. The copper had some mistaken notion that| Ruth Elizabeth was lost. “I’m not losted,” she said gently. “Simply ’diculous. 'My mother is losted. And my big brother and Daddy George is losted. We came down to see the parade. Our sojer boys. Then mother and big brother and I went

shopping. Mother and Big Brother got losted in the store, and then some lady ’duced me to this policeman, and I was glad to meet him. I like policemans,’“If your mother is losted,” said Sergeant Nick, trying hard to be grave and pollceish, “we’ll have to find her. Now, your name, please ” “Ruth Elizabeth Peterman.- Four —five in June. My father is Dr. Georgs E. Peterman. We live at 6053 South Halsted street Big Brother is Miltoiv Mother is just mother.” “Wonderful,” said Sergeant Nick. “That isn’t all,” said Ruth Elizabeth. “My telephone number—Went* worth 1567.” “You’re only four years old?” Sergeant Nick asked. “Five in June,” said Ruth Elizabeth. One of the policemen tendered • penny. “Sorry, but mother won’t let me ’cept money,” said Ruth Elizabeth. “Very bad taste,” she explained. “But gum ” In two minutes she had 12 sticks of chewing gum. She had a gum party. She made a charming hostess. , By and by Daddy George appeared. Ruth Elizabeth told him all about It and said good-by to the policemen. “She’s only four.” said Doctor Peterman proudly. j “Five in June,” said Ruth Elizabeth.

Adventurers Off for a Secret Arctic Gold Mine SAN FRANCISCO. —There sailed out of San Francisco bay a few days ago a little company of 30 men whose ship now is pointing toward the arctic seas. Gold is the age-old lure which inspired this adventure, which means cold and loneliness and discomfort, possibly

hunger and death. The schooner Casco is the vessel which is bearing the treasure seekers northward, and in her cabin Robert I Louis Stevenson once wrote romances which these modern argonauts are likely to parallel. The ship’s com- - pany Includes men who have delved in the earth in all parts of the world. On them will devolve the operations required in mining. Men who have sailed the seven seas are on board.

and they will see to the navigation. Then there are men who have been successful bankers and business men. To several of the latter, rated well fixed in the matter of worldly goods, the adventure impelled rather than any prospect of financial return. But all 30 are shareholders in the Northern Mining and Trading company. It is another story of a search for a rich mining area where gold nuggets may be picked off the surface of the where the ledges are tncrusted with the precious ore. The location is a secret T, s. McGird, a mining engineer, who has worked in the earth from Panama to Nome, is at the head of the party. It is reported the adventure that led to the new voyage of the Casco was thrust on the man that found untold wealth in the arctic, when he and other members of the crew of a poaching sealer were chased by a Japanese cutter and their small boat was wrecked. He was starving when natives found him. But he forgot his hunger as his eyes rested on the gold. Without equipment, he says, he returned to civilization with gold worth thousands of dollars.

Temperamental Omaha Women Exchange Husbands OMAHA. —Two Omaha women has Just swapped husbands. The husbands ar? as happy over the trade as are the wives, they say. As soon as divorces can be secured there is to be a double wedding. In the meantime

the four are the greatest friends and “pals” in town, going to dances together, attending theater parties together and living next door. The “swappers" are Amos Harvey and his wife, Rose Harvey, and John Tilford and his wife, Margaret Tilford. The houses are two of a brick row of six on Twenty-sixth street There is a common porch. Both families came from Onawa, la., where their divorce cases are now

pending. They lived on adjoining farms near that town and were great friends. They both had automobiles and they used to,go automobillng together • “Then Margaret and I each discovered we thought more of the others husband that we did of our own. So we decided to exchange,” says Mrs. Harvey “One day we called in the two boys and told them about It They both thought It would be fine. So that point was settled right there and ths exchange was made.” “Temperament” Is given as the reason the two women wanted to e» Chan *q&verything was so quiet at our house I got tired of it” says Mrs. Har vey. “I wanted life and gayety and fun. And Amos wanted .. . “On the other hand, Margaret wanted quiet, while John Tilford was BIWa «I S wanted a pair ofstrong arms and kisses—and Amos Harvey didn’t* Mrs. Harvey is thirty-one years of age and Mrs. Tilford is twenty-nine Kadi woman has blue eyes and light hair. Omaha police Investigated the “exchange,” but decided to take no steps