The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 31, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 November 1912 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse, - Indiana. SOUTH BEND HUNTER KILLED BY ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF GUN. GOING THROUGH A SWAMP Hunting Ducks, Harry Wilds and Geo. A. Platt Tripped Over a Sunken Log, the Fortper Receiving the Contepts of One Gun Just Above the Knee—Other News of the Day. South Bend, Ind., Nov. 23. —Loss of blood from a wound caused by tbe 0 accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of a friend, George A. Platt, was responsible for the death of Harry Wilds, near here yesterday, while the two were hunting ducks. The men, creeping through a swamp, were tripped by a sunken ; both guns being discharged, was struck just above the Platt staunched the flow of . | as much as possible and hastened to i procure aid, a mile away. The j wounded hunter was carried to a nearby house, where he was given medical attention, placed in an automobile and started for the city. He died, before the hospital was reached. Np blanie is attached to Platt, who is a prominent merchant here. Noted Swindler Sentenced to Prison. Paris, France, Nov. 23. —Charles Wells, alias Lucien, Rivere, James Burns and Deville, and known also as "the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo,” was sentenced In the correctional court to a term of five years in prison and to pay a fine of S6OO for fraud. Wells was arrested at Falmouth, England, last January for a bucket shop swindle in Paris out of which he is said to have realized 1,000,000 francs ($200,000). His scheme was to promise to pay investors one per cent per day on all money deposited with him. When he had obtained a large amount from victims he decamped. Previously Wells had purchased a magnificently fitted out steam yacht and it was on board this vessel in Falmouth harbor that he and a woman companion were arrested. Later he was brought here for trial. Wells is credited with thrice breaking the bank at Monte Carlo in the early 90’s. Two of his coups were made in one day. His •winnings were sajd to have keen about $350,000. Reporter Foils Jail Delivery. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 21.—A reporter for a morning paper in this • city who had himself arrested on a fictitious charge of being an expert pickpocket from Cincinnati, prevented the escape of five men from the city prison. One of the men in the escape i plot is Harry Baskette, wanted in St. I Louis for forgery. He will be returned I there today. The other four are local I men arrested on minor charges. Held for Killing Hunter. Skowhegan, Maine, Nov. 21.—0 n a •charge of “shooting a man for a deer,” William Wilding, an Indianapolis railroad conductor, who was arested after Warren Holden had been killed recently in the woods near the Canadian line, was held for the December term •of the supreme court. Wilding furnished bail. Four Informers Set Free. Albany, N. Y., Sept.. 22. —“Bridgle” Webber, Harry Vallon, Jack Rose and Sam Schepps, the four informers in the Rosenthal case who were released in New York, are reported to have been passengers on the Lake Shore limited, westward bound, on their way to Texas. Lead Instead of Sovereigns. London. Nov. 20.—Ten thousand sovereigns have been stolen from a consignihent of 200,00 shipped to Alexandria November 12. When the boxes were opened on arrival two were found to be filled with lead. Dies at Wheel of Speeding Auto. Hill, N. H„ Nov. 21. George A. Sumner died of heart disease while at the steering wheel of his automobile and the machine crashed into a fence, throwing out the dead man, his daughter and a woman friend. Angry Huntsman Fires on Auto Party. Erie, Pa. Nov. 21. —William H. Forster his wife, Susan Forster, and George Kellock, their chauffeur, were shot by a hunter after the automobile ran over a dog with which the huntsman was hunting rabbits. Italian Murderer Pays Penalty. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 22. —Dominic Selvaggio, an Italian, was electrocuted here for the murder of three of his fellow countrymen in September, 1911. • White Slaver Sent to Federal Prison. New York, Nov. 22.—George Levy, who murdered a man in Boise, Idaho, eleven years ago, was convicted of violation of the “white slave” act. Judge Hough sentenced him to eight years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. $2,000 Goes Up In Smoke. Rennselaer, Ind., Nov, 23.—William C. Faylor lost $2,000 in currency when his farm home was destroyed by fire. The money was hidden in a box which was in an upstairs room. General Rojas Is Killed. City of Mexico, Nov. 21. —General Antonio Rojas, one of the most influential of the rebel leaders and a strong supporter of General Orosco, was killed in an encounter with rural guards under the command of General 'Jose Blanco.

MUN ARMY IS CALLED TO COLORS Six Corps of Reserves Summoned Into Action. TURKS REJECT PEACE TERMS Nazim Pasha Ordered by Porte to Resume Military Operations Against Balkan Allies —Battle at Tchatalja Lines Is On Again, London, Nov. 25.—While a comparative lull is in force along the line of battle at Tchatalja, Austria has drawn the attention of Europe to herself by calling out six corps of her army reserves with the inteni tion of rushing them to the Servian i border. This action of Austria is fraught I with interest to the high chancellories of Europe and with danger to the peace of Europe. Servia is a minor factor. It is against Russia that Austria is directing her war preparations, and if there is to be a fight it will be between Russia and Austria over the head of Servia. Russia’s open espousal of the Servian side jof the Austrian dispute has aroused the wrath of Austria to the ■ breaking point and the mobilization ! of troops is the result. London, Nov. 23. —The terms offered by the Balkan allies for the arrangement of an armistice are “unaccept- ■ able” to the Ottoman government. Nazim Pasha, the Turkish com-mander-in-chief, on Thursday instructed to continue military operations until more acceptable conditions are of? sered by the allies, but at the same ) time he is intrusted with the further 7 negotiations. The battle at the Tchatalja lines has been resumed. q This note was made public by the porte: “The porte, finding the Bulgarian conditions for an armistice unacceptable, has ordered Nazim Pasha to resume military operations." The note was supplemented by the following statement by Kiamil Pasha, the grand vizier: “I have received through the Russian ambassador to Turkey the terms which the Bulgarians suggest for an armistice as a preliminary to the discussion of terms of peace. These terms are impossible and unless they are radically altered the war will continue. “The Bulgarians ask for the surrender of Adrianople, Scutari, Janina and the Tchatalja lines.” TELL COURT SCHRANK IS INSANE. Man Who Attempted to Kill Roosevelt Ordered to Asylum. Milwaukee, Nov. 25. —John Schrank, who shot and wounded Theodore Roosevelt in this city in September last, was ordered to be committed to the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh by Judge A. C. Backus. The commission of alienists who has been investigating the mental con- ; dition of Schrank reported unanimous- ; ly that he is insane. ; The conclusions reached by the com- ; mission are as follows: 1. John Schrakk is suffering from Insane delusion, grandiose in character and of a systematized variety. 2. In our opinion he is insane at the present time. 3. On account of the connection existing between his delusions and the act with which he stands Charged, we are of the opinion he is unable to confer intelligently with counsel on the conduct of his defense. SIDNA ALLEN GETS 15 YEARS. Jury Finds Mountain Clansman Guilty of Second Degree Murder. Wytheville, Va., Nov. 25.—Sidna Allen, leader of the Allen clan, which shot up the Carroll county courthouse at Hillsville last March, resulting in the death of five persons, was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the killing of Judge Thornton Massie. The jury fixed the penalty at 15 years in the penitentiary. Wesley Edwards, nephew of the clan leader, who was captured with him at Des Moines September 14, remains to be tried. U. S. OFFICIAL IS INDICTED. Commissioner A. H. Brown Charged With False Certification of Votes. New Orleans, Nov. 25.—A surprising turn in the grand Jury investigation of alleged election frauds in New Orleans came when indictments were returned against Arthur H. Brown, United States commissioner: G. Prudhomme and S. Palaque, charging false and fraudulent certification of the vote. This makes 26 city election officials indicted by the grand jury, which barely has begun its investigation. Pulitzer Left $18,525,116. New York, Nov. 23.—1 n a report filed here Thursday with the deputy state controller, Joseph I. Berry, appraiser, reported the estate of the late Joseph Pulitzer, real and personal, as $18,525,116.22. French Aviator Killed. Rheims, France, Nov. 23.—Andre Frey, the well-known aviator, was killed here Thursday. When flying around the aerodrome his aeroplane collapsed and he fell a distance of over 150 feet. Taft Honors Thompson. Washington, Nov. 22.—Carmi Thompson was appointed treasurer of the United States Wednesday by President Taft, to succeed Lee McClung, i who resigned. Mr. Thompson asI sumed his new duties Thursday. Rockefeller Gives $5,000. Washington. Nov. 22. —John D. ■ Rockefeller contributed $5,000 to the j American Red Cross Wednesday for use in relief work in the Balkan states. Mr. Rockefeller’s contribution makes the American total $40,000.

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173 ARRESTED BY U. S. MEN; BLOW TO RACE SUICIDE Exploiters of Demands for Illegal Devices Are Taken Into Costody. Chicago, Nov. 22.—Revelations of a gigantic race suicide industry were made through a nation-wide raid on Wednesday by the postal department, involving the arrest practically simultaneously of 173 persons, including physicians, druggists, and mail-order dealers, in the principal cities of the United States. Ten men and women were arrested in Chicago alone, but the government’s net, spread over the whole country, brought in a total of 173 persons from 72 different towns and cities. The defendants are charged with using the mails to promote criminal medical practices or the sale of drugs and other materials for Illegal purposes. The ten local defendants were arraigned before United States Commissioner Foote and held in bonds of $2,000 each. This concerted official action covered the entire United States from coast to coast. The government has j been gathering its evidence for weeks. Some of the men arrested are said to stand high in local circles, but most of them are obscure practitioners, conducting their business by mail and on a small scale. All of the arrests are made for alleged violation of that section of the postal laws which makes it a penal offense to send through the mails matter of a suggestive character, any advertisement proposing or suggesting criminal practices or any packet containing drugs or other substances intended to be used for illegal ends. Approximately 90 of the persons arrested already have been indicted by United States grand juries in various parts of the country, and the cases of the others will be presented to the grand juries now sitting as rapidly as may be feasible. HALTS WOODMEN RATE RAISE. Head Camp Prevented by Court Making Intended Increase. Springfield, 111., Nov. 24.—Holding the new rates adopted by the head camp of the Modern Woodmen at the meeting in Chicago in January, 1912, to be burdensome to the members of the fraternal society and excessive and unnecessary, Judge Robert Shirley of the Sangamon circuit court granted a perpetual injunction restraining the head camp from putting the rates into effect and also restraining the officers from declaring delinquent any member refusing to pay the new rates. The injunction is sweeping, as the organization is an Illinois corporation and is effective all over the United States and Canada. MacVeagh Makes Changes. Washington, Nov. 25.—Secretary MacVeagh asked for the resignation of Gideon C. Bantz as assistant treasurer of the United States Friday because he is said not to be in sympathy with the policy of the secretary. McKinley’s Horse Strangled. New Philadelphia, 0., Nov. 25. — Charger, former President McKinley’s riding horse, met a violent death on the farm of Albert Lewis at Strasburg Friday. He became entangled In a wire fence and was strangled. Mrs. Hetty Green Is Seventy-Eight. New York, Nov. 22. —Mrs. Hetty Green, probably the world’s richest woman and certainly the world’s greatest business woman, celebrated her seventy-eighth birthday here Thursday. Negroes Murder Grocery Keeper. Cairo, 111., Nov. 22.—-S. Mallouf, a young Syrian, who was engaged in the grocery business in this city with his father, M. Mallouf, was shot and killed Wednesday by three negroes who attempted to rob the store.

SAYS M’NAMARA PLOTTED TQ KILL HIM IN WOODS Ortle McManigal Swears He “Tried to Shoot Me”—Wanted Him Out of Way. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 23.—Equipped with 1? quarts of nitroglycerin, Ortle E. McManigal in December, 1910, went to Los Angeles, Cal., commissioned to destroy the Times auxiliary plant and, by “adding a few more to thfc list of dead,” to take suspicion off James B. McNamara, who had killed 21 persons in the wreck of the Times building two, months before. McManigal so testified Thursday at the “dynamite conspiracy” trial. He named men other than the McNamaras as having inspired the second Los Angeles dynamite plot. That was the Christmas present,” he said, Olaf A. Tveitmoe, a labor leader in San Francisco, had asked for. McManigal also told of a second attempt by James B. McNamara to kill him while in the woods near Conover, Wis. “He wanted me to hold up a tin can and let him shoot a hole through it,” said McManigal. “I told him to put a bole through himself if he wanted to kill anybody.” Joseph Schwartz of Chicago, who was arrested charged with attempting to obstruct justice by intimidating Cornelius L. Crowley, Monica, Pa., a witness in the “dynamite conspiracy’ case, was located in jail after a preliminary hearing before a United States commissioner on Friday. Robert J. Foster, a detective, and Crowley testified before the commissioner that Schwartz had told the witness he “did not need to tell the truth if he didn’t want to.” Schwartz testified he remarked only that he “would rather have his heart cut out than be McManigal.” He was held to the federal grand jury. Ortie E. McManlgal’s story of finding his little girl in the kitchen of his home in Chicago playing with 80 onepound sticks of dynamite which he had left on a radiator to thaw was told by him to the jury. IS WORLD’S BREAD BASKET. United States Furnishes Various Foodstuffs In Increasing Ratio. Washington, Nov. 25. —The United States still is the “bread basket of the world,” according to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, which issued a report showing that this country is furnishing foodstuffs to other nations at a steadily rising ratio. While the exports of corn and meat fell off sharply, more than 100,000,000 bushels of wheat were sent abroad during the last ten months, as against 83,000,000 during all of the last year. The heavy wheat exports were offset somewhat by the decline in other farm products. The United States as a provider, however, maintained its position. ’ Named Belgium Minister. Washington, Nov. 25. —The appointment of Theodore Marburg of BzAtimore as minister to Belgium wasflannounced here Friday. Mr. Marburg will succeed Larz Anderson, who has been made ambassador to Japan. . Two Convicted of Murder. Janesville, Wis., Nov. 25.—Harry L. Berger and Edward Meyers, aged seventeen and nineteen, charged with the murder and rape of Matilda Bergsterman, were found guilty of murder in the third degree Friday. Red Cross Aids Soldiers. Washington, Nov. 23. —The American Red Cross sent SB,OOO to the Balkans Thursday fdr the relief of Turkish, Bulgarian and Servian troops. This makes a total of $48,000 sent from the United States. Lived Three Days With Broken Neck. Neenah, Wis., Nov. 23.—After living three days with a broken neck as a result of a fall downstairs, Chester Roblee, aged fifty-five years, died here Thursday in a hospital. His body was completely paralyzed.

INDICT ROADS FOR PAYINGJIEBATES True Bills Returned Against New York Central Lines. COAL COMPANY IS INVOLVED Alleged by U. S. Grand Jury That $60,000 Was Paid by Carrier in Violation of the Elkins Act. Chicago, Nov. 25.—Indictments i against the Lake Shore & Michigan i Southern, Big Four and Chicago, Indiana & Southern railroads were re turned on Friday by the federal grand 1 jury charging violation of the Elkins , act in the payment of rebates. A separate bill charging the receiving ot rebates was returned against the i O’Gara Coal company. An indictment also was voted, it was 1 reported, against Thomas O’Gara, president of the coal corporation, but i this was withheld until the grand jury . has had time to act on other true bills against individuals, officials of the railroads, and the coal company. The indictments grew out of the : payment of $60,000 by the railroads in i the latter part of November, 1909, to ' the coal company, for which no proper accounting was made to the government. The investigation into rebating charges that have been made will continue. Charges, it was said against high officials of the New York Central lines is the object of further inquiry. The allegations are rftade under the act of February 19, 1903, known as the Elkins act, “receiving and giving rebates." The accusations are that “the O’Gara Coal company did unlawfully and knowingly accept rebates from the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway company and the Chicago & St. Louis Railway company and the Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad company through the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.” The government alleges that officials of the railroads own and control in names other than their own certain stock in the O’Gara Coal company. The O’para company operates mines at Harrisburg, 111., in Saline county. Shipments of coal from the mines to Danville, 111., are especially mentioned in the Indictment, it being charged that the railroads gave and the coal company, accepted rebates on the invoices of the shipments. A specific charge is made that $lO,000 was paid to the coal company by several railroads on November 27, 1909, on a shipment made in interstate commerce with lower rates than are named in the tariff and schedules as recorded with the commission. Other details charged as rebates are payments on November 27, 1909, of SIO,OOO by the Lake Shore: $8,500 by the Big Four, and $885.53 by the Chicago, Indiana & Southern railroads. Summons commanding the appearance of representatives *of the railroads and the O’Gara Coal company have been issued. C. H. HYDE JURY SELECTED. Long Delayed Trial of New York City Chamberlain Under Way. New York, Nov. 22. —A jury for the long delayed trial of former City Chamberlain Charles H. Hyde on charges of bribery in connection with the Carnegie Trust company financial scandals nearly two years ago, is complete. The charge against Hyde is that while city chamberlain he forced Joseph G. Robin of the Northern bank to loan $130,000 to the Carnegie Trust company, which was then close to disaster. It is alleged Hyde promised that if the loan were made he would increase the city funds on deposit with the Northern bank. BANDITS ROB TRAIN IN IOWA Hold Up Passengers on C., M. A St. P. Railway’s Limited. Ottumwa, lowa, Nov. 21. —The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway’s Southwest Limited, between Kansas City and Chicago, was held up at midnight by two bandits between Ottumwa and Mystic. The men boarded the train at Mystic and. after robbing the passengers, held them prisoners until the train entered Ottumwa. The loot amounted.to about $350. RECEIVER FOR RISK FIRM. Commerce Trust of Kansas City to Handle Great .Western Life. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 25.—The appointment of the Commerce Trust company of Kansas City as receiver for the Great Western Life Insurance company was announced. Application for the receivership was made in the circuit court by five stockholders of the insurance company. Grant Miners’ Demand. Charlestown, W. Va., Nov. 25. —The National Bituminous Coal and Coke company, operating four mines and employing 600 miners at Eskdale, i signed the scale Friday granting miners an increase of 21 per cent. $75,000 BreWfth of Promise Sult. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 25.—Center • Fielder Fred Snodgrass of the New f York Giants was sued here Friday for • $75,000 damages for alleged breach ot i promise. The plaintiff is Nellie A. Frakes. Shoots Stepmother and Himself. Hammond, Ind.. Nov. 23.—Frank ■ Cravens, aged nineteen, in a trivial ■ quarrel shot his stepmother, Mrs. Lin- . coin Cravens, here, Thursday, and t then fired a bullet into his own body. Both will die, physicians say. . Big Skyscraper Falls. ! Portland, Ore., Nov. 23—Eight - floors on the Sixth street side of the - Marquam building, a skyscraper in the > heart of the business section of the i city, collapsed here Thursday. No one was Injured.

II MYSTERIOUS BOX Amateur Detectives Smell Mys* tery in Actions of a Little Dark Chap. By ARTHUR W. PEACH. When the man Appeared in the boarding house we did not like his looks. He was dark complexioned, silent, given to moments of staring: and the first day of his appearance. Webster, who is something of an amateur detective, came into my room, looking a bit as if he was startled, for a chat. “Say, you saw that dark fellow? Well, I’ve got a suspicion that he’s mixed up in something that may turn out into a serious affair. Not ten minutes ago I saw him sneaking up into his room, and under his arm he had a box, a small oblong affair that he tried to slide out of my sight as he went by. I’m not saying what my suspicions are; it may be something that he has stolen or it may be something that one of these days will come out in the papers—‘Bomb Explosion!’” “You don’t mean it!” I exclaimed, somewhat jarred. “I’m not saying, but I smell a mystery that’ll make this bld boarding house get up and walk around on its tip-toes one of these days. It would be foolish to say anything now, but keep the thing on the quiet and we may be able to uncover something. Keep your eye on him as he comes and goes and at the table, and if you’re onto your job—we’ll compare notes and see what we work up.” I was perfectly willing to do that, and the next few days I gave a lot of attention to the little dark chap with the restless manner. And there certainly was enough to make me wonder more and get a little nervous, now that Webster had rather put me on the track of him. Every time he went out, even to go downstairs, he invaribly locked his door, and before entering his room, he always seemed to feel of his lock; and one day, after a little skilful work, I found that on leaving, he managed to get a little wax in the keyhole. Os course, he could tell whether any one had tried to get in or not. We were a fairly sociable lot in the house, but he kept away from us, so we saw nothing of him. We learned his last name quickly enough—Galvio; -and the name did not make us feel any the less inclined to look upon him as a mystery. I saw him skipping out once one evening with the box, and returning cautiously. The next big move that startled us was the fact that one evening three men came to see him, dark, silent, men of his own type; and they went as quickly as they came. Webster’s eyes were beginning to light as we compared notes that evening. ‘1 tell you,” he said, confidently, “we’re on the track of something big. I don’t know whether we should put the police on the job now or not, but I think it would be wise to wait •—if I do make good on this, I guess I’ll give up that bum clerk’s job and try for a position on the force. I’ve always believed I was fitted for some such thing. But we better play the game sure for a while. I think it’s just this: There’s a plot up—perhaps a Black Hand affair; anyway, those three men are holding a council together. I can hear their voices talking low and steady in my room. And they come and go so oddly. There’s a whole bunch in the house who are talking about them, and gettng curious, too, but no one seems to have noticed the box. They aren’t very observing. Now, let’s watch out for the next move.” So we agreed. And it came that night. I was in bed when Webster came to my room, and knocked on the door Boftly according to a signal we had arranged. I looked out and he whispered that he wanted to see me in his room; and it was a short time that found me there, standing still and rigid in the room, in the dusk listening against the wall according to his whispered suggestion. I heard nothing at first Then slowly penetrating into my consciousness, I caught a faint tick-tick-tick. *The ticking went rather rapidly, and altogether different from a clock or j watch. I could hear him moving about, and once in a while the ticking would cease, then go on, and stop again. I turned back to Webster. "What do you think he’s up to?” I whispered. “What’s he got there?” “A bomb! or Infernal machine that is going to blow up somewhere one of these days, if we don’t get busy.” The next day we talked it over. “The scheme is now to see one of the central detectives, tell him the situation, and some night when these fellows get together—nab ’em! Do you want to see about arranging it?” Webster asked. "Not on your life,’* I answered, “that’s in your line.” He looked pleased and agreed to do it. He reported later that the detective assigned to hear his story was a bit skeptical until he told him of the ticking. Then he agreed there might be something in it, and made arrangements for Webster to call him up when the men were together. It was about 9 o’clock when I saw the little dark chap slide upstairs to his room; and it was about 10 when I saw three other men come up as quietly and swiftly as the first After they had gone in, and their voices were running along, low and eager, I caught sight of Webster gliding down, and knew he was on his way to notify the detectives. Some time later he returned with the detective, a silent, grim-looking chap. I went into the room with them. Leifield, the detective, listened to Webster’s whispered description, then left us and I naw him slink like a cat out to the door of the dark man’s room, and bend to the keyhole and listen, then turn and look at it He came back. In answer to Webster’s question he shook his head. Not a thing—it was plugged. You are right. I guess I’ll call up the station.”

frame of mind that kept the chills chasing over me'at least, some one in the house evidently discovered that there was something up, for 1 saw doors open and faces peer out. Leifield came back with a husky officer who wore a sergeant’s stripes, and another man built on the same plan. They paused in front of the dark man’s door, and the big fellow’s fist fell. Inside there was a quick, tense silence, a sharp whisper, and they heard hasty sounds as if something were being put away. “Whata you want?” same a swift question near the door. “What to see you—open up! police!” There was a sound of mingled words of alarm in strange , syllables. But the door opened. We crowded In with the officers, ■ though Liefield slammed the door In the face of all the others who had come from rooms in various garb, at the noise. The men looked frightened and astonished. Liefield in Italian began to talk. Astonishment gave way to wonder, to smiles, then to hearty laughter. Webster and I were at a loss, and the other two officers. Finally after sharp question and answer, Leifield turned with a snort, n answer to the sergeant’s question, he said, “They say that the little fellow has invented a clock that he says will run six months without winding —some new dingus of a spring; and that he’s trying to get them to finance the thing. They had to work under cover, because there is a plot on foot tc swipe the invention.” “Tell ’em we want to see it —it may be a bluff!” the big sergeant snapped. The little fellow who had given us our clues threw himself on his knees and begged in Italian, evidently, for him not to ask that, for Leifield said to the sergeant: “He’s afraid the secret of the thing will get out.” ' •> The other three men were smiling, and did not look worried. One of them came forward and spoke in English. “This is all right, sir; if you will call up this name, we will be vouched for We represent the firm of Petronlo & Co., which is interested in clock man-, ufacturing. We’ve had to go quietly in this thing; Galvio claims that two attempts have been made to steal IL We came up here because it was among good people.” The sergeant’s face eased. "If Petronio says you are O. K. that fixes, it. Leifield, see If you can reach him. We’ll stay here.” i Webster and I went out together’ about half an hour later and sought the seclusion of his room. “Talk about being on a wrong scent? I’Ve lost pounds on this stunt. No detective stunts for mine again—me for the. same old desk at Perkin & Peel’s!” ' New Idea for the Hairt Most of the hair specialists have, now come to the conclusion that the old fashioned idea of washing the hair, only once a month was as heretical and unhygienic as that of the Saturday night bath. Those of us who have, oily hair are now advised to have it washed once a week, and those who' have dry hair at least once in two, weeks. Plain, common sense shows us the reasonableness of this point off view. Why should we expect our hair' to keep any cleaner than the rest of, our bodies? What would be the condition of an article of clothing worn a month without washing? The hair.i with its oily texture and fine meshes, is a standing invitation to all the dust, that flies. In addition to the dirt' from the outside we have the ac-| cumulation of superfluous oil, perspiration fend old cuticle. Logically, if.' there were time and opportunity for| so strenuous a plan of action, and if it did not take away too much of the, natural oil, we should wash our heads; every morning as regularly as we take our baths- Dandruff is an accumulation of dried oil. When it collects it dries the pores of the scalp, consequently it should be washed out at> once. Massage between washings stimulates the circulation and helps to keep the dandruff from forming.— Bazar. Not the Real Thing. Clarence Alcott, the Yale coach, comforted a slightly Injured halfback, • on the sidelines at New Haven, with a football story. “Once upon a time,” said Mr. Alcott, patting the brawny shoulder of the sufferer, “there was a wonderful Thanksgiving Day game between two great varsities. “This game was played almost faultlessly. The interest was maintained to the very end. Star play succeeded star play with the precision of clockwork. But “Not a man was disabled. “Not a single doctor was called out. “Not a nose was broken, not a tooth loosened, not a drop of blood dyed the ground. “The spectators, at the end of thia phenomenal game, shook their head' and sighed. “ ‘lt was magnificent,’ they said ‘but it was not football.’ ” Says Love Narrows Eugenics. Prof. David Starr Jordan, in a recent pappr, said: “Although systematic scientific selection of mates could be made to produce great physical strength, beauty, endurance and even mental power, those very persons who might be thus effectively mated would never submit to state dictation. H they would, they must in time elimh nate the most vital elements in human evolution —love and initiative. Love is the best basis for marriage, and love is a very real and noble thing, in spite of the baseness of its many imitations. The value of eugenia study is in the diffusion of sound ideas of life and parenthood. Government can do something by refusing parenthood to those who cannot care for themselves, because of feeble mindedness, disease and vice, but legislation must be undertaken very cautiously, giving the individual the bene, fit of all doubt.” Know Better. “What a lot of old-fashioned beliefs have been shattered completely in these modern days.” K “For instance?” “Well, you never hear anybody a<F vise a young couple now that two can live as cheap as one.”