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The Record-Argus from Greenville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

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AttQPST 17, 1912 NEW YORK'S POLICE SI ILL IN BAD ODOR FRESH CHARGE AGAINST POLICE Mam Wire Tapper Allowed to Get Away, Is Alleged tf PITTSBURG MAN'S CLOSE GALL Commissioner Dougherty Orders Thorough Investigation of Which Involves Lieutenant Becker's City Hotel Proprietor Saves $20,000 From Swindlers by Very Narrow Margin. The PlttsDurg 'man was soon convinced that he was in the hands of swindlers and immediately stopped payment on tho check. During the conversation one of the alleged wire tappers made an. engagement for luncheon at Deimonico's with the intended victim. Kaufmann and Rosenberg accompanied him.

Heilman was dismissed. The police say they first heard of the attempt a swindle when Heilman went directly to the Hotel Knickerbocker after sown? the men go into Delmonico's. Detective Dougherty said RECOMMENDS TROUSERS Playground Expert Thinks Girls Would Take More to Athletics. Chicago, Aug. American anrl women are suffering far more than the men from a lack of g.iKl athletic exercises was the declaration made by "Dr.

Henry S. the detectives who went to Del-1 urtis. former secretary of the Plar- monico's were John Becker and ground Association of America, in a Conney, but they found no one there, lecture at the University of Chicago. Mr. Kaufmann's friends say.

however, He declares that girls should wear Story, that when police came to trousers if that was the only way In monico's Mr. Kaufmann was called to which they could indulge in the sports the door by them and that he told of youth. This method of dress, 'he the detectives the whole story. would cure the present tendency "And that old white haired man sit- to awkwardness and ignorance of ting with us." Mr. Kaufmann's friPiuls sanies in women, quoted him as telling the detectives.

New York, Aug. An immediate ons of the wire tappers. Arrest investigation into tho conduct-of-Po- him." lice Lieutenant Becker, brother Despite this. Kaufmann's friends of Lieutenant, Charles Becker, under say, the police allowed the man to indictment 1'or the Roseuthal murder, escape. and other tenderloin detectives "A15 1 want is to have Kaufmann ordered by Police Commissioner Waldo a an afm in GIRL IN EIC Gill wire tapper was permitted to escape." connect.01.

with a story told the commissioner by a reporter or alleged police laxity iu failing to arrest recently a wire tapper while the swindler was lunching with his in- Aug. Virginia Christian, the seventeen-year-old negro girl, who murdered Mrs. Ida Belote. with whoever was responsible for the WM fo chalr man escape. As a result of disorderly house tender! victim in Deimonlco's.

raids made 'by the district attorney's '1 staff Inspectcr G. Hayes, police being the first woman in the historv of Hi state to suffer capital punish- Counsel For New York Graff Probars T. R. GREETED BY GREAT CROWD AT PROVIDENCE Photo by AtBoricu.li i AssoclntlolJ. KAiORY R.

BJ. CKN I2R, Assistant District Attorney. The story was told the reporter by of the ne tender ioin, K. Pittsburger. wag stHppetl Qf 8 bad re duced to the grade of captain and the forenoon of July 6, accord ing to eral frien the story.

Kaufmann and sev- 6l)spende fron: duty lends entered the Hotel Knitker- ithin a few hour hours after Assistant bocker an.l asked for a trustworthy District Attorney Smith had proved man to accompany him downtown as t))at s(m el h6usps were -running a bodyguard while lie cashed a check or uptown Commissioner Waldo for $10,000. learned that Inspector Hayes had said The clerk turned Mr. Kaafmann to Captain Daygr that the commis- over to the.hotel detective, who in i oner did not. want disorderly houses turn summoned from another hotel a ra jrt e(I or interfered with. Hayes was man named John Heilman.

When immediately suspended. Heilman arrived he found Mr. Kaufmann talking with a friend named Mr. Rosenberg. TJie -three started downtown and on the way Kaufmann explained that he was cashing check as a favor for a Pittsburg friend in order that the latter might close up a very profitable deal.

After the check was cashed the three men went to the Murray Hill hotel, where Kaufmann met his friend, a man about sixty years old, and, the police say, a hotel proprietor of Pittsburg. According to Heilman this was the man whom the swindlers were trying to "got." The Pittsburg hotel man said he had met two men had a sure method, of winning in the pool rooms and that already they had won $305,000. "Two friends of mine and I have pooled $60,000, each putting in $30,000," is the story Heilman says the old man told Kaufmann. "We haven't divided yet. My two friends put up Astor Baby and Mother New York, Aug.

the Astor mansion it vas said that Mrs. I Force anil hor son, John Jacob Astor. dfiinp lirely. Grand Jury Criticises Spectacular Haul In Philadelphia, Aug. raids on haunts of vice by the police were severely critidse'd by the August grand jury in Its final presentment when it found that this policy of suppression has been a failure, wh.Ue it depreciates the value of property in the district and is destructive to Dullness.

The report reads: can be bin one construction placed upon this primitive method for PRESIDENT ASKS FOR SQUARE FIGHT Denounces Moose Electors on publican Ticket CALLS IHEreiSHOKEST MEN" the eradication 'of the social evil am( that is that it Is a valuable adjunct to the secret system existing between the underworld and the. police establishment whereby the former is compelled to yield to the latter its tribute for and thus establishes an unwholesome partnership betwoer the two." Los Angeles, Aug. 1.7 Sunshine Society. Clarence Darrow, attorney for the West Sunshine society will McNamaraes, was. aquitt.ed of the I he belil'ut the homo of jjnim.i Nelson, Wed nosday, August "2lxi.

Rubber stamps. Advance Aryja Co. charge of bribery tod the jury being ou 37 minutes. Darrow is a native of Kinsman, tes miles west of Greenville, 'Pa. VETO FOR CANAL BILL IS EXPECTED Colonel Roosevelt Visit to Provi dence, R.

a Triumph For Pro grescive Greatest VoU Polle'd. For President Claime. by Democrats as Result Counto wide Canvass. Washington, 'Aug. of the KepuWuiau Editorial'assmiia'iipn In the least'Room of the House--P'resident Tail declared bluntly that presrtleiuial ors were "dishonest men" If they their natiVes appear on the "Republican ballot and to vote for Ui candidate of anothet paity Ho asserted, that who uet not for the Republican wor against it and should get out of-th way.

or feeling of legularit and respect foi the Republican part for what It has done vhdt It cap able of doing, are going to bring into the Republican paitj many a ma i who has been doubtful, and it is goin i to Increase that number in mv judg mont, as we appioach the election Canton (0.) Senoation. "It 'Is therefore essential that lima sensation was make tho cleavage as clear as it ca: caused'when Elmer E. be made, so that those who are R' who been here in the role of ohall he Republicans, an Salvation Army lieutenant and who', those who are with the bo'tere anal the pretty pianist of the local I bear their name and title mid not i organization, was arrested in the mid- Republicans and bemuse tho RHODE ISLANDERS CHEER TEDDY Providence, R. Aug. -Colonel Roosevelt made the opening speech, of his in Infantry hall hero.

The colonel's 'greeting was enthusiastic. While the band played "Hail to the Chief" the "entire crowd 'of, about 000 persons was on its feet and for minutes cheered. While Rev. J. S.

Wadsworth offered rayer and While Chairman E. nt.t.lp was making his introductory a condition approaching a lot it was all the police could to dose the doors. "1 a'roiuly been -asked three imps slnr-o arrival In this city," SM! i "this 'jg this pro- vpsshp imnomoTit liable to "I to to'i right now and iixii omph'ul'Mlh Unit It 4 ls a thai lipi-p to stav and; that it two or Lieutenant Charged With Larceny. Free Toll Provisicn Bothers SQUABBLE OVER COMMERCE COURT BOTH HOUSES PASS MEASURE! die of a Salvation army meeting. cannot be-at lo-M ought not A fight to postpone abolishment of the commerce court until next winter Schoneberger.

the police say, is he in all fairness 'in -Cincinnati on numerous there are men' on that wno Necessary Two-thirds Vote'to Pass developed in the house appropriations Drives Philadelphia Re- Representative Over Vetoes the Steel and Wool committee. Riiio IE I arkinn in Senate Democrat, insisted upon Bill. I. Lacking Senate. ommeroe oourt'and seven- Burke, elected councilman on the re- Democrats at Odds About Incor- form Councilman to Desperation.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.7.—William 5 put in my Ipanama billvire improving. Mr. a meeting later of the full com-; York. Taft told several callers today that nrittee.

I t'po $20,000 cash and check for $20,000. "A day or so ago the other two suggested to 'me that inasmuch as was uncertain what he would do they had put up their $20,000 each 'n in regard to the bill' when it linally cash I should do the same. They was laid before him. year clerical tenure. Chairjuan form ticket last fall, revealed himself porating in New Mcney Measure g( riiW disagreed, demanding that the as a Valjean.

when-he resigned Provision Ending Commerce Court, commerce court abolition be iucot-i and told how under the name of Ben- 'porated In the new bill and put up to jamin H. Trlpp he had served'a long Aug. ue iyus- M) Ta) asaln So bitter was the term in a Massachusetts prison aCter pects of the president vetoing the apute that the committee decided to a career of crime in Boston and New don't doubt that my check for $20,000 indicating his unfavorable at-" is good, but they ihi'-k it's fair for me titude toward the free toll provision to put up cash, too, that's all. 1 raised i ie bill it was learned that the $10,000 in cash here but 1 had to send president only a. day 'or two ago sent to you (Kaufmann) to get the other, letters, to Chairman Adaijison of the house and Chairman Brandegee of the senate conferees suggesting a pro- HEHILLE MMETS Wholesale (Grocers are Paying): ALLEGES STRONG ARM METHODS Representative Warhurton of Washington, a progressive Republican, In a speech told the house that the true Tpon his release from jail he settled in the northeastern section of this city and lias been endeavoring to ilive an honest life.

Shortly after his election, Burke said, he was recognised are nofpoing toxote 01 the men the bead of that ticket I don I'esilato to tin, diahonoi men- in that UHM holding out the people who ate to lor tbei The Lovable Girl I an iniplicd promise fiat wilt She manages to uvoid nil' thfi names the Uet he gossip without appearing to reprove they, fact, intend to Aote lor some charsen of at Mass, and at Homestead. Pa. The voung IJeutPnailt is said to have i evaded the police for two years. 1 gossipers or being in the least degree priggish iierself. She has a positive genius for discovering agreeable trnits in the most unliUeahlar people.

Tell her that a certain young man is lazy, and will never amount to much in this world, and she will almost surely tell you that this same man Is an invalid. All her young friends may laugh and ridicule the mnnner in which Miss Fleming (who has more years than charms to her credit) dresses her hair, striving to ipok young again. and this girl whom everyone will smile and ask her chattering bo( 'y else the street by fellow-convict and companions if they remember that it blackmailed until, driven to desperation, he determined to resign. Country liuttcr Ejijg.9, Vre-sh Potatoes WO the free toll provision in the bill. Apples 50 wou i Market House 'Prices.

I Butter. aun ce fote treaty and in the kgp. 1'i'iwh of decision against the United States Vm')les'pw'k i woill(1 rcsult ln tne nullification, of. the 'to, bunch 5 free toll section, of the.bill. The president's suggestion, however, came too late and the.coufer- viaion which might relieve the present situation.

The president urged that an amend- polkical sentiment in his state had ment should be made to the bill con- not been represented in Republi- can national convention and that Roosevelt delegates had been deprived of their through "strong arm" methods which, for the most part, ha said, wore begim in the state convention. ferring upon courts of the United 24 Statea tnrisdiction to pass on damage 24 suits Drought by aliens on account of This effect confer upon the courts pQVet o( the Hay- Honey, now Cantaloupes ..5 to 10 Cuciitnhc-rs 2 for 5 report was adopted by the senate Steaks: IS! bv a vote of 49 to ls The bltl wil1 1 on pass the house and wi Sirloin 20 Pass Porterhouse 20 before Taft. Bacon 22' Boiling 10 Veul Chops 22 Veal Rousl l- old, dressed 10 Chickens, spring, dress(Ml Lnrd 15 will then be laid I S1J.4Z CURSE WORDS 67 CENTS EACH Man Cursed Demands Fine be Imposed Under Ancient Law. Hollidaysburg, Aug. odd was Miss Fleming who organized their own beloved "book club," loan- Ing them her 'fare volumes ami helping with her kindly efforts to make the clxih a real success.

She is frank in her likes, thfc) girl, but cautious in expressing dislikes ot other people or things. Her friendship gives more than it expects, nnd her love will, be pure and true. Happy by nature, she sends into the lives of her companions a good cheer, and fortunate Indeed is. the young man who wins for himself her love. Exchange.

Mr. W. S. Guusaliis, a fa'rmer 1H ing near Fleming, says he hai used ChamberCain's Colic, Cholcr and Diarrhoea Uemedy in his farn ily for fourteen yoars, rind that Iras found it. to be an excellent rem etly, anU takes iileusure in recom mending it.

For sale by all dealers 'ears earUftt'xthun it would i'i 4 started. It i.s a Went and is horn to stuv HIP IK folkiwc i the "Til Ins made up It niinil that it would like to have the micfl Static spuale someone rather than It does ARiin tlieip is loud ipplause when the Our opponents vte vhill nnkp mKtakei tinp PMP tint sha'l but will ntnvhr- Aon't tlio bn to make our mistaken us" Result cf Dem-Tat'c Canvass Sea flirt N' 1 Knp; 17 first canvass try bv starts nwdi 1 the Democratic intionai milfee plpfpd SUT- an whclmlne son BO nitieht through the conntr" i t-' 'T the polllkn' n-aii a ths lists doiibtful. CPitam tind'a-jlK'ialon of tlic "into nun-. If t-ho-Hf that 'Vrfeon -A111 be a 5 SUM! I'sjortty anv h'ui liom the T7nlted States iftalo Y. Aug 4 Piai and warehouse of the Incubator company was completely de- Incurring a $300,000 Side-Whiskers Is Latest New Voik Atfg the latest IrOjtt the newest fashion for men PBES1PENT JIMINEZ OF tubs, (5 28; Pennsylvania and Ohio creamery, Poultry 14y 2 prime, Scottish Dish.

The huckleberry, or whortleberry, complaint has been hied by Merchant. or ns always been well John G. Sellers under an known rf- he Srots eat Ulem wlt of assembly against Thomas B. Wins- but make a low. a well known farmer.

Qut of tlicrni hlch is flavored Winslow is charged with uttering th wlllaky- profane curses twenty-six times. 'A Cranberries can be found all over fine of sixty-seven cents for each oath, tne wor wnere there Is marshy land, Chairman Henry of the rules'com-' or 17 42 in is lei1 The but those of the United States, are mittee of the house placed an embargo magistrate has not decided the case. on any further general legislation this session by stating that no more rules would be reported to make bills privileged. He said the house already enough business to d'o before adjournment. The only unfinished business in the house Is the Lever agricultural extension bill and a bill to admit shipbuilding material free of duty.

The senate by decisive' vote good, tidy talned the president's vetoes of tht butchers, 8 ee and bills which -had been common, common to good passed over the vetoes by the house, fat bulls, 35: common to good their effort to pass the steel and fat cows, heifers, ron bill'over the veto the Democrats 7.50; fresh cows and springers, $25 00 senate received no assistance Sheep and r0 their occasional allies, the pro- wejthers, good mixed, $4.20 re ssive Republican's A'? a conse- fair miied, quence the motion to overtde the veto and common, yearlings, a ji even a majority, spring lambs, $4 thirty-two pomocrats, vptifiig for it and vea.1 calves, heavy and thirty-nine Republicans voting'against, thin calves, was a triot party vote. Tbere was heavy, heavy misetl, $8,6,3 no debate on toe raster. T. Jj Aug. traders on to the bull side Trading was light, with cash demand and rainy weather in the northwest mov- considered the and are exported in great numbers-to Europe.

The mulberry was cultivated by the and has played a more important part in literature than any other berry. It Is mentioned "several times In the Bible, while Ovid speaks of It in his famous tale of "Pyramus and Thisbe." The mulberry was brought from Persia and the Romans much pre- Penntylvanians Are Crushed to Death ferred it to any other fruit. It did not as Machine reach England until 1548, and the Whitehouse, N. Aug. and trees planted at Slon House during Mrs.

Edward A. Burling, of Hunting- the same year are still alive. James ton Valley, and their chauffeur, I. of England was exceedingly fond of REE! Ing fact September corn forged slightly ahead of the distant months on fears of wet weather delay to immediate downstatp movement. September closing prices: Wheat, 94V4; "Make-Up" Stone Marks Grave.

Jefferson, but appropriate will he the the In Oakdale, cemetery" here. Jt vyill be grounds of the royal palaces. John Kilroy, were instantly killed the berry and caused large quantities when their automobile turned turtle at of the bushes to be planted In all the Greybrobk, two miles from here. The accident occurred when Kirby was trying to pass another car at a narrow place, in the road. WEDDED MID PARTED INODEQUY "Color Hearing." Some persons associate particular colors with particular sounds.

In a recent presentation of this subject" to the French Academy of Sciences It was pointed out that there are two forms of thla'phenomenon. In one case the person has a sensation as If a transparent colored film. Uke before, eyes iWhjen cgjpjain vpyel or rowsfcijl -Atf.

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