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JEWELER SAVES Famous Old Prison Ship Exhibited at Chicago Comet to Life as He $100,000 IN, GEUS I WHY IT WAS THE SP00KERY BY FOOX VORKt Defies Revolvers and Beats Heels Against Door n- til Aid Comes. when she saw htm She stood to the show-window, among the model, her handbag concealed by the folds of her costly gown. I The afternoon i waned, Hot the steady flow nt people continued. Constance faced calmly the myriads who gazed in at the window, SIm; remained as motionless as possible, and did not- fear recognition, for was costume and hat which -were devoured and no more, 'i- Several times 'people she knew halted, bat their momentary glance caused, her, no uneasiness. Constance felt as If she had jumped out of the fire the frying-pan, for she knew that by -now every exit in the store was being watched for a 1 I I I i J' -VVzjl 1 yfy -J -1 i i i i 1 -si' i 4 Hnm wiiiiMimw Jfew; York.

i The I frantic 'tattoo which Abraham Podolskx beat with head and feet 'against the front door of his Jewelry store at 74 Forsyth street frightened away wo holdup men who had entered the place with drawn revolvers a few minuter before, intent on looting his safe of -more than $100,000 of diamonds; Podolsky's terrified face framed in the glass panel of the. door nd the robbers fled. One of the pair leaped to the running board of a passing taxi-cab and nt the point of his revolver forced the driver to- take him to Chrystle and Ciial streets. The other ran north on Forsyth street to! Grand street and lost: himself among -the Sunday promeqaders. Driver Returns to Scene.

Harry Bendea of 13KG St. jiohnV place was the driver of the tnxlcab. 6 I II A sturdy today as when be Burma, isr; mcMiiaui niaruw1, is we CbtcasL For fifty years she carried the right Is a young lady Inspecting prisoners. I Ilfi liriTtfth I 1 As soon as the bandit Jumped, front the cab he drove back to PodoJsky's store with the two passengers he had In the cab. Then the party, jnclud- ing Louis Stein of 1670 Fiftieth; street, tottMi I Ml Road Improvement Is Not a Luxury Government Gives Facts truing from the improvement, hard- HMtitvM'avsi in hi nix 1 'ii3rn si br Twi i i i i IV ill mm I II I II I It vme- rfi it llMTm IF 11 i 'il a im ijbit i i i a By ALBERT J.

KLINCX bjr Short Story Pub. C. ONSTAKCB set tit early that Lit fterooon to do tbe last of her holiday shopping. It was tue day before the great and there be no tomorrow on which to do belated buying. She bad left touch to do this afternoon.

In order to get around, she did not wait at several counters to have her pur chases wrapped up. but pot them dl rectly Into a handbag she carried. She also managed to have the right change and did not have to wait for the slip usually wrapped in with the purchase. Now and their! she took out a list of what she had to buy and, checking one thing off after another, felt exultant at her wonderful nroCTess. She was about to make the last of her purchases, when she felt a band close rather suddenly upon her arm.

She turned a startled' face, and saw a mau standing Reside lier. "Don't create a disturbance," he said, in a low tone, "but come. quietly with me tu the office. It Is the better way." For a moment Constance looked about her. Then she fixed her eyes upon the man.

"I do not understand," she began. There is evidently a mistake some where. Why do you wish me to go to the office?" "Come," the man said "you know-why. There Is but one reason for asking you to go there," and he looked down at the well-filled bag she car ried. "And you will kindly apprise me of that one reason?" Constance drew up her head superbly.

"Certainly. You are to come to the office to be searched. You are apprehended as a a shoplifter." Constance Beverly snapped her lips together. A look of disdain settled upon her face. But the next moment she collapsed at the thought of what Her handbag contained unwrapped articles, put In topsy-turvy, and without the usual slips made out by the Of course she could attempt to explain.

Buff-she knew how useless anything like that would be under the circumstances. She began to think of other things she might do, and through this grew somewhat dazed. In the end but one thing remained in her mind and that was to escape from the man beside her. All about her was bustle. The store held a perfect jam of people.

They were turning here and there, elbowing their way through. Flight, Constance thought, was plausible in that throng. But what of the sleuth beside her? Could she escape him? Constance met his close gaze un flinchingly. "Come, it is time we started," he raid. "Would it be of any use to tell yoa that 1 am Constance Beverly, daughter of Colonel John Beverly? she asked.

A half smile shot across the man's face. "Yesterday I caught one who said she was the daughter of the mayor," was all he said. "And I suppose it would be quite as useless, then, to tell you that everything I have in this bag is paid for?" she further questioned. "Madam, I myself saw you put some handkerchiefs into that bag," he declared. "It is the custom of this store to wrap up all sales.

Those handkerchiefs had no paper around them." lie looked triumphantly at her. Constance tried to explain. It was all quite useless. So occupied was she in trying to devise some plan whereby to elude him who held her captive that all other thoughts Ced from her She had slowly worked her way up to the front of the store In the hope of making wild dash for the street should an opportune moment present Itself. But the man followed her closely.

He saw her tactics, and began to lose patience. He now spoke more roughly to her, threatening to force her through the store and Into the office to be searched. At this Constance glowed with anger. Her eyes were like live coals. Now, more than ever.

were ner nopes set on frustrating him. Suddenly a strange light came into her eyes. She had leaned back and her hand had come in contact with a heavy curtain which hung over an opening. Ct-like, she waited. At last the man turned bis back to her and looked over the surging mass, apparently to call one of his associates to his assistance.

And when he again turned his face his fair captive hud disappeared. For a moment he stood stone still. Then he hurried to the door, through It, apd out upon the sidewalk. Constance could not help smijing Ancient Witches Tied to a on by Up Hear tinercl i flan a Ky, Roscoe Quails, nine, lying la bed unable to move, heard his parents give htm up for dead and plan bis funeral. Now he is recovering after honrs of near dU-tractlon at the thought of being burled alive.

'f Itoscoe while skating. Paralysis devolped. lie lost his speech and was kept alive several, days by administration of liquid food, Then 1 apparently he died. Parents and relatives mourned find; began planning the funeral. Itoscoe said he heard it' all.

A physician wassailed for a final examination and found the boy still I breathing. Now he is able to sit up In bed. i STARVING GOAT I EATS UP CHECKS Novel' Caper Proves Costly to Eastern Financiers. New Vork. The appetite of a goat in AsiU, which several weeks ago showed a fondness for paper, led to the necessity of a strict watch on all checks cashed by one of Wall street's larger banks.

Also. It caused a considerable waste on tie part of America's largest international commercial house of money, which was exjiended in cabled messages between New York and the -Far East. The international commercial house had made out a $'J5 check, on the Bank of Manhattan company, for the account of a Far Eastern firm. The firm! In question received the check and was prepared to cash It. But the goat got it.

The animal apparently had such an appetite, It was explained by Raymond K. Jones, president of the New York bank, that It found the piece of paper in some unexplained manner and ate it. The International commercial house was promptly informed and. after close investigation, it made out a duplicate check for which it forwarded to the proper address. It then had to cable full instructions to New York, giving the number and series, the bank upon which drawn and the amount of the check.

This information In turn was relayed to the Bank of Manhattan company, which, as a matter of policv. put in operation its full machinery to safeguard against the possibility of the original check coming through. This, however, is regarded unlikely. It was sworn by the proper authorities that the goat had masticated the check as thoroughly as if It had been torn into bits. The total cost to all persons concerned in time and money, was estimated by one authority on banking and commercial practice to have been $450.

Dope Users Increasing Among Professional Men Philadelphia. "If Director Butler has done nothing else, since taking charge of police department In this city, he hps made dope so hard to get that the 'bootleg' price has advanced from $ir0 an ounce," A. O. H. de la Gartlia, chief of the Federal narcotic office here.

Said. The report of the narcotic offic for the last rear, Mr. de la Gardla added, will showTan increase in the number of arrests of drug addicts. "Addiction to drugs Is fast disappearing among the Chinese in this country, until now It has become 'an American evil, particularly with reference to opium smoking. "American professional men are becoming the greatest addicts to the drng habit.

Tfye percentage of drug addicts among jiiysicians and druggists Is greater tfian among any other professional class. The theatrical profession also is permeated ith' drug users' 1 1 -Year-Old Lad Saves Infant From Drowning Brescia! Italy. The heroic rescue of a two-year-old baby by an eleven-year-old boy recently was enacted here. The child had wandered away from its governess and fallen from a terrace on the border of a nearby lake Into the water, which at that place was about twelve feet deep. Hearing the cries for help which the nursemaid set up on discovering the baffy's plight, Pit tro Negrinelll, eleven, rushed to the scene ami, not stopping to Ii.M'ohe, threw himself Into the water.

He seized the baby's dress with bis teeth and struggled wifh his 1-iiid- to a r.eurbv rock, where In held ill. uled. iitili! bystanders were to iilt the puir unto dry land. Kills Matt; Sleeps lad. Thirt n.ir.uti after he had shot and I'll Mastmez at Indiana Harbor Vincent signed a confession-, the police say.

The killing was the -outcome of a trivial quarrel. Alter the shooting (omez ent home to here ti police found him. Fall Is Fatal Chicago. Mrs. Euedinia Athens, of Exchange avenue, lies dead the result of Internal Injuries which she suffered when she fell on the stairs her home.

Mrs." Athens was near the top of tbe stairs when she fell, and rolled to the bottom. Death Toll, 26,000 Washington. A death toll of 20.000, whom 10.000 were children, and property loss of between 1700.000,000 and $1, 000,000,000 resulted from traffic accidents last year, according to Department of Commerce figures. Folding Bed Kills New York. MJs Clara King, flfty-two, of Morristown.

N. was suffocated when she was trapped In a folding bed, wjjilch closed up on her when she laid down to take nap. person answering her description. She was certain the detective could give every detail what she wore. While' thus ruminating, her eyes wandered to one side of the show-window.

They became riveted upon. oli. joy! door. To turn the knob and look beyond the threshold was the vital point now. When the front of the window was comparatively free from gazing pedes-' trians she took a step or two, her hand shot out and the door swung open.

She looked into the gloom bej-ond, only to discern that It was a very box of 'room, holding two or three costumedummies. She thought first to step into this, close the door quickly, and then see If there was not a way leading somewhere to the street. But her alert mind now began to work again, and Instead of entering the smah room alone she Jerked one of tbe elegantlyattired models in with her. It was a miniature gloomy dressing-room. But Constance was desperate, and "anyt old thing" would do.

The model wore a stylish long coat over a skirt of rich dark 'material. The lat ter Constance slipped on over her own costume, donned the coat and. removing the thick lace veil from the liat, draped it over her own, allowing it to fall gracefully over her face. And for once at least In the annals of history woman dressed without a mirror Constance now stepped boldly into the show-window. She nodded pleasantly to the disrobed model, convinc ing the people "outside that she was bidding adieu to some one In the little room, picked up her handbag, and while examining, quite as an intending purchaser, a costume or two on the way out.

thrust the bag beneath the ample coat. Now Constance knew- that to hesitate meant to lose. She had ever been a believer in bold strokes, but perhaps the boldest she ever made was drawing the heavy curtain aside and stepping down- into the crowded store. Her eyes traveled about wildly, and her heart for a moment lluttered-as it had never before. A few customers in the store had seen her step forth, but none of the attendants had.

It was to these she had looked. She began to feel strong once more as she threaded her way to the door. She still kept her eyes open for the sleuth who had. apprehended her on the false charge, and was smiling at the ruse she had adopted to escape him, when a man ran directly into her. "I beg your pardon." he said.

In low tones that were of the politest. Constance hurried on. and smiled again to think that he had been eluded the second time. On the day after a messenger boy delivered a large box at the department t-tore. The head lloor-walker opened it in the presence of a score of clerks, and drew forth a skirt, a long coat and a veil.

Just then thej window-trimmer came along, pale and excited, with the information that one of the dummies had in some strange way wandered from the show-window the small storeroom, and stood there minus a skirt and coat, and with veilless hat. There were many attempts at explanations. But to this day the matter Is spoken of as a jnystpry, and the little room olT the show-window has been designated the "Spookery." Mouth Organs in Millions Trosslngen may not mean a great deal to you. unless you are a very close observer, but Trosslngen has made a business success, and It is now celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Its outstanding industry. Mouth organs are the produ -t turned out by Trosslngen, Wurtteniborg.

for 100 years. Today, something like 7.tOO persons are employed in its three inouth-organ factories, hast year the factories of Trossingoti provided the world with more than new-mouth organs Removing Oil Stains For removing oil or grease stains from marble surfaces, Ilygeia recommends the following Make a strong, hot solution of sal-soda. Put in enough fullers' earth to make a thin paste. Spread this paste the grease spot and allow it to remain for hours. If the stain has not been removed the end of that time, the application should be repeated.

the Wind in Knots ly expression of cunning, gave her quite the effect of Hecate." A Norwegian witch has boasted of sinking a ship by opening a bug in which she had shut up the wind. Urlt. Rarest Pearl Found Weighing 204 carats, a pearl has been found near the Gambler Island. in the South I'acific ocean, that experts believe -is tbe rarebt and possibly the largest on record. It was taken to Tahiti.

Its coloring is very brilliant, with gold and green hues predominating. One hemisphere of the pearl is marked with two iridescent bands. Tbe Gamblers are the least visited Islands of the several groups of the South Pacific, but pearl buyers hastened to the Islands, more than 1,000 miles from Tahiti, when the news was reported. Many a conceited, woman dubs a man p. woman hater simply because be doesn't admire her.

as In of slid down the ways at Moulmeta. British cwDvia snip success, now on ai convicts from England to Australia. At the "Iron Maiden," used to punish unruly I jjntTiavi-ui! iioi Huviaie. li is pos- sible to make great improvements in roads without hard-surfacing them and these Improvements are quite effective la reducing the cost of travel. When vehicles using a road are -comparatively few, an unsurfaced but graded and drained road can be made and maintained in satisfactory condition by draggfng at very low cost.

If the traffic is so great that an unsurfaced road cannot be maintained in continuous good condition, surfacing with stone, sand-clay or gravel, although more costly than simple grading, will generally be compensated by the greater saying in the cost of operating vehicles over it. Similarly, when the traffic is greater than. a gravel road will carry, a bituminous macadam -surface can be economically applied. It Is not necessary to use one of the hard-surfaced types until the traffic becomes very dense. Vhep that ioint is reached, hard-surfacing is necessary and economical.

All roads should be improved, says the department, to the maximum de CHILDREN BUILD MODEL Used to Teach Pupils Art of Government. Springfield, Mo. "Tiny Town." the school children's city here, is on exhibition. This Lilliputian city, built, run and governed by the city manager commission form of government, and by the school children themselves, receiving the attention of educators, business men and all interested in youth. It Is not a facsimile of a modern city, but just Tiny Town.

It is unlike any otlier city in the country. Here In Tiny Town the children of Springfield are learning the duties of citizenship, and when they complete their work and future studies they will he able to take an intelligent interest in politics and government. The city's schools have used this plan. In an educational way, to teach the boys and girls how to govern. Hazel Wilhert.

fourteen years old 'and an orphan, is mayor of the pigmy city, and (Jordon Cummlngs. fifteen, is Army Recruits at Port Slocnm, are here seen In one the final Flathead roils, Beauchalne won a share of the tribal Income ad a tract of land. Later, however, the department said It learned he not only was a mm. of a white man, but that be already was enrolled at a member of the Ooeur d'AIeoe Indian tribe of Idaho. Interior department counsel now recommends that Beauchalne name be stricken from tbe Flathead rolls and t'of of for is Bnd the kind first and a the city.

to tried make as that to the do About Highways. Washington. Although the exact state of road improvement in the United States at the present time is not known, It is estimated by the Department of Agriculture that the total mileage of surfaced roads at the end of 1824 was between 450,000 and 475,000 miles. Indications are that approximately 40,000 miles of surfaced roads of various types have been built during each year since 1921. Exact figures as to how this mileage lias been divided by types or states are not available.

A considerable part of the work, -moreover, has consisted of It therefore cannot be assumed that the net mileage of surfaced roads has been Increased during the last three years by the total amount of the new construction. The last complete survey of the road Improvement situation was made in 1921 when tlje total surfaced mileage was reckoned at 387,700 miles. New construction and resurfacing since 1921 have proceeded at a rate which Is believed to justify the estimate that the net gain since then is well above 00,000 miles. Good Roads Not a Luxury In announcing these facts, the department draws attention to certain wrong ideas thjt are current about road improvement. Improved roads, it says, are not luxuries.

For the movement of every vehicle over a road there is a certain cost, which is less if the road be improved than if it be left in a state of nature. Logically, therefore, the Hit that should be placed on expeTOfcdi're for read Improvement is the amount that can be saved In vehicular operating costs. This, amount, of course, depends upon the number of vehicles using the road. It Is pointed out that the country loses more, ia Increased cost of operating vehicles, by not improving roads than it costs to improve them. In othef words, it pajs for improved roads whether il has tlieitii or not.

and It pays less by having tjhem than by not having them. Another common errorj says the department, is that all roads' should be hard-surf aced. Hard-surfacing with concrete, brick, asphalt, stone or wood blocks is an expensive process. When Its cost is greater the saving ac- Exercising the Recruits in the regular army, enlisted of their callstheruc drills. Despi Not Flathead, Despite gree that the traffic on them justifies, but no road should be Improved be-ytuid Its earning capacity.

When this principle is observed the required annual expenditure for jany type of road Is within the yearly savings in the cost of operating the vehicles it has to carry. In other words, the return to the public In the form of economic transportation is the sole measure of the worth of road improvement. To say that all roads should be hard-surfaced, the department points out, is merely another way of urging expenditures in excess. of income. Still another common mistake is the idea that there is such a thing as a permanent road.

This delusion, says the department, has been responsible for much disregard of road maintenance. None of the state highway departments, however, any longer harbors this error. It is now thoroughly understood by these public agencies that all roads, regiirdiess of type, gradually depreciate and wear out under the wheels vehicles and the action of the wea ther. To ktep a road in continuously good order it is necessary to start maintaining it the day its construction is completed. Supplant Cats Knoxvllle.

Tenn. "Possums are being used In lieu of house cats In Knoxvllle. The lowly and ofttimes elusive creature of -the forest has at last found a sphere of usefulness in the iieart of a great city. AND RUN CITY IN MISSOURI the city manager. They were elected recently in a regular campaign with IS nominees for the office city manageruiayor and municipal judge.

William Newberry wears the star of chief of police of Tiny Town, while Naomi Sherwood jslts on the bench as municipal judge. Following the election Hazel and ilordon went to Washington, called upon President "oo'ldge and invited him to attend the opening of Tiny. Town to the public. The President took the matter under consideration. On a plot of ground.

250 feet by 1,000 feet, in Grant Beach park, is located this town that belongs to the tots of Springfield. There is a community center with its city hall, high school, library and chamber of commerce. The walks total 7,500 lineal feet. The blocks fire large, enclosing spacious commons that represent playgrounds, but which realiv are intended working space, so that the repair and care of abutting properties may be carried on from the rear of each lot. I5y day and by night faithful patrolmen guard Tiny Town, while a fire-lighting brigade is always on watch.

During the 14 days that Tiny Town on exhibition, there will be afternoon and night programs and concerts featured by the high school orchestra the boy scout band of 800 pieces, latter said to be the largest of Its in the world. Old Commissions for U. S. Federal Officers Found Norfolk, Va. Two commissions engraved on sheepskin parchment, the signed by President John Adams the second by President Thomas making Jonathan Cowdery surgeon's mate and a full surgeon In United States navy, have been uncovered by Dr.

John C. Sleet of this IJoctor Sleet will make an attempt to have the documents restored their rightful owners. The first commission beiirs the date of 1SO0 and the second 1S08. School Innoration Detroit Use of a picture-story method of teaching, reading has been with 10.000 tr children in the schools here. It is hoped that by this purposeful self-teaching children will as much progress in fire months is ordinarily made in a year.

congress be asked for authority deny him a share, of the Flathead funds as well as to cancel the land patents granted to him. Make Best Showing Pittsburgh. An arithmetic and spelling snrrey recently conducted In schools here by the educational research bureau of dry shows that children In the platoon schools make higher scores In these subjects than children la non platoon schools. Teiung ror me rouce Brooklyn-, a customer, who was In store at the time, went to the Clinton street station and reported to Detectives Whalen and Cavanaugh. Podolsky said he was alone In the store- yhen a tall, dark youtfe entered and asked to see some diamond rings, ranging In.

price from $200 to $LT0. Something In the youth's manner made Podolsky suspicious. Before-going to the blgpafe at the rear, which stood open, he went to the front door and locked it. Customer Arrives In Time. Then he brought out some rings, but while the pseudo customer examined them Stein appeared at the locked door and PodolsGy went to let him In.

Another youth crowded in on Stein's, heels, and as soon as he was In both he and the first youth drew revolvers and ordered the Jeweler and Stela. Into a rear. room. Stein prepared to pbey, hut Podolsky, shouting that he would die rather than let the robbers make ofT with his goods, ran to the door, beat his head against It and kicked it, yelling for the police. The men took fright and fled.

Mother Wants Two Sons Confined in Jail for Life Philadelphia. A seventy year old mother appeared' In a police station hero with tl. rnjuost that the magistrate her two sons to Jail, "even for life," If necessary, to "Just keep them evay from me." The sone. the aged mother, Mrs. Margaret Frlel, sabl.

would not work ar.d made theiyelves a nuisance about her boarding house. They had been arrested Hi times for intoxication and disorderly conduct, the police said. "When I wouldn't give thetn money to buy drinks." Mrs. "Frlel "they threatened to kill me. I'm through with them.

I disown them here and now; and I don't care whore you send them, or how long you jrive I don't 'want ever to see them again, not even when I'm dying." The sons, Daniel, forty, and thirty-eight, were senteti'-cd to three months in the county Jail. May Keep Ring San, Francisco. All enga; ring Is a gift and not a tru-d, the fair recipient retains If she guilty of embezzlement, it ernent If Is not ruled hcre by a police jud askc'l for th l.oui II. arrest, of former ham ce. Miss Iorotbv IbiMird, on a charge of cmbey.N ini tif.

a'-seft-mg she had retained diamond ring he had given her when Miss Howard promised to be ome his bride. IU said they sulisei) uent ly abandoned their plans and she refused tit, return the ring. Drowns in Tub" Hammond. Ind The twenty months-obi son of Mrs. Krnest Parka was drowned recently when it fell In the bathtub during the ubsenro of" the mother, who had gone to a near by grocery store.

Mrs. Pnrkns had left the child in the house alone, nni It climbed into the tub of water. Stands Heavy Jolt Dubuque. Iowa. William J.

Smith, lineman, is recovering from a shock and burns received when 1C.V)0 volts passed through him -when his head came in contact with a lightning arrester. Killed byTree Rock Island. III. Herchel Hand, eighty, a resident of Burlington. Iowa, died as tbe result of being struck on the head by a falling tree while at work on Welch's Island.

Declaration by Congress The art or tying up the wind In three knots, so that the more knots are loosed tbe stronger will blow the wind, has been attributed to wizards In Lapland and to witches in Shetland, Lewis, and the Isle of Man. Shetland seamen still buy winds in the shape of knotted handkerchiefs or threads from old women who claim to ride the storms. Sir-Walter Scott visited one of these witches in the Orkneys. lie says: "We climb, by steep and dirty lanes, an eminence rising above the town, and commanding a fine view. An old bag lives in a witched cabin on this height, and subsists by selling winds.

Each captain of a merchantman, between jest and earnest, gives the old woman sixpence, and she. boils her kettle to procure ft favorable gale. Sbe was a miserable figure; upwards of ninety, she told us, and dried up like a mummy; A sort of clay-colored cloak, folded over her head, corresponded in color to her corpse-like complexion. Fine light-blue eyev and nose and ruin almost met, and a guast- 1 1 Washington, A curious tangle, which apparently was unraveled when eongrc passed an act declaring Harry XjPia BeauchaJne to be a Flathead Indian and therefore entitled to the dnomment of member of that Montana tribe baa developed new snarl, vrltli the decision of the Interior department that Besuchalne la not a Obtaining that right to Inclusion la if.