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The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 3

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The Modesto Beei
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Modesto, California
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"hit'll he Joined thirty-four years agoltuel uf stouths whose silk list (for he I Gauntry'' for a bit visiting bis friend in (lie raiijaeity of an ordinary "rop" lias married a 'toiter" and the ac- Pinkerton and perhaps Colonel Hit-1 As a boy in the west country lie read eotupanying Prince Albert since lie tie of Baltimore Md with shoot be MARKET REPORTS NOTICE T( TAXPAYERS EXPLOITS Of FRANK FIESI NOTED ENGLISH DETECTIVE worked on Hie Moore ease and who slill writes to him at the hegniniug of every new year Alter that he is coming Itai to settle down in the West country in the season indulg in his favorite hobby which is shooting (in preference to being shot at tlaliorlsa and almut Allan Pinkerton became head of the 1 Is old made up ills mind lo he a delect ironed to absolute perfection whose ivc and now "Kroest of the Vard" Is white "vest slip" glossy patent bath-renowned alt over Europe as well gajeru and suede "spats" make the In South America and Australia Kings look sloppy alien as fre- where be has bagged big game of tin' queutly happens bis magesiy and the eiiiniual rariety and at the Cape superin'omhu are on view slintil-w lienee he wont to bring Hr Jameson laaeously lo England alter the raid Fight with a Ceulny Possibly you already have seen a Perhaps the liveliest fight of Fro-ba re announcement that the captor of est's whole life was against an Am-1 Jahez Balfour of Tom O'Brien the erican cow boy ho already had six Newman Notes LONDON Oct 22 i can tall you this said Big Hilt' Pinkerloti raising a heavy forefinger to euiplia-sire bis words that the whole trllie of American big and littb will breathe easier When they bear tltai that man has quit the detective business for good" Kune riatwideut Frank Kroest of Hcotiaud Vard the "iuan" in question mulled benignly His nain (which is tirotuiimeed to rhyme with gliost is almost as well known of course in Hie ulled States is it is in this country where be Is regarded as tie great eel living Kitaest A Piukerlin mid the writer of these lines sat in the big office at Scotland Vard which Kroest has occupied for the past seven years as superintendent of the criminal investigation department of lie jioiice but which soon will know him no mote As bead of the 1 as it is called In has been commander in chief of the most famous army of rogue-catcher in tin world Children Cry for The follow big are quotations of re tail price- to consumers hi Modesto stores today: FBI IT A It VEGETABLES Quinces and 3c lier itound Apples te er pound rapes cents per pound Italians Stic dozen ijciuons 3 jc per doz Pears 2'zv per tound Cantaloupe 3 for 10c Watermelons 10c to 13c String Beans 3c pound Cabbage 10c each 3 for 25c Carrots 5e bunch Garlic 3 lbs for 23c Hreen Peppers fr pound Coast I-ettiice 2 for 5c Green Onions 5c bunch Onions 2e per pound Potatoes 1110 per sack Turnips 5c bunch Beets 5c bunch Tomatoes 3c per pound Cucumbers 4 for 5c Summer Squash 2e pound Sweet Potatoes 2'c tier pound Cauliflower 10c head Celery 10c bunch-Ci eon Lima Beans 4c per pound Ill I TFlt EGGS FTOrit ETC Butter creamery SOc per roll 40c per pound Country Butter 30c per pound Eggs dozen 40c buy or sell Honey comb 2 for 25c Honey Strained 90c gal SOc 2'" pint Flour $1 60 per sack Corn Meal The per 25 lb sack tier 10 lb sack MILL HTIFF8 Barley rolled $1 65 per Bran $150 per cwt Mill Feed SI 70 per cwt Middlings SI 'to per cwt Alfalfa Meal 90c per cwt Wheat 1170 per cwt Peed Oats $200 par cwt murders to his credit and who did his best to make the killing of Freest constitute the seventh This was early in the detective's career but he already Had tasted the mettle of or rather isli-Amerieaus for under Inspector Uttlechild he had fought the Fenians in Ireland and gone up agaist them in so lie knew what to expect In a real Had man from "the Stales'' This had man's was Kuhue and lie hailed from Primrose City Wisconsin The murders he was wanted for were (Mina ularly brutal ones and after eommltiing them Kublte signed on a eattl" boat hound for Liverpool At Queenstown Forest who then was unknown to fame put off in a small boat met the cat-1 phone exchange Mr tie boat and climbed up over her Mclatoah has accepted side There were men on deck and here one of them waa a giant inches tal- B- Baumgnrdt will give a lecture than Flutist who not much over 01 "The F'jclds and Fjords of Nor tr odium height- Friday evening at the Edison "Is yauf name Kuhne!" said Kroest Heat re In connection will show to the big man drawing his how at of Norway which will mak a venture His speech of a great deal more in- "Wiiat?" was the answer "Oh teroNi People having heard him hut Ft'oest saw that lie had got hit claim him a flue speaker I'm a pullet Little Clyde Kohl's the son of nun "I in a police ho siutp- king of American bunko men of his day: 'Villlam Lord Moore the Tennessee aext-of-kin swindler and more international rogues than can he kept in any memory hut his own is about to retire and some of ''11 more familiar ancedotes about 1 im may have been recalled It has been the writer's luck however to hear Kroest's story from his own llpe Two Fats on- sleuths It was thrilling to sit there in the heart of the great police system whose tentacles stretch out to the 1 ends of the earth and listen to Freest nd Pinkerton recalling the details of crimes and the personalities of their perpetrators- these last almost affectionately Our surroundings too were a study in themselves Fiery where there were telephones specking tithes and electric hells while on the walls "Vanity Fair'' ntr-1 luiniH of celebrities beamed down lo uli set the el feet of two one Smith Wesson uml the other a Colt and a big bowle knife with six notches In the handle each of which 1 mean a murder which things Pro cst took from three of the wont men tbit over quitted the ailed States a hurry for these shores and which now repose on his mantle piece Notice is hereby given that the taxes on all persona pro-lerty and one-half of the taxes on all real property for the fiscal year of 1912-1913 were due and payable on Monday October 14 1912 and will be delinquent on the last Monday in November next thereafter at 6 o'clock and unless paid prior thereto fifteen per cent will be added to the amount thereof and if said one-half is not paid before the last Monday in April 1913 at 6 an additional five per cent will be added thereto The remaining one-half of the taxes on all real property will be payable on and after the first Monday in January 1913 and will be delinquent on the last Monday in April next thereafter at six and unless paid prior thereto five per cent will be added to the amount thereof All the taxes may be paid at the time the first instla' ment is due and pa Said taxes are the office of the Tax Hector of Stanislaus County in the Courthouse Modesto Cai A DOWNER Tax Collector Stanislaus County California Mode to Cal Oct IS 1912 The Kit ou Hav Vlwuya Bought and which has been Ui for 30 years has btirno Hie signature of and has been made under his personal supervision sineo its Infancy Allow no one to deceive you in tills fmltuUouu mid arc hut trifle with and endanger the health of Iren Experience against Experiment is CASTORIA -'ulcKq puballttite for Caster Oil Party Contains Sy tups It is Pleasant ft on t'oriihlne nor other Siareotlo uamniee It destroyt Worms it cures Din rrhoitt and Wind i Troubles cures Constipation i stinU tite Poml regulates tho ewelsj gh tntf healthy in natural sleep Panin The Friend liar Kohrs was thrown from a wagon while the horse waa trying to run away Saturday Very fortuuately be escaped without injury Mr and Mrs E- have started on a trip to New York-The Danin society will give their annual mask douce at the I'ukm hall 411 ir The Chihlri GENUlHi CASTORIA ALWAYS yj Bears the Si of 'O' tt rTtirFu for I 'I(M PROMV'T HAY AND GRAIN Oats $130 to SI fit) per cwt Barley $l32j to Wheat SLID lo $1 47 'u-Alfalfa 11 flo to $11 Wheat Hay $13 to $17 Black Eye Beans $3 to $315 cwt LIVE POl'LTRY Young thicken 14c to 15c per pound broilers 15c to 16c per pound fry 14c to 15c per pound young esters 14c: old hens lie to 12c old roosters 7c to 8e per pouud Ducks (young) Sc per pound BI TTER AND EGGS Buttrrfat 37c Eggs 40c dozen Onuntrv Butter 3rtc pound o- I) cars ied and instantly the giant drew a hovviu Uulfe and Jumped at him Over on the deek they rolled clamped to-J I getter struggling furiously Up and i 'down they went die cowboy jabbing The superintendent Ir most famous I Ms Unite through the detectives as the man wlto tracked Janes liul- 'clothing and trying to grip his four ot "Liberato lame to the Ar- 1 throat Hut gradually the Scotland Yard man's Iron strength wore down Saturday evening the 8Ctb Hand his mmi and that's why there isn't i a seventh notch in the hilt of the "sticker" Hat now lies on Forest's tmitleptoce "We lot them know in Wisconsin that we Had Kuhue under lock and key" said Froest "and the Bhuriff I of his low it eatue over to take him home Oddly enough though he came front Priutnore City he deviated he never had seen a primrose In I M- Leeoq orllls hd it seemed to he the thing llawlisbaw of even poor Jacques after Kuhue that he most wanted! Fut relic' "Thinking Machine" hut 0 soe Well it wasn't the you are not likely fu have pictured Bati011 for primroses so we sent him I "Frankie" Froest ns the last word in smile seeds which refused to come tliutlyism lie is a very lleim it runt- i bl1 Thun I sent him some young' some prizes will be awarded to the est dressed gentleman and lady best sustained most comical best group etc For use in self-serving restaurants there lias been Invented a plate with groove: in the edge to keep cutlery from slidiig off as It is being carried CASTORIA For Infants and Children Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the A recently patented glove that can hi- wont on either liaml has two thumbs each of which has a pocket into which It can be tucked when not in use The Kind You Save Always Bought In Uso Fop Over 30 Years HC CtKTUS COfltMrr TT MUNRAT CTF1CCT SCW V3HK CITT Of Signature general Dray Transfer Coal and Wood BURT Leave Orders at 834 9th St Phone Main 1351 M4 Notice to Taxpayers GIVEN City of situate of said Will You Spend ONE DOLLAR to Elect Wilson President? How deep is your conviction that this government ought to be in new hands in clean hands How much are you in favor of a clean slate from Wilson and Marshall clear down the line to the very smallest offices in your locality? The Democratic National Committee has every reason to believe that every progressive voter is willing to spend a dollar to elect Wilson and Marshall and their ticket And that thousands are anxious to contribute to the Wilson Campaign Fund in amounts of $2 $5 $10 and $20 To such we make our appeal To such we must look for victory STOCKTON ESCALON and MODESTO Tidewater Southern Railway THE PEOPLES WAY NOTICE IS HEREBY That the taxes due to the Modesto on real property within the corporate limits City are due on the first Monday in October 4912 and ill be delinquent on the last Monday in November 1912 at 6:00 and if not paid prior to that time 15 per cent will be added to the amount of such taxes Said taxes may he paid to tin undersigned at Union Savings Bank S21 10th streiR in the said City of Modestn between the hours of 9 a and 3 MAZE Collector oi the City of Modesto Oldie 17 "M2 "THE PEOPIES WAY NOTICE You can now ship your fi eight via San a Fe and Modesto Empire Traction Co to ttid from San Francisco and Stockton and intermediate points at the same ight rates as other lines Mode-to Empire Traction Co tt FDR SALE Stockton Ticket Office Stockton City Office 25 Sutter Stockton Freight Office Modesto Freight and Passenger Office Western Pacific Station Tidewater City Office Western Pacific Station 1326 9th Street Head a List For the Fund If vou know several Wilson voters or Work in a place where there are Wilson voters take up a subscription from all ot them Place vour name and the amount of your subscription at the top of the list and get the others to join you Atention the name of this paper an your list Then mail the list and contiibutions to Crane Vico Chairman Finance Committee Democratic National Com-tnittte 900 Michigan Avenue Chicago 111 This is the most helpful work you as an individual can do for clean government nexf to casting your ballot lor Wilson and Marshall on November 5th How to Contribute to the Wilson Campaign Fund Sign the Coupon In this corner and fill in the amount you give Then attach your Money to this Coupon and mail today to the address given on the Coupon Issue all checks money orders and address all contributions to Crane Vice Chairman Finance Committee Democratic National Committee ooo Michigan Avenue Chicago III Then wiite a letter to this newspaper giving your name as a contributor and staling your reasons why you believe Woodrow Wilson should be elected President of the United States Ill this way you will be listed as a Wilson Contributor A Souvenir Receipt handsomely lithographed well worth framing will be sent to you Your letter will help the light by encouraging your friends Do everything you can to hold up Wilson's hands in his clean campaign for the people who do the work and fighting of the country I plants blit they died on route so thi' best I could do was to send lie slier-j 1 1ft some fieri primroses and he was! much Telling tills story recalled another American -v Kemuckv one this time to Froest and Incidentally 'lie history of the Smith tv Wesson which keeps company with Tom Brlen'a Colt on his mantel got man in Loudon for this sherilf" said Froest 'ignoring the i details of what must have been another exciting capture "who had1 killed somebody in a lunatic asylum in Kentucky and the sheriff gave: sne his gun as a souvenir This murderer was one of the deep silent! kind and 1 wanted the sheriff and his assistant to look uftcr him care-! fully when the tot to the States If lie jumps overboard while your going across' I said 'well lie'll be dead and that's up in him But look out) when you touch Well do you know that in spite of my warning them ho gave fit- in the slip at Now York and whin is more got away I with two lings belonging to the sheriff and the never saw him again-The burly gttpi rinteldleiu chuckled at the recollection- "What happened to them when they cot home he ad-' tied "God knows Frank Krimst probably comes as! near being I'caBss us it is possible for a limn in in Tim biggest part of I his life lias been spent in the liourl danger if not expectation of getting either or stabbed As a raw young policeman (he first "beat" assigned to him was i the delecuBc region of Sail vmi Hill which is the Italian quarter ul the metropolis and he had la-e a ou duty barely twenty miuutes when he was in thci thick of a nast set-to Half a dozen dagoes had set oil a Britisher and! Froest went to his connfltuan's as-' irsi Mice ami Jpn for his pains He jus managed to get his man out ot the mess safe and sound i and then tilings goi black When he cauie to lie was in a hospital ward but he was well in no time ami ready for more trouble in his "active days Froest was niasiiv ot disguise and mnko-! up and could divas any (tart at a few moments' notice from peddler to I priest Sint i then he lias trained many a pupil ami from the big red- brick building on the embankment you will see go ton at various limes! I "city" men in silk hats carpenters racing touti and men who look like i doctors all of them the superiiBn-j dent's henchu i 1 and each placing itisi pan in the unending fight with crime while up in his office sits Froest like llunty "pulling the When he quits he is going to take i a pleasure cruise to the West Indies and then will look in on you in "God's WELLS Agent Modesto LANDIS Traffic Manager Stockton Cal Cal Time An Important Factor This is another cisc where time is money The enemy have their funds supplied instantly by the Interests We have only a few days and contributions to be eflec-live must be received at once There is no question of the money of the Teople being able to defeat the money of the Trusts Because it is greater even in volume and will be used in Straightioiward telling ways But to be effective it must be received and used within the next few days Quick action is absolutely necessary Let us have yottr contribution or the list you make up trom your friends and co-workers today it possible tomorrow jure How Your Money Will Be Spent Woodrow Wilson our standard bearer has never had the time or disposition to talk about himself He has never used spectacular methods to place himself In the spotlight His greatest work has been done without ostentation in the most expeditious dignified manner The great mass of voters vio not know what a really treat man Wiison is They do not know all he has done hey do not understand all the features ot his platform We must tell them To educate this great nation of voters especially the clear thinking Independent Democrats Republicans and Progressives who choose thcr leader on his merits means the expenditure of a vast amount of money We propose to use your dollars in just this way judiciously and without a penny frittered away necessary item We know you have confidence we will do this thing successfully Why the Dollar Counts In this campaign the issues lie between the forces of Representative Government and Popular Government In Representative Government only a part of thr people have influence those with no political faith who spend fortunes in any direction where their own ends are furthered ior money In Popular Government all the people have influence because their executives and legislators do not dare to thwart the expressed will of the people Representative Government as ever this year is being supported by the money of the Interests It is being spent lavishly to give the voters a wrong impression of Wilson PopularGovemment this yearto win must depend on the truth being told about Wilson Ye must publish his record and platform broadcast so that no one can controvert it Your $1 your 2 your $5 your $10 or $20 will count and ount to win if spent in this work 7 Blocks from courhouse in North Addition 5-room bungalow newly completed strictly modern throughout with At plumbing and fixtures Extra building site ou same lot Owner will sell quickly at sacrifice account change of plans A Veal snap Address box A News Office fot particulars 9-302w ModesloS Empire fraction COMPANY Santa FeTrains FROM EMPIRE Subject to Change Without Notice To San Francisco and Oakland Woodrow Wilson Campaign Fund LOYALTY COUPON To CRANE Vice Chairmnn Finance Committee The Democratic National Committee 900 Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois As a believer in the profresslve itWls of government repre-sentod in the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson for President of the United States and to the end that he mar take the office freehanded untrammeled and obligated to none but the people of the country I wish to contribute through you the mm ot toward the expenses of Gov Wilson's campaign Name TIME TABLE EFFECTIVE SEPT 1 1912 Lv Modesto Lt Empire Daily Ex Sunday Sunday Duly 9 55 a Daily 10 29 a in Daily 12:15 pm Daily 1:30 pm Daily :05 pm 4:85 pm Daily Ex Sunday 5:00 pm 5:3" pm Daily 6:10 pm' Santa Fe Angel will stop at Empire for I ns Angeles and San Dicge passengers upon arrangement with Traction Co agent-Connections with Santa Fe trains at Empire Depot comer Eleventh and streets Phone 7151 FULLER Traf Mar Train tugel" Address To Los Angeles and San Diego lv Empire (The 7 Ar lxs Angeles Is (he Ar San Diego To Chicago Kansas City and Denver Lv Empire Ar Denver Ar Kansas City Ar Chicago 1 IV: HOBART Gen Act- Fresno Calif F'or Detail Information tddress Any Santa Fe Agent State Endorsed by THE MODEvSTO EVENING NEWS.

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