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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1920)
CROOKS LEAD DOUBLE LIVES Machine for Testing Soie Leather KATHLYN WILLIAMS ¡ FAIRNESS IS GOVERNMENT’S ONE GREAT OBJECT IN MARKET NEWS DISTRIBUTION Known That Most of Them Carry on Jekyll and Hyde Ex istences. POINT OF HONOR WITH THEM Human 6!de of Crooks Revealed by : Domestic Habits and Pleasures—~ Refrain From Robbing Places Where They Live. New York.— The human aide of criminals, as revealed by their domes tic life and pleasures, Is seldom held up to the public gaze. Those of pro nounced professional types are by na ture secretive and mysterious, and much o f our knowledge of their hu man side comes from penal Institutions and prisons, or from occasional inves tigations made by the police Into their home life. It Is known, however, that most of them lead a Jekyll and Hyde existence and that In their double lives they are as eager to deceive unsuspect ing persons as they are to avoid the police. In the choice o f abodes they are no different from honest folk. There are many types of criminals, who occupy many types of homes, from the most humule to the most pretentious. They have been found in lodging houses and In private dwellings where they huve been waited upon by lackeys und serv ants. Living us they do In constant fear of the police, they change their abodes frequently, and In doing this they move from city to city and from state to state. Carry Little Baggage. The average active, professional criminal makes his home, as a rule, in second and third-rate rooming houses. He feels a bit safer In a furnished room than he would as a boarder or lodger in a flat or apartment where he would have to rub elbows with per sons who might divine his real calling, and In such a place he feels if he Is obliged to move quickly, that he can do so without the danger o f exciting too much curiosity or comment. This type carries ns little bnggage as pos- Kathlyn Williams has the distinction of being the first person to star In a “ movie" serial, and her work will be remembered by ecoree who appreciated her good work. She is no stranger to the stage and has appearsd under lead ing managements. Miss Williams is one of Screenland’s most talented and beautiful stars. ---------O--------- The department of agriculture U trying out this new machine for testing sole leather. Pieces o f the material, fastened on a wheel, are worn against a sanded belt which attempts to furnish the same pressure a man's step would make. The machine Is one of many government devices to test the quality of materials. slble. He sometimes Is the possessor of a trunk, but more often it is a single suitcase. There are several types o f criminals residing In flathonses. There Is a type who rents a furnished flat, making his home with a fellow-thief. A similar type Is the thief who takes up his abode In a cheap h otel; he Is often ac companied by a partner In crime— a woman (his wife, perhaps), who may be a professional shoplifter. She Is useful In many ways, since she can visit an apartment which he has planned to rob, and “ get a line on It” without exciting suspicion. It Is not uncommon fo r this type to obtain lodgings by forged recommendations DYING WOMAN WEDS SLAYER Bride, Victim of Accidental Shot, Meets Death With Smile on Her Face. ROMANCE ENDS IN TRAGEDY Under Police Guard Man Is Taken to Hospital Where Girl Is Dying, and Marriage Ceremony Is Performed. Chicago.— Vloln Carpenter nnd Rob ert M. Taylor were married one night recently In the Lakeside hospital. The girl was dying from a bullet wound. The man was under guard of the po lice. When the priest had finished the nmn went back to his cell, weep ing, and the bride died with a smile. This was the end o f their romance that began two years ago in Akron, O., where Taylor was employed. Viola, an orphan, had been living with some relatives In Cedarvllle, Ind., but had left them and gone looking for work. “ I came upon her when she was all but starved and very tired," said Tay lor. " I loved her at first glance and MONUMENT TO ERICSSON The monument to John Ericsson, the Inventor of the monitor and the screw propeller, which will be placed In the hall at Washington. It will cost $85.- 000, paid partly by the government and partly by citizens o f Swedish blood. The design Is by J. E. Fraser. she loved me. I promised to marry her. Shoots Girl In Accident. “ W e came to Chicago some time ago and went to live in a flat at 4328 Berkeley avenue. W e were known as Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. W e were very happy. “ There was Just one thing that trou bled her; we were not married. I got a license, but I kept putting off the wedding. “ Then came the accident. “ It was shortly before midnight W e were awakened by a noise. W e thought at first It was a burglar, but we found It wasn’t and we laughed. Viola said she didn’ t think I ’d shoot a burglar If I found one. I aimed the gun at her and said: T d shoot him Just like th a t’ I heard the shot I saw the wound. But I couldn’t be lieve It. It was too terrible.” That was the story Taylor told to Capt. James Madden nnd Lieut. Mau rice Crotty at the Hyde Park station. The girl had declared all along that she shot herself. “ I suppose you know she’s going fast?” said Crotty. "Oh, let me marry her, then,” said Taylor. “ Please. It Is what she wishes most. We have the license and the ring." The police authorises agreed. The girl cried with Joy when she saw Taylor and the priest. She wished to be baptized and to be married, she said. The Nuptials of Death. Taylor knelt beside the bed and kissed her while the priest put on surplice and stole. The detectives stepped aside. A handful of nurses and doctors stood near the open door. Taylor knelt by the side of the bed. The slim white hand of the girl was placed In his. It was very still In the room, save for the voice o f the priest, until he came to the words: “ Do you take this man— ,” when the bride ex claimed, “ Oh, I do. I do.” And when he said: “ Do you take ench other for husband and wife, to have and to hold. In richness. In pov erty, In sickness and In health, until death do you part?” the bridegroom looked at the girl soon to die, and sobbed. But the bride's eyes were shining, and held no tears. She fell back with a little sigh. “Then I pronounce you man and wife.” % The bride held to her lips the Anger that bore the wedding ring and then her husband kissed It. So the priest went on. giving the sacrament o f extreme unction. Pres ently he was done. The church bells tolled somewhere. It was six o'clock. “ Good-by, my bride,” said Taylor. He kissed her ring again and then her lips. “ Good-by, my husband.” she whis pered. “ And don't be sad. I am very happy.” with respectable families, and to mas querade as decent, law-abiding citi zens. Such a criminal, who possessed good looks and manners, obtained lodgings with an estimable fam ily in an ex clusive section o f the Hast side. He was educated and cultured, speaking fluently many languages. He posed as a teacher o f languages and excused his Irregular absences from home at all honrs o f the day and night by telling the fam ily that he had several wealthy pupils whom he had to visit when their fancy dictated. When the police ap peared at the house early one morning and arrested him for a serious crime, and explained to his guileless host that he was an old offender whose finger prints adorned many cities. It came as an unpleasant shock. Another familiar type is the criminal whose family or relatives are Ignorant o f the life he 18 leading. On embarking on his career he pursues an honest call ing In the daytime, making adventur ous excursions Into crime at n igh t If successful In eluding the police and capture, be eventually gives up his honest occupation entirely, depending on bis stealings and dividends In crime to support him. Real Calling Hidden. In doing this he endeavors to keep his real calling hidden from his parenta and relatives posing as a salesman or worker, perhaps In the financial d l» tric t Not Infrequently his parents dis cover bis real calling before he falls Into the tolls o f the police, when an at tempt Is made to reform him. Before thla can be done he sometimes leaves home to embark In earnest on a career o f crime which In time Is certain to land him In prison. The police have records o f young married criminal* who have deceived (heir wives in this manner, and have repented o f their wrongdoings too late. These matrimo nial deceptions are common In every city. There are, of course, criminals who obtain employment In households for the sole purpose of robbing them. I f there be such a thing as honor among thieves, most criminals make It a rule not to rob the places they have selected for their homes. Such a violation Is regarded as a grave breach o f criminal etiquette, nnd when this rule Is broken the violator Is looked upon aa a pretty cheap fellow. Like birds of a feather, professional crooks flock together. In respect to thetr recreations and pleasures they are much the same as other folk. The young men and women are foDd of dancing, the theater and Jazz mnslc. Others o f a more studious and serious bent find entertainment In a good novel or story of adventure. Pays $2,000 to Stop Nosebleed ♦ f Denver.— An attack o f nose f bleeding cost Morris T. Streeter, i millionaire coal mine owner, $2,- • 000 and made necessary the char 4 tering o f a special train to carry a Denver specialist to the Iso lated point In Moffat county, Col orado, where Streeter was. At the end o f the dash over the mountains In the special train, the so c ia lis t had to ride thirty miles In an automobile over the rough roads o f Mount Streeter. When Streeter first began to lose blood, and after first aid measures had fnlled to check the flow, an unsuccessful effort was made to secure an airplane to carry the specialist the 300 miles from Denver to Streeter. Despite the fact that the run was over tracks weakened by recent storms, record-breaking time was mnde. The train alone cost Mr. Streeter $1,700, Including war tax, and the physician's fees and other chargee brought tht total to more than $2.000. But the bleeding was stopped. Editor’s N o te—Pietro's misconception of the word “ love" Is apparent to those who are familiar with tennis. The word, as applied to that same, Is commonly used in keeping score, and la equivalent to "aero” or nothing. Telegraphic Reports From Many Centers Regarding the Movement of Many Products Form the Basis of Federal Market Dlepatches. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The authority back o f a market re port largely determines Its value. Re ports from the bureau o f markets. Uni ted States department of agriculture, are counted o f peculiar value In the maintenance o f healthful economic con ditions In America because they sup ply Information that Is comprehensive, always up-to-date, and unbiased. What may be characterized as the key positions In the government’s mar ket-reporting organizations are the market stations. These are branches of the bureau of markets maintained In nearly a score o f the larger cities, and one of their chief functions Is to collect and distribute market news re lating to several or all o f the following products: Fruits and vegetables, live stock and meats, dairy products, buy, grain, and mill feeds and seeds. Most o f the branch offices are con nected by leased wire with Washing ton nnd receive nnd distribute market news dally. The ortglnnl data nre as sembled and condensed Into reports, reviews nnd press nrtlcles which are distributed according to the needs of the market. Most of the liven In chnrge of this work have had technical trnlnlng nnd considerable experience either In production or marketing. Station Men Understand Selling. The work of these men resembles that o f the county ngent In that It Is localized, but It differs from It since It denis primarily with the selling nnd not the producing phase of agriculture. In other words, the market station man begins where the county ngejit, In most cnses, lenves off. H e Is nble to an alyze market problems comprehensive ly because he meets dealers, shippers, and buyers and Is In dully touch with local trade conditions. The co-operntlon which the market stations maintain with State market ing ngents In 27 states Is a dechlely helpful feature of the market news service. The nntlonnl service Is con cerned chiefly with the wholesale mar keting of produce shipped from one state to another, But the state ngents nre Interested In local produce, both wholesale and retail. The nntlonnl nnd state forces open unite not only In se curing Information, but In helping to solve special marketing problems nnd conditions, such ns the more rapid movement of crops In seasons of heavy production. The servlco of the market stutlons nnd state agencies tends to displace many of the private agencies whose scope of operation Is upt to be less comprehensive, prompt, and reliable. In addition to this general Information, which might be called routine market news, various sections In the bureau of markets rainier Important service by securing data regarding special commodities. The fertilizer sections, for example, have conducted Inquiries and made reports on the supply nnd demand for fertilizers nnd fertilizer material. The transportation sections have rendered valuable aid In securing complete nnd regular reports on ship ments, nnd also by expediting the un loading nnd return of curs. Without Information on these related subjects, buyers nnd sellers often would go far wrong In their bargaining. Prompt distribution of the Informa tion which the bureau o f markets' rep resentatives secure Is essential to Its value. Reports are collected early In the morning and are telegraphed from city to city so thnt they can be pub lished the same day. In this way mar ket Information for the entire country Is placed In the city dealers’ hands a few hours nfter It Is collected, and often shippers at remote country points have the dnta the morning fol lowing Its compilation. The reports show not only actual sales or ship ments o f various commodities, but oth er Important Items which have a bear ing on the markets. Scop« of Information. In the course of the yenr the Infor mation mado available througji the United States department o f agricul ture has to do with the marketing o f between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 car loads of live stock und 500,000 to 750,- 000 cars of fruits and vegetables. The movement of cotton, dairy products, dressed meat, grain, nnd feed Is cov ered In the same comprehensive fash ion. It has been estimated that the department’s market news ranches from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 readers through the newspapers, while the market bulletins, reports, reviews, and special articles go to tens o f thousands of growers and dealers. Obviously, the growers and dealers profit directly from the market news service because of Its completeness nnd fairness, but o f no less Importance Is the benefit to the public at large, resulting from healthful, above-hoard competition pro moted by easily obtutnnble market In formation. TH ER day leetle girl aska ms; "Pietro, you know how piny ten nis?” I say no can play anytlng only phoneegraph nnd da pinochle. Sonin time try play da poker but no maka success. She sa y; “ Well, I Ilka teaelia you how play dat game leetle bit, huh?” When she say gonnn taka me down where da court ees I soy no wanta go. I fteen court one time and ees costa me ten bucks maka too moocha hurry weeth da fleever. Anyway we go een place wot ees greota stuff for keepa da cheeken. Great« beega fence alia round weth leetle one eend da meedle —smalla fence ees sama stuff usa for catcha da feesh. She say “ I geeva you racket, Pietro, for play weeth.” I aska “ wot’s matter we gotta maka racket for play desa game?” I say too moocha noise maka me excite, so mebbe besta way ees play weethout da racket. She say, “ Alla right, I am gonna serve.” I soy eef she serve I dreenk eet, I tlnk mebbe she gonna serve somating weeth leetle keek een. I dunno. She getta one side da fence and I getta other side. She knocka ball stralghta my head and say, “ Love feef- ateen.” I say feefnteen to many for lova one time— no can do. She knocka one more ball and say, “ Love tlrty.” I no say somating, but I feegure ees greata man eef lova tlrty all one time. Nexa ball she say, "Lova forty.” I dunno wot's matter dnt girl, I tlnk eef lova two, tree gotta hava plenty amblsh, but for love forty ees too moocha Job for one man. A fter knocka two, three more ball STEERS STARTED ON SILAGE COLTS REQUIRE MUCH GRAIN my M en boiler “flume I” Right back l say, “ Betta your life— anybody whosa Material I* Bulky Enough to Eliminate If Animals Are Compelled to Consume lova feefateen or tlrty or forty one time Danger From Overfeeding and le Large Quantltlee of Silage They gotta be game. Mebbe gotta he twins Much Relizhed. Develop 8lowly. or Mormon to play dat gume. I dunno. W ot you tlnk? Silage has largely solved the prob At the University o f Missouri, --------- O--------- lem o f starting steers on feed. It la colts have grown from 5(12 pounds bulky enough to eliminate danger from In weight on September 15 to 807 W lfsy May Faint Jones— Hello, Doc. I wish you overeating and unless cattle are ac pounds on April 21, on a dally ration customed to It they rarely ent greedily o f 8.42 pounds o f one-half shelled corn would go right on up to my house. Doctor—Certainly. Anything seri of It at the start, according to George and one-hnlf oats and 7.8 pounds of W. Godfrey of Iowa State college. ous? hay. Colts can consume small quan Jones— Not yet; but there may be. Western range cattle thnt never saw tities o f allage, but If they are I’ve Just sent up a load o f coal.— corn take to silage as quickly as those forced to eat large quantities of silage Judge. of our native cattle thnt nre not ac they cannot be expected to grow as customed to It. When fed fodder these much aa they would If fed more lib --------- O--------- western cattle at first pick off the erally on grain. lenves and husks, leaving the stalks Bran, when available, nnd a small and ears. With silage they get ac qunntltlty of ollmeal may he fed to CROSBY’S KIDS quainted with the corn taste at the advantage to colts. Exercise, fresh wa , I start. ter and good quarters must be fur When grain Is added to the ration, If nished If best results ure to be expect spread over the silage. It Is more even ed, but It should he borne In mind ly shared by the steers. Even when thnt the colt which arrives nt Its year jnttle nre going at once onto a heavy ling form stunted and thin will be grain feed n start with silage Is best, handicapped for the next two or three as It allows n more rapid Increase In years of Its life and may, perhaps, never fully recover. the grain ration without danger. A short preliminary feed of sllnge slso puts them In g<s»d condition to make the best use of the grain ration | DIGESTIBLE HAY NUTRIENTS Inter. Milage has a place In every feed lot that nothing else can quite Nearly Three Times as Much In Timothy as In Com Silage— fill. Latter More Palatable. O MORE PROTEIN IN LEGUMES Also Mors Carbohydrates in Alfalfa, Cowpeaa and Such Cropfc Than In Johnson Grass. On' MNriAW Y0uV£ eetH Tuen Alfalfa, clover, lespedeza, cowpeaa, aoy beana, peanuts, all contain con- alderably more protein and more car bohydrates aa well, than the non legume hay, such aa Johnson grasa, timothy, prairie sorghum, etc. In 100 llis. o f timothy hay there are 48.8 lbs. of digestible nutrients, or nearly three times ns much as there Is In corn sllnge. Corn sllnge, being a succulent feed and more palatable. Is, on the whole, more easily digested. We have always calculated that one ton o f timothy hay Is equivalent to about two and a half tons o f corn silage. Putting It In another way, when timothy hay Is worth $i0 a too corn silage Is worth $4.