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
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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,
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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
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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.