,1 ! 1 Cleveland Ready for Big Conventions Crime Yields Small Returns Most Thieves End Their Careers Barren of Money, Says an Old Detective. —------ — ____ 1 w ¡ till» to DeatKDown f unnel into Boiler I •ret*. | have never known a thief io keep money for long. They realize that It la dishonest money—that It can bring them no luck, and they have to ■pend It as quickly as posslbl» be­ cause It burns their hands. They know It Is dirty money.** Spirits of Aleuts in Volcanoes, Say Natives Anchorage, Alaska.—Some natives of Alaska profess to believe that the ■ngry spirits of the Aleuts massacred at the behest of the early Russian dis­ coverers and traders under Shell koff, Baranoff and Chlrlkoff, are lurking in the volcanoes of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Beneath the thin crust of the earth covering the lower Alaskan peninsula and the Aleutian archipelago, these spirits, the natives assert, are holding nightly revels and emerging periodical­ ly to buri Are, smoke and thunder at the heads of the invaders. The fanciful recital of the natives Is that on Chlrlkoff Island, long famed as haunted, a half hundred natives were lured Into a log compound, set upon by savage enemies under direction of the Russians, murdered and despoiled of priceless sea otter skins. Their spirits are appearing again in protest. The eruption of three volcanoes In January Is, they say, a revlsltatlon of these spirits, and will continue until they are avenged- ^ew York.—When a burglar Jim­ New York.—Salvatore Farchi mies his way into your apartment be *”» an Italian sailor, fell down has but one object In view—to get *« funnel of the Ladaue com­ something of value; something that pany steamship Kargarlna Ger- will compensate him for the risi- he Is o n c while she was moored at taking. The burglar prefers money Lrooklyo and was killed on land- to anything else, and next to money, boiler below- Far- Jewelry, since it may be easily car­ ™lnl. plunged Into the boiler ried away and quickly turned Into from a scaffold on which he he was was cleaning the top of the smoke- money. Do criminals such as the bur- glar, hold-up man or pickpocket accu­ ■tack and from which It Is sup- mulate much money, and if so, what posetl he slipped or fell upon be­ do they do with their ill-gotten wealth? ing blown off bis balance by ths 1 hose questions are often asked the wind. police by curious persons. Does it pay to be a crook from a monetary point of view?” asked an old-time detective. "We will assume I uring the division of the spoils a that the thief has been fairly suc­ quarrel not Infrequently takes place eiiC.-Hy u, ixwo. Th» bulldliif eo« «.000.000 «Bd hw’10 rrJwT’wHrnDe»"1 * WWch *“* ‘ “•““T cessful in his pursuit, that be has suc­ and later perhaps one or two of the ceeded for a long time In not being thieves lose their lives. The thieves caught, and that he has met with everywhere find themselves objects of •orne pretty generous rewards. Any suspicion. If they are not actually Of pounds of grapes, 15.000 boxes of ■uch thief, if he will give you an hon­ being watched or followed, they tmag oranges, apples and other fruits; many est answer, will tell you that crime Ine that they are. The Ill-gotten for­ cr‘,a,ns “D,l Ices, almost from a monetary standpoint is a sad tune bums Into their souls, and they LOW.OOO pounds of flour, tons upon and sorry failure. I have known many are pretty sure to squander or lose It b>ns of breakfast foods, 30,000 pounds thieves, some of whom were regarded in a short time of smoking and other tobaccos and BB »he shining lights of their profes­ Railroads Kill 5,776 “The ordinary thief Is dreadfully more than 3.500,000 cigars and cigar­ sion, and I never knew any of them to hard up most of the time, and often by Accidents in 1922 ettes. accumulate any real money, or to die has not the price of a cup of coffee W hen Rear Admiral Benson, ship­ rich. Most thieves when they come or a plat, of w>up. He cannot ro~ Washington.—Railroad train Manufacturers Forgot Profits the out-cf-door type of furniture, the ping board commissioner, at an official to the end of their careers are as clean and plunder every night with Impu­ operation during 1922 occa­ Inspection of the Leviathan a couple palms and hot house plants complet­ «f^money as a church mouse. nity. Half the time he has to seek and Labor Its Rules in 'Nat­ sioned the accidental death of of weeks ago said that the only criti­ ing the illusion. “Probably the type of thief known his cronies to borrow sufficient for 5.778 persons, the Interstate cism lie could express was that pos ­ Tiie restaurant Is Joined to the palm uralizing” Big Vessel as a ’confidence man’ fares as well as nis immediate needs. commerce commission reported, court by a short stairway, just three sibly this second largest ship afloat any of them. Wire tappers, as we “When thieves are in funds It Is not and the Injury of 47.203 others. mid been made too luxurious, he might feet above the court. The two, wh'ich known, have at times fleeced their vic ­ New York—The American liner Levi­ for long. They gamble, buy dope, or In 1921 deaths from similar have gone a step further and told how tims of huge sums, $10,000 to $100,000 spend their money among women who athan, once the Hamburg-American's In fact are one, bnve a combined floor cause were 5,587 and Injuries Vaterland, will sail from New York space of almost 6,000 square feet. As patriotic workmen and manufacturers or more, and it might be supposed that are not particular about a fellows 32.324, while in 1920 the killed had vied with each other In accom ­ n the court a dome of stained glass, such confidence men, after making standing or antecedents. If he can buy for Hout ha inpt on on her maiden voy­ numbered 6,495 and the Injured age In cur transatlantic passenger he center of an allegorical figure. Is plishing that end. The liner. In re­ such hauls, would be on Easy street then, food or drink, and treat them to 63.786. suming her place as the largest pas ­ the crowning feature. The walls are for a long time to come. But such is a round of pleasure In the city’s cab- trade within the next four mouths. And senger ship flying the American flag, not the case. when she clears Handy Hook on thut of mahogany. Next In order to the great dining will reflect credit on 2,900 ship work­ Card Sharps Out of Luck. first eastward journey she will be In I once went to a well-appointed every sense an American ship, a ship saloon with a floor area of 11,550 feet, ers of the Newport News Shipbuilding In the reconstruction and recondition­ th« oelllng pierced by a dome of glass and Dry Dock company and 1.000 man­ house on Riverside drive to arrest a ing of which every state In the union •«> feet above the deck level, the Wt! ufacturers who participated in refitting confidence man who was wanted in an­ other state. I arrived at the house at has had a share. Mt celling ever built Into any ship. her. a late hour with the warrant for bls '^he work of reconditioning the Ionic pillars support the dome and Everybody Helped Out arrest- He was living In a sumptuous greatest sidp that has ever sailed un­ paintings Illustrating incidents In the Homer Ferguson, president of the apartment and a Japanese servant at- der the Stars and Stripes cost the pioneer history of the United States comprfhy, said that the usual rules of tended to Ills wants. The Japanese In­ government between Ss.Mu.tNM and $9,- ■ re prominent. The color scheme labor had been forgotten by his em­ formed me that bls master had retired 000,000. Two years ago the Leviathan, throughout Is light Ivory and gold. ployees. The sight of an electrician for the night and that as I was a which had transacted more than 110.- Kaiser's Picture Gone. hammering a nail or a carpenter as­ stranger ft would be Impossible for me Physicians Report Success of treatment as specific for this disease, 000 American soldiers to the war zone, The library Is finished In light green. sisting In a wiring Job, a plumber aid which varies so greatly in type and to meet Mr. So-and-So. was slowly setting Into the Hoboken New Treatment by Use of The woven carjwts are of blue and Ing a wood carver or a painter han­ mortality in different seasonal epidem­ mud. "Of course. I was not to be so easily dling anything but a brush, would make put off, and I invited myself Into the ics. High-Frequency Current. Then the government decided that It green and the curtains of green nnd Diathermy is a form of converslve might be good business as well as a sliver. Over the splendid mantel in the average contractor believe the mil­ parlor. The crook then entered the New York.—The use of high-fre­ heat, generated deep in the tissues be­ fine sentiment to save this ship for the this room once hung a portrait of the lennium had arrived. But thia hap­ room. He was dressed In light flannels, American overseas passenger trade. 8« ex-kalser in the uniform of n German pened regularly during the months that and appeared to be a cultured, edu­ quency alternating current In pneu­ tween the poles of the d’Arsonval cated gentleman. He was highly In­ monia in ten cases treated at the type of high-frequency current The the Leviathan was towed to the yards marshal. That picture long ago diaap- the leviathan was made over. "I cannot say too much in praise dignant because I had forced myself United States Marine hospital on Sta­ machine used was of the portable of the Newport News Shipbuilding & peared. Over this mantel will be the Drydock company, and the transform*- Howard Chandler Christy portrait of of my 2,900 associates in this job," fnto his privacy, and he threatened ten Island Is described in a paper type, capable of delivering up to 2,500 Mr. Ferguson said. "Realizing that if to throw me out If I did not leave lm- by Dr- Harry Eaton Stewart of Yale, milliamperes of current. tlon was under way. There will be President Harding. “The current was turned on slowly, The suites and staterooms will show the vessel was to be of any use in medlately. I showed him the warrant, presented to the American Electro- nothing on the seas more completely At the hospital it was the rheostat slowly advanced until a American than this 02.000-ton pas­ ■ complete change from the German to our effort to put the American flag and he shrugged his shoulders resign­ therapeutic. senger ship, and there will be no ship the American standard. When the on the seas she had to be ready for edly. ‘All right.’ he said, ‘since the said that ten later cases had been maximum of 2,000 milliamperes was under any ting In which the appoint­ Germans had the sidp the private liv­ the spring exodus to Europe, the work­ law is with you I’ll accompany you treated there successfully and a fur­ reached in about four minutes. This fuss.' ’ I gave him an op­ ther discussion of the cases will be was continued for 20 minutes and ments are more luxurious or the com­ ing quarters perhaps were the most men bent their best efforts to the task. without any fuss. slowly cut down In about two min­ forts nnd safeguards more numerous. profusely decorated of those on any When they were through for the day^ portunity to pack up a few necessary made later. Outwardly the Leviathan Is the Va ■hip In the world. In the new ship hundreds of them would troop back belongings. The fellow was a card Reports by Dr. C. V. Broeser of the utes. “There are at least 11 different terland of 1914, but that Is about all simplicity rules. There are five simple “ the ship and volunteer to keep at sharp. He had recently returned from staff of St. Mary’s Hospital, Hoboken, the resemblance. Under the German color schemes, gray, light, buff, light It during the evening hours. Although Palm Beach, where he said he had deal with ten other cases which have and distinct techniques in the use of flag, and us the backbone of the A. E. green and two hardwood effects. Inci­ they would not admit It, If you ques­ been posing as a wealthy Idler and hob­ progressed favorably under the treat­ diathermy. The technique used in all He had ment, making a total of 30 cases in of these cases was the through and F. transport fleet, she was a coal dentally there are more private bath tioned them, they were actuated by a nobbing with millionaires. burner. In the American merchant rooms In the new Leviathan than on patriotic desire to make the ship the made a little money out of his adven- which 100 per cent of recoveries are through bipolar method, with flexible best afloat. ,ur«—a few thousands—but he was claimed, although many of the patients composition metal plates about four by service she will be the greatest oil­ any other ship. “If this splendid spirit had not been rather disgusted at his poor luck. burner on the seas. Forward cf the are said to have been in a desperate seven Inches placed directly over the — main entrance of "Card sharps used to work the big state when the electrical treatment affected lobes anterlorally and posteri- The Interior decorations have been Rie dining saloon Is the Pompeiian displayed the vessel never would have orally. A hot shaving soap lather was entirely change^ Under the Germans swimming bath. The basin, or pool, has been ready In the time allotted. The ocean liners, nnd for a time they did was applied. she typified to the Inst word the Ger­ on area of 780 square feet and a vary­ public little realizes some of the diffi­ fairly well. But too many complaints “This is no substitute for ordinary applied to the skin and electrodes. The man idea of the decorative art. The ing depth of from 8 feet 3 Inches to culties we faced. You must remem­ were made against them and they were medical treatment for pneumonia," patient lay on the posterior electrode smoking room was ns gaudy a ccm- about fl feet. The bath can be sup­ ber that the Germans who built her forbidden to go aboard the big steam- said Doctor Broeser, “but is the use of supported by a pillow The anterior partment as could be found on the plied with 120 tons of sea water in would not furnish us with the plans. shlp< The same experience happened a kind of super-mustard plaster, sup­ one was held gently but firmly on the The enthusiastic coop­ seven seas. The stained glass windows 25 minutes There nre dressing rooms For example, there were some ten mil­ to them on the fast transcontinental plementing other agencies. Some of chest wall. recalled the glories, on land and sea, for bathers and adjoining the main lion wires which we had to trace >UL express trains and at the big hotels the important work in developing the eration of the hospital staff aided of the old German empire. In the room and wtew the spectators' gal­ and this took weeks nnd weeks of tire- They discovered that they were treatment was done by Maj. C. M. greatly in carrying out this study." After reading over the records of new Leviathan these artistic reminders lery there i e special steam, Turkish some work. In this particular phase marked men. and that they were Sampson at Fox Hills.’’ every man stepped In nnd helped out. barred everywhere they went. They of the Fatherland have been replaced and electric * baths. ’ In his report on the first ten cases the ten cases. Doctor Stewart stated his conclusions as follows: by stained glass panels, 48 of them, The wood carvers, for example, became so reduced to penury that they Doctor Stewart spoke as follows: The Levli. han is expected to make “The results in these cases are sug­ one for each state In the union, nnd 14 round ti l>s of the Atlantic In 12 were up ngalnst a hard proposition in had to give up card-playing" as a live­ “These cases are from my consult­ lihood and go about making a living ing service in the United States Ma­ gestive that diathermy may have an In the center of them nil the great months, an duplicating pillars, tooled leather de ­ In the course of these influence in hastening recovery in seal of the nation Itself. voyages he passengers and crew, ac- signs and scroll work, specialties of honestly. rine Hospital No. 21, New York, re­ Must Count on the “Split" pneumonia. The evidence Is not at cording to >e estimates of the ship- German artisans who often had spent Luxury Everywhere. ported by permission of CoL George Now and then a burglar may make B. Young, medical officer In charge all conclusive. In several of the Three great public gathering places ping bonr< will consume 1,129,000 most of a year on a single job. It a fairly good haul. He must go to a on the promenade deck nre the out­ eggs, 210,0 There have been reported heretofore cases the diathermy was not Instituted l>ounds of butter, 280,000 meant constant work 4o do these ‘fence’ to dispose of his loot, and the things In time and the eight-hour rule pounds of a number of cases of pneumonia treat- until In favorable cases the tempera­ standing features In the architectural ms nnd preserves, 2,004,. fence gives him the lowest possible ed by diathermy. In most, if not all, ture might be expected to start down­ arrangement of the new Leviathan. 000 pound of fresh meats, 784,000 did not figure.' price for It. The burglar will tell pounds of These nre the social ball', the palm *h, 84,000 pounds of game of these cases there was lacking the ward, but It Is the opinion of the med­ you that his is anything but a well­ laboratory reports, chemical records, ical staff who selected these as test court and restaurant and the muin birds, 1,00 nt) pounds of dressed poul- London Population Grows. paying profession. The same may be cases that diathermy helped In their try. 840,01 dining saloon. pounds of potatoes, 280,- London.—The population of Lon- said of hold-up men who are reported etc., which largely obviated these re­ recovery. ports being accepted at their face The social hall has an area of 4,050 000 pound >f cabbage and other vege- don, which Includes the many suburbs as making big hauls. In such rob­ value. Remarkable Improvement Noted. You do not need to be re­ •oportlonnte amounts, 224,- but not the "health area,” was 6.981,- square feet. Its great dome of glass tables In beries there are five or six men that “When we have had many more 000 potiti of sngnr, 200,000 quarts of 419 on December 1. according to the minded of the extreme caution that an area of 2,400 square feet. Through­ the fortune must be divided among must be exercised In accepting any cases to report on we hope to be able I of coffee and tea, 28,000 ns out this apartment, ns tine ns any ever milk, 42 estimates of the metropolitan water pounds o I to make a more definite statementfbut bam and the same number board. built on a ship, Is finished In nak this much we do know, that In every panel work, from floor to celling. The single case and in almost every single lighting effects are concealed In the treatment the temporary effect upon ceiling, nnd on the walls will be four the patients was remarkable. Cyano­ oil paintings by an Itnllnn nrtlst of an sis disappeared. The expiratory grunt enrller century. These four paintings when present was markedly lessened nre among the few decorative features or stopped entirely. Respirations .were retained from the time when she was less labored and the patient received under German control. from two to four hours of very marked When the navy took the Levlathnn relief. In many cases obtaining sound In 1917 these pictures were not han- sleep. Now diathermy has been or­ tiled tenderly. They were ripped out, dered as soon as the diagnosis is made rolled up nnd In some unexplnlned In every case of pneumonia at the way became soaked with water. It i Marine hospital. wns believed at first that they had “It Is not too much to assume that been ruined beyond repair, but In their in many critical cases this marked re­ reflnlshed state only nn expert will be lief of symptoms may be the turning ■Me to recognize that like the ship point in the disease. Under proper • herself they have been made over. technique, there is no danger of m * A stage with all the necessary scen­ effects from two or even three diather­ ic equipment Is another huiture of the my treatments per day The proper social hall. technique is of greatest Importance. The pnlm court or garden, resem­ The fall of temperature takes place bling the pntlo of Spnhlsh countries, by lysis (gradual abatement) where Is another of the luxurious npartments diathermy Is used. which Is a revelation. When the Ger- "Pneumonia attacks all ages, and . mans owned the ship, It was in many the rugged as well as the weak. The respects not unlike a high-class beer death rate 1s so high that any method garden. But It Is different now. Ionic The young American, Miss Vandervelde, nnd her brother, who nre making of treatment which will lessen It to columns with lattice work In light Snin' William Starr of South St. Paul, Minn., sixteen year-old schoolboy a t W°r,