Prison Ends Toll
of Amazing Fraud
o G irl, 3, T ries S u icid e
to J oin G ran d fath er :•
0
5
Vienna.—Even children have
been affected by the suicide
epidem ic In A ustria.
Three-year-old H elll Hnmp
w as found behind the cupboard
th e o th er day choking. She had
w rapped a rope around her
neck and w as seem ingly about
to die when discovered. R e
vived, h er explanation w as th a t
she w anted to go to heaven to
“d ear gran d fath er."
"D ear g ran d fath er" had com
m itted suicide a few w eeks p re
viously, distressed because he
could not aid little H elll's pov
erty-stricken parents.
Six-Room
Modern House
mi uiuutxn
nuuse in Style
otyie
Reminiscent of Days Lonç Ago
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cws
He stated th at th ese gentlem en had
selected him as^ th alr confidential
agent. B eattie, he said, was under
special obligation to him for having
saved his young son from drowning.
From a long tim e viewpoint apple
He Insisted thut th e n atu re of th eir
grow ers appear to have turned the
Toronto, Ont.—Found guilty on 1" plans was such thnt th e men must re
corner, even though the present price
counts of forgery, Percy D. Ham , one main In the background and th at they
situation Is not p articu larly sa tisfac
of the socially elect of Toronto, was could not be com m unicated with di
tory.
With th e decrease In heuring
sentenced to seven y ears In the peni rectly. In one case, under pressure,
trees as shown by the last census tig
tentiary. So closes one of the most he produced a letter, w ith Gleeson's
ures, grow ers cun expect m arketing
am azing frauds In th e history of nam e forged, to su b stan tiate the note.
conditions to be reasonably sa tisfac
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finance In Canada.
Five notes, to talin g $500,000, p u r
tory during the next 10 or 15 years
Hain, a quiet, unassum ing young gen porting to have been signed hy Glee-
In the E astern and C entral states, It
tlem an of artistic tastes, was a Junior son and B eattie, w ere produced and
appears th at If the comm ercial produc
clerk In a governm ent office.
With used hy Ham. These he used in two H unter U se s B ow and
ing acreage is held at the preseut level
this modest background and w ith no ways. He deposited them w ith bro
A rrow A fte r B ig G am e
reasonably satisfactory retu rn s may
financial capital, he launched a scheme k ers as collateral. B ut th e crueleat
C orvallis, Ore.—Prof. It. G, Thonip ¡1
be expected over a period of years.
o f operations of staggering p ro p o r featu re o f his operations was when
In the N orthw est, w here trees reach
tions. In a period of about two years he used these notes to secure ad son of th e Oregon A gricultural col
bearing age more quickly, there seem s
he negotiated sales a n d 'p u rc h a se s of vances of cash and securities from lege started his arch ery h unting on
to be little reason for Increasing th e
bonds am ounting, according to the p riv ate individuals. The Individuals squirrels, rab b its and other small
bearing acreage a t present, though
court records, to more than $20,- w ere frien d s of his o r of his family. game, but now he Is looking for the
apples probably will continue to be
larg est game to be found in thp state,
000,000.
In case of one lady, a w idow , he se
profitable in most sections now yield
Ham, according to his counsel, came cured advances am ounting to $200i«xi and If there w ere lions and tigers here
ing adequate returns.
he would probably set out to get one
out of the maze of purchases and which represented most of her capital
In considering the present situation.
of them.
sales w ithout a 5-cent piece for him
Exposure of the Fraud.
It should he rem embered th at profit»
Tills y e a r’s bag Includes a b ear and
self, although losses sustained hy bro
from upples Rince 1913 have not been
Exposure cam e when one broker a deer. H e w anted to get a deer last
kers and friends as fa r ns they were
sufficiently great to stim ulate p la n t
com m unicated directly with Gleeson, year, be said, but was afraid he would
traced, am ounted to $648,060.
ings. The num ber of bearing trees is
Ham had been a precocious child. the supposed hacker o f huge tra n sa c fail, so he took along a rille. He used
steadily decreasing, the 18 leadlug
To satisfy an adventurous longing, tions. Like a bombshell It developed the rille and brought In tw o bucks.
apple
producing slates showing a de
th
at
Gleeson
knew
nothing
of
Ham
T
his
year,
however,
be
left
his
gun
at
counsel said, the young clerk had
creuse of 6,500,000 trees, or approxi
home, determ ined to bag a buck with
launched out In th e hope of dem on and had signed no note.
17-(fx
10-0*
m ately 8 per cent, during the past
Ham w as summoned to th e office of an urrow.
stra tin g th at he w as not the Insignifi
five years, according to prelim inary
D U N P®
one of the largest bond Imuses In To
cant clerk he In reality was.
He shot at two, then brought /ow n
census figures, says the Michigan
ronto ami given the third degree. He his th ird a t 65 y ards with his six-foot
C redulity of Victim s Amazing.
Farm er.
In E astern and C entral
still Insisted th a t he could make good English longbow. The arrow , 28 Inches
ô'-6*x22-6”
The credulity with which his cam
states, most of the decreu.se has been
his com m itm ents ami was given a few long, feath ered w ith tu rk ey feath ers
paign was accepted hy a hard-headed hours to do so. T h at afternoon he
In scattered orchards th at are eith er
and tipped w ith a two-inch steel blade,
financial world w as one of the most
1 3 -0 x IG
outside of the main comm ercial sec
w as discovered in the kitchen o f his struck the depr's knee and glanced
am azing featu res of th e case. Bond
tions or a re too sm all or too unpro
home, with the gas turned on and su f Into Its stomach, p en etratin g several
n V
purchases, running ns they did Into
ductive to Justify the use of efficient
fering from asphyxiation, which a inches. The big buck ran about 50
millions a month, m ust Inevitably a t
spraying equipm ent. Some unproduc
short sojourn in the hospital cleured feet and dropped dead. T he how re
tr a c t attention In a m arket ns smnl
tive orchards also have been ab an
up.
quires
about
75
¡Miunds
pull.
as this one. Instead of being regard
doned In the boxed apple states, and
W
here
th
e
$648,000
th
a
t
w
as
lost
The
bear
w
as
even
easier
to
bag
ed with suspicion. Ham commanded
the tendency has been to replace the
respect. Pop-eyed fictions sprang up. w ent to w as not satisfacto rily di than th e deer, Thom pson said, be
poorer varieties In the older orchards.
crediting Idin with being the agent of vulged hy th e trial. A su b stan tial sum cause not ns active.
F or the country us a whole, the num
Thompson declares th n t If every
governm ents and of financial syndi w ent to brokers as commissions.
ber of trees not yet hearing Is about
body used arrow s In th eir hunting
cates planning far-reaching coups.
the sam e as five y ears ago, und Is not
th ere would be plenty of gam e in the
Ham began his operations on a
sufficient to m aintain the present num
3
8
2
N
ew
Rural
M
ail
state.
ber lu bearing.
sm all and evidently experim ental ba
sis. H is first purchase w as of only
So fur us comm ercial production Is
R ou tes S erv in g 6 3 5 ,0 0 0
a few thousand dollars of governm ent
concerned, the decrease in the num
W ashington—More
thun
635,000
O rig in o f C andy
F irs t F lo o r F la n .
bonds—practically all his tran sactio n s persons In ru ral d istricts received
ber of hearing trees In the scattered
Over 200 y ears ago an English doc
w ere In governm ent bonds. Ills capi th eir mall a t th eir front doors for the
farm orchards has been more than
By
W
.
A.
R
A
D
F
O
R
D
to r w as moved to pity for a little
tal did not exceed a few thousand first tim e during the last year. They
offset hy Increased production in the
M r. W i l l i a m A . R a d f o r d w i l l a n s w e r
girl who had to tak e nasty medicine,
cents, but he negotiated the purchase w ere served, th e Post-Office d e p a rt
comm ercial Sections. The rate of In
q u e s t io n s a n d g iv e a d v ic e F R E E n F
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so he m ade a m ixture of sugar, w ater C O S T o n a l l p r o b le m s p e r t a in i n g to th e
this w ay : Ham said he w as acting m ent announced, by the 882 new rural
crease In the comm ercial sections
and flavoring ex tract. T his he gave s u b je c t o f b u i l d in g , Tor th e r e a d e r s o f
for an out-of-town friend, and gave his mail routes established during 1920.
seems, however, Io he slowing up, and
to the little girl with her m edicine t h i s p a p e r. On A c c o u n t o f h is w id e
ded m
personal check, to he held hy the bro The d epartm ent reported th a t 45.318
hi the boxed apple states, the point of
e
x
p
e
r
ie
n
c
e
as
e
d
it
o
r
,
a
u
t
h
o
r
a
n
d
m
a
n
-
and she liked It so well th a t the doc- , u f a c t u r e r , he Is, w it h o u t d o u b t, th e
kers until the bonds w ere delivered to rural routes, supplying 0,010,000 fam
maximum production seem s to have
to
r
w
as
persuaded
a
fte
r
her
recovery
h
ig
h
e
s
t
a
u
t
h
o
r
i
t
y
o
n
th
e
s
u
b
je
c
t.
A
d
-
been nearly reached.
his friend, who would Im m ediately ad ilies, estim ated a t 30,435,500 p er
to p rep are more of the delightful con d r e s s a l l I n q u ir i e s to W i l l i a m A. R a d
to to
vance paym ent.
Though bonds are sons, and covering 1,249,978 miles,
Looking ahead, It seems tliut th e
f o r d , N o . Is 2 7 P r a i r i e a v e n u e , C h ic a g o ,
coction
w
ith
the
m
edicine
om
itted.
<-> val* I
yearly Increase In population will he
sold "cash on delivery," H am ’s p ro w ere in operation during th e year.
f o r r e p ly .
posal w as accepted. The credit of his T he ru ral c a rriers covered 377,045.703 He culled the prep aratio n “candy.”
sufficient to tuke care of such Increase
And th a t’s how the p opular confection
G etting an a ttra c tiv e new home at
check for the few days requested w as m iles in th eir deliveries.
In production of commercial applea as
originated.—T
h
rift
Magazine.
a
com
paratively
low
cost
is
not
such
accepted hy brokers who knew hint,
Is to be expected from the present or
a
difficult
m
atter.
P
roper
selection
chards.
or his fath er, nr his friends. Ham
of a home-building design and of m a
covered the tran sactio n w ithin the
terials th a t a re good hut not In the
tim e specified hy reselling the bonds
most expensive class will bring to
through another firm.
Second Floor Plan.
prospective home builders a com fort
Financial Pyram id Erected.
able house and one th a t Is a delight these room s a re of good size. French
T he operation w as rep eated over
The following list of fruit tree»
to the eye as well.
doors from the living room a t the
and over again on an ever-increasing
should be very sntlsfactory for th e
An
excellent
exnmplp
of
w
hat
may
side
of
the
fireplace
lend
to
th
e
sun
scale.
N ineteen apple—2
be obtained in this m anner is shown parlo r which extends the depth of the home o rch ard :
A fter each transactio n Ham cam e to
in the Illustration. H ere is n two- house. Note ulao thnt there a re two Yellow T ran sp aren t, 2 Duchess, 2
be regarded ns an even more desir
gable fram e home, the kind th a t was doors In each room giving entrance W ealthy, 2 Grimes Golden, 3 Jo n ath an .
able client. B ut th ere w as never any
popular
a few generations ago be- to ull p n rts of th e house with a m in 2 Delicious, 2 Ktuyman, 4 W lnesup;
profit for Ham.
E very transaction
cauae
of
its low cost. But added to imum of travel. The hull leads di 0 C herry—2 Early Richmond, 2 Mont
showed a loss of a t least th e two com
It
a
re
a
sun
parlor, a terrace and an rectly to the kitchen as well as to morency, 2 English M orello; 9 Bench—
missions for buying and selling, and
overhanging roof, which transform the the living room and dining rootn. The 2 Greensboro, 2 Champion, 3 E lberta,
often a fractional loss In ndditlon In
house Into a most pieusing modern kitchen Is connected with dining room 2 H euth C ling; 3 Bear—1 Kieffer, t
the m arket price, the w eight of the
G arber, 1 Seekel ;3 Blum 1 Wild Goose.
borne.
and washroom as well. A door to
offerings being sufficient to depress the
1 Green Gage, 1 Shropshire D am son;
the
re
a
r
of
the
living
room
leads
to
As will be seen by the floor plans
price on a narrow m arket.
12 G rape—2 Moore's Early, 4 Concord.
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th a t accom pany the ex terio r view, the the kitchen through the washroom. 2 B righton, 2 Goethe, 2 C ataw ba; 12
•There Is no evidence th n t Ham at
; house contains six rooms, the sun par- T his is good home planning.
any time attem pted to use his credit j
Blackberry— t Early H arvest, 4 Robin
! lor and a washroom and laviitory on
T he bedroom s u p stairs oil a re cor son, 4 S nyder; 12 R aspberry— 4 Kansas,
or the securities which w ere tem po
|
th
e
first
floor
and
bathroom
on
the
ner
m
om
s
and
large.
They
open
off
a
rarily In his possession for speculating
4 Cum berland. 4 Cardinal ; 6 Goose
BiAT»^
«
second. The central en trance leads central hull, with the bath a t one berry—3 Downing, 3 H oughton; 6 Cur
purposes. P laying the m arket for an
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advance or a decline did not seem to
Into u reception hull, to th e left of side.
rant»—3 Berfecllon, 3 F a y ; 66 S tra w
fall w ithin his schem e o f things.
which Is the large living room, and to
The house Is 35 feet wide and 24 berry— 12 Bremler, 18 Dunlap. 18 Ar
th
e
right
the
dining
room.
Both
of
N either Is th ere any evidence th a t he
feet 0 inches deep.
k/YOMw. wrwhm+i
oma, 12 Gundy. The straw berries may
planned a t any tim e to abscond, al
*w*ft«vrv* X ‘
be planted between the rows of apple,
though In the la te r phases of his ad
pear, peach and plum trees, und
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UÎAM
venture he must have been In posses
[$#o» |*,>1
should do very well until the trees
sion a t tim es of enorm ous quan tities
come Into hearing.
of negotiable securities.
T here a re many othpr varieties of
Development of home equipm ent has
.¿Xj-AAlJH,
Difficulties developed for Ham as
If lum ber la worked on th e “Job
the various fru its listed above th a t
m
ade
It
possible
to
place
every
mod
his operations pyram ided and the total
It tak es additional tim e for the c a r under the conditions of the producer
ern convenience of the city residence p en ters and additional money from might be equally us good or b etter
of his losses m ounted. T he credit of
»MAS
In the farm house.
his personal checks w as no longer suf- (
th e builder. The best workmen can thun some of those listed. As a rule,
H eating Is n atu rally considered first. not hulld a good-looking home w ith a however, the grow er should find th at
f Cf U M
flclent to finance his hare-brained
Stoves and fireplaces Hre disappearing. poorly m anufactured product.
strategy.
the varieties mentioned will give satis
B asem ent heating plants ore In com
Resorts to Forgery.
F or th at reason It Is only good faction.
mon use, one of the most popular business when building a home to rely
These difficulties he met by forgery, ■
types being the pipeless furnace. This upon some known lum ber th at Is man
selecting tw o prom inent citizens—one
1» because of the fact thut little heat ufuctured hy a reliable firm. And the
John Gleeson, an O ttaw a capitalist,
is throw n out except through the top, best hecurlty Is In a tra d e m a rk e d
and Rev. W illiam B eattie, a London |
Bishop J. E. Freem an, Leon C. Palm er, secretaiy of the N ational Com-
clergym an w ith w ealthy relatives— mission of Evangelism of the P ro testan t Episcopal church, and Bishop Thom as which allows the basem ent to continue brand of lumber, for here Ihe mnnu-
D airym en who buy complex mineral
and attach in g th e ir nam es to a series C. D arst, holding the ch art of the United ¡States, showing d istricts in which to he used for storing foods. All types fa c tu re r m ust depend upon his lumber m ixtures are w asting money and may
of
warm
air,
steam
and
hot
w
ater
of notes, which he used as collateral. an E vangelistic crusade will be held early In 1927.
to m ake his easily distinguishable be harm ing their cu ttle us well.
heating plants are installed on farina product acceptable to the building
• • •
now adays, however.
world.
A few fru it trees set out about the-
R unning w ater Is Just as essential
S tam p L ickers N eed
T here are many fram e homes stand
place will assure th e ow ner of a fresh
on Ihe modern farm as In the city, lug today th at w ere built when the supply of this valuable and necessury
N ot F ear III Effect« a s plum bing system s, sewage disposal United S tates was confined to the east food.
W ashington.—R egardless
of
the and efficient laundries dc|>end upon coast. This, coupled w ith th e fact
• • •
san itary question of licking of post a constant w uter supply. Aside from th a t lum ber now Is prepared much
When sw eet clover Is sown In th e
th e house supply, w ater should he more scientifically and more carefully spring and cut for hay In the full o f
Celebrated P o rtra it, "P in k ie ." Paint- th e Romney p o rtra it of Lady E liza age stam ps as It m ight affect others,
beth Forbes, his total outlay so far the llcker has no need to fear harm available for the dulry barn, feeding- than when those houses w ere built the first y ear the quality of the hay
ed by Lawrence In 1795, Brings
yards. garage, lawn and garden, and Indicates the homes built soundly to
at the auction being estim ated at well ful effects from th e operation.
Is practically equal to alfalfa.
$370.000 at Auction.
On th e contrary, the Post Office de for lire protection.
over a million dollars.
• • •
day will lust as long as those of the
These noted canvases are to fol p artm en t says the gum Is really food
It Is to be noted th a t the small past.
Most of th e pruning of peach trees
New York.—More than a million
stu ff m aterial, and they are afraid to w ater tank In the attic and th e larger
should he done soon a fte r the foliage
dollars’ w orth of B ritish a rt trensnres, low G alnsborough’a “Blue Boy" and
m ake It m ore p alatab le hy adding w ater tow er outside the house, are
begins to fall In October and Novem
knocked down under th e ham m er In oth er B ritish a rt prizes across the
flavoring
because
thnt
might
be
an
In
A tlantic.
being supplanted by steel tank pres
ber and before the dorm ant spray I d
two days, Is destined to hang In Am er
“Pinkie" Is a full-length oil p o rtra it centive for users to remove too tnnch su re system s located In the basem ent,
It frequently happens th at door March.
ican homps and museums.
of th e adhesive, and th u s get the post- or burled underground.
• • •
boards shrink badly, particu larly on
The celebrated p o rtra it known ss of Miss Mary Moulton B a rrett of the
office people Into trouble with an over
pine floors, showing wide and nn
T he home orchard should be given
“Pinkie," painted by S ir Thom as Law Isle of Wight. »She w ears a white
load of mall to be aent back for post
sightly cracks which should be filled as much attention upon furtns as the
rence In 1795. has heen bought by dress with a pink sash and long pink age.
ribbons
on
her
hat.
I’ntisual
cloud
In before reflnishlng. (If course, they home garden. No farm Is com plete
Joseph Duveen of New York for
T h e gum used h as heen so good
C ure of bleached out patches In a re alw ays filled with d irt which must w ithout IL
about $370,000 a t the auction o f the effects form a background for the th a t many have asked for Its compo
• • •
paint, appearing In six to twelve be carefully removed and the cracks
graceful w hite figure. It Is considered
Mlcbelhnm collection In London.
sition. It Is composed of 88 per cent m onths from the tim e of painting, can dusted out.
The quickest and cheapest method
T his Is said here to he th e highest hy many critics to he the m asterpiece cassava detrln, a starch obtained
be accom plished easily. The fault la
to eradicate the pocket gopher Is by
price ever paid anyw here for a pic of Law rence's early career, full of from certain South American plants
th a t the paint used has failed or
freshness and vivacity.
poisoning with grain or vegetable
ture. The previous record w as $900.-
which Is used In m aking tapioca and broken down too rapidly by w hat Is
butts treuted with strychnine.
600 paid laat year for Romney's "Mrs.
• • •
cassava bread. Ten per cent of corn known as "chalking." The pale-faded-
T here are a num ber of featu res to
D avenport" at a London auction.
Kodiak Bear Weight Ton
detrln and about 2 per cent glucose spolty appearance la due to loose pig he sure o f In building your home
T he general Index of purchasing
Not only did Joseph Duveen ac
The Kodiak brown b ear a tta in s the com pletes th e m ixture.
m ents freed from th e vehicle and held One Is heating, another plumbing, s power of farm products In term s o f
quire “Pinkie," the chief prize of the g reatest weight of all bruins, often
as a powder on the surface. Wash th ird fire safety, a fourth Is durable nonagrlcultural com m odities continued
auction, but he alao bought the Gains weighing alm ost a ton, according to
A w rist w atch m ade Into a cuff link
th is spot well w ith a dam p cloth and wall construction, and still another Is at 87, at which point It has stood for
borough o ortratt o f Miss T atton and the D earborn Independent.
la a recent Innovation.
th e original color will reappear.
lighting.
five months.
S ev en Y ears M eted O ut to
$ 2 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 S w in d le r o f
T oronto B ankers.
APPLE OUTLOOK
FOR THE FUTURE
K itchen
D inin
P orch
R
Planning an Evangelistic Crusade
Suitable Varieties and
Kinds of Orchard Trees
Farm Houses Now Have
Good Lumber Necessary
All Modem Conveniences
for Good Construction
Horticultural Facts
AMERICANS PAY MILLIONS
FOR RARE ART TREASURES
When Floors Shrink
Paint Spots
Watch These