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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-09

I disguised in false whiskers and wear
ing blue goggles. never use dis
Kuise, except a change Of clothes. Blu
| can take one of my men and LEI
you talk with him; then bring him II
tomorrow and let you see him anC
you would not believe him the same
man. Here in San Francisco every
one knows meat least all the graft
ers do-so 1t would be useless to
try disguise"
Burns methods all through the
Ruef case have been surprisingly open.
When he started out to capture Ruef
after his friends. the sheriff and the
coroner had been pretending to
search for him in vain for a week,
Burns assembled his posse in half a
dozen automobiles in front of Heney s
office; with Ruefs lawyers offices but
half a block away. He had ten men
with him, but the open way with
which he went about the job made
the attorneys for the CRATER think 1t
made to follow the party. They went
straight to the resort at the Troca-
dero in the outskirts of San Francis
co, where Burns knew that Ruef was
in hiding. Burns had the house sur
rounded; then he walked In and sur
prsed Ruef at dinner. He had his
man back at Heney's Office within
three hours.
a Brbo- Taker.
OF his present work Burns himself
says: This San Francisco case is one
Of the most interesting | have ever
had. OF course municipal graft cases
are all somewhat alike You know
who the men are who have got official
favors The first thing to do is to
single out the official who you think
will accept a bride, and then get
1t him by inducing him to accept what
he thinks is bride. OF course your
money is marked. Then you surprise
lin In the act. After that you have
lin cold. Through him you get at the
,ribe-givers.
When ! started in on this work |
n San Francisco ! expected to get |
fter each of the supervisors singly, |
nut one of the newspapers got wind |
II 1t and published the story how we
we're working on one man. That spoil
d things for us, and / had to resort |
o other methods"
What Burns had done was to induce |
he proprietor of a skating rink who
ad fallen out with Mayor Schmitz to
ave an ordinance in his favor intro.
uced In the board of supervisors.
hen he arranged to buy the vote of
ne of them-Lonergan by name-for
oo0. Burns was concealed in the
pom when the marked money was
assed He pounced forth at the psy-
biological moment when Lonergan
as taking the bride.
Take the money" said the tran.
ed boodler, pale as a sheet. Il am
one for
III take the money, and I'll take
ou, too said Burns. With that he
'ared his man into complete con.
ssion. Previous to this he had Sc.
Ted another confession from one of
onergans colleagues who was i'll and
fought he was about to die.
eoodler Trapped.
With the inside information of these
70 confessions Burns got to work on
the other supervisors. They were ,
scared that the whole IS came
rough with rush. When Henev +
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-09
MAN WHO TRAPPED
FRISCO BOODLERS
HAS FINE RECORD
CALLED KING OF DETECTIVES

William. j. Burns Most Clsuer of the Secret Service
Agents Employed by Uncle Sam, Has Earned Proud
lille by Hs Many Sue -essss in Running Down Often
aerS Against the Law-His Methods Are Shretod d.
rect and Straight Forward and He Has Yet to Record
Failure in Any Case Which He Has Bean Employed
Land Graders, Boodlers Countereifers All One
to Him.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-09

and eAen branched out into making
hundred dollar bills.
in the letter opened found three
OF the bills which were being sent 10
TayIor and Briddell by Kendig q
Jacobs. cigar merchants in Lancas,
ter Pc. with whom they operated. J
marked the bills, replaced them In
the envelopes and remailed the let
ter. d,
Later when Chief Wilkie and l
went to search Tayler and Biddelfs
place and put them under arrest
pried open drawer in their desk.
found two of the three bills had
taken from the letter and marked.
"Wilkie was standing beside me
at the time. and l said to him, loud
enough for the two men under arrest
to hear:
THAT'S funny. Jacobs told us
there were three of these bills
"Briddell bit at the bait
Burns he said, how many men
have you got under arrest in this
case?'
Il named every man who was con-
nected with the case. None OF them
was under arrest at the time
That's enough for me- said Bird
dell. We don't make any more trou-
BILE for you
He gave me his full confession on
the spot. 1t was opening the letter
that did the trick. OF course Jacobs
had told us nothing"
counterfeiters Caught.
An illustration of careful detective
work Is Burns method in running
down two counterfeiters from Cen
trail America They were Gen. Freder-
leo Mora and Ricardo de Requisens.
These two men had been making
counterfeits in the United States of
the 100 peso notes Of Costa Rico. Our
government was asked to apprehend
the counterfeiters, and Burns was en-
trusted with the job. Others had
worked at 1t before, but all Burns had
to start with was a sofa wrapped up
in burlap in which 100000 of the
counterfeit notes had been stuffed for
shipment to Costa RIGA. On the bur.
lap was the mark, Xxx 1884"
Starting from this, Burns found that
the burlap had been originally used
in packing a shipment of overalls from
a factory in Newburg. 1t was the |
shipping number. In Newburg Burns |
went over the books of the factory
and found that those particular over
alls had been shipped to dry goods
store in Long Island City. There they
told him that they had recently sold
a piece of burlap to an old lady by
the name of Mrs. Chevins. 1t did not
look promising.
But, when Burns learned that Mrs.
Chevins had a son-in-law, one Ricar.
do de Requisens, who hailed from Cos
Ia RIGA, he thought the trail was get.
ting warm
De Requisens was living with O.
Young widow from Pittsburg at the
house Of his mother, Mrs. Cheyins.
5urns placed De Requisens and the
widow under arrest. Then he sent
me OF his men to the Jail with an al.
eyed message to the effect that If he
would produce the plates of the coun-
erfeit notes the government would
ibandon his prosecution.
After the messenger left. De Reouis.
ms was visited by his mother.in-law.
When she left him Burns followed her
o her home in Long Island CITY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-17
Maine Cental'S
Annual Meeting.

Portland. Me-. Oct. 1c-The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Maine
Central Railroad Co. was held this at
t"rnoon. President Lucius futile of Bos-
ton presiding. The following officers were
elected.
President, Lucius futile, Boston; vice
president. George F. Evans. Portland:
clerk. Henry 3. Cleaves, Portland; di-
rectors. Lucius futile of Boston, Frank
lin A. Wilson of Bangor. Samuel c. Law
renee Of Medford, Mass. Lewis c. Led
yard Of New York, John Ware of Water
vile. Vim. p. Frye of Lewiston, George
F. Evans Of Portland, Joseph w Sy-
monds of Portland, Edward p. Kicker of
South Poland. George Varney of Bangor,
Alvah II. Sulloway of Franklin, N. H.,
Henry y. Cleaves of Portland
The officers and directors of the Wash
ington County Railway were reelected at
the annual meeting of that COMPANY to-
day, tie three principal officers of the
Maine Central holding like positions in
the Washington County Co
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-17

Immediately after Mr.. Harahan had
| called the meeting to order with three
| raos of his gavel at 3.45 o'clock Mr..
Cromwell arose and said:
II am informed by the members of
| the committee on proxies that they
have been unable to finish thcir work
! and are not prepared to report for
several hours. therefore move that
an adjournment be taken until $50
O'Clock tonight. Instantly James A.
Pattcn was on his feet. Mr.. Patten is
Il large man whose appearance and
manner suggest that he is entirely cap
able of caring for himself in any kind
of fight. He objectsed strongly to
the adjournment saying:
Il move to amend the motion by max
ing the hour 3 O'Clock tomorrow morn
Ing; There are many stockholders here
who live outside of the city. and for
whom it is inconvenient to attend a
night meeting"
MIR Cromwell arose, courteous in the
extreme. II would call the attention
Of tho stockholders" he said, to the
fact that this is a business meeting
for the conduct of important affairs.
| regret if any stockholders should be
put to Inconvenience. but this is case
where we should attend to business
without considering our comfort too
closely. I therefore insist upon the
abortion of my motion"
Il desire" said Mr.. Patten with an ag-
cressive manner and in warlike tones, ito
call attention to the fact that when the
night session is over the lawyers can take
q cab and reach their hotels in five min
utcs, while the stockholders who live out
of town cannot do so without taking a
much longer time This meeting is n
meeting of the Illinois Central stcckhold
ers and is being run by the stockholders
ana not for the convenience of a few at
toinrys from New York City. [ insist
upon my amendment and ask that a vote
be taken"
Mr. Cromwell called for yeas and noes.
The chorus of aye" was so strong he did
not insist upon a vote of the negative
side. saving with 4 smile:
Il guess that vote is sufficiently en-
phatic to satisfy even a lawyer The
meeting is adjourned until 9 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
Eoth sides are still apparently conf
dent of the result. Mr.. Fish said tonight
II have great hopes, but we cannot tell
as vet
Mr.. Hartman declared: Il cannot pre-
Ci"t the results of the meeting. but it
may he said that it will he a clean cut
fight. If we fail to vote enough stock to
control the meeting the issue will be up
to the courts
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A Novel Charity.

1t is announced i'll a London dispatch
that the Duchess OF Marlboro is devot-
ing herself in large and generous wav
to field Of philanthropy-the care Of
convicts' families-which, SO far as we
are informed, has not heretofore occu-
pied such special attention on the part
Of the charitable. The destitute wives
and children of convicts receive the ps-
sistance Of philanthropists along with
other classes of needy and deserv.n:,
persons. and convicts' families are d.
rectly or indirectly aided by the chill
drens aid societies and the provision
made by the societies that care for dis
charged prisoners; but the families OF
men under sentence should make an
appeal for the special consideration oc
the benevolent. 49, M
The poor families of convicts are pitt
fully handicapped in life. In addition
to the gricvous ills of poverty. they
must often, and most unjustly. bear the
stigma. Of the parents crime. These
waits carry a double burden. In some
instances the possible transmission Of
degt nerate tendencies to the children
of certain convicts demands an early
environment for such children which
would tend to mitigate the evils of such
a deplorable inheritance
Ledger.
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JosepI, e. Lewis.

Joseph f. Lewis passed away at his
late residence on Lower Main street lat
Tuesday night. Mr.. Lewis was called
upon last spring to care for his wife
through a long illness. being called to
watch day and night. Soon after her re-
covery he being weakened and nervous
had a slight shock. From that time his
speech was affected and health impaired
Oct 5 he experienced another shock. re-
sulting in a complete breakdown of the
nervous system.
Mr. Lewis was born in 1919 He had
been in the employ of the Maine Central
at the shops at Waterville for over T.
years. He was well liked by his fellow
worlmen. He was a member Of Fairfield
Lodge, No. IS. T. o. o. F.. since 1896 A
widow and one sister. Mrs E.rba Fitz-
gerald. who has made her home with Mr..
Lewis. survive.
The funeral services will be held at .
o'clock Friday afternoon.
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UNION LABELS
Should Be Worn on All Clothes Say
Textile Workers.

Providence, r. l., oct. 16.-The second
DAVIS session of the Seventh annual
convention Of the United Textile Work
ers If America opened in Labor Tenn
pie this morning. The gathering was
somewhat larger than yesterday
meeting. owing to the fact that more
delegates had arrived.
The first report to be received this
morning was that Of the treasurer The
reading of the document showed that
the finances of the organization are on
u firm foundation.
Charles a. Wiles, national organizer.
devoted the greater part of his report
to the conditions existing at Lowell
Manchester and other textile ccntcrs
II" spoke of the difficulties encounters
Cd by him in the work of organizing in
Lowell. but said that results came af-
ter 4 month Of lard labor and there is
DOW good prospect that the carpet
workers and WOODEN spinncrs can be
brought into the fold Of the Textile
Workers.
Organization work in Lawrence was
conducted at the same time he was
busy at Lowell.
~ -h'tiifIifSt'E, ~. H., lie Sdlu. Il
found labor i'll Il dcplorablc condition
but succeeded in forming Wcavcrs'
Onion there"
Local unions Of wcavcrs were formed
at Biddof"rd and Sac", Nc.
Resolutions We're indorscd to send
an organizer to Manchester ana Dover.
\. il. 1t WAS also voted to instruct him
to d" all he could to remedy the do
piorablc condition of organized labor
i'll that stat"
Another resolution favored higher
wages for folders but this will have
to 80 to tn" executive council of that
union before it becomes Il fixture. II
was also voted that every delegate 10
the next convention wear union-mado
clothing. In this connection several
clothing makers were placed on the
unfair list.
At this point in the meeting a rcso-
luton was introduced in which the
convention was to go on record as in
favor Of placing labels on everything
that vas manufactured by the textile
labor"rs. 1t was brought about by Il
heated debate. One delegate suggested
tina it would be rather announcement to
have the union label placed in clo,h
whore it could be seen
John XVI Of Fall River. however, was
on his feet in a moment and in a force
full voice stated to the gathering that
ne was willing To wear a union label
on the back Of his trousers, if people
did not want the union label placed in
more conspicuous part of their cloth
nS- The resolution was adopted with
out further discussion
"A banquet was held this evening
ana proved t" be a very enjoyable oc-
caSion.
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Charles e, Duren.

Charles j.. Duron departed this life
at ) o'clock Wednesday afternoon. at
Ter suffering q great deal since July 70
from the effects Of Il shock experienced
while at his duties While at his Office at
the store of Frank L. Hammond. In
1891 Mr.. Durcn was manager OF a
large saw mill at Seal Cove. While
there he had charge Of the digging of
Il large we'll which caved in on him.
resulting in Il broken hip. an injured
spine and other injuries. The injured
spine had a part in bringing about the
shock of July last.
Mr. Duren was confined to his home
and had Il trained nurse in attendance.
Medical skill and a good constitution
did much to restore him to health. but
another shock was suffered Tuesday
afternc on, causing much pain until his
death.
4 widow. d son Carl. daughter
Alice, four brothrcs. Albert of Bath,
Frank Of Eichmcnd. George of Duluth.
Mimi. James of Houlton: three sisters.
Mrs. Susan Amcs of Boston. Mrs. Hor-
ace Eaton of Skowhegan and Miss Sa-
rah Duron of Fairfield. mourn his de-
parturc T." the Beyond.
Mr.. Duren was born in Canaan in
May. 1S4.. Coming here in 1869, he with
his brother Albert purchased the mill
privilege of Charles FogS and began
business. Later the mill rights Of En-
cry & Bradbury were taken over, max
ing tn, brothers large mill owners. At
that tim" thc town was one of the larS
est mill Ilid lumber ccntcrS, but de-
StructlIc fires wiped out the entire mill
section. In 1891 Mr.. DurCn was placed
Ill charge Of a large mill at Seal Cove.
where he remained for four years. 1t
was at this place that the accident hap
i,e ned that ultimately lead to his early
death.
In 1895. whom Hiram Tuck resigned
the position of tax collector. Mr.. Duren
received tn" election to that position,
rcma ming in office until his recent i'll
ness compelled him to resign. During
his numerous terms a. collector he was
highly esteemed and made the best
man foi the position that the town had
had fer years. Able to make friends
and keep them he never had much diff
ficulty in performing his duties.
Mr.. Duren was prominent Demo-
Graf AMI received the appointment of
deputy sheriff under Sheriff Pcnnell He
was re-appointel by Mr.. Lang. serving
two terms, being replaced by a Rcpub-
li"an deputy under Clyde Smith. Dur
ing his tenure of office all requirements
were met and all duties faithfully per-
formed.
Mr.. Duren was a Mason for 80 years,
a member Of Sloan Lodge. F. and A.
NJ. Of Fairfield. Of the Chapter at Oak
land. Mount Lebanon Council at Oak
land and Il Sir Knight of st. Omer
of Waterville.
The time Of the funeral services has
not been decided upon but services are
to lie under the direction of St. Omer
n the death Of Mr.. Duren the town
loses q man who has done much to
make the town better and who has
transacted the towns business in a
manner. His always CHEEKY
and pleasant words will be
greatly missed.
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Guests
for the w. G. I. u.

Boston, Oct. 1i.-It is announced that
many notable guests will he among the
speakers at the national convention of the
Wonen's Christian Temperance Union
which will be held at Nashville. Tenn.
Nov s to IS. Among them will be Briga-
der General Aaron S. Daggett. who will
speak in opposition to a restoration of
the army canteen. Mrs. Lillian Nj. n.
Stevens Of Portland, Me. national pres
ident. ara Miss Anna A. Gordon Of
Evanston, H., national vice president al
large. are visiting number of state con-
ventions OH their way to Nashville their
principal stop being in Georgia, where
the W. c. T. u. is celebrating the recen.
passage of a state prihobitory law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-17
UNDER-OcEAN DISTURBANCE.
Nothing Of Alarming Extent in tn.
Western Hemisphere.

New York. Oct. 16.-inquiry among
all of the cable companies today failed
to disclose any interruption of COM
munication in the two Americas.
Those lines which run through the
West Indies and to Central and South
America were reported as working
smoothly and the officials of the COM
panies said that none of their offices or
those Of their connecting lines to the
south had reported any earthquake
disturbance. AS the field thus covered
embraces all Of the West Indies, all of
Central America and both coasts of
South America. it is evident that the
quake recorded by various seismo-
graphs today did not occur at any
largely populated region on the West
ern hemisphere. It probably was an
under-ocean disturbance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-17
Brewer Factory
Destroyed by Fire.

Bangor. Me. Oct. 16.-F'ire tonight de-
stroycd the brush handle factory and
moulding mill of George W. Pattcn in
Brewer, making a spectacular blaze that
attracted thousands of spectators along
tho wharvcs on both sides of the river.
At one time the fire threatened the plant
of the Smith Planning Mill Co. the city
hall. Congregational church and MANY
other buildings. but assistance from Ban
COR and the fact that there WIS no wind
enabled the firemen to confine the dam
age to the mill. which was completely de-
stroyei.
Patterns loss is about SfdH1 on machin-
cry ana stock and the loss on buildings
which were owned by the Smith Planning
Mill Co.. is $1,000 Patten has s200o insur-
anc". while the Smith Co. is fully COW
cred Mr.. Patten thinks the fire was in
cendiary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-17
Jesse Holiday
Dies In Chicago,

Chicago. oct. 1G.--Jesse Holiday. 81
years old, a pioneer of california;, but
in his latter years a resident of Chica-
go. died yesterday. He was associated
with his brother Benjamin in the op-
GRAFTON of the Pony Express" which
was for many years the only means of
carrying the mail across the Western
plains.
They were also the nVnnr:, nc = stage
coach lin" which prior to tho advent
Of the railroads furnished practically
the only means OF transit to the Far
West.
Mr.. ltolladay and his brother were
Important factors in the development
of California. Jesse Holladays wife.
VII" died Il year ago, was a daughter
of Colonel George w. Ewing of Indi-
ana. who was associated as a PARTNER
with the original John Jacob Astor in
fur trading.
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TELEPHONE GIRLS OF MANILA.
Positions Sought by Members Of Arts
toeratic FamiIiess

Manila telephone subscribers feel
that though living in what the. aVef;fge
American believes to be a semi-bar-
barouS land. the rest of the world has
no edge" on them in being served by
conely maidens as "hcllO girls" The
Filipino telephone operator comes from
the best families Of her land and takes
her work more seriously than her fair
skinned sister of the occident She has
her servant. who IS also her chaperDn
TO accompany her to the office. carry
ing her lunch. ana who calls to chap
eron her back to the security Of her
nome when the gong rings on her DAYS
work
The Spanish custom of never permit
ting an unmarried woman above the
age of twelve years to leave the portals
OF her casa unacconpanied still pre-
walls with both Spaniards and Filpinos
OF the better class. and their emplov-
ment as telephone operators permits
no relaxation of the watchful care.
The fact that the field of labor. aside
from domestic service. for the Filipino
girl is so limited. makes employment
In this line especially desirable and
much sought after by the daughters of
'''e "ei-''-"" rHiplnOS. Henc@ To be
a hell' girl IN the Philippines is an
honor CARRYING with it prestige and
entry into the hest society.
To serve as central" in Manila 4 oir,
must speak and understand English.
Spanish and Tagalog. and some of them
possess working knowledge of Chin
csc. japanese and other oriental
tongues
The chief operator-an American
""n'an--"f the recently "s:a nlixhnI
Manila line states that the Filipino
girls employed as operators are very
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-17
Which Exceeds 'AIbany's
Seismograph's capacity.
Most Severe al Baltimore Since
the Frisco Quake.
One Of the Most Violent Ever Re.
corded at Washington.

Albany. y. Y, Oct. 16.-An earth
quake Of unusual proportions was III
'dicated by the seismosraph at the
State Museum, which registered its
passage during a period of nearly an
hour this morning. The disturbance
apparently originated at distance of
5000 miles and the vibrations Of one of
the instruments We're so violent as to
exceed it's limit for registering. The
center Of the disturbance would seem
to have been somewhere to the north
or southwest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-17

apt and intelligent and are rapidly
developing most satisfactory service
They receive. as beginners, a salary Of
20 pesos (slO) per month, which is in
creased twice that amount on their be-
coming proficient
AS the word hurry is unknown in the
far east, so likewise it is often neces-
sary for an impatient subscriber to
curb his temper when telephoning.
But the tcnes of the dulcet voiced
operator. "Dhe lyme ees beesee. senor,"
soothes him to patience.-Kansas CITY
Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-17

IN" American woman and everything
pertaining to her-such is the broad sub
i"ct for Investigation which has IIeen as
slg'"d to Mmc. Laurence kietlIer. of
Paris. by the French government. An cx-
hauStlve report on the social ana indus
tffii llfe of ercan women is what the
government desires and Mime Kiedler
is to have all the time and money wbjcI,
she may need in order to cover tie situa-
ton thoroughly in her report Nine Kied-
Ter IN recent interview said the object
or her work would be to raise tho stand
ara of Womel:'s wages in France. as Wi,
- :hn social standard of her country
women in every department of industrial;
Post " NO.