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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Novel Method Of Robbery.

Merchandise said to have been
fraudulently obtained through the
mails, and valued at several thousand
dollars, was found in the home of
Frank Milane, of No, Z Spruce street,
Passaic, which was raided by private
detectives. The detectives were en-
ployed by Haynes, Porter & Co., of
Boston. a mail order concern, which
alleged that it was fim-fammed out
of silverware worth $50. Goods of
all kinds, from tinsel to organs and
sets of books, we're found in the place,
having been ordered by mail, it was
charged. from all parts of the coun-
try, and not paid for. A stack of
pawn tickets were also found. Milane
and his wife, both of whom were ar
rested, lived only one month in a
place. They we're held for the Grand
Jury on charges of obtaining goods
under false pretenses.
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NEW YORK STATE WINS
Franchise Tax Aggregating $41,-
100000 Declared Valid.
Court Decides Assessments Are to Be
Equalized With Local Levy-Net
Earnings Determined by Facts.

Albany, N. Y.-Thousands of cases
pending all over the State for the
collection of unpaid special franchise
taxes, a~ggregating about ~$41,000,-
900, including about $27,000,000 in
New York City, will be brought to a
speedy determination as a result of a
decision by the Court of Appeals, in
which the Court lays down rules for
the guidance of the State Board of
Tax Commissioners in assessing spe-
cia1 franchise tax valuations. The
methods to be followed by the State
Board in these matters have been the
subject Of litigation for years.
The decision was handed down in
the case Of the Jamaica Bay Water.
Company against the State Board of
Tax Commissioners, in which two
important questions were raised. One
was whether assessments of special
franchises of corporations, which in
clude the tangible property of the
corporations in the streets and high
ways and the right to use these
streets and highways, are to be equal
lied with local assessments made by
assessing officers in the same locality.
The second question was whether the
courts may properly set aside the
assessment made by the State Board
if it does not correspond to the result
reached by the net earnings rule.
In an opinion by Justice Willard
Bartlett the Court, upon the first
point, holds that the Appellate d.
vision was right in allowing the spe-
cial franchise to be equalized to cor
respond with the rate of assessment
adopted by the local Assessors. Upon
the second question it holds that no
rule can be laid down by the Courts,
although generally the net earnings
rule will give a proper result. The
Court then defines at length the
method by which this net earnings
rule should be applied.
The decision was given in the test
case in which, after Attorney-General
Jackson had withdrawn the appeal
taken in behalf of the State, Attor-
ney-General O'Malley interviewed and
succeeded in annulling the stipula-
ton withdrawing the appeal and hav-
ing the case reinstated in the Court
of Appeals.
The Importance of the questions
involved was SO great that a number
of the large corporations interviewed,
and briefs were filed ON behalf of
the Consolidated Gas Company, the
New York Mutual Gas Light Com
pany, the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way Company, the Third Avenue
Railroad Company, the New York
Edison Company and the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit system.
The Court ~sustains the contention
Of the Acknowledgement that the
proper rate of return to be allowed
in applying the net earnings rule is
a question of fact, although in the
absence OF the proof the opinion
holds that the Court may take
judicial notice that six per cent. is a
fair return.
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Lass to Disentangle Bank.

Miss Lulu M. Rawson, of Asbury
Park, will help to s~traighten out the
affairs of the First National Bank, of
Mineral Point. Wis, which failed fol-
lowing a discovery of a 100000
shortage. Miss Rawson, who has been
an assistant for some time to Alvin
Fowler, the Federal bank examiner,
who has been settling up the affairs
of the First tSssfoa@
guam, this State, displayea such ex-
ceptional ability with figures that she
has been engaged by John Nv Scho-
field, receiver of the Mineral Point
Bank to assist him. She left TO. Min
eral Point, accompanied by her
mother.
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PROFESSOR LoMBRoso DEAD.
His Theories of Crime Came to Be
Regarded as Mainly Correct.

Regarded as Mainly Correct.
Turin, Italy. - Cesare Lombroso,
the famous criminologist and alienist
died after an illnessof severalmonths.
He was born in Verona in November,
1896. His theories concerning the
cause of crime have interested the en-
tire world, and researches he con-
Quoted to prove his theories won him
many supporters. 1t is generally rec
Ognized that his doctrines in most
cases were correct.
Lombroso was educated in the Uni
yersity of Turin, and after being grad
uated took up the practice of medi-
enc. In a few years he was selected
to fill a position as lecturer on medieo-
psychology in the University of Pa
via, and afterwafd he became a mem
her of the teaching force of the Turin
institution. For many years he was
professor of psychiatry there. His
interest in psychology led him to I'M
dertake a study of criminals early in
life, and his work along that line
finally led him to the theory that
criminals r born, not made" He
reditary faint he held responsible for
criminal instincts, not bad environ
ment.
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PRISON FOR PUBLISHERS.
He Misrepresented His Circulation to
Obtain Second Glass Mail Rates.

Chicago, Ili.-Roy Keator, publish
er Of a weekly newspaper, was SEN
fenced to serve six months in the
Bridwell prison by Judge Lands in
the United States District Court. Kea.
tor was indicted several months ago
on a charge of making false c~ircula-
tion statements to obtain second-class
mail rates.
He admitted that in order to get
advertising he had represented the
circulation of his paper to be 100, 900
when in fact it had but 1000 subscrib-
ers, and that he had. placed many
names on his subscription list without
authority. ~
The periodical was an agricultural
journal which he started in Grand
Rapids, Mich, and later had printed
in Chica 90.
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Easily Located.

"Queer styles the girls affect. Hard
to find the waistline these days"
ooh, no."
Think not?"
mot at all. The waistline is where
the pins are."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
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Remembers Charities in Old Home.

Because her late husband made his
millions in the manufacture of pot
terry in Trenton Mrs. Louise Houda-
yer, widow of Louis Houdayer, in her
will b~equeathed $4,000 to the Union
Industrial Children's 4 Home, and
$2100 to the INDECENT Widows and
Single Women's Home there. Mr..
and Mrs. Houdayer lived there for
many years, but after her husbands
death the widow moved to Brooklyn,
N Y
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YORKTOWN DAY CELEBRATED.
Historic Spots Are Marked at Place Of
Corvallis Surrender.

Yorktown, Va.-The 128th ami
versary of the surrender of Cornwall
lis, which ended the Revolutionary
War, was celebrated here by the de-
scendants of the signers of the Decla-
ration of independence, the Yorktown
Historical Society and citizens of York
County.
Four companies of coast artillery
from Fortress Monroe and a detach-
ment from the Atlantic torpedo flo-
tflla took part. Fifteen historic spots
We're marked by a committee of the
Yorktown Historical Society.
The principal events were a parade
of the school children of York and
Surrounding counties and strewing
flowers on the graves of the soldiers
who fell at Yorktown.
Congressman J. Hampton Moore,
of Pennsylvania, president of the At
lantic Deep Waterways Association,
delivered an address.
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Arrest in Provost Marder Case.

The Paterson police have arrested
Marcus Webb, husband of Mrs. Mary
Webb. housekeeper for Edward Pro-
vost, who died after drinking bottled
beer containing ~arsenic,A thinking that
he might know something about the
seer together about four hours before
his wife lived apart.
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WOMAN PoIsoNs COFFEE FOR 8

Takes S~trychnine Herself and Dies
When the Plot is Discovered.
Appleton, Wis.-The poisoning of
a family of six, named Dietz, at Nor
tonville, Wis, was narrowly averted.
Then Miss Lucy Dietz, t~wenty-six,
committed suicide.
Miss Dietz had come home to at
tend the funeral of her father. Next
morning she was the first to arise and
insisted on preparing breakfast for
the family without help, into which
she put strychnine.
AS soon as Miss Dietz learned that
the poison had been discovered she
took a dose of it herself and died in a
few minutes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22

The Boy-"Ah, I thought not.
There weren't no water in that pond
till it rainedlast night. The Sketch.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Uses Antomobile toI Pillow.

Recorder Frederick L.. Heller. OF
Caldwell, has successfully used the
automobile in blowing bis thirty-acre
farm In Hanover Township. The ma
chine chugs steadily over the ground,
with the pillow tearing up the soil be-
hind. Nj. Heller's son Clifford runs
the car, while he holds the handles of
the pillow. When the plbwing is COM
pleted the harrow is substituted. Bet
ter and faster work is done with the
automobile than with a team OF
horses, while the expense is much
less.
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THE SIMPLE VILLAGE BELLE.

She is a simple village belle
Whom we, perforce, admire:
No splendid effort to be swell"
Is shown in her attire.
Her shirt waist is both neat and white,
She wears a Powered bonnet
: In olden times SO fair a sight
Would have inspired a sonnet.
She strolls along unconscious that
By all she is adored-
What think you if | tell you fat
She's here for summer board;
That though attired with simpleness.
Expert dressmaking scholars
Assert her unassuming dress
Cost just two hundred dollars!
Wilbur D. Nesbit, in Judge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Remarkable Record Of gg
California Schoolgirl.

The Board of Education of Vallejo,
CAL, has Just taken of1cial notice of
the remarkable record of attendance
made by Miss Euphenia B1ackwood,
who enters the Vallejo high school
this year. Miss Blackwood has not
been absent or tardy since she en-
tered the receiving class of the pri-
mary school, and during the time that
she went through the various grades
Of the grammar school. She is to ba
presented with a handsome gold med
al BY the board for her good record.
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The Better Way.

First Boston Child-"Do you be-
lieve in corporal punishment"
Second Boston Child-"No; 1 can
usually make my parents do what 1
wish by moral suasion." = Boston
Transcript.
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Works in New York.

And what do you do when a pal
gets pinched with a stolen watch on
bis person."
I pose as a solid citizen protesting
against arrest explained the pick
pocket. Then, while the cop is busy
arrestin' me, me pal makes a get
away.'-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Accused Of s1es.ooo Theft

Philip Allen, Jr., vice-president of
the First National Bank of Mineral
Point, Wis, now in the hands of a re-
ceiver, was arrested cha. ged with the
embezzlement of $168,000 of the
banks funds. Allen was seriously i'll
at his home.
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illinois Two-Cent Rate Enioined.

On petition of the Chicago, Peoria
and st. Louis Railroad, Federal Judge
Humphrey granted a preliminary in
junction at Springfield, ILL.,, restrain
ing the State from enforcing the two
cent passenger rate act against the
receivers of that railroad. who ques-
ton its constitutionality.
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An Embryo Carolyn Wells.

Mother-"There was an old woman
who lived in a shoe. She had so
many children
Mabel Observation-Disclosures, I
know what kind of a shoe that was
a kid shoe."-Boston Transcript
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Logical.

"a disease should be attacked at its
source"
Then if a mans disease is heredi-
tary, I suppose you'd doctor his father
for it, eh?"-Boston Transcript.
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Ouinine Kills Baby.

John Roller, three years old, found
a box of two-grain quinine pills in a
eiosel at ms nome ~ Ia.srson, NJ,
ana, Deiieving tnem TO De candies,
swallowed seven of them. His moth
er found him in agony. He died an
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
The Central Interest,

Come quick, doctor, there is a
man upstairs who has swallowed a
twenty-franc piece"
Are you his wife?"
mo, his landlady."-Pele Mele.
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New Use For the Auto.

She Gin a motor car)-"What was
the matter?"
He-"Oh, nothing"
She-"Then why did you stop the
machine and crawl under it?"
He-"I saw one of my creditors
coming.'-Boston Transcript.
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Would DYE to Do It,

Jack-"She asked me what color
hair l liked best"
Estelle-s'That's just like Mabel;
she's always so anxious to please
Boston Transcript.
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Corn Crop Saved.

The corn crop has been saved free
Of frost damage and at least will
equal last years yield. Warm, dry
weather has favored corn and cotton
crop gathering and marketing.
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Widow Killed by Auto.

Mrs. Bruce Price, of Tuxedo Park,
widow of an architect, was killed in
an automobile accident near the Har-
riman estate at Arden, N. Y.
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FAIR GATEsIEN DISCHARGED.

Seattle Authorities Charge Them With
Forming Syndicate to Steal Money.
Seattle, Wash.-Charged with be.
Ing organized into a syndicate with
some of their superiors to steal money
taken in at the gates, every gateman
of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposi.
ton was discharged.
According to a local newspaper
$2S,000 had been accumulated and
placed in bank, to be divided later.
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Two Instead of One.

RoHins-""Do you know that there
are two full moons this August?"
Rounder-"Sure! Saw 'em both
last night. Boston Transcript.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22

Young Wife-"And you w~ould>1ike
my doughnuts il they were larger?
That is very complimentary"
Easeof Laybor-'Yes; then me an
me pals could ave a game o. quoits
down by the waterin' tanks."-Ideas.
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New York Honors Cook.

The keys of the city" of New York
were presented to DR.. Frederick A.
Cook, who said he would prove the
Barrill and the Peary charges false.
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Tie Touch of Fortune.


What do you think my dear?
Such luck! We leave for Paris in an
hour"
"Really?"
Eyes, we're going to Pasteur's. My
husband has just been bitten by a
mad dog."-Bon Vivant.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Columbus Day Celebrated,

More than 10000 marchers took
part in the street parade to honor
Columbus in New York City. AT the
Circle the police had trouble in hand
ling the throng.
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Woman Serves as a Juror.

For the first time in California a
woman was sworn in to serve as a
juror in Los Angeles. Mrs. Johanna
Engelman, of Santa Monica took her
place in the jury box of the Superior
Court of Los Angeles County.
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Martin J.. Downs, owner of the
f5le Brothers Circus, died in Toron-
p, Can, of blood poisoning, following
amputation of a leg. The win
quarters of the circus is located
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Possible, But

Wife-'In a battle of tongues a
woman can hold her own"
Husband-"M'yes, p'r'aps she can;
but she never does."-Tit-Bits.
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Hospitality!

Landlady-"Whenever you want a
hot bath, sir, just let me know, and
I'll see you have it!"-London Opin-
ion.
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Modern Methods.

Isl Whifietree believes in scientific
farming" {,
Whats he done?"
Hired a quartet to sing and two
actors FROM a rural play to talk dia-
lect. He's simply turning away the
summer boarders. Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Senator McCarren Operated On.

State Senator P. II. McCarren was
rushed to st. GATHERINGS Hospital,
Brooklyn, N. Y. and operated on for
appendicitis.
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The Party of the First Part.

General-''Send my orderly to me
at once"
Aide-de-Camp-"Sorry, sir, he has
just been cut in two by a bullet"
General-"Then order that part of
him to be found which contains my
tobacco pouch."-Sourir.
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How is This?

"Are none of the hipless girls 60
ing to the seashore?"
why do you ask such a question
as that?"
Il haven't seen any news item
about a lady slipping through a crack
in the boardwalk. louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
FORGERIEs TOTAL $500, 900.
Two More Spurious Notes of Framing
ham Turn I'm.

Boston, Mass.-John A. Raymond,
treasurer of the East Weymouth Saw
ings Bank and town clerk of Wey-
mouth, went to birmingham, having
in his possession two more notes of
birmingham. One was for $4,000.
1t is reported that the aggregate of
spurious notes executed in the last ten
years will reach 100000. John B.
Lombard, town treasurer, is suspect
ed Of having forged them.
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Had an Answer.

why do you repeat so many
iokes?"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
Smooth Waters.

The Boy-"Have yer caught any
thing, zur?"
The Angler-@No, not yet, my
how p
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Some of these jokes" replied the
press humorist with dignity, "are
worth impressing onpeople. Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
His industrious Family.

Some months ago." said City En-
gineer Sampel L. Cooper of Yonkers,
"a robust laborer asked me for a Job
l gave him work. He did well and
asked me to give employment to his
brother. He's a better man than I
am. explained the workman, leaning
on his shovel.
Il engaged the brother. His services
were satisfactory, but one day l was
astonished when both men made a
joint request that their father also
should be employed. Our old man.
one of them urged, can do more work
than both of us together
Good said I, send him along.
will discharge both Of you and let the
old man take your Places" And that
is just what Mr.. Cooper did
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
Not the Usual Romance.

Recently one of our most fastidious
young men bought pair of overalls
and found in them the name of the
sewing girl who made them.
He very promptly wrote her letter
with all the effusiveness necessary in
such a case and in due time received
a reply, which, however, was void of
the romance usual in such cases. Here
it is: lam a working girl, it is true,
but make good living and do not
care to support husband, as would
do if married some silly noodle who
gets mashed on a girl he never saw.
Permit me to say that do not know
how my card got in that pair Of over
alls, and that when do. marry, If
ever, it will be some fellow who can
afford something better than Accent
pair of breeches. "-Muscotah Re
corder.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
SAVED THEM BOTH
TWO PATIENTS BENEFITED aY
MIXED LETTERS.
Effect Of Imagination Shown by Rath.
er Humorous Incident in the Ex-
perience Of a Prominent
Nerve Specialist.

DR.. Charles K. Mills, the nerve spe
cialist of Philadelphia, told at din
ner an amusing story of the influence
of the Imagination on the health.
"A young bank clerk he said, feel
ing tagged from the excessive heat OF
trying summer, consulted physt-
clan. The physician questioned him,
sounded his lungs, and then said,
gravely:
II will write you tomorrow
"The next day the bank clerk re-
ceived letter from the medical man
telling him that his right lung was
gone and his heart seriously deranged,
and advised him to lose no time in
putting his affairs in order.
"tOf course, the doctor wrote you
may live for weeks, but you would do
well to leave nothing of Importance
unsettled
Naturally, the young bank clerk
was very much depressed by this sad
letter, nothing less than death war
rant. He did not, of course, go to
work that morning, and before noon
he was having trouble with his respt
ration, while severe pains shot rapid.
ly through his heart. He did not get
up all day, and on toward midnight he
had a sinking spell that caused his
people to send post haste for the doc
tor.
.The doctor, on his arrival, was as
founded.
why he cried, there were no
symptoms of this sort yesterday!
What on earth have you been doing
to yourself?'
1.-The patients face screwed up with
pain, he pressed his hand to his breast
anc said, feebly:
It's the heart, / suppose. doctor.
=" 1he hearth said the doctor. There
was nothing yesterday the matter with
your heart
"'My lungs, then the patient
groaned.
What ails your the doctor shout
ed. You don't seem to have been
drinking
Your letter, doctor-you told me
had only few weeks to live
Nonsense! Are you crazy? told
you to take months vacation at the
seashore and you'd be as good as new
again.
"The patient drew the fateful letter
from drawer beside his bed
WELL said the doctor, glancing at
it, this is pretty mess. This letter
was intended for another man. My
secretary mixed up the envelopes
''The patient laughed. He sat up in
bed. His recovery was rapid. That
night, in fact, he was well again.
And what" ended DR.. Mills,
what of the dying consumptive VIII.
had got this young mans letter? The
consumptive, delighted with the pre-
diction that month at the seashore
would make sound man of him,
packed his trunk and took the first
train for New England. That was ten
years ago, and to-day he is in fair
health
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-12-04
Forty Years Of longing.

A New England man tells of an
elderly woman in Massachusetts,
town who not long ago found herself
sufficiently in funds to purchase new
and complete dinner set.
ut seems sinful waste O. money,
Sarah" observed neighbor, to whom
the set was being shown. You're
gettin' along in years, an you won't
need chiny long"
II may not need it long," responded
Sarah. but need it now, and have
needed it for forty years. You don't
know how cramped I've BEEN"
"Cramped!"
Yes, cramped! Look at the big tea
parties I've been invited to! Have
ever given anything like as big one?
No! But now, thank goodness! I'm
able to retaliate at last" - Sunday
Magazine.