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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05

NHICAGO.-Thieves to catch thieves,
" and women to catch women. If
the first, why not the second?
So reasons John McWeeny, chief Of
police. And since it sounded good to
the head of Chicago's police depart
ment thereupon outlined his plans for
a regular beauty squad
Hat pins caused his cogitations and
the same pointed reasons, coupled
with an old ordinance that never has
done duty, will inspire the 90 girls he
hopes to enlist in the service.
You see, my men are bashful." ex-
planned the chief And men are any
way. Now If you were standing on the
corner and a pink checked girl stroll
ed by with the points Of her hat pins
sticking out a foot. would you arrest
her?
mo, you'd probably wink your eye
at your brother officer and say, No. no,
my no-she amt breakin' the law So
you see, we've just got to have girls
to catch girls-a regular beauty
squad"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05
CHAPTER l.

mo use. Mr.. Pinkwell, no use at
all. ] am beginning to believe what
Won Schimmel, the German expert
said in this room two weeks ago. He
maintained that there was never yet
q cipher formulated that the genius
bf deductive energy could not solve
nor a cipher so guarded that 1t could
not fall into hostile hands"
The able head of the secret service
bureau almost snarled with vexation
as he spoke, while the gray-mustached
veteran In the huge leather chair
looked at him alphabetically, but
gave no sign of his emotions. Pacing
up and down the border of a Pueblo
rug, Chief Wilkins tore up a few frag
ments Of note-paper. and resumed his
monologue.
Il don't know where the leak is, but
do know that there's a leak large
enough TO let 60 per cent Of the wal
departments pet secrets go trickling
through. That's why | am working
with every bit of energy and every
available man to help in the time Of
need-doing things that the secret
service hasn't concerned itself with
since 1865. That's why l am asking
you to come into the hunt. you and the
best men of your agency. don't mind
telling you that | shall commander
the Barnes agency, too, Mr.. Pinkwell
and think that when II is a problem
that concerns the policies and desti
MES Of the whole nation there will
be no professional jealousies between
you"
"Emphatically none." growled old
Pinkwell, setting his square Jaw
Bring Barnes right into this room
and Camera-Eye Sheraton too, If you
can get him. I'll confer with them
like an older brother; I'll lend them
the best men on my payroll. and
know that they viii do as much for
me If the good old U. S. A. can be
helped in any way
Chief Wilkins angry face relaxed
its frown. He crossed to the big
chair and shook the old detectives
hand with cordial vigor. Spoken as
l thought you'd say it," he chuckled
Spoken as old Billy Pinkwell would
always speak when time and circum-
stances called for real men to stick
together. Barnes will be here tomor-
row. He'll bring his bloodhound Sher-
ration along with him, and we can
thrash things out during the morn
ing, This afternoon, Billy, I'll have a
little talk with you. We can ex-
change secrets of state without inter
ruption-there won't be any cipher
messages exchanged or stolen on the
way"
Pinkwell carefully distributed the
ash of his short, thin, pale yellow ci-
gar upon red design Of the Pueblo
rug
Suppose you tell me about the ci-
pher messages, chief?" he suggested.
Inform me in full as to your troubles.
Open confession is good for the soul,
as l told the fellow who blew the
Southwick bank"
did he agree with you, Pink"
mot exactly. He said open safes
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05

neared Brockett's home. My father,
brother, and two or three friends will
come over to get met wil be a
jolly crowd. II | could persuade you!"
Brockett laughed gayly. Some day,
Ramon. but hardly this year. If |
stick to my desk, I'll climb up in the
Office. Probably, in thirty-six or forty
three years, III have a rolltop desk
and the right 10 take two months of
whenever feel inclined that way"
But / would-oh. we'll, we will talk
no more Of II. / know you wouldn't
accept even a Shylock loan from me.
Harry Oh-excuse me-One Of the
young ladies at your office. believer"
A slim. neatly dressed young WON
an. whose white shirtwaist showed
trinity through the gathering dusk.
bad smiled recognition upon Brockett
as they approached. The boys dotfed
their hats, and Brockett explained, as
they stepped by. Miss Lawson, the
chiefs stenographer. A wonder on
typewriter-fastest work I've ever
seen"
CTO BE CONTINUED
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05
cTo BE CONTINUED
Sense Of Smell.

The tenth part of a grain of musk
will continue for years to fill a room
with its odoriferous PARTICLES. and at
the end of that time it will not be ap-
preciably diminished in weight
A cubic inch of air arising from the
fame of a Bunsen burner has been
found to contain no fewer than four
hundred and eighty-nine million dust
particles.
A drop Of blood that might be sus-
pended from the point Of a needle con-
tains about a million Of red corpuscles.
Yet, although matter is so marvel
ously divisible. the olfactory nerves
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05

1t was then that Miss Brown decid-
ed on the visit to a grocery up the
tracks None of the seniors saw the
disposal Of the efiigy, and all were
mystifed at seeing the oak tree re-
lieved of its burden.
While the 81 members of the junior
class were attending a reception given
by Mrs. Anna Sneed Cairns, president
Of the university. the seniors, as
strong. stole a march on them by
climbing telegraph poles in the vicin-
ity and aflxing their colors. yellow and
white.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05
The Drunken Parliament

yet extensively bred. There are at
present some half dozen ostrich farms
in New South Wales, and the expe-
rience gained proves that the change
has produced an improvement on orig
inal types, due no doubt to the climatic
conditions under which the birds are
bred, One New South Wales ostrich
farmer who is also a manufacturer
of feather goods. unhesitatingly de-
clares that the plumes Of his flock are
the finest in the world.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05
Growth Of Cheeks.

The check has become. by the evo-
luton of events, document having a
clearly defined legal status; its form
is protected, like the bank note and
the bond, against counterfeiting and
alteration, and 1t is charged with the
function OF carrying on the worlds
exchanges with a convenience and
safety and TO an extent which give to
II in many respects predominance
over coin and bank notes.--BankeFs
Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05
Easy Ink Eraser.

A blot Of ink on yQur paper may be
easily removed by means Of one OF
those little emery cardboard strips
that are used for manicuring the nails.
Just rub It lightly over the ink after
blotting carefully. and It will remove
every trace, yet leave the paper In
good condition.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05
oatrloh Earmlna h AuatraIIn

Many people think that ostrich farm
ing Is confined TO South Africa. but IL
seems the bird thrives amazingly IN
New South Wales. although 1t ia not
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05

are infinitely more sensitive. Much
yet remains to be investigated with
reference to these nerves which dis
criminate with such apparently mi
raculous accuracy.-Harper's Weekly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-07-05

by that strongest Of youthful ties
the brotherhood of the ball field
Brockett was an underpaid clerk, do
ing his best to care for widowed
mother and a younger sister. Solano's
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06

is vote thrown away. 1t is COM
pletely wasted. Such situation must
have cumulative effect every week and
in every State.
Taft is hopeless. Roosevelt, by the
votes of Republicans and Independents,
can easily be elected Thousands of
Republicans will realize this and act
upon it. They will be able now to see
what the real majority of the Repub-
lican convention in Chicago wanted and
endeavor to give it actually.
Mr.. Taft could reduce the situation to
its simplest terms. He would save
himself from humiliation. He could
combine courage, honesty and sound
political judgment by taking himself out
of the race. He owes it to 1900, 900
Republicans to do so. Mr.. Taft should
withdraw. Boston Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06

multitudes. of women because women
are first and last and most of all inter-
ested in folks. She continued:
" We have not thrown our hats into
the political ring" Our hat is where
it always has been, in the ring that in
closes in it's sacred circle a man, a
woman and little child 1t is because
we are primarily homemakers, mothers
to men, that we ask the ballot"
Like some young knight, tn Pro-
gressive party enters the lists. These
are great days to be living. Csn't you
hear the future turning great leaf in
the book of human progress"
I" So we face the future. Even so
the young Republican party faced it
sixty years ago-young and poor and
dauntless because it bore the standard
of human rights. What a scene that
was in Chicago when Jane Adams, the
foremost woman in the world by sheer
might and splendor of her character,
held up before the great convention the
vision of a redeemed state. In the
power of that vision we can win. For
we have not only a great platform, a
great cause; we have a great leader,
Theodore Roosevelt, foremost citizen
of the world. Some there be, in the
safe seclusion of their easy chairs, who
wish that his stride were not so warlke
and his voice were gentler and his man.
ners more ladylike, and some who find
dents in his armor. But that voice is
raised like some great trumpet in de-
Tense of human rights, and those scars
were won in the thick of the fight, bat
ting for us and for our children. -
Rochester IN. W Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN YARD.
STICK

The extent to which the figures of
Tuesdays election in Vermont can be
safely used for basis of prophecy is a
matter of conjecture. But that they
will be used by all three contending
parties to prove wholly conflicting
statements is certain. Therefore the
most obvious of all calculations, that of
the result so far as 1908 election figures
are concerned if this years results are
applied to them, has its own interest.
In the State election of 1908 almost
identically the same number of votes
were cast as this year, 81, 600, as COM
pared with $1,000, excluding minor
party totals. In 1908 the Republican
candidate for governor had As, 600
votes, the Democratic $4,000. This
year the Republican candidate had
26, 200, the Democratic 20, 100 and the
Progressive Is, 700. The Republican
loss was thus l9,400, or AZ. 5 per cent.
Of this loss the Democrats took 4, 900
and the Progressives Is, 400; the divi-
sion was thus approximately one-fifth
and four-fifths. New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
J. r. McAleer's Auto in Smas h

An automobile owned by James R.
McAleer of Brookline, president of the
Boston American Baseball club, was
wrecked in Newton Sunday and the
chauffeur was arrested afterwards for
operating an automobile while under
the influence of liquor. He is John
Doherty, % years old, of $40 Washing
ton street, in the Oak square district of
Brighton.
According to the police, Doherty was
with two friends and was JOY riding.
The machine came from Brookline over
the Newton boulevard and turned intd
Waverley avenue. 1t skidded while god
ing at good speed and the rear end
swung to the side of the road and
crashed into a tree One of the wheels
was smashed and the body of the cad
was also broken.
The three men were badly shaken and
bruised, though none was seriously ind
jured. Doherty would have escaped arI
rest had not Patrolman Conroy of tn 4
Newton force happened to come along
while the three were examining thJ
wrecked car. His questions caused him
to take the chauffeur into custody
while the remains of the automobile
were taken on a truck to a repair sho
in Boston.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
WOMAN SMASHES AUTO.
Presses Accelerator for Brake
Car Crashes into Post.

Lowell, Sept. l. Thomas F. Kear-
ney, of 435 Washington street, Dorches-
ter, employed as building Inspector by
the city of Boston, has had his leg am
putated and is in a serious condition
at st. Johns hospital, as a result of an
accident to an automobile in which he
and five others were riding on the state
road in the Wamesit section of Tewkes-
bury shortly before noon today.
The other occupants, three women
and two men, were all thrown from the
machine when it struck telegraph pole
at the side of the road, and one of the
women is also in the hospital suffering
from bruises. The others left for Bos-
ton early this evening.
According to stories told by the occu-
pants of the car, Kearney and one of
the women were in the front seat with
the woman at the wheel and Kearney
instructing her. While coming down a
slight incline in the road, Kearney told
the driver to put on the brakes. By
mistake her foot pressed the accelerator,
and when the machine plunged forward
she lost control. The car swerved
sharply to the left of the road, crashing
into telegraph pole.
The four occupants of the rear seat
jumped when they saw that the collision
was inevitable. Kearney rose from the
seat, but before he could jump the
crash occurred, and his left leg was
caught between the auto and the pole.
The driver was thrown some distance
from the car. The collision tore the
upper part of the machine off, but with
the increased speed the body of the
car kept on for some feet before it
plunged into underbrush at the side of
the road.
Passing autoists went to the assist
ance of the party. Kearney was un-
conscious and the woman driver was
dazed by the accident. They were both
hurried in autos to the hospital, and
Kearney's leg was amputated soon af-
ter his arrival.
The other four members of the party
were also taken to Lowell in automo-
biles. Two of them later took dinner
at local hotel, registering as Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph T. Taylor of Boston.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
DIDN'T HEAR MORGAN ASKED
FOR 100000.
Wayne MacVeash Denies c. E
RusseIl's Story of Alleged
Roosevelt Demand.

Philadelphia, Sept. 2. -Wayne Mac
Veagh, former Attorney-G General of the
United States, this evening issued de-
NAL of the story as related by Charles
E. Russell, Socialist candidate for
Governor, in New York yesterday to
the effect that he had been in the office
of j. P. Morgan in 1904 when President
Roosevelt called over the telephone and
asked for a campaign contribution of
$780, 900.
When seen this morning Mr.. Mac
Veagh refused to discuss the matter,
saying that he wondered who had
leaked" He added that after he had
time for mature reflection he might
issue statement.
Late this afternoon he issued over his
signature the following denial:
" / am very sorry to read this morn
ing statement by Mr. Russell of an
alleged occurrence in the office of j.
Pierpont Morgan in my presence.
Mr.. Russell has been misled. No
such occurrence ever took place, nor
anything even remotely resembling it.
| never heard Mr.. Morgan alude to the
subject of political contributions, nor
indeed did | ever hear him use unbe-
coming language in discussing any sub
ject whatever.
am very reluctant to be drawn
even to this slight extent into the pres
ent distressing political turmoil, but
what have said is due to Mr.. Morgan
and to the truth, and | trust this fur
Their statement may also be permitted
to me that have always been bitterly
opposed to the use of money in our
politics and have witnessed with abhor.
renee the corrupting and degrading in
fiuence of that evil system upon our
public life, for, like other evil systems,
it has grown by what it fed upon until
today government by money threatens
the very existence of government by
the people. New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06

conservation policy with the specific OBJ
ject of giving away to great water
power corporations power sites of enor-
nous value without proper compensa-
ton to the people, to whom they be-
long. Mainly by the Progressives this
legislation was defeated, but the effort
to put it through is the measure of
what we may fairly expect from the
Democratic party.
If the Republicans should win the
coming election, which is of course
wholly out of the question, the conser-
walton policy would be in serious danger.
If the Democrats should win the next
election the chance of which am glad
to say is steadily diminishing, the con-
servation policy would be in the most
serious danger. The Democratic plat
form contains direct and specific at
tacks upon it, and the party in Congress
has shown that it is more than willing
to carry out the declaration of its plat
form in this respect. You cannot trust
the Republicans or the Democrats so far
as conservation is concerned, and you
cannot trust the Republicans or the
Democrats to carry out the great poll
cies of human welfare which the Pro-
gressive party has taken for its own.
This is sufficient and conclusive an
swer to the question, why do we
need new party?"
call your attention to the answer
which was given by Doctor Wilson at
Sea Grit on Saturday last to this very
question. Doctor Wilson said
Z" / suppose you know the force that
is behind the new party that has re-
Gently been formed, the so-called Pro-
gressive party. 1t is force of discon-
tent with the regular parties of the
United States. 1t is the feeling that
men have gone into blind alleys and
come out often enough, and that they
propose to find an open road for them
selves"
Nothing could be truer and no effort
by Doctor Wilson to explain away what
he said can succeed. For Doctor Will
son l have no word of criticism, but
only the highest personal regard. He
is good man, untried it is true in the
great responsibilities which the presi-
dency entails, a good man standing in
the mouth of a blind alley and inviting
the people of the United States tc
follow him once more into disappoint-
ment and defeat. They propose, as he
says, to find an open road for them
selves, and they will not be led away
from that purpose by the blind alley
candidate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
TAFT SHOULD WITHDRAW.

1t is not too late for Mr.. Taft to act
to secure the fulfillment of the will of
the tremendous majority of Republi-
cans, as Senator Cummins puts it, in
the June convention at Chicago. The
result in Vermont points the course
dictated by honesty and frank realiza-
ton of the facts. Mr.. Taft should
withdraw.
He was not the nominee of the real
majority of the convention. And now
the vote of Vermont, as a barometer,
proves beyond all doubt or question
that he has not the slightest chance of
election. 1t was morally certain that
he was politically buried the day the
fraud convention adjourned. Now the
test of the voters of the barometer
State writes down in most unmistaka-
BILE figures the utter hopelessness of his
candidacy.
Every Vermonter and every man who
visited the State in the campaign knows
that Roosevelt and johnson are thous-
ands of votes stronger than Mr.. Metz
ger under the conditions in which he
entered the contest. More than one
Republican in three cut loose from the
old organization and declared for the
rule of the people. 1t is clear that at
least two in five are ready to follow
that course in November.
Apply this ratio to the States which
gave the Republicans their electoral
votes four years ago, and how many
will go to Taft? They are ess than a
half dozen. Some will be thrown to
Roosevelt, some to Wilson. Taft is
today overwhelmed in defeat The
crooked action of the bosses has worked
its inevitable result He is a negli-
gible quantity; no Republican but can
see it.
A vote for Taft, from this time on,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
THE PROGRESSIVE MEETING.

Anyone who attended the Roosevelt
and johnson ratification meeting at
Convention hall last evening will admit
that there is more new party sentiment
in Monroe county and the county at
large than many were willing to ac-
knowledge before, especially before the
Republican national convention was
held at Chicago. 1t is not necessary to
agree with any or all of the statements
made by the speakers at last night
meeting to arrive at the conclusion that
there are many earnest, thoughtful me n
and women in all walks of life, hereto
fore allied with one or another of the
older parties, who are, for the present,
at least, convinced that the election of
Roosevelt to the presidency is the only
solution of our national problems.
The attitude of the men and women
who have been more of less prominent
in the councils of the new party, as we'll
as the rank and file who are enlisted in
the Bull Moose movement, towards the
sensational charges made against
Colonel Roosevelt in the Senate is sig
nificant No testimony seems strong
enough to convince them that the
leader of their party has been guilty of
or is capable of doing any wrong. The
meeting, opening with the Lord S
Prayer and closing with the singing of
Onward, Christian Soldiers" gave it
the character of a semi-religious cru
SADIE.
Conspicuous in the conduct of the
meeting were men and women who
have at one time or another in the past
been prominent in the affairs of either
the Republican or Democratic parties.
They have been distinguishable in the
past by their advanced stand on various
public questions. Mr.. Prendergast, in
his speech last night, said that the Pro-
gressive programme is not revolution
airy. We imagine that the conserva-
tive men and women of the country
will differ from this proposition and
that with radicalism on one hand and
free trade and Wilson on the other,
they will choose the safe middle ground
of Taft, the constitution and reason
able protective tariff.
Roosevelt, from present indications,
bids fair to draw votes from the radical
wings of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties, as we'll as from the less
revolutionary Socialists. Voters who
believe in progress along constitutional
lines will vote for President Taft and
they will be found in increasing mum.
bers as election day approaches. -
Rochester IN. " Evening Times,
Aug. "a.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
Advice to Boys and Girls

Save your pennies and send them I
the Hyde Park Savings Bank.
That Bank receives either pennies
dimes or dollars.
Why?
Because it wishes to encourage tn
children to be frugal and to have littl
bank account of their own, even though
the initial deposit is the smallest possibl
sum.
Children who commence an accoun
on a penny, a nickel, or a dime. ofte
grow into capitalists later on.
The way to become capitalist Is 1
commence now to save the pennies.