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The Washington times., 1912-11-05
7 AM A CROOK
CRIES DAUGHTER
OF DEAD WARRIOR
Geraldine Wingate, Formerly
Of Washington, Tells of
Society Swindles.

NEW YORK, Nov. ST am a crook.
1t IL true. admit II. But I am a
crook simply because circumstances
made me so. I was in the hands of a
band OF apparently reputable society
women swindlers for almost two years,
and L had to do their bidding In order
to live"
This remarkable statement was made
today by Geraldine Wingate. author.
playwright and psychological suffragist," :"
formerly Of Washington, who has been
given extensive credit in Chicago, New
York, and other cities. and has passed
numberless checks that Dave been re-
turned marked mo funds"
At Asbury Park last July she ar
ranged to lecture on suffrage I'm Library
Hall, but disappeared suddenly when
the landlady demanded she pay her
board bill.
She Is Still Very Young.
Yesterday the young woman, who
says she is but twenty-three years of
age and looks even younger, was dis
covered at the Hotel Gerard under an
assumed name.
II intend to leave this hotel, and per-
haps New York. this evening"" said
Miss Wingate. land so there is no rea-
sui why snouiu Hot De peIlcClly FRANK
with you.
There is one request I shall make,
however. this is that YOU do not publish
the name under which / am known
here. I have a contract with an out
of-town newspaper to do a series Of ar
ticles. It Is an attempt on my part to
remain honest and It 10 almost my last
chance. SO, please don't publish my
nom de guerre, which is also my nom
de plume
Daughter of a Commodore.
I'm the flrst place" she continued,
'I will tell you who am. My father
was Commodore George Wingate. of
the United states Navy He died eight
years ago. and my mother Is now the
wife of wealthy foreigner and IL liv-
ing with him abroad.
Il heard of an opportunity in a real
estate office in Atlantic City. and went
there. Within few weeks 1
met woman OF outward re-
pinement. She said she had noticed
me at the Martha Washington, where
she had stopped, and liked my appear
Rnce. We had a long conversation,
which ended in her Offering me a po-
sition, with a good salary to travel
around the country soliciting manu-
scripts from young authors on behalf
of the Authors Club, of Philadelphia.
II was to get the manuscripts she
was to sell them on a commission basis.
That proposition was perfectly on the
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course Of several years secret in
dictment was found against him in 1910.
The indictment formally charged Fitz-
gerald with the sembezzlement Of sl7s,-
OU and he was arrested, but tho trial
was delayed for various reasons until
II was set for this week.
The Washington times., 1912-11-05
The FAMOUS SCHUBERT
LEADS THEM ALL !
REMARKABLE TEST OF ENDURANCE
Transported Across the Continent -Four
Times, Demiciled in Extreme Climate
and Exposed to Many DisasreeabIe
Conditions BY Travels.

Plano Maintains TODAY, After 20
Years Of Varied Life the Same
Sweet, Rich Tones and Easy
Action That Distinguish the
Schubert Among All Its Fellow
Instruments.
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SYNOPSIS.

Secret Service Chief wilkins. puzzled
over the theft OF the governments cipher,
calls to his aid Detective PinkwelI. They
think they have discovered a new cipher,
It's the Diamond Cipher and starts for
the ball park. Brockett. Chula Lon Kan.
n siamese, Ramon Solano, a Cuban. to-
gether with some twenty other youngsters.
OF wilkins stenosraphers Is seen to pass
q paper TO a mysterious stranger. As
outcome OF Brockett's cipher. the bal!
player and solano are engaged by gov
ernment for mysterious mission. YAH
moto, mysterious jap, calls on Brockett.
,Dtockett falls into Yazimoto's trap. a
light follows, Brockett coming out on
top; Messenger McKane coming TO the
rescue. McRane was bearer OF the mys-
FERROUS cipher; il also a ball player. Yaz-
imoto returns to headquarters and re-
ports to Baron Zellern his failure to OBJ
tain the cipher; Miss Lawson, the stem
Brockett and Solano have encounter with
the baron In which the latter comes out
second best. Brockett and Solano arrive
meet McGinnity, the Iron Man" baseball
manager. Brockett and Solano arrive In
New York and run into a Chinese Tong
a rescued BY q white a The place
of refuge found 10 be a trap; And them
selves prisoners OF Yazimoto. Kelly to
rescue. Kelly turns $4,000 Jap money
over TO Brockett. Brockett and Solano
have encounter. with. tough gang, but are
protected. by Kelly's men. On sleeper
Cleveland-bound; the baron detected In
act OF rifing Solano's berth. jumps from
train. At Detroit the messengers go TO
rious manner and depart for Chicago Ar
irving In Chicago. the messengers are
robbed by a "transom thief" the baron
again appears. The baron agrees to as
sist I'm recovering the stolen papers. The
messengers find the stolen papers In the
possession OF a giant negro.
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WOMEN SHOULD NEVER
USE HARSH PHYSICS

Women are especially susceptible to
constipation and their more delicate
organisms rebel at the violence of
cathartics and purgatives. Drastic
medicines like salts, mineral waters.
pills and powders may afford tempo
rary relief, but their violent action on
the stomach and bowels tends to up
set the entire system.
A mild laxative is far preferable and
more effective. The combination Of
simple laxative herbs with pepsin pre-
scribed by DR.. w. B. Caldwell, and
sold in drug stores under the name of
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is ideal
for women. being gentle in action, pos
tive In effect and pleasant to the
taste. A spoonful Of Syrup Pepsin at
night will bring natural relief next
morning and, used regularly for a
brief period, will SO strengthen and
tone the muscles of the stomach and
bowels that there will be little. If any.
further need for medicine.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin can be
procured in any drug store. Your
name and address on a postal to Dr..
w. B. Caldwell, 203 West St., Month
cello, Ill, will bring a free trial bot
tie by return mail. ADV.
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the black gazaoo. Can ye make good!
Ye cant Then go to It"
The boys walked through . yard
filed with mud, bricks and wreckage
of every Imaginable kind. At the far
end Of the yard they brought up
against a brick wall. They fumbled
along this wall, soon finding the little
doorway, and tapped thrice upon the
panels. Somewhere in the woodwork
OF the door a spark of light cleaned,
and they were upoomfortably aware
that they were undag scrutiny. They
whistled softly and tapped the door
again. 1t opened and = Chinaman
confronted them
you want smoker
"Of course We do" Solano answered.
The yellow Snan looked them over,
and then beskoned them inside the
portals, shutting and boiling the door
behind the1n. C~st-footed, noiseless, he
conducted them up a hallway damp
with mouId, noisome with dirt and the
smell of many nights of opium cook
ing" and guided them into a room OF
considerable size. A mattress, gray
with dirt, lay ON the floor and on this
mattress three msn-two negroes and
one white man-were stupidity reclin-
ing, while a peanut oil lamp burned
on a bit of mating nearby, and a
| bamboo pipe was being passed from
hand to hand. The sweet, penetrating,
sIckish smell of opium thickened the
air; reaches ran, fearless and In
| quisitive, along the floor, and the
wooers Of the ~pCppy-god, silent, lost
In happiness, drowsed, smoked and
drowsed again, cohtented in their hor
rible surroundings as monarchs In q
palace hall.
Cheap, fella, hims," said the China
man. You want bunk, yes?"
Curtains Of cheap, drab material
masked wide stretches of the wall
From behind these curtains came the
hum Of subdued conversation and the
perfume of the cooking hop" The
Chinaman parted two strips Of the
drab cloth, and showed a bunk be
tween the curtains and the wall
Brockett and Solano looked up and
down the room. There was no slgI
of their quarry. The boys quietly sn
tered the bunk which the Chinaruar
had assigned them, and their hos
quickly brought them the full para
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HAIR CAME OUT IN PUNCHES

S13 E. Second ST., Muncie, Ind.-"My
little girl had a bad breaking out on
The scalp. It vas little white Jumps.
The pimples would break out as large
Is a common pinhead all over her
head. They would break and run yell
iow matter. She suffered nearly a year
with itching and burning. 1t was sore
and itched all the time. The matter
hat a from her head was very thick.
did not comb her hair very often, her
head was too sore to comb 1t, and
when l did comb, 1t came out in
punches. Some nights her head itched
so bad she could not sleep.
II tried several different soaps and
ointments, also patent medicine, but
nothing could l get to stop it. l began
using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment this summer after I sent for
the free samples. l used them and
they did so much good / bought a cake
of Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment. I washed her head with
Cuticura Soap and rubbed the Cuticura
Ointment in the scalp every two
weeks. A week after / had washed her
head three times you could not tell she
ever had a breaking out on her head.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment also made
the hair grow beautifully" (Signed)
Mrs. Emma Patterson, Dec. %, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with S2-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston"
Adv. .
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across a few inches OF midnight gloom
at his companion.
Somewhat battered OF the head;
somewhat damaged In the ribs and
knees; considerably mussed up as to
clothing, and, apparently, In jail" re-
turned the Cuban. otherwise l think
| am all right and perfectly happy.
Who pushed the building over oil US,
anyhow"
Il haven't the slightest idea," rue
fully responded Brockett. "All / can
remember is making one grab at that
negro, while you tried to seize the belt,
Then things seemed to go round and
round, and l began to look through a
big telescope at the evening stars,
Did things impress you that way7"
Pretty much So" Ramon answered,
II distinctly remember having one
hand on that belt, and the other hand
on that large black mans necktie.
Then somebody turned of the lights
for an instant, turned them on again,
much brighter than before, and then
turned them off for keeps. | wonder
where we are?"
Jail, l believe you limited. Prob
ably the best place for us-or for me,
anyway, after scoring such a failure
as this has been. I'm sorry dragged
you into such a piece Of foolishness."
IL came along entirely Of my own
accord" said the Cuban, and l don't
think we have made a failure Of the
expedition-not yet. We didn't get
the belt away from that negro-true
enough-but we are a great deal near
er to 1t than we were an hour before
we saw him. There can't be many
black men like that one; it's almost a
certainty that the Chicago police know
him and can locate him, and | think
that when they find him he will be
quite willing to listen to reason"
"Yes-but how about making the po.
lice listen to reason first, in regard to
ourselves and our affairs?"
This was a problem which required
weighty elaboration, and the unlucky
wanderers had just started an ami
mated discussion when there was a
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phernalia OF the opium smokers pas
time
"Ycu know how eook?" questioned
the yellow man, as she young fellows
handed him a few silver coins. You
not can cook, nj cook for your"
Not Just yet" said Solano. Let
us rest a little-we are tired and need
to stretch out awhile before we
smoke"
"All lite. Yet &c. leady smoke, call
me. l cook for you," And the heather
shuf1ed away to his eyrie lear the
door, where, with a mulatto woman,
he alternately chatted softly ana cast
up accounts on the age-old countips
strings of the Monaghan race.
This is worth Watching" whispered
Brockett. Our black man may be In
n Of those hunks, or he may come
in at any time. We a stay here a
little while before calling in our
friends or going out again."
A voice came to them from a nearby
bunk-a voice that they had heard be-
fore. Both boys started a~gitatedly as
tncy l~cSOShiLcu lGS lulCh, OIiy Tone,
but they restrained their Impotence
by gripping each other with firm
though shaking hands.
"Ah done tole 20. NAH fren'," came
the voice, dat dis heah place am
haunted. Haunted by a ghos' wivout
any haid. Dass right. Long time ago,
dere was a man done been killed
right heah. Dey cut on his haid. took
de haid away wiv 'em, an left do
body. Evah since den dis heah haid.
less man have done haunted de spot
Now an den he comes right in heah
n scahes de smokehs Silly. Now an
den yon see him In de yahd. Nah mr.
freh'. dis amt no joke. Onst every =
Ditch dat haidless man comes roun'
heah, an Aim almos' suah dat he's
pretty nigh due. Didn't yo' nsyeh -
no ghostses ovsh IN Maniiay-
Go m coavTnSuEp.)
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Used or nxvo to give II an up AND ad-
NIT ourselves utter fa~iluresl"
CHAPTER XIX.

The day passed somewhat dragging
ly. for time flies with leaden pin-featn-
ers when you are in a hurry. Brockett
and Solano knew that they had little
time left for action, and that III they
failed to recover the messages now In
possession of the big negro their jour
ney would abruptly end, an utter TAIL
ure. Most of the afternoon and early
evening was spent In discussing the
giant black, and the chances of finding
the documents still in his possession.
81 only hope" said Brockett, that
he hasn't thrown away the envelopes.
He might very likely destroy them to
make the chance of identifying the
belt SO much smaller, and to protect
him In the possession Of the money"
Il hardly think So" Solano encour-
aged the worried youngster. When
we get the negro, We'll get belt, pa
pers, money and all. And ] think Of
ficer Hogan will come pretty near to
rounding him up, II anybody can"
81 wonder If the big fellow remem-
DeIeu US lTOn DSlEOlI! uluSSd DiOSh
EFT. IF so, he might also remember
the card be passed US, something OF
it's general appearance, and. If he
opened the envelopes in the belt, the
duplication of the writing might I'm
press him."
Hardly probable" dissented So
lano. "He. was simply told, in De,
troit, to hand that card to US, and
was paid something to do 1t. He
might remember US, all right, but
would not be likely to remember any
thing about the message that he gave
us. Quit fretting about the whole
business. | firmly believe everything
will work out all right, and that the
lost envelopes will come back to you
before morning. Then we can hurry
towards Mexico as fast as you may de
sire"
1t was about nine that night wher
Officers Hogan and Flynn-the latter
as big, as husky and as truly Irish as
his partner-summoned the boys fol
the expedition that should spell abso
lutte failure or a chance to retrieve
lost fortunes. Both were in plair
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clothes, both were heavily armed, and
both seemed to regard the evenings
program as a are bit of diversion.
Don't you worry, me lad" chuckled
Hogan, we'll get your nagur before
the stroke Of twelve, an Wen get the
goods with him. He's no spendthrift
nagur, that felly, an he'll have pretty
near all your money still with him."
"Pd be willing" said Brockett, ito
let him keep the money II he'd give
me back what else was in the belt"
Let him kape nothin'," growled
Flynn. "Wud We encourage a chape
nagur to unlawful doin's? Ye'd spoil
him be lettin' him have money. Well
get him, an the money too"
Walking and chatting pleasantly,
the policemen led their companions
over a side street, and into an alley
that was blacker than a pail Of tar.
No moon was shining. and the quartet
stumbled along, occasional smothered
remarks of a thoroughly profane ma
ture marking places where the stall
wart "coppers" studded a toe or
barked a shin. After penetrating the
alley FOR perhaps 200 feet. the police
men ordered a halt.
Now, me sons" said Hogan, right
here Is where We have to show a bit
of g~eneralship. ye understand. Go
youse two through this yard to a small
back door yeT find at the far end.
Knock three times an whistle. Some
wan will look at ye through a peep
hole. Seem that We are only kids, an
harmIess-lookin'. they win let ye In.
II We ind the big nagur there, 1t IL up
to youse to open the door. sudden, an
LET az In. II they hinder ye from
openin' the door. yell-we1l hear ye.
II the nagur 10 not there. make some
excuse--a friend ye wanted IL not
there. or ye have no money to buy .
card Nv hop-An' come out again
Then ven hang around ~ vaAt ~
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CHAPTER XVIII.

Just what happened between the
moment when the big negro brought
out the m~oney-belt and the moment
when a full understanding of every
day affairs came back to Brockett and
Solano, neither Of those young men
could fully detail. There had been a
cyclone. closely followed by an earth
quake. after which the roof had fallen
in, burying them under the timbers-
at least. that was how they figured It
all out when they began to sit up and
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mr. XZZMMzYZNNKn MYNRw
MZW R7HMND M7YMENE MPnRIHS

changing OF iron and a grating of bolts.
Some one turned on an electric light
nearby and the boys. blinking In the
CLEAN. saw that they we're the occu-
pants of a dinsy cell. perhaps eight
feet long by i've wide, and sumptuous-
iy furnished with q long wooden
bench and an empty pail. The door
was slowly opening. and the aperture
framed the bulky figure OF q sturdy
Irish policeman. who chuckled good
humorediy as he gaxed In upon the
oaptives.
well, how do ~ young divils feel
after . little time - aool or"
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His Successor.

Il suppose you expect your son to
step into your shoes when you retire"
mo. | hardly expect that; but he
has already taken my seat in the front
row."
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No man car stand in his own light
without casting a shadow. =
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Mrs. Newpop-I can't persuade the
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Mr.. Newpop-I guess he thinks it's
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-10
VERSE MAKER OF BISMARCK SAYS
SMILE Is SECRET OF SUCCESS

ST. PAUL. MINI, Dec. l0.--J w.
Foley stood on the rearlend OF a street
car yesterday afternoon. and rainly
searched his pockets for a match. he
couldn't fad one. Neither coulf the
reporter.
Hey, conductor called Mr.. Foley
in that whimsical Missouri.Dakota
voice. have You a match IN your
jeans?"
The reporter held his breath to lis
ten to the crushing of the presump-
tuous one. But the conductor was
actually coming toward him, pulling
rockets inside out as he came, only
to be anticipated by three or four men
who thrust Jokes into the verse max.
er's hands. He conferred distinct
personal favor on each in come
strange way, although he needed but
one match. Foley punched cattle
three years on the Western plains,
which explains why one fire stick
was enough. .
What did you DO or how, that
made every man on the rear OF the
car rush to oblige your the reporter
wanted to know
Mr. Foley laughed and spoke or
something else, but his words az few
minutes earlier were the key to the
mystery.
Remember that smile!" he had
said. go TO the world with smile
on your face and it will give you al
most anything YOU ask. Just grin and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-10

be cheerful. That is enough. But 60
TO the world with your chest pulled
out, and swagger up TO the world. and
II is likely to kick you downstairs.
Remember the smile!"
He had been routed from an after
noon nap a short time before by the
man III search of an interview, and
ha answered the knock smiling. The
man in search of an interview ap.
!peals to the world to know If arising
from sleep with smile on ones face
isn't an indication of an extraordi-
nary character. Mr.. Foley smiles al
most all the time. however. so he prob,
ably has his own peculiar secret of
life.
rs just in knocking up against
the world and learning all the tine
that makes humorists,' he explained
when the reporter suggested that the
state of Missouri was producing more
than its share of men who can make
smiles, and that there must be some
mystery about that too.
You see, ! was a newspaper re-
porter at ST. a week, and had to do
everything, and $1l week doesn't
stretch enough 10 allow a man to ex-
pand much. So had to keep digging.
and didn't have time to think a
great deal of myself, and now, when
! have attained little success, there
is more to learn than ever.
You get OF here? Well 80 long,
old man. Remember that smile!"