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wILMlNoToN's FIGHT CLUB

WILMINGTON. Del, Sept. 23.-The
business men of Wilmington. Del,
~ - formed an athletic club and will
hold boxing matches during the
coming season They have engaged
Johnny Burns, Of Philadelphia, to act
as and matchmaker.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-23

will then proceed through the prin-
cipal streets to Boston Common,
whore a mass-meeting of welcome
will be held. Mayor Fitzgerald will
formally congratulate the winners of
the American League championship,
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and thank the men for bringing the
honor to Boston.
Arrangements for the world series
are practically completed up to the
point where only the formal action of
the National Commission is needed to
allow the plans to be carried out.
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Soccer football hereabouts was
much in evidence yesterday, and
some good games were decided. The
majority. however, were only try
out contests.
The Caledonian Club, Newark's
new soccer football eleven, inaugu-
rated its season in a successful nan
ner at Wledenmayer's Park yester-
day afternoon with a big victory
over the Brookl 4 f. C. members
of the National League, The finaI
score was 3 to >, and the Caledo-
mans displayed much class. Al
though an exhibition affair a good
number turned out to witness the
game.
In a draggy game on West Hudson
field. Harrison. yesterday afternoon
the West Hudson football clever
downed the Scottish Americans to
the tune of 4 goals to 2. 1t was q
tryout game and neither team ex-
erted themselves. The initial hall
ended 3 goals to 0 in favor of the
Hsdsons. The Scots came back
strong in the final minutes, however,
and outplayed the cup winners.
Before one of the greatest crowds
that ever Witnessed a game in Pat
erson the True Blues and the Pat
erson Rangers, two of the Silk City's
best, played ninety minutes to a
draw yesterday afternoon. Each
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25

Him, the less we have OF the diff
culties that arise from not knowing
and obeying Him. Christian Science
teaches its adherents to seek God, love
His law; live the Brightness He de-
mands. In this better acquaintance
with God II promises that human
troubles and discords will disappear
lawfully and scientifically, for trouble
and discord are not in God, nor OF
Him, nor can they live where His
commandments and laws are obeyed.
Yours truly,
ROYAL ID. STEARNs,
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
Simple Mixture Used In Red
Cloud

Many In Red Cloud are now using
the simple buckthorn bark and glycer.
inc mixture known as Adler.i.ka, the
new German Appendicitis remedy. A
SINGLE DOSE relieves constipation.
sour stomach or gas on the stomach al.
most INSTANTLY. This simple mix.
ture antisepticizes the digestive organs
and draws off the impurities and peo
pie are surprised how QUICKLY it
helps. c. l.. Getting, druggist.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
What Ne Saved.

Pathetic as well as amusing is the
valedictory Of western editor:
with grateful acknowledgment to my
friends and benediction upon the pro
fession. take my hat--the savings
Of II years in the newspaper field
and retire"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
Uncle PsnnyWIss says:

The barefoot actress who arrived In
tOxnlithis morning nannUlEces that
she has lost her trunks. The show
will 60 on. however. as she had an
other pair In her handbag.
Journal
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
WRITING on Finance,

An editor never feels more impors
tant than when ne Is writing an able
review OF general financial conditions
and trying to make II sound az II he
had absolute mastery OF the subject
Columbus Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
The Power Of Prayer.

The seventy.second annual report Of
Muller'e Orphanage. At Bristol. for
which no appeal 10 ever made except
by prayer to God. shows that tho in,
come last year was nearly a36.o00.-
London Times
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
ElAhth Grade Examlnatleus

Time-Thursdav and Friday, April
25 and Goth, 1912.
Places--The court house at Red
Cloud, and the public school
building in Guide Rock. Blue
Hill, Cowles, Inavsle, Bladen,
and Rosemont.
GERTRUDE L. Coon, Co. Supt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
Pcnnsyivania's Natural Gas.

Pennsylvania opened her first we'll
Of natural gas In 1889. since which
time tho state has produced about one
half the natural gas consumed In the
United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-25
On.

= M H. SIh4sGii to be see
3 g: u microscope VINO suffers him
I 10 be caught IN a ut OF passion =
q Lavater
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

Protective associations business. We
hunted through all the records we
could find, and as near as we could
judge, about once every twelve months
a man appeared in some small town
as Jenkins had appeared in Medillion,
and put over about the same kind OF
a job The man never had been ap-
pretended or even located. Upon In.
vestigating these old cases We found
that the "kiter" always used a diff
ferent name, that he was sometimes
fhaved. sometimes bearded. some
times splurgily dressed. and some
times quietly-but always he was
coal man Of forceful character and
apparent success. 1t was obvious that
he and our "Mr. Jenkins" were one
and the same man.
A hurried fitting around the coun.
try placed In my possession the vari-
GUS specimens OF handwriting that
had been left by tho "kiter." At first
l was amazed and disappointed to dis
cover that they were all apparently
the work of different men; but few
days work on the part Of our hand
writing expert demonstrated that one
man had written them all, but that he
had SO skilfully disguised his hand on
each occasion as to make each speci-
men entirely different in appearance
from the others. My respect for my
quarry grew immensely at this revela-
tion. The man was absolutely the
cleverest forger ever had heard OF.
Now 1 knew that the Jenkins who
had fooled the banks in Medillion was
an old and expert hand at crime, that
he had worked at 1t for at least six
years, and that he seemed to do only
one Job year. And still was as far
away from any apparent clew as when
I started on the case. Somewhere
in America this forcefuI. clever fell
low was living on the proceeds Of his
crime But what a task to look for
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

dickering with Clawson, he agreed to
buy the coal yard at 34.750. 32,500 to
be paid at once, and the remainder on
six months time. He wrote check
as before for the $2.600.
"And by the way, Clawson." he said.
wish you'd take me down and in
troduce me to your banker. I'll have
to transfer my account here In few
days"
Clawson accordingly introduced
Jenkins to the Old National bank In
a cordial manner. AS soon as he had
been properly identified jenkins pre-
sented q draft issued by the Twenty
Fifth Street bank for $1.625. The
cashier paid 1t without a murmur OF
suspicion.
From Clawson, Jenkins went to
Cross. and within half an hour he had
repeated his operation at the First
National. there cashing a draft for ST.
4. $40. From Cross he went to Fink.
and Fink accommodatingly identified
him at the Farmers and Merchants.
where he secured $1,000 on a similar
draft.
That night Mr.. and Mrs. Jenkins left
Medillion. Next day the banks discov-
cred that the drafts were all forgeries.
The forms on which they were Issued
were mere cheap limitations OF the
Twenty-tifth Street Banks paper. Hur-
ried telegrams want to the New York
bank:
"How much is jenkins balance?"
The answer came: Eighteen dol
lars and elsven cents"
The Medillion banks had been clev-
erly stung.
This was the story that gathered
thread by thread when Investigated
the trouble in Medillion.
To trace Jenkins l had Specimens OF
his handwriting. excellent descrip-
tions of him. and the knowledge that
he was an expert In the coal business.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
The Creature sprans From tho Water.

when asked what they thought the
thing was.
The creature measures feet 4
inches from the head to the end Of the
tail. The tail alone measures feet.
The head resembles the head Of
large snapper" and is not unlike that
Of an alligator. It has twenty teeth.
some short and ragged. while those in
the front are shaped like a dogs,
long and pointed.
On its broad dgray back are scales
from one to two inches In length.
which overlap one another. The crea-
ture has four feet. like those Of an al
ligator. When standing It would be
about a foot from the ground. The
tail. shaped like . huge cone. resem.
bles the tail Of an alligator
A number Of the Oldest fishermen
believed at first that the creature was
q h1ard more than two centuries old.
while others declared that the thing
answers to the description of the Ter
sey DEVIL which several years ago
gave the entire eastern states a fright.
The thing will be kept by Mr.. Miller
at his bath house and placed on eIhi-
bition for few days. In the mean
time the scientific authorities at
Washington have been asked to exam
inc the creature and pass judgment as
to what 1t may be.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
ADVENTURE WITH BIG SNAKE
AIoot Lanse's Description Of His En-
counter With a FIfty-six Foot
Boa Constructor.

In his new book. "In the Amazon
Jungles," (Putnam), Algot Lange tells
OF his encounter with a ffty-six foot
boa constructor: "On a soft muddy
sand bar. half hidden by dead branch
es. beheld somewhat cone shaped
mass about seven feet in height.
From the base of this came the neck
and head of the snake. fiat on the
ground, with beady eyes staring at us
as We slowly advanced and stopped.
The snake. was coiled, forming an
enormous pile of round. scaly mon
strosity. large enough to crush us all
to death at once. We had stopped
at a distance of about fifteen feet from
him, and looked at each other. felt
as II l were spellbound. unable to
or act on my own initiative.
"The snake still made no move, but
in the clear moonlight 1 could see Its
body expand and contract in breath
ing; its yellow eyes seeming to radi-
ate a phosphorescent light. l felt no
fear, nor any inclination to retreat,
yet was now facing beast that few
men had ever succeeded in seeing.
Thus We stood looking at each other.
scarcely moving an eyelid, while the
great silent monster looked at US. l
slid my right hand down to the hol-
ster Of my automatic pistol. the 9mm.
Luger and slowly removed the safety
lock, at the same time staring into the
faces of the man. In, this manner 1
was less under the spell OF the mes
merism of the snake, and could to
some extent think and act.
~ wheeled around while l still held
control Of my faculties, and, perceiv-
ing a slight movement of the snakes
coils, fired point blank. at the head.
letting go the entire chamber of soft
nose bullets. Instantly the other men
woke up from their trance and in their
turn fired. emptying their Winchesters
into the huge head, which by this
time was raised to great height
above US, loudly Kissing in agony.
Our wild yelling echoed through
the deep forest. The snake uncoiled
itself and writhing with pain made
for the waters edge. BY this time
we were relieved Of the terrible sus-
pense. but we took care to keep at a
respectful distrance from the strug-
Cling reptile and the powerful lash
Ing of the tail. which would have
killed a man with one blow"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
this paper ads Offering for saie Z coal
Ii L

this paper ads Offering for saie Z coal
business, which jenkins had answered.
These particular ads had appeared
in a space covering six years.
In three cases at least he had as
serted that he had seen the advertise
ment IL this publication.
He was SO familiar with all the up
to-date news of the trade that he could
hardly have obtained 1t any other way
than reading closely the gossip OF
trade paper.
Against this OF course was the pos
sibility that Jenkins had merely hit
upon these particular coal yards by
accident. At all events, this was the
In Philadelphia found the publish
er OF the coal paper to be a grabbed
old fellow who would have nothing to
do with me at first. looked around
and found that he was head-over-heels
in debt, and that his bank held two
notes against him which they were
threatening to call in. which action
would have put the old fellow out OF
business. The president Of the bank,
on my request. wrote little note. and
upon its presentation the publisher
was glad to turn over for my inspec-
tion all his records. Together with
the handwriting expert l set to work
on all the letters that the old man had
In the office.
Fortunately the old fellow was of a
suspicious habit OF mind. Whenever
anyone sent in an order for sub
scription he not only placed the order
on his books, but he filed away the
original letter. to produce II the sub
scriber denied payment. He had over
$500 of these letters. and our task
was to look at each one and compare
the signatures with the various dis
guised hand-wrftings Of jenkins. For
I had decided that about the only way
Of getting line on our man lay in
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
ulawsou went Up and held out his

Hello. Jenkins" he said.
"You are. mistaken" was the an
swer. Cummings is my name"
"It Is here" said Cross. ntepping up.
"but In MediIlton It was jenkins. all
right"
"Yes." said Fink "Why didn't you
come back for your furniture?"
Cummings-Jenkins- around
wildly. On every side OF him he saw
cashiers from the banks that he had
swindled in the last SIX years. They
greeted him by the different names he
had used in their towns. Then I stop
ped up and showed him the letter he
had written to the coal paper.
But for this" said, I'VE might
never have got you"
Cummings was smart enough to SEQ
that the game was up. He made q
complete confession, clearing up lot
Of mysterious bank forgeries, and took
16 years in Auburn prison. His wife
went free. She fought the case, alleg-
ing that Jenkins had forced her to
help him by threats of death. She got
a young Jury, and she was pretty,
youthful looking woman.
We didn't care much about her.
however. Jenkins-or rather Cum
mings-was the brains OF the OUTFIT,
and We had put him where his brains
couldn't do our clients any harm.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
soeck Of Dust in Court.

Los Angeles. Cal,-Though 1t cost
Owen s. Gorham fees for his
attorney and the cost Of filing a suit.
he acquired one-vigitilllonth of an inch
of property purchased by NJ. V. Thues-
dell In 1894. At a tax sale Gorham
quilted title to 1t in Judge Houser's
court.
In 1894. prior to Gorham's owner
ship. certain property in Gardena was
sold for delinquent taxes. The law
provided that a purchaser could take
as much of the property as would re-
compense him for paying the tax.
Truesdell paid s13 and was given the
one-vigitilionth of an inch across the
front of the property. This amount of
land is sufficient to put cloud on
the title.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

him! For this Jenkins was not OF
the criminal type. He would not be
found by hunting among crooks. He
might be anywhere and in almost any
plane Of society.
The only physical proof that I had
of the existence of Jenkins was his
variously disguised handwriting. This
was the only trace that he had left OF
his presence. But this was enough, as
1t proved.
will not tire the reader will ell
ing about the weary weeks of l.tile
toll l spent at first on the jenkins
case. They were weeks Of searching
and researching without finding any.
thing. Nothing interesting happened
In that time. But in the end. after
the weariest sort of digging. 1 finally
unearthed the salient fact that all OF
the coal men who had been the means
of attracting the fatal jenkins to their
towns had advertised their business
for sale in the same coal trade pub
lication.
This publication was small week
ly Issued at Philadelphia. 1t went
only to retail coal dealers. 1t was
not for sale on newsstands, nor was it
to be found in any library In the coun-
try. 1t had 1852 subscribers, and
these were about the only people in
the country who knew that such a
publication existed. Reasoning the
thing out 1t seemed possible to sup
pose that Jenkins for years had been
constant reader of this paper.
The case for this theory summed
up thus:
Six certain men had published in
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

tho possibility that he was q subscrib-
er to the coal trade paper. and that
he had written signed letter to the
editor.
AS the expert was looking over the
1.300th letter he jumped up with a
shout.
Here's our mani" he cried, and
threw over to me letter signed "A.
]. Cummings. Neria. Ohio"
To the layman this signature was
totally different from any Of those we
had found left by Jenkins. but the e1-
pert quickly proved that 1t was from
the same hand.
The letter was written on Cum
mings' letter-head-he was in the coal
and wood business in Neria-and was
for FIVE years subscription to the
paper. Trains didn't run fast enough
to suit me after that. l raced up to
Medillion and got Clawson and Cross
and Fink together. wired the
cashiers of banks in other towns who
had been fleeced by Jenkins. ! went
to Neria, Ohio, a tiny town of 1900
people, and got a spot on Cummings.
He was a coal merchant-but found
that he was frequently absent from
Neria for weeks at time. And no
body knew where he went on these
occasions.
1 wired my bankers and the trio in
Medillion:
Come on to Neria and look him
over"
They came as fast as trains could
carry them. l pointed jenkins out to
them as he walked down the street.
They recognized him, every man Jack
of them, as jenkins"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
HUGE FREAK FISH j
PUTS UP A FIGHT
New Jersey Fisherman Lands
Queer Specimen FIVE Feet ]
Long After Hard Fight
TWO ROWS OF TEETH
The Monster That 10 a Cross sstwssn
Alligator and "Jsrssy Devil" VIII
es Sent to smhhsonIan Institution
to Be Identified.

Philadelphia.-Attacked by a mystic
rious creature, vartously described AZ
a "monstrous amphibious animal" and
. furious freak fish," Daniel Miller.
shad fisherman. was rescued from
harm BY his companion. Harry Taylor.
in the Delaware river OF Gloucester.
N. J.
For nve minutes after the creature
had been hauled into their boat IL
gave battle. Until Miller became eI'
hausted he fought the attacks with his
fists. Taylor. who was operating the
boat, was afraid to leave his position
while the battle waged. for fear the
boat would capsize.
Miller, who Is one Of the Oldest dsh.
ermen in Gloucester, accompanied BY
early this morning. Shortly befors
noon, when they were preparing to re-
turn home with their supply OF dshj
they pulled In the not
As they brought It to the surface the
weight became noticeably heavy.
There was a constant Jerking at tho
ropes. At last they were unable to
pull the net any higher and lashed II
to the side OF the boata. When Miller
opened the net the creature sprans
from the water at him. The force
sent Miller sprawling into the middle
OF the boat. The creature. which had
two rows Of long teeth. snapped at
him viciously.
When the fishermen finally landed
their catch" on land. hundreds of per-
sons Hocked to see the creature. 1t
was taken to Millex's boathouse. Fish
ermen who have seen and caught
many kinds of fish shook their heads
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
Csnmi7es- Jenkins looked around wildly

Beyond that-nothing. He had come
to Medillion, stayed little, and nit
ted away from $4.435 of the bankers
low. He was thorough-going" "kiter.
Back in New York found that Jen-
kins had been a depositor of the Twen-
ty-fifth Street Bank for only short
time. Nothing was known OF him
there. He had left no trace. So far
as any trail was concerned the exist
ence Of Jenkins began with his ap-
pearance at this bank and ended with
his disappearance from Medillion.
None of the clumsy little tracks left
by the crude criminal were to be
found in this case. He had Just come,
had got the money, and had gone. He
was an artist.
"Well," said Chief Burns. at looks
as If q new 'kiter' had begun work
among the banks In dead earnest. But
I've seen work that>resembles this be-
fore"
We hunted through our records.
and sure enough, the same methods
that had worked in Medillion had
been used in Michigan about year
before. A coal man had advertised
his business for sale. prospective
purchaser had appeared, had estab-
lished his credit, had cashed drafts
through introductions to the local
banks, and had fitted no one knew
where. And no one had discovered.
Going back still further We found
that about n wear before another case
of the same sort had been reported
from Iowa. This was before the Burns
agency began to handle the Bankers
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02
BELAsco STRONG ON REALISM
Theatrical Producer Insists That
Everything on the stage Shall
ea In Perfect Harmony.

David Belasco is famous for his at
tention to minute detail In the staging
of the plays which he produces. He
tacks used In the building of his seem
cry. But he surpassed himself this
season when he put on THE Case Of
Becky. a play which deals with hyp-
motto suggestion. The first and sec
ond acts of the piece take place In the
office OF a sanitarium and the physi-
clan in charge Is noted as a great au-
thority on hypnotism.
Soon after the first production Of
the play Belasco was showing a friend
all the scenic effects of the pro-
duction. On the desk of the ply
sician was stationery stamped with
the fictitious name of the sani-
tarium.
This" explained the producer SIS
merely a small detail to create the
impression in the minds of the actors
that they are in a real sanitarium In
stead of on the stage"
He then threw open the door OF a
large bookcase which ordinarily
would have contained dummy vol
umes.
There" he explained in matter
of-fact tone, "is the best library in
this country on hypnotism and sug-
gestion. 1t contains 400 volumes on
those subjects, and l have been col
lecting them for the past two years
1t Is much better to have the real
books in the book cases. 1t makes the
man who plays the specialist believe
that he really knows something about
the subject
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

girls were charming, they could talk
in Latin and sing in Greek, and they
had philosophy. physics. scientific
cooking and astronomy eating out of
their hands. But they could not take
fast dictation, they could not tran
scribe letter intelligently. their
spelling was uncertain and they could
not talk business for me when | was
out of the office. So l got little girl
from a typewriting school who was
worth more than a campus of them.
"The whole trouble is that educa-
tion is too full Of theory and too
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

ma the pretty girls with the collecting
boxes give a quid pro quo in the shape
of flower for every penny. and
sometimes for twopence. Severa
thousands of women in their bes
frocks waylaid all pedestrians, enterec
cafes, restaurants, banks and public
Offices; two young girls even braved
the terors of the Gray House. the
Old Bailey of Vienna. and by the
evening two million flowers had been
sold. and about $4,000 collected in
small change. which was carried in a
hundred sacks to the bank.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

the lists open to men and women
alike-she built up her business from
a broken down typewriter and
monthly rental of a dark Office and
she has no prejudices because she
cannot afford them. Only, from
unpleasant experience, she has con-
cluded that the higher education gets
in the way of hustle.
'T thought I'd have first rate pri-
yate secretary once" said she, "and
so I asked the authorities at Barnard
college to send me one They sent
me several, at different times. The
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-02

empty OF common sense. I've tried
educated office boys and they wouldn't
do. They knew a lot of things that
didn't need in my business and none
CT the things that l did need. So l
put an ad in the papers and freckle
faced kid called.
"'I'm Mugsy Cullane, said he, con-
fidently.
"'Well?' l said.
"'Gee,' said he, 'ain't you heard of
me? Why I'm the guy that worked
out how to go to Coney Island on
transfers wit one nickel. had me