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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04
CONSENT GIVEN
PETER GRIFFIN
City Council Gives Petition Of Con.
sent to Peter Griffin to Continue
Mccarthy Saloon. -.
Grist of Monthly Bills Allowed and
General Clean Up Of the
Town Is Ordered.

The city council held an important
meeting on Monday evening, when
considerable business was transacted.
Mr.. Peter Griffin came before the
council and asked consent to operate
the saloon recently conducted by T
c. Mccarthy. The request was grant
ed, and Mr.. Griffin will be ready for
business July 1st. His was the only
application and the council was thus
saved some embarrassment in decid-
ing who shall operate a saloon. Pre-
vious to the Monday night meeting
the council had met with the owners
OF the Denison saloon and agreed upon
fore each saloon has been paying a
license of $1,000, this has been raised
to $4,000 by mutual agreement The
extra $500 thus derived will greatly
add to the finances of the city.
The council purchased 800 feet of
fire hose at the Monday night meet
ing, as further equipment to the fire
department. When this new hose ar
rives the department will be amply
prepared for any emergency that may
arise.
The work of preparing the business
streets for oiling is progressing, and
the council will be ready when the
oil arrives.
The report of the city treasurer
shows balance of money on hand in
all funds of about $4,000, divided as
follows:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04
Loosely Woven Fabrics.

The grille or filet mesh linen 10
much used in combination with plain
linen, and there are soft, heavy loose
woven cottons which have fllet weave
to match.
white in pepper and salt fashion, and
the very good looking in the cool
grays and tans, though 1t seems posi-.
BILE that the loose woven stuff might
stretch and pull out Of shape.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04
GOOD ROADS
MEET AT TAMA
Iowa Trans-ContinentaI Route Associ-
alton to Meet at Tama, Iowa,
Friday, June 18th. :.
Schedule of Time As Arranged by
Committeeman Made at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Thursday, June 18th.

Friday, the 18th of June, is the day
set for the annual meeting of the
Iowa Trans-C Continental Route asso.
citation, which will be held at Tama
this year.
Sec. w. C. Rollins reports that the
program is now being arranged for
the meeting, which bids fair to be one
of the best meetings ever held since
the organization of the association.
The city of Tama is making plans to
entertain the guests from cities and
villages along the route who will be
present to talk over the good road
situation along the famous route.
We are informed that a number of
machines will go overland from towns
west of here to Tama and we are told
that several machines will join the
party here for the trip east. The
schedule as planned is arranged so
that the tourists will stop here for
dinner on the 18th and will leave
here at o'clock. 1t is planned to stop
at Boone over night and leave the next
morning early for Tama, reaching
there at lis on Friday, the 18th. Be-
low we print the schedule from Coun-
Gil Bluffs to Tama, which will be car
ried out. Those from here who will
make the trip by auto should pre-
serve the schedule for future refer
ence.
Thursday, June IL, 1913.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04
SUITABLE COVER FOR CHAIR

Preserves Freshness Of Upholstery
and 10 EastIy slipped On Or
Removed.
Chairs that are upholstered with del.
icate materials should at ordinary
times be kept covered up If they are
to retain their freshness and newness.
We give, therefore, a sketch Of very
useful type OF cover for an ordinary
chair that may be easily slipped on or
removed.
It must, of course, be made to ut
the chair 1t Is intended for, and can
be carried out in cretonne Of some
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04
CLASS PRESENTED
With DIPLOMAS

Continued from Page One.)
lections. Miss Harriet Gebert sang a
beautiful solo, which was greatly en-
joyed.
The graduation class made fine ap-
pearance, and there were many COM
plimentary comments made on the
class of bright young boys and girls
who made it notable.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04

Mrs. A. B. Lorenzen and son, An
drew, are visiting this week at the
John B. Wiese home near Manning.
Miss Florence Iseminger and Miss
Iva Smith are contemplating visit
with friends in Omaha the latter part
Of the week.
Miss Orpha Marshall went down to
Des Moines last Saturday to see her
sister, Miss Bell who underwent an
operation at the hospital there last
week for appendicitis. Miss Marshall
is improving nicely from her opera
ton.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-04

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

were fitted with English ward locks.
Then, too, it has been said that this
clever robbery was planned quite sudden
" by Moore and his pal, Harry Howard,
otherwise known as English Harry" an
other notorious safe-cracker AS matter
of fact Moore worked industriously for
five months in preparation for it before
he was ready to turn the trick.
Moore had planned to rob the bank at
Francestown, n. H. On thinking the matter
over however. he regretted his decision be-
cause he had been born and brought up
near the town, and he did not feel like rob
bling his old neighbors. Very cleverly,
Moore contrived to prevent the robbery
without acquainting his pals with the fact
that he had changed his mind regarding it.
It was while returning from this incom-
pleted job that Moore conceived the idea
of robbing the Concord banks. Two of
them, the Concord National and the Mid
desex Institution for Savings occupied the
same building.
This building was directly opposite the
hotel where Moore happened to stop for
lunch, and while he was eating he observed
the cashier returning to the bank from his
dinner The cashier unlocked the street
door and left the key in the lock Moore
hastily finished his meal and stepped over
to the bank
He followed the cashier upstairs and saw
him unlock the outer and inner doors of
the vault and also the door to the burglar
box inside. To justify his presence in the
bank, Moore presented a hundred-dollar
bill to the cashier and asked to have it
changed
During the few moments that he was in
the bank Moore had obtained very good
idea Of the problem which confronted him
He observed that the lock to the street
door was of a very simple style which
could be easily overcome. Moore con-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

was made by a man named Lille. Moore
decided to put it to the test. He ascer-
tanned that there was one in an office ON
Staten Island, and desired to experiment
upon it, With the aid of a specially devised
brace he found it possible to drill holes
into the solid chilled steel of which the safe
was composed and a few ounces of rife
powder did the rest.
As a result of this success, Dutch Dan"
Moore's pal, prevailed upon him to try his
luck at another safe of the same type at a
bank at Olean, N. Y. The doors were two
and a quarter inches thick and of chilled
iron cast in one piece. Dutch Dan" had
previously taken several other safe-crack-
ers to look the ground over, but all had
agreed that the job couldn't be done in
less than six hours, and as there was a
hotel directly opposite which didn't close
till after midnight, they decided that they
wouldn't have time to do the job be-
tween the time the hotel closed and the
time when people began to 90 abroad in
the morning.
to the Lille works and knew exactly how
the safe was constructed. He was conf
dent that he could get the best Of it in
two hours.
1t was this safe which, as l have pre-
viously mentioned, the directors considered
so safe that they offered to let any safe
cracker have it to himself on the top of a
mountain for four days This offer Moore
felt it unnecessary to accept
Securing the services of third man to
act as lookout and to provide a rig for the
getting away, Moore and Dutch Dan" de.
scended upon the bank one dark night and
succeeded in breaking into the burglar
proof" safe in just forty-fve minutes.
Moore came to grief first through the
treachery of one of his accomplices. He
had been engaged by other burglars for a
bank job at Rockland Maine. An ex-city
marshal and a big merchant of the city
were said to be interested in the plot, and
Moore consented to do the work.
The ex-marshal, a man named Kaiser
and his friends were to furnish the neces
sary teams Against his better judgment
which led him to distrust several of those
interested in the plot, particularly the ex
marshal and his friends, Moore went
through with the job A premature eXplo
sion opened the safe, but nearly wrecked
the building. Across the street the bur
glars saw the night Waterman and a por
ter staring awe-stricken at the bank.
Moore quickly decided that the burglars
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
How Worry Really Kills You

sides of the cells thin cell So
called "clot the BRAIN Death follows
of the worry that kills prevention Refuse to
worry your BEST and having done this decline posi-
lively about the results would
of poison. Worry
everyone, visitors
the portals the
be visioT is habit, and habit
The action worry the brain cells con-
dropping of water stone At first it
slightest impression the stone, but time
The cells of the brain delicate tissue
steady the blood supply
quickly them
Or according to medical science it is though garment
day after day without change falls into aters
the brain after death have shown
nerve the the head that have persisted the
tooth dies While other brain
ordinary condition this group
It coincidence, and science says consequence
that the hair the portion
scalp above this brain the first white
Heat scalp hair grow gray, of
any portion scalp that
portion to be oveTheated.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

most rigid examination, but she would not
admit that she had been in secret commu-
nication with her husband. Moore was
then put through a similar ordeal, but he
denied having communicated with his wife
in any way and protested to know nothing
about the message on the newspaper.
The warden was greatly incensed, and,
by way of punishment, ordered that Moore
should no longer enjoy the privileges
which had previously been accorded to
him He was allowed neither to see or
write to his wife. He was no longer per
mitted to purchase food or other articles.
When the clothing his wife had pur-
chased for him wore out, he was not al
lowed to renew it. The warden told him
that he would be restored to his former
privileges only when he revealed the man
ner in which he had communicated with
his wife and apologized for having done
So Moore was too obstinate to yield, and
for the next three years suffered the
greatest physical and mental torture in
consequence.
His clothing was reduced to tatters.
For days at a time he was unable to eat
the coarse prison food. No martyr ever
suffered greater agonies than this remark
able convict during this period
Nevertheless, when Moore was finally
released, he was a more confirmed enemy
to society than before. He continued his
operations against the banks of the coun-
try, but was finally caught and sentenced
to cumulative penalties aggregating fifteen
years.
1t was not until after he had completed
that term that he really saw the error of
his ways. Then he tried TO lead an hon
est life, but found it impossible to accum-
ulate any wealth, and all his ill-gotten gains
had long ago been dissipated in futile at
tempts to secure his freedom.
He died in 1910. He was eighty years
old. He had been fighting society for
over fifty years, and although considered in
the underworld as a successful" criminal,
he knew himself that his life had been a
failure.
Il have learned from hard experience
he wrote shortly before he died that
money obtained by fraud is at a discount
and will not purchase peace, comfort and
contented mind. If any young man start
ing out in life thinks he can make a sue
cess of crime, he will discover, perhaps
when too late, that his life has been fail
ure!"
Langdon W. Moore's testimony that
CRIME DOES NOT PAY is worth heed
ing.
SOPHIE LYONS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

= ANGDON w. MOORE, alias Charley
Adams. one of the cleverest bank
IL burglars in the criminal history Of
this country, cleared over 100000 in
the course of his long criminal career
He died two or three years ago at the
age Of eighty without a cent to his name
This fact in itself might not warrant the
conclusion that a life of crime is not
worth while, but when Moore's career is
taken as a whole, no better example Of
the proposition that crime does not pay
could possibly be presented.
knew him well. lie often spoke to me
OF his exploits, giving me the inside story
Iof many of his deeds upon which the po-
lice had been unable to shed any light
whatever Long. before he died Moore
was thoroughly convinced Of the futility
of criminal career What a mess of it
all have made!" was a frequent exclama-
ton of his
For over fifty years, Moore was perhaps
the most conspicuous figure in the under
world. During that time he pulled of
some of the biggest and most daring bank
burglaries ever perpetrated in this coun
try. He was a mechanical genius and COM
plete master Of his trade He was a
brainier man than many of the presidents
OF the banks he robbed, and his code of
honor was in many respects more com
mendable than that of judges who sent
him to Jail He was feared by every bank
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

cluded that the 'job" was worth while.
He went to New York and secured the CO.
operation of Harry Howard, who returned
with him to his farm at Natick Wax i'm
pressions of the key of the street door were
taken and the blank keys cut to fit the
impression, but effort after effort, cover
ing period Of several weeks in this direc-
ton, proved futile The finished keys were
tried at midnight and they failed to fit
Then the burglars succeeded in making
an entry by one Of the windows. Howard
made his way to the door and unscrewed
some of the nuts which held the locks in
place with the idea of removing the lock
and studying its mechanism.
In doing this. however, he knocked off
some of the varnish around the bolt head,
and Moore ordered him to desist, fearing
that if any more varnish fell of it might
attract attention in the morning and bring
about an investigation. The nuts were re-
placed and the burglars gave up their work
for the night.
Some nights later they appeared again on
the scene. This time they plugged the lock
in a way which would arouse no suspicion
as to the manner in which it had become
stopped up. The sole object OF this move
was to neCessitate the removal of the
lock by a locksmith, Moore figuring that in
doing the job the loCksmith would inevita-
bly, knock off the paint and varnish from
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

only chance was to secure the funds and
to buy off those interested in prosecuting
them, as he had been able to do in the
Concord robbery. Putting a wet sponge
in his mouth and a wet handkerchief over
his face, he made his way through the
binding and suffocating smoke and cleaned
out the safe in the darkness.
The burglars then proceeded to the spot
where Kaiser was to meet them with the
rigs. They had to wait several hours be-
fore Kaiser appeared, and from his manner
Moore at once surmised that everything
was not exactly right His suspicious
proved to be well-founded, for they had
hardly gone half a mile when they were
suddenly surrounded by posse of fifty or
sixty men armed with rifles, blunderbusses,
pitchforks and every other conceivable
weapon. The burglars were roughly han
died, and the crowd made ready to lynch
them. 1t was only Moore's tact which
saved them.
As it was, Moore found it prudent to
plead guilty when his case came up for
trial, and he was sentenced to seven years
in the Maine State Prison.
He served six and half, during which
time he suffered privations of the most
dreadful character.
His first three years of prison life
passed without incident Although his
wife came to see him regularly during that
period she was never allowed to speak
to Moore in private. Moore got an idea
secure his pardon might prove successful.
He figured that fund of $4,000 would be
needed for the purpose.
Because the warden was always present
when his wife visited him and his CORE
spondence was always censored, the only
way he could communicate his plan to his
wife was by a subterfuge. In writing to
his wife, ne wrote twenty words on the
envelope and covered them with the
stamp. 1t took him several months to
impart his whole plan to his wife by this
installment plan, but at the end of that
time, she was in full possession of her
husbands ideas on the subject. She at
once proceeded to raise the money and
then unwisely wrote on the margin of a
New York newspaper which she was privi-
legged to send her husband the words
"AH right | will be there the second
week in March,.
This message was intercepted. by the
warden. He subjected Mrs. Moore to the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

W.T. have often heard that kill even the nIne-
W lived but have only half believed it, and until
W have had scientific proof that it was So
Medical has recently confirmed the fact and ex
planned worry commits murders. 1t has reached the
many of what have been regarded
unacy the victim finally dies the case has
simply Instead of the person dying
Of mental breakdown, he has worried himself to death
Worry the dominance of one
idea usually of fear There is fear of existing
condition what may happen The idea crowds all
the mind permits them only the feebles and
occasional activity.
This idea pounds, hammerke, set of brain
cells It overstmuates them causing unusual flow of blood
those and dearth Of other OF the brain
This would be serious happened only and then for
brain cell should be repenshed by than the usual
flow blood times keep properly fed and nourished
But overfeeding of these cells
there The cells and distended The
worry grows The pounding the blood
against the cells acquires hammerke violence
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

the safe to the top of mountain and
experiment there with it to his hearts
content for sour days Moore didn't avail
himself of this offer but'he did make an at
tempt en- the safe without the knowledge
OF the bank officials and in just one hour
and forty-fve minutes had solved the prob
lem so effectively that he was able to
make of with the 100000 the safe had con
tanned
Moore's biggest burglary was the
robbery Of the Concord National Bank
OF Concord, Mass. This remarkable piece
of work, committed in broad daylight
netted him $4,000.
There has been considerable misappre
hension regarding the manner in which this
theft was pulled off Even Inspector
Byrnes seemed to have been mtsled by the
erroneous stories which We're circulated
regarding it,
Thus it had been commonly stated that
Moore was able to get into the safe because
Of the carelessness OF the bank cashier.
who had left the dial combination. marked
In lead pencil, on the side of the vault.
where all who ran might have read
Apart from the inherent imprObabiliry
OF such a story, Moore told me the slightest
Investigation would have revealed that il
was impossible. The safe was not a com
bination safe at all! The vault doors
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

and respected by every
police official in the
country.
Inspector Byrnes de-
clared that Moores I'M
derstanding Of the me-
chanism Of safes was so
complete that he was
able to open them from
the sound emitted by the
spindle
This may or may not
have been so, but it is
certainly true that Moore
knew more about the
weak points Of locks and
safes than any man who
ever lived, and that when
he matched his brains
against those Of the safe
designers he invariably
proved that he was their
master.
Time and time again
Moore got the best of
safes which the manu-
facturers and other safe
crackers had declared to
be impregnable. In one
case, indeed, after two
different gangs Of safe
crackers had attempted
to break into a bank
safe in vain, the bank
officials we're so conf.
dent that the box was
proof against burglars
that they offered to al
low any safe-cracker who
cared TO apply to take
VE, ,F. e. .T. 49,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
LangdOn W. Moore, the Master
Burglar, Who Stole More
Than 100000, but
Died Penniless.

the bolt heads and thus
enable him and his pal
to work on the lock
afterward without leav-
ing any telltale marks.
The plan worked out
exactly as Moore had
figured, and some nights
later Howard gained en-
trance to the bank by
way of the window,
made his way to the
door, unscrewed the
bolts, removed the lock
and found out why it was
that their keys had fail
ed to work. A few min
utes' work with a file
was sufficient to make
the lock respond to
their keys, and then 1t
was replaced.
There was another
door at the top Of .the
stairs, but the lock was
easily overcome. The
burglars then studied the
vault itself. 1t had five
different keyhOles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-24
MR. AND MRS. FINLEY j. SHEPARD.

, had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-24

benefited it may be that no objection
could be taken" which. the Secretary
/ points out, may be taken AZ an ad-
mission that this government may eN-
] empt its vessels from the payment oi
tolls. provided such exemption be re-
stricted 10 bona fide coastwise traff1c
| NOTHING on Which to Base Complaint.
Summing up the existing situation
Mr.. Knox says:
at is only necessary to say that IN
the absence OF an allegation OF actual
or certainly impending injury, there
appears nothing upon which to base
sound complaint; and, again TO put
q in terms Of municipal law. 1t IL not
the possession OF the power TO respass
upon another's property which gives
right OF action in trespass, but only the
, actual exercise Of that power In com
| hitting the act Of trespass itself
As TO the future, Mr.. Knox says 1t
is recognized that the situation may re-
ouire an examination by Great Britain
| into the facts as set forth in the Presi-
dents proclamation. and that II there
! should be found TO exist a difference
ION any OF the important questions OF
fact" then would arise situation
which probably could best be dealt
with by referring the subject to "A
commission Of inquiry for examination
and report, in the manner provided Tor
| in the unratifed arbitration treaty OF
August 3. 1911, between the United
States and Great Britain" He further
says:
THE necessity for inquring into
| questions Of fact in their relation to
controversies under diplomatic discus
sion was contemplated by both parties
I'm negotiating that treaty, which pro-
yjdes for the institution, as occasion
arises. of a Joint High Commission OF
| inquiry to which, upon the request OF
either party, might be referred for I'M
martial and conscientious investigation
any controversy between them, the
commission being authorized upon such
reference to examine into and report
upon the particular questions or mat
tiers referred TO Il. for the purpose OF
| facilitating the solution Of disputes by
Calculating the facts. and TO define the
issues presented BY such questions, and
also TO include in its report such recon-
! ,pendations and conclusions as may be
appropriate.
This proposal might be carried out,
should occasion arise for adopting 1t.
either under special agreement or
under the unratified arbitration treaty
above mentioned. II Great Britain is
J prepared TO join in ratifying that
treaty. which the United States is pre-
pared to do"
1t is important TO bear in mind that
the Secretary Of State employs the ex-