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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29

THE COOL, COOL RAIN.
Oh, the cool. cool rain on the
dusty street,
With scents of the valley and
plain.
And the freshened breeze in the
thankful trees.
Whose wet leaves laugh in the
rain!
How the painting lilies lean their
lips
And quench their thirst as it ,
beats and drips!
Oh. the cool. cool rain as 1t rush.
es down
From the broken heart of the
cloud!
How it battles the roofs in the
blazing town
To the peal Of the thunder
-- loud:
How its rapid rivulets leap and
play
And cool the steps Of the burn
ing day!
Oh. the cool. cool rain. with its
Frightening drops.
On the hill and the fervid
vale.
Its welcome fall on the thirsty
crops.
Its balm in the breathing gale.
Rejoice. o city. and sing. 0
plain,
In the fall and call of the cool
ing rain.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
A~.~ Mf<~<
Ambition.

Uncle Horace twhO Is something Of
a sage aud philosopher,-My boy, 1t Is
time for you to think seriously Of the
Kind of future you intend to map out
for yourself. TO sum it up In word
what epitaph are you anxious to have
engraved upon your tombstone? Nep.
hew Just beginning his career,-"He
Got His Share" London Telegraph.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
NOTICE OF SALE OF REALTY
PROPERTY

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
Washington for Chehalis County.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
of George L. Hilton, deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that,
pursuant to an order of said court,
entered in the above entitled matter
on August 6, 1913. the undersigned
administrator of said estate will, at
ten o'clock in the morning on August
%. 1913, or thereafter. sell, for cash,
the following described real property
of said estate ,to-wit: Lot II, Block
1, Weatherwax and Benn's Addition
to the Town (now city, of Aberdeen,
in Chehalis County, Washington, at
private sale. Bids and offers in writ
ing will be received at No. 118 South
G Street, in said City Of Aberdeen,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29

Little Amy is fond Of playing out.
doors, and at the close Of very rainy
day. when she knelt at her mother d
knees to say her prayer. she asked
that the next day might be pleasant
The sun shone bright and clear the
following morning and the child was
jubilant Running to her grandmoth
er, she said:
"Oh. grandma, my prayer was an
swered: just see how the sun Shines"
well. DEAR" replied the old lady.
pray tonight that 1t may be warmer
tomorrow. SO your grandma's rheuma-
tism will be better"
Amy promised to do so, and that
night, as she knelt. she said:
"Oh. dear Lord. please make It hot
for grandma. New York Evening
Post
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
Wants All to Work.

Mrs John Sharp Williams ia doing
much to interest the wives of senators
without reference to political affiliation
in the new congressional wOmen's well
fare branch Of the National Civic fed
Grafton Mrs Wilson and other Demo
Gratis will probably he the officials. but
Mrs Sharp wants all wives OF senators
to rake an interest In tine work pro-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29

at any time after the first publication
of this notice and before the max.
ing of such sale.
MICHAEL RYAN,
AS Administrator of said Estate
First publication Aug. 8, 1913.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
How 70 Keen pouohnut. Fresh.

To keep doughnuts fresh and moist
tear up pieces of paper (clean paper
bags will do) and scatter them between
the doughnuts and on the bottom and
top. Leave them there while using the
doughnnts They absorb the grease
and keep them fresh and nice. Use
new papers for each batch.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
His Job.

His Job.
"You dress well. Tom. What are you
doing now?'
Don't mention 1t. The new doctor
over there employs me to sit every
forenoon and afternoon in his recep
ton room to look like waiting pa
tient"-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
A Difference,

my friend says he has q runabout
In his minds eye"
why. thought you had those
things on your finger. "-Baltimore
American
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
YOUNGEST Railroad President.

Youngest Railroad President.
]. NJ. Fitzgerald. head Of the West.
ern Maryland railroad and the young
est railroad president In this country.
began as office boy for the Columbus,
Sandusky and Hooking at the age Of
seventeen After various experiences
he went west and put In year In
the engineering department Of the
Choctaw. Oklahoma and Gulf line.
Then he turned eastward. to take
charge of the Virginia and Southwest
ern. seemingly hopeless proposition.
Within fifteen months he had 1t on q
paying basis.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29

Sharper Than q serpent's Tooth.
1t is tough when an old friend fails
to recognize you. especially II the old
friend is bulldog.-Charleston News
and Courier.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29
Minister to China,

DR.. Paul 8. Reinsch. professor Of
political economy in the University Of
Wisconsin. who has been appointed
minister to China. Is a writer Of recOg-
nized authority on oriental topics and
far eastern politics. His works on those
subjects have been translated into both
Japanese and Chinese.
Born In Milwaukee in 1869, he was
graduated from the state university
In 1892 and from the law school In
1894. Going abroad. he studied at the
University Of Berlin and also ut Paris
and Rome. returning to continue his
graduate work ut Wisconsin. In 1911
II he was Roosevelt exchange profess
sor ut the University of Berlin. where
he delivered series Of lectures on
present Conditions In America"
DR.. Reinsch has been active In pan
American conferences and In societies
for the study Of international law and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29

historical research and has won wide
tional politics. He has been head of
the department Of political science at
the University Of Wisconsin since 1908.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-29

All JnVdIId6.
Father Bernard Vaughan is still tell
ing Londoners good stories Of his ex-
perfences during his recent tour in
America.
At st. Louis boastful American
said to him: Look at our Mississippi
snd Hudson rivers! Why. compared
with them your Mersey and Severn and
Thames are sleepy. sickly streams"
II think yours are just as sickly as
OURS observed Father Vaughan.
How do You make that Out?' de-
manded the other.
well. they are al confined y their
beds! Father Vaughan replied.
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the Deco $40 Week

The poker game was preceded by an
elaborate wine supper, and then the
party adjourned to the card room for
the game. BY means of cold decks
and other crooked gambling devices
young Schildknecht lost upward of
$4,000 that night.
Now at last Effie was doing some
real work. Three thousand dollars
from Schildknecht tonight and an
other $4,000 tomorrow night, and
again the next night--that was worth
while. Effie was at last on the job. If
Schildknecht protested, or had glim-
merings of suspicion. never mind:
that was the vampires end Of the
job to attend to. The main thing TO
bear in mind was that this little
cashier had $4,000 passing through
his now guilty fingers every day. aud
Effie must see that 1t reached the
gang.
Frequent poker and crap games fol-
lowed this experience. Almost in
variably Schildknecht lost.
For the purpose OF securing more
definite information about him. and at
the same time maintaining a closer
watch on all his movements-for 1t
was feared that his populations might
at any time be discovered and result
in his f1ight-the gang resorted to
very ingenious ruse.
Efiie induced him to buy her two
expensive bulldogs. A day or two
after the dogs arrived she explained
that it would be necessary to have
some one take care of the animals, as
her own maid wasn't competent to
do so.
An advertisement was accordingly
inserted in newspaper and Effie in
terviewed the applicants who re-
sponded, The man she selected was
member OF the gang. His position
as member Of the Schildknecht
household made the espionage more
complete.
During all this time young Schild-
by the Star Company. Great Britain
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figured, the defaulter would never re-
turn and they would be out of dan
ger.
As Il ma tier OF fact, The William J.
Burns Detective Agency. which had
been retained in the case. was In con
slant communication with the police
authorities in Monevideo, and the de
faultcr would have been speedily cX
tradi,ed but for his sudden dctcrmi-
nation TO return voluntarily TO New
York. The gang had ignored all hi'
pleas for money, figuring that with
out funds he would never be able To
return but they overlooked the fact
that the lad might be so desperate as
TO work hbs way back. That at any
rate. was what he did. and when he
arrived he was ut once arrested by
James w. Garter, the assistant man
ager ofs the Burns Agency, who had
complete charge of the case, and was
turned over to the New York police
authorities.
1t was then for the first time that
the dcfaulting cashier learned that
he had been the victim of backmlil-
erS.
Subsequent investigation of the
case has brought out the startling in
formation that il was but one of hum
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knecht was running two automobiles
one OF them racer which he ell
tered in the Vanderbilt Cup race. He
had chauffeur whom he paid $50 Il
week, although both he and Eifie
could drive the cars themselves.
Every day he drove to his place OF
business and at night his auto called
for him.
Last August Schildknccht's employ
ers asked him to select his vacation
date. His populations had now been
going on for seven months. AS long
as he kept to his desk he felt that he
might keep them on forever. Accord
ingly he told his employers that he
wanted no vacation. but would like To
take half q day off every now and
then.
He had began to gamble more heav
lily, hoping that he might possibly get
back the large sums he had squan-
dered and set himself right on his
firms books, but his gambling was
done solely with Effe's friends, of
whom he never entertained the
slightest suspicion, and he invariably
lost.
Last August, through statement
unwittingly mailed to the company's
head office bya clerk who temporar-
lily took Schildknecht's place on his
afternoon of, Schildknecht's defalca-
tions came to light He was sum
mOned before the board Of directors
Excuslng himself for n moment, the
young man left the Office and at oncn
got into communication with his
friends"
Realizing that the cashier had at
last been sucked dry" the gang De.
termined for their own safety to get
him out of the country. They sent
him to Montevideo, supplying HIM
with funds and assuring him that
while 1t was unsafe for his wife" to
accompany him, she would surely fol.
q low.
Once in South America, the gang
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drcds perpetrated by the same gang
and similar gangs year in and year
out.
In Il Harlem hotel. In which this
particular gang makes its headquar-
tiers hardly night goes by in which
some transient guest is not robbed or
blackmailed by the gangs vampires
who infeSt the district.
Not always does the victim land in
prison as in this case. Sometimes he
is fortunate enough to be able to raise
enough to satisfy the gangs demands.
This may impoveriSh him, but 1t saves
him from disgrace. Sometimes tho
victim is driven to suicide.
Not infrequcntly when he has been
sucked dry or exposure threatens him
ana may involve the gang he Is quiet.
~ done away with.
To the efforts Of the Burns detec-
tives are due the revelation OF such
facts rs have been brought to light.
But the Burns detectives are not po-
liccmen; their work ended when the
door OF the Tombs Prison snapped
shut on the trembling form Of young
Schildknecht. VIII the police author
tiles take up this case where Burns
has left it and break up the gang
who employed Effie the Vampire?
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Are Professional Men Spendthrifts?

A RECENT Government report
n gives the average earnings,
a expenses and savings of
various classes of professional men,
and states that thirty out OF every
one hundred Of them save nothing
Bankers and brokers head the list.
their average income being S7,726
per annum with $5.3S8 expenses.
Their average savings year are
$2,3SS. Lawyers come next, their
average income being $4,169; ex-
penses, $2,6S5, and savings. S1.474.
Physicians come next, their income
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!veraging S3,907; expenses, $3,190I
savings, $717.
Semi-professional men come next
railroad officials with an income OF
S3,441; expenses, S2,S13. and savings,
1928. Mill and manufacturing SUI
perintendents come next with an in
come OF S3.262; expenses, s2,553, and
savings, S729.
Clergymen come next. their yearly
incomes averaging $3.50; expenses,
$2,5S1. and savings, 1869. Professors
and tutor scome next with an income
OF S2,S7S; expenses, $685., and saw.
iDgs, $543.
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A Shocking Revelation of How Young Cashier
Was Lured to Destruction by the Cunning
Wiles of Professional Vampire---
seBut the Fool. He Called Her His Lady Fair''

these girls are used in a similar
way. particularly in the vicinity Of
the hotel in which the gang makes
its headquarters.
The SchiIdknecht case is a typical
example OF the work OF this gang.
From an inside source information
has been obtained which discloses
exactly how this boy was led to ruin
and how other men who handle con-
siderable sums Of money are being
constantly victimized in the same
way.
Schildknecht Is twenty-three years
old. He comes from a respectable
family OF Canarsie. Long Island, his
father having been respected en-
pl0yc in Brooklyn savings bank for
years.
Two years ago young Schildknecht
obtained position as cashier with
the Washburn-Crosby Flour Com
pany, millionaire concern. His
from to 3. 1t was his duty to re-
ceive and deposit the daily collections
made by the statesmen Of the firm
These sums aggregated between three
and four thousand dollars day.
IDT NcUE SCQliuhDecnI managed
TO get along very nicely on his 500 q
week. None of the thousands Of dol
lars he daily handled for his firm
ever stuck to his fingers.
Last Winter In company with q
companion, he entered a well-known
resort on Fortieth street. one OF the
most notorious places in New York's
Tender!oin. He was always well
dressed and presented rather n dap.
per appearance. He didn't spend
much money. from the standpoint OF
the underworld, but his appearance
and self-possessed manner might very
well have indicated that he had
money at his command.
At any rate, he was unfortunate
enough TO attract the attention of q
young woman known in the resort is
Etfic Taylor, but whose real name s.
Etfic McMinn
This girl lived at the time In O
luxuriously furnished apartment In
Harlem, maintained for her BY mar
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who was known there as John Taylor.
Taylor as matter Of fact, was
Nicholas Vaccareli, brother OF the
notorious Paul Vaccarelii, otherwise
known az Paul Kelly. leader OF the
Paul Kelly gang. said to have been
disbanded, but which is, nevertheless.
still In existence and stronger and
more active than ever.
Effe Taylor Is a soft-spoken South.
ern girl. rather pretty, neatly dressed,
a decided blonde and with very fesci-
mating ways about her. She was
fitted in every way for the function
she was engaged to fill in the resort
in which young Schildknecht hap
pened to enter on the night In ques.
tion. In other words. she was there
to appraise the men who entered the
place and to select the most likely
victims for the gang to which she be-
longed to blackmail.
On this particular night the most
promising victim in the place seemed
10 be young Schildknecht. He had
the appearance Of bank clerk, and
bank clerks make excellent material
for this sort Of work.
Bank clerks and cashiers draw
small salaries. but they handle thou
sands OF dollars every day. Some
times these clerks are deliberately
cultivated and lured into the clutches
OF the vampire women OF the gang.
More often the vampires who futter
about the resorts OF the Tenderloin
select their own prey. and slowly but
skilfully enmesh them in q net Of dis
grace and dishonesty and deliver
them over to the real leaders OF the
gang.
lntroductions are not absolutely es
sential in resorts of this character.
Within fifteen minutes after Fife had
first laid her eyes on young Schild-
knecht and decided that he would be
q promising prey. she WINS at his table
and drinking his wine.
Very cleverly the girl toyed with
the young cashier. teasing him about
his stinginess, but cleverly conveying
the impression that she was very
much captivated with him. Flattered
by the girls attentions, which he was
more or less at loss TO understand,
young Schildknecht asked for an op-
portunity to meet the girl again. He
was accommodated. Night after night
he freQuented the resort or similar
places TO meet the girl.
The acqua intanceship soon rlpened
into very close friendship. Schild-
knecht becoming more and more In
fatuated with the girl. Foolishly he
had invited his own undoing by rep
resenting from the first that he had
a very responsible position with n
millionaire concern. While his salary
was not very large at that time, he
explained, he hoped for early promo
ton.
Having satisfied herself that Schild-
knenht was really
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" HEN hipilng wrote OF tpe
M woman he characterized as
w "A rag, bone and a hank
OF hair" he might we'll have had In
mind Miss Fife Taylor OF New
York, for she Is vampire.
Young John Schildknecht Is in
the Tombs Prison awaiting trial. 10
was q twenty-dollar-a week cashier
for q large New York firm. Through
the wiles and Establishments and IN
genious devices OF Miss Efie Taylor
this young cashier was induced TO
steal $4,000 or more from his en-
ployers In less than year.
But 1t IL curious fact that rho
vampire did not get this money. The
startling truth is that Fife Taylor
was the hired cmploye OF n gang OF
human vultures who make II their
business TO pray upon the weakness
OF young men who hald positions Of
trust throughout New York City. Fife
Taylor was the bait upon the hook
which caught young Schildknecht
The money he stole was passed over
by her 10 her wretched employers.
The story behind the scenes OF how
young Schildknecht was deliberately
EXTRA pped and driven to ruin BY the
vampire and the Vaccinations of the
gang who employed her casts light
into one OF the darkest corners OF
New York's underworld.
This newspaper has frequently re-
vealed how the underworld lays its
traps to catch honest bank clerks,
cashiers. treasurers and unsuspecting
business men and lure them to ruin
and suicide.
There are several gangs In New
York's underworld engaged IN this
profitable industry They use good
looking. clever-spoken girls as decoys
to entrap men who handle large sums
OF money. Having selected their vic
tim, these girls, like the human VAN.
pires they are, proceed TO bleed him
until his only escape lies In suicide or
State prison.
The youthful cashier, schildknecht.
Tombs Nrison awaiting trial. The
gang responsible for his plight Is
still at large. VIII the people make a
serious effort TO break up the gang?
This particular gang consists OF a N
Inner circle Of ten and an outer circle
OF twenty or thirty gorillas. Only the
ten comprising the Inner circle are
taken into the confidence of the
leader OF the gang and know Just
what enterprises the gang Is en-
gagged IN.
The twenty or moro gorilla. who
make up the outer circle are simply
employees who do Just what they are
told to do. It may be robbery or
an assault or murder. 1t NAV be
Just an ordinary gang fight. 1t NAV
ho alonfion wnrk - =
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infatuated with
her, she suddenly
began to ignore
him. She ma de ap.
pointments which
she didn't keep.
On one occasion,
having arranged
to meet him AT
Forty-secondstreet
and Broadway, she
waited until he
was within 4 few
yards OF her and
then stepped into
a taxi, accompa-
MED by a we'll
dressed youn 6
man.
Ar their DeYt
meeting Schild-
knecht protested.
Then Effie declar-
ed that she could
hardly be expect
ed to waste her
time on a mere
clerk when there
were a sot Of Tive
spenders" simply
crazy about her.
In a dozen differ
ent ways she soon
forced home to the
young cashier the
fact that II he
wished to COM
pete with Efie's
other admirers he
would have to
make n plunge.
How could he take
her automobilins
and buy her wine
suppers on his
salary OF $50 n
week? lie was 80
captlvated by the
girl that he soon
| decided to go to
any lengths to re-
J tain her affec-
tions.
IT was then that
the cashier began
to use his firms
funds. This was
Copyright. 1e1
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Dt cleSllOu hOT 4
repeating and H.
legal registration.
Whatever 1t Is the
gorilla does 1T in a
workmanlike man
ner, receives his
pay and keeps his
mouth shut. he Is
never told why or
in whose behalf
the lob" is to be
done or how much
the gang" Is re-
ceiving for 1t. His
function is merely
to do the work and
receive the Gus
to M airy pri C e.
There his interest
in it ends
or the illegal
election work and
the murders and
assaults In which
these thugs are
C o n 8 t a n t ] Y
engaged, much has
already been writ
te n. A less famil-
far phase Of the
work Of these
gangs, however,
are the exploits OF
the vampire wom-
en- connected with
them look
Ing girls who first
fascinate their vic
tins and then do
stroy them.
T b e particular
gang in question
uses no less than
ten Of these hui
man va m pi res.
Some Of them are
usedato "cover" the
resorts Of the Ten
derloin g G C t ! O n.
Night after night
they seek new vic
TINS or develop
the plot laid for
those alre a d y
marked for the
slaughter.
Up In Harlem
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"dS ld hlnS SeVeral
hundred dollars q
day.
When Summer ar
rived some OF the
men to whom Effie
introduced him sug-
gested that he hire a
suite at the fashion
able Garden City Ho-
tel. There Effie be-
came known as Mrs.
schildknecht, and the
couple were soon
spending money Law.
lshly.
All this time the
gang for which she
was Ing was
keeping close watch
on S c h | ! d knecht's
movements. Although
from the first Effie
succeeded In extract
ing liberal gifts from
the cashier in the
form Of jewels and
money, the gang was
not satisfied. They
knew that he had ac-
cess to large sums Of
money, and they
hungered for it in
large quantities.
The money was not
coming fast enough.
100 much was being
wasted on luXuries-
Effie must make the
victim steal more AMI
more often; she must
find a way to turn in
large sums to the
leaders OF the gang.
They got him to
gamble. Having e1-
cited q passion for
big play in him, they
proceeded to swindle
him on every posi-
bile occasion. At Oys-
ter Bay. about TWEEN
ty miles from the
Garden City Hotel,
they fitted up a house
as a gambling house
for. the express pur-
pose OF swindling the
cashier.
When all the
plans were laid he
was invited to at
tend a special poker
party there. Eff1e
accompanied him,
as other ladies"
were to be there.
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last December. At first twenty or
thirty dollars day answered his
purposes The more hn spent OH Ehie.
however, the more she seemed TO like
him. and he began to steal larger
sums. His system Of defalcations
was so cleverly devised that he knew
that he could cover 1t up for months
without being discovered.
Soon he was allowed to share the
girls apartment In Harlem. Then
he bought her an automobile for
$3.50. Within month after he stole
his first dollar from his employer he