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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
ARCO WAND Vacuum Cleaner

customers are inclined, to .shun stores
in which such arrests are frequently
made. fearing that an entirely inno-
CEN action might lead to an un-
pleasant seizure and search. But the
total loss by shoplifting and by store
thieves is so great that the National
Retail. Dry Goods association was re-
Gently formed for cooperation in pro-
lection. The Burns agency has been
engaged and q monthly bulletin is
issued, giving details of new tricks.
and photographs OF known offenders.
INCIDENTALLY; an effort i beinx~made
to dis ,a.. = hoy s,o, much 5. & tn the 4, huge an,
shopl'ftsrs. and. what PROPORTION TO
shop thieves work. in another
ways. said Mr. ::cottsr. Sometimes
they. hide in the store E night.
Sometimes fhes- buy goods on APP
proval. and through a confederate are
enabled to return Them and yet the
cash at the desk. One crew. specisi izes
in the initials OF .hoorwalkers. Once a
floor manager. has. initiated an. order
for the return Of a-btt Of silk, for: ex.
ample, his initials aie forged upon
a bogus check. which is then .cashed
at the desk In many cases employees
are dishonest. In some. Of rhe great
stores a regular test is made Of all
the employees by a score Of ingenious
Cannot the accounting depsrupsnt,
Of a store discover the total amount
Of thefts in a year. even IL the method
Of theft Ia undisccverable?"
Perhaps" said Mr.: !CpttAr. But l.
doubt If any accounting department.
does?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
49,
N6BET
DIES SUDDENLY
Retires in Apparently Good
Health, But Passes Away
During. the Night.
WELL KNOWN POLK
COUNTY PIONEER
III,
- sL-I-- 49, - 49,
Is Brother Of Thomas Nisbe,
!: 81 Grand F~orks-Funeral I.
- -
* Wednesday Afternoon

After retiring Saturday night in ap-
one Of the Oldest and most respected
pioneers Of western Polk county and a
brother Of Thomas Nisbet Of this city,
passed away some time during tho
night. At what hour death came Ia
NOT KNOWN. Tor No one. knew that his
= passed away until Mrs. Ntsbet
arose yesterday morning and .dtscov.
cred him dead In bed. Although he
had been in failing health for come
time, Mr.. .EaSbAt felt somewhat better
day attending to farm work. Heart
failure was the aus Of death.
Deceased was 50 years Of are, and
was born in Lanark county, Ont.
Shortly afterward he came 60 this
country, settling in western Polk
county, near Mallory. He was wen
known throughout this section.
He Is survived by his wife and six
children, Robert Nisbet Of Sovereign.
Ill. Margaret. James. Hugh and Har-
old. Ono brother Thomas Nasbet Of
this city, and two SISTERS Mrs. James
spf Mallory and. Mrs. d. McDouga1
Of Lanark,' Ont, also survive him.
Funeral services will be held at the
home at I o'clock, and at tho Bethel
Presbyterian church onrthe Marais.' at
2o'clock. Rev. Drysdale will conduct
the, services. lnterment> will be made
at Etsbet cemetery. two miles east Of
Mallory. =
Mr.. and. Mrs. Browne are epected
to arrive in Grand Forks tonight and
the son, Robert Nisbet, IL expected to
arrive from Canada tomorrow night
or Wednesday morning.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
BRASSE1H DIES At WES1HOPf
Former Grand Forks County Pioneer
/. Passes Away It Home in West.
ern Part Of State.

:. The funeral OF ANDREW Brasseth,
aged !s5. former. pioneer. resident Of
Grand. Forks county. who died al
his home ear wesihope last week,
was held Saturday. at the Zion. church
Of Westhope.. He was buried in the
Zion cemetery near the grave OF his
brother. P..O Brasseth, who died FIVE
month"; ago.
MI. sBrasseth. had been a. resident
eight years, He first settled near
Thompson. Grand Forks county, and
moved to Westhope twelve e ago.
He is survived by his daughter. MIR.
3. x. Grubbs Of westhope, and his
n1other-in-law., Mrs. Hanson, who had
LIVED with him since the death. of his
wife a number Of years ago.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
DETECTIVES SAY THAT THIEVES " . =
never QUIT; SCHEMES ARE Many

The department. stores haven't yet re-
duced their accounting to an, infalible
system. We have returned. truckloads
of stuff to stores-and found that the
managers hadn't missed them"
Sometimes they travel in pairs. One
may act az. lookout for the other.
Sometimes one Will STALL" and act so
suspicfously at every counter that the
store detective nearly goes out Of his
mind. While he is being mentally
heated up the. other is surrounding
goods. :. -
."I don't 'know~th that there are any
narticularly new schemes against
tho alert said cotter. every one
knows that. old trick with a hunk Of
chewing gum. The first thief sticks a.
ring under the ledge OF the counter
with the gum. If he is. searched,
nothing is: found on him. Then the
other comes along. and runs his hand
under the counter edge and gets the
ring and va1rooses. Open umbrellas
are often used as receptacies. Clever
operators will palm halt a dozen fake
rings. and substitute them for the
real thing, when a tray OF jewelry
is shown them. Sometimes a woman
will hide jewelry In her hair. or drop
it down to back Of her neck, or put
it in the bandaRe about an apparent
~ sore throat"
The neatest trick turned lately
was In the west. when a. good look
ing. we'll dressed man aauntered into
a jewelry store with an apple In his
hand. He looked at tray filled with
valuable rings.
.wah," he. suddenly sputtered
This apple is. .wormy."
Whereupon he threw. the apple
into the. street The eonfederAte, on
the rsm which had been hidden in it
and made of. An almost equally
nifty device 10 to equip the Collar OF
e pet dog with. q aecret. pocket. When
while the operator is pettins
the. animal. 1t leaps to the floor.
yelps the bereayed shoplifter.
Every one hurries to oblige. The
dear little dosgie fits its little tail
into the groove and scampers for
home, as it has been trained to do.
The old reliable plan said Mr..
Cotter,, lis to use a secret pocket in
an underskirt AZ a receptacle for the
can be hidden in such a pocket. The
thief as q rule wear a long. loose
coat They are by no means partial
to the modern style Of dress. Some
wear q sort Of harness and can pack
on a horseload. Anna Kelly stole a
picture hat at Syracuse. and got
away with II. too. Others have hooks
on their garters or a bit Of paste in
the hollow Of the foot. Detectives
watch persona carving big books or
suit casee 1t 10 30 easy to drop q
book. with . false side Or a valise with
"a trick bottom over the desired
article"
The shopliftsr prohts. by the fact
that the managers Of stofea hesitate
to prosecute. Thsy !bslisve that heu0e
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24

4 meeting Of the city school board
for the allowing of bills and the trans
action of other routine business prob
ably: Will be held: Tuesday: evening at
the city hall, :t''' i 81: -.
The idea is to cleaf the decks for
the regular meeting. which: lis TO take
place next week.: in order that at that
time the plans fol. the proposed new
high school building may: be thor
ough1y discussed. -.
As ;there*are a number: OF other
meetings. etc. scheduled by various
organizations for tomorrow: night it is
probable that the meeting: will be
short, and that theretwill be no eff
fort to take up the question OF the
new high school at that time.
superintendent. ]. Nelson Kelly and
the members pf the board are ex.
treniely anxious to have the high
school proposition thoroughly dis
cussed however. and it will therefore
take up. the greater part of the reg
,lars meeting. scheduled to take place
Tuesday, December 2. s.:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
Paulist Father. Addressing
Grand Forks congrega-
ton, Shows the Way.
SLAVE v
3 EMPLOYER
Man Who underpays His
Employees is Not ! Good
Christian, Says Speaker,

pA r ~. y
ni.ht sciasssa S"H" ousMsi. WAC "
which has Es.rr conducte6 in st. MI
snS ~en.sn u.s. So..c msu
Just how much they had contributed
To the roHth II aocis lisro.
NW..FsthSrI:S urssss Grss. nnnfYng
out thu wondArful srnwth =, SecsIism
contended that III ADVANCE WAS d,,a IT,
forces that have rronnd man and
womsn, ana even children. iown to
the point ~. teyA,utinn.... 80.
.a.The man h drives woman and
children intd .the .,sweat shons: i
man who underpays hi. emnioyes. ths
man who ~patr6nizas ma~nmfscfnrer. .,r
other hrms. that are .notorious tor
their iii treatment NJ workins man Ia
contributing towards he rror,th of
Socialism," said. Father Burke.
: "Ym cannot ~ = ssnhd tsstholic,,s
,.id-the sneaker. lana Hnd.snsv vo1r
employees. Jou cannot Ia a.. sood
Catholic il YOU do no aid; to the best
of your ShifitX.. in hr1nginx ahout bet
ter conditions for the Xxi man.
n,,,.,.., ,r.-...,..... ---.--..
ruaau@t poa Co~noeanneo
Father Burke also asked Catholic.
!Afn me Wonsen Sshat they had con-
: .hl,'ntel t2&aras the po1iticai rotten.
nessI Of this time. The speaker, con-
.r1nasa 'tnsa, 5nS VINO q mani.
r raa n;a p peh bn S. 20 NY OWE
-hre 70 eonaltaons that have: created a
-.'Not.G Good Christian. -.
: The spcak kerr whole thought, how:
ever. VA that a man who fails. to APP
Hfeciats and. DISCHARGE his RESPONSE
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24

James Paras. a Greek iah6ref.. vas
fined $40 for. '~disorderly,, conduct by
Magistrate. j.. r. Church this morn
he is said to, have made TO. "pick up"
ON sirls on South Third street; Sun
day afternoon. :
!. The police suspect that he IS the
man who attacked a. woman On Ger
trude avenue last Friday evening. but
were unable to: secure any definite
evidence on this point, and It was
decided. to. permit the Greek to plead
guilty to disorder conduct. and re-
him with. a. fine and a warning.
Baras can speak no, English. He
explained through an. Interpreter,
however, that he had hcen drunk
Sunday Afternoon when he accosted
the girls In question, EIe. denied that
he had ever attacked any women.
Judge Church. warned him that IL
again arrested. tor. a. similar offense
he Would.be severely dealt with.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24

Four years ago Lottie Gross mar
ried. Her husband knew that she
had served g. term in M~oyalnensing
for shoplifting. But she promised
htin--and she meant. it-that she
would ~ steal again. And then
the baby came.
1T wanted pretty things for her.
said Lottie. And so l went back
to the old game. If 1 couldn't quit
for the best man in the world I guess
l. never can quit. Stealing Is like a
di~sease--cxcept that it can't be
cured" -. 49,.
That's. about what tho detectives
think. Once q man Of woman gets
well started at stealing. and he or
she is a thief for life.'
Tile biz stores loose more by ANA
teur .shoplifters. than by profession
ais" said d. ]. Cotter, manager for
the criminal department Of the w. j.
triflinE little thing that catches her
eye-and gets away With 1t. Then she
ome back--aud Keeps OH coming
back. They never let up"
Cotter takes the. professional thief
catcher's view of the defense of KEEP
tomania. Now and then there may
be a. kleptomaniac. Most klepto-
maniacs are Just thieves. They get
started to'stealing-and it's like roll
ing a SNOWFALL down hill. The steal
ing grows.
There was the woman We may
call Anna. Eva" said he. "She is one
Of the most dangerous professional
store thieves and shoplifters-there is
g. difference iii the terms-in the
country. Her husband is 3. captain OF
- - &c ~ Anr onac
They have a. good home at Cleveland
where the daughter. is married" to a
good man. But Anna Eva. began to
steal. . She has been professional
thief for years, and now has, a. prison
Mind you, she has no. cr,min., as
sociates.: / do not suppose she knows
another thief to speak to. though she
mas. know them by sight. She, has
nothing to do With other crooks: She
lust steals. She travels most Of the
time. living at good hotels. She is
a kindly, placid. pleasant woman Of
Like all the others, she began as an
amateur"
The professionals travel a route as
regularly as Il theatrical troupe. They
tear into the big stores OF a big town.
and rip them wide open. Then they
60 on tour. and visit the smaller
towns az they come II them. They
never stay in the little towns-''bc-
cause when the manager Of a de-
'partment store In a small town loses
q lead pencil he acts AZ though some
one has stolen his left leg"-but move
on after each operation.
IT don't know how many profess
sional shoplifters there are, said Cot
ter. Neither does any one else. Nor
10 there q a In the world who
can even guess at: tho amount Of
,snonay their thefts. cost the depart
saent stores annually. except that it lie
more than any one would believe.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
STATE B..ChFSIY
About ITS.cORN
Will Make Display az Ma.
tioaal Show at Dallas,
Texas, Next Year. I

- y -l.-N,, -,V -. - = =
North Dakota will compete in the
next national corn ahow and contest
which will be held, IN Dallas. exas.
February 10 to II, and an opportunity
will, then be given. to compare, the
F~ltokertatl product with ;theapora pro.
duced by other states . sfhe union.
The display from this state will bs
selected at tho annual : show
which will be held in. Fargo January
40 to ~, atid from thecorn and clover
show at Grand Forks the week fol-
lowing.
North Dakota has become exceed
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as Is retult Of the splendid results
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new view that has been taken toward
corn In this state.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
A CENT APIECE.

: Jim; Stevens and George Parsins
were dining at the same. table. in a
Hammond restaurant When eating
peas with his knife. Jim's hand Slip
ped and. the peas rolled off into
Georges. coffee. George called him
q pig. A fight followed. Both men
were arrested. Each charged the 9TH.
with assaalt.-a and @baftery..- Jim
George drank his SOUP If sounded
like water gushing into q drain.
Judge e. H. Arnes fined each man
n cont and explained that a knife
Ia not Z conveyance for peas. Hs
expressed the hope that Maxim would
invent a soup silencer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
CITIZENS. VIEWS ARE INVITED
Opinions Wanted on the New Milk
.,.Ordinsucc Now Being Considered
by the City Council.

Residents Of Grand Forks. who are
inteleStedS In the milk ordinance pend-
ing before the city council are urged
to attend the meeting next Monday
night to express their views on the
matter.
Action on the matter was postponed
order to give the members more time
to conadder just what kind Of an or.
dinsnce was desirable, and also to per-.
nit the citizens to express their views,
It Is felt that the ordinance WHEEL
passed should be as nearly perfect
az possible. and this can only be
brought about by careful corsidera.
-tions Of suGgesttons.- -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24

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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24
FIEEs 10 THE KITCHEN.

Tho Rich Man Finds No Comfort in
the State Dining Room.
A nlaEpificent home 10 the mansion
Of old John Gottrox. richest man in
the county. Splendid is the state din.
tng room and elegant the small break
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24

The fact that the asylums. are
crowded may explain some of those
still ranging on the outside.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-26
BY II. c. BYRD.

y change III one rule in foot bail would
open the game considerably and would
give the forward pass play almost UNI
limited possibilities. At present Il forward
pass cannot be made unless the man
throwing the ball is at least five yards
back OF the line Of scrimmage, and If
this restriction should be lifted it would
lend TO the play much greater effective
ness and give the offense at least so
per cent more strength.
One of the great drawbacks 10 the sue
cess Of the forward pass as it is now
used is the fact that II can be told five
times out of six by an observant de-
fensive man just when ii is to be made.
1t is the easiest kind of matter to
watch the backfield and see exactly what
is taking place when a forward PASS is
contenp plated. The defensive forwards
are rushing in so fast that 1t is impos-
sble for the man who is to throw the
bali to make much of an attempt 10
conceal what he is to do. and with an
alert secondary defense ii is difficult TO
get off successful forward pass, either
long short. when the men know what
is coming. The man playing directly he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-26
ImERIINENr @nNENT
Happenings Sportdom

1t VIII lie u farce pure and simple. re-
3;trdi.ss of which one Of the hopes
may DC selected - meet him. F'itZ was
through as T. iigiftcr years ago. has been
out OF the galnc for u long while and Is
fifty one years old.
What Is considered the last elimination
n:tftte among whife hopes' - IL H.
Fought at San Francisco JANUARY, !. win
6ullboat smith making a try for the
empty title left TO Arthur Pelky when
Luther Mccarthy died in tire ring in the
nfsl fo"nf ?. is light With te,ky III
Calgary last sumla2er.
Inc winter OF the SInith-Pclssy bout
must really be considered the chanpion
oi the world. no matter how little ella IS
ne may show. All of the other cbannion-
snip contenders have been beaten. Lang
ford lost decision to Smith and lack
Johnson tacitly admits that he does NOT
care TO take a chance with Langford
rms. then, leaves the race to Smith and
Pelky.
Smith. who two years ago was looked
upon rs joke in California because Of
his apparent dislike for a WALTON and ,rbo
was accused of laying down more thar
once. is one of the real surprises of the
ring After leaving California he sud
denly developed lions heart. due largely
it is believed. to the fear in which he
holds his present manager. Jim Buckley
Little is known of Peiky. He iumnad
into prominence when he beat McCartb,,
who died in the ring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-26
BY j. ED GRIILO.

Kidding the same Of the practice OF
intentional giving bases cit t;tiis is not
going TO De AN ei-ss matter Just how
the Intentional gift is TO be distinguished
fro9.; the accidental one furnishes the
stan, bling blotI. There is 10 doubt that
the average pitcher cou d pTcyeat q bat
tel, f:o..l hitting the ball without ulaking
it apparent that lie WAS pil:posa.. walk
ing hiii Under tXistjn. riles The catch
e5. must not stand outside Of tie catchers
lines behind the plate i'll catching u pitch
ed ball. If he does Il balk is called. and
yet il is the practice when a pitcher
wants to walk, a batter for the catcher
to stand as far To the side of the plate
as the rules viii. allow. When he takes
his position the intention of the pitcher,
of course. becomes apparent and it is this
10 which the patrons OF the game seem
To object
Perhaps il would help matters il the
rule was SO changed as to force a catcher
to hold his position directly behind the
plate This would not prevent 4 pitcher
froin walking batter, but II would give
the batter a chance To stIke, FOR the
ball could hardly he pitched out of
his reach as it Is under the present SyS-
tenn Itwould require perfect contro: on
the part OF the pitcher if he were forced
to pitch TO Il catcher in position directly
behind the plate. 10 walk a batter. for II
he got the ball too far away from the
plate there would be danger of wild
pitch.
Good hitters, the kind that are walked
In a pinch are just as apt to hit ball
which is not over the plate as one which
cuts through the middle. But when the
catcher is allowed to stand two Or three
feet away from the plate and take the Of
reriugs Of the pitcher, and the batter is
not allowed to step across the plate, the
handicap. OF course, is too great to be
overcome. II IS Z fact that uIlde: the
present system the Datte.' is not given Il
chance. which gives the PLAY an unsDorts-
.nanIike appearance.
Nine times out OF ten the spectators are
aware that batter is to be inten tionaliy
walked after the first bail Is pitched, be-
cause the catcher steps out and the
pitcher no longer pitches, but just losses
the ball into the oatcher's mitt. If the
intentional pass was given in 4 way that
was not 50 apparent there might be no
objection To the practice.
The challenge made by Boo fitZsin-
mons TO all the so-called white hopes
must not be taken seriously. II is evil
IDENTITY nothing more than scheme by
Which the prornoters hope TO draw a
large crowd Fl,2simmons' popularity
and remarkable ring record ain bring
thousands of spectators to any place he
may appear. But there will be no fight