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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-10-15
A STUDY In BREAD

There are many kinds of bread,
but the White Bread is most
popular. Factory bread makes
poor toast and has no keeping
qualities. Our Mothers Bread
of the homemade variety and
therefore possesses individual
ity. 1t is sweeter and makes
better toast than most other
makes. BY using our bread you
will have less waste. Our bread
weighs more than other makes.
You get more for your money
and get the best made In COM
petition with other makes our
bread scores more points in its
favor than any other made in the
st. Croix Valley. Try it and see
If our diagnosis 10 right.
A. g. BOleS YOur Baker
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22

sight mostly, for Commissioner Keat-
ing had cruelty announced publicly
with respect TO Jared F'lagg: I'VE
have baggcd him at last"
But Il year later Jared far from
staying ''bagged," had begun bagging
Il new class Of Tictims on scale
that eclipsed all his previous efforts
In the main the scheme was Identical
with that which got $500 per cent
Miller" behind the bars BY means
of alluring circulars sent through the
mails he induced people to invest IN
his expert method OF beating the
stock market. promising returns of
at least ~ per cent per year. Each
investor. however small the amount
invested. would have the protection
of the entire capital of the concern
thus created. Nobody could lose.
Other circulars were sent out
monthly announcing the amount Of
the dividend for that month, and
checks were forwarded to the de
lighted investors. who then and there
asked for more" Although Jared
actually made some stock deals
through brokers on the Consolidated
Exchange for the sake of appear
ances. the monthly dividends were
paid out of the steadily easing
capital which dupcs all over the
country caused TO roll up like Il snow
ball in soft weather.
Doubtful new customers were ill
vited to write to Former United
States Treasurer David n. Morgan
as to the character and financial
standing Of Jared Trasg. and Mr..
Morgan took care not to disappoin:
either party. a clergyman, the Rev
james 7. Schock. performed similar
services personally when prospects"
called at Jared's Office. f. Tennyson
Nicely. formerly publisher who had
gone into bankruptcy, made n spe-
cialty of entertaining rich widows un.
earthed through the circulars while
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22

he called 'cinch." While the regu.
lar agencies gained NJ revenue from
their clients until they had been
provided with engagements and we're
drawing salary, Jared Flags made it
an nnviolable rule of his office to
collect n preliminary payment of two
dollars from each and every one Of
his victims.
Ii was evidently at This early Stage
OF his long career of proving upon
the credulous and inexperienced thar
he developed two novel adjunctS Ia
the theatrical agency business. one
of them most peculiarly atrocious
He added 10 his Office sign the
words. Real Estate" He began adj.
yertising in The newspapers furnished
fats AMI apartments for rent. When
his stagcstruck clients from ont OF
town we're in need of living accom-
modations Jared FIagg personally
conducted them TO his Real Estate"
department. Nobudys loose money
was permitted to leave the office II
WAS nftera wrd shown i'll court that
many of this class OF renters found
themselves close neighbors of an.
other class. mainly women. about
which the less said the better.
The furnished apartment branch Of
the business fairly doomed. Jared
had all the advantages of Il pioneer
in the business. Comparatively little
capital was needed. Complete sets
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22

they We're considering large invest
ments with Jared.
To promote confidence and good feel
ing among this class OF prospects"
Jared. ably assisted by the affablc
Neely. gave weekly luncheons, usual
ly at the Cafe DIES Beaux Arts, located
at short distance from the Flags
offices on t'ortieth street, opposite
Bryant Park. Hazel Murray n hand
some brunette. iirst introduced at
these charming lunches rs tho
Kansas Widow" pleased the critical
taste OF Jared so highly that he took
her into his confidence and made her
his secretary.
She was succeeded by pretty
blonde, Miss Madeline Russo, whom
Jared got to know through flirta-
ton at the Grand Central Station.
Accordingly, when Jared was finally
brought to book by the Post Office
Department, Miss Murray gave val
liable testimony against him. Once
when She mentioned, apropos Of
Jareds business. that "a fool is born
very minute" Jared protested:
"A mistake, my dear. Ten fools
are born every minute"
On September -. 1911. Post Office
inspectors made raid OH Jared
Flagg's Offices. Selling discriminating
documents and arresting I'lagg, Nor
gan. Nicely. the Rev. Mr.. Schock and
four others, Just in time TO spoil one
OF those delightful champagne func-
tons at the Cafe dies BeauX Arts
Miss Madeline Russo, I'lagg's con.
iidential secretary, promptly fled to-
Nova Scotia. She was induced to re-
turn, aowcver. and confessed to the
Government authorities that Jarcd's
investment business was "all bogus
The Grand Jury returned indict-
ments. Flagg was admitted to bail
For three years he fought the case
with all his native shrcwdness.
Finally. on November 8, jury in tho
Federal Conr! found him guilty OF.
the charge of fraudulent use OF -he
mails.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
How We Know That Lightning Comes
Straight from the Sun

the Distinguished French Physicist
physicist, that il is largely or princi.
pally due To PARTICLES coming from
the sun. Tho study OF sun spots has
shown that emission OF clectrons
takes place there, producing magnetic
fields Of great intensity, and We know
that when ono of the torrents Of
cIcctrons that the sun thus hurts into
space reaches Il point near the earth.
magnetic storms take place. We
know also that hot bodies emit cleo.
tricity. The sun must throw on
alpha and beta RAYS: when these
meet the terrestrial BETA rays. the
riecirons. or negative particles. are
transported toward the poles. alon.
the carths lines o. force, where they
are probably the principal cause of
Tho aurora borealis. AS for the nosi.
i've particles he are not so easily
dcviatcd ana they reach the earth
III tropical regions. The positive AMI
negative charges thus carried to the
earth then tend To reunitc through
the earths crust or in the atmos.
rhcre. which explains, ! think. the
positive ccctriication OF the upper
layers of The earth'S atmosphere.
The rain brings down the negative
electricity TO the ground. leaving the
positive i'll the higher regions OF The
air"
Ana thus love. in The sun. does
buri the thunderbolts ut us.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
trapped by the United States Authorit
rTv HE champion two-leggcd wolf
Is caught ut last.

FIN HE champion two-legscd wolf
Is caught at last.
For 4 quarter of Il century
he was repeatedly tracked to his lair
among the skyscrapers of New York
City, but he was too cunning to be
trapped He would lie low for Il few
days or weeks and then would con-
tinue his woltish deprcdations on n
scale larger than before.
His name is familiar 10 multi.
tudes of the ignorant. the innocent
the foolish and the unfortunate all
over the United States-Jared Flagg
On score of different occasions the
police and the magistrates of New
York did their best to place him
where lie would no longer I've a pub
lie menace, but he was too shrcwd
for them. Just once 4 months SELL
tence to the Tombs. when he was
caught napping-that WAS all.
But when Jared Elagg brazenly
pressed the United States mails into
service as an accomplice. then the
tide began TO turn against him. 1t
took three years to do it, but the
Federal Court has finally succeeded
In convicting him of fraudulent use
of the mails in collecting Il million
or more dollars from dupes of his
stock gambling get-rich-Quick swindle
1t needed Uncle Sans efficient AMI
1ncorruptibe trap to catch this wolf
and hold him. Previously his shrewd.
ness and canning had enabled him to
keep Just out of reach of the jaws of
lesser traps, with the aid of other
cunning wolves in the legal profess.
sion. Al last it looks as though his
predatory career, covering ut least
generation. is done for.
Jared Flagg is the black sheep of
one OF the most cultured and re.
spected families in New. York. lie
has living brothers and sisters who
are prominent in the literary and
art world and esteemed for their
charitable acts.
The black sheep appears Ia have
been such from the beginning. He
ran away from his Brooklyn home i,
is said. While his older brothers
were being educated i'll the best
schools in America ana abroad he
WAS tramping about the country.
sleeping in barns and cultivating his
crooked wits. There is story cx-
tant that he was once an office boy
and later Il clerk in the Office of the
late Frank Work In fact, he has
been quoted as saving that it Wgs in
Frank Works office that he .lcAynea
the system OF stock speculation
which was the basis of the - per
cent per annum swindie that proved
his Waterloo. This statement was.
of course, Il fabrication designed To
attract more capital out of which 10
pay his alluring dividends,
Jared Flasg's ability i'll appropriate
ing other peoples money was nc-
CURED at the expense OF stage. struck
girls. His system was what might
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
BY Professor HENRI MARCHAUp. tn

SrFHE old idea Of the Greeks and
Romans that thunderbolts
were The weapons OF Zcus or
Jupiter. as the case might be, was
not far wrong Jupiter who was
only the Roman Interpretation Of the
Grecian Zeus. like him was Il sun
god. He was always represented as
clutching his deadly bolts tightly IN
his hands.
More thun any other research work
that Of Sir Oliver Lodge. the famous
English scientist. has demonstrated
that the electricity which during ~
Thunderstorm looscs itself on earth in
the form of lightning is born on tile
sun. The most violent storms on
earth occur during periods of gigantic
;suDspotS, which are nothing more
than cyclones tearing The surface Of
our luminary: During these sun
storms the earth i bomharded by
streams Of electrical particles sho,
across tho millions Of miles OF space
The identification Of the earth and
its atmosphere has often been at
tributed To phenomena Of eyaporation
or Of condensation of water. ana to
other Effects of the same kind. but
we mnst rather suppose. according to
Sir Oliver Lodge, that II is due 20
cosmic and not to Local causes.
81 believe" says the great English
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22

at its height in the music halls ana
smcller. theatres. Jared took the
hint and advertised for girls to pose
for living pictures. When applicants
for such opportunities appeared at
his theatrical agency he held them
mp for his usual 50 booking fee and
then grabbed as many as lie could
rs tenants for comfortable rooms
at 81 per week.
In 1900 his agency was located on
lower Fifth avenue. Here he issued
printed bulletins occasionally, one Of
which contained the following para
graphs:
81 have not only assisted hundreds
Of young women u earn money by
posing for fashio' plate artists, il
Illustrators and commercial photos
rnpherS, hut have produced stage en-
gagements for more than four thou
sand in light opcrl city and road
companies
Apparently we control the Illus
lrating showgirl and commercial pos
ing business of the city"
with me time is money. and 1
am too busy to waste time with any
young woman who does not know
Her own mind"
But the police were still trouble
some. In 1906 Commissioner Eeat-
ing refused to renew .Iared's The
atrical Agents license For twenty
years the wolf had been preying upon
girls and women almost exclusively.
1t was apparent that he would have
TO hunt down different sort of
prey. Foi 4 year he kept out Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22

OF furnishings were obtained on the
INSTRUMENT plan. and Jared. being in
such large way OF business, the
dealers were delighted to waive in
his case the customary original de.
post in cash.
In order TO keep his furnished
apartments probably rented, Jared
broadcncd the scope of his theatrical
agency. He advertised for .'physi-
cally perfect girls for employment
ls models for artists. Illustrators and
photographers. They responded in
droves. Jared collected a preliminary
two dollars agency zee and then pro
cceded to rent furnished flats to
them. handy to the scene of their
future employment" AS people who
pay rent for furnished apartments
have ~ nave money tn do il with.
Jared hustled around and found EN-
ploymcnt of various sorts for quite
number Of his physically perfect"
clients.
Along about this time Jared be.
came rather active in church work.
One minister approved of this SO
highly that he CAV. the champion
wolf certificate of character and
accommodation. Thereupon Jared
IN alarming humble! of whose fur.
nishcd apartments were then vacant
turned philanthropiSt. lie was
moved la pity over the vast number
ri the city'S poor working girls whose
low wages were insufficient to pro.
vile them with comfortable homes.
Wasn't Jared overloaded Just then
with comfortable furnished apart
mentS: He did some close figuring.
SIX girls would make Il coy little
family in one OF those Seven-dollar-
a-week flats. Six ut $la0 wecl,
each. II would be the equivalent Of
raising the rent 50 per week. And
ana any one ever hear of a working
Cir. finding Il comfortable home mt
the rate of SD per week?
1t was an inspiration. Jared sat
right down and wrote advertisements
FOR al tho papers under the heading
Of Furnished Rooms for Rent"
reading: Rooms for respectable girls
ut S1.30 per week.
''ht it was only in one or two
papers that the adj appeared The
others, when Jared called around to
wv "Uo"N u. lilhucu nm Dack his
money and his COPY Across the
latter was stamped the word RE
!ectcd The police were making OBJ
jeciions (" 4 certain class of tenants
on Jared's list tnwary visitors
from out OF town were complaining
aoout oe!hg robbed in some of .Tared's
FURNISHED apartments. Jared Flagg's
SIGNATURE NJ the bottom of that class
OF advertising was no longer ac-
ccptabc.
Jared $ phianthroric efforts brought
me police down on him harder than
ever. ihey produced evidence upon
winch the champion wolf was sen
fenced To pay fine of $500 and to
spend thirty days in the Tombs, the
Iehhity Tor renting apartments and
rooms Tor Improper purposes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22

Jared put up stiff fight in his
own defense. He declared that lie
owned and rented $50 furnished
apartments, and naturally could not
be expected to know everything about
that vast number of tenants. lie
even produced the written testi.
monial which that approving minister
had given him. The trial was eX.
tensively reported in the newspapers.
and on the following Sunday the
minister referred to rose in his pulpit
and denounced himself for having
certified TO the character Of "Such a
c"eature."
This was in 1896, From that time
on the watchfu.ncSS of the police
caused the Real Estate department
OF .jared's business to lansuish.
Jared himself got into a variety of
small troubles. Once when one of
his physically perfect art model
clients was dining with him at q
restaurant she became incenscd over
the discovery that he was paying
similar attentions to another Quick
~ producing haipin she stabbed
Jared so severely in the left breast
that lie needed q surgeons atten-
tons.
When he had Il restaurant waiter
arrested for '.assaulting" him his at,
.titude In court wa; so offensive that
Magistrate Crane changed the charge
to diaor1erly conduct, and. address.
ing Jared. said: This town has had
enough of YOU"
This was quite true. But Jared
was of a differen, opinion. At that
time the living picture" craze was
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22

Jared Flagg's Various Schemes
1901 S96-Rented furnished apartments to- dis.
reputable tenants.
1896-Broadened his field and rented rooms as we'll
flats.
1S96-Sentenced to thirty days in the Tombs for
renting apartments and rooms for improper
purposes.
1s9s-In disordery case Magistrate Crane said
,ooo to him. This town has had enough of YOU"
lS98-Advertised for girls for Living Pictures"
and to furnish them Comfortable rooms for
ST per week.
l9OO-kept agency at No. 76 Fifth avenue
where he collected 81 each from thousands of
girls answering his advertisements for chorus
girls and artists models.
l90l-Advertised that he Controls about all the
desirable young women models in the city,
1906 We have bagged him at last" said Com
missioner Heating in refusing Flagg renewal
OF his theatrical agents license.
l907-Started his get-rch-quck Wall Street
swindle.
l911-Arresteo and office records seized by Post
Office inspectors.
1914-Convicted in the United States Court on the
charge of using the mails to defraud.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
Praises This Remedy
Tor Luna Trouble

Many people are led to believe that
Lung Trouble IL disease which cannot
be conquered. This Is wrong, as many
have fully recovered their health A
change or climate has helped some, but
many more have been restored toSheaith
BY breathing the freshest air. eating we'll
cooked, wholesome food. being temperate
IN their habits and adding the tonic quail
tiles Of Eckmans Alternative a medicine
Tor Throat and Lung Troubles. Invest
gate this cnse:--
Bowling Green, KY, Il. No. 4.
'Gentlemen: The spring OF 1908 / had
a severe cough for six months / tried
all the medicine that my doctors recon-
mended TO me, but no results came for
the better. ! had night sweats, and would
cough and spit until l got so weak ]
gould hardly do anything. But at last,
james Deerlng, Of Glasgow junction, in.
sisted that | try your medicine. In one
weeks time there was quite an improve
ment In my condition, and after / had
taken several bottles I felt as well az
ever In my life ] firmly believe that
Eckman's Alternative will relieve any case
stage"
(Andavitl A. c. BETTERSWORTH.
lAbOye abbreviated: more on reQuestl
Eckman's Alternative has been proven By
many years test 70 be most ef1caciOus
for severe Throat and Lung Affections,
Bronthitis, Bronchial Asthma, Stubborn
Colds and IN upbuildug tho system.
Contains no narcotics, pOisons or habit
forming drugs. Ask for booklet telling
OF recoveries and write 10 Eckman
Laboratory, Philadelphia Pa. for evi-
dence. For sale by all leading druggists
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

Casually, We learn that Nazimova,
the Russian actress, -bas never worn q
corset. For many wears women Of the
stage have talked gowns and under
clothes, with advertising as the iucen-
tive. But Nazimova is the first ae-
tress. 90 far as we know. who frankly
avows a lifetime spent out of the
cramping influences Of stays. 10 time.
corsets viii be done away with Edu-
cation. making plain the proper diet
and the best methods Of exercise. will
be the death of the whalebone trade.
Even now eorsets have undergone such
metamorposis that they may be cOnsid-
cred as articles Of feminine attire
rather than implements Of torture.
The feminist movement is many-sided;
it aims at the eradiction Of folly m
dress no less than the attainment Of
the ballot.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
FIRE INSURANCE SERVICE

If you have a policy in a FIRE I'M
SURANCE COMPANY. Covering your
property and contents it is well that
you know the contract is properly
drawn in order that you are protected.
FIRE INSURANCE is somewhat
complicated and it is necessary for
property TO be properly described and
the correct location given. Certain
clauses are included in the policy
forms, with which you NAV not be
familiar.
The service Of THE HOME INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY is at the call of the
policy-holders in that company and the
representatives of the company will be
glad to give you any information con
corning any form or clause on any
policy in THE HOME; in order 10 de-
termine that the same is correctly
written and 10 the event of loss there
will be no friction in the adjustment.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
"A FOR RENT a

beautiful place Of Il acres on the Wash.
fngs0n and Baltimore Boulevard, 10 miles
from washington and but short distance
from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and
Electric line TO either one Of the cities.
Has froutage OF so feet on the Boule.
ward,
GOOD cottage OF si1 rooms. stable and
garria9e House fine wen Of water
(Force pump Attachment Chicken house
and an necessary out buildings. Splendid
Icraftnu. Good soil. Pears, Apple and
Plum trees Grape Vines and other fruits
would nfakean excellent place for poultry
business ana truck garden. being 10 close
WIZ rent al q reasonable hGure hnu wii
finnish extra fruit trees II the Tenant 90
desires
Ifintsrestedi 50 vii cost nothing % look
WILLIAM r. cox.
1881 ~ lafayette Avenue.
ma Baltimore. 30
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE is hereby given, That the
Subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court OF Anne Arundel COun-
~, in Maryland. Letters Testamentary
an the pers nal estate Of
ANNE +. DORSEY,
late OF Anne Arundel County, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof, to
the subscriber, ON or before the
23rd DAY OF AUGUST, 1914.
They may otherwise, by Law be eX-
cluded from all benefit OF the said
estate All persons indebted 20 said
estate are requested TO make Immediate
pay ment
Given under my hand this l7th day
81 February, 1914,
W1NSCN q. GOTT,
il9 Executor.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-03

aTNEIUN8EhA1 lANAAVA - ~
Gle Fl. of the City Code, title
Health of City.
Section 1.-BE n ESTABLISHED
AND ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR,
COUNSELOR AND ALDERMEN OF
THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS, that
Section "a Of Article n of the City
Code Of Annapolis be, and the same Is
hereby repealed and re-ordsined with
amendments so as to read as follows
Section Pit shall be the duty Of
the Health Officer 70 cause TO be re-
moved TO the public hospital all per-
sons who may have the spall-pOX or
varioloid, or any modification thereof,
if in his opinion such removal is neces-
sary to provide proper treatment to
such persons, or TO prevent the spread
ing OF the disease and also TO cause
Gags 10 be put out az such places as he
may deem necessary. TO give warning
Of the existence Of the disease at such
places and il shall also be the DUTY of
the Health Officer to keep a record Of
all persons who may have measles,
scarlet fever diphtheria and carriers
Of diphtheria, or smallpox. and inn
mediately upon any such disease being
brought 10 his attention ne snail post
a placsrd or notice "a white placard
for measles, a red plscard for scarlet
fever. a blue plaeard for diphtheria
ana carriers Of diphtheria. and a yell
low placard for smallpox containing
the name OF the disease in large black
type or printing, conspicuously upon
the front and the back of the building
or premises where such afflicted person
is located and il such flag or placard
he removed without the consent Of said
Health Officer, the person removing
the same shall be liable TO fine of not
more than twenty dollars, 20 be recov-
cred as other fnes and penalties now
are, and to stand committed to Jail IN
I'll such fine shall be paid or secured to
be paid. and the Mayor is authorized to
draw on the Treasury for such amount
as may be necessary TO carry INTO eff
feet this section.
Section land BE IT ESTAB-
LISHED AND ORDAINED that this
ordinance shall take effect from the
date Of its passage.
Approved February 9. 1914.
Signed +. STRANGE,
Mayor.
True copy, test -
Phil u Porter CLERK