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the dock was filled with passengers
waiting to have their trunks x
amined and before any OF them had
left the wharf. a cherubic faced mes
senger boy made his way up and
down the landing place calling in q
mOnOtOnously strident voice:
"Keck. Keck. telegram for Mr..
Keck!"
MI. Keck. in the language Of the
hotels. vas being "paged." The
youngster had not finished his second
trip along the pier before a small,
chunky man detached himself from a
group that stood In the shadow OF
great post and hurried after the uni
formed one.
Here. boy" he called. that's for
me-"
IAN right" grinned the messenger,
Sign right here" and he pointed q
dirty forefnger to the place in his re-
ceipt book.
Keck quickly compiled and no
sooner had he convicted himself by
his autograph thar Q heavy hand wa
laid on his shoulder and a cheerful
voice exclaimed:
you are my prisoner"
The diamond dealer gave the inspeo-
tor a wire drawn smile. but offered no
resistance. He did. however, protest
his ignorance Of any reason for his
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arrest. He was taken to Philadei-
phia. where he had a hearing before
the United States Commissioner and
was released on bail. Then began his
fight for liberty. The %cleverest coun-
sci at the cleverest bar In the world
defended him, but a jury in the United
States court found him guilty and
he was sentenced to a fin and a year
In the penitentiary. This, Of course,
was in addition to the c~onfiscation Of
the diamonds.
But keck was a fighter. and ne
seemed to have unlimited resources.
He appealed from the verdict. The
ease was carried from one legal tri-
bunal to another until 1t finally
reached the United States Supreme
Court. The point made by his counsel
was that the seizure was not a legal
one and for that a he could not
be convicted Of smuggling. 1t vas in
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things mundane! When the five to
four decision of the United States
Supreme Court reached the home Of
Keck. the diamond dealer was dead
and buried. He had been legally vim
Dictated, but he did not live to enjoy
his victory.
A former special agent of the Treas
ury Department tells a story which
strikingly illustrates the narrow mar
gin that lies between success and
failure in the smugglers' trade. This
agent, who made a specially of trap
ping diamond thieves, was given the
most difficult cases and he nearly al
ways captured his man. Word had
been received by the Collector Of Gus
toms that a tourist, who shall be
called S~chmidheiser. had sailed from
Amsterdam with three blue diamonds
of special cut and great value.
The special agent met the suspect at
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agent noticed that the Germans pipe
was unlighted.
He handed him a second match and
the first performance was repeated.
There was more conversation and all
the while the Government detective
was debating whether he should COM
pei Schmidheiser to submit to a search.
In the midst Of this he discovered
that while the German was sucking
away at his pipe he was producing
no smoke.
He passed him a third match, and
then FOR the first time it dawned on
him hat the moment after Schmidt
heiser lighted his pipe he ex%tinguished
the sparks with the end Of his thumb.
Why?
That monosyllable seemed to Ali the
room. 1t danced through the agents
brain and seemed to spur him on to
action.
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Customs Inspector Tells of the Shrewd
Devices Used to Defraud Uncle
Sam-How They Are Detected

to the conclusion that Keck was dis
guised.
The ship had locked by this time.
What to do under the circumstances
was a problem. To let the culprit slip
through his fingers was unthinkable
But how was he to be picked out of a
crowd Of five hundred men and
women?
The answer came to the customs
officer like an inspiration. To think
was to act and the next moment he
had the nearest telegraph Office on the
telephone. Ten minutes later, while
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Battle of Wits Between Authorit;e,
and Cunning Criminals- Women
Expert in Concealing Jewels

II know" was the cool r%ejoinder;
"we're in an outrageous business"
Every pocket in his outer garments
was examined. His waist seemed bulky.
Take off your coat and vest" COM
manded the Inspector.
Must II"
"You must"
Stripped, he was found to have a red
bandage wrapped about his waist.
whats that?" asked the detective.
ITS a medical pand-for my kid
neys."
The inspector laughed.
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Dy A CUSTOMS INSPECTOR.

NE Of the traditions Of the
United States customs service
" tells Of a wealthy widow who,
about tn he detected in tho
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
4 NaratiOe Of Everyday Life
Their Married Life
Warren Takes Helen to the Opera and Nora Forget8 to
Send His Studs and Cuff Links

, that she looked quite adorable. She smiled
happily, thinking Of it.
The ting-a-linE Of the telephone an
nounced the Stevens arrival Helen slipped
into her fur coat and went downstairs. Mr..
Stevens greeted her and led her to the wait
ing taxi The two women chartered all the
word in Reaching FOrtieth street they
Joined the slowly moving trail Of motors,
and at last reached the entrance They
were just in tme. Helen's eyes rolled over
the crowd. No sign Of Warren. Well, she
was glad they were there first. Warren
always detested waiting. She watched the
men and women with interest. Time passed
and yet Warren didn't come. The music
was starting. Helen hated to miss it. She
went to the opera so seldom that she wanted
to hear every bar. Mr.. Stevens suggested
that he would look for Warren at the other
entrances.
you both wait here" he said. I'll only
be a few minutes"
He had scarcely left when Warren came
How d'I do, Mrs. Stevens, glad to see
you. Hello, Helen" turning to- his wife.
Where's Stevens? Gone to look for me?'
That's too bad. Good heavens, thought I'd
never get here"
why, what happened, dear?'' Helen
asked
'SWhat happened?" he growIed. you're
fine packer Never sent my studs or
cuff links. 1 couldn't wear the ones I use
in the daytime for this getup. Had to go
all the way uptown, Didn't start to dress
until after you left. Even If you had
brought them here, I don't know how I'd
get them in" He smiled unpleasantly.
I'm very sorry, Warren. 1t was stupid"
Helen murmured. Something always seemed
to mar pleasant time, she thought. How
ever. Mrs Stevens's presence would save
further discussion. Poor Moral Helen didn't
dare say that she had packed the bag. Nor
did she dare say that she had been out until
too late to pack 1t herself. Warren would
only be more annoyed than ever. Mr.. Ste
vens pushed his way through the crowd.
Hello Curtis. Here you are. All readyf
Got the tickets 20
The women went ahead. When they were
inside, Helen managed to get next to War
rem.
please don't be angry, dear" she whis-
pered We're not very late. But I'm
sorry you had to go home" She squeezed
his fingers
"oh, that's all right" he mumbled mag
unanimously. Come on"
Helen smiled. Peace was restored. They
walked quickly to their seats.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

is now the State Of South Carolina
These jaws measure nine feet across.
The actual teeth have been inserted in
the jaws. The entire skeleton Of one
OF these Brobdignagian sharks has
never been found, but since the proper
tons of the various parts of the body
are not very different from those ex-
listing in the sharks Of to-day, it has
been easy to determine the probable
length and other dimensions of the
entire animal, and the result of the
calculation is almost appalling.
This tremendous Tertiary shark was
eighty or ninety feet long and equal in
bulk to the colossal sulphur bottom
whale, which Huxley described as
"hUgest Of beast that live or have
lived" Professor Huxley either did not
know, or had forgotten, the ancient
South Carolina coast shark, which,
while it rivalled the mightiest whale in
size. had as its terrible rows Of teeth
Show. all the aggressive efficiency, and
probably all the Unsuitable blood thirst
of its modern diminutive successors.
Even if this extinct shark did not
equal in bulk the greatest whales it
would still be the king of fish: for the
whale is not a fish, but a mammal ian
animal that suckles its young) having
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
Monsters Of BygOne Ages
Shark Which Made the "Man EATER of Today Pigmy.

a fish-Hke form and able to live under
water
In calling modern sharks "diminu-
tive" as compared with the specimen
before US of what sharks were in the
days Of their empire, L do not mean to
suggest that the tigers Of the sea" are
really small animals, even now. A
white shark, the dreaded "maneater."
frequently attains length Of twenty
feet or more. The blue shark, which
is also fond Of human flesh, is Of about
the same average dimensions. The
basking shark, which is said to be
harmless" except to small fish, be-
cause its head and teeth are far be-
meath the shark standard of size, has
the largest body of any species, attain
ing a length between thirty and forty
feet
Imagine a shark ninety feet long. as
big as the biggest whale ever seen fol-
lowing in the wake of a sailing ship,
and occasionally moving up alongside,
watching for somebody to fall over
board, as modern sharks often do!
What terror it would inspired 1t would
be as large as many small vessels, and
it might be able to destroy one. No
boats crew, surely, would dare to 20
near it. It would take about hundred
times as much food to fill its NAV as a
shark Of today requires. It is this i'm
mense gulping capacity Of the ancient
giant shark which possibly accounts
for its extinction. Like the other mon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

cook of her family. She who escsnes
from all these duties is an unnatural
oelnS, not woman; and that deform-
luy, If not disease, is the punishment
o. their neglect is demonstrated IN the
beautiful lines of the arms, in the pic
lures or our grandmOthers, compared
with the Shapeless, flaccid and skinny
members OF the young wOmgn OF our
own times"
Her Record in Outdoor Life.
Times have changed since Mr.. Walker
wrote those words, and woman is quite
as much at home in outdoor life and
sports as man. She is an able rival in
athIetics, and her sphere Of activity
has enlarged
But her skill in making and main
tanning home of beauty and comfort
economically has not increased at the
same rate school Of home educa-
ton where all school and college grad
yates entered Immediately after re-
celvlng their diplomas for mental
achievements would be of the utmost
value to the world A two or three
years course ought to be sufficient,
and the diploma received from this
institution would be of greater value
to humanity than all degrees and hon
ors previously won.
America would place itself in the 1
front ranks as a world lmprOVer if It'll
established national institution
where tuition could be obtained at a
! -'i-I.e't p-4CS' VI aoSOAulClS 1lsei leAF
ing pupils to provide only for board
and personal expenses.
Teach Dung Men Duties of Home.
Let us have a post graduate school
for young men who have left college
which educates them in the high ideals
of home life and fatherhOod. II we
perfect women as home keepers and
mothers we must fit men to be worthy
Of them.
Every day divorces are granted
for all sorts of causes.
Men must be educated in eugenics:
they must be taught the great law OF
self control. and they must understand
the high meaning of the words hus-
band and father. Then we viii find
marriage growing to be success and
divorce an obsolete WOrd.-COpyrigh
1915, star Company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

ster animals of its time. and Of the Age
of Great Reptiles, it was too big, too
rapaciOus, for the world it lived in, and
it was exterminated by its own excess.
If we human beings were suddenly
turned into twenty-five foot giants we
would quickly devOur all the flOcks
and all the harvests, and perish OF
hamilton
The giantism that formerly affected
many of the animal inhabitants of the
earth has never been satisfactorily ex-
planned. We shall see many examples
of IT as, in future articles, we traverse
the halls and corridors Of the museum
A limit is set to the size Of any animal
or plant by the attraction of gravity
and the resistance Of muscles and
bones to strain or pressure. In some
cases nature seems, in former ages. to
have approached surprisingly near this
limit. But her land monsters have
mostly disappeared, the elephant being
the largest survivor, while she has left
greater number Of giants in the sea.
But it is probable that the sea always
contained the largest animals and the
reason probably is that the buoyancy
of the water tends to relieve the crush
ing effects Of gravitation on animals
of enormous bulk and weight.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
Girls Should Be Taught
Their Duties In Home

Miss LhTOp Plan Educate Young Economy Is
Wise and Timely, Says Ella Wilcox
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

the mistakes his superior was making,
and while the small salary forced Bis
marCk to deny himself the things others
were enjoying, he toiled on. worked at
ter hours, which never materalized in
the pay envelope. He found his on
portunity for growth and there on the
small Job, with little pay, but great
opportunity for mental expansion. he
laid the foundation upon which, from
a petty tangle of states. he constructed
the modern German empire.
How to Stay behind.
Do as little as possible shirk. give
your employer pinChed service Won
viii stay where you are and 80 through
life half-grOwn-
L have known men and women who
work harder scheming how to work
less than if they had done their best
to give their employer the largest ser
vice possible.
Let your motto always be excelsior"
Employers are looking for efficient
men. and the men who are EMPLOYED
in higher forms of occupation at con-
stantly increasing salaries. are the men
who are loyal to their employers and
who do their work surprisingly we'll
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

RISS JULIA LATHROP. chief Of
M the Chndren's bureau, advances
- - the theory that girls should be
taught household economy between
graduation from school and marriage.
women are the real spenders of the
world" said Miss Lathrop. and we
must admit they are not so wise on the
subject as they should be L believe
new era OF home education is about
to dawn"
outside of school of eugenics and
sex hygiene for men graduates there
could be no greater impetus given to
the world for the improvement of the
home life and the coming generation
than such an intermediary course as
Miss Lathrop suggests.
Woman has always been regarded as
the keeper of the home, and the provid-
er of comforts for husband and chill
dren out Of the proceeds of the mans
income. But she has made a rather
questionable showing of efficiency when
We realize how long she has been en-
gagged in the occupation.
Comes Natural to the Woman.
There was book published in the
early fifties by Alexander Walker
which discOurses on woman in every
relation to life. Speaking of her duties
Mi Walker says:
Woman, therefore. is fit onN for
sedentary occupations, and necessarily
remains much in the interior of the
house, in which alone her chief duties
can be performed.
Perhaps the most important of her
natural duties, though first Indicated
after that Of clothing. is the prepara-
ton of food for her family L call this
a natural duty, not merely because it
belongs to the domestic occupations
which are naturally those of woman,
but because it originates in the strictly
personal circumstance of nourishing
her infant. As more abundant or diff
ferent nutriment is required. She grad I
ually substitutes the milk of the COW.
Repeating this for an increasing fam /
lily, she is naturally and inevitably led .
to prepare the food of the whole
such is evidently the natural origin (
Of the mother being the sole or chief
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
Brussels Returns to
Almost Normal State
Under German Control

Amsterdam. Holland, Feb. N>-Ad-
vices from Brussels say life there has
become almost normal. and Sundays
find the usual crowds in the cafes and
on the boulevards Only a few German
troops remain in the city. German
postage stamps are now sold in the
Uostoffces, and the names of the rail-
road stations and public buildings have
been Germanized. Some classes OF
municipal officials have been compelled
TO sign contracts which make them
German subjects for a period of six
months
Most of the shops are open. but
money is scarce. The troops pay cash
for everything they buy. German COM
merCial travellers are busy offering
their wares to the shopkeepers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
d. GARRETT P. sERyIss.

? EW YORK and the nation have
IN one of the greatest establish
- ments for self-education that the
world contains in the American Mu-
scum of Natural History, on the west
side of Central Park It is particularly
rich in its exhibitions of the various
forms of animate creatures inhabiting
this globe, including many that be-
lOnged to prehistoric ages and have
now either disappeared or experienced
changes greatly altering their aspects
and their modes of life. We may take,
for our first example of these. the gil
gantic shark, whose mighty, distended
jaws shown in the accompanying pho
tOgraph (and within whose compass a
man finds plenty of room to sit or
stand may serve as a kind of doorway
leading into the realm OF prehistOry,
where a hundred thousand years count
as unit of time. for no more than one
of our modern centuries.
The stupendOus jaws before US are
n restoration Of a pair that belonged to
an extinct species of shark which, it is
known from the records of the rocks
frequented, in the Tertiary Period.
among other places, the coast of what
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
Teaches World n Lesson.

BISMARCK taught the world a lesson
OF universal experience, that it is not
clamor and complaining that win, but
learning how to do better work Bis
marck not only learned the secrets of
successful diplomacy, but profited by
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12
alIADE IN Ell PAsO.D

One dollar spent at home Is equal to
$40 put into circulation as against the
dollar sent out of town. whether it be
the banker or the man with the pick,
every one benefits by the development
Of home industries and the building up
of the local pay roll
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

Confettie silk of dark green. dotted
with white, is used for this charming
house dress. A softly draped skirt,
the bottom finished by rows of pleated
rufTIes. is encircled by a wide sash of
black silk, finished by jet ornament
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-12

you've got the nerve to take your
stand for Jesus Christ, come on"
His chOirmaster gives a signal Back
Of the platform, softly, plaintively, the
great choir Of 5000 voices strikes up a
hymn: Jesus, I am coming home to-
day''-"At the cross, at the cross
Though coming weak and vile"
They come.
SObbinE on the Converts Bench.
The crowd on the converts bench has
varied between SO and 797. The charac-
ter of Sundays final appeal is fire.
quently reflected in it. Twice, when
he has prayed the final prayer. stand
ing on top of his pulpit the number has
been more than 600.
And Of those who come forward
many show no outward signs of emo
ton. A few smile-the curious, wild
smile Of people altogether beside them
selves with joy. others weep softly;
some are altogether broken up-these
the high strung, hysterical young
girls. professional "dOwn-and- cutters"
regular ''risers for prayer" such as
you can see night after night in any
gospel mission in America; thin, worn
women of the wash tubs and scrubbing
boards, wan faces, streaked with tears
Once, when Sunday had preached on
Moral Lepers," a little boy in knicker-
lockers sat with the arms of one of
Sundays personal workers about him.
long after the others had left the
benches sobbing and sObbing.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-27
HAMILTON MEETING L.
Viii Be Held at Home of Blands
on Charter Street at
SteaIey Heights.

At $3.50 o'clock Thursday morning
at the resid dence OF George w Bland
at 2o4 Charter street in stealay
Heights a prayer service will sbe con-
Quoted by the Rev. George d. Smith.
the Rev. H. r. Hess in connectdoqs
with the Hamilton evangelfstio cam
paign It Is desired that the peop1Sj
OF that suburb attend in the interest:
OF harrisburg for Christ
NJ The invitation to the older men ana
Women OF the netghborhoott Is en-
phasized; those who find It beyond:
their strength to go often to the tab
ernacle, but whose presence and
workers. #53 a. 5sa. .s4i sE A
Garry the .fRed Book !. There viii
be spirited music with Mrs. J. GIor-
nor Davis at the piano, and Mrs. Ben
5amin =: Robinson leading the singing
gnalTman Ieuthte will be Dresent
for the locality.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-27
BRITISH TROOPS TAKE
OFFENSIVE IN BATTLE
...,1oe:4rru,1 -sc.s,


LONDON, April 27The follow.
ing report from Field marshal Sir.
John French. under tolav's date.
was given out here today:
Yesterday all German attacks
northwest of fpres we're repulsed.
In the afternoon our troops took the
offensive and made progress near St.
Julien and to the west OF that place.
The French co-operated on our left
and further 70 the north they re-
took Het Sas. In the course of yes
terdav's fighting our artillery took
advantage of several opportunities
for inhicting severe casualties on the
enemy. On the remainder Of the
front there is nothing TO report. III
addition to the destruction Of Court
raj junction. mentioned in the com
munication last night, our airmen
Yesterday bombarded successfully
stations and functions at the fol-
lowing places Tourcoing. Rouzaix,
Inglemunster. Staden, LangenmarciS,
staden, Langemarck,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-27
.st 'aE tg# az ~ 5.is5 5ts ly--i. 80 fsg
INSPECTION. .
Visit is Made to New Plant by
Pittsburg Plate Glass
Company Men.

A party Of officers and principal
stockholders or the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Company came here from Pitts
burg Tuesday morning and made a
visit Of insp at the company's
plant In the course of erection at the
industrial ssu burb Of Norwood east OF
the city The party is making an In
specion tour OF all the company's
plants, the one here being the first
visited. NH
Included In the party are John
Peterson, Thee odore Pitcairn and G.
NJ. Brown. all OF philadelphia; III. IA.
Calf. Of Akron. Q. wv. a. Jones, OF
and w. l.. Clause. C.
W. Brown, E. Pitcairn, e. b. Ray
mond. ]. III. Fox and y. M. Belleville,
all OF Pittsburg. They concluded
their inspection By early afternoon
and returned to PittsburE on the
Short Line train leaving IN the mid
die OF the afternoon. While here the
party dined at the Waldo.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-27
SPECIAL TRAIN.
Will Carry Woodnen Of the
World to Convention at
Cleveland, c. 7, June 6.

Grafton lodge of the Woodmen OF
the World is making arrangements
for a special train early in June to
carry big delegation Of the Wood
men to Cleveland. o.. to attend the
national convention to be held there
June 6. It was necessary to guar
antee 200 passengers to get special
train. the low rate of IS. which is
offered for the round trip, Rowles-
burg. Terra Alta, Kin gwood New
burg and other towns east, the Graf
ton and Belington district, Clarks-
burg, Grafton, Fairmont and Man
ming gton will send their delegates by
this train, and it is believed that
there will be4no trouble in getting
many more than the required 200
delegates to take the trip. Another
special train will carry 5 90 out OF
Wheeling and many from the Ohio
river district.
Sovereign Banker w. a. Frazier
will be present at the convention.
There will be monument unveiled,
a class initiated and other interest
ing features at the session which
should be sufh to appeal very
strongly to every member Of the or
der s.85sS