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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
Kansas CITY Produe. M.rk..

Kansas City, March 2-wHEAT-Market
unsettled, 1c higher to 4c lower No. ,
hard, 81 $61A@1.3s; No. 5. $1.4s1a No. red
CORNNMarket Unchanged. No. mixed.
Csc; No: B., 67c: No. 2 white, 69c; No. 3,
6812c; No, ? yellow, 69e; No. 8, Csc.
OATS-Market hd1c lower. No. .
white, 54@5414c; No. mixed, 51@52c.
HAY-Market steady.
WHEAT-Receipts AZ cars
BUTTER-Creamery 29c; firsts, &c !;
seconds, 25c; packing, lie.
EGGS-Firsts, lie; seconds, 15c
POULTRY-Hens, 14c; ROSTERS, 1O1hc !;
turkeys. 15c
CLOSE: wHEAT-May, S1.349s; July,
$1.09ss September, 81 O13l
CORN-May, 693s@6912c; July, 71% a
711sc; September, 72ss @721hc.
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New York Produce Market.

New York. March 2.-BUTTER-Market
32c.
EGGSaaaMarket steady. Fresh gathered
extras. 22122hc.
CHEESE-Market steady. State whole
milk, held specials, 16A @17c.
POULTRY-Live, firm: western chick
ems, 1515c; fowls, 161a@17c; turkeys, 15@
1le. Dressed, steady; western roasting
chickens, frozen, 11@21c; fresh fowls, 141a
@1S14c; turkeys, 13@21hc.
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Wholesale Fruit and Produce

IFurnished by s = LuN.1
Topeka. Kan, March 2.
NAVEL ORANGES-Per box, SG1502.65.
FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT - Per box.
$230@265.
.LMERIA GRAPES-Per bbl- 5000
$50
Notwithstanding. per box. SID
Mammoth Black Twig, per box, $1GO;
Winesaps, per box, SLIGO; Gano, per box,
81 %: Ben Davis, per box. $1.25; Roman
Beauties, per box. $1.5O-
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New York Money Market.

paper, 3A@4 per cent. Sterling exchange,
steady; 60 day bills, 1850; for cables,
4.S0.35; for demand, $50. Bar silver, 49c !;
Mexican dollars, 1880. Government bonds,
steady; railroad bonds, steady, Time loans,
steady, 60@S.9015 as; months, 3A q 31@.
Call money, steady; high, =; low, rs; rul-
ing rate, ?; last loan, 2; closing bid rs +;
offered at ..
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Chicago Produce ,Maruet.

Chicago, March Observation-Disclosures I'M
changed.
EGGS-Market lower. At mark cases in
GUIDED, 1S@194ac; ordinary firsts, 1S1a@
19c; firsts. Isle.
POTATOES-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Alive, higher; springs, 161hc;
fowls, 15c.
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Kansas City Live stock Market.

Kansas City, March 2;-HoGs- Receipts
butchers. se.6o@6.75; light, s6.6Oa6.T5; pigs,
CATTLEAR Receipts 5000. Market steady
to strong Prime rhine. fed sc steers 1eIS o Sd6o@sI
steers, s650@soo; southern steers, S6oo@
7;40; cows, $4.25d6.75; heifers, 5000 $ .:
s5S ste 7 ca and fee 81 SS9G So bulls S'
SHEEP-Receipts 1000, Market 15c to
S?5oaS.5o: wethers, S65o@7.7S: ewes. $3.50
@1-35; stockers and feeders, S5.OOQS.25.
cattle sold SOC to soc higher last week. but
there some slowness at the end OF
ers and feeders found a good outlet at
strong prices all week. practically as good
Receipts to ,dl are 600, market steady to
Toe lower fat cattle, and steady to
is closed to stock cattle from this market
but otherwise there Is a clear field, with
minor exceptions; and the trade Is on a
the whole market, it being notable fact
that when stOcker and feeder trade was
tie were also at their low point. The main
reason for weakness in fat cattle, today is
movement in shipping fat cattle east is
till hampered. Some native steers brought
$3.50 here last week, but nothing prime is
native steers s7.a5 to $s22. cows. $3.50 to
feeders largely $3.50 to $3.50. Some Colo
RADIO bulls sold at $500, and quarantine
steers at $6.40 to $3.50. were called steady.
Good guarantees weighing 115O pounds
are worth around $I25.
Hog receipts today are 1000, market
DC higher, top 1913, bulk of sales $3.50 to
$3.50 Order buyers paid the top prices for
their hogs, packers stopping at $6.10. Re-
ceipts are not burdensome, and there is n
feeling that the price may advance. small
stocks of lard pointing that way, together
with expectation of small supplies of hogs
at markets in the east. There is room
for expansion of the export trade and
also the Southern trade, and should either
or both of these channels open up, ad-
vances will be inevitable.
Sheep and lambs made strong gains last
week, and are selling Zoe higher today.
top price being paid for some 10 pound
afnbs from FIT. Collins. Yearlings brought
$7.75 to SSI5, ewes $6.75 to S7.20, new
high prices for this year. Re ipts were
sight for balance of the week. Packers are
selling all the by-products at record prices,
especially wool, hence their Willingness to
pay the present range of prices, highest
J. A. RICKART, Market Correspondent.
Kansas City Live Stock Sales.
1.-THE following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City, AMI
reported over long distance telephone d.
son & Co., live stock commission mer-
chants, with offices at all markets.
Kansas City, March 2.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 6O00 head. Market strong and Toe
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market
steady and &c higher. Bulk of sales, $6.650D
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head. Market Is
@25c higher. Lambs, $500; wethers, $50;
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THE WEATHER RECORD.

Following observations of the United
States weather bureau for the twenty-fou
hours ending at O'Clock this morning:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

Wichita. March 2.-HOGS-25OO. Market
steady. Top, $6.7O; bulk of sales, $6j5M
6.65
Native steers. S6006I7.50: cows and heifers
S4.7507O0; bulls, $5.00@6.0O; calves, $4,000
1000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

I'VE are all dead broke out our way this
fall How do you all live, then az "Oh,
we lend each other little.'-Boston Tran
script
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

st. Joseph Live Stock Market.
St Joseph, March 2.-HOGS-Receipts
GOO Market looks steady. Top, S6.70;
bulk of sales, S6.6O0 6.671a.
CATTLE-Receipts 400. Market steady.
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New York Stock Market.

(Close of prices for the leading stocks on
the New York Stock Exchange as re-
ported by Thos. J. Myers. broker, Colum-
bian Bldg.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

Furnished by special wire to T. J. Myersl
100000 bushels including $40, 900 bushels
from America.
The government order prohibiting private
exports of wheat from India after March
1, provides that shipments will be stop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

Liverpool. March 2-wHEAT-Spot No.
L Manitoba, lbs I'd; No. ., lbs Cd; No. 2
hard winter, is i'd.
CORN-Spot, quiet; American mixed,
new, Is 111ad; American mixed, old. IS Sd !;
March, rs 7Ad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

The Winslow, Uncle Sar-'s newest
torpedo boat destroyer, vas launched
at Camden, N. j., last week. The
vessel is named after Rear Admiral
Winslow, who commanded the Kear-
sarge when she sink 10 Alabama in
the memorable battle in June, 1864
The Winslow, which is 80 feet in
length. is equipped with oil burning
engine. which are expected te drive
the vessel at 29 knots per hour was
constructed at a cost of SS0O,OOO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

S~~ York Sugar Market
New York, March 2.-SUGAR-Raw. NOM
1nal; molasses, 3S7; centrifugal, 4.64 re-
fined, quiet.
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New York Cotton Marke,

New York Cotton Market.
New York, March 2.-COTTON-Spot
quiet; middling uplands, S.45. Sales HOO
bales.
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Topeka Grain Market.

Furnished by ]. B. Billiard, corner Kan.
sase Ave. and Curtis Stl
Topeka, Kan, March 2
CORN-7oc
OATS-5OM52c
WHEAT-S1.3 001.35.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, March 2.-HOGS-Receipts 1s-
900. Market strong to a shade above yes
terday's average. Bulk of sales, S6G5m
6.75; light, S6556G.s21k mixed, $6.50GS
6.s21a heavy, S625@6.s0; rough, S6.254
GAO; pigs, S675@6.S5.
Native steers, $5.5O@9.15; western steers
S5.0O675 80; cows and heifers, So. soar 20:
calves, S65O610.0O
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 Market strong.
Sheep, $690@7.90 yearlings, S775@S.70;
lambs, $7.75I9.9O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

1.-THE range of prices for grain rutnr-,v
The Chicago Board of Trade as reported
by Thos- J. Myers. Broker. Eolum bian
Bidg.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

CHICAGO EGGS-1915c.
NEW YORK EGGS-5302 31kc.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago. 29c
New York, 31@3112c; Elgin, 2713c; Topeka
29c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

500; calves, $6.0009.75
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market Csc
higher. Lambs, $9.00G9G5.
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Wheat Marker.

Furnished H. Shawnee Milling Col
Topeka, Kan, March ..
wHEAT-No. 2 hard. $1.35.
3 hard, S1.33
2 soft, S1.35.
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Butter and Eggs,
Topeka, Kan, March

(Fu- nfshed by The Continental Creamery
Co.. Topeka, Kan.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
Topeka Butter. Eggs and Poultry.


LFurnished by the Topeka Packing Com
amy, corner Laurent and Madison.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
Chicago Grain Marke

Chicago, March 2-WHEAT-CIose Nav
1.421h July, Sligo.
COKN-May, 72Ac: July, 74Mc
OATS-May, 55ssc July, 5I2sc.
PORk-May, s11-32; July. S11.T5.
LARD-May, 5000; July, 5000.
SHORT RIBS-May, $3.50; July, 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

Topeka, Kan, March 2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

Kansas City, March 2.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000 head. Market strong and Toe
higher. Top, $S.35.
HOGS-Receipts $1,000 head Market
steady and SC higher. Bulk of sales, $6.650D
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head. Market Is
d25c higher. Lambs, $780, wethers, 81 80 !;
yearlingS, SIS. 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02

any. COIHeT LAuIenL and MaulsOn.I
Topeka, Kan, March 2
POULTRYAHens. all sizes, lie; springs
and broilers. 10c; stagg young ROSTERS Sc:
old BOOSTERS. &c: ducks. &c: geese, SC; hens
and young Tom turkeys. lac: old Tom
turkeys. 12c.
EGGS-1Sc.
PACKING STOCK BUTTER-17c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-02
.ILLING STFERS.

Topeka Market.
Furnished ~ Chas. Wolff Packing Col
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Kansas City Grain Market

Aansas CITY GRAIN MaEket
1.-THE range of prices for grain futures on
the Kansas City Board of Trade as re-
ported by Thos. J. Myers Broker Co
lumbar Bldg.l
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales.
1.-THE following sales were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas city, AMI
rect to the State Journal by Clay, Robin
son & Co., live stock commission mer
chants with offices at all markets.
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LIGHTED BOMB
REVEALS PLOT

CONTINUED from page one.J
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q Blow zero.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
PROPOSALS

Sealed proposals will be received AZ
the office Of the Fire Commission Until
230 y. IN. Monday. Jan. IL. 1910. ~
follows:
For furnishing the Detroit Fire De-
partment with bedding during the year
ending Dec. 81. 1913. Bid based on
price per load for shavings or saw
dust and per bale (state size OF BALE
delivered to the different houses or the
Department when ordered, suocessfui
bidder will be required to furnish
satisfactory bond In the sam OF Five
Hundred Dollars TO guarantees fuinll-
for furnishing the Detroit Fire De
partment with water white kerosene
oil. Michigan state test; and for gaso-
line for use In automobiles, Tenned
from Pennsylvania Ohio or Illinois
crude oil, deodorized and not less than
90 degrees Bsaume gravity Delivery
20 be made by tank wagon In SO. gallon
Iots at the various stations OF the De
partment when ordered during the
year ending Dec. ST. 1915. Successful
bidder viii be required TO furnsh
satisfactory bond IN the sum OF One
Thousand Dollars TO guarantees fulnll-
ment OF contract
For printing the Annual Report OF
the Fire Commission. as per copy on
Ale In the office Of the Secretary
The right 20 reject any bid 10 ex-
nressiy reserved
BIDS TO be delivered 70 the under
signed. GEORGE J. FINN
1-iis1 Secretary.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
LAUDS MOVIES
AS EDUCATORS
Will Soon Have Place in Public
School Curriculum, DIR. Chad
sey Predicts

The motion pictures before long
will become a part OF the curriculum
Of the public schools. illustrating ana
visualizlng TO the children such sub
jects as geography, history, physiol-
ogy, etc, was the prediction made by
DR.. Charles L. Chadsey, superinten.
dent Of the Detroit schools. Saturday
morning, In an address 10 a big safe
~ 1rst" gathering OF school children
In the Washington theater.
THE success OF the motion picture
In depicting 10 children the safety
first Ideas, and the strong, lasting i'm
pressions the pictures evidently make
on their minds" said DR.. Chadsey,
"conyinces me that the motion pic
ture could be used TO wonderful ad-
vantage In the schools. and believe
II will soon become an important part
OF the study course"
The children loudly applauded the
idea OF watching motion pictures as
part OF their studies.
The blind and crippled children at
tending the public schools and large
number OF the Van Leuven Browne
hospital school were the guests OF the
moral welfare committee OF the Polit-
ical and Civic league In the Saturday
morning movie" entertainment More
than $500 children packed the theater
TO capacity.
Films illustrating viyidly the dan
gers OF playing on the streets. the
dangers from automobiles and from
playing with fre were shown. Other
reels showing scenes In foreign coun'
tries were also shown.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
Mayor to Have "Bug-Proof' Shelter
Where He Cannot Be ANNOYED

where Secretary Fitzgerald will con.
fer the second degree. The faithful
will then be encorted to the guided
sanctum sanctorum OF the chief ex-
ecutive. The hall door of the mayors
private office will open outward. but
not inward The Official pass word
will be changed from day to day Any
person caught attempting To slip
through the lines will be disliked The
lieutenant, on instructions from the
mayor, will positively refuse to be
patient with political bugs" invent
ors look agents, etc.
The mayor will have Office hours
from s a. m. TO p. m. After office
hours the doors will be unbarred and
visitors will pe admitted to inspect
the mayors Office. They will be al
lowed to sit in the mayors chair, look
at the pictures on the wall and listen
to the clock tick Meanwhile, the
mayor will be taking his afternoon eX-
ercise, TO be followed by a steam bath,
massage and lunch preparatory to an
other strenuous day.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
MARRIAGES

Paul Terona, 20, Rose Sagy. is.
Frank Kobylahi 20: Matherlne MAJ
ursk, is.
Wiadysisw Lejaoz. 81; Anna Gowel.
FL
John Mazur. "a: Magdslena Majka
is
Thomas Magel 26. Helen Berch, "a
Frank Licht, ~. Margaret Rager, lb.
Roy B Lynn. 80. Toledo, Emely Is
Kiburtz, 80, same.
Ernest Harper. 27. Detroit, Elizabeth
Green. 81. Swanton. q.
Stanislaw Jabczarek 2b, Balbina
Gavenska, rs.
stanIsiaw stofaniak. "a; Anna Cor
ecka 20.
Joseph Snyder. 27. wyRndotts. Ter
sic Sulcha, %. same.
John c. Schneider, I6 HildA kRrle.
William F. Rademaoher, AL Margar-
ct NJ. Natzel. is.
Felix Kus, 20, Hantramok: salomea
Smich. 22, Detroit
Andrew Sabuda. 30; Mary Kaminska,
21
sobstay Krzysik. 23; TecI1la Bros. Is.
Tony WoJowska, 20; Katherine Ne
pepka. 20.
Stanislaw Bagen, 25. Detroit; Fran
ces Radsicic. ls. Hamtramek.
Jacob RoclSlen. 20; Ada kapian. H.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

Mayor Marx is having his Office
suite transformed into a "bug-proof'
shelter for himself. The mayor does
net propose to be bothered by pestifer
Gus callers while engaged In deep
thought or discussion OF affairs Of
state. For that reason he Is prepar-
ing TO retreat into the large office for
merly occupied by Lieut.. "Al' Hicks.
Secretary T. T. Fitzgerald and the
stenographer. Lieut.. Hicks Will do
outpost duty In the small office now
occupied by the welfare bureau. Sec
retary Fitzgerald and the mayors
sterographer will occupy the office
now being used by the mayor. The
mslfare bureau will be given larger
quarters elsewhere
Hicks will be the first buffer be-
tween the mayor and the Roman mob
that gathers daily in front OF the ex-
ecutive Office. The lieutenant will
give each caller the "once over" and
only those passing Hicks test will
be passed on to the inner chamber
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
AWARD CONTRACTS FOR
NORWOOD THEATER JOB

Contracts have been awarded and
a building permit granted for the erec-
tion OF the new Norwood" theater
which will be located on the west side
OF Woodward-ave. four doors south
of the Boulevard The new theater
will seat 1000, and the decoration and
electrical effects will be OF the high
est order.
The aisles will have small floor
lights below the end seats, producing
4 subdued light along the aisles when
the auditorium is darkened.
The construction will be flreprooi
and every modern appliance relative
to theater construction has been en-
ployed. The lobby and foyer will be
finished In Caen stone with richly
ornamented cornices and friezes, with
hidden lights in the cornice. Con-
struction will be rushed and the build
ing completed in the late spring. At
either side OF the central entrance TO
the lobby will be store With mez.
canine stone William s. Joy & Ca
are the architects.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09

An Ordinance prescribing fee 90 De-
charged by the Metropolitan Police
Department 10 employers In cases
where auto patrol ts called TO fae-
tories 90 care for the sick or injured
employees thereof.
1T is HEREBY ORDAINED Bl THlt
PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DETROIT
Section J. From and after the
adoption OF this ordinances the Metro
politan Police Department OF the CITY
of Detroit shall charge a fee of nye
as OO1 dollars for each and every call
10 the various manufacturing Undue
tries IN the City OF Detroit where such
call is for the purpose OF caring for the
sick or injured employees OF such ~.
stitution. such fee shall be billed
monthly TO the manufacturing institu'
ton and shall be paid BY them on OF
before the 10th OF the month. IL snrll
be the duty of the Commissioner ~
Police 10 report monthly Go the Com
mon Council the amount oi moneys 80
received, and the same shall be oe-
posIted weekly with the city Treas.
urer and be credited 20 the Police Fund
OF the city of Detroit
The failure on the part OF any en-
ployer 20 pay the fees charged shaii
render him liable 10 suit as In al
other civil matters for debt
Sec. ? This ordinances shan tske
Immediate eject
Approved January sth. 1918
OSCAR b MAkN,
RICHARD LINDSAY: c,.-s
A-AAcS N1
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
DIES WITH GIRLS
NAMES ON LIPS
Anthony Marosski Grieved For
Runaway Daughters-Latter
Now Very Penitent

Found by the police in rooming
house at No. 81 High,st. west, Friday
night, after running away from home
week ago and leaving their dying
father. who called for them constant
ly, Frances and Martha Marosski, aged
Is and l5 years respectively. broke
down completely when told Saturday
morning that their father had died
Friday evening with their names on
his lips
Police had sent the girls to the ju-
venile detention home, being igno-
rant OF the death OF Anthony Maross-
h., the father, until informed OF II
by newspaper men Saturday morning.
Then the girls. who had expressed re-
pentance when informed that their
father was dying and was calling for
them, burst into tears when they
learned that they would never see
him again.
Martha. the youngest. a beautiful
girl, almost collapsed, and Frances
was also greatly affected.
II hope that God may forgive us
both for what we have done" said
Frances. "It didn't seem wrong to
run away. Father was sick for nearly
five years, and was cross He scolded
us often. and didn't want us TO have
any beaux. got mad when he scold'
ed and ran away Then Martha ran
away last Monday. | hope we VIII
both be forgiven. can see how
wrong II was now. But we will try
10 make up for e. have two little
hrothara and four siaters and mother
will have a hard time 10 get along.
Martha and | will help her all we can.
am going TO work and turn my
money over TO my mother, and try and
send some OF the younger children
through high school"
Capt. Charles Breault, In charge OF
the detention home, believes that the
girls promises are sincere. and he
will send them home TO attend their
fathers funeral.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
JACKSON EXAMINED ON
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE

Edward c.. Jackson. former man.
ager of the North Woodward branch
OF the American Express Co.. was
given a partial examination in JUS
tice STEMS court, Friday afternoon,
on four warrants, one charging en-
bezzlement and three charging forg-
cry Of refund vouchers, for small
amounts. The total shortage charged.
amounts to about $4,000.
Supt. Timothy Hives testified that
Jackson had authority TO cash checks
made out TO the company, and Louis
w. Prehn, travelling auditor OF the
company testified that Jackson ad-
mitted taking $4,000 OF the company's
funds.
The case was adjourned until next
Friday.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-09
ITALIAN ADMITS
WRITING THREATS
Patrolmen DimerO and Oldani
Get Confession From Man Who
tried to Scare Priest

Working for three weeks on special
duty in the Italian quarter. with or
d@s from Supt John b. Downey to
run down the person or persons who
sent letters TO the Rev. Fr. Francis
Beccherini, pastor OF the Church or
san Francesca. threatening TO assas-
siLate him while he was celebrating
hass, II he did not leave the city
within two days OF the receipt or the
letters, Patrolmen Louis Oldani and
Emmanuel Dimero trapped three ltal-
ian chums, living at No. 2s2 Division.
St, Friday, and one OF the men con-
fessed. Saturday morning. The con.
fession is the first of the sort In the
records or the local police depart
ment
IL came when the officers showed
most complete evidence TO Francesca
Fontana, 26 years old, and asked him
what he had to say. Fontana refused
10 answer. The officers started TO
walk away.
II did t." said Fontana. IL wrote
the letters TO the priest 10 try TO scare
him out OF the city"
He added, though. that his two chums,
arrested with him. had nothing TO do
with the letters. The other two men
are Antonino Mazzura, 21 years old.
and Gusseppi Mairani, 26, rooming
with Fontana In the room the OFF,
GERS found a stilletto. revolver and
shot gun. The police will try 10
hold Mariana and Mazzara, though the
writing on the threatening letters is
in Fontana's hand. and he absolves
his chums from blame.
Dldani and Dimero are receiving
much praise from their superior offi.
GERS for their work on the case.
"As pretty piece OF work as has
ever been done I'm an Italian case
says Supt. Downey.