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Williams news., 1915-04-08
PRINCE PACED FOR A COP
And Troubetxkey Responds, and the
 End is That Fine of Two Dol lars 10 Imposed.

It sounded like 8 subway guard calling Fourteenth street or Bowling Green-you can't tell the difference as bellhop stalked majestically through the Hotel Plaza paging Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, says the New York Press. The name Troubetz. koy bothered the diminutive page. but he managed to articulate the'"prince" all right.
 It so happened that Prince Trou- betzkoy, who is . sculptor with a studio in A West Fifty-ninth street, was the only prince in the Plaza at the time, and, giving himself the bene' fit of the doubt, he responded to the call.
 There's gentleman outside wants to see you," the boy told him. Ac companied by the princess, he went downstairs where at the door he saw Patrolman Cunningham of the Eas Fifty-ninth street station.
 Cunningham asked the prince if h< was Prince Troubetzkoy, and thu prince admitted that he was. He wal | promptly served with a summons t appear in court for violating an ordi nance by leaving his automobile un attended in front of the hotel.
 The prince expressed regret. Tn aldermen hadn't notified him they ha passed such an ordinance. He wa too busy to appear when his cas came up in the Yorkville police cour the other day, and sent Guy s. Swift CT, superintendent of an automobil company, to represent him. A pie of guilty was entered, and Switze paid a two-dollar fine.
Williams news., 1915-04-08

The division of winnings from the dupes was, however, naturally not equal; some of the promoters of the more elaborate schemes during the five years are stated by the federal authorities to have cleared millions, while others got hundreds of thou In other cases the post office inspec- tors got on the trail of the swindlers before they had chance to fleece any large number of victims.
 The scope of the fraudulent mail business in this country may be gauged to some extent from the simple state ment that 34,000 complaints concern ing schemes to defraud were made to the post office department during the last fiscal year, in addition to the rou- tine inspections of the post offices.
 Approximately 100 different kinds ot swindles are included in the schemes whereby the mail operators have gath cred in the coin of the innocent since 1910. Schemes for stock selling and for treating disease by mail are the two swindles which have netted more money than any other kinds. In the report of the solicitor for the post of flee department it is stated that 1T 1914 of the frauds suppressed through the issuance of fraud orders-whicl bar the mails to the schemes specified | therein = the most profitable were those operated for the treatment O disease. In 1913, on the other hand it was stated that "the stock sellin, proposition seems to appeal to thu public more than any other one frau, scheme unearthed."
 Of the medical frauds the report fo 1914 says:
 These schemes were insidious. vi cious and highly detrimental to tn public welfare, while the methods pun sued were the most unconscionabl
 with which the department had t deal. In view of certain decisions 0 the courts they were also the mos
 difficult with which successfully
 cope.
 At the hearings in many of thes
 cases the testimony of the proprietor
 of these enterprises, under crosse,
Williams news., 1915-04-08

she finished her story in the witness chair.
 One of the few mail swindles which touched the wealthy classes exclu sively was the so-called de luxe boob swindle, by which volumes worth $1f or $20 were sold to rich and ignorant book collectors for prices running uI to many hundreds.
 Among other swindles carried on through the mails are inducing bet ting on fake" horse races and ath letic contests, selling worthless goods through misrepresentations, obtaining commissions on fraudulent orders selling divining rods for locating min erals, using forged bills of lading in cotton deals, brokerage frauds, obtain ing money by impersonating other per sons, obtaining goods under false pre- lenses, selling state rights and estab fishing fictitious agencies, selling un fair gambling devices, using "no-fund' checks, matrimonial schemes, selling cancelled postage stamps and Mexican money, obtaining expense money on promise to sell stocks, collecting feea for imaginary positions. selling rights to a patent many times in the same state, securing advance payments on goods not delivered. obtaining pay ment from relatives of deceased per sons for goods supposed to have been | ordered before death. obtaining money | from alleged heirs to estates, obtain ing money to assist in securing fctf l tious inheritances, sales of sham reel
 pes, trading in green goods. obtaining subscriptions for nonexistent charf
 table institutions, running sham em
 ployment bureaus, selling interests in nonexistent moving picture theaters | selling diplomas for which no study
 is required. failing to distribute adver
 Using matter as called for by contract and blackmail.
 In 1914 more fraud orders were fs
 sued than has been the case for some
 time. In 1910 the post office authori
 ties began to issue fewer fraud or
 ders than had been customary in the
 belief that it would be better to prose
 cute criminally those operating fraud
 ulent schemes. Whereas in 1909 there
 were 225 fraud orders, in 1910 there
 were but 131, and in 1911 only 77
 There was still further decrease 1T 1912, the number being 19, while 1T
 1913 there were only three fraud or
 ders issued. The number in 1914 wal : 45.
 It has been found that crimina prosecution is not always successfu , in stopping the operations-indeed the departmental reports state that il , some cases the swindlers have con P tinued the operation of their business } during arrest, trial. conviction and i'm , prisonment-whereas fraud orders ba l the mails to the operators of thu ) scheme. Thus the department is nov , using both fraud orders and crimina : prosecutions.
Williams news., 1915-04-08
I'll give you the dol-

and knapsack. I'll give you the dol lar to do it"
 It took some persuasion to induce Ned to follow out the suggestion of the old man. The bright silver dollar was a powerful argument, however. Two nights later MT. Thwaite had his coveted accouterments and Ned had the dollar in his pocket.
 The old man spent one entire night polishing up the rusted old musket. He begged powder and caps from neighbor. The old knapsack was near ly falling to pieces. He tied it up stoutly. q 'Tn fix that when I get to Nora's," he decided. "I'm going to stop there to bid her good-by."
 The following day he stole away | from the house and the village and headed for the settlement where the Miltons lived. It was long, hard tramp for the old man. Sturdily, how ever, he pursued his way, the knap- sack strapped across his bent shoulder, | the heavy musket carried proudly. He | had no money, but kind-hearted house | wives gave him what he wanted to | eat. Twice he slept in a haystack. He was looked upon with pity as homeless wanderer. He was pretty glad when one morning from inquiries | he found that 1t was only three miles to the little farm where the Miltons lived.
 Half the distance accomplished, he hot has a1innhnd a
 fence and lay down in a straw heap
 to rest. He was soon asleep.
 One hour later young man driving horse attached to an old farm wag
 on went slowly past the spot. :. | Suddenly-bang!
 He had some difficulty in quietinf
 down the startled horse. Then ht
 looked towards the spot where a put
 of smoke had shown. An old mar
 was picking himself up from th'
 ground. It was MT. Thwaite. He hat
 gone to sleep. His dream had beer full of war and warriors. Awaken ing confused, he had taken 8 scare
 crow near by for "the enemy" hal fired, the gun had kicked and over h. , went
 It did not take MT. Milton long t discover the identity of the old mar ! He welcomed him to their humbl home. It's comfort soon put all wal like ideas out of the head of the de lighted old veteran.
 Nora wrote to her sister about hi arrival. Esther wrote back: "Kee him and welcome riddance t bad rubbish!"
 The old army musket was place across the antlers of a deer in tn II dining room. The old knapsack M Il Thwaite unpacked one day. prepar II tory to burning the rubbish. 4 Nora had not worried her gran | father by telling him of a mortgage the little home She was thinking ! this sadly when the old man can rushing excitedly into her presence.
 i've found them!" he shouted hilal
 ously
 "Found what?" inquired the startl' ] Nora. "The lost securities-in my kna
 sack. They must have been there { these years and never remember 1t. This time you shall have thel dear little girl! Just give me hon
 for the few years of life left to [
 and take the securities for your pay We need no pay for dutifully ct
 ing for you and loving you. de x grandpa" replied Nora, but the c
 man was set in his notions and t
 heavy burden of debt was SO t. thereafter lifted from the hap
 household.
Williams news., 1915-04-08
The Artist.

The whole function of the artist in the world is to be seeing and feel ing creature; to be an instrument of such tenderness and sensitiveness that no shadow, no hue, no line, no instantaneous and evanescent express sion of the visible things around him, nor any of the emotions which they are capable of conveying to the spirit which has been given him, shall either be left unrecorded or fade from the book of record.-Ruskin.
Williams news., 1915-04-08
Horse Care.

Don't whip the horse if he is afraid. Talk gently to him. Don't forget his salt Don't put a rough, dirty bit in his mouth, nor frosty one. Don't hitch him in the cold, unprotected by blankets, and hitch him so the wind will not be in his face. Notice how horses in a lot always turn tail to a cold wind Give him enough to eat of a good, wholesome food, and all the good water he wants.
Williams news., 1915-04-08

IO O ip Y1H,OooBoOo more than those arrested in 1913 and $16,000,000 more than those arrested in 1912, which seems to indicate that the American public is becoming less rather than more sophisticated.
 Analysis of the annual reports of the post office department for the fiscal year 1914, recently printed for public distribution, with analysis of the four preceding annual reports, gives the figures mentioned. In considering the tribute which Americans are yielding each year to the mail swindlers it should be noted, however, that the to- tai of $351, ,000, ,000, great as it is, is but part of the stupendous total tfib- ute which goes into dishonest pockets via the mail route each twelve months For the $351, ,0O0.000 is the estimate of | the federal authorities of the haul only | of those persons arrested.
 By no means all the mail swindlers of the United States are arrested; fraud orders do the work of stopping their operations in some instances; in others it is impossible for the post office inspectors to obtain the evi- dence which would justify criminal court action; in still others the activi- ties of the swindlers never come to the attention of the authorities at all Thus it is obvious that the loot of those arrested is but part-no man can say how small or great part-of the total sum of money f1lched each year by mail sharpers from the Amer ican pocketbook.
 The following Is the record of the money estimated to have been ob tained by mail swindlers actually ar. rested in the years mentioned:
Williams news., 1915-04-08
.s351.0OO,OOO

The number of persons arrested dur ing the years tabulated was 2,S61. If the money obtained had been divided equally between them each would have had a dishonest gain of $122.6S4. proof of the lucrative nature of swindles which are carried on by use of the mails. There were more arrests in 1914 than in any of the other years under consideration, the record of ar rests and convictions being as follows:
Williams news., 1915-04-08
Polishing Up the Rusted old Mu.ket.


 could not lind his precious securities. He had not even . list of what they were. They decided that he must have taken them to the city with him and lost them. He could not remem- ber.
 Then they began to neglect him. They put him in small dark bed room over the kitchen, made him take his meals there, and, lonely and cold though he might be, never invited him into the better part of the house. For about month the old man had become greatly interested in the war. Every afternoon after school Ned Rogers brought the morning newspa- per from home, and he and the old man would go up to the wretched room and he would read to him for an hour, all war news.
 See here, Ned," spoke Mr. Thwaite just now, T feel it my duty to go back to my old home and offer my services to the army"
 Why, MT. Thwaite." exclaimed Ned you're too old! Besides, that stii arm of yours. And how would you ever get there?"
 ''Fd try it, anyhow" replied MT Thwaite, dreamy expression in his eyes. "I'm pretty miserable here Ned. The folks don't care for me Now there was my other daughter Nora. She's Mrs. Milton and lives fifty miles from here. She invited me to live with them, but I knev they were too poor. Besides, Esthe here got lots of money from me whel had it. All I have now is a nttl, mortgage. When I collect the inter est, twenty dollars every six months they take most of it away from me I've got dollar of the last paymen left. Say" exclaimed the speake with sudden animation, I've though of great scheme"
 What is that, grandfather? | quired Ned curiously.
 Well, up in the old attic-it back on the kitchen roof is my old gu and knapsack. I asked them ono to let me have them, but they onl laughed at me and wouldn't even lt me go up to the attic to get them m self. Say, you could"
 "Oh, I would not darei" declare Ned.
 Why not?" It isn't stealth They're mine. You can get up C the kitchen roof when they aren watching. There's no sash to th attic window. You cant miss the gr
Williams news., 1915-04-08
DAY FOR CHOOSING BRIDES
Whitmonday Is Great Occasion for the Young People of Russia's
 Capital City.

Whitmonday is still a great day in Petrograd when the celebrated festival of the choosing of brides takes place. The daughters of the traders. assemble on that day in all their flnery, marshaled ak,ng the flow CT beds, their mothers carefully sta ttoued behind them. The young maid
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Very uncomfortable.'

al matchmaker the young people are betrothed. The wages of this go-be- percentage of a broker. Months may be spent on his preliminaries-th prospects or dowry. The girl has no voice in the matter. It is time enough for the couple to assume the unim- portant part of becoming acquainted when their fate has been irrevocably fixed.
Williams news., 1915-04-08
MOh AHoTO ,G6/H HAfRky &EWzHG

ment, showed that they had little edu- cation of any kind, and they made ab- solute1y no claim to any knowledge of medicine. Invariably they were merely shrewd, interruptions advertisers.
 Generally speaking they employed some man who had graduated as doc tor, but was without much experience or practice. The business was con ducted in his name, and he was fea- tured in the literature as man of singular ability and great scientific at- tainment in the medical profession, who had spent years in the study of the particular ailments which he ad- vertised to treat and who had made wonderful discoveries of remedies which would cure the diseases repre- sented by number of symptoms list ed in the advertisements.
 'It was represented that such doctor and his alleged corps of assistants would give personal attention to each case. and that they would prescribe such remedies as they should find by their superior facilities and expefi- ence were needed in the treatment of any of the diseases they advertised to cure Even in those instances where a doctor or doctors were connected with the business this was solely for the purpose of lending color to their fraudulent representatives, and the diagnosing and prescribing were nearly always made by mere clerks" Of the stock selling swindlers those who have netted the largest amounts are those who have dealt with min. ing and oil properties, although big I sums have also been coaxed out of ] pockets of the guileless by the golden | promises of fortunes to be made from
 buying stock in land companies and even in industrial companies.
 One of the worst features of the stock selling schemes is that it is
 largely those who can least afford t6
 lose who buy the worthless securities
 In the gray old federal building o
 New York there have, within the las
 three years, been told stories on thu
 witness stand by dupes which migh
 well leave a perpetual blush of shame
 on the face of any man guilty of sucf
 contemptible swindles.
 In one trial, for instance, palt
 little music teacher told how, afte
 saving for eight years, she had man
 aged to accumulate $400. She ha,
 then read one of the prospectuses o
 the swindlers who were sitting at tn
 counsel table few feet from her whel ) she was giving her evidence. Thi
 prospectus had told her that her $40
 would make her rich for life if sh : would only forward 1t at once fo
 stock in the astounding gold min which the swindlers owned. She wrot , to the company, stating her position : and how much offself-sacrifice the $40 , meant to her, and received back '' , lovely letter" from the president, tel ing her how interested he was in he case and how certain he was that sh , would soon be able to give up teacf
 ing music if she would only forwar } the $400 right away. And the littl 5 teacher sent the money, and the min II was worthless, and she half tainted a
Williams news., 1915-04-08
The Dairy Business.

It is said that those who don't like dairying should go out of 1t. or not engage in it. Experience has taught us that men seldom make money from any commodity that they do not like to handle. This is as true of hogs as of cows. There is money in both if you are organized to handle them and give the matter plenty of intelligent care.
Williams news., 1915-04-08
Ills Position.

What is your position on this ques tion?" asked the constituent.
 The congressman thought minute and then replied: Very uncomfortable"
Williams news., 1915-04-08

There are more islands in Lake Hu' ron tban in any otber known lake-
Williams news., 1915-04-08

Eggs to Discard. Eggs weighing less than two ounces each should not be incubated.
Williams news., 1915-04-08
NAH, SWINDLERS GET $351, ,000, ,00Q~

HOSE mail swindlers who have been arrested by the federal authorities dur ing the last five years have ta k e n from the American public $351,- 000,000. Those arrested during the fiscal year of 1914 took $68,000,000 of this total, $14,O0O,000
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

Drekisyers and Masons' Internatienal-
n. T. Leonard, pres., Colo. SPRING.;
w. H. AcCord, sse'y-treas., p. O. Box
l7o. Denver.
cslsEads Alti-Isjunctiea League-C1Sis
Dues. sec., 2s34 w. 2lth ave. Meets
lst Sunday, 9 p. m, l7se Champa
cslsrale State Fedsratien Of Labor
john AcLsnnan, pres; w. T. Hickey,
see..treas. Box 1406. Rooms 306-e
German n-AmsrieAn Trust Co. Bldg,
Denver. Phone Main 4037.
cslsssls STATE Plumber Asseciatisn-
}. Z. Aurrin, pres, 1900 g. Logan ave-,
Denver; N. Writenour, sec.-treas., 1851
Washington st., Denver. Phone York
42l3.
Feassatien Of Railway 8mpleyes n. .
R @. Systeml-Harvey A Hanks, see.,
27s0 w. Trvington Pl Meetings called
Iaternatisnal AsseeiatieA Of Nachinists.
District Lodgs No. 20 ID. L R. q. Sys-
temI-Thomas Walsh, SEC, 200 Club
Bldg, Drnver.
IsteSnatienal BretheThecd Of Electrical
WOSkersHCentennial District Council
Of Third District J. A. PsArce, pres,
24l 8. Cilpin, Denver A. A. HaInett,
ssc-. Victor. C0lo.
State Journeymen Barbers' Asssciation-
r. o. Spacy. pres-, Denver; Ed An.
derson. sec, Board Trade Bldg, Pu-
ebio; f. T. Bastien. org, Denver
United Mine Workers of Ameries,
District No. i5-Edward Doyle, see.
sol GcrmAn-American Trust Co. Bldg.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
LOCAL CENTRAL BODIES.

Allied Printing Trades couneil-w. C
Thornton, pres; Thomas +. Rodgers
scc.-treas. Box 1917 Phone ChAmpa
s24. Meets 3rd Wednesday, Trades
Union hall, ZOE Quincy bldg.
Amusement Council Of Denver and viein.
ity-Edv. p. Addington, sec. p. o. Boz
302 Meets lst Wednesday. II o m
T.. N. A hall. l<22 Curtis st.
carpenters' District Council = Themsa
Roddy, &C. Meet lst and ID Wednes-
day, Carpenters' hall, l947 Stout
DsavG Buiiaing Trades csuneil-
Walter L Fowler, Sec. 4s4l Utica o. I;
Peter Johns. bus. agt-. Club Bldg
Ms<ts Csrpsnters' hall. 1857 Stout o.,
Friday nighta.
Deesd ef Dusinsss Axssts Of IL DuilainG
Tsnaes CuuneiI-Neets every day az
espt Saturday At II q n at Building
Trades Cub. Cub Bldg.
Denves Trades and Labor Assenbly-
Clint c. Houston pres-. T. O. Box l07 !;
pho.c Main 1895 w. r. Welsh, scc..
phone Main Sol; r. o. BOX 1879.
Meets 2nd and 4th Sundays, l7Se
Champa st.
Lsoal Jeint Kxseutive Beard Dartsnlssa
Cpoks and Waitsrs-K J. Lott, ~
B. r. G.. Club BLDG. Meets every m.
day st ! ?. n. B. T. C.. Club Bldg.
PsintssS District csunel-& q Fssssse
80, l7ss CAanpa st. Mssts svssy
Meeday. . p. -, Painters' hall, l7st
Canpa st
Uaisa Labs, Lsagss Ne. ! Of Deavsr-
Edv. C etouGhton, pres.; 4. r Hoags
sec..trsas. p. o. Box 760. Meet lei
and 3rd Fridays. 8 p. m. Hall No. J.
B. 7. C, Club bldg.
Weaanss TraAs uaiea LsagUs-nra
Thss. Auter, &C.. li95 w. Colfax- Aesta
ist asd "a Sunday afternoons. B. 7
C.. Cub blde.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
LOCAL UNIONS.

AnAisanatsi SAsst Metal werksrs
No. IN. w. Burg, see-, 2ll 0rant
ave. Meets Monday evening", room ,,
B. r. G., l13l ArapaAoe.
Analeanatsa 0Asst Metal WeEksss Ne.
oe-Rsilsoad Nen-AlbeTt Nsiss, -,
3lss 6hoshcae st. Neets 2nd and lth
Monday night. Trades Union hall, IN
Quisey blde.
Bakery and Confectionery Workers Ne.
26-Roy Louderback. SEC. and bus.
agt., llls LAriIncr. Meets End and
sth Saturdays, l4ls LArincr It.
oaksry anA coafsetiensry Werk9s h.
500 lJeWisA D-Jacob KAtx, secretary,
2oOs w. Cblfax. Mests end and eth
Fridays, l p. No., e6ls w. Colfax.
Barbsrs Ne: 2os-yehn = csaasliy, eee.
200 Club bldg. Meets last Wednseday
ArapaAos.
Dartsnaefs Ne. a-rrea wss.el. tua ast,
room B. r. G., Club bldg. Mcets every
Sunday evening at o'clock at B. T.
G., Cub bldg
Beer Bsttisrs Ne. ss-Wm- KeeA, sse-
office lSa Charles BLDG. TelepAons
27s7. Msets End and eth Tussdays,
lllB LArimsr.
Beer Drivsre, stdblsnes and fissAsn Ne.
66-Wm. Koch, 49,, Office sS1 Charles
bldg Telephone ChampA SSe9s rssi.
dsnce phone. Gallup 47s7, Nests lst
and 3rd Saturdays, b. T. q, 1871
Arspahse.
Bill Posters and Dillsrs No. so-W. 4.
Coleman, sec., 242l California st.
Mests let and Srd Sundays, 10 .. N,
n - n f3ssh hldw
nindsry women No. se-WiIle Duncan,
acc, 1888 Osags st. Mests lat Mon
day, Trades Union hall, ao2 Quincy
bldg.
Boiler Naksys No. i7p-Janss ~ Wat
son, see., lao w. Bysrs pl: Meets ead
and 9Th wednesdays. AePhes bldg.
rsokbinAsrs-R. z. Harrison, ~ 3.
Logan. Mssts nd Tuesday. Trades
Unions hall. 9o9 Quincy bldg.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARrERs

Western Feaerstisa Of lGisers-Emsst
Mills, sec'y-treas, 5ll Denham Bldg,
Deaver.
bretherhood Of Railway Postal Clesks-
; Urban A Walter, sec'y-treas-, p. o.
Box 1902, Denver, Colo.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
LABOR URGES STATE INSURANCE..

The Detroit Federation of Labor has
gone ON record as being opposed to the
operation of private insurance business
in connection with the state employers
liability and workmcn's compensation
law. The unionists urge that employ
crs be compelled to insure with the state
and the members and officers of the
Federation are called upon TO refrain
from having any connection with casu-
atty companies.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06

The presidential candidates ar al.
ready looking for friends who will per-
suadc them TO get in the running.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06

Try Principe dc Lees cigar for an
after dinner smoke. Union made.-Adv.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
DIRECTORY OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS


sm N
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06

Beats them all. La Bell> & cigar
union made in Denvcr.-Adv
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06

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