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Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
SPECIAL CARE OF
SPARK rs VITAL
TO CAR ECONOMY

= @Gsnsfa1iy apsaking,- asserss w. L.
Ki1ly of ths Noyss-Kiliy Motor com
pany. King distributors, = ar -
efates q least expense pr mile when
n rms = high gear With he spark
clag advaaeed, bat not always. This
eon6ition y moes extravasaat one
WheA The vehicle is running slowly,
9fst because tho spark d then too
etrly, producing ! spark knock, and,
lteondly, becaude the power impulses
~ farther apart and the action u
therefore less even, power being con-
eqmed n overcoming the inertia Of
tie dywheel, which is very CHEAT at af,
uteven torQue.
Many drivers try to stay in high
gear and keep their spark levers ad-
verced al the way as long as possible
" climbing i hill Under these con-
ditions. when change is finally to be
made, II may be necessary to 70
dQwa into low because Of the low
reed, whereas second would have
p4eiced with . little more momentum.
mot only this, however, for with
the engine iaboring there is great
affain on al. the parts, the bearings
Nc undergoing great pressure while
b}ing only poorly oiled and with the
sfhrk too far advanced the combus-
TIM of the gas is partially exerted in
9feverse direction, actually slowing
4l{Nn the engine. and partly on dead
c(nter, subjecting the whole engine
A terrible shock at every explosion.
n Naturslly, too. much fuel is being
astcd III this destructive effoft. Most
4Ifyers who do this think they are
efpnodlizing because they reason
{6eIr engines are turning over less
tines per given distance Of car travel,
~ hence less gas is being passed
tough the engine and burned. This
N not 80, many of them will be sur
ned to learn. for if change wcr.
de ~ setond speed actually less
would Be consumed"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

un his contract with the Studebaker
Corporation of America to devote his
time to other interests.
Mr.. Wilson, although young man,
has been one of the marked successes
along the Omaha automobile row. He
has been active in all cooperative
work among the dealers, and leaves
the row with the best wishes Of every
one concerned. @ =
No Friction.
In speaking Of this move, both r.
r. Wilson and c. S. Connor, man
sgsr pi the Studebaker Omahl
branch, were emphatic In their denial
that there had been trouble of any
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
NATIONAL ROAD PROBLEMS.
CONSIDERED BY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE OF UNITED STATES
Men Prominent in Transportation, Auto Building and
Road Work Urge Authorization Of Federal High
way Department; Larger Sums Are Being
Expended Every Year.

The question Of ways and means Of improving Americas
highways was thoroughly discussed at the time of the annual
meeting Of the Chamber of Commerce Of the United States
-L.ll
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

Omaha Real Estate is the best in-
yestment you could make. Read The
{se's zeal estate eolumna
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-22

In the case of William F. Walker, the
unfortunate Connecticut bank cashier, 1t
was the fear Of exposure for past thefts
that enabled GondOrf 10 induce the man to
steal hundreds Of thousands of dollars
more from his employers.
Fear of disgrsce in the eyes Of ones
family and friends is another motive which
the astute Goldorf has often turned 10 his
advantage. V is always particularly use
full in the case Of strangers in New
York
The stranger is lured to a fake pool
room in a fashionable hotel or a Broad
way office building. There he sees a group
Of "millionaires" making bets Of $4,000 or
S20,0 900 with a nonchalance that takes his
breath awav.
Suddenly the door opens and a half
dozen stern-faced men rush in. The place
is pinched!" some one cries. The sup
posed detectives arrest the poolroom oper-
ators and also the poor stranger in New
York, declaring that he bears a striking
resemblance to a man wanted for muir
der.
On the way to the station house it is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-22

women call charming" and men strong"
Keen observation, a marvellous memory
and faculty for imitation that would have
made him a great actor did the rest.
Gondorf Is a man who can rub shoulders
with millionares in fashionable clubs and
Fifth avenue drawing-rooms and never ex-
cite anything but approving glances. In
fact, Il has usually been In places like
these that he makes the acquaintance of
his victims, and there in many instances he
actually lays hand on the certified checks
or fat rolls of crisp banknotes for which
he has been plotting for weeks.
So engaging is Gohdorf's personality
and so brilliant his powers as a converse
tionalist on all sorts OF topics that the
regret of some of his victims over their
financial losses is actually tempered by
pleasant memories Of the hours they
passed with him while they were being
led toward his trap.
It's shameful the way he swindled me-"
said a Boston banker who helped swell the
confidence mans fortune by nearly $780,
900, but l certainly did enjoy knowing
him. He gave me some ideas that have
been of wonderful help to me In my par
ticular hobby. the collection Of old books"
Another thing that makes GondOrf a
man to be dreaded is the astonishing orig
inality, OF his methods. In crime, as in
other things, there is. no longer anything
really new under the sun, but Gondorf
knows how to give such an alluring twist
to old swindles that he has been able to
deceive even the most worldly wise.
One of the timehonored swindes into
which. Gondorf introduced so many varia-
lions that 1t worked even better than when
brand new Is what is known as the wire
tapping game. A good example OF the
way 1t was played over and over again is
furnished by the experience Of Major Ed
ward G. Pendleton, a wealthy Southefner.
The Major has palatial homes in SaVan-
nah, Atlantic City and Palm Beach. II
was at the latter that Jean H. E. Saint.
Cyr., the young New York man-about-
town, wooed and won the millionaire
widow of "Silent" Smith. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Saint Cyr have long been friends of
the Major.
Like so many other wealthy men, Major
Pendleton spends a great deal of time in
New York. His is a very familiar figure
in the Fifth avenue clubs and at he Wal
dorf-Astoria and other fashionable hotels.
universitytrained, widely travelled
man OF the world, Major Pendleton IS the
last man any ordinary swindler would
select as a likely victim But GoLdorf
seems to have marked him for good
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women contributed to the swollen Golfers
these swindlers more than s750,000.
The annals of crime can show no other
career so spectacular and so extraordinary
in every. way as that Of Charles Gondorf
the acknowledged King Of Confidence Men
Although engaged In the boldest dishon-
esty for more than twenty years and for
most Of that time a marked man to the
police OF a half dozen countries, he led
until recently a charmed life so far as
punishment for his innumerable crimes
was concerned. The short term he com.
pleted at. Sing Sing the other day was the
first he ever served in prison.
Such a record is all the more remarkable
in view OF the number OF his victims, their
social prominence and the large sums Of
which he robbed them.
II is more than mere luck that has en-
abled Gondorf to escape the laws clutches
time and again. II is also more than the
ability to employ the best of legal talent
that has enabled him to keep on pIling up
his ill-gotten gains while other criminals
far less to be dreaded by society were be-
ing sent to prison for long terms.
II the underworld can be said to have
its aristocrats. Gondorf is one of them. So
far as present day crime is concerned he
is perhaps the only man whose exploits
entitle him to place in the 400"
We have now and then a gentleman
burglar or a gentleman pickpocket, but he
is a man who assumes the garb and man.
ners OF fashionable society only for the
brief interval necessary to accomplish his
dishonest purpose. At other times we
ind him living in a tenement, eating at
cheap restaurants and wearing soiled linen
and shabby clothes.
But Gondorf is always the gentleman,
the thoroughbred man of the world. dressed
in exquisite taste and revealing in his
every word and action all the earmarks
of wealth, education and good breeding.
Whether putting the finishing touches to
some gigantic swindle or quietly lying in
wait for his next victim, he is never out
of harmony with what we are accustomed
to find in the very bluest blooded social
circles.
In this fact lies the reason for this
Confidence Kings success not only in dup
ing wealthy men, but in making it so diff.
ficult for the authorities to get enough
evidence to convict him.
Although born the son of poor cobbler,
Gondorf was not long in shaking of all
signs Of his humble origin. Nature had
given him q good physique, a pleasing
voice and eye, the sort of personality that
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charge of murder by a liberal cash
payment.
The terrified victim grasps eagerly at
this straw and turns over to his captors
a sum that has on some occasions run as
high as 100000.
There is no form Of swindle at which
Gondorf is not adept. But whatever the
scheme of fleeing his fellow men it is
invariably one involving big money and
one that can be carried out in setting
of luxury with diamonds sparkling, cham
payne corks popping and all the actors
wearing silk hats and fur-lined over
coats.
1t may be that this master criminals
few years in prison for completely in a
overlapping swindle have led him to de-
eide 20 TURN his really brilliant talents to
some honest use. On the other hand, il
may be that he has spent his years Of con-
finement devising new and more ingenious
means OF Turing the dollars out of other
mems pockets.
But whatever the truth of the matter, I.
won't do bit of harm to be more wary
than ever now that Gondorf is out =.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-22
Swindler of Nil
Who Has Just
Walked Out of
Sing Sing Prison

prospect from the
ment they met in
library Of one Of \
York's most exclus
clubs.
As The acquaintal
ripened the Major {
Gondorf met irequer
at the club and also
the W aldorf
Astoria, where they
both were guests:
Presently various
confederates OF Con
dorf, posing as re-
tired manufacturers.
wealthy mine own.
ers, ETC., were intro
duced. The Major
found Them even
more enjoyable COM
paniofs than Con.
dorf, particularly q
portly middie-aged
man who called him
self Atwell J. Halle.
II was Halle whose
task was to acquaint
the Major with the
details Of the plan
10 make a few hun
dred thousand dol
lars at the expense
Of the pool rooms
Once the victims In
terest was aroused
Gondorf began to re-
cede into the back.
ground. This, It
should be said, h
Gondorfs usual Gus
tom. After picking
out the victim and
winning his conf
dence he likes to
himself
and leave to other
trusted and carefully
trained members Of
his SIAN the culmin-
alton OF the swindle.
According to the
story Halle told the
Major. the former
had q friend who
had charge Of one
Of the Western
Union racing wires.
By telephoning this
friend the winning
hoeaa In anu uivaO
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gently limited to him tina.
perhaps he misht be able
to escape the disgrace Of
a night In a cell and ar
rainrrrnnnA In nnn.A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-22

race could be ascertained some
little time before the information
reached the pool rooms.
Major Pendleton was interested
right away. II looked like a fine
chance to make q good deal OF
easy money. To clinch matters,
Halle took the Major down to the
Western Union building in his
Limousine. There he summoned
from a room on an upper floor,
where hundreds of telegraph keys
were clicking shirt sleeved
man, who was introduced as the
operator in charge Of the racing
wire.
That was enough for the Major.
The next day he made his first
bet-s5,000 at odds Of 2 to / on
a horse named, curiously enough,
Never Again. OF course, Never
Again won, and Major Pendleton,
with heart full of gratitude to
his friend Halle. pocketed $4,000.
Then he was urged to plunge
more heavily and make a kill
ing" This time he put up SIS, 900,
but something went wrong, and
he lost.
Still believing implicitly all the.
swindlers were telling him, the
Major next day made another bet
of $4,000 to get even. This was
lost through an unfortunate error
Of the betting commissioner, SO
he was told
This was little too much for even
gullible Major to swallow. He hurried
Police Headquarters and told his trou
to Deputy Commissioner Dougherty.
by the time the detectives got into &C
Gondorf, Halle, and even the shirt-slee
Western Union operator had vanished
The facts in the matter came out moi
later when Major Pendleton brought
in the courts of New Jersey to recC
from Gondorf the $4,000 which he
lost in the short space of three days.
Another important factor in the suct
of this master criminal is the keennes
his knowledge of human nature.
weaknesses of his fellow men are
main reliance, and no one understa
better than he how to find out what
are. Once this knowledge is obtained
is a very simple matter for Gondorf
set a trap with bait that cannot fail
tempt.
It was Major Pendleton's itching
easy money on which Gondorf and
associates played when they unfolded Il
plan to beat the poolrooms.
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-22

Out of Sing Sing
Prison Walked
Charles Gondorf
the Other Day.
From His Lair at
the Waldorf
Astoria and Other
\ Big New York
Hotels Gondorf,
Like a Wolf in
Sleeps Clothing,
Had Preyed on the
Rich and Up
suspecting.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
CLARK SAYS WAGE
STORIES ARE UNTRUE

Claims made by laboring men that
they could secure $3.50 per day for
spring farm work from Girard Clark,
a prom nent farmer residing near Al
bion, are emphatically denied by Mr..
Clark, who states that he has never
offered that price nor has he sought
farm labor at any price this spring.
Stories to the effect that Mr.. Clark,
despite the wage scale of $3.50 per
day set by the farmers Of the county,
had offered 81 per day over the scale,
had gained considerable circulation,
and many farmers had protested to
the Albion man. Mr. Clark claims
that an injustice has been done him
and that the stories were started by
Taborers who attempted 10 influence
their employers to pay bigger wages
on the strength of The untrue report.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
.FIFTY-FIFTY BREAD
PRESCRIBED FOR ALL
More Wheat Must BE Conserved Ia
Meet Promises Made to Our
Allies

Because of the absolute necessity
of further conserving wheat and
wheat products in order to feed our
war associates the state of Wash
basis at once. No other substitutes
than those officially authorized can
hereafter be used, and potatoes will
be elm mated from the substitute
list, according to Federal Food Ad-
ministrator Charles Hebberd, who
wired from Washington, d. c. The
food administrator telegraphed:
The necessity of increased con
seryation of wheat for shipment tc
the allies during the next few months
is so urgent that Washington must
go to the 'fifty-fifty basis at once
Notwithstanding the unfavorable
situation as to substitutes.
only the original authorized sub
stitutes, not including potatoes. may
be sold with equal parts of flour.
The authorized substitutes are HON
my, corn grits, corn meal, corn flour,
edible corn starch, barley flour,
rolled oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour,
buckwheat flour, potato flour, sweet
potato flour, soya bean flour and
feterita flour and meals.
Sufficient wheat for our allies
requirements can be made available
only through radical reduction of our
own consumption far beyond any
thing so far accomplished. This APP
plies to substitute breadstuffs as well
as to wheat Our present abundant
meat and potato supplies must be
used to accomplish this conservation
of wheat and other bread stuffs.
Considering our relatively favorable
food situation as compared with the
allied peoples, this is not a serious
sacrifice for our citizens to make.
l. is, however, a most urgent war
duty This necessity further empha-
sizes the need of utmost production
of bread grains and all other food
products during the year 1918"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
PULLMAN AND SUNSET
PLAY FOR HONORS

Sunset high school has disputed
the championship claims Of the Pull
man high school basket quintet and
a game to settle the controversy will
be played between these teams at
the college gymnasium tonight (Fri-
day.. The game will start promptly
at 500 D. m, and the admission will
be 25 cents. Last week Pullman de-
fcated EndicOtt, thus eliminating all
county teams from the championship
race except Sunset, which had met
neither of the leading teams. Sun
set asked an opportunity to battle
with Pullman for the county honors
and the game was arranged on a
neutral floor.
Both teams are primed for the cru
cial contest and battle royal may be
expected.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
BROWNSON SELLS
LUMBER BUSINESS
Has Accepted Position as Sales
Manager for Big Company Mt
Wichita, Kan.

The Standard Lumber Co has pur-
chased the lumber and fuel business
of F. o. Brownson, taking over his
lum Der yard. coal bunkers, stock on
hand and accounts. The Standard
people propose to use the Brownson
yard on Grand street and will move
their stock and office there April !.
Their present yard and buildings at
the corner of Paradise and Pine
streets will be offered for sale and
at least two parties are now consid-
ering acquiring the property for q
garage.
Mr.. Brownson sold hfs business in
order to accept position as sales
manager for the Rock Island Lum-
Der & Coal company, with headquart-
ers at Wichita, Kan. He expects to
leave Pullman toward the end of
April, but his family will remain till
school closes. His energy and public
spirit have made him a very useful
citizen and the departure Of the fam
lily will be deeply regretted by the
whole community.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
RAY O'DAY A CAPTAIN

Ray ODay, son of T. J. O'Day and
a graduate of the State College, has
been elevated to the rank of captain
in the regular army. Captain O'Day
was given a lieutenant's commission
following his examination for army
service and the promotion was the re-
ward of merit following a few
months of intensive training. Cap
tain O'Day is stationed at Newport
News, Va, where his regiment is do
ing guard duty, but expects to see
duty overseas before long.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
BIG PRICES FOR LIVE STOCK

Record prices for live stock were
paid by the bidders at the Nat Bryant
farm sale last week, conducted by
Auctioneer Harry c. Cranke. Pure
bred colts brought as high as $725
each while grade horses brought up
to $425 per span. Young gifts sold
as high as $50, sows $50, milk cows
$50, and number of ewes averaged
$50 per head. The sale totaled So
564, or several thousand dollars
more than had been expected. A
horse sold as a Red Cross benefit
brought $261. and a rooster offered
for the same purpose netted the Red
Cross $50.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
BA|LOR LEAVES FOR
FORT OGLETHORP
Education Instructor Gets Appoint
ment for Training School for
Psychological Examiners

Edwin NJ. Bailor, instructor in the
school of education and a graduate
of the college, received notice late
last week to report at Fort Oglethorp,
Georgia, at once to begin a two
months training course preparatory
to entering the regular work of psy-
Geological examiner. Mr.. Bailor left
Monday morning for Fort Oglethorp.
He will be placed Immediately on
his arrival at the fort in the school Of
the soldier and the military psycholo-
gist for two months of intensive
training. At the end of this period
Re will be placed permanently in the
sanitary corps as a psychological ex-
aminer
The work in which Mr.. Bailor is to
engage is just being developed, but
is giving great promise of value to
the army in selecting men mentally
ard neryously fit for military serv-
ice Bv means of the tests which are
applied the man who has some ner-
vous disability that might make him
unsuitable for military life is detect
ed and thus kept out of the army
Army officers say that the military
psychologist can find out in two
hours what it takes them two months
TO determine by observation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22

FOR 1t without much expense, and
still hold myself in readiness for a
tenant and can conduct the business
at a small expense and perhaps make
some profit, which, if do, every cent
will go to the Red Cross and Liberty
Bonds to help the cause of humanity.
Now there is no state law or
city law against the business
which | wish to conduct. want to
assure you friends that the business
will be conducted along business
principles which will injure no one
financially or morally. There will
be positively no gambling permitted.
| will turn anyone over to the au-
thorities that attempts to gamble in
any form in my place of business. |
want to assure you that if | do not
conduct the place in the manner de-
scribed and should | give you cause
to complain | will cheerfully surrend-
er and bear any penalty you may i'm
pose.
Most sincerely yours,
MURRAY ID. HENRY.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
LANNINGS TO PORT TOWNSEND

Mr.. and Mrs. r. tanning, who left
Pullman about three months ago to
Welt friends and relatives at Yakima
and coast points, returned to Pull
man this week to close up their af-
fairs here preparatory to removing
to Pert Townsend, where they have
Purchased property Mr.. and Mrs.
tanning are among the oldest resi-
dents of Pullman and every man,
woman and child of the community
,,ill regret their removal from the
city. Uncle Dick" says he has part
Of his garden already planted at
Port Townsend and must hurry back
to nurse its growth. Pullman is los
ing one of its very best families, but
our loss is Port Townsend's gain.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

A big membership drive is being
conducted by the chamber of com
merce, the customary $3.50 initia-
tion fee having been waived in order
to secure a large number of names.
The members of the, chamber have
been divided into two teams, one
captained by Robert Neill and the
other by A. r. McClaskey The los
ing side will provide banquet for
the winners at the close of the CON
test, the plates for the new members
to be provided by the chamber itself.
Up to yesterday nearly so new names
had been secured by the mem bers of
the two teams.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-22
CITY MAY RAISE
PAY OF LABORERS

\ raise in the pay of city day la
borers in proportion to the increase
in the cost OF living since the last
raise will probably be made by the
city council at its next meeting. At
the session Tuesday evening tenta-
tive plan was considered which in
cludes the raising of the pay of day
laborers from So per day to $3.75
and the pay of man and team from
1925 per month to $1G0.