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conditions that made him were still
there, the dives were running, the
opium dens were still cooking pills.
TIE street women were busy and the
gangsters We're living high. But for
was under cover And then came
Mayor Gaynor's famous Order No.
T." under which no policeman was al
lowed to club a citizen. That gave the
gangs a new lease on life. The cop
had to arrest them then; he was not
allowed 10 reason with them by means
of the business end OF a nightstick.
Consequently they regained their for
mer boldness and again became a
power
As. has been said. the fall Of the
gangs began when the reform wave
started. 1t continued when later po-
lice commissioners rescinded Order No.
T and renewed the clubbing OF the
gangsters by the police. Although the
Cungsters were powerful along about
1912, the murder of Herman Rosen-
thai, for which Lieut.. Charles Becker
or the Police Department and four
gunner were electrocuted. was the
thing that broke their backs That
was the beginning OF the end for the
gnngstcrs so far as open lawlessness
was concerned. and when Arthur
Woods went in as Police Commissioner
he conducted such a vigorous cam
paign against the gangs that in one
year-l9l4-he sent lIS OF them TO
prison. including such powers In gang
land as Owney Madden, Tanner Smith,
Dopey Benny and others OF like cali
bre.
| There have been very few outbreaks
OF gangsters and gang fighting with
In the last three or four years. The
| last big job done by gangsters was
the murder of Barnet Bafr, the Wash
ington Market poultry dealer, and that
has been generally believed TO have
been the result of trade rivalry. II
| has been said that the murder OF Bar
Melted the gangsters $4,000, divided
among ten men In amounts ranging
from 500 to $1,000. CuriQusly enough
the man who fired the shot that killed
Baff got the smallest amount Of money
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among themselves, certain territory
and the graft within that territory be-
longing exclusively to the Monk East
mans, for instance, while another dis
trict would be at the mercy OF the
Gophers. That does not mean, how
ever. that the gansters always stuck
TO their own territory. On the con-
tfary they always went where the
graft was good. and II the police
through some reason or other became
unduly active In one district some
other section was favored with the
presence of that districts gang. Usu-
ally this would lead to a gang war
with its many killings and general
lack of safety to decent people.
There have been as many different
reasons set forth as to the cause OF
the gangster, his evolution and devel-
opment, as there have been theorists
Most OF the men who have given
! thought to the subject, however, be-
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gangs, Yoske Nigger's, Johnny L.
vinsky's and Charley Nitoffsky's. also
known as the gang of Charlie the
Cripple. These three gangs worked in
perfect harmony because they divided
the field. Yoske Niger catered as
horse poisoner to the markets. the
truckmen and the stables; Levinsky
and his gang poisoned horses for the
ice cream manufacturing trade. while
Charlie the Cripple handled all the
business that developed out of the ri
valry OF the settler dealers.
"Dopey Benny's" Gang.
But the horse poisoning business
was developed to its highest point OF
profit by Benjamin Fem, a gangster
who was known as ''Dopey Benny"
"Dopey" was an astute person. He
had the reputation of being a drug
user, but 1t was reputation only and
not fact, because he never really used
drugs at all, His gang poisoned
horses, hired out to labor unions and
to manufacturers whose employees
were ON strike, and in general did a
general gang business at any old
StanQ. Out OF MS ACTIVITIES DOpey
Benny" made some $4,000 a year. all
of which he banked. so that to-day
he is a fairly wealthy man, with many
I dead horses to his credit and many a
| broken head of a picket or strike
| breaker, because his sympathies in la
Dor wars were with the side that hired
I him and his thugs.
The prices charged by the horse
| poisoners varied, but the following
list. given to the police by the bust
! ness agent OF a labor union who had
| had considerable work done by the
gangs, may be taken as the average
price schedule:
Shooting (fataD-$5oo.
| Shooting mot fataD-sl00.
Poisoning one horse-s35,
| Poisoning a team--s5O.
Stealing horse and rig-s25,
| The shooting items, as explained to
the police, refer to humans and not to
horses. and represent unusually high
prices for that sort of crime. Most OF
the gangs killed considerably for less
than that, but then the gangs with
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tTo be ontinned in nert Sundays Sun
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ITHE majority OF the workmen
in London, and for that |
matter In most of England, |


in London, and for that
matter in most of England
believe in the policy of one job serv-
ing two men when it ought to serve
only one" said William Higginbotham.
who is in the United States collecting
data in connection with the establish
ment in England OF an association for
the advancement of education in in
dustry and commerce.
ut is hard" continued Mr.. Higgln-
botham, ITO get the British workman
to drop his Ca canny' policy, for he
believes that by 1t his interests are
best served, prompted by the idea
that capital Is his enemy. This false
doctrine has resulted in the astound-
ing fact that wages are lower in Eng
land than in any other English speak
ing country.
THE big strides made by Germany
before the war in many lines In which
England formerly held the lead are
blamed more to this attitude of the
workmen than to any unusual skill or
diligence Of the Teutonic workmen
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find, too, that with no exception I
can recall they are habitual users of
cigarettes. Without some drug
soothing or exciting, they cannot live.
Every gangster whose life I have been
able to follow back to early boyhood
has been shown to have been an I'M
dutiful son, selfish. disobedient and
tyrannous."
There was a period between the late
'90s and the early part Of the present
century when the gangs were more or
less quiescent. The wave of reform
that finally made the Bowery a safe
place to walk after dark had started to
sweep over the city, and many of the
dives such as Chick errickers at 1873
Park Row. Niger Mikes place in Pell
street and Jimmy Kelly's F'leabug had
been closed by the Committee OF
Fourteen. And then, too, police off,
Gals like Big Bill" Devery and Alocll
Williams, firm in the belief that there
was more law and order in the end
Of nightstick than in all the statutes
ever put on the books-that was n
favorite saying OF Devery's-sent out
their strong arm squads and literally
SluDDcu the lSHT Vi NIOu INTO lHe nehTlb
of the gang fighters. For a long time
a gangster was numerically beaten If
he so much as dared to show his head,
and for once In their lives the gangs
became possessed of considerable re-
spect for the police.
A Period of Quietude.
The method that Devery and Will
Jams adopted TO break up the gangs
may not have been legal, but unde-
niably it was effective. Policemen
with stout clubs were sent out. not to
arrest the gangsters but to beat them
up. The higher police officials over
looked a little thing like nightstlck
with one end encased in leather and
filled with lead. A club of this sort
would not cut but il would raise a
lump on the back of the head, and
its power was tremendous. A few
weeks or months on Blackwell's ISL
and did not worry the gangster a
bit. but a blow from loaded night
stick took all the JOY out OF life.
So under this treatment the gang
ster became rather quiet. But the
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
Wasn't It a Pity?

Little Anne was very fond of ripe olives, and her mother had to watch her to see that she did not indulge too freely. One day there was company, and Anne managed to have the olive dish stopped near her plate.
 After the dinner her mother pointed to the pile of pits on Anne's plate and asked:
 ''How could you make such a pig be ashamed to see so many pits, and ashamed to have others see them.'
 Anne hung her head and replied:
 q was. That's the reason I threw all the rest of them on the floor.''
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
Averse to Borrowing Trouble.

Jimmy has been rather unfortunate lately in the way of minor accidents dous about his taking chances. One day he came in and wanted to ride his trlcycie down to his auntie's house. His mother hesitated before consent Ing 10 his request, and Jimmy cut In with the comforting assurance, May be there won't be thing happen. mother. so don't make worry for yourself till it does
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
SIMPLY LEFT IT TO TOM
Mother Shrewdly Reasoned That She Needn't Worry About Time to
 Give Medicine.

There is d Philadelphia mother who IS forgetful and knows it, but who is clever enough to discount this failing, as a rule. Not long ago her small son was rather indisposed, and the doctor ordered medicine to be given at three-honr intervals.
 "Did you give Tom his medicine regularity" the husband and father asked unhopefully upon his return home in the evening.
 ''Didn't miss a time" the mother re- sponded with satisfaction.
 How in the world did you ever think of it?" the man asked.
 'I didn't; but it was easy. l just told Tom this morning at what hours he was to take his medicine, and half an hour before each time he began wailing that he didn't want to take it."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
The "Grcen" Hand.

The Boss-What's the matter? You look as though you had been in a cy clone
 His Nibs-I was trimming the hind feet of my mules, as the foreman told me to, when suddenly there came ar earthquake or d tornado or something and when l regained consciousness found I had been thrown clear through the barn-door into the gravel pit. You certainly have some freak ish weather here!
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
CAPITALS HAVE FOOD VALUE
investigation Has Shown Them to Con- tain Satisfactory Amount of
 Needed Protein.

Flour from the cattailS of the swamps has been found by the plant chemical laboratory at Washington to contain about the same amount of pro- tein as rice and corn Hours, with some what less fat than wheat flour, and it was regarded as a promising substi- tute with wheat flour to the extent of 10 to 20 per cent. In the investigation, of which he has given an account in the Scientific Monthly, Prof. P. w. Claassen tried the four ie several ways, both as part substitute with wheat four in baking and as corn starch substitute for puddings Bis cults containing 90 and even 100 per cent of this flour proved to be palat- able, not very different from those of wheat flour alone, while the buildings had an agreeable flavor and were sat isfactory. The flour material is ob- tained from the large underground rOotstalks or rhiZomes, of which it forms starch core three-eighthS to one-half inch in diameter. The dried rhizomes from an acre of cattaiIs were shown to equal 10,792 pounds and the core substance. passed through a meat grinder and sifted, yielded fine flour at the rate of $500 pounds per acre. Many thousand acres of cattail marshes are included in the 139, ,S55 square miles of swamp land of the United States.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
. One of Them Would Meet Him.

"One thing is sure," said a wife to her husband. "Tm going to settle this question of whether or not Shake speare wrote his plays when I get to heaven"
 "How?" he asked.
 ''Why, I'll ask him." said the prac- tical wife.
 "Yes,' said the husband, but sup pose Shakespeare isn't in heaven?"
 "Well, then,' sweetly returned wife "yOu ask him. ."L-Ladies' Home Jour nal.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
Success.

Life is indetinite-a bundle of con tradictiOns. We men, with our ideas. strive to give it particular shape by melting 1t into particular mold-into the definiteness of success. All the world cOnquerOrs, from Alexander down to the American millionaires- mold themselves into sword or mint and thus find that distinct image Of themselves which is the source of their ss.-Rabindranath Tagore.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
"Carpet- -Rauuern

It is said that the term "carpet-bag- ger' was first applied to political ad- venturers in America. It was designed to describe needy political adventur- CT who wanders over the country pan- dering to the -prejudices of the ignO- rant in order to try to get into office. He was so called because he was re- garded as having only enough property to fill carpet bag.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
WishinQ Him Luck.

At q wedding I attended in Cripple Creek, Colo., q telegram arrived for the bridegroom while the guests were eating the wedding supper. The bride groom asked the best man to read it aloud, saying he supposed it was con- gratulations. The best man arose and read: Here's hoping that you have better luck than we had" It was signed by the brides two divorced husbands.-Chicago Tribune.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
KEEP IT HANDY

If you paid a specialist $25.00 for a prescription, you would not get any. thing that would give quicker relief for Group, Catarrh, Colds or Sore Throat, than VACHER BALM, which only costs 25c in jars, or tubes.
 Write for Samples and Agents Prices. Beware of imitations E. w. Vacher, Inc, New Orleans, La.-Adv.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
To Have a Clear Sweet Skin,

Touch pimples, redness, roughness or itching, if any, with Cuticura Oint- ment, then bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and lust on little Cuticura Talcum to leave fascinating fragrance on skine Everywhere 25c each.-Adv.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
No Inducement Whatever.

Are you member of the I. w. WI"
 "No," replied Plodding Pete. "I know a feller that thought the initials stood for likeness Will Win The first thing the 'sociation did after he joined 1t was to try to make him set up a private bomb factory an work fourteen hours day"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
Her Wish

Wee Bessie on being told that she would have to eat condensed milk on her oatmeal exclaimed, ''I wish that old condensed COW would ."-Bos- on Transcript.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
HEAR BURN
 Caused by Acid-St0n1acIl

That bitter heartburn beichinE, food repeating. indigestion, bioat after eatiug- all caused by acid-stomach. But they only first symptOms-dange- signals to warn you of awful troubles if not stopped. Headache. biliousness. rheumatism. sciatics. that tired. listless feeling. lack of energy. dizziness, insomnia, even cancer ana ulcers of the intestines and many other ailments traceable to ACID-STOMACfI.
 Thousands-yes. millions-of people who ought to be we'll and strong are mere weak- lings because of acid-stomach. They really starve in the midst of plenty because they do not get enough strength and vitality from the food they eat.
 Take EATONIC and give your stomach a chance to do its work right. Make it strong. cool. sweet and comfortable. EATONlC brings quick relief for heartburn. belchlng. indigestion and other stomach miseries. Im- proves digestion-heips you get full strength from your food. Thousands say EATONlC is the most wonderful stomach remedy in the world Brought them relief when every thing else failed.
 Our best testimonial is what EATONIC will do for you. So get a big soc box of EATONIC today from yo' druggist use 1t five days-n you're rot pleAs-d, return n and get your money back.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
Tact.

dct. Total Stranger-How like q Chinese that woman is over there. Absolute Ditto-Indeed? She is my wife.
 T. S.-Y-e-e-s. Her-ah-feet are so delightfully."- small, y'know.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
RiCIl-Ione Is a Friend
 of the Weak
Tt Has Made Me Strong and We'll Again. Says ]. R. Martinez.

He writes; "Rfch-Tone Is a w0nderA full remedy for people who are weak ana lacking in vigor, and all those who desire to gain strength and energy should take this truly famous tonic. 1t has given me perfect health and cured me of ailments from which had long suffered"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
More Scarce Now.

Did you ever see a black diamond?" ''Oh yes. Before the war I used 10 have my cellar filled with 'em."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1919-10-30
Take RICH-TONE
 and gain new energy

Rfch-Tonc makes more red cOrpuscles, enrichfng aHd purifying the blood. It contains all of the clements that arc needed most in main aiming strengtls and vfyOr. Rich-Tone rests the tired nerves, restores appetite, induces healthfu1 sIeep-it gives you all those things which mean energy and we'll being. Get n bottle tOday-only S1.0O at all drug stores.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02

List your farms and town proper
ty for sale or trade with II G..
Griffin, jasper, Mo. l2:tf
Money to Han on farms. First
National Bank.
DR.. McCoy4iS the Optician TO fit
your glasses. Room 26, over Ram
SAYS store, Carthage, Mo. 40
years practice.
Bring YOUR harness tn z NJ
Rnbinson's harness shop and have
it dipped and put in good shape
for the winter.
Money to loan on farms. First
National Bank.
JOE WELLS will sharpen your
saw. Leave orders at residence or
News Office.
CREAM-sBring it to Wheat for
satisfactory test and the best
price.
No hunting or trapping on the
farm owned and occupied by my
brothers, my sister and myself
We say it kindly but firmly.-No
trespassing. = Miss Althea Arm.
strong. I6tf.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
LOCAL NEWS.
Rural School report
cards at the News Office.

Money to loan on farms First
National Bank.
For the highest market price on
poultry and eggs phone No. 9.
Fresh bread morning and evea-
ing.-J. r. Wheat.
JOE WELLS will sharpen your
saw Leave orders at residence or
News Office.
Don't fail to call on Dr.. Mccoy,
Optometrist, before getting your
glasses fitted. Over Ramsay's
Store, Carthage, Mo. 20 years
practice.
Bring your cid tires to the Auto
Tire Shop, opposite Teeter's fur
niture store, for repairs and half
soles. We pay 3 cents pound
for junk tires.-F. B. Dunning
manager. Soft
Take your poultry and eggs to
Hammond, the east end house, for
the highest prices.
We appreciate your produce
trade and pay the highest market
price for butter, cream, poultry and
eggs,-Crow Mercantile Co,
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
Best Wishen L. TO You You. :

We wish to express our appre-
citation at this time for many favors
shown us and generous patron.
age accorded this shop by The good
people of this section of Jasper
and Barton Counties during the
past year. We value your good
will highly and will make. special,
effort the ensuing year to merit the
same. We are better prepared
than ever to supply your needs in,
good harness and to attend to your.
repairing wants.
May peace and prosperity he
your portion during the coming
year.is the wish Of
Yours truly, E. M. Robinson
THE Home of Good, Harness -
Quality Wins"
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
Remember.

Wheat wants your produce
Cream, butter, eggs and poultry.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
Fourth Annual Meeting Farmers III,
.7 evator Co,

Notice is hereby given to all
stockholders Of the Farmers Co
operative Elevator Coz of Jasper
that the annual meeting will be
held at Nunnelly's Hall Monday,
January 70, at p. M, at which
time two directors and other OF
hcers will be elected and any other
business which may properly.come
before the meeting will be trans
acted The proposition of allow
ing stockholders to hold more than
tour shares will be discussed
All stockholders are urged to be
present. 81,
A w. Radford, Secretary, 3.
I8-2t
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
War Ended

And with the efforts of the allied
world we are happy nation.
The year is ended and through
the kindness of our patrons we
have enjoyed a good business and
We appreciate it.
We wish you happy and pros
porous new year and solicit a por-
tion of your trade Trade where
your credit is as good as the cash
Thanking you in advance, re-
main,
Respectfully, ]. D. Harbur.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
We Deliver Groceries.

All grocery orders promptly de-
livered,-J. R, Wheat.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
Farm for Sale.

By the owner, 100 acre stock
and grain farm, 81 miles of Golden
City, No. Abundance of good
water; 40 acres in high state of
cultivation: 20 acres of fine blue
grass timber pasture; 90 acres
growing wheat. Possession March
I. Price sos 90 per acre. Address
P. Cramer, room 8, Carter Bldg.
Carthage, Mo, IS.3t
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
To the Public.

The following rates will prevail
at my barn beginning January I,
1919:
Feed horses, each, 35c,
Standing in barn during the day,
per team, 15c.
Standing in barn at night, each,
a5c; whole team, $50.
Io.2tx S. c. Davis.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
For Rent.

Store building at Carytown, Mo.
Fine place to sell groceries, auto
mobile gas, oils, buy poultry, etc.,
and to establish Il lumber yard.
Reasonable rent-Address, McCar.
thy, 2I3a ". 18TH ST., Oklahoma
City. 16
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02

Our boys returning from camp
should write !. A. Taylor for new
catalog of Springfield Business
College. They should get ready
for the great business prosperity
that is sure to come soon.-adv.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02

Steve Cordz spent Friday IN Car
thage.
Miss Opal Kunkler OF. Ore spent
Sunday here.
w A NTED-Cotn fodder. -
Allen Peterson. 10 1T
Glen Holmes of Joplin spent
Christmas here.
Ralph Baird of Webb City spent
Christmas here.
George Brosius Of Carthage was
in Jasper Saturday.
Miss Mary Alice Drake sp.nt
Sunday in Columbus, Kans.
Mark Quillin and son of Pitcher
were in Jasper over Sunday.
Clarence Lowe Of Minden visited
his Jasper relatives this week.
Miss Martha Curtis of Carthage
visited Miss Hazel Carter last week.
Glenn and Miss Florence Turner
visited friends in Webb City Sun.
day.
Miss Eulah Stalter Of Kansas
City visited the Misses Cordz last
week.
George T4bler and wife of Webb
City ST ent Christmas with Jasper
,el4tives.
Miss Blanche Duncan of Okla
homa visited her sister, Miss LATHE,
last week.
Patterson G. Rex shipped a car
of hogs and & mixed car to Kansas
City Friday,
WANTED Girl for general house
work. M laundry. Apply Mrs.
Harry Waters.
Anderson Lear and family Of
Webb City visited Mrs. Abbie Lear
Christmas day.
Miss N4oma Mayor, Of Cottey
College, Nevada, visited the week.
END with Miss Ida Drake.
Kenneth Smith, a soldier, whose
home is at Joplin, visited Marion
Owings and wife last week.
Mrs. James Cherry and Mrs. Art
GUSTS Of Carthage visited P. V.
Roberts and family last week
w. B. Joiner and wife of Joplin
visited H. D Grim and family and
other relatives here last week.
E. E. Johnson and family, who
have been visiting L. A Cordz and
family, left for Springfield Friday.
Miss Lottie Duncan visited at
Pittsburg. Kans., Lamar and
Springfield during the last two
weeks.
r. D. (Dess) Mcconnell has re-
turned from Idaho and is employed
as mechanic at the Carter Garage.
Mr.. Mcconnell and family have
moved into the Kunkler cottage on
North Main ctraet
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
No Hunting Allowed.

No trapping or hunting, with or
without dogs, allowed on
the farm occupied by the under.
signed, and no exceptions made -
]. W. Brown. 16.4tx
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
For Sale or Trade.

5.passenger machine for sale in
good repair with self starter.
Would takc,a horse or COW in part
pay,-News Office, IS
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
This Meane You.

No hunting with dogs or guns
allowed on my farm or any land I
have leased. George Earl. Oft
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
Oil Your Shoes.

Come in and ol your shoes with
Viscol Oil Il cont cost you any
thing and keeps your feet dry.
Respectfully J. D. Harbur.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-02
Milk For Sale

Milk for sale. Phone No. rs
10 cents a quart at house or iat
cents delivered.-V. A. Cavenee.
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