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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21
SHERLOCK HAD
NAUCHT ON him
Clever Work of Detectives Solves
"Great False Teeth
Mystery"
Thief GRABS POcKETDOOK
New York Sleuth Finds Jewels In
Awning Rspairer's Pocket and
the Artificial Masticators in
an Ash Can.

New York.-Clever work on the part
of Detective Sergeants Joseph Leonard
and Thomas Appel solved a robbery
which might otherwise have remained
on the record as the "great false teeth
mystery"
James X. Andrews, a banker, dis
covered that set of false teeth which
he recently installed did not function
with the celebrity promised by his den
tist. Mrs. Andrews started with them
to the dentist for adjustment.
Mrs. Andrews had the teeth in her
pocketbook along with SIS in bills.
AS she was leaving the apartment the
bell rang. Mrs. Andrews placed the
pocketbook on a nearby couch as
maid opened the door and admitted
a stranger, who announced that he
was there to repair an awning.
Mrs. Andrews went to an adjoining
room, but when she returned the pock-
etbook with the $75 and the artificial
masticators had disappeared. She tel
ephoned for the detectives.
Telephones for Detectives.
They responded with alacrity and
after listening to Mrs. Andrews story
of the vanishing of the false teeth,
resorted to the old Sherlock Holmes
system of deduction. Footprints on
the Persian rugs of the Andrews
apartment revealed that the awning
repairer had found it imperative to
change the scene of his operations to
another apartment in the house. There
they went.
Drawing his highly polished nickel
watch from his vest pocket, Detective
Leonard placed it against the awning
mans chest and, in voice marked
for the profundity Of it's tone, said
"Aha! What have we here?"
"Where?" asked the awning man, as
suming an air of nonchalance.
"There," replied the astute detect
i've, as he showed his hand in the avn
ing mans coat pocket and drew forth
a handful of glittering jewelry.
The unexpected jewelry deepened
the mystery.
Oh, Where Are the Teeth?
''But where's the false teeth?" asked
Detective Appel who believes in fol-
lowing every trail to the end.
~ Patience" replied Leonard, "let the
magistrate find that out"
So the awning man, who later said
he was Charles Langfelder of go Wal
ton street, Brooklyn, was hailed before
Magistrate McQuade in the west side
court, where he denied all.
"Your Honor, we have clue to the
false teeth" said the detectives in
chorus. "Hold him for few minutes,
and Wen recover them"
They hurried back to the apartment
house, where they found the pocket
book and the teeth in an ash barrel.
Langfelder was then held in $1,000
bail to await the action of the grand
jury.
The detectives are still trying to
find the owner of the jewelry.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21

opening machines at rate or from
two to three hundred minute.
From the letter openers the mail
goes TO forty women expert mail read
ers. who make 48 separations of the
mall brought to them. 1t takes good
Judgment as we'll as good memory to
decide unerringly under which of the
~ heads a letter belongs, but the mail
reader does it at the rate OF 800 to
1900 letters a day.
Letters containing checks, money or
ders or other valuable Enclosures go
to a group of girls in the next room,
who sit around big table covered
with wire baskets. All checks are list
ed in duplicate, the lists verified, and
fhe letters with the Enclosures pinned
20 them sent in locked boxes to the
proper Office.
Letters containing change of adj
dress go to another group. These
changes are often implied rather than
stated, and unfortunately are not al
ways legible. Frequently the writer
Since the postmaster or the rural de-
livery carrier and everybody about the
village knows the writer SO intimately,
giving an address in the letter seems
quite unnecessary to many who write
and who sometimes, in spite of all ef-
forts put forth to identify the case,
fail to receive an answer.
Must Be Copied.
Letters asking for Information on
more than one subject must be copied,
that they may be referred to the va
rious sections whence the information
may be obtained. Sometimes three or
four copies must be made, and this
job keeps a large group of typists and
clerks busy.
The letters which contain insuffi-
cient information must be run against
the great card index identification files
for number which will fix the iden'
tity of the man in question, whereupon
it is attached to that mans papers
A night force works from five to mid
night attaching new correspondence
TO tneSe papers, WHICH are tne OrlSlndl
Form 1-B and all letters received con
cerning the case.
But on other than these cases where
checking of the files has to be done
the work is kept current day after
day. Except on Mondays, when two
days mail has accumulated, every
piece of mail received in the "a hours
preceding three o'clock has been
placed in manila folders, the folders
labeled and listed and trundled off In
big, boxlike wheeled carrier to the
subsection to which it belongs, and
from these various sections the reply
goes back as quickly as is humanity
possible when the gigantic volume OF
more than a hundred thousand letters
daily is considered.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21
Grows Money.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Most anyone with
an ordinary knowledge of agriculture
can raise potatoes, but it remained for
Miles ID. Fry of this city to grow
money--real honest-to-goodness cur
rency-on potato plants.
Fry has a garden just back of his
home. Several days ago he brushed
the dirt away from one of the stalks
ito see how the potatoes were doing"
and mingled in with four fair-sized tu-
bers he found a quarter. exactly like
the "two Bit piece that Uncle Sam
coins.
Fry believes that had he let the vine
grow he would have had a crop Of
dollar bills by fall.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21
WILL WAIT FOR HUSBAND
Russian Stowaway Arrived to Find
Soldier Spouse in Palestine.

Mrs. Somveh Levin, D years old.
stowaway on the steamship Mazama,
who recently arrived in the United
States from Russia to meet her hus-
band, discovered upon her arrival that
he was in Palestine with the Jewish
legion Of the British army.
Two brothers of Mrs. Levin appear
ed at the dock and told the woman
that her husband was in the Holy
Land. but would soon return to the
United States. They Informed the i'm
migration board that they would care
for Mrs. Levin i'm their Brooklyn
home until Levin returned.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21

only recently; read 1t filed with an
honest desire to serve your people,
conscious of the sins committed and
to be atoned if we ever are again to
work in unison with other nations of
the globe and be permitted to assist
in the reconstruction Of civilization"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21
RUPRECHT TO BE TRIED
Bavarian Crown. Princes Name on
List Of Six Hundred.

The names of Prince Ruprecht, of
Bavaria, and others of the former
royalty and nobility of Germany ap-
pear on the lists of German officers
whose surrender for trial for common
law crimes in France and Belgium
will be demanded in accordance with
the peace terms, 1t is stated by La
Liberte, of Paris. The newspaper says
the list, now approaching completion,
includes about 600 names, each ac-
companied by a detailed account Of
the offenses charged. and the evidence
on which they are based.
The supreme council, it is said, will
soon decide the date upon which the
list is to be presented to Germany,
which, according to the protocol to the
treaty, must be within two months af.
ter the treaty comes into effect.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21
FOUND GOLD IN TRUNK
Boy Discovered Hidden Treasure
While Rummaging in Barn.

Under q mass Of moth-eaten wearing
apparel which he found in an old
trunk while rummaging about his faith
ers barn, PAU Smith, II years old, of
Huron, o., discovered a cigar box con-
tanning $40 in gold gold watch and
a bank certificate of deposit for 81, 100
Interest due on the certificate amount
ed to $308.
The trunk belonged to Thomas
Smith, an uncle of the boys father,
who carried it with him from Missouri
ten years ago and put it in the barn
when he went TO the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors home where he later died.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21

Hearty Willingness to Conform to Re-
\ quirements Is Manifested in Letters
Received by the Hundreds OF Thou
sands-ldentification Of Cases often
impossible Because Necessary lnfor'
nation 10 Lacking-How CORE
spondence Is Handled.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21

Immediately the imperial right fist
shot out and hit the admiral in the
small of the back-a powerful blow.
1.-THE admiral was stunned and
reeled, while the kaiser made sneer-
ing, filthy remark which cannot be
repeated in print"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-11-21
Sting of l7-Year Locust
Kills Pennsylvania Baby

Reading, Pa.-The sting of
seventeen-year locust caused the
death of the two-months-old
baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Kunkel. Kempton. The injury
was discovered when the mother
went to the infants crib in the
morning. The baby's face was
swollen. The mother picked 1t
up and found the locust In the
clothing. Physicians worked
over the child several hours In
a vain effort to save its life.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26

KIDNEYS
PURFIES BLOOD

You can't expect weak kidneys to
filter the acids and poisons out Of your
system unless they are given a little help
Don't allow them to become diseased
when q little attention now will pre-.
vent 1t. Don't try to cheat nature.
As soon as you commence to have
backaches, feel nervous and tired, GET
BUSY. These are usually warnings
that your kidneys are not working
properly.
Do not delay minute. Go after the
cause Of your ailments or you may find
yourself in the grip Of an incurable dis
ease. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil cap.
sules will give almost immediate relief
from kidney troubles. GOLD NED
AL HARLEM Oil Capsules will do
the work. They are the pure original
HARLEM Oil Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories In Haarlem, Hol.
land. Ask your druggist for GOLD
MEDAL and accept no substitutes.
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on
every box. Three sizes, sealed packages.
Money refunded Il they do not quickly
help you.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
NEWLY CREATED
PAC|F| &c FLEET
SAILS JULY 20
Will Leave Hampton Roads
for the West Coast With
Superdreadnaught New
Mexico, the Flagship.

Washington, June 25.-The
recently created Pacific fleet, now
being organized from vessels here
tofore forming a part of the Allan
tic forces, will sail from Hampton
Roads for the west coast between
July IS, and 20, Secretary Daniels
announced. Mr.. Daniels probably
will be passenger on one of the
warships.
The superdreadnaught New
Mexico will fly Admiral Hugh
Rodman's flag as flagship of the
Pacific fleet and the Pennsylvania
will remain the flagship of the At
lantic fleet. The composition of
the two fleets, Secretary Daniels
announced, will be made public
within a few days.
The Pacific fleet, upon reaching
the western coast, will visit San
Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco
and probably. will make the last
stop at Puget Sound. Secretary
Daniels, if able to make the trip,
will visit the Pacific coast naval
yards and establishments with a
view to making recommendations
to congress next December for
necessary changes.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
Don't Spoil Your Hair
By Washing 1t

When you wash your hair, be
careful what you use. Most soaps
and prepared shampoos contain too
much alkali, which is very injurious,
as it dries the scalp and makes the
hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsified
cocoanut oil shampoo, for this is
pure and entirely greaseless. It's
very cheap and beats anything else
all to pieces. You can get this at
any drug store, and 9 few ounces
will last the whole family for
months.
Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in, about tea
spoonful is all that is required. 1t
makes an abundance of rich, creamy
lather, cleanses thoroughly, and
rinses out easily. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy
and easy to handle. Besides, it
loosens and takes out every particle
Of dust, dirt and dandruff.-Ady.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
a SHAMPOO WORTH TRY Ne

!, It is not necessary to shampoo
your hair so frequently if it is en-
tirely and properly cleaned each
time by the use of really good
shampoo. The easiest to use and
quickest drying shampoo that we
can recommend to our readers is
one that brings out all the natural
beauty Of the hair and may be en-
joyed at very little expense, by dis
solving a teasponful of canthrox,
which can be obtained from any
druggists, in a cup of hot water.
This makes a full cup of shampoo
liquid, enough so it is easy to apply
it to all the hair instead of just to
the top Of the head. This, when
rubbed into the scalp and onto
every strand of hair, chemically dis
solves all impurities. It is very
soothing and cooling in its action,
as we'll as beneficial to both scalp
and hair. After rinsing out the
lather so created, you will find the
SCALP is fresh. clean and free from
dandruff, while the hair dries
quickly and evenly, developing
bright luster and soft fluffiness
that makes it seem very heavy
Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
PERSHINC and
HOOVER HONORED
BY UNIVERSITY
Oxford Confers Honorary De.
grees On Many Notables
Who Participated In Ac-
tivities of War Pariod.

Oxford, Eng, Jun Is (By the As
sociated Press).-General John ].
Pershing and Herbert c. Hoover
represented the United States today
in distinguished company of noted
men from the allied countries who
were honored by Oxford uni
versity with degrees of doctor Of
civil law. The ceremony was the
eliminating feature of the annual
encaenia, or commemoration exer-
cises.
The event was rich in ceremonial
pomp fostered by the traditions of
this famous institution. None of
the spectators followed the proceed
ings with keener interest than a
handful of American army students
who have been studying here.
Among those who witnessed the
ceremony was Mrs. Hoover.
Earl Curzon, chancellor of the
university, presided, and solemnly
went through the prescribed formula
VI plOpoSliiS tHC uCSlSCS " INC
house. After the house had as SOL
EMMY granted the degrees, the re-
cipients were summoned in turn by
the public orator.
Both General Pershing and Mr..
Hoover were greeted heartily when
the group filed into the theater
American students at Oxford aband-
oned their plan for an informal re-
ception i'll General Pershing's honor
because of the uncertainty of his
ability to leave army headquarters
and come to Oxford for the cere-
mony Most of the American stu
dents left here yesterday for Liver.
pool and Brest on their way to their
homes in the United States.
After leaving the theater, the
party proceeded to All Souls col
lege to attend luncheon given by
officials of the university. Besides
those participating in the degree
ceremonies, the guests included
Mrs. Hoover and Maj. Gen. John
Biddle and Col. Lloyd c. Griscom,
General Pershing's aides. The lunch
was informal and there were no
speeches.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
Wilma Reed and Alvin
Williams, Arrested In
Brown Raid, Married

Miss Wilma Reed of Shenandoah,
Ia, and William Alvin Williams of
Omaha the couple taken from 2l06
Cass street with two other girls in
the unlawful raid of June E by De-
tectives Herdzina and Armstrong,
were married Tuesday by Rev
Charles w. Savidge.
Miss Reed and Mr.. Williams had
returned from downtown five min
utes before the officers entered the
girls room and notified them they
were under arrest. According to
witnesses the door was standing
open and Mr.. Williams had taken
his seat to wait for the rain storm
to cease.
Miss Reed was released from the
Detention home only as a result of
the strenuous efforts put forth by
Commissioner Zimman. Examina-
ton by a reputable and competent
physician since her release discloses
the fact that she never was afflicted
with disease as reported by DR..
Palmer Findley and Miss Alta
Berger.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
United States Is Short
Million Homes, Report

Atlantic City, N. J., June as
There is a shortage OF 100000
homes in the United States. accord
ing to William H. Garland of Los
Angeles, president OF the National
Association of Real Estate boards.
the 18th annual convention of which
body opened here today.
The association, he said, will CO.
operate with the federal officials OF
the United States housing commits
sion in providing enough homes 10
meet the pressing demands. The
association, he added, does not.
however, approve of the housing
commission remaining in existence
after the problem of a shortage in
houses has been solved.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
Tobacco Habit
Dangerous

says Doctor Conner formerly of Johns
Hopkins hospital. Thousands of men
suffering from fatal diseases would be in
perfect health to-day were it not for the
deadly drug Nicotine. Stop the habit
now before it's too late. It's simple
process to rid yourself of the tobacco
habit In any form. Just go to any up-to-
date drug store and get some Nicotol
tablets: take them as directed and 10
the pernicious habit quickly vanishes
Druggists refund the money il they fail.
Be sure to read large and interesting an
nouncement by Doctor Conner soon to
appear in this paper. It tells of the dan
ger of nicotine poisoning and how to
avoid it. In the meantime try Nicotol
tablets you will be surprised at the re-
sult.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
LAD LOSES LIFE
IN TREACHEROUS
SWIMMING HOLE.
Georges Lake Dangerous
Bathing Place, Says Man
Who Recovered Body Of
Drowned Boy.

While a group of companions
stood by unable to help, i5-year-old
Pames Willie, son of B. S. Willie
of the Olson-Wilie Motor company
1928 North Sixtieth avenue, was
drowned last night at about
o'clock in Georges lake, near Fifty
eight street and Underwood ave-
nue.. Unable to swim, he stepped
beyond his depth and sank about
Is feet into the icy-cold waters OF
the spring that supplies the lake.
Efforts of the other swimmers be-
ing useless, one of the boys ran to
the Happy Hollow club, four blocks
distant, and telephoned the police.
An emergency squad responded with
graphing irons, but after several
futile attempts allowed R. E. Mont
gomery to dive near the spot where
the boy was last seen. About 45
minutes after Willie was last seen
happily splashing his playmates, his
cold, lifeless body was recovered by
the diver. The city pulmotor being
out of order, first aid was given him
for half hour before it was COLI
coded that the treacherous Swim
ming hole" had robbed the boy OF
his life. Willie was formerly a
addie at Happy Hollow.
That place is the most dangerous
spot for bathing that I know of-the
Missouri river not excepted-and
I've known and swum in many"
said R. E. Montgomery, 5l05
Davenport street, who recovered
the body, to Bee reporter. There
is a narrow, level ledge around it
and then it falls off into a depth of
about Is feet. Ten feet below the
surface it is ice-cold, making it
barely possible for a person to re-
main that far under water.
There ought to be some measure
taken to prevent little children from
risking their lives in it. 1t is ell
tirely unguarded and children are
not even warned against it. At
least, a fence should be placed
around it,
There are eight or more signs
around the lake on the shore bear
the warning, No Swimming Al
lowed"
Dr., Max Emmert, DR.. Lemere
and Dr. Atzen, who were sum-
moned, pronounced the boy dead
shortly after the body was recov-
cred.
Georges lake is a favorite spot
for the Happy Hollow club caddies
in the hot weather. 1t is situated
near the Underwood road, four
blocks west of the Happy Hollow
club.
Irving Williams, 2547 North Six
tieth avenue; Keith Cannell. 1881
North Sixty-ffth avenue; Walter
Shelley, 4612 Parker street, and
Paul Monroe, Fortieth and lizard
streets, were in the water with
Willie. According to Shelly, they
had been teaching WyIie to swim
and he had left declaring he had
had enough for the day. Upon be-
ing persuaded to return, he played
in the water about five minutes be-
fore stepping beyond his depth.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
FIASHET 7Hom FINLAND
PHOTO PLAY. OFFERINGS. FOR. TO-DAY.

Rialto-Today will be the final
showing of the first Rothapfel Unit
program-entirely planned and pro-
duced by one man, new idea in
motion picture production and pre-
sentation.
Strand-"The Woman Thou Cav
est Me-" a perturbation of Hall
Gaines famous novel of the woman
married to a man she does not love,
and how she finds love in another
man, will be here for the final show
ing today.
Sun-George Walsh in Putting
One Over" has a double, immensely
rich, and George defeats the plans of
a gang of crooks and wins the girl
in the case.
Muse-Beatrice Michelena's re-
turn to the screen in Gust Squaw,"
here for the final showing today. A
western love story.
Empress-"Tangled Threads" in
which Bessie Barriscale portrays the
part of a young wife, divorced from
her husband because she is compli-
Gated in "a compromising situation
by a jealous lover, opens today
here.
Brandeis-Always her heart had
1eaped in admiration for fight
ing strength in men. To her,
Durant, the bully of Red Butte
and reputed the strongest man in
the west, represented the ut
most in manliness. She was a
girl with the soul of an angel and
the manners of an imp. Through
her veins ran the hot blood of an
Italian mother. She would not sell
her kisses, but-as she saucily in
formed Durant - she gave them
away to those she chose. To prove
it, she greeted Tony Vallero, an
Italian immigrant who had just en-
tered the Royal saloon, with kiss.
Then to prove that she did not
always fall for the strongest man,
she consented to elope with Durant
after Tony had given him the thrash
ing of his life.
That is one of the gripping stu
atoms in THE Sleeping Lion" fea-
turing Monroe Salisbury, to be seen
at the Brandeis for three days, start
ing today.
Roger MacKinnon, who has re-
Gently. joined the Goldwyn forces
and is supporting Madge Kennedy
in her newest picture, was an order
ly to General Allenby on the men,
orable night when the British forces
through the old gate into
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
Proposed Plan for Rural
High School at Ellis Fails

Beatrice, Neb., June 25.-(Spe-
ciaD.-The proposition to erect a
modern rural high school building
at Ellis, II miles west of Beatrice,
failed, as two of the districts in
Lincoln township voted against
erecting the proposed new building.
o. The Masons of this city observed
St. Johns day, a number being
present from towns throughout the
country. Six candidates were given
master Mason degrees, after which
banquet was served. H. w. Will
son of Lincoln gave an address on
the league of nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
Railroads Out of Omaha Fall
Down On "No Accident Week.

With the railroads this is mo &C
cident week." The railroads of the
United States set out to make a
record. Two of the Omaha lines
have already fallen down mad the
week is but half gone.
Tuesday an engineer was killed at
Waverly and yesterday another en-
gineer was scalded when the boiler
of his engine exploded.
Up to this week, both the Bur-
lington and Union Pacific had clean
records for the month. Officials are
at loss to know how two accidents
could occur at this time when every
agency of prevention is being en-
ployed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-26
Flame From Short Circuit
Threatens Milling Plant

A short circuit from 250-horse
power motor in the boiler room of
the Updike Milling company, 1918
Sherman avenue, at midnight last
night brought corps of fire trucks
to the mill. No damage was done.
according to Art Glade, superin-
tendent.
1t was feared for a while that the
flame from the short circuit world
cause a "dust explosion" and set
fire to the grain sheds, but prompt
action of the fire department pre-
vented such an explosion.