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New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Buster Bear.

thought was to get away from that
place as fast as he could, and he WAS
IN such hurry that he didn't even
LOOK where he was going and so bumned
INTO trees and stumbled over ]ocs
1t was funny. 1t was verv' yerv
funny. Farmer Browns boy had been
so surprised at the result of his veil
that ne had stood stock-still with his
mouth wide open. He hadn't had time
to be frightened before Buster Rear
was on the ground and running. Tben
how Farmer Browns boy did laugh. H.
gust threw himself on the ground and
laughed and laughed until the tears
came and he was quite out of breath
And the sound of that laughter fright.
ened Buster Bear still more.
Never, never again will | be afraid
OF Buster Bear" gasped Farmar
Browns boy. The old rascal, re
black old rascal. He came pretty near
getting my honey this time. It is q
good thing ] left that knife. NV. nv
my, now Buster can run, Wow. Ouch >
Farmer Browns boy scrambled to
his feet and he. too, began to run
without looking where he was going
Can you guess why?
Copyright, 1920. by T. W. Burges.)
The next story Sammy Jaw Is
Paid for His Trouble''
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Robbers Dine and Smoke
As They Blow Three Safes
Cracksmen Get S2O,5OO in
Gems in Jewellers Crafts Build
ing: Police Puzzled

Safeblowers, wearing rubber finger
covers and working with electric drills
nitro -glycerine and soft soap blew
three safes in the jewelers. Crafts
Building, at 45 Lispenard Street, late
Wednesday night. A fourth safe found
open was robbed of box of cigars.
Despite police secrecy, it became known
that the total thefts amounted to
slightly more than S20,500.
The burglars apparently worked
quietly and at ease. The remains of a
lunch and numerous cigar butts were
strewn about the floor.
The building is used exclusively by
manufacturers of costly jewelry. En-
trance was made on the fifth floor by
way of the fire escape The thieves
entered the rooms of l.. Jabner, Alfred
Schickerling and Green & Meldoff
From the burglar proof" safe of the
Jabner company they obtained $4,000
worth of diamonds. The Schickerling
safe yielded $500 worth of pure gold
and platinum, and the Green & Mel
dotf safe $4,000 worth of diamonds and
other precious stones.
The employment Of o-glycerne
by New York yeggmen has been long
discarded because of the noise made by
the explosion and the general destruc-
tion incident thereto. This point puz-
zled the detectives working on the case,
who believed that only men of unusual
knowledge of the explosive were i'm
pllcated. No noise was heard by many
passersby, and the holes blown in the
safes were clearly cut without the
slightest wreckage.
The robberles were discovered when
clerks arrived at the offices at $3.50
o'clock
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
One City Department
Asks Lower Allowance
Election Board Seeks S2.O59..
O2l for 1921; 2,l20,9l5
Granted This Year

The first departmental estimate for
the 1921 city budget to show an actual
decrease, as compared with the allow
ance under this years budget, was sub
mitted Yesterday by the Board of Elcc-
tions. A decrease is shown even in
the salary account. The total request
tor the coming year is S205o.0 .021, as
against .S2,129,915 this year. Commits
s,oner John r. Voorhis, president of
the board, asks for less in salaries
than was granted the department un-
der the general increases for city en-
pioyees last August. The allowance for
personal service for the present year
was 1858, 800, which was increased in
August to $1,024,92O The request for
next year is only $964,07
Bellvue and Allied Hospitals request
a total of $4,322,41S for 1921, as
against ar allowance of s2,s35, ,e23 this
year. Of this amount $750,000 is
asked for increases in salaries. The
estimate for personal service for 1921
is $2,065,25 The allowance this year
for that purpose was $1,32s,277. The
estimate is accompanied by building
program calling for non-revenue pro
ducing improvements to cost $4,000 900
to be paid for under the pay-as-you-g
law.
The Armory Board requests $947os1
tor the coming year, as against an al
lowance this year of $395,725. Most OF
the increase is asked for repairs ia
the various armories.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Indictments i'm
Gaming Probe
Due Next Week
Nassau County Revelations
To Be Presented to the
October Grand Jury,
Which Meets on Monday
Gambler Gives New Leads
Shaughnessy Refuses to Adj
NIT That He Paid Officials
to Grant Him Immunity

Supreme Court Justice Townsend
Scudder yesterday completed the last
John Doe investigation into gambling
activities in Nassau County that will be
held before the October Grand Jury
convenes on Monday. Yesterdays
hearing in the Mineola Courthouse
lasted until late in the afternoon, and
is reported to have been productive of
important results.
The majority of the witnesses called
were men engaged in the automobile
industry in Nassau County, and the
inference drawn from this was that
the major portion Of the days work
was connected with the theft of au-
tomobiles, which until recently was
quite common.
The most important witness, how
ever. was John Shaughnessy, who has
pleaded guilty to owning a gambling
house at Lynbrook. and is awaiting
sentence. 1t was learned on high au-
thority that while Shaughnessy did not
testify that he had paid county Of
ficials for protection. he did make a
statement OF considerable length. This
statement, it is understood, contains
important leads that will be fol
lowed up.
Sentences Postponed
1t was also learned that as re-
suit of Shaughnessy's statement there
will be postponement in sentencing
David Gideon, William H. Busteed and
Shaughnessy. These three men have
been found guilty of gambling and all
three were to have been sentenced by
Justice Scudder Monday.
From the same source it was learned
that the results of the John Doe in
vestigation are in such excellent shape
for the grand jury that some surpris-
ing and sensational indictments may be
expected next week, after the October
body has gone over the evidence.
One of the interesting witnesses yes
terday was colored man brought
by Shaughnessy, known as "Spder''
Jackson. He was the general utility
man at the Lynbrook house. 1t was
learned that he gave certain corrobora
tive testimony. This is the man who is
said to have had a remarkable faculty
of identifying voices over the tele-
phone.
Jackson is believed to have testified
as to what occurred whenever a raid
was made on the Lynbrook house. 1t
IS said that invariably all the apparatus
was carefully packed away the day
preceding the raid, and everybody but
himself left the house Then when the
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

county authorities arrived he acted as
host and guide, taking them through
the place. They were unable to hnd
anything,
Shaughnessy, on leaving the hear
ing, said that he was not gambler,
but was being made the goat for the
Nassau County gamblers. when this
is all over,' he said you will know
why | have been the goat for certain
people. | never gave any one money
for protection and never got pro-
lection. AS matter of fact, I have
never had anything to do with gam
/ bling houses here, or anywhere else ex-
cept in this one instance. l got into
this Lynbrook matter to help poor
devil out and l am sure l was not in
Lynbrook more than four hours to-
gether."
Justice Scudder will sit at Mineola
aSarso as e octSer aranS urV anS
when it convenes
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Mrs. Meade Free at Last
Annulment Granted After Fight
of TWenty-One Years

PEEKSKILL, Sept 3O.-The matr
monial tangles of Mrs. Josephine
Meade, of Elder Street, Brooklyn, COW
ering period of twenty-one years,
ended yesterday when Supreme Court
Justice Morschauser granted her {. final
decree of annullment In 1899 when
thirteen years old. Mrs Meade, then
Josephine G.mmons, married S. D.
Meade, of Cortlandville, N. Y.
They separated two years later. In
1904 believing herself free, Mrs.
Meade married her present husband
Milton Kcntner, of Brooklyn. Sixteen
years later, and in the spring of this
year, Justice Cropsy granted Kentner
an annulment on the ground that his
wife was still Mrs. Meade. Yesterday
she was legally freed from Meade.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Bedtime Stories
Why Buster Bear Got Only Taste
BY Thornton W. Burgess
There's just one certain thing in life
And that's uncertainty youU fnd
Who cannot see this simple truth
Is either stupid or he's blind
Ructor po-

There is lot of truth in that saw
ing. Buster Bear knows. He has
proved it over and over again. No
one could possibly be more certain of
a thing than was Buster Bear that all
the honey in that Bee-tree was his
he had ripped out piece from the side
OF that hollow in the tree. bringing
with 1T q piece Of comb fairly drippine
with honey, and this he had promptly
and greedily gobbled. That was lust
taste. but through the opening he
had made he could see that that hollow
was fairly packed with honeycomb
every cell filled with delicious sweet
ness. All he had to do was to tear
that opening little larger and then
scoop out that store of sweetness and
stun himself. 1t was his for the TAX
Ing.
Needless of the stings from the
angry Bees he was -.robbing, Buster
hooked his great claws in the side of
the opening and prepared to rip it
larger. And just then something hap
pened. Yes, sir, something happened.
Hi, you black rascal, that's my
honey! Get out, you thief" came a
yell from below
Buster Bear forgot Bees, honey and
everything but just one thing, and
that was that he was caught up in a
tree by one of those dreaded two
legged creatures he so feared. At the
sound of that voice great big Buster
Bear gave hasty, frightened look be-
low, saw Farmer Browns boy waving
his arms as he yelled, and panic took
possession of him. He whimpered, but
it was different whimper from the
whimpers the stings Of the Bees had
caused. 1t was q whimper of fright.
He began to scramble down three
times as fast as he had scrambled up.
Half way down he let go altogether
and Simply dropped. To have seen him
you would have thought that he must
surely break his neck But he didn't.
That is an old trick of Busters. He
learned it when he was very small.
He broke off several branches on his
way down and these helped to break
his fall Then he landed on the ground
with a thump that brought forth a
grunt. Two seconds later he was on
his feet and tearing through the brush
as fast as he could go He had had
only taste of that honey, but he
wasn't thinking of that now. His one
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

WASHINGTON Sept 30 -. The South
fTn Iprros storm moving rapidly northeastward
nlsh, night rs center was off the New Jersey
Coast. with the lowest barometer 20 IS
inches at Atlantic city. This storm has
been attended by gales along the entire At~
antic Coast from New England southward
to Cuba md over the Gulf of Mexico II also
Rns ni.s 6een attended by heavy rains In the
Middle Atlantic states, lighter rains in
me upper Ohio Valley and the region of
the Great Lakes.
= l,,.i rrir weather prevailed in all Western
IN temperature within the last twenty-four
hours generally east of the Mississippi
RIVER, * except IN New England and also
IN the west Gulf states. The Temperature
is rising over the Rocky Mountain region
and the Northwest. the lowest tempera-
lures OF record in September occurred at
a, a number Of points in The Gulf states
Thursday morning.
There were frosts Thursday morning in
me the plains states as far south as Oklahoma
ana In the upper Mississippi Valley and
Ine upper LAKE region. In New England
New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
ana much cooler. with shifting gales Fri
day and fair Saturday. Elsewhere east Of
ane Ml,s,slssippi River the weather will be
generally fair Friday and Saturday. The
temperature Will rise Saturday in the re-
gion of the Great Lakes the Ohio Valley
Tennessee and the south Atlantic and east
Gulf states.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
Atlantic Coast at and north of Cape Hat
teras and also on lakes Huron, Erie and
Ontario.
District Forecast-south New England
Friday Saturday. fair and cool
Eastern New York. Eastern Pennsyl-
Friday Saturday, fair and cool
Delaware and Maryland. Cloudy and
cooler Friday; Saturday. fair and cool.
Western Pennsylvania and Western Nem
YORK Cloudy and cool, with probably rain
friday' Saturday fair with rising temper
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
z
Police Extend War Ribbon Rule

Under an order effective yesterday
morning members of the Police De-
partment arc permitted to wear serv-
ice ribbon on their uniform if they
saw service either in the World War
or Spanish-American War. 1t was said
that under the order about 1000 mem
lcrs of the force are entitled to wear
the ribbon. The regulations provide
that the ribbon be worn on the left
breast q half inch above the shield.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

The blouse at the left is of fine aphjte batiste,
1cith wide, jabot-gike frjUe, ti9ey plated and
edged Nth real flet lace. The collar is Of acide
flet lace IN q charming design. Price, s23 25 IN
the middle is u smart high ueched blouse, entirely
handmade of achite botiste, edged acitk real Va
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

y AGS of silk duvetyn made Of eoored with
- frames again of the snares Of the The coors
desired brown that soft that
many elk taupe embroidered
with deep Of Autumn All of them
of the range
S25 large envelope bag this may duvetyn
velvet silk cafskn and leather are black
navy blue, the only Prices S3 to $40
This is really very and new.
UMBRELLAS having Autumn gaey color of
handle this There little umbrella ring
bakte ring baeite handle and this ring slips
ones conveniently and smary These
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

WIlICe OF COICTeu and Wnlte DaKeIlte COM
bined in their handles. In such colors as
deep red, purple, green and midnight
blue. The ribs are tipped with bakelite
and the little ferules are also of bake
lite. Prices, $3.50 to $3.50. With wide
choice Of umbrellas and range of prices
in between
THE NEWEST Wells are the large
over-the-hat type of large meshed silk or
fine linen edged with Chantilly lace, en-
broidered motifs that look like chamois
leather leaves, and delightful things of
that sort. The favorite colors are rust,
soft dark brown, tan and navy blue.
These are made wells; the wells by the
yard are mostly Of the dotted type made
with woven dots. 85c to So
Main floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Weather Report

sun rises. 5:52 IN. Sun sets. 5:3e pm
Moon rises; 7:59 pm. Moon sets 9:41 am
Note-The above figures are standard
time and not New York State time
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

Local Forecast.-Rain and much cooler
to-day, fair and cool tomorrow; north
west gales.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

1cnciennes lace. This is very good for acear aOith
the sererely tailored suit. Price, $16.38 At the
right, simple little handmade blouse of fine ba-
tiste, made with t1tchs ond hemStitchiag on the
BODICE and dra1cn vork on the collar Price 50 90.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

Official Record.-The following Official
record from the Weather Bureau shows
temperatures during the last twcnty-four
hours' in comparison with the correspond
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

Hlghest, 70 degrees at 80 p. m; low
est Co at a. m, average, 6s; average
same date last year. 66. average same
date for thirty~three years 62
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

For the tailored person is tub
shirt Of white habutoi silk IN ercel-
TENT qnallty, made aoith the favored
V-nech, acell-ftting collar, and cuffs
made for cuf-1nks. The only trim
ming is Il fine edgjng Of plated SELF
material. Price, $500.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
General Weather Conditions

Barometer Readings
a. m. 29. 65ll p. m. 99.5OS D. M 2aS6
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Humidity

humidity
a. m 971 y. m.... 97s p m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04

NEED job? Apply Producers Enpios ment Agency.
 PRODUCERS Employment Agency: TIA 21st st.. phone 119t, furnishes posl,lons ana supplies bookkeepers. stenographers. cashiers, clerks, salespeople, etc. Tor all lines of business. -stenographer, rapid and ex-
 nerienced. in office work: apply own
 handwriting; state speed. salary, ref
 erence. Address Leck Box 174 Selma.
 Ala
 ACT in motion pictures; make 1t your profession: send stamp for free tryout. Delight Film Co, Inc. Wabash ave. and 22d st., Chicago.
 rHoNE llsa for ghauffeurs. truck. drivers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
ANNOUNCEkaAiS IS
-~-SON~~~7-0-)-0- LOST AND FOIAD

STOLEN - Tuesday night from garage, 140S 9th ave-, one 1919 5-passenger Ford car, license No. 03589, Motor No. 85664; top part of windshield broken out; S25 reward for return or information. Notify o. c. Moore, Phone Bessemer 606-W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
HEIT WANTEO~MALE

THE Commercial Exchange has open ings for experienced men for the fol lowing positions:
 Eookk eeper, for corporation.
 General office man. real estate firm. Ledger clerk, for branch house.
 Eteno- clerical man for railway of
 fice.
 Typist. for local firm.
 Steno-bookkeeper for Birmingham corporation. These positions are now open. No reg istration fee. If interested and qual- flied. call at 1109 Empire Bldg. WHITE man to take charge of ware | house. load and unload carloads
 waste paper and rags; must be good l a. figures, and capable of handling | help. and willing to work every day i no kids or cigarette smokers neef
 apply Ridgeway Paper stock Co
 15l9 Ave. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04

WANTED-Porters; walters maids;
 dishwashers; yard men; women and
 men cooks, hotels in and out city; private homes cooks. buffers, maids. nurses; laborers, foundry. $3oo. pay weekly; city lumber yard. steel plant. lice plant and rock quarry, S3.50 to $5.50 day. house rent free' coal miners. turpentine laborers' chippers. $250 to $3 thousand; dip pers $1.50 barrel; wagon driver
 Ryan's Employment Bureau. 1stS is' ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04

LEARN to pIay piano in one day; wonderful new method sample es
 sons and full n~---- -civ St: uone wil. -- solu at store; only sold by mail order. Send check or money order today Seals Piano Co. Dept SC. 1874 3d Ave, Birmingham.
 WANTED-Honest, energetic young man, 20-25, to act as manager for pressing shop; must have excellent references and be able to furnish bond; fair sal ary to start with an unlimited future with an established concern Apply at 40 N 22d st
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
ROBERTS FURNITURE co. AVE. E, ENSLEY, OR PHONE ENSLEY 34.

BOOMING (596)-Northsid IS rooms; best section; filled with good folks; netting S150 month; this house is worth $1,000 more. than we are asking for it; owner leaving lcity price s2,500; business inspected. see A. B. Cook, with Sou. Business EA change. 507-S Empire Bludg. Main S696
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-04
GOOD USED AUTOMOBILE? SEE WHAT AGEERAID WANT ADS OFT
EMPLOYMENT
HELP wANTED-MALE

WANTED-Ambitious young man of good address for permanent position wfch large amusement corporations; must pc able to make bond: the work is hard and hours long, but good future for A- right man; medium salary to start. Answer in own handwriting. Address P-92 care Age-Herald.
Cheyenne record., 1920-08-12
AUTUMN IS CLEARING
TINE FOR FARM LAND
Convert An Waste Places Into
Revenue Producers.
oeata, Sheep or Cattle Ars Favored In
Order Named for Keeping Down
epreut 0ro~th-Msthods
for Removing etumps.

The fair-weather days Of the autumn
afford the farmer an opportunity to
undertake the clearing of land for
which he has no time In the busy
summer months, and which can not be
done while the land is wet In the
spring. On thousands of farms there
are cut-Over tracts which should he
converted into revenue producers as
soon as possible. If the owner de-
cides that the land in question is bet
ter suited to crop production than to
forest growth, careful study Of the
most economical method of removing
stumps and small growth should be
made. Most cut-over land passes
through three stages before reaching
Its greatest agricultural value. The
waste and small growth is disposed of
first, then 1t is allowed to remain IN
stumps for few seasons, until the
smaller stumps are dead and decayed,
during which time 1t is used for pas
ture or may be cultivated. Finally,
all the stumps are removed.
Generally 1t is best to cut brush as
close as possible to the ground and
avoid leaving sharp points that might
injure stock. However, If the wood is
of no value and the ground Is not to
be cultivated before the stumps are
removed. it may be best to cut the
trees rather high above the ground. II
the stumps are left three feet high
there will be less sprouting than II cut
low down. and such stumps are more
easily pulled.
The most successful method of keep
ing down sprOut growth is by heavy
pasturing by goats, sheep, or cattle, in
the order named. Any sprouts not
killed by pasturing should be cut or
knocked off with the head of an ax.
There are a great variety of meth
DDS used in removing stumps, by
means of burning. pullers and dyna-
mite. Farmers Bulletin 974. Clearing
Land" prepared by the United States
department of agriculture, contains In
formation designed especially for per-
sons interested in this subject. A copy
can be had on request.
Cheyenne record., 1920-08-12

farrowed between the one hundred
and eleventh and one hundred and
seventeenth days. The general belief
that old sows have CESSATION period
one to three days longer than young
er sows seems to have no very good
basis.
Neither Sex Predominates.
There was little, If any, correlation
between the length Of CESSATION period
and the birth weight Of pigs, and the
sex Of pigs In relation to the length
Of CESSATION shows no tendency for
either sex to predominate more than
normal.
The average size Of litters was 81
pigs. The average weight Of litter
was about 70 pounds. The average
weight Of pigs in litters with fewer
pigs than the average was 267 pounds,
and in lltters with more pigs 1t was
2.57 pounds. The grand average OF
all pigs was 2.5o pounds.
Cheyenne record., 1920-08-12
Unimpe aehabIe Integrity Required

OntWPCaCUd0I0 sukS0bsey ssSNS''S~'
have read many stories about dis
trustful characters, a Companion con-
tributcr writes, but personally knew
the old man who Is the hero Of the fol-
lowing tale. He lived alone and. al
though very well-to-do. never spent a
cent without ample reason. Nor was
extreme penuriousness his only fall
ing. He was uncharitable as well
he firmly believed that the average hu-
man being wanted only the opportu-
nifty "to put over some kind Of graft"
as he expressed 1t.
One day Uncle Harmon. as he was
called, hailed n young man, whom he
considered trustworthy, and. hand
ing to him letter said:
"Glad seen you, Jud. Amt been
able to get downtown lately on account
of the deep snow, and didn't have a
stamp. Here's the two cents. Been
holding it couple of days. Kinda fig
ured you'd be passing by here soon.
1 didn't dare trust 1t to any Of these
people round here, for l knew they'd
Just chuck my letter some place and
blow the two cents. Com
panion.
Cheyenne record., 1920-08-12
HAD LOFTY IDEA OF DUTY
Somewhat Embarrassing In This
Particular Case.

The principal Of city school build
ing is still young and has a very at
tentive admirer. Occasionally he
comes to the school building after
her and takes her home In his. road
ster, The other afternoon she was
finishing reports and the young man
came into her room until she was
ready to 60.
The janitor finished his work and
she told him he could leave when
ever he wished to do SO, and they
would close the building. But still he
fingered until they left. The next
morning he explained his stay by re-
marking that he was late getting
home the evening before. But you
could have gone home," reminded the
principal. Il told you we would close
up."
Eyes, I know" he returned. "but you
see, Miss t, it's this way. The board
holds me responsible for this building
and I'm not willing to leave 1t In
charge of perfectly strange man."