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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-30

Police records all over the world prove
that the detection Of forgers, like the
rounding up OF criminals Of other CLASS
cs. Is a work best handled by those VINO
have made O lifelong study OF the Vari-
Gus phases Of crime and have learned 20
forecast the next moro Of the man VINO
~ plotting against tho banks PROBES
sonal detectives have an immense ad-
vantage over those OF the amateur rarie-
~, in that they are organized-that they
are affiliated with other detectives In
all sections Of the country, and that IL
Is impossible for a marked man 10
travel rs fast as the news or his fllsnt
~ flashed over the telegraph wires inns
Is particularly true when the matter IL
one which concerns bank frauds. But.
in spite Of the theoretical advantage or
tho profe detective. the amateur
scores--as was proved by tho case OF
Arthur l.. Moore.
Tho frst intimation which the bank
officials Of Denver received OF the &C
tivi,!es OF a man who appeared 10 be
exceptionally clever with his pen. was
when two checks. for several thousand
dcllars each wero returned from Chi
raEo and Omaha with the notation. NO
such account" Each OF the checks pre-
sumahly bore the endorsement Of tho
rerson who had CA shed Thorn. but. when
notified that tho check had been re-
turned. each Of the endorsers looked at
tho signature In Amusement and en-
phatical!y discla lined any knowledge OF
the transaction.
Careful examination OF the endorse
monts proved tho truth Of their state
ments The signatures had been writ
ten on tho back Of tho checks by some
one who evidently belonged to tho most
dangerous variety Of forgers-a member
Of the "frse-hand fraternity" who de-
pended upon his skill to reproduce tho
curves and shadings Of tho original,
rather than being bound by. the rubber
stamp outlines Of traced signature.
After n number Of checks Of SINH
lar KIM had been reported. tho matter
was placed in tho hands OF detective
agencies employed by the American
Bankers Association. and word was
flashed throughout the United States
TO DO on tho lookout for new penmah
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Chapter l0I.
Now my Sundays and the week "'oh
when Keith left ne were all occ"P.eu
I never said q word when he rshiaFhsu
that he WAS going over 20 Mttsa'r'
I simply put on my things Al" %"."e"
- far az the corn er with HIM anu 'o'N
the stage Tor t:rnas.
AT times | could scarcely Keep from
laughing He would say:
IL think | wilt run over TO M"rga'e' 3
for "a LITTLE while She teiephoh'd me-
this afternoon she wanted :" see "e
Br the time | had my hat ana ''4'
on. he would change his mind
suppose We stay homo tonight. Vera.
You play and sing for me. Il tele-
l.ho.i,. A.urgu:Ht l cant come
.:.y-ry we'll" woG!d say, eNt always
- NJ r.-re,fu!S X tie had only
known how delighted l was! Then |
would telephone i.rmG, and psetchi 10
So chagrined that could not come.
Ii NAV have been deccitrul to do as
fifd. yet / felt | Was excl>aoie because
o{ the end l had in Ni""-Aelth ana
nv own riture happiness.
f"Its working. | told E:ma Sleeful-
II. Perhaps some day Keith MIL real
lie that my claims equal Margarets.
"a vito should come hrSt.
II thinks so too. Erna. Eut Mar
Raret's hold on Keith WIS too strong
when ne married | am rot as bitter
as before l lived with Mrs. Aidrirh. she
had known cases Of extreme devotion
between brother and SlS'@r S!mlt2r 70
that OF Marsaress and N"lth'S; An ex-
trcmely Jealous. selfish nature IKE Mar
yars, claiming lifelong devotion be-
cause OF a childish sentimen: that never
had been replaced by greater one
Margaret was not happily married. YOU
Know, Had she been, sii> would PROB
ably have been very different
Well. ] only hope you make heitn
wake up"
~ think shall-Soon."
Mrs. Aldrich had promised 70 VISIT
49, wrote asking hc- u cone at
once. She did. ana hefor" she had
becn with me two days tilO:'1 ard Irene
we're her devoted admirers.
II told mother she was tho most won,
derfu, woman in the world. Gloria SAID
IN her exaggerated manner.
And I told her Ii she didn't get to
know her sic would be missing an aw-
full lot" Irene added
| could So. from what the kris told
me tina, they had made MARGARET curl
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also reported that they were doing sv-
erything possible to locate the criminal.
Ketschmsr. however, had bssa doing
a little studying on his own account.
He had secured Photographic copies OF
the various forged checks and had found
that there were two other points Of
similarity between them-tiny Details
which the detective force had over
looked. In tho first place the n Ia
Cash" always ended with a u6Wird
twist. while the top was closed and The
bottom wide open. No matter how the
rest OF the writing might differ, this
IN" was always fairly distinctive. Sec
ondly. tho man who wrote the checks
had the habit of placing two dasass.
instead OF one. under the extra ciphers
which represented tho cent?.
A third point, which the police wsrs
also following. Was that oAiy three
banks in the city had not been victim
ized. and 1t would probably Be . matter
OF time before the forEsr tried his hand
at one Of these three-of which the In
ternational Trust Company was one. :
Kretschmer accordingly kept his ~
wide open. and during the rush which
preceded tho closing hour on New Years
Eve. spotted a slip Of the pen on
check presented by 4 man whom he md
never seen before. The signature W1s
apparently perfect-but the check WIS
made out to Cash with . dl1tiAotivs
IN" and there were two lines under
the extra ciphers.
Tho paying teller waited for nothing
more. He was convinced that he had
tho man for whom the police had been
searching for two months and thu sharp
clang Of tho alarm bell flashed the Sig
nal to guard tho doors. The man In
front Of the tellef's booth mapped his
hand back to his hip pocket. but . glance
inside the cage showed him that his
move had come too late. KfstsehmSr
had him covered and an instant later
detectives closed in from the rsar. u.
fectually ending the career Of Arthur
l.. Moore-a master-forgsr who worried
alone, and whose capture was due solely
TO the fact that his pen slipped once
too often.
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are attractive for its development.

are attractive for It's development.
1t VIII require 6ia yards Of So Inch
material to MAKE this dress for IS
inch size The width Of the skirt 1t the
foot with p!uits extended Is "a. yards.
The Waist Pattern Is cut in : Sixth: 81,
Sc. IS. 40. ~. A. and &c inches bust meas
ure. The Skirt in Sizes; "a. 2s. 2s, 80.
So and 81 inches waist measure.
This illustration calls for TWO sepa-
rate patterns which will DO mailed to
any address on receipt Of l2c FOR
EACH pattern in silver or stamps.
Write name and address plainly. Send
II cents to lntenlgencer office. Wheel
ing, w. Va.
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chicken represents such absolute necss-
stiles az the best medical attention, you
viii admit, won't you that II IL q bit
hard on tho fathers Of tho present gen
Grafton who didn't get the breast Of the
chicken either a. children or fetAer1,
and will feel for Thorn the ad1niration
Mart generation will have had their
share Of the breast as children. what
ever their experience a. fathers. I
wonder II the pendulum will ever swing
thu other way?
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The Offering

Why should try for you"
.ruuody knows.
Lose l suppose
MANY VINO sigh for YOU
Gladly would bny for you
castles and CIn'rs.
While l--,whod died for you
Iluck VERY sh") for YOU
\ raiE-jrwrllcd rose.
-Wayside Tales
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oons Of xAFats

He: want to get you the dnAst On:
gagement rinb in the world. WHAT KIND
Of stone would you like!
Ehe: One like David in the Bible u0ed.
He: Meaning?
She: The kind that1l knock en- 6ssA-
Wayside Tales. 49,
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A rural darby In Georgia. OF little OK
perience in travelling. presented HIM
self TO the ticket agent at tho railway
station and inquired the price OF trans
portation to Macon. Three dollars and
10 cents" said the agent.
oh" exclaimed the darby. dat shore
Is high. I'd rather walk" And off he
started. He had not proceeded very far
whom tho train came along. whEstling
as II neared the station.
"Yo' needn't whistle TO me-" mutter-
cd the darby as he trudged along. II
made yo' an offer onCet an yo' would
n, take IT.. So yo' kin 30 on. train.
amt a-coGin' wiz yo.'
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All inquiries addressed to DR.. Huber
In care OF the Health Talks" depart
ment will be answered In these columns
in their turn. This requires consider
a BILE time. however, owing 10 the great
number received. So II personal or
quicker reply is desired. stamped and
self-addreBsed envelope must be en-
closed with the questionable Editor.
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For this design Waist Pattern 1872.
and Skirt Tattern $685. were combined
Crepe dc chine Canton crepe. Eahnrdin"
bingham. linen. serge; tuffctta and satin
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Further information Will /. nu:!rL OF
request.
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100 True Detective Stories
No. 58-A SLIP OF THE PEN

copyrsht 1871 by T., Wheeler News paper Syndicate
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-30
| Health Talks
By John B. Huber AM.MD \
ECZEMA

Good fare lessons care.-Tancho Panza.
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One Minute to Answer This

DICKENS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
32,735,937 COPIES OF
DAILY NEWS PAPERS
Tremendous Calculations Of These
Publications Attained in the
United States.

| Washington, Aug. 15.--Mure than
eleven and quarter billion copies of
daily newspapers are printed annua ly
in the United States, averaging one
copy a day for every three and one
fifth persons Of the eountry's popula-
ton, latest statistics of the Bureau OF
the Census show.
Circulation OF the nations 2,433
daily newspapers aggregated 32,375,-
J37 copies a day. an increase OF 1873
per cent in the five years since 1914.
fhe circulation of the 592 Sunday
newspapers was l9,929,S34 copies each
Sunday during 1919, an increase of
149 per cent.
Aggregate circulation of these daily
and Sunday new spapers, therefore. was
1870, 0,559Sl6 copies, or 1866 copies
per capita for the year.
Total circulation of the country S
20,43l newspapers and periodicals
aggregated l5,475, 1892 copies for
the year. an increase of Z. per cent
per issue in five years That includes
daily. Sunday, tri weekly, weekly,
monthly. quarterly, and all other news.
papers and periodicals.
The printing and publishing indus
try's products were valIed in 1919 at
$l52S,S56503, Of which newspapers
land period Gals contributed sS0S ,0e6,
036, and newspapers alone, S6l2,-
71S.515, an increase of Clio per cent
in five years. ~
Newspaper subscriptions and sales
aggregated $s04 s5s,214 an increase
OF 1868 per cent.
Advertising totaled S4O7, ,76O, ,301 an
Increase of 1918 per cent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
SUSPECT POISON /
PUT BRIDGE WATER
NAM IN HOSPITAL!
Wife, Already in Prison TO Be
Questioned
lont state Library
Osept1S
Is at Present in Woodstock Jail
Committed for Statutory
Offence

White River Junction. Aug, 15.-
Dana Root Of Bridgewater is in the
hospital at Hanover, N H., suffering
with all indications of arsenic poison
ling, thought by officials to have been
administered by some person, and his
wife, Minnie Root, who is now serving
a sentence in Woodstock Jail for a
st2tuory offence, is to be questioned.
States Attorney Glen G. Howland
OF Windsor, who IS prosecuting the
case against Mrs, Root, states that the
contents of tea strainer, thought to
have shown the presence OF paris
green has been sent to the state lab
oratory at Burlington to be analyzed
The Bridgewater affair, officia s say,
arose out of relations which had de-
yeloped between Mrs. Root, 36, and
Charles Fisher 81, also Of the same
place, who has been given a sentence
of from one and one half to three years
in states prison by Judge A. G. Whit
man.
Judge Whitman, who also sentenced
Mrs. Root will revied the evidence
alleged to bear on the suspected at
tempt to poison MIR. Root.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
WOMEN TENNIS STARS
IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Susanna LengIen, French Girl VII
Compete With Best Players
in America.

New York, Aug, l5.-'Interest in the
National Womens tennis champion
ships this year, to be held at the
West Side Club courts at Forest Hillj,
l.. l., beginning today is centered for
the most part. in the return OF MRS
May Sutton Bundy of Los Angeles
and Miss Mary X. Browne, of San
Francisco, both former holders OF the
title and the presence OF Mile. Suzanne
the famous French European cham
pion.
When Mrs Bundy was at the zenith
OF her game, back in 1904, the year
she won the championship, she was
hailed as an invincib e. Her game
was little short of wonderful at all
times and the slashing style she dis
played on the courts marked a new
era in womens tennis lay.
Mss Browne held the title in 1917
'13 and IA and was followed by Mol'a
Bjurstedt. Miss Bjuretedt has held
the title since that time, excepting only
in 1919 when Mrs. George Wightman
came in for the honor. But Miss
Biurstedt now Mrs Franklin Mallory
came back into the championship
last year upsettng the dope by de
feating Miss Marion zinderstein.
Both the Californians are playing
great tennis and in their engagement.
in the east for the past several weeks
have shown remarkable accuracy and
endurance. Miss Browne appears tC
be the more brilliant of the two, but
Mrs. Bundy is steady and deliberate
winning her matches easily. All o
last years stars probably will be seer
in the tournament including Miss
lZinderstein. (now Mrs. Jessup)
Eleanor Tenant, another Ca a'ifornian
ranked No last year; Miss Heller
Baker of San Francisco ranked No 4
Miss Eleanor Goss, of New York, rank
ed No +; and many others.
For the first time in tournamen
history. French girl will enter tn,
lists for the American tit'e, Suzanne
Lenglen, considered by tennis exert
to be the greatest woman player of al
time, Is to compete. She won FAM
in 1919 by defeating Mrs. Lamber
Chambers OF England, in what wa
termed "the worlds championship
meet Mrs Chambers challenges
again in 1920 but appeared as nov G
before Lenglen, who won 6S 60. MI
Lengln also won the Olympic cham
pionship in 1920
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
APPROPRIATION NOW
5i NEARLY EXHAUSTED
Enough Applications for Te5tino Cattle
to Use All Money Available Be-
fore Next July.

Montpelier Aug. Is. On Aug. /
the state agricu tural department had
on file applications for testing 1868
herds of cattle comprising 1882 head.
AS nearly as estimate can be made
this number is sufficient to exhaust
the appropriations from state and fed
eral sources for tuberculosis work for
the fiscal year beginning July l. 1921,
provided the usual number Of reactors
are found.
Notice has been issued to state and
federal veterinarians that they should
Iconfne testing strictly to herds for
which application was made prior to
Aug 8, 1921, until Il was determined
whether or not money will be avail
ab for the payment of additional. in
Idemnity claims. Tests of herds for
which application has been made after
Aug. s., 1921, will probably not be made
until after July /, 1922
The appropriation for the present
fiscal year was bad " eaten into by
back claims for private tests made
during the last fiscal year. when under
the old law the state had to bear the
entire burden of indemnity Meny
herd-owners employed private veterin-
arians to make their first herd tests
the result being that the entire ndem
nifty had to be paid by the state be.
cause the federal government will not
participate in paying such claims.
Under the present law the state is
obligated to pay only its share Of
indemnity from private test , so that
the $4,000 600 appropriat'on for the
next fiscal year will go much futher
in eradicating tubercu osis. Owners
desiring tests will do we'll to file appl.
cations now so that they viii be in line
for the 1922 appropriation, for at no
time within two years has the depart
ment had less than 200 herds on
the waiting list
! Vermont now has 607 accredited
herds, comprising lO,7S5 cattle. 1t
has also $40 herds which have passed
one test without a reactor, ont of a
total OF 1889 herds under supervision.
In only 512 herds were reactors found
on the last test.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
CAMP AVALON MASQUE
WAS GREATLY ENJOYED
Exceptional Evening Conditions and
Large Attendance Added to the
Success OF Occasion.

The public welfare work of the Ben
nington county Red Cross nurse will
be benefited TO the extent OF more
than five hundred do lars by the mas
que and Greek games presented by
Camp Avalon III SALISBURY last Fri
day evening,
! Somewhat sim. lar entertainments
have been given at Camp Avalon dur.
ing recent years and have been grow
ing in popularity with the people in
the western half OF the county, as was
evidenced by the attendance Friday
ievening which was, the largest in the
series to date.
J Loaded motor cars from Shaftsbury,
Manchester, Dorset, Arlington, Ben
lnington and other towns we're parked
! on the shores OF the little lake which
with full moon overhead made per-
feet background for the production.
The pleasing effect too, was height
ened by the white costumes OF the par.
ticipants.
The young women at Camp Avalon,
the executive committee and the pat
rons and patronesses are entitled to
large amount of credit for the un-
qualified success the, entertainment
proved to be. There were many hours
of hard work for the participants and
the details necess.t .tated much pain
stalking labor. 1a
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
HOPING FOR BETTER
PRICES FOR FARMERS
Statement from White House Predicts
General Reduction in Freight
Rates On Grain. =

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. - Strong
hope for better prices in the agricult-
ural markets is justified by reductions
In the railroad rate on grain for ex-
port, already in effect and proposed,
according to statement issued at
the White House.
Recent reductions in the export
rate on grains between Chicago and
New York the statement said will
be fol owed by sweeping revisions OF
gra n rates generally, including those
from Mississippi river point' and ON
the lines to the Gulf, In order that the
entire agricultural interest may share
fully in benefits
Reductions OF transportation rates
on grain for export was described as
"One of the most important measures
the administration has initiated fol
the relief OF agricultural and Of gen
eral Industrial conditions" The reduc
tions. II was explained, were insisted
upon by Secretary Hoover as con
cession to the agricultural interests
when, on behalf of President Harding
he negotiated with the carriers the
basis for settlement of their claims
against the government, growing ou
of federal control.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
SLOW BALL SLAB
ARTIST PUZzLER
I. FQR BENNINGTON
lDunns Of Albany Beat Locals by
2 to Score
BREAKS FAVOR VISITORS
New York State Players Won on
Four Hits Bunched in
Critical Inning

The Dunns OF Albany Saturday af
ternoon represented North Benning
ton in the second of the series ar
ranged by the two villages and won
from Bennington by the close score
of to /. Bennington fans are dis
posed to claim that the visitors got
the best of the breaks but it was
plain to the nnpreIudiced spectator
t6lt The Albany boys constitute the
best balanced aggregation OF ball play
ers met by the local team during the
present season They felded surely
handled the ball accurately and when
they connected with the pin at bat
there was wicked speed behind the
drives.
Burns pitched first class ball His
curves broke nicely. he had good con
troll and 4 lot OF speed. Outside Of the
inning in which the Dunns made their
two runs he kept the 10 hits well
scattered.
Signor, for Albany, used a slow ball
and Bennington was unable to drive II
through the infeld or lift it beyond
reach OF the outfeld He made one
plucky play when he was almost
knocked down by a hard drive from
Rrazell's bat but recovered in time to
nail the Bennington catcher at first.
Outside of their failure to hit Sig
nor, the Remington boys put brand
OF baseball that would have won nine
ont OF ten games. The infeld had
some hard hit balls to handle and
those that did get away did not figure
largely in the result Moran put up a
fine game at second and ii was his
four bagger to right field that gave
Bennington the one run credited TO
the home team The. score;
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
VT. HORTICULTURISTS
TO MEET IN NOVEMBER
Good Exhibits OF Fruit Expected in
Rutland This Year in Spite
of Poor Crops.

The annual meeting and exhibi.
ton of the Vermont horticultural
Society will be in Rutland Noyem
ber II and 1S, and plans are in the
process OF development for sue
cessful meeting. Despite the fact OF
small crop of apples this year
there are many places in the state
where the prospects are good.
In Grand Isle county, for instance
the agricultural agent, S. c. Paint
er, says there will be fair crop
There are baldwins in the orchard
of T. L. Kineny, greetings and bald
wins at X. r. Aliens and an estt
mate crop OF 1000 barrels, includ
ing many pies, in the orchard oi
the late Prof. w. Phelps. Professor
Cummings OF Burlington, who saw
this crop, recently said it looked
surprisingly good. The Grand Isle
Orchard Company also has some
fruit and there are others who nave
crops OF apples in Grand Isle eoun
ty.
Julian Dimock of East Corinth re
ports good crop as does also Eu
mund Seymour, owner Of a 50-acre
orchard of fameuse apples at East
Highgate, where several University
of Vermont students have been io'
practice work at different times for
several years. Old varieties Ike
baldwin, greening and spy, as wei
as fameuse. are true to their tradi
tional merits and are doing well IN
some places even in test year su9h
as the nresent one.