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The New York herald., 1922-03-19

him at all so far as the Eastern tracks
we're concerned. That he might be passing
bad money in st. Louis was not proof that
he had been doing so in New York. despite
the coincidence.
Presently we saw him go to a book
makers stall and place bet. The gambler
raised his finger and we were handed a
500 bill just given the gambler by Kramer.
He went to another stall. We followed.
Again he passed in a century note and
once more we came into possession Of it,
Three more times that happened that day.
He had laid $25 bets each time, receiving in
all $375 in good money I do not remem
Der whether he won any of those bets.
Found They Were Spurious
And Then Arrested Him
tion all that night. The rest of US verified
our suspicious that all these bills he had
passed in Through the bookmaker wickets
were counterfeits Moreover, they were
products Of the same plates that had
turned out those found in New York. Max
ing an arrest might have been a simple
matter right then, but we decided to wait,
thinking to catch his associates If he had
any.
We watched for several days, but no
associates appeared. and then we decided
to arrest Kramer before he should become
suspicious and escape. He was utterly self.
possessed. There was not the slightest
suggestion Of panic about him. In the
evenest tones he said:
"There is a mistake, of course and aren't
you running the risk of making trouble for
yourselves by arresting an innocent man?'
well" / told him, 1--WE have decided to
take chances. We have here fifteen bogus
hundred dollar bills you have given book
makers. We know also that what with a
few wins and the change you have received
from the gamblers you have in your pos
session at least $1,000 in good money"
Counterfeit bills?" he replied. "Are you
sure?"
quite sure"
"Wel, that is unfortunate" he exclaimed,
plunging his hand into pocket. Here
examine these-twenty-eight of them. Pos
sibly they are counterfeit too. Lord, this
is embarrassing"
"Yes." | agreed, "it is. And these are
counterfeit. Moreover, they are the same
counterfeits that we're circulated at Graves
end You know Gravesend, don't you"
He didn't choose to reply directly, but
said.
look here: come to my hotel and I'll
show you something Of even greater in.
terest"
He did. In his room he produced suit
case containing $4,000 in genuine money
and five more counterfeit 500 bills. He
had already handed us twenty-eight OF
them:
"See this?" he said, handing one Of the
Secret Service men a newspaper opened at
the classified advertisements. Read that
We read an advertisement which an
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had handled as much as $4,000 or 100000
How could they be certain who had handed
them single s1OO bill? Nevertheless, now
that they came to think of it, Kramer had
gained some distinction for his weakness
for bills of that denomination.
So had Poppy.
1t was rather thin going, this meager
suspicion, but it was better than nothing.
Inasmuch as we had nothing else to work
on we decided to watch this Betting Fool
and his ravishing sweetheart
Large Amounts Were Wagered,
So Details Were Forgotten
Those were rather hectic days at the
tracks. Such horses as Orthodox, Hermes,
Voter, Dolly Spanker, Chuctanunda and
Delhi were running and enormous wagers
were laid. Money commanded little re-
spect, judging by the way those who had
any of it took chances with it. The book
makers and the betting commissioners
were always in something of frenzy and
mere incidents were forgotten over night
Nevertheless we questioned the bookmak.
ers and commissioners and arrived at the
conclusion that at least $4,000 in suspicious
looking bills had passed around the ring
that meet at Gravesend. Moreover, the
other bookmakers and commissioners were
inclined to agree with the growing suspi-
cion that Kramer and the bills always
seemed to appear simultaneously That
there had not been a complaint before is
explained in the words of one of the
gamblers.
"Yes," he said, Il wouldn't be at all sur
prsed IL we handled some of the stuff every
day, but we work fast. The money comes
in and it goes out. Money circulates faster
here than anywhere in the world. There
is no time to make minute examinations Of
every bill you receive"
But they all appeared to agree that Kra-
mer specialized on 500 bills. They had
never given il a thought before but now 1t
did strike them as odd. And he never bet
a full hundred-always twenty-five or fifty.
lie always got change for his bill. His
betting was wild too. Suggested the man
who was willing to throw away money just
for the pleasure of betting.
You can see the scantiness of the case
against Kramer. But, as ! have said, 1t
vas all we had and we worked on It. We
followed him to st. Louis and to the Del
mar track and. sure enough bogus 800
bills began to appear just as soon as he
began operating there.
We glued ourselves to Kramer-followed
him from hotel to track and back again.
Queerly enough. Poppy was not with him.
We located her out on the coast and she is
alleged to have told friends that she was
through with Kramer and was going on the
stage. Be that as it may, we did not see
her again. Kramer was working the Del
mar track alone
We arranged with bookmakers to let us
take any 500 bills he might hand them.
Please remember that we had nothing on
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His Perfect Explanation
Had Authorities Worried

In the face of all this we were becoming
a bit groggy. He had most plausibly ex-
planned his possession of the thirty.three
bogus bills. To make affairs more compli-
Gated for us, one of our men, doing bit
OF inquiry about Union Station in st. Louis,
came upon travelling bag in the checking
room which bore the name of Lewis Glenn,
but no address.
I'm not prepared to say just why the
Secret Service mans suspicious centered
upon that bag. | fail to remember, If
ever knew. AT any rate, they opened 1t and
found therein a number of articles of mems
clothing and 100 more of the 500 counter
feits.
I'm sure you're no more amazed than I
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nounced that packet of money had been
found in Union Station and that the owner
might have it by applying to &C. B. Re-
public
Il inserted that ad," explained Kramer.
"You see / just got into town two weeks
tanning this money as / was coming in
through Union Station. / advertised, re-
ceved no claim and had decided to keep
on advertising until the owner was located.
Personally $4,000 doesn't interest me.
] have plenty. / like to play the races
and simply used this loose money rather
than go to my bank for cash. If the
loser appears / should give him my check"
And then he gave us references regard
ing himself-all of them in large New
England city. The story was plausible.
There was nothing about his demeanor
that would warrant our growing more sus-
picious. Still there was that coincidence
500 bills at Gravesend and S100 bills at
Delmar. The trouble was we didn't have
the evidence at Gravesend.
We took a long chance after consulting
Washington and held Kramer. He was
quite docile about it--said that he under
stood how careful we had to be.
But why not permit me to stay at a
hotel?" he said. "One of your men can
remain with me. l shall be glad to pay
his expenses"
II would be difficult to. be fairer than
that
We had Kramer's credentials looked up
One of our men went to this New England
city and returned saying that he was some
what puzzled by the fact that Kramer had
not been elected Mayor. Bankers, clergy
men and merchants gave him warm praise
They scoffed at the idea that he was even
suspected OF lawbreaking. They said that
he would be able to clear up all the mys-
tery and that IL guarantees were necessary
they would post any amount OF money.
Then, too, IL was discovered that there
was a young woman in this town to whom
Kramer was engaged to be married. She
was a splendid type-a school teacher and
quite active in the womens clubs of the
community. | believe she had organized
several settlement centers for child well
fare work.
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He
less well known at all the tracks in Amer
ica 1t is possible, too, that the English
tracks knew him, although that would have
all, his love for racing was not sincere
one He cared nothing for the track and
the sport as SUCH He had arrived at the
conclusion that the betting ring was his
best medium of circulation and he was
pretty much right about it. He, like others,
was tripped up in time. but he got away
with it more freely than the majority of
counterfeiters.
During the two years in which he was
operating the United States Secret Service
came to know that something more than
5000 in counterfeit $100 bills had been
let loose upon the public. Some of them
had circulated far; had come into and gone
out of banks. Some had been detected the
moment they were pushed into the teller's
hands.
The stream of the spurious bank notes
was more or less continuous. For while
we kept quiet about it for reasons of our
own and then we began to ask the public
to watch for the notes. Naturally the vigil
was most rigid where bills of large denomi-
nation we're commonest.
Even Experts Disagreed
When Asked About Them
There were admirably executed bills.
The experts became embroiled when asked
to discriminate between them and genuine
ones. II required keen eye and power
ful glass, but once you knew, the defect
was plain. They were all Of the issue oil
gold certificates dated July IL, 1882, with
the engraving of Benton upon them-check
letter 8, plate 5, series C-424363-to be
specific.
But under the glass you could observe
an error in the Benton nose. The aqualine
contour was untrue. slight falseness OF
curve 1t was not an accurate likeness OF
Mr.. Benton's nose, that's all there is to II,
but I'd defy you to detect it offhand.
or course It was not that slight error In
Mr. Benton's face that accomplished
Kramers downfall. That merely verified
suspicion raised by the peculiar feel OF the
paper The paper did not crinkle as II
should have II lacked bulk | know OF
but one counterfeiter who ever made bank
note paper so expertly that the makers
of the genuine failed to tell which was
theirs and which was his. And that bright
young man we clapped into Federal
prison on the Pacific coast.
dozen secret service men were riding
around the country seeking information
regarding this steady flow of bad money.
And finally, as so often happens, we re-
ccived our chance from source we had
not suspected. From the Gravesend track
we got word that five suspicious 500 bills
had been taken in there that day. They
we're not at all certain who had passed
them, but the bookmakers appeared to
want to accuse Kramer, the Betting Fool
and the adorable Poppy.
They had had a big day. Many OF them
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was when you arrested me-" was Kramer's
comment. I'D suggest you find this fellow
Glenn and release me. My affairs need my
personal attention"
But we could not forget the simultaneous
presence of Kramer and the counterfeits in
New York And we couldn't explain the
suspicious of the bookmakers. There was
700 much coincidence about the whole at
fair. We were drifting, I'll admit, but
eventually we drifted into the right
channel
city led other Secret Service men to Bos-
ton. There we discovered that Kramer had
established an engraving business that had
been netting him an income of nearly
$4,000 year. But we were unable to To-
cate his boasted source of great wealth.
man with an income of $4,000 can't play
the races as Kramer had been betting
Even in those days he couldn't have done it.
We could have had Kramer arraigned on
a charge of passing counterfeit money, OF
course, but we didn't have thing to offer
a jury. 1t would have been up to US, as
usual to prove him guilty Of knowingly
circulating the stuff We couldn't muster
anything like sufficient evidence of that
The case was going to pieces. We were
considering abandoning it.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

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shiny, for it disappears the moment you
rub it on and there is not particle Of
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base, rubbing it lightly on your face and neck
before powdering. This dry, greaseless cream
is absorbed at once by the skin, leaving soft,
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The Washington times., 1922-01-29

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little Ponds Vanishing Cream into it. Notice
how quickly the tired muscles relax how the
color brightens and the very texture of the skin
seems to take on more vigor. Ponds Vanishing
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To cleanse the skin thoroughly
a cream made with
oil is needed
For the nightly cleansing and for toning the
skin, an entirely different cream is needed Only
a rich cream with an oil base will rid the skin
of the dust and dirt that work their way into
the pores. Is.
Each night, after washing with warm water
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face. This delicate cream contains the oil needed
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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28
TEACHERS SALARY SCHEDULE
OF JACKSON COUNTY, KEN
lucky, FOR SCHOOL
YEAR, 1929

The salary schedule must be made
BY the County Board of Education
and submitted in duplicate to the
State Board of Education for approve
al by the State Board before teach.
ers' contracts are made; and an APP
proved schedule must be in effect be-
fore any payments are made to
teachers.
No teacher can be legally employed
who does not hold at the time Of his
employment a proper legal certif-
cate which will not expire during the
term for which he is employed.
The first 25c Of thecounty schoollevy
must be devoted exclusively to supple.
menting teachers salaries, or as much
of it as is needed to meet the salary
schedule and the minimum salary law.
lr those counties where the 25c levy
when added to the state per capita
is not sufficient to meet the minimum
salary law, the county board may pay
a lower salary than the legal minI-
mum.
Salaries in no county ought to be
uniform, but the salary paid should
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28

trip cost each individual only about
forty-five cents.
During the noon hour we had a de-
lghtful time reviewing the early his
tory Of Kentucky and comparing our
conveniences and equipment with
those of Daniel Boone and his fol-
lowers.
Aside from our jolly good time and
the many other things we saw, con-
slider the trip well worth the time
and cost for the students to see just
how boats are taken thru the locks.
believe history and geography are
very poorly taught IL not properly
related to everyday life and the
things about us.
For Division No. /. the winners in
the arithmetic contest in addition
we're: seventh grade, Myrtle Hazel
wood; sixth grade. Edna Logsdon;
fifth grade. Vincent Lewis.
The following patrons have visited
the school during the last two weeks:
Mr.. Lewis, SO years old whose
years number the same as the num-
Der Of students listed on the census
report for the district; Eula Johnson,
Mrs. Armin Nicely. VIM. Gabbert, Mr..
Toad, Mrs. Charlie Click, Mamie
Powell. Lula Burnell. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Il. Chestnut, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Davis, and Mrs. Verna Shear.
Both divisions met at the school
house Friday afternoon and organic
Cd themselves into a literary society.
to render a program every Friday at
ternoon. beginning at 2:30. The fol-
lowing students were elected officers:
William Davis. president; Margaret
Lakewood, vice-presidcnt; Hazel
Maupin. secretary treasurer. and VIII
liam Hardwood and Luther Powell,
door-keepers.
The contest in Division No. be-
tween grades first, second. and the
third and fourth for conduct and
cleanliness was won by the first and
second grades. who received as Q
reward a treat Of home made candy.
Patrons Of the district are always
welcome at our school.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28

Both divisions are better equipped.
more comfortable, and are doing bet
ter school work. due to fewer dis
fractions.
On Friday. September 18th, Divis-
ion No. 1, excepting three out of 20,
together with five mothers and eight
young folks, had a very enjoyable.
interesting and educational trip to
Boonesboro. As we secured a good
truck to make the trip for SIS. the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28
Y, W. c. A.

The first meeting of the Y. W. c.
A was held in Main Chapel, Sunday
evening at $3.50.
The meeting was conducted by Avo
winton, the president this year.
There was a song service and then
a discussion of the topic, "The Gold
en- Gates" Many girls entered into
the discussion and made very inter
esting and helpful talks.
We were glad to have so many
new girls with us and hope to have
more next Sunday.
We are planning for a great year
in the Y. w. c. A. and hope for the
hearty cooperation of the new girls.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28
OWSLEY COUNTY SCHOOL AND
CLUB FAIR
Friday and Saturday. September p
and %. 1922. Held at School
Grounds. bonneville, Ny.
A Splendid Success
800 Entries Were Made


800 Entries Were Made
Entries began coming in early Fri
day morning and continued until 10
o'clock Saturday.
Largest Crowd Ever Assembled On
Any Occasion in Owsley County
A conservative estimate would
place the number at about 5000 per-
sons and in the opinion of 5. Il. Shep-
herd, b. J. Meyers and others who
have lived in Bonneville for many
years this was the largest crowd
ever assembled in the county.
Floral Hall
The exhibit in the Floral Hall Of
the products II the farm and garden
and needlework and of canning and
preserving. etc, would have done
credit to any county in the state.
Literary Work Of Schools
The orations. essays, declarations,
readings and other literary work Of
the schools were such as TO bring joy
and inspiration to those who heard
them. We are asking some of the
daily papers Of the State to publish
the prize winning essays.
Grand Parade Of School Children
At o'clock on Saturday the most
inspiring scene ever witnessed in
Owsley county took place when more
than 1000 school children formed in
to one grand march and marched
around the public school grounds. to
the music Of the fife and drum. carry
ing their banners in front and with
old glory unfurled TO the breeze. One
old farmer was heard to exclaim: 81
never felt like holloing before in
ife."
Yells and Songs
The hills were made to echo with
the yels and songs of the boys and
girls from the different schools.
Group Plays and Games
The schools entered into friendly
rivalry in the playing of group games
which were enjoyed by all, at the
close of which the many prizes were
awarded and the crowd dismissed.
The managers of the Owsley county
School and Club Fair acknowledge
their Indebtedness for its success to
the following persons from the out
side:
J. M. Feltner, club agent, London,
Ky, w. r. Reynolds, county agent,
Tyner. KY, T. II. Jones, county
agent, BeattyNlle, KY, and C. M
Summers. Y. M. C. A. Sec, Winches-
ter, KY, and wish to extend their
thanks to the citizens Of Bonneville
and every other person in Owsley
county who contributed to the sue
cess of the fair.
Very truly yours,
p. M. Freye, County Agent,
Owsley County
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28
SUPERVISION.

4. SUPERVISION.
Principal of high school. 80. $50
Assistant high school teacher. $4l
Adopted by the County Board Of
Education on the 2sth day of Aug
ust, 1929.
W. A. CREECH,
County Superintendent
Approved by the State Board Of
Education on the 9th day Of Septem-
Der, 1922.
GEO. COLvIN,
State Superintendent
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28

ard high school plus I year
of normal ........... 80
u Graduates of a 4 year high
school plus 2 years Of normal $50
TX Graduates of a 4 year stand
dard high school plus I year
of college or university. 80. $40
IL Graduates Of a 4 year stand
ard high school plus 2 years
of college or university. 80. $50
I'm Graduates of year
standard high school plus 8
years of college or univer-
sity s'..s'........,. wv
In Graduates Of a 4 year stand
ard high school plus year
of college or university 80. 800
10 Six weeks or more attend
ance at summer school
Cl922) ..............$ b
!. EXPERIENCE.
"a Success in teaching during
the term $40
I. ATTENDANCE.
Every pupil over forty in at
tendance. for the term. -. 2
Every pupil over fifty in at
tendance, for the term. 5 5
Every pupil over 60 in attend
ance, for the term .... $40
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28
Honest Garage Man


Please publish the following letter
which should be of interest to auto
mobilists Of your city;
The first part Of July, while passing
thru Waterville, | met with an acct
dent in the Waterville Motor Com
pany's garage which damaged a ma
chine belonging to one Of their pa
irons. made deposit with the
company to cover all damages done
I, the machine, as I did not want the
owner to suffer any loss. Some weeks
later, after my return home, re-
ceived from the company a bill set
ting forth clearly the work done and
the amount paid for labor and ma
terial, and enclosed was a check for
more than two-thirds of the amount
deposited. Now these gentlemen
could have padded the bill and kept
the whole amount. had they been in
clined TO do so, but instead the bill
rendered was just one, and con-
graduate a city that has the type Of
men found head of the Waterville
Motor Company. We're living In
your city, they certainly would get
my patronage. I hope you have
many others whose business stand
ards are the same.
Sincerely yours.
HOWARD HUDSON,
Berea. Kentucky.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28

have a direct relation to the teachers
preparation and experience.
This salary schedule must be kept
posted in the county superintendent
Office, and must be published in the
local paper. II must be made the
basis and a part of the teachers
contract.
The salaries Of all teachers employ.
ed by the county board of education,
whether teaching in the elementary
schools Of the county or in county
high schools, will be based on the fol-
lowing:
l. PREPARATION.
la Graduates of the sth grade $50
ID Graduates of the sth grade
plus year of high school. .s53
lc Graduates of the 9Th grade
plus 2 years of high school. $50
Id Graduates of the 9Th grade
plus 3 years of high school. $50
10 Graduates of the 9Th grade
plus years Of high school. $62
If Graduates Of the sth grade
plus year of normal. .... $55
1g Graduates of the Sth grade
plus 2 years of normal. -. $50
In Graduates of the Sth grade
plus years of normal .... sos
Ii Graduates of a year stand
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-09-28
REFRESHING

The following is republished from
the Morning Sentinel" Waterville,
Maine: