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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
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Norfolk, Va.-Capt. L. +. Power Of
the schooner Cumberland Queen and
his wife, given up for dead in the wreck
Of the ship, arrived in Norfolk one day
recently. The ship, after grounding
twice, finally sank, Power said, in the
deep water. The captain and crew
ere taken to Charleston. Then the
lit cargo, with which the vessel was
heavily laden dissolved and the light
ened ship bobbed up again, 10 be res
cued by the coast guardsmen.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Famous Tree, 800 Years
Old, Shows Signs of Wear

Mexico City.-The great tree
of Tule,' in Santa Maria de
Tule, state Of Oaxaca, after 500
years, is beginning to show signs
of wear. This giant cypress.
with a trunk so huge it takes 80
persons with outstretched arms
to span it, is known to-haxe been
fair-Sized tree when Columbus
discovered America.
History also recounts that
COrtes and his Spanish soldiers
slept beneath its branches four
centuries ago en- route 4 Hon
duras following their conquest Of
Mexico.
There is no immediate cause
for worry, however, that Tule.
as Indians call the tree. will
wither away before the present
generation has passed on. And
even if it should, Tule has a son
some fifty yards away that is
showing signs Of maintaining the
family honor. IIijo (son) al
ready is so large i persons are
needed to span it. Hijo is only
couple of hundred years old.
The tree rises rs feet. The
spread of its branches is almost
$50 feet.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
TIE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"oUARANTlNEv

THE origin of a term Of 40
\ days-a "Quarantine"-as a
sanitary preeaution against the
spread Of various diseases is lost
ia Tile dim mazes Of early ORR
entail history. Forty days was
the period devoted in ancient
times Jo the burial OF the dead.
The spies IF the Israelites spent
- days in Canaan before they
submitted the report. Jonah
gave the residents Of Niueweh 10
days In which 60 consider his
prophecy and repent Christ
Moses and Elijah each tasted for
80 days-the Christian observ-
ance OF Lent being = commemor-
alton Of the most notable Of
these. Under William the Con-
Queror no man was permitted to
remain in England more than
40 days without paying tax
OF some kind. while under the
Magma Charta II IS provided that
a widow shall remain 10 days
in the house Of her deceased
husband before being allotted
her dowry.
The modern sanitary adapta-
ton OF the quarantine was es-
tublished by the French along
the Mediterranean In order to
prevent the Introduction OF
plague from the eastern coun-
fries, but apparently the only
reason for the arbitrary setting
Of such a "time is that It forms
one of the periods resulting from
a division Of the lunar year by
the mystic number nine.
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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Take Annual Levy of S30,000,-
900 From Careless Check
Writers in United States.
IS ARISTOCRAT OF CRIMINALS
Introduction of Modern Protective
Measures Only Hampered Crooks
Plans for Time-Safety PAPER
Is Best Precaution.

New York.-Forgers and penmen
are exacting a toll of between S3O,-
. 100000 and $35,000,0O0 a year from
the people of the country because of
the careless manner in which checks
+ and drafts are written and handled, ac-
eording to Burgess Smith, ex-inspector
of technical work in the United States
bureau of Engraving, writing in Amer
lean Industries, the magazine of the
National Association of Manufac-
turers.
Baked by scientific Inventions in
ii check protecting devices and il check
: paper that dehes alteration, check
raisers are now robbing mail boxes
and adopting other subterfuges TO
obtain checks which are not safe
guarded. Their depredations are be-
{ coming SO extensive, the writer says.
] that authorities do not make public
Etny more the amount Of losses being
sustained.
'sNinety-fve per cent of the bust
ness 81 the nation is done by check
and draft says the writer. During
The last year a total Of approximately
500, 000,O00,0 600 in checks and drafts
passed through the clearing houses
81 the nation. based on a total cur
reney issue in circulation Of about
5000 100000. In other words, checks
and drafts in circulation constantly
exceed currency and bullion at the
rate Of eighty to one.
1T is only natural, therefore, that
the most astute minds of the criminal
world should turn their attention to-
ward form of crime which yields
great profits with little chance of de
lection and conviction-au because Of
The innate carelessness of individu-
SIS.
Grew With Use of Checks.
N Tracing the rapid development Of
the use Of credit instruments the
u world over, particularly within recent
Wears Mr.. Smith shows how losses
from forgery have increased with the
Increased use of checks and drafts.
The idea of the bank check is as
'uld rs Egypt" the writer says but it
I vas only half century ago that the
word check meant little or rothing
n tn the daily life of the average Amer
. lean business man Such a thing as
forged or raised check was almost I'M
thought Of. Where today the losses
from forgery are increasing at the
rate Of S1.000,000 annually. with more
than Ss0000,00O estimated as last
yeass figures. the total annual toll
thirty years ago was only $1,O00,000
The methods employed by ne forg-
er embrace a cunning and skill that
Is seldom found in other forms Of
crime. The forger and penman is the
aristocrat Of the underworld. He is
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Forgers Reap
Huge Harvest

one OF the 'higher-ups' in an organiza-
ton that is conducted in most bust
ness-lt6e way. First, there is the
banker, who backs the gang with his
wealth and who usually has asso-
GATED with him an expert criminal
lawyer. Then there is the forger him
self, who lives in some secluded out
of-the-way spot, where he has his
laboratory. There, with pens and inks
and acids and blotters strewn about
him, he sits and traces signatures or
obliterateS writing with such a high
degree of delicacy and perfection that
even banking experts are deceived.
Since the forger is the brains of the
organization. he must be accorded the
greatest possible protection. Conse-
quently, there are the go-between'
men who hire thieves to rob the mail
boxes and presenters to put down
the forged checks. These men never
come in contact with the forger, and
the result is that the arrest of sub
ordinates seldom leads to his convic-
ton.
"And' Vulnerable Point.
Before the Introduction Of modern
protective measures, forgery and
alteration had become so simple it
had almost ceased being called al art.
To raise a check from eight to eighty
dollars, all this master criminal had
to do was to add a " to the L and
then another zero to the numerals. To
raise six to sixty, seven to seventy or
nine to ninety was just as easy, and
to change five to fifty or TO tack some
other word to fifty, say 100 or 1000,
was equally simple, The word and
has always been a most vulnerable
point Of attack, and in many typical
cases Of forgery it has been made to
cali for thousands by writing thous'
before it.
For many years the fOrger had as
his greatest foe the designer of check
writing machines that shred the
amount in colors and at the same time
impregnate the paper with insolube
ink The Introduction of these de-
vices only hampered the crooks plans,
however, fer he could still. with the
use of his acids. erase the payee line
and substitute for names the words
cash or bearer And, likewise, he
could change the number and date
lines.
ITO meet this new move of the
check raiser a safety paper that could
not be erased or alterated in any way
without detection was needed. and
by a gradual evolution which led
nearer and nearer TO perfection the
manufacturers have only recently
been able to produce a safety paper
which has thus far withstood all tests
of the criminal Thus, the check
forger has again l,een defeated, and
check users who today employ the
modern measures of protection af-
forded-the modern writing machine
as well as the safety paper-have no
reason to fear that their checks viii
he altered.
How to Be DoubIy Safe.
To make checks absolutely safe
against the depredations Of forgers
and raisers. Mr. Smith suggests the
following measures:
/. Write your checks on paper that
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10

Heathsville, Vain Election they
have employed French woman. who
is engaged in making imitation pearls
from the essence of fish scales. She
is said to have made some fine speci-
mems of pearls"
This new and novel enterprise is at
tracing considerable attention The
fishermen are being paid 10 cents a
pound for fish scales.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10
Pr0fiteer in LeeChes
as Demand REEVES

Paris. Whenever you had q
headache or a pain in the Ola
days they PUT leeches on you
the Nasty Shiny things that get
n your way as sou walk
through your garden after Il
rain. When contemporaries Of
fepys nsed 10 get blood 10 the
head q common craniai dis
tHrbanee with three bottle
men q the period Ieaches
would be hufrssdly sent for
For some reason impossible to
falhoTn there has been an in
creased demand for leeches in
farls II the last few months
flffE years ago ieeches cost
~ francs per 1000 but tie
Price soon went down to go
francs
Proiiteering has now set III.
iesch dealers are spring.ng up
hefe and there and the price
per thousand has gone = "a 100
francs
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10

Cook fresh hHI rsl-nir- .n boiling
salted 0eser 0atii tender. Peel and
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-10

"Our cares are the mothers. not only Of
1ur charities and virtues, but ~ oar neat
Joys and most q ee..ag and enduring
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21
TODAY,S EVENTS

Centenary of the birth of John F-itz, the father of the steel Industry in Anzeri- ca -lt Seventy-hfth anniversary of, the Amer Ican victory over the Mexicans at cheru, busco.
 The primary campaign in wyoming, involving nominations for United States senator. closes today. . .t@-
 Today has been fixed for beginning the intensive speech-making campaign of the republicans in Maine
 A provincial convention of the con servative party in British Colunhik meets at Vancouver today to considersa political program. .-
 The second annual school for comner- cial organization secretaries will be open ed at Northwestern University toas, and continued today and continued to Sept. 2.
 Twenty-Five members of the British parliament sail from England today to make transcontinentaI tour of Capada as guests of the Montreal Bol-d- of Trade. e-4-
 The railroad labor board today xir hear the case of the 11o0 union teleg- raphers on the Big Four railroad On th. question of the interpretation C the working rules. --- 1T i Unemployment and wage reductions will be among the important problsnss dealt with at the 3sth annual convention Of the Trades and Labor Congress ot Canada, opening at Montreal today
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21

9.5; tidy butchers, Ss25ds.oo; fair, s7.oo@s.oO; common. $5.5o66.5o: com mon to good fat bulls, S4.O06 500; com mon to good fat cows. S3.5o@6Oo; heif- CTS, S5.00@S.00 fresh COWS and springers Ss5.OOG $500; veal calves. s12.5o; heavy and thin calves. S5.oO@ 800
 Sheep and Lambs.-supply, 300 head market steady. Prime wethers. $7.o0d 7.5O; good mixed. S6.25@675; fair mixed. s5.25 a6.O0; culls and common. S1.O0 0@3.0o spring lambs. s15.50.
 Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head; market 20 to BOG lower. Prime heavy hogs ss.15@9.3o; heavy mixed. $s5O69.75 mediums, S10.10616.2O: heavy oyrkers s1o.1O @1o.2o; Night workers. s10.I09 1920; pigs. 1925 @s.65: roughs, s6.50G 7.25; stags, s4.oed 4.5o.
 Buffalo. Aug. 1s.-Cahtle- Receipts 450 head market active. Shippins steers. ss.oo@I0.1O; butcher grades ss.oo@s.oO; heiferz, sG0o@s.25; cows s2.75@6.5o; bulls, $S.o0@5.75; feeder s5.00@s.5o; milk COWS and springecS s4o,00 911o.0O.
 Calves-Receipts $50 head: marke4 active. Gull to choice. S4506145o.
 Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 1,sot head market active. Choice lambs. s1; @1S.75; cull to fair. s7612.75; year lings. sG10; sheep, $36S.25. Hogs-Receipts, 4.16o head: marke active. Workers. $1o91o.25; pigs $s.5o mixed. ss.7561o; heavy, ss6s.50 roughs. s7.25G7.5o; stags. s495. | Kansas City. Aug IS-Hor rereir4, estimated today. 4,o0o head received of fcially yesterday, 7,2so head. IThe mar ket was lower
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21
Smile woeE at th,, strand y.-..

It is not an easy matter to ind some program that contains nothing but laughs from start to finish. y,-l such s program can be seen at the S.-and thSx week starting today.
 The main comedy knockout is .Haroia Lloyd in his fast four-reeler, A Saflo<- Made Man. It's the superdreadnolEnt of comedy with no limitation on lasrxh. ter. The most pretenious comedy eyer made 7 Laugh shoyi shaver your ernnsrs, Oceans of oars. Waves of joy, Gales of gigElesl You'M shakAI Touu auassi Your sides will ache It VIII hold you lashed to the mast. with laughter Ana this is not eraggersting a hft.
 Grace Darmond 6n Handle WSkh Care. the Al and Ray Rocloett feature pre- sented by Associated Exhibitorsr at the Strand theatre does not ask her lovers to die for her Instead, after stns de- cides to divorce he husband, she anlrs them to run away wi<h her. The proof of heroism lies en deeds aoco1iplthed, not boastsl
 Handle With Care as pdct1r4red rrea a story by Charles Belmont Dxvss, . brother of Richard Hzrdink Day1s. AS story it was rich in szire' and hr-zer and it is said to have 51st noehing an ez screen translation. The .czS an Eupprax of Miss Darmond includes Jimmy Mor- rison. Harry Myers. Handlers Sss~eus. | William Cou-tleigsl, William Austin ard Patsy. Ruth Miller. Phil Rnsen dsrsct1d
 This is the second comedy feature es the Strand for the first half of tAIs week.
 A news will also br shown ....
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21
Breed rheasr.

The thread of romance that e1yrieg the interest through the plot of Wild Honey" the Universal Jewel attraction at the Breed theatre today and Tuee41y is based on the Independence of spirit of Lady Vivienne, the English lady oc rank who is the heroine of Cynthia Stockley's novel. from which fhe picture was filmed. Priscilla Dean port-ays ths character. -.
 How many women would brave the dangers of trip through the barren spaees of the TransvaaI. alone and unacquain:- ed with the nature of the country Sno its people? Lady "viv'' does il for tho sake of looking up the land which rep resents the only wealth she posseeses, i and which every one says isn't worth the paper on which the deed Is printed. .-s E,
 An independent spirit in woman fs one thing men always adm,re-until they get better acquainted with r.. But t can lead to happiness. for ths woman who has an indomitable spirit is some times the more easily dominated by "ths right man."
 ''The right man" in wild Honey, is inpersonated by Robert Ellis Noah and Wallace Beery enact the chief roiesso villainish'' hue. Other players are Lloyd whitlock, Raymond Blathwayt. | Helen Raymond, Harry DeRoy. Cari Stockdaie, c. J. Frank and Landers Stevens.
 Wesley Rugsles directed the picture.
 Other pictures on the pill include bet Pathe news and an Educational comedy
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21
MYSTIC

Rev and Mrs Jerome Greer, James Greer, Misses Ruth and Sarah Greer. Mrs. Amanda Gledhill, and Mrs Robert Adamson left Friday for Willimantic camp ground and will occupy the Mantle house Others who went Sunday are Mrs. Henry Schroder. Wflfred Schroder Miss Addie Baxter, Mrs Otis Abell, Mrs Joseph MacDougal, Mrs Clinton La Farier, Mrs. James W. Jackson, Gordon Jackson. all of Mystic Methodist church. They will stay during the entire camp meeting.
 William BaclCus is spending a weeks vacation with his parents. MT. and Mrs. c. E. Backus, at South Windham.
 MT. and Mrs Raymond Burdick and Miss MiIlie Dow of Lafayette. R. l., are guests of Mir and Mrs. Fiery Burdick. Miss Ida Keigwin has returntd to Col chester after a few days stay with her uncle, George ". Keigwin, and family.
 George ". Keigwin, who will be 80 years old next February, attended the annual reunion of the 21st Conn. Vols in l Norwich Wednesday
 Mrs. Enos M Gray and daughters Ruth and Ethel. of Ledyard. are guests of Capt. and Mrs. Elisha D. Clarke a: Quiambaug.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Five All Star Acts open 1t BrsaAway
 z'he Keith vaudeville r7or-zm at tA, New Broadway Is truly an all star hsi1i The program opens with Prof. Peak and his Family ef Educaied BiocRheads, presenting sThs orien of the Drama"
 Next follow The Three Masters Of Joy. Theirs is a mixture of first class singing and comedy with q kick in l.
 ? Too much cannot be said aboot Broadway's youngest stars. Lillian z-fo Anna Roth. who present skik called The Night of the Party by James Natt- son Both have done excellent work n the movies and on the stare. Lkrils Miss Lillian made her big hai iasL sea son in Savings, the Cape Cod drsine that ran an entire season st the Kncx- ebocker theatre. New York. Y
 Al Shayne Is the Hebrew come1zA, and to say that he is a knockout is put ting it mid. ts
 Viola May and the Hadden TFsz. present very fine vsr6ety oner5ax,
 The feature photoplay Is one of the best and fastest comedy dra1mas -eve< seen on the screen Johnny (Tcrdsy) Hines initial feature length s4arrinx VI hicle. Burn Elm Up Bzrnas .sThsct comes to the Broadway thezter rc. three days. beginning today, is sz.d te De pacloed vszh. thrills. M-. Hines. Eftz temporarily deserts the title role in Torchy Comedies, has ISl' Burt Em Ur Barnes. the role of a speNd-ni~l youth and. automobile racing on -hlti sts VII find it thoroughly tp tn r. 2. < Taz- some Betty Carpenter IS uie ie. nS Ee man. and the support. cas- -ia .de, such artists a.s Edmu.i.i 1es-e. c rx, Fawcett. J. Barney Sherry, Mat.heE Betts. Julia Swzyne Gordon and Dore thy Leeds George A. Bersnger dln1a ed. and Hal Young Is reSponaeis seI the photography. ssf.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21
WESTERLY

In the Third district court Friday morning hearings on two complaints will be heard against William J. Cameron, a chauffeur for Frederick L ,Merfick summer cottager at Watch Hill. William Cameron was released on bail, $t ,O00 be- ing furnished Friday night. He is charged with operating an automobile while intoxicated and with reckless driv- ing.
 Baseball enthusiasts were disappointed Sunday at not being able to witness the game scheduled to be played here at Riverside park between the Westerly team and the Columbias of Hartford The game had to be postponed at the eleventh hour as the viistors were unable to make the trip as planned and word was re- ceived here too ls |, to arrange a game wiHh any other team.
 At 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the 1 home of the brides parents Mir and l Mrs. Albert Spargo, 55 School street, their daughter, Miss Blanche snargo, was united in marriage with Charles E. Mason of Warren. R. I. Owing to the recent death of the groon1's father. the wedding Wa ga. quiet one, only relatives | of both families attending. Miss Evelyn i Rock played the piano solo To a Wild Rose, and the wedding march from ! Lohengrin. The bride entered the living room preceded by her maid :, of homer, Miss Selena Veal She was met by the groom and his best man; Oliver Mason. 1 Ruth Spargo was flower girl Rev. M. S. Stocking, pastor of Grace Methodist Epis- copal church. performed the ceremony 1 the double ring service being used. The ceremony was performed under R beautiful floral arch in the bay win 1 dow, the color scheme being yellow and | White. The bride wore white Cantor crepe. with bridal veil caught up with orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and lilies of tht valley. The maid of honor wore g handsome gown of blue organdie and carried Aaron Ward roses Foliowins
 the reception and luncheon Mir and Mrs. Mason left for a wedding trip. Tn, 1 bride is a graduate O Westerly Higf school class of 1917 and of the Rhod
 Island College of Education and ha.
 been a teacher in Westerly's schools
 The groom was former principal od
 Hopkinton High school at Wakefield
 He is the son of Mrs. Gertrude Masoi
 of Warren. R. I. The bride receive,
 many handsome gifts She is an activ
 member of the Methodist church her
 and has large circle of friends
 The day after Labor day the New Ha ben road w-il put on an extra trah
 to accommodate those vacationists wh | twill return to their hornts from tn
 shore resorts. This train will leay Providence at 6.So a. m Tuesday
 Sept. 5 Eaet Greenwich 6.53; Kingsto
 7.1S; Westedly. 7.4o; Stonington, . '. .4s
 Mystic, 7.55; and New London, s.2O
 due to arrive in New York at 1.3o : ;. m.
 n An electrical storm swept throur Westerly and Stonhgton Saturday nooi n Thunder was heard all day, >the su ' breaking through at intervals Tn : clearing shower visited Westedly an d surrounding towns during the even;nl e A few telephones were put out of con '- mission and electric light service va
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCE.!
SATURDAYS MARK7r

New York. Aug. 1s.-A remarkable demonstration of strength in rails, more than score of which broke through to new high prices for the year, on gains averaging l to 2 1-2 points, featured to- days stock market
 < Shorts hastened to cover, adding mo- mentum to the upward swing Trans actions in industrials and specialties were on more limited basis, but the strength, in rails caused U. S Steel common to move to it's highest price of the year and pushed Baldwin and Ameri- can Car and Foundry up to new high re- cords. Equipments, high priced domes- tic. oils, rubber, textile and food shares participated in the upward movement Gains of two points or more were made by Union Pacific, Chicago and Eastern Illinois and St Paul preferred General Electric and Cluet Peabody each at peak prices, were the individual strong spots in the industrial list. The closing was strong. Sales approximated 425,ooU shaEes.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-21

Joseph Paseltis was driving his Chan dler touring car and George Davison of Highland avenue was driving a Dodge roadstersat 1I.So Sunday morning. The right front .rriudguaEd of the Chandler car struck the rear left mud guard of the Dodge and both were bent. N one was hurt The Dodge car came out of Main. street to Broad street and the Dawson 1 car came from Bread street toward Dixon square when the accident occurred
 Word has been received here from the Lawrence hospital New London, that l Charles BaGtlow is inaproving. He was l injured Ylatst Wednesday night when the i Cadillac car owned by F. I. Merrick of 1 Watch Hill went over the embankment at Thompson's Corners and he received a scalp wound and decorations on his right hand.
 1 Westerly Veteran Fifenen's association has taken their hand rrImp Star to the New England Veteran. Fdrernen,s league at Crescent Park. this being the 32d an- niial muster. The Westerly men com l peted with q others Saturday and fin ished in 9th place, sending 8 stream a
 AntomobiIists who travel over the Kingston road are glad to note that the new road is nearly finished. The section of. road from Rocky brook to the college road on Kingston Hill is finished. except for about 50 yards at the Rocky brook dam where a new bridge is being put ir by the state board of public roads One side of the road is completed and oper to traffic from Kingston HiH to the rail. road crossing at West Kingston. The cement will be labd at Kingston Hill this
 week and the other side of the road tt
 the station will be finished.
 Ford ear bearing Rhode Island
 license, PLIES which was reported stole1
 Thursday at Kingston, was found oq Railroad avenue. Westerly, Saturday b, Carl Brucker. He reported it to Chief O Police T. s. Brown and it aswered tn, description of the stolen car Sheriff Will
 cox came here and took possession of tn, machine.