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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-07-20
OPINIONS OF EDITORS
Should Sweep the State.

Senator Kellogg is now closing his
first term as senator, and not once has
he cast vote for any measure detri-
mental to the farmers interest. He
has been alert and active, he has
earned his salary. Frank Kellogg has
earned reelection, and we expect his
majority to be more than 100000
LeSueur Herald.
* X x
Traffic Necessitates Paving.
The continued and terrific traffic is
rapidly wearing out the best gravel
roads in the country. The Jefferson
highway and the graveled portions of
the Southern Minnesota Air Line are
becoming choppy in spite of constant
dragging and maintenance. There ap-
parently is only one solution in this
heavy traffic trunk road problem and
that is paving. In spite of it's initial
cost it must come because in the long
run paving will be cheaper than the
present expensive maintenance and
regraveling every year or so.-Free-
born County Standard.
X X X
An Inheritance to be Guarded.
Sensible men and women wouldn't
build beautiful house, equip it with
costly furniture and priceless bric-a-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-07-20

A st. Cloud man brought action
against the Melrose Granite Works
for injuries sustained as result of
being overzealous in operating sur
facing machine. The supreme court
has ruled that he is entitled to no
compensation that it is a mans own
fault if he Injuries himself by over
work. Few of us will be materially
affected by this decision.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-07-20

The "Divine SARAH is coming again
to the United States. Though she has
lost goodly portion of her anatomy
in divers operations, she is still the
same sanguine Sarah. She is appar-
emily not at all ready to occupy the
lonely isle she purchased for her final
resting place. Age may be able to
wither but it cannot quench the fires
of her will.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-07-20

An exchange remarks that weed
inspector pulls salary but no weeds.
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

the lawyers business to find bail and Spring" his
man, as the process of release is called.
Of course, all this takes great deal of money
sometimes the crooks last cent-but it is worth it.
No real professional bear to think of having his
head shaved and being herded with the common peo-
pie for stretch" Of several years And the thought
of getting calouses on his well-manicured hands Is
terrible indeed to the arisocratic confidence man
blackmailer.
know of only one high-class criminal who didn't
mind Jail. That was Gentleman Joe" Faber, whose
speciality was forging checks for large amounts, and
whose misfortune that he went too far one day
and landed in Joliet pententiary
Now, to my mind there is nothing so petty as forg-
ing check; and yet Gentleman joe made il a fine
art He was far and away the smoothest forger on
record and certainly ten years ahead of his game.
His trick to walk into large metropolitan
bank during the crowded hour of noon all dressed up
like the King of England, with yellow gloves pink
spats, stick and high silk hat.
Humphreys my companion in the Underworld
told me some interesting examples Of his smooth
work.
One day Joe, dressed within an inch of his life
walked into this bank and explained to the paying
teller that he had certified check for 900 that he
wanted to cash in hurry He did show the check
nicely thumbing through his wallet as an indication
that 1t there.
The paying teller was impressed by Gentleman
Joes distinguished bearing but checks for $4,000.
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

How had he known what the cashiers handwrt
ing was like? In one of a dozen ways-by signatures
bonds of the bank by letters cunningy gotten by
what are called cashiers" checks-oh, fully dozen
ways The little by-play with the cashier was simply
to u any suspicious the teller might have and to head
him off from verifying the O. X. And the teller, after
seeing what he had seen looked casually at the cash
iers O. X and initials one corner Of the check
and cashed it without hesitation. He thought it was
as good as gold-untl the next day.
The trick worked again and again. and soon
Gentleman Joe had the means to justify his sobri-
quet. One day, however, he thought he could work
the trick for $4,000. He discovered that he
couldn't and after he had spent all the money he had
stolen lawyers he landed in Joliet prison for six
months term in spite of everything. It was light
sentence, but the jury liked his nerve, AMI they
Influenced by the fact that he hadn't succeeded In
cashing the last check.
Joe landed in Joliet without dime, and 1t looked
like hard times. But with his delightful personality
and expert knowledge of figures he soon had himself
transferred to the bookkeeping department Of the pen
itentary, and then the fun began
In very short time Joe had more than $50 600
tucked away In safety deposit vault In Chicago, and
II hadn't been for his colossal cheek he would have
had a quarter Of million before he was released.
How? II was simple.
AS the prison bookkeeper Joe kept the records Of
all the brooms, Shoes clothing, limestone and other
products Of prison labor that sold outside the
peniteutiary. He discovered the possibility of
forging new bills Of ading, with the following results:
The Washington times., 1922-07-23
By Mrs. Margaret Hill
CHAPTER XVII.
(Continued from Last Sunday

o Weekly Britain Rights Reserved
In previous chapters of my story have called
crime business, 1t is organized like any other
profession In several American cities there are
schools in which crime is taught as freely as book
keeping and senography There are schools for safe
blowing, schools for forgers and for many other
branches Of criminal industry.
The parallel between the business man and the
crook extends into the criminals career He is wor-
red by the same problems that beset the honest bus
ness man. He must keep his credit good among the
money lenders, who finance his escapades, and the
professional bondsmen, who buy his release from jail
He must reckonewith certain percentage OF failures.
He worries about overhead expense and how to re-
duce it.
There is only worry of the crook that the busi-
ness man does not share. That Is the everlasting
shadow of the penitentiary, which is the criminal
equivalent of business bankruptcy and ruin. Many of
my readers may think that prison sentence is merely
an incident in the life of professional criminal On
the contrary it is disaster Burglars and pickpock-
cts and thugs end all the other petty ascas of their
class accept few years in the pententiary mat
ter of course But the aristocras of the Underworld
hate prisons as they hate poison. To them prison
means work, poverty and disgrace. When they are
released they fall into the exconvct class known to
the police and public Their chances OF future sue
cess ruined, and all OF them would willingly give
their bottom dollar to escape one day behind the bars
That is the reason that all crooks de luxe have
somewhere within easy reach an emergency fund that
corresponds to the business mans working capital
This money usually In 800 bills, Is hidden away In the
The Washington times., 1922-07-23
Margaret Hill, the Famous ''Vamp," W
Partnership with the Aristocrats of I
World Trapping Millionaires, Exp
"Chicago Mays" Love Freed Eddie
from Devils Island--and How He
Punished for His Ingratitude

even when they are certified, are
never cashed without the approval
Of the cashier; and the teller told
Joe just that. He pointed out the
cashier, who was sitting at his desk
behind a marble counter near the
paying teller's cage.
Joe apologized and elbowed
through the crowd to the cashiers
desk. He smiled his gracious smile,
The Washington times., 1922-07-23
"Gentleman Joe's" "Sm0oth
Work" lDith Certified Checks

Mr.. Flint smiled and shook hands
again. He sailed through the crowd out
OF the busy cashiers sight and mind and
doubled back to the window of the pay
ing teller. There he produced the Ger
tilted check" on which the cashiers
o. X. and initials had been forged the
evening before
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

safety deposit vaults Of some reli-
able bank. 1t is never deposited.
That might lead to capture.
For the same good reason all
successful criminals retain the
best criminal lawyer available,
just as the capitalist retains the
best corporation lawyer. When
the crook Is finally trapped, 1t is
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

me and give me the name Of the
cashier over there?"
Now. there was certainly
nothing suspicious about this.
The cashier was more than will
ing to answer this casual ques-
ton.
81 wonder II you would mind
jotting that down." asked Joe
amiably. T have the worst
memory In the world"
The paying teller saw the
cashier scribble something. He
did not see that he was writing
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

ana introduced hlm-
self as Walter p.
Flint, Of the firm of
J.. p. Morgan & Co.,
New York. The cash
Ter was glad to meet
Mr.. Flint. Before the
eyes Of the vigilant
teller, who, of course,
could not hear q word
Of what was going
on, he rose and shook
hands with .enthusi-
asm, asking Joe what
he could do for him.
"I'm looking for
the Merchants Ma
tonal Bank" said
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

on ordinary memorandum paper. and
naturally assumed that he was indorsing
Joe's check.
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

An old friend Of his in Chicago received notice
from the railroad which runs to the penitentary that
four carloads Of shoes siding in the freight
yards consigned to him from Joliet penitenary The
friend. Of course had received word from Joe Of what
doing, and that same day advertised anonymously
that there would be manufacturer sale Of shoes in
the freight yards. The shoes brought 1000, half
of which was credited to Joe's account
Twelve loads of brooms arrived three days
later. They advertised for sale, and all the blind
men in Chicago came down to the railroad yards to
bid. The blind men went their way and Joes accom-
plice divided $4,000 more 1t seemed too easy. 90;
The experiment was repeated with trainload OF
limestone. mined at the penitentiary quarry This
brought several thousand dollars Chairs, bas-
ket work and clothing followed. until the profits
climbed to 900 apiece and the penitenary officials
began to suspect something wrong. Their Gus
toners complaining that they were not getting
their Durchases
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
RIGHT OF JAPANESE
BORN IN u. S. TO OWN
PROPERTY Is UPHELD

Marysrille, Calf, March g.
Right It two American-born Jap
.auese citizens to possession of and
purchased for them by their father,
a native of japan, was upheld to-
day in a decision said 20 be the
first Of its kind in California.
The decision was rendered by
Superior Judge T.. p. Mcdaniel in
the case Of the state of California
against Jusuke Shingu and his two
minor children, sunni Shingu and
Ktyallo Shingu. The land in ques-
ton was purchased for $SO,5OO
from G.. J.. md Mary Douglas, in
Suffer county in April, 1919.
Attorney General U. S. webb
sought to have the property es-
cheat to the state on a claim OF
fraud and violation of the Callfor-
mia anti-alien land law in the pur
chase cf the land.
Judge Mcdaniel, who declared
that he favored the Gnti-alien land
law and always hal held that ii
was constitutional, said that unde
the constitution any American
born person has The right to pos.
gassion in the United States OF
property in his own right.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
UNION is READY TO
MEET NINE OWNERS

Indianapolis, Ind, March . (by
the Associated Press. )--Hope of
averting a nation wide strike of
soft coal miners on April 1, rests
with the coal operators OF West
ern Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana
and Illinois accepting the appeal
of Secretary of Labor Davis for a
wage conference of operators and
miners, according to the statement
here tonight OF President John
l.. Lewis OF the United Mine
Workers of America. The union.
Mr. Lewis declared. is ready to
meet the operators of the four
states, which comprise the CEN
trail competitive field, Eat any
time and place"
Declaring that the operators
were morally bound" to meet the
miners in the conference, Mr.
Lewis added:
Up to this time we have fail
ed to bring the operators into a
conference and the only thing
that we can hope for now is that
the government at Washington
pressure to bear on these oper-
ators to compel them to meet us
may succeed in bringing sufficient
as they agreed they would do"
Semi-official returns of the
strike vote now being cast by the
miners forecast nine-tenths of the
miners in favor of the waliout
unless an agreement is reached.
The official canvass of the vote
will NJ hnuir FL. YrF1pty
The work of the executive
board today was said by Mr..
Lewis and other officials to have
conferred about routine business.
being switched from this only by
Washington dispatches announcing
Secretary Davis appeal.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
SILENCE is BROKEN
BY SECRETARY DAVIS

Washington, March 9.-Secre.
tary of Labor Davis today broke
the silence he has maintained dur,
ing the ten days in which the gov.
eminent has actively sought inter.
vention in the impending Goa
strike, to urge mine operators ant
the miners union Tin the name Of
common sense to get together and
save the country from the costly
results of a strike" The govern
ment had mo desire to interfere
unduly," he announced, but has g
duty to safeguard the interests OF
the people who will be seriously
affected by the suspension Of Goa
mining"
Although no immediate re,
sponses were received at the secre.
retary's office after the statement
was issued, press dispatches imme-
diately reflected the interest taker
in 1t by representatives of unions
and operators in the country's
widespread coal fields. Official re.
ports to the department. howev r
were concerned largely with details
concerning the dissension in the
miners organization where Frank
Harrington, the Illinois leader, ano
some other district heads are said
to be beginning local negotiations
in defiance of the policy of Presi-
dent John L. Lewis and the ma
tional executive board of the Unit
ed Mine Workers.
The departments agents have
been assured that miners locals IN
nearly all sections Throughout
union fields are overwhelmingly
voting to strike April L." but this
information has been discounted tc
degree. officials said. because q
strike vote is quite often taken sc
the committees assigned to nego-
tiate the issues can act with full'
est authority.
There was no disposition In Of
flcial circles today to conceal tha'
Mr.. Davis statement, which ex'
planned again the governments po'
sition. was one result of the re.
peated refusal of Pennsylvania ano
other mine operators in the CEN
trail competitive field to enter ne
gotiations looking to another ma
tional V. /, agreement. The union
1t was pointed out here, has sought
this course from the beginning, ano
the operators have been unyieldine
in opposition. though Wiling 1T
some cases to make local or as
trict contracts with the union.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
CONFERENCE Of
OPE RATORS AND
MINERS LIKELY
Are Willing to Attend Any
Farley Called BY Davis
With a View to Averting
Strike on April |.

st. Louis, Mo, March 8 (by the
Associated Press, Illinois coal
operators and miners will attend
any conference called by Secretary
of Labor Davis with view OF
averting the threatened coal strike
April /, both sides declared today
Frank Harrington, president OF
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea in Illinois, was frankly skepti-
cal, however, that any good could
come through government inter-
vention at this stage.
Mr.. Harrington and John L.
Lewis of the mine workers who are
at outs, have been carrying on a
Geographic controversy for several
days over the Illinois presidents
announced intention to confer with
Illinois operators separately II Mr.
Lewis does not succeed in getting
all four states in the central field
together.
Mr.. Harrington said today that
he would call a state convention
at Peoria, Ill, shortly, to select a
wage scale committee to confer
with the Illinois operators unless
President Lewis says definitely
that the interstate conference vii
be arranged.
w. X. Kavanaugh. president of
the operators association OF the
fifth and ninth districts, embrace
ing most of the southern Illinois
field, emphasized today that the
Illinois mine owners have been
ready to attend an interstate meet
ing If one can be arranged and
blamed President Lewis for can
ceiling meetings called for Clleve-
land and Pittsburgh.
Mr.. Kavanaugh did not hold out
much hope that the action of the
secretary OF labor in inviting both
sides to come to Washington would
avert the threatened strike.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
PLANT SHADE TREES In Spring
WITH GOOD SOIL AND LOTS OF
Water, SAYS FORESTRY EXPERT
Variety of Trees Selected Should Be Chosen
According to Soil; Trees Should Be Care
fully Transplanted and Pruned and Should
Be Watered Heavily During First Year,
Says DR.. Long.

Dr. w. II. Long, rathologist of
the United States bureau Of plant
industry, has prepared the follow
ing timely instructions for the
spring planting of shade trees:
1t is now time to plant shade
trees, and a few general directions
as to what trees to plant, how
they should be planted. and what
attention they will need after plant
ing is opportune. In the semi-arid
regions OF the southwest our
choice of good, all-round shade
trees is limited to a very small
number of species. AS a rule a
tree will not thrive and reach full
maturity if it is placed under air,
moisture, temperature and soil
conditions radically different from
that in Which it normally grows.
Soil moisture is probably the
most important of these four fac
tors. Trees that usually grow in
river bottoms or other places where
there is an abundance of subsoil
water near the surface will not do
well if planted in soil that has lit
tie moisture in it. Trees like the
American elm. poplars Cotton
woods. willows, honey locust, etc.
are trees which demand a large
amount of moisture, ever present
in the soil, If they are to thrive and
make Ian re trees.
In albuquerque we have two dis
tinct region as to soil DISTURB, viz
the lowlands or bottom lands, and
the highlands or dry mesa lands,
for this reason our choice OF
varieties of trees for the lowlands
will include more varieties than
for the highlands. There are very
few trees that will do well in the
highlands. The following are the
best in the order named; CD Rus
sian non bearing mulberry, CD the
black locust, CD the tamarix. and
(4) the lombardy poplar. For the
lowlands, in addition to the -four
just given, we can use (5) the val
ley cottonwood (stan nate or nom
bearing cotton trees. of course),
co the elm. and 90 the honey
locust.
Any young tree. for the first
three or four years after planting
will do we'll if Given an abundance
of water, but asthe trees get taller
and larger their roots spread in all
directions and the water put at the
base of the trees is not sufficient
for its complete development The
feeding roots of a tree usually ex-
tend as far from the base of the
tree as its height, that is II tree
is thirty feet tall its root system
will extend thirty feet in all direc-
tions from its base. If the soil Is
normally we'll suppTee with water,
as in the eastern United states or,
as here in the lowlands where the
water is within three to five feet
Of the surface. after the first five
years the tree will get all the
water it needs. In the highlands
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
WISE WOMEN

A famous medical man Of an
Client times states regarding his
writings that they were but a
collection Of knowledge obtained
from the Wise Women"
DO you realize that in those
times the women, and not the
men, knew about the healing
properties of medicinal plants,
roots and herbs? From the
earliest times, women had q
knowledge of the treatment of
disease and of the healing merit
Of roots and herbs.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was originated by a
woman, Lydia e. Pinkham, and
is now known and praised by
women of all ages. 1t is prepared
from roots and herbs having me-
dicinal action of great value in
the treatment of troubles women
so often have.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
WAR FINANCE BOARD
APPROVES ADVANCES

Washington, March approval
Of 142 advances for agricultural
and livestock purposes aggregating
S2,933, 900, was announced tonight
by the war finance corporation.
The loans include:
Colorado, $4,000; Idaho, $751;
600; Illinois, $4,000; Indiana,
$160,0OO; Iowa, $4270OO; Kansas.
$6S,000; Minnesota, $191, 900; Mis-
souri, $4,000; Montana. 1921 900;
Nebraska, $l33,000; New Mexico,
$4,000; North Dakota, 100000:
Ohio, $1S7,000; Oklahoma, $S7, 900;
South Dakota, S140,000; Texas,
$4,000; Washington, $4,000;
Wisconsin, $4,000. and Wyoming
$4,000.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
HOOVER TO DECLINE
ATTRACTIVE OFFER


Washington. March 9.-Secre-
tary Hoover was said at the depart
ment of commerce tonight to have
determined upon his reply to the
offer made him to assume the
director generalship of the sesqui-
centennial exposition to be held in
Philadelphia in 1925. The reply,
which will be forwarded to Phila-
delphia before Mr.. Hoover leaves
Washington tomorrow for Phoenix,
Ariz.. is considered by close asso-
ciates of the secretary to be a dec
lination of the offer, which carried
with it a promise of a salary Of
$4,000 q year. Mr.. Hoover re-
fused to discuss his reply.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
MAN BELIEVED TO BE
TOMMY 0'C0NNER Is
CAUGHT IN ST. LOUIS
(By rhe A.sccIsted Press.l

st, Louis, Mo-, March "a man
arrested here tonight after a bat
tie with a policeman and who de-
clared he was Tommy O'Connor,
notorious gunman of Chicago, was
declared by detectives tonight not
to be the man who escaped from
his death cell in the Cook county
Jail last December.
Comparison of the Bertillon
measurements of O'Connor sent
broadcast at the time of his escape
convinced Bertillon experts here
that the prisoner was not the man
he claimed to be.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
QUIT TOBACCO
So Easy to Drop Cigarette,
Cigar, or Chewing Habit

No-To-Bac has helped thou
sands to break the costly nerve
SCATTERING tobacco habit. When
ever you have longing for a
smoke or chew, just place a harm
less No-To-Bac tablet in your
mouth instead. All desire stops.
Shortly the habit is completely
broken, and you are better off
mentally, physically. financially.
It's so easy, so simple. Get a box
Of No-To-Bac and If it doesn't
release YOU from all craving for
tobacco in any form, your drug
gist will refund your money with
out question.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
CUT THIS QUIT is WORTH
MONEY

Cut out this slip. enclose with SC
and mail 1t to Foley Y Co.. 2S35
Sheffield Ave-. Chicago, H., writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial ,at !.
age containing Foleys Honey ana
TAR Compound for coughs, colds
and Group; Foley Kidney Pills for
pains in sides and b.,ck; rheuma-
tism. backaehe, kidney and bladder
ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tab
lets, a wholesome and thoroughly
cleansing cathartic for constipation
biliousness, headaches, and sluggish
bowels. Sold everywhere.