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AT left MIS- LiLen Sire head Of the Division 81 ALIENS
OF tie New York State Department Of Labor

which turned out to be worth only a
fraction of that amount
Smallest of all the sharp practi-
TONERS on Mrs. Sire's list, perhaps. is
the private banker to whom an i'm :
migrant servant girl went with SO
she, had painfully saved to send back
to still more needy kin on the. other
side The ''financier" split that bank
note 6040, keeping Sc ef it to defray
the cost of transmitting the 81 to his
European correspondent. And even
the 81 never reached the intended re-
cipient
Mrs. Sire's most dazzling discovery
so far, undoubtedly, is an individual
who advertises in the foreign Ian :
guage press and is impressive be-
cause of the scale of his operations,
maintaining suites of Offices in both
Washington and New York. He is
also remarkable for native ability.
When the inspectors of the division
of aliens went to this mans officea
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ELLIS ISLAND, where the 1mmiqraats laid

her hard while the churlish court at
tendants Toared with laughter which
his honor did not reprimand severely
x x x X
TN another case encountered by Mrs.
Sire since she began her drive to
end these frauds, Polish miner was
the dupe After toiling for ~ years in
the mines of Pennsylvania he had ac
cumulated $1,000 in addition to the
price Of his passage home to his wife
and family. Suspicious of banks and
bankers, he carried the money always
with him, hidden in his clothes. He
was carrying it SO when he reached
New York and went to a steamship
ticket agency to book his passage
The men there spoke excellent Po
lish. They were impressively sleek and
properous But they were also good
hearted and friendly. 1t troubled them
to see the miner carrying all that money
on him. Was he not afraid, they asked,
that some scoundrel might rob him on
the ship? Ships were hard places to
keep things safe in.
why didn't he play safe, they sug-
gested, and buy draft from them?
A draft was q piece of paper which
was just as good as the money, but
no good to anybody but the miner
because only he could cash it, When
he presented the draft to their rep
resentatiye in Warsaw they would
pay him his small fortune back, in
! good Polish money, too, all ready to
use in Poland. -
| 1T look ed all right to me-" the
miner explained afterward. The
place was a; very fine place. 1t had
big shiny windows and lot of brass
ratings. Also% there We're many
clerks and machines to write WITH
On the face.of those appurtenances
he took a draft in exchange for his
$500 and sailed! happily away for
Poland. But when he got to Warsaw
he found his, money had suffered a
sea change. sThe, sharpers had fig
ured the exchange at pre-war par
values, but made the draft redeem
able in depreciateds :, postwar cur
rency. When it was cashed the man
found himself with something less
than So in actual value to show for
his ~ years of toll In Pennsylvania.
And neither the Polish bankers on
whom the draft was drawn nor the
Polish authorities could do anything
| for him.
But the. man was a fighting fool.
BY selling his wife's furniture and
other p1tiful belongings he mana ged
to scrape together the money for a
single ticket and came back to New
York BY good luck some one sent
him to AIRS. Size, and beIo she got
through with those steamship agents
| they paid that miner back every
penny of his $4,000. plus the price of
three trips across the Atlantic Ocean,
From f1eecings on the grand scale
such as this, the cases she has uncov-
cred range. down to the opposite ex-
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you come back without one. And it
only costs you $40"
At Mrs. Sire's earnest suggestion.
the notary has presented that Italian
traveller with a fresh $40 bill.
- x x * x,
VICTIM of sharp practice of anoth-
er sort was a Polish girl to whom
a strange man came as the bearer of
glad tidings. She had won a great
prize in a lottery-a beautiful build
ing lot. She had only to pay the
price of making out the deed, $50,
and she would be real land owner.
She paid the money. to find that the
bit of land to which she had acquired
title might be worth 81 if the ap-
praiser had an expansive sense of
values
But the fleecers. having once arous-
ed the girls interest in real estate
did not let her off even that easily.
Before they were done they had sold
her another building lot for $3.50,
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treme of pettiness. One of her exhib-
it's is a worthless bit of stamped pa
per which a credulous Italian bought
for $40 from New York notary pub
lie of his own race.
1t is merely statement under oath
that the man and his family have
been alien residents of the United
States for number of years: that
they are going to Italy on a visit in
te nding to return within the speci-
fed time limit, and-fine touch of
irony-that they will be carrying
baggage with them. The man had
toted it carefully across the ocean
and back in his pocket, untroubled by
the fact that no official condescended
to ask to look at 1t.
Have you one of these?" the no.
tary had asked, showing him a SAM
pie as he bought his tickets Unless
you have one, they won't let you sail
out of the country. And If they hap
pen to let you sail, they'll never let
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lmm'qraAte awaitinq transportation after landing

they found them holding a land Of
flee" throng of hopefuls who were
gazing, awestruck, at two pictures
on the wall There was big photo
graph of President Harding, with a
facsimile of his signature beneath it,
and similar counterfeit present
ment of President Coolidge.
|. Asserted friendship with the Presi-
dents and other high officials of the
Government was the chief stock in
trade of the establishment, according
to Mrs. Sire. The head of the office,
alike in his advertisements and his
interviews with clients, professed to
have connections and friends dships, po-
litical and personal, which enabled
him to hurdle the barriers set up by
the immigration quota laws.
Those who flock to him are foreign
born residents who have kinsfolk or
friends on the other side for whom
they are eager to secure admission
which the law denies or makes pre-
carious. Their simple minds i'm
pressed by the stage setting, they
willingly pay the fee exaeted for
services" The sums, usually de-
manded range from $40 toS $50. but
in one instance this Napoleon of i'm
migration asked for and got a re-
tainer of $1,000.
Inc quota restrictions, according to
Mrs. Sire, have meant a golden har-
vest for numerous shearers of alien
shesp. The happy effectiveness of
influence" and bribery on Govern
| ment officials abroad has been faInil-
lar to most of the foreign born since
childhood, and they listen with utter
credulity to the man who SAYS he has
a pull in Washington or intfmates he
can fix it up" with United States
consul.
| The best evidence of the emptiness
of all these claims is the fact that no
patron of one of these places has yet
been found who got what he paid for
"a relative or protege admitted in
spite of quota restrictions.
!WHATEvER scheme these fieecers
W select as most promising, one
| characteristic distinguishes them all
| from the confidence man of fact and
! fiction, and makes their activities des-
picable in a way his never was. The
seller of gold bricks, dealer of three
card monte, manipulator- of the elu-
sive little pea that slipped from be-
\ meath the shells, depended for his
crooked gains on the crookedness of
| his. dupes. He stung them because
| they were confident they were going
| to sting him.
But these less defensieie sharpers
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use altruism for their lure. Practi-
cally all the easy money they rake
in is intrusted to them in the conf
dent belief il will bring aid or COM
fort to some one sorely in need of
these intangible commodities.
Sometimes it is very small graft.
like charging see or $50 or $50 for
the expense of sending an agent
who rarely goes-to Washington
when a 5-cent telephone call to Ellis
island is all that is necessary
Sometimes it is bolder-as when
I s100 or s2eO or $500 is taken in New
York to buy steamship tickets for a
family in Europe and the transpor-
| tation is never purchased.
And sometimes it is fraud of the
| most elaborate sort. In one case with
! which Mrs. Sire had to deal the suf-
ferer was young Greek who as
| compensation for an utterly manned
| right hand received $4,000 He had
| intended to return to his native land
with this small fortune, which would
| have furnished a competence there
| for the rest of his life. But the
| sharpers interested him in a fruit
| stand in New York City. The price
| they asked, $500, was a reasona BILE
one for the business. Representa-
| tives of the State department OF
| labor. which had aided him in secur-
! ing his compensation, approved of the
/ proposed investment as good one
and his money was turned over to
| himNin two checks. one for $1,000
made out to himself, and the other
| for $1.S00 made payable to the crooks
But 1t happened they did not own the
\ business which they were selling. They
! took his $1,S00, gave him fraudulent
bill of sale. and with consummate eff
| frontery also succeeded in cozening
him out of $3.50 of his remaining money
before he realized he was hooked, and
| sick at heart gave up the unequal
struggle and sailed for Greece with no
prospects but dependence on the charity
of his kin there.
The greatest. difficulty Mrs Sire
| had, when accident brought his plight
| to her notice, was to induce him to
| come back again to America and
make a fight. OF course, since the
| original deal was fraudulent, every
person and bank that handled the
| $1,S00 check by Endorsement became
| liable for its value to it's rightful
| owner, SO that Greek stands a good
| chance of recovering at least that
much of the price of his destroyed
| hand.
&,* x
THESE are only a few of scores Of
cases which have already been
uncovered. Eventually the list will
Evening star., 1925-03-22
Fish Swims on Back.

ONLY one known species of fish has
the habit of swimming on its
back. This is an inhabitant of trop-
ical waters. known as the globe fish.
The skin on the under side of this
fish is loose and can be filled with
air at will. When the fish blows
itself out in this manner. IL naturally
turns on its back and goes on It's
way in that position.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
BY ROWLAND THOMAS.

: +: ::: II,
600 OOn mild -eyed ewilder ed
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prdp Dk ~ abroad onoae
nhysb in d ain mhef gn~r
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THESE are only q few of scores of
cases which have already been
uncovered. Eventually the list will
Evening star., 1925-09-13

Il NEVER KNEW when a bilious attack would come
on me- though tried to be careful of my diet. 1t
happened once when l was week-ending with
frends-another time when was driving my car down
a narrow mountain road. The usual violent headache
followed the usual gone feeling the next day from the
effect of purgative had heard of Fleischmanns
Yeast its aids digestion and elimination tried that,
at first cake day My last bilious spell was
one year three months ago and feel positive that
I will not have another. Nora Weber, Denver, Colo.
Evening star., 1925-09-13

The only full-blooded Indian
priest of the Catholic Church,
Father Albert Negahnquet. one
of the assistants of St. Joseph's
Cathedral in Oklahoma City.
He has served his church for
the past u years.
BY Acme Photos
Evening star., 1925-09-13
The Most Important Thing
in Life
Astounding health-how thousands
have found it - throug III this one
simple fresh food

simple fresh food
NOT cure all, mot medicine in any
sense-Fleischman Yeast is simply
remarkable fresh food.
The millions of tiny active yeast plants
in every cake invigorate the whole system.
They aid digestion-clear the skin-ban-
ish the poisons of constipation. Where
cathartics give only temporary relief,
yeast strengthens the intestinal muscles
and makes them healthy and active. And
day by day it releases new stores of energy.
Eat two or three cakes regularly every day
before meals: on crackers-in fruit juices or
mik-or just plain. For constipation espe-
ciaIIy, dissolve one cake in hot water mot
scaIdine) before breakfast and at bedtime.
Buy several cakes at time-they will keep
fresh in cool dry place for two or three days.
All grocers have F1eischmann's Yeast. Start
eating it today!
And let us send you free copy of our latest
booklet on Yeast for Health Health Research
Dept. Asa, The Fleischmann Company, 701
Washington Street, New York.
Evening star., 1925-09-13

1.-TWO YEARS AGO found unfit physically tagged
fearful chronic health tried Feschmann Yeast
tagged condition;
feel wonderfully adding Yeast the
He looking and ordinary toncs
did responding beauyhis skin and
appetite and he fast losing his emaciated
VirsH
Evening star., 1925-02-04
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Evening star., 1925-02-04
RAMS HEAD GROUP
I PLAYS |BSEN WELL
"a Dolls House" Perform.
/ anCe EvokeS Best in Ex-
E ceIIent Players.

"a Dolls House" has been built for
Washington at the Wardman Park
Theater. and in it is placed a Nora,
by Josephine Hutchinson, who has
been for three Winters leading wom-
an OF the Rams Head Players. With
In a week this Dolls House will
have been destroyed, but the ghost
of this Nora's auburn grace will re-
main to haunt it's birthplace.
Into the soul of every sensitive
woman, it has been said, is born
something of the burdens which all
her preceding sisterhood has carried,
and out of this StorehouSe Miss
Hutchinson has drawn woman for
whom the older order changed over
night-growth before the eyes of her
audience.
The Rams Head Players have
proved before this their ability to
portray chara terizations Of distinc-
ton. and the parts Of DR.. Rand. Tor
valid Helmar, Nils Krogstad and Mrs.
Linden in the Ibsen play offered them
opportunities Of the first order for
their talent. Walter Beck, in this, his
first performance at the Wardman
Park, not only provided Miss Hutch
inson with the usual husbandly back
ground, but lived and moved with the
bearlilIe motions of mind and body
expected from such a man, heavy in
humor, amused by the puppet of his
making.
The delicacy of Miss Anne Ives as
Mrs. Linden was especially fitting.
The rare bell-like tones of her voice
as she pleaded with the dark yisaged
hrogstad were not merely those of
Mrs. Linden, but seemed indeed the
assembled voices of lonely women
yearning for happiness and affection.
Ranald Saverys glowering krog-
stad, with long face and harsh voice.
expressed all the bitterness of man
beaten and hurt by his surroundings.
Last nights performance demon
strated that Washington's Little
Theater group can touch the chords
of true drama and make them sing.
Observers who have felt that the
more modern plays essayed during
the season were unwisely chosen
may find their disappointment over
balanced by one night of lbsen as
the Rams Head Players see him.
Evening star., 1925-02-04
Before You Buy-See
STUDEBAKER
for your pocketbook's sake
Famous Old Recipe
for Cough Syrup
Easily and cheaply made at
: home, but it beats them all
for quick results.
Observation-Disclosures

Thousands of housewives have
found that they can save thirds
of the money usually spent for cough
preparations, by using this we'll
known old recipe for making cough
syrup. 1t is simple and cheap but it
has no equal for prompt results. It
takes right hold of cough and gives
immediate relief. usually stopping an
ordinary cough in "a hours or less.
Get 2H ounces of Pinex from any
druggist, pour it into a pint bottle,
and add plain granulated sugar syrup
to make full pint. If you prefer,
use clarified molasses, honey, or corn
syrup, instead Of sugar syrup Either
way. it tastes good, keeps perfectly,
and lasts family a long time.
It's truly astonishing how quickly
it acts, penetrating through every air
passage of the throat and lungs
loosens and raises the phlegm,
soothes and heals the membranes,
and gradually but surely the annoy
ing throat tickle and dreaded cough
disappear entirely. Nothing better
for bronchitis, spasmodie Group,
hoarseness or bronchial asthma
Pinex is a special and highly con-
centrated compound Of genuine Nor
way pine extract known the world
over for its healing effect on mem
branes.
Avoid disappointment by asking
your druggist for "25z ounces Of
Pinex' with full directions and don't
accept anything else. Guaranteed to
give absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded. The Pinex Co.,
Ft. WaYne. Ind.
Evening star., 1925-02-04
4O-Inch New
Printed Crepes

Intriguing d e S i g n S \,
gaily colored or in sub
dued tones = suggesting
an endless variety of be-
coming frocks. 100 de-
signs to choose from. Our
regular 500 &1 60
quality. Yard, ~A'VO
Evening star., 1925-02-04
JOBLESS, HE SHOOTS SELF
Salesman Arranges His Debts and
Paws Farewell Calls

NEW YORK, February 4.-Charles
Sumner Turner, As. formerly sales
man III the Orient and Of late job
less and alone. shot himself twice In
the chest Monday, after arranging
for his debts and paying farewell
calls to the few friends living in this
country He lay dying last night In
the Metropolitan Hospital on Welfare
Island, under arrest on charge OF
illegally having a pistol in his posses
sion.
Turner came here from Detroit on
January 22. He had been recalled
from Japan IN November by the auto
mobile company for which he was a
salesman. After reaching here he
made a point OF looking up his old
friends, telling them cheerfully that
he was employed. but giving them no
hint that he needed financial help.
Sunday night he went TO the apart
rnent Of Rudolph Herbert Lee to spend
the night. Lee was awak kened at 4
o'clock yesterday morning by the
sound of shots and found Turner un-
conscious in bed, a revolver in his
hand. He left a will making Lee the
beneficiary of his life insurance.
Evening star., 1925-02-04
MAN AND WIFE DIE AT 80.
Couple Recently Had Celebrated
10th Wedding Anniversary.

WARREN. Pa. February 1.-Two of
Warren County's oldest residents,
Ferdinand Perkins and his wife, Mary
A. Perkins, died at their farm home
near here within four hours of each
other. They were 80 years old.
Mrs. Perkins death occurred short
ly after noon, and her husbands at
o'clock Death in each case was due
to old age.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins had been
in good health, and celebrated their
10th wedding anniversary last Christ
mas
Evening star., 1925-02-04
INSURGENT TROUBLES
Renewed IN HONDURAS
Recurrence Of Revolutionary Ac.
tivities in Southern Area Re
ported Through Nicaragua.

By the Associated Press.
AIANAGUA, Nicaragua, February 4.
A recurrence of revolutionary
troubles in the southern part of the
republic of Honduras, in which
country peace was recently re-es-
tablished and new president inaugu-
rated, is reported in advices reaching
here.
Ferrera, the revolutionary leader. after
battle for the town, captured Ma
caome, 55 miles southwest of Teguci-
galpa, in extreme southern Honduras,
in the strip between the Nicraguan
and Salvadorean borders.
The revolutionists were reported to
be gathering strength on the frontiers
of Salvador and Guatemala.
Evening star., 1925-02-04
4O-Inch Satin
Charneuse

A rich, lustrous grade
of charmeuse that will
not rough up" Shown
in fifty light and dark
shades with pl ty of
black. Our reg
ular $1.95 quail C1 CO
ity. Yard. -. Q4.UJ
Evening star., 1925-02-04
4O-Inch
Crepe de Chine

Fifty lovely colors in
vite your choice for street
dresses, evening gowns
or dainty lingerie. A
particularly fine quality
at SO low a price. Our
regular Sl.95 81 60
THIRD FLOOR, LANSBURGH & BRt
Evening star., 1925-02-04
KILLED GIRL WITH AUTO,
YOUTH GETS 3 YEARS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, February A.
Paul O'Donnell, % years old, who ran
down and killed Matte Smith on
Christmas eve as the girl was return
ing home laden with Christmas pack
ages and was convicted of man.
slaughter, was sentenced by Judge
Albert A. Doub Monday to three
years in the House of Correction.
O'DonneIrs attorneys had asked for
a mild Jail sentence on the plea that
O'Donnell was not cogniZant he had
struck any one. The place was poorly
lighted, it was shown. O'Donnell did
not stop his car, but went on home.
Judge Doub said he would give
O'DonnelI the benefit of the doubt
that he was ignorant Of the accident,
but must assume he was driving In
q reckless manner.
Evening star., 1925-02-04
FIREMAN IS ACQUITTED.
Freed on Intoxication Charge Dur
ing Kann'S Fire.

Michael F. Finnan, fireman at No.
Is Engine Company, was acquitted of
fntoXication charges by a Police Court
jury sitting yesterday afternoon before
Judge Mattingly.
Finnan was arrested the night Of jan
uary 10 during the fire that consumed
the warehouse of S. Kann Sons Co.,
Eighth and D streets
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-01
WE NEED MORE

A gopher appears to have little
better success in hunting holes. on
the wide prairies than has the
m1dern lawyer in seeking flaws in
the decisions of modern courts, so
that by the time the legal 'sharps"
have arrived at a decision. which
holds, the rest of us have forgotten
what 1t was about and the heirs to
the parties at controversy are the
ones left to rake up the scatterings"
An exception to such procedure
has occurred in the celebrated sugar
case, the American Sugar Refining
Company versus Milliken, Tomlinson
Company. The Judge was John A.
Peters, formerly congressman from
this District. Lawyers for the de-
Tense argued for 100 errors in the
decision and the case went up on APP
peal. After many days it is an
nounced that no errors have been
found.
One might infer, and we are dis
posed to do so, that there is great
need of more judges of like caliber.
Furthermore, we think there will
instances come to the mind Of the
reader. where it has appeared the
Federal Government hasn't always
been so well served by its judges.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-01
Editors Table

THE Builders Of America" Dives
of great Americans from the Monroe
Doctrine to the Civil War; by Edwin
Wildman. author of The Founders of
America" Famous Leaders of In
dustry," ETC.
The thousands of readers of Mr..
Wtldman's volume, THE Founders of
America" will appreciate this new
book in the Famous Leaders Series"
for as the author asserts in preface,
1T was left to Builders to apply and
make into reality and develop this
vast inheritance"
The history of a nation Is largely
the biography of individuals and in
the biographical sketches of the
Builders Of our country may be found
the inspiration for others to carry
on" The Builders were faced with
complex problems; as Mr.. Wildman
points out, they pioneered in new
nelds and blazed the way for the ma
TONS permanent greatness and the
prosperity and happiness of it's teem-
ing millions, whose descendants to-
day inherit the lard and the works of
the Fathers and Builders"
The table of contents is as follows:
James Madison. the constitution maxi
er; Henry Clay. the great compromiser
and constructive statesman: James
Monroe. who checked foreign en-
croachments in the Western hemis-
phere; John Quincy Adams, diplo-
mat, Statesman and abolitionist; De-
Witt Clinton, who built Americas first
great canal; Robert Fulton, the father
OF the Steamboat; Daniel Webster,
Americas greatest orator and ex-
FOUNDER Of the Constitution; Nicholas
Biddle, who stabilized our financial