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Evening star., 1930-05-04

Those who fatten the till of the medical
faker are found to be constant repeaters Some
pitiabe cases where relief from a real dis
ease, such as cancer, is sought. Others involve
less serious consequences. For instance, older
men seeking youth and younger men looking
for more youth literally jump from one rejuve-
nation cure to the other until they cover the
entire field.
Some takers when brought to time have
readily admitted the fraud, but offered as an
excuse the fact that some other charlatan in
his line would catch the sucker, why not
hei"
1t is futile to try to check charlatans by put
ting them In jail, Donnelly believes, for when
the Government tried 1t, one convicted pro-
moter, upon arriving at the prison. took the
keeper into partnership with him, and resumed
operations on a large scale, from within the
prison walls. So the department now takes
the more drastic step of preventing the fraudu-
lent promoter from receiving any mail.
THERE is q diverting variety to the schemes
used to separate the suckers from their
simoleons.
Texas woman bunco artist joined two or
three matrimonial clubs and began writing let
ters to male members. She was lonely, pretty,
and 19. she wrote. Post ONCE inspector
found her to be about 80 and very homely
She promised numerous men who were also
ing them for money
If the victim pressed for marriage, she
pleaded that she was i'll, or that her mother was
ill. To one man who probably had become
annoyingly ardent she wrote that she had tu-
berculosis was about to be operated on for
appendicitis and would have to have her ton
sils taken out She had built up quite -four
ishing business when the Post Office Depart
ment heard of her. warning was not OBJ
served, and finally fraud order was issued,
closing the mail to all her letters.
nOWN in Atlanta, Ca, a man and his wife
and daughter organized the "Electrifiable
Co." and started mail-order business offering
to sell for S. pair wonderful so-called heel
plates.
The heel plates. according to the Electrif-
ables, would cure hardening of the arteries,
high and low blood pressure. enlargement of the
heart, kidney trouble, hardening Of the pros
tate gland, diabetes, rheumatism and dropsy.
All these diseases, it was explained, were
caused by uric acid in the blood stream and
body, and could be cured by producing q cer-
Evening star., 1930-05-04
BY RUTH FINNEY.


cal age, yet two departments of the
Federal Government in Washington
spend most Of their time saving peo-
pie from the evil effects of too much
faith
A sucker, says the dictionary, is a person
who is easily duped.
Barnum observed that there is one born
every minute.
The Post Office Department has added to
this study the information that person who
is once a sucker is almost certain to be always
sucker.
The Post office Department is one of the
two that toll to keep overtrustful people from
chasing costly will-o- the -wisps. The other is
the Federal Trade Commission. Both work on
the principle that the only way to save the
credulous Is to keep temptation from them.
The Post Office Department bars from the mail
advertisements it finds to contain fraud. The
Federal Trade Commission has power to order
advertisers who make deceptive or misleading
statements to stop it,
There is an amazing amount of this sort
of thing going on. In a period of two years
the Post Ofhce Department issued fraud orders
against 1000 persons and concerns. The Fed
eral Trade Commission issued even more.
HORACE j. DONNELLY, solicitor for the
Post ONCE Department, who has studied
the problem for years, says it is that burning
ucSuc W sct SOWctiIiuS IOE uOttuLS tilat tcdoS
folks to answer one ridiculous advertisement
after another.
One man satisfies this impulse by investing
in the stock market; another by responding to
advertisements that promise much for very
little.
They close their eyes and invest" says Dom
nelly, land then they awake and investigate,
and to their sorrow find 1t Is they who have
gotten nothing for their something"
And he finds, it is duficult matter to save
such people from their own folly
There is an old saying that burnt child
breads the fire." says Donnelly. Seemingly that
does not apply in the case of investors. In
fact the INSCRIPTIONS promoter rather prefers
burnt children to the uninitiated. He pays big
money for their names and addresses
Recently examined letter from So
called sucker list seller in this country sent to
certain fraudulent operators who had escaped
to Mexico, offering to sell several thousand
names Of clients of a defunct company. That
concern had sold its clients millions of dollars
OF alleged securities of the same fraudulent
character the takers in Mexico were selling
II also ran across communication from
another sucker list broker sent to these same
escaped convicts in Mexico offering lists of in
A'stors in numerous other defunct concerns
.snich had operated in different sections of the
~ ntry.
"These sucker lists were made up separately
of Americans, Italians Germans Poles and
those Of other nationalities with the nature of
the investment in the case Of each batch given.
Investigation showed that a great many of these
persons have been repeatedly victimized on pre-
viouS occasions
"Of course this fake investment bug gets
just one of the numerous classes of suckers.
There are others too numerous to mention who
grab at anything that is suficie1tly misrepre-
sented, and lot of them come back for more.
Evening star., 1930-05-04

The University of Applied Science, also doing
business in Chicago, incurred the dspleasure
Of the Government in the course of giving in.
struction in fngerprinting and secret service
intelligence for amateur Sherlocks.
But all its representatives found when they
visited the University of Applied Science was
q large filing cabinet filled with fngerprintS
OF anonymous persons, most Of them dead.
Pupils, when they happened to be in Chicago,
were allowed to look through this cabinet.
They paid $40 for the privilege, together
with 81 lessons and fingerprint outfit. The
university claimed the regular price was 500.
and to the pretended reduction in rates the COM
mission also objected.
FLORIDA and California are magic words ON
the pens of promoters out for the bigger
fellows in the game.
When the land boom was on in Florida fouE
years ago the mails were full of howery litera-
ture and beautiful faxed pictures designed to
lure the unwary.
This is the way it was, done by one concern,
The Florida Loyds Organization, otherwise
known as International Loyds Agencies, Ltd.
1t secured an option on $500 acres of land
and. without surveying, put agents to work
selling lots. The option was never taken up.
though great number of lots were sold. When
the concern found itself without land it did
not attempt to refund purchase money, but took
up some more land, moved over a portable
sign bearing the name "Lloydsdale," and lured
more purchasers.
Again the options expired, and this time the
company bought some 800 acres at $l8 an acre.
reached only by winding trail Is miles through
the woods. Again the sign "Loydsdale" was
moved. Only investigation by the Post once
Department put stop to the perambulating
project.
SEVERAL years ago silk stocking company
devised the endless chain" method of doing
business through the mail, and hundreds Of
other concerns followed its lead
Golf balls and lingerie and Italian villas
were offered by mail. Before the purchasers
eyes were dangled the hope that he would get
some $40 worth of merchandise for 81. He
had to hazard 81 to get coupons, and he thought
he had a chance of winning prize by bringing
in other people.
The Post ONCE Department figured out that
before an adventurer, even up to the fifteenth
link in the chain, could win the $40 prize addi-
tional investors to the number of SAC 681 $50,
which is close to the total population of the
earth, would have to advance the stupendous
sum of $4649,045,86S.
But there seems to be no end to the schemes
and the schemers just as there Is no end to the
lambs waiting to be shorn.
DR.. s: j. Eagan, who apparently never ex-
listed in the flesh at all, was advertised to
women as the maker of magic gloves" which.
If worn for one night, would beautify, soften.
whiten and make smooth the hands, removing
all freckles and discoiorations.
The Federal Trade Commission Just could
not believe this, and tried the gloves out. It
:ound that they did nothing of the kind. Neither
did Facial Film" or "Neoplasma," said to
be worth 5000 pound, make any and all
faces beautiful overnight.
(Copyright. 1891
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

: TOWN AND VALLEY NEWs$
>>>>>>>>>>~~c+>>> 900 >>>>>>>>
H. F. Paschen has traded his car
for Chew. coupe.
F. A. English made a business trip
to Yakima and Ellensburg last Sat-
urday.
Sell your property through me;
my plan brings the buyers.
H. G. knight
DR.. and Mrs. Edwin F. Newton were
business visitors in Kennewick, Wed
nesday evening.
Mrs. M. M. Heath and her three
sons moved Friday in to the Hathaway
the expectation of buying the property.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Romans and
Mrs. O. B. Gwin, all-or nearly all
of Priest Rapids, were visitors in
White Bluffs Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Bradley made
trip to Wenatchee Wednesday. driv-
ing up with truck load of potatoes
from their ranch.
Guests of Mrs. C. F. Barrett and
Mrs. j. M. Chalmers on Barrett Is
land this week are Miss Emily o.
Malley and F. G. Barrett of Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gilhuly and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Keal
and family enjoyed a picnic dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Kincaid on
the lawn ct the Kincaid home last
! Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. George McCotter and
family of Bellingham arrived Thurs
day of last week for visit at the
home of Mr.. McCotter's mother. Mrs,
II. c. Bruce.
Mrs. Edith Dooley has purchased
the w. Fl. Kirby property in the east
end of town and expects to move into
the house on the place with her fam
lily this tall before the opening of
school.
H. H. Hiatt and son Claude are
looking forward with great pleasure
to visit from Mrs. Hiatt, who is ex-
pected to come down Sunday from
Wenatchee for a stay at the ranch.
Robert Nitzsche, Floyd Barge and
Earl Wade turned in at home Satur-
day night after two weeks of roaming
camp life in the wilds Of the Coast.
They made the trip in Roberts car
ard all report fine time.
Mrs. A. ]. Miles was passenger
out on the train Tuesday evening. on
her way to Spokane to spend week
with her son, Arthur Miles and
family. Mrs. Miles, ST.. also intended
to consult an oculist while in the city.
Mrs. v. O.. Kern and children re-
turned Saturday evening from two
weeks visit on the Coast, Baby Viz
ginia making the trip by the especial
request of Mrs. L. NJ Kern of Ia
coma, who desired all introduction to
her youngest grandchild.
After more than months absence
spent in visiting and travelling on the
Coast, Mrs. M. S. Meeks is now in
Yakima and will return home next
Sunday. She will come over from
Yakima with her son, Charles Meeks,
who now has good position with a
car wrecking company in Ellensburg.
Children from the following fam
lilies underwent operations for the re-
noval of tonsils at the tonsil and adj
enoid clinic conducted by Dr. Spauld-
ing and County Nurse Miss Day at
the Pasco hospital this week: Russell
Miller, j. w. Graves, Cecil Haskell,
Paul Schicka and w. A. Barnes.
Father D. A. Cronin of Kennewick.
pastor Of st. Mary's Catholic church.
| was unable to fill his appointment
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18
SALVATION ARMY

Every one is cordially invited to
attend the Salvation Army Sunday
School at the James Meeks home on
the Hanford- Kennewick road every
Sunday at 2:30 pm.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

Miss Evelyn McCrory went to
Cheney, Sunday for a weeks visit
with friends and former schoolmates.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lindell, who trad
ed their tract north of town last spring
for wheat ranch in Oregon but who
lave been caring for the tract this
summer, left White Bluffs this week.
Mrs Lindell going to Yakima and Ed
going over to Othello. where he will
work the next month or more in the
wheat harvest. Mr.. Oliver of Yakima.
wha says he has purchased the Lin
rell tract, arrived wit his family this
week to take possession.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

Deputy Sheriffs Nick Palmer and
Herb Besse were over from Prosser
Wednesday on official business.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

w. R. Kirby has bought new REQ
truck for use in his draying and truck
ing business.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

Mr.. and Mrs. George Kincaid of
Riverside, California, are expected
guests at the home Of their son, w.
J. kincaid. They are driving up, visit
ing at various places on their route,
and will arrive here, it is anticipated,
not later than Sunday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Hinderer and
family who for the past two years
have lived on the old Chambers place,
moved back this week to their former
home at Douglas, Wash.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

DR.. E. F. Newton was a business
visitor in Prosser last Friday evening.
accompanying c. H. Young Of Han.
ford.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18

Mrs. Edith Dooley has purchased
the w. Fl. Kirby property in the east
end of town and expects to move into
the house on the place with her fam
lily this fall before the opening of
school.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
D. c. JOB BOARD
PUSHES WORK

Efforts to find employment for
1926 idle men and women, many
of whom have dependents, were
started today by the Commission
ers' Committee on Unemployment,
of which Frederic A. Delano, is
chairman.
The total number of unem-
ployed persons in the District was
ascertained by the committee, yes
terday after the lists Of those who
registered and counts made by va
rious committees had been tabu.
lated at a meeting in the District
Building.
Delano announced that the staff
of contact men whose duties 1t
will be to determine from mer.
chants and business men what
vacancies they have will be en-.
larged, as will be headquarters of
the committee at 480 Louisiana
Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
WILBUR FAVORS
LUNACY LAW
REvIS|ONS

Complete revision of the lunacy
laws in the District is recon.
mended in the section of Secre.
tary Of the Interior W!lbur's an
nual report dealing with st. Eliza.
beth's Hospital.
The changes asked are in &C.
cord with the bills which were
introduced in Congress three
years ago and include the fol
lowing:
Abolition of trial by jury for
persons alleged to be insane ex-
cept in cases where relatives in.
sist upon it.
Voluntary commitment for treat
ment, on request Of patients, with
provision for discharge on three
days notice; also provision for
voluntary commitment without
trial. with stipulation providing
Tor release under certificatiop of
physicians.
DR.. William H. White, superin
tendent of the hospital, says this
provision would make unnecessary
the many writs of habeas corpus
now issued in the courts relating
to insane patients.
There were 4.503 patients at
st. Elizabeth's at the close of the
last fiscal year, and the total
number OF discharges in that pc
rad was 534. The total number
OF employees is 1902.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
8 HURT, | DYING,
/. AFTER CRASH

John F. Mckenzie. 20. Of 333
New York Ave. N. W., who was
perhaps fatally injured in the col.
lision of two machines at Third
Street and Massachusetts, Avenue
Northeast last night, had not re.
gained consciousness today. He is
in Casualty Hospital. as is Stephen
Risley, 10, of 24S Eighth st. N. W..
who was riding with him.
Henry G. Coombs. IS. of 2515
Arkansas Ave. N. W., who was
driving the other car, was thrown
to the street by the force Of the
impact, it was said. He is in
Providence Hospital, recovering
from a possible fracture of an arm
and leg.
Mr.. Risley and Nc. Mckenzie
were pinned under their machine.
The fire department rescue squad
extricated them. Both suffered
possible fractures of the skull.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
Californian Requests
Governor to Send
Him WiShbone

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. "A
man in California wants the
wishbone of Gov. John Garland
Pollard's Thanksgiving turkey,
and the governor is going to
send it to him.
Ben Wiegart, Of Los Angeles.
wrote to the governor, apollo
gizing for the strange re-
quest" and explaining that he
was making a collection Of
wishbones from fowl owned
and eaten by distinguished
men,"
Governor Pollard said turkey
was on his menu Thanksgiving,
and the wishbone would be
sent as soon as it is available.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
TROPHY AWARD
ANNOUNCED

Mai. Gen. H. g. Bishop, Chief
of Field Artillery today announced
that the Knox Trophy for the year
1880 has Leen won by Battery A,
18th Field Artillery, stationed at
Schofield Barracks, Hawaiian Ter.
ritory, Capt. LIE Count H. slocum
commanding.
Battery A 18th Held Artillery,
stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Capt. Louis J. Fortier. 18TH Field
Artillery commanding, was a close
second.
The Knox Trophy is presented
annually by the Society of the
Sons Of the Revolution in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
to that Battery OF the Regular
Army Field Artillery which has
the highest rating in efficiency.
This rating is based on firing eff
cheney, tactical mobility, profi.
cheney in the use o. field artillery,
means Of communication and in
terror economy.
Among the batteries selected 20
represent the commands Of which
they form part, and to take the
final competitive test for the tro
ply were Battery F, 9Th Field Ar
tillery at Fort Hoyle, Md, and
Battery B, 18th Field Artillery at
Fort Myer, Va.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
ApvERrIsEMERT
66 MILES ON
| GALLON OF GAS

Walter Critchlow, 3452 A st.
Wheaton, H., has patented a Vapor
Moisture Gas Saver and Carbon
Eliminator for all Autos.
New Fords report up to 40 miles
on / gallon; old Fords 66; other
makes gain Ath to u more.
Mr.. Critchlow wants county and
state Agencies everywhere to make
5000 to $3.50 a month. He offers to
send l to introduce. Write him
today. . ...
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
Paddock to Marry
On Coast on Dec. II

LOS ANGELES, Calf. Dec. 2
G.N.SD Charley Paddock, 80,
noted sprint runner, and Mrs.
Neva Prisk Malaby, 26, daughter
Of Charles E. PMsk. Pasadena
newspaper publisher, will be mar.
ried at. Pasadena on December II E,
it was announced today.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
CLERK IS BANKRUPT

John r. Reed, clerk at the Navy
Yard. residing at 2911 Twenty
eighth st. N. W., yesterday asked
the District Supreme Court to ad.
Judge lhim a voluntary bankrupt
He lists debts of $4,1S7 SO and as
sets OF $981.95 in his petition.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
CLUB DEFERS GREETING

Out of Difference to the fact
that President Hoover's message
to Congress will be delivered to-
day, the proposed greeting to
Congress planned by the Adver.
tising Club for today has been
postponed. Another date will be
selected for the greeting.
The Washington times., 1930-12-02
SENTENCED TO CHAIR

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec.
dN.sJ.-Andrew j. Metelski. "a
alias Melski. and formerly of De.
troit, was sentenced to death In
the electric chair here today by
Supreme Court Justice George A.
Larkin. .,.. .------
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Stop Infec
Before 1t Spreads

Look at your feet tonight and
especially under and between toes
they may be infected with the vege-
table parasite known to science as
Tfnee Trichophyton-let US hope
they are not.
The United States Public Health
Service assert in a recent bulletin
that at least one half Of all adults
suffer from it at times-men, more
than women.
And bear in mind II Is no disease
TO trifle with for many Of its victims
have been disabled for weeks.
They call this modern disease
Athletes Foot because the germ
Tinea Trichophyton breeds on the
floors Of the dressing rooms of
gymnasiums and athletic clubs
also on shower boards and mats
and near swimming pools.
When this parasite first attacks,
there is an eruption followed by
itching (often intense) the skin
cracks-it blisters-when the blister
breaks there is an oozing Of liquid.
If not caught in time the disease
usually spreads along the sole and
sides OF the foot-the skin reddens
and may peel off.
The disease Is infec-
tious-someone in your own home
may havie it-Cfind out to-night).
Beware Of bathmats, either at home
or in hotels-use a newspaper-it'S
safer. Wear your own slippers and
walk as little as possible IN your
bare feet.
TREATMENTS: After bathing
the feet apply Moone's Emerald Oil
generously. not only under and be-
tween the toes but over the bottom
and sides OF foot. This powerful oil
soothes and penetrates stops the
itching and checks the growth CT
the germs Of this vegetable para
site.
Pharmacists everywhere In Amer
lea dispense Moone's Emerald OIL
a bottle lasts a long time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06

3, Bayvisw Citrus Groves sub, Plat
30. sS741.25
The Al Parker Sec. Co. to W. L.
Holiday ct ux North 5 Ac Of South
9.81 Acres OF East 1882 Ac. Blk. 80,
Minn-Texas Land and Irrig. Cos
Sub, La Feria Grant. $1,000
HIDALGO COUNTY
G. K. Leslie Jr. ct ux to =. NJ.
Malzahn. ". 8.43 ac. Of s. 28-5i &C.
Lot II, Sec. 277, Tex-Mex. $1,000
j. r. Wagers, ct ux to H. w. Gov.
ington $1,000 Farm Tract 4 West
Tract subd.
Gulf Coast Orchards Co., to Rich
ard Hatch, ct al s6250.00 N. 8 &C.
Of w. 20 &C. Lot IL, Sec. 252, Tex.
Mex.
The Nick Doffing Co. 10 Frank @.
Orr. $1,000 Lot 50. Nick Doffing Co.
Subd- No. 3
Gulf Coast Orchards co. TO Geo.
E. Gade, ct ux s6259 S. 5 &C. Of N.
10 &C. Of w. 20 &C. Lot II, Sec. 252,
Tex. Mex.
Pharr Townsite co. to Ynez VAL
deg $4,000 Lot 19 Block 5, Pharr
Townsite.
Arthur Kelly, ct Tx to c. H. Hub
bard 100000 N. 230l &C. Lot 527,
John II. Shary Subd.
Card Parks Develop. CO.. to Jo-
seph Slebodnik. ct ux s3612.00 Lot
81, Ebony Heights Citrus Grove,
Unit No. /
p. w. Perkins TO Arthur L. Van
Berschot $1,000 ". Is &C OF s 80 &C.
Lot /, Block 81 C~apisallo.
Card Parks Development Co to
Walter Thiedohr. ct ux S6l56.00 Lot
rs. Ebony Heights Citrus Grove
Unit /.
Frederick w. Salzman ct ux to
II. D. Collingwood sl3.600.00 w. l-2
Lot IL. Block 48, Alamo Tract.
b. w. Batterton to A. o. Morgan,
ct TX. 100000 Lot 19, Block 3, Mis-
sion Groves Estates.
American r. G. l.. & ]. Co. 20
Louis G.. and Sarah T. Bunnell,
SS500O0 N. 10 &C. Of Z. 20 &C. Farm
Tract 2042. N. Capisallo
American r. @. l.. & I. Co. to
Louis G. and Sarah T. Bunnell
S2250.O0 Z. 1915 &C. Farm Tract
2255, North Capisallo.
M P. zumbrunn to B. w. Batter
ton $1,000 Lot 10, Block 3, Mission
Groves Estates.