PAGE TWO
BEUTLER KNEW
5,
He Was Long Identifier For the
Plfikertons.
WORKED IN MANY BIG GASES,
Could Nab a Thief From Deicrlptlon
and Seldom Made a Mistake Arrest
ed Sophie Lyons, a Notorious and
Clever Pickpocket.
Seymour Bcutlcr, for years the iden
tifier for Uu I'inkerton detective agen
cy, died recently in New York. It wns
said of Beutler that lie hnd knowledge
of 15,000 crooks of various sorts and
that those whom he knew would ham
to put on very effective disguises to
keep him from recognizing thorn ngnin.
For years ho went to state and na
tional cotiTcntlona to look over the
crowd that entered the halls for fa
miliar faces. In tho race track days
his post was outside the track to ce
that no pickpockets got past the ete
keeper. Most of the crooks whom he knew
well enough to pick out of n crowd he
had never seen, but his memory for de
scriptions was so good that ho seldom
made a mistake. Upsides descriptions,
he mado it a part of his work to mem
orize the records of those he needed to
know.
For the past thirty years he had been
in demand for the entrance to impor
tant meetings of all sorts. He had
traveled from one end of tho country
to tho other identifying criminals who
had never seen him. Tho ears, Bcutlcr
paid, were his principal means of iden
tification. They never change and can
not be disguised.
Mr. Bcutlcr was a slender, gray hair
ed, gray mustached man, but ho had
great powers of endurance. He was
at work on a forgery case one time,
where a Ilrm of pork packers had lost
$40,000. He traced an employee of tho
firm to Canada and then decided to put
him under surveillance.
Bcutlcr hired an adjoining room and
went two days without food or sleep,
keeping a constant watch on his man.
lie wanted to see If his man had cer
tain papers necessary for the case, nnd
Beutler didn't leave the door until he
made certain that tho man had these.
An arrest followed, and tho forger
settled with the Arm by giving back
$33,000.
Arrested Sophie Lyons.
One of Beutler's famous cases was
the arrest of Sophie Lyons, tho most
notorious and clover woman thief in
the United States. Ho' had caught nor
once in Springfield,' Mass., picking a
pocket and tried to arrest her. Tho
outcry she raised brought a crowd
down on Bcutlcr, and ho was badly
beaten.
Ills Identification of Billy Coleman,
who stolo $r0,000 from tho Coopers
town (N. Y.) ofllce of Ambrose Clark,
stepson of Bishop Potter, was consid
ered remarkable. Coleman was taken
In New York with some of tho Jewels,
but the hendquurtors detectives could
not say who he was. Beutler, who had
never seen him, but had seen a photo
graph of the crook once, accosted Cole
man as If he had known him well and
tho prisonor admitted his Identity.
To Pat Sheedy has generally boon
given credit for recovering the Gains
borough portrait of tho Duchess of
Devonshire, but tho story has been
told that It was Boutlor who first learn
ed where the picture was. A. convict
sentenced to Daunemora, to whom
Adam Worth had confided the hiding
place of the picture, told Beutler, and
after Sheedy had conducted tho nego
tiation for tho return of tho picture
Robert I'inkerton delivered It to the
Agnews In London, tho original owners.
no had a wide acquaintance with
racing men through his own connec
tion with tho track and was very pop
ular. Barney Schrelber onco named n
horse after Beutler. Beutler had
charge of the I'inkerton work at the
Polo grounds, Now York.
TAFT PLANS TO SEE CANAL
May Take Another Trip to Panama
After Election or at Christmas.
President Taft is contemplating an
other trip to Panama to inspoct tho ca
nal, lie is greatly Interested in tho
work the army engineers, under Colo
nel Cocthals, nru doing, and it is prob
able that after tho election he will
board n battleship with Mrs. Taft and
leave tho country for two weeks.
If the trip is undertaken it will be
so arranged that tho president will be
back In Washington in tlmo to wrlto
his annual message to congress beforo
it convenes in December.
Since hu has been president Mr. Taft
has Inspected the canal twice, but last
year, owing to his long tour of tho
west, ho did not have an opportunity
to go to Panama. In two years so
much progress has been mado by tho
engineers that the president Is espe
cially anxious to sco tho work.
If tho voyage cannot bo arranged be
foro December tho prosldent may go in
the Christmas holidays, when congress
usually takes a midwinter recess.
Zanzibar Bar Merry-fjo-rounds.
Attempts to lntroduco merry-go-rounds
nnd other amusement devices
In Zanzibnr haro provod unsuccessful.
Tho natives do not caro for anything
but tho various tribal dances.
WILSON AND LABOR.
Contrast the Slurring Remarks of tin
Academician and Theorist With Pres
ident Taft'e Views Bused on Actual
Experience.
Efforts on the part of Candidate Wil
son and his managers to placate lalsir
do not seem to be meeting with much
success. The candidate's real opinion
of labor Is too well known to cause
laboring men to grow wildly cnthusl-:
nstlc over him. j
in n baccalaureate address to the
graduating class at Princeton on June
1.1, 1!K)0, Dr. Wilson said: j
"You know what tho usual stnndnrd j
of the employee Is In our day. It Is to
give as little as ho may for his wages.
Labor is standardized by tho trades
unions, and this Is the standard to
which it Is made to conform. No one
is suffered to do nioro than tho average
workman can do. In some trades and
handicrafts no one Is suffered to do
more than the least skillful of his fel
lows can do within the hours allotted
to n day's labor, and no one may work
out of hours at all or volunteer any
thing bojoml tho minimum. I need
not point out how economically disas
trous such n regulation of labor is.
It Is so unprofitable to the employerthnt
In some trades It will presently not bo
worth while to attempt anything ut
nil. lie had better stop altogether
than operate at an Inevitable and In
variable lo, Tho labor of America
Is rapidly becoming unprofitable under
Its present regulation by those who
have determined to reduce It to a min
imum. Our economic supremacy may
be lost, because tho country grows
more nnd more full of unprofitable
servants."
Contrast th statement of Cnudldnte
Wilson with the following statement
mnde br Pre'onl Taft In n speech
at Cooper Vnlon. New York:
"The effect of the organization of
labor, on the whole, has been highly
beneficial In securing bettor terms of
employment for tho whole laboring
community. I hare not tho
slightest doubt, nnd no ono who knows
anything about tho subject can doubt,
that the existence of labor unions
stendles wages."
Candidate. Wilson was talking as an
academician and theorist, with char
acteristic lack of exact knowledge.
President Taft was talking out of act
unl experience and knowledge gained
from primary sources. Tho contrast
In tho statements emphasizes the con
trast In the men.
INTERVIEW WITH THE CADILLAC.
Do You Want to Send Our Automobile
Business to Europe?
Detroit. Mich. "The American Pro
tective tariff system is of vital Im
portance to every American factory,
workshop and industrial plant. Be
cause this Is a fact tho writer has
given the question of protection much
study for the past few years. During
that time there has been no effort t
lower tho tariff rates or nny renllv
concerted effort to change them that
has not resulted in n serious indus
trial depression, with the further re
suit that thousands of American work
men have boon laid off nnd factories
closed, or worked on short time, and
a material reduction In the number of
men employed. As a nation we are
paying tho highest wages paid to me
chanics and operatives anywhere in
the world. Our prosperity is largely
due to out tariff, which protects us
against the cheap labor and cheap
material of other nations.
"To illustrate: Take our business in
the manufacture of nutomoblles. If
wo were nssured that free trade is to
prevail in this country wo could close
out our business here and transfer it
to Belgium, Hungary, China, Japan or
some other country where wages are
at the present time from 10 to 60 ior
cent of what they are hero and where
the material used is also much cheap
er than in this country. We could
then, nfter paying freight, put these
same automobiles down in New York
for perhaps 50 to CO per cent of tho
cost to mako them In this country, and
the competitor in the United States
who continued to manufacture a enr to
compete with us In prlco and quality
would hnvo but ono course left open
to him, nnd that would bo to close his
place and go out of business. What
we could do with automobiles could be
done with tho manufacture of boots,
shoes, sewing machines, guns, ma
chine tools, locomotives nnd nearly
everything wo manufacture In the
United States.
"It Is bo forceful and convincing to
nny thoughtful person when ho rea
sons It out thnt If we buy an automo
bile, for Instance, in Belgium, then we
hnvo the automobile, and they have
tho money, and when tho automobile
Is worn out we have no auto, nnd Bel
glum still has tho money, nnd If wo
buy an automobile that Is made in this
country then wo have tho nuto, tho
same ns beforo, and wo also have tho
money, and when tho auto Is worn
out tho money Is hero to buy another
ono. Tho enormous advantngo to tho
American workman nnd business man
Is obvious.
"And the Illustration applies with
equal force to almost every article that
can bo manufactured in tho United
States.
"Our long oxperlenco and our best
Judgment tell us thnt if wo elect a
free trndo or tariff for rovenue con
gross nnd ndministratlon It will bo fol
lowed by a serious depression In nil
kinds of business, except tho importers'
business; thnt thousands of workmen
Will bo without work, that many fac
tories will clooo nnd others will go on
ihort hours.
(Signed) "nENRY M. LKLAND,
"Advisory Manager Cadillac Motor Car
Company, Detroit. Mich."
mm WEiiES
FOR A iUSEUM
Alanson B, Skinner Go! Them
In Visit to the West,
MANY iliTIRESTING RELICS.
Mediclno Man's Curing Machine, Pack
age of Sacred Charms, Witch's Bag
of Bear Cub 8kln and Flute of Cedar
Among Them.
Alanson B. Skinner of the staff of
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, who linn spent three or four years
among the Indians of Wisconsin,
whore he has gathered many datn re
lating to the ceremonials and customs
of these tribes, has Just returned from
a visit to the Pottawatomie and Mo
uoiniiieo Indians witli many trophies.
Mr. Skinner is a semi-adopted mem
ber of the Kcnomlnees, by whom ho is
known as Saykosn, or "Tho Little
Weasel." lie Is nlso n member of the
"Society of Drcnmers," so called be
cause it has for Its object the wor
ship of the jrre.it spirit through tho
medium of n huge drum.
On his recent trip among the Indian
trills of Wlseousiu the explorer was
accompanied by Chief of Police John
Satterlee of the Indian reservation,
and Benjamin Mexico, another Indian
chieftain. The trophies gathered by
Mr. Skinner on his latest tour will
give to the American Museum of Nat
urnl History the moat complete collec
tion of Indian curios pertaining to this
tribe in the world.
His Experiences,
"We net out from Green Bay," said
Mr. Skinner in speaking of his experi
ences, "nnd then proceeded to Wau
saukee, Wis. From this point wo can
tiuued on through tho wilds to a lum
ber camp and then on foot through a
dense wilderness.
"We encountered bear, deer nnd oth
er big game on our travels. We ar
rived, at an Indian camp consisting of
bark houses and log cabins and were
received by the Indians, who knew
Mexico ns n hereditary chieftain. His
father waa a chief before him. These
Indians are known as the Pottawa
tomie, a tribe quite well known his
torically, but comparatively unknown
to scientists."
Upon the arrival of the museum ex
pedition in camp the Indians were cel
ebrating their annual mediclno dance.
This is the chief religious ceremony of
all tribes in the middle west It Is
held at various times of the year, but
particularly during tho spring nnd nu
uimn. .
A long lodge is arranged covered with
mats on which the dance takes place.
The ceremony consists of chanting tho
sacred myths of the vnrious tribes nnd
making sacrifices to the god and tho
distribution of power contained in the
medicine bogs among the participants
of the dance.
"It is really quite an Impressive spec
tacle," said Mr. Skinner.
Interesting Objects 8ecured.
"Among the objects of Interest we
secured on our trip," ho continued, "Is
n package of sacred charms supposed
to have been presented to one of the
great Indian heroes by the thunder
god. We nlso secured a series of bati
mado of annual skins used in tho med
iclno dance.
"In one of the war bundles we found
a staff mado of wood nnd buckskin and
bound with rod flannel and decorated
with bends. This staff when used by
a war chief was supposed to call the
power of thunder to his cause.
"Among the Pottawatomie Indians
we found n witch's bag of bear cub
skin nnd fraught with tho powor to
Inflict diseases, according to the mem
bers of tho tribe.
"As nn antidote we secured n com
plete outfit of nn Indinn doctor cnlled
Jesako, who Is said to possess tho pow
er of withdrawing nil physical ills by
n curious Implement in tho form of n
tambourine drum and n series of bones.
Wo consider this ono of our rnre tro
phies." From the Pottawntomlo tribe tho
expedition went to tho Monominee res
ervation, whero were obtained n scries
of charms used to chnrm the buf
fnlo, consisting of throe buffalo tails
decorated with old porcnplno qnllls and
worn by the Indians ns nrni bands.
Another object In Mr. Skinner's pos
session is n fluto of cedar used by tho
Indian brnvo when ho goos n-courtlng
an Indian maiden. On this flute an
Indian youth plays outside of tho wig
wam where lives tho objeet of his de
votion. JENKINS FASTEST NAVY SHIP.
Takes the Record From tho Jouett by
Making 33.14 Knots.
Tho destroyer Jenkins has displaced
the Jouett as tho fastest destroyer of
tho navy. Tho Jouott held tho record
with n speed of 83.02 knots, but in n
recent two hour test tho Jonkins de
veloped nn average of 08.14 knots.
It Is reported that tho first group of
destroyers, the Held, Fluescr, Lamp
son, Preston and Smith, tho only conl
burners now with tho Atlantic flotilln,
are destined for tho Pacific const fleet
somo time next spring, when tho now
oil burners will be ready to Join the At
lantic flotilla.
Italy's Emigrants.
Of every hundred emigrants from
IUly eighty nro males.
DO YOU KNOW, MR. VOTER,
WHAT TAFT HAS DONE?
Well, If you don't It's because
he has worked so quietly and yet
so effectively that you have fail
ed to notice It. You have had
your mind distracted by the noise
of wind Jamming politicians.
Mr. Tuft works without brass
band uccompiiiilinonts. He Is not
a politician. He is n gentleman
and u statesman.
Ho Is satisfied to work out his
constructive plans and to let his
tory give blm duo credit, even If
you don't happen to know nil he
Is doing nnd bus done, even If he
Is not appreciated by unthinking
people or those who won't take
the troublo to learn for them
selves whnt he has done for the
country.
But you ought to know what
he hns done, it's your business
as a stockholder In tho biggest
tonccrn on earth the United
States to know Mr. Taft has
Established postal banks, se
cured forty-three Indictments
against unlawful trusts, created
n bureau of mines, turned a defi
cit In tho treasury Into n surplus,
wiped out the "white slave" truf
fle, established u board to take
the tariff out of polities, secured
$.10.0r0.o00 a year taxes from
corporations, negotiated peace
treaties which were defeated by
Democrats and so called "pro
gressives." vetoed free trade tar
iff bills which would have de
stroyed American industries,
stopped "pork barrel" river and
harbor appropriations, created a
court of customs appeals, urged
and secured legislation for a pnr
cels post, protected thousands of
government employees from the
"political ax," maintained peace
in Cuba, abrogated the unjust
Russian passport treaty, enforced
the eight hour lnw, upheld the
constitution of the United States,
recommended worldwide investi
gation of the cost of living, in
sisted on tho passage of an em
ployer's llnbillty nnd workmen's
compensation lnw, established a
children's bureau, placed the
postofiicc on n self sustaining
basis, saved million by business
methods, pushed work on the
Panuma canal, will apply work
ingmen's couipcnsntion law to
workmen In canal zone nnd
many other nets nnd deedstoo
numerous even to mention
briefly.
Now, for your own sake, don't
you honestly think you deserve
to bnve a man like Mr. Taft,
who enn bo wisely and ably man
age and direct your part of this
big business of running the gov
ernment? HOW PRESIDENT TAFT
ENFORCED PURE FOOD LAWS.
Chnrles D. Hilles, chairman of the
Republican national committee, has Is
sued, the following statement:
Opponents of President Taft's nd
ministratlon nnd of his re-election hnvt
issued a pamphlet containing an attack
upon his administration of the federal
health laws.
This is a subject of such direct vital
Interest to the American people that I
deem It duo to them to make explicit
and specific denial of the charges set
forth.
President Taft during his entire ad
ministration has displayed tho keenest
Interest in the proper enforcement of
existing federal health laws. Ho has
not been content with this, but has
recommended to congress comprehen
sive legislation providing for a bureau
of public health under which all the
activities of tho federal government re
lating to that subject might be grouped,
On May 29, 1011, the supreme court
of tho United Stntes held that the pure
food act did not cover the knowingly
false labeling of nostrums as to cura
tive effect or physiological nction. Less
thnn n mouth later President Taft sent
a ringing message to congress demand
ing an amendment to the law.
On Aug. 23, 1012, congress heeded
tho message of the president and pnss
ed an amendment 'which cures the de
fect in the lnw pointed out by tho su
premo court.
The food nnd drugs act has been
vigorously nnd effectively euforced
from the beginning. Tho act became
effective Jan. 1, 1007, and from thnt
date over 4,000 cases have been trans
mitted to tho department of Justice for
nction. In prncticnlly all concluded
criminal cases convictions havo been
secured. In seizure cases decrees of
condemnation and forfeiture havo uni
formly resulted.
Moro than 1,000 cases havo been suc
cessfully prosecuted slnco March, 1009.
Slneo that dato fines amounting to $30,
000 havo been assessed against defend
ants In criminal cases with costs of
equal or greater amount, and decrees of
condemnation and forfeiture have been i
tnken ngainst moro than COO shipments
of foods and drugs. Reports received
by tho bureau of chemistry from its
laboratories In different sections of tho
country show conclusively that tho
successful prosecutions of violators of1
tho food and drugs act havo produced
n marked improvement In the sanitary
conditions of factories and In -the qual
ity of foods and drugs.
During the administration of Presi
dent Taft 108 defendants havo been
convicted of violations of the meat In
Bpection law, thousands of dollars hare
been collected In fines, and In some
ease Jail sentences have been Imposed
WHITES VALLEY.
iHneclal to The Cltlien.)
Whites Valley, Oct. 29.
Equal suffrago limited by nn edu
cations qualification, is a question
worthy of tho consideration nnd dis
cussion of broad-minded, Intelligent
and patriotic men and women. When
this Is fnvornblo, with our compul
sory educational laws, our country,
gqvorned by tho future generations,
could not fail to bo uplifted In phy
sical, political, moral and spiritual
development.
Mr. nnd Mrs. O. W. Howell and
Mrs. Wesley Howell wero recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. William
Doyle, Preston.
A. Hnuser, who has visited the
past two weeks with relatives, re
turned to Stroudsburg Thursday.
itov. and Mrs. W. F. Hunter wero
guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Miller
Sunday.
I). E. Hacker Is busily engaged In
getting n car load of apples ready
for shipment.
Mark Hopkins, of Aldenvllls, spent
tho week-end at S. P. Crossman's.
II. W. White spent tho first of the
week In Scranton on business.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Mead woro
guests at Albert Fltzo's, Creamton,
on Sunday.
Pomery Bros, havo completed and
I filled ono of the largest and finest
concrete silos In this part of tho
1 county.
; Miss Edith Spencer and Fred Fow
; ler were entertained by Miss Anna
Fltzo Sunday.
1 tie plo social at tho Bed school
was largely nttended and all report
a pleasant evening.
Mrs. Howard Pomery Is spending
a week with Forest City relatives.
Mrs. D. E. Hacker and Miss Anna
M. Hauser called on Forest City
friends on Monday.
LOOKOUT.
tSpectal to The Cltixen )
Lookout, Oct. 29.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Rutledge re
cently visited their daughter, Mrs.
G. H. Stalker, at Canton.
Mrs. Phillips, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
is visiting friends at this place.
Miss Alice Turnberger and Miss
Eva Sllsby spent Sunday with the
Misses Gill at South Branch.
Ed. Steffon and William Flynn are
packing apples for J. Schmidt, of
East Branch.
Mrs. Boy Hawley is very sick at
this wrltlntr.
i Harris Hill and Earl Layton made
a business trip to Callicoon on Tues
day. Born, to H. W. Toms and wife, a
j son, Oct. 17.
1871
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