JEWEL THIEVES KEEP BUSY New York.—There was an increase in the number of Jewelry thefts and swindles during the first nine months of this year over a corresponding period of last year, according to the Jewelers’ Security alliance, but the extra losses suffered by jewelers were more than offset by the additional number of arrests, convictions, and re- coveries of stolen goods. Convictions have been obtained in 100 cases and a large number, having occurred within the last two months, are still pending, “Almost three-fourths of the tricked firms are members of the alliance,” the report states, “warning jewelers to take precautions against robbery, and greater care would have prevented every one of those losses. “A loss means action by the alliance —a hunt which may extend clear across the country and may last for months or even years, A loss means the payment by some insurance com pany of a sum of money. It raises the total of crime losses for the year in our industry and will perhaps re- sult in an increase in insurance rates for next year or the years to come. 3 I IN78 Our idea of a true philosopher is a man who is able to ex- plain away his faults to the satisfaction of himself. That is the harder task. Is Your Mind on Your Work? “Be on your guard. Don’t trust anyone you don’t know intimately, Don’t let a single piece of Jewelry out of your sight for a moment. Watch your customers, especlally strangers, every minute they are in the store, Count every item you display as soon as you finish waiting on a person, Honest people won't resent your care and crooks will see that you are alert and won't try any tricks on you,” The report points out that the in- creased number of thefts from un- locked showcases indicates that many losses to sneak thieves are due en- on the part of the jeweler. Addi- tional precautions are urged during the holiday season near at hand. Care- lessness in merchandise displays after closing hours leads to many losses through window smashing and this form of loss can be greatly reduced through the use of common sense and proper protective measures. “We are ‘everlastingly at it’ to pre- vent robbery as far as possible and to punish robbers when our members are attacked,” said H. C. Larter, pres- ident of the Jewelers’ Security alli- ance. “Only about 5 per cent of our members are robbed each year,” *» Brothers Famous Singers Jean de Reszke began his operatic career as a baritone. After a few years he became convinced that his voice was a tenor, left the stage for further study, and returned as a tenor. His brother, Edouard, was a famous bass. Jean de Reszke died in 1925, Edouard, in 1917. tirely to lack of ordinary precautions THE PATTON COURIER The eggs averaged more from stock of the Unive # Mrs. and Mr. Whiting of Port Kells, Canada, with their champion Whita Leghorn pullet which created a world’s record by laying 357 eggs in 365 days. than twenty-six ounces to the dozen. The bird is rsity of British Columbia. LIGHTS OF NEW YORK By WALTER TRUMBULL One of the best known figures in New York is Rev. Francis P. Duffy. Partly owing to the fact that he went overseas with the “Fighting Sixty- ninth,” Father Duffy has many parish- ioners from that portion of the city commonly known as “Hell's Kitchen.” Going to a dinner one evening, he BABY ENDS DIVORCE IDEA Souderton, Pa.—Mr., and Mrs. Wil- liam Kenneth Moyer will not have to separate to fulfill the contract they signed last January 2, the day they Were married, in which they agreed to BR FACING FACTS By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dean of Men, University of Illinois. HRERXRERRR XXX RK Hx FEE EXRRRXER ERR FERRER RRR E Mary was dreadfully sick, and we all knew it—she quite as well as any of us who stood : by and saw her gradually fade out of life. Whenever I asked her how ‘4 she was feeling, it # was invariably a cheerful reply which she gave. She had had a good night; she was better today; she was quite sure that she would shortly be around again, She never admitted weakness or discouragement, though we realized how she was feel- ing. I was young then, and I did not mandesstand her point of view. “Why do you say you are feeling all FOR THE STREET This smart street frock is of bottle green crepe. The large bertha collar that forms the slecves, and is cut into a draped neckline in front, is an in- teresting new note, divorce each other if they didn’t have a baby within two years. An eight-and-a-half-pound boy has arrived on the, scene and since then the marriage has been hailed as a huge success by the proud parents and their friends. The couple will be re- married. The unique premarital agreement at- tracted nation-wide attention and al- though it was denounced by ministers and social workers, the literati of Greenwich Village gave the young cou- ple a big hand when they came to New York. Dr. I. Z. Kinsey, who attended the mother, said: “The child is one of the most per- fect I have ever seen in years of prac- tice.” right and that you are getting better,” I asked her one day, “when you know you ane not?” “It is because I want to be getting better,” she said rather sadly, and she kept on making the same sort of as- sertions until the end. It is more than interesting to see to what ex- tent the things we would like to have true we fool ourselves so often into believing that they really are true. I had a great admiration for old Judge Marks who for years was the legal authority in our town. He had had an excellent legal training and many years of judicial practice, but, like most mortals, he had his prej- udices and his preferences. I came to see after I had known the judge for a time, that when a procedure against which he had scme prejudice or to which he was opposed, came up for discussion he could always find some legal obstruction in the way. “It can’t be done,” he used to say. “It isn’t legal, and we'll get into seri- ous difficulty if we try it.” On the other hand, if he was in fa- vor of the proposition, he could al- ways find some way to evade or over- ride any legal objections which might be presented by those not in favor ef the proposition. What he wanted to be true he could always discover suffi- cient authority to prove true, Johnson has not gotten on well in the world, and to those unprejudiced neighbors who stand at a distance and look on, it is not difficult to see why, He has never done his work very well or very regularly, His place at any time during the last 15 years could have been filled very easily, and at a lower salary than Johnson is get- ting. He has little interest in his work, little enthusiasm, and still less loyalty to his employer. It pleases him, however, to imagine that he has been badly treated, that his talents have not been recognized as they sheuld have been, that enemies have stood in the path of his progress arnwl have held him back. He wants to be- lieve that his present situation is in no sense hls own fault and he mar- shals all sorts of spurious facts in order to establish the conclusion which he desires to reach. Like a good many of us he refuses to face the real facts, (@. 1930. Western Newspaper Union.) The happy father has torn into twe Dieces the contract which had provid- ed for divorce. He said he would frame the pieces separately as a sym- bol of the success of the marriage. The marriage philosophy of the young couple attracted much comment when the union was first announced. A baby, they maintained, was the chief and most sacred aim of matri- mony—the only real thing worth mar- rying for—and if at the expiration of the two years they had failed to attain one they might proceed along separate paths. KEEPS ARM BUSY Jimmy Dykes, star third baseman of the 1930 world champion Athletics, conducts a bowling alley during the winter months and keeps his arm in shape by bowling. passed a group of them standing on the corner of Forty-second street and Broadway and stopped to speak. He was wearing a dinner suit with his black shirt, and felt that he looked rather well, Indicating his evening at- tire, he demanded: “Well, boys, how do you like the scenery?” “Father,” said one, “you ought to know that patent leather shoes go with that uniform.” “Any other criticism?” “Yes,” said another, “White gloves should either be worn or carried in the hand.” “An evening overcoat should be fold- ed over the left arm,” volunteered a third. Father Duffy was becoming a bit nettled. » “Maybe you have some other sug- gestions,” he said, a bit sarcastically. “Just this,” came a drawling voice from the rear of the group. “If you will rig yourself up like that, you ought at least to take a taxi,” * * * Father Duffy writes more letters to the police and fire commissioners than does the mayor, Every time a police- man or fireman gets into trouble, he Seems to want Father Duffy to write a letter, believing that will straighten things out. He always asks what the difficulty is and always is assured that the worst and only thing which has happened has been the overlooking of some little technicality. “No more than that?” “Not a thing except that, Father.” Among Father Duffy's prized pos- sessions is a letter from a fire chief in answer to his request to know why a good man had been laid Qff for some trivial infringement of rie, The reply specifies in great detail ?.xteen separ- ate counts on which charges had been brought for serious dereliction of duty. It will be long before he hears the last of that one. * * * When Father Duffy isn’t trying to get somebody out of trouble or out of Jail, he is getting him a job. One day, coming in on a train at the Pennsyl- vania station, a porter said to him: “Please let me carry your bag. I don’t want any money.” “Why do you want to carry my bag?” “You don’t remember me,” said the red cap, “but a couple of years ago I was down on my luck and couldn’t get a job. I had a wife and family and I needed work. You gave me a letter to Mr. Egan, the station master, and I have been here ever since.” * - - “Sometimes people give me money for the poor,” says Father Duffy, “but what I really need more, is jobs. Say I can get a man a job at a salary of $1,000 a year. That's 5 per cent on $20,000. Isn't that better than giving him $10 or $20, which can last him only for a few days?” * * * Police Commissioner Mulrooney also told me of a porter, but this was a pullman porter. He had once been on the police force and he wanted to know what chance he had to get his Job back. His total tips on a chair car run to Syracuse and back had been 75 cents. He had lost Interest in the railroad business. $s 8% Rosita Forbes, traveler and novelist, has lost a bit of faith in charms. One night in Persia she came to the cave of a minor prophet who gave her a very superior snake's head, guaranteed | to bring immediate and lasting luck, The next morning her ear got stuck | in the mud and it took five hours to | yank it out. | (©). 1930, Bell Syndicate.) ene Favorite Color of Insects | Green traps proved more effective | than those painted any other color in | tests by the Department of Agrical- ture to determine if insects have color preferences.—Popular Mechanics Mag- azine, POTPOURRI DC CE PE The Tower of Pisa The marble tower of Pisa, al- ready fourteen feet off the per- pendicular, is increasing almost one foot per century. It is ga bell tower, and although enly 179 feet high, with eight stories, required 176 years to build, The marble walls are thirteen feet thick at the base and seven at the top. Will it ever fall, and when? (©. 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) | Furs @ Fenty OF Chickens 4 Ca? if ni RAR QoME NOW, (15° TIME FOR BED { Ai ad p A ONE NIGHT A BAD ow Fax \| |Z CAME AND STOLE A GHIckEN= || |Z OW THE NEXT NIGHT HE GAME fr AND STOLE ANOTHER CHICKEA=AND THe NEXT NIGHT HE CAME AND STOLE ANOTHER. CHICKEN = AND THE NEXT NIGHT, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED ! | KNOW=HE CAME BA | | AND STOLE ANOTHER | CHICKEN 2 | I Has World’s Record as Egg-Layer | Neil Froseth failed to come to school. | Then she notified her husband, who | sion, Wood said. | “MODEL CITIZEN” KILLS FAMILY OF FIVE AND HIMSELF Hits Each With Hammer and With Razor. Washburn, Wis.—George Froseth, assistant postmaster for many years | and model citizen of this quiet town, | killed his wife and four children with | @ hammer during a melancholic frenzy | and then cut his throat with his razor. | The killings were discovered when | { | Cuts Own Throat | a group of citizens directed by Mrs. E. W. Olson, the school teacher, | broke into the house. | The dead are: George Froseth, six- | ty: Mrs. Froseth, forty-five; Neil, ! thirteen; George and Adelaide, eleven, twins; and James, six. Killed as They Slept. Froseth was believed to have killed his family while they slept. Mother | and the children all were found in their beds. Apparently he first visited | the room where his wife and daughter slept and struck them down. The con- | dition of their bodies and the room | Indicated that in his frenzy he dealt blow after blow on them, although | Dealt Blow After Blow. it was likely that the first caused | death, | After wandering through the other | two bedrooms and killing the boys, Froseth, it was believed, killed him- self in the bathroom. He collapsed in the front room downstairs. Boy Reveals Slayings. | The first news of the slayings came | to Mrs. Olson through Robert Thore- | son, a classmate of the oldest boy. The Thoreson boy, as was his custom, chum. No one responded to his knocks and he peeked through the | front window. What he saw made him run shud- dering to the teacher, “lI don’t believe Neil will be in school today,” he told her. “I looked through the window and there's some- thing awful there. Mr. Froseth was | lying on the floor.” Mrs. Olson was not impressed until called W. A. Robinson, the postmaster, and Chief of Police James N. Long. The four forced entry into the house. Froseth had been a victim of nery- ous disorders for years. Dog Steals Oats From Calf and Gains Weight Geneva, Ohio.—Capt. 1. D. Howard, North Geneva, has a dog that mooches his oats from a calf’s feed box. Howard's four-month-old calf, Peter, he says, has been getting thinner and thinner, until he is only a shadow of his former self. Meanwhile Pal, his airedale dog, has been getting fatter and fatter. After feeding time, Peter occasion- ally would be heard mooing mournful- ly to the sky, even though his friend, Pal, was there to keep him company. Captain Howard investigated and says he found the ground oats from Peter's feed box gone to swell Pals avoirdupois. One-Third of Reptile Kills Three Deerhounds Kinston, N. C.—Oune-third of a rattlesnake killed three husky deer- hounds near here, according to D, E. Wood, Kinston sportsman. The dogs were following through the woods. They came upon a six-foot snake. It was shot. The body was cut in two. The hounds ran up to investigate the part including the head, and about 12 iriches of the body. They were bitten in rapid succes The head struck the dogs with machine gun rapidity. All of the dogs were dead within thirty minutes. The first bitten was the last to die, the last bitten the first. ec i dl Sheriff Loses Jail Key Sylvia, Kan,.—So securely locked up that the sheriff couldn't get him out was D. V. Minus, who was placed in jail for drunkenness. 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Feen‘amint of the along were framed, Police and St Ring Tha Million New York.—A ful that it does © the aid of corrupt well organized th its women victim 000,000 a year has investigations sift of this city’s mun learned recently. The ring, accor being investigated who has charge c vision’s inquiry in courts, consists of members of the certain court atts bail bondsmen, The ring preys u en, some of the vic inence, it was char en, show girls, nig any women with i lacking either but likely under certa find themselves *‘f of immorality, Story Tol The disclosures ring came at about a Special Sessions the conviction of merstein on a cha immoral conduct la istrate Earl Smith Mrs. Hammerste guilty of improper timony of a polic impressari that the ct Her der investigation f The story of the came from a Broad name has not been is called “The Dov initiates. A woman knowr ler,” who is said t lishments, one in the 70's and anot} black belt, is ment character in the money racket. “1 said to have disap vestigators are cor cover search for he “The Dove,” stool lice at a flat sala told the sordid insic racket for reasons He was found rece hotel, where his c after by a butler a “The Dove” told learned, that for fi served the police v First Mate El Beach (Calif.) Cou bravely striding th MACHINE Fosdick Says Unles Advance With O There's Lit New York.—Has | survive the machine ated? Or is he chal world so rapidly th: nihilated as were | tiger and the mastoc Raymond Blaine F political and social brother of the Rev. Fosdick, declares th cial sciences are ads of equality with p and blology, there is “We have utilized quaintance with the harness new forces & physical world abou entific study of the the springs of his co wan relations, has
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