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i iH > vayrup, instead 4 FLORIDA MECCA that he sold his property FOR CROOKS WHO MULCT TOURISTS | terse me This Season Surpasses All Oth- ers and Confidence Men Reap Rich Harvest CHIEF EX-POLICE FALLS One Nebraska Farmer Almost ~ Loses $25,600 in Fake Pool Room Game st Jacksonville, Feb, 10.—- As wolves on the western plains watched the buffalo herds in the old. d Tharking down the laggards for thei ved scouts of a so keen. prey, great swindling syndicate stationed herg, tag their victims among the tourist hordes pouring through Jacksonville on their to the east and west Coast resort ection ‘surpasses all others in the yolume of south-bound migrants, and it is the richest harvest the con- fidence men have ever known, WARN NOTICES POSTE) Alto General Van C. Swear ingen has asked the Florida Legisla:} Ture to appropriate a fund for the em ployment of special] state detectives to combat the crook: Warning no- tices are posted in stores and hotels. papers have printed full pages of scriptions of some of the Most prominent. of the plausible + cago and New York. financed from a. tre: hundreds of | thow Strict business rul tivides of the yariou Thg toll levied on thi: o's four: ists Will amount to severa) millions of doll: it is estimated by Chief of Police Reach, FEW VICTIMS COMPLAIN Efforts to check the cheaters are only partially successful. In the first place, the victims are enticed into a game by which they hope to make big operators are ury containing of dollars vern the jac money through — ¢reoked methods. When they are stung, they seldom complain. Many of them would be ruined in th home communities if it. became known that they had be- come involved in a gambling project In the second place, the. crooks caught in raids quickly give whatever is required in the way of cash bond and disappear, , Four men are under arrest in Pam- They were caught as they were "oJ. E, Starr, a retired ka farmer, for $25,000. Starr is that he was spotted before he pa. nhout to “take” New: Started south; that artful smoking car conv tion regarding real estate } seduced him into revealing the fact | and had a comfortable fortune, His description y until, when he arr eerer of the ¢ quiaintance, and flashed ahead 1 in Jacksonville, hz made his a al to) be the, idea! sort of companien for a! middle-aged ‘man, traveling alone, Th made side trips together and Sta s con- vinced that his new friend was abso- Jutely reliable. ’ WAS LET IN ON IT Then they met the slick stranger, who friend knew. Thix was the successful gambler who, by me of a tapped wire, was making bi killings on race betting. He generous: ly let Sty 5 friend in on the good | womany thousands ered. taken! fo the fake EndsStubbornCoughs in a Hurry For real effectivenens,, thle old home-made remedy has'no equal, Easily aud cheaply You'll never know how qu cough can be conquered, U this famous old home-ma Ariyone who has coughed all day and all night) will say that. the immedi: relief given is almost like magic. It takes but a moment to. prepare, and really there is nothing better for conghs, Into a pint hottle, put 2% onnces of Pinex; then add plain granulated sugar syrup to make a full pint. Or you can use clarified molasses,*honey, or corn syrup. Either ‘way, the fulkpigt saves about two- thirds of the money usually spent for cough preparations, and gives you 2 more emedy. It keens per- unt—childrem You can feel this take hold instantly, soothing and healing the membranes in rll the ae ft passnaes, It promptly loosens e dry, tight. cough, and soon ‘you will notice the phlegm th: disappear altogether. use will usually break up an ordinary throat or chest ‘cold, and it is also splendid for \pronchitis. croup, hoarseness, and bron- ‘ebjal asthma. Pirex is 2/most valuable-concentrated, fompound of yenuine Norway pine ex- ract, the most reliable remedy for throat and chest ailments. To avoid di appointment. ask your ‘Gruggist. for “21, ounces of Pinex” with directions and don’t accent anything ‘else. Guaranteed to give alsolute satis- faction or.money refunded. fhe Pinex nd then ' Co. Ft. Wayne, Ind. POLES “eA SO EE ee First class. cleaning, pressing and repairing of ladies’ suits, coats, dresses, etc. Goeds called for and delivered. Eagle Tailoring & Hat Works, opposite P.O. Phone 58 t | 4 sinds in bank notes were v pof the w Believers in Lincolnism Urges Closer eee AAARR RAR poolrcom in a residence on the out: skirts of Tampa. A small mactine operated by a pedal realistically produced the clat- ter of telegraph — instruments and ss from the tracks were heing received over telephones whose wires went no further than the desks; ihey stood on, Packages ostensibly containing thou- ‘Tampa po! to save St vo descended just in time The hooks of t they had taken | $165,000' in nine days. The swindlers are capably aided hy their women associates, These are’ by no means of the ge vampire type. They are gracious, quietly-d sed la- dies, who do not directly attempt the j allurement of susceptible mon, but us their mis in winning the confidence es and children of tourists, EX-CHIEF FALLS FOR Ut A few days ago the police of Tampa /resened from the clutches of a confi- | dence woman the ex-chief of police of | one of the largest ¢ on the Pacific} coast. ‘The astute veteran in crime prevention would not believe that the matron who had been so kind to his wife would he the accomplice of wire tappers. He centinued the acquaintance and is Not convinced until a Tampa de- tective pointed her-out in conference with some of the men in the “mob.” Business men and lawyers of Flori- da are much aroused hy: present. condi- | tions, FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE TO BE HEROINE OF PLAY |; Prize Drama to Stimulate ‘Inter- est in Nursing New York, Feb. 10—A campaign to recruit 30,000 young women in train- ing schools for nurses and a prize of $500 for the best three act play by) an American author based upon in- | cidents in the life of Floreyce Nightin- ale, will be ameng the features of the nition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the woman whose wor among the sick and wounded in the Crimean war-laid the foundation for modern nursing, Pageants, public meeti: and for- mal ceremonies will be held on the anniversary date, May 12. it was an- nounced here today by the Nighti gale Centennial committee of the Na- Venal Organization for Public Health nunsing. Nursing organizations, wom- en's clubs and colleges will take part. The prize for the play, was offered by the Minois Coun for Nursing edueation to stimulate interest in the nursing profession, in which there is a lew rate of enlistment at present. Incidentally it. is hoped to encourage aspiring playwrights in colleg Manusevipty myst he submitted ust: 1. ‘e far too féw nurses in the United) States to meet. the needs of normal times, it-was said at the head- auarters of the National Organization for Publie Health nursing, and—the shortage during the influenza has heen acute, There are not more than 8000 public health nurses jn the count whereas at. are requ by fee ate legislation passed or pending RMY OFFICERS CLOTHES HASTENING TOWARD THE ORIENT Vanceuyor, Be oC. two Br 10,—Thirty with their wives and families, are today bowlin + along the Pacific en. ro for the Orient, minus all of their personal es full of jeffects except a few suit elothes and toothbrt Bn va telfrom New York are trunk: filled wit “ s suits, white outfit and the flimsiest of sum- to the Orient—oh, said an y, here. } | get | were ordered. to the on rather short notice and of shipping decided to route ‘them’ vin New York and Van- couver, Their bag; < so labelled, When their transport reached Hali- fax, orders: awaited the officers to} preceed overland te Vancouver. They were assured that their baggage would |) he eared for, The party got here: all their train was del anese Hiner, on right—but- ed and the Jap- ich was to have sailed | the preceding day, was waiting. | When the party got aboard. learned that the baggage had gong to New York. . RED RIVER VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SHOW Crookston, Minn., Feb. 10,—+Asso- ciations representing practically every branch of agriculttval industry will hold annual mectings here this week, in connection with the annual winter show of the Red River Valley Develop- ment: association which opened today and yill close on February 13. ‘The live stoel sociation will hold nual show and sale; there will be a school for farmers; stock judging con- tests will take place and meetings of the Farm-Burean groups. Potato Growers) ASSO ion. Dairymen's a sociation and yarious breeding organ- Ms will he held. = ‘sident Marion L. Burton. of the University of Minnesota. is to be the principal’ speaker at\ the Northwest School of Agriculture on Feb, 18. This probably will be the last visit of Dr. Burton, president of Minnesota. The University Schools of Agriculture at St. Paul, Morris and Crookstom will have teatas participate in stock judg- } dethoerac; Cannot Be Bolshevists: Says Famous Writer; Study of if Emancipator Elizabeth Morgan Urges Ob- servance of “Lincoln Week” to Bring People of This Coun- try Back to Sane Path. ABETH MORGAN running rife through tnd its talons have stretched jean has become one of the viet the edy and. only through wide-awake leaders here and there has she been enabled to ward off the in- evitable ruin) which , fellows in the wake of such super-anarchy, Because 1 Of, the conditions which prevail at this time the people of America caunot hear too much about Amercian ideals or about the great leaders whieh in the past, as welloas the present, have helped in the development of these ideals, The week of February 8 to heing observed all over the coun ‘yous “Hincoln week.’ when the mem- ory of the great moulder of Amer- jean ideals is being revived and the which he stood emphasized. particularly appropriate at ime, jn atnd Lincoln's a-sure cure for the Bol- the day, Bol- The spirit of which, was Lin coln’s, builds up.” Bolshevism em: | phasizes the -right of ‘every man to be happy at the expense of - every other man, Lincolnism declares that ho Man-may be happy at the exy fering brother. Bolshevism ‘ yo aman’s property is. every other man} property. Lincoln “hel that a man’s property “was his own; the only modification ‘of this tule he- ing thet property which involved the ry of human beings. Bolshevism stands for terror; for insanity; for chaos, Linceln and the spirit of Lin- coln stands for good government; for co-operation between all factions ; for sane living and right thinking, STICK TO LINCOLN There are so many. things to con- fuse us in this very upsetting age A new and uncertain organization springs up here; a, new cult: there; an ism. attracts us Ife its very novelty : a species of. politics appears out o¢ space, So we all get ‘confused and flounder like unpiloted ships on a heavy sea, And there.is really grave danger such ideals are shevik | tendencies ° of shevixm tears down. ruction ‘ideals, of a titanic upsetting if we are not careful. of the life A more intimate knowledge of Abraham Lincoln—a anding of the man and ill enable us to see more to sit steadiey in the boat. believed in getting one vision in the mind and heart and never stopping until that vision had become a rei To illustrate this there is a little story he, himself, used fo tell; Once, he said, he was ina boat on the Mlinois river. He and the little crowd of men and hoss with him had gotten into the rapids, , They were ina narrow channel in’ danger- ous waiters. They had to keep the Nout headed most carefully in one direction or they would have gone on the rocks. Suddenly a little hoy in the boat dropped his apple overboard nd hegai“o cry and beg the men to stop and go after it for him. ‘To the hoy that apple for the moment was the biggest thing in the world, Lin- con said that. people everywhere were very much like the boy.—the kept dropping their apples and calling for the hoat to stop, And Lincoln would probably say in regard to the. prese unrest in America that we had come to a bad stretch of water. . and the important thing is to keep go- ing ahead.” .BOUSHEVISM VS. LINCOENISM Just as. Bolshevism decries that which is the foundation of Amer‘ ideals,—-in equal proportion is Lincoln (the great-son of democra- ey) a mg and substantial upholder of the principles upon which America has béen built. You can’t admire Lin- coln and he a Bolshevist. The: two in- terests will not go-together, They -are as Ciametrically opposed as blick and white, good and evil. the white. ban- {ner ef peace and the red banner ‘of intence. You can't believe :in | Bol- s and Lincolnism. And the est and sure min wiih a case of Bolshevism is to apply the medicine of Lincoln's prin: ciples. Tae much cuinot be said of Lincoin The mere repetition of his REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT Simple, Safe, Reliable Way tnde'te are carryi , around ten to sixty ag fat you aie unneces> and are burden a stron s the beauty of which eper{it fot If you want to feduce your weight sate and out sti or strenuots -exct- else, the Korcin sys- item Is just yaat you should ry, Spend some seven dep nd-use oil Bet Oil of ko Pleazunt to buoyant, vir: opens ing takes ‘possess your whole. body und wird, WONDFREUL! Become attractive, look and fee¥ young a years to, your Uf ing contests. Practically every leading agricul- turalist in Mimesota is on the speak- ing program and a number of .ex- ‘perts from other states and from Can- ‘da are listed for addresses, 4 Betore ad Atte erry Oe Se ned 1 friends, tog! First, obtain & toe'3t Sar Rorein oe thy tay a $l00 guaranice in ech bow that i szstent yous will Tase 10, te 30 tever weit you vish, A bre Red (plakt wrapper? trew by. Korein Co - Station F, New York, N. ¥, antidote for the’ “SYRUP OF FIGS” CHILD’S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poisons from’stomach, liver and bowels Accept “California” Syrup of Figs only—look ‘for the name California on the pi ckage, then you are sure your child is having the \best and ‘most harmless-laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Child- ren love its delicions fruity taste. Full directions - for-‘child’s dose “on each Mother! You must say “California.” bottle. . Give. it without fear. SS principles, those great ‘principies which characterized his life and. permeated every department ‘cf the government which he helped to steady and to Inild,--the mere. repetition of these principles: throughout the length and breadth of America. will have weight in steadying the boat at th crisis in world history, | The inetlicient, Bol- shevistically inclined people who come to know Lincoln betier, will them- selves change into efficient, Inw-abid-. ing citizens,—while those’ among us whe make Lincoin’s principles our own, living them day hy day, can be- come huge forces for good at a thme when such leaveners are sorely needed in America amd throughout the world. The , observance of Lincoln week around the period of his. birthday is a form of patriotism which will, re- act to the geod of those obser t, Every eltizen: who believes in g government will lend a hand and thus spread thé principles and commemor- ate the life of a great and worthy son of true democra BIG GAME 1S “PLENTIFUL Survey of Nerth | Woods Shows Plenty of, Shooting Left Marquette, Mich... Feb, 10.—Survers of the Netth woods by county aid state game wardens has indicated, ac- cording to thelr reports, that big game is not as scarcesas it was reported to be when the hunting season. closed. Data is being obtained for considera- son on deer for at least one year, County Game Warden Wilson hag re ported deer quite plentiful in Houg! ton county, A similar report was made by Deputy State Warden Joseph J, Wershaw, who toured Baraga and adjoining counties. Lumbermen have declined to corroborate Wilson’s. report, insisting’ that deer have been thinned out in Houghton county, Game Warden are completing prose>| cution of hunting law. violators. Among | the latest judicial victims was Ansel Ansummassa, 4. fisherman. | He also xhot several wolves and “collected $175 hounty from the county before/he was Aiscovered that he did not have an alien’s hunting Jicense, His tine. was 75. ALBERTA OFFERS RAIL MEN THE REAL THING Spirit ‘River,Alta.,’ Feb. 10.—Rail- road men south of the border, who have, complained of trying, conditions this winter are invited: to come to this country ‘to get ag@real taste of digging trains' from mountains of snow any trying to keep up steam “when the temperature has. dropped out: of the thermometer tube. If this has. been unusually cold i werther in the. states, it has been more so up here. | Record tempera- -ture for the winter include 63 degrees below zero at Caling river and 60 helow at’ Grouard. It has been 42 héelow. in Edmonton, i) The Edmonton,. Dunvegan and British Columbia railroad has suffered severely. Four feet of snow has been the average depth along the right of way, A train which left here recently made less than 20 miles in two days. BLACK HILLS TIN INDUSTRY BOOMING Deadwood, §, D.. Feh. 10.—Develop- ment of the long neglected tin indus- try ‘is preceeding in the Black Hilts, One mines in operation and consiter- able construction and promoting work is taking place. Efforts also are be ing made to revive: the silver indus- try.. . Notbing important has been an- nouiced regarding le. develop. ment of gold claims, Production of gold fell off sharply Iast year. Agita- tion was started some time ago to have au internationa] commission in- crease the value of the yellow metal. Because of: high wages it bay; heen clatmed that gold mining is the least profitable of all.branches of the metal- He industry, Heating napithaline under pressure in thd presence of aluminum qhloride. European scientists claim to have | produced an oil that can be used as an illuminant, tion of a plan to declare a closed sea- |, HORRIFIES ALL ENGLISH PAPERS One Writer Thinks that “Boot- legger” is Horrible for Young Children EQUALLY BAD “The Bun’s Gone Daffy” is New One Even to Ameti- can Slangsters “FLY COp” London, Feb, 10.— England, is ar prehensive jest the vocabulary of her youth become corrupted through incur- sions of American slang. Trans-Atlantic tourists in England note with interest the frequency with which resort is made to “Yankee talk” by British song and play-writers seek- ing to enliven their . productions. Bands and. orchestras throughout ‘the country, when ‘playing popular musfe, play American selections almost ex- clusively. American songs monopolize the English music-hall. aud musieal comedy stage, “The child at the pictures is picking up a new language from the slangy Ambrican films.” says a critic in a con- tribution to the London Daily News headed “The Vulgar Tongue.” “T visited two piéture theatres to- day for the expr purpose of collect- ing slang phases ang of noticing the effect of the new language on the child as well as on the adult. What the villain said to the hero when the lat- ter started to argue with. him was ‘Cut. out that dope,’ and a hundred piping voices Tepeated the injunction. The comic man announced his. mar- riage to the Belle of Lumberton by saying. ‘I’m hitched.’ | “Of course, the American chlld can comprehend these things much etter than the British child, who is qutie unfamiliar with such phrases, —Im- agine a child going home to mother and asking the meaning of ‘fly cop.’ We may admire the terseness of the phrase ‘Forget: it? but does the sub- title ‘The Bun's gone daffy’ convey anything to a theatre full of cockneys? “In another picture'a man trafficked secretly with Indians, exchanging bot- tles of ‘fire, water’ for beaver skins was subtitled ‘The Rootlegger’.” SURVIVES NO MAN'S’ LAND, DIES IN SNOW ey, The Pas, Man, Feb, 10.—J. F. Fagan, formerly of Ottawa, who sur- vived several terrible hattles in Fl ders and returned, to Canada to try his luck at trapping inthe wilds north of: here, perished in a blizzard, not. far | from The Pas, recently, and ilivestiga- tion has disclosed that his sledge dog assisted the clements in making eer- tain of their victim, Fagan, not so well acquainted’ with the coutry as the Indian residents, Was caught some distance frem_ shel- ter, He lest his way. Man and dog trudged blindly throu the swirling until Fagan fell uncons When the body was headehad heen almost c red, the dog was found not far from— the corpse, EVE FRUIT CHEAPER Bumper Crop Brings Down): Price of Northern Apples Vancouver, B. (.. Feb. 10.—A record below the bor: —a great. frnit quantities — of der, British Colum) state—imports large fruit, Tn 1918, the province imported more than 100,000 boxes of apples. Last year the total was 24.700 boxes, “More ———_—————— HER LIFE WAS SAVED! Kansas City, Kans.:—‘About twenty- three years ago Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre- postion and Golden Medical Discovery saved my life. I be- came ill; had 9 severe cough and bronchitis. At times i fubeey get so badly choked up that I vould have to se Ae in bed to. get Breath and ina ashore improve, in thet I it so had I was bed- oat ead had to have told me the only thing that would help me me nt Wor Ip me was a change of climate. He advised me'to too southern cleat I knew of Dr. edicat Discovery and my nurse get me. two bottles, The frst na night 1 Thad her give me just a few droy ps every few minutes and by twelve o'clock I was aslecp, a thing F had not done for about three weeks. ‘The next day they gave me this medicine every half hour and after that as directed, I kept up itsuse until Iwas a well woman. It not only cured me but I was in better health than I had ever becn and since that time I have always taken ‘Favorite iption’ when ever I was badly run-down or in need of H tonic and it has never failed to.help me. am glad to recommend Dr. Pierce die cines.”—MRS. COLEMAN, 420 Wood Ave. Omaha, Nebr.:—"I was at one ti greatly benefited by taking Dr. Pierce medicines. I became all run-down in heslth, was wesk and nervous and was Greatly in need of some good tonic to build me up and give me strength. I took the ‘Favorite Prescription’ and the ‘Golden Medies! Discovery’ und they proved to be just what I needed for they built me up and festored me to good health. very thankful, ind '—MRS. J RICHARDSON, 637 & 25th Ave.’ 00 crates in 1 oft, The |, kor this am | Tribune Block for ful Remety 4 d sand gf Loss OF SLEEP resufting terefton 0 Tt Omonths ¢ At Omon goers nto fgg doses 4 “1s, Exact Copy of Wrapper. imported last year compared with, 33.- Importation ‘of } and pears and cherries showed an increase over 1918. , A marked For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA oranges were, } Increase in orange re- | own. 65.000, THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEWYORK CITY. ornia nd heay ‘Catarrh Is a Real Enemy and Requires Vigorous Treatment Throw these makeshift remedies to the winds, and get on the right | When you use medicated sprays, - atomizers and douches for your Catarrh, you may succeed in un- stopping the choked-up air pass- ests for the time deing, but- ‘this annoying condition returns, and you have to “do the sate thing oret and ores again. atarrh has never yet been “eared by these local applications. lave you. ever experienced any seal benefit irom such treatinent? 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