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FRAUD BY TELEGRAPH
Bold Swindles Perpetrated by
Use of the Wire.
THE WAY A BANK WAS FOOLED
A Lot of Nerve and a Little Telegram
That Wai Properly Delivered by One
of the Company’s Messenger Boys
Mads a Winning Combination.
Ninety-nine men out of a hundred
will accept as gospel truth the contents
of a telegram when it comes from the
bands of a messenger boy. They buy
and sell, pay out large sums of money,
start on long journeys and do countless
other things upon the suggestion of the
little yellow or white paper slips with
their condensed messages without In
the least questioning their authenticity.
This is an Interesting fact, upon which
binges an enormous amount of the
country’s business, and it is also a fact
upon which hinge some of the clever
est and boldest frauds In criminal rec
ords.
A lot of nerve and a little telegram
was a combination that made possible
a smooth swindle on a Des Moines
bank. A well dressed man, apparently
a business man of large affairs, called
at the paying teller’s window with a
draft or check on an Omaha bank and
asked if the Omaha bank had tele
graphed notice that the draft was
good. He got "no” for an answer and
then informed the teller that such a
telegram might be expected at any
moment. Soon afterward the telegram
arrived, delivered by a messenger boy,
ap)>eiiring to have come from the Oma
ha bank and authorizing the Des
Moines bank to pay the draft. When
the stranger appeared again he was
given the SSOO. When the Des Moines
bank people took up the matter by
wire with the Omaha bank It found
that the latter institution bad not sent ,
the telegram, and then it was discov
ered that the whole transaction was a
fraud.
But how could the swindlers send a
telegram from Omaha bearing the
bank's name? They did It In this
manner: An accomplice of the Des
Moines man stepped to a telephone
booth In Omaha and called the tele
graph office. "This is the bank," :
he said. "Send a messenger nt once
to get a telegram for Des Moines.”
Then this accomplice hurried to the
entrance of the Omaha bank to meet
the messenger and there handed him
the message for Des Moines. The
telegraph company lind no reason to
believe otherwise than that the bank
had actually signed the message, and
it transmitted It. The Dos Moines
bank also accepted the telegram as
genuine because it bore every mark
of genuineness, and It paid out the
money to the swindlers, who timed
their fraud so that they got out of
reach of the law on trains that left
Immediately after their game bad been
worked.
In two smaller western towns a sim
ilar game was worked, only for seven
or eight times the amount. An alleged
horse buyer appeared In one of the
towns and made purchase of a carload
of tine animals to be delivered and
paid for at a later day, preceding
which he made the acquaintance of the
officers of one of the banks. On the
day fixed for the delivery of the horses
the alleged buyer deposited In the
bank a draft for n large amount drawn
on a bank In another town a hundred
miles away. At the same time the
bank received a telegram purporting
to come from the distant bank author
ising the payment of this draft. The
bank believed the telegram, paid out
the money and then discovered that
the telegram was fraudulent. It had
not been sent by the second bank, but
by a confederate of the alleged horse
buyer Later developments disclosed
that this accomplice bad called up the
telegraph office In the distant town by
telephone. “This Is , cashier of the
bank," he said. “I’lease send this '
telegram for me." Then he gave the
message authorizing the first bank to
pay the bogus draft, and this message
the telegraph company sent without
suspecting that. It was fraudulent.
Some years ago an eastern man was
Induced to invest In worthless mining
stock on the basis of a fraudulent tele
gram purporting to come from an ex
pert he had sent out to investigate the
mluing property, but which was in
reality sent In a manner similar to the
above by a confederate. This eastern
man’s faith In telegrams cost him some
thing more than SIO,OOO.
The story of a fraud with an amus
ing side comes from across the water,
with a London man of rather convivial
habits as the victim. This man was
forgetful and used to leave at home his
office and safe keys. He also had a
practice of leaving the city surrepti
tiously for a day uow and then for a
convivia! time with friends, all un
known to his wife. One day this busi
ness man went on one of his periodical
jaunts, and a rogue who knew his
habits ventured to send this telegram
to his wife: “Please send my keys.
Love. Freddy." In due course of time
the keys were delivered at the office
door, and the rogue was there to re
ceive them. He ransacked the whole
office at his leisure, safe aid ail. Late
that night the business man came home
and was teased by his wife for his for
getfulness. This was news to him.
but he kept his counsel. The next
morning he discovered that his office
had been robbed. —B. K. Mann in Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The affections are like lightning. Tou
(ysr.not tell where they will strike until
tkay have fallen.—Lacordaliv
ATHLETIC TRAINING.
To Acquire an Excess of Muoolo May
Prove Injurious.
Nothing could be more elusive than
the Idea that by a period of athletic
training a man can lay In a stock of
health and strength upon which he can
draw later while engaged In a seden
tary occupation. The truth is that the
big muscles and hypertrophied heart
of the athlete are perilous possessions
for the man who no longer has the
time or the Inclination for using them.
When he stops the exercises by which
be gained them. Instead of simply re
turning to their original size they suf
fer one or another of the many forms
of degeneration and become incapable
of performing their original services.
It Is not quite true that all exercise
for Its own sake is harmless, for it Is
well to be prepared for the meeting of
life's little emergencies as well as Its
ordinary and dally demands, but It
probably is true that, the emergencies
apart, every man does enough In going
about his customary business and
pleasure to keep himself In the condi
tion which that business and pleasure
demand and that anything besides Is
superfluous or injurious. That athletics
take one Into the open air is less a
commendation of athletics than an in
dictment of our houses, offices and
stores for lack of adequate ventilation.
If all the air we breathe was pure air
we could get along well enough with
out any open air at all. Any man who
has the muscle he needs for doing the
things ho wants to do and should do
has all the muscle he ought to have.
To acquire more is a silly waste of
time and perilous-besides.—New York
Times.
FEET OF SEA BEASTS.
Their Appearance When the Skin Is
Stripped Off.
Os all the feet that I have looked at
I know only one more utterly ridicu
lous than the twisted flipper on which
the sea Hon props his great bulk in
front, and that is the forked fly flap
which extends from the hinder part of
the same. How can It be worth any
beast’s while to carry such an absurd
apparatus with It just for the sake of
getting out Into the air sometimes and
pushing oneself about on the Ice and
being eaten by polar bears? The por
poise has discarded one pair, turned the
other into docent fins and recovered a
grace and power of motion In water
which Is not equaled by the greyhound
on land. Why have the seals hung
back? I believe I know the secret. It
Is the baby! No one knows where the
porpoise and the whale cradle their
newborn Infants—it Is so difficult to
pry into the domestic ways of these
sen people—but evidently the seals
cannot manage it, so they are forced
to return to the land when the cares of
maternity nre on them.
I have called the feet of these sea
beasts ridiculous things, and so they
nre ns we see them. But strip off the
skin, and, 10. there appears a plain
foot, with Its five digits, each -of sev
eral joints, tipped with claws, nowise
essentially different, in short, from
that with which the toad or frog first
set out In a past too distant for our
Infirm imagination. Admiration Itself
Is paralyzed by a contrivance so sim
ple, so transmutable and so sufficient
for every need that time and change
could bring.—Strand Magazine.
A Willing Scot.
Dean Ramsay has a story of that
border hostility between English and
Scots which used to go to halter
lengths. A Scottish drover was re
turning from the south in particularly
bad humor with the English, having
done poor business, when he saw in
Carlisle a notice offering a reward of
£SO to any one who would volunteer
for the unpopular task of hanging a
condemned criminal. Seeing his chance
to make up. for his bad market and
comforting himself with the thought
that he was unknown there, he did
the job and got his fee. As be was
leaving he was taunted as a beggarly
Scot, doing for money what no Eng
lishman would. But he answered, with
a cheerful grin, “I’ll hang ye a' at the
price,"
Ways to an Untimely End.
The catalogue of the ways and means
employed by otherwise sensible people
to incur the risk of disease and an
untimely end include running to catch
trolley ears, breathing rapidly through
the mouth Instead of deeply through the
nose, eating too hastily and overeating,
"slouching" Instead of standing and
walking in an ereet attitude, using un
necessary stimulants, failing to oxter
minate the pestilential housefly, which
goes blithely about carrying the germs
of disease; sleeping in 1U ventilated
rooms and falling to protect food from
files and other insects by proper screen
ing.—Philadelphia Press.
Hard Luck.
Bob Footlite (actor) Failure? I
should think it was! The whole play
was ruined. She —Gracious! How was
that? Bob Footlite—Why, at the end
of the last act a steam pipe burst and
hissed me off the stage.
The Telegraph.
The first royal speech transmitted by
telegraph was that delivered by the
late Queen Victoria when she opened
parliament on Nov. 15, 1837. The
specs! of transmission was fifty-five
words a minute.
A Useless Effort.
Visitor—l suppose you men in public
life weigh your words? Senator—
What’s the use? Some newspaper fel
low is sure to come along and monkey
with the scales —Judge.
Exhaustive observation is an element
of every great achievement.—Spenser
THS SVMMSXVHXS MBWB THVMDAT, SEPTEMBER M. lIM.
SUBMARINE RIVERS.
Cold Water Currents Flowing Along
the Deep Sea Bottom.
The bottom currents of seas and
oceans, such as those which possibly
bring amber to our shores, are strange
ly disposed. The seigneur of Sark some
fifty years ago was shipwrecked in his
yacht near the island of Guernsey. He
lost, among other things, a well fas
tened. strongly made chest containing
silver plate. It was found a year later
in deep water off the coast of Norway
and restored to him.
In the really deep sea over a thou
sand fathoms down there are well
marked broad currents which may be
described as rivers of very cold water
(only 4 degrees or so above freezing
point). They flow along the deep sea
bottom and are sharply marked off
from the warmer waters above and to
the side. Their inhabitants are differ
ent from those of the warmer water.
They are due to the melting of the
polar ice. the cold water so formed
sinking at once owing to Its greater
density below the warmer water of
the surface currents.
These deep currents originate in both
the arctic and antarctic regions.—Sir
Ray Lankester in London Telegraph.
Go With A Rush.
The demand for that wonderful
Stomach, Liver and Kidney cure, Dr.
King’s New Life Pills—is astounding.
say they never saw
the like. Its because they never fail
to cure Sour Stomach, Constipation,
indigestion, biliousness, jaundice, sick
headache, chills and malaria. Only
George IV.’s Hoardings.
One of the most inveterate boarders
on record was George IV. Not only
was he averse to destroying books and
papers, but he preserved everything
that could possibly be kept. When be
died all the suits of clothes he had
worn for twenty years were discovered
and sold by public auction. His execu
tors also found secreted In various
desks, drawers and cupboards numer
ous purses and pocketbooks crammed
full of money to the extent, it is said,
of £20.000. together with more senti
mental treasures In the form of locks
i of hair from the tresses of forgotten
, beauties of the court.—London Graphic.
A Sprained Ankle.
As usally treated a sprained ankle
will disable the injured person for
a month or more, but by applying
Chamberlains Liniment and observing
the directions with each bottle faith
fully, a cure may, in most cases, be
effected in less than one week’s time
This liniment is a most remarkable
preparation; try it for a sprain or a
' bruise, or when laid up with chronic
or muscular rheumatism, and you
are certain to be delighted with the
prompt relief which it affords. For
sale by Summerville Drug Co., Sum
merville, Ga.
A Lesson In Physiology.
The school superintendent was in
| the habit of dropping in to the dlffer-
■ ent class rooms and demanding a re
i cltal of lessons from the pupils. One
day her active mind bit upon physiol
ogy as the study for examination.
It happened that the teacher did
herself not like the study of the hu
| man anatomy and therefore had not
drilled her scholars as she should have
done. But the little girl to whom the
first question was put so bewildered
the superintendent and made her lose
her patience that there were no more
questions of a similar nature asked.
"Tell me." said the superintendent.
' “what a skeleton is.”
The little girl thought for a short
time.
"A skeleton?" she asked. “A skele
ton? Why. a skeleton is a man with
his insides out and his outsides off.”—
New York Times.
WHY?
From a small beginning the sale
and use of Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy has extended to all parts of
the United States and to many for
eign countries. Why? Because it
has proved especially valuable for
coughs and colds. For sale by Sum
merville Drug Co., Summerville, Ga.
Disappointment.
Head Waiter-What’s the matter
with that dyspeptic looking old chap
over there at the fourth tabla?
Assistant—He’s got a grouch. He
was getting all ready to make a kick
about that cantaloupe, and he found it
was a good one.”4-Chicago Tribune.
Two Painters.
Highbrow (boastfully)-I get 20 cents
a word for my stuff. I’m a word
painter. Lowbrow (scornfully)—That's
nothing. I get $2 a word for mine.
I'm a sign paicrer Exchange.
Testifies After Four Years
Carlisle Center, N. Y. t G. B. Bur
hans, writes: “About four years ago
■ 1 wrote you that I had been entire
ly cured of kidney trouble by tak
ing two bottles of Foley’s Kidney
Remedy, and after four years I am
again pleased to state that I have
never had any return of those symp
tc ms, and i am oveidcntly cured to
stay cured.” Foley’s Kidney Remedy
will do the same for you. Sold by all
druggists.
There Must be Merit
In the easiest selling Policies on the Market. When Placed they Insure Satisfied Policyholders
who are Pleased to Continue as a Part of, and a Helping Factor in the Company s Further Devel
opment. The Rapid Growth Since Going on a Legal Reserve Basis and the Present Financial
Strength of the
STATE MUTUAL OF GEORGIA
Testifies to this Fact.
Organized as Legal Reserve Company under Georgia Laws September, 1905.
Outstanding Insurance in Force Over $40,000,000
HERE IS RECORD OF PAST YEAR’S GROWTH:
June 30, 1908 June 30, 1909 Amount gained Percentage gain.
Admitted Assets $1,566,371.10 $2,337,577-52 $771,206.42 49%
Legal Reserve 1,440.683.32 2,068,581.97 627,898.65 44%
Net Surplus 81,107.49 204,957.85 123,550.36 152%
THE STATE MUTUAL has atttained a distinction in its field of operation for Progressiveness, Tem
pered with sufficient amount of conservation to be conducive of a healthy growth and to insure the
Safety of the interests of its policyholders. It stands pre-eminent among southern companies in
size and substantiality.
State Mutual Policies are the Quintessence of the Best there is in Life Insurance. All Standard
Policy Contracts are Issued, Including Four Different Guaranteed Dividend Policies which Provide
for Liberal Returns in the Shape of Dividends to be Insured.
During the Past Year the State Mutual has Paid to Policy-holders in Dividends over $220,000.00
which is an Increase of 217 per cent over the Preceding year. Besides this It has, During the Same
Period, Paid in Death Claims and other Payments to Policyholders $332,000.00
and at the same Time Gained in Surplus as shown above.
Write for Particulars Concerning our Policies, and Cost * You. State Your Age.
STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURzANCE CO.
W. M. JONES, Agent. C. R. PORTER, President.
Lyerly, Ga. Head Office: Rome, Ga.
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
Georgia, Chattooga County.
The petition of D. G. Crabtree, L.
S. Colyar of Hamilton county, Tenn.,
and J. M. Bellah of Chattooga coun
ty, Ga., respectfully shows:
First. That they desire for them
selves, their associates and succes
sors, to be incorporated and made a
body politic under the name and style
of TAYLOR’S RIDGE MINING
COMPANY, for a period of twenty
years with the privilege of renewal at
the expiration of said term.
Second. That the object of said
corporation Is pecuniary gain to its
stockholders.
The principal office of said Com
pany shall be Summerville, State and
County aforesaid, but petitioners de
sire the right to establish such branch
offices either in this state or else
where, as may seem expedient to the
stockholders and directors of said
Company.
Fourth. The business to be car
ried on by said Corporation is mining
iron ore, shipping and selling the
same, buying and selling and leasing
mineral lands and to deal generally
in the sale and purchase of lands for
all purposes; to manufacture lumber,
buy and operate saw-mills, build
houses, to build and operate tram rail
roads and dirt roads and areial rail
roads for the purpose of mining and
hauling timber or ores. To carry on
a general merchandising, to buy
goods and operate general store or
stores In connection with said busi
ness.
Fifth. The capital stock of said
Corporation shall be Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars with the privilege
of increasing the same to Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, said
stock to be divided into
shares of One Hundred Dollars each.
10 per cent of said capital stock has
been paid in. Petitioners further de
sire the right to issue both common
and preferred stock in such propor
tion as the stockholders may deter
mine.
Sixth. Petitioners desire the right
to mortgage their holdings of real
estate or such interests as they may
have therein for the purpose of se
curing such bonds as they may desire
to issue, not to exceed in amount
the authorized capital stock of said
Corporation, under such con
ditions and regulations as
may seem proper and to the inter
ests of said Company, to be deter
mined by all of said stockholders in
such way and manner as may be
adopted by said stockholders at a
regularly called meeting.
’ Seventh. Petitioners desire the
right to sue and be sued, to plead
and be impleaded; to have and use
a common seal, to make all by-laws
and regulations, and to do any and
all things that may be necessary for
the successful carrying on of said
business; to do any and all acts that
an individual could do, including the
right to buy, hold and sell real-estate
and personal property, and execute
notes and bonds and secure the same
by mortgage security, deeds or other
wise, according to law.
Eighth. They desire for said Cor
poration the power and authority to
apply for and accept amendments to
its charter, by a vote of a majority
of its stock.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and I
style aforesaid, with all of the pow-I
ers, privileges and immunities herein I
set forth and is now allowed or may I
hereafter be allowed a Corporation
of similar cnarter, under the laws
of Georgia.
This August 23, 1909.
J. M. BELLAH,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Georgia, Chattooga county.
I, J. N. Rush, Clerk of the Supe
rior Court of Chattooga County, here
by certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy of
the application for charter of the
Taylor’s Ridge Mining Company, as
the same appears on file in this of
fice.
Witness my hand and seal, this the
23rd day of August, 1909.
J. N. RUSH,
Clerk Superior Court C. C. Ga.,
Habit From the Dungeon.
Convicts who were forced lo drag
about a ball and chain at the galleys
could often be detected when released
by their habit of trailing one foot
after the other. John Boyle O’Reilly,
condemned to convict life in Australia
for bis Fenian sympathies, had also in
after years a habit which told a like
sad story. One who knows him said:
When walking abstractedly and me
chanically he always went a short dis
tance and then retraced his steps, no
matter how wide a stretch he had be
fore him. It was always three paces
forward, turn and three paces back,
exactly like the restless turning of a
Hon in a cage. One day I asked him.
"Boyle, what was the length of your
cell when you were in prison—how
many paces?”
“Three.” he said. “Why do you ask?"
“Because when you are absentmind
ed you always walk three paces for
ward and then retrace your steps.”
Why Druggists Recommend Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Di
arrhoea Remedy.
Mr. Frank C. Harahan, a prominent
druggist of Portsmouth, Va., says:
“For the past six years I have sold
and recommended Chamberlain’s Col
ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It
is a great remedy and one of the best
patent medicines on the market. I
handle some others for the same pur
pose that pay me a larger profit, but
this remedy is so sure to effect a
cure and my customers are so certain
to appreciate my recommending it to
them, that I give it the preference.”
For sale by Summerville Drug Co.,
Summerville, Ga.
Children Cry
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