PEDE THEBES, NOTED
FRENCH SEERESS, DEAD
Told Fortunes of Kings nnd
Paupers and Destinies of
Nations and Peoples
WAR FORECASTS NOTABLE
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IAWS. Dec. ST. Mm, tie Tlibs. f.
nous m n sjslroleiclsl and oUlnoj-Ant.
dltd on Sunday nl her country rrsldrivtt
In MeunK-syr-lotre t the of strentr
tiro yesrs. Thi rat twins of Mmt. Thtbta
wg Annn Vlctorlns Savlgny. She w
well-known personntlty In 1's.tls nnd pox
,ffj Innumerable secrets concerning the
prlrste lives of mn nnd women of nnte.
frhe sirens:, Krench chsrseler who resil
(he hands of fclnsjs and Jockeys, million
alren and b(tan the greatest and the
least In the III of Kurope and from them
foretold, nccordtnic to report, some of the
moat notable events In the history of the
nineteenth nnd twentieth centuries, owed
titr start to Alexandra Dumas, the great
French writer. The story noes that Hu
ms Invited n c-oun of distinguished scien
tists to dinner one evening-, requested Anna
Savlcny to read ,helr palms and the fol
lowing day published nn enthusiastic ac
count of the seance. Riving name and
details to prove the truth of his protege's
readings.
nEQATlDKD WITH AWK
Once launched ns a prophetess. Mme. de
Thebes found fame nnd fortune, .she be
came the confidante of princesses and rulers,
fine was looked upon with a superstitious
reverence almost amounting to awe. Her
words were gravely printed In Paris and
the provinces, and Just as gravely accepted.
As more and more of her predictions were
realised, the peopto of France clung to her
words with a faith that could not be shaken
fcy the Innumerable failures of her predic
tions. The greatest Interest In the prophecies
ot Mme. de Thebes has been aroused since
the beginning of the European war. When
France declared war on Germany In I J 14
the one prophecy that was to Increase the
prestige of the clairvoyant more than any
other was realised. In nn Interview on De
eember 21. 1913. the peeress declared:
"Franco -will be drawn Into war and emerge
victorious. An era of love, peace, great.
hopes and great labors will date from
1H."
This prophecy lias been considered the
more remarkable because at the time It
was made there waa not the slightest lndl
cation that France woutd be drawn Into
war forbears to come.
FVjrtETOT.D EATtTHQUAKB
At the same time Mme. de Thebes pre
dicted that In 19H "President Wilson will
hs.vo a wretchedly delicate role : after being
very sympathetic, they win fall on him
from all aides." To American farmers she
Jsiued the warning: "Do not sell your
wheat and corn to Europe; It will be needed
at home."
The vogue of JIme, de Thebes In the
United States dated from the time of the
San Francisco earthquake, which she fore
east, though In rather Indefinite form, sev
eral months beforo It took place. Since
that time several of her American proph
ecies have come true, among them the over
whelming defeat of President Taft In 1911,
becauso lie had' not been "picturesque
enough In office" ; the Interruption of traf
fic In the Panama Canal and numerous
floods, flre.i and financial panics. I
Her yearly almanacs point to scores
of Mme. de Thebes'n prophecies concerning
foreign events which have proved too true
and on which rested her great reputation
In Europo. Constantly boasting ot her fow
successes nnd Ignoring her many failures.
the was able to retain her grip unshaken
on the thousnnds who eagerly watched for
every new word from her lips.
NOT KD PltOPHECIES
The following successes In foresight
either have been ascribed to Mme. de
Thebes by herself or her devotees, or have
been proved by reliable records:
The downfall of the second' empire, the
Jloer Wnr, the econd Dalkan war, the
assassination of King Alexander nnd Queen
Drags, of Serbia; the discovery ot radium,
the capture of Khartum, President Car
net's osyasslnutloii. the sudden and mys
. terlous' death of President Faure, Queen
Victoria's death ("to the vory minute," sny
the records); the assassination, of King
Humbert, ot Italy: the Japanese-nusslau
war and the Intervention of President
Iloosevelt. Zola's death, tlie disastrous
floods In Paris In 1910, the .death, p Pope
Plus X, the Messina earthquake, which she
Is reported to have described In correct de
tail the previous year; the Irish revolt of
last year.
She warned Colonel John Jacob Astor
several months hefore the Titanic wis sunk
not to travel on the sea during the suc
ceeding year.
The one thing Mme. de Thebes could
not correctly foresee In the last years of
her Ufa was the end of the great war still
raging In Europe. In 1914 she saw Its end
In 1915, and last December she predicted
that peace would come before 1910 had
passed out.
WILL.IGNORE 8-HOUR
LAW PENDING RULING
Railroads Notify Men No Change Will
Bo Mode Until U. S. Court De
cides Constitutionality
N'KW YOHIC Dec. ST. Haliroiids will
Igpore the Adamson eight-hour law In mak-.
Ing up payrolls nnd working schedules until
the United States Supreme. Court has passed
upon tile constitutionality of the act.
Notice to this effect has been, served upon
railroad workers by the railroad offlclali-,
although the law becomes effective Jan
uary 1.
AH proposed negotiations between mem
bers of the "big tour" brotherhoods and
the railway managers, who go Into session
tomorrow, are off. It Jiss been learned, The
railroads have adopted the policy that since
the law l now before the courts they
should not be a pauy to any action which
might affect the law or nuHtfy II.
AccordlnK to railroad ofllctals member
of the brotherhoods are anxious to "effect
' a compromlaV "at the meeting tomorrow In
order to protect hemselyes In the future,
but the railroads will not entertain pro
posals of compromise or arbitration.
Birth Control Trial Tut Off
NEW YOItK. Dec. tl. The trial of Mrs.
Margaret Sanger, famous birth control ad
vocate, was postponed again today on a
writ to stay proceedings, obtained by her
attorneys from the appellate division. 8h
la charged with disseminating birth control
laftrmatton at a clinic In Brooklyn. The1
writ la returnable December !9.
Firemen Battle on Icy Streets
IANCA8TER Pa., Dec ST. Firemen
battled most of the night over Icy streets
and roofs with fire In the packing box fac
tory of J. Frank Ilowman. on Cnerry street.
The loss Is estlmtaed at about J,000
and Is partly oavered by Insurance." The
Place was being operate4 day and night to
nil an unprecedented number of orders. It
Will be rebuilt.
Mother and Daughter Slightly Burned
Mrs. Sophia rangaske.Hwenty-nlae year;
eld. or 123 Laurel street, was slightly bgrned
on the face today while reaoulng her daugh
ter, Sophia Eangaske, eight years old. when
an oil stove upaet and set Bra to the
kitchen floor. Sophia was burned on her
arm. She was removed to the Iloosevelt
Hospital Her condition Is not serious.
Almshouse Inmate Ends Ufe
I4ANCASTHR. Fa.. Dec 87. John VI
Hb. au Inmate of the Ijiucastsr County
fitMhou. oooiltt4 SttiaM today by
rtsji a. tuUt lota fcU 4. PwdW
J N4 t fcave iitd the as.
KVMN1KG LEDBmM'HlLADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 1916
FAMOUS SEERKSS DEAD
Mme. dc Thebes, who Is credited
with hnvlnp; prophesied the Eu
ropean war, tho Irliih revolt and a
number of other world disasters, is
dead nt hor cstato near Paris.
Mme. de Thebes, whoso name
really is Anne Victorine Savijrny,
was seventy-two yenrs old.
TEACHES SON TO PRINK;
GETS MONTHS PRISON
Lad Snya He Was Called "Poor
Sport" When Liquor
Choked Him
After Vincent Osokoskl, twelve years
old, JJ8C Salmon street, had told Magis
trate Wrlgtey today that his father, John
Oaokokt, forced him to drink whisky, the
magistrate sentence the father to thirty
da)s In the county prison nnd said the case
was the most unusual he had ever handled.
Osokoskl was arrested by Patrolman
Drown for beating his wife, I.lzsle. Her
testimony this morning was of tho usual
drab variety periodical beatlnits and abuse.
Vincent was urged forward and came, weep
ing and cringing.
"He used to come home with a big bot
tle." whimpered the lad. "11$ would tell
me to sit down at the table opposite him
and pour me out some of the whisky, I
choked on the stuff and tenrs rolled down
my cheeks. Then he laughed, lie yelled
out, 'Vlnce, son, you must learn better I
Then he would pour me out another drink.
Wo sat at the tables and I 'dassen't' move.
I could hear my mother crying In the next
room, but she couldn't come In."
"After a while." continued the lad, "It was
just like somebody took and twirled my
head around and I got dlzsy. Then t
would to and sleep, but he woke me up
and said, 'You're a poor eport, eon' and
that's the last I remembor being a poor
sport, and I ain't a sport."
The lad began to weep again.
ST. EDWARD'S PLAYERS GIVE
NATIVITY PLAY TONIGHT
Cast of Twenty-five Appears In Old
Mystery Drama Chorus Will
Render Carols
The St. Edward's players will repeat
their performanco ot Monslgnor Hugh
Benson's nativity play tonight In St.
Edward's Hall. Seventh and York streets.
The flrst Interpretation by the players was
given last night.
The nativity play Is n modernised version
'of the old mystery plays which were pop
ular In the fourteenth and fifteenth cen
turies. MonMgnor Ilcnxoti's play, unlike the
majority of the Christmas and religious
plays. Is not n series of tableaux with dia
logues, but la a consistent drama, with a
strnlghtforwnrd theme baBed on tho b'Hh
ot Christ It opens with a prologue and Is
followed by four nets depleting tho story of
tho Jaurncy of Joseph and Mary to Ilethle
hem, their rejection, the birth of Christ, the
adoration of the shepherds and the coming
of the three kings nnd true recognition,
Its thema directs the. rejection ot Christ
except by the few simple Shepherds, ex
emplified by the three merchants who turn
Mary nnd Joseph to the manger.
Incorporated with the story, a number of
old Knailsh carols will be rendered by a
chorus ot thirty voice The play la being
produced under the direction of William
Hayes. Jr. There are about twenty-five
members In the cast.
Santa CI a us Downtown Tonight
Kanta Clnus Is still In town. lie will dis
tribute gifts to several hundred poor chil
dren of the southern section of the city to
night In the Sunday school of old Ht. Jo
seph's Catholic Church, Third street and
Witling's alley. The distribution Is part ot
the regular Christina entertainment ar
ranged by the Ilev. John U. Plttar, of St.
Joseph's. John IJarnum wilt enact the role
of ICrlsa Krlngle and will present a gift to
each child. Host of the children are mem
bers ot tne various ciu in jjnimj
school. The Sisters will be charge ot the
lads and lassie.
Edgar Colt Morris Dies Suddenly
BYRACySB, -V. Y.. Dec. ST. Kdgar Colt.
Morris, profesorof Wngllsh literature at
Syracuse UnUerslly, died suddenly at his
home. He waa head of the Hngllsh depart
ment He was a native of Palermo, N, Y.
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FROZEN RAIN ON WAWCS
CAUSES MANY MISHAPS
Broken Bonos nnd Bruises Nu
merous Trains nnd Trolley
Service Hampered
Tit glasty vtirfaee ot the sidewalks' and
stteets. ud by a M rain which frote
as quhtkly a It Mroek the grottml. has re
sulted In numerous aeeWents to man and
beast. Ilarly this mrnln the ley sidewalk
became n menace to pedestrians and hun
dred" of cautious persons took to the
street. As It was. many received serious
injuries as the result ot slipping.
Anceto Mattlu. forty-seven years old.
of Ills !niitlt Thirteenth street, fell on
the lc while on his nay to wotk at R'ghth
and ntbett street, lie was taken to 'the
Jefferson lletpltal. where I was found he
hsd sustained a frsettire of the left leg.
Kdward Carey, of 2M North Thirteenth
Street. reeled a fracture of the nore and
tut on hi face, when he slipped and fell
a Krankfonl arena ami tlrldge street.
Ue was treated at the Prankfnrd tlvpltil.
Playing the Oood S.vmarltn.n when he
rw a pedestrian fall at Prankford n nue
ami Ilrhlge sl'eet. Policeman Kit ward Casey.
-51 N'rrth Thlrenth street, attache-! to the
Taeony poltee station, hhnrelf fell a he
attempted to nlst the first unmrtunnv
to his fee: The policeman was taken to
the Prnnkfotd Hospital with a broken nose
and wrht.
Mhw Margaret Water, thirty. two eiw
old. fell In front of hrr' home. US Jeffer
son street, rrsc'urlng her left WrK Hhe
wss taken tn St. Mary's Ilnnpltal.
While on the way to wntk Mir Alice llal
lagher, seventy-four year old. of St IS
Uilghcow Mreet. fell at Klfth and Pauphltt
street mid nurtalnnl a fracture of the left
ami. She wa treated In the Municipal
HoplU1.
Thorn Itoy. lity-four year old. SOU
Noith Mutter street, fell nt Kront and Cum
berland street a he wa going to work
and w taken to the Municipal Hospital
with n rewrely cut head.
As he was cruMlng Old York mail to the
station hnue tn report off duty this morn
ing, William It. Allely, thirty-two year
old, n mounted policeman of the llranch
town station, was struck by a northbound
trolley car. surrer.iig fractures of several
bone The accident occurred when he at
tempted tn dodge two automobile and
failed to see the car. At the Jeewlth Hon
pltal. to which he was taken. It was raid
he had a broken shoulder blade and a trao
tured hip.
A rear-end collision of trolley cars re
sulting from slippery rails caused serious
Injury to Jacoh Kluck. of !i:o Allegheny
avenue, a conductor. Pluck was adjusting
the trolley pole, and while leaning from
the rear of his car was truck by the other,
Ills left thigh wa broken and he received
Internal Injuries. He la In tlio Samaritan
Hospital.
Scores of persons were treated at drug
stores for minor bruises and cut.
Trolley and train traffic wa greatly Im
peded. All subRrban trains were late, Tho
fog on the Delaware rtlver this morning
waa extremely heavy, necessitating caution
on the part ot the ferryboat pilots.
The rain began to fall about 2 o'clock this
morning, and half an Inch had fatten by
S o'clock. The odlclal mercury hung around
the twenty-seven mark from 3 o'clock on,
rising to twenty-nine at S o'clock. Snow
was at first predicted, but at 9 o'clock last
night the weather began to moderate to
such nn extent that rain waa considered
equally probable.
While tho park lakes are frozen, It Is
feared thai the rain will put an end to the
skating
The snow and sleet storm which li driv
ing over the entire Ktern awl Middle
States Is consld -red one ot the most trouble
some of tho winter, hampering traffic and
Interfering with telephone and telegraph
communication. The storm range from
Jacksonville, Fht . where It wa snowing
this morning, to the Canadian border. Sur
face and elevated lines In New York city,
particularly in Itrooklyn nnd Queens, were
greatly blocked by Ice on the track,
UOnilKRY THE MOTIVE
OF MURDER IN CHESTER
Police Udieve Slayers Were Frightened
"tiefore They Could Rifle Vic-
tint's Clothes
CMKRTKH Pa . pre tJ With the Men
tlty of the man found Shot to death on the
Hast Ninth street bridge, nter Itldley Itltrr.
here early Sundsy morning established,
county authorities, aided by PhllsdelphlA
detective and Assistant DIM Met Attorney
Weeks, are wotklng on several clue.
The victim. Iaae Taylor, of Toledo, .,
wa emplo)ed at the Itemlngton Arms, plant.
Kddystone. lie ha a wife anil ten children
residing In Toledo.
Ilohbery Is believed tn have; been the
motive fcr the shooting of Taylor, ami It
l the supposition that the men who nt.
tarked him were frlshtened oft lefore theyfi
nu a enance in rine nt ciouung. Mcarcn
h been Instituted for three men. who,
nn hour previous and within a short ill
tance of the spot where Taylor was mur
dered, held up and beat Joseph Heine. .
resident of Kdd stone
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"PEACE LEAK" BLAMED
ON HIGH OFFICIALS
Accuser Snys Ho Hns Informa
tion Pointing to Adminis
tration Circles
WA8HINUTON. Ie. It ltepresentn
the Wood's searrh for evhleiww regarding
the rumorfrd leak to Wall street of ad.
vance Information on President Wilson
Peace note ll him Into diplomat! olrtle
ami Into the home of telathe of ofllewil
high In the Administration, he sunt today.
"I struck a promising lend late, last
night." wild Wood tmlay. "I am Informed
thnt a rtalle of a high oBKIal. now In the
brokerage iulner as n silent partner, I
nlleged to have profited Immensely by ad
vane Information on the President' penee
note I am not In a position to revel the
name at present, but may do so nl nny
time
1 hw learned that representative or
thl Omertiment tn Kuropean capital
profited hy thl adtance Information. Thl
Is not at all unlikely, a I was told mem
ber of mir diplomatic corps had the new
two day before the release In thl coun
try This would have iwlven them ample
lime to have cabled any Instruction to
their broker."
Cop Shoots Minister liy Mistake
ST. I.OIIS. Mo.. Dec. ST. Shot In the
sioiimcli by n policeman who mlrtook him
for a rubber, the Itev. tt K. Poty. Map
tut minister, was reported dying today.
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