. v;- f "'.v.r "v -V, V y(T $MtD'S CUSSWORD ' PLEASES PHILADELPHIA I' Ambassador's Reply to German Threat llcgarueu as appro priate and Patriotic I LANDMARK IN DIPLOMACY F r.lllni? of Knlscr's Bluff a Tribute to It Great American Game of Poker, jt Snys Ex-Governor Bunn Profane Patriotism That Won Victories DAMN the torpedoes go hcad. Fanatfut. War is hell. Sherman. By the eternal! Andrew Jack ton. In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress. Ethan. Allen. I'll mnke Spanish the court Inn (juaRe of hell. Fighting Bob Evans. Give 'cm hell, boys, 1. R. Tut, tut. W'oodrow Wilson. . --I tt AntlinBenrlni flornril ttiti InC reillrtin. " -..' -" .. ...... ... fca answered a threat from tho Ccrmnn Torelgn Minister's representative! by Kay Ins "Then I'll stay hero till hell freezes ve'r," s-et nil kinds of nrgumcntn nfloat liere In Philadelphia today. Mr. Gerard said It when Count Montgolas. ef'the American Department of tho Herman foreign Office, told him that unless ho sign ed an amendment to tho treaty of 17H0. granting (-afe conduct to all Oerman chip"! from American porta In case of war. American newspaper men In Uerlln would be held as hostages. As la known, the emphatic tejolnder successfully called the Huff. Thoo philological students who concern themselves with tho language of diplomacy were all mixed up. with what attitude they thould .i&sume The practical folic, though, those who know something of tho workings of diplo matic language as It ordinarily Is. and a Mr. Gerard has made It, predict the supreme flowering of the American diplomat, though they ate too modest or too cautious to sur render their anonymity. DIPLOMATIC USDllAr.K They flguro that tho American diplomats will lead tho field henceforth because no where In the world Is sweating dc eloped to such a high, scientific degreo as In this country, nor Is there any place where peo ple are so well trained In the calling of a bluff "Poker has done that." said ox-Governor William SI Hunn succinctly. Many folk today were asked to comment en Sir Gerard's remaik and to forecast Its effect on diplomatic language. Some were too fearsomo to say anything, others talked but not to be named In print, and thero were ery few. Indeed, to match tho frank ness of t nclo David II. I.ane, political sage nd Republican Organization Nestor. S.ild he- "I'm fairly expert In Judging things polit' cal and profane, but I hardly count myself competent to pass Judgment on icmarks diplomatic and International." TIIIXKS GHIIMAN'S KNMOYtfD IT A man of reasonably wide diplomatic knowledge said "It was superb. I wouldn't dale let any tie know 1 thought so. but It certainly was grand Only nn American could have done It Any other country's reptesentatle would probably have followed the long, round-about, mixed-up "diplomatic" route of language and failed to carry his point. Uut llr. Gerard' I'll bet een tho Germans en joyed what ho said. And with God on their ilde, too !" Another man, not untraveled, said "It only goes to show that even a diplomat can be human. It's exactly what any leal nan would have thought In a similar situa tion, and Sir Gerard had the coinage and the good sense, too to say what he thought J think tho German language teachers ought to take the occurrence as n compliment It thows how well they have taught tho Kng Ilsh language; how well'jhcir pupils un derstand It " nt n.v dlliohtkd Ex-Governor Hunn, of Idaho, a good Plilladelphl.iu, quoting him more fully, had this to say "I am delighted T liko to sec people paid In their own coin. Kaisers and Kings re profane, nnd their representatles should be addressed In tha profane, spirit. inen mero is another thing. They say Gerard called the German Sllnister's bluff. Exactly that's the good old Ameilcan thing that the Broat national game of poker teaches us, Kery man should henceforth kn taught to play poker, nnd diplomats hould take a post-graduate course." Thero were a few prudlsh-mlnded com mentators who saw only the languago and not the result.' But as for the man on the atreet: Tluee out of every flvo thought Gerard ought to be the next President on the strength of tho way he paid It. WOULD STOP MARKET "TIPS" New York Change Favors Punishing Firms That Employ Newspapermen Nnw YOTIK, Feb. 17. The New York Btook Exchango today Is on record as favor ing severe discipline for members who cm Ploy newspapermen to glvo them tips on confidential matters that break the market. Suspension for not more than one year Is a probability for any member who' violates the resolution adopted by the exchange members. Before leaving today for Washington to assist In drafting the House miles Com mittee's report Sherman L. Whipple, coun Sfl for the note leak committee, Bald ho was In favor of congressional legislation which would prohibit stock speculation by buying on margins nnd short belling. "The people of the West and South," ho aid, "win demand such legislation when they learn that It Is their stock, borrowed and sold, which makes that kind of trading Possible. k Recruits' Certificates Misused Colon! " A t TinflAi,i i Atin-tv o the army recruiting station at 122D Arch ( fttfAAt Vint. 1 l -1 a. - -.v., Mao ueeu imornieu mat men wno XliVC n&RRPr1 tha nlilrolfn 1 n-va mlnnl Inti tny j the array are using the certificates to get , "nployment Instead of entering Uie army. ; i vo "cen many cases of men who tr "o applied tor enlistment, passed the p Physical examination, and then disappeared, , ".any ot mese men uso their certificates w Bet employment at large manufatturlng "" quiring; voucners oi pnysicai m- - -".. ! It onois follow Kclusal to Wed LA.NCAST1IH, Ta., Feb. 17. Crazed by i IWloUSy. J. FrnnV Tliirtl.MI twntv.pliht T ?ears old. of Itohreretown, called at the Jl noma Of Silas V.tnln notion Imnlv.lli'll Teara old, In Lancaster, yesterday, and E uPOn her refusal to marrv hlhi flrcd threa . volver shots at her. One went through b.' ner car and Inflleti'd a siinerflolni ecaId ; ound. Hudlslll then fled, maklne his Veteran Indian Fichter Dies K .CAIIUSLE, Pa., Feb. 17 August Kens- I IV " ran or forty battle with Confed b tes nd Indians, for twenty-five years ,3, '" masier ot tne Carlisle Indian scnooi, ."Jf1 W the Carlisle Hoppltal jifter an oper kSS01 IIe was eventy-thre years old. He C?1 ; native oflaermany, coming to this ft MiM u pf thlrtefS.' He-eervea ACTORS WEDDED 50 YEARS Mr. nnd Mrs, E. A. Ehcrlo, who are playing with the "Little Women" company nt the Walnut. After to day's matinee the entile company will celelirato their golden wed ding anniversary on the stage. The audience also is invited. FIVE SAVED FROM FIRE; JEWISH MORGUE SWEPT Policemen Rescue Children in Adjoining Building Damage Estimated nt $12,000 rive members of a famllv four small children and a scventrcn-yr,r-td girl, were rescued from n binning dwelling nt 4 IK Montrose street by I'cdlrcmen liner anil Oarvey, of the Seventh nnd I'aipenter Mreets station The policemen fenced their way Into the binning building and found tho five chlldien overcome by tho dense smoke. ' The lcsldence, which Is occupied by Tony rolman and his family, was attacked by tho llames that swept the Jewish ."flnrgU') and h'ree Ilurial Soclelv Uulldlng and the stnbles at 412 Christian ftrect l.ito last night. The icscued children weio tlcrardn, four years old; i:ieanora, six; K.itle. eight, Andanto, one. and Florence, sccnteen. The flames began In the i"licr,i Kndisho, or Jewish Morgue, fuun an unknown cause, Htid wrought considerable damage before they Wfvo extinguished. Two bodies were removed from tho morgue anil a horse from the stable during tho llio. The total hiss Is estimated at $12,000 WIVES GALORE, SPEEDING, SUITS, ENLIVEN HIS DAYS John H. Tyson, Wealthy Thirty-Year-Old, Also Adds a Kow Killings to Relieve Iiorcdom finnn'N'WICH, Conn. Feb. 17 Speed ing automobiles, hoodoo accidents, four wives, lovers' quarrels and nil sorts of romantic thrills are In tho record of John II. Tjson, thirty eam pld nnd wealthy, as revealed today with the addition of wife N'o. 4. The iccoid runs tlttiMy: Wlfo N'o 1, Miss Cliace Starr, mar ried In 1007. divorced TyMin In 11)10. Wife N'o. 2. MKs Poiothy Davidson, nn actress, vv lin died In lOITi. Wife N'o. .1. M)m I'.ose Uudd Kxner, who left husband after a few days Wife Xo. 4, Mls: Olive Ilawley, just married. Wlfo N'o. I would have been wlfo N'o. 3 If Miss How ley and Tyson hadn't had a tiff ltoth admitted when they married re spectively Alexander Il.iss anil MlJs 1 ,'xncr that the weddings wero "Just for spite." Itoth wero divorced as soon as the saw the spite worked Tyson Is known as the hoodoo motorist. IIli speedy dilvlng has resulted In the kill ing ot nt least four persons In arIous acci dents, nnd ho has paid a small fortune In damage suits nnd tines. BILLS AGAINST PLOTS CAUSE SENATE DEBATE Administration Seeks Power to Deal Severely With Those Who Interfere With G6vernmcnt WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Tho Senato settled down today to what promised to be an all-day debato on tho fourteen bills sug gested by tho Department of Ktato to make the country proof against spies, bomb plots nnd other conspiracies that might grow out of the American-German crisis. The Administration Is anxious for quick action that tho Department of Justlco may deal promptly and effectively with spies nnd conspirators now In evidence along the Mexican border. Leaders were prepared to forco tho Senato to sit until midnight If necessary. Considerable opposition and lively debato were encountered. Senator Stone, chairman of tho Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced that ho would attempt to put teeth Into tho measure, making It a rrlmo to publish false statements uncle oath to Influence this Government's attitude toward mmther nation. Ho will try to have the words "under oath" eliminated, so that the measure will apply to editors and publishers printing propaganda of any sort. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, will try to modify the measure empowering tho Pres ident to use tho navy and army to detain or seize munitions designed to be exported In violations of the law. Ho fears this would glvo too drastic power to the Pres ident and might Involve the, United States In further serious International difficulties. DEFENSE PETITIONS OUT ' Security League Asks People to Urge Congress to Act Tetltlons asking that the United States ostabllsh at once a system of compulsory military training, urging that Immediate steps be taken to protect the country, and calling for a special session of Congress, were distributed wholesalo throughout the city by the National Security League today. When signed the petition will be for warded to President Wilson. The calling of thp special session of Congress would be for the purpose of giving consideration to a military training bill which calls for uni versal service up to twenty years of age. The young men thus trained would be liable o subsequent service in case of need. The petitions would have Congress at the Bpeclal session "enact legislation that will provide for the adequate defense of the Re public." Scalds Her Baby to Dca'tlv by Accident LANCASTER, Pa Feb, 17,-r-Whlle at, tending to household duties .yesterday, Mrs. EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, ACTORS 50 YEARS WED; JUBILEE AT WALNUT E. A. Eberlc nnd Wife Three Score Seasons on Stage Honor by Fellow Players One expects conservative folk, like bank ers or great merchants, when you nsk them for the tcason of, their success In life to sav. oh. tf ai ,lle to my ,, . i,ul remembering tho N'at Goodwins nnd Lil lian Itisels nnd all other I'innti) -married" persons of the stage, what would you say or an at tor In his seventy-eighth year and tirty-sevemh hmsou who nllots the credit In the same u j H A liberie celebrated the anniversary or h firt-car tun on the marlrage cir cuit arter toil.iyN matinee at the Walnut Mieet Theatre, where he Is Mr. Lawrence in Little Women " it was a hnppv oc casion, despite the fact Hint Mrs liberie was not there. She has been playing Aunt March In the s.uno production, butwiis taken 111 Just before coming to l'hlfadel phla So her husband noted for her as well as himself In tho celebration tnd.iv The matlnen Marled late, so that all the stars In the other theatres bad a chance to get to the stago before the show was over Then, in view of tho matinee nudl euee. tho celeluntloii was held. Thero vvcto speeches of ini.Kr.itul.itloti and a whole lot of pride In the fact that the stago has Kuldeu wedding anniversaries as well as divorces It vv.is oil In surprise to tho cnerabIo actor, the speeches as well as the gold loving cup that he received at the very last minute. This cup Is worth thousands it inaelf of melted gold coin contributed by stagei stars all over the world in jr.. $10. $20 and larger amounts actor non.v and iiiu:d rtefoie making up todav'Mr liberie was talking of the stage In bis eailler 6ars. Ho has never done nnv thing clo bill play He Mnrtcd when he wns preparing for rollece in l'f.0, and It wns natural that he elld. for his father had been nu actor-tnnnage- before li'm, and his grandfather wns the fir.! orchestra leader nt this same blstotlc Walnut Street Theatre where to day bo Is bonoied. This eteran Is not like so many who have tearhed his nge "These nre the palmv davs of the cli imn ' he sa'd. and not the olden times. "True productions today may lack some of the billll.ince of the early davs. but thev nre smoother, much like the newspaper that todav sacrifices some of the brilliant wilting of enrlv days for tbn ake of maintaining Its uniform policy now " Mrs. Hberle was "a little Scotch ulrl." who came over here when she was fifteen. She was nn the stage two ve.vrs before Mr. liberie, though she Is only seventy five now. "Wo took out a license In Cincinnati on "'ebruarv U. fifty vears ago." he said, "and three Iivs later weio married In the Na tional Theatie there We were both plavlng In "Hamlet Tor twentv years we plavcd together mnstlv III stock Then for almost thlity years we wero separated, onlv rim ing together nt our village plnce In Chat ham Mass. In the summer I never play In the summer,"' ho said parenthetically. "Two vears aco Henrv Miller In ought us together In "Paddv -Long-Legs' In New York, nnd when the company went to I'ng land Mrs r.berle feared the submarines nnd wo went with 'Little Women ' People ought to sec this show several times. It's so sweet, so honest, so pure" That's the way Mr Hberle Is. too. Hven though the theatie Is clogged with se; plavs today, be thinks It Is better than it was He lecalls the tlmo when "damn" was not per mlttlel In tho lines, much less "delicate" situations. OLD SCLWLS MAY RKTL'ItN The change Is dun to "more sociality" of the people, lie thinks He Is not so suro that tho change Is no more than a swing of the pendulum and vt nuclei h whether the old condition won't obtain again. Ills long wedded life docs not seem strange to hhn "I drew a prize." he said "You can't uiako observations about morality as con lined to the stage nny more than joii can as confined to business. People ate people. Those married pairs who can't get along together as actois probably wouldn't get nlong In any other field. Mr. liberie, now almost seventy-eight. Is as vigorous In all wnvs as 11 man of forty ought to be. He never expects to retire. He likes to mouth tho old phrases, but realizes they uro misapplied : thus with his "palmy davs of the drama." which he insists aro now, not of former times All the heroes of the stago that our grandfathers knew nie Intimate memories with Mr. Hberle, but despite his nge be only looks back when he is Interviewed. Other times he looks forward, and he ex pects to play a good many ears yet with Mrs. Hberle In the same company "Wo won't be separated any more." PADDED CELL TOO MUCH FOR JAIL-BREAKING EXPERT "Prince Carl" and Party Remain Pris oners Until Deputy Sheriff's Shouts Bring Release WASHINGTON. Pa. Feb. 17. Prince Carl, Jall-breaklng and handcuff expert: sev eral chorus girls of .1 musical comedy com pany Bhowlng hero and George Hornbake, a Deputy Sheriff, were Imprisoned for several hours' In a padded cell In the Washington County Jail. It was tho loud calls of Hornbake that finally brought nbout their release, Princo Carl being completely baf fled. The shouts of the deputy sheriff mtracted the attention of Mrs. Frank II, Wlckersham, wlfo of the Sheriff, and sho had them re leased. Three of the girls fainted and the temperature of tho cell became so close that the men had to shed their heavy top coats. Hornbake was escorting tho theatrical party through tho Washington County Jail when the Incident occurred. TURNS DARK IN DAYTIME Cloud Settles Over Lansdalo Bringing Driving Snowstorm LANSDALH, Ta.. Feb. 17. Yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock it grew so dark here that buildings twenty feet away looked like a crav blur. I'ersons on one side of the Btreet could not be seen from the other side Vehicles were forceu to stop and trolley cars crawled along, With the darkness thero was a gale ac companied by blinding snow, uut the con dition lasted less than ten minutes. The atmosphere cleared and It stopped snowlns and blowing. C-ithbert-'s for Prescriptions Since 1871 The nine hlsh itandard f our pr irrlutlon department l Jnftlntnlntd In every brsnch of our irrvlce. R. W. CUTHBERT, JR, rllARMACIST CHESTNUT AMI roilTICTll STS. I. "SLEEPWELL" fflfflflg f rS' r'sSR'n"1 ?$"&"!!?' aW.. i? .y "eat little fhlii to prevent loee. Fin r.hell in mahoiny. mleilon end oak (llaht and iVrk.10o ?n. 3 for 23c. In Colonial Hhlte, IS, each. Coin or itampe accepted. SXKKIMVKLI." CO. 78 r.tttr Hid'. '"" " Walnut) Fhlla, .Ready Money- United States Loan Society I CITIZENSHIP SEEKERS MULCTED BY GRAFTERS "Runners" Wnlt in Corridors and Get Fees for Advising the Gullible The unprecedented rush for naturalization papers, cluo largely to International com plications, Is proving 11 rich though tnlnted harvest for tho unscrupulous "runner," who frequents the corrlisirs of Federal ltullellngs stalking unwary appllcanls for naturaliza tion, according to Information received by1 tbn Bureau nf Naturalization In the De partment of Labor. The Philadelphia runner Is nppaiently n fixed as well as tiolorlotilv obnoxious In stitution li tho I'edernl building lit Ninth nnd Market stteels He Is not emploved by the Clov eminent, but fences advice upon aliens, k'IvIiik tho ImpreKsloii that he can assist tliem In piocuilng naturalization For this he demands a fee the size depend ing upon the gulllhllltv of the applicant and the size of his haul, toll. Giving such advice free Is a part of tho official duly of tho icprosenlnttvos of the Department of Labor In the Federal build ing It Is nppaient. theiefore that these limners nie virtually Impostors upon tho naturalization seekers and stops cue being taken to lemedv tho evil. It Is the Government s Intention In (be Interest of tho aliens, to forbid the piescnee of loiterers In corridors and office rooms of Federal buildings iiid thus forco an abandonment of the nefailous practice, of soliciting fees for un.iuthoi Ized and un necessary services All aliens should know that there Is not tho slightest need nf emplov Ing nn.v person to assist them In filling declarations ot In tention or petitions for naturalization, com monly known as Hist nnd second papers. L'ndor Sou provisions of the naturaliza tion law five dnllats covers the entlro cost of naturalization, of which one dollar rep resents tho fee paid to the clerk of tho court for filing a declaration of intention, and four dollars for the petition for naturaliza tion nnd Issuance eif tho final certificate confirming citizenship TWO COWS DIE WHEN FIRE SWEEPS STABLE Two Limousines nnd Building Also Destroyed Loss $15,000 Two valuable cows nnd two limousines were elostroved this moinlng when lite swept the stable and garage of 1'. Stork, a retired manufacturer nt fiOfi Church lane, Germantown. shortly beforo da j break, caus ing a $15,000 loss The fire stnited on the second floor of the building and burned down to the ground floor, wheie the cows wero tied In their stalls llefore the firemen arrived the thor oughbreds had perished slid the automo biles burned Only the framework of the building stood after tho firo had been ex tinguished SHOTS HALT TWO MEN ACCUSED OF ROBBERY Detectives ami Patrolmen in Chase After Alleged Burglnrs Third Suspect Escapes A e!o7cn or more hhots were fired after tluee lIccltiR burglars early today by police men of the Tenth and Iluttonvvood stteefc station," after they had discovered them robbing a grocciv nt 1-2 2 P.ldgo avenue. Ono of the shots struck John Pricker, twent.v-tvvo .vears old of Chicago, HI. He was wounded In the light leg and removed as ,i prisoner to the Hahnemann Hospital The house sergeant at the Tenth and llul tonwood streets station icceived a tele phone mesage about I o'clock this morn ing that burglars were in the gioceiy nt the Kldge avenue address. The stnro Is owned by Phillip Hoffman. District Uelectlves Windrlch and Kirber and Patrolmen Mct'arly. Singer and Mcln tvre were sent around to Investigate. As they reached tho pl.ico they say tht-y saw Ilrlckcr and two companions leniovlug crates of eggs from the store. Sixteen crates of eggs were on tho llonr read) to be taken out When the men saw the policemen they darted out The policemen chased them for several squares, all the time firing at them More. than a dozen shots were fired After Hrlcker was wounded Hdvvard Claike, i-ov-enteen jears old. of lSlfi (ireen street, one of the party, tripped and was caught. The tbltd man escaped. BRIDE LOCKS UP HUSBAND WHO WOULD A-SOLDIERING "Wife Won't Let Me Start," Recruit Tells Corporal NEW CASTLE. Pa Feb. 17 A promis ing recruit wns lost to the coast artillery when Mrs, Harry Lent, seventeen vears old, a bride of a few weeks, encountered her nlneteen-jcar-old husband on the way to the station with Corporal Hackctt to board a train for Columbus, O She took her husband home nnd locked him up In applying, Lent said he was unmar ried and, passing the examination, was accepted. On his way to tho train be met his wlfo nnd was talking to her. aside from tho corporal. Their conversation became heated and the corporal. Inquiring, was told bv Lent' "This Is my wife, and sho won't let rac go." Mum Try Our . Sunday Dollar Di inner The htffh rostv ot IMns an1 th wtek-fnd rest are two excellent reaaons for bring" In tha entlro family here to morrow. ptclal Music 'pB' .New olbiL ANOVER A n "IT """ fntranc on H(7i St.) I II CLAUDE If. llOUIt, l, s" yy a Xv 'V A yY klVN , A "'ZZ'.A J j SslMftKHBR'' WEDDKD FIFTY YEAltS Mr. and Mm. Levi H. Heaton, of Woodbury, X .!., who celebrated their golden weddinj- anniversary surrounded by relatives and friends. WOODBURY COUPLE MARK FIFTIETH WEDDING DAY Mr. and Mrs. Levi II. Heaton Kcreivc Congratulations Front Kin and Neighbors WontUll i:v. N. J. I'eb 17 -Mr and Mrs. Levi H Heaton relebiated the fiftieth voar of their marriage nt their homo on Cooper street vestcrdny nflemoon and last evening surrounded by their seven children, grandchildren brotheis. nieces, nrphewn apd many friends who offered felicitations on tho occasion Mr and Mis Ilealnn weio the leclplenN of innnv beautiful and useful Rifts. Includ ing $lf.n In roIiI from the children Cut glass, sllvei and china wero nNii given Allium; tho out-of-town gucHs vvete Mr. and Slr (ienrge Terrell nnd daughter Lisle, of Chester P.i ; Mr nnd xir KianU Austin and sons and Mrs Laura HutchlirMiii of Klmei . Mrs Heme Cuirliigto'n. Mrs Han nah Kllks and daughters 1ci.t. ami Mildred Mrs. James i:.c-llaik and Mrs It-irthnlo-mew. of Hie'livvneiel ; Mix Phnedie Cook of Urhlgetnii, Ml Cllx.ihctli Itninecr. nf Phl loh : Mr and Mr Hugh Ch.ird. of Vlne l.iud . Mis .I.iiip llallinccr, of Clayton; Mrs H.iny Crompton. of Peuii'-gmve., Mr and Mrs. John Heaton nnd clnughler lM.vthe. nf Tioga ; Miss Lthel Heaton and Claude Miles, of Kennett Square, Mrs Charles Williams, of Itiverslde; Mr. nnd Mrs It ' Williams of Tioga, Mis. William llcnton, of Heading; Mr nnd Mrs Cenrgo Heaton. nf Illglil.ind Park; Mr and .Mis. Jacob Solicit t and daughter Laura, nf filnsshnio; Mis Tanisen W'llden mill daughter Ethel, of Mauilre teivvn: Miss Ilcitha Lewis, of (lloueeMer : Mrs Mnrv Klank. of Highland Pails; MWs Hazel IMleher, of Mah.inoy City, Pa., and a l.ugo number of Woodbuiy ftlends and neighbors Negro Assails and Hobs Woman i-HCSTLIt. Pa.. Feb. 17 A negro en tered tho homo'of Mis Daniel Wood, 320 Last Hleventh street, last iiij-ht and de manded money Itefused his request, tho luiiuder threw the woman to tho lloor mid lied with a pocketbook containing a sum of money. A small child spread tho alarm The police have Instituted s-careh for the negro. Creosote Given in Error Kills Child CIIHSTHJ:. Pa. Feb. 17 Mistaking a bottle of creosote for medicine. Mis Mark Murtaugh. of fiJO tjreen stieet gave her son Clinrlcs, who becamo sick during the night, a fatal doe. A physician hurried tho child to the Chester Hospital, where It oied In a short time. W PUBLIC 1917 MONEY MACHINE FRAUD SUIT TRIED IN READING Glove Manufacturer De mands Return of $58,965 in Securities and Notes ItEADINCi. l'.u Feb. II Tho equity suit of i: Itlcbnrd Melulg. glove manu facturer, ngaltist tho International Money Miichlno Company, and Its piesldent, Ed ward (' ll.cker. In which tho plaintiff Is seeking letuin of .in,000 vvoith of so curltlcs. u iiuto for $28. SUJ and a $100 check which he gave In pnvmetit for 6000 shares of monov -machine stock was tried today Moling nl.-.i h.m criminal prot-ccullons pciiillng against llaker for conspiracy to defraud The mrcsts caused li hensatloli icveinl nuinths ligo Tho chamber of c oiiiiiH'14'o had backed n piojeit which le suited In the erection of a $160,000 plant in tins ilty, to which the mniiey-muchlne omp.ni was to iiuivo from Teiro Haute, 'lid Todav thp plaintiff, Mclnlg alleged that Use rcpr. sontallons weio made to Induce him to buv the stock lin said he was told Hi. i' tln $2 Gil a slime nt which the stock was Helling above Its pai value nf $10 was to go to a fund to be iiscmI for advertising and sinck sale i i)intiiiMoii when the truth was that the cntup.iiiv wa paving fortv tlvo per cent conunl'oion on tlni sale of i ten I. The defease admitted that Ihere was such a Mock-selling contract with agents, but said the matter of commissions paid to agents was nover discussed with Melnlg It was declared that he went out to Terie Haute to Investigate the operations of the company nnd came home nppaiently satis fled BRITISH WOMEN (JIVE GEMS AND MITES TO WAR LOAN English Estimate Amount Pledged nt ?r,000,000,000 Hnil Success ot Project LONDON. Feb. 17 Jubilant edltnilnls tilled the British press today over the ucces of the Ilrltlsh "war loan of vlctorj ' subscriptions to which closed jrstridiv In ilovernment nnd financial circles enthusiasm reigns supreme. The cxnrt amount of money pledged Is not known, but rome nf the newspapers estimate the total as hlfrh as $.1 nnn.tlOO 000. A considerable number of pledges came from rich Americans. A number of com mercial firms In the United States sub vention. only about $,".00 000,000 In new- money Is needed to clean the slato of the fiovern inent when It enters upon the new fiscal ear on April I. The (lovernment expects the surplus to -carry It a good dlstanco tluough tho ensuing financial year. Answering the appeal of the Lord Major. tho women of London niado a generous lespon-r. Jewelry of all descriptions poured Into the mansion boue. tho otllclal residence of the Lord Mayor "Widow's mites." from war widows, wero numerous Some of tho subscriptions were as low as $5. Many of the subscriptions wero paid In full. J. E. Caldwell & Co. Chestnut Juniper South Penn Square DIAMOND BRACELETS Rigid Flexible Is Philadelphia Going Dry? ILL Philadelphia join the world-wide stampede against John Barleycorn? ' Many indications point in that direc tion. With big business corporations all over the . city giving him the "cold shoulder," and city officials warning their employes against being friendly with him, it seems as though his days were numbered. In Sunday's Public Ledger a staff writer tells why he thinks Philadelphia will eventually climb aboard the water wagon. Read what he has to say. Every wor"d of it will interest you. Better tell your newsdealer today that you want Sunday's "i . vv 'w.r?- t - y GANG SETS UPON COP;' WHO WILL NOT USE QtW, Rufllnns Beat Policeman Senfc;tJ less When He Tries to Ar-'. rest One of Them 'i Policeman ..Tame, Murphy, of the Sixty-' first and Thompson streets station, M beaten Into unconsciousness by a sane .off'i toughs enrly today when he refrained from ' using hi, pistol. Vf ill fnrt,li. wlin Itvjta nt P.RSS CarTVntrv street, was approached by four men onRa Maiket street, casf of Fifty-third, one ot -;,' whom Murphy recognliecl as being wanteat.&J cm a warrant. With an exclamation that A they would "get" Murphy, the Kan t;ff.''3 Incited him, hurling him to tho ground, Muf-V v libv milled bis mm nnel HAVeral tlmAa htliT k'W 0,..rnn . ., nhnot n n,,ll th rlw. t,CJ kLiJ ho refrained from firing. The gang featfpr$j bleeillne in the cutter. A Dasserbv tela- , phoned to the Fifty-fifth and Pine streets1 (Ji siaiiou, me mocor pairoi oi wnicn nurnw ,m Mmnhv In tbi WKt lhltndAlnblfl. ITnmftn nathlc' Hospital. Detectives Seal. Wooteri, Klbro and Martin are on the trail of the ' , -S Bang. A Jill lljti vjlKL, 1XN ISLeUUmUKS ,f PUZZLES LORD ABERDEEN' SV Titled Lecturer'' at Bryn Mawr Findi It Hard to Collect Thoughts as Result The small figure of a six-year-old gi. attired In striped bloomers and brown goloshes, stalked down the aisle of Taylor Hnll, Ilryn Mawr College, while the Mar quis of Aberdeen and Tentalr was In tha midst of an address on "Canada and Her Leading Statesmen." Tho girl, who flour ished a wave of bright yellow hair, beneath which twinkled a p-i'r of big blue eyes, a-, aumed a position of vantage on a front-row chair llefore long the girl slipped from the ehatr to the floor, resting on one hand, and peering attentively nt the speaker, who was telllrujr of the work of Sir Wilfrid Laurler and the wonders of Canada. "Ah hum um yes. Most plcturesqua country Canada," The speaker fixed his glasses, razed at the small figure on the floor, smiled and con- ' tinned. "As I remarked a most picturesque Canada is Desiring to be more at ease, the younr- ster settled back and lay full length on the lloor and listened to the remainder of the lecture on her back. The Scotch nobleman assumed a perplexed attitude, passed his hand over his forehead and struggled on with his discourse. The child Is said to be the six-year-old daughter of a professor at the college. Brewery Workers Ask Eight-Hour Day LANCARTLH, Pa.. Feb. 17. The e.tl. ployes of Lancaster's three big breweries bavo demanded an eight-hour day through the Ilrcwcry Workers' Union, to take effect March 1. At present the workers have u nine-hour clay with a minimum weekly wage of $15 and a maximum of $19. ZT, t A MS LEDGER r; tyi t& iwa M ' r,gV j m i. 2& -m rm "3! :4 k&Mb&fo'S.- M Am Untt4 teU itowl. Hew irytrk ! i1""""' W1 .re- & Hflv wm.mmnu&m i raffs s w
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