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' 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.
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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-
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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."
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Dollar
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The htffh rostv ot IMns an1
th wtek-fnd rest are two
excellent reaaons for bring"
In tha entlro family here to
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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.
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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 $5.
Many of the subscriptions wero paid In
full.
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
Chestnut Juniper South Penn Square
DIAMOND BRACELETS
Rigid Flexible
Is Philadelphia
Going Dry?
ILL Philadelphia join the world-wide
stampede against John Barleycorn?
' Many indications point in that direc
tion. With big business corporations all over the .
city giving him the "cold shoulder," and city
officials warning their employes against being
friendly with him, it seems as though his days
were numbered.
In Sunday's Public Ledger a staff writer
tells why he thinks Philadelphia will eventually
climb aboard the water wagon. Read what he
has to say. Every wor"d of it will interest you.
Better tell your newsdealer today that you want
Sunday's
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GANG SETS UPON COP;'
WHO WILL NOT USE QtW,
Rufllnns Beat Policeman Senfc;tJ
less When He Tries to Ar-'.
rest One of Them
'i
Policeman ..Tame, Murphy, of the Sixty-'
first and Thompson streets station, M
beaten Into unconsciousness by a sane .off'i
toughs enrly today when he refrained from '
using hi, pistol. Vf ill
fnrt,li. wlin Itvjta nt P.RSS CarTVntrv
street, was approached by four men onRa
Maiket street, casf of Fifty-third, one ot -;,'
whom Murphy recognliecl as being wanteat.&J
cm a warrant. With an exclamation that A
they would "get" Murphy, the Kan t;ff.''3
Incited him, hurling him to tho ground, Muf-V v
libv milled bis mm nnel HAVeral tlmAa htliT k'W
0,..rnn . ., nhnot n n,,ll th rlw. t,CJ kLiJ
ho refrained from firing. The gang featfpr$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.
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