T.'-'i f-, '- u ., Cr R Wt ? V J -t: SATURDAY March 3, 1917 18 GYPSIES NABBED IN RAID BY POLICE 5r?jPortune Tellers, Accused of Fleecing Patrons, Ready HI to Quit Town 'ALL HELD UNDER BAIL .Prophetic Vision of "Sccresscs" Fails to, Foresee Arrests Eighteen gjpy clalrvojants nre under (trtit today as a result of the first blow truck by the police ngalnst the gjpsy fortune-telling "trust." subject of many complaints "find much publlcll A swift, silent raid Jr. the center of the City did the work They were arraigned this morning befoie Magistrate Meclearj. accused of fleecing Phlladelphlnns out nf thousands of dollars In lotatlon of the anti-fortune telling net of 18S1, and each (was held In $200 ball for n further hearing Jdext w'edncsdaj witunn raids wnnn maim. The fortune-telling rarlors raldeil lv the ifjollco wero nt the following nddrcscs 213 North Ninth street 110 North Ninth street 807 Filbert street 461 North Tenth street 339 North Ninth street 834 Callowhlll street HI North Highlit street 118 North Ninth street ., 202 North Ninth street 914 Vine street 229 North Ninth street. 2B1 North Ninth street. , WILLING TO LEAVE 'T Utiles, bnll Is furnished by evening the gypsies will be remanded to the count prison Testimony was heard onlj In the case of Lizzie Steve. 1011 South street Policemen Taylor nnd Burns testlllcd th.it they paid t went j -five cents to her for which they were told that thej would live to be Id men. Counsel lepresentlng the prisoner nkcd that they be not held for court 1 ho Hu ycrs nssured that If the prlsonrs were held for a. further hesrlng thev would see th-it they left the cltj bv next Weitnctlav To this the representatives of the rimnbei of Commerce agreed A complaint was Indeed against the gjpsj fortune telleri last Wed nesday. The cellrooms prior to the hearing were turned Into a t pleat nurserj The gipsv eeresses brought niong their Infants nnd children. All night after their arraign- . ment In the night Tourt. where they were held In JG0O hall for todays hcirlng. the teleamed, jelled and shouted words In a trance tongue. avrsv maid biths her finhi'ii M Martlnoff. 'fil North Ninth street re puted head of one of the- factions, appealed In the corridor of Central Station In his hand he held a bunch of bills of different ' denomination' He called for lawjers to aid him There was a tush among the runners' for the police court liwjeis to obtain cases In rami InMances ' run- I Tiers" almost came to blow 3 The polite were kept burj in i tearing me corrmor Angry gypsy maidens cunpd the detectlcs One of them bit her linger several nines She kept biting her finger In. the face of a uniformed policeman Some of the run rers" who hae handled gj.psj eases be fore said that It was a "death threat" of Cjpslcs to bite their lingers ENFORCED BY KVENINO LEDOER The arrest 'of these swarth-klnned aoothsnjera Is considered most Important from a (standpoint of public welfare Tho I:fniso I.EDonn reealed the exist ence of thee women exposed theh Illegal doings and Insinltarj methods of living and asked the police to take action 1 he police replied that there wan no law bj svhlqh they could bo reached Then this newspaper published the law for two dajs and again called upon the police to net 'Tho police hedged again. sajing that tho aoothsrjers vere not lolatlng the law In asmuch as they were not making prophe cies as Ho the future of the 'dupes" who walked Into their 'palmistry and phren ology nets " It was shown that these palmlstiy parlors wero made breeding spots for disease by the Insanitary lling methods of the sooth sayers In nearly nil of tho "plnenology dens" conditions were woiso than those existing In a cirelesslj kept dog kennel Garbage and other refuse were allowed to fester on tho floois, and fiequentlj families of six and seen pet sons Including snnll children, slept on mattresses spread on the floor. Tho sinister Influence which these fortune-telling gjpsles had on thp domestic Jlvej of their dupes was clearly shown. For example, male customers weie told that their whes were untruo .to them, and the soothsayers whispered Into the ears of Women dupes that they had better watch out for a "certain blonde" who had wormed herself Into tho graces of the husband Not satisfied with opening pslmlstiy par lors. the gjpsles instituted a sjstcm of house-to-house canvassing, ringing doorbells and practicing their wiles upon housewives The gypsies made It a point to gain admit tance to homes, ana thefts were often re ported to the police after such !slts The police acted after n clear case had been built up by the E bsi.no LEDoun. INVASION OF POLICE Twenty policemen and detectives, led by Captain Mills and Kenny and Lieutenants Van Horn and Pluckenfelder, swooped down upon the "studios" of theXdark-sklnned "seeresses" last night, bundling eighteen of the women of the tribe Into patrol wagons and hustling them on t the City Hall The -lalrvoyants wero taken com pletely by surprise. No gift of prophecy told them of their Impending danger 'o nalm reading, no gleasy cards, no IV.erystal spheie warned them to beware bf 2 'mi, .imn huskv men- In blue coats who Ki'T would cross their paths In the! night time M, and lake them riding In a wagon to a big Bray stone building, in wnicii are rooms . barred with Iron gratings. ". The prophetesses" wero taken to Night ? Court, where Magistrate Pennock, amid the k equalling of tho babies and the protests of trie women, neiu ine prmuinrrs m iwv iuu Jsacb, for a further hearing today. Indlg "intuit at the summary "abduction" of their F- i women ana sources or. income ine men '''of the tribe followed on the heels of the Lpollce o the door or wigm uoun. -o me number of thirty-five, they trooped Into Cltjr ill. where they Kept tne ponce Dusysnoo- them away. Tney weie ie,u oy meir j.r t. Mart norr. who said ne uvea at 111 North Ninth street i HAVE BECOME BOLD i ' The jrypslei. accoi'dlng to the police, have COHle boIU during, me ibbc lew nays in air nuest for money. Instead of charging flat, rate for revealing tho future, they dtd. threatened and begged their fttraaa for money, Their feverish haste for ere, the police saia, -was aue 10 me ibci nt the warnl-weather wandering of the . olle-lnnea people, wnicn is to Iliv soon, necessitates a great amount of stock, animal; equipment ana pro To (Us om tne moe ass conectea r-p-iw asrsts ana juv GYPSY QUEEN s '"lihw'aW tr VVsIWbhs. sa r fcj- SSbVbhbT'SSBSBSsV Eia Hsssssssm sBBBHsBSSFBnBr , BBSsMBR ''KBsflsE " hBILBBBBBBBBSSBBKtfJastflSHiS'jBBBSSHBr? 4? . .BBHSBBBBBBBaJSSBBSSTSwSclBSBSSL BBBSSSM9 v zx - aK BBBBBBsBiBBBBBBB&Bk9l9BBBK$ M$mX$J$i & vHvlHBlABBBBBBBflHKWSllBBH R SL IBlRSBHHiBBBBBVBlBaBKflssVBflsH M A, mMU&mmmmw-mmmmMmMmw. Sti-'ie Stephnn's knowledge of tho futuip didn't enable licr to escape in rest or to avoid iippearinp; in Central Station today, v.heie she as held with several companions on thai ires of foitune-tellintr. lors nf the laid continued to plv their trade of extracting money from the gul lible It Is nn cas mission tn leirn soinelhlng about the future from these bronze. com pleloned"gpsy maidens and their mothers The will talk to ou about Iho futuro ns long ns ou wish The oni tiuillflcTtlons tint the nnlou- woman, man, Mmth or dillil must possess Is, that of being the ov ner of plentv of paper mone A pocket ful of tpiarters or dimes, howeer, wl answer the purpoe If the only eldene Required to arrest tho gpy fortune tellers is to ha-.e them tell something about the futuie the police would hao nil casv time Tho future of nn Hfmno Lrnnrn re liorter wnH dlscused as follows b n gjpsy fortune teller In her 'studio' at 312 North Second street You will be happ before March If- You will be married res! soon You will hao two children a bov nnd girl You will be very ricli Thn dark-eyed gps woman at 312 North Second street had something more to siy about the future when n second representa tive of the EsEMNn Li-doer called Here Is the future ns comejed to the reporter b tho sain? i-eer You nro going to get a letter within the next fen das If ou remain In nur present position ou will have bad luck Vou mut travel or go nwav In order to have good luck Hut should the police meet with no suc cess at the North Second street "studio" they might select the place at 127 Ridge avenue Here the future also will be foie cast wllUnglv and without asking IMDliE AVENLE SEERESS A reporters future nt the Ridge avenue placo was explained as follows You will live to be clghtj -three jcars old You will be mar-led twice You will have trouble with vour first wife toil will have an Illness which may cause vour death Instead of becoming alarmed b exposure tho gjpsy seeresses are continuing theli business They are calling passershv to entei their places Another signal is to knock on the store window with the fake ruhj which Is encased In a copper ring the women folks wear The gps foi tune-telling bu-ilness Is spreading throughout the cltv. Merchants and others feel Its growth boulh Philadelphia had dorens of these "studios" where the Innocent leave behind from ten cents to teventy-dvo dollars and more. A recent case was that of Mrs Lnz, 130 Wildev street She gave one or the gvpsy fortune tellers seventy-live dollars She alleged that she had been lleeced She complained to the detective bureau and City Hall Detectives Charles Beckman and Frank Freund weie assigned to the case. Both of these detectives have made a peclalt of gypsj cases and know more about tho movements of gvpsles than any other detective "Tho gjsles are a menace to the city," said Detective Heckman "They are In sanltaiy and they can't be trusted" KNIVES FLASH IN WAR TALK ONE SPEAKER STABBED Argument With Fivo Italians Ends in Hospital Trip for Cam den Man Edear Hart nrgued with five Camden Italians about the war At the Cooper Hos pltal today the physicians said there was every Indication that Hart woulu recover This was the news flashed across the river this morning It appears that Hart, on failing l0 convince the Italians that they were wrong, declared war on his own ac count. They drew knives, the police say, and during a duel In the dark managed to reach tlnrt in several places. Lulgl Durannl, twenty-six jears, of 837 Locust street, was arrested today by the police (n connection with the stabbing. Ac- COrCling 10 Hie POIICC. 1MB I.IUUICD t;io .- ereel with blood and a knife was found on i.im tin admitted to the police that he had stabbed some one, nut aia noi Know wnom. He Is now In the Camden Jail pending a hearing JANE ADDAMS HOPEFUL WAR MAY BE AVERTED .Sends Wireless to German National Women's Committee for Per manent Peace AMSTERDAM. March 3 Miss Jane Ad dams. American peace worker, has sent the following wireless message to the German National Women's Committee for Permanent Peace, according to dispatches from Berlin, Jtfany American women combine with tfc mmbtv of the .'international commlt- Euentng IN THE TOILS COURT WORKING HARD TO END LICENSE CASES Special Saturday Session Has in View Termination of Hear ings by Tonight WESI CHESTER Pa Marth ! I lie Chester Ciiiintv I ourt hnldliiR a spei Ml session In tlu application of the No-LUence Coiinlv Cnininlttro wliUh Is se king to linvo six JlrciiFcs Mvoked In mtcv ill-- nnd Honnlngtowii Is woiklng nt high Med to- dnv to icnih nn end l tonlgbt nllhnugh there nre n lnige number nf wltnehuF still to be hritcl The matlcl nf the in Hotel 'f l 11 Martin, nf Downlngtonn was IiimmI at tills mornings session aid argument was do feried until Intel This ie niiiipleil vcit terdav afternoon nnd n Inng vpinn jst night n few nddltlnuil vvltne"es being heird todiv for the defense time than 200 witno-"es flguicd In tho healing 'I li proprletoi nnd his employes di nleil stnilcs told bv workers fm the npplkation nnd n laige number of liinkcra, business anil otliers told of the goo-1 conduct of tho hotel It was admitted bv Mr Mirtln and ills emplojes that men hid been seen lcivlng the birroum in an liunslcicted condition 'This said the hotel proprletm, tall be seen nt anv hotel In the eountv but mote frequenllv at Iho Imnnlngtnwn lmstelrii the reason being lint a luge miinbei nf men arrive In the town firun I'oatexvllle and West Chcstii on the tiollev cars ho nie nlrenelv IntoMialed (mil mliirallv, the first place thev seek Is the nearest hit The barmen halt bun kept bu-n in icfuslng thee visitors and ejecting inun nf them, thev nro seen lemlng the bars staggering nnil those workeis fm the temperance cause see them nnd natuialli Jump to the con clusion that thev became intoxicated In the last places thev visited Mr Mm tin was iminboialed bv his rin plovcs as well its bv maiiv business men who have stores neai the hotel The case sigainst the Pennsilvaula House of Louis fjibnov, of DoivnliiKtiiwii started nt the morning session nnd promises to ni cupv main hums of slow if lion nit the part nf the (ourt It Is tin list nun nn thn list BRITISH SHIP ARRIVES WITH CHINESE CREW Presence of Celestials Shows Difficulty of Obtaining English Sailors The arrival In this port today of the British steamship Llngan with a new of thlrtj-flve Chinese Ballots gives ile to thn belief tnal English shipping Interests aie having n haid time obtaining men to man their ships slnco the Inauguration of the ruthless submarine campaign The Llngsn arrived In Delaware Bay jes lerday and docked nt Plei A. Port Rich mond, where she will lake on a general cargo, mostly foodstuffs, before icturnlng to England Furness, Withy & Co , the local agents for the ship, ai e taking every precaution against the escape of any of the Celestial crew be cause of a penalty of $500 for each one that is not accounted for when the .essel clears Watchmen have been placed mound the entire vessel The Llngan put In at Halifax befdie coming here A floating spar In mid oi ean caused a submarino scare and the Chinamen made f6r tho boats Captain Bailey soon convinced them of their mis take, however, and the Incident was for gotten Captain Bailey declared the vojage was without Incident otherwise Two Norwegian ships with Chinese crews arp now in this port Tho Falkland from Manchester, now nt Point Brecie., has a crew of twctitj-slx Chinese (CSitl the Tela at Port Richmond has a trew of twenty seven Orientals. The captains ot these steamers say they had to take them on bo cause of the shortage of white sailors. THAW BOTH SANE AND INSANE, LAWYERS SAY New York Authorities Insist on Extra dition -Pittsburgher's Counsel Defies His Removal Harry Thaw can be removed from Si. Mary's Hospital to any place In the universe Just ai soon as anjbody takes .Hufflclent In terest to do so. On the other hand, emoval of the .rltts burgher outside of his room would result disastrously. District Attorney SwannVas advised of the first statement and Thaw's own lawyer, former' Judge James Clay Gordon, Is au thority for the other. Bivann, wants Harry In New Tork and Gordon want to keep htm hre. It. i Swann'p Duslnesa to get ,tfSTRA7fc NVVA - " MOVIE MEN HOLD UP LASHING OF NEGRO Delaware Authorities Shrink 'From Having Whipping Post Exploited on the Screen VICTIM GETS A RESPITE But Nct Month, Governor Says, n UiRh Bonn! Ponce Will Balk the Cnmcin III il Staff Corlf'pon-ldit lioXLR. Pel, March 3 Holer's whip ping oigv dlil not come off ns planned In ilni Eliuiod lenklns, a negro, was to liaie leielied ten lisbes ncros his bare hick for Hie ei Inii nf stealing n mandolin from iinothei negin. but the Governor granted him a icprlevo until late In April. 'I he Idea nf the Slav In sentence was not inercv In Ihe negro The leason was that Delaware, feirrd the effects of the adver tisement be nioving-plcluic men Intended to give die whipping post iiow-1 of moving-picture men gnt In trnin li-i night The news traveled fist nnil snei ff ansant notified Judge William It Hoi e He hid the sheriff get lit com nuiile iH'-n Willi lloieinoi Tnivnsend and nn rvlinnge nf ihws between the tliiee was fniinived b nn nrihr fmm the ilotcrnoi iriieMng the negin from the lashes until sheiiff t.inssnl was vetv fiank tndiv in p.i up Mnt the whipping w'" po-tponeu benuse the nuthniltles did not think II sr liavi plitures of the whipping shown eiemilieie outside of Ihe State i -iirinnr Ton nseml whs heslt.inl nt tak ing I hat attitude, first blaming the Incle mini wenther for the postponement, but iidiiiil'lng when eiuestloned that the moving phi in o men were the real reason IIOMIH PENCE TO HACK f'MERA riiev ire to be circumvented the next lime In n ten. foot board fence, which will be elected between now and April, right bail of the Jill where the old whipping pnt nnt used ill twelve jcars still stands Judge Bov re refused to admit the real reisnn 'or the postponement though he took tin- initntlvc In lmlng the postponement 111 nle When questioned at first he said the. bid wentbei wiih the leason for putting off the lushing and w.hen questioned fur ther told the Inleiilewei to mind his own business ilovernor Towneinl got nrnund the ques tion will Pelnwaie should object to moling pUtuics nf the whipping If this sou oi ptiuihmrnt lias n good Influence nn cilml nals In silng that the mnile men were nbjeiteil In because liilannie ilidn t want anibndv 'to make mnne.v out of It" Sheiiff Vans int was nsked to reconcile tin belief 111 this Tin in of punishment with the refusal to show II In the lountij at luge and he Slid it was for Judge Bojce nnd the (invrrnoi t" answei , Hint he was Juvt (al lug theh orders Mi nns.ini, ii veil i.inuii man snu lie felt nn enmpuni thin about whipping a man If It fell within his palh of iluti He has neier had Ihe experience befole 'because Kent Count has hi en sending nil hei piisoneis to New Castle to be whipped In the last twelve leais nnd todav they weie to gel baik In the nld rustom COVER.NOR EXPLAINS 'Ihe lioicinot gave Ills brief Interview between tiains lie had Ills talk with Judge Hovce oier tho telephone hst night fiom Ills couuti place In Selbjvllle. and todav slopped n minute at Dover on his wnj to Washington to attend tho inaugura tion ceremonies He talked muih more fieelv than did Ills aids In his office, who weie ns testj as was Judge Hoiie. Wo aw .vou talking to the Mici Iff so jou need n t come around us Anvhoiv, the ueithei Is the reason thej said Ihe flovernnr said thei would put up a feuen so high tint the moi e men nevei would have n chnnoe Mierlff Vansanl said thei never thought of this befote. and tint thej had to postpone Hie whipping be cause llieie was no legal wn of keeping the moling picture men nwn fiom the open lot whete the post stands W'lntevei lellef leformeis of ptlson methods mai feel at the failure nf the whipping In lake phee that lellef was spelled disappointment among the hun dreds down hero who looked forward to the kind of free show ion don't see eieij dai " ns one nf them s.Uil '1 liei weie withered In spite of rain hoping ngilnst hope eien after the pro nouncement that thete would be no whip ping todnj had been made I'roiu n window Inking out nt Ihe crowd weie Judge Roice nnd others who had come to the Clnnceri Cuuit piestmiabli to get a good place to witness the eiei.t; the win don of the i ourt fionts right on the lot where tlfli ten lashes were to be delivered. Meanwhile, the movie men have gone baik to photographing stieet parades and such like CITY HALL OITICIAL 77 James Walls, Named Temporary Super intendent, Honored on Birthday James Walls, one of the oldest emplojes In Clt) Hall, todai celebialed his seientj seventh birlhdai nnd was presented with a bouquet of seventj seven roses by fellow tninloiex in the Buieau of Clt) Property. Mi. Wans was appoinico a noss uricK lavci bv the Old Public Building Commis slim in 1SSJ and continued In that position until rccentli, when he was temporarily iippointcd hupeilntendent ut City Hall to fill tho vacancy caused by tho dismissal of William H Bow en tie has filed his ap plication and will bo placed on the rolls of the municipal pension fund on April 1. PRAISES NAVY LEAGUE In a telegram sent to Mrs. John Hood, Mrs. George Dewey, widow1' ,of Admiral - Jewy, prtussM u. SS' p-P3i.2fc-v. .." '.- wmu Hp Mr wm imu I -.L'JB ' -rj rlliliililiiliiliili. ' lrAsii n.iius-iJW. WCsseXJBCwvwtaCawslaafc - , Ita&ger POLISH GIRL, SOCIAL WORKER MOTHERS FOLK IN WILMINGTON Mary Ostrosky Dismisses Dream of Missionary Work in Siam .0 Keep Boys and Girls Off Streets llvn staff romspmittMl WILMINGTON, Del March 3 It Inpprned In hlcagn sbo was a ,,oman--n deanli clothed. - ear-sklnned woman and she was In Ja I 1 1 here was . a queer heart hungei look In hei ejes but no 'one eould toll what H nieant until one dav a vmiiig gltl ftf-h ftom Ihe missionary class of I" -Moody Bible Institute stopped at the sordid cell, looked through the bars ond wondered . . "What can she hnve done" the girl finked a nealby watden "Korgerj was the brief telort nn.Uhen as nn afterthought 'she cant talk Lng llsh Shes n Pole 'A Pole the girl cried bresthlessly "Whv. 1 m Polish let me talk to her And so It was that an hour later a Judge learned ho Ind .onimltled a woman to n cell malnlv fm the .rime of not speaking English The stoii was ns unseemlv ns It Is true An unscrupulous bonrdei had paid his bill with a routed cheek and a prudent but unknowing sMttlP Polish houe wife had straight.-" turned In Ihe illegal piece nf p.. pet ... p.iment for a grocerv hill MmsioN-iMi in nr.ow.NiowN- Ibis little sliuv selves to explain beltet t,an am . htnnolngl.al ace omit whv Miss Marv Ostioskj d mgliter of Polnnil-born pirents now living In Milwaukee WI-, Is at present missioning In Rrnwntnivn the heart of Wilmington's Polish rllsti let nnd nnt ministering to the great unwashed In the regions of Slam Oh hoiv I el HI wnni i fc" " -"" exclaimed Miss Oslroskv. who bj the wav. Is verv voung and veri npt to upset the nil lure nf Iho deal nness. garbed laril one usuallv features ns the dispenser of mission pennies Vou "ee It nil began this way When I was a little bit of a girl in n small town In eistern Ohio I knew n. most wonderful Quakei lad -she was n true mlsslomrv I loved her next to irn mother and 1 wanted to be like her onll I wanted to go to Klani W hj I want to go nun nnl the ladi missionaries checks flushed pink nt the thought but her deep grav eves told moie phlnlv than anvthlng else that vouth never forgets Its first dream Km a moment the cosi little 'bachelor' npirtment Just faded nwai and there were others who wanted to see .slam nnli " the slorv went on. 'that lime In Chicago taught me that m place was with mv own people Then I noiked In Chicago among the Polish people who lived In the stockvards dlstiict Two veirs ago I came to Wilmington to take c hsige of tho mission established here under the Presbyterian churches Theio Is so much to tell about it Lng llsh clas-es. cooking and sewing circles a klndergaiien a libinrv "Oh I Just wish jou eoulil come and stni n week nnd see all mi loveh babies mv llltlo bovs nnd girls, my voting men 1 am verv proud of mv voung men and mv mothers and fathers who tr to he nld men nnd women nt twmtv-elnht and tliliti Just because thej have eight nt nine chlldien "Everv class presents its onn piohlems Most of mi little ghls work in the shops, a great manv ot them In the rtlllery Tuse Thej are Just at the age when bojs nnd the TOO MUCH LEGISLATION SEEN AS GRAVE MENACE Legislatures Currying Fleeting Popular Whim Criticized by Houston Hall Lecturer Theie Is too much legislation, much of which Is tallroaded thtough in obedience to some popular whim according to John T Sullivan nn attornei nho delivered an address on The Study nf Corporation Law ' this nfternoon nt Houston Hall He pointed to the necessity of corpora tions nnd said tint the people will realize that thei suffer themselves when unjust attacks are made upon such bodies Business men he asserted, so on making blunders which an elementary knowledge of eorpoiatlon law would enable them to mold Mr Sullivan dwelt nt length upon tho high nullifications rerpjired bj the success, ful business nnn of todaj as rompared vi illi those of j ears ago, nnd then touched upon the laws which often obstruct instead or fuitherlng piogtes In this connec tion he said.. 'We nie suffering fiom too much legis lation, and from legislation which Is rail roaded through In obedience to some tiansient popular whim without a studj of existing rules or a knowledge of the business conditions which will be affected, bj It The old Jeftersonlan prin ciple that that mllon Is best govemed which Is least governed has been nbandoned foi the principle that that nation Is best gov erned which Is most governed The constitu tional bulwarks of liberty and proper! j which were built by the fathers In the early dajs of this country nt a tesult of the tjrannlcal encroachments of the 1'iigllsh cioi eminent nie needed more than eier to dav "For todai In manj of our States the legislative and the executive branches nf government nro currjlng temporarj popular favor bj adding to the drastic laws and rul ings undei which a continually heavier burden of tuxes and requirements for Item lied reports and accounts and minute regu lations for the conduct of business Is laid upon the corpoiatlons I saj' 'temporary poular favor' because, In the end, the peo plo will realize that they suffer themselves when an unjust attack Is made uiion cor porations Cotporatlons are simply the up-to-date ways and means of doing business, and to treat them unjustly Is to hamper business and to injure tno people ns a whole." WIFE 30 MEAN TO HIM HE WENT TO CRY IN PARK Divorce Recommended, for ftlan Who Says Spouse Felled Him With v Ftying Pan nKADINP- Pa., March 3. Declaring that his wife compelled him to follow her up the front steps of the Court House, scat tering Bait, so that she might win a pend ing lawsuit, and saying he was deathly afraid of a big butcher knife which she kept under her pillow, but which she In sisted was used in "powwowing" to "quiet ii.. hinnfl." Charles K. Schell testified be. fore a master nere toaay in ins suu-ior divorce from Ellen E. Schell. The coiiple lived together for thirty-six yers, and thoVlfe Is strenuously resisting the .divorce, denying tier husband's allega tions of cruel treatment. The husband testified that they .quarreled almost every day, and that on one occasion she knocked hjni down with a frying pan. ' He says she threatened him with ' the butcher krtlfe" and everybody made fun of him when she' made hup scatter salt on the Court House steps, He testified that he trMueUr sought theBolltule.oti Olty mm- ruBui pp f . -i MISS MAKY OSTROSKY moiles seem to be what tho wotld Is made nT sieune of them don't like to cook- Others don I like to sen Tho Camp Eire Olils Ins been urn salialion This outdoor life which means camping nnd hiking, seems to shoo annv a lot of sickly thoughts "These nttlo girls cannot bring thli trou bles lo their inothcis because fm the most pirt Ihe mothers do not speak English That Is orfe. ot mv dearest alms to tesch them the leal Importance nf learning the language their children speak The women lire not anxious to learn They say they have no need for anj thing but Polish The district Is so foreign that It is for nil the world like n piece nf Poland cut out of the old country mid set down In Delawaie There mo Polish shopkeepers and Polish eierithlng Mv bojs' Well 1 Just try to show them a good time Am thing to keep them off the streets Thei have hllliards basketball and all the rest of the tilings a boj likes The oldei men ate especially anxious to speak English They know their Jobs depend upon It " Miss Ostioskv does nol confine her work to the- walls of the mission iry house Vague bits of 'and so I Just simply went to her and showed hei lion to hang out tne Hash ing ' nnd. "when I w.sb In Lancaster lec turing' speak eioquentli of n splendid loung woman who Is not too dalntj to bend oiei a steaming wash tub not vet too he-irlh hugging to mount tho platform nnd tell the storj of her beloved people 'Some people bine queer Ideas about missions! les, ' Miss Ostroskj- remarked W'hj eiciv woman is a potential mission aij ' Sim can mother her own little world If she innnts to ' It might ho added that the premise Is equailj tiuo In tho reverse If eiery woman Is a potential misslonarj- then eveij woman mlsslomrj' Is a potential feminist Spring bonnets, movies snapshots nnd weakening on that point about Siam (there fl been an urgent Imitation to take charge of n kindergarten) but there we said we vvouldn t tell! CITY OPENS ITS ARMS FOR "FATTY" ARBUCKLE Huge Embrace It Is, Too, for 290-Pound Movie Star and Food Annihilator "Fatlj ' Uoscoo Arbuckle, the Paramount comedian and movlo star, who weighs no less than 230 pounds, is a guest of honor in Philadelphia lodaj He was met at Hroad Street Station with a band, nnd a parade was held In his honor He placed a wreath on the Llhertv Hell In Inde pendence Hall Tho Paramount Exchange, which staged thn teceptlon, also Ins ar ranged n banquet In his honor nt the Helleiue-Stratford tonight Thats where "I'atti" comes In stiong tho eats He admitted tndaj that tho high cost of food or living failed to worry him He however Is bemoaning the loss of his dog Luke, also known to movie fans Ihe dog was lot Jesterday In Washing ton, Ai buckle said, as he explained that Luke probably stajed or strajed over foi the iiiauguiation Speaking ot the high cost of food In Phllly and elsewhere, Fnttj ' this morning said he vvnsnt hungrj Itut this Is what he ate PnKAlCrAST A LA AnilUCKI.K Fruit Orenl Steak and potntn Six ecus on tot Three rur of coffee Flutter and rolls f He It said in "Pattj's favoi that lie eats onlj one meal a day His friends sav. however, that tho meal lasts virtually all dij long Sometimes, thej saj, he makes It two meals nf several hours each with several hours sandwiched hetween Lnder the auspices of the Paramount Exchange. Arbuckle Is making n transcon tinental tour of tho countrj He has been IJnnugh mnnv cities In the West, 'Ha leaies tonight for Huffalo Those In the party include: Mrs Ar. huckle, Mr nnd Mrs. H MacLean, Adolph Zukor, William Jefferson, Lou Anger, Frank Williams, James Tjnan, James Steele and Herbert Wniren "Patty" Arbuckle, of course, likes Phlllj but you should have heard what he said about the weather. It (Ihe weather) Is not fit.to print. " $600 TAKEN IN BURGLARIES Thieves Enter Houses nnd Store and Steal Valuables Tliiee robberies were reported to the po lice today In which money and valuables to a total value of $600 was taken. A sneak thief entered the home of Mrs. James Doty, 2021 South! Twentieth street, nnd stole jewelry valued at 250. Break ing a window In the dining room thieves ran sacked the home of Miss Bertha Kaffman 1819 North Seventeenth 'street, and took silverware and china valued at JSt). The front door of the cloth store ot Joseph Parks. 815 South Fourth street, was forced during the night nnd cloth valued at 1300 was temoved. Market Woman Found Dead in Bed BEADING. Pa.. Marrti 3. Mrs. Matilda Holznagel, sixty-two years old, well known to the people of Beading n a keener r.e market, stand for many jears, was found 'dead In bed of heart disease at her home ncm muay ancr mo aoor nad been broken in ujr imjicciiiiii nuiumoneu ny relatives who became alarmed when the woman did not put In an appearance. Birdsboro Postmaster Dies BlltDSBOBO. Pa. March 3 John r Bradley, postmaster at Birdsboro, Pa., died tpdayo:Brl;ht'ii dlswtw. Ha wasj .Uty. ?""'.iBrcdBgr.".'!!'i ''" SATURDAY March 3, 1917 MAYOR DISCLAIMS PART IN 'GRAND' CLUB DANffi Knows Nothing of Affair al Which, It Is Charged, Girls' Rought Beer BEARS HIS HONOR'S NAME Disavows Connection With Organla.' tion Says Ho Knows Nothing of Event .Major Smith today disclaimed any con. nectlon with last night's sixth annunl "grand entertainment and dance" of u,. Thomas II Smith Republican Club namJ In his honor at which. It was alleged, Uu and whisky were sold to girls In short di esses unil for which policemen and other officeholders sold lottery tickets. Ho expressed his regret that the club that bears Ills name should be criticized la aliased Infractions nf the law and repatej his warning to officeholders not to "mneed ' by political clubs He added iv.i so far he has not been Informed ot tht charges except through the newspaper. Majoi Smith seiered his connection wltli the dull before he was elected Major, "1 had no Invitation or other Information about the entertainment,' said XUy'ot Smith "I spent the evening nt home Tlii first Intlniatlon I had that there 1iad hta an entertainment or anj comment abcot il was this morning UECitKT.S ALLEC.ED "HOLD.f p "1 icgiet verv much U nftlcehnlderj policemen weie 'held-up' for tickets 1 Iiavc repealedlj warned the pollro and of. flceholdeis not to permit themselves to Is Inveigled Into disposing nf tickets for thn sort of thing As ward leader 1 wmtl them I never missed nn opportunity It do so "If anj thing objectionable took place it the cliili It Is to bo regretted very mucn.' denial hat there was anj sale of Intnl. cants to minors was made todaj hi- Actlr Lieutenant McClintnck, of tho UcrmantoM nicnue nnd Lv coming street police station, In whose jurisdiction the entertainment was held 'Two policemen were detailed at the en tei tnlnment" snld Lieutenant Mcl'lintack. "If there had been unj- sale of liquor t minors or slxteen-v ear-old girls It positively would haie been stopped and a report rnlji to me No teport bf Infraction of the Ut was made I know that the club Is ver careful Itself to see that everv propriety Is nbseived Possibly there were girls In short skills theie, hut that Is not unusual SKIIVIS NO CnilKltlOV TO AGE '"ion know,' he added "jou cant Id the ngo ot a woman bj tho shortness of her skirt 1 lie club conducted a lotterj- In connec tion with the social function which vtlt held nt Quartet Hall 2717 fiennantownait- nue, In the lortv-thlrd Ward Ihe tno alleged violations of the law- sale of Intoxicants to mlnois and 'rafnim' of prizes went undisturbed In spite ot til piesence of many policemen Including sev eral lieutenants, according to non-membert who were' present Hetween dances, 11 was said girls In short skirts made, ue of the plentiful supplj- ot cocktails an beer, which also was depleted by tho thirst of policemen and petty officeholders ami politicians MA VOU S KIN IN CHAItOB The Major's brother-in-law. Jake Lans ing, was In charge of the entertainment Major Smith was not present He was re membered, though, by a ' honkej -tonVeif, J one-siep in iiir Honor Drawing for the prizes in the lottery Ml held at the height ot the entertainment Tho nrizes were nf the itsiinl 'ruffle" tine ton of coal, gold watch, umbrella, box of cigars, clock, etc More than 11000 and 1M than $2500 It was estimated, was jlelW In the lotterj-, which was furthered bjr tin snle ot tickets to policemen and firemen wh are membeis of the club. v Those of the prVUcemen In the ward stM have h high legaitl foi the Majors oft- repeated ultimatum that tho ' police mult staj out of politics,' complained about til methods used In disnosine of the tickets. Each bluecoat was furnished with 5 worth to sell nt 25 cents each, with a hint thai It would be better to return JS lo Ihe cluJ treasurj than to icport no success In di posing of the tickets Many pollcema vlelded up $5 nnd thiew tho tickets anaj- Ol saied them In the faint bono thatmaiN one of the tickets would bear the luck' number bringing a ton of roal foi the'cellar or an umhtella for the wife j Firemen and oilier membeis of the flw holding municipal jobs iccelved the sami II entment Policemen who stajed at home with the'' lilies to have seilous talk about Ihe Win pi Ice ot food and those who were on dutj missed the 'time of theh lives ' BluecoaU In Iheli best clothes hobnobbed wllh mel who can giant political favors, and tl'J weie plentv of pielty glils to go arounl tor tho dances. Music throbbed from evefT fleni After the last light had been put out and the last merrjmakeis had wended the way home In the eaily morning snowfall , the affair was voted a great success. RAIN ENDS HEAVY SNOW J IN WHICH WOMAN DIES Risintr Temneraturc Defie! Weather Bureau Forecast' i Two Killed by Exposure Train took the nlaco of snow tms in' n to lng when the temperature began an wr ward climb of several degrees -: snowstorm that left death m us "-J1 sf passed out io new.. . - i Providing the mercury lemalns where S, Is, the rain will continue tonight ana r. morrow, A drop In temperature will im snow, and much of It. Two deaths vttn attributed to tho storm. ' Mrs. Mary Bent was found dead l exposure at Torty-elghth and r"T streets. She lived at 46S5 Parrlsh etrtjj Frank Wardell, a veteran Hreman, fell o at the door or his home, ltus oeuei after a lo'ng walk In the storm. ,iK nor' Trafflo delay this morning was aeiay hub iiiuhuh . --- - ... great as usual, despite the raci y'" snow was soggy and mixed with rain. " P, It. T. rushed snow plows out ojirwj the night and kept the traens m j gUbd condition and a horde of men FT at daybreak removing the snow In the o ness section. , , jjl The climb of the mercury this """2 fooled the Weather Bureau. It no, rj last n(ght that snow would fall today "T tomorrow, but hopes for a blizzard meii In th,e rain. The temperature at l r5 was 31 degrees. ,. jTji Mrs. Bene Maher, sixty jears oW. '"5 Lansdowne avenue, fell on a slipper) "T wollr at T'irtv.fniirth nnd ThonlDSOn tc,3s last night, frae,turlng her right leg. SM Jg taken to the weal rnuaaeipin j, pathlo Hospital. Gives $1,000,000 to Pension Funfi CHICAGO. March t The "L Joseph B. Illngeley, aecrtary of. the of Conference Claimants, announced celpt o S300.0Q0 from the esisi Willis Jstrtes, nf Ner" York. WhtC r flft'of Jl,ea,BBe to pkj &!L9rmMS!j&L2''j WW vy z. BBTBV JTsmaH 1 rw Sf "'!!
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