Evening journal., 1911-07-31
Upton Sinclair, Socialist
Writer, Accused of Play
ing Tennis on Sunday.
After Ball Players, Too,

AS a new development in the trou-
bles that now beset the cosmopolitan
colony of Arden, George Brown, phil
osophical anarchist who on Saturday
finished a four-day term in the Coun-
ty Workhouse for disturbing an Arden
meeting, this afternoon swore out
warrants for eleven Ardenites on
charges of violating the Sunday blue
laws" by playing tennis and baseball
and also selling goods on the Sab
bath
Brown visited Magistrate Robert
sons Office shortly before ] o'clock
and waiting for nearly half hour for
the Squire to get back he swore out
warrants for the following:
Upton Sinclair, Socialist o~A -;thor,
on charge of playing tennis on the
Sabbath
Fred. Steinline, charged of selling
ice cream on Sunday.
Harold Ware, Hamilton Ware, Don
Stephens, Fred Windle, lawyer of
Philadelphia; Professor J. H. Garrod,
of Northeast Manual Training School,
Philadelphia; Berkley Toby, Frank
Leach, Chester Lightbown, and Alex
andre Dublin, charged with playing
baseball on the Sabbath.
The witnesses named by Brown in
addition TO himself are Miss Darling.
Charles S. Shandrew and George
Brown, Jr.
The warrants will be served by
Constable Charles Green.
Squire Robertson did not set a time
for the hearings when he issued the
warrants.
Magistrate Robertson heard the
case of Brown last week and fined
him 50 in default of paying which
Brown went TO the Workhouse. The
/ fine for conviction of violating a Sum
day blue law" is 81.
The Economic Club meeting set for
Thursday night at Arden has been
called of and a public meeting 10
air the troubles will be held instead.
Peaceful Arden, nesting among the
/ hills of upper Delaware, a few miles
north OF this city, experienced its
most strenuous Sunday yesterday
when the one topic was What will
Brown, the anarchist, do?" Brown
was released from the Workhouse on
Saturday after serving four days for
/ disorderly conduct and he had stated
that he would give those who caused
his arrest a taste of their own medi.
cine.
The result OF his avowal to revoke
his creed and call upon the law hat
the effect of closing the village store
owned by Robert Woolery, but the icl
cream shop remained open while base
ball was the attraction in the morn
ing between the Carrcroft and ArdeI
teams, the latter winning by thl
score of 10 to .. Tennis was another
amusement of the day and Upton Sin
clair, the SOcialist-author, played
with several girls The names o
those who participated in the various
games were secured by Brown whC
announced that unless a delegation o.
six citizens called on him by II
o'clock this morning and agreed L
arbitrate the questions he would have
warrants sworn out for their arres
on the charge of breaking the Sab
bath Among those who played bal
was Don Stephens, a son of Franl
Stephens, the founder Of the colony.
Sinclair when told that he was t.
be arrested today did not appear wor
ried Brown said he thought that thl
members of the colony would all pa,
their fine.
Although some friends of Brow
and his wife do not sanction this ac
! ton he has many friends who ar
! willing to stand bv him and numer
Gus letters were received on Saturday
among them one from Emma Gold
man, the anarchist This letter wa
written on the stationery of Mothe
Earth and was as follows
Hug Coming to Brown.
My Dear George Brown:-I mean
to write you ever since we got you
letter, but l have been busy ever