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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-05-07
LITTLE ROCK.

Mrs. Jennie Tucker and her grand
daughter, Mrs. Mark Rutledge, have
zone on visit to their old home in
the East.
Mr.. Elizabeth Joy, who has been
visiting relatives here, has returned
to her home in Kooskia, Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Adair took a
trip to Spokane last week.
Mrs. May Ernst Wolfe and baby of
Olympia were visiting at the home OF
Mrs. Frank Rutledge last week.
Miss Constance Stephens enter
tanned a number of her girl friends
at her home Friday evening.
Garden making is the order OF the
day and the farmers are wishing for
rain.
Mrs. Will Rutledge was an Olym-
pia visitor last week.
Mr.. Fred Briggs vas listing his
sister, Mrs Olive Rrtlcdge, Sunday
Mrs. Will Rutledge received word
from her son Maurice, who is in Spo-
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SOUTH UNION.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred bowman and
family Mrs. l.. r. Campbell and Mrs.
W. X. Ball, son and daughter, spent
Friday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. W. d. Bollinger. The eve
ming was spent in music and singing.
The hostess served light refresh
ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Stark have been
visiting with the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Stark. Sam has
gone to Idaho on business and his
wife will remain at his parents home
until he returns.
Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. A. G. West
and children spent Sunday with Mrs.
Mitchell's sister, Mrs. P. B. Glasford
Miss Agnes Wheeler and Miss
Hazel Mix of Olympia visited with
Miss Eunice Gunstone one afternoon
last week.
Mr.. Gene Farrow of Maytown Wis
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. John Gun
stone Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith entertained
their son and wife one day last week
Miss Whittle entertained her pu-
pills Saturday evening. The evening
was pleasantly spent. the hostess
serving ice cream and cake.
Mrs. Hanson is visiting her daugh-
tiers in Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Randall was in
Tumwater Friday on business.
Mr.. Ensign of Maytown was enter
tanned at dinner Sunday by Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Schulze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred bowman and
family were entertained at dinner
Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell of
Independence.
Mr.. Will Schulze spent a few hours
at home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. WILDER Hashall and
children spent Sunday with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dia-
mond.
Mr.. Carlyon is having a new barn
built on his farm, known as the Nc
Neil farm.
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NOT.

A Christian MAJ Of BaYtis faith
would like to correspond with :
Christian woman lIom 48 to IS
years of age. No REMEMBRANCE. Adj
dress, Z. G. B., cafe Davis & Weber
r. No. /, Corvallis Ore. iAdv.4-4-4;
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PUGET

Mrs. Nathan Arnold spent one day
last week with Mrs. George Gartley.
Miss Edith Horton of Olympia Wis
tied with her friend Miss Mollie Nor
gan recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fredrickson of Olym-
pia spent the weekend of last week
at the home of her sister and hus
band, Mr.. and Mrs. George Gartley.
Miss Edith Shull spent last Sunday
with Miss Jaquetha Swayne. Both
attended the ball game at South Bay
and now they are complaining of sore
throats.
Miss Gertrude Chambers spent the
weekend of last week with friends
in Lacey.
Berton Moore has been doing some
team work for N. A. Arnold.
MIR. and Mrs. Chambers spent
Tuesday OF last week in Olympia.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Billiard wer2
in Olympia one day last week.
Wanted-To buy a good reliable
mare, weighing between 1900 and
400 pounds.
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SOUTH BAY.

Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Pugh ane chill.
dren of Pleasant Glade visited a,
Nathan Evans Sunday afternoon.
Miss Vera Pickett OF Tacoma spent
Saturday and Sunday at South Bay
Her sister Ethel returned to Tacoma
with her. ' r'" h'f
Grandma Cramp and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cramp and daughter Myrtle spent
Wednesday at c. A. Roses. MIR.
Cramp is slashing for c. A. Rose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kidder Of Olympia
spent the weekend at Mrs. Kidder's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffries of Kansas
are visiting at Arthur Bryning's.
Gladys Parse spent Sunday with
Mae Carrier.
. Telmar Gilbertson and Myrtle
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PLUM STATION

Mrs. C. E. Spirlock is on the sick
list.
A. E. Sheldon spent Monday circu-
lating referendum petitions, which
were signed almost unanimously.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Sheldon OF
Olympia spent the weekend at J. F.
McCorkle's.
sh riff and MIS-. McCork e We're out
Sunday.
Alb TT Cogswel Of Olympia is
spending some time with relatives at
he Nelson home.
Mrs. Waldrick has been quite sick
for a week with la grippe.
Mrs. Backman received a call l. st
week from widow and her 12-year-
old daughter, who, with an outfit
that seemed almost antedeluvian, had
started from some place above Seattle
to try to make their way back with a
hqrse and buggy to her old home in
Texas. Talk of pioneer courage.
FOR SALE-Fresh mich cow anil
calf; price, Ss5. Mrs. A. A.
Hunter, Hunters Point. 4-5-I
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CHAMBERS PRAIRIE

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Ollie of Tacoma
spent the weekend with relatives ON
Chambers Prairie.
Mr.. H. Raymond and family. Mr..
George Raymond and family and Mr..
Herbert Cooper and family spent sun
day at Hogum Bay.
Miss Olive Ollie spent the week
end at home.
About SO cords of four-foot wood
belonging to Mr.. Fred Burns were
burned last Sunday afternoon. Tho
origin of the fire is unknown.
A number of people from this
vicinity attended the funeral Of
Ernest Reed last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Lanrford and
family and Mr.. Russell Wren of Ts-
coma motored out to Utopia farm
Saturday.
The Y. p. 8. c. e. will hold tn
next regular meeting at the home II
Miss Sadie Thomas Friday evening.
There will be preaching services ut
the Collins schoolhouse next Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Fred McCloud and little
granddaughter Verna spent Friday at
Utopia farm.
Mr.. Louis Barnard has nearly COM
pleted the new road through Kyro to
the Union Mills road.
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WARDS LAKE.

Mrs. Ross Chilson entertained a
number of her neighbors last Friday
afternoon. The ladies spent the ar
ternoon in visiting and sewing. Ice
cream and cake were served and a
pleasant afternoon was enjoyed by
all. Those present were: Mesdames
John Jennings. Ashford Spillman, r.
E. Neese. Mary Waddle, Leo Royal,
L. l.. Snow. l.. l.. Woods, Ecker, L..
M. Sallee. w. N. Bailey, d. ]. Larri-
son, Hugh Klady and daughter
Helen, R. w. Murdoch, Mrs. A. W..
Clark and sons, Wendell and Gordon.
Mrs. Ross Chilson, Miss Lillian Phil
lips and the Misses Ruby and Leila
Chilson.
Mr.. w. S. Clark of West Seattle is
visiting at the home of his son, c. w.
Clark of Wards Lake.
There will be a social at the HAYS
sehoolhouse Saturday evening. An
interesting program is being prepared
by the teachers. Ice cream and cake
will be sold and everyone is cor
daily invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Wolfe Of Olym-
pia spent Sunday at the home of Mr..
Wolfe's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Wolfe of Wards Lake.
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ED INLET.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nelson oil
Delphi visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan
Swigart last Sunday.
Mr. Will Swan was in the city last
Saturday.
The farmers in this vicinity have
their spring crops about in.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Robley of Taco
ma visited with Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Comstock and family last Sunday.
A large crowd was present last Sat-
urday night at the dance given by the
McLane Grange. All report a GOOD
time.
Mrs. L. c. Campbell spent the day
with Mrs. B. J. Shannon one day last
week.
Miss Margaret McLane of Olympia
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Matt
Twohy of Sneider's Prairie.
Mrs. George Kelley, Mrs. Anna
Arnold, Miss Dora Arnold and Mrs
Donald McClelland and baby motored
to the Ahearn ranch last Sunday.
Miss Francis Bullock of Olympia
spent the weekend with Miss Flor
ence McLane.
Mrs. M. Ahearn and Mrs. l.. c.
Campbell called on Mira. Joseph Com.
stock and Mrs. Schmidt one day las
week.
Mrs. Johnson of Olympia spent tvs
weekend with Miss Ethel Wages.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kelley were
in the city on business last Monday
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FAIRvIEW

Mrs. Benton entertained Mr.. aid
Mrs. Bozarth and son Everett, also
Miss Standke, at dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huston and family,
autoed to Gate City Sunday.
Two auto trucks took me Modern
Mill Company ball team and rooters
from Black Lake to South Bay Sun
day, where they played a very close
game. The score was Z to in South
lays favor. The defeat, however
lid not detract from the jovial spirit
# the returning crowd.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Bates and Mr..
and Mrs. o. G.. Bates autoed to Little
Hock Saturday evening.
Mr.. J. Benton butchered two fine
calves and took them to Olympia
Thursday.
The Belmore ball team and a team
composed of Riverside and Fairview
boys met on the Fairview grounds
last Friday afternoon. Both teams
played a good game and the score was
20 to in Fairview's favor. All of
the neighbors were out to watch the
game and Mrs. Walker brought
number of ladies from Riverside.
Mrs. Edgar Peregrine is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Hutson.
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NEWS OF YOUR FRIENDS
-AND NEEGr-EB EssEeSs -

Miss Stano Ike spent the Weekend
in Centr&lia with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. ". Bates and fam
lily autoed to Olympia Sunday even
ing.
Lulu, Lester and Howard Benton
went to Little Rock last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason spent a pleas
ant day with their daughter in Taco
ma last Thursday.
Andy Palm went to Olympia last
Saturday.
Hartley Bates has been sick for
several days.
The Friendship circle met with
Mrs. o. j. Bates last Wednesday.
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EUREKA.

Miss Daisy Price returned the first
OF last week from the Tacoma hos
pital where she underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis.
Mrs. Hughes and Vera Longmire
of Yelm We're visiting last week with
Mrs. Dain.
Miss Helen Martin of Yeim was a
weekend visitor with her friend
Mrs Harley Morris.
Tuesday being Mrs. Frank Prices
birthday, her neighbors and friends
called with well-flled baskets to
spend the day with her. A very ell
joyable time was had by all present
Mr.. l.. n. Rice is having quite a
serious time of it with pluerisy. His
leg, which he fractured some time
ago, is improving slowly and his
many friends hope he may soon be
able to be about again.
The Yelm and Forest schools are
planning on having a joint picnic in
Rice's grove Friday, May a. A good
time is anticipated.
Saturday and Sunday being quar-
terly meeting, Rev. G. L. Todd, the
presiding elder, preached Sunday
morning at Eureka and in the even
ing at Yelm.
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BRIGHTON PARK

Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. West and F. w.
Lewis, from Brighton Park, attended
the Thurston County Pomona meet
ing held at Chambers Prairie
Wednesday of last week. The next
meeting will be held at Pleasant
Glade.
The Woman's Rural club met
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Meek.
Mrs. Beatty's hand is improving
very slowly.
Mrs. Thomas was business visitor
in the Capital City recently.
The May shower was we'll received
by the farmers, only there wasn't
enough of it.
D. Mulholland and son Robert
spent Saturday evening and Sunday
at home. -
Dave Turner has been busy clean
ing up land and getting it ready to
plow.
Mr.. Koch has been hauling Single
bolts for a couple of weeks for the
Diamond boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Sudman and
children of Olympia spent Tuesday
evening visiting with Mrs. Sudnlan g
sister, Mrs. D. Mulholland.
w. j. Lawton has returned home
from Montana, after three weeks
absence. He expects to return in
about two months to make his home
there, taking up a homestead.
Brighton Park Grange held its
regular meeting Thursday night.
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Cramp spent Sunday evening with
Hollis Rose.
Miss Helen Shincke spent a few
days in town this week.
In one Of the fastest games played
on the local diamond in many moons
the South Bay ball team nosed out a
ninth-inning to 6 victory over the
Black Lake aggregation Sunday. We
are willing to concede that the
Blacklakeites can play ball and that
they are an agreeable, jolly bunch Of
good losers" from captain and man.
ager down.
" Both Carr and Robbins pitched
good ball for the home team, as did
Isaacson and Bozart for the visitors.
The work of Weber, catcher for
Black Lake. in winging to bases to
nab baserunners was of major league
class and our own Jimmie" Lohrer
was there from A to 2 in receiving
behind the bat for the home team.
Gotchy and Robbins occupied the
limelight in the mattbr of scoring.
each Of them spiking the home plate
three times, thus bringing in six of
the eight scores earned by the home
team.
Details of the game are as follows:
Batteries-For South Bay, Carr, Rob-
bins, Lohrer. For Black Lake
lsaacson, Bozart, Weber. Struck out
BY Carr and Robbins, 10. Score,
to in favor of South Bay.
Don't forget the big dance at the
Pleasant Glade Grange hall next Sat-
urday evening. May 8. Arrangements
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BUSH PRAIRIE

Mr. and Mrs Dell Rag! aud son
Howard were sunday guests Of Mr..
and Mrs A. y. Drewry.
The Misses Carrie aud Haze Drew
~ visited their grandmother, Mrs.
David Drewry, Sunday.
Misses Della ana Stella Cook spent
Saturday and Sunday in Olympia, the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. b, Gordon.
Miss Louise Bush visited Edna
Dickceiser sunday,
Miss Alma Kjome spent Saturday
at her mothers, near Shelton.
Mr.. George CASTOR visited his sis
ter. Mrs. John Bush, Monday.
Mrs. NJ. E. Meek and son Earl Wis
tied relatives in Tacoma last week.
Mr.. A. f. Sheldon was a caller in
this vicinity Monday.
Mr.. David DreWry suffered from
another attack of sickness Saturday
night and Sunday.
w. A. January and F. Reichel
spent one day this week at Offutt's
Lake on a successful fishing trip.
The men of the neighborhood are
repairing Bush's bridge across the
Des Chutes river.
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More
Power
to You

Your earning capacity is a fairly
accurate measure of Your power
to achieve-it gauges the bene-
fits you can confer both upon
others and upon yourself.
You can and should conserve
this power by Systematically saw
ing a part of the money you earn.
Then, should your earnings from
your future exertions grow less,
the earnings from past exertions
will supply the lack.
Should your income from other
sources than your savings re-
main stationary or increase you
can then expend more or give
more with a sense of security
that is a large element in being
happy.
The Savings Department of this
Bank. paying interest at the rate
of three per cent, compounded
semi-annually, is the handiest
instrument for this conservation.
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kane taking treatment for paralysis,
that he is improving.
Mrs. Lou kotick entertained the
Ladies' Card club last Thursday af
ternOon.
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have been made with an auto stage
to run out from town, leaving from
Fourth and Main streets at 9 O'Clock.
Come out and have a good time.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-28
70 Mile AUTO TRIP
TOBOOST CITY TRADE
Newcastle and Cecil County,
Md, Towns on Chamber
of Commerce Itinerary
BUSINESS MEN TO
GREET GOVERNOR

Fully one hundred members of the
Wilmington Chamber Of Commerce
will go on a trade boost trip to
towns in New Castle county. Della
ware, and Cecil county, Maryland, to-
morrow leaving the Hotel DUPONT at
9 o'clock. The itinerary will cover
20 miles. During the trip the boost
ers" will visit Camp Miller to pay
their respects to Governor Charles
Miller, the day being Governors s
Day" at the encampment A visit
will also be made to Delaware Col
lege Farm where Farmers Day" will
be celebrated.
The party will leave the Hotel du-
Pont promptly at 9 O'Clock, arriving
in New Castle 20 minutes later where
a stop of fifteen minutes will be
made in Court House Square
The boosters" expect TO arrive in
Delaware City at 1O15 O'Clock and
after a visit of fifteen minutes will 60
to Fort DUPONT and spend about half
an hour inspecting the coast de-
fense. Leaving the fort at IL o'clock
they expect to arrive at st. Georges
at 1130 and at Odessa at noon.
At 1890 o'clock the party will stop
in Middletown and take dinner with
Joseph c. Jolls, formerly Clerk of the
Orphans Court and Register in Chan
Gerry. After a stop of one hour and
thirty minutes there the party will
pass through Mt. Pleasant and st.
Continued on Page Eight.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-28
White WOMANSCARED
BY COLORED PROWLER
Mrs. Hartman'S Cries Bring
Husband Who Catches
Night Intruder
DENIES. TRESPASS;
COURT FINES HIM

Mrs. Alfred Hartman, who has
apartments on the third floor of No.
zoe Delaware avenue. told in City
Court today of a scare she had at
9 o'clock Saturday night. when she
found a colored man crouching in a
corner on the front porch on the third
floor of the house. She screamed for
her husband
The man; however, had disappeared,
and the husband found him in the
cellar Of the adjoining house. which
belongs to Miss Kate McClafferty and
is being remodelled. The man said
he was putting out lanterns for
Joseph A. Durney. a plasterer, who is
doing work at the McClafferty house,
and in proof of this showed Hartman
a box of matches.
Hartman, who followed his wife on
the stand, said the man whom he recog.
nized as Samuel Dorsey, colored, of No
5l7 McCaulley street, claimed that he
was watching the McClafferty house and
started to run down the street. Hart.
man followed and caused his arrest.
Dorsey produced a number of wit.
nesses to prove that he was at home at
the time of the occurrence. Judge
Churchman, however. decided that Dor.
.sey had not proved an alibi and fined
Dorsey s. on charge Of trespass.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-28
TO CONSIDER LEASE
OF GROUND FOR WHARF

Members Of City Council. when they
meet as committee of the whole to-
night. will take up for consideration,
the petition of the Peoples Steamboat
Company for a lease on all that Sec
tion Of the city's water front between
Third street bridge and the plant of
the Pusey and Jones Company This
land is owned by Wilmington and is
under the jurisdiction of the Park
Board as II was purchased for the
purpose of locating thereon public
playground.
The company which proposes to
run a line OF boats between Trenton.
and Salem, ~ j., stopping at all in~
termediate points. says it Will build
a new wharf along this water front,
dredge the river so big boats can land
there, build the park land and keep
it in repair for three years and pay
the city 500 a month rental in ad-
vance for the lease they seek.
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SEE Need OF MEN FOR
Delaware DEFENSES
Delegation Of Congressman
and WaterwaySmen In
Spect Fort Du Pont
COLONEL SPARKS
WELCOMES VISITORS

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
DELAWARE CITY, Del. July 2S.-
This place was bedecked in flags.
bunting, decorations. etc, today in
honor Of the visit Of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association, OF
Philadelphia, which arrived here this
afternoon to inspect the coast defenses
of the Delaware. About 500 visitors
were in the party.
Invitations had been extended TO
Congressman, Army aud Navy officers
and many prominent men Of this part
of the country. Many representative
men we're in the party which left
Philadelphia this morning at 9 o'clock
on the Sylvan Dell The boat stop
ped al Chester shortly after 10
o'clock TO pick up a delegation from
that city. and shortly after noon at
New Castle. where the Wilmington
and Eew Castle delegation Joined the
boat party.
The day has been set aside by the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associ-
alton. under the leadership of Con-
gresham J. Hampton Moore, OF Phil
adelphia. as the Waterways National
Defense Day"
The invited guests included: Gov
ernor c. r. Miller. Of Delaware; Con
gressman George S. Graham, Of Phil
adelphia; Congressman William ].
Browning. of New Jersey; Congress
man Thomas W. Miller, of Delaware; I;
Mayor Frederick W. Donnelly, of
Trenton, n. j.; Mayor Charles II.
Ellis. OF Camden. N. j.. Captain John
y. Knapp. commandant. Philadelphia
Navy Yard; Colonel George A. 1inn.
United States Engineer Corps; Lieu
tenant-Colonel George Montgomery,
commandant, Frankford Arsenal,
Philadelphia, Pa; Major George H.
Penrose. commandant, Schuylkill
Arsenal, Philadelphia; President OF
Council Henry c. Downward, official
representative of the city Of Whining
ton; Hon. Henry l.. West. National
Security League. Washington, d. c.;
Colonel c. S. Radford, quartermaster
U. S. Marine Corps Depot
Arriving here at 100 O'Clock this
afternoon. the party was met at the
Majors Wharf" by the Delaware City
Board of Trade, members of Gov
ernor Charles r. Miller's staff
and the First Regimental band,
who came from camp at the
State rife range. The party proceed
ed TO the Delaware City Hotel where
arrangements we're made for the
speakers. who occupied the spacious
porch Of the hotel Councilman w. f.
Coale presided over the exercises and
made an address of greeting.
Colonel George w. Sparks vel
coined the visitors in the absence
of Governor Miller and commend.
ed the party on the interest they dis
played in deeper waterways and de
fenses for the Delaware. Remark
Continued on Page 81
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LORD Of ARDEN
AFTER FAMILY IN
A WHEELBARRON
Heavenly Visitor" Sought
by Detectives, Proves TO
Be Mentally Unbalanced
ORDERED MANY WOMEN
TO KNEEL BEFORE HIM

"I am Lord Of Arden kneel madam
before your master"
These words addressed to fair Ar
denites as they strolled along the
shaded paths of the Single Tax colony
near Harvey station a few days ago
caused the State authorities. repre-
sented by State Detective Mccoy. to
hurry 10 the village. The strong arm
of the law was not needed, however.
as when Detective Mccoy and City
Detective Benson arrived In response
TO the IS. o. s." calls the Ardenite
who had declared himself Lord" was
in the hands of friends.
John Smith. who has lived az Arden
for several years, was the man who
caused the excitement. he having be-
come mentally deranged. He Is now
in a Philadelphia hospital undergoing
treatment. Smith, IL is said, had been
acting strangely for some time and
several weeks ago he trundled a
wheelbarrow 10 the B. and o. railroad
station at Harvey with several pill
lows In IT, He declared his sister
and her three children we're coming
10 visit him. Smith arrived at the
station about midnight and remained
there for several hours. The station
master, who is a woman. became
alarmed al the mans actions and
she remained behind locked doors un-
Ill daylight fearing every minute
that Smith. whom she did not know,
would attempt to force his way into
the building.
In the wee hours of the morning Smitl
pushed the wheelbauow back 10 his
Arden bungalow. Several days late
women residents of Arden who wer'
walking about the numerous lanes Of thu
colony, reported that Smith was grab
bing them by the arms and commandinl
them 10 kneel before him, as he wa
"LOd of Arden" In one or more in
stances when the women were attacke
by Smith they cried for help and me
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