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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01

placed aboard string OF swift sailing
schooners and sailed to Philadelphia.
Therefore, the first official oyster of the
I916-1917 season will not pose for eXter-
mination until Monday, as the journey here
will be rather slow. Although the oys-
ter has been taking it easy all winter. he
has been keeping tabs on the times. He
will blossom forth in many new styles. He
won't always be stewed, or fried. or roasted.
He is going to butt into" a lot of new
dishes II the chefs are any criterion. He
will be there with ruffies and rosettes. and
you will find him bobbng up in feasts and
festivals In forms that, you never dreamed
Of
All, yes. the oyster has been misunder-
stood. Dealers who have been making an
investigation say there will be good sup
ply; furthermore, that they will be of
good quality and mostly corpulent. 1t is
expected that several million will be mob
illzed along Maurice River by midnight.
Some dealers hoped to gather enough to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01
Bumper AppIe Crop Assured

HARRISBURG, Sept. 1. - Apple crops
larger than normal yields are expected in
Elk. Forest, Mercer, Potter Susquehanna
and Tioga Counties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01

out in Paoli today most everybody is
asking with bated breath and fearsome
glances over the left shoulder. Have you
seen it?"
OF course. few. including some COM
muters and the candy drummer who
dropped off in Paol this morning to visit
his trade, didn't know what Il was all about,
so they inquired Seen what?" Paoli folks
were only too glad to tell them all about
TT" so that they could come in on the
shudders. shivers and shakes which have
been traverslng the vertebrae of Paoll folks
since last Wednesday night.
So far as It is known, John ]. Harrigan
was the first OF the townspeople to "see It."
Mr.. Harrigan's reputation for veraclty has
never been questioned He is q church
member In good standing, and he has never
been given to seeing things" So when
John j. Harrigan described the "crltter'' he
met UP with" last Wednesday night at
1880 o'clock, while returning from the an
nual fair of tho Paoli Volunteer Fire De-
partment, something like thrill of horror
ran through superstitious ones in the vii =
lage.
A NEIGH AND A BRAY
Mr.. Harrigan had just reached the stone
gate posts of driveway leading to the
estates of II. w. Biddle and Mrs. J. H.
Dingee when n noise which Mr.. Harrigan
termed "a cross between the neigh of
horse and the bray of a donkey" smote the
quietude of the stilly night.
II looked around" said Mr.. Harrigan,
"and saw standing under a street lamp on
Central avenue the queerest looking
'critter' / have laid eyes on. At first
glance the beast looked like a little white
Shetland pony. But when 1 looked again
] saw that the beast had face like an
ape or low-browed Filipino. The animal
seemed to be grinning at me fiendishly, and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01
HERE WE RI HERE WE RI
OYSTERS CRY GREETING
TO THE r. IN SEPTEMBER
Letter That Ends Month Opens
Season for Toothsome Bivalve.
Corpulent Specimens
Promised
NO INCREASE IN PRICES

Here we n.
Mr.. o. Y. ster and his entire family de-
sided today to pay us his annual visit, in
Keeping with his usual custom, on septem-
her 1.
He heard about the threatened railroad
strike and the mutterings Of those con-
eerned, but decided that he would not let
It interfere with his desire to gladden. the
palates Of his friends. who have been watt
ing patiently during the hot, dry days Of
summer.
And so after sunrise. when the oyster
boats slided swiftly from their moorings in
Maurice River, all The veteran oysters ana
the little oysterettes, too. threw aside the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01
FLAMES RAGE IN COAL MINE
Inspector Helps Owners Fight Blaze
Threatening Long Vein

PoTTSVILLE, Pa. Sept. IA FIRE is
raging in the fifth level of the Oak HIN
Colliery. at Duncott, near here. Mine In
spector NJ ]. Brennan. of this city. is aid
ing the collery officials in the plans to ex-
tinguish IT,
This vein is also mined by the Pine
Hill Collery, about two miles west which
will also be endangered should the flames
gain sway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01
New Story Begins Tomorrow

The Wings Of the Morning" a MASTER
piece of fiction, by Louis Tracy, begins in
tomorrow's EVENING LEDGER. It is the most
thrilling story which the EVENING LEDGER
has ever offered its readers. and has been
proclaimed by scientists correct in every
detail and not without the scope of human
possibility.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01
civil War veteran Dead

Samuel Mclaughlin. rs years old. who
died alta South Jersey seashors resort on
Tuesday night, win be buried today in
Evergreen Cemetery. Camden. He was
we'll known to all the old residents OF
south Camden. and for more than 90
years earned a comfortable livelihood as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01
HORRORSl WHAT IS Ty \
SETS PAOLI ANSWERING
WITH FEROCIOUS LOOKS
Beast Terrorizing Community
Not Like Anything Classified
by Linnaeus, Agassiz or
Colonel Roosevelt
IT'S AwFULl READ AND SEE
Birdseye VieUs of PdoLPs
Geological Phenomenon
DAoL1 afolksn upset BY nOcturnal

DAoLI folks" upset by nocturnal
l. visits of a queer-looking animal.
One resident says beast looks like
white Shetland pony with face like
a low-browed Filipino. This resi-
dent describes beast as having three
legs and no tail.
Another resident says animal has
a face like Teddy Roosevelt and
wears huge tortoise-shell spectacles.
Still another frightened Paolite
says the beast has face like an
Egyptian mummy and the body of
donkey. He adds animal laughs
like maniac.
Others run so fast after first
glimpse that they are unable to offer
descriptions of alleged monstrosity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01
THREE MORE CHILDREN
DIE FROM RAVAGES OF
RVFANTLE PARALYSIS
Heavy Fines Levied on Quaran-
tine Breakers Promote Co
operation of Parents With
Health Bureau
SERUM TESTS UNDER WAY
Paralysis Statistics
Reported Since Midnight

Number of deaths today. .. 8
Number of new cases today. 2
Total number of deaths to date 100
Total number of cases to date. 500
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01

beheId to my ror that II had only
three legs and va lnns 4 tail
Say, could feet my hair lift up and tip
back my hat. In ghost stories have read
about FOLKS being frozen with terror and
that's iust the way I felt. ] felt that I was
going to pass IN my checks when the beast
gave another snort and ambled toward me
on its three legs
II came out Of my trance ana legged
Il down Central avenue toward home
was never called n good runner, but I must
have broken several records in that race
for safety
81 could hear the beast snortlng and
galloping behind me. The critter gave up
the chase about ten yards from my home,
but I didn't let up runnin until had put
the front door between me and the beast"
The next villager 20 be shocked by sight
Of the beast was Ben Potter. Ben was
sauntering along Central avenue about II
o'clock last night. when he was startled by
what he described al unearthly laughter.
ut sounded like a maniac hootlng over
the demise Of his mother-in-law." said Ben.
81 turned around and saw sight that froze
my blood should say that the animal
was a cross between goat and an Egyptian
mummy although Il had no horns, The
'critter was equipped with perfect set
of teeth like Teddy Roosevelt and, so help
me, cross my heart, the beast wore big
tortoise-rlmmed spectacles. took no
chances on the speedway I scrambled up
into a nearby fruit tree as fast I knew
how The beast encircled the tree several
times, and then gave the thing up as a
bad job and went away remained up
in the tree for half hour, and then went
home"
Herbert Drown, a farmer living at Ber-
wyn. two miles from Paoll, was driving
through Central avenue, Paofi, at a. m.
yesterday.
COMMUNITY TERRoRIzED
"on Central avenue near the Dingee es-
tate" said Drown, "a queer-looklng animal
came into the roadway and trotted along
side my horse. 1 should say that the beast
had the face OF a ram and the body OF
a Shetland pony I didn't like the COM
pany OF the animal. so whipped UP my
nag and got away from It."
Arthur and Lewis Ney got a glimpse of
the animal last night, and they lost no
time in departing from the locality.
The animal was the sole subject for
discussion last night in the courtroom of
Squire Michael Harrigan. A number OF
residents were gathered there as witnesses
in the case of Frederick Il. Hastings, a
paper manufacturer of Devon, who was
arraigned the accusation of falling to
blow his horn on July 2. Before calling
this case Squire Harrigan announced that
a strange animal" was terrorizing the
community. and he asked the citizens as
sembled to keep a lookout for the beast
Paoll's last animal scare occurred 20
years ago this MONTH when n bear escaped
from Martin Brothers one-ring circus
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
FEDERAL Pn0BERS AGAIN BUSIED ON
 PAPER PROBLEMS

Washington, Dec. 29-The federal trade commission reopened hearings today in it's newspaper print investi- gation, taking up the inquiry where it was left off two weeks ago for study of a distribution plan proposed by paper manufacturers The plan Still is under consideration.
 The commission planned to present again facts concerning costs of paper manufacturer and profits in news print making. Publishers charged they are paying extortionate prices and that artificial newsprint shortage has been created by the diversion of news print making machines to. other class es of work. Manufacturers have con- tended prices are reasonable and that the makers are privileged to produce the kind of paper that pays the largest profits
 Under the liberation plan proposed, all publishers would get small re- duction from present prices, obtaining the bulk of their supplies under an arrangement supervised by the com mission by which large publishers would relinquish part of their nor mal paper supply for next year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
PARISRAFFLES
 LONG HUNTED ARE
 ATLAST CAUGHT
Crime Career of Faultlessly Dressed Youths Un-
 explained.

Fau1tlessly dressed in man-about town-style, a gang of young criminals has been rounded up in Paris and are now being tried for series of bur- glaries which has extended over two years. One of their victims was the Minister of the Interior.
 These young criminals are of good families, and the reason for their lead ing life of shame and disgrace is a mystery. They operated in the most scientific manner, employing all the implements necessary in burglar ious art, and the fact that they were always dressed faultlessly removed suspicion from them for the two years that they have been employed plum dering houses in every direction.
 On one occasion, when one of the members of this gang was surprised while at work in fashionable fiat on the boulevard Hauseman, he escaped to the roof. crawled from there into another fiat, sending a woman who was dressing there into a faint and then calmly descended the staircase, slowly walking past half a dozen waiting policemen, who did not dream of suspecting that this we'll dressed gentleman was the burglar they had been sent to capture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
SPAIN PRESENTS NEW PROTEST ON | U-BOAT ATTACKS

Madrid, Dec 29-The note addressed to Germany on the submarine ques- tion by the Spanish government re- views at, length the policy of Madrid from the time the first Spanish ship, te Isidoro, was torpedoed in August, z1915.x A
 It declares the Spanish government always has maintained that it was H. legal to destroy prizes as, is the con- stant practice of submarines and that the cabinet also demanded the obser- vation of the declaration of London. notably article 50. The note further recalls the vigor of the, representa- tions of the Spanish government. With regard to the contraband question, the note says:
 What the Spanish government does not admit is the central empires in- terpretationl of international law whereby they destroy ships of nations which have always complained and protested against such an interpreta- tion.'' /
 The note conSludes with an an nouncement that further steps are be- ing taken to avoid or diminish in fu- ture the risks to Spanish shipping.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
American Industrial System As Guide For
 Mexico Constitution

Mexico City. Dec. 2s.-The committee of the constitutional committee in charge of the labor.article has asked permission to withdraw it's report but the convention decided to take vote on the article as presented. Delegate Jose Macias, in three hour speech. presented a statement from General Carranza dealing with the question of labor and capital on the basis, of the system employed at the Baldwin Lo- comotive Works in Philadelphia and in other big plants in the United States. 6A
 In the report of the committee, sev- eral new features have been added to the original article, including a pro- vision for an eight hour day.
 The convention adopted resolutions of condolence on the death of Colonel Gabriel Calzada, delegate who was killed with General Tor1dio De Los Santos when Vilhstas attacked a train. The bodies of the two officers were reported ta have been horribly zmutilatod. Similar reports have been received in regard to the majority of the constitutionalist officers killed in the northern fighting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
PHILIPPINES WILL NOW ENJOY LARGE
 LIBERTIES FLAW
Congress Adopts New Meth ods Towards Protect
 ed Islands.

Manila, P. l., Dec. 29.-The work of the first Philippine Congress is largely concerning itself with reor- ganization of the government along more independent lines. Heretofore all legislative measures in the Philip pines have begun with the words By authority of the Congress of the United States, be 1t enacted by the Philippine Legislature" One of the first measures passed by the new in- sular Congress was a change to read ''The Senate and House of Represen- tatives in Congress assembled, de- crees," etc., meaning, of course, that the Filipino Congress is now acting op it's own authority.
 A bill for the organization of six executive departments has passed both Houses of Congress. The de- partments are those of public in- struction, interior, finance, justice, agriculture and natural resources, and commerce and communications. The department of public instruction is to be headed by an appoiptee by the President of the UnitedN States who will be vice-governor of the Philippines, and the insular Congress will have no voice in his naming, but the other departments may be headed by local appointees who will prob ably be selected from the Filipino Congress. The bill provides that the bureau of civil service shall be under the direct control of the governor general, a measure designed to keep the bureau from the contamination of politics.
 The new department heads will comprise the cabinet of the gover- norgeneral and be responsible to him, but their presence may be re- quired by either House of Congress which, in this way. hopes to keep final control of their actions in it's own hands.
 The Congress is endeavoring to avoid "filibusters'' and the Senate has adopted a rule that no member may use more than three hours in speak ing on a measure after two Senators of the minority, have spoken, and a vote of the majority may close the debate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
SCHOOL STRIKERS
 ASSA|L CHILDREN TO FORGE RECESS
Jeers and Snowballs Used Freely and Many More
 Classes Are Closed.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 29-Disorder entered yesterday into the strike for a holiday recess of the pupils of the Scranton public schools. Children who refused to join the strikers were hissed, hooted and bombarded with snowballs as they entered school buildings this morning. There was no disorder at the high schools, but in the outlying districts of the city striking students had pickets stationed at each school
 It is estimated that there are 21,- 900 of the city's 25,0O0 school chil- dren not attending school. Attend ance continues to dwindle. another H. 900 joining the strikers today.
 At Central High school the at tendance was below 100. Yesterday it was 200 Central has 800 pupils. Only 125 of the Technical High schools 500 attended this morning.
 Several school houses were closed in the afternoon. At No. 35 school, one little girl kept afI the instructors on the job. She was the only pupil to appear for the. iafternoon session. and her teacher declared there was no school.
 "I don't care if there isn't any school" said the little miss. My mother told me to stay in school, and I always obey mother"
 The teachers had to remain with the lone pupil until the regular clos ing hour.
 Rumors were circulated throughout the city today that school teachers were urging the children tQ stay at home, and even threatening them if they attended their classes. The teachers deny the charge. Most of the strikers are enjoying themselves by coasting on hills near the schools.
 When the question of whether the children who are staying away from school without leave would be sus- pended if they persisted in the strike was broached to A. H. Welles, prin- cipal of Central High school, he said it was a, matter for Superintendent of Schools Weber, to settle. Dr. Weber is out of the city. and will not return until Saturday.
 When school directors \were asked if the striking students would be pun- ished, they laughed and declared that nothing would be done.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
JAPEARTHQUAKE
 CAUSED IMMENSE
 DAMAGE TO KOBE
Beautiful Residences in Wa ter Front City Are
 Wrecked.

Kobe, Japan, Dec. 29.-Damage caused by the earthquake of Sunday, November 25, which was briefly re- ported by cable. was considerably greater than was first indicated.
 The city of Kobe, one of the most beautiful places in Japan, stretch ing along, the waterfront at the foot or picturesque mountains, found, aft CT the subsistence of the shock, that majority of it's residences on the hillslopes had suffered great dam age. In this section are some of the finest houses, both Japanese and for elgn, and many of them were so shaken that roofs fell in and walls tumbled into the streets.
 It was the most severe shock ex- perienced in Central Japan in 25 years. In Kioto, the big railroad sta tion lost most of it's windows and the walls sagged in several places. The disturbance was accompanied by a roar, like the booming of a great can- non, with a heated, oppressive atmos- phere, which caused an even greater panic than the damage justified. No one was killed and no buildings were entirely demolished, but cracked walls and dislodged chimneys were general throughout Central Japan
 A party of tourists who were spending the afternoon on the famous Rokkosan mountain just behind the city of Kobe are responsible for the story that they saw one of the neigh boring hillsides move during one of the earth tremors
 Some of the Japanese earthquake experts believe the disturbance was due to the subsistence of subterran- can Assures below the sea-bottom off the city of Kobe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
Passport Law Strict, Extradition Cases Are ,
 Becoming Infrequent

London, Dec. 2s.-One of the eff fects of the enforcement by the United States of more stringent pass port regulations, is that there are no further extradition cases of Ameri- cans from England.
 During many years before the war there were a substantial number of such cases, so many that dealing with them constituted an important divi- sion of the work of officials at the Embassy. So we'll have the new reg ulation governing. the issuing of pass ports served the cause of justice that during the current year there has not been a single case of an American criminal or suspect being arraigned at Bow Street police. court for ex- tra dition. t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-29
.CHOSTLY MEMORY OF CASTLE WHERE
 'L'AICL0N' DIED
Here Napoleon Twice Hum bled Pride of Aus
 trianS.

Less than three miles southwest of the Ring-Strasse, which surrounds the inner city of Vienna, is the impressive pile of masonry known as Schoen- brunns where some of the most dra- matic episodes in the history of Aus tria have been staged and where the sOrrow- stricken Emperor Francis Jo- seph's death brought to a close a phe- nomenal reign of 6S years.
 With it's more than 1,400 rooms, Schoenbrunn is a splendid example of imperial residence modelled on the standard of the great palace at Yer sailles. One of hte striking peculiar ities of this home of Austria's royal family, however, is that instead of crowning an eminence it is built on low ground, while the magnificent park of nearly 500 acres occupies the high ground, rising gradually from the palace doors until it terminates on hill adorned with a beautiful col onnade called the Gloriette.
 Three important events of the Ma poleonfc era were staged in the im- perial apartments of Schoenbrunn. The first was the treaty of 1895, sign ed here by Napoleon and Haugwitz. the latter acting for the King of Prus- sia. tI't
 By this document Napoleon inf1ict- ed a humiliating diplomatic defeat to the Prussian statesman. who agreed to surrender Gloves, Ansbach and Neuchatel to France in exchange for for Hanover, whereas he> had come to see the Emperor for express pur- pose of delivering an ultimatum de- nlanding a return of Hanover.
 Four years after Haugwitz' humi1- iationt second treaty of Schoenbrunn was signed, the principals this time being Napoleon and Francis I. the Austrian Emperor who less than a year later was to become the father in-law of the '.upstart Corsican."
 On this occasion the Emperor of the French again drove a hard bargain. but this time his antagonist had no alternative, for the Austrian Army had just sustained the crushing de- feat at Wagram. The vanquished nation was forced to give up Salzburg, a portion of Upper Austria, and ex- tensive territory in Carinthia. Carnio- la, Croatia and along the Adriatic sea board In addition France was com pelled to reltnquish that share of the booty which had fallen to Austria in the third sdismemberment of Poland.
 One of the most pathetic scenes ever witnessed within the walls of this palace erected by Maria Theresa was the final hour in the life of the un- happy Due de Reichstadt. son of Ma poleon and the Austrian Archduchess Marie Louise.
 Schoenbrunn stands on the site of a hunting. lodge built in 1870 and en- larged iA the following century, when it received the present name after a. beautiful fountain" which adorned the grounds. The palace assumed it's present imposing outlines during the reigns of Maria Theresa and her son, Emperor Joseph II.