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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
WINDRIN TO DESIGN
CITY CONVENTION HALL
Signs Bills for S1,41S,000
Hall and $3,500,000
Free Library

Two ordinances, empowering the city to
start work at once on the si,i1S,OeO Con-
vention Hail. on the Parkway. and the
new s3,5Oo,OOO Free Library, Mt 10Th and
Vine streets, were signed today by Mayor
Smith
John T. Wlndrim was appointed archi-
tect to draw new plans for the Convention
Hall, and the plans of Horace Trumbaucr
for the free library were accepted
Enough money to begin construction work
on both buildings is on hand, $l.i1S,OOO
Ohc maximum cost being available for
the Convention Hall aud SS25OOO available
for the free library The remainder OF
the money needed for the latter struc-
ture will be appropriated later.
or the original stOiO,CoO appropriation
for the library building, $1,000 has been
expended In purchasing the site and in
cdental expenses.
81 wish to see actual work on the Con-
vcntion Hall begun as son as possible"
said the Mayor. in signing the bill.
AS soon as the new plans for the Con-
Vention Hall are finished contracts will he
advertised for Mr.. Windrim some years
ago executed plans for convention hall
in Fairmount Park, but the project was
abandoned. lie received Ni,OOO Tor thiS
work and will he paid for tho now work
Mt the usual architects rate. The new
plans are for building to stand on the
irregular shaped site bounded by 2ist, 22d,
Callowhill and Hamilton streets and the
Parkway
Some of the important buildings for
which Mr.. Wndrim was the architect
are the new Bell Telephone Building,
18th stret and the Parkway; the Denckla
Building, 18th and Market streets: the
Jefferson College and Jefferson Hospital
group. 10th and Walnut Streets the Ma
sonic Temple Broad and Fibert streets;
the sl,00O.OOO French chateau of John
Wanamaker, ut Underwood. his Jcnliin-
town estate; the Lafayette Building, 5th
and Chestnut streets; high school building
and other structures of Girard College:
the Merchants and Mariners Building,
3d and Chestnut streets. and many of the
citys police station houses.
Among the more notable BUILDINGS
which Mr.. Trumbaucr designed are the
new Widener Building, the Philadelphia
Stock Exchange, the RitH-Carlton, the
Adclphia, the Racquet Club, the Union
League and the Widcner Memorial Home
for Crippled Children. in this city, and
the World Building and the homes of
George j. Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Henry Clews and James r. Duke, in
New York. He was one of the architects
for the proposed municipal art museum,
to stand on Paramount llill
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
"GET RICH QUICK" LURE
EXPOSED BY BANKER
Continued from Page One


black cigar around the corner from every
one of them"
Most investors educatons are not COM
pleted until they have bought gold mine
stock, Mr.. Snyder declared. But follow
ing the rules he laid down for spottng a
wildcat scheme would save them a lot
of money. he said.
This is about the plan they proceed
on" Mr. Snyder went on. The prOspec-
tus, say, shouts about the big money to
be made out of cat farm. Buy a lot
of cheap land in Colorado, it might say.
and establish 100000 cats on the land.
Now cats viii bear about l2 kittens every
year. Each kitten will sell for so cents.
Gross income right away of 100000. Now
to feed those cats Wen set up a rat farm
nearby and stock 1t with 100000 rats,
rats breed four times as fast as cats
so there'll be four rats for every cat.
That will make plenty of food for the
cats, and as the cats die off their car
casses can be fed to the rats. There will
be a very low overhead. The plant
will be practically self-maintaining be-
cause each factor will feed upon the
other. After the business is started the
furs can be sold at a great profit"
That is about the plan some pro-
moters follow, Mr. Snyder said. He
classified interest rates and their safety
from per cent, safe, certain invest
ment, to 10 per cent, which he called a
producer OF worry and sleeplessness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
PRETTY NURSE TOSUE
MAN WHOSE WEDDING
SHE TRIED TO PREVENT
George w. Kelley and Miss
Anna M. Clamer Married in
Boston After Parents Broke
Off Engagement
WANTS HIM PUNISHED"

a damage suit for breach Of promise
will be brought by Miss Angeline Will
helm a trained nurse, against George
Walker Kelley, of 12S South 50th street,
travelling salesman, who married Miss
Anna Marie Clamcr. of Collegeville, Pa,
in Boston two weeks ago. after the an
nounCed wedding plans had previously
been cancelled by the brides parents.
This statement was mndc today by Miss
Wilhelm at her home, 1Oi South 5lst street
Il don't love him now, and | want TO
see him punished" said Miss Wilhelm,
who declared II was she who had prCN
vious prevented the kclley-Clamcr we'd
ding by showing the brides parents let
tcrs which Kelley had written her.
II did II to save another woman from
wrecking her life" she said. Now
intend to punish him for what he has
done to me-"
THAT man could talk his way out Of
Hades," she replied when asked how, in
her opinion. Kelley explained his difficulty
with her to his bride. Hes very shrewd.
lie masquerades as man of so when he's
IS. as matter of fact. Perhaps that
woman is thinking that her life with him
will he dream 1t will he nightmare.
THE letters he wrote me will make in
tercsting reading for jury" she con-
tinued, "'rhey would have been in the
hands of jury before now If had had
time to direct the suit
The amount that will be asked in the
suit will he large, she said, but declined
to name the sum, and the suit will be
brought as soon as all the evidence is col.
lcctcd.
Entries from hotel registers will be In.
trOduCed as evidence" she added. "NIr.
Kclley's action In getting married in
spite of my exposure of him shows that
he evidently isn't alarmed or merely
wishes to assume n don't care attitude"
Miss Wilhelm, who is tall and pretty.
said she met Kelley in Michigan about
seven years ago, and that he promised to
marry her She came to this city for his
sake sho said, but that they became es.
tranged when he began paying attentions
to Miss Clamer.
Kelley and Miss Clamer were to have
been married November II, 1915, but the
invitations We're hastily withdrawn after
a visit Miss Wilhelm paid to Francis ].
Clamer the brides father. News of their
marriage became known last night.
Miss Clamer's father Is wealthy. n for.
mer burgess of Collegeville and founder of
the Ajax Metal Company. Frankford ave.
nue. and Richmond street The bride is a
graduate of Ursinus College. Miss vii.
helm is a graduate of the Medico. Chirur.
glcal College.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
CRONES SENDS Def
IN A SECOND LETTER
Poison Chef Incloses Finger
prints" and Tells Why He
Tried to Kill Churchmen

F.. NEW YORK., Feb. 17.-Jean Crones,
aHistant chef of the University Club in
ehleago, who attempted to poison 300
comment Catholics, priests and laymen
a the dinner to Archbishop Mundelein
On nFebruary 10, has defied the police in
; second letter received last night. There
no longer any doubt that the writer
q both letters is the chef-anarchist
iones' second letter, like the first, was
Written on four pages of foolscap, bearing
ne watermark "Kenmoor." On the last
sase was set of tingerprlnts, with a
ae inclosing the larger one, and beside
evidently as challenge to the police,
{ ne words:
here Is a fingers print from me, so
E lel see am Jean Crones."
me trst page of the letter vas devoted
= an attempt to explain the motive for
- attempted murder of the priests. 1t
tad as follows:
WY I did 1t:
nhlle at Europe millions of Christians
Ie nehlauchtering each other in the
most bloody massacre, and in these free
puaify thousands of men and women
" uamping the streets without food
ca aa shelter at the very same time the
sAsfeh holds diners and pays 15S for
tea cover which starts with Beluga
asr and Champagne the same money
-sh was Degafd from your working
~ and women the same money were
. ~ blood OF pour workers has run for,
iaose conditions are an scandal. That
me failure of Christianity an insult
etd honesty and Challenge to HUI
i1y Let the Church answer those
eharges toward the World and
A stand for the charges made against
JEAN CRONES.
A,. second page was blank, but the
ssa. page purported to tell how he had
a sa police pursuit in Buffalo by a trick
IN Visited police headquarters here. 1t
as police makes me laugh when 1
4 bunalo, two spies were after me
s. me whole city than as past to
rhqfeh saluted the church and after
ss'pie see In the a window they were
~ and after a while they went
+ ssse na-ha-ha. How foolish is the
sa NOT for two cents brains l have
. ~ my work and l am back to New
- again. liekG New York Yesterday
L -,e working for an hour around the
s headquarters but no one came
ind got me.
9est regards to the police for a
ue TO heaven. JEAN CRONES.
- SAD that the spies from Chicago
+ "a iing that know better at wat
@a to let re go.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
BARNES DENIES PLAN
TO FIGHT ROOSEVELT
New York Republican Leader
Will Not Tour West for
Root Boom

NEW YORK. Feb. 49, - William ].
Barnes, New York Republican leader, will
not conduct in person Western tour of
anti-Roosevelt cmissares to kill off the
Roosevelt boom. he stated positively to-
day.
Although it had been generally reported
that the Albany chieftain had been picked
by the Hilles-Taft- Crane leaders to act as
chief eXecutioner of Roosevelt hopes in
the West, Barnes himself denied the re-
ports He added. parenthetically, that he
was very busy here" Barnes would not
discuss reports that conferences with
Crane and Hilles over methods of sitting
the Roosevelt and Hughes sentiment kept
his hands full, and left no time for a
Western jaunt.
In some quarters it was stated this aft
ernOon. that Barnes had been urged to
make the Western trip, but had declined.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
BRANDETS HEARING DELAYED
BY THE LACK OF WITNESSES
outline of All Charges to Be Pre-.
sented Next Thursday

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-Lack of wit
nesses today halted the investigation into
lue quallhcations of Louis u. Brandcis,
nominated by President Wilson to the
supreme Court bench After two hours
OF effort to obtain witnesses further hear
lhgs were postponed until next Thursday.
austin @. Fox representing those op-
posed to the confirmation of Mr.. Brandcis,
put IN n formal appearance today and
submitted n letter showing that he was
employed by n committee of Bostonians.
including President Lowell, of Harvard
University and Charles Francis Adams.
lie said he was not prepared to delay.
tie viii submit to an executive session
OF the committee on Tuesday an outline
OF all charges against MIR. Brandcis and
n list of witnesses. Summonses will then
il 6e issued for witnesses TO appear on
Thursday.
The committee excused Mr.. j. T.. Lenox,
of Washington who had been summoned
as witness because he said all of his
knowledge OF Mr. Brandcis was through
hcarsay
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
Fights as He Tries to Leap to Death

a man, giving the name of Oscar Burns
and an address on Buttonwood street, is
being held Mt the Philadelphia Hospital
for observation of his sanity, following an
attempt to commit suicide by jumping
from the South street bridge into the
SChuylkill River. TO men, crossing the
bridge early today, were attracted to
man who, standing in the middle of the
bridge, suddenly pulled off his coat and
started to climb the rail, apparently in
tending to jump into the river. They
seized him. The would-be suicide broke
away and mounted the rail again. AS he
was preparing to make a second leap he
was caught and drawn back on the bridge.
At the Goth and F'itzwater streets station
he would give no explanation for his ac-
tions other than to humble the word
"trclble."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
pAIDS IN CHINATOWN
ON GAMBLING JOINTS;
TRICK BY POLITICIANS
hackers Had Been Told "It Was
All Right and They Could
Operate Their
Places"
,ApApHERNALIA BROKEN

.bttne has been wiped out in China
,.rn as a result of dramatic raids made
sysrv gambling Joint in that sec
=. carly today by plain-clothes men fa-
with the inner workings of the
bouses.
,yned with axes and crowbars, they
~, irto the secret gambling rooms and
p.assrranean passages in Chinatown and
sss,sed many gamblers at play. The
lpasso were frightened as the police
0unutod the paraphernalia and threw it
IN If doors and windows.
!, Tho roundup it was found that
a.s ~ we're being conducted by both rival
6snsse organizations, the Hip Sing Tong
", IN Leon Tong. The Hip Sings
m asng,,od that previously they had the right
.s nrivllege to play and similar claim
w wv made by the on Leongs But the
Nc made no discrimination.
psTgS TSe raid was we'll planned. one squad
..en under Captain Nicholas j. Kenny,
took one side of the street, whiie another
va under Detective Charles Lee, oper-
sg .,.S On the other side. At a given signal
NV yushed into each store on either side
y ,be street. Cinnamon at the front
y..rs were bowled over in the rush.
~ several places the lights were sud-
,,riv extinguished as the cops appeared.
ga gaa crashing of wood as the axes fell in
~ dark quickly knocked all the fight
rg NJ the gamblers, none of whom at
,,,rn,ed to show any resistance.
Several of the proprietors of stores who
tsd games in the rear rooms said they
wsre informed several weeks ago that
r,mes were to he wide open by poll
ssans who said they had instruction
NAN, the front" The Chinese were given
u understand that the talk about the
sns, being on was only done for effect.
n ia the belief of the police that Chi
r,se ON the street paid large sums to two
nan. who promised them protection from
roice interference.
The men, according to the police story,
.ven named prices for buying off Captain
Tsnny Lieutenant Van Horn and other
nollcenen who have Chinatown under
mir direction. They said it would take
shout 5000 to fix the high officials and
smaller sums for most of the police and
,be special officers of the 18th and Winter
streets station.
So convincing were the stories, the po-
,lee hear, that many of the Chinese paid
over big sums of money to the pair. who
ala they had influence "up 'front.'" and
mat they were best able to act as go
betweens to keep the gambling quarter
saie from police interference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
ALLENTOWN BROKERS SUE
CINCINNATIANS FOR $53,703
Rohn G. Geisinger Seek Recovery on
Stock Sale and Margins

CINCINNATI, o., Feb, 1S.-Superior
Judge Merrell and jury today are trying
The case Of Rohn e Geisinger, stock
brokers' at Allentown, Pa, against Charles
* Bultman, August Hermann and Louis
gerk for recovery of 3,7O3.43, alleged to
te due from them.
About 5000 is said to be due on notes
gYen Rohn & Geisinger for buying and
sllng stocks. The rest of the claim is
lsf money said to have been advanced the
Hutman firm as margins to protect pur-
ehases and sales of stocks.
Hermann and Werk deny they ever
had any connection whatever with the
lm Of Charles Il. Bultman. A citation
vas made calling upon Hermann and
Werk to bring into court an alleged writ
ten agreement between themselves as to
shelr personal responsibilities in the case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
JOBS FOR POOR SCHOOL BOYS
Charleston Merchants Seek Half Days
Work for Them

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Feb. 1S.-The
Charleston Business Mems Association to-
day appointed committee to act with
tho school authorities in the matter of
finding a half-day's employment each day
for schoolboys who are the sons of poor
parents, and recommended that similar
action be taken in other cities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
BRYAN TO HEAD DELEGATION
Will Not Fight Wilson, Nebraska Con-
gressman Says

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-W. j. Bryan
will head the big four from Nebraska TO
the Democratic convention, according to
Representative Shallenberger, of that
state, who today said Bryan's selection
would not be opposed by Senator Hitch
cocks faction.
~ put no stock in the stories of Bryan
opposing the President for denomination,
although 1 expect to see Bryan fight to
the end against great outlays for pre-
paredness," said Shallenberger,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
Perry's

"wAIST-FITTING" MODEL
SPRING OVERCOAT
Snug, fOrm-fittinE VaistI
close skirt; curved pockets;
very narrow shouldersi
long. soft-rolllng lapels;
narrow sleeves. In fancy
mixtures only.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-12
..MOVIEDOM"
r~srm nN
The lure of the movies.


The lure of the movies.
Every child yields TO it.
Every parent realizes its potent in
fuence for good!
Every minister and pedagogue
agrees that here is a mighty force that
may be directed 10 the accomplishment
of wonderful ends!!!
How TO use this fascinating enter
tainment 10 instil into the youthful
mind the great moral principles that
will make the children of today the
noble and useful men and women of
tomorrow, is a problem that is worthy
OF the best thought and effort of every
parent, teacher, pastor and clubwoman.
II is a problem that has been upper
most in the minds of the officers and
directors of the Universal Film Manu-
featuring Company from the beginning
of it's existence as a corporation. Just
four years ago., when the largest film
manufacturing concern in the universe
was organized, the principle was laid
down that the children must be con-
sidered, and films suitable for their
minds produced for their especial bene-
fit.
While others were considering the
ACCESSIBILITY Of making pictures for the
children, the Universal was doing the
work, The famous Matty Roubert and
Baby Early series of Juvenile picture
plays, the fairy-tales, "Snow White
and Beauty and the Beast" Robinson
Crusoe," Uncle Toms Cabin" the Uni.
versal Boy and the Sterling Kid series
gave the urchins of America their first
taste OF the marvellous realm of movie
adventure, which had hitherto been the
especial province of the grown-ups.
Recently the Universal has been urg.
ed to render available for exhibition
the great mass of juvenile subjects
that it has issued in the past. These
are in the shape Of negative prints now
tSpOSinS III ilo vaults ~ pSiciosSh
has become this demand that the Edu
cational Department of the Universal
has now undertaken to classify. catal
ogue, print and arrange into programs
these subjects. Within a short time
they will be available to clubs, so
cieties. institutions, churches and thea
tres all over the United States through
the Universal Exchanges in your ter
ritory.
This is the biggest thing that has
been done for the cause of Better Pic
lures for the Children" in the entire
history of the motion picture in lustry
Just think what this means!
It means that the clubwomen OF
America no longer pursue an elu
siye ideal. They will find all that they
have sought in their search for Better
Pictures for Children" in the Universal
Juvenile Programs to be obtained from
any Universal Exchange throughout
the United States.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-12

last SIdle FdlI d uult ueIDy. II
wasn't so bad when he wrung in
prominent Elks, bankers and business
men, but when he strung" a batch of
newspaper men he might have guessed
there would be something doing"
This particular derby, fortunately or
unfortunately. was not like the n
Mac" wears on the fair grounds. A
derby is a round hat s%tarched, and a
mule. according to the Standard Die
t~ionary, "a hybrid between the ass
and the horse, especially between a
jackass and a mule, as distinguished
from a hinny." The same authority
also states that mules arrive slowly
at maturity"
That some mules arrive slowly at
the finish is the cause of columns Of
comment in the ~Iroquois Chief, Pierre
Dakotan and many other immoral
journals throughout the state. Because
some of the editors of said purveyors
of missinformation drove in this mule
classic, and being fairly and squarely
beaten by the editor of this great
moral uplift, they are talking through
their "derbies" in an effort to estab-
lish alibies.
That the reader may understand
what all this "patter" is ; bout we will
state that as a part of the last State
Fair program a Mule Derby was evolv-
ed from beneath the s~ecretary's hat
and four editors "fell' to helping this
benign CD secretary out and drove in
this soul stirring event.
Carelessly and without af~orethought
we chose the first mule we espied and
by superior technique, great GOODNESS
and some aplomb won handily and
without exertion. Chagrined and dis,
gruntled the defeated trio rusheo
home and into print.
Tom Roberts in his Pierre Dakotan
publishes the following scrawl:
Tearing ourself away from bust.
ness we went to Huron yesterday TO
take in one day of the fair and got the
worst film Tanning we ever got. II
was newspaper day and the mule race
was scheduled to come off. the mules
to be driven by newspaper men,
butcher, of Brookings, Doty, of Do
land, Halliday, of IroQuois, and Craig,
of Sioux Falls, were down on the pro.
gram to make monkeys of themselves,
Craig failed to show up and the editor
of the Dakotan was drafted to take his
place. The drivers were not given
any choice of mules but had to take
what they were given. There is
where we got the worst of it. butcher,
Doty and Halliday, framed up with
the management and put us up be-
hind the slow mule. 1t might have
been all right If Craig had been driv-
ing the little runt as Craig don't weigh
more than so pounds, but when it
came to the mule being called upon to
haul a man Of our weight it proved too
much for him and we finished a
mighty poor fourth. Halliday, always
framing up on some one, sneaked a
lath under his overcoat and had the
best Of the rest of us as he had some.
thing to use as a persuader. AS a
"mule skinner" we are not q success.
The crowd seemed to enjoy our pre-.
dicament."
Dick" Halliday forgetting that
silence L. golden, wastes good paper
on . 100 per cent raise and says:
"Just . word or two In the way OF
correction Of Tom Roberts statement.
This writer was also . substitute. tax.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-12

It's good to see M. Quinlan with US
again but sorry to learn that he has
to return and probably submit to an
operation. He arrived home last We'd
nesday and is obliged to return next
week when it will be finally known if
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-12
AMENr THAT MULE DERBY

Clarence Nottingham McIlvaine. ..
8. d. s. r. B.-meaning the Secretary
Of the South Dakota State Fair Board
lis responsible for starting some
thing that may make him hold his
nose to hnish,
Sstd NcIlvaine being from Missouri
md. IL consequence. : lover Of mules
ana inquisitiyeness, scheduled Tor the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Van Dyke. Mrs. c. "A.
Davis and Miss Birdie Billings who are
visiting here, took dinner with Mrs.
George Robbins and family Thursday.
All left for points in Iowa, Friday, er-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-12

he is to be operated upon. He is in
his usual good humor and making the
best of the situation which after all
is the best way to do.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-12

Ross Madison shipped a car load of
lambs from this point to Chicago last
Saturday. There were 112 of them
and they averaged Sc pounds each.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-12

Dor. n. D., returned home Saturday
night on the midnight, accompanied
by Miss Ruth Thompson.