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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-23
BUNGSTARTER ENDS
FAST POKER GAME


the time he seemed entirely content TO
watch the play of the others, merely
glancing at the cards he received in
the deal and dropping them carclcssly
on the table, regardless Of whether he
had anted or not, but showing deep
interest in any contest that might en-
sue among those who stayed.
At other times he would join in the
contests with an eagerness that bcto-
kened belief in the possibility at
least of winning the pot, but display
ing no elation il he won and no
chagrin if he lost. Moreover, they
could not discover that he was guild
ed to these sudden decisions by any
legitimate prospect that his hand might
present. He was equally likely to ven
ture his money on a pair Of deuCes or
a pat flush. And he encountered the re-
suit of his ventures with perfect equ-
animity, whatever it might be.
Quite naturally they inferred that
he was either an inapt gamester or
that he was endeavoring to give them
the impression that he was, In the
one case they had nothing to appre-
bend. In the other a crisis was prob
ably impending, but no one at the
table seemed in the least degree ner-
vous about it. When it came they
showed preparedness.
Some Later Criticism
Some criticism was made afterward
Of Mir. Pearsalrs heedlessness in hav-
ing slid card up his sleeve without
sufficient care to avoid observation, it
being held by the other that such
things, when player considered them
eXpedient, should be done more adroit-
ly than he did, but Mr.. Pcarsall re-
scented the criticism.
They wouldn't nobody looked TO
nobody like him to be so doggoned
p'tlclar," he said. 1.-THE way he done
played peared like he wouldn't take
no notice o. nothin' t was did p'vidin'
he was to git what guards was COM
in to him in the deal. So longs he
got five On EN-, didn't make no greet
difference to him, even If ! done had
six. He mought a knowed l want IL
able to show down no mon five on
EN-"
Seeing that he was sensitive, and
remembering that it is bad form to
criticise anothers play, his friends for
babe to press the argument, but that
as was said, was afterward.
Dove of Peace Departs.
Al the time 1t happened there was
not much discussion as to the way
the thing was done, whether clumsily
or deity. The point insisted upon by
the Texan was that it should not have
been done at all. And he was very in
sistent.
81 dunno what the customs is in
Arkansas" he said. but whar come
from if we uns catches any son of a
gun hidin' guards in his sleeve we
makes him eat 'em first off, an then
we cuts him open to see if he's
some din'rent in these parts, but if
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-23
JAWS GROWN TOGETHER;
OPERATION MAY OPEN ZEN

ASHLAND, KY, July william
Blanton, twenty-five years old, has
gone to Louisville, where he win tn-
dergo an operation. Blanton's jaws
are grown together so closely that he
is unable to cat any solid food other
than that which he can force through
his teeth
For more than seventeen years
nothing as large as a grain Of rice has
entered his stomach, yet he has work
cd and supported widowed mothef
A dentist extracted his eleven teeth
and raised enough money to pay hi
way to Louisville, where he will BE-
operated on.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
SERUM USED TO SAVE
RATTLESNAKE VICTIM
Fourfold Dose of Brazilian
Remedy Injected in Zoo
Keepers Swollen Arm

NEW YORK, Jan. 2o.--N fourfold in
lection Of a Brazilian serum was made
late yesterday into the discolorcd, swol-
len arm OF John Toomey In the reptile
house at the Bronx Zoo, who was bitten
on Thursday by n Texas rattlesrakc.
Toomcy has been in serious condition
since the poison entered his veins. and
the injection wns the last resort Of the
doctors in their effort to save him.
Toomey was bitten as he cleaned out
cage. The rattlcr, half it's length
swirlcd into resilient coil. darted at him
as his hand approached corner Of the
cage. The fangs left two incis.ons,
marked with the pale yellow of the dis
charged venom. on his right hand.
All Thursday night and yesterday Or.
Van der Smisscn and others were at
Toomcy's bedside in the German Hospital,
Park avenue and 77th street where. de.
layed by the antitONiu which had been
injected several times. the symptoms Of
acute venom.poisonug developed and gave
the victim. now conscious, a continuous
and extreme pain
Late yesterday afternoon the specific
serum, made only in Brazil and believed
to have been used yesterday for the first
time in this country, arrived. at the
hospital
Immediately n large injection was made
into the arm Its effect was to quiet the
patient. to put him where he s doing
very well. but where the danger is st!ll
not to be mnimzcd" Dr Van der Smis.
sen said. At the hospital 1t was said that
perhaps an even chance Of recovery
remained to the man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
"HERE WE ARE AGAIN."
CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
Will Be Here on Monday, and
Convention Hall Will Be
Scene of Thrills

Tho last proof necessary to show that
spring Is here is the fact that a circus Is
coming to town on Monday. Small boys
have laid aside their marbles to stand
with awe before the huge fnring posters
telling of the advent OF "eO acts the big
gest, thrillingcst, most astounding spec
tnCle of human dnriuE aud darCdcviltry
that ever deiicd death" Tons OF peanuts
and gallons Of pink lc.Eonad will add
TO tho summary atmCsDhe"n Of the cir
Gus. The only thing lacking will he
tents. Convention Hall Broad street
and Allegheny avenue will house the
three rings and the nuge crowds expected
to attend,
Tho show will 1e given by the Lu Lu
Temple Shriners ns q monster benefit to
add to the funds gor delegates during the
coming season The Mobiles Of the MysA
til Shrine of this city arc also greatly in
tcrestcd in the appearance OF the show
here, and there will be other traternal
ORGANIZATIONS with exhibits which Will
take the place of side shows Monday
night there will he q circus pageant, the
like OF which has never hcCn seen in this
city before no less potcntatc than
w. Frceland kcndriCk is authority !.
this statement The entire membership
of the Lu Lu Temple will be present The
Lu Lu Temple Rand will ioin with the
circus band and tho huge calliope in rails
ing the roof to the burst of ragtimc
music There will he n drilling tourna-
ment to start things off i'm which the Lu
Lu Temple patrol and famous mounted
guard viii take part.
The biggest feature of the evening will
be the christening Of the baby camel 1t
has been several year. since the local
Shrncrs have had nm opportunity Of
christening baby camel. but the arrival
of a baby "humpbaCker'' recently In
Newark to a mother with the Bnrnum e
Bailey circus makes this pOSsible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
JOHN b. LUKENS
JOHN B. LUKENS
EXPIRES AT HOME,
Real Estate Assessor and Prom
inent Politician Succumbs
to Paralysis

John r. 1.ukcns real estate assessor
former magistrate, councilman, mercan-
tile appraiser. deputy tax collector aud
one Of tho oldest Republican laeders Of
this city, died at his home, 1925 West But
Ter street, last night, following n stroke
of paralysis which he suffered last Thurs
day morning.
Mr.. Lukens, who was rcpued to he
wealthy, began his career as q briCkmak-
er In 1872 he moved into tho old 25th
Ward and soon became prominent as one
of the most active Republican wOrkcra
The ward at that time was strongly Dem
ocrntic and II was largely through his in
tluence that It broke from its moornEs
and drifted into the Republican camp.
Mr.. Lukens entered the contracting bus
mess and shortly afterwards became It
candidate for Common Council. After
serving one term he declined a renomin-
alton and was appointed superintendent
OF vans.
on the 10th anniversary of his birthday,
December =, 1885, Mr. Lukcns was ten
dercd the supcrintCndcncy of Hunting
Park In 1890. when tie 2ith Ward was
divided. air. Lukcns found himself in
the newly-CrCated 33d Ward, and was
made leader of the ward without opposi-
ton. In 1891 he was elected Magistrate
in which office he distinguished himself
during n period of 10 years.
His untirinE efforts i'm advancing ar |
securing many much-nccded civic inn
provcmcnts I'm his ward whi, was then
Il large unimprovCd section f the city,
and the patient manner in which he
heard and attended to t. demands Of
his constituents gained for him cnviab'e
popularity and political influence. on
December 80, 1903, he sent in his rcsgna-
tion as Magistrate to Governor Penny
packer and the following day was ap-
pointed Mercantile Appraiser by Auditor
General IIardenbergh.
Several years later the I'D Ward was
created from part of the 33d Ward and
Mr.. Lukens, owing to his residence, as
sumcd the leadership Of the new ward.
Following his resignation as mercantile
appraiser, Mr.. Lukens has filled the
posts of deputy tax collector and real es-
tate assessor. The latter position he oc-
cupied at the time OF his death A widow,
two sons and six daughters surviving him.
His eldest son is John NJ. Lukens chief
of the Bureau of Boiler Inspection of this
city
Messages of coincidence from business
men, politicians and friends are being re-
ceived at the l.ukens residence. His
death will be deeply felt by members of
the Republican city Committee, of which
he was an active member for more than
40 years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
ONE CHAIR VACANT AT FEAST
OF LAST MANS CLUB
Flowers, Instead of Crepe, However,
Mark Dinner.

one chair draped with flowers stood
vacant at the third annual dinner of the
Last Mans club held at Kuglers last
night.
The flowers. symbolic of the optimism
of the club, replaced the conventional
crepe. They were placed on the chair in
memory of Morton l., Cassel the first
member to die and thereby put into actual
working the aims OF the Cub-beneht to
the survivors through death of the mem.
berS.
The last survivor, the greatest beneficl-
AIRY, will hold n solitary banquet at which
he will drink to the health of his de-
parted brothers with wine old with age,
as old as the club of which he will be
the sole living representative. Cassel,
Timing the club when II was founded in
1913, missed the 18th annual meeting
1, rough illness and died after being sick
~ months.
The members present last night We're:
President, EllwOod r. Jones, vice prcsi-
dent, j. II. Ii, ,Dfried; secretary, NJ T.
Walton; treasurer. Edward Schustcr; his.
torian, A. w. Myers; Leroy Smith. c. c.
I.eibfried, .. II. Johnson II. q. Torboss
pr. G. II. Chain and j. NJ Sturgis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29

was such a difficult task that it was
asv,essary to get the aid of Policeman
5ut jonathan had no more energy than
ulshlag. He couldn't stand. A bakers
Jason passed and the driver agreed 10
ny Ross 10 the Trenton avenue ana
auphlh street station. AS Jonathan was
9eeu up before Magistrate Dietz he saw
~ OF snakes swimming nearby on a
TTtsA' me- He tried to choke one OF them.
shefe s,i Vas crash and a number Of gold
tooF. ''ou' mus ''A'''''
al Jonathans condition the size Of the
was greatly magnihed, Feeling that
Was the cause of the excitement he
ses'sled the cops to capture the fish and
tsi were finally assembled in their crys-
:, jonathan told the Judge that he had
hreh too much rock and rye. which put
on the rocks. He wanted 10 pay for
i, 9amase that he had caused and was
s penltent. In view OF his generous
" 49, tne Judge gave him another chance
tie understanding that he would 80
straight home as possible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
Police Court Chronicles

When a Woodworking man suddenly
gets half day off it puzzles him as to
what to do with it. Such was the plight
oI Jonathan Ross, of I'd and Westmore-
land streets. 1t was a surprise to Jona-
mans friends to see him strolling around
N his Sunday clothes. Jonathan felt that
ne ought to do something extraordinary
WIN his loose half day so he took
urlnk, Then he met a friend or two and
mey each had a drink together Fortu-
halely they all happened to know the
same hartenders, and the bartenders knew
Sonaihan and his chums. So they all had
drink together and a few more.
considerable portion of JOnathan's S
hail day had elapsed by this time and he
was tired. So he went to sleep on four
spacious chairs at Tony's bootblack stand
on kensington avenue. Many of TOny's
customers therefore had to 80 unshined.
lony told Policeman O'Rourke, He tried
!" uislodge Jonathan from the chairs. but
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
sEcuRITY LEAGUE GROWING
Prominent Citizens of Lancaster Or
ganize a Branch

LANCASTER, Pa. Jan. 2o.-Eighty-
seven prominent citizens OF Lancaster,
representatives OF the clergy. business
and Intellectual life. organized the Lam
caster branch Of the National Security
League at an enthusiastic meeting last
night
Resolutions heartily indorsing prepared
ness were adopted and will be sent to
every Pennsylvania Representative in
Congress and to the United states Sen
ators from Pennsylvania. Organization
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29

NEW YORK. Jan. 20.--,While the liner
Rochambcau was pitching heavily IN n
storm off Bordeaux. Mrs VI. Cdrrigati.
wife Of Magistrate Joseph Corrigau. of
New York, for somc unknown reason
jumped overheard and was lost, the e9e-
ming Of January 23 passengers reported
on arriving today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
1O-story Loft Building for Arch st.

IU-StOry LOU buIIuIHB IOT NTCII u.
= A ten-story, Sl25.OOO hreproof T build
ing will be erected on the site OF the two
old dwellings at the northwest corner of
Arch and Juniper streets as soon as the
contract is awarded \ total Investment
of $500, 900 is represented by the property,
which is owned by Charles L; Mather.
Two stores on each street front are called
for in the plans, prepared by the Hoffman
Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29

Fall From Freight Train Proves Fatal
Jeremiah Sawyer, Il years old, of Ay-
burn, Pa, fell from n moving freight
train of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway at Woodlane station. opposite
Shawmont, last night Both his lcgs were
cut off and he died on route to st.
Timothy's Hospital
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
Two Die in Fire in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Jan, 90
Two persons were killed and 100000 dam
OF Drumright, an oil toWn in the Cushing
nelds, early today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
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New Britain herald., 1916-09-26

When it is said that eight hours shall be the standard, what becomes of the man who doesn't work eight hours How is he left? How does he stand under the agreements which former ly existed with respect to working less than eight hours, if he made his run within that time?
 "Of course, the matter of wages in the case of our carriers is the most important consideration. It was de- sired that men should be well and properly paid, but when you charge to the expenses of carriers an addi- tional burden of hundreds of millions of dollars you must consider what you are doing, for these charges must be met by rates
 It was proposed, in this connec- tlon to give a sort of guaranty for an increase of rates. That means a burden upon the public; that means a burden upon industry upon agri- culture. That means that every one fas got to calculate with respect to enlarged charges who comes under the rates that may be increased. That IS not a matter to be entered upon without suitable inquiry. While the few might think they would be ben ehtted by particular act. how would the great hosts of worlxingmen, the men in the very industries who might be involved by the operation of this act feel about it?
 Fellow citizens, I am not dealing with the merits of the increase of wages; that is a matter that ought to be examined and determined accord ing to the facts. What I say is that Of SOrt- in fact, in any matter which requires an examination of the facts-no one should propose that any legislature wages without knowing what it was doing or whether it was right.
 Supreme Court Precedents.
 If there is anything more remark able or regrettable than these efforts to have it appear that an elght-hour workday is involved it is an attempt to draw an analogy between the case of legislation of that description and the action of our courts in dealing with rate cases. It has been stated, for example, that when a rate is fixed by law as a railroad rate or as telephone rate, and it is attacked as unconstitutional because cOnf1scatory, the Supreme Court of the United States has stated that it would not declare the measure unconstitutional until the effect of the operation of the rate had been disclosed. It has been sought to draw an analogy be- tween such a case and legislation in the event of inquiry,
 Now, our system of government requires the careful study of facts,
New Britain herald., 1916-09-26
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