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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
ANTT-LIQUOR FUSILLADE
TO HIT CONGRESSMEN
10000 Petitions Asking Ma
tional Law Circulated in
Pennsylvania

Ten thousand petitions. bearing thou
sands of names and representing hun
dreds Of organizations in all parts Of the
State are pouring into washington, with
the request that the keystone state Con-
gressmen support the nationwide prohi-
billion amendment
This is the result of a systematic cam
paign now being waged in all sections of
the State by the AntI-Saloon League un-
der the direction Of Homer W. Tope, of
this city.
I'VE have sent out at least 10000 OF
these petitions TO all parts of Pennsylva-
MIA" said Mr. Tope, when asked about the
campaign today. "T know that thousands
Of them already have been sent TO the
Pennsylvania Congressman. and we feel
that It will be only a question Of time
before all of them havo gone in.
The receiving of these petitions will
make the Congressman think It will
make them realize what the people want
All the petitions urge the men to support
the Sheppard- -Gallinger bill and the Webb
Smith bill, one in the Senate, the other in
the House." said Mr. Tope These bills
urge an amendment to the Constitution
which will prevent the sale and manufaC-
ture Of alcohol as a beverage in the
United States"
A two-thlrds vote in the Senate and
the House is necessary to have the ques-
tion submitted to the States. Then 36
States must pass the amendment TO make
ii become q law.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
VOTE ON MARYLAND
DRY" BILL DELAYED
Both Houses Locked in Desper-
ate Struggle Over Pro-
hibition Issue

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, March 1. Both
houses of the Maryland Legislature were
locked in n desperate struggle last night
on the Statewide referendum prohibition
bill, a bitter fight being waged by the
Baltimore city members for the amend
ment to exempt the city from the bill.
Both Houses adjourned without a vote
on the bill. The members from the dry
counties, especially those Of the Eastern
Shore, seem determined to force Baltimore
city to take vote on the question. They
contend the city must take the same
chances as other parts of the State.
vote on the bill in the rouse may
come tomorrow, as the previous question
can be called and debate shut off In the
Senate, where no such rule exists n vote
Is not in sight, although it will certainly
be taken within week. If the vote Is in
accord with the sentiment prevailing here,
the Statewide bill will become law.
The greatest disappointment of the Bal
timore city Senators and delegates was
the announcement that Governor Harrng-
ton is neutral"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
ALL SALOONS SWEPT
FROM MERCER COUNTY
BY COURTS DECISION
Judge McLaughry Refuses 45
Applications for License and
County Is Dry First Time
in History
BIG HOTELS HARD HIT

MERCER, Pa, March L. - Mercer
County went dry today for the first time
In history. Judge ]. A. McBaughry, in an
opinion of $500 words, refused all of the
As applications for liquor licenses. Many
big hotels I'm Sharon, Farrell. Mercer and
Greenville probably will close as the re.
suit Of the Courts order.
Holding that there Is no necessity for
licensed houses in the county, Judge Nc.
Baughry quoted ruling after ruling from
the Supreme and Superior Courts, and
based his action I'm refusing all applicants
on the precedents established in those
opinions. The action of Judge McLaughry
was not wholly unexpected, inasmuch as
two brewery applicants the Union and
Mercer County Brewing Companies, with
drew their applications yesterday to APP
ply for State licenses.
Mercer County was partly dry in 1918,
when Judge a. w. williams refused all
retail applicants, but granted licenses to
all wholesalers.
"There is no necessity for the licensing
of places for the sale of spirltuous vinouS
or malt liquors in the county, and to grant
them in the face of non.necessity would
be a detrlment to the county" Judge Nc
Laughry said, in his opinion
Judge McLaughry while campaigning
for the iudgeship last fall made his can
cations. lie steadfasty refused to be
classed as u dry candidate, but he had the
support of the antiliquor forces of the
by reason of its being generally
known that he had strong leanings toward
the drys.
The closing of the saloons is the result
of five.year fight here and the temper
anCe forces are jubiliart. while the "wets'
nre bitter over the decision of the court.
Judge McLaughry, it is said, did not
receive a single contribution for his cam
Daign, bearing all the expense himself
While the liquor men did not expect n
clean sweep, none of the dealers had an
extra large stock on hand, preferring to
wait until the Courts ruling had been
made before fully stocking The county
became dry February II,
he end of the last license year. when the
Court stated that he was considering the
'ases ,r
Many of the dealers then had reduced
heir stocks to a minimum. 1t was stated |
that none of the dealers had more than |
$1,000 or $500 worth of stock on hand.
In Sharon many hotels will suffer. The !
Rankin House, Shenango House, Exchange |
House. Carver Hall, the Gable, Colonial, |
Central, Garland Sharon and White Ho- |
els all in Sharon, were among the appli |
cants.
In Greenville, the Arlington Hotel. the !
Commercial House, National Hotel and the
Coleman House were applicants. There
we're 13 other hotels applicants for license
n the county who were refused.
Jefferson and Crawford Counties pre-
,eded Mercer in the dry" column this
-ear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
He was too much in love.

40 was NbO lllutll III lONb
Antonio Cicran, youthful Austrian gal
liant romantic serenader and debonair
lover was sent to prison today to forget
his dreams of a vine-covered villa near
Vienna with the girl that consumed his
every waking thought. She is widow,
beautiful, with golden nair and blue eyes.
She is much older. He threatened to
shoot her last night. she says, when she
would not marry him,
Hes crazy, Judge" sighed the widow
at the hearing today.
"Oh, no, he's not" replied Magistrate
Deitz. Hes in love. All people i'm love
act as If they are crazy. I'll give him
10 days in prison. That win cure him"
Antonio brought all the romance and
methods and enthusiasm of bygone
period into his pursuit of the beautiful
widow. He and Tony Cransaler, lifelong
chums, came TO this country few years
ago to seek adventure. They moved into
n boarding house at 2527 Salmon street
and straightway their undylng affection
and loyalty TO each other began to Ian
guish. For the beautiful widow, Mrs.
Pisano Sigarreno, proprietress or the
boarding house. smOte them both in the
region of the heart with her charms, so
that in a short week they had both
offered themselves as her eternal slaves.
She couldn't choose.
"A duello II must be-" muttered An
tonic.
And so 1t was the next day, la Amer
ican style, with fists. But 1t ended in
draw and the situation was unchanged.
Tony pursued his loYemalSing with flow
ers, candy and tenderness, but Antonio
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
BTEDERWOLF ASSAMS
CHURCH BACKSLTDERS
Evangelist Also Takes Fling at.
Double Standard of Morality
in Vogue

NORRISTOwN, Pa, March Back
sliders i'm the church were the particular
target of Evangelist Biederwolf in the tab
ernacle last night.
God never set UP a double standard OF
morality, one for the women and one for
the men, l have never gone into town
vet where I have not found fellows stand
ing along the streets wearing immaculate
white shirts, but whose hearts were black
as hell" he said 81 believe that a woman
has just as much right before God, to stun
her mouth full of battleax plug and let
the juice run down her face as you men
have. If you smoke or chew tobacco your
wife has the same right.
u am the eternal foe of the saloon and
the LIQUOR business. but I want 70 saw
that no man on whom the public turns
its back is so malgned as the saloon
Keeper. We close him up on SUNDAYS
and then sell n license for S25 to a social
club. the Elks. the Moose or whatever
you may call It, and there you can buv
all the booze you want on a Sunday. This
is neither right nor just.
Some of you church people will wade
through snow to your knees to get to the
social club to discuss some such ethical
problem as the superiority of CharIev
Chaplin as a movie comedian, and then on
Sunday morning you strain your ewes
looking for signs of rain to keep you from
going to church."
The evangelist's stirring appeal brought
forward hundreds of church members
who agreed to renew their church actiyi-
ties and reform their lives.
Tonight will be Church night" and all
the members of the participating churches
will march in a body to the tabernacle.
Tomorrow will be mothers day." with a
special afternoon program. Doctor Bic
derwolf will preach on Mother"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
DRY MONROE COUNTY
HOPE OF LIQUOR FOES
No-License League Preparing to
Contest All Applications
in Court

STROUDSBURG, Pa, March 1.--At a
meeting of the No-Lcense League OF Mon
roe County late yesterday movement was
begun to make the entire county dry
Every effort of the members will be put
forward to enter court fully fortified
when license court is held here the third
Monday in March. A petition will be
circulated to obtain the required 81 per
cent. of the voters of the county.
The meeting was presided over by
William L. Hommedieu, an East Strouds-
burg coal dealer. Mass-meetings were
held all the afternoon in the Strouds-
burg Presbyterian and Methodist churches.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church the
women held a mass-meeting, which was
addressed by Mrs. Myra zimmerman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
TONY, TROUBADOUR LOVER, PINING
FOR LOVELY WIDOW, GETS A JOLT
She Called His Love Songs "Bawng" He Threatened to
Shoot and the Police Interfere-Not Crazy,
but in Love, Says Court

preferred to awake his beloved on a Silly
night by grooming love songs meath her
window and drumming on his guitar.
stop your bawling and go to bed, :"
she would shout. But he would only
sing the more tenderly
In desperation the fair widow finally
moved his things out of the house. That
was yesterday. Antonio came back from
Cramps shlpyards, where he is employed.
and, undsmayed by the sight of his
trunks on the pavement, moved back in.
Mrs. Sagarenno put him outside and
locked the door. Antonio climbed in the
window.
Marry me or shoot" he cried
hoarsely. The beautiful widow screamed.
Policeman Cooper, of the East Girard
avenue station arrived and broke up the
love scene with an unromantic arm about
Antonio's neck. The Austrian lover had
no revolver when searched.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
Ledger Tourists to Hold Reunion

The 60 globe-trotters who, as guests of
the Public Ledger and the EVENING
LEDGER, covered 10000 miles by train.
steamship, auto, coach and burro in
their trip last summer to the California
expositions, are to hold their first reunion
Saturday night. Arrangements yesterday
were completed by a committee of the
tourists for dinner-dance to be held he.
ginning at 7 o'clock at the Grand Fra
ternity clubhouse, 1926 Arch street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
D. A. RS FAVOR U. s. DEFENSE
Philadelphia Chapter Passes Resolu-
tions for Preparedness

A resolution favoring preparedness was
adopted today by the Philadelphia chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion at the monthly meeting in the church
house. Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr regent
of the chapter, presided A paper on
present day problems was read by Mrs
V. V. Mclean.
Resolutions of coincidence on the death
of Mrs. John Van Kirk, formerly chair
man of the Research Committee and Mrs
Byron p. Moulton were adopted They
were among the earliest members of the
D. A r.
1t was decided to invite the chapters
of the States to come to this city for the
conference of all the Pennsylvania chap
ters next October.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
TOM DAILY TALKS TONIGHT
Lecture on Humor at st. Joseph's
College

The fourth in the course of lectures
being given by Thomas A. DAILY, humor-
ist and member of the editorial staff of
the EVENING LEDGER, at st. Joseph's
College, on "Humor and Humorists of the
Eighteenth Century" will be given to-
night.
The lectures are being presented in
connection with the evening classes of the
college.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
SUNDAY PLAYS POLITICAL
PROPHET AT BALTIMORE
eNnson and Roosevelt Win Be
Nominees He Declares

HALrIAORE March Billy" sun
dse aroused great enthusiasm IN his SER
hla.. lasf night when he declared with great
s4s EIzIIIafion that ha could name the
zsIaaniial candidates Who would be
satsea af ChicaEo ana 81 Louis.
oas YIN ~ Theodore Roosevelt he
alza snd The other Woodrow VII
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01

HARRISBURG, Pa, March PENN
sylvania ranks fourth in the production
of rye in the United States, with Wiscon-
sin. Michigan and Minnesota leading in
the order named.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01

The story is not merely an
"impressionistic picture" of the
poverty which besets the un-
known artist in middle-class
London. 1t is an intimate ac-
count of Peyton's early struggles
and his surprising adventures; a
graphic picture of London's
studio life and art colonies, so
human, so accurate, one knows
it was drawn from life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01

The setting" of the story, its
atmosphere" and its curiously
new and refreshing characters"
are all secondary to the excel
lence of the story itself. AS a
tale, it is we'll worth the telling,
and Edward Peple has told it in
a way that will hold the inter
ested attention of Public Ledger
readers from week to week. The
story opens in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
By Edward Peple

William Peyton young American Southener
-2years fage frank boyish generous fault and of
and stray dogs follow in the street." He was fine type of
American artist courageous the face of persistent poverty
firm in his adherence to the ideals of his Southern breeding
and the modest poseSSor of that eventually trumphed
all obstacles
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-29

PEELED to go out Of business by the
advance of the prohibition wave. 9th
or members though representatives Of
the drys should also be called. This
will be done.
tative Of the International Union of
United Brewery Workmen sent a
letter to the commission stating that
the establishment of prohibition In
Chicago would be the greatest ca
lamity which could befall our great
Industrial city"
Charles Gaude. business agent for
Local No. Is of the Brewery Work
ers' Union, said there are $50 MEM
beers in his local and that the organi-
zation has about 1890 members. He
asserted that many brewery workers
never become Intoxicated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-29
ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN
WILL DECIDE FATE
FOR 1000 SALOONS
Sixty Downstate Townships. Cities and
Villages TO be Scenes Of Battles
brought on by Drys, Led by the
Ant-Saloon League.
ON IN EARNEST
IN NEXT TEN DAYS
Wet Investigating Commission In Chi
cago VIII Listen to Former Brewery
Led By Anti-saloon League.

Chicago. Ill, Jan. 2S.-New con-
quests will be sought by foes of the
saloon in sixty downstate towns at the
April elections. In 800 additional
places now without saloons the vets
will attempt to regain lost territory.
The fate OF 1000 saloons is at stake
in the sixty townships, cities and VIII
lagos where the drys will bring on thu
battles. Heading the list is East ST.
Louis with $50 saloons, Rock Island
with about 100, Waukegan with about
eighty, Moline with about sixty-fiye.
Alton with hfty-five. La Sale with
fifty, and Aurora with nearly thirty
five.
The Anti-Saloon League, the Ii
quor Dealers Protective Association
and other organizations are preparing
for Statewide campaigns with speak
ing tours by well-known men and
women orators.
The campaign will be on in earnest
In another ten days with the filing of
petitions. February Is the final date
for fling of petitions for the township
election on April 4, while February IS
is the last date for cities and vii
lagos which vote on April 10.
Several townships in Cook County
will vote on the saloon question on
April 4. These include the town
ships of Wheeling. Proviso, Bloom
and Orland. All are now wet Ar
lington Heights. which is in the town
ship Of Wheeling. will vote as vii
lage on April 20.
The petition for vote in Chicago
must be filed not later than February
4, the same date as petitions in down.
state townships.
The special commission appointed
Nv Ngn hn L., 90
all phases of the liquor problem de-
cided to look into the effect of dry
legislation and local option elections
which have made dry territory.
Robert Wahl president of the
VAIL Henius Institute OF Fermentol.
ogy, the school Of brewing and bar
tending, suggested as witnesses the
names of seventeen former heads of
brewery companies. who were COM
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-29
DR.. W|NGfItLD 5. HALL
At CENTRAL !. N. c. A.

The silent. yet forceful, message
that is being delivered by the movies
on Damaged Goods should set men
thinking as never before. DIR. Win
field Scott Hall. physician and dean
OF the medical college of the North
western University, Chicago. will speak
TO men only in the Central Young
Mems Christian Association Hall sun
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock on
Damaged Goods" Every man over
seventeen yearsold, who can get into
the hall should hear him. sons ana
Gathers alike. Among the writers
who are recognized as authorities on
sexual purity questions, DIR. HaIlI
stands in the front rank His book.
From Youth Into Manhood" has a |
wide circulation and a recognized
place. Among his other books are
Father and Son Chums." Father
and Daughter" 'Iife's Beginnings"
and Reproduction and Sexual Hy-
gene" The auditorium doors will be |
opened at 3:15 o'clock. Tickets can
be secured at the association counter.
Admission will be free to men. DR..
Hall will undoubtedly conduct a quiz
after the meeting and answer any
questions that may be asked by the \
men present.
The Boys at ESQ O'Clock.
DR.. Hall. who Is a member of the |
national committee Of Boy Scouts of |
America. and who will address the
mems meeting at $40 o'clock win
talk to the boys at $3.50. The first |
200 boys, over ten years of age. will
get in. His message will be sane |
and safe.
DR.. Hall win be with the association |
through Monday. speaking in factories
and institutions to the men of the CITY. I
standing in With Mammon."
The Conventional Bible Club will
meet in the blue room." third floor. t
following the mems meeting. The
study win be conducted by General |
Secretary Mckee, and will be a dis
cussion of standing in With Mann
mon."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-29
NO PERMITS GIVEN
To EX-SAL00N|STS
Former Liquor Dealers Prohibited
/. From Importing for Six Months.
Main Idea Is to Prevent ALI
Bootlegging, Says Super
intendent Horton.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 2s.-"Sectlon
l6 OF the State prohibition law pro-
hibits most former saloon men and
many druggists from getting permits
to purchase any kind of intoxicants
for nearly six months" said L. R.
Horton, superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League in Eastern Washing
ton.
From the office of the Internal
Revenue Department in Tacoma we
have obtained the names OF the 1000
saloonmen and several hundred drug
gists in business prior to January 1
who held internal revenue licenses to
sell booze, and we have sent these
lists to every county auditor In the
State. The auditors are warned that
under section Is of the law any dealer
who holds an internal revenue license
is prohibited from procuring permits
to buy intoxicants while such licenses
are in vogue. Most licenses are for
the United States fiscal year and will
not end until June 80 next.
The one main idea Of section Is
was to prevent bootlegging. BY put
ting former liquor dealers out Of bus
mess in the matter of purchases 1t
Is deemed that a large step will have
been taken toward preventing boot
logging"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-29
COMES
WHEN PROHIBITION
GOES into EFFECT
Logging Camps Open-Shipyards are
Busy-Business Revival Comes to
Oregon as State Enters Dry List
REAL ESTATE MEN HAVE
OPTIMISTIC OPINIONS
Quarters Heretofore Occupied by Sa-
loon Now Rented to Legitimate En-
terprises-Carpenter are Busy
Few Liquor Shipments.

Portland, Ore, Jan. 2t.-Prosperity
began to hit Oregon the last week In
1915. as prohibition was just about
to come into effect. Real estate be-
gan to move at better prices.
The first week in this month 400
loggers went to camps just opening
up at time when they usually close
down because of bad weather Port
land and st. Helen's shipyards have
been filed with capacity orders for
six months work in the last two
weeks.
The Columbia Door Company, of
Rainier, booked enough orders dur
ing the hrst week under prohibition
to run the plant at capacity for four
months. Carpenters are in demand In
Portland for the first time in two
years. Everything west of the Cas-
cade mountains has been dead for
two years, but has now revived as
prohibition has entered. If Oregon
dry did not produce this business re-
viva1, at least IL did not hinder II.
The general slump In rents and In
rental business that was predicted by
some as a probable immediate result
of the State going dry has not ma
terialized. according TO Stanley 8.
Thompson.
Instead OF being demoralized, rents
seem to be looking up and in the past
two weeks business has been more
rushing than II was before" he says
There are continually being closed
leases on saloon buildings which are
to be turned over to other uses, and
1t looks like the exit of the saloon
was not to have any serious effect on
the business"
Opinion IL Optimistic.
H. G.. Terry shares the opinion of
Mr.. Thompson on the optimistic out
look for rents.
'Tt was predicted that with so many
saloons going out OF business and
throwing buildings and storerooms
vacant at once, rents would be forced
down all along the line" he said.
This lie not the case. Instead of hav-
ing been forced down, they have i'm
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-29

proved. and seem to be stiii inaps
ing. q
This is because Of the fact
good times are upon us and a.
things are going to get better n
along. 1 don't think we need 10
for any slump because OF the Et41
having gone dry. ];
What the ultimate status % TN
storeroom formerly occupied by l
loon will be Is hard to predict WIN
only few exceptions, the saloon th4{
have gone out have been rep1aced1
wherever the building was re-rentcd-
by eating places OF soft drink estabr
lishments. This may crowd tho 1sl0
for a time and have some bad eik4cI
on those lines of business ultin1nto
ly throwing the buildings back to r.
rented for some other purposes. Mc4o
of the rentals of old saloons for ree~
taurants and soft drink places can
be regarded as only temporary at the
best.
Now Dry Goods House.
"It will probably be year or naor9
before the thing works itself out come
pletely. In the meantime, there Seems
to be no danger of serious demoraIixA~
ton of rents by the change"
One lease reported by Mr.. Thomp>
son represents a complete jump Of 4
liquor house to a totally foreign Inns
of business The entire two-story
building at 22s Morrison Street, for-
merly occupied by a liquor store, waa
leased through Mr.. Thompson last
week to Herbert Lowe, dealers IN
wholesale and retail dry goods.
Another saloon lease, which comes
under the other class touched upon
by Mr.. Terry, was made through Mr.
when the place formerly
occupied by a large saloon at Third
and Ankeny was leased to o. n
Cross to be remodeled for a restaus
rant.
Portland tipplers are not importing
so much liquor from California. from
Utah and from Montana after all.
Since the dry wave struck the stats
at the beginning OF the year fewer
than 100 packages OF wet goods HAYS
been received by the express cona~
panies In this city.