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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
200 "BELLHOPS" DRILL
IN PLAN TO AID NATION
Military Company Formed in Basement
of Bellevue -Stratford-Others
Join Organization

More than 200 "belhops' in this city are
forming a military company and are ready
to offer their services to the Government
in the event of war.
James A. Reilly, head bellman of the Belle
vue-Stratford, has been drilling seventy
FIVE Of them every night in the basement of
the hotel The ages of the men range from
eighteen to twenty-fv yars and their aver
age weight is $50 pounds Army and navy
men who frequent the hostelry are of the
opinion that the bell hops would give a good
account of themselves If called into service.
There are thirty men in the Adelpha, and
from ten to fifteen each in the Bingham,
Ritz-Carlton. Aldne, st. James. Majestic
and Colonnade Hotels who are interested in
the organization. A meeting will be held
in the near future, when further arrange
ments will be made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
HOME COMPOSERS HEARD
Manuscript Music Society Gives Choral
Concert, Mendessohn Club Aiding

The most important offering Of Phila-
delpha composers to music during recent
seasons was the choral concert given last
evening at Griffith Hall by the members
OF the Manuscript Music Society, aided by
the Mendelssohn Club, under its new di-
rector, N. Lindsay Norden; the Fort
nightly Club. under Henry Gordon Thun-
der; the Ladies' Chorus Of the New Cen
tury Club, under Martha Barry, and the
Oxford Presbyterian Choir, under Clarence
X Bawden. The program comprised 1.-THE
New Day." cantata by Camille w.
zeckwer, which won prize in Cleveland
year ago; THE Simorgh," a cantata for
male voices by H. G. Thunder, and a num-
Der Of glees and part songs by the late
W. w. Gilchrist, Mus. Doc. and founder Of
the Mendelssohn Club Nicholas Douty, one
OF the greatest of Bach interpreters |;
Philip w. Goepp, program annotator of
the Philadelphia Orchestra and author of
the three standard volumes on the history
and meaning of symphonies, and Camille
Zeckwer, probably the most prolific and
varied of local composers
The first group on the program con-
sisted of four part songs for mixed voices,
when Love Is Kind" by Camille w,
Zeckwer; WINTER" by Nicholas Douty
1T Was Lover" by Philip II. Goepp, and
IF Doughty Deeds My Lady Please" by
H. Alexander Matthews.
Another group consisted of part songs
for women's voices, THE Belle" and THE
Fountain" by the late Doctor Gilchrist,
and Gypsy Life" and 'The Fairy Queen.
by Philip II. Goepp.
An audience mainly composed of mu-
sicians filled the hall to overfiowing and
gave public applause and private appre-
c.ative comment for the merit of the pro-
ceedings The entire program reached a
high level of technical efficiency, and some
of the numbers were touched with inspi-
ration Mr. Zeckwer's cantata showed
melodic inventiveness of appropriate order
to the text Doctor Thunders interesting
work Was fully reviewed on it's premier
here this season by one of the male sing
Ing organizations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
SPY U.BoAT AND WIN 500
Glasgow Shipbuilder Makes Offer to
Transatlantic Passengers

LONDON, March /. - Americans and
others crossing the Atlantic can make
500 by sighting submarine. Sir A..
r. Yarrow. the. famous Glasgow ship.
builder, writes to the Times:
"u goes without saying that 1t Is of
the utmost Importance to sight sub
marine at the earliest possible moment.
To encourage every one to keep a sharp
lockout / offer a reward of f20 up to a
total expenditure of 10000 to any one
on board a commercial vessel who first
draws the captains attention to an enemy
submarine.
"The reward will be paid on certificate
of the captain giving the name of the
person and statement that a Submarine
actually was sighted. Applications should
be forwarded through the owners to Sir
Thomas l.. Dewitt. chairman of Lloyd's
Register Of Shipping, n Fenchurch street.
London. who has consented to make the
awards" .,t # n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
BRITISH BAZAAR TO BE
HELD LATE IN MARCH
Twenty-three Societies Repre-
sented in Plan to Aid Sol
diers and Dependents

Fifty thousand persons, representing all
circles of society and virtually every line
of human endeavor and business, have
united on the general committee of the big
British Bazaar which will be held at Horti-
cultural Hall the last week in March. The
AFFAIR will be given for the relief of Brit
ish soldiers and their dependents and rep
resents the most concentrated effort ever
made in the United States TO raise funds
for q foreign cause.
Twenty three societies. all OF British
affiliation and all Of local Importance, will
be amalgamated in the bazaar. Alba John.
son heads the mems section Of the general
committee, and Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson
| acts in the same capacity for the women's 8
| division. The proceeds will be partitioned
| among the British National Relief Fund. the
| British Red Cross Society and ST. Dunstans s
| Hostel for the Blind.
Efforts are being made to induce Jack
| McFadden, who recently returned from
! work with the American Ambulance Field
| Service in France to appear at the bazaar
| and give a lecture on the achievements
which the young Americans nave accom-
plshed Mt the front. Mr.. McFadden brought
| with him hundreds of pictures he himself
| took and many more taken officially by the
| French Government. which show the hor.
rors of war as no other pictures have done
1t Is believed Mr.. McFadden's lecture would
serve to draw thousands to the bazaar. He
will return to Philadelphia today from New
York, when his answer is expected,
Great surprises have been planned for
the affair and one of them will probably be
cabaret. If II is decided to have this in.
terestng feature, one of the star attrac.
tions will be beautiful young society
woman of this city who has a marvellous
voice. She has already achieved unusual
success in the private salons in which she
has sung. but she has never appeared In
public. Her name will be announced later
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
FARMERS TO HEAR TALKS
ON POTATOES AND CORN
Sessions Of the County Institute in
horticultural Hall Will End
Tonight

Potato culture, corn growing and other
agricultural subjects will be discussed to-
day at the afternoon session of the Farm
ers' Institute meeting Of the County of
Philadelphia. The lectures, which are in
Horticultural Hail. will close tonight.
This afternoon A. b. Hess, of Chambers
burg, will speak on "Corn Breeding and
Growing" C. Il. Myers, of State College,
will talk on Potato Culture" George l..
Gillingham, of Moorestown, N. j.. will dis
cuss the use of a silo, while J. A. Herr,
Lancaster. will devote his lecture to the
marketing of farm products.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
DUG CLANS FOR BOARDERS
But Proprietor Took Them From Pol
luted Water-Will Be Prosecuted

ATLANTIC CITY, March 1. - Mayor
Bacharach. as the head of the citys Health
Bureau, has ordered the institution of Grim
inal proceedings against the proprietor of
boarding house as the first offender against
a city law enacted last month forbiddng
the taking of shellfish from sewage-contami-
mated waters within the city limits.
Detectives employed by the city to patrol
back waters in a guard cruiser reported that
on February 23 they saw the boarding house
keeper take two bags of clans from Great
Thoroughfare, one of the prescribed streams,
and convey them in an automobile to the
boarding house
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
GIVE HARRISBURG LICENSES
Saloon, Closed Last Year, Will Reopen;
Four New Applications Refused

HARRISBURG. March Patrick T. Sui
livan, applicant for license TO reopen a
saloon In the Second Ward that was closed
year ago, was granted a retail license
for the next year by the court. Four
applications for new stands were refused
and one other, that of George e. winger,
for the saloon In the capital park zone was
held under advsement
Without comment Judge Kunkel handed
the decisions from the bench AS the new
license. year has started. all permits had to
be listed at the once Of Prothonotary Hol-
Ter before the close OF business today, Sui
Iven the only auccessful new applicant.
k2oH his away before noon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
100000 CANADIANS NEEDED
Will Be Sent to France to Replace
Losses Expected in Spring Drive

ST. JOHN, n. b.. March Canada is
making active preparations to take promi-
nent part in the great Allied offensive on
the western front this spring. Thousands
of troops have arrived in New Brunswick
within the last few weeks for final train
ing before embarking at Halifax for Eng
land
Major General Lessard, inspector gen.
oral for eastern Canada, recently was
quoted as saying that 100000 additional
men would be needed within the next few
months to offset casualties in the offensive
and to keep the Canadian divisions at full
strength.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
EdisOn's Son Stricken

NEW YORK. March 1.-Charles Edison,
son Of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, was
stricken with appendicitis of such danger
Gus symptoms that physicians took him
at once from the home of his parents at
Llewellyn Park West Orange ~ j., to the
Orange Memorial Hospital and performed
an operation to save his life. He did not
regain consciousness until three hours later
and his condition continued critical
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

awarded honorable mention In the COM
petition held for readers Of the Won.
ans Page
he? why, bless your heart, 1t should be a
mage Of the women, by the women and for
Tho women (begging your pardon. sir, for
the paraphrase) BY this token, then, the
editor should be of the female persuasion.
Give the masculine brain an due credit
and there's a-plenty coming his way-there
never yet was a man who could fully un-
derstand the fads and fancies. the frills
and foibles of the feminine faction! There
fore. please, a "lady-editor" for the ideal
woman's Page.
And the features it should contain? All,
me! they must be as many and as varied
As the divers types of womankind into
whose eager hands the paper falls
New recipes and household wrinkles for
the busy "hausfrau," current esents for
the little stay-at.home- body. patterns for
the clever nesdlewoman, hints and helps
for the untutored mother of brand-new
baby. Oh, yes! and bit Of joke for
the tired business woman God bless her
weary brainD, hygienic lessons for the care
less or ignorant and just a dash of fashion
news for every woman.
Happily, in but cew of these respects is
the EVENING LEDGER wanting. We have
ANAL quarrel with its Woman's Page
"as is!
Yet frankness impels us to drop a hint
or two in response to its invitation for COM
ment and in addition to air trifing griev'
ance. For instance, why waste valuable
naper and ink on such inanity as MY
Married Life? Perforce no woman Will
take another woman's word anent that bliss
full state Of existence Experience-grim
or happy, as may be-is the only teacher
under whom she will deign to study such
q subject,
Likewise, why burden the gentle reader
with the weighty problems of the fair one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
DIAMOND JIM" NEARLY WELL
New York Financier Rapidly Recover
ing Health at Atlantic CITY

ATLANTIC CITY, March /. .- James
Buchanan Brady, the financer. of New
York, whose loss of appetite and conflne-
ment to his room under the care of a staff
of physicians for weeks made him a subject
Of wide interest, is nearly well again.
diamond jim" now makes daily pilgrim
ages upon the Boardwalk and receives
deputations of friends at the Shelburne He
still is under specific orders to forgo dane
ing the stock ticker and other forms of
excitement.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
Will Stress Crisis in Inaugural

WASHINGTON. March President Will
son probably will pay particular attention
to the present German crisis in his second
inaugural address next Monday. He has
not begun work on it yet, putting off its
preparation pending further developments
in the foreign situation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
IDEAL PAGE OF THE WOMEN, BY
. THE WOMEN AND FOR THE WOMEN
Entertaining Letter From PhoenixvilIe Correspondent
Who Sets Forth Her Ideas of the Features
Womans Page Should Contain

The priter OF the toiio,oinO letter,
Miss Jean A. Vanderslice, Of SIS Wash.
iroton avenue, Phoenirvile, Pa, pds
awarded honorable mention In the COM
petition held for readers Of the Won.
ans Page.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
Who SHALL HAVE
BABY EPUzzLE

Further complications from the find.
ing of the newborn baby in Bisnop
lane Sunday night developed Tuesday
evening when Capt. NcDuffie OF the
detectives discovered the mother, a
young Chinese girl The latter admit
ted she was the mother OF the baby
girl after an examination, by Police
Surgeon r. @. Aver and MeD1Ifie but
declared she did not wantonly aban-
don the child and watched II until the
Japanese woman rescued IT from the
ash barrel. ta.* -.
Sunday night Deputy Sheriff Aseh
was the center Of a quarrel between
the Japanese woman who found the
baby and a Hawaiian woman who
liked its looks as to who was TO keep
IT, Now IL may 60 back to its mother
II the father is discovered McDuffie
and Juvenile court authorities are in
yestigating the case.
Il do not wonder now that the Jap
anese woman was rather reticent
about keeping the baby without her
husbands consent for fear II was not
a Japanese baby" says Asch. for
evidently IL is Chinese child"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
VACANT LONDON LAND
TURNED INTO GARDENS
TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE
IRx Associated Press1

LONDON, England The scarcity
of foodstuffs has led the board Of ag-
riculture to empower local authorities
to use vacant building land for food
crops. The vacant land cultivation
society, pet scheme Of the late Jo-
seph FEELS, who was widely. known in
the United States, has already been
entrusted by the government with the
whole work in London, and will be
able, through the London county coun-
Gil, TO acquire any untaxed land that
Is suitable. The society allots small
pieces Of land to families for cultiva-
ton purposes. At present the society
has about 500 holders working some
so acres around London. "...5*
Apart from public gardens and
parks there afe 1900 acres of idle
land In Londnh, and experiences has
shown that London land is capable of
producing at war prices well over $500
worth Of food per acre. So great is
the public interest in the scheme that
the vacant land society is being
showed under by applications from
every kind Of person, many of them
"land.hungry" countrymen settled in
London -. =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
VISITING ELK IS
SUDDENLY TAKEN

Stricken with apoplexy while sit.
ting reading a newspaper In the
library Of the Elks Club. G. L. OFT
drew two or three deep, signing
breaths and expired about 3 O'Clock
Monday afternoon. He was a retired
brewer Of Hartford. Conn, and q
member of Los Angeles Lodge No.
80, B. p. o. E.
Before coming to Honolulu OFT met
J. w. Danforth, with whom he had
been connected in business and who
lad been his friend 20 years before
He persuaded Danforth to make the
trip with him and they arrived on
the Great Northern December %,
since which time they have been
almost daily visitors at the Elks
Club and had made many friends
among the local Elks. OFT had not
been feeling we'll, II is said, for sew
eral days and was planning to soon
leave.
Monday afternoon OFT and Danforth
dropped into the Elks Club, and, after
talking with acquaintance for a time,
went to the library, took easy chairs
near one another and, began reading
papers. Danforth addressed a ques.
ton to OFT, and receiving no reply,
looked up. He saw his friend gasp
and settle back in the chair. Other
Efks were hastily summoned and DR..
C. B. Cooper was called, but the end
had come before his arrival.
Mark" Hanna, manager of the club,
notified brother of the deceased in
Z
of Elks. The body was taken to VIII
liams' undertaking establishment,
pending notification of what disposi-
ton OF It Is desired.
Or is said to have been well to
do ana this IL Indicated by the large
sum of money in bills and travellers
eheckes that he carried and the valu-
able ring and scarfpin which he wore
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
HORN NOT GUILTY OF
DRIVING HEIDI ESSLY

The first round in suit instigated
by Pierre Baron against Col T. N,
Horn for $4,000 damages in an auto
accident closed Monday when the col.
onel was discharged from police court
where he had been arraigned on a
charge Of needless driving. Attorney
William Rawlins represented the de
Tense and Attorney w. B. Pfttman as
sisted the prosecution. !
Witnesses for the prosecution test.
fled that Baron was knocked down by
Horns car near the junction of King
and Alapai streets, sustaining two
broken ribs and minor injuries, and
witnesses introduced by the defense
said that Horn stopped Immediately
before the car had passed over Baron
and that his lights were burning.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
PANAMA TAKES UP PLAN
TO SECURE FARM LOANS
ny Associated Pressl

PANAMA, Canal Zone-The assem-
bly, Of Panama has passed a bill an.
thorizing the government, to spend
500, 900 In loans to sugar plantation
operators, or in guaranteeing pay
ment Of loans and interest on them
contracted outside. Loans by the gov.
eminent must be repaid within 10
years. The applicant for assistance
must be producer Of $1,000 tons Of
raw sugar per annum, and must have
already invested at least one-half OF
the amount which he asks.
The bin was fathered by Deputy
Eusebios A. Morales, formerly minis.
ter of Panama to- the United States.
A rider provides a subsidy Of half a
cent gold per kilograrn Of white granu.
lated sugar produeerd in the country.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
YEE 70 KEUK KNOWS
DAY WHEN HE Is TO
DIE, SHERIFF SAYS

/ Al report published in q morning
paper recently that zee 70 Keuk,
Korean bandit now under sentence Of
death, had not been informed of the
date Of his execution. Is emphatically
denied by Sheriff w. P. Jarrett. Sher.
if Jarrett informs the Star Bulletin
that the Korean desperate was In
formed of the date immediately after
1t had been set by the government.
Keuk will be hanged at Oahu prison
at s. o'clock next Friday morning. He
Is being closely guarded by
death watch.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
BELGIAN poET BURIED

ADINKERKE, Belgium-By order
OF King Albert the body Of Emile Yer
haeren. the Belgian poet, who recent
~ was killed accidentally while board
ing q train at Havre, has been brought
here to rest in Belgian soil.
His ter AIRY grave is hidden un'
der mound Of flowers in the local
cemetery, where the new-made graves
of Belgian soldiers now greatly out.
number the rain-washed headstones Of
the departed villagers. It was the spe-
cial wish Of the queen that, Verhaeren
should be buried among the dunes he
loved so well and here some day,
when the invaders are gone, suit
able memorial VIII be built.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
JApAa's room HIGHER

TOXIC, Japan.-Investigators esti
mate that there is q rise Of 80 per cent
over last year in the price of necessi.
ties In Japan and the tendency is to
ward still higher level Sugar has
increased 20 to 80 per cent, salmon
so to 100 per cent, wine 20 per cent,
beans 80 to 40 per cent, grain 10 to
20 per cent, canned goods 10 to %
per cent and fuel 20 per cent. The
cost Of cloth, apparel and oils has
also increased.
Wages have risen, but many people
not connected with the present pros
perity are meeting hard times. +
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
DAILY REMINDERS

Expert chiropodist, rm. 4, Elite bldg
ADV. ~
Make some Of today's want adj
serve YoU-by answering : few d
them.
Have your fountain pen oyerhauled
at Arleigh's. Hotel street No charge
for adjusting.
Wanted more passengers tc
make up motor party around island
$500 each. Lewis Garage, phone bal
ADV.
For Distilled water. Hires Rect
Beer and all other Popular Drinks
try the Con Soda Water Works Co.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
O(H And 6EVfL

A business meeting Of Excelsiol
Lodge, l. o. o. F.. will be held at 7:3t
O'Clock this evening. " p
Officers of the Central Union Bibls
school were to be elected at a meet
ing Of the school in the church al 4: 81
O'Clock this afternoon.
A suit for Injunction has been filed
in circuit court by the Wing Sing We
Co. against Lee Wah Chung and Lee
Wal.
George H. Holt has filed his answer
in the case Of the Hawaiian Trust
Company against Rosalie Holt, ct al,
an action for the construction Of a
will.
The members Of the Catholic Ladies'
Aid Society will hold their annual
meeting at o'clock next Thursday
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. Z. s.
Cunha. Waikiki
The concert which was to have
been held at Thomas square tonight
has been postponed until Wednesday
night as the band is to play at the
bond issue mass meeting in Aala park
tonight.
A concert of Hawaiian music will
be given under the auspices Of the
-Woman's Guild OF St Andrews Hawai-
ian congregation in the Davies memo
rial hall on Friday evening, February
16, at 8 o'clock The admission will
be 25 cents. o..
Because the defendant is i'll In q
hospital, the case Of Musa Mezurashi,
a Japanese woman, scheduled to go
to trial in federal court this morning,
has been continued The woman is
charged with concealing and otherwise
handling opium. .' - %s..
c. T. Wilder filed in circuit court
on Monday petition for his APP
pointment as special administrator of
the estate of the late Judge A. A.
Wilder. Circuit Judge whitney will
hear the petition at $3.50 o'clock to-
IlOETOW IHOTUiHS. i
The final accounts Of A. L. Bushnell,
administrator of the estate of Annie
Bushnell Paris, late of Honolulu, have
been filed In circuit court The adj
charges himself with
$197.15 and asks to be allowed $197.
US ses.. 49, s s5fFE% -
The fourth annual accounts of Ben
H. Clarke, guardian OF Isabella K. Hat.
field, an insane person, have been filed
In circuit court. The guardian charges
himself with $66399 and asks. to be
allowed $1S.75. - **.~5
To take charge OF the California
business Of the Hawaiian Fertilizer
Clinton g. Owen, superin-
tendent, win leave on the Wilhelmina
Wednesday. HIS headquarters will be
at San Francisco. Owen has been
with the Fertilizer company IS years.
The board Of supervisors will meet
this evening at 1880 o'clock. but as
The big water and sewer bond rally |
Is called for the same hour, and as |
several supervisors are scheduled to
speak, II Is expected that the session /
viii be adjourned following the pas.
sage Of only the most important bust
ness.
James w. Morse. staff photographer |
,f the Star-Bulletin. has received
rom the international Film Company
acknowledgment OF the negative
which he made Of the All-American
,all team when here. The picture
will be shown in the weekly picture
service which the company issues TO
movie houses on current events.
fEE Yn KElIk KMnWc
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
BAD MEN SHOOT UP =
TEXAS TOWN, SMASH STORES

DEXTER, Tex.-Four young farm
ers with six-shooters terrorized this
town one night recently. Citizens
were forced to take hasty flight to
their homes. The desperadoes fired
more than 200 shots, several towns
people narrowly escaping death.
Stores and business houses were
wrecked. ALI four escaped.