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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
MAXINE ELLIOTT HERE
TO ACT IN THE MOVIES
Famous Stage Beauty Returns
From War Work Abroad;
Players Shift Positions
By the photoplay Editor

Movie actors are notoriousy hckle,
changing Jobs with the speed OF Grinith
automobile-truin-race scene. This week
There arc several shifts Nlso one promi-
nent actress has siEnfcd that she will enter
motion pictures for the first time This
is Maxine Elliott, who has just returned
from abroad. where she has been engaged I'm
relief work In connection with the war The
Holdwyn firm has Miss EIlious services.
Ihe name Of a prominent director TO pro-
duce her first feature win he announced
soon,
Among the new affiliations ~ player folk
may be mentioned William Sigh. remarkable
character actor. who has done compelling
and curious type studies for Metro Mr.
Nigh goes to William FuN as "a director.
tie also produced tilm plays while with
Metro and Is remembered by those whose
movie CduCations began way back as a Key
stone comedian aud Japanese" iupersoua-
tor Tor the defunct Majestic.
Maudc FcalN once ThanhoUsar star
Of drawing power. has signed with Lasly
to appear with Theodore Roberts I'm % rea-
tury Miss Fcaly has been leading woman
for such stage celebrities as the late r. $
Willard. Sir Henry irving and William
Gillette.
I'm an interview given to the Nryv York,
Morning Telegraph n Mr. Elopsch, cdito,'
OF AN AlaslSa paper describes the groNinr:
popularity of photoplays in his part Of Tia,
world People are crazy over them" he
Is quoted as saying "F3rhaul,s onct
Dougia% has regular picture palacA
Thurnr's Home Of Features" Mr. klops, n
describes the one drawback Wltch uorthei n
exhibitors Conrront-the expense ur tran 4
pnrtation owing to the difficulty Of rnttn,g
pictures there In the winter. the Seattle
exchanges permit exhibitors TO select ip
To the close of November. those piutui es
which they want and ship them by watcf,
The greatest mOtiou-uiCturp fan in the
Norh Is the indian. He will travel IN IL
dreds ut miles ana sell his dog team to see
motiou-ptcturc show; and the only ii me
the Indians of Alaska have seen an a, ro.
plane has been on the screen
BY an agreement completed December 2S
between Hatho Exchange. Inc. and tie In
tcrnailonal Film Service Inc. ull Of the
pictures of the International including Sc.
rials, features. cartoons and the Hearst In
tvrnHtlpnhl News iirtnrtal, Will be rcIpg Sel
through the Pathc Exchange Inc. rh,
new arrangement Is effective January. :
According to trade journal, carl Iacn rle
and Z. A. Powers have sold their I'niv, rs:l
stock TO Il banking syndicate and with a
New orleans cEhibitor. viii form a new
company It's said Fichtcuhery tho e..
hibitor named, has signed j. Warren Te.-
riEan and Bessie Barriscale and that he's
trying to get Douglas Fairbanks The ri anne
Of Lois Weber also is mentioned I'm rorluer.
ton with the new deal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
RUSSIA HOLDS UP TRADE war
Refuses to Ratify Program Of Allies
Economic Conference

WASHINGTON. Jan. &.-Adoptton ,r tbc
aftrr-the-war economic program Of th.A I'm
tente Allies as proposed at the Paris ern
nomic conference last June is being II, Id ~,
by Russias failure to ratfy the plan. II y.ns
learned today.
The Allies program is directed rrirri-
pally at the Central Powers. but in rart
also against neutral countries Russ.,,s
failure TO act fayorabIy on the Paris r,.o-
lutlons is understood to have been caused
by her desire TO consider the entire u oblrm
Of reconstruction and world trade after tin
war before announcing a definite pclic,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
Distress Acute Over Coal Shortage

AKRON, O.. Jan g. With tie com
shortage so acute that the schools remain
closed and the churches are prevented from
holding services and distress prevails in
many homes, the Citizens League )t Tai
madge near here. sent nm appeal 10 the
state Utilities Commission for aid today
The commission is asked to order he rail-
roads to forward Immediately cars of coal
now on the way, but which have Oc,u held
up. The coal supply IS entirely exhaust ed,
and many families where there arc young
children are trying to keep thcr homes
warm by wood
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
Pennypaeker ReIles for Historians

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Jan. 3-The
chester County Historical Society Is to re-
eeiYe from the the estate Of the late Gen
eral Galusha Pennypacker, the illustrous
soldier Of Chester County aud Philadelphia
these interesting relics of the deceased
soldier The sword presented to him by
residents Of Chester County the saddle and
trapplngs which were on a horse shot under
him IN battle. his uniform ana certain pic
lures and medals, an ornate clock made by
q prisoner Ia Libby Prison etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
Gecree S. Norbeck Dies

LANCASTER, Pa. Jan. 3.-George S.
NorbecI. siNty-eight years old, former
Third Ward Alderman. died this morning.
For many years he was engaged here in
the carriage manufacturing business, and
for the last eight years was general sales
agent Of the AIounUlIe Brick Company.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
CITY CHARTER CHANGED

The action of the Wheeling charter
committee in providing for an amend
ment to Section s of the new charter,
defining the eligibility Of citizens Tor
membership Of council, will greatly
improve the chances Of securing a re-
sponsible and qualified body OF men
to- legislats for the best interests OF
the city. The inclusion OF connection
direct or remote with all corporations
as being q bar to qualification as
member OF council certainly narrow
ed selection down to an undesirable
class Of citizens. The section as
amended refers only to connection
with public utility corporations
which, obviously, IS a wise inhibition
While It is probable the suggested
change Of another section Of the char
ter with regard to the election OF
chief Of police and the appointment
members Of the force, Is not impera-
tive Tor the best results, that question
remains to be tested through trial. II
1t proves to be conflictiye recourse
may be had to the legislature for cor
rection-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
THE PROBE FOR THE LEAK

While Thomas w Lawson, of Bos-
ton, is spectacular rather than specir-
ic. abstract rather than concrete.
there is without doubt fire back Of the
smoke he has raised about the leak"
Of information concerning the inten-
tons Of President Wilson to propose
peace to the warning European ma
tons. Lawson's charge Is that GER
tain persons connected with the ad-
minist{ation and members Of Con-
gress protlted by advance information
in playing the stock market. At first
Mr.. Lawson was characterized as a
buffer, mere self-adyertiser. 1t is to
the Boston brokers credit that he
took all the abuse heaped on him good
naturally. Now that more specific
charges have been made and names
have been mentioned, some of them
dangerously high up" the Democrat
ic chairman OF the House Committee
on Rules has been forced to open the
investigation into the matter. And
Mr.. Lawson again shows a commend.
able side by honoring a subpoena as
a witness and cancelling his arrange
ments for trip to Europe.
It Is distressful revelation and
should be probed to the very bottom.
But no one for a moment connects
the President with the matter directly
or indirectly. That there are some
unscrupulous persons connected with
the administration in a position to
have betrayed the trust reposed in
them is quite patent The thorough
ness Of the inquiry into the leak" is
due the President as we'll as those
who are suspected, but who may be
as innocent as the President That
the investigation is not to be made
behind closed doors. but open 70 the
public is an encouraging indication
that the truth will be brought out
without regard to the Importance OF
the personages 1t may strike.
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TO CONTINUE THE
NEWLANDS COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.-Extension
of the life Of the Newlands Joint
Railroad COMMITTEE until the conven-
ing of the Sixty-fifth Congress next
December. without an additional ap-
preparation, was agreed to today, by
administration leaders in Congress,
and the necessary proviclon was en-
bodied in a joint resolution raVora-
bly, reported by both the Senate and
House commerce committees. The
joint committee, which was created at
the last session 10 investigate the
whole subject Of railway control.
would expire under the present law
next Monday. A proposal to extend
II for one year and to appropriate
for retention as salaried member
Of Representative Cullop, Of Indiana,
was blocked in the House yesterday
by Republican objection. Democratic
leaders believe the resolution report
ed today as a substitute will be
passed without serious opposition.
In their reports the commerce COM
mittees point out that because of the
last adjournment last summer and the
time required for consideration or
President Wilson's railroad measure
since the present session, it has Deen
impossible for the joint committee
to complete the comprehensive sur
vey OF railway conditions contem-
plated when it was created. Hear
ings during the coming summer and
report to Congress by December
ara provided for in the substitute
resolution.
Senator Newlands made an effort
to get the resolution before the Sen
ate late today but the peace debate
prevented its consideration.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
WORKS MIXED PHILIPPE

Senator Works. of California. GER
tainly told 1t all in his speech ostensl-
bly, opposing the Senate's endorse
.ment OF the Presidents peace note,
but in reality took advantage Of the
opportunity to propose the erection OF
a new party out Of the Heterogeneous
elements who are at loggerheads with
all parties. He would practically re-
establish a new cave of Adullam
where all the disconnected would
meet, a foregathering place for the ul-
tra-righteous. the followers or the I'M
peccable William Allen White and the
lnconsolable leader Of the remnants
Of Massachusetts Progressiveism.
Senator Works suggests Liberty as a
discriminating title for this new or
ganization Of political egoists. Let US
have the Liberty party by all means,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
STANDS UP NEAR THE HEAD

A Eew distinction attaches to west
Virginia through a report OF the Unit
ed States Geological Survey on the
production Of lime for the year 1915.
West Virginia stands fourth IN. the
list Of States with total production
Of $4,000 tons, preceded by Pennsyl-
yania, Chic and Virginia. which was
a gain Of "a percent over the 1915 pro-
duction. In hydrated lime this State
climbs to third place, with an increase
OF 81 per cent over last year. or
course the resources Of West Virginia
in this line have been but barely
touched as yet
Last year was the first time in
which the production Of lime in the
country has equalled or exceeded
1900, 900 tons, the record being Ill.,
300 tons over that mark. OF the 43
States In which lime was produced
and sold. 81 reported increase. The
remaining States represented less
than s per cent Of the total quantity
produced. The only States with out
put Of more than $4,000 tons that
showed decrease in 1915 were Mich
Ian, which produced $4,000 tons, a
6crease Of 1 percent. and Illinois
which produced $4,000 tons. a de-
crease Of Is percent. Washington,
which produced $4,000 tons, showed
q decrease Of percent. Hydrated
lime in 1916 showed an even more
striking increase than total lime, the
marketed production amounting to
: 10000 TONS. gain Of more than IL
percent. All States in which the pro-
duction amounted to 5000 tons or
more showed increase. These States
included Michigan, Illinois. ana Wash
tngton, In which the total production
Of lime decreased.
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CKEERINa' soadE ONE on.

Don't you mind about the triumphs,
Don't YOU worry after fame;
Don't you grieve about succeeding.
Let the future guard your name.
All the best in LIES the simplest,
Love will last when wealth Is gone;
Just be glad that you are living,
And keep cheering some one on.
Let your ncighbors have the blossoms.
Let your comrades wear the crown;
Never mind the little setbRcks
Nor the blows that knock you down.
You'll be there when there forgotten,
You'll be glad with youth and dawn.
II YOU just forget your troubles
And keep cheering some one on.
There's a lot Of sorrow round you.
Lots Of consequences and tears;
Lots OF heartaches and Of worry
Through the shadows OF the years.
And the world needs more than tri-
umphs;
More than all the swords we've drawn.
It Is hunger!ng for the fellow
Who keeps cheering others on.
Let the wind around you whistle.
And the storms around you play;
You'll be here with Drawn and Gristle
When the conqucrorS decay.
You'll he here In memories swcetencu
If the souls you've saved from pawn.
If you put aside the victories
And keep cheering some one on.
portabIa vorui,,u rlen nor of English
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as it will mean peace for all who have
suffered from these fleas who Mr..
Mr.. Works desires 10 gather together,
even as hen gathereth her chickens
under her wing.
Senator Works extraordinary out
burst has been described as his vale
dictory to the Senate. as his term eX-
pires In March. All that he charged
against the present administration
was true, if it was nothing new. we
have long been having government by
dication, an arrogant dominance OF
Congress. All OF the delinquencies OF
the Wilson regime were familiar to
the people Of the country. especially
in the State from whence the prophet
of the Liberty party comes. yet the
country turned away from the relief
that was offered. Mr.. Works repre-
sents the sentiment OF California that
was opposed to Wilson, still that
State is responsible for another four
years of his dictatorship. The people
Of the Pacific coast took Wilson rath'
er than relief. and for that reason 1t
is somewhat incongruous in the de-
parting Senator to howl now. In this
hour his denunciations are flat, stale
and Improbable
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
QUITE CHARACTERISTIC

Bond issues and Democratic rule
lre synonymous-the one is the ma
mrA complement OF the other. And
It transpires that after casting about
for weeks to ind some effective man
ner Of making up the huge deficit
which Democratic administration had
brought to the federal treasury, the
ruling party has decided to take
Shcrt cut to solvency and it will soon
put ON the market a number Of mil
Hons, in: a sum not yet determined, OF
Panama Canal bonds. From the White
Hou1s, It is said. comes word that this
course has been adopted to meet an
emergency. By general definition, an
emergency Is something unforeseen;
whereas the present condition OF the
national strongbox has been foreseen
tard predicted many a time and Oft
since the passage Of the Democratic
tariff Of 1913, with its reduction or
duties ruinous alike to American
manufacturers and the American
treasury.
Meantime many e1pedients have
BEEN resorted to to bolster up the fal-
.tering treasury balance. Taxes, novel,
oppressive and inequitable, have been
devised and applied; the arts Of the
,book-keeper have been used in vain
Falling revenues and rising e1pendl-
lures have marked the course Of DEM
ocratic legislation. and now comes the
day of reckoning. A bond issue, favor
tie scheme OF Democratic admintstra-
tons, is to be thrust upon US in time
OF peace: and for fifty years the tax
bills of the voters will carry specif-
ic and costly reminder Of Woodrow
Wilson's term Of Office. The day OF
reckoning now Is financial only.
There will be another day Of reckon
ins-polittcal in its nature-in 1913.
The party which has shown such in
aptitude In practical management or
the country's business will then find
that words and phrases and the plea
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differences between man and wife. so
has she settled disputes between King
and King. nation and nation.
1T Is most significant that those
powers who have SO long ignored Rome
are now sending ENJOYS to her court.
and who shall say that II England. Rus
sIa. France, Turkey. Germany and all
had. before the war, sent their ENJOYS
TO the Vatican that the great European
slaughter now going on might not have
been :Ivcrted? Even though Rome by
the rebellion OF once loyal nations is
limited in the exercise OF her Divine
power. yet she has done moro than all
the other powers put together to bring
relief to those thousands OF wounded
soldiers of all crccdS and no creed who
were languihsng in foreign lands. 1t is
the good office Of our Holy Father that
Is bringing back the wounded soldiers
to the firesdrS inn their native lands
which they love and long for. Let us
hope and pray that the day Is not far
distant when Rome shall again he rec
ognzed az tho great papal Court Of
Arbitration and 50 avert in the future
the awful slaughter that the world is 4
witness of to-day.
What Il rcbulte this war Of many ma
tons is To the pride and ronceit which
set up the Hague as the rurveyor of IN
ternational peace! Il is Hamlet with
magnificent huildIng-the Peace Palace
at the Iiaguc-to mock its founders.
The money did not come by multiplying
the bits donated by the p0or-no, the
money was rolled up mountain high by
manipulating the tariff schedules and
by grinding the face OF the poor. The
l'cacc Palace IL now silent. 1t was 80
filled with emptiness that there WAS no
room for the Vicar Of Christ. 1t medt-
,ated vain things and verify it received
It's reward. Its reward was not peace
but the pIaulItS Of those VIII" deny the
authority nj the Pope or Rome. of those
who would dpthrone religion In favor or
csiencc--not knowing that Theology Is
the highest intellectual science OF them
all.
''Th" very idea Of The Hague CiImr
from the church. 1t WAS u French 'atho-
lie Monk Emrrr I'ruCc, who some three
hundred years ago wrote out concrete
rlnn for world Court Of Arbitration.
ir his plan. In" holy monk CAV" first
rlace to the Roman rontif. hut at tho
Hague. they would not hay" it 81. Shall
VIC wonder then. that this cold temple
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deducted in any estimates as BENG
soil not suited to Agriculture.
The first considerable aid will prob
ably come from the activities ut the
new government. Money must be
spent there. if only for labor; and. Tor
a considerable period, the volume nl
employment, together with the appFc
Gladly enhanced wage rate, MAY sui
fee to change conditions OF local pow
erty into genuine ii temporary pros
perity.
Immediately upon the rc.crraiio OF
the harbor, it may reasonably DC
expected that there will be some
revival Of the old commercial actlr-
tiles. Lines which do not now make
ST. Thomas d port OF call will prob
ably find il desirable in the future.
The islands are directly in the sailing
track from the Channel ports 10 the
Panama canal, thus making IL con-
stanlly accessible to French, British,
German. Belgian, Dutch and Danish
shipping, as well as to our own, for 1t
is also in line OF travel direct from
New York to Trinidad and the OrinOco
in Venezuela. With any appreciate
number OF ships stopping al ST.
Thomas an outlet will be provided for
d considerable increase in the areas
planted in tropical fruits. for which
the market in the United States alone
in constantly increasing.
With increased facilities, and espe-
cially because Of the national curiosity
regarding new possessions, there is
every prospect of tide of tourist
travel--modeSt al first in size, but
certainly remunerative-to the islands.
They have an ideal tropical climate
BY reason Of their small individual
areas which permit of sea breezes
over their entire surfaces. In this
they enjoy an unquestioned excel
lence beyond Cuba. Porto RIGA. Ber-
muda, jamaica and the Bahamas.
Given the good roads which neces
Sarily must attend American occupa-
ton. these hitherto unfortunate West
Indies bid fair TO come into new
and very wonderful birthright as a
modern pleasure resort - not merely
for any restricted seasonal pleasures.
but all the year around, since exist.
ence there is. as happily endurable IN
summer as in winter
1t would indeed be an unlocked for,
event as 1t is by no means an impos-
sible result of the change in national
ownership. if these three poor little
Cinderellas Of the Caribbean should
be transformed into the queens of
fashion their native loneliness entities
them 10.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
THE WAGES OF SIN

In a recent talk q we'll known wom-
an physician bemoaned the dissolute-
ness Of the modern world. declaring
that 1t was never more so than at the
present time. Real happiness is
cheap" she declared, but for artitl
clal happiness sought in strange
places We pay in terms Of wasted
brains and bodily power. Purity OF
mind means strength of body and
brain" II the young Pittsou:gher
who killed himself at Atlantic City,
and who is suspected of being the
murderer of a Philadelphia girl of ir-
regular life. had taken thought before
he became ensnared by the glitter OF
high lights, wine and woman's pur-
chased smile he would be living to-
day. And the woman who met hor-
rible death. what Of her? Again it IS
the story OF the yampire-"a rag.
bone and a hank OF hair" She too
paid the penalty of the irregular life,
which was disguised with a quasi-re-
spectability.
Real happiness is cheap" Aound-
antly true. 1t is more. In real happi-
ness. in rational enjoyment is found
safety. But men and women keep on
going down TO hell in spite OF the
knowledge that the wages of sin is
death. They deliberately turn away
from the paths Of right living to the
hard roads of the ways Of the trans
gressor. But the horror Of it is. the
tragic ends Of these degenerates DO
not bury with them the far reaching
consequences Of their dissolute lives.
Respectable parents and relatives are
bowed in humiliation and disgrace.
They are the innocents who suffer for
the SHINING as we'll as the dead. That
is one OF the ine1orable penalties.
Some of the men Of Philadelphia
who were connected with the DALI
ances Of this beautiful model" men
who were not suspected before of con-
sorting with such defaming spirits,
now know that however sweet is the
bread eaten in secret It at last turns
to bitterness. They may have had
their lesson, or they may not. Once
singed by such fires, many go back
to the burning. The only safety lies
In not taking the first step in search
ing for happiness in strange places.
The fate Of young Lewis and his vic.
tim breaches its own sermon, and it is
a powerful one, which those who are
running the course may read.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
NEW WEST VA. COMPANIES.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. s.
Certificates Of incorporation have been
issued by the secretary Of state TO the
following concerns which will operate
under the laws Of West Virginia:
Brooks Run Lumber company, Of
Sutton; to operate in Draxton county.
Authorized capital, $4,000. Incorpor-
alors L. H. Kegg, C. II. Bland. w. F.
Morrison, Jr., c. c. Hines and E. D.
Blue. all Of Sutton.
The West Virginia Motor Car COM
pany, OF Huntingdon; authorized capt.
tai, $4,000. lncorporators ]. c. Ham
mat, NJ. f. Dwyer, ]. S. Sheppard, G..
F. Smith and S. S. Spencer. all Of
Huntington.
The First National company. of
Fairmont, to deal In realty. Author
lied capital, 100000. incorporates
J. J. Mulvehill, J. +. Hare, A. J. Col
burn. A. NJ. Rowe and G. J. Jackson.
all Of Fairmont
The Eagle Coal company. of Mont
gomery, to operate in Fayette county.
Authorized capital, $4,000. lncorpor-
ators Mathew Buster, Arch Mckinney.
Pattie Buster, Lea Mckinney and
Charles Lemons. all Of Montgomery