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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
COURT WORKING HARD
TO END LICENSE CASES
Special Saturday Session Has in
View Termination of Hear
ings by Tonight

WEST CHESTER, Pa. March &.-Thc
Chester County Court, holding special
session in the application Of the No-Liccnse
county committee which is seeking to have
six licenses revoked in tOatcsNilr aud
powningtowu is working at high speed to-
day to reach an end by tonight, although
there are n large number Of witnesses still
TO be heard.
The matter Of the Swan Hotel Of u. H.
Martin, Of DowninEtown.. was closed at this
mornings session ard argument was de-
ferred until later, This case occupied yes
terday afternoon and Il long session last
night n few additional witnesses being
heard today for the defense. More than
200 witnesses figured i'm the hearing. The
proprietor and his employees denied stories
told by workers for the application. and
large number of bankers. business and
others told of the good conduct of the hotel
It was admitted by Mr.. Martin aud his
employees that men had been seen leaving
the barroom in an intoxicated condition,
This" said the hotel proprietor. can
be seen AT any hotel in the county, but more
frequently at the powningtown hostelries
the reason being that large number of
men arrive i'm the town from tOatesVile
and West Chester on the trolley cars who
are already intoxicated and. naturally, the
first place they seek is the nearest bar The
barmen have been kept busy i'm refusing
these visitors and cjeCting many of them
they are seen leaving the bars staggering
and those workers for the temperance cause
see them and naturally jump to the con
clusion that they became intoxicated in tn,
last places they visited ~
Mr. Martin was Corrohorated by his en-
ployes. as well as by many business mer
who have stores near the hotel
The case against the Pennsylvania llous'
of Louis Gibney. of DowningtOwn. started
at the morning session and promises to oc
cupy many hours Of slow action one thu
part of the Court It is the last one OF
the list
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
CITY OPENS ITS ARMS
FOR FATTY" ARBUCKLE
Huge Embrace 1t Is, Too, for
290-Pound Movie Star and
Food Annihilator

Fatty" Roscoe ArbucSle the Paramount
comedian and movie star. who weighs no
less than 29O pounds, is a guest of honor
in Philadelphia today lie was met at
Broad Street Station with a band, and a
parade was held in his honor He placed
wreath on the Liberty Bell in Inde-
pendence Hall. The Paramount Exchange.
which staged the reception, also has ar
ranged a banquet in his honor at the
Bellevue-Stratford tonight
That's where Fatty" comes in strong
the eats. He admitted today that the high
cost of food or living failed to worry him.
He however, is bemoanng the loss Of his
dog. Luke, also known to movie fans
The dog was lost yesterday in Washing
ton. Arbuckle said, as he explained that
Luke probably stayed or strayed over for
the Inauguration.
Speaking of the high cost of food in
Philly and elsewhere, Fatty" this morning
said he wasn't hungry. But this is what
he ate;
BREAKFAST A LA ARBuCKLE
Fruit
Cereal
steak and potatoes
Six eggs on toast
Three cups of coffee
Butter and rolls
BE il said in "Fatty's" favor that ht
eats only one meal a day. His friends saw
however. that the meal lasts virtually al
day long. Sometimes, they say he make.
it two meals of several hours each will
several hours sandwiched between.
Under the auspices of the Paramount
Exchange, Arbuckle is making transcon
tinental tour of the country. He has beer
through many cities in the West He leaves
tonight for Buffalo.
Those In the party include: Mrs. Ar
buckle Mr.. and Mrs. II. MacLean, Adolpl
Zukor William Jefferson Lou Anger, Franl
Williams, James lyman, James Steele ant
Herbert Warren.
Fatty Arbuckle. of course. likes Philly
| but you should have heard what he sal,
| about the weather. 1t Uhe weather. i
| not fit to print.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
WIFE so MEAN TO HIM
HE WENT TO CRY IN PARK
Divorce Recommended. for Man Who
Says Spouse Felled Him With
Frying Pan

READING. Pa, March 3.-+Declaring that
his wife compelled him to follow her up
the front steps OF the Court House, scat
tering salt. so that she might win a pend
ing lawsuit. and saying he was deathly
afraid of a big butcher knife which she
kept under her pillow, but which she in
sisted was used In 'powwowing" to quiet
the blood" Charles X. Schell testified be,
fore a master here today In his suit 'for
divorce from Ellen r.. Schell.
The couple lived together for thirty-six
Years, and tho wife is strenuously resisting
the divorce, denying her husbands allega-
tions OF cruel treatment. The husband
testified that they quarreled almost every
day. and that on one occasion she knocked
him down with frying pan.
He says she threatened him with the
butcher knife, and everybody made fun OF
him when she made hun scatter salt on
the Court House steps; lie testified that
he frequently sought the solitude OF City
PARK 70 dty over his troubles and try to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

movies seem to be what the world is made
Of Some of them don't like to cook Others
don't like to sew The Camp Fire Girls has
been our salvation. This outdoor life,
which means camping and hiking. seems to
shoe away lot of sickly thoughts,
These little girls cannot bring their trou
hles to their mothers because for the most
part the mothers do not speak English
That Is ore of my dearest aims--to teach
them the real importance Of learning the
language their children speak. The women
are not anxious to learn. They say they
have no need for anything but Polish. The
district is so foreign that it is for all the
world like piece OF Poland cut out OF the
old country and set down in Delaware.
There are Polish shopkeepers and Polish
everything.
MY boys? Well ! just try TO show them
a good time. Anything to keep them off the
streets. They have billiards, basketball and
all the rest of the things a boy likes. The
older men are especially anxious to speak
English. They know their jobs depend
upon it,"
TO the walls of the missionary house. Vague
hits Of land so | just simply went to her
and showed her how TO hang out the wash
ing" and. when | was in Lancaster lee
turing" speak eloquenty of splendid
Young woman who is not too dainty to bend
over a steaming wash tub nor vet toe
hearth hugging to mount the platform ant
tell the story of her beloved people
Some people have queer ideas about
missionaries" Miss Ostrosky remarke
why every woman is a potential mission
ary! She can mother her own little world
IL she wants to-"
II might be added that the premise |.
equally true in the reverse. II every woman
is a potential missionary. then every
woman missionary is n potential feminist
Spring bonnets, movies snapshots anC
| weakening on that point about Sian
| (theres been an urgent invitation to tax,
! charge of kindergarten)-but there w
said we wouldn't tell
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
THAW BOTH SANE AND
INSANE, LAWYERS SAY
New York Authorities Insist on Extra
-Pittsburgher's Counsel
Defes His Removal

Harry Thaw cah be removed fropn ST,
Mary's Hospital TO any place in the universe
lust as soon as anybody takes sufficient in
terest TO do So
on the other hand, removal of the Pitts
burgher outside OF his room would result
disastrolrsly.
District Attorney Swami WAS advised OF
the first statement and Thaw's own lawyer.
former Judge James Gay Gordon, is au-
thority for the other. Swami wants Harry
in New York and Gordon wants to keep
him here II IL swans business 70 get
y! E!ght x!sh re rs:xs nina :. s24 .r qeF4 # z Z
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
POLISH GIRL, SOCIAL WORKER,
. MOTHERS FOLK IN WILMINGTON
Mary Ostrosky Dismisses Dream OF missionary
Work in Siam o Keep Boys and
Girls Off Streets
nv n stor Correspondent
WILMINGTON, Del, March 3

WIIMINGlON, ltl'' H''N'
II happened in chicago She was =
voman--a cleanly clotned' ,ieeu , ',,n.
woman and she was in Jail There was
oueer heart hunger look in her eyes, put
no one could tell what IT meant untll one
dav n Young girl fresh from the WlsSloHa'y
class Of the Moody Bible institute stoppeu
AT the sordid cell, looked through 'he odrS
and wondered. ,,, A.. rt,i
what can she nave uone' ''' 90
asked a nearby warden,
Forgery" was the brief retort' ana Jnen
as an afterthoueht she cant tax Eng
lish She's Pole.
"a pole" the girl cried breathIessIE'
why I'm Polish let me talk TO her'
And so IL was that an hour later Judge
tearned he had committed a woman TO
coll mainly for the crime Of not speaking
English The story was as unseemIE aS
il ia true An unscrupuIous hoatueI n"u
ma id his hill with n forged check ana
prudent but unknowing 9ittIe iolsn nUuse nIue,
wife had straightway turned in the llIesal
niece of papcr as payment for grocery
bill
"MISSIONINC" ~ BIOwNTOwN
This little story serves TO explain better
than any Chronological account why MISS
Mary Ostrosky daughter OF folahn -no'n
parents now living in Miwaukee WIS
is at present "mssloning' in browntoWn
tho heart Of Wilmington's Polish district.
in the regions of siam, g,
"Oh how I did want to go to siam
exclaimed Miss Ostrosky, who, by the way
is very Young and very apt to upset the
nicture OF the deaconess- -garhed lady one
usually features as the dispenser of mission
nennics "You see. it all began this way;
when | was a little bit of girl i'll
small town in eastern Ohio ] knew most
wonderful Quaker lady-she was a true
missionary. | loved her next to my mother
and | wanted to he like her-only wanted
to 20 to Siam. why, ! want to go now,
onlv--" The lady mssionarys cheeks
flushed mink at the thought, hut her deer
rrav ewes told more plainly than anything
eIse that youth never forgets its first dream
For p moment the cosy little bachelor
apartment lust faded away and there were
others who wanted to see Siam.
"OnIv," the story went on, that time II
| Chicago taught me that my place was will
NV own people Then I worked in Chicago
| among the Polish people who lived in tho
| stoclIyards district Two years ago ] came
| 70 wilmington to take charge of the mission
| established here under the Presbyterian
churches.
| ",rhere is so much to tell about it--Eng
| lish classes. cooking and sewing circles,
kIndersarten a library. oh. ! Just Wisl
| Won could come and stay week and see al
| my lovely babies, my little boys and girls
| nv Young mem am very proud or M
| Young men-and my mothers and rather
| who try to he old men and women a
| twenty-esht and thirty just because the.
| have eight or nine children.
| Every class presents ITS own problems
| Most of my little girls work in the shops
| A great many of them in the Artillery Fuse
| They are just at the age when boys ana IN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
CITY HALL OFFICIAL II
James Walls, Named Temporary Super
intendent, Honored on Birthday

James Walls, one of the oldest employees
in city Hall today celebrated his seventy
seventh birthday and was presented with
a bouquet of seventy-seven roses by fellow
employees in the Bureau of City Property.
Mr.. Walls was appointed a boss brick.
layer by the Old Public Building Commits
sion in 1882, and continued in that position
until recently, when he was temporarily
appointed Superintendent of city Hall to
FIJI the vacancy caused by the dismissal OF
william $. Bowen lie has filed his ap-
plication and will be placed on the rolls
Of the municipal pension fund on April /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
$500 TAKEN IN BURGLARIES
Thieves Enter Houses and Store ano
Steal Valuables

Three robberies were reported to the po-
lice today In which money and yaluables to
total value of $500 was taken
A sneak thief entered the home of Mrs.
James Doty, 2O2l South Twentieth street
and stole jewelry valued at $3.50. Break.
ing window in the dining room thieves ran
sacked the home of Miss Bertha Kafrman.
1919 North Seventeenth street, and took
silverware and china valued at $50. The
front door of the cloth store OF Joseph
Parks sl5 South Fourth street. was forced
during the night and cloth valued at $500
was removed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
JANE ADDAMS HOPEFUL
WAR MAY BE AVERTED
Sends Wireless to German National
women's Committee for Per-
manent Peace

AMSTERDAM. March 3.-Miss Jane Ad-
dams. American peace worker. has sent the
following wireless message to the German
National women's COMMITTEES for Permanent
peace. according to dispatches from Berlin.
MANY American women combine with
The members Of the International commit
- for Hurahlo peace. 70 send their Ger
80 |1fero heor ~ orP><InGs NJ hops var
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Market Woman Found Dead in Red

READING. Pa, March 3.-Mrs. Matilda
Holznagel, sixty-two years old. well known
to the people of Reading as a Keeper OF a
market. stand for many years, was found
dead IN bed or heart disease at her home
here today after the door had been broken
In by policemen summoned by relatives who
became alarmed when the woman did not
put in an appearances.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Gives i.ooo. 600 to Pension Fund

CHICAGO, March ~ TheA he', ~
Joseph B. Hingeley. secretary Of the ~
OF Conference Claimants. announced ~
ceipt Of 100000 from the estate
Willis James, OF New York. wh'co
pletes her gift of $i,00o.0Qo 70 the
sYed { e &. tes z s'ese| P|ssss1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Birdsboro Postmaster Dies

BIRDsBoRo. Pa, March o. - John G
Bradley, postmaster at BIrdsboro, Pa. died
today Of Brights disease. He was sixtv-
ons years old. He was prominent in Demo-
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Is GYPSIES NABBED
I'm RAID BY POLICE
Fortune Tellers, Accused of
Fleeing Patrons, Ready
\ to Quit Town
sALL HELD UNDER BAIL
Prophetic Vision of "Seeresses' +
Fails to- Foresec
Arrests
ALL HELD UNDER BAIL

Eighteen gypsy clairvoyants are under
arrest today as a result of the first blow
struck by the police against the gypsy
fortune-teling trust" subject OF many
complaints and much publicity.
swift silent raid In the center OF the
city did the work They were arraigned
this morning before Magistrate Mecleary
accused of fleeing Phladelphians out OF
thousands of dollars IN violation OF the
anti-fortune.tellng act Of 1881, and each
was held in 5000 bail for n further hearing
next wednesday.
WHERE RAIDS WERE MADE
The fortune-tellng rarlors raided by the
oollce were at the following addresses;
239 North Ninth street
10 North ninth street
?07 Filbert street
46i North Tenth street
339 North Ninth street
s34 Callowhil street.
14l North Eighth street
21s North Ninth street
!, 202 North Ninth street
914 Vine street.
229 North Ninth street.
251 North Ninth street
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-24
ANXIOUS TO HAVE SOUTH FORK
ROAD RTJITT

The prospect of obtaining a river
road to Elk City. Idano, Is improving
according to w. G. McNutt, a mining
and civil engineer of Elk City, who
was-in conference at Spokane relative
to the matter last week. A vast ton
mage of mining. milling and other ma
chinery, supplies and provisions for
several mines and towns war dragged
in over lofty mountain roads and thru
deep SHOWS during the winter. The
movement was necessarily slow and ex-
pensive
A mass Of correspondence relative
to the subject was read by mining men
Of Elk City and Orogrande at meet
ing In the rooms of the Northwest
Mining Association. The correspond
ence was with senator's and congress-
men from Idaho, the postmaster gener-
al, secretary Of agriculture, with which
the forestry department is identified,
and others.
promises Of cooperation is contain
ed in many letters" said Mr.. McNutt.
ut is now up to the people of Idaho
county to get behind the movement I'M
til the end Is attained 1t will be by
aggressive action by the people that
success will be achieved.
"Carl Vrooman, acting secretary Of
the department of agriculture states
that an engineering examination has
been made by officials of the forestry
department at Missoula, Mont, to de-
termine the approximate cost Of con-
struction. This information is con-
tanned in letter dated March 16 last
and directed to Addison T. Smith, Ida
no representative in Congress- A mass
meeting will be called In Elk City soon
to obtain expressions on the matter
and to form resolutions. / have been
satisfied that the road win be built
If residents really make their views
known.
Among those at the meeting were
Mr.. McNutt, Samuel j. Rieben, presi-
dent Of the Black Pine Mining Co;
John Nassau, who has several large
interests In the field. and Raiston
McCaig. who is operating at Orc
grande.-Stites Enterprise.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-24

black eagle into the land of the Anti
christ to help the white eagle.
"a. The battles waged until then
viii be small I'm comparison to those
that will take place In the land Of
Luther, because the seven angels will
at the same time pour fire from their
burners on the impious land image
taken from the Ap0calypse), which
means that the lamb, will order the
determination OF the Antichrists race.
rs When the beast sees he is lost
he will become furious; during many
months the beak of the white eagle,
the claws OF the leopard and the spurs
of the cock must harass him.
20. Rivers viii be crossed over by
masses of dead bodies, which In some
places will change the course Of the
waters. Only great noblemen, super
Tor officers and princes will receive
burial, for to the carnage caused by
firearms will be added those who per-
ish by famine and plague.
~. The Antichrist viii several
times ask for peace, but the seven
angels who precede the three animals
defenders OF the lamb, have declared
that victory shall only be accorded
on the condition that the Antichrist
be crushed like straw on the thresh-
ing floor.
2S. Executors of the Lambs justice,
those three animals cannot stop fight
ing as long as any soldiers remain to
the Antichrist.
20. The reason the sentence Of the
Lamb Is SO implacable Is that the
Antichrist has pretended to be a
Christian and acting In His name, so
that il he did not perish the fruit of
the redemption would be lost and the
gates of hell would prevail against
the Saviour.
30. 1t will be seen athat it is not q
human combat which will be waged
where the Antichrist FORCES his arms.
The three animals, defenders of the
Lamb, viii exterminate the. Anti
Christ's last army; but the battlefield
win become the altar of sacrifice,
larger than the greatest of cities and
the corpses will have changed its
shape by raising In it chain of mounds.
81. The Antichrist will lose his
alone. His empire will be divided
init % states, but none will have
either a royal house, an army, or
vessels.
80. The white eagle. by Michaels
order, will drive the crescent from
Europe, where only Christians will
remain; 1t will occupy Constantinople
SO. Then an era of peace and pros
perity will commence foI all the uni
verse and there will be no more war,
each nation being governed according
to its wish and living in justice.
"a. There will be no more Luther
ans or Schismatics. The Lamb will
reign and the joys OF humanity will
commence. Happy they, who escaping
time, can taste OF its fruit, which
win be the reign Of the Eternal Spirit,
and the sanctfication of humanity, only
to be achieved by the defeat of the
! Antichrist.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-24
MINES WORKING IN THE DIS.
TRICT.

The mining industry is taking on a
new life. Miners ana operators who
have gone out for the winter are re-
turning to the mills and viii start
with renewed vigor on development
The plants that have been operating
during the winter have been forum.
ate In taking out good values. With
the installation of machinery at the
Dewey, New York, Wonder, Buck.
horn, Wild Rose, Black Pine. Black
Diamond. Orogrande. Miller & Nor.
row things have the appearance of a
prosperous camp.
The Orogrande Cola Mining Com,
pany is installing their machinery as
fast as 1t arrives and they expect to
be able to have the entire shipment
delivered by May 10 and have the mill
and cyanide plant in full operations by
July list +. w. Bewiey, superintend.
ent, is pushing the work as fast as
possible. The transportation of heavy
machinery has been slow this winter
ON account of the deep light snow
Sites Enterprise.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-24
RECORD SHEEP DEAL

The largest sheep deal of record IN
the northwest has been closed by Ross
Howard, representing r. N. Stanfield.
of Stanfield. Oregon. Mr.. Howard
paid 100000 for $4,000 high grade
Lincoln yearling ewes, the average
price being $3.50 per head. The
sheep We're secured In Montana and
VIII be brought to the st. Maries for
est reserve for the summer and into
the Palouse country for the fall range
in the stubble fields.
X. \. Stantield is one of the largest
sheep men' of the entire west and has
extensive range leases for fall use in
the agricultural districts of eastern
Oregon and eastern Washington. Mr..
Howard has been operating In the
Lewiston country for the past several
years but his former transactions have
not approached the magnitude of the
deal closed In Montana. The move
ment of the sheep from Montana win
be commenced IN about thirtyd ays.-
Tribune.