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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
PEGGY ARNOLD AFTER THE
TREASON

Doggy SHIPPEN ARNOLD has long
l. been cleared of any charge of completely
in her husbands treacherous plot to betray
his country, but Philadelphia in 1880 was
taking no chances. Shortly after the arrest
of Major Andre and the discovery of the
plan to deliver West Point into English
hands, Mrs. Arnold returned to her fathers
home in Philadelphia. Some friends OF the
Shippen family asserted that the young
wife would have been glad to remain IN
this city for good while her husband served
under King George. But IL such had been
her wish it was emphatically frustrated by
a resolution passed by the Philadelpma
City Council. One month after her return
here this notice was served on her:
In Council
Philadelphia, Friday. october 81. 1880.
THE Council, taking into consideration
the case of Mrs. Margaret Arnold the wife
or Benedict Arnold. an attainted traitor
with the enemy in New York; whose resi-
dence In this city has become dangerous
to public safety. and this board being desir-
Gus as much as possible to prevent any cor
respondence and intercourse being carried
on with persos of disaffected character In
this State and the enemy at New York, and
especially with the said Benedict Arnold;
therefore,
Resolved That the said Margaret Arnold
depart this State within fourteen days from
tne GATE thereof. and that she do not return
during the continuance Of the present war
Considerable pressure was brought to teAr
on the council to induce II to rescind this
Order but the effect proved unavailing. IT
makes me melancholy every time I think
OF her reunion to that Internal villain" IL
passage occurring in the correspondence OF
Edward Burd, who had married Peggy
Shippen's sister. The letter continues: '"rhe
sacrifice was an immense one that Of her
being married to him at all. 1t Is mucn
more SO to be obliged against her will TO
go to the arms Of a man who appears 10
be 80 very black"
The exact state of Mrs. Arnold's feelings
az the time are. however, still open to ques-
ton. Washington Irving in his Life OF
washington" records that 1t was Strongly
against Mrs. Arnolds will that she rejoined
her husband In New York" But the fact
remains that banishment from Philadelphia
did not necessarily imply that Mrs Arnold
should return to her husbands home. The
simplest explanation Is that she was fond
or him In spite of all. for she bore him four
children after she had left Philadelphia.
The Arnolds lived subsequently In Eng
isnd. Three sons became officers In the
British army and the daughter married into
the East Indian service. Edward Shippen
Arnold who had bcen born In Philadclphie
before his fathers assignment to West
Point, won. high honors In India r. ~
ssryice O. hs xine PeGHy Arnold ~ u
1sss4 ~ = ~ " r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

not capable of seeing it in his country's
flag.
! desire world peace and especially peace
in my own loved America, but not a peace
bought at the price of degradation. Such
a peace I scorn. as do also all true Ameri-
cans. I'd be very proud to sign myself
"A Soldiers Wife, but my husband is
too old. But If the day ever comes when
our country calls him and needs him he'll
CO. for he, too, loves our starry banner,
But in case he ever refused such "A call
Ia never, no, never, sign myself
Mrs. FREHAFER
Riverside, Pa, August 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

]. Who Is the new fuel dictatorc
2. What title did Henry of Navarro take
, on becoming King Of France?
3. Who was Bartholomew GOsnold?
4. What is the meaning Of the verb b
"shanghai'?
3. What Is shallop?
o. How many children has Theodore Rooss-
welt?
7. Who wrote "The Tale Of Tub?
tho hum0rlst?
0. What i the technical musical word fs
rag-tlme:
0. What Is the capital Of Montana:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
Tom Days Column
BEsURRECTION

RESURRECTION
There are no fo,cers IN No Mons Lana
That fatal strip " stark and bare;
No blade Of Apino green could stand
The often poisoned air.
For fhis u deaths supreme domain
Yet underneath the red-drcnohed 500
The nvtno roots IN ribrdnt pain
A,coit the time Of God.
Then shan the tohole Of them mpfhrow
Their oreenest s,oordpoints to the shV-
And OIL 1ohot fragrant rotoers 'otil oio'o
Where no,o the brare hearts die.
And tohen this car Of men shall cease.
The ohastly strip sciH not be found
The pernal sprtng Of endless peace
WiH hide this fatal ground.
VARLEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The bean 10
about to come into its own. Al CONFER
ence here today food conservation sharps
declared pork and beans supply the pody
with every nourishment requirement ana
would 30 great on meatless days. Means
of getting plenty were discussed.
United Press dispatch.
This classification of pork as vegeta-
bic might have helped Philadelphia
phisheater who happened to be in Cleve-
land in business upon q Friday night and
who had been so occupied as not to have
had time to get bite to eat until he
landed at the railroad station at about
80 p. m. His train was to leave at a
few minutes before midnight and there
was nothing in the station restaurant
that was ft to eat but pork and beans
lie couldn't eat pork on a Friday, but he
was hungry. He sat down, and with the
aid of his empty stomach figured it out
in this wise shouldn't eat meat upon
Friday. But l am under the spiritual
jurisdiction of the archdiocese of Phila-
delphia. At this moment it is about a
quarter to one o'clock tomorrow morning
in Philadelphia. I'll take the pork and
beans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
FRONT TRENCH CANDIDATES

First place across the acater,
Where Hun guns smash and slaughter.
For Stephen O'Sogratin0
Who's aI,odys perpetratinp
"7'hey din't' and hadn't ouohter."
RRANK.
"
Mdy busy Berthas get
That frererse En0Iish) pet
Who notoadoys Is found
On every baseball ground,
Hts nei0hbors to annoy
BIZ yelling "Attdboy!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
Rarcelnna,s rlnter

Barcelona's rioters have a dlscon-
certing way of spelling every interview
with Alfonso XIII that emphasizes the
complete restoration of order" in the
Spanish monarchy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
England "Rotting With Culture"

Possibly this is a transition stage,
natural reaction from extreme to extreme.
But 1t gives us at least the certainty that
whatever the new type of Englishman will
be, it will not be the old type. That goes
And we may have some regrets.
What is going out is culture, of a type.
famous English novelist told me a few
days ago that this country was "rotting
with culture" and he hoped that we Ameri-
cans with our breeze and our snap and
our carelessness about form and our care
for life would have a good effect on this
woeful England. Probably We will, and
| beg that no American be surprised IL
some Englshmen resent the change a little
and accuse us Of changing the tempo of
life from the sweet sonata or nocturne
Of an English day to the zppy rag Of
Americanism. It's bound to hurt.
1t Is hurting already, and those who are
a little indifferent to certain aspects OF
English social life are having a very good
time watching the patient squirm. Yester-
| day or so he let out a wild war-whoop in
the London Morning Post. telling all and
| sundry that we were not fighting for democ.
| racy which was all claptrap and nincon-
poopery. The British soldier. at least, was
| fighting for what he had always fought
| King and Country. (Merely to suggest
that both King and Country are in any
way connected with democracy causes a
| commotion In the office Of the Mornins
Post). Mr.. Bennett. who is so much AT.
rached TO his country that he would Ger.
tainly be willing to sacrifice the King &c
| It, Is probably not amused by the Mornins
Post. He may be worried by the effect OF
such talk on neutrals. or on Allies. And
| the Englishman who Is passing out, offer
as democratic as the next man, would
say that the old Morning Post didn't matter
and that somebody probably had indiges
| ton.
The next generation is going to be emf
nently pushful and 'get-there," tremen
| dously commercial and Industrial, compelle,
| to make money, compelled to make term
| with labor compelled to live better tha,
its predecessors And 1t Will be demo
cratic, viii have the future of the peopl
and Of the country really at heart I
will probably make mistakes. It II poasibi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

VIII some one with the time to snare
and head hard enough to Withstand buf.
fets take crack at the Scotch Irish ?
We want to get rise out of shon Rea,
who hasn't been heard from for ages.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
DEAD IN FRANCE

KyESTERDAY brought news of the
I y death OF Julian Biddle and of Edmund
Coax. Philadelphians who had seen their
1pfy ana not neglected to fulnll It. It win
~ ~ ling bsfors the casualty lists VIII
- - ohoaeWs ,GrerxdAb Theans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

Negroes, as some one remarked before
are as initiative as monkeys, and they do
love to pattern upon their betters. One
OF them, trying to pull that Kingdom
Gould stuff, was met by the question:
why do you claim Exemption II doan
quite git dat word ''Xemption,' boss"
well, then, is there any reason why you
shouldn't take a gun and fight for your
country?' "Yas, sab; o. yas, sab. Use
gun-shy." Et
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

The colored washlady said: 81 doan't
feel laik work nohow / sho' am all up
side down sence 1 hyar nah husban' am
got to go to war. He was dead sho' he
wouldn't pass dat Examination, kase he
jes' bought pair of new eyeglasses fo'
his weak eyes. Nah husban' done tole
me dat when he say Doctor, amt nah
eyes pretty weak?' de doctor he say, 'Yo'
eyes am all right, and yo physic fgger
am puhfect-yo'll make fine soldier an
I pass you o. X Right dar an den
nah hushan' say his legs got awful weak
an he jes' felt laiIt fallin' right down
on de flo. ! wish I had married a cripple
instead OF dis puhfect bein'; and still
worse, ain't got no children, and dat
leaves ma husban' without single
excuse"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
King Victor's parents picked a most
ophetic name for him,

The news that "steei prices are to
be fixed" makes us hope the full signih.
canoe OF pun win be applied.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

Some coal men would be only too
glad TO believe that the dollar-a-ton re-
duction of bituminous fuel prices is the
most unkndest cut of ALL" but tho
imminsncs Of further knife thrusts casts
Z souoous doubton sux puc6 oonoluGfnnA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

Germany's own valuation Of scrap
of paper cannot console her much Just
now, as, holding the papal peace plea in
her hand, she hears the victorious guns
of her foes on three fronts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

To their historic "They shall not
pass" Of Verdiln siege days, the French
can now add But We willard ever for
ward"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

Even pacifism may have it's uses.
Uncle Sam would heartily welcome its
adoption by striking shipwrights.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

There are times when our ignorance
comes home to us with the certain insist
ence OF death. And just such time is
thls very moment as we read an adver-
tisement, sent to us in the morning mail
asking if we have need of a prince
Smith & Son 5-cyllnder Hot-Air Back.
washing Machine with Balllng Gill Box
attached"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
ARNOLD BENNETT
AS A NEW TYPE
The Future Englishman Will
Work Primarily for Money as
This Novelist Now Writes
for Pay
BY GILBERT VIVIAN SELDEs
sp,cia, Correspondence o, the Evening LEDGER

sp.ciai correspondence Of the Evening Ledger
LONDON. Aug. ..
TT is something of a commonplace to say
L that new England will arise out OF the
war When we are figuring on new
world we can hardly refuse to anticipate
new England. 1t is perhaps as well TO
look about and make some notes. however
sketchy, Of the character which this regen-
Grated land will have, because we are GER
tainly going to live with England In
greater intimacy than We will live with
any other OF our Allies--or enemies.
II one were looking for a type OF the
new Engishman q fair choice would be
man who represented all, or most. or his
characteristics before the war began. be-
cause. obviously, the change in England will
not be a revolution in character. but
heightened and qulclened development al
ready we'll under way before the war be-
gan. That Is why think Of Arnold Ben
nett as type. Many Englishmen think he
is the warning and the terrible example;
many do not think OF him as at all char
acteristic OF themselves But the outsider
who lacks partisan prejudice to some extent
and Is impressed by things a little below
tho surface can see I'm Mr.. Bennett some
thing of the future.
Tho most significant change in England
will be the advance of industry and Of in
dustrial workers 20 a position Of authority.
And there you have Mr.. Bennett, the per-
sonifcation Of industry. In an unquestloned
position not only Of authority. but OF af-
nuence, The lovers of the old tradition
will complain that in the new England
everything will he done for money--as in
America. Go; they do not say that Of
us now; somehow. It doesn't seem fair
after W, have given up several billions
per year to go into the war But the habit
OF thinking of America as the money-mak-
ing country cannot be eradicated in one
day.. There again Mr.. Bennett has been
decidedly In advance, because, with the
finest crfstsmanship in writing novels, he
has never, never, never written anything
just for the pleasure Of writing It, or be-
cause he felt that he had to express himself
We have his own word for 1t that he has
never written anything without the direct
Incentive of getting money for It. This
applies to everything except possibly some
or the articles he has written I'm defense
of democracy since tho war began. The
older type of Englishman would have been
so joyous in the possession Of a great gift
like Mr.. Benefits that he would have re-
Joiced to let It function, merely for the
pleasure OF doing good thing well Mr.
Bennett confesses that he has not felt that
way. He went out for money.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
THE LADY WITH THE oINGHAM
APRON

Says Sure. II had one o, tbem
woolly dogs like the woman next door. "a
manags-wid the aid Of = clothes prop
and pieoe o sops TO tie him to the "a Il
1nr1eoknoDReX1n1v, ~ = raxIruu1.sa1X !. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

Mr.. Aaron E. Brandt, of Harrisburg,
champion of Christian Science. takes ex-
ception to some adverse criticism ex-
pressed in this column by Hugh Merr.
"If you suffered at all through Christian
Science" says Mr.. Brandt, ut was due
mine or the practitioners" askes Hugh
Merr and he goes on to inquire whose
wrong thoughts were responsible for the
recent death of Archibald Mcclellan, edl-
tor of the Christian Science Monitor. We
feel we owe Mr.. Brandt space for a reply
and the column is therefore open to him
within reason.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23

YESTERDAY we took from the journal
OF Dr. Alexander Hamilton some wise
comments upon the complexion of New
York as it seemed TO him when he first
visited it in June, 1744. We overlooked
this human bit:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
Truth Is Not New


But Mr.. Bennett also went out for truth,
went out with hammer and n dirk and a
gun. His passion for finding out the truth
and for bawling It out at the top of his
voice. IL necessary. is terrible and it Is not
particularly English. Suppose It Is the
truth, your well-bred Englishman will saw:
Cheero! You've found something But don't
go making an everlasting howl about IT
because it has probably been the truth for
several centuries before you were born and
will be for a tolerabe time after YOU die
And besides, II probably doesn't matter much
whether II is the truth or not This is the
Englshman who understands sport as no
other people in the world understand 1t. II
IS the Englishman who grows intolerably
rich making cheese and talks about nothing
but woodcarving, or the Englshman who
realizes at twenty-five that lie can live de-
Gently on his income of S25OO n year and
so decides that work, for money, is too
much of a fag. II is a fine type but il Is
not the type which makes individual
prophets or martyrs 1t takes nothing seri-
ously enough. For, whether you think
Punch funny or not, you must admit that
the English sense of humor exists in one
way; they have the faculty here of not TAX
ing themselves or their situations seriously.
Life isn't important enough
The new England will not be like that
It Is already taking itself and its future
with the utmost gravity, and that apart
from tho serious situation in the war. That
is Mr.. Bennett all over His profound
gravity, his deep and serious thought about
social affairs, his preoccupation with the
future, are all parts Of this new tendency
to take everything at a little more than its
face value. To read Mr.. Bennett on the
censorship is enough to give any democrat
"A nightmare. The Englishman of ten years
ago would have said that it was a bore get.
ting ones letters opened by people who
weren't half intelligent enough to write
witty comment on the margins. Mr.. Ben
nett sees the end of the world
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
YORK FERRY

At in the afternoon I called at one
Bakers that keeps the York Ferry, where,
while | sat waiting for passage, there
came In man and his wife that were to go
over. The woman was a beauty. having a
hne complexion and good features, blacl;
eyes and hair and an elegant shape. She
had an amorous look, and her eyes, me-
thought, spoke language which Is univer-
sally understood. While she sat there her
tongue never lay STILL and tho her dis
course was OF no great importance, vet me-
thought her voice had music in it. and was
fool enough to be highly pleased to see
her smiles at every little impertinence she
uttered. She talked of a neighbour of hers
that was very i'll. and said she was sure
she would die, for last night she had
dreamt OF nothing but white horses and
washing of linen. / heard this stun with
as much surprise as If Demosthenes or
Cicero had been exerting their best talents,
but meantime was not so stupid but knew
that 1t was the fine face and eyes, and not
the discourse that cheered me. At o'clock
in the evening I landed at New York.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-05-16
FARM AND ROAD WORK
BEING DONE BY CITY

Street Commissioner Dan w. Beets
today announced that work will soon
begin on Alabama avenue, the termi-
nus Of Seventh street, and from that
point TO Tenth or, in other Words, 10
the cemetery, the road Will be graded
and rounded up, cinders to be used In
completing the work.
Mayor Coffman and the street com
missioner are extremely proud Of the
results up to date Of their efforts at
farming. Twenty-Five acres have
been prepared for corn and cane. The
corn is already coming up in splendid
shape and the cane will soon be plant
ed This will be fed to the city teams.
Besides this the mayor is going to
raise lot Of pumpkins for distribu-
tion this fall and believes that two or
three carloads could be raised between
the corn and cane rows
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-05-16
YbOr Howell Gels Eleven Years in Pen
for Holding Up Bank Of
Bradley

"To get your sentence reduced from
twenty to eleven years is pretty good
work for twelve or fifteen days." was
the laconic comment of Ybor Howell
the bank robber who, after taking
$105O from the Bank of Bradley, sur
rendered after being followed and
overtaken by a posse.
Howell was given eleven years by
the jury after thirty minutes delibera.
tion at the conclusion Of his trial, he
having defended his own case. He did
not think lawyer could have done
any better, although he declared he
had nothing against the lawyers. He
had studied law but this was his first
case and he was pleased with the re
suit OF it. He had wanted to plead
guilty and take the minimum penalty
ten years. but District Judge Linn
would give him no less than twenty
so in order, as he said, not to place a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-05-16

FOUR DEAD
7 INJURED
Teamsters Hauling Dynamite and Fire
works Causes Shock Which Dam
ages Government Pier

BY United Press.
Sault 81. Marie, Mich, May 49,
Four men were killed and three were
fatally injured by an explosion which
damaged The government pier near the
500 locks today
A preliminary investigation indicat-
cd that the explosion was caused by an
attempt Of plotters to destroy the
locks. The locks have been under
guard for several weeks.
Further investigation by govern.
officials, however, led to the better
that the explosion was accidental. It
is thought that it was caused BY team
sters who we're hauling dynamite and
fireworks to local firms.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-05-16
Young Bank RObber Pleased
With Fruits Of OlO51 Defense

greater tax burden on the jurors by
obliging the county to furnish a law
yer, to which he was entitled, he plead.
ed his own cause.
He asked that the testimony Of one
of the witnesses be impeached because
the latter could not guess off-hand
whether the pistol which was intro
duced in evidence was of .SS or 80 cal
ibre.
Howell pleaded with the jury for a
ten year sentence but they added an
extra year.
'I guess they tackled that year on
because I locked Roy Smith in the
vault. If I had not done that they
would have turned me loose ON an in
sanity plea" he declared.
Conversing with a relative he said
the extra year amounted to nothing
"Why, I could stand on ay head in the
slop bucket for that time and not hurt
me"
Howell will be kept in Jail here un-
til the arrival of deputy warden from
the pentitentary for, under a new rul
ing, the sheriff is not permitted to
take him to the penitentiary earlier.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-05-16
Viola Shrtster Wins First
Prize in Medical Essay Contest

The awards were rendered to the
pupils by DR.. Corbin who addressed
them on the discovery and develop
ment of science and the standard Of
the school.
There were ten participants IL the
contest and the papers we're graded By
Or. Ernest Ewing of Ell Reno.
"The paper by Miss Viola Shuster
which received the first award was
the best had ever read which had
been prepared by a layman and espe-
cially by one SO young. / have asked
the author to xead it before our state
convention in Chickasha and shall
have it published in Chicago, Kinks
vile and Evansville It has gen line
merit.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-05-16
CHILDREN in PERIL
AT THE SAND PIT

Parents of children living in the vi
cinity of the Buck. Sparks sand pit
west of Chickasha have been warned
by Bob Boles that the little ones will
not be permitted to play on the grounds
owing to the danger involved 1t will
be recalled that two children were kill
ed in this manner some years ago and
repetition of this tragedy is not de-
sired. The danger lies in the little
fellows digging into the banks with
shovels or picks and being caught
when the upper portions Of the piles
give way,