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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
FRANKFORT ARSENAL
TO GET $7S5,OOO
War Appropriation Includes
Large Sum for Philadel-
phia Establishment
BIZ a Std0 Correspo,ldent


WASHINGTON, April 9.--Included in the
S144.475.367 sundry civil bill, as presented
to the Senate with a favorable committee
report today, are items which total $7S5,000
for Frankford Arsenal. /.
1t is provided that so much as remains
of the 100000 previously appropriated for
five magazine buildings. barriers and rail
road connections may be used to build two
primer dry houses Other appropriations
are:
For small-arms ammunition storehouse,
Si2,0O0; for primer shop and planning
room, $l65,000; for two sets of double quar-.
ters for officers. sac, 900; for a combination
wall and picket fence along the north side
ana picket fence along the east and south
sides of the arsenal reservation, $40,
For construction and repair of roads, in
Guiding railroad sidings, $4,000.
Those items added to the bill by the
Senate Committee since the measure passed
the House are:
For building for storing fire engines and
hose carts and for the accommodation of
guards and watchmen. $4,000
For extension Of high explosive loading
shop. $4,000.
For paint shop. $4,000.
For an artillery firing range. including an
explosion chamber. $4,000.
For small arms firing range, including n
proof house and target $3.50
For general storehouse, $135,OOO
For extension of the barracks, 100000
For set Of double quarters for nom
commissioned officers, 10000
For the construction of tunnels and the
installation Of appropriate heating and light
ing mains for transferring heat and light
to the western part of the arsenal, $40, 900.
For extension of instrument department
building, $4,000
For extension of artillery case shop build
ing, $4,000.
For an artillery ammunition storehouse
500, 5000.
In all, S7S5,0OO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
TO GIVE AWAY PIANOS

Fifty square pianos and organs will \,
given away. according to an annual custom
to deserving families Of this city durins
the celebration Of the fifty-second annlyer
sary of the firm of C. J. Heppe a son
piano dealers. of 1117 Chestnut street An
plications for instruments must be MAD,
by mall not later than April 10. The luck,
ones will be decided on April "a. when
disinterested judges will pick at random
fifty Of the envelopes.
The object of the distribution Is to plao.
pianos and organs in the hands Of muslc,
loving families who are not able to Dur.
chase Instruments. Any poor family n
Philadelphia or vicinity may apply. All
successful applicants will be duly notified
They must arrange themselves for the ds.
livery OF the Instruments to their homss
Accompanying the application should b.
letters from responsible citizens certifying
that the families are so situated as to b
eligible for the awards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
81 MARRIAGE LICENSES
GRANTED AT ELKTON
Monday Record Broken in Number Of
Permits Issued in Maryland
Town

ELKTON, Md, April 9-Mondays record
for marriage licenses was broken here this
morning when thirty-seven couples were
granted permits to marry, as follows:
George Hunter and Lillian Bingham,
Benjamin ID. Hubley and Marie B. Oeser,
Frank B. Griffith and Violet NJ. Hynaman,
Paul Riddel and Edith Clineff. George Ess-
linger and Katherine Tousager. Merrell F.
Stengle and Mary Collins, Clare H. Will
liams and May Murtha, William Shuler and
May Kohl, Omer Twigg and Lillian Steck,
David f. Crager and Laura Pullman, Will
liam Peberty and Irene Pullman. Edward
Berenbaum and Rebecca F'leischer, Leroy
Mace and Jessie Carter, Louis Kreamer
and Pearl Silberman, Charles Friday and
Louise Slaybeck James w. Carroll and
Clara r. Ernst, James b. Busllo and Mary
D. Flood and William Gray and Eva Baker,
all of Philadelphia; Charles Dunbee and
Alice Press, Pennsgrove; Stephen A. Wetty
Miller and Margaret c. Dixon, South Beth
lehem; Granville Ashton, Philadelphia, and
Theresa Weispecker. Camden William Gull
lock, Jr., and Minnie Garrison, Millville, N
j.; Edward Slough and Frances Johnson
Riverside, N. j.; John Murray and Eliza
beth Barcus, Wilmington; Alfred Godfrey
and Abbie L. Biggs Camden: Edward
Schmidt and Martha Kepp, Allentown |;
Frank Tarnecki and Julia Sirpencke, Cam
den; Paul Il. Beecher and Katharine NJ
Sweeney. Wilmington; Harry N. Frecl and
Dorothy Marshall, Northumberland Walter
Morrissey, New York, and Verna Fithin,
Milton, Del. Joseph s. Shigars and Gather
Inc s. Miller. Reading; Fred Blankenship
and Olga f. Anderson. Meyersdale, Pa.
John Cook and Josephine r. Douglas Dias
Creek, N. j.. Harry J. Daily and Margaret
w. McFadden. Media: Charles r. Stryker
and Ethel f. Cook. Essington; Albert Bid
die. Philadelphia, and Gertrude Nichols.
Haddon Heights; Thomas d. Bishop, Jr.,
and Ida M Syfrit. Chester, and Cabel Hoops
and Estelle Mooney Media, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
FRANCONTA SEIZED;
1 CAPTAIN IS MISSING
Interned Austrian Steamship
Third Teuton Prize of War
on Delaware

The interned Austro-Hungarian steam
ship Franconia was seized To-Day py the
United states simultaneously with the re-
port that Austria Hungary had severed Dip
lomatlc relations with this nation.
The disappearance OF the commander,
Captain ~ Radios, and the smashing OF the
engines, exactly as the Hamburg-American
liners Prinz Oskar and Rhaetia were dam
aged, was revealed when custom officials
boarded the vessel at its pier at Port Rich
mond.
The remaining crew OF five was taken
prisoners and transported to the immigra-
tion station at Gloucester. ~ >.
Captain Radios cannot be found. Last
Friday he called on Collector Berry and
because he wanted to spend the Easter
holidays in Washington. There was no
way the Collector could detain him--"1
wouldn't even have wanted to- said the
Collector-and the Captain went blithely
away. He hasn't returned and is hardly
expected Mr.. Berry was asked II he
thought the Austrian captain would come
back and answered that his guess was
no better than that of anybody else.
The ofiicias-James NJ. Burns, represent
ing Collector Berry: Assistant Commits
sioner of immigration James l.. Hughes and
their aids-were ready to board the ves-
sci at s o'clock this morning to take for
NAL possession. Shortly before noon the
word came to act.
The Franconia was the third merchant
ship of a foreign power to be seized in
this city by the Government. The Prinz
Osl<ar and Rhaetia, twin German prizes.
were taken over by the United States Fri
day.
The status of the Germans remaining of
the crews of the Prinz Oskar and Rhaetia
will be determined at hearing late today
or early tomorrow, according to Assistant
Commissioner of immigration Hughes.
Until 1t is decided what to do with the
Germans it was said, their status is that
of alien immigrants, and they are being
kept as such at the detention station at
Gloucester. Declaration of war with Ger
many prevents their taking out citizenship
papers at the present time, making It prob
able that they will be detained as immi-
grants until the end of hostilties. The hear
ing will be held before a special board Of
inquiry, consisting of United States inspec-
tors. In the meantime the German sailors.
together with their commanders. Captains
Muetzell and Mas, appear reconciled to
their lot. They have made no trouble for
the immigration authorities. officials said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
VICTOR COMP ANY LOSES
INFRINGEMENT SUIT
Supreme Court Denies Talking
Machine Concerns Right to Fix
Prices and Refuse to Sell
WASHINGTON Apr,, 0.

|, WASHINGTON, April o.
The Victor Talking Machine Company
cannot fix prices and refuse actual sale OF
its patented machines. The Supreme Court
refused today to grant an injunction against
X. ii. Macy & Co, alleged by the Victor
company TO have infringed patent rights
The decision reversed the New York Court
of Appeals.
Justices Holmes. McKenna and Van
Devanter filed n dissenting opinion.
No jail sentences will result from alleged
election frauds in the First and Second
Congressional Districts OF Rhode island or
the Senatorial primary In West Virginia
according to decision of the court They
held that prosecutions for fraud In the cleo
tion of United States Senators and Repre-
sentatvcs must be pressed under State and
not Federal laws.
Oregon's minimum wage law for women
and children was declared constitutional
The law gives an Industrial welfare COM
mission power TO fix minimum wages and
prescribe working conditions and hours Of
labor
Constitutionality of the oregon ten-hour
law was upheld In the case OF Franklin O.
Bunting, a Lake County manufacturer. Chief
Justice White and Justices Van Devanter
and McReynolds dssented. Justice Bran
deis, who was an attorney In the case, took
no part.
Tho United States Government lost its
guardianship over 'mixed-blood Indians of
the White Earth Reservation, Minnesota,
when the Clapp amendment, giving tho In
dams their land In fee simple, was enacted,
the Supreme Court held
A person who conspires to defraud when
use of the mails is necessary for the com
pleton of the alleged fraud. but who
neither malls the fraudulent matter nor has
it mailed by an agent is guilty Of an Of
fense under the postal laws, the Court de-
cded
Appeals Of Alexander NJ. Emerson and
Alfred 2. Lowell, Massachusetts, militiamen,
who refused to take the Federal oath under
the national defense law. were denied They
n asked 1ism ssal of the case
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

Investigators Busy on Re-
ports Of German Subjects
Hostile Operations
ZONES MUST BE MOVED
xentons Living Near Strategic
Points Will Get Orders to
Change Residences

n Arrests of spies ard other Germans ir
Philadelphia are expected late today.
At the same time United States Marshal
\ Nocnan is ready, as soon as orders reach
him from Washington, to send out deputies
X who viii order alien enemies living within
& 1Aaf Q mile Of Government property NUM-
tions plants and similar places to move out
!. eide the prescribed zone. Allen enemies are
h 6orbidden by President Wilson's war proc
lAmation, to be within half a mile of such
Yroperty.
Frank Gardarino, of the Department of
Justices Bureau Of Investigation here as
serted today that not one German or pro-
herman has been arrested in this city on
charges Of hostility to the United States
since war with Germany was declared.
INVESTIGATORS BUSY
but we have large number of inves-
tlgAtors in different parts of Philadelphia
checking up on the movements and careers
Of certain individuals whose names have
been reported to u.s." he added.
Slips Of paper containing the Injunction.
"Obey the law and keep your mouth shut"
were given to the seven persons who on
saturday were taken to the Secret Service
onices In the Federal building for question:
sng and warning. The slogan was Inn
pressed upon the persons summoned 1t
was originated by Attorney General Greg
cry.
Garbarino denied that he had asked man.
ayers OF plants where Government NUM-
tions were made to discharge German en-
ployss.
Marshal Noonan asserted he would not
act until specific orders should come from
washington to enforce the provision of the
Presidents proclamation that forbids alien
an m nm arh xs,itt
navy yards. wireless stations and other
eyes on the situation, however" he de-
clared.
OPERATORS NEEDED
Two operators at the Electrical Bureau
switchboard in City Hail are needed 10
handle the telephone messages that come
In asking for investigation by CITY and
Tederal authorities oc aliens suspected ~
NJ will toward the United States.
EVERY sort of individual has dscnv.
cred a spy" Captain of Detectives Tata
declared, "Overzealous persons. those
with personal grievances and others. who
really believe they have information. cali
us up and tell us. Of German spy suspects
We even had a long-distance call from Ter
sey City, and all have to be inyestira ted
Fifteen Of our men are working In connec.
don with Frank Garbarino. MY men are
under his orders and we are taking mo
chances. shall ask the Director of Public
safety for fifty additional detectives imme
aiately. to supplement our force to aid In
this work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
RANK OF GENERAL TO BE
GIVEN TO CHIEF OF STAFF

WASHINGTON. April 9-An imnort,n nj
amendment to the army appropriation bin
recommended by the Senate Military Com
mttee today provides sweeping changes in
the higher ranks of officers in the army.
The Chief of Staff is to have the rank ot
general, with precedence over all other off,
GERS. General officers become major gen.
erals with the existing relative rank
senior third Is to receive the pay of ma ior
generals and the others pay now granted
brigadier generals. The latter grade is
wiped out by the amendment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
City News in Brief

vff st. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
nembers have cleared the church property
81 debt. In response to an appeal to raise
$4,000 for that purpose. more than $4,000
WAS contributed.
A MONSTER TOADFIsH was caught by
James Agnew, of 1895 Sigel street. in
Grassy Sound, Off Anglesea, ~ J. The fish
- said to be the largest of its species ever
seem or that coast.
TREAsONABLE NEGLECT was the
term used by Harry A. Mackey president of
the State Workmen's Compensation Board
IN denouncing all owners of vacant lots who
DO not plant them so that they may be
fruitful He said all vacant lots in the city
ehould be used to produce the necessities of
# FERRY STRIKERS have admitted that
il1aturday's ferry strike was a failure. All
~ boats ran on schedule time yesterday
Xone OF the strikers has been taken back
\ vns said, but other hands have been
&f VAN ARGUMENTS led TO q stabbipr
<&1Erny at Eighth and Federal streets. p.
II 0lmonc, sixteen years old, of 817 Federal
kreet. was. cut several times. His assaiI-
Ants escaped. He IL In a serious condition
~ fhs Pennsylvania Hopital.
F oUPERINTENDENT MOssELL, of the
'Deuglass Hospital. will remain in charge of
nt Institution, according to the decision
lhe hospital directors. His resignation
~ boen demanded by Chairmen Woodward
Ducleman. OF the House and Senate Ap-
Nations Committee. who urged that
1oeial control Of the hospital be assumed
~ airpctors.
o0tlECroB or THE PORT Berry ba.
called upon to give up the cutter
~ which had been assigned to the use
Iing ofIicers and has been transferred
>Ta1 duty at the Navy Yard. The
rai4 he probably would have to
private tug
- NJ hsrss. CharIss GAY. ef
~ street and LAucnster avenue.
l9clorp for mere than thirteen
~ Hog t9ken a IL West Phila-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
S25, 100000 ASKED
FOR BELGIAN RELIEF
Joint Resolution for Aid of Destitute
introduced in the
Senate

WASHINGTON, April "a joint reso-
luton asking Congress for an appropriation
OF $25.000.000 for the relief of the desti-
tute men, women and children In Belgium
was introduced into the Senate today by
Senator Sterling
The money is to be expended through any
agency the President directs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
France ChiUaIr0usIy
Excuses Miss Rankin
PARIS, April 8

PARIS, April 8.
MISS JEANETTE RANKIN,
4SA who voted in the American Con-
gress against war, is gallantly ex-
cused today by the Temps for trying
to keep her country from taking the
field {or the Allies. The Temps M
says: "Politics for her is neither
sport nor business. but . religion.
Madamoiselle, France, which you
know y 70 hercely rssoluts to heht,
Tar xrQm blaming, undsrstands, r.
epece, 1l(ee and consolss yeu." a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
FURNITURE STORE ROBBED
Steal $25 From Cashiers Drawer, but
Fail in Attack on Safe

cracksmen broke into the furniture store
Of Stern Co.. 7i2 Market street, through
back door sometime between Saturday
night and this morning. stole about y25
10 cash from cashiers drawer. and tried
TO saw open the big safs but were baked
BY IT, size and strength.
The en4e y situated IN the rear Of the
r>@Q1 neAfp1 . froete1 glass partition Rass
1r'; = esss E s1a1s2 r.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
RICHARD OLNEY
BOSTON, April ..

BOSTON, April ..
Richard Olney, noted statesman and Sec
retary of State under Grover Cleveland
died suddenly in his home in the Back Bay
section, it became known today. The cause
of the death of Mr.. Olney, who was eighty-
two years old, is not known.
Mr.. Olney was a man OF wide culture and
great legal talent who supported Demo.
cratic policies He was a friend of DIR
Charles w. Eliot, president emeritus OF
Harvard University, and Joined him with
trenchant tongue and facile pen in answer
ing attacks on the Wilson Admnistra-
ton.
Although having brilliant record NJ
service under President Cleveland. where
ne served in the Cabinet as both Attorney
General and Secretary of state, Mr. Olney
declined offers of public office from Presi-
dent Wilson and contented himself during
the last few years with advocating i'm
portant changes, such as Federal control of
the railroads.
REFUSED HIGH OFFICES
Among the important offices he refused
to accept from the Wilson Administration
were those of Ambassador to England and
that of governor of the Federal Reserve
Board. Advanced age was one of the rea
sOHs given loF DotH OF tneSe 0ecllnatiOnS.
although he himself said at the time that
public positions would restrict his activity
In other lines.
Perhaps the greatest single achievement
for which he is remembered is his settle-
ment of the controversy with England over
the Venezuelan boundary while Secretary
Of State. The crisis was acute and for a
time war threatened, but the firm stand
taken by Secretary Olney and the favorable
final settlement effected by the Commission
prevented hostilities.
1t was in this case that Mr.. Olney laid
down the law that the right Of the United
States to intervene on questions involving
territorial integrity of South American
countries was unquestioned His firmness
also in settling the great railroad strike of
1894 is well remembered. for II was ne, as
Attorney General. who upheld the right of
the Government to employ troops to quell
the disorder ~.t
Mr.. Olney was born In oxford, Mass in
1885 and was graduated from Brown Uni
versity when only twenty-one, completing a
law course at Harvard three years later.
He early entered politics. being elected a
member Of the Massachusetts, House of Rep
resentatives in 1874. He was nominated for
Attorney General Of the State in the Tiden
fight of 1876. His offices under President
Cleveland completed his active officeholding.
he later was of invaluable assist
ance to the Democratic party in matters
requiring expert advice. He also received
a few votes for the presidential nomina-
ton at the 1904 convention.
Mr.. Olney was regent Of the Smithson-
Ian Institution. member of the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society and of the
American Philosophical Society. He was
exceedingly fond of outdoor exercise up to
the time OF his death. and was accustomed
10 taking long walks or horseback rides up
to few years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

"a 81. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Anembers have cleared the church property
81 debt. In response to an appeal to raise
$4,000 for that purpose, more than $4,000
WAS contributed.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-30
free FROM PAIN
And No Longer Nervous, Since
Taking Cardui, Says Georgia
Lady.

Trenton, Gains. Ellie Clifford, OF
this place, writes: al have always suf-
fered :. but was worse after marriage.
! would have {. pains and misery in my
stomach and hips. would have a bad
sick headache every time, which would
generally last two days. had always
heard what good medicine Cardui was,
so thought would try it. fused two
bottles and it helped me.
Fifteen months later | began TO be
nervous and was worse at MY But
at these times did not have any pain
and do not now suffer any pain. But
was very nervous, SO nervous that my
hands would shake. Any noise would
make me jump. So took two more bot
lies OF Cardui. have never been nerv-
Gus since ;. and do not have any pain.
think this is all due to Cardui and
Black-Draught."
Cardui, the woman's tonic, is composed
only of pure, vegetable ingredients, which
have been recognized for many years by
standard medical books as of medicinal
value, in the treatment of many diseases
peculiar to women. Try Cardui.
NC-l28
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-30
WHAT DOES 1T MATTER?

What does it matter that the time
must come
When all my petals shall be blown
away,
Leaving a brittle stalk where wild
bees hum
And WOO the living flowers all the
day?
l, too have trembled to the kiss they
brought,
Was wooed and knew the sunlight and
the dew;
I, too, have trembled to the living
thought,
Have bent and swayed the teeming
summer through;
These have been mine unto the ut
termost
And peradventure shall be mine
again;
When some, new shell becomes my
spirits host.
Life, beautiful as this, shall fill me
then,
And strange new thoughts may grace
another spring,
Making existence seem deeper
thing. -Amory Hare.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-03-30
LEGAL NOTICE.
VIRGINIA: In the Clerks Office oi
the Circuit Court of Tazewel, coun
w March &c, 1917.

VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office u
the Circuit Court of Tazeweli coun
ny. March &c, 1917.
II, Claude Pobst, $50. Complainant
V In Chancery
Matilda Thompson, James William
Thompson, Isaac Absolom Thomp
son, aims A. B. Thompson, Charles
Samuel Thompson, alias C. II
Thompson, John Glenn Thompson
an infant under the age of 81 years
Mamie M. Keesee and +. l.. Greev.
or, Trustee and j. N. Hartman
Trustee, .............De Defendants
The object of this suit is to have
those two certain lots of land, with
the buildings and improvements there
on, situate just north of the corporate
limits of the Town of Tazewell, in
Tazewell County, Virginia, on the
south side of the street or road lead
ing to the new cemetery, and being
just across the street from said GEM
etery, being lot No. (S) in section
QS), and all of Fourth street south
of Virginia avenue, between sections
II and Is, each lot having a 'front.'
age of so feet by depth of $50 feet,
and being the same lots conveyed to
Oscar Thompson by I. j. Kecsee and
wife, by deed dated August II. 1908,
and recorded i'll the Clerks office of
said county in Deed Book No. 65,
page 30. sold to satisfy the lien of n
certain deed of trust thereon executed
by the said Matilda Thompson, James
William Thompson, Isaac Absolom
Thompson, alias ABB. Thompson, Chas
Samuel Thompson. alias G. II. Thomp-
son and John Glenn Thompson to j
N Hartman, Trustee, dated April Is
1915, and recorded in said clerks of
flee in Deed Book No. rs, page 4O6.
to secure the payment of bond for
$4,000 therein mentioned, dated
April 18th, 1916, due November Is,
1915. with interest from said date,
which bond, together with tho said
lien securing the same, is now owned
by the said complainant; and for
general relief
And it appearing by affidavit, on
HE in my said Office: that the said
Matilda Thompson, James William
Thompson, Isaac Absolom Thompson,
'liAs A. Is. Thompson, Charles Sam
uei Thompson, alias c. II. Thompson,
and John Glenn Thompson, an infant
under the age of 81 years, are not
residents of the State of Virginia, it
49, '"ei Sioiei oiucfeu tnaC Incy 10
appear here within fifteen days after
due publication Of this order and do
what is necessary to protect their in
tcrcst;, and it is further ordered that
n copy hereof be published once
week for four successive weeks in the
Clinch Valley News, weekly news
paper published in the town of TaZe-
well, Virginia, and be posted rs re-
1ured by law.
Given under my hand this the 2Gth
day of March, 1917.
G. w. GREEVER, Clerk.
A copv-Teste:
c. w. GREEVER, Clerk.