Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
CHINESE GIVES BAIL
IN LIBERTY BONDS
Surprises Atlantic City Court
When Held for Having
Opium


\ new use for Liberty Loan bonds,
never enumerated in Secretary McAdoo's
most explicit bill Of particulars evoked
mild sensation in the court Of Henry
W. Lewis. United States Commissioner.
here, when Charley Quong, Chinese
restaurant proprietor. utilized ten OF
them TO keep himself out Of jan.
Qu0ng was charged by Government
agents, upon testimony furnished by
Captain Barnshaw, Of the shore vice
squad, with having In his possession
opium upon which the Federal revenue
tax had not been paid. The Chinese
and his counsel, Eugene Schwingham-
mer, former Assistant Prosecutor, said
that Quong was a tubercuiar patient and
that a physician had prescribed opium
for him.
Commissioner Lewis ordered the
Chinese to give $1,000 bail to await tine
action OF the United States Grand Jury.
He was about to sign an order for ths
restaurant keepers commitment when a
diversion occurred.
Liberty Bonds good?" the Chinese
softly inquired. Then, as Commissioner
Lewis's eyes grew large and round, he
drew bond after bond from his pockets
until ten of them Of 500 denomination
They're as good as gold" that official
responded cXplosively as he signed re-
ceipt and waved the prisoner on his way.
Quong 10 said to be worth $4,000.
While married men who know some-
thing about the cost of wOmen'S fXings
gasped at the SaCrilege, $50 muff was
ripped to pieces in the District Court
today 10 convince jury that there was
no camouhage about the goods 1sador
Aprons, Il furtier, scld to Mrs Selma
II. Charlton, VINO is prominent socially
Aprons testified that he sold Mrs.
Charlton the muff and a Hudson seal
coat he valued at s347 last November
and that she gave him In payment a
note for 500 and a coat of Persian lamb
valued at about $500. subsequently Mrs.
Charlton failed to meet the note, and
her counsel today expressed doubt as to
the genuineness of the goods. The rip
ping demonstration followed. Aprons
was given judgment for 500.
Lucky chance which enabled Black
and Taylor, detectives, TO arrest Her
bert Jones and Joseph Thomas. negroes
here last night as suspicious persons
because they had in their possession 4
new travelling bag containing women's
costly wearing apparel, is expected to
net them 500 each and clear up a
robbery in West Chester, Pa.
James Malsecd, captain Of detectives
received in his mail today a circular
from Chief Entrekin stating that the
store of Moses & Lummis, in West
Chester, had been robbed of womtn's
waists, skirts and travelling bags or
Sunday, April H. and offering a re-
ward Of 5000 for the capture of the
thieves and the recovery Of the goods
The prisoners admit that they came
from West Chester and that they re-
Gently completed terms of six months
each in the Philadelphia county prison
for receiving stolen goods.
Business men today talked Of raising
a fund to help the City Board Of Edu.
cation out Of a dilemma and enable
Atlantic City TO perform JatriodC
service TO nonnaturalized citizens. The
Atlantic City branch of the Universal
Society for Social Improvement asked
the board to establish a night school to
teach Americanization. The board lc,
fused the request upon the ground that
II has no money.