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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
FRESH AIR IN WINTER TIME
Health Authorities Urge That Windows
be Kept Open Despite Weather

The man who closes his windows IN
cold weather to keep from taking cold
is the man above all men who is apt To
catch cold. At least this is the view OF
the State department of health.
Fresh air. says Commissioners
Williams in a statement, ''is as essential
in cold weather as in hot weather. One
of the best ways for person TO catch
cold is to stay in a closed room, away
from the fresh air, and then leave the
room. and go into the cold winter
weather. The all important thing IS to
keep the body warm. and this can best
be done by wearing ample clothing
rather than by living in close room,
The windows should be left open in all
weather in this climate. Of course, nc
one should sit or sleep in a draught'
but this can readily be avoided. "
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
Fiohtina at Pedernales.

Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. 14.-Passengers
arriving here on trains from Mexico
declared that chihuahua was full o,
reports as they passed through that
fighting was taking place between the
rebels and regulars at Pedernales
where skirmishlng took place several
days ago.
Persons coming from Madero, on
the Mexican Northwestern road, said
that as the train passed through Pc
dernales the firing could be heard and
that the women and children were cry
ing in the streets.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
WELL DONE, Mr.. PRESIDENT

WELL DONE, Mr.. PRESIDENT.
The designation of Justice Edward
White as Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme court will undOubt-
edly meet with general approval
throughout the country, but especial
" will this be the case in the South.
Judge White is a Southern man.
having been born in louisiana, which
State he represented in the United
States Senate at the time Of his ap-
pointment to the Supreme court, and
in addition to this he is a Democrat.
President Taft has made wise Sc
lection and one indicative of his sin
cerity in securing the best material
for judicial positions. Naturally
gifted with splendid legal ability,
Justice White has developed his nat
ural talents by careful, studious hab-
its. and brings with him, in addition
to these attribute to the chief JUS
ticeship, nineteen years experience
as associate justice.
Laying asid partisanship and sec
tionalism in this appointment for the
good of the judiciary of the country,
it is but natural that no appoint
ment the President has made during
his term of office has caused more
favorable comment.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
DEATH OF LANCASTER MERCHANT

w. T. Bonner, one of the best-known
merchants of Lancaster county, died at
his home in Kilmarnock Saturday, aged
rs. He went to Kilmarnock from Mary.
land at the close of the Civil War and
had been in business there ever since.
He leaves a widow and several children,
one Of his sons, Leon Bonner, being
postmaster at Kilmarnock.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
VIRGINIA HOLDS Al00F

Several State Democratic dele
cations formally Endorsed Champ
Clark, Of Missouri, for the speak
ership OF the next House and his
friends now claim his nomination
will be unanimous. The Virginia
delegation is among those that are
holding aloof by reason of the at
titude taken by Mr.. Hay, who is for
Mr.. Clark II he will pledge himself
to the naming of a committee
ON committees.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
TYPHOID STAMPED OUT

The State Board of Health re-
ports typhoid fever has been elimi-
mated from Washington and Lee
University and the Virginia Military
institute at Lexington. Steps have
been taken that will prevent its
temperance.
President Geo. H. Denny, of
Washington and Lee. also gave
out a statement. as did a commit
tee Of the Virginia Institute board
of VtaffOra
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
LOCAL MARKETS.
Corrected by Simon Hirsh & BrOD

Wheat, S5c to 92c; corn, SOC to soc
meal. Sl.3j to $3.50; oats, 40 to 45; ole
hens, live, 10 to IL; dressed, IL to 10
spring chickens, IL to IL, h.; eggs,
IS to SO; lard, Ia to Is; ducks; live,
9 to 10; dressed Ia to Is; butter, ~ to
%; country hams, 70 TO Y, bacon sides,
Is to 10; Irish potatoes, so to 90; lambs,
$3.50 to "a hides, green, Z; dry
sailed, 10 to IL; dry hides, ~ TO 10; cali
skins No. l, si.OO to $l.25; baled hay,
SIS to $50 per ton; live hogs, 8 to 81
beef, live weight, to 5; pork, 8 IL TO 81
wool, 20 to % per ID; veal. 6 TO q; swt et
potatoes. 60 to 65, dressed chickens, IL
to l6; turkeys live, II to Is; turkeys
drawn, 81 to %; turkeys undrawn, Is
To 20
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
RACE RIOT IN CAPITAL
Two Street Car Employees Hurt and
Several Colored Men Arrested.

Washington, Dec. 14.-In a NINA
tare race riot in the business sec.io
OF the city. precipitated by a remark
OF a cOlored man. a street Ger con
ductor, Gray Limstrong. was struck or
the head with an iron bar and prot
abs fatally injured
Charles Cans. another stree; ca.
employe. was badly beaten. The police
arrested several colorcd men
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15

Washington. Dec. l4-Dr Har,e
w. Wiley. the government pure fcO
expert. who heads the bureau Of chen
istry Of the department Of agricI
ture. and Miss Anna G. Kelton. OF this
city. will be married next spring Mis-
Kelton is an employe in the library
Of congress
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
TAFT GIVES MEDAL TO HERO
South Bethlehem Man Who Saved
Rluejacket's Life Is Honored.

South Bethlehem Man Who Saved
Rluejaeket's Life Is Honored.
Washington. Dec. IA. - President
Taft personally presented to William
E. Snyder. chief electrician. attached
to the scout cruiser Birmingham, a
medal of honor for saving the life OF a
bluejacket who fell overheard in
Hampton Roads last Januady.
The thermometer was near zero at
the time and a strong tide was run
ming. but Snyder dived into the wa
ter and. after some difficulty, succeed
ed in saving his shipmate.
Snyder is from South Bethlehem,
Pa. He appeared at the White House
Just prior to the cabinet meeting
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
NORFOLK PRIMARY IN COURT

Attorney General Williams presented
10 Judge Keith, of the supreme court
Of appeals, a petition for writ of err
ror In the Norfolk primary case.
Mr.. Williams holds that the act un-
der which the indictments were secured
against certain judges of the recent
urinary election at Norfolk is valid.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
WANTED, CHRISTMAS TURKEYS

We will pay best market price for al
good turkeys alive or dressed. dry
picked, head and feet on undrawn, de-
Iivered TO us Dec. IL, Is, Ia, Is, 16 anC
II at our warehouse No. us, on Com
merce St., Fredericksburg, Va. Eastern
Provision Co. K. d. Fritter, Manager.
Phone 302. dl0-Ht
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
REFORM IN DAkvlLlE
Grand Jury Returns Seventy Bills
Against Offenders.

The grand jury of the corporation
court OF Danville returned 70 in
dictments. Fifty-five Of the indict-
ments are returned against men and
women who are accused of being
Migrants and alleged to be OF du-
bious character Seven of the
others are against female proprie-
tors of resorts, and the remainder,
except two for wife desertion, are
against saloonkeepers who are al
legged to have sold liquor to intoxi-
Gated persons, and to have allowed
lawless persons to congregate IN
their places
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF
FREDERICKSBURG.

The thirteenth of December, 1867,
must have been just such a day IN
many respects as the thirteenth OF
December. 1910, except that forty
eight years ago the sky was overcast
and the air filled with Kissing mis-
sizes of war, which sung over and
about Fredericksburg a song OF
death. such as has seldom been heard
on the battlefelds of this or any
other land. The wind that night IN
62, drearily pressing on It's course
toward the South. touched with Icy
breath the faces of ten thousand
dead Americans, who at sunrise that
morning faced each other on the
great arena, known in song and
story as the battlefield Of Freder-
icksburg. Forty-eight years Is a
long time as men view it and yet
how short a time ago 1t must seem
to the gallant remainder Of those
great armies who met on this field
that bleak December day, winning
for themselves a fame which can
never die and for their country a
glory which the ages can never tar
nish nor time efface. Theyears have
come and gone since Fredericksburg
passed through this day of stress
but on each recurring anniversary
the people stop in the busy rush OF
modern life to silently do homage to
the men who battled on her hills and
in no lesser degree to pay silent
tribute to those who invaded her do
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
EXECUTORS NOTICE

All persons having claims against
or indebted to the estate of the
late Phillips Rolph will please ap
ply at once for settlement to the
undersigned.
Mrs. Phillips Rolph, ExecutriX,
ldec6-w4w Sparta, va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
DRYs WIN AGAIN

In a local option election held in Lee
magisterial district, Shenandoah coun-
~. Tuesday, the drys won by majority
Of 101.
Four years ago the district went dry
By 81 majority. The election was or
dered upon the petition OF the vets.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
FOR SALE

For sale cheap. Two Farm Work
Horses. viii sell them at a low
price if taken now. Chas. II. Hur-
kamp. Boscobel Farm. Fredericks-
burg. Va. Phone rs.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
PLANS MGaoRIAL TO LINCOLN
Bill Introduced by Senator cullom Pro
vides 100000 For Monument.

VTuUS V@'VVViVVV TIT WVTIU'''N''N
Washington, Dec. IA. - A nationa
memorial to Abraham Lincoln, to be
erected in Washington at a cost OF $2,
100000, is proposed in bill introduced
by Senator Cullom, of Illinois.
The bill names a permanent com
mission, to be composed OF President
Taft. Senators Wetmore, of Rhode Isl
and, and Money, Of Mississippi; Rep
Iesentatives Mccall. of Massachusetts,
and Champ Clark, of Missouri The
sum of 100000 is to be Immediately
available under the bill.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
FOR RENT

The most centrally located store in
Fredericksburg, Va, Southeast Corner
Main and Commerce Streets. This IS a
rare opportunity to go into any kind of
business. A. B. Bolts & Co.
ld154t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
For SALE AT STORE

Show cases, iron safe, desk and chair
large store lamps.
At Residence. Furniture of all kinds.
Strasburger's Residence l025 Main st.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
MONEY TO LOAN

In sums of $500 and upwards, real
estate security. Apply to Chichester q
Chichester. ATTORNEYS. ls II
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
PEAL. ESTATE WANTED

We have buyers for real estate on
Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers.
List your property with us at once.
Piedmont Real Estate Agency,
If fredericksburg, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15

Woodrow Wilson has stirred things
up in New Jersey and Jim Smith is
after him. If he routs jim as badly
as he did the Republicans, Wilson's
fame will be established.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15

The President in appointing Judges
Lamar, of Georgia. and Vandevan-
ter, of Wyoming, one Democrat,
the other Republican, has certainly
made good in his selection of men to
fill the vacancies existing in the Sd
preme Court, and he will receive the
praise and congratulation Of the en-
tire country.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15

Louisa has Joined with other coun-
ties, wherein the Democrats de-
sire a legalized primary, which
means after all fair and decent
election law. Public sentiment will
compel the General Assembly to give
US such a law.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15

Dentist. 32l West Franklin St. Rich
mond, Va. At Bowling Green, Va, every
court week.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
MONEY TOLOAN
DIR. J. M. HUGHES

In sums to suit on good security. Al
DIV to Lee J. Graves. attorney IT,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-15
Richmond, fredericksburg &
Potomac r. K.
LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG
Southward
Northward

Accommodation trains arrive: From
Washington @I2:45 pm; from Milford
1926 pm. from Richmond f4OO pm.
#Daily. Weekdays. This train
does not 90 south of Milford.
Arrivals and departures not guaran-
rnod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
Burton Holmes Travelogues.

With one of the most attractive series
of travelogues it has been his fortune
to be able to present. Burton Holmes
will begin his annual engagement in this
city at the Columbia Theater tonight.
Each Monday afternoon during the
course of FIVE lectures he will duplicate
the lecture of the evening before-the
Sunday evening and Monday afternoon
courses being identical in every respect
AS his first topic this season, Mr.
Holmes brings from Munich and the
neighboring scenic districts of the Bavar-
ian lakes and highlands remarkable
picture record of his wanderings IN that
land of beauty and romance. In Oberam-
mergau he spent a number Of weeks.
completing a study Of the place. the play
and the people. which has taken him
twenty years and attendance at the Pas
sion Plays OF 1850, 1900 and 1910. The
Passion Play as it was and as 1t Is.
is his second subject His third bears
testimony to the hospitality OF the people
of Bohemia, and is an enthusiastic trib-
ute TO the beauty of her cities and
scenery. The fourth describes his motor
trip through Germany and his fifth lee
ture touches upon the higa lights Of
beauty and interest to be found in twice
circl;ng the glcEe via the principal
routes, namely Suez and Siberia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20

and enjoyed his two-week vacation last
summer
Mrs. Ogden Child, because 1.-The Bach
elor's Baby" is playing near enough to
New York for her husband and son to
spend the day with her.
Z. Soldene Powell, because his associa-
ton with 1.-THE Bachelors Baby COM
pany has brought him delightful wife.
FRED Beane, because he is in his mint h
year as stage manager for the same star.
Harold Merriam, because Washington is
his home town.
HISTORY OF "THE MIkADO."-
There have been many legal battles waged
for the American rights to THE Mikado. ;.
The litigation lasted for years and vast
sums of money were expended by both
sides. Gilbert and Sullivan, the authors,
sold the American rights to a group of
managers. headed by the late John Stet-
son of Boston. but because there was no
copyright treaty between England and the
United States other manaserS gave per-
formances, and so the matter got into the
courts.
In Baltimore the late John T..
Ford was preparing to present it at
Ford's Opera House, when a rival man
ager named 8. W. Fort announced per-
formances at the Academy of Music. Mr..
Ford at once applied to Judge Duff for
injunction. but the trial of the cas-. was
put off until October and Fort proceeded
with his production. A few days later
the Ford company sopened its season at
Ford's Opera House, and in a few days
1.-The Mikado" was heard at 1.-The Academy
OF Music no more. All Baltimore licked
to Ford's and the piece ran a month.
Meanwhile there were similar contests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20

in all the principal cities. In New York
Sydney Rosenfeld, the late ii. c. Miner
and some others undertook TO give 1.-The
Mikado" without permission, and Stetson
and his partner, John A. McCaull, de-
cided TO make a test case there.
Rosenfeld had hand in the writing.
transiating or adapting of every 1fsht
opera put, forward by McCaull, Stetson,
Aronson, Duff and the other ma2nates.
To his credit 1t must be said that he did
not try to improve Gilbert's delightful
book, but he was made the scapegoat and
warned not to again perform The Mi
kado" until the suit should be decided
He hurried from the court room to the
theater, rang up" gave performance
and was again arrested and put away
for contempt of court. 1t was the the
atrical cause celebre of the decade. Rosen-
field was taken from the county jail''
only after the payment of "a fine.
Meanwhile the suit of McCaull and
Stetson was decided against them. THE
Mikado'' became epidemic. At one time.
In the following October. there We're not
fewer than lit concurrent performances
of the .operetta scattered through the
country from Portland to Portland and
from the Canadian frontier To the Gulf VI
Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20

MIR. Wilson presented at this same theater
a little over a.year Ego. q New York
the play Y2u rom ,-,iG-OecoInbec until
mid-Junc- IS :.a.ho.. Nj WILSON has
succeeded in nte.,diIlg pathetic human
touches with much genuine laughter The
three acts abound IN 6r.gh. EaaF, clever
cpigran and fuuuy citations, al! of
which arc brought ahou: by the efforts
of Il crusty bachelor .g'r2ncis WILSON, to
s.ycid the responsibility :. becoming the
guardian of els dead Srot!her's tttle five
yeaF-cid. daughter. n he PLAY. wilson
dislikes children extremely. and the plot
is devoted to his conversion from a
ctild-hating bachelor to who adores
The little ones. Baby Davis, the young
player. whose part is very important
one, almost divides honors with the star
Mr.. Wilson will be supported by prac-
ticaIly the same company he had with him
last year. and which includes. besides
himself and Baby Davis, Edna Bruins,
Mrs. Ogden Child. Eleanor Barry. Clar-
ence Handyside, Richard Gcrdon, Thomas
r. Tracy, l.. ScIdene Powell. Harold
Merriam and others. There will be two
rnltinees during this engagement one
Thanksgiving day (Thursdayp ana the
other So .urday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20

union are. indeed, dramatic. She, the
soft. spirituelle type that puts purity of
soul above all else, revolts against that
part of her nature TO which st. Elmo.
The imperious. cynical dueiist, appeals.
1t is a fitting climax to the play that
both soften their attitude toward the
other into partial acceptance Of each
others demands The scenes are all in
Tennessee, ST. El-.o's and Edna's first
meeting being on the Gueling ground
near Chattanooga JUS after he had killed
Murray Hammond, a friend who had be-
trayed him, according to the code. To
her. then a crude country lass. unused to
the Wanted chivalry OF the sou hern
aristocracy, this seemed only murder and
this Is the last thing she gives up when
she goes to St. Elmo in the last act to
prevent his killing himself.
Matinees will be given on Tuesday,
Thursday THANKSGIVING day. and Sat
urday. There will be no advance in prices
for the Thanksgiving matinee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

Arnold DAILY is hack in vaudeville.
Dustin Farnum is playing his second
season in Cameo Kirby.
MAY Robson has started rehearsals OF
a new play by Emily Munford
Noraica and Schumann-H einke will DO
heard I'm this city in concert this season.
Kathryn Osterman has a new one-acta
comedy entitled Their Weight in Gold.
Henry Miller will produce a new play.
1.-The Ghost" early I'm the new. year.
Harry Conor will be the leading come
dian i'm Tho Girl and the KAISER
John Philip Sousa will give two con-
certs i'm Washington Sunday, December
II.
Jessie MilIward will be with The Girl
in the Taxi when that piece is presented
In London.
Charles a. BigeIow, recently comedian
of the Anna Held company. win enter
vaudeville.
Charles Ram Kennedy. author OF THE
Servant i'm the House." has become q
naturalized American citizen
Maclyn Arbuckle will appear in vaude-
vile i'm a playlet called Tine Welcher
until his new play Is ready.
Paula Edwardes has returned to the
stage after long absence and will APP
pear in vaudeville.
1t is reported that Henry Guy Carleton.
the dramatist, who has been in bad health
for several years. Is dying in the south.
The production of Rose Stahrs new
play, Maggie Pepper" is to be made
SOON after the holidays.
The Summer widowers" opened in
Boston last Monday night with almost Q
new cast, Rogers and kolb being starred.
Doris Hardy, well known in this city,
has gone to a stock company In Kansas
City as a specially featured leading lady.
Christy Mathewson and Chief Myers,
the base ball stars now I'm vaudeville.
will be seen i'm Washington next month.
Grace George appeared in Afiddletown,
n. Y, last Tuesday night in q new COM
edy. Sauce for the Goose" by Geraldine
Bonner. 'f
Walter Perkins has a new musical
Girls I'm Arms" the book being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
"Relle of Seville"

Chase's next week will offer Marion
Carson. prima donna and musicai CO.
medicine supported by her own organi-
cation Of singing comedians, in me
Belle of Seville. The Ellis-Nowiin COM
pany OF American grotesques, comedians
and pantomimists Introduce Fighting the
flames new burlesque. In the bin
are Hedges Brothers and Jacobson, with
a novel musical feature; Hal Davis and
Inez Macauley dramatic stars: Phil
Stats. PIANIST wizard. with comic chat
and comment: Crouch and Weich In
wnirlwind dancing: Maxine. the Cuban
aerial balancing wonder. and The Cow
BOYS Mother-!n-law." q pictorial farce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
Chase's S.

Chase's bill for this week will be
headed by THE Code Book a recent
vaudeville military comedy success,
the large metropolitan company being
led by Allen Atwell. The song-writing
comic stars Harry Williams and Jean
Schwartz. will be heard in some of their
latest productions. Walter Lawrence
and Lillian Fitzgerald in Just Landed.
Stuart Barnes offering new and original
PAROLES, Yatter and anecdotes: Zertho's
Dogs of All Nations. Tom Mahoney, a
Celtic comedian from Cork, giving
iaughable limitations Of scenes in a
justice of the peace court; Emile Lea
and William and Louise Lucifer, eccen-
trio dancing diversion: lead up to the
pictorial finale entitled Willie" which
shows how they made n man" of
callow youth away out west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
"He Fell in Love With His Wife"

Miss Edith Ellis dramatiSation OF y.
P. Roes story. He Fell In Love With
His Wife," will be presented at the Co.
lumbia Theater for one week, with the
usual matinees, commencing Monday.
November g. All the familiar characters
of the book are seen Ia the dramatiS4-
ton, the central figures OF which are
James Holcroft, a son OF the soil, ana
Aida Armstrong. the girl whom he mar
ries to save his farm and with wnom
he afterward falls in love. The play Is
in three acts, It's scenes being laid on the
Holcroft farm and presented In series
of artistic pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
New Howard Theater.

A dramatic version Of est. Elmo" by
Neil Twomey is announced as the weeks
attraction at the New Howard Theater.
It is claimed for Mr.. Twomey's dramati-
cation that 1t is free from melodrama and
In every way a dignifed presentment OF
the dramatic features of Miss Evans
work Admirers Of the famous southern
author will be interested in noting how
the dramatist has done his work. Excep-
tional scenic features and a cast OF play
ers who will intelligently interpret the
work of both author and dramatist are
promised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
Cosmos Sunday Concert.

Among the acts that will be held
over for today's concert at the Cosmos
will be Annie Abbott. the mysterious
Georgia Magnet: Robert Hadley and
Company. in The First Quarrel:
Florence Hughes. THE Stout Party:
Bessie La Count, the diminutive singer.
and as an extra Samuel p. Phillips, the
impersonator. The orchestra. under
John Bovello. will render popular num-
bers