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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
TEL EPHONE GIRLS DAZFD
By RUSH OF COMET JABBER
Twelve Thousand People Jumped on Wires
Telling Friends to Have Look at Sky, Par
alyzing Service-SecondSh Show Called Off,

Some. government expert figured out
the other day exactly how many tcle-
phone calls switchboard operator
could handle in sixty seconds. He
figured it down to a gnat's heel, but
he did not take Halley's comet into
his calculations. That vagabond of
the skies almost annihilated the local
exchange Saturday night for more
than an hour while friends were tele-
phonins friends TO have look. Man
ager Tanner mopped his brow after It
was over and said that It was the
biggest rush since that rainy day dur
ing the Confederate Reunion week
three years ago
Expecting a return of the trouble,
an extra force of operators was put
on-duty last night, these experts rum
Ting as first SECTION Of Haliey's south
bound i.imited When the clouds gath
cred in the spot whore the, nebular
visitor. as they call II, was texpected
TO appear. the operators heaYed a sigh
Don't look like a big night tolnight.
they said. And 1t wasn't But Sntur-
day night?
Just before the head OF the thing
shot out from the blue tho wires had
An attack of palsy, the next moment
they were paralyzed. ) There are l2,-
~ tN''pH'HS III ltIEnHlo1iu.s III LIVE
minutes IT seemed that somebody was
| clawing at each receiver. Stunned by
the sudden attack. the operators yelled
! murder. and IN another moment all
the helpers around tho building were
1 sent TO the board.
| with everybody calling at once, the
wires We're unable to meet the unex-
pected pressure, and while girls were
4 swearing soft suttragette things UNI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23

der their breath, there was a via
crashing demand for Information In
formation is supposed to know cyerv-
thlnG. Flrst she got bundle of kin.
about the service; then she was askaa
lftithat funny light in the southwas,
was the real goods, then she vas
asked by chorus whirlwfnd nc
foolish questions that would have sent
a flrst-class astronomer like Coroner
Taylor to the mat Another chorus
OF curses was sweeping In, only tho
operators We're too busy to listen.
Speaking of tho battle last night
Manager Tanner said that nobody OK,
peoted the rush. Everybody began II
call everybody else at once" he sa,,,
and you can imagine what ii meant
AS long as the comet was visible the
wires simply hummed with tho az.
citing exclamation, Have Won seen
mat comet?' But we are not poInr
10 be caught again Tonight there
was an extra force on duty. those
comet operators beginning ahead NJ
HalleS's schedule and remaininr thcre
until the show closed. There wa.
some rush. but nothing to speak Of
as compared with the other due nm.
fortunately 10 the clouds. Since the
pnplic seems to think that we were 1,
bad saturday night. our regret is tia,
the clouds called off the show, for
there could have been no renctit,o,
of the trouble"
The switchboard operator In The
Times-Dispatch office did a iugglInr
stunt with eight trunks while the hirl
diver Of the sky was at the bat. Call,
came In so rapidly that they melted
into one tumble OF Sanskrit that sput,
tered into an amending buzz.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
SODA SINGER TELLS HOW
BUTTERMILK TRADE BOOMS
Booze Brigadiers Drink 1t to Kill Thirst, While
Thousands Meet Daily at Fountains
to Buy Soft Connections.

was made to find out how many soft
drinks OF every sort were sold in the
big town In one day. Figures show
that chocolate is the favorite flavor
due to the fact, maybe. that 1t is
considered Very nutritiye.
I'm these days OF the high cost of
living. the soda fountain coins the
money. 1t Is because the soda foun-
tain is competing with the restaurant
that you see pie and cake at the foun-
tains. People who have not much
money to spend on feed run In and
get an ice cream soda or glass of
milk and n quarter slice of pie. and
manage to live on that until supper.
1.-THE steadicsi class OF trade is made
up of the booze brigadicrs that arc
trying 10 kill off the thirst with but
termilk. The idea got loose in New
York that huttermilk can quench ths
thirst for the red, oily stun, and ever
since the demand for buttermilk has
risen, But tho ydrink IT as II 1t were
medicine. and not as II it made them
feel good +"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
SMILING GIRL COMING TO
BOOST GOOD CHEER GAME
With Mint in One Hand and Rose in the Other,
She Merely Wants Smile. Back and Won't
Brace You for Even a Simoleon.

luck" the bereaved-aH are visited,
and given smile talk" Outings are
given, when they can be arranged
without expense, and the necessity for
smiling mental attitude is empha-
sized, as we'll as the plain command
ment, Keep smiling"
Miss Carter has already been IN
many states ofathe Union, having left
her home in Seattle, Wash" Some
months ago to tour the States and or
.ganize branches Of her society She
has met with great success, When she
comes to capital city she makes 1t
a rule to call on the Governor but
when she comes to Richmond she will
probably present Governor Mann with
a cluster Of roses instead Of q bunch
of mint. In these hard times, when
gentlemen cry money! money! and
there is no rloney,''t Miss Carterfcan do
a fine good cheer business in the bursh
of William Byrd.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
WOMAN SC0LLEGE
FINALS THIS WEEK
Commencement Program Opens
With Art Exhibit on
Wednesday.

This is commencement week at the
Woman's College. From Wednesday
of this week until Tuesday of next
week the vassar of Richmond" will
observe It's fifty-sixth annual closing
exercises. Many members of the
families OF the young women in tho
graduating class Will attend the va
rious events which have been planned,
and a number of out-of-town people
will be brought here by this OCCASION
Thirty degrees will be awarded
The first event on the commence
ment program will be the art exhibit
in the college chapel from TO I We'd
nesday afternoon. The graduates
Thursday evening at Sis. AT tina
same hour on Friday night the pre-
paratory department will have itE
closing exercises On Saturday night
comes the annual concert
Rev. George Cooper, D. D.. Will
preach the baccalaureate sermon on
Sunday night at the Grace Street Bap-
fist Church.
Glass Day comes at II o'clock Mon
day morning, when much merriment
and mirth-making will be INDUCED
in. On Tuesday morning the final
exercises will be held, the degrees Will
be conferred and tho baccalaureate
address Will be delivered. This part
of the program will be given in the
Academy of Music.
Graduating Class.
The roll of the graduating class Is:
B. L--Hallie Vaughan Attkisson.
Grace Browning Benton. Aura Kath-
crime Blanton. Irene Ripley Carter.
Ella Catherine Dorset, Ruby Goode,
Nellie Lucille Hudson. Virginia Pearl
Koontz. Helen Marie McGraningham
clyde Blunt Parr, Madeline sue Rey-
nolds. Adeline Virginia Rodes Sara
Dingess Starke, Edith Mathews Smell
lings. Fostelle Meanda Thornton.
b. S.-Helen Galeski. Henri Gladys
Roberts.
3. A,-Rachel Bulikopf, Lucy Nelson
Curtis. Edith Brown Koontz. NJ. l'rieda
Koontz. Mabel Lee Powell.
NJ. A.-Ella Merryman Quisenberry.
b. M.-Margery Grace, Julia Anita
Grove, Lena Littleberry Lewis, Gladys
VanlIook Peyton, Cara Leigh Spivey.
Ruby Marie Stoltz, Fostelle Meanda
Thornton,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23

Theora is coming
No, she is not another kind OF comet:
neither is she star arriving 70
shed her lustre on the local stage.
With a rose In one hand and sprig of
fresh mint In the other, smiling tho
broad, sunny smile of tho Western girl,
Miss Carter will invade Richmond soon
If the good word is true. She will Wis
1t this city in her official capacity as
national president of the Society of
Good cheer," and will organize here a
branch Of that organization, which.
though It Is the very perfection Of
sweet charity, collects no money, sells
neither bells nor tags, has no funds and
wants none.
The only object Of this society is to
diftuse good cheer. Its members try
to cheer up people that are downcast
and blue, and to distract business men
from too much worry and troubling,
The sick, the folks down ON their
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23

Ten thousand soft drinks arc sold
in Richmond every day. on tho aver
age" said veteran soda water dis
pcnser yesterday. who has got the
thing figured down, "and on hot sum
mer days that amount is doubled
Somebody is drinking soda every
second Of the day, IL you work 1t out
that way
"In the last few years, the soda
thirst has grown wonderfully. Mos,
of us can recall when soda fountains
were open only in the summer. 1t
used to be the drug clerk in a drug
store tina, did the work. but now
soda water mixing is a science and
soda water dispensing has become one
of the noblest professions. 1t Will no,
be long until there will be CORE
spondence courses in soda fountain art
and ! hope yet TO get n S. +. D. degree
Doctor of Soft Drinks.
why, In New York. they sell 1,oo0,-
900 ice cream sodas every day. The
statistics broke down when an effort
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
SIX CHILDREN FAIL
TO GET BACK HOME
Little Girl Picked Up Among
Lost Unable to Give
Her Name.
SEARCHING FOR OTHERS
Overioyed Parents Find One in
Home of Policeman Who
Rescued Her.

SIX children failed to return home
yesterday, and fearful parents reported
them to the Second Police Station as
lost, strayed or stolen. Three of the
children are from the same family,
the father being Avedes Zartarian, of
us East Broad Street. One, Fannie
Miller, three years old. of 6l7 North
Third Street. was found yesterday af-
| ternoon, and was taken to the home
of Policeman Gentry, where later she
was claimed by her overioyed parents
Another girl, daughter of Mr.. Morrow,
of East Broad Street, failed to return
Still another, little girl seven years
old, whose name the police have not
yet been able to discover and about
whom there has been no report, was
picked up early in the afternoon by
f. B. Thomson, of 100 West Grace
Street. She had been wandering UP
and down that block since 10 o'clock
in the morning, trying to find her
mother. She attracted the attention OF
several residents in the ncighborhood
and finally some one asked Mr.. Thorn
ason to take her in charge.
Couldn't Give Her Name.
The girl was very tired, and trust
fully placed her hand in Mr. Thorn
ason's hand when he approached her
I, She told him she lived on Marshall
Street, and that she was on Marshall
Street then. and, pointing westward.
she said she lived "up there"
| Mr. Thomson walked with her for
| several blocks, until she was too tired
to walk further. He let her rest. and
| then took her to the Second Police
Station. The police tried TO learn her
name. but she spoke too indistinctly
to give her last name. Her first name
she gave as Sophie. Finally they call
ed on citizen, and he spoke to her
in Yiddish. She understood. and an
swered him In the same tongue But
still she could not tell her name with
sufficient clearness.
Finally. Louis Sonnenberg. Of 4o2
West Marshall Street, took her to his
home and at a late hour last night
she was still there. unclaimed. She
said her sister lost her, and. in her
carelessness.
No News from These.
The police had not been notified lato
last night as TO whether the Zarta-
rian. and Morrow children had returned,
and an all-niGht search for them was
kept up. The eldest Iartarian child
is nine years old and the others range
down. There does not seem to be any
suggestion of kidnapping. IT was be-
lieved that they simply strayed too far
from home and became bewildcred
when out of sight of their own door
step.
The police have never before in a
single day had so many children re.
ported to them as lost |, was prob
ably the bright sunshine and the warm
weather which brought them out and
led them off but the parents arc much
alarmed and visions of accidents float
ed before their minds eyes last night
But little Sophie took her plight very
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
CHILDREN'S DAY
Pulpit banked With Palms and Flowers
mt Westminster Church.

Children's Day exercises were held
yesterday morning at Westminster
Presbyterian Church. The attendance
was large both on the part of the
Sunday school and congregation. the
building being taxed to it's utmost ca
pacity. The pulpit was beautifully
banked with palms. potted plants and
cut flowers The exercises proved OF
an interesting character, many Of the
children taking part in recitations and
songs. The pastor. Rev. ,. I. Fair, D.
D., spoke to the children from the text:
Matthew xviii. 2. "And Jesus called a
little child unto Him. The contribu-
tion of the school amounted to SAT,
which goes toward fund for build
ing girls school at Nagoya, Japan
The total enrolment of the school was
reported as 900.
On next Sunday DIR. Fair will de.
liver the baccalaureatc sermon at the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
NEGRO KILLED IN
BOARDING HOUSE
Murdered While He Lay in Bed,
but Man Who Did 1t
Escaped.

George Lewis, colored, was shot in
the head at o'clock yesterday morn
ing by an unknown negro in the
house at 1447 East Franklin Street, and
died at 1890 O'Clock in the City Hos
pital.
Shortly after the murder, police Of
icers raided the house, and, being I'M
bile to secure any information that
would lead TO the identified ton of the
murderer they placed everybody in
the house, including the proprietor. r.
III. Kelley, under arrest. There were
five men and two women. and the house
was left vacant. MI were charged
with being suspicious characters. The
police will endeavor to hold them as
| long as possible, in order that ;he%
may obtain Information which will
lead to the capture of the unknown as
sailant. Bail was allowed to none.
Lewis went % the boarding house to
get a room for the night. The muir
derer said that Lewis could go 10 his
room. as the others were filled. and
Lewis went to bed A quarrel occurred
| later between the two men, and Lewis
was shot as he lay in bed. The bull
let penetrated the Jaw and ranged up
into the brain. Lewis Immediately be-
came unconscious. and never rallied.
The house was thrown into an up
roar, and in the confusion the MUIR
derer escaped
Every man and woman arrested dis
claim all knowledge of the fatal shoot
ing, though the police believe that they
are Withholding Information. Each de-
clares that the name of the murderer
is not known.
Coroner Taylor viewed the body and
decided to hold an inquest at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning, when the police
hope to be able to have the murderer
in custody, or, at least, to know who
he is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
Not Construed LitcrrIly.

we know he said, that the apo
calyptic visions of the Book of Reve-
lation are not TO be taken as prophe-
cies OF the life to come. The author
ship of various books of the Bible is,
to say the least of it, uncertain, and
no minister who keeps up with the
times would take the Book of Genesis
as literal account of the creation or
regard the Book of Jonah as Of his
torical value.
Young people," he continued who
have been to college or university,
have told me of taking their scientific
knowledge to their pastors, and of be-
ing told that they must believe the
ancient creeds. 1t is an insult to the
God of truth" he exclaimed. Ito advise
the young to purchase spiritual safety
at the price of intellectual dishonesty
Sometimes, he said. he was advised
not to preach the things which men
OF this time know,sand which disagree
with some OF the religious doctrines of
the past, for fear Of offending some
old saint. 1t were better, he argued,
to run this risk rather than try to
lead people in intellectual darkness.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
STREET CAR AND
BRIDGE MATTERS
Council Committees Wrestl
With Important Problems
To-Day.


Two subcommittee from the Coun-
ell Committee on Streets will take up
to-day the two most important matters
now pending before the City Council.
One. headed by Carter G. Jones, of
Washington Ward, meets at O'Clock
to go into the question of new free
bridge to connect Hull Street with
Fourteenth Street, either on the site
or paralleling the present Mayo's
Bridge. A tour of inspection will be
made Of the approaches and surround
ing streets on both sides of the river.
The other subcommittee headed by
Chairman Adams, Will meet at clock
to take up the question of new gem
eral franchise for the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company and the con-
seduent Encouragement Of street car
lines in some sections of the city. The
plans of the company were outlined
some months ago, and members of the
committee have made several tours over
the lines which it is proposed to shift
The Committee on Grounds and Build
ings meets tonight at s o'clock to act
on the report of subcommittee rec
ommending plans for the proposed new
building at the Virginia State Fair
Grounds. The Poliock-W investiGa-
tion will sit in the Council chamber
and the Committee on Finance Will
meet at o'clock for public hearing
on pending ordinances.
The Committee on Relief OF the Poor
meets at the city Home on Tuesday
evening at 6 o'clock to award quarterly
contracts for supplies
Other meetings scheduled for the
week are;
Wednesday, Electricity, P. NJ.
Local Assessments, s p. M.
Thursday Water, 8 p NJ
| Friday--St, Johns Burytng Ground
p. NJ; Ordinance, Charter and Re-
form, s p. Nj.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
G. & q. NInkea Record.

The railroads that have made the
largest relative gross increases this
fiscal year are the Canadian Pacific.
Burlington, Great Northern, Southern
Hallway Louisville and Nashville.
Chesapeake and Ohio. Missouri Pacific.
Scaboard Air Line, Pennsylvania and
New York Central The Chesapeake
and Ohio shows the largest percentage
of gain of any of these roads, having
increased gross about 20 per cent to
Nashville has gained Is per cent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
DUTY TO PREACH
. ON LOCAL CRIME
DR.. Maclachlan Raps Editors
Who Think Ministers Isno-
rant Of Worlds E.y,ls.
MUST PURIFY ENVIRONMENT
Has First Hand Information
About Richmond--Grecels
of the Past.

Duties of ministers in the cure of
souls was the subject OF vigorous
sermon preached last night by Rev.
II. d. c. Maclachlan at the Seventh
Street Christian Church He proclaim
ed 1t to be his opinion that preachers
should take into account modern
knowledge, and should not require the
young who learn the teachings of
science and of evolution to conform to
the creeds of the past
Mr. Maclachlan also asserted 1t to
be the duty of the curate of souls to
purify The environment of the commt-
nifty In which he labors. He had no
patience with the theory that the
teachings of the Gospel should be null
lifted without protest By the presence
of the saloon and of the gambling
house and OF other resorts of vice. He
deplored the squeamish sentiment
which would not allow the naming of
certain evils, and yet permitted the
publication of salacious details of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
Ono Elitnh Cut Another.

Elijah Jones, colored. was arrested
yesterday morning on a charge Of cut
ting Elijah Penicl, also colored at
and Dock Streets. Penick
received cash of four or five inches
and was taken by Or, Collins, OF the
City Ambulance Corps. to the City Hos-
pital for treatment.
Lew Watkins. white was arrested on
suspicion of having stolen a watch from
Lawrence Reed.
l., j, Franklin was reported by bicycle
policemen for speeding his horse on
tho Boulevard. The bicycle corps Is not
eonfining its operations to AUTOMOBILE
lists.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
Nurses Graduate.


Graduating exercises of the 1910
class of the Memorial Hospital Nurses
School will begin to-day by practical
demonstrations In the amphitreatre at
S:15 p. NJ
On Friday night the Alumnae Asso-
citation will give dance at the Guer-
rant Hotel in honor of the graduates
OF this year. On Saturday. at p. NJ.
the annual meeting of the alumnae will
be held at the jefferson Hotel. Fol-
lowing this meeting. DIR, Lewis C.
Bosher. president of the hospital. will
give dinner at the Jefferson. to which
all the members of the association are
invited.
The commencement exercises proper
will be held Thursday night at sac
o'clock In the John Marshall High
School. The invocation will be de-
livered by the Rt. Rev A. Van de Wy
yer, and the address will be delivered
by j. Aston Cabell. The nurses will
recite the usual oath, and DR.. Daniel j.
Coleman will present the diplomas ana
school pins
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
MAY NOT GET BLAIR
soothsayer Must First Stand Trial I'm
Ohio Courts.

ONO SOuTtN.
r.. l. Blair, the soothsayer, who
knows all the secrets of black art and
whose suave manner made William ~.
Kahn, of 1905 Hull Street. South Rich
mond. give up $1,000 in October, 1905.
will probably never come to Richmond
for trial. Mr.. Kahn Is not sure enough
in his Identification. it is said. and be-
sides. Blair must stand trial in Youngs-
town, Ohio. where he is wanted for
failing to reveal the secrets he had
promised TO wrest from the great I'M
known.
Blair had a smooth tongue and ne
knew all the sleight-of hand tricks
worth Knowing, and then invented some
new ones. They reaped him a rich
profit until he fell upon evil times. and
ii is a hard matter to fool lawyer,
A lawyers fee demands more than
promises.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
BEATEN WITH BR00MsTlCK,

James Hicks, Colorcd, Charged With
brutal Assault on Bcttie Price.
James Hicks. colored, was arrested
Yesterday morning on charge Of
beating Bette Price. The woman was
so badly injured that DR.. Collins, OF the
city ambulance corps, had TO take her
to the City Hospital.
Hicks is alleged to have used a
He broke the stick as
we'll as the woman's head.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-25
KOREA'S DOOR OPEN.
Japan Will Adopt Liberal Policy
Toward Favored Nations"

Japan Will Adopt Liberal Policy
Toward Favored Nations"
Washington, Aug. 25.-Japan is tc
maintain the open door policy In
Korea to the favored nations" She
will exercise an administrative rather
than a restrictive power over newly
annexed territory. This much of the
annexation treaty was revealed
through a visit to the state department
Of Baron Uchida, ambassador from
Japan. Neither Mr.. Wilson, acting
secretary Of state, nor Baron Uchida
would divulge the full tenor of the
treaty.
Mr.. Wilson announced that a private
gathering would read the treaty at the
department today and that the Japa-
nese ambassador would authorize its
publication on Aug. % or 20.
II is said that Japan will favor the
exploitation of internal Korea, allow
ing foreign capital to develop the min
erals Of the country. American capt.
tai will have an especially good field
for investment, as the United States
Is one Of the favored nations"
The emperor of Korea will see his
empire annexed by Japan on Satur-
day.