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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
POPULAR CORONER REFUSES
TO DISCUSS THIS BIG ONE
BY Proving Two and Two Made Four in 1890, Ok
lahomat xpertSho That Men Beat Women
in Swift and Certain Race to Grave.

Just because he comes from oklaho-
ma doesn't necessarily prove anything.
He may have lived there before the
boosters hit the new State like a yisI-
tHtion OF SeNcntecn-ye year ~locusts. still.
he-jJr. stewart. of Lawton, State
aiorcsaid-has come forth with a bid
lor woinan's vote by declaring tina,
ONE live longer than men. He has
proved II by quoting the census of 1870.
when shows that While there we're 81
vs. c~tntenarians in this country that
year, ?,5S3 of these we're women. ana
t,a9h men BY adding these two sets
q hsures, a simple little thing like
Two u two make four, DR.. Stewards
theory Is firmly established.
Breaking into print With his theory
one night when news was dull. thc
oklahoma physician hnds, by the aid
OF a press clipping bureau. thai his re.
discovery has been discussed
In all parts Of the world. Sevcral
medical men in Richmond we're ask ed
about IT.. There is no set rule said
an eminent physician. and those ID
nres compiled twcnty-one years nrc
might also be used to prove that Inc
sun do move" IN
But when II came 10 interviewing DIR
Iaylor. the popular coroner, there
vas no way by which lie couid he ncr.
sUadcd to speak Not long ago ling,
Munsterberg came out in a magazine
article and proceeded 10 roast news.
paners because they grabbed nara.
J graphs out OF his old works whcncyc,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
BIBLE PARADE
Organized Classes of Church ]
.AInrch 10 MnAS-AIcefin

Organized Classes of Church Hill
March to Mnss-aIeettng
Organized -ible classes of churches
of all denominations In the East End
paraded yesterday afternoon from
church to church. recruiting their mum
hers. ending their march at Union Sta
ton Methodist Church. where a mass
meeting in the interests of Bible study
was held, Probably 500 to 500 men
were In line. the formation, attracting
much attention as Il passed along the
main tho~roughfares Of the East End.
Each class met at It's own church. and
beginning It the southernmost point
OF the Hill, the marchers increased in
numbers as class after class was added
to the line.
Addresses were made by Rev. Morris
f. Eagle. rector OF Christ Episcopal
Church: Rev. John ]. Wicker. pastor
OF Leigh Street Baptist Church. and
Rev. II. Frederick Jones. pastor of Full
ton Baptist Church. Rev. r. H. Potts,
pastor of Union station Methodist
Church, conducted the. services.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
ACTOR STRICKEN
WHILE ON STAGE
Later Removed TO Hospital,
Where Operation Was Per
formed at ? a. NJ.
EXPECTED TO GO HOME
But Sudden Change Made lmme-
date Aid Necessary to Save
His Life.

Answering a hurry call from Dick
inson's Hotel at . O'Clock Yesterday
morning, Fred Titmarsh, a member OF
me stock company playing at the
BiJou Theatre. was removed 10 the
Johnston-W Willis Hospital. where he
was immediately operated on for APP
pendicitis. Though his condition last
night was said to be serious, it is en-
pected that he will recover.
Just as he was preparing 10 go on
the stage for the performance Satur-
day night Air. Titmarsh was suddenly
stricken, and DR.. Lawrence r.. Price
was summoned TO the theatre. An en-
animation showed that the actor had
an attack OF acute appendicitis, and
an immediate operation was urged
after DR.. George Ben Johnston and DR..
Lewis G.. Bosher We're called into CON
sultation. Mr.. Titmarsh. however. said
that he preferred to return at / o'clock
TO his home in Wilmington. Del. and
have the operation performed there.
Later in the night. when his condition
became worse. it was decided that the
only hope of saving his life was BY an
immediate operation. 4
Taken I'll After Matinee.
After the matinee performance on
Saturday the actor complained of being
i'll. but he told his Wife. who plays in
the same company as Kate Francis.
that lie would go on that eve ring. He
went to his dressing room and the
first bell had been sounded when he
collapsed. DR.. Price found that Tit
marsh could not act. but he insisted.
and had to be taken away bodily.
With a vacancy in. a heavy part"
L. NJ. Leonard, the stage manager,
came to the front in his working
clothes, and, after apologizing 10 the
audience, announced that he would
read the lines, which he did. Miss
Francis left the theatre with her hus-
band, and will not be with the COM
pany this week.
1t was yesterday that
Miss Leigh had left Detroit to take her
place. arriving here to-day. MIR. alc-
Mum Will go or in place of the
stricken actor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
THEATRE LICENSE
.UPFOR DISCUSSION
Ordinance Committee Will Give
Public Hearing at City
Hall Tonight.
LED BY CHURCHES
Though City Has Granted Per
nit. Effort Now Is to Block
Lyric Opening.

Chairman Jacob Umlauf. of the
council Committee on Ordinance, Char
ter and Reform. desires all Interested
in the proposed theatre ordinance TO
be present at a meeting of the com
mittee at S o'clock tonight, when i'd
vocates and opponents will be heard.
The measure offered by Councilman
Morgan II. Mills and referred ut the
last meeting of the Council, briefly
prohibits the granting of a license
to open n operate any theatre or
amusement resort of similar character
within i5e feet OF any church. 1T
was proposed at the instance or 81.
Paul's Episcopal and ST. Peters Cath
Ollie churches, which have been at
tempting TO stop the erection OF the
Lyric Theatre at The southeast corner
OF Eighth and Grace Streets. Just OPP
posite st. Peters. and In the block
with st. Paul's. When first introduced
a majority Of the members OF both
branches expressed themselves favor
ably to the ordinance.
Since it has been more generally
discussed. however, some have indI-
Gated that they would not vote for it
in its present form.
One prophet predicts thai the com
mtttee will recommend the present or
d%inance; that 1t will be passed ny the
oio hitItc III III bO1Tn UI
Aldermen.
VIII Move to Amend.
y member of the Council has indi-
Gated that he Would seek to amend the
ordinance so that 1t would apply to
the granting of building or remodel
ms permits for such theatres. rather
than TO the license for opening and
operating. This would not give what
It, Peters and st. Paul's. congrega-
lions want, but would apply II all
Instances hereafter.
This member explained that he con-
sidered the law an excellent one
mat amusement resorts should be kent
at q distance from churches, and from
the advice he had, there was no doubt
Whatever as to the right of the CITY
10 enforce such an ordinance If adopi-
cd but in this case when owners have
gone ahead and purchased property
ana expended money In plans for Ia
building, he did not think 1t would
ne fair to pass at his time. after the
permit had been Issued, and the si,o
cleared. an ordinance designed to pro-
hlptt the use of a building for Tho
erection of which the city has ,ust
given Its consent. The lot was bouent
IN good faith. the plans secured and
the permit issued in conformity with
the building code.
The committee will have before ~
tonight n large number of reso,u-
tons adopted by churches in sunnort
or the measure. It is expected maj
there. will be a number of people m he
hoard both for and against the or
dinancc. M III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22

they asked for an interview and did
hot get II. Having failed, therefore,
10 drag q word or Two from DIR. TAYLOR.
NOBODY could be charged with misquot-
ing him II extracts from some of his
recent papers and speeches should he
printed. 70 Instance, DR.. Taylor holds
more inquests over men than over wo-
men,. which proves that DR.. stewart
picked up the right shell. Again in an
address not long ago to the state AS
soclation OF C~oroners, DR.. Taylor came
10 the front like a man and gave wo-
man the credit for creating the coron-
efS job. She was married ffteen times.
and after She had Killed her ifteenth
husband II was found necessary TO
nave a coroner SO she could be sent on
70 the grand jury. Therefore, by the
ittie system known as sixteen TO one
the fact Is proved again that women
I'VE longer than men. and again there
IS n laurel wreath coming to the man
from Oklahoma.
seriously, however. physicians agree
mat n mans life is moro strenuous
nc works harder. drives faster, drinks
more liquor. gets less recreation, eats
more indigestiblc food, pays more hills
goes most often into bankruptcy, sits
UP with more sick friends, which de-
brives him OF sleep, md hence Is more
APT to die suddenly with heart disease.
sui If the auffragette system is To
feVolutionizc this mode of life, II is
agreed that conditions will he revers-
ed and man may Yet become tho high
card In tho matter OF longevity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
THUNDER STORM
DID NOT AR RIVE
Temperature Got Around Ninety
Degrees, Which Is High
for Spring.
for Spring.

Somebody cooked in the book yes
terday and found that spring was still
here, e blistering spring. with rings
on its fingers and bells on its toes.
There ISN'T any doubt about this, for
there are witnesses who arc willing
10 make affidavit that they saw the
rings and the bells. and that they
were red hot. While the calendar OIL
cially declared that summer had not
arrived. actual temperatures during
the past few days proved that the
calendar did not know what 1t wns
talking about.
Although the mercury came down
off It's high horse yesterday. II didn't
come down far enough 10 suit those
Who have been suffering. No ~,ficlal
records are kept by the Weather II
reau on Sunday, and the best estimate
from that source fixed the high mark
around SO. But 1t probably got be-
You'd that. Unofficial thermometers
passed go degrees. while the Kiosk
went to IS. or t~hereahout hat thun-
der storm did not arrive. the skies last
evening being clear.
People went into the parks ycster-
day by the tens of thousands. Nobody
stayed In the house unless the house
happened to be cooler than the open.
and altogether the suffering vas just
as intense as on the three preceding
days. the mercury to the contrary not
withstanding.
AS a spring performer. This month
OF May is some pumpkins.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
TO PUT NURSING
ON HIGHER PLANE
Miss Randolph Will Study New
Methods at Convention in
Boston Next Week.
TO HELP TRAINING SCHOOL
Virginia Hospital Superintendent
to Insist on Modern
Changes.

with the Idea of studying new meth
DDS in the amer of conducting the
school of which she is the head, Miss
Agnes p. Randolph, superintendent OF
the Virginia Hospital. will leave here
the latter part of this week FOR Boston
to attend the annual meeting Of the
American Society of superintendent of
Training Schools for Nurses. which
opens nrxt Monday.
This organization is the foremost of
It's kind in the country Its prime
object is TO place the profession OF
the trained nurse upon a higher sphere
and TO increase her usefulness in this
walk of life. '
TO Improve Encicncy.
Miss Randolph is anxious to i'm
prove the efficiency OF the training
school of the Virginia Hospital. and
with this end in view. IL is her pur-
pose to seek new methods 10 super
sede more or less antiquated ideas now
in vogue at her institution. She is
desirous of placing before the apprcn-
tice nurses of the Virginia a course
of training which Will equip them as
graduate nurses on the same footing
as those who get their training In the
big hospitals of the larger cities.
Though she previously administered
the affairs OF the Virginia. several
years ago.. Miss Randolph r~elinquiShed
her position and returned to it only
about six months ago. Her scheme is
now to devote most OF her energies
to ddlng improvements. BY attend
ing the convention of superintendent
In Boston she hopes TO come in con,
tact with members of her profession.
and from them gain many important
facts concerning the most up-to-date
methods of managing a training school.
Few people have any conception OF
the operation of the training through
which young women must go before
they are considered capable of going
forth into the world 20 care for sick
and afflicted.
Few Stand REM Test.
"Probationers,'' nurses who are frst
admitted to the school and given a
few months trial in order to determine
their fitness, are always selected with
the utmost care. Many undesirable
applications are constantly being
thrown aside. For each one that is
accepted there are dozens who are re-
fused admittance. Even after they
have become probationers a large per-
centage Is dropped for inada ptation.
while many give 1t up Of their own
accord
serving the term OF three years and
receiving the lamp OF approval from
the institution where they have been
equipped with the presentation OF a
diploma, the nurses have passed
through a course of the most rigid and
thorough training.
All schools are conducted along lines
of stringent discipline, and the stu
dents are constantly under the eyes
of watchful instructors. For any
breach OF discipline there are numer-
Gus forms of punishment. One OF the
most popular is to take away the
nurses cap that all familiar with hos
pital regulations may know that she
is under the displeasure of the head
nurse and superintendent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
HOT WAVE DRIVES
THEM FROM TOWN
Vacation Season Opens Even
Before Summer Is Officially
Here.

The vacation period has taken the
workaday world by surprise this year.
Heretofore the city man has not taken
up that delightful problem of the sum
mer outing until the middle Of June at
least, but here 1t Is the middle of
May with fully developed suggestions
OF the good old summertime all about.
while the first day OF sumner is still
some days off.
1t is to be a long vacation time
fully five months of it-with the pleas
ant prediction handed out by the
weather sharps that the sunny days
are not to be hot. Spring. the weather
man says. is going to get even by
tempering the heat of summer So
there's a joyous prospect. -
The early opening of the summer
holds out the prospect Of early short
trips as a preface to the real vacation
later on. In a few hours the Rich
mond man may find himself where the
or amid towering mountains miles
away from the hnmdrum of town af-
fairs.
The picturesque country to the west
and the ever-popular seashore to the
east makes Richmond especially we'll
fitted to meet this condition.
Resorts may be reached by steam
boat down the James or by the numer-
Gus railroads that reach into the Blue
Ridge and Alleghanies and all OF the
Piedmont region.
All of the Virginia resorts are brush
ing UP, and have sent out an c-.rly call.
They have burst into full summer YER
dure, and are holding out an invitation
to the man who Is preparing to cele-
brate his first holiday.
Alluring advertisements are held out
by the transportation companies. Many
w~eek-enders left here Saturday, while
those whose pocketbooks would not
admit of several days pleasure, and
who were otherwise unable to Join
their ranks. 20 advantage of the
excursions to Old Point, Virginia
Beach and Ocean View, returning 10
the city last night after a Sunday ont
In e. L4 E-rNNNE NN'TssLM ENaf LF=.-4NE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22

No dead ones have been found. ana
yet the building contained some prize
performers. They have scattered to
nearby buildings. Some old boys tina.
have been in the Federal building since
the days Of the Civil War, visited their
neighbors and are living peacefully.
Every time an old structure is razed
these rodents are forced 70 move. For
years they maintained headquarters In
tho Eastern section of the city, each
council reporting once every month. In
late years, the movement has been
westward. the more fashionable rats
believing that they could not cut any
considerable amount OF social Ice with
out being In the social centres. So
long as the town moved alone in the
old way tho tribe had no complaint, but
within the past year Building Inspec-
tor Beck has kicked over a number
OF ancient structures without asking
any old rats pardon. and rats have
often been forced to leave their quar-
tiers without being able to move their
furniture. }H
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
ARRESTS YESTERDAY

Mary Turner, CoIorcd, Charged ,y,tb
fnffng Cocnine In Her Possession.
Mary Turner, colored. was arrested
early Yesterday morning on a charge
q, havlng cocaine in her possession.
The officers confiscated one paclaaa
which they found on her person.
J: II Mack, colored. was arrested on
a charge of carrying a concealed razor
'ohn Martin. colored. was arrested
on 2 charge of being disorderly on a
hrond and Main Street car.
boy. was arrested on a charge OF staai-
ing n pair of roller skates from Mrs.
j Matinetsky.
lena Long. a white woman. wa
locked up on a charge of dispensing
liquor without a license at i25 North
seNen.eenth Street. She was onght
ny oficers Jennings and Campodonico.
who found a crate of beer bottles on
the place.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
LEASE HELD BY RATS NOT
CONSIDERED BY CHAMBER
Company, Inc, Forced to Seek New
Quarters, Although Threatened Suit for
Damages Has Never Been Filed.

What become of all those monster
rats which are chased out OF the old
Chamber of Commerce building, now
being razed? Somebody asked a rat
man yesterday. but he was unable to
say how far they had Travelled in seek
Ing new homes. Not long ago the gem
eral offices of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway had a killing. and some
of the people who live In that struc-
ture nre afraid that new tenants have
come in, after being forced to sur
render their lease in the chamber.
When the chamber was negotiating
with the occupants of It's building to
seek other quarters SO that the great
skyscraper could rise on the corner OF
Main and Ninth. the lease held by the
Rat-Rodent Company, Incorporated.
was overlooked. fears being expressed
later that the concern would go to
court. But there Is no record that any
suit was hled. the general opinion be-
ing that the rats graciously acquiesccd.
having been inspired by the civic i'm
p~rovement idea.
sun, those rats had to go somewhere.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
THEY LOCKED HIM UP
Dixon Falls Into Hnnds of
--. - POlicc M Inst. m

Fuuutuin NV fuifS INTO f5uHuS or
Police M Last.
Fountain Dixon. colored. had come a
long way 10 get 10 Richmond, In fact.
he had come from many places. Po-
1iceman Johnson met him on Preston
Street. at 3 a.. NJ. yesterday. and Foun-
tain asked him where he could gel Il
nights lodging. One question deserved
another. and tho officer piled Fountain
with several in~terrogations. The lat
ter's reply was that it was none of
the officers business. Johnson was
dressed In plain clothes, hence Dixon's
disregard for the unusual antilles of
friendly conversation.
Just then Policemen Smith and Tan
ner came up They were dressed in
full uniform, and Fountain decided to
loosen UP. He first said that he came
from Cincinnati, via the bunkers. Then
he said he came from South Carolina.
He continued, distributing his places
of departure for Richmond all over The
map.
So they decided to lock him up until
some further and more definite in
formation could be obtained co%ncernfnr
the new arrival. 1t Is a we'll recogniz
ed axiom that no man can be In more
than one place ut one TIM Nnd Foun
tain had declared that no had been In
several at the same second, minute and
hour. He was arrested as a suspicious
character. as 1t Is thought he nigh, be
a fugitive from Justice from one of The
points he mentioned as his home. sweet
home, or that he might be an escaped
convict. In which case one jail is as
good as another.
BESIDES much gold In his 3c~avernous
feed hole, F. D. Dixon had Is cents in
cash and an extra pair of shoes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
Flower. Tor ,Iemorin, DIV.

the southern Express Company has
offered to bring flowers to Richmond
Tree o. NeXpense for tho Hollywood Me-
Memorial Associoa for Memorial Day
May 30. Friends of this association
throughout the State are asked to send
flowers for this occasion. Mark pack
ages Hollywood Memorial Association,
Richmond. The services will he held
at Grace Episcopal Church. corner of
Foushee and Main Streets, and will be
conducted by the Rev. L. r. Mason al
sis o'clock Sunday evening, MAY %.
The public are invited
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
Relcnsed on $1,000 nona.

Harry Dogget, a white man. was ar
rested yesterday In Henrico county on
n warrant sworn out by Henry James
(colored), charging an attempted as
sault upon the ~latter's sixteen-year-old
daughter. Hattie James. The accused
was taken TO the county jail. but i'm
mediately furnished bail in the sum
of $1,000, with Henry Ford. Of Glen
Allen, as security, for his appearance
Tuesday at nool before Magistrate n.
j. Puryear.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
Drowned In James R,ver,

After five days in the water the body
Of Cornelius AIial, a negro. believed 10
be from Clayton. N. c.. was removed
from the James River. below Curtis
Neck Farm. yesterday. The man, who
was apparently thirty7hve years old,
is said to have gone bathing last Wed
nesday and was drowned. DIR. j. Full
mer Bright, coroner of Henrico count
viewed the remains and pronounced
death due to accidental drowning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
Printers Indor.e wendenburr.

Richmond Typographical Union, No.
90, at a meeting YESTERDAY Afternoon.
Endorsed L. o. Wendenburg for the Vtr-
ginia Senate, Mr.. Wendenburg wishes
to renresentaHenrico county In the mn
per branch OF the General Assembly.
The union also contributed to the
defense OF Mcnamara. the labor leader,
accused of dynamiting the plant Of the
Los Angeles (Cal.) Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
Comes for onn.nholna.

An officer from Baltimore arrived
Yesterday to take in charge Lewis on.
penheimer. alias Levy. wanted in that
city on a charge of obtaining. money
under false pretenses. The amount
involved is said TO amount to s1nn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
Ncw Sundny school

With forty-three scholars a me-
sunday school was established yester-
day afternoon in SCOTS Addition IN
der the direction OF the Westminste
Presbyterian Church. 1t will be
known as Westminster School No .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22

Estimated earnings Of the Southern
Hallway for the second week in MAY
show an increase OF $6o.eT5 as com
pared with the corresponding week last
year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
prosher Us. Pronacr.

sallie rrosser. colored, was arrested
last night on a charge OF stealing sT.75
end a bunch Of keys from %I.ottie Pros
Ger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
break Ground for New Church.

Ground Will be broken this afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock for the foundation Of
Inc new Westminster Presbyterian
church at Park Avenue and Davis
Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22

Regiment Association TO Meet.
4 meeting of tho First Regiment
Association will be held at the Seventh
Street Armory tonight at s:l5 o'cl"ck.