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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-17
SOCIETY WOMEN TO
CLEAN THE STREETS

wILLIAMsPoRT. PA. Dec. 10
Wives OF m.ilicnairss, prominent
Judges. and lawyers. wealthy mer-
chants. publishers and manufactur-
ers, the society women of Williams
port, tonight launched a movement
10 clean the streets Of this city. The
society women. armed with brooms.
shove,s and scrapers, will do tn"
cleaning. In squads OF fifty they will
attack the dust and dirt. next Thurs
day, The experiment is being fol-
lowed with interest by the city Of
ficials. who up to the present time
have been unable to keep the streets
clean
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-17
TURNS CONv|CTS
OUT BY HUNDREDS
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS SAYS
HE'S DETERMINED TO BREAK
Ut LEASE SYSTEM.
SCORES THE JUDGES
AFTER INVESTIGATION DECLARES
MIscARRIAGEs OF JUSTICE ARE
ENOUGH TO sTAGGER INTO
ABATEMENT.
SCORES THE JUDGES

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Dec. is.-
Governor George w. Donaghey broke
all pardon records late this evening
by pardoning sis State convicts and
forty-four county convicts. AZ the
same time he made public q message
which he will submit to the legislature
next month giving HE reasons for al
most emptying ths penttentiary. After
specifying a large number Of cases OF
gross miscarriages Of justice In send
ing men TO the penitentiary. and to
county convict farms for long term
for trivial offenses. and the abuse OF
the convict lease system. the governor
says
.I have consistently fought the con-
vict lease system over since I have
teen In public of'ce. In spite Of my
appeals for relief and tbs repeated
protests Of the people OF this state,
no adequate relief has yet been given.
The subject has been grossly nsElected
by the general assembly. partly due
TO a confusion OF ideas AZ to what plan
best to adopt and partly due to dis
position by some TO let the matter re-
main as Il il. with the statement that
the penitentiary was not designed for
q Sunday school.
Not Fsr Rsvsrosful Hell.
I'm answer to such a statement. let
me say, nor was II designed for . re-
vengeful hell. OF course. no one in-
tends fer It to be such. but In meas
,r. that Is what 1t H. The abuse a
the power shown ty few individuals
acting as justices or the peace in some
of the towns and cities Of the State.
IL enough TO stager into Amusement
those who have given the matter no
attention.
Il have, therefore, determined to
rall vcur attention to these pernicfols
practices In manner which will,
ht pc. not fall 10 cause you to give Il
some confederation.
II have obtained : list Of all con-
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-17
VOTING DAY.

Today 10 the day that candi.
dates and ths.iF friends arc ~
call NJ headquarters Of the
manufacturers and merchants
contest and cast 500 votes To.
wards tho winning OF the S.
~ In prize~-Sf 400 an Dash,
library. pjanOa automobile.
pony and rart and other PRIZES.
The VOTES cast today may dc.
tcrmine the winners. Every
woman over Hixts en- win he al
lowed tn vote. and no wnmnn
Interested IN any Of the candi-
dntcs e0ntcsttu9 far these prizcs
should overlook this rpportu-
nifty 10 assist her candidate 500
votes simply Nv her attendance.
wv, "A. SyAPP,
Manager Manufacturers and
Mcrcllantss Frixc CoMtest,
Richnaond vlrxfIian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-17
GREEK AND TURK
MEET IN FIERCE
NAVAL COMBAT
Varied Reports Give Victory
TO Ottomans in Battle
Near Tencdos
WAESIIPS OF BOTH
NATiC MS ARE SUNK
Constartinople Tells of Turk
isln riumph While Athens
Reports Su C SIS OF
CIR, clan tl~ct

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE most des-
pefate naval Dastie Ut tne Baihan war
WAS reported TO-DAY as having been
fought .H the Island OF 1ensu -. out
siae the Dardn.sei.es. In dispatch
from Jonslan..noyic. The disLatcn
stated tnat the Greeks lost one ci uiser
ana TWO torpedo Doa.s. and the Turks
one cruiser aA.d one destroyer.
Greek Warship Damaged.
Acc oruing 10 the Daily Telegraph q
Cons san,inopie correspondent, the
naval acton OF the Dardeneiies re-
Eulted In the Iurks' favor. Greece
largest and most modern warship, the
armored cruiser Glorgios Aseron Was
hit by four saelis and badly damaged
He'd stai board guns were quickly ST.
fenced, and the resi- Of the Greek Heet
against The Ayeroff alone. but later
this vessel retired in the direction OF
Piraeous. The Turkish feet suf-
fered no damage, according 70 the
Telegraph.
speaks OF Greek Victory.
A dispatch to the Central News
from Athens states that today the
Turk 'sh feet proceeded from the
Dardanelles to a certain distance from
SD FL Bahr, where a brisk engage
snent occurred THE Greek feet, Ia.
Guiding the warship Averoff. return
ed the enemy's fires, for an hour, and
subsequently the Turkish fleet with
drew TO seek protection of the forts
From here three Turkish destroyers
withdrew to the Dardaneiles on the
approach of the Greek feet.
Ns,strfa's War Moves.
YnNDGN Thar Thu Daily NAH
prints the following dispatch from
Vienna:
.'fhe extensive military measures
taken by Austria on the southern
frontiers have increased In intenssy
since the change In the leadership OF
the Austrian general SIAN
The Mail prints the following die
patch from Trieste. under date Of SUN
day:
Twenty thousand troops are ex-
pected to arrive here from Hungary.
TO be conveyed to Dalamat'a and
Bosnia. adjoining the Servian frontier.
by three transports now In port here.
A retired naval officer lust arrived
from pola, on the Adristic. states that
the whole Austrian feet Is assembled
there
Austria Fur Peace.
(By the Special Correspondent OF the
International News Service and
The London Chronicle.)
VIENNA. Dec. 1.-THE government
haa pnt fshei statement--nct the
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PRESIDENT STILL
NURSING A COLD

WASHINGTON. Dec. le.-Because
he was suffering from a slight Geld
which no contracted last Saturday,
Presice nt Tnft remained in his library
today Instead Of going to his offices In
the executive portion Of the White
House. az usual
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Lyceun.

THE Monte Carlo Girls, with a lively
and attractive burlesque entitled Honey
moon Inn and an olio of four good spe-
cialties are furnishing the Christmas week
attraction at the Lyceum Theater. Harry
Walsh in the role of 'Izzy.' hotel clerk,
is the star funmaker of the show, and he
is fortified by the efforts of Billy Inman,
Arthur Mayer. Arthur Lanning and Earl
Gates in the male contingent, while leila
Clayton and Eva Sullivan, the former in
the soubrette role which she handles eff
fectively, and the latter as the leading
woman, on whom handsome gowns look
quite becoming, render effective service.
In the olio Earl Gates secured hearty
applause with his buck and wing eccen-
tricities and Miss Clayton won her way
with songs well sung. The Big Four
Quartet generous in its offering OF
good songs splendidly sung. was fea-
ture of the performance The olio was
closed with sketch. 1.-The Heart of
Chinatown" with Billy Inman in a lead
ing role. The chorus is attractive in per-
sonality and we'll gowned, and its work
throughout told strongly in making the
show successful one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
WILL BE SENT TO ANNAPOLIS
Statue of the Minute Man to Be Elk.
hibited at Naval Academy.

BY direction of Rear Admiral Andrews,
acting secretary of the navy, the statue
of the Concord minute man, which long
ornamented the deck of the gunboat Con-
cord, will be sent to the Naval Academy
at Annapolis for temporary exhibition In
Memorial Hall and for possible future
use This statue. of high artistic merit,
is a replica of Daniel Chester French
celebrated work, which at its unveiiins
at Concord. Mass, in 1915. inspired Emer
sons celebrated line about the shot
heard round the world" 1t was pre-
scented by the citizens Of Concord.
The Concord is now at the Bremerton
navy ward. Admiral Andrews action is
in line with his idea to preserve historic
names through association with war
craft His plan is to have the minute
man. turned over to a subsequent ship
to he named the Concord. In like manner
he would preserve all statues. fgureheads
and trophies associated with the nj. name er OF
a warship that is abandoned and pre-
scented at a future time when new ship
may be commissioned under an old name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
ADM|RALS Comforting
Badger and 0sterhaus Plan
ming the Winter Work of
the Atlantic Fleet.

While the Atlantic fleet is scattered
along the north Atlantic coast in tn e
various navy yards. and the crews are
making merry in the Christmas sea :
son. Rear Admiral Badger, who as
sumes command on New Year day. is
bus1ly engaged with Rear Admiral Os-
terhaus. the retiring commander. in
planning the winter work of the fleet
The general features OF the winter
work have been completed. and il is
announced that the fleet will sail Janu-
airy 8 for Guantanamo, Cuba Using
that naval station as base. the ships
viii go through all sorts OF drills and
engage in target practice. The marines
will be given practice ashore and much
torpedo work will be Undertaken.
One by one the squadrons will make
short trips to Colon. i'm redemption OF
the departments promise which at
tracted many enlistments. to give the
men an opportunity TO inspect the
Panama canal before the water is turn
ed on.
The homeward cruise will begin
March II, all OF the vessels converging
upon Hampton roads. from which
anchorage they will sally forth by
squadrons for target practice off the
Chesapeake capes, after which there
will be another period of rest at the
home navy yards before the summers
work is taken up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Polls.

Many features familiar to vaudeville
patrons are on the holiday bill at Poll s
Theater this week. There is much sing
ing, a little drama, little acrobatics.
trained seals and motion pictures. The
feature of the bill, judging from the ap-
plause, is the work of the Fays, Two
Coleys and Fay. Their act is con-
glomeraton of song and comedy in black
face, and in both they We're very good,
some of their comedy being of a dis
tinctly original character, while their
singing was pleasing with it's harmony.
Charles Wildriss and company, in a
dramatic playlet entitled The Pool
room'' depict the evils which beset
young boys who loiter around a pool
room 1t was we'll received. Capt. Win
ston's riding seals were also good. the
feature of the act being the juggling of
the seals The Johnson Duo gave a
graceful exhibition of skating with scenic
and costume equipment. The Heidelberg
Four excellently sang their several songs
and the Laucton-Lucier Company gave
"A burlesque sketch seemingly without
rhyme or reason, but nevertheless enter
tanning Johnny Johnson sang several
songs. his best effort being 1.-THE Poet
and Peasant" overture, parodied with his
own words. The motion pictures rounded
out the performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Academy,

THE Shepherd of the Hills, a drama
tization of Harold Bell Wright's novel of
that name. was presented at the Acad-
envy Of Music last night and although it
is play more of speeches rather than of
action. it found favor with the audience.
The lesson of forgiveness is the one
taught, Old Matt. a mountaineer of the
Ozarks. being called upon to overlook the
wrongs done his family by a citybred
father and son. who destroy the peace of
his home through the sons love for his
daughter
Most of the parts are well taken. espe-
c1ally that of the leader of a lawless
element of the hills. Wash Gibbs, who is
portrayed by Joseph Kelvin. Pete. a half
witted child of nature. was well presented
by Miss Alma Russell. as was Preachin'
Bill, everybody's friend, by Leighton 1.
Stark. Lawrence Williams, an old-time
character actor. is more than acceptable
as Daniel Howett, the shepherd of the
hills. The leading man. John Thorn. who
plays Young Matt the hero of the play. is
also good, as are Miss Maud n. Curtis.
as the wife of Old Matt: Miss Margaret
LanghOrne. as the ward of the Matthews,
and John W. Maurston as Ollie Stewart,
the finance of the Matthews ward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Chase's.

The closing of the year at Chases is
marked by notable program headed by
Digby Bell in George v Hobart's newest
farce, 1T Happened in Topeka" which is
having it's local premier this week. The
thing that happened takes place in mil
liners sample room in hotel. with a
stenOgrapher in charge. The fact that
anything is liable to happen in a hotel
accounts for the frenZied furnishings of
jealous husband and for the absurdly
funny method by which he is cured of his
temperament by Doc Brewster, assisted
by a nervous young wife and the stenOg-
rapher, whose name, of course, is Mabel.
Digby Bell as the Doc is as buoyantly
clipper in the days when Washingto
first knew him, and the welcome accorded
him last night was a tribute alike to an
old favOrite and a new play. His as
sistant funmakers were Mignon Leris.
Eugene Redding, Mary Cecil and Frank
E. Jones.
Horace Wright and Rene Dietrich. re-
Gently featured with FRITZ Scheff in THE
Love Wager" received a half dozen re-
calls for their songs, which ranged from
grand opera to catchy compositions of
their own. The two Brenners were
equally pleasing i'm piano and violin
recital. Miss Bremen. sirlishly dainty in
jewel-embroidered crepe, responded to a
final encore by whisiking off a wig and
confessing herself Mr.. Brenners brother.
The Palace Quartet, composed of four
young men attired with an elegance to
match their sumptuous title. sang old
melodies and new. Still other songs were
contributed by Aft Grant and Ethel Hoag
in their patter about troublesome
trunk.
Paul Conchas kaiser Wilhelm's Mill
tary Hercules" juggled heavy artillery
wheels. cannon balls and giant cartridges.
the tenseness of his physical feats having
a laughab1e contrast in the antics of an
ton .Crn r6
opened by an excellent athletic exhibit
by the PolZin Brothers and closed with
kinemacolor pictures, From Bud to
Blossom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Belasco.

A name new to this city was last night
added to the list of producers from Wnom
important things may be expected II
is Oliver Morosco, who presents the play
by Richard Walton Tully. entitled Inc
Bird of Paradise" New ground Is
broken in this remarkable drama, which
takes the auditor into the islands OF the
Pacific, where civilization and savagery
meet and contend. The strife is not with
weapons 1t is a contest of will and tenn
permanent The keen aggression of the
white-skinned trader is met by the Ian
guorous superstition of the native A
song or wreath of flowers is flung into
the balance against thrift and sense Oh
duty The struggle, as Mr.. Tully depicts
it. is not an unequal one.
The drowsy influence of a place whose
own people regard toll and profit as
worth little compared to love and tradl-
ton gradually subdues the alert seli-
reliance of one white man even Whiie IL
relaXeS its grip on another IL is
Woman's love that lures Wilson, the con-
fident scientist. away from Ideals ana
self-respect. 1t is a woman's love that re-
leases Dean the beachcomber from the
spell that has gradually lulled dlscour-
agement into moral apathy Yet the eie-
ment of human nature figures into the
proposition which brings the man of in
trnsic force into contrast with the man
with the yellow streak.
At the beginning of the play the I'M
preston is that of sheer ethnOloSlcai IL
lustration. The native songs, so strangely
beautiful, and the dances, so simple OF
movement, vet so full of barbaric grace.
gradually beguile attention into close
sympathy with this new, new, far-away
island world. When the white man breaks
upon the scene of festivity he is indeed
an intruder for it is the Hawaiian spirit
that has taken possession of the theater.
The music sounds constantly through
the presentation. Subdued. unobtruSlVe.
yet a powerful factor in the spell that is
being woven over the senses. When the
moment of supreme feminine sacrlnce
comes the poetic fanaticism which leads
the girl to hurl herself into the crater as
a human sacrifice to the gcd of the vol
cano is plausible and sincere.
Good acting abounds. Bessie Barrlscale,
as the Hawaiian girl who eXplates so
completely the harm her love has worked,
gives the role childlike simplicity and IT.
resistible impressiveneSS. Guy Bates Post
as the half-drunken beachcomber draws
wonderful character picture. and later
as the man of strength who has found
himself is dignified and convincing. Lewis
Stone gives the part of the scientist who
drifts away from his own life into degra-
dation and responsibility a careful and
convincing rendition, and the other char
acter studies are Well handled.
The spectacular climax which marks
the conclusion of the play, representing
an active volcano. is deliberately worke d
out and is made to combine pictorial
magnificence with dramatic interest The
production is one of the most extensive
in the matter of scenery brought to this
city in long time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
ADJUSTMENTS
Dreams" which makes the strongest bid

Dreams which makes the strongest bid
for entertainment honors.
John HyamS holds the center of the
stage at all times, and deserves no end of
credit for the admirable way in which he
handles the mediocre part, There is a
suggestion of Willie Collier in his smart
spontaneity. and he has an easy way of
singing and dancing. He and Miss Nc
1ntyre, as a Quaker girl. have several
pretty musical numbers. to which they do
full justice. Alice Hills, a clever and &C.
centric person, puts a touch of burlesque
to the show. Sylvia De frankie as a
childish boarding school girl in Dutch
crop. and Neil Burns. another juvenile,
have several dances which were consid-
cred to be additions to last nights enter
tainment.
The music of THE Girl of My Dreaws'
is measured out plentifully.
AS aftermath to the piece. the cur
tain is raised upon a scene from Or.
Tinkle TfRker's' land. a gorgeous cleo
trically lighted Christmas tree effect.
AS mark of appreciation, the audience
forgave Mr.. Hyams for a certain speech.
some parts of which were obviously ex-
tempOre
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
MRS. PAYNE WHITNEY i'll
Relatives in This City Receive
Reassuring News of Her
Condition, However.

NEW YORK, December 24.-Mrs. Payne
Whitney. daughter of the late John Hay
and wife of the second son of the late
William c. Whitney, is seriously i'll at
her 9Th avenue home. but it was reported
today that hopes for her recovery We're
justified. Mrs. Whitney's condition was
reported as dangerous following the birth
on Sunday of child which lived only a
short time
Mrs. Whitney obtained considerable
prominence as poet under her maiden
name of Helen Hay. Her marriage to
Payne Whitney was one of the social
events of the Washington season in 1902.
when her father was Secretary of State
in the Roosevelt cabinet. President
Roosevelt and the entire diplomatic corps
attended the wedding. The Whitneys
have two children, dauguhter nine
years old and a son about seven years
old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
INTEREST UNDATED.
Tourists Continue Trips to Mediter.
ranean Despite Balkan War.

Interest in the Mediterranean sea region
as a winter resort has not abated be-
cause of the Balkan war; according to
agents of the steamship companies who
handle the Mediterranean tourist bust.
ness The average number of Americans
who take the trip is about 10000, but
last season there was a considerable in
crease.
The steamship men believe this was due
to the fact that the Turco-Italian war
brought that part of the world uppermos,
in the minds of travellers. When they
were assured that ships under neutra
flags would not be molested the trir
seemed to have greater appeal than
ever. Much the same interest is eX.
pected this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Columbia.

A yellow hat with red peoples does
service for d plot in The Girl of My
Dreams in which John Hyams and Leila
Mcintyre are starred at the Columbia
Theater this week. In fact. the sugges-
ton that there is really plot is SO farci-
cal that Mr.. Hyams himself made bur-
lesque reference to it in curtain speech
last night. begging the audience not to
ask for an encore to a dance because it
might spoil what had started out to be a
perfectly good plot However. music and
frisky dances do much to cover up bare
spots in a stage narrative, and it is the
musical comedy of The Girl of My
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
PRAISE FOR FIREMEN.
Chief Wagner Sends Christmas
Greetings to Members of Force.

F. j. Wagner, chief engineer of the
fire department, today sent letter to
the members Of the department extend
ing them the compliments of the sea
son, and praising them for their good
conduct and efficient service in the
past year.
Chief Wagner pointed out that the
work has been unusually severe. He
deplored the fact that the efforts to
obtain legislation providing for the
payment Of pensions to disabled men,
bers had been unsuccessful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
VANDERBILT WANTS FIELD.
Southern Champions Planning t.
Build Big Stadium Next Year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, December 4-lf
the plans which are under way go
through, Vanderbilt University will soon
have a large athletic stadium and per-
manent foot ball coaching system. The
university has the land to build the sta
dunn and now efforts are being made to
collect the necessary funds
This year it is expected that the foot
ball profits will reach close to $1,000. This
is far below the northern college profits,
but is considered pretty good for the
SOUTH where foot ball crowds are very
much smaller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Killed While Trying to Save Lives.

DODGE CITY, Kan, December 24-Ir
an attempt to save the lives of two chill.
dren, whose horse had been frightened
by his motor ear, Dean Kirk, wealthy
resident of this city. was killed las,
night When the horse started TO run
Kirk jumped from the car to stop the
animal AS he struck the ground his
head was thrown back violently agains,
the car and he was killed instantly. The
children were not injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
burlesque is entitled "A Peculiar Predica-

ment'' and offers many opportunities Tor
Bert Baker to show his ability as a
comedian of merit. Though Mr.. Baker is
on the stage much of the time. his COM
edy does not drag.
Leading parts are taken by Frank Dam
sci and Babe La Tour The latter is
STYLED the human firecracker." Others
whose singing, dancing and comedy were
Well received are Edith Graham, Frances
Farr and George A. Clark.
Clark appears in the olio as Scotch
man and his act is pleasing to the aud
fence. Frank Damsel and Frances Farr
have a neat singing act and the acrobatic
stunts of Feeley and Kelly are above the
ordinary. The show throughout is well
staged and many of the costumes and
scenes are exceptional in attraction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Relatives Here Reassured.

Mrs. John Hay is at her home in this
city and has had very reassuring news
of the condition of her daughter, Mrs.
Payne Whitney, who has been i'll for
several days at her 9Th avenue resi-
dence. 1t was reported yesterday that
Mrs. Whitney was SO extremely ill that
her recovery was scarcely expected
Today's information. however. to her
relatives in this city is that she Is very
greatly improved.