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Chicago eagle., 1912-03-23

pecially to get an entrance into New
York City. and 70 give 70 The oitissns
the bensAt Of telephone composition
and Of actually cheap service.
The idea Of cheap telephone service
10 going 70 grow IN the United States,
and eventually N 70 eolng % b real.
ise1. despite he power q any mon
opoly or The proAts q any group q
individuals.
Il costs isss. o. under propse nan.
age0ont would cost lee, % OSod Q
telephone message than % seaA q
letter.
There was Q tine u tAs Unitel
States when private individualo q.
plotted The naib and Vhsn Ne eiti.
sen writing . lettee pall hon ten
cents % .. dollar q more % have
Il delivered. oovsrnneat ewnsrship,
economical. 6usiaesslihe methods,
have reduced he price q sending 1T.
tsrs TO two cents all over the Unitsd
0tates-even IN the Kloudika, whore
the letters are carried On dog sledgeo.
And sane. 0usineesliko adninistra,
ton Of the telephone system q tAis
country. With The latest up.todato ~
tomato methods. would mako tolo.
phonins % cheap % writing letters,
and cheaper.
That win not come at once. but q
very great improvement win come,
and right away.
The price charged b. The Dell non.
opoly 70 prepo0tsrous-tAero % ac
worse form Of e3tortion among all ths
sxtortions IN The United States.
A man who lives In he SUBURBS
thirty miles from Q BIG city ests {
commutation tekst. The sailroal
carries bio tWo-hundrod-pound body
back and forth twice . day Sol
twenty-five cents . day. II he want
70 talk % hia house twice Q DAY q,
telephone company charges him sixt,
cents. and charges for thN wire b
sides.
In other words. the telephone mon
opoly charges more than twice q
much 70 carry over . wire Q hu1al
voice. which weighs nothing. . q,
railroad charges 70 carry . two-huu
dred.pound man over thirty miles o
solid steel rails.
And the railroad has % have tey
minals. and locomotives, and power
whereas. with the telephone. u
mans own voice 10 The chief pows
involved.
! Armour Of Chicago % Q man w
could givs The people Of this oounts,
the benefit OF cheap telephone ssrvie'
1T he should make up bic mind % d
Il He has proved bic ahility . Q,
organiser: hs % . nan os gPee
wealth and oe unusual Industry ~
application. Il 70 notorious that ~
working hours are from 0svea in ~
morning until slx In he evening, aal
that work = - only amusement
The idea = not visionary, Tor A
mour. associated with othseU-with u
Hartman estate. With Ksansdy Tod
and Do Forest OF New York, ana VII
the reosivees o3 the Chicago subwa,
. - . body-has already begun ~
work Of givins genuinely cheap sn'
smcisnt telephone service b ne eit
Of chicaso.
In Chicago the receivers es The suh
Chicago eagle., 1912-03-23

Ike Of afgumsat he NeetAWesEses
Railroad should double Ne Deieo q
railroad fares because Il hes erected
. 92s.ooe. 800 lspoG
An telephone rateo aSo NV 0ub5ose
- sevisiea oyWy I've yooso.
TAo oq1ptAoae eo0paAy VaAeo ~
~ = S1DO Satso a1l aboliGA ~ ~
vioasa I he ordnance oalliAS IT, -
vls1ea eveey I've yeasA
ney waAk . kooo ~ Doo0oo W1esO
tAey Aave tAso - tAat NV eaat o.
away.
TSs ~szpset" q Dasss ~ ~ ~
q Ais report appafsatly Soele 0usA
UnpatAy Tor tAe company - tAis -
~
Wiu tAs siasemsa sAsv ~ ~
DatAy Tor ~ Deesasf
The Telephone Trust doesn't want
much from the City Council.
Il only wants the phone rates raised
. trine. They are not high enough ct
present to swell the dividends Of the
local and the parent company.
Il only wants permission 70 Install
pay.in-advance slot machines all over
the city, because people are not losing
enough nickels already.
It wants the people to bear more Of
IL earning expenses than they do now,
Il wants them to deposit . nickel
before they can get police or nrs pro
lection on IN emergency call.
lt wants the city TO give II free
rein 70 carry out ito designs on the
public.
Il wants . great deal more.
what aldermen will sell out theil
constituents to help this monopoly
The tslspheas meoe1oly seli0ss -
1oees Of nickel phones 70 guarantee
cents pee day. u tAo mootAly 1epoo(
e liekeis falls sheet q ~ gaasante
he company makes he pheao roate
~ The di1eeooee. Il there ohoal
happea % b an excess g llehels th
company gobbiee tAs0 IN. TIE phoo
reatse sets no credit tee tAas s9eeel
that's he logic q Ne 1saopely.
~0
The tsleDAo1o monopoly IN Chioag
Aas grown % - IN unbearable null
aAea.
The service % rotten.
ne scandal attoa1aAt o. the pasl
ago oe The telephone ordnance by u
council I've years ago . not forgo'
~.
TIE passage Of the present ord
AAAeo win result In something NOR
tAAn scandal for he taats Win b
saoise % ~ aG
Any aldsgnaa Who votes for IN Il
crease of ratss win b branded - b
saSht 70 b.
The Chicago American Of June :
contained he tollowing vigorous q
Uele on the subject Of Q merger:
TIE New York Times announce
that there y hope Of telephone CON
petition In New York City and thu
Armour. he great packer Of Chioagl
70 said 20 b back Of the plan.
The idea 70 70 bay up certain fral
chisss In the state Of New York. q
Chicago eagle., 1912-03-23

time. Notwithstanding the croaking Of
. few notoriety.seeking reform artists.
Hans Luchow, the popular Chicago
manager for August Luchow, stands
foremost among Chicago's most sue.
cessful business men.
Rinaker IL q winner for states at.
torney.
The nomination Of Albert H. Putnsy
for Municipal Judge BY the Democrats
Chicago eagle., 1912-03-23

him widespread popularity and every
indication points to his re-nomination
on primary day by = big plurality.
Edward r. Dunno looks like . wiz
ner In the Democratic govefnorshiD
race.
How many aldermen srs owned y
the phone company
~ ~A
One Of the ablest, hardest working
and most conscientious pablic o0lciajs
Chicago eagle., 1912-03-23

The telephone company may have
silenced some of the kicks about tick.
tick phones. but the people are not
satisfied and demand lower rates.
Chicago eagle., 1912-03-23

A telephone company that pays
eight per cent dividends on twenty.
nine millions of stock Is making too
much money. The people are paying
too much for telephone service.
Chicago eagle., 1912-03-23

Chicago Daily News editorial, De-
cember 10, 1911:
1t has been the aim Of the telephone
company to do away with unlimited
service as far as possible and to re-
Quire all users Of its instruments to
60 on the measured service basis. Op-
position to the measured service plan
is aroused whenever Q patron OF the
telephone company II made to pay
two tolls where one should be sum.
Client.
The ordinary person In attempting
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14
HARRlSONBURG

(Special TO The Times - isputch.
~ i "a, burg; va. January lS.-Misa
her brother. c. r. Obcrfcli
Miss Irene Ncy is visitins. her Sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Stein. In Washing
Miss Ecbo sipe loft Thursday for I.
visit 70 Mrs. g. Il. Richardson, in
Richmond.
Mrs. ". L. peehert IS visiting her
sister, Mrs. r e. Lee Williamson, IN
Baltimore
Head coaon Nemner Yancey OF tho
University OF Virginia who owns a
visited HIS mother here this week, ana
also attended the state horticultural
Convention.
M Mss a ness u rennybaekcr, q Broad,
about Monday or Tuesday for trip
to the bermuda Islands
o DT; T mon t5r E IS q Ieudogn
ison county, both located in PARTNER
ship al Lacey Spring las week
Miss Winnie Rrewer. of the Johnston
Wills, Sanatorinm. Richmond. has re-
her father, DR. $, w. Brewer, at sing
crs Glen
Mrs. ). samuel HarnsberSor return
sd Yesterday from Visit 10 relatives
Mrs. PATTI, Morh4n Of Mossy
Greek, lns Gnrc IA Georgia TOR tho
rest ~ thr " inter-
AIr. and Mrs. e. Ncy left Wednesday
Tor 81 Louis to visit their daughter,
M Clarence Wise, formerly aliss Olga
Ney.
iobert Kendig. Of Wayacsboro, Is
the. guest OF DIR. r. ). Switzer.
Mrs. Il, $. Taylor, OF Beckley w.
Va. recently visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Funk. at Singers Gien.5
AshiefSh Shulec who las been
spending some months IN Canada on
civil engineering corps. is visiting
relatives here.
Mrs. J. b. u. Rhodes and daushtet,#
Miss Bruce. hhvn returned from 4
visit 20 their daughter. Mrs. T. L. sfot-ea
| tctt. n Ashcboso, y. e.
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ing his grandmother, Mrs. Martha Jane

Eohcrts.
Alexander Williams. who spent the
nolidays here visiting his mother, Mrs.
hacic Williams. has returned to his
school duties IN Stanton.
Miss Lila Waller Duval. who ia
teaching in Greensboro. y. c.. spent
the holidays here with her brother,
Hunter NJ Duval
William r. Iorner, OF Rosemary. y.
Z. visited Mr.. and Mrs Plummer +.
Jones At tho hrvonia Inn last week.
Miss Martha billiard. of ScottsvIile.
has returned home after visiting Miss
Miriam Pitts.
w. Renssalaer Root has returned
here. after IA Christmas visit 70 his
mother in Indianapolis.
Miss Bessie Williams, VINO is teach
Ing In Elloree, ;. G.. spent the holt
days here AT bolnc, returning to hc..
duties last week
:. Mss Ethel Hughes has returned to
Fork Union. after spending some days
with her parents here.
a. J.. Pitts. Jr.. has returned hons
after Il visit to Farmvilie and Lynch
burg.
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we'll earned regard of his feilow-c,ti.

we'll earned regard of his fellow-c.,i-
zens.
In SO far as Andrew Johnson is con-
ccrned, Mr.. Licntenstctn says:
school histories. for many years fol-
lowing the War Between the States,
were written by those who were more
or less prejudiLed against the South.
Therefore. wrong ideas have been I'M
planted. Both sides are revising their
opinions. The descendants OF Confed-
crates and Federals need to revise
their opinions of the official acts OF
Andrew Johnson. He was opposed 10
secession. but he was also opposed 10
the fanatical policy of unrcasonins
Nor;herners. Ills power OF speech won
many men over 10 the Union side, but
his sense of right did not desert him.
lie knew that the advocates of States
rights had hearts and intcllects. lie
intended TO act honorably. We. OF to-
dag. can review his act mpassionately.'
Mr.. Lichtenstein believes a town
common TO be Of incstimnhlc value to
any town. The Tarboro common was
laid off with the town in 1860, and its
history from that day to this is in
terestingly traced. The town OF Tar
boro. indeed, should congratulate it
self in having citizen who is so truly
possessed OF civic spirit and so ready
and willing to do honor 10 the place
and the people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14

The name Of Marks seems to hc a
talismaR Of success for Americans en-
tcrins British prize play competitions
judging from the results OF the last
two years. The famous Stratford com
petition for a prize of sl.5oo was award
ed to The Piper" written by Mrs.
Lionel Marks. writing under her
maiden name of Josephine Preston Pea
body Now in the Welsh prize play
competi tion instituted by Lord Howard
de Walden, another American. Miss
Jeanette Marks. has come out with
honors. For her two one act Welsh
plays. The Cuckoo and ~ Welsh
Honeymoon" she was awarded a prize
Of 500. Miss Marks has made good
her Welsh right and title through her
two volumes OF Welsh stories, entitled
The End Of a Song" and Through
Welsh Doorways," which have met
with very favorable reception.
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ARVONIA

Especial to The Times -Dispatcl.i
Arvonia. Va, January l3-Fiarry
Richardson. formerly a resident of this
place. now of Columbia. is visiting his
uncle, Bert I;icha rdson, al his home
here.
Blcdsoo ReaIc, of scottsvillc, was a
visitor here u few days ago
Arthur Lee Glasgow, cashier OF thu
state Bank o. ArvonIa. was In Nor
ioik last week, where lie went to visit
his sister.
Clarence and Raymond Scnger. who
have been visiting in Marietta Ga.
for two or three weeks. have returned
to their homo here.
Miss Minnie Newman Boil. Of Mt.
Sidney. Augusta county. Is expected
here In a few days to visit Mr. and
Mrs, y. l.. Pitts. at "Bcilevuc."
Miss Miriam Pitts has returned to
Farmvtlle. after spending tho holidays
here with her parents
John Lowe. of Atlanta, spent sew
cral days here last week visiting rcla-
tives.
John Thomas, Of Norfolk. Is visit
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"Iour Articles

Bl CASTOR Lichtcnstein. II. T.
Ezekiel. OF Richmond. Va, publisher.
The four articles which 20 into the
make up OF Mr. Lichtcns,ctns booklet
are those relating 10 4 Mexican War
nariye. Louis II. Wilson. to Thomas
II. Han, the physician: 20 ,he authors
conception Of the rca lAndrew Johnson.
and 20 the public park OF Tarboro. "
C., which he exploits under the name
Of the town common.
in presenting sketch Of the life
and service OF Louis y. Wilson. the
date OF his entrance into public lie
as a member OF the Genera! Assembly
Of North Carolina - given as 1916 He
served. IS his historian points out, for
many successive terms was member
OF The state Constitutional Convention
in 1885. L Senator for nine years. q
oantain Of "olunt eers from Edgeconbc,
North Carolina. in 1877. aftcrward APP
pointed 10 the command OF the Twelfth
Infantry. lie died at Vera Cruz, Mex
leo, August II. 1877. Mr.. L!tchcnstein
says: "A monument on the town com
mon. At TarhOro stands as constant
reminder 10 all passers-by that Edge
combe had son who led all the rest
in his day"
Thomas II. Hall. Mr.. Lichtenste!n
states 10 he a friend Of John Randolph
OF Roanoke, Va. born in 1873 lie
served his state in Congress from
lSlI 10 1875 and from 1897 to 1897
lie returned TO North Carolina, was a
member OF the General Assembly Of
1896. and lived TO be eighty years OF
age, spending the latter part of his
ne IN retirement frightened by the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14

most deserted. and yet, just under a
suffering electric light. was accosted
by q lonely woman. There was moth
ing attractive about her. Her eyes
were hard and her face prematurcly
old.
Il asked her why she was working
so late and in such weather. I'm do
ing it, she said-and 1 can still hear
her hollow voice-'bocausc / need soma
more money on my kids boarding
school bill Tho bills got to be paid
tomorrow.
"Trat woman told me a story which
] subsequently investigated and found
TO be true. She had been inveiglcu
from q country town, taken to the city,
and then, by the man who had said
he loved her. turned upon the street.
When her child was four years old. she
had taken The little girl to a certain
educa tional !nstitution-not z charit-
able affa!r-and the officials of that
institution, with whom the woman was
perfectly frank. had agreed to take
the child and educate her on three
conditions. The woman must consent
never to see her daughter again. she
must consent 10 having her daughter
brought UP in the belief that the moth
CT was dead, and she must pay the bills
regularly.
That mothers love proved itself
absolutely unselhsh-thc woman kept
her bargain"
Following the lines adopted in his
House of Bondage" Mr.. Kaufman
again presents undeniablc facts and
conditions which are calculated to
arouse the attention ard demand the
help OF all mer and women who are
DESTROYS of Undertaking social better
ment work inteIl:gently and effective
ly
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14

of trade American woolcns and felts
may protect the Sihcrians against their
Arctic cold, American machinery mine
and refine their gold. New England
cottons utilizing the Panama Canal,
may clothc the myriad coolies OF in :
terror China. Here Is the mail route
Of ten days from Paris TO Pcking..
against thirty-fve days needed by the
fastest ships. Here is tho quickest
passenger route from London TO Yoke
hama. over the old Urga road China
Is relinked 10 tbs West hy the trains Of
the great Asian railway
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.rrhe Girl That Goes wrong"

BY Reginald Wright Kaufman.
Morfat. Yard and Company. of New
York.
Mr. Kaufman. who is known all
over the United States as Il writer
OF authority on social betterment work,
as man VINO has lived among the
class OF which he writes, and drawn
his deductions and observations from
what he has known and seen personally.
has in this hook embodied a series OF
articles previously published in Leslic's
Weekly.
Mr.. and Mrs Kaufman pursued their
research work as given here together,
in big cities. in East Side tenement
houses on Manhattan Island, on the
outskirts of districts in which lived the
people who appear in MS stories. Flo
says: II studied these people and lived
among them not as n patron or beRe-
factor. and not as a preacher, we.
among them on the terms of simple
pmar fellowship. I studied them in
Boston. hia, Chicago, Mime
nd
ne TO haow t:iem IN London and
@aria IN scorss 81 p..r sGrger e!ties
Ind Smaller towns
Is treats OF 9-omen with regard to
rheif environment from smany stand
points and tells some very pitiful
truths He cites one of these in his
explanation or how he came to be IN.
teresteG In unfortunate women, and
writes:
"A good many years aGo. when was
reporter or Philadelphia newspaper,
j had been detained at my office until
2 O'clock. AS stepped into the street
I noticed HAT ,ths tAoTepKh5aga was al,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14

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boarded with Mrs. Eye.
When the British. under Arnold In
vaded RichmonG In 1881. Mr.. Ego was
absen, on duty as comnissary In the
American army. Tho first thing Mrs.
Eye knew OF the approach Of the Brit
ish WAS seeing their cavalry gallop
down Richmond Hill. Ono of the Brit
!sh officers was quartcred in her house.
II passed into the possession of her
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Welsh and,
last year was still owned by Eye de-
sccndants
The author of the family genealogy
says: There Is u stone OF good shape
and proportion In the 'Old Stone
House, placed on line with the
Intel of the window. on which is IN
scrbed 81 monogram evidently meaning
James Rex The German builder was
not Il subject OF King James. and at
that day. l73S could have had no rca-
son for placing such a stone except
by chance
According to well established tradi-
ton. stones for tho building were
sathcre from the shore of the river,
and may not this stone have been gath
cred up with the rest. and when dis
covered marked, placed in this special
position for better preservation. Ana
may it not have been the stone no
marked In honor of his King. By John
Smith. at the time OF his exploration
OF James River TO this point?'
The history OF Jacob Ego and tho
virginia branch is accompanied by an
admirable picture OF the "Oid Stone
House The volume contains a
sketch OF George NJ. Eye. head of tho
Pennsylvania branch. and his descen-
dants: also OF the Sticgcl ana New
Jersey line OF the family
picture Of kev Thompson p. Eye
forms the frontisp!ece. and the book is
nnmcrously illustrated with pictures OF
different members OF The Eye family
and their homes. The coat Of arms aud
the motto. "Scrc e, Cole" appear OPP
pos!tc the frs, page. The book is
fully indcAed and is fun and complete
in every respect.
As the Eges. Of Virginia, we're widely
and numeroUsiy connected the book
w!!l doubtless prove OF great value 70
man. Virginia pcopc. who VIII nat
uraiiy be much Interested In the family
records which II contains. The book is
handsomely unJ substantially gotten
out. and It's Illustrations are excel
lent.
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"Thc Hrcnt0nS."

Anna Chaplin Ray. the we'll known
Connecticut author has returned to
this country from prolonged stay in
England. Her novel, The BTentons,"
has just been published. The scenes
are laid In university city. Brenton.
the principal character. Is the attrac-
tive and popular rector Of the col
lc church. who enters the ministry
10 please his mother and because
mis- ancestry shows an unbrokcn
horn chemist, and his efforts to NAL
religious doctrines agree with scientific
laws. result In a mental struggle that
ultimately drives him from The pulpit
TO the la boratory.
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one of the most powerful secret So
cietics of Europe. the Double Four"
Peter Ruff Is said to be one OF Mr..
Oppcnhcim's hest character creations.
while the Double Four" is one of the
most amazing International orsaniza-
tons that the fertile mind of Mr.. OPP
penheim ever invented.
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"iiistory and Gencalory of the Exc
EumIIy.S

'''! h"H 'chcaioGS OF the Esc
Family
BY rev Thompson P. Ego. Of New
York Eiiy Harrisburg, Pa the sta :
Printing Company
For those interested in tn. 'C,ld
stone House on NA!n Street. common
II known as "Washinston's Head
aiartcrs' there IS "a chapter IN ms
book which tells that the house was
tu!it l13S-l7aa, By Jacob Eye. son Of
Bernhard Eye. a German crnigranr 20
phiiadelphia Jacob Eye married
Maria Dorothea Scheercr. daughter Of
General Nicholas Schecrer. OF Eiegsc-
Casscl. Germany who came with the
family OF his bride TO Virginia The
Old Stone House" was built n her
honor.
II VAS one OF the hrs, houses built
in Richmond after the laying out of
the city in 1887. by Major William
Mayo. Il descended from Jacob ESe
10 his son. Samuel During the Revolu-
lionary period and the regime OF the
Samuel Eyes, Washington, Jefferson
and Madison were visitors beneath It's
roof. During the time OF the Conven-
zion OF l77s Monroe. who attended It.
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Little Women prnmntixcJ.

The popular story for youny peo-
pie. by Louisa NJ Alcott, which. under
the title OF Little Women has been
read by young people all over the
United States for the last half cen
fury. will soon be produced on the pro
fessional stage The play will be given
in four acts and two scenes. showing
the March family sitting room and the
Plumfed apple orchard at harvest time
The interior set will be replica of
the Alcott living room. in which the
play practically was lived. Many of
he identical costumes and properties
HsFh Hy the Iarrt rlris in their home
IL "sed in the produc
ION AerG JOS boots in which
che played hefoc. p2d Williams The
coatHrss Will be 10 the fashion Of Tho
early COS ana tkcpsrdncttnn iF plan
nsd 10 reflect with closest iGeIity the
SPIRIT and period OF Miss AgcotGs story.