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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12
The Girl Of NV Dreams.


or THE Girl If Mn Dreams" this
new musical Offering which comes so
the Academy Tuesday matinee ard
night 1t is claimed that never has an
author envcloped the here-and now
with the grace Of other DAYS As VIII
bur p. Neshtt and Otto Hauerhack in
this delightful play, comic opera in
two acts.
Never in any play has such keen
sympathetic understanding OF the girl
heart been shown. II is the story Of
a present day adventure mingi.ng en-
terprises and love. and carrying
throughout an interesting coartsh.p Of
delightfully."- human people.
A bachelor, who In much % club
man ard has the cynical altitude OF
his class toward the feminine sex. has
n habit Of breaking village speed
ordinances, which lands him into a
bad motor accident He is carried.
much injured. into a Quaker house
hold. where he is nursed back 70
health by the girl. by the time his
health il regained his Ideals OF
hachelerhood have been shattered.
The girl and her father later go to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12
Big Things This
Week on Program
for Lyric Theater

Instaneing the energy and ability OF
Jake Wells there comes the announce
ment from the Lyric that tomorrow
as an added attraction there Will be
offered specially made motion pic
ture reel showing interesting scenes
attached to the running of the recent
modified Marathon race in this city,
the first race of the kind to he run in
the Southland. Pictures of Governor
Mann. next Governor Stuart. Mayor
Ainsiie. together with the long line
OF runners ready to start and at the
second Mayor Ainslie fred the starting
pistol with scenes throughout the
race along the course. the finish. and
the picture Of the winner after he
had breasted the tape, Will be shown,
Adding effectiveness the balance OF
the reel is devoted to pictures Of the
myriad of scenes visible at the State
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12
Indian Princess
in Sacred Dance
at the Colonial

with the permission OF the United
to give a religious ceremony having
to do with the customs of the Indian
tribe of which she is a member, La
Mestena. real indian princess, has
been engaged by Wilmer. Vincent
Wells as the star feature of the new
weeks bill of vaudeville 10 be given
at the Colonial theater to begin Mon
day next.
La Mesfena IS onerlng weird
dance, which is a cermony of the
Moki tribe. In the dance she uses
real live rattlesnakes, and strange
iy enough the customs of the various
tribes OF Indians makes this dance
with reptiles sacred with their people.
A feature Of equal Importance. and
this one providing a bright touch by
reason OF a brilliant singing exhibition
that viii reveal the vocal gifts of a
trio made mp Of three clever light
comedians, In Johnson. Morton and
johnson. together with crisp CON
versational exchanges. bursting with
bright and new ideas OF the fun To
be made by simple changes in the
English language,
A pair Of cannon ball juEglers and
funny fellows are Espe and Paul. and
tNEEF 0ttIAtAS Ws%i tAAtA INTEREST ~
the entertainment,
Klein and Clifton on their second
visit to this city they having scored
q success at the Colonial two years
ago, will again charm with their
comedy conversational and dancing
cieverness.
Lionel Paris. one of the bright and
clever up-to- date monologists. with a
new line of chatter and some We'll
selected lyrics, will complete the
vaudeville section.
Perfect picture plays Of the best
known types, approved by the Ma
.;onal Board Of Censors will complete
each of the three daily performances,
the matinee starting at 8 o'clock, and
the night performances at 7:l5 and
Q o'clock; the amateurs adding a
comedy session to the Friday night
performances.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12
THEATO OFFERS FINE
PICTURES NEXT WEEK

During the last few weeks Manager
Toney has added much to the excel
lence of his picture offerings and in
the future picture goers will have
daily opportunities to witness the very
cream of the outputs of the leading
CONTINUED on Fourth Fagc.l
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12
:: AMUSEMENTS =

the city 10 visit the bachelor and the
young woman Is mach shocked by
her prospective husbands friends. She
doesn't know whether she loves him
or not, hut the skies clear In time
for happy ending before the drop of
the nnal curtain.
There are score or more of
musical numbers written by Karl
Hoschna, who wrote the music for
Three Twins. Fright Eyes,
Madame sherry" and Doctor De
Lake" All OF thern are character
lied by a marked strain of originality
which is not always present In the
musical offerings ~ this day, the
most popular and catchy being I'm
Ready Tn Quit and Re Good "Quak-
er Talk" The Letter You Shouldn't
Marionette," Dear Little Games OF
Guessing "0-o-h. Maybe It's a
Robber." Girl OF NV Dreams" and
Doctor T.nkle Tinker"
The management in selecting the
cast for "The Girl OF Ny Dreams"
has chosen some clever players in
Guiding Countess Olga Won Hatzfeldt.
Roy Purviance. Irving Brooks, Francis
Gaillard. Men Burns. Frank McEwen.
the original De Luxe Harem Scarem
Pony Ballet and a big beauty chorus
ssThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
THE story of THE Trail Of the
Lonesome Pine" Eugene Walters
great play which comes to the
Academy Wednesday and Thursday
and Thursday matinee. Is familiar to
millions OF books readers who love
the romantic works OF that vigorous
American writer Of fiction. John Fox.
Jr. author Of 1.-The Little Shepherd Of
Kingdom Come
In this new play, Eugene Walter
has taken the atmosphere Of the Vir-
sinia hills. as well as the characters
Of Mr.. Fox's story blending them
together with that consummate deft-
ness OF dramatic art and ability for
which Mr.. Walter ~ justly famed.
The play opens with a scene In the
Cumberland hills. showing the trail
around the lonesome pine which,
standing gaunt ana rugged like a
sentinel, Is visible to all in the gap
below. Hale and Berkeley. a couple
of Eastern engineers. have come to-
the gap to develop it's resources of
coal. iron and limestone. intending to
start a boom and establish a steel
manufacturing city, for which the
place offers ideal inducements. Hale
already has started a reform element
which has become the target for the
spite Of the rough mountaineers
especialiy the feudal clans OF the
Palms and Tollivers. who have terror
ICED the gap for years and who are
determined to continue their iawiess
proclivities in spite of the "furrin"
police
The advent of law and order lie re-
scented especially by young Dave Toll
liver who sees in the invasion Of the
gap the end Of all he IL being taught
to regard as sacred--the right to kill
an enemy---the sovereignty OF the
leader of the tribe--the law Of the
hills Dave lot only expects to be-
come leader of the Tolllyer clan. but
also looks forward to making his
rn11sin Inne his wife,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
COURT TAKES A HAND,
Missouri EnjOins Insurance Companies
From Terminating Contracts.

Jefferson City, Mo, April 2S.-The
state supreme court today issued an
injunction restraining 1872 fire inSur-
ance companies from terminating con-
tracts now in force. The court did not
restrain the companies from ceasing
to write new business in the state.
The companies We're given ten days
to show why they would not be fined.
as requested by the attorney general
for threatening to leave the state.
Judges Brown Bond and Walker dis
scented as to the temporary restrain
ing order. The companies are given
ten days to show cause why they
should not be enjoined permanently
from canceling present contracts.
Represa ntatives of the insurance
companies. when the injunction pro-
ceedings were filed by the attorney
general Saturday, said the companies
had no intention of canceling present
contracts. but merely would write no
new business or renew present con-
tracts after. April 30 - 80
The fire insurance companies have
refused to meet the state officials in d
conference. The Commercial club
has been working for such a meeting
and w. J. Bales, president of the Kan
sas City association of fire insurance
underwriters has been helping Mr..
Bales received letter today which he
said ended all hope of an agreement.
The letter. which was from G. r.
Church, head of the Missouri COM
mittee that has charge of the affairs
of all the companies in the state said
that conference would be a waste of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
STUBS IS SPEAKER.
Ex-Governor Addresses Illinois Pro-
gressives at Springfield Tonight.

Springfield, April 2s.-The women's
conference held in connection with
the state meeting of the Progressive
party today adopted resolution con-
demning the activities of those or
ganizations which are working against
the initiative and referendum, and
against the will of the people as eX-
pressed at the polls The resolution
was aimed at the Chicago civic fed
GRAFTON, which is making a hard fight
in the legislature against the adoption
of the initiative and referendum reso-
luton. Other resolutions adopted by
the women conference declared in
favor of the minimum wage bill, initia-
tive and referendum and the limited
suffrage bill.
At state wide conference of pro-
gressive party workers this after
noon at the Leland hotel, several adj
dresses were made. The mission of
the Progressive party" will be the
subject of an address to be delivered
tonight by former Gov. w. r.
StubbS of Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
RATS SPREAD PLAGUE.
Five Victims of BubOnic Scourge in
Manila Causes Alarm.

Washington. April 2S.-AIarmed at
the temperance of bubonic plague in
Manila. five victims of the scourge
having died in that city this year. the
Manila board of health has employed
fifty additional rat catcherS to rid the
city of diseaSe-spreading rodents, ac-
cording to reports received today by
the United States public health service.
vigorous crusade is to be waged
against the rat in an effort to rid the
city entirely of the dread malady.
'It is of interest to observe says
the public health service report, COM
nenting on the announcement of the
Manila authorities, that the increase
in the rat infection corresponds to the
ircre ase of the number of plague cases
in such typical plague centers as Hong
Kong for instance.
Several plague-infected rats were
found in Manila, most of them in
storehouseS containing wines packed
in straw imported from Japan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
BABY TEST IN u. S.
New York Committee VIII
Measure 100000 Children.
To Hunt i'm Every State for
Standard Child.

New York, April 2S.-The stand
ard American child may soon be a
well defined product. What it is now,
nobody really nnows. but within a
year mothers may boast of it's perfec-
ton on points which none may dispute.
Such in effect is The project of the
New York milk committee which an
ncunces today n Standardization move
nlent in which more than 1000 chill
dren throughout the country will be
entered for tests and measurements.
Two years have already been spent in
preliminary work and it is stated that
more than a dozen states are now
ro ady to cooperate in the vast expert
ment Data will be secured through
a series of competitive examinations
of normally healthy children in coun-
ty, city and state contests.
Score cards covering minute de-
tails of weight, height and other phys
ica1 measurements and mental devel-
opment will be turned in by examining
physicians in the various states and
forwarded to New York where the
promoters of the plan will attempt to
diStill from the statistics the true
American standard of child develop
ment. In this city the tests are al
ready under way as they are in some
other places, meeting with great popu-
larity among mothers, it is said. In
Oregon, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennes-
see, oklahoma, Montana and Wash
ington $1,000 prizes will be given and
MasSa chusetts, North Carolina and
Iowa also are doing scientific work
along these lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
MOVING PICTURE LAW
Attorney General Dawson Wants 1t
Tested Quick.

There is blood in the eyes of Attor-
ney General Dawson regarding the
operations of the moving picture cen
sorship law
Dawson went to Kansas City today
to present to Judge Pollock the states
motion to dismiss the injunction case
brought against Governor Hodges and
other state officials by the Universal
Film company to restrain the state
from carrying out the provisions of the
moving picture censorship law. The
motion will be argued some time this
afternoon.
The attorney general will endeavor
to show the federal court that the
moving picture film companies have
not dealt with the state in absolute
good faith. The day the law took eff
feet, the attorney general at the re-
quest of the moving picture people,
caused the arrest of Lew Williamson.
proprietor of the Best theater, who
agreed to be the goat in a test case
to settle the validity of the new law.
Attorneys for the Universal Film com
pany agreed to sue out a wit of
habeas corpus in the Kansas supreme
court or the supreme court of the
United States without delay. This
they have not done. Instead they
brought the equity suit in the federal
court and manifest no disposition to
hurry it along. In the meantime the
picture houses of Kansas are not
operating under a censorship.
The attorney general filed his an
swer in the federal court case more
than two weeks ago. No restraining
order has yet been issued but the at
torney generals answer alleges that if
the film companies will press their suit
diligently he will cause no more ar
rests until this case is decided.
Before leaving Topeka today, Daw-
son declared there would be some
thing doing and that quite soon
Either the film companies will mani
fest some real live interest in the new
law and the pending suit, or he will
cause the arrest of every moving pic
ture show man in Kansas as soon as
the state printer can provide the sta
tiOnerv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
SPEECH THAT STUNG.
And George Bauerschmitt Asks for a
Divorce.

Because he says he couldn't do any
thing to suit her. and as a result she
continually NJ -ged him and accused
him of various offenses he never
thought of committing, George Bauer
schmitt this morning asked the district
court for decree of divorce from his
wife
They were married in August. 1900
he said. He charges that she has a
"stinsins tongue which she used upon
him. persistently nagging him. His
wife, against whom the suit is brought
is Rose Bauerschmitt
II. E. Van Week of Rossville also
filed suit for divorce. charging his wife
with a bar donment. They were married
July 10. 1888. he says. and have several
cdilhren who are with him. the custody
of whom he asks He declares that his
wife. Flora Van Week. has insisted
upon living apart from him in spite of
his entreaties that she return and live
with him as his wife. The children are
Grace. II years old. and twins Eva
and Dolly. s years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
FATHER OF so CHILDREN
Arkansas ''Uncle Tom Is Granddad
to 125-Married Thrice.

Fort Smith. Ark, April 2S-The
man. If he existed. who convinced
hlmsef that he was the champion of
the regeneration principle of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, must retire For
the real champion has been found
He is Thomas Ellison. more Familiarity
known as Uncle Tom" and he re-
sides at Walnut. in the southwestern
part of Newton county Uncle Ton, is
SO years old. Here is his record:
Married three times
Father of fifty children
Grandfather of 125 children
Great grandfather of sixty children
Great great grandfather of TWENTY
seven children.
His youngest child is II years old.
The oldest rs 65. Ellison was born in
Clinton county, Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
1T WILL Be $10O.
That Grover Metzger Will Have to Pay
If He's Guilty.

Anything but pleasant little chat with
Police Judge George A Huron is in
prospect this afternoon for Grover
Metzger. charged with being drunk and
beating his wife. His case is set for
hearing at $3.50 O'Clock at the afternoon
session of the police court Judge
Huron takes a particular delight in
handing it, to wife heaters. Metzger
denies beating his wife but there is said
to be evidence against him. and II
he is found guilty there is no chance
he will get off with less than fine
of $100-that being the value of fun, &C
cording to Judge Huron, a man should
get out of whipping his better half
Metzger was married about year
ago He has one child a baby about
two months old The trouble with his
wife is said to be no new thing, hav-
ing started shortly after they were
married. according to the police.
Maybe he isn't guilty" Judge
Huron told a State Journal reporter
this morning. He says he isn't. But
if he is-well. we haven't assessed a
smaller penalty than a fine of 500
far for wife heaters. and we don't ex-
pect to go below this limit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Supreme Court Gives Blow to COrpOr-
alton Reorganization.

Washington, April 2S.-In a decision of
mOmentouS importance. especially to
railroads., the supreme court today laid
down the general principle that a creditor
of a corporation not party to reorganiz-
successor In this specific case the court,
five to four, in "a decision which Justice
Lurton who disSented, declared was
alarming, held the Northern Pacific
railway company for SIZE, 600 Judgment
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
company despite the fact that the court
expressly stated no moral wrong doing
was to be found in the reorganization.
Corporation lawyers who heard the de-
cision decided it was blow at the prac-
tice of reorganizing corporations to get
rid of onerous contracts or escape pay
ment to unsecured creditors. The effect
the lawyers thought would be far reach
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
CHURCHILL IS ANGRY.
Uses Word LIAR in Denying Hint of
Wireless Charges.

London, April 28.-Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
gave the parliamentary committee in
VeStigating Marconi contracts recently
made by the British government, a
few hard raps during today's sitting.
Ellis T. Powell. editor of a financial
paper in London, had stated to the
committee that he had heard rumors
that Mr.. Churchill had "flutter'' in
MarcOni shares.
1T is a most insulting charge" Mr..
Churchill said. land implies that 1
have been skullxing in the background
while my colleagues have come for
ward and explained their position. It
is grave beyond words that a commit
tee of my fellow members of the
house of commons should lend their
sanction to such a proceeding
Il have had no dealings directly or
indirectly nor any investment or in
terest of any kind in Marconi shares in
any country of the inhabited globe If
anybody said SO that person is a liar
and a slanderer.'
The members tried to molIify
Churchill but he Indignantly left the
room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
BOMB FOR French.
OFFICERS Killed by Explosion of an
Internal Machine.

Hanoi. French Indo China. April 2S.
fragments of a bomb hurled by a
native adherent of the pretender to the
Annamite throne. burst among large
eroun of French officers, government
officials and foreign residents seated on
the terrace of the principal cafe here
last night, killing Captain Marie Jean
Leon Mongrand, of the Ninth colonial
infantry. and Captain Frederic Chapuls
of the Annanlite rifles
Fragments of the Internal machine
wounded eight other persons.
The prenenades in the vicinity were
crowded at the time and all trace of
the bomb throWer was lost.
The police discovered later in various
places a number of bombs with which
il was believed the followers of the
pretender. Prince Kwong-Te intended
to carry out a revolutionary plot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28

done south of Monterey so that traV-
elers from Mexico City were compelled
to go east from San Luis Potosl TO
Tampico and thence up the Tarnpico
line to Monterrey, and all the trave!
went that way until the roads north or
Monterey were blown out
"A dynamite corps with an engine
and a caboose can comfortably cover
hundred and fifty miles or so OF
track in a day and convert it into junk
that will take the maintenance of way
department a month or so OF unlnter-
rupted work to put back. Usually, too,
they keep few guard posted to dis
courage repair work, SO there is never
any telling when a line once out of
commission will be running again
Recently the effects of the prolong-
ed disturbance in Mexico have become
manifest in the increased cost of MeXi-
can exchange and in the advance of
living costs so that general conditions
are rapidly becoming intolerable. The
Mexican peso which formerly ex-
changed for flat basis of two for
one American dollar has deprecated
under the weakening national credit
until within the past week dollar,
American currency. brought as much
as $40 Mexican, and many of the
banks were unable to supply Ameri-
can money at even that rate. Panicky
conditions naturally accompany such
a situation and one of the biggest
operating oil companies in Mexico has
just passed through a strike occasion
ed by the demands of employees to be
paid in American money. There is a
general belief that Mexican currency
will resume its former value in time
and some spectators are buying up
the deprecated money.
Naturally intervention is the main
hope of the foreign business man in
Mexico and its possibility is freely dis
cussed by the natives, most of whom
have decided that the United States is
afraid to tackle the job. All of Latin
America is line. up against intervention
and furnishes Mexico considera BILE
moral support in its frank counting of
that possibility. Most of Mexico knows
little about the military preparations
that the United States has made and
even the presence of the American
cruisers which lie alongshore at Tam
pico and Vera Cruz does not arouse
must interest
1.-The happening of Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson for his activity
during the fighting in Mexico at the
time the Huerta government murdered
Nader is unjust and founded either
upon transformation or a desire to
get his job, if the statements of the
then are of any weight. Wilson may
mat but he is a leveI-headed sort of
man with considerable nerve and his
dickering with the Huerta government
was done with view to giving his own
countrymen a chance to get out of the
firing zone. He did business with the
de facto government, not because he
respected it. but because it was the
body which actually had charge of
affairs at the time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-28
GRAPE JUICE TALK.
President Wilson Disappointed Over
Bryan's Dinner Criticism.

Washington. April 2S.-President
wilson is said to be very much dis
appointed over the reception of Secre-
tary Bryan's temperance views and
the fun the English newspapers are
having with grape juice as the subject.
Both wine and grape Juice were
served at the recent cabinet dinner at
the White House. The president told
some of his intimate friends he did moi
care to abolish a practice so long
established in connection with Official
functions unless it could be accom-
plished without criticism
Nothing official on the subject is
obtainable but it is believed here that
the only dry dinners so far as bever-
ages are concerned will be at the func-
mons over which the secretary of state
will preside