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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
TRUST COMPANIES
ENCOURAGE THRIFT
Interesting Study Of Latest
Saving Statistics in United
States.
NEW FACILITIES OFFERED
Getting New Start in Lie and
Providing for Inevitable
Rainy Day

II the average American million
aire were asked Ia s,vc "A receipt for
The acquisition OF wealth. his reply
"ouid mos, likcly be "sp4u1 less tilan
.ou earn This is the al ice watch
men Ike Rockcfellcr t'arnc.sir. and the
lat RUSSELL Sage have always agreed
upon in relating the secret ii lhci,
success. Despite the high c>sl It Inv
ms" this formula is as good to-Gay
rs l, was In the days when the fouu-
cations were laid for great American
fortunes. One widely known Ameri-
can multi-mll ionairc is still more en-
Plicit in giving tho REASONS for his
sussess by saying, Il owe my fortune
to the first dollar saved"
Tho manager OF tho savings depart
ment of ono of tile trust companies in
large city relates an incident from
his many and varied daily experiences
with savings depositors. which furcibly
illustrates the wisdom OF the iujiinc-
ton spend less than you earn" One
dny shabby individual came shufi
ling UP to the window bearing the
inscrip,ion, Savings Account Opened
lIchc.' He held in his hand Il W IL
thumbed little booklet in which were
printed some homcly but plain TRUTHS
regarding the advantages OF having Il
savings account under the titlr, Il Am
Your Best Friend
II spent all but this" said the man,
speaking ia a tren,blous voice aIiu
taking a silver dollar out of his vest
pocket Last night, after coming
from Tim Grosan's saloon. picked up
this little pocket book from the st,lc-
walk | WAS intending to bring il to
ny Title girl When ! ca,rV hnrc |
sac down TO ia i, ard sa,. Mister,
want TO o7cn savings >crrunt -
That Same man" said tho mana ger
OF the savings department is nov ore
OF our best saving d oposit,'s. Tie
sends his little girl AROUND every Mon
day to deposit his weekly sum. de
has built home for himself: liz
doesn't visit Grogan's place. and he
occupies responsible pnst.ol as SUI.
pcrintendcnt in factory"
/; Is interesting TO study tie --latest
savings statistics In tho United States
and to learn that there are auout IS,
100000 depnsitors. having total saw
ings of $4,000, 00o. 600. These savings
aret held by various classes Of bank
ing institutions. including saviaSs
banks operating under stock cAntr"l,
mutual savings banks ana saving de-
partments conducted by trust co'a-
panies In examining the statistics
more closely, il is rotml that the
deposits and in new accounts nave bser
In cities where i:ust conipauits ac-
ttTt!y invite such business TIL, yea
son for this is that tho trust t.m
pantes have been. most dlligopt lad
progressive In aodlaintins tho pubii,
With the benefits 10 be derived from
establishing savings accounts. In a
LARGE number Of cities the major pr
XContinued on Second Pase,I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
THE SITUATION AS
TO LEAF TOBACCO
Dealers Are Guessing-So Are
the Growers Of the Seduc-
tive Weed.
REVIEW OF AN EXPERT
Little Danger Of Ovcrprocluction.
Farm Labor Problem Cuts
Quite a Figure.

The Industrial Section has been
asked time aud again OF late for an
expression of opinion as to the pr opriety
of the growers of the weed going in
for big crop this year Noting the
increased consumption of tobacco all
over tho world, this department. is nm
able to sec where the farmers can err
by increa sing the output largely over
tobacco growing regions the labor
problem is serious. Labors scarce and
uncertain. No crop that is planted re-
nuircs more constant and regular at
tention. than tobacco. It is hard TO
believe that in view of the increasing
demand for tobacco, and the decreas-
ing supply OF labor, that any grower
of the weed in Virginia and North
Carolina, where the brights that go
into the making of cigarettes and the
dark grades that make the best chew
ing IN the world, are so largely grown
can overcrop himself. There can he
little or no danger of overlooking the
market with these types of tobacco
An Expert Mt Sea.
However, Colonel G. Z. Webb. the
editor of the Southern Tobacco journal.
who makes close study of tobacco in
all Of it's bearings, and is an authority
on the subject in general, has some
thing to say in che last issue of his
journal that may be of interest to the
grower and the dealer alike IT will
be seen that he is little at sea- Here
is what he says
The, situation Of the leaf tobacco
market has many people guessing as to
the future. We have never heard any
Intelligent reason why tobacco has
been selling so high this tobacco year,
from the very beginning of the season,
until recently. Not that we are COM
planning about high prices for toba eco
has notbeen, selling too high. consider
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
WEST POINT DOES
SOME EXPANDING
Steamship and Railway Lines
Right in Hand With the
Hustling Boomers.

The Industrial Section Of The Tinles-
Dispatch and the general news col
umns from time to time. have told
set forth for West Point ana all OF
the York l;lvcr territory by Key Comp
ton, The vigorous president Of the
thcsa pcakc Steamship Company. Ills
announcement nearly year ago that
tho steamship company had contract
ed for the building of two new ships
TO My OF, the waters OF the bay and
the York River, was good news tn a
large part of the Tdcwator :,rcti,fIi
of Virginia. because it meant :, daily
transportation line instead of III,
every now and then ship coming
along up and down the York River.
The two ships that are being built
for tho York River West Point Rich
mond line will be palatial steamers. to
be called City OF Richmond ana City
OF Annapolis. taking their cosnomcns
from the capitals of the two States be-
tween Which they will ply.
These ships arc being build accord
ing to the very latest type OF CON
struction. They will be 277 feet three
inches over all, with latest conven-
fences, and have capacity Of 600 tons
Of freight and accommodations for 400
passengers each, and the expense will
total II million dollary. These new
boats will establish daily service be-
tween West Point and Baltimore.
Then right on the heels OF this an
nounco ncnt OF rev ships 10 pillow the
waters. came the further proclama-
ton from President Finley re the
Southern Railway. that his company
would meet the steamship people at
The dock, SO 10 speak, AID by the time
the steamships are ready for :he in
creased business, the railway linz will
have tracks ready for The running OF
ras; trains from West point to Fitch
mond
fhc reply OF the steamship people
was: If you are going TO do that, you
must get busy mighty quick. Tho
railway people got busy. and since the
first OF the year they have put sew
eraI hundred men to work on the line
between Richmond and West Point
Moveablc lodging houses have been
set mp at half a dozen or more
AlGmfdmipsil Un Sisannd. PaH@N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
AUTOMOBILES OF
RICHMOND MAKE
The Car Building Business
Moving TO South, and
Reasons for 1t.
RICHMOND GETS IN THE LEAD
~-----..---.--
Kline People the Pioneers.
Others Likely to Follow
south to Front.
RICHMOND GETS IN THE LEAD

The automobile building business,
like many other good things. is APP
prcciating the advantages and the bet.
ter conditions Southern distributing
and Southern manufacturing points are
offering. Motor car building and maxi:
ing IL an Industry to which and for
which the South in general, Virginia
III particular, and Richmond especial
ly. can offer some fine inducements
Richmond is a superior distributing
point; the real gateway to the almost
boundiess South and whatever of big
trade that comes from the great South
to any twentieth century proposition
must, I'm the final analysis, pass
through Richmond. why not make tho
start here?
The automobile factories arc finding
out about these things. They are hear
inc about Richmond as distributing
point. and Richmond is becoming one
of the biggest automobile markets in
the world. Sooner or later it will be-
come one Of the biggest automobile
manufacturing points in the world.
Mark the prediction.
itlchmOnd on the Job
The Manufacturers Record sees the
handwriting on the wall, and in its last
issue it has the following OF good To-
cal interest to say:
while giant strides arc being made
lfn the development of the automobile
and motor truck industry in the Unit
ed states, as strikingly shown i'll the
fact that there are no wabout 900, 900
Automobiles and $4,000 motor trucks
in use in the United States, the South,
through active in the purchase of cars,
has, until within the last year or two,
been backward in the building of cars
Many millions of dollars have been sent
out of the South to buy automobiles
and motor trucks OF every variety and
of every grade. from the cheapest to
the most expensive Several Western
companies building popular. automo-
biles have been partly financed by
Southern investors. Fortunately for
the South, there Is a disposition now
to begin the active development of au-
tomoblc building in the South, and
thus to keep al home some Of the mil
lions that have for the last few years
annually been sent North and West
for automobiles and motor trucks. In
various parts of the South automobile
In some cases exceptional development
has been shown. The South should
encourage this home industry to the
utmost extent possible.
The Kline kar.
'"rhe latest example of the. establish
ment OF large automobile manufac-
turing plant in that section Is that
OF the Kline Motor Car Corporation, Of
Richmond, Va, which Is actively en-
gagged in turning out four models OF
pleasure and commercial automobiles,
from four cylinders of 30 horse power
to six cylinders OF so horse power.
"Thc company was established in
Richmond because the 4 management
realized the great field for medium
priced high-srade cars in the South
\ icontinued on Second .iPase.l .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30

asked the assistant postmas,e.
many searching questions regarding
the business OF the post Office. and
learned for the first time that In
sense the officials of the postal seryIcel
regard their business with their ons.
toners as rather CONFIDENTIAL. and
they do not tel. any tales out of
school, However, IL leaked out liz the
course OF very interesting uonvcr-
sation that the Seed dealers or this
city are the hcaviest buyers or ytRpIpH.
especially at this season OF the Year.
The increase of theitts,anyp pDgchaspses
icontinued on sixth T'ase,3. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
MARCHING SOUTH
ORDER OF THE DAY
Great Things Done in Industrial
Dixie-Greater Things
to Be Done.
MODERN LAND OF PROMISE
Railway BuiIding-Dcvc
OF Natural Wealth-Things
i'll Which South Leads
-[snecial 10 The Timcs.pisnatoh.

lSDCCldl 10 inc Tim cS- lJ1Spd ten.
Baltimore, Md. March 29.--ln sum
mary OF its spcciai articles in this
weeks issue. designed to show the i'm
portancc Of the South in the nations
development, the Manufacturers Rec
ord says:
The South summons the world to
share in the making OF the wealth that
is to come 10 it within the next gen
Grafton. The call is emphatic, because
no other equal area on the globe offers
as great opportunities of many kinds
for the productive and remunerative
application to natural resources OF the
energies OF mind. muscle and money:
no other equal area has such record
AS tho South of a generation OF achieve
ment as guaranty of greater attain
mcnts in the future
Handicapped by conditions beyond
its control for fifteen or twenty years.
in which the rest Of the country made
extraordinary progress under the high
pressure influences OF the opening of
the era OF organization OF industry on
n great scale. the South. once per-
mitted TO resume it's farming. mining
and manufacturing activities inter-
rupted by war, has in the past thirty
years advanced to point beyond that
reached by The whole country in 1850.
With one-third of the total area of
the United States, and with a popula-
ton less than two-thlrds that OF the
country In that year the South is ac-
tually far ahead of the United States
OF thirty years ago on many leading
lines, and. in proportion to population,
on practically every line.
Its invitation to the enterprise and
financial and industrial. instincts OF
the world is therefore, grounded in
tasks still to be accomplished gaugcd
ny what has already been done.
Since 1880 the South. the section OF
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-15

4 IN wv A4NGAAo 4@C4A44 ANCb~A ~ q
Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. IS
would you, Sir, recommend a
man for mayor Of this city who
had betrayed his own father? No,
sir, you would not, and neither
will !, even though he be my own
son.
That, sir, is why I am in this
race for mayor against my own
blood"
DR.. w. H. Roberts, a pioneer
physician, has just thrown his hat
into the ring, with a platform of
law endorsements, together with
the initiative, referendum and re-
call, and other progressive prin-
cipleS.
His own blood" is Dom Rob
erts, political lieutenant to Craw-
ford Fairbanks, the biggest
brewer in Indiana, who has mil
lions invested in big corporations.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-15

Roberts, r., has announced that
he IS going to get the Democratic
nomination for mayor at the
spring primaries.
I am for a, wide-open town,
but I will throttle the big cor
porationS which now boss the
city," he. says
Several years ago, sold Doc
tor" Roberts; with fortune at
his back estimated at 100000,
started in to make the apple of
his eye a celebrity in the en-
giheering world. Young Dom
was graduated from Rose Poly
technic at Ferre FIaute with high
honors. He became a contractor
on public work, and at one time
was city. engineer.
Failure in engineering endeav-
.ors swamped him with debts.
The old doctor came, to. his rescue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

pcarcd at the Victoria Theatre since the
inception of vaudeville there but both
have appeared there as stars at ,hc head
Of their own organizations. Mss Chaser
in Dolly Warden" and Miss Walsh in
The Resurrection" This wceA Miss
CHASER. with Thomas H. Richards. viii
offer q musical pIaylet entitled 'first
Love" and Miss Walsh and her company
will present THE Countess Nadine a
dramatic playlct ia one act by Joseph \.
Golden. Arthur Dunn and Catherine
Hayes will be seen for the FIRST ume IN a
new onc-act comedy. Maudc Lambert
and Ernest Bah viii offer AN original
vaudeville conception. Mack and ORTIZ
will introduce funny skit The Eight
Berlin Madcaps Will present fast and
furious dancing novelty Ray Samuels,
newcomer i'm vaudeville, Offers some new
songs. and Frank Mullane Will demon
strate that an freshman can successfully
tell Hebrew stories. Other features are
Kutings animals; Dean. MclIenry and
Dean. THO of clever entertainers; Billy
and Edith Adams in songs and dances;
Carl Zono. European novelty. and viii
son and Walters, conversational come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
A LESSON OF LIFE.

Here the little comedy is most captlvat-
ing. In spite Of heroic resolutions, the
Soldier can only repeat the words of the
wirepuller: II am about TO 20 off to the
war; while the Doctor mumbles Latin
prescriptions and Rosalinde shippers ana
smiles at her Harlequin. They are in
mutinous mood. cOnspire To adopt SUI
fragette methods and propose to smash
windows. throw bombs and raise cam
generally. Suddenly gigantic human
hand appears from above. This hand OF
destiny" begins to grasp the strings, ana
the mutinous troop of puppets, compelled
bv hidden force returns to its daily
duties The little Punch-and-Judy show
OF humanity continues without change
But before this happens the puppets have
each in it's own way, fully explained To
the public that the men, women, boys
and girls that form the audience are also
nothing but mechanical puppets. pulled
and hauled about by mysterious strings;
that i'm truth they are but little better
than the pygmy puppets that perform TO
them. This quaint, fantastic poem Is
ceverly acted by the Grand Guignol COM
pany. and was enthusiastically applauded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

Paris. March %. - The Grand GuiGhoi
has rene.Jed its programme OF snort plays
evoling alternate mirth and terror. Inc
most impressive and most philosophical
piece is Les Ficelles," or The Puppet
Strings" By the Italian dramatist Gu
seppi Giacosa. author of AS the Leaves,
a dramatic poem that is having a popu-
lar career in Italy. Les Ficelles' mas
been translated into charming French
verse by VI. Paul Geraldy and Mile. Oar
senne The curtain rises disclosing the
familiar puppets of the juvenile Guignol,
or Punch-and-Judy show, all arranged In
rows in their respective boxes. one sees
Punch. Judy. Pantaloon. the Doctor
Harlequin, the Soldier. the Drummer Boy
Columbine and Rosalinde. All these pup
pets express indignation at the idea that
the public speaks of them with disdaln as
soulless, inanimate objects, and even ac-
cuses them of being mere helpless tools
that cannot move unless pulled by strings
(hceIles) attached to their heads and arms.
Each puppet makes frantic and pathetic
efforts to demonstrate that he or she Is
capable of individual will and action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
HELEN FREEMAN
New Leading Lady Discovered
by MIR. RelaScO.

In trial production Of new play late
in the spring David Belasco viii present
TO the public a new leading woman. Helen
Freeman Miss Freeman has appeared on
one occasion i'm leading role. That was
i'm the special performance oil laih''u
Philanthropy" when Judge Holt ordered
a performance OF that play and lhe
Woman" as evidence in a lawsuit MISS
Freemans performance attracted alle"-
ton. Then. nothing more was heard OF
ber but hack on the stages Of the Belasco
and Republic theatres she has been Il
busv worker ever since. Mr. Beias'o
cave her the understudies OF all the i'm
nortant roles I'm "The Governor Lazy
and later assigned her 10 similar WON
with years OF Discretion and "A Eood
little Devil" Thus, in the course Of "a
90, r,ontbs she has studied and privately
acted. under his supervision. eleven dii-
eorent parts-ready to jump In and play
a,v one of them at minutes notice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
UNION SQUARE.

-. r.. Keith announces Il spring Vaude-
Vile jubilee at his Union Square Theatre
during the coming week. There will he
twelve big features. one of the head
liners will be Kate Gilmore and Sam VIII
iams who will offer a hilarious farce,
"Thc Hunter and Hunter-ess." Cecil
Lean. who starred in the production Of
The Man with Three Wives" and The
Military Girl" assisted by Miss Cleo May
field and James Billings. will offer new
one-act comedy, called The Moving Pict-
ure Man" George Mckay and John
Cantwell, two recruits from the lcgitl-
mate. offer "A skit called "A Breeze from
Broadway" which Is satire on New
York's white light" district The mu-
steal feature will be y. \. Roles I'VE
Colonial Septet," presenting An Old
TYNE Halloween Cesar Revolt. herald
ed as the man who can change his
clothes quicker than woman can change
her mind. will give "A specially, called ~
Scandal i'm a Restaurant other feat
ures will be James Leonard and company,
ip a burlesauo called when Ham Lets
Her.: VIII Rawls and Ella Won Kauf-
man. I'm the minstrel comedy, "A Willing
Worker; Guy j. Sampseil and Edith
Reilly. as the Fashion Plate Entertain
ers": John Higgins the champion barrel
Jumper. and Thomas A. Edison's talking
pictures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
THE GRAND GUIGNOl.

For the foreigner IN Paris the Grand
Guignol is unquestionably one of the best
theatres 20 20 to. II is in picturesque
neighbOrhood. in Montmarte, hidden away
at the end OF long garden wall. and is
itself an old church. IL holds only two
or three hundred people. and is one OF the
most comfortable theatres I'm town. The
hill always consists of five plays, with a
sixth added for good measure-two TRACE
dies one a regular. dignihed. pitiful one:
the other a black-and-green screaming
horror: three light comedies and risque
niece make up the evenings entertain
ment. The risque play always comes
last. right after the horror, which is al
WAYS next 10 the last II one doesn't Ike
risoue pieces one can go home. AZ the
Grand GuignoI. however. one had better
stay. since the last little play Is usually
funny and not rsque enough 10 hurt any
body A foreigner. too. rs apt To under
stand nothing whatever OF its words, the
slang used in such connection being al
together beyond anybody except a world
Ia Frenchman or an exceedingly old for
eign resident.
The best men write for the little Mont
martre house. its enormous list OF past
showing many names now OF
established fame i'm French literature.
The company of actors is excellent, the
staging is usually admirably handled de-
spite the difficulties of six short plays In
one short thrce-hour evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
PALACE THEATRE.

Ruth st. Denis and her company OF
thirty people will signaize the third week
of the Palace Theatre. beginning to-mor-
row. with Oriental dances. Miss Florence
Roberts supported by company OF four'
will appear in one-act drama. Ihe
Woman Intervenes. by j. Hartley Man
ncrs. An act entirely new TO New YORK
will be the play "Blackblrds." by Harry
James Smith, In which the leading roles
are two expert diamond smugglers. They
VIII be played BY Jean Murdoch and Will
lam Gibson. The production was made by
Jesse Lasky. The company includes ten
people and the play has been rehearsed
under the direction Of Cecil h. De Mile.
Hiss Stella Mayhem will appear with
Bilec TAYLOR I'm a traNcsty on vaudeville.
Tn, bill also includes Albertina Rasch,
premlerc ballerina. VINO has selected ten
ballet girls from the opera TO support her;
the premiere danseuse. Mile. Marin. as
sisted by Marcel Bronki, both from the
Metropolitan Opcrs House, and five other
acts complete the bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
WAR DRAMA.

The Black Crescent is a terrific one
act drama by NJ. Jean fallier, inspired by
the war near Tchataldja. The action
passes in the trenches botwiXt Turks and
Bulgarians All the horrors OF war are
eyoked-death. hunger. thirst. fever. cold
ard mental anguish. A Turkish spy made
prisoner by the Bugarians is so i'll treated
that he finally confesses that he has the
cholera and has Intentionally let himself
ne captured in order To spread the cpl
demic in the Bulgarian army lie Is
forthwith shot, and so also Is the But
earian sentry who discovered The secret.
In order TO prevent him from announcing
the fact aud causing panic The idea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
COMEDY AND SATIRE.

lie Bonheur" is an amusing little cur-
tain raiser by NJ Pierre Weber, based upon
the ancient adage that the average man
or woman always finds source Of satisfdc-
ton in his neighbours misery \ couple
Of grumbling Plrisians OF the small, ava
ricious shopkeeper class are delighted 10
learn that their friends whom they had
long enyicd on account of their sudden
wealth acquired i'm South Africa have lost
their fortune and are now much worse
OFF than they are themselves. lie Bon
heur' is written i'm a crisp dramatic
shape, and is brmful of wit and humor.
The entertainment closes with a bright
satirical sketch by VI. Andre Mycho, lie
Joli Garcon,' who poses at the photog-
raphers as THE most attractive man Of.
Paris" and whose pride has sad falI,
owing To the rusc OF clever little,
widow. The new Grand Guignol show Isl
well received by public and hy critics.