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New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
by Major T. L. Rhosds, L. :. 4. in Charge
of the sanitation at Dayton.

Of the sanitation at Dayton.
MO ONE who did not visit Dayton
M Immediately after the terrific
4 flood which swept down the
Miami and Mad rivers during the last
week of March can have any conception
Of the immense amount of work con-
nected with the cleaning and santa
ton Of the Gem City of Ohio 40 one
who visits Dayton now can imagine the
scenes which took place i'm the stricken
city after the breaking of the levees,
nor can he picture to himself the dirt.
fifth and desOlatiOn everywhere left by
the rcCeding waters.
When the Secretary OF Wars party,
of which / was member, reached Day
ton. after three days Of detour travel
from Washington. the condition Of the
city was pitiable There is no need 10
try to describe the wreckagc. which
everywhere hampcred progress and con-
,ealed the bodies OF the dead, the ter
rible condition OF the sewage system
the presence of hundreds Of bodies Of
dead animals which threatened the city
with pestilence, and the added peril OF
starvation.
Upon reaching Dayton We found that
the city was already under citizens
-elief committee headed by John H.
Patterson. president OF the National
cash Register Company, and the work
of sanitation had commenced. although
llndered TO a considerable extent by the
presence Of water in the streets the
danger of hre and the collapse of build
ings.
cATALOGUlNG THE DIRT.
Having been placed i'm charge OF the
situation by the Secretary o. War who
had been requested 10 take command by
Governor Coz. ! Immediately arranged
for detailed examination Of the entire
city. with view TO seeing just what
had tc be done To this end We divided
Dayton into sixteen districts. accord
ing to their population, and, guided by
the suggestions OF committee Of SIX
prominent local physicians who voiun-
tcered their services selected doctor
for each district as a general sanitation
officer. He. in turn. had under him sew
eral other physicians each Of whom had
charge OF zone or subdivision, OF
the city. 80 that every block. and even
every house. was directly in charge OF
a local practitioner, who. knowing his
peopIc was best able TO attend 90 his
particular dlstric, on zone
The final crggrizt.iou % the sanitary
department ir,. a. superintendent Of
sanitation. .lurr. Inspector. a chief
nurse (Rcd CyosJ. q coroner rec
mover of dead animals, sixteen district
sanitary officers. e. financial secretary,
an officer I'm charge OF refuge camps, a
depot commissary and officers in charge
OF the field hospital. the records and the
guard MI these men had their assist
ants and organized their various depart
ment. under the direction Of the chief
sanitary officer
DISEASES MOST TO BE FEARED
The greatest danger from the active
diseases which threatened the city lay
I'm diphtheria scarlet fever and measles.
Strange 10 say. there was no typhoid,
and ] feel sure that this was almost
certainly due 10 the observance Of pre-
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13
DISEASES MOST TO BE FEARED.

The greatest danger from the active
diseases which threatened the city lay
I'm diphthcria. scarlet fever and measles.
Strange TO say. there was no typhoid,
and feel sure that this was almost
certainly due To the observance Of pre-
cautions posted on all walls and the
sides Of houses and carried through the
streets These precautions warned every
one to use only boiled water for drink
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

Continued ON seventh o'ss
New-York tribune., 1913-07-13

TO ONE WHO did not VISIT DayIOh
\ Immediately after the terrific
nnnd Nhich sMent down the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

"AlonE Broadway" mt the Empire.
Tomorrow at the Empire Will be
presented another tabloid under the
direction of Minnie Palmer, whose sew
eral offerings seen here have sue
ceeded because Of originality or de-
sign and splendid scenic treatment
Along Broadway" featuring Will
Stanton and Rosalind May. is TO be Of
fered by a company of eighteen spe
cially selected artists. In that each
OF the male and female members OF
the company is fitted by training and
nature to provide some sort or other
OF pleasing style OF entertainment.
While the first act will DO given
over TO an expose OF the scenes de-
veloping during tho course of rest
period at summer resort in the
mountains OF New York State, where
the principals have adjourned for a
spell, II is the second act that VIII
display the Individual and aGsresatr
talents Of the company members TO
the best advantage Its locale is Rec
tors magnificent dining-rooms in New
York CITY. calling for beautiful sc"n!c
and electrical effects. as we'll as elab
crate costumes. In the cabaret enter
tainmcnt. which is nov q part Of the
bill OF Care of every metropolitan
restaurant. the talents Of the girls and
boys of the troupe VIII be engaged.
There Is an unusually clever violin
soloist with the company. somo dane.
ing geniuses revealing tho pleasing
mysteries of tho clog, soft shoe and
tango styles Of dancing, monologists.
dialogists and budget of songs such
SIS "Melindas Wedding Day" "In My
Harern." Lonesome Pine" Don't For
get TO Say Good By" and many others.
With its three daily performance
and four on Saturday the Empire
schedule will Offer abundant onportu-
nifty for local amusement lovers TO
witness what bids fair to be one OF
the most valuable OF tabloid offerings.
tho daily matinee starting AT :, o'clock,
those on Saturday at 2 o'clock and
$40. while the night performances
regularly start at 1880 and . o'clock.
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C'nes photodrama plant in Rome
was put to the expenditure OF more
IMAM $4,000 for the building of the
massive scenes and the making OF
elaborate costumes of the Seriod in
which To clothc the $500 and more
actors who enacted again tho sccnes
so graphically pictured by the pen OF
me famous Russian novelist
QUO Nadis." the story, and "Quo
saaiS' on the stage has thrilled au-
di"nces In every part of the world.
~ is an absorbing romance that has
won Tor its author an everlasting niche
IN The halls Of art and literature
fe' II remained for "Quo Vadis" In
photos "a furnish an awe Inspiring
ViSuaiiZation of Roman society under
nero with it's orgies and excuses, It's
pomp and paSvantiy, iphuman arenic
a"ocities ana barberic reveJs, It's de-
hatchery by sword ana fire. and It's
persecution OF tho early Christians as
mere oxcmplihed In the actual BURR
ing of Rome. tho martyrs thrown to
The savage beasts. the human torches
TO light Ncros garden, and the strug-
gle and conquering Of savage bull
at the hands Of the giant Urs/s
Ths many exciting scenes in the
book ha e beer faithfully repro""ccd
In the pictures OF QUO Vadie, which
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P0WHATAN
rsneciel 10 The rimes-plspatch.

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.]
Powhatan. Va, June The Powhatan
Chapter, United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, celebrated the birthday OF Jefferson
Davis here Tuesday. An enjoyable pro.
gram had been arranged and crowd OF
people. includinE-many OF the county vet
Grams. was present In the absence OF the
president Of the chapter. Mrs. Charles Old,
the first vice president. Mrs r. ID. Tucker.
presided tho exercises. which were
opened with n prayer by Rev. j. w. Rey-
nolds, after which the address OF welcome
was made by Mrs Tucker. Hon. Carter
Harrison and Rev. Mr.. Chalkley were the
speakers Of the occasion. both making en-
Pertaining and Instructive talks 4 number
OF the Veterans added to the enjoyment by
giving short "reminiscences. and many
Of tho old war songs were sung. Dinner
in abundance was served in picnic style
Miss Louise Reynolds, who has been At
tending the Woman's College. Richmond
during the past session, has returned 10
her home hore.
Miss Lillian Flanagan has returned TO her
home after visit to friends In Rtchmonia.
Mrs. NJ. w Beaie, OF Richmond, Is visiting
relatives at this place. A..
Miss Annie Belle Crump has returned 70
her home having been student at "o-
mans College this session =.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Davis have retur neu ,st,
their home at Augusta Springs, AFTER WISH
to his parents here.
Miss Mamie Reynolds Is visiting friends
ct Woodland Heights.
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in The REGENERATION OF Aunt Mary
Miss La Verne has been trying for
some time TO secure Miss Patton's SER
vices, but she vas under contract
with another stock company. Finally.
in order To come home TO Richmond,
again, Miss Patton left the company
in which she was playing. She is n
clever little ingenue. pleasing I'm an
pearance and with an Irresistible
charm that has won her ii host OF
friends here.
In addition to Miss La Verne ana
Miss Patton, the full force OF the com
pany Will be seen to excellent advant-
age. Miss La Verne has been most
fortunate in securing people thorough
~ "conyersant with the original pro-
ductions of the various bills Fred
crick Reane was member OF Nav
Robsons original cast. and his hcIp
In working out the details has been
invaluable to Stage Director Avlmcr.
An excellent production is assured in
every way. and 600 hearty. whole
some laughs are guaranteed to ali
who witness 1t. in addition to a rar.
treat in the finest individual work
Lucille La Verne has ever done here
Following THE Rejuvcnation, Miss
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her lavishly, and the Rejuvenation
of Aunt Mary" begins. A seven
course dinner Is a thing OF wonder -
Aunt Mary. She Is undecided as TO
whether the grapefruit is a lemon or
an orange. but after tasting. is con-
WINGED it is a lemon. Il ate 4 ounce
when l was a little girl" she says,
and my mouth stayed this way fer
a week" Everybody Eats grapefruit
in New York" the boys tell her. Yes"
replies Aunt Mary, Il noticed the faces
ms / came up. but didn't know what
it was then" The soft shell crabs
are the largest spiders" she has ever
seen. and she experiences great diff
fculty In wipine the slipperineSs of
the oysters with her napkin. Aunt
Mary Is wined and diued TO her hearts
content and she finally becomes rec
oncilen TO Jack, his marriage and the
city.
or particular interest to theatre
Eoers should be the announcement
that Miss parke Patton the dainty
little ingenue OF the La Verne Com
pany last Year, has returned and ;cil
greet her friends in IN. excellent part
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1.-THE Instrumentation of Aunt Mary
The voting contest for the most
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few days here with Mrs " NJ. wi,hers.

Bn9 Jones spent the last Weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs Alan Ferguson.
Miss Lillian Cooke attended tho alumnae
banquet In Farmville last week.
Miss Virginia Lee Miller and Miss Lille
Pcrrow visiting friends in Amelia.
Miss Ayine Watson left on Saturday for
Williamsburg. where she will be the guest
of Miss Elizabeth Macon.
Robert Arnold was the guest over Sunday
Of Charles Cooke.
Miss Julia wherry and Miss Mary Fcrgu
spent several days last week with
Misses Virginih and Mary Thomas Cox in
Richmond
Miss Lucy Mason and Miss Margaret Moore
were the guests this week OF the Misses
Moore
Mrs Albert Williams and daughter, Annie
Kennon Williams. are visiting relatives at
Hanover Courthouse
Miss Mary Gray Talcott, OF Washington
spent several days recently with her parents
here.
Mr.. and Mrs Tom Peyton were the guests
last week OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Armis;ead.
Miss Nellie Mcclure has returned home for
the summer. after being In Lynchburg for
the winter school term.
| Mrs A. L. Adamson and Mrs Sam Cowan
were here on sunday last.
Mrs r. f. Bridgeforth Is in Amelia with
LAT
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popular play. carried on at the Acade.
my week or so ago. resulted in an
overwhelming majority for The Re-
juvenation of Aunt Mary" The Deep
Purple" ran second. followed closely
by Man and Superman." The two
latter received sufficient votes to as
sure their production this summer.
Miss La Verne postponed the produc-
ton OF Tho Regeneration OF Aunt
Mary one week that Richmond the
atre- Soers might have the opportunity
10 sec Nance O'Neil once more. IN
contrast with the heart tugs and tears
brought forth by the tragedy, The
Sorcercss." will come tho welcome
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BON AlR

Bon, Air. Va, June 7.--GueHts arc b.r,r.
ming to arrive at the Inn for the summer
and Mrs Robert Nelson. Mr. and MIS- 70
Mccomb. Mr.. and Mrs. Gonnett Burruss and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Woodward and
son. Ned Epes; Mrs. and Miss Monroe
Niiss Halle Scott was tho guest this past
week of the Misses Talcott past
Miss Lilly Cary spcnt several days +bI,
weeks here, with Mr. and Mrs Lucien Carr
Polk Miller returned from an extended
Southern trip on Sunday.
Miss Carrie Moore is spending the week
end In Fredericksburg. the guest OF Miss
Miss Julia Powers is visiting relatives in
. Neville ii Montague, of Baltimore. spent a
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Jack, whom she is sending through
college a good, we'll meaning youth,
he has the unfortunate habit OF
smashing college windows and cab
mems faces. Aunt Mary stands by
MN throughout but the last straw
comes when he gets into an cntanGie-
ment with an adventures. the girl
from Kalamazoo" AUNT Mary disowns
him. Jack returns To the city, ana
inarrics the girl lie loves. The Girl
From Kalamazoo" threatens breach or
promise suit and all sorts Of things.
Aunt Mary is enticed % New York by
surreptitious letter saying Jack is
IN most prccarious condition with
the measles. Once arrived, Jack ana
three OF his college chums entertain
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:: AT THE THEATRES THIS WEEK ::
ACADEMY OF NUS,

ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Lucille LIN Verne Stock Company In
t0Thc Regeneration OF Aunt Mnry," all
the week, matinees Wednesday and
Saturday.
HIJOU THEATRE
1Quo yndis,' pictures, all the week.
matinee and night.
COLONIAL THEATRE.
Vaudeville.
EMPIRE THEATRE.
Tabloid Musical Comedy.
LITTLE THEATRE.
ORPHEUM THEATRE.
Vaudeville.
1.-THE Instrumentation of Aunt Mary
The voting contest for The most
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At the OrphcUm.

At the OrphcUm.
The management of tho Orpheum
announces that II has finally obtained
production that measures up to the
standard set by that theatre. For the
past two weeks disappointment has
crowned It's efforts and the produc-
tons billed we're Cancelled rather than
offer patrons n show below the aver.
age to be expected.
The attraction at the Orpheum for
this week will be the Allen Kenna
Company In musical comedy entitled
spending n Million" The company is
a large one for tabloid production.
and every detail in connection with
the attraction has been carried out on
mn extensive scale. The scenery and
the costumes are elaborate.
The Orpheum bill Will be entirely
changed on Thursday. The same com
pany will play but the show Will be
different In evtry particular. "Spend-
ing q Million" is full Of merrlment
and the musical comedy that follows
1t on Thursday will be equally as
good.
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La Verne is bringing another star in,
Tom Wise. who will play The Gentle
man From Miss ssippi."

"QCo Vadis.' Ut Dljou.
Tho Kleine-Cines photo drama OF
Quo Nadis," of which such glowing
accounts have been circulated since its
initial exhibition al the Astor Theatre.
New York City, has been booked for
an engagement at the Bjou Theatre
for one week with daily matinecs,
starting Monday.
quo Nadis." as projected on the
screen from those wonderful films
made In Rome, wildly visualize
In historically correct detail tHenryk
Sienkiewicz's powerful romance of the
Anal years OF the reign of Nero, the
last of the Caesars.
1t $ not possible TO recount IN cold
type the. absorbing interest that grips
The auditor while viewing this mas
terpieca in the art OF motion photo
sraphy. which. 10 obtain, must have
cost a fabulous sum.
The MANAGEMENT claims that the
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are recorded on eiaht reels. each Oh
which is mere tlran $500 teet IN
length. making an entertainment that
runs TO- tive hours and a talf. rv..ry
minus Of which holds the %uLftor
spellbound.
matit'.o ard night Reserved seats
for any Of the afternoon or evening
performances may be secured new at
popular prices.
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laush,sr and good cheer OF Aunt

laughter and good cheer OF Aunt
Mary's optimism.
In view OF Miss La Verne's unset
fish attitude in remaining in the back
ground or out Of the cast entirely
that the public might have the full
benefit of the stars and favorites she
had brought here. it will be crafty
Ing to her friends to know that when
given chance to vote. the public de-
mand I'd Miss La Verne in a star role.
And she will be at her best in the
quaint, lovable character of Aunt
Mary. Aunt Mary is we'll TO do
spinster living with n single senseless
maidservant on farm quite as quaint
and old fashioned as herself. She
hasn't been II. New York In years, and
is OF the firm conviction that "cities
are dens of iniquity" Her belief
along this line is strengthened some
what by tho behavior of her nephew.
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Tate. "Motor,nE" Colonial Comedy

Tntc's "Motoring" Colonial Comedy
Feature.
Popular all over the civilized world
and almost wholly confined in it's en-
hibitions TO the high price vaudeville
circuits. rates Motoring an automo-
bile comedy skit. has been arranged By
Wilmer, Vincent " Wells as the main
feature OF the now weeks vaudeville
BILL to open tomorrow for the week
at the Colonial. or English produc-
ton in the beginning and having
earned it's success before the crowned
heads of the British empire it's great
success has come TO 1t since it's first
Offering in the vaudeville theatres of
the United States few years ago.
With the present day popularity OF
automobiling, this side-spl,tting our
lesque OF the craze will carry double
value to autoists. while assuring q
laughing feast for -theatrcgoers. Five
comedians are engaged in. the p-esen-
tation.
Still another special feature Will
rest in the offering of Eldora & Com
pany and their comedy manipulation
of heavy weights OF all kinds. Strong
man iIldora, capable or prodisious
feats OF human physical perfection,
makes his otering more appealing by
reason Of the comedy work inter
polated.
Picking another classy Offering from
the biS-tlme circuits, there has been
engaged the Musical Alvinos an edu-
Gated musical pair displaying their
talents in the playing of some high
class instruments and the Offering or
many high-class and popular selcc-
tion..
From the Dooley family so popular
at the Colonial by reason of their
many appearances mere with the Mel,
ropolitan Minstrels. comes the eccen-
trio comedy entertainer, John Dooley.
an originator in style and delivery,
With a brand new monologue. parodtes
and songs. and his Scotch limitations
of the best class.
In Payne and Lee, bright ~oung
comedian and an attractive girl in the
classy singing and talking Offering
regularly expected from such combina-
lions, their Biliiken skit Will round
out the vaudeville portion OF the en-
tertainIrent.
Picture plays OF the best known
type will complete the program to be
offered three times each day. the mat
nee at o'clock and tho two night
performances at 1918 and 9 o'clock,
the see Yourself'' novelty adding
pleasure to the Thursday perform
ances, and the amateurs contributing
an added comedy touch to the Friday
night performances.
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At the Little Thentre.

At the Little Theatre.
The Modern Prodigel." a film story
that touches the heart and brings
throbs OF Joy to its auditors. VIII BE-
the special feature at the Little
Theatre to :ncrruw.
After passing through the tests of
Youthful folly. an only son redecms
himself from the letters of vice. and
In true prodigai fashion, returns to
his home and rescues his aged mother
from poverty aid want. Her faith
and love, so characteristic Of nuthers
the world over, are the i;.fiuc 1ces that
guide him back to manhood and hap
piness.
The special feature for Wednesday
will be the SeliG two-recT drama "a
Change Of Administration" a tiriely
feature based on the political patron
age.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-05-23

Many OF our readers will be glad to
hear that The homecoming letters are
bearing fruit. Numbers have respond
ed and we reproduce some who have al
ready accepted the invitation to be With
us at the fair next faI Union City
proposes to do the thing up brown II
entertaining our old time friends. We
want to welcome them back home again.
We are glad they are coming, and hope
that the visit will be one OF the events
OF lifetime. We are working on the
fair program now and hope to have
everything in good shape. The city will
have on its Sunday best clothes and
company manners One or two only
speak Of prior engagement, but we are
satisfied that this win be changed in
time. They certainly cannot resist the
appeal to come home again. Back
ward, turn backward, 0 time in your
fight and make me child again, just
for tonight" Maybe notso beautifully
painted is the picture, but the home
coming will call us back to the old
scenes and associations, SO much that
the ills Of age and time will be forgotten.
Remember we have just put on the
finishing touches OF the Great White
Way. We have enumerated many other
things in the letter mailed to old friends
and young ones We are beginning
now, right now, on our new concrete
walk system, to be largely finished by
fair time. We are going to have some
really interesting added attractions at
the fair. Maybe you think we won't,
but we are indeed. We are going to
put the big red apples on top this time,
and we are going TO have some more
big red apples in the bottom Of the
barrel. We are going to make this oc-
casion worth while or somebody will
know the reason why Come on with
your letters accepting the invitation
The others will be here and you can't
afford to stay at home. Anyone de-
string one Of the printed invitations to
mail relative or friend please call at
this office or on J. w. Woosley and get
it. Everybody should join in mailing
these invitations.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-05-23


has been some progress made along this
line. But the gentleman confined hisre-
marks altogether to the roads along the
Ievees. 0bion County has been making
progress in the road line, but she had a
long way to go and there still remain
some very primitive conditions in some
parts Of the county and on some Of the
roads. The levees are an example Of
this. II the statement is correctly re-
ported some Of the commissioners or
contractors should get busy. Remem-
Der il was agreed that springtime was
the time to work the roads-not after
crops were laid by. The road law was
drawn up to take care ofthis point. Are
we to continue violating the law. For
goodness sake. let's appoint somebody
who can spare the time from the farm
to look after the road. II we don't do
this the roads will continue to suffer
and Obion County will continue to drag
while other counties are coming to the
front.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-05-23

Speaking OF the roads, the county also
needs the high-school spirit. We need
high schools. We can educate our boys
and girls at home cheaper than sending
them to other points out OF the county
to school. Why not keep the money at
home and establish high schools 1t
will cost something in taxes, but the
money will be distributed in the county
instead Of being carried away never to
return. The cost win be less in any
event, and tho county will be benefited
an hundred fold. Obion County is
fully able to have high schools, and the
County Court should provide for them.