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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07
<<HTV o New York" says a swing
90 ing door in the more sub
terranean regions of the
great Ellis Island building.

great Ellis Island building.
The laconic label conveys
as little of the hopes and tragedies it
ends as of the hopes and tragedies 1t
begins, writes Frances A. Kellor, man.
aging director of the North American
Civic League for Immigrants, in the
New York Star. 1t is guarded by a
youth in blue uniform, who, develop
ing a slight interest in me after |
had been standing off at n side of
the door for several hours, nonchal-
antly explained, This here is the
most important job on the island
they only get past me If they've had
their slips marked o. X. for New
York upstairs" Here he deity ex-
tracted o. K. slips from the hands
of three bewildered Poles who had
reached him. Uncertain as to what
was wanted, and too overloaded with
bundles to hand over anything, they
had simply waited for him to take
any action that was to taken. lie
gave them a friendly shove toward
the door, and by a vigorous pantomime
tried to instruct the third to conceal
in an inside pocket the money which
he had been showing at the desk up.
stairs and which he still held un
rolled in his hand. But the Pole had
already showed his bundle through the
door; and realizing that this long cor
ridor leading to the dock was the
homestretch of his long adventure, he
was now moving on too quickly to
profit by advice or new ideas.
Many Are Detained.
This door into the New York world
is at the bottom of a long staircase
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07
rhe seaI,s Nentilatnr

Not many people know how the
seal of the tar North gets air when
the Arctic ocean is entirely covered
with many feet Of ice. The small
spotted seal, which is a hair seal, and
not a fur beaver. is the hardy dweller
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

A small electric fashlight, mounted
IN field glasses, is used in the Ger
nan army for night signalling for dis
tances up to six miles.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07
a Rural Industrv.

What's your husbands business?"
Fence polisher," replied the woman
in a sunbonnet.
NHow does he polish ~fences?"
Sitting on them"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

A New York inventor has patented
an attachment for talking machines
that repeats a record as long as the
mechanism is running.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

Ger was subduing johnson someone
else disappeared with the ham. 1t
will probably be years before this mat
ter is fully cleared up"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

In Poland schoolgirls are compelled
by law to wear their hair away back
from their faces and tied in the back
with a brown hair ribbon. They are
also forbidden to wear jewelry or
corsets until they have graduated.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

There are more than $4,000, 900
sheep in Australia and nearly 25,OOO,-
900 in New Zealand, or more than
eighteen for each resident.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

A wire lemon juice extractor has
been invented that resembles the ia.
miliar glass one with the advantage
of being unbreakable.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

trousers-he gave 1t to Delane to read,
who read: John Delane tells me such
is the case, but then he is such a id
liar that n doesn't know.'I
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

The germ theory of the transmits
sion Of contagious diseases was n
tertained as far back as 1867, when
the plague ravaged Rome.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

1t is reported hat the surface of
the Caspian, which is 81 meters under
the %surface'o the sea, has, since the
summer of 1910, been continually
sinking, and that it is gradually be-
coming %inconvenient for navigation.
A commission has been appointed to
study the subject.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

Representatives Of the Negro
churches of Germantown held a big
celebration in the ancient Mennonite
church, Germantown avenue and Her
man street, says the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. The old church was selected
for the reason that the communion
table in that church is said to be the
table upon which the Germantown pio-
neers of 1888 wrote the first public
protest in America against human
slavery.
Rev. Morton Winston, pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist church, West Ritten-
house street, presided. The visitors
were welcomed by the pastor of the
Mennonite church, Rev. ]. W. Baylay.
Addresses were delivered by Rev. E.
w. Moore, Rev. w. A. Credit, Rev. J..
c.. Jackson, Rev. j. NJ. Moses, Rev. e.
w. Johnson and Rev C. H. Blackwell.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

Chile will raise $1O,219,6 $50 this year
for improvements on state railways
and $22, 921,215 for betterments will
be raised in the next fixe years.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

Recent developments seem to indi-
cate that the first newspaper in Eng
lish was printed in 1920 in Amsterdam.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

County Treasurer Guillian of Au-
burn, Neb., received a request from a
haywood man for statement of his
personal taxes for 1883, because his
conscience was troubling him.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

The Yukon Territorial council re-
Gently passed an ordinance regulating
the black fox industry and prohibiting
generally the expectation of foxes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07
INTERNATIONAL.
NNMYSQ1OOL
LESSON

CBy e. Q. SELLERS. Acting Director sun
DAY School Course. Moody Bible Insti-
tute, Chicago.)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-07

LESSON TEXT-Gal. CLIO.
GOLDEN TEXT-whatsoeyer a man
soweth. hat shall he also reap.-Gal 81.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29
CLARk'S FRIENDS
LAUNCHING BOOM
FOR NOMINATION
Washington Gossip Is That
President Wilson at Proper
Time Will Step Out of Way
in Favor Of Mr.. Bryan

Washington, Dec. 2s.--The opposition
within the Democratic party to the
denomination of President wilson APP
pears to be crystaiizing around Champ
Clark Speaker of the House OF Repre-
sentatives, whose friends have always
insisted that he was entitled to the
nomination at the Baltimore conVen-
ton. where he received a majority OF
the votes cast in the convention on
repeated ballots, and finally failed be-
cause of his inability to obtain two
thirds of the delegates.
Speaker Clark has been receiving
letters and kilograms from his admirers
in various parts OF the Union urging
him to be a candidate for the nomi-
nation in 1916.
Mr.. Clark himself Is not discussing
presidential booms.
Speaker Clerks friends who are try
ing to start a boom for him intend to
assume that the President means to
abide by the one-term plank in the
Baltimore platform. as they con-
strue it. and that he will not be a
candidate again.
Speaker Clark Is not expected to
make any public announcement of his
candidacy 1t would not be necessary.
according to those who are interested
in the movement. There Is lurking
suspicion in the minds of many OF
Speaker Clark's followers that Mr.
Bryan expects TO be the legatee OF
President Wilson in the campaign OF
1915, and that at the proper time this
will be made clear by the President
voluntarily getting out OF all considera-
ton for the nomination In 1916, and
Mr. Bryan stepping into the breach.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29
SOUTHSlDE
OLD MANCHESTER
LODGE BANQUET

Three hundred Masons members or
Manchester Lodge Of Masons. No. IA,
and their guests, last night sat down
to a weli-covered banquet table ana
Toasted. 1t was the annual celebra-
ton of ST. Johns Day by the South
side Masons, and it is said to be the
l15tsa occasion of the kind IN the his
tory of the lodge. The banquet, as
usual, was held in the Southstde Ma
sonic Temple, Cowardin Avenue and
Hull Streets.
Numerous orators expressed their
sentiments at meeting together once
again and sharing in sne annual feast
OF 'possums.
Considerable time has been spent by
Masons in figuring out just how the
possum banquets originated. One,
however, which has stood bravely the
test OF the censors, is to the effect
that about a century ago the South
side Masons were in dire straits and
the treasury was so depleted that the
members could not afford to have
their usual feast on ST. Johns night.
The situation was SO acute that 1t was
most probable that the lodge would
be unable to finance the feast. How
ever, their steward. in the nick or
time. captured a fat 'possum, and the
lodge had Its banquet
To this day, every St. Johns night
the Manchester Lodge of Masons has
a banquet and opossum has had the
place of honor on the festive board.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29
SNOW WHITE"
PROVES POPULAR

Certainly not wEfain recent years, X
ever before. has Richmond audi
ence been treated 10 a more finished
or a more enhancing performance
than was offered by the Grayce Scott
Players at the Bijou Theater last
night. when Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs" was presented. II
takes q particularly stout heart to at
tempt anything so pretentious as
SNOW White and the Seven Dwarfs."
and for this stout-hearted Manager
Dewitt Newing is to be commended,
but II takes an even stouter heart and
most daring person to assume the
responsibility OF staging such a pro-
duction and OF rehearsing the sew
eral characters so, that they could
give a well-nigh letter perfect per-
formance. For this last bit of crafts
manship let us doff our hats to Arthur
Berthelet. stage director OF the Grayce
Scott Players.
There may have been times within
the memory of the man who first set
tied in Richmond. when better per-
formances have been given. but 1t is
certainly not within the recollection of
this chonicler of events. 1t was PAN
Drama of beauty. from the curtain in
the first act to the final curtain In the
last act when Snow White is welded
The maids of honor. the dwarfs. and
In fact each and every member of the
company acquitted themselves in such
wonderful fashion that 1t would be
more than an ordinary task to bestow
praise wherever praise was due. The
youngsters disported themselves with
all the assurance and with much more
Of the positive ness that Is supposed to
pertain only TO the trained and school,
ed, than the average professional.
Miss Scott made delightful and
charming Snow White. She acted the
part intelligently and with that touch
of childhood, which only the real
actress can give. She won the house
at the very first and she kept Its APP
prevail until the last. Mr.. Warner
was more than an acceptable Prince
Florimond: he actually brought the
cart out of fairyland and gave 1t a
naturalness that required much SKILL
Miss Perry, as the wicked queen, was
a real delight and her beauty, as well
as her acting ability made a distinct
and a well deserved hit. Mr.. Newing
as the pompous and important court
chamberlain got every whit Of comedy
out OF the part that It contained. In
fact there isn't quite praise enough
left to do justic to each and every
member of the company.
There will be matinees daily and
the night performances will begin at
s O'Clock because of the length of the
performances.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29
UNITED STATES
WARNS BRITISH
AMERICAN COMMERCE HAS NOT
BEEN PROPERLY TREATED
BY BELLIGERENTs.
MUST CHANGE COURSE
WHILE REPRESENTATIONS ARE
MADE IN FRIENDLY SPIRIT, Ma
TONS AT WAR MUST RECoG-
ME- NEUTRALs' RIGHTS
MUST CHANGE COURSE

Washington, Dec 2s.--The United
States government today dispatched
long note to Great Britain insisting
upon an early improvement in the
treatment Of American commerce by
the British feet.
II gave warning that much feeling
had been aroused in this country, and
that public criticism was general over
unwarranted interference with the
legitimate foreign trade of the United
States.
The document constituting the
strongest representation on this sub
ject made by the United States to any
of the belligerents since the outbreak
Of the war. was cabled to Ambassador
Page, to be formally presented to Sir
Edward Grey, the British foreign
secretary. Its preparation was begun
a month ago by Solicitor Johnson.
Counsellor Robert Lansing, and Secre-
tary Bryan, and finally, during the
last two weeks, had the personal at
tention of President Wilson himself,
who revised it's phraseology with
minute care.
Made In Friendly Spirit.
The note declares at the outset that
the representations are made in
friendly spirit, but that the United
States considers 1t best to speak in
terms of frankness lest silence be con-
strued as an acquiescence in policy
on the part Of Great Britain which
infrlnged the rights of American
citizens under the laws of nations.
Since France has made practically
the same DEGREES on contraband as
has Great Britain, today's note is
virtually a statement intended for all
the members OF the triple entente.
Reimbursement alone for cargoes
unlawfully detained or seized, it
states, does not remedy the evil. as
the chief difficulty is the moral effect
Of British practice on American ex-
porters who are restrained by 1t from
taking risks or hazards which IN no
case ought to surround legitimate
trade between the United States and
other neutral countries.
Refers to Past Policy.
Reference is made in the note to
the high principles OF equity which
have actuated Great Britain in her
mpionship in the past of the free
dom of the seas TO neutral commerce,
and the hope is expressed that even
though n belllgerent herself. she will
realize the seriousness to the neutrals
of continued interference.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29
BOULDER KILLS
COLORADO GIRL

Denver, Colo, Dec. 2s.--Word re-
ceived here this evening from George
town. Colo. that a boulder weighing
a ton. detached itself from slide Of
rock rushing down the Republican
Mountain, crashed into The residence
OF State Senator Barney OConnell,
early this morning, and killed his
daughter. Sarah O'Connell. known as
the most beautiful girl in Georgetown.
Mrs. 6'Conneil. who was sleeping be-
side her daughter. was Slightly in
jured. The rock demolished a large
part Of the house.
Three other houses In the path Of
the slide were shattered. one Of these
being the home Of Mrs. Place, where
1t tore through the roof and ceiling
and buried her seven-year-o son
under mass OF plastering. The rock
tore its way thrnngh= the house ana
crashed out through the front door.
The boy escaped serious injury.
Ice freezing in rock crevices and
causing them to expand Is believed to
have dislodged the huge mass OF
boulders.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29

leo which IL now controlled by Car
rama. ~
The Carranza agency here today de-
clared II had reliable advfces that the
villa forces were evacuating Mexico
City and hasteninE northward to pre-
vent the cutting Of communications in
the vicinity Of Torreon. The agency
also declared that Gutierrez had fed
from Mexico City and that he would
soon offer HIS services to Carranza. The
villa garrison at Torreon, this report
asserted. is in revolt. State Depart
ment advices do not bear out the re-
ports, particularly with respect to the
situation in Mexico City.
The villa agency here was prepared
with deniaIs OF these reports and also
OF reports that villa had taken issue
with Gutierrez. over the policy as to
executions Of political offenders.
The State Department has been on
ciaily advised of the withdrawal OF
Maytorena's forces from the imme-
date vicinity of Naco.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29
BALTIMORE PROTEST
To Be HEARD JAN 6
LEIGH r.. PAGE AND EPPA HUNToN
REPRESENT CITY IN RESERVE
BANK FIGHT.

The case for Richmond In the hear
ing before the Federal Reserve Board
at Washington Wednesday. January 6,
of the protest of Baltimore bankers
against the designation of Richmond
as the location for the Federal Reserve
Bank for the Fifth Reserve District,
will be handled by Attorneys Leigh r
Page and Eppa Hunton, II was an
nounced yesterday.
The protest of Baltimore was en-
tered shortly after the Reserve Bank
had been awarded to Richmond, and
its brief supporting it's protest, claim
ing financial and Industrial superiort-
ty of Baltimore over Richmond, was
filed several weeks ago. The reply of
Richmond to the Baltimore brief has
been filed with the Federal Reserve
Board. which body recently designated
January as the date for the hear
ing. Richmond, in its reply, again
set forth the facts upon which the
award OF the Reserve Bank to Rich
mond was based by the organization
committee. and further incorporated In
its reply the statement of Secretary
McAdoo. made before Congress setting
forth the reasons why the board ia
yored Richmond over Baltimore. The
superiority of Richmond over Balti-
more as southern banking center.
and one convenient to the great ma
jority of all member banks in the
district. is also set forth.
The successful operation Of tho Fed
eral Reserve Board. since 1t began
business here, is regarded as another
strong point in favor OF Richmond. AT
any rate bankers and business men of
Richmond and of other cities in the
Fifth District are not worrying over
the outcome of the protest. believing
that the hearing will bring out facts
more strongly In favor OF Richmond
than were shown when the boards de-
cision was reached.
Five of the member banks of this
district yesterday petitioned the board
to transfer them to the district In
which Cleveland Is the Reserve Bank
city, These banks are located In the
extreme western part of West vir-
ginta, and are 100 miles nearer to
Cleveland than to Richmond. The Pc
tition was not unexpected. It was con-
sidered but n natural thing that In
distributing the country's banks. a big
undertaking, a few of the banks, after
time. might be transferred to other
districts to their greater advantage
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29
WILL BUILD BIBLE
HOUSE At PACIFIC
ENTRANCE To CANAL
Purpose Is to Furnish Copy of
Holy Book to Every Sailor
of Every Nation Passing
Through Waterway

Z New York. Dec 28.---A Bible House,
similar to the one conducted by the
British and Foreign Bible Society at
Port Said, on the Suez Canal in Egypt.
is being splanned for the Pacific en-
trance to the Panama Canal The
building, to cost sac, 900. will be erected
by the American Bible Society in Bal
boa. and when Colonel Goethals. Gov
ernor of the Canal Zone, returns to
Panama he will be accompanied by
James Wood. President of the Society,
who will visit Balboa to select a site
building.
The purpose OF the Bible House is
to distribute to every sailor on every
ship entering or leaving the canal a
Bible printed in the individuals own
language. Motor boats laden with the
books will await the coming of the
vessels In the harbor and will go out
to meet them. A representative of
the American Bible Society will board
the ship and hand out the Bibles.
AS soon as the site Is definitely
decided upon the work on the build
ing will be rushed, and the first ship
ment of 100000 Bibles printed In 1871
different languages will be sent 1t
was decided to locate the distributing
station on the Pacific end OF the canal
as the trustees of the society believe
that Balboa viii become the main ter
minal OF the great waterway.
Since the Inauguration Of the idea
at the opening of the Suez Canal. mill
lions of Bibles have been distributed
by the combined Bible societies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29

fused to confirm or deny, but said his
version OF the affair would be told in
full at the inquest Wednesday.
The Canadian authorities posted a
notice several weeks ago that bearing
Of firearms in Dominion territory dur
ing the war period would not be per-
mitted. The Canadian militia have
been keyed to a highly nervous state
by reQuent unwarranted reports that
public works along the frontier were
TO be dynamited by enemies
Dorsch Tells His Story.
DorscE toll his story of the shooting
At the hospital tonight.
s'we were I'm the river Mt dayhreak
but the shooting was NO good and we
begun to work our way downstream.
About 10 o'clock / got on a grounder,
n cake OF Ice stuck In the river bed
and the strong current carried Smith
and the boat downstream.
Suddenly three or four. maybe Eve.
soldiers and lot of people appeared
running on the bank about six hun
bred yards away The soldiers began
to shoot, but didn't think they were
Shooting at MS until bullets began TO
spastrr on the ice all around Then
realized that was a target and held
UP my hands though To myself that
IL struck by bullet | would fall on
@the Ice, not IN the water
II could hear the soldiers yelling
hnt couldn't understand their words
Ny partner was trying hard 70 make
land and he got close enough to take
me i'm the boat. Three seconds later
something ripped through my arm
As feieI saw my partner doubled up.
hnt dill not know he was dead until
later
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-29
RAILROADS CARRY
MANY AT CHRISTMAS
TRAFFIC EXCEEDED
EXPECTATIONS OF LOCAL
AGENTS OF ROAD.

All railroads operating In and out
OF Richmond report that they cars
ried more passengers at the present
holiday season than they had antics
pated In nearly every instance the
crowds handled were up to the aver
were larger and in others slightly
smaller.
Thousands or PERSONS came to Rich-
mond to spend their holidays at home.
Thousands of others went to the Caro-
linas or into other parts of the State
of Virginia to visit relatives or former
homes. Travel between Richmond
and Baltimore by the West Point
route of the Southern largely exceeds
ed expectations. Passenger traffic, IL
was stated at the local passenger of
fees Of the several railroads yester-
day, is still heavy.
THE travei at Christmas" said II.
L. Bishop. OF the Southern Railway.
was about as large as was that OF q
year ago. There may have been q
decrease In the total passengers cars
ried. but the decrease is insignificant
The West Point route to Baltimore
proved very popular and business III
that direction was largely increased
ut will be difficult to make an ac-
lcurate statement of the number OF
passengers carried this Christmas sea-
son until the monthly report Is re-
Iceived," said c, p. Shaw. assistant city
ticket agent of the A. c. L. In Rich
mond. Passenger traffic was heavy
and much of it Is still going on. Many
are turning in the direction OF Florida,
and from next Monday, when the start
Of the New York and Florida special,
on to April /, we expect to bring into
Richmond many tourists who stop
over here. either going or returning"
The N. & w. c. & o., Seaboard and
r., F. & P. also report larger pas
senger traffic during the holidays than
expected.