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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
pecially when 1t is known that an

pecially when it IL known that an
other Of Mr.. Wakefield's musical sue
cesses, namely, "Me,Him ana IT, still
stands In musical comedy lovers
minds as one OF the real comedies
that has played this city in the past.
Frank l. Wakefield (himself) heads
the coterie OF clever performers, who
entertain throughout two acts OF In
teresting and amusing comedy He
has been we'll known for years. both
on the ''two-a-day-stage' and the mu-
steal comedy field for his charactsri-
ration OF dope nsnd. and. although
his personality would permit to de-
lineate any role In the realm OF COM
edy that might be assigned him.
he has again been given his favorite
role, that Of steve Hickey. the Dope"
He 10 ably assisted In the comedy
end Of tho entertainment By Jack MIL
Ter. Frank W. Martin. Russell II. Fill.
Jean Schiller. ana John Burke. Dolly
Sweet. Maisie LEatrange. Rene Coop
er, Monica Redmond and BeAtEtco
York acceptably handle the fsnihtna
parts One Of the strong features of
tlats plaAltng conaady = tn e1euph-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15

featured with the best local talent
that could be secured. will be great
performance. Proceeds from the
show will go TO the charity fund OF
TIE Elka Every Christmas the local
lodge sends out baskets to the poor
Of the city.
A play of political corruption in
large cities Is THE Man of the Hour.
Miss LaVerne will have James Mar
Gus To take the leading part Of Horri-
gan. the political boss. The Man OF
the Hour" is one of George Broad
bursts Greatest plays.
When Henry +. Dixey made his ap
paarance in Mary James Pa ha
made a great success and one which
brought hts name 70 the top of Thea.
terdom. This comedy VIII be featured
by Miss Grayce Scott at her play
house this week.
frank Wakefield. who wrote THE
Girls from Joyland." is playing the
leading role IN this extravaganza
which will occupy the boards at the
Eijou theatre this week.
Manager Rex, OF the Lyric, Is Offer
ing great vaudeville bill to his pat
rons this week Crouch and WEIGH
ANA the Six Military Dancers will fea
Bijou Theater this week.
Ncptune's Daughter.
The story of Neptune's Daughter.
In which Annctte kel,erman, the wo-
man with the most perfect feminine
form in rie world, posed in the role
of mortal and mermaid through the
three months required to secure the
pictures. is a surprisingly beautiful
one. The scenes are laid in King Nep-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15

SINNERS record is bad she determines
to use her influence to defeat him.
Her husband now returns, She at nrst
orders him out Of the house. but final
I ly, half in Jest. offers to let him stay
lie he will let her go on with the news
paper while he takes charge OF the
kitchen. cooking having always been
one of his accomplishments. Much to
her surprise the husband agrees to
The proposition. He consents to be-
come the hired girl at $40 month
and Thursdays off. A man In the
house of the supposed Widow Per-
kins is food for gossip.
AS may be imagined. the community,
unaware of the mans actual identity,
is scandalized. and finally, melted by
Skinner, makes an attack on the print
ing shop and starts to run the family
out of town. In the meantime, how
ever, Hiram has written a book which
brings him his first material prosper
ity, and latent paternal instinct has
been touched by the tenderness OF his
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15

Grayce Scott Players, feels that he is
giving the Richmond public a real
treat
Mary James Pa" tells the story or
shiftless. irresponsible adventurer,
Hiram Perkins, who. with much book
learning and kindness of heart. has
wanderlust In his veins and goes away
for II years. leaving his wife Portia
and two children to shift for them
selves in little Western town. The
wife, being resourceful woman and
having had some experience at her
husbands trade-he was a printer be-
fore he wandered oH-continues the
printing office and becomes self-sup
porting In addition to job work she
publishes paper and furnishes the
little community with news.
Portia does not know whether her
husband is dead or alive, but she has
refused to listen TO the advances of
Rome rPeston, a young lawyer. who
ls now a candidate for the Legislature
in opposition to one Joel Skinner. As
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
AT THE THEATERS

Academy-Monday. Tuesday and
fednesday, matinee and night per
FINANCES, Annette Kellermann In
fotion pictures.
Thursday and F'riday--Elks Min
teis.
Empire week. Lucille Laverne
|mpans. The Man OF the Hour"
iai--Grayce Scott company.
Nary James Pa"
E4iou Earlesaue extravaganza,
The Girls from Joyland."
Lyric-keith vaudeville and pic
hes.
Variety is a byword in the outlook OF
r PLAYS and players that wilt amuse
~sH'aul this week. With Annette
fiia;mann IN motion pictures return
to the Academy of Music. George
foadhUrgts comedy drama, The
an 81 the Hour" at the Empire.
Harry James Ia" at the Colonial.
fIesoue at the Bljou. vaudeville a.
= Lyric. and motion picture houses
anging programs daily this can't be
|nied When Il IL added that the
KS will give their great minstrel
pw on Thursday and Friday at the
ademy Il is assured.
fhen the kellermann pictures were
bwu al the Biiou Theater last sum-
rrnw9s were turned away ht
ery performance. The scenes de-
|ted or thu screen are wonderful,
4 Il large cast of expert swim .ner>
IN the films. Manager Wise. OF
Academy. promises popular pr.ces
Those who want TO see IT,
rie minstrel show which Is TO be
on by the Elks. and which will be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15

A galaxy or musical comedy and
vaudeville stars, who have long scin-
tillated brilliantly and individually,
will do so collectively when TIVE
Girls From Joyland" appear at the
BiJou Theater tomorrow for weeks
engagement with the usual Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday matinees. The
gathering of these celebrities insures
an entertainment of exceptional merit
one that has made IL admittedly the
best musica. extravaganza now tour
ing the country
1.-THE Girls From Joyland" IL new
In its entirety--scenic investfture,
marvelously beautiful wardrobe ana
Electrical effects. But paramount to
these, an q means of melting encomi-
ums from enthusiastic auditoriums,
ara the exceptionally we'll balanced
cast Of principals and the bevy OF
beautiful bits OF femininity, who COM
bine in producing q delectab,e enter
tainment that 10 said to transcend its
predecessors presented under the same
nam0 by Frank T.. Wakefield, the Aa-
thor. That statement alone 10 enough
to assure the theAtcrg0srs Of Rich
ncnd Whist = - stocs xcr tbosn, -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15

younger daughter. Mary Jane. while
his wife's bravery and her womanli-
ness have found response in his own
innate nobleness of character.
De Witt Newing. as the erring but
repentant father, will have one OF the
best parts OF his career. while Miss
Scott, Mr.. Warner. Mr.. Riddell. Mr..
Basset. Miss Ball and Miss Perry. to-
gether with the other favorites OF the
company. will be seen In highly pleas
Ing roles. The settings will be excep-
tionally handsome and the scene in the
printing Office Is sure to attract con-
siderable attention. Mr.. Berthelet
promises another spectacular produc-
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-29
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HIS LONG PULL"
BY n. NJ. EGBERT.

Nobody knew why Hawkins, the
factory clerk, was a permanency with
the Copperplate & Tin company. but
it was vaguely surmised that he had
some sort of pull there. Hawkins
was an embittered man; it was said
that he had been the inventor of the
copperplate process, and that old
Green, the millionaire bachelor who
owned the factory and spent his life
abroad, had jockeyed him out Of 1t
and given him life job at hundred
a month in partial amends. But Green
had not been in the factory for
years. The works had automatically
continued under the charge Of the ex-
perienced men who operated them,
and Green was satisfied to draw his
hundred thousand annual profits and
leave the operations alone.
The only change made within the
past seven years had been the arrival
Of the new superintendent, Blair, and
the vacancy which he filled had been
caused by the death of his predeces-
sor.
Times were comparatively hard, and
old Hawkins was certainly valueless
to the firm. Blair spoke to Adkin, his
assistant.
Say, what sort of pull has that
old duffer?' he asked. What's this
l hear about his being a friend Of Mr..
Green? l have had no instructions
about him."
"Why-he's a sort Of FIXTURE" said
Adkins. "A friend of the old mans
once, l believe Everybody knows
that he's not to be fred"
well. I'm going to call that bluff, =
said Blair Out he goes at the end
of the month. Besides. even II the
bluffs true, guess Mr.. Green has for
gotten him, and by the last reports
he isn't we'll enough to care. Poor
old chap, they say he can't live more
than a few months"
This referred to Green. not to
Hawkins. Hawkins was fifty, and
hale and hearty, one OF those lean
men who wither up rather than die,
and then not till they are advanced
in years. Nobody ever spoke to
Hawkins. because his Crouch" was a
permanent one. At least, he did have
enc friend-little Miss Smith, In the
bookkeeping department.; but by a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-29

mutual arrangement they never ad
dressed each other in Office hours
Nobody knew that for nearly ten
years Hawkins had taken Miss Smith
for walk in the park every Sunday
afternoon, supping with her at cheap
restaurant afterward, and bidding her
good-by at the door of her flat. Miss
Smith was thirty-seven and prim. She
would have died with shame had any.
body known that she had a gentle
man friend"
Hawkins had never said word to
Miss Smith about the terms of his
engagement. That was part Of the
contract between himself and Green.
me boy" said the genial old scoun-
drel, when Hawkins was thirty-two
and was planning to fight Green for
the patent rights, me boy, don't be a
domn fool Come in with me. It'll
mean a hundred month to yez for
life, and-and I'll raise ye."
And Hawkins, desperately poor, was
forced to yield.
If only Hawkins were head of the
factory! He would show them how
it should be run. He knew every
process in every department; he had,
indeed, made a study of it with a
view to some day starting rival con-
Germ with his new patent. But the
years rolled by, other inventions had
taken the wind out of his sail, and
Hawkins was fifty.
I'D show them thing or two" he
told Miss Smith. only the preceding
Sunday Il wouldn't spend my life
abroad with this fine property run
ming down."
What would you do, Mr.. Haw-
kins?" inquired Miss Smith, She was
deeply interested in Hawkins
schemes.
First thing Id fire Blair and Ad-
kins," answered Hawkins. And then
Fd-I'd-"
Suddenly he was conscious that he
was looking at Miss Smith In a way
which that lady had never expert.
enced-at least from him, for she
turned awa.- with a blush that left
her scarlet. And Hawkins, In the
greatest embarrassment, babe her
goodnight at her door.
When he got home the Sunday after
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-20

tablished the principle that Ill contrdctA
combinations or purchases, whether In
manufAetpre or commefce, acflng in nm
reasonable restraint Of tFo1e, wero uu-
lawful under the sherman act
Aesuisitson lsade Lawful.
During all this period in which the
Knight case steod unreserSed (nine years
IL We count up to the Northern Securities
case or sixtssn years II up to the stand
ard on and Tobacco cases). every cit-
ixen,s declared Mr.. Victor Morawets in
his admirable review OF the cases. war
entitled to assume that the acquisition
by an Industrial corporation Of property
Of its competitors in business. or the
stocks OF competing corporations. was
lawful, though the result might be to
monopolixe trade or commerce In the
products Of the combined companiesa
Duri3g all this period. 1t was the duty Of
every lawyer to advise his clients that
such acquisition was not prohibited by
the ANTITRUST act Of 1880"
Granted that the later decisions OF the
Supreme Court have clarified the Sher-
man law and have more completely real.
ixed the Intentions Of Congress In pass
ing II than did the earlier decision in the
Knight case, It should not be overlooked
that at least for nine years the earlier
decision was the law of the land. While
II 10 regrettable that the Supreme Court
left its decision In the knight case un-4
reversed for 80 many years, II Is unjust
to class as malefactors the business men
who effected big combinations during
the period In which that Interpretation
was the law.-Leslie's.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-20
SUNDAY. SCHOOL FRAT
CONVENTION TOMORROW
Phi Mu Sigma Delegates Will Meet
with Local Alpha Chapter for
Three Days Session.

The Phi Mu Sigma Sunday School Fra
ternity viii hold its first annual conven-
ton in this city for three days. beginning
tomorrow. The sessions will be held at
Mount Vernon Place NJ. E. Church South.
where is located Alpha Chapter Of the
fraternity. l,
Following Is the program Of the con-
vention:
Sunday-s:D e. m, Every member In his own
Sunday school class; q m, annual sermon by
Rev. E. X. Hardin. pastor of Mount Vernon Place
II. z. Church. South; 10 p. m. sermon at Met
ropolitan n. Z Church by Rev. DR.. ]. Shera
Montgomery, pastor Of the church.
Mondays T. m, business session, reports Of
presidents; IL noon adjournment for lunch hour;
p. m, business session; p m. installation Of Til
Omicron' Chapter.
Tuesday-s q. m, business session: Il noon ad-
journment; ., m. moonlight excursion. steamer
81. Johns.
The fraternity has ten local chapters
and a liberal representation from each
will be in attendance at the conventions
Louis F. Brooks and Leslie r. Roberts
will represent Alpha Chapter, of Louisi-
ana, at the convention.
The object of the fraternity Is to hold
the young men in the Sunday schools and
eventually lead them into church mem
bership. The fraternity is interdenomina-
donal and national.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-20
x
BUSINESS WORLD
LEGALLY FORMED
Supreme Courts Decision IN
Knight Case Permitted
Combinations.
REVERSAL CAME LATE
Corporations We're Advised BY Law
yers Of Their Powers to Acquire
Competing Concerns.

Come, let US reason together. The peo-
pie OF this country do not understand
the trust cases Do the people know that
when these great industrial oombina-
lions were formed, every one Of the
abiest lawyers in the United States de-
clared they were legally and properly
constituted. that they were not in viola.
ton of the Sherman iaw7
The decision Of the United States 81
preme Court in the famous Knight case
was the basis OF this Judgment. The
Sherman antitrust act was passed IN
1880 Five years later the Supreme Court
interpreted the law in the knight case,
and for nine years this stood as the &C
cepted law of the land. It was during
this period, UP to q new Interpretation
of the law in the Northern Securities
case In 1901, that most Of the great COM
binations were effected.
The knight case was q suit brought by
the government under the Sherman law
to declare unlawful and to set aside the
purchase by the American Sugar Rein
ing Company of four independent sugar
refining companies located in Philadel-
phia.
Power Given Sugar Trust.
The court found that the acquisition
gave to the. American Sugar Refining
SOfupdIy NEARLY COiIplclS CUnIIot VI
the manufacture Of refined sugar within
the United States" and that the COM
panies In the merger had been in COM
petition in selling their products. Under
the present Interpretation of the Sher-
man law, the government could not
have had a clearer case, but at thar
time, 1885, the Supreme Court, eight of
the nine Judges concurring. held that the
government could not maintain its suit
fro- 1nof- AZ
ton made by the court between manu-
facture and commerce. 1t was held that
commerce succeeds to manufacture, ano
Is not a part of it," and that "the DOW
er to regulate commerce is the power to
prescribe the rule by which commerce
shall be governed, and Is a power in
dependent of the power to suppress mo-
nopoly." 1t was held that the Constitu-
ton did not give Congress the power to
Prohibit the acquisition by one company
OF the control of competing manufactur-
ing companies, and that the Sherman
act was not aimed at manufa curing but
at interstate commerce
The ruling that contracts for the sale
and transportation OF articles to other
States Games under the act, but that CON-
binations simply to control manufacture
were not in violation of the act, remain
ed the law for over nine years. or until
the decision in the Northern Securities
case In the government cases against
the Trans-Missouri Freight Association
in 1896, against the Joint Trafic Associa-
ton in 1885, and against the Addyston
Pipe and Steel Company In 1899, the de-
cision in the knight case was quoted by
the Supreme Court with approval In the
Northern Securities case, and later still
and more specifically In the Standard Oil
and Tobacco cases, the Supreme Court es-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-20
CITIZENS WILL ORGANIZE.
East Washington Civic Associa tioI
Adopt Consultation Tonight.

The East Washington Civic Association
will meet tonight in Whithaff's Hall. 3os
B street southeast, for the purpose of
effecting a permanent organization. The
association will be nonpartisan and will
not be afflliated with any church.
H. F. Lowe, principal. Of the Lenox
School, has been elected temporary
chairman, and Ashby Jump temporary
secretary and treasurer. The organiza-
ton committee. which win report a con-
stitution and bylaws. is composed OF
Matthew E. OBrien. chairman; Misses
Bessie stenile and Edith Mcdonald.
Charles K. Hoover and A. L Baldwin.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-20

anaes punishment bands adn tipped conine tails coffin BATH the
condemned all of fendHh his fell
including practically
book aboard) wonderful strides which
the Convict Ship Boston visited 271 including
officials In York
visited by
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-20
THE
BRITISH

This wonderful vessel has made history through three centuries She marked
Enands held
Black
Hole
Ship Success rides the today the Potomac did when she
sailed the 1870 D. She is unchanged after all
nothing being omitted but her human and their from the
in
original all gloomy the whipping branding on the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-20

The Worlds Greatest Men Have Written Volumes About Her!
the
Are Now FumanP ogess
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-19

Eight years ago almost to a day
 Representative William Randolph Hearst introduced in the Fifty ninth congress "a bill to enable the United States to acquire, maintain and oper- ate electric telegraphs," etc. The bill very carefully provided a specific
 method of fair, legal purchase of "any
 or all existing lines" and their opera
 ton for the benefit of the people as
 the postofflce Is
 Rates were to be adjusted to pro- vide a reasonable profit to pay off the government bonds isued at popular
 subscription to buy the telegraph or telephone systems.
 A stand-pat republican congress re- earded Mir. Hearst's bill as dangerous it not revolutionary.
 It was neither dangeraus nor revo- h rtionary, nor impracticable. but only Tew-like the Panama canal. election ,f United States senators. direct pri-
 maries, income tax, and so many other
 things that Mir. Hearst advocated long in advance of their realization. Mir. Hearsts bill of eight years ago was reintroduced in substance In the Sixtieth and SiXty-first congress. Two years ago, Postmaster General
 Hitchcock. a republican. recommended | 1t In q report to President Taft and to
 CT gross.
 Today democratic postmaster gen. l eral makes the recommendation the | principal feature of his annual report President Wilson approves 1t hl principal although he has not passed
 In any tlll in detail.
 RepresentatiI Lewis. of Maryland | tD whose energy and persistency we
 owe the p:,rcc: post law, is at work or
 the bill fer carly presentation to con. gress. :; will first be submitted to the lemC cratic caucus. Whether approv- .d this ;n'u or not, it Is sure tc become 'aw.
 TLe telegraph, the telephone, tho
 nail. Ill owEed by the government
 al: operated together, united in one
 system.
 The United States has thus talked government ownership for eight years but England las-since MT. Hearstf bill was Introduced in c3agress-ac-
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-19

'ual;y accomplished it. The meth ,d adoIt,d was substantially that su = SCstcd in the Hearst bill The gov Prrment cf | eat Britain {, ok poss % sion "t all lpc telephones lds yi.av.
 Competition is impossible between telephone companies. There Is no more excuse for two telephone or two telegraph companies in the same place than for two postotilces side by side. Duplication of offices is wastteful. The telephone now reaches more remote and more numerous places than the telegraph. The postofflce is even more universal! Every postoffice can be the communicating nerve center of every cCmmunity-with the choice always a. hand of the slow malls, the quick CT telegraph or the telephone capable ot annlhllating both time and space.
 Ths combination Is inevitable. It's realization is much more difficult now than 1t would have been when Mir Hearst first advocated 1t, because much more expensive. Representative Lewis estimates the cost at nine hun dred million dollars. Where will the money come from" All the monev- cCnters of the world could not furnish so great a sum at the present junctura even the richest nation of the earth The development of the telephone has heen pushed in tie past decade by men of great genius who have spent spent more than S500.OO0,000 and made l. as easy for the New York business Chicago Kanas City or Denver. 2,000 miles away. as to the man In the next room. The chief telephone system new has 5O026 stockholders. and the siC cks and bonds outstanding amount to $637,59O,27. The independent tele- phone companies not identified with the American Telegraph an Tele- phone have stocks and bonds amount ing to $322, ,965 5SS more, according Q the census figures
 The total $1,O1O.555,S36 of the tele- phone securities alone (excluding all telegraph lines) exceed the total pres ret bonded debt of the United States which on December was $966 ,S23,490
 The rate charged for telephones fin New York city &4S minimum for prI- vate house or office is more than in London (EG or SS0). but is less than ir Paris (4OO gfrancs or about $SO) London and Paris telephones are now both under government control
 The problem of administration is asI certain to be overcome in time. as the obstacle of first cost. Our f1eetest tattleships are those built by the gov- errment. not by the private shipyards. and our Panama canal could not have been finshed under private engineers. even at government expense It took q governmnt engineer to do it.
 The government can employ or train another Vail or Bethel, and it will In time, for government ownership of all telephones and tclegraphs isb oth de- sirable and inevitable.-New York American.