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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
ACTRESS IS PEEVED
She Complains That Youthful Elopers
Mimic and Mock Her.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.J
NEW YORK. April l7.-Russell Gair,
high school boy, who eloped several
months ago with Miss Marjorie Foote,
high school girl. was hailed into court
to-day by Mrs. Caroline Bond Mrs.
Bond Is an author and member of
the late Augustin Daly's company. She
said that the young Gairs lived In
fiat above hers. and made so much
noise she couldn't stand 1t. They even
mtmicked and Knocked her when she
was reciting the plays she was writing,
she said.
Young Gair testified that neither he
nor his wife ever mocked Mrs. Bond
or knowingly annoyed her. Landlord
Clayton testified that he heard Mrs.
Bond reciting through an eight-inch
wall and n two-inch metal door. The
case was dismissed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

LONDON, April IA Turkish tor
pedo-boat, which attempted to inter-
fere with preparations for the resump-
tion OF operations against the Darda-
nelles and Asia Minor by attacking tho
British transport Manitou. was driven
aground on the coast OF Chios to-day
and destroyed by the British cruiser
Minerva and British torpedo-boat do
stroyers.
An Official statement tonight said
three torpedoes were fired at tho
Manitou. but missed the mark. but that
100 men from the transport were
drowned. How that occurred without
the transport being struck Is not eI-
planned. as particulars apparently have
not yet been received
This Is the only official statement
from the allies on the operations
against Turkey. but from unoflcial
sources 1T Is learned that warships
have been attacking the forts at Bulair
on the Gallipoli Peninsula: while Turk
ish reports say that attacks have been
made on the Dardanelles from tho
outer entrance, and that the Majestic
and swiftsure have bomharded the
IL.
BATTLE IN CARPATHIANs
ALMOST AT STANDSTTLL
Springs arrival. which has given the
aviators their opportunity, has brought
almost to n standstill the battle in the
Carpathians. The Russians continue
attacking In the neiGhborhood OF
Uzsok Pass. the main road which Is
commanded by heights held by the Ger
manic allies. but. with the melting
SHOWS the overfowing streams and
rivers and the whole country covered
with deep mud, nothing on a large
scale can be attempted.
Similar conditions are interfering
with the Austro-German outfanking
movement toward Stry. Beyond the
repulse of attacks, the only success
achieved on either side has been tho
capture by the Russians OF some
heights between the villages OF Telo-
pochc and Zuella. which lie on the
southern slopes of the Carpathians,
southeast OF Lupkow Pass. That In
dicates the Russians are trying to get
In the rear of tho army defending
Czsok Pass, which. they have been un-
able to take from the north.
ATTACKS IN WEST
AT SEPARATED POINTS
In the west there have been attacks
at widely separated points along tho
front but the French seemed satisfied
for the moment with the advances they
have made I'm Alsace. the Woevre, tho
Argonne. Champagne and north OF
Arras which. in the view OF British
military critics, proves the allies can
advance when they so desire. a from
tier incident, which during ordinary
times would pass unnoticed. has oc-
CURED on the Italo-Austro border. 1t
Is said that nm Austrian patrol recently
passed through italian territory, ignor-
ing tho protests OF the customs officers.
The allies on one side and Germany
on the other are taking inventories
OF Injuries inflicted by recent aerial
operations. and with the usual contra
dlctory results The attackers claim
their assaults from ths air have re-
suited In destruction of military trans
port and equipment, while tho 'dofend-
ers report that tho only tangible Of y
fects OF these operations have been
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
FOUR "DRY" ADDRESSES
William j. bryan VIII Speak for
National Abstn!ners' Union,
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. !

Especial TO The mes-Dispatch.
NEW YORK, April 17.-William J.
Bryan. Secretary OF State. Is expected
to address four temperance audiences
here on April 30. a committee is
making arrangements for his tour of
this city. He will speak under the
auspices of the National Abstainers'
Union. In response to hundreds of de-
mands for additional talks by Mr.
Bryan. tho committee Is preparing to
hold two overflow meetings and M
afternoon session.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
MONTHS OF HICCUPING
Since Thanksgiving New York Man
Has Becn AFFLICTED.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch1

Especial to The Times Dispatch
NEW YORK, April 17.-Since two
days after Thanksgiving. Cortlandt
BROOKS. thirty years old. captain of a
lighter. has been hiccuping steadily
To-day physicians at Brooklyn Hos
pital prepared plaster cast in which
he VIII be incnsed.
The medical men believe that n
growth on Brooks's right side. caused
by tubercular spine, is causing the
hiccups. and the cast is designed to
remedy this trouble. He has lost
forty-hve pounds since the attack
commenced.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
THREE MEN KILLED IN MINE
Pocket OF Gns Expiodes-Three Others
Escape to Surface.

RoDERFIELD. w. VA. April IL
Three men were killed In mine OF
the Davy Pocahontas Coal Company
near here this morning. when n pocket
OF gas was exploded by shot.
Only six men wero in the mine. and
the three who survived made their
way to tho surface.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
GAIN IN COTTON SHIPMENTS
Increnre of 74O.O41 Pounds From Green
willie Over Last March,

GREENVILLE. s. c.. April 17.-ship-
ments OF manufactured goods from
eleven Greenville cotton mills show n
gain for March OF 740.041 pounds over
the same month OF last year. The
figures for March. 1915. were 2,85s.e13
pounds. against l.913,572 in 1914. For
February. 1915. gain OF s46,7s7 is
shown. The figures for February, 1915.
are 2.442.S2S; for 1914, 1.7e7,o31.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
GOES WITH METROPOLITAN
of Miss Geraldine Farrar
liz Announced.
[specinl to The Times Dispatch.

NEW YORK, April 17.-Announce-
ment OF Miss Geraldine Farrar's en-
gagement with the Metropolitan Opera
Company next season was made to-day.
n concert tour with her man
nger, Mr.. Ellis, she will give ten per-
formances in Chicago, rejoining the
Company In February.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

Unfavornble weather conditions,
svolien strcnmA and fmpassnble
ronds are having grent influence
on these operations, In which no
decisive advantage mny he gained
for weeks to come.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

Temporarily Russians and Ger
mnns and Austrians appenr to be
dcndlocked around that pivotal point
of the Cnrpnthinn Mountains. UEHok
Pass. Several millions of men are
lighting there for supremacy, hut,
although the Russians have ceased
to advance. they have not been
driven back.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
DEATH OF GARDINER HALL
Was Millionaire Manufactures of Cot
ton nnd Silk Thread.
SOUTH WILLINGToN co

SOUTH WELLINGTON. CONN, April
17.-Gardiner Hall, millionaire manu-
facturcr OF cotton and silk threau, died
at his home hore to-day. after long
illness Flo was seventy-eight years
old.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
AsHEvILLE. Gland OF THE sky"

and other Western North Carolina resort.
attractive and inviting at this
season. Varied outdoor sports Low fares
Excellent service Southern Rwy, GOT East
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

Observation Sleeping Car to Atlanta
via Southern Rsilway, effective April IL
Leave Richmond =. M. Through train TO
birmingham. Excellent service. eo7 d. Main.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

YORK RIVER LINE TO BALTIMORE.
Most delightful and attractive overnight
lea ride. $3.50. Lv. 5;10 PM. s07 e. Main.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
CONTINUED On Eleventh Page.)

CRUISER KRoNPRINZ WILHELM.
Use C. & o. to Norfolk Steamer yir-
gina passes In full view OF tho German
oruser-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18
TURKISH TORPEDO
BOAT, ATTACKING
TRANSPORT, SUNK
British Cruisers Destroy
Vessel and Capture
Members of Crew.
ABOUT 100 MEN ON ENGLISH
STEAMER ARE DROWNED
Allies Resume Offensive Opera
tions Against Dardanelles
Forts.
AVIATORs CONTINUE ACTIVE
Arrival of Spring Brings Almost 60
Standstill Battle in Car
pathians.
AvIAToRs CONTINUE ACTIVE
Arrival of Spring Brings Almost 60
Standstill Battle in Car
pathinns.
Striking Incident
in Naval Warfare

HE most striking incident in the
naval warfare is nu attack By
Turkish torpedo bont on British
transport, the Manitou, in the
Aegean Sen. Seemingly the Turk
ish uarship did damage. for tho
british official statement, although
stating that three torpedoes fired at
the Mnnitou failed to hit her. says
II is reported that 100 men on the
transport were drowned. The Brit
ish cruiHer Minerva and several de-
strOyers pursued the Turkinh craft
and drove her aground.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-18

"Appreciable progress ON the two
bnnks of the Fecht River" na an
nounced in the French official state
ment, In an Indication TINT the al
lies nre pushing their ground In
Aisace, for TINT river runs past
Colmnr, capital of upper AIsace, one
of the French objective points.
The Springdale news., 1915-01-08
Industrial Trials and Triumphs.

The Ford Motor company at the begin ming of the year adopted a profit-sharing plan by which sf0 060 600 is to be distrib uted annually among the 26ooo wage-earn- CTS of that concern. The great South Afri- can railroad strike came to an end. On January 19 strike of the Delaware and Hudson railroad men, as protest against the discharge of two employees. was set tied within sixteen hours by the federal board of mediation and conciliation.
 Two great labor controversies had been left over from the preceding year-one in the Michigan copper mines. which began July g. 1913. and another in the Colorado coal fields where 14 .e90 men had been on strike since September 23 of the previous year Violence ensued and federal aid was demanded. On April 20 the striking miners tlashed with the state militia near Trinidad Colo, and twenty-five persons were killed or burned to death iii fire which followed. President Wilson ordered federal troops to the scene. It was not until September F that the strikers and their employers accepted President Will sons offer for a settlement of their dis pute but his plan was rejected. On the last day of November the president named a commission of three. headed by Seth Low, to deal with the strike. Shortly af- ter the strike was declared off.
 On April all the coal mines of Ohio were closed down on account of the fail ure to unite on an agreement as to a basis of payment to supersede the one already in use On the following day the Yorkshire coal miners. to the number of 10000 men. went on strike to support their demand for a minimum wage. June F a strike among the West Virginia coal miners which had been on since the pre- vit.ls September. was declared off. the miners waiving recognition of the union in order to obtain other important con- sessions On July IT the federal board of mediation and conciliation again proved its ability as a peacemaker. The engineers and firemen of ninety eight Western rail- roads accepted the mediation of the board.
 Progress in Science and Discovery.
 One of the most startling achievements in recent surgery Is the restoration of paralyzed muscular tissue by the repair and replacement of injured nerves through
The Springdale news., 1915-01-08

The Panama Canal was formally opened for world traffic on August 15 The steam CT Aneon, belonging to the Panama rail- road. passed from ocean to ocean in ten hours. In September the railroad rate case showed increased activity. The roads east of the Mississippi and north of the Potomac again petitianed the interstate commerce commission for permission to advance freight rates per cent and the commission consented to reopen the case The commission granted the increase. with certain exceptions. on Decen bar IN
 \ delegation of railroad presden's wis ited President Wilson at the White House and laid before him the unsatisfactory situation which confronted American roads The president was sympathetic. but expressed his confidence in the inter state commerce commission to regulate the matter satisfactorily.
 On September 9 Secretary Me Adoc aroused great interest in banking circles by announcing his intention to withdraw government patronage and assistance from national hanks known to hf= hoard ing currency or demanding excessive ln- terest
 Tn October the court dismissed all but one of the governments charges in it's suit to dissolve the Atlantic steamship trust Final argument in the suit te dis solve the Steel trust was made at Phila- delphia. and the discussion of increased railroad freight rates was resumed before the interstate commerce commission
 At the elections held on November the Democratic majority in the house of rep resentatives was reduced from 141 to 2. although the Democratic majority In the senate was increased from n to ii. Con- stitutional amendments giving the suf- frage to women were carried in Nevada and Montana and prohibition trinmphed n Arizona Colorado In Missouri the so-ealed "full crew" law passed by the legislature was
The Springdale news., 1915-01-08
Notable Events.

Early in January the firm of J P Morgan X Co. announced the with drawal of it's members from director ships in 27 large corporations thus complying with the governments new regulation condemning interlocking d- reetorates. On January 3 Harvard unf- yersity and the Massachusetts Institute their engineering departments. On February 10 Andrew Carnegie gave s2000 e00 toward the propaganda car ried on by the Church Peace union. On April 13 the. International Surgical congress met at New York city. Water was let into the new canal across Cape Cod on April q. This canal shortens the distance by water between Boston and New York by seventy miles and cuts out the danger of rounding the cape Tn stormy weather. The canal was formally opened July 29.
 President Wilson's youngest daugh- ter, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, was married May ', at the White House, to William Gibbs McAdoo. secretary of the Treasury. The Norwegians celebrated the centennial of the separation of Norway from Denmark on May 15 On May IS the Panama canal was opened for barge traffic. The English Derby was won by Dunbar III. a horse be- longing to an American. Herman B. Duryea, on May 27. The monument erected by the Daughters of the Con.
Evening journal., 1915-04-28

"big-business and standpat politics"
When the Democrats triumphod and
these men came into power, il is
probably not too much to say that
they were very eager TO emphasize
the change by adopting a stern at
titude toward the Riggs Bank. Hav-
ing this attitude of mind. ii is easily
conceivable that they might become
more than storn-even ruthless in
their official relations with the bank.
With cquable men in the same stu
alton this might have been so. AS
matter of fact. the particular Demo-
Gratis who became officials of the
Treasury Department. and therefore
came into contact with the bank. can
hardly be described as men likely to
show equable temperament Jnder
these circumstances.
Mr.. McAdoo. the secretary of the
treasury, has been the promoter Of a
large public-service enterprise in
which he interested important bank
ers. In a financial way the proiect
did not turn out fortunately, and IL
is probably not too much to say that
al the end of the experience Mr.. Nc
Adoo had sense O. defeated expec-
tations with regard to at least GER
tain sections Of the banking CON-
munity.
The case of Mr. Williams. whom Mr.
McAdoo appointed comptroller, is
similar. He, too, has promoted cer-
tain large enterprises which more
recently have come to grief. Bankers
associated with his enterprises GUST
ed him under circumstances which
he considered gave him a grievance
About this grievance he was never
reticent. and there are on record ex-
pressions of his strong antagonism
against large bank'Lg interests With
certain minor officials of the Treas
ury appointed by Mr.. McAdoo or Mr..
Williams the case is the same.
Control of the United States Treas
ury involves intimate and extremely
delicate relations toward banks and
bankers. No department of the fed
eral government carries so many op-
portunities for abuse of power, if
those in control are disposed TO be
unfair. Those who occupy these po-
sitions ought 10 be men of strictly
judicial temperament, and ought TO
be punctilious TO the degree of lean
ing over backward in the use of their
power. Whether the present officials
of the treasury have followed this
course is, obviously, the real issue in
the present controversy.
Evening journal., 1915-04-28
A PLEASING CHANGE OF FRONT.

TNHOSE who dominate the Wilmington Board
Of Education have learned something from the
revolt of the graduating class OF the Wilmington High
School last June Seemingly in the hope of making
OF amend for the past they have agreed
10 appropriate Approximately 500 to defray the
pense OF the presentation OF play in The Playhouse
and the holding reception in the Hotel DUPONT by
the graduating class this year.
That action meets with public approval. II will
do much remove the bitterness of feeling that
aroused last June when ianitor-rdden Board Of Edu-
cation clique decreed that the graduates enter
tain their hundreds of friends in the whtewashed
basement Of the High School building That decree
resulted in the boys and girls refusing present their
play TO held their reception at the High School
They hired The Playhouse and the Rose Room in the
Hotel DUPONT and subsequently, thanks the lberay
of several prominent business who sympathized
with them in their revolt able to have de-
lghtful luncheon served in the main dningroom in
that hotel
The thing went off well that the prediction was
made then by many persons who attended it that
again would those functions be held in the High
school The action just taken by Board of Educa-
ton will serve to strengthen that opinion notwith-
standing the that school election soon will be
held is not lost sight Of by those who place proper
estimate upon the radical change of front by certain
of the commissioners They desire a reelection and
deem It wise to make a pretense Of repeat
ing their performance of year ago.
Evening journal., 1915-04-28
Democratic Finance
(From Golfers Weekly.

The controversy between the Treas
ury Department at Washington and
the principal national bank of that
city may turn out to have grave inn
portance in political way. II crys-
tallizes and makes concrete what is
likely TO be the principal argument
against the Democratic administra-
ticn: namely, that il is unroasonably
hostile-even vindictive-not merely
toward bad business nor even toward
big business but actually toward bus
mess as such. The case Is still he-
fore the courts, and therefore is to
he discussed with some restraint. al
though the obligations of that re-
straint have been waived somewhat
by the frankness, even the explosive
ness, with which both parties to the
case have themselves rushed into
print.
The Riggs National Bank has been
for many years what might he term
ed the "standpat bank" of Washing
ton. Those associated with It have
always had intimate social relations
with the standpattors who were in
control of the Republican party, and
therefore in control OF the govern
ment. It was. in way the Joe Cam
non Of the banking world; the stand
pat citadel of finance. Nobody has
ever charged. so far as we know, that
the Riggs Bank enjoyed illegal priv
ileges. But that its officers had GER
tain advantages from their intimate
relations with the leaders of the par
ty in power has been freely charged.
The men who had control of the bank
as financiers were also supposed to
be in a large way owners and specu-
latOrs in Washington real estate, and
to have made a great deal of money
through the growth of the city follow
ing the great public improvements
made by the national government
during the twenty years of the Re
publican administration. IL ought 10
be repeated here that there was never
any charge of irregular transactions.
II was merely charged that these men
enjoyed advantages which sometimes
flow from Intimate social relations
with the leaders of the political party
in power.
For these reasons the Riggs Bank
was to the ardent young reformers
of the Democratic party much the
same as Joe Cannon was. II personi-
ned in a way the big-business end
q the combination which, on the
stump, they frequently denounced as
Evening journal., 1915-04-28
A Decline in Fadism
lFrom Louisville Courler-JournalO

"The State of Washington, having
blundered into the recall, referendum
and initiative. is now doing what it
can to retrace its steps. Honceforth
It will be Illegal to hawk and peddle
these petitions from street to street
and door to door like onions or fish.
Those who wish 10 sign them must go
to a registration Office and. since this
implies a certain definiteness of pur-
pose and certain amount of physi-
cal eXertion, it is fairlyssafe to pre-
dict that they will usually go unsign-
ed. THE Argonaut
How have the mighty fallen. The
initiative, the referendum and the re-
call were the nostrums that were to
cure all the evils of misgovernment;
instead, as the Argonaut proceeds to
show, they have, where they have
been tried. done a mischief alike to
public spirit and 10 indi ividual moral
ity which it will take a decade to
undo.
They have created a new and at
the same time a most profitable crime.
This was no less than that nf reform
atory forgery. They lOosed a swarm
of political canvassers with fountain
pens TO earn feloniOus commissions
by copying names out of the direc-
tory and calling them signatures. The
resort TO these quackeries were fol-
lowed by crop of ugly scandals,
looked upon, however, only as eccen-
tricties inseparable from the system.
No one was ever punished for these
forgeries. That twenty or thirty "sig-
natures" should be in the same hand
writing, that they should include the
names of dead men and children, was
assumed to be incidental to the trade.
Yet it took ten years for the people
10 get on to it.
Il fell in with female suffrage. In
evitably the women were prone TO il
and took TO il. Indeed, il seemed a
peculiarly congenial and safe femi-
nine peccadillo. Happily, at last, it is
going by the board. Il had it's origin
in the uplift literature which began
TO irradiate the magazines ten or
twelve years ago. That too. is go
ing, If not quite gone, by the board.
Of IL the Argonaut truly says:
There has come a marked change
in the tone and character Of Ameri-
can periodical literature. Generally
speaking, the business is not what
il was, and particularly speaking,
the matter given to the public Is very
far from what il was. Undertaking
has gone out of fashion The public
which once clamored for il now will
have none of 1t. What was once called