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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Nens and Gossip Of Screen and STAG
1.-THE ASCLNATING VIIDOVI
COMPANY 70 EAIPALACE
Splendid Troupe of Fourteen
Actors Boo for the Conn
ing Week.

The popular playhouse the Falace.
tine nome of good musical comedies,
announces for next week anotner DIG
company, namely the Fascinatlns
widow Musical Comedy Company.
word received this week from A1r.
Jollifre, manager Of the Elk thealer
at Bluefeld where this company
played the last week. states that It
can produce the goods.
Has Musical Director.
The cast includes fourteen parsons
carrying their own special scenery,
electrical effects and q musical dt-
rector, who has charge OF all the
music and takes care OF the drtl ling
of the chorus. 1t has been the ex-
perience of the Palace managers In
the past that all companies carrying
their own musical directors nave une
best song numbers, the best drilled
chorus and in fact far better show:
It, will be remembered that the
Airnedora. ..Refuse Me Fred Cod
ding. Curt Burke, Cliff Watson, Hyatt
and LIE More, Reese brothers and Fox
reilly companies all had their music
al directors and they also had q show
to back their regulations. So it goes
to prove that the Fascinating Wild
ow" company is going 70 % another
winner.
This company comes mere alter
very successful tour In the South ana
after playing few of the Greenwood
houses in the NorthwiI return again
to the South where It has many
return engagements to I'LL.
Many Special Features.
A number OF special features and
musical numbers are blended in the
opening play1et SO as to Keep one anx-
Gus as to what is going to happen
4 number of special dances will be
introduced and with a chorus ofseignt
lively damsels, several "big time"
comedians, one of the cleverest OF
leading ladies, who has voice as
sweet as. a bird. theater patrons will
see one Of the better kind OF attrac-.
The program will be changed as
usual three times this week, Monday.
wednesday and Saturday. the pic
ture program has been carefully Sc
lected and some fine photoplays will
be offered each day.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
m
EAR ~
Or CHA = J
Charlie Chaplin is Son OF Poor!
English Music Hall
Actors.

There are three musical show
New York with characters sulRQea
to represent Charles Chaplin. hers
are statuettes Of the popular m70YtnE2
and it Is said that the managers ct TIC
big movie show at the AA9Hi4rn.l
Square Garden, New York. offered
actor $4,000 to appear for two
IN person at the Garden Never
there such popular player on
screen. John Bunny never aq1ai9e4&
as many millions as this young En-
1fsh actor does In the cities Of tntsI
country.
Played In Vaudeville.
NOBODY ever heard of the young
man and most of those who haxe seen
him had to be reminded that they hst1s
probably laughed at him berQEeS 1L
they were in the habit Of attendin&
the vaudeville theaters OF this couns
try. In the sketch brought over he1e
by Fred Karno called "a Night IN ~
London Music Hall" it was this same
Charles Chaplin who played the 4arls
OF the ru1nmy who scattered htna4e1EA
dasturbingly through the. action qf
the farce falling in and out or tt4a
box and otherwise upsettsng the com
posure Of the party. It was this ypun
man who was destined to become So
popular one day on the dimss Ia aeEa
ever made a nation laugh
There have been strange contrac8ss
In the life of this Handsome, "a thexz
melancholy and Oriental LOOKING
young man, who is scarcely reeogs
nfzabie under the gratesque ma
in which he is known to the Won't
His family came from England.
we're music hall performers q the
kind to be seen in the smaller pE9
vincial theaters of England and IN fAe
Continental variety theaterss len;
are, as anybody who has ever seen
the program in these places can sesSS
tify. not Of high degree OF fame.
It was reserved for tais young mansto
be carried to glory on the fame Of the
High Ambitions. d
But while his father and mother
we're carrying him from one fittie the
ater to another this youth ysastdrear
ing Of ambitions altogether difeersntE
from those which he has asn eyed
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STRONG CHARACTER.

-"The Man Inside by Raymond L.
Schrock. will be the strong character
played by Edwin Stevens. the famous
devil" who has been engaged by the
Universal to star in this five reel
Broadway feature. 1t will be directed
by John Adolf, who has Just COM
pIeted The Sphinx with Herbert
Kelley and Fife Shannon as the fea-
tlred stars.
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in the nick of time. although she was
left for dead by the villain.
In the end justice is handed out to
the villains OF the play. odd Tom
forsakes his evil ways, becomes a re-
spectacle and picturesque member OF
society, and lives happily with his
daughter and her talsol reformed
husband. n.
Mr.. Francis thus has a splendid
Part for his fine powers Of delinea-
ton. Some splendid settings; full
and efficient cast and powerful act
ing are seen in After Dark.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
NEMsIEs FILMED.

All the newsboys in Santa Barbara
are flm actors in the scfeamingly
funny Beauty" release entitled
Green Apples in which Neva Ger
Der and Webster Campbell play the
leading roles. Green Apples" has to
do with stolen fruits and aching
dummies and lot of pleasing ro-
nance. It will be released Tuesday,
August 81.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29

ga wandering gentleman" in .''AIr
Fnrt IN Wrong" he docs some very
funny stunts Many Of the scenes
take place in swimming pool where
he enters q little bit the worse for
wear with duck In his arm. He is
..ducked' In company with the duck
in the swimming pool and one can
imagine the fun which Mr.. Winninger
get out OF these situations.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Is FINE STORY.

"The Flying Decree two part
,sE1yfng Ar film drama to be released
Monday, August 90. is crackerjack
story. Winffred Greenwood and I'd
ward Coxen, under Henry Otto's d.-
rectton, play the leading roles.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
N sELIG DRAMA.

Bessie Eyton and Edwin j. Piel are
cast in another multiple reel drama,
.The Sinful Influence. The feature
IL under direction OF Lloyd Carleton
at the Selig zoo studio.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
NOW WITH BIG o.

Norbert Myles. Mrs. Norbert Myles
and Edna Payne. we'll known Eclair
Iphotoplayers. are now with the Big
U company in their western studios.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29

blanche Ring will be the star OF
..Nobody Home and her husband
Charles Winninger, will have Ger
man comedy role.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
SECOND COaIPANY..

second Joker aim company, d.
rActed by Ernest Van Felt. is about
% start on its merry way.
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we're carrying him from one little the
ater to another this youth ysasidrennss
ing Of ambitions altogether difsrsnt
from those which he has asl,i eyed:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
v. DUDLEY RUDD
POPULAR SOUTHERN
]. CONDUCTOR DIES
Friend OF Commuters and Generally
Beloved Genial Oncial VIII Be
Sadly Missed BY Those Who
Travel On Danyille
Division

w, Dudley Rudd. fifty-nine years
old. one OF the hest known and most
highly esteemed conductors In the en-
ploy of the Southern Railroad, died
yesterday morning at 3:45 O'Clock in
his home In Keysville, after an ill.,
ness Of only a few days. He was
stricken with paralysis q few days
ago and since that time had been con-
fined to his bed.
Captain Rudd was known to every
man. woman and child travelling be-
tween Richmond and Keysville. He
was for q number OF years conductor
of the most popular OF the Southern'a
com,~uters trains. which was known
as the Dudley Rudd Special" Thou
sands will regret to learn Of his death.
Besides a widow, Captain Rudd
leaves three daughters, Misses Rachel
and Ruth Rudd. Of Keysville. and Mrs.
w. A. Crutcher. of brakes Branch,
and four sons, L. II. and sR. r. Rudd.
OF Richmond. and ID. M. and L. o.
Rudd, Of Keysviile. He is also sur
vived by one sister and two brothers
L The faaeraf wifi take place this az
ternoon at a. o'clock at Dorset Pow
hatan County. The Order OF Rail-
way Conductors and other orga MIA
tfons win be- represented 4 the fun
HE4l - = VI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
POISONOUS GASES ARE
USED WITH TERRIBLE: RESULT

London May 4.--The official press
bureau gave out today the following
dispatch dated May 8, from Field
Marshal Sir John French. regarding
the employment by the Germans or
asphyxiating gases:
The gases have been elected from
pipes laid into the trenches and also by
the explosion of shells especially man.
ufaetured. The German troops who
attacked Under cover az these gases
we're provided with especially designed
respirators issued In sealed covers. This
pcints to long and methodical preparas
ton on large scale. Since the enemy
nrst made use of this method OF COW
airing his advance with a cloud of
poisoned air he has repeated It for
offense and defense whenever the wind
has been favorable.
.The effect Is not merely disabling,
and III fatal painless. as suggested in
the German press. The victims do not
xuccumb in the field. They are brought
into the hospitals suffering acutely,
and q large proportion die painful,
lingering death. Those who survive
are little better Lff. The injury to the
lungs appears to make them perna-
,ycnt invalidss for life.
These effects are known to. the
German scientists who devised the new
YEA pom. and the military authorities
vho sanctioned its use. 7 am OF the
opinfon that the use OF these gases Is
"a be the normal procedure OF the
enemy, and that protests are useless "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
Asphyxiating Gases Used With
Success By Kaiser s Warriors
In Ypres Campaign
Victims Never Fully
Recover from Effects
Allies Readjust Their Lines
and Again Present Strong
Front Against Advancing
Foes

London. May 4.-Thrce more
villages I'm the vicinity of Ypres
have been taken by the Germans,
according TO statement issued
In Berlin today, and corroborat-
ed by N report from General Sir
John French, which appeared
simultaneously I'm London. Ber-
lin does not speak of severe
fighting rs an accompaniment OF
the victory, and the opinion IL
prevalent here that the British
forccs wiifnIty evacuated the VIII
lagos which had been redered
practically untenabie by reason
Of the German advance at 50.
Julien last week.
The villages thus taken are Zonne
eeke. Zovocoto and westhook. Zon
nebeke lies about four miles east ans
north Of Ypres, and the other town
are situated In close proximity. Whei
the Germans occupied St. julien
victory due TO their Use of asphyxiat
ing gases----and were enabled to brinl
ap their heavy artillery. the British
positions at the three towns men
toned were left open 10 a flank fire
Il was therefore, advisa bic to draw
In the advance trchs Of the British
salient at this point. This process
ief the towns unoccupied. and tn
Germans Immediately marched In.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
CERMANIC VICTORY SEEMS
COMPLETE In CARPATIiIANS

uing to lombard the Notifications
ut the narrows.
The kug of Italy and his min
listers have decided not to leave
Kome to- attend the unwilling OF
the GaTibaldi monument at Genoa,
because OF the serious situation
facing tic Government.
In presenting the budget TO the
House of Commons the Chancellor
of the Exchequer. David Lloyd
George, estimated that II the war
tasted during the whole OF the fis-
cal year Great Britain's expendi-
tire I'm that time would he f.f36,-
434.0 900 pounds ($5.6S2, 40, 000l.
Mr.. Lloyd-George said that IL
the war should last six months,
instead of a year. Great Britain's
estimated expenditures would be
$50. ASS, 900 pounds (s3.s52. 2s0,-
000).
Vast ms were the figures pre-
sented by the Chancellor, 1t Will
I'm all probability be necessary TO
introduce a supplementary budget
six months hence.
Mr.. Hoyd-George estimated that
the total revenue for the year
1gf5-fef6 would be 270.fS2.000
pounds Isl ,350,9f0,0O0) This Is
an increase of S.6S8, 900 pounds
($2fS, 4 90, O0O) over the total OF
last year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
Admits Wages Of Porters Are
Too Low and Amounts To
Company Being Tip-Takers
Honest Abe's Son
| A Frank Witness
Chairman of Pullman Com
pany's Executive Board and
ex-President Of Company
Says Tipping Bad Custom

Washingto, May 4.--RoberT I. Lin
coin, son OF Abraham Lincoln and
the controlling factor in the Pullman
Sleeping Car Company, discussed to-
day with obvious embarrassment the
practice of permitting porters to ac-
cept tips from the travelling public.
1T is not a nice arrangement"
said Mr.. Lincoln. deprecatingly. 1T
Is very annoying, very annoying, in
deed"
Mr.. Lincoln testified on tips to
Pullman porters before the Federal
Commission on Industrial Relations,
of which Frank b. Walsh is chair
man. The commission began a three
weeks engagement here today, and
Mr. Lincoln WIS the star witsess.
Mr.. Lincoln was asked If the Pull
man Company itself was not really
the ''tip-taker." instead of the Pull
man porters, and he replied:
That lis what 1t really amounts
to-"
AS a former president of the Pull
man company, and chairman of the
company's board of directors. it was
supposed by the commission that MIR.
Lincoln would be able TO throw some
light on the tipping system The
subject was apparently distasteful TO
Mr.. Lincoln, hnt he answered all
questions frankly without hesitation.
Found Ii When He Became President.
1T was a condition that l found
when became president of the COM
pany, and condition that George
n. Pullman found when he entered
the business replied Mr.. Lincoln.
Mr.. Lincoln became president of the
Pullman Company in 1897, and con-
tinued in that position until f9l1.
xssha ha pa n az i'll
health. Then he became chairman OF
the board of directors. which Office
he now holds. Up to 1899. the capital
OF, the company was s36.000.o00. BY
absorption of other companies and
stock dividends the capital was in
creased to $40. 600. 900, the present
figure. During most of sthat period
the company had paid yearly cash
dividends of eight per cent. 1t had
disbursed in cash dividends a total of
about s1sl 100000 exclusive OF stock
dividends In the fifty years of its ex-
istence Besides il holds as a reserve
account to apply on depreciation about
s320o00 GOO and has a surplus OF
nearly $4,000, 600.
An Annoying Habit
Chairman Walsh then brought UP
the subject of tips and Mr.. Lincoln sat
straight UP In his chat
That situation annoys me very
much said Mr.. Lincoln
HAS this tipping habit always been
as widespread in the United States MS
at present7" asked Chairman Walsh
81 have no doubt of it," replied Mr.
Lincoln
Your porters get $3.50 a month;
they are supposed to supplement their
pay by getting tips from the public ?
Might | put II this way suggest
ed the witness, 1--WE know they get
tips
Would you say that a man was
able to retain his self-respect livins
under a system where he Is forced tc
get gratuities in order to earn living
wasec Are not his morals COR
rupted by such a system ?"
IT do not think ii is a question OF
morals" replied Mr., lincoln. They
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
CONSTANTINOPLE CLAIMS
STRING OF VICTORIES

Amsterdam. May 4. - The follow
ing Official report. issued today at
Constanttnople, has been telegraphed
here:
The enemy on MONDAY attempt
ed TO advance on the left wing. We
delivered a counter-attack and drove
him back with heavy losses into the
rocky valleys, and afterward forced
him hack TO the coast.
Meanwhile our artillery caused
fire ABOARD a transport. Other trans
ports also retired. The warships
Agamemnon. which attempted to
shell Bulair on MONDAY, was struck
by four sffelfsr and compelled to re-
tire disabled.
'eeven airmen. with sailors and Of
fcers from a submarine, who landed
q the island of Biarat, were killed
by gendarmes."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
SAFETY FIRST SAYS
COURT N BRAKE CASE
United states Circuit Court OF 4Np-
peals Decides Railroad Case OF
Prime Importance.
MAY MAKE SHORTER TRAINS
NECESSARY ON STEEP GRADES
Court RuIes Against Supplementary
Air Brakes by Use on Old Fash
Toned Kind i'm Control OF Heavy
Trains-Safer For Employees.

The United States Circuit Court or
Appeals, sitting In Richmond, yester-
day handed down, among numerous
decisions. one of the greatest Inn
portauce to railroads and their en-
ployes
The court unanimously affirmed o
decision OF the District Court. WHICH
makes 1t unlawful for q railroad 20
require q brakeman TO use the nano
brake to control the speed OF tram
while out on the road.
The case was that Of the United
States against the Virginian Railroad
and the safety First principe
which controls the courts decision
NAV necessitate the shortening of the
heayv trains of the Virginian on
small part o. its line.
On about a dozen miles of its long
stretch of rails from the coal neids
of Southwest Virginia the Nirginian
has a dozen miles in which its grades
are heavy. 1t desired to make use
OF hand brakes in order 70 supple
ment air brakes in controlling It's
heavy coal trains. carrying at tunes
as many as 100 cars, The court
decision makes such use of hand
brakes impossible.
TIE decision was handed down by
T,idgsg Knapp ana Woods, with Dis
trict Judge Edmund Waddill. Jr., ir
attendance.
Far Reaching in Eject.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in statement issued by Com
missioner McChord. says that the de.
cision rs judicial recognition OF th'
safety first doctrine of the nigh
est and utmost Importance.
although the safety appliance ac'
.~txza t~cs a
is the first decision o. an appellate
court which constructs the air brake
provision OF the act to exclude tn'
/ use of the hand brakes in the ordi'
nary running of train" says tht
statement. -
This decision, IL sustained by tht
Supreme Court, will have the ten
dency to relieve brakemen from tht
,z~~xt~..a IN [Sacnn6 paRe)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05

The German and Austrian war
offices combine In announcing
great victory over the Russian ar
miles between the Vistuia and the
Carpathians. Austria claiming that
80, 900 prisoners have been made.
while Berlin adds that the enemy
has been routed along this entire
front.
Three more towns east ana
north of Ypres have been captur-
cd by the Germans In Flanders.
SIR John French admits the loss
tf Zonnebeke, saying that re-
treat was neccssitated by the Ger
man occupation of St Julien thus
opening Zonnebeke to o. flank nre.
General French, In o special re-
MORT ON tite effect of the gas used
by the Germans north OF Ypres.
says that In most cases 1t killed
outright, while those who survived
It's influence win probably be In
va1ids for life-
Smyrna Is being bombarded
again by the allied feet and an
expedltionary force Is being land
ed near Epherus. thirty-seven
mikes northeast of Smyrna There
are reports that the governor OF
Die town is negotiating for Its ca
pituiation. North In the Darda-
neIles tho allied feet is confin-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
GENERAL FRENCH TELLS
OF REIMBURSEMENT

London. May 1.-THE following dis
patch from Field Marshal Sir John
French was made public this even
ing:
"rhe loss Of ground which resulted
from the unexpected use of asphyxi-
ating gases by the enemy last week
mas necessitated readjustment of
our line before Ypres. This task,
which had been in progress for tho
last few days was successfully COM
nleted last night The new line runs
west of ZcnneheiSe
During the last twenty-four hours
the situation has been normal along
wheie front with the exception OF a
haif-hearted attack by the enemy
northwest of Ypres last evening. 1t
was easily beaten or"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
EIGHT SEATS WAITING
FOR THE WINNERS
OF TRIPS TO WEST

Speculation is already rife as to who
will enter the charmed circle of eight
at the close of the contest for the free
tours across the continent.
The different candidates are already
watching the other candidates in their
district, and all are planning ways
and means TO secure substantial re-
turns in votes and corresponding rapid
advances.
One thing is certain, no mysticism.
charm or legerdernain will enter into
t-sir success. Planning their cam
palgn by the light OF the moon. while
1t Is shining over their shoulder, or
carrying the left hind foot of rabbit
captured in a graveyard, will not
further their interests, There Is no
luck about this campaign, The moon
nd the seven stars, the grounding
and his shadow. a black cat. Friday
and the thirteenth. crossing your
fingers behind your back, or throwing
salt over your right shoulder. none OF
these has any part In the making Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-05
CONNECTING BARNES
WITH PRINTING GRAFT
Boss Was On Inside at
Albany.
II. RS LAWYERS THINK
THEY HAVE PLAINTIFF GOING
Franklin Roosevelt Testif1es of Ar
rangement Between Republican
and Tammany Machine Leaders
In Senate Fight.

Syracuse. N Y, May Colonel
Roosevelt's lawyers ARD the Colonel
himself are thoroughly confident to-
night that they have found the weak
Joint in the armor OF Barnes. As
they figure it, they put IN some pretty
good ticks today in justification o.
the alleged iibelous article.
They seem to be quite sure that
they have made something more than
a beginning In showing that MI
Barnes was a link between crooked
politics and crooked business, and
that he had a useful bipartisan ar
rangement with Mr. Murphy and
Tammany. They think that they i'm
pressed the jury today with certain
hard wrung admissions from reluc-
tant Albanians and with certain frank
statements made by Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy Franklin d. Roose-
welt, and by Thomas s. HUFF, who was
Senator Pla.fs confidential secretary
and letter iiler back in 1901, and for
two years subsequently.
Their belief Is that the commits
sion of hesitating admissions, the
heartily given testimony of Mr. HUFF
a series of letters written by Barnes
to Senator Plat in 1899 and 1904.
and facts and figures extracted from
official records. printing company
pnulAS dEu pfiNdte fSdp5EnN, 80 10 SHOW
the following things:
Public Printing Graft.
That Mr.. Barnes was intensely
anxious to get and keep control OF
public printing.
That he appealed to Senator Plat
to call off possible competitors and
to get Platt's and in controlling pub
lie printing.
That he was aware OF the methods
by which the three big printing corn
panies of Albany secured value BILE
contracts.
That he participated in profits de-
rived from coilusive bidding and
! overcharges.
That he was familiar with and a
stakeholder in the business OF the J,
B. Lyon Company, which received
IS, 100000 worth of printing contracts
in the course of fifteen years. al
though frequently a high bidder
That Mr.. Barnes. although not ap-
pearing by name in the operations OF
the printing ring was virtually tho
owner of the Albany Journal Com.
pany, which sublet contracts. anc
which was successfully sued by the
state to recover s13, ECO iu over
charges.
That cost sheets of the J. B. Lyon
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