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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17


Jacob Umlauf and Mrs. N. v. RAN
dolph.
Mrs. Randolph Makes Tit.
Mrs. Randolph made the hit Of the
evening. She came to the meeting as
the Mascot. She declared she was an
"object lesson"
II have been before. Council and
committees a thousand times" said
Mrs Randolph, " and I always get
what ! want. Now / want the jitney."
DR. w. l.. Prince DR.. George Ross
and several other West End citizens,
while not opposed to the jitney. OBJ
jected to the repeal of the ordinance.
They were strong for the routing sec
ton of the ordinance. because. as they
stated. they did not want all the jitneys
operated on Grove Avenue, the street
upon which they live.
They were Ike Ash out OF water.
however, In the big crowd OF advocates
Of the repeal. and received small con-
fort. except from Alderman Fuller
and Councilman Ferguson, who vosco
against the repeal.
tn speakers followed each other
along the beaten paths. which had
been trod by others in the discussions
before the committee at its many meet
ings, before the ordinance was adopt
ed.
Iv1e strongest point made was that
by MIR. Mathews. He pointed out to
the committee the fact that the ordi-
nance as 1t exists had proven to be
prohibitive, because II had driven the
independents to the wall, and had ever
proved disastrous to the Motor Transit
Company. a subsidiary OF the Virginia
Railway and Power Company. which
had gone out Of business. after COM
plying with all the restrictions and re-
auirements of the ordinance. inciud-
Ing the special license tax and the
bond.
IF this company. with its millions
behind IT. could not exist under such
an ordinance" said Mr.. Mathews. 'how
can you expect the little fellows. the
individuals to exist
Mr., Hooper showed that the bond
would be Of little worth anyway. A
bond Of one thousand dollars would
not be sufficient to recomperse man
for losing his arm or his leg, or yiss
eye, or even his life. he said. A bond
OF $4,000 or $50, 600 might help some
Mr.. Ferguson interrupted to ask
Mr.. Hooper II he did not know tina.
forty cities In the United States re-
auired bonds many Thousands greater
than that required here.
Hooper Esokcs Applause
II do not know. replied Mr..
Hooper. Nor Is II relevant We are
asking you TO enact laws for the city
OF Richmond. We do not know the
conditions in the ether eities. Tsae
people OF Richmond send youto Coun-
- - T.. g.
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any time expressed an opinion. &
was pointed out In another quarter
that banks in which Rockefeller inter.
ests are powerful are to participates II
the loan.
There was less talk today OF ops
position from bankers Of German
antecedents. 1t was agreed that about
AL Of them will participate and Will
receive their invitation to do 20 de
rectly from the mission. 80 soon ~ y
Is known that they with not refuse the
invitation.
Jacob II. Schif today paid = visit
to Mr.. James ]. Hiil Mr.. schi6 d.
clared that he went there to congratu-
late Mr.. Hill on his birthday. which
was his seventy-seventh.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17
JAMES J. HILL IS
BUSY ON BIRTHDAY

New York. Sept. le.---James r. Hl1l|
was seventy-seven years old today
His birthday and the progress of the
billion dollar loan to tho Allies were|
closely associated. for Mr. Hill del
voted an important part Of the day to-
conferences with nnanc1erS relative to3
the European loan.
MY health. 1t couldn't be better"
he said. You see am living on bor-|
rowed time. I'm seven years abov11
the allotted figure and intend t.,
keep on piling up that borrowed tims.
as long az possibly can.
Did work all day? ! did not n
was much too hot. did not get DOWN.
here until IL o'clock and ] had lunch-|
con soon afterward with my son.
I'm not going to stay IN this part
help. / have q place In the country
In the West on q lake whore 4 RI
cool"
AZ. I'm received many tsisgrAma|
letters and telephone messagea con-|
graduating him.
Jacob Il. schin was among thosaI|
to congratulate hun.
Not 70 He = War Lean.
In his talks on the European loanI
today Mr.. HILL made It plain that hia,
efforts would be for loan that wa
n
made. He said that he did not AMI
ticipate that GermAn-American bank :
ers would be kept from participatt0nI
in 1t on that score.
This In not q war loan" he nd J
IT would not be interested IN II II III
were. / beltevs that = condition on
the loan should be that II should b.
used In the financing Of grain and
other commodities not war munttaone
my sole interest In this loan y the
interest OF the farmer-who = ths
bacKbonsE OF tins nation. We h3y9
crop this year worth over $1o,0oo,-|
600 900. more than the production 81
all the gold mines Of tho world Teri
twenty years This loAn - nSces1aSy
to stabilize the pound sterling % thai
this country will not 1t any tins hAxe
to pay the discount"
Mr.. Hin said that he did not lo0lE
for any great wave OF prosperity Ind
mediately, even II the loan were ar-
ranged and the exchange rate 81
bilized.
to war with Germany" Mr.. Hill va
asked
Doesn't Look Fur War.
II do not" he said. what would
1t 20 to war for! haven't anybody&
I want to see shot Not many others
have do not think = war viii 81
There arc many nne Germans ri
this country They are q strong peo7
pie. Many Of them raise the crops
we have to sell and have been tnterd
ested in getting good price tor them4
/ am Just - much interested n 9se3
ting q COED prios on their grain sosf
the Germans ~ any Others"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17
jIDlC l|lPPAS As NE
LEAVES WITNESS STAND
szwo OTHERS ARE INDICTED
woman and Man Charged With SELL
ing Liquor At Hopewcil--Rapid
Progress Made In Porter Trial.
Important Indictments Expected
Today.


Z Especial TO The Richmond virginian,}
pr,,~a c.eoreo ,.aur.ho,,se Va,
sept Us =. -NiPfaS' teeVsi'i~'"
leader OF the Greek element at Hope
I we'll. len the Witness stand this after
/ .rSk. =. ,s.+se,.t.~ ~ .no ,,,arsSt
-HV"i'' ~tesf 'es'iAs '"s -
OF Lieutenant Johh "A. FofteF' on tfiai
FOR Araee~y - become prisoner him.
self. WAile .X3ppas testified The grand
Jury drew 4n an indictment cnarg-
4ng him with the sale OF liquor at
- fopeweli.
when re was excused capias was
served upon him, ana he was arraign-
ed ana bale N the sum Of $500. Two
other indictments o.. liquor charges
x. ~ere returned, one against Mrs. Jen-
ttnie stewart. tae ether against James
Zotti.
The grand jerry heard more than
Is tisteen Witnesses TO-DAY and ia return
< ing Sae three indictments announced
thas a large number of additional pre-
= sentRaengs VII he made tomorrow.
Expect End By saturday.
. The uiai ~ Porter progressed more
+@e rapidly today than on the earlier days
fastsAfy tefssy sii5zf' IN tfsc rss*4ief tsftS=
80 The commonwealth concluded Its case
before Dcoas ana nearly All me de-
..ss1 Tense witnesses were htArd curing the
.aItsFhooh sess49h- Because % '"uay
f@pad MOI eia'tht pfe'itotIoa - niaus
- 80 e.4s S :, 90. =" ''e
~, 60. s4@s - -.,,aa
w cas.~s....r--t - 80 - - 49,. w
49, -. 80, go - t.,ts,-, tsnr,er g
-Fsss4a1a ~ 49,, syf,.a,, a hrtb, ~ s9s
!. So t.',s>- If.,.ss sstt3 f3.fl Fhnt ne mad
-, .,,ssr-.sfas ~ keep j laoko1t
T. -ryer M .HnnRwau poliee and sx-
IL. Y,.a3nes the things brought against
s.sss AIM nv the defenses witnesses as
aoyse In efforts fa go. evidence
ORE OF the charges against him to-
dav VAS asserihed by Mrs Jennie
: = Eeechan, who worked fer Benn
- Franklin. one 81 the defenses star
- s1aazea IN the -raeent Porter tFia1
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YOUNG POINTS NOT
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d arrest the next morning. After Frank
a had been taken into cnstoday, Epes
said he did not desire 10 have charge
OF stealing the machine preferred
against the boy. The following letter
WAS received yesterday afternoon from
Mr., fpes by the Virginian;
= Editor. Richmond NirRinian:
sir,--~fn your yesterdays paper you
= kad a very daring line up as 10 the
4 arrest Of Frank Points. 1921 East Mar
Z shall Street. and ] thing you were
evidently niisied by some rpmor.
In your paper you have had Mr.
Points charged With stealing and joy
riding ray auto. | would appreciate IL
very mach If you would correct your
vsta tsment, as Mr.. Points did not steal
my car, but ne was arrested for speed
ING while using It. Thanking you very
much,
ME- Yours.
J, g EPES
Per G.. l. ii.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17

Tnrine Italy. sspt. Is, via Pariss
sept ie.--An Ancona dispatch 70 the
stapapG says: s@s
The eAptatn Of the steamer Com
two Austrian torpedo boat destroyers
on the 0argano peninsula- An italian
suomartne. which appeared suddenly.
engaged and sank the destroyers"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17
STATE CONVENTION o. D. O. DAN.
WILLIE, VA, EEpTE1G8E6
AN.4K fAfk

Southern Railway announces rel
duced round trip fares on certtflcate4
plan basis account the above cccAsioni
Tickets to be sold and certthcafe4
issued September II to -. inclua1vq'
final return limit September -. 1919
For further Information, call on near
est ticket agent, or write. n. l. BishopI
Division Passenger Agent. RachmOudI
Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17
CALL ON FoRD TO HELP.

OanseIs Wants Htm to Develop LiGht
Gasoline Engine.
Warrington. Sept i6.--Secretary Of
the Navy Daniels wants 10 discuss the
;Huesttuu OF gssnitre engines with Hen
N Ford the automobile manufactured
- has written Mr.. Ford askinG him 20
IN ~ him II waahtngten-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17

powers nj taysrabiy influencing
tho Balkans.
II is an open secret that the
Italian general STAFF since the out
break Of host:iities with Austria
fas expected German aid to the
"A as;ftasis.. Hrsfsss the Italian
military chiefs are prepared for
such an event md Il II coufic4sltly
asserted In. military. aarese& here
that even II the refnforccmcnts 10
tho Austrtans are stronger than
reported they will not alter the
situssion on the italian front 80
favorable 10 Italy.
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from creditab.e source" the Am
fassador was told, "and Furthermore
seAte intimation that papers OF a COM
promising nature signed by you will
~=y yet be disclosed, have been heard
.Essften."
WouId Be Forgcries
Count won Bernstorsf laughed again
and said: Well, I'll tell you this: If
any papers of that nature are pro-
duced, they will be forged They could
not get them in any other way. But
Id just like To gee them try to forge
papers like that on me" added the
Ambassador
What would You do?" he was
asked
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17
COURT TAKES
tcontiared from First rage.)
for any persons other than German
soldtera

for any persons other than German
Reference to Rubber.
Referring TO the consignments Of
rubber. described as gum, the Presi-
dent said:
II have come to the conclusion that
gum Is not true commercial descrip-
ton for rubber. and that 1t was used
in the ships manifests in order to
avoid the difficulty which would re-
suit In its capture by belligerent.
Any concealment OF this sort will.
while ! sit in the prize court, weigh
heavily against those who adopt such
courses,
"Neutrals are expected to conduct
their neutral trade during the war
without false papers and with can
dor, and belliYerents are entitled to
expect from neutrals a frank course of
conduct"
Danish Claim Allowed.
Sir Samuel Gliowed one claim of a
Danish manufacturer for a quantity
OF rubber. which he said had been
shipped in good faith for use In his
factory. Another claim was disal-
lowed.
The meat cargoes, shipped for the
most part by the great American
packers and by them valued at $15.-
100000. were wound by the president
to be destined except for some small
items. not for consumption in Dem
mark, but for delivery in Germany.
He held that their eventual destina-
ton was the German government,
for the use of its naval and military
forces. To rule otherwise, Sir Sam
uel said, would be to allow ones eyes
to be blinded by theories and techni-
calities.
Action Upon Claims
The court disallowed sixteen
claims, including those Of the Nor
ris Hammond. Armour, Swift. and
Suizberger companies. 1t allowed
eight claims, including that of the
Cudahy Company. OF Chicago. The
others were Danish consignees
Sir Samuel gave leave to appeal,
fixing security for the costs at $685.
600. Invisible among the appellants.
He also gave the crown attorneys
leave to appeal in the cases of the
Cudahy and ether claims which were
allowed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17
HOLLAND HEARS HEAVY
FIRING TO THE WEST.

London, Sept ia dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company from
Maasluis. Holland, says: Heavy mr.
ing has been heard in q westerly d.
rection. 1t commenced at $50 o'clock
last evening. and by 10 o'clock became
10 violent that windows both hero and
at Hook OF Holland were set rafting
Maasluis and the Hook OF Holland
are on the North Sea, to the west Of
Rotterdam.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17

Chicago. Sent. 1s.-The meat car
goes confiscated by Great Britain viii
be a complete loss to the packers.
according to Thomas e. Wilson, pres
ident OF Morris & Co. as there was
no advance payments made on the
shipments. Hc will issue a state
ment later.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-17
THE WEATHER

~~- Washington Sept le.--FoFecasts-
e Virginia--Fair Friday. and probably
Saturday. little change In temperature.
Light southerly winds.
North Carolina--Fair Friday and
probably Saturday; moderate easter1y
winds.
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REPEAL Of J|IMEY

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-28
HOW ONE WOMAN KEEPS
HER YOUNGSTERS HEALTHY

THE problem of taking the proper care
i of the little folks Is a knotty one at
any time, but the holiday season is the
one when most mothers are discouraged
Little Mary always contracts the grip, or
measles. or some kindred allment while
the boys take extreme pleasure in waking
father out of his well-earned sleep by
saving everything in the house with an
instrument from his new tool chest. Then,
ing chocolates, cakes and goodies is too
of plain, old-fashioned "tummy ache" is
quite in order.
Mothers have combated with this state
of affairs since time immemorial. with
more or less success, and. since the pop
ular superstition has it that we advance"
as we become more and more modern In
our methods of training youngsters, n few
examples as to how the mother OF today
does 1t may prove the truth or untruth
of the theory.
Four healthy. rosy-cheeked babies tes-
tify TO the good training they have re-
ceived at the hands of their mother. Mrs.
Leo Niessen, of Oak Lane. Mrs Niessen
isn't willing to turn this precious trust
over to any one else; she personally su-
pervises the diet, clothing, bathing. feed
ing, and even the recreation of her kid
dies.
mo, they aren't any trouble during the
holiday season. or at any other season."
she declared. "And, fortunately, they
were never crazy for candies L give
them piece or two of peppermint after
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Rural Play at Knickerbocker

"The Old Homestead" that quaint rural
play that has pleased theatre-goers for
more than 80 years, is the offering OF the
Knickerbocker Players.
The play might be termed a one-man
drama, as 1t Is written around one char
ncter-Joshua Whitconb-the lovable old
countryman who brings sunlight into the
hearts of all The other parts are en-
tlrely minor, but II the role OF Joshua
is carried out correctly the play is all
that one could wish. And with George
w Barber, director of the company. as
Joshua, the play reminded one forcibly
of the days when Denman Thompson, the
author, enacted the role of Joshua and
held his audiences almost spellbound.
with Barber taking the leading role, the
company went through the entire per-
formance with laudable form. No one in
the company could have handled the
role as well as Barber. who was con-
vincing as the benevolent countryman
who goes to the big city to search for his
wandering son.
There was an added attraction in the
Schumann Quartet. The ushers and or
chestra gave n rural aspect by wearing
busters and big straw hats.
Perhaps the thing that wears on an
audience most Is n performance that is
unusually long For some time now the
Knickerbocker has not been letting out
until l1:2O, which is rather late for n
steady diet. This Is caused mostly by
the long periods that elapse between the
acts The company should either begin
its performances at o'clock sharp in
stead of s:l5 or 500 or shift scenes more
quickly.
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cause he knows very well that men and
women are neither free nor spontaneous.
So he hesitates, repeats words shutters
n bit, becomes entirely Disconnected and,
TO the theatregoer accustomed to the
swift and impossible repartee of the or
dinary stage, becomes annoying at times.
lie carries the illusion into his gait, into
the incline of his body. into the carriage
of hands and feet In Secret Service
he complicates all this with the underly-
ing suggestion of the spy, i'll at case.
suspicious and nervous. 1t would be
perfect performance were 1t not that at
moments 1t has an absurd tendency to
smartness.
In his company obviously trained and
with some success to the achievement of
the same Illusion, Miss Irene Haisman
alone attains It, and she alone is out Of
the picture. The others, notably Grace
Reals, Helen Freeman. Stuart Fox, Ed
win Mordant and Marion Abbott, play as
they might have played in 1896. Miss Halls
man, with n very comic sense, can't for
get this year of grace. or disgrace 1915
The whole cast Is good, and the playing
smooth and easy. The thrills. especially
in the third and final acts, never mtss
fire, and the hrst-night audience, in spite
of being fed up on this sort of thing
never missed thrill. G. V. s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-28

meals; but the truth of the matter is,
I'm the one who needs discipline In that
line. l eat twice as much candy as they.
THE whole secret OF bringing them UP
successfully Is to do 1t yourself. watch
them continually, and when they seem a
bit fretful or uneasy, find out what IL
the cause of this right away. My children
never have colds. because they are never
permitted to get their feet wet. and they
are always out of doors"
Another Oak Lane woman, whose hus-
band Is n well-known surgeon, has nine
lusty children, mostly boys. And the
trouble of looking after them during the
holiday season, or any other season,
doesn't worry her in the least.
There Is no set rule as to taking care
of children" she says, "for every child
is different, each one, as 1t were, law
unto himself l am not scientific mother,
although l suppose l ought to be. l am
almost too lenient with them. but I find
that the older children give the younger
ones good example and help me in many
other ways. In this way a mother can
really bring up n large family more
easily than n small one, strange as 1t
may seem. Then. too. L am crazy over
children. ana they are quick to know
this. One of my little boys is inclined to
be a bit unruly, so instead of Furnishing
him when he refuses to do what l tell
him to do. l always say. We'll, mother
will feel mighty bad If Bob won't do
this much for her. and he always gives
In. 1t isn't really n case OF caring for
them during the holidays; it's just loving
them all the time that COUNTS
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Gillette in "Secret Service

In 1897 when Secret Service" was first
played in London, William Archer wrote
that It was "the best drama of adven-
ture and situation written within my
recollection in the English language"
Since then, by the grace of playwrlghts
and managers, the stage has been the
scene of many things, from lbsen revivals
to the drama of sex, and more recently
the sinister force of the moving picture
has transposed all appreciation of the
stage into n new key And Secret Ser
vice" playing at the Broad this week,
remains exactly what Il was Is years ago.
In fact, IL you consider only the change
In stage influences, the play Is better than
ever. We have grown bitterly weary of
sex and problem and uplift plays, not
primarily because we are tired Of sex
or problems or uplift, but because we
are tired of stupid plays. And Secret
Service" is never stupid except when It
forEets to atterd to its job and swerves
on n silly tangent about boy. and-girl
affair. 1t may he n disagreeable fact for
the dramatists of the last generation, but
II Is true that they haven't been able to
age this play by tho least part of an
hour.
Not so with the moving picture. 1t has
| taught us to expect, in an entertainment
of three or four hours, n compleNity OF
swiftly moving incident, built upon
variety of pleasing or thrilling spectacles.
without even n nOInentbTy UuBblng OIL
interest. II may be bad for us to speed
up" but the fact is that we do It. Now
Secret Service" is one reel film playing
| the length of THE Birth of a Nation.
There isn't n single situation or ad-
venture which could not he projected,
and there are no characters in 1t what
ever. So, II anyone wants the whole
moral of Mr.. Gillete's revival, 1t is that
the only way the drama can take care
of itself in these times is to devote
itself to poetry and to character, TO
romance and to comedy, to beauty OF
! speech and subtlGty of situation, to con-
! nicts of souls. not OF bodies, to every
thing which has made 1t great, and TO
nothing which has made 1t popular.
The popularity of Mr.. Glllette's Ven
! ture is, of course. n lion in the path Of
| that moral, but 1t is the last lion. Mr.
| Gillette himself is something of a lion,
He has cultivated his style with an in
| tentness and singleness of purpose which
| are truly remarkable, Recently he pub
| lished a brochure, "The Illusion of the
First Time" in acting, on the multiple
difficulties which come to an actor, well
versed in n part. in his attempt to make
1t appear that speech and action are, not
spontaneous but evolved for the first
time. The absolute, free flow of spon-
taneity is the last thing he desires. be-
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Vaudeville
Keith's

A denouement 80 swift and unexpected
that 1t almost took the breath of the
large audience marked "The Passion Play
of Washington Square," comedy of the
tragic, which was the most elaborate
number of an exceptionally good bill
opening at Keith 8 last night Miss Alma
Tell. in her double role, proved not only
to the house, but TO her mother, that she
is q good actress, and thereby won u
husband. acceptably played by Arthur
Maitland. The other members OF the
cast fitted into the machinery of the
clever playlet like cogs.
Beatrice Herford was inimtable as
usual, and, although she wore an eve
ming gown, one could have sworn that n
dressmaker, a woman "minding' the
baby in q trolley car and a telephone
operator in succession were sitting on
the stage. The animated shadowsraphs
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Wilde consti-
tuted one of the most unique offerings
seen in Philadelphia for months. George
Bancroft and Octavia Broske made an
impressive initial vaudeville appearance.
and II they run true to form. they VIII
gain much more practice in bowling In the
future. Mabel Berra, an American prima
donna. with her masterful voice, received
an ovation. The spectacle of 1871 dancing
the fox trot and singing the rastimes
of 1915, done by Gertrude Holmes and
Robert Buchanan. made big hit. Myrl
and Delmar did strong man" and bal
ancing stunts" in n new and artistic
setting. The bright Jokes of Charles
Hoey and Harry Lee. in 1.-THE Nominee"
caused another source OF amusement to
spring up in the rear of the house-three
or four women who could no. control
their ''hee-hee-hee." They laughed
through the exhibition OF the Kerville
Family. which did billiard tricks un-
dreamed of by Willie Hoppe.