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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18
Review and Outlook.

X. G. Dun & Co.'S special local renort
LOT inc Industrial Section OF The Times
dispatch is as follows:
me zone underlying business con-
nuea eheerful, and the belief Is pretty
seherai that the early fall will witness
marked Improvement No new feat
ures nave presented themscIycs the
past week TO Sive tone to the market
Local Jobbcrs are experiencing tho
usual midsummer dullness; this. how
eNet' IL not more in evidence than. is
"suaI during inventory period and va
cation season
fish temperatures have had Il slim
uia'ihG erect on retail trade mer-
chahts or dry goods. clothing and other
wearing apparel are doing we'll
The labor situation continues to Inn
prove: skilled workmen are fairly we'll
employed. and tho number OF unem-
ploEed day laborers has diminished
canncries are now in fun operation and
have given employment TO large num-
Der OF women and children
Richmond financial institutions are
in position to take care OF local
needs ana lend whatever assistance ia
necessary further South. The regional
bank is proving its usefulness moro and
more. and the past month has been one
or the best since its organization: re-
discounts last week with the Richm ond
branch amounting TO nearly 100000
The weeks ciearings with local banks
amounted to SS.362,2Ss.
Weather continues favorable for
crops. Government reports show agri-
cultural conditions are good and most
crops compare favorably with n ten
year average. Corn acreage in Virginia
is 2.l52.ooo, and In North Carolina
3.o33.oo0. Winter wheat gives indica-
lions OF 100000 bu.hel yield in
Virginia. and 100000 in North Caro-.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18
ONE or FIRST CITIES
TO HAVE EXCHANGE

Other inventions had seen their first
trial in Richmond, and Richmond WAS
one % the first cities of the country
TO have Il telephone exchange. 1t was
marvellous that one could talk to
another more than a mile away. 1t
was miracle that n slender wire
could carry a message across stretch
Of country. The invention was proven.
What was AZ first a luxury for the
few soon became a necessity for the
many. No one could be without his
lephone. The telephone became a
fiXture. Everybody needed it. so the
little company which came 10 Rich
mond SO many years ago began 10
expand, knowing that its oniidehce
in now idea OF communication was
not misplaced.
Then came tho establishment of tho
first telephone exchange. II was in
stalled in 1879. with a few subscrib-
ers. connected with each other by wires
stretched across house tops. To-day
the wires arc run along poles or
stretched beneath the ground. and one
may talk with his friend across the
breadth OF continent. and it is prom
Used that soon one may talk across the
seas. that in tho not far distant future
there will not he even tho necessity of
wires
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18
HAVE SYSTEM NOW
WHICH is UNSURPASSED

Tho telephone company and the peo-
pie Of Richmond have worked together
until they have developed n system that
is nowhere surpassed ON January !,
1890, Their" were 7os telephones in Rich
mond and its suburbs. on January I,
telephone, there were l,al7 phones in
service. and ten years later the num-
her had increased to 1884. To-day.
thirtv-six years after the first exchange
was installed. there are 2o.5o0 tele-
phones in Richmond and the near-ly!ng
suburbs.
One may gain an idea Of the develop
mcnt Of the telephone service from the
tact that on January I. 1900, tn" Chcs-
apeake and Potomac Company handled
about $4,000 calls a day. while at this
= bour 100000 calls a dag. ~ per cent
OF which nave 70 go through a second
operator. on account OF the calls being
switched from one exchange 10 another.
This means that in every twcnty-foui
hours $40, o1o people are put into COM
nun!cation with each other by tele.
phone.
Up - 1909 tho coapany operated only
ore exchange in Richmond, but on July
II that year the Monroe NOW Ran
Colp5J exchange was put into opera
lion. The Boulevard exchange in the
IVES, End was put into service on No
ve,nher -, 1914
II has been ngured out ny the com
pany that by 1880 Two switchboards
will be required 20 serve the West
End, ana the new Boulevard building
has been 50 designed that additional
stories can he added and that sufficient
room can be made for an additional
switchboard.
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CHURCH BUILDINGS AND
SCHOOL BUILDINGS TOO

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WONDERFUL PROGRESS IS
MADE IN TELEPH0N|NC
Richmond Among First Cities in the
Country to Install an
Exchange.
FIRST BUILT HERE IN 1879
Promoters Had Difficulty in Con-
vincing Prospective Subscribers OF
Its FeaSihility-Three Exchanges
Now Handle 100000 Calls Daily.

As Richmond was the first city in the
country to have established a street
car line system, so was she among the
first TO have a telephone exchange
The first telephone exchange was es-
,ablished in 1879. ;hirty-six years ago.
Subscribers then were doubtful, for the
telephone was now and strange In
vcntion. II was hard 10 persuade the
woui6-be subscriber that ne could talk
with friend or a business acouaint-
ance more than mile away. But
there was the demonstration He
could hear his friend speaking. and. in
ANXIOUS moments. there was the voice
OF his wife or his mother telling him
that things were we'll
Il was Il venture in Richmond, and
like many other ventures first placed
here II proved successful. Thirty years
ago. whom the telephone was first
started, one talked with another Tor
over only shor; distance To-day
such have been the improvements. one
may sit in a telephone exchange in
Richmond and converse with friend
IN San Francisco. That was demon
Stratcd only few days ago. when
Governor Stuart received messages by
Ions distance telephone from Rich
mond, and when he plainly heard a
sweet-voiced woman singing to him
across more than 5000 miles Of wire
Richmond has always been to the
fore in adopting now ideas and in
making use OF new inventions. When
the telephone was first placed in ser
vice. when II was seen that II would
he OF an Importance equal to that OF
the cable which Cyrus w. Field
stretched across the bottom OF the At
lantic between the United States and
England. people took hold of the idea
and welcomed il as a now. though UNI
tried, agent Of communication.
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~. u. Dun Co.'S special local report
| Tor the Industrial SECTION ~ Ths 49,
Dispatch Is as follows:
Evening star., 1915-11-23
THREAT OF CONSCRIPTION
STILL HELD OVER BRITISH
Earl of Derby Declines to Say
Whether En1istments Are
Satisfactory.

LONDON. November 23-"The coun.
try is sound and it is determined to
see this war through to the end" said
the Earl of Derby in talking to the
American correspondents regarding tths
British recruiting campaign of which
he is in charge The people are al
determined to carry the war through
as they. were in August of last yeal
and we will win it,
That much. Lord Derby said, he wal
willing to affirm as the result OF the
canvass of the country which he had
been managing. More definite .infor.
nation he was obliged to withhold un.
til the formal announcement of the re-.
suits of the canvass which would be
made December IL. In accordance with
that policy, he declined to answer
questions whether responses had ex-
ceeded his, expectations or otherwise
to indicate whether the number OF
recruits obtained meets the war office
requirements.
Evening star., 1915-11-23
LABOR UNION TO FIGHT
PISTOL T0TING IN D. C.
Special Committee In Appointed tt
Confer With the Proper Legal
Authorities. =.

The Central Labor Union, at meet
ing held last night, appointed a COM
mittee to confer with the district at
torney and the Attorney General to
see il some steps cannot be taken to
bring to an end the carrying of re-
volvers in the District of Columbia
The committee consists of B. A.
o'Leary. Robert Jones and W. w
Keeler. -:
The subject of pistol toting" and
its evils came before the union in
consequence of the accidental shooting
of James Barrett, an employe of the
National Capital Brewery. Barrett shot
himself while examining the revolver
of fellow-workman. Maj. Pullman was
asked by the labor union why the EN-
ploys who carried the revolver had not
been prosecuted for "toting" the gun
and the reply was that he had done sc
for protection. and had been ex.
onerated.
That equal suffrage obtained better
hours and better pay for the working
women Of any community was the dec.
laration made by Mrs. Grace Benefield
Cotterill Of Seattle. Wash, at the meet.
ting. Mrs. Cotterill is in Washington
in connection with the coming conyen.
tion of the Congressioal Union for
Woman Suffrage. "
Evening star., 1915-11-23
VICTORY OVER GERMANS
IN AFRICA is REPORTED
Official Announcement Made in Paris
of the Capture of
Tibati.

PARIS. November Ga Official an.
pouncement is made of the capture by
French and British forces of the city oi
Tibati, in the German colony of Kamerun
Western Africa. as the result of a sur.
prise attack. The statement follows:
= "a French column operating in Kan.
erun. commanded by Lieut. Col. Brisset
surprised the German forces on Novem.
Der g. The Germans who were intrench-
ed on the heights in the region of Tibati
were defeated and retreated in great
disorder.
THE Germans were expecting an at
tack from the north, whereas the
French, by rapid detour, made an at
tack from the south.
"On the next day British column
command by Col. Webb. joined with
the French in the occupation of Tibati
the great native city, whose sultan and
population welcomed the Franco British
forces, saving them from oppressive Ger
man rule"
Evening star., 1915-11-23

Edwin C. Brandenburg was re-elect-
ed president of the Washington Board
Of Trade by the board of directors of
the organization at, meeting held
yesterday afternoon. Other officers re-
elected were William T. Galliher vice
president; William d. West, second
vice president: Walter II. klopfer,
treasurer, and John B. Larner. general
counsel.
J. Harry Cunningham was elected
secretary. to fiIl the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Chris J. Cock keler,
who had served the Board of Trade in
that capacity for five years. Several
weeks ago Mr. Gockeler announced he
would not be a candidate for re-elec-
ton. Mr.. Cunningham was reelected
a director of the Board of Trade when
the annual meeting of the organiza ton
was held at the New Willard, Novem-
ber 15
Evening star., 1915-11-23
TINE LIMIT Is FIXED. >
No Subscriptions to c. ]. Gockeler
Dinner Accepted After Nov. 80,

No subscripti as to the dinner 70 sbe
rendered Chris J, Gockeler. retiring secre-
tary ot the Board of Trade. at ting New
Willard Hotel, December 4, will be ac-
cepted after November 80. according 10
AN announcement made today by the com
nlittee in charge of the affair The COM
mittee is anxious to know well ahead of
time the exact number OF members Of the
Board of. Trade and others who plan to
attend the dinner, in order that adequate
All aasements for them may be made.
II is believed the attendance at the din
ner will number in the neighborhood of
200. Mr.. Gockeler was secretary Of the
Board of Trade for five years and has a
host of friends in Washington a.
Evening star., 1915-11-23
WOULD INCREASE TAX ON BEER
Mr.. Rainey's Suggestion for Rails
ing Money for National Defense.

Representative Rainey OF Illinois has
a program that he believes will easily
raise the additional $3.50. 900 of taxes
each year that will be required to meet
the expenditures for national defense
ard the deficit in ordinary government
receipts over expenditures. It includes
a further increase in the tax on beer.
Nobody ought to feel this much" he
said. The saloonkeepers would simply
put more foam on the beer and this
would benefit the consumer and the
whole country The tax would hardly
be felt by the brewer, the saloon
keeper or the consumer"
alr- Rainey called at the White House
TO congratulate President Wilson on
the endorsement expressed by the ceun-
tty for national defense and stated
inat ne proposes to give the Presiden mt
his fullest support for the program
.; iIave not gone into Details" he
said. but these will be easily worked
ou, +"
Evening star., 1915-11-23
| BARRY BULKLEY SUED
| BY HIS FORMER WIFE
FREDERICKSBURG ~"
Suit Instituted Here to Recover
A,862.42 Alleged Arrears
of Alimony.

Barry Bulkley was named defendant to-
day in suit to recover s4.S62.42, alleged
arrears Of alimony filed in the District
Supreme Court by his former wife, Emily
May Bulkley. Mr.. Bulkiey entered into
an agreement February IS, 1905. to pay
Mrs. Bulyley $50 month during her life,
or until she remarked. The total indebt-
edness under the agreement to date is
$4,000. but Mr.. Bulkley has paid 4.737.5S,
including an installment of $40 paid this
month. leaving an alleged balance of
4,S6242.
Through Attorneys Ralston & Rich
ards and Stanley d. Willis the court is
told that the Bulkleys We're divorced
in Jefferson county. Ky. January IA.
1907, and that the decree of the court
adopted the terms of the alleged agree
ment and fixed alimony for the wife
and child at $50 a month in semi
monthly fnstallments of $40. The wife
says Mr.. Bulkley has not lived UP to
the terms of the agreement. in some
months paying only one installment.
until he is in arrears more than $4,000.
Wife Agreed to Quit City.
Among the terms of the agreement
PAN 'iSASii tiidl II siioulu
IN decree for alimony and that on the
death or remarriage of the wife The
husband will make ample provision for
the support. maintenance and education
of the child. The agreement also pro-
vided that five days after its execution
Mrs. Bull<ley should leave Washington
and take up her residence elsewhere,
and continue to reside outside the Dis
trict Of Columbia during the life of the
agreement All payments under the
agreement, or under a decree. based on
| it, the agreement states, shall cease on
breach by the wife of this provision.
Mrs. Bulkley is residing in Kentucky,
and there swore to the papers in the
suit few days ago.
Evening star., 1915-11-23
LOW HARD-C0AL RATES
ARE AGAIN POSTPONED
Reductions Ordered by I. c. c. Not
to Become Effective Until
January /.

reductions in hard coal rates ordered
by the interstate commerce commits
sion to become effective December /
were postponed today until January ].
This is the second postponement in
the anthracite case. The original
orders were to become effective 'Octob-
er !, but on a showing by the rail-
roads that the new tariffs required TO
be filed were complicated . first ex-
tension of sixty days was granted.
A few weeks ago coal operators in
the Wyoming region of Pennsylvania
asked for a rehearing in relation TO
the proposed rates on the smaller sizes
of anthracite, alleging that the new
orders were unjust when the rates
were compared with those on the large
sizes. There have been reports. that
the railroads might seek to. overturn
the decision through court proceed
ings, but SO far there. has been no evil
dence before the commission Of such
an intent. The new rates apply be-
tween the Pennsylvania mines and the
Atlantic seaboard.
Evening star., 1915-11-23
SEEKS CUSTODY OF CHILDREN
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Insti.
tuted by John Il, Albers.

Proceedings in habeas corpus have
been instituted for the custody Of Imo-
gene Albers and John Henry Albers,
aged four and two years, now at st.
AIMS Infant Asylum. John II. Albsrs,
father OF the children, tells the court
Of his marriage January 26, 1910, and
Of n separation from his wife in 1914,
At which time the children were placed
in tho asylum by the board Of chill
dren's guardians
The father says he is now recon-
ciled with his wife and they wish to
have the babies with them. ATTORNEYS
W. ]. Lambert and r. H. Yeatman ap-
pear for the father.
Evening star., 1915-11-23
Leese, l.. NJ. Thayer and Charles J. Co.

lumbus..
Washington Hotel Mems Association
r. s. Downs, S. A. Manuel. Townsley
Mckee and Charles @. Pattee.
. Washington Board of Trade-Joseph
NJ. Stoddard, Charles W. Fairfax and
Somerset r. Waters.
Touring bureau and newspaper men
James A. Hemstreet, E. L. Ferguson,
H. E. Duckstein. NJ. w. Sohn. NJ E. Lii
ley. Howard Fisk, j. c. Mccarthy and
A. ]. Sutton. ~
The cars, donated for the trip by
Washington automobile dealers, were a
Pullman, from the w. P. Barnhart
Company; Stearns. from the Potomac
Motor Company, with Arthur Foraker
driving; a White. from the White Com
pany branch, with w. Pearce Rayrer
at the wheel. The Lutrell Company en-
tered a Packard Twin Six. which was
piloted by Louis Stevenson, and T. A.
Mckee drove his own Studebaker
Evening star., 1915-11-23
BOY SCOUTS WANT PRESIDENT.
Invited to Attend Rally of 10000
in New York City Saturday.

Colin H. Livingstone OF this city, pres
ident Of the National Boy Scouts. called
at the White House today and left an
invitation for President Wilson to at
tend q rally of 10000 Boy Scouts at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
Saturday next, when the President will
be in that city to attend the Army
Navy foot ball game. The hour for the
rally will be fixed to suit the conven-
ience Of the President if he finds it
convenient to accept the invitation
1t was feared at the White House
that the Presidents program in New
York already was too full to accept the
invitation. which will be laid before
the President himself
Evening star., 1915-11-23
ADDRESSES MISSION SOCIETY.
Miss Brown Geeaks at Temple Bap.
.-~.-~ - Church.

Necessity, - ssheious education was
discussed ~ Miss Florence NJ. Brown
general secretary Of the Young Women's
Christian Association. at a meeting this
afternoon Of the Temple Baptist Mission.
ary. Society,". Miss Brown was dele
gate to th< Nnrthsrn Baptist Convention
and told ofss6me of the matters consid
cred at the convention. Before the Sun.
day school teachers OF Calvary Baptis,
Church Miss Brown last night spoke or
the subject. Applying the Teachings oi
the Man, Of Galfiee to the Problems Of
the EySfSdSy. Working Qiri"
Evening star., 1915-11-23
NEW ATTACHE DUE TODAY.
Malcolm A. Robertson Will Join
British Embassy Staff.

Malcolm A. Robertson. who has had a
long career in the diplomatic service OF
Great Britain. will arrive In Washing
ton late this afternoon. to become first
secretary of the British embassy. in
place of Hon. Ernest Scott. who has
hitherto held that post, and who is to
join the British legation at Teheran
Persia. as counselor. owing to Great
Britain's increased interests in Persia
as a result of the war and the desire to
augment the British diplomatic staff at
the Persian capital at this time.
Mr.. Robertson arrived in New York
Yesterday He has been attached to
the diplomatic staffs of Great Britain
at Bucharest, Rio de Janeiro and Mon
tevedio.
Evening star., 1915-11-23
WILL REVIVE MEASURE /
FOR TARIFF COMMISSION
Representative Mann Says Progress
sives Will Be Welcomed Into
Fold as Republicans.

Representative Mann of Illinois. repub-
lican leader OF the House. discussing con-
gressional matters today. said he pur-
posed to revive his measure for the crea-
ton of tariff commission. that the re-
publican members OF the House would bs
allowed an increase in number on the
important committees in accordance with
the increased republican strength OF the
House and that any Of the progressive
party members would be welcomed back
into the fold as republicans.
THE democrats already have picked
out their fourteen members of the ways
and means committee" he said, land We
will have at least eight republicans on
that committee. an increase Of one. Ther.
will be similar increases In the larger
committees, such as the appropriations.
military and naval.
Six Progressives in House.
"I do not know whether the progress
! sives will continue a party organizs-
ton. Not Including Representative
! Chandler of New York. who was writ
| ten to be enrolled as republican,
there are six progressives in the House
Whether any of. these will come Into
but, of course, IL they do it will be as
| republicans"
Representative Mann received TODAY
| President Wilson's invitation to con-
| fer with him on national defense and
-ther non-partisan matters. and he will
| consult with the President as request
| ed The invitation was delayed by
| being missent to Chicago Mr.. Mahn
again called on Secretary Lansing to-
! day. urging protection to the American
| interests at Los Mochis, which, he said.
were now menaced by both the de facto
| government and Villa forces, although
| not molested under the old conditions.
Evening star., 1915-11-23
CONSIDERING PROTEST
BY BARON zW|ED|NEK
State and Justice Departments Take
Up Objections Lodged by Aus
trian Charge.

Officials Of the State Department and
the Department Of Justice are consider
ing a protest by Baron Erich Zyiedinek,
charge of the Austro- Hunga rian embassy,
that a statement issued in the name OF
the Department Of Justice apparently
tended to confirm allegations of illegal
activities on the Fart Of the Austrian con-
sular Offices, made by DR.. Joseph Goricar,
former Austrian consul. The protest was
lodged with the State Department.
Reference Objected To.
The statement said that A. Bruce Bic
laski. chief of the bureau Of investlga :
tion of the Department of Justice, had
conferred with DR.. Goricar in New York
and obtained much information of value
concerning the activities of Austrian
Consul General Won Nuber and his asso-
ciates." This reference was what the
Austrian charge objected to.
Baron Zwiedinek, it was said. suggest
CT, -spud!a:!!cn OF the statement by the
Department of Justice If 1t actually was
not issued with its authority. Whether
this will be done VIII depend upon the
outcome of conferences between state and
Department of Justice officials. II is gen.
orally understood that the statement was
issued by an official of the latter depart
ment without the personal knowledge of
the Attorney General
Acted en- Own Initiative.
1t was upon his own initiative and
not upon instruction from the Vienna
foreign Office that Baron Zwiedinek
complained to the department. Off,
cials consider the complaint more or
less justified. and at the State Depart
ment the opinion seemed to prevail
that unless the Department of Justice
disclaimed the authority of the state
ment the Austrian foreign Office might
make inquiries.
Evening star., 1915-11-23
lscd whenever Quiniie s-ls Needed.
DaeH Nai Affect the Head.

Ftrausc OF Us tonic and laxative enect, LAXA-
TIVE BkOsfo -QUINlSE will be found better
tnan ordinary 0lIipire. for any purpose for which
Quinihe 10 used. Does not cause nervousness nor
rigsipg in hesd.- Remember, there is Only One
GROVE. 3bc.--A6taft5ssnAsks-s~- - a.y---t-,..
Evening star., 1915-11-23
W. R. Nagel Made Notary Public

William II. Nagel has just received his
appointment from the President AS a
notary public for the District of Co
| lumbia
Evening star., 1915-11-23

| German railroads have found that the
| maintenance OF electrical locomotives is
more economical than operating cars
[ fitted with individual motors
Evening star., 1915-11-23
Acted en- Own Initiative.
Host to japanese Naval Officers.

KOBE. Japan. November 23.-Rear
Admiral Albert Winterhalter. COM
mander- in chief of the Asiatic feet of
the United States. gave a farewell din
ner today to Admiral Sigetaro Yoshi-
matsu and a number Of other japanese
officers. The dinner was held on
board the Saratoga. which has been
here in connection with the coronation
of Emperor Yoshihito. The Saratoga
sailed tonight for Yokohama to take
part in the naval review.