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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
DEAF, DUMB AND
BLlND-BUT SING

New port News. Va, Jan. Menu
eers of the congregation OF the New
nort News Baptist Church last night
wiped out the debt of $3.50. which
has been banging over them for some
time. raising that amount Al the con-
e'usien of meeting. at which the
work of the deaf and blind quartet of
The State school for deaf. dumb and
blind negro children. situated just
outside the city, featured the pro-
gram
Mrs. Ritter. wife of the superinten-
den, OF the school. rendered Nearer
My God 10 Thee" reading the words
from the lip movement Of Mrs Stevens
9nd transmitting 1t 10 the deaf and
blind pupils. who sang the hymn In
signs. Mrs. Ritter is deaf. There
were recitations and duets by blind
girls
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
TARTTE FACTION CONTEMPT
CASE AGAIN CONTINUED

Petersburg. Va. Jan 1.-THE con-
tempt proceedings against the Tartta
faction of the Harrison Street tcol-
oredl Baptist Church. set for trial In
the Hastings Court tndaN-wara- con-
tinuea until February 20.
Judge West. who issued the decree
which is alleged 10 have been ,folat-
ed, Will not be asked to preside in
the contempt case If another Judge
Is not agreed on. Judge Mullen will
preside himself
The injunction case in the Circuit
Court will be heard at some date yet
To be arranged
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
happenings From All Sections Of the State of Virginia

i'll conceded with the results of pto-
maine poisoning
Nothing else was called TO his at
tention at the time. Afterwards. when
he made another visit. a colored wo-
man called his attention to some -four
IN "A bin IN which there were suspi-
cions looking dark places. Upon cas-
nsi examination. DIR. Chaffin's suspi-
cion was aroused and ne took a por-
ton of the floor and had 1t analysed
by chemist, at the iron furnace,
who discovered that 1t contained
arsenic. The analysis was completed
today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
VIRGINIA BRIEFS.

Norfolk--The Chamber of Com
merce has received advices from the
Pacific coast to the effect that the
American Hawaiian Steamship Com
psny is TO give Norfolk regular SER
vice from Pacific ports. including
Seattle, San Francisco and San Pedro.
about once q month through the
Panama Canal. Tho chamber IL now
trying to confirm this through the
New York Office Of the American Ha-
waiian Company. but up to last night
nothing has been learned.
Dayton, ya.-virginja and Ger
aldine Marshall tina little daughters
of DIR. I. j. Marshall, OF Dayton, Va,
were painfully burned on Sunday
morning by exploding kerosene.
The two children. whose ages are
only seven and ten years. were at
tempting to start a FIRE at the ime,
both being very painfully. though not
seriously. burned about the face and
neck.
Abingdon--W. r.. Mingea Of
Abingdon. Va. recently retired presi-
dent Of the Virginia Carolina Rail-
way. has sold a tract of land to the
Federal government to become pare
OF the Appalachian forest reserve
The tract IL located in the Holston
Mountain. near Big Creek, sullivan
county. Tenn. and in said to contain
about 5000 acres. TIE considera-
ton ls near $4,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

Stauntop. Va, Jan. i5.--w NJ
Burruss. who for many years has
been faithful empioye at the West
srn State Hospital. met with an ac-
cident yesterday which caused him
to lose the four fingers on his left
hand. Mr.. Burruss was engaged In
saving wood with a steam saw when
the saw caught In a piece Of wood and
caused the accident. He was taken Al
once to the operating room at tina
hospital md his injuries attended to.
but he was suffering great deal last
night He has numerous friends who
will sympathize with him over the
serious accident.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
MANASSAS IMPROVES IT'S
ELECTRIC LIGHT SYSTEM

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
Manassas Va. Jan. 14.--At meet
ing of the town council In the Peoples
National Bank building Monday night,
> resolution. introduced by DIR. G.. r.
Johnson, was passed which means
that the public la to have use OF
electric day current In Manassas after
the first OF February. The passing Of
the bill meets with the hearty recon-
Inendation of many citizens and busi-
ness men,. and the council L. certain
that Its enactment VIII prove a good
Investment
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

Petersburg. Va. Jan. IA The
regular monthly meeting of the
Mothers Club of the r. F.. Lee SehooI
will be held Friday afternoon, Ianu-
AIRY Is, at o'clock in-ihe school
ditoriuu Interesting reports will
he made by the various committees
and some plans for the future work
OF the club viii be discussed. A fun
attendance Of the members Is urged.
A cordial invitation is extended TO
anyone interested in the work to be
present al this meeting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
Harrison--Horne.

Petersburg. Va. Jan 14.-Miss
Ethel w Harrison. popular young
lady OF Prince George County, and
Mr. George Franklin Horne. a prom
inent young man of the same county.
were united in marriage last evening
at o'clock in the home of the Of
hciating minister Rev George G.
Zeigler, pastor Of Westinghouse Street
Christian Church
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

done the House committee must mark
time until Monday. when the joint
committee meetings begin and with
II will mark time the House, accord
ing to present plans In the mean
time the senate coMnittee will not
touch any Tux measure--agaln &C
cording to present p1ans--anu tue
Senate will do likewise.
beth houses could spend the time
between now and next THURSDAY
when the joint hearings conclude. IN
reaching a decision as between inc
two tax plans, so that the House and
senate committees could get down to
work to frame tax measures along
the lines decided upon said Hugh
white. OF Rcckbridge, last night.
"Wfll thcyr" he was asked.
do you think so?" was the an
swer.
The only men In either house to
do any work yesterday were the mem
bers of the House Finance COMMITTEE
and a handful of delegates who met
with the committee and Followed me =.
proceedings. occasionally taking par-
therein.
Meet and Adjourn.
Both houses met at 10 O'CLOCK yes
terday morning to allow the Finance
Committees To settle upon the hour
for the Joint sessions at which pubic
hearings will be granted, IN pursuance
10 the provisions of Joint resolution
adopted on the opening day. The
House committee met in the Corpora
ton Commission courtroom, while the
Senate committee met in room in
the basement. Shortly after the
the former was called to order, Sem
etor Garrett, of the Senate committees,
appeared and stated that he had been
delegated to inform the Houss COM
mittee that his colleagues had desided
upon Monday. Tuesday and Wcdnes-
ay fer the proposed joint sessions.
Members of the House committee I'M
mediately objected that time would
be wasted. Several delegates present
voiced their opposition to the delay.
holding thar the joint sessions should
be- an at once. Senator Garrett eS-
planned that the Senate comniittee
wished to arrange for memorial trih-
utes to tho late Senator Echols.
Moreover. he aaId. TINS Sh00ld ~
niyen citilens AZ The 6tate who -.
s !ss ! ssssss !, iIIlI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
John A, Walker.

Petersburg, Va, Jan. 14.--Mr. John
A, Walker died yesterday at the city
after brief illness. The
body was taken To the undertaking
esta blishment of Messrs. j. r. Nor
Kiss 4 Con and prepared for burial.
Funeral arrangements await the ar
rival of the wife of the deceased, Mrs.
Lenora Walker.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

Fredericksburg. Va. Jan. it.~-cw-
ing to recent heavy rains the Rap
pahannock River has swollen 10 \
point in excess Of the highest water
mark for the past ten years. some
damage viii result, but nothing Sc
rious ha. occurred up to this time.
The river has risen to height OF
fourteen feet above normal and con-
,fnues to rise.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

Petersburg, Va. Jan. l4.--The
breaks at the warehouses today were
the largest since before Christmas
and prices for both bright and dark
tobacco are better than at any time
since the season opened. The mar
ket continues active and there Is
large demand, especially for the Amer
grades
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

over 10 the officers from the city
wherein his robbery had been COM
mitted.
Captain Ragland will return TO
Petersburg as soon as possible after
he appears before the court.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
OFFER BIG REWARD.
FOR CAPTURE OF TWO

reward Of $500 was offered BY
Governor Strart yesterday for the
capture and conviction Of the man
who. murdered Isaac waldrop and
Nicholas Commas, in Alexandra
County. last Sunday. and attempted
to murder Mrs. Mary A. Hughes. The
offer of the reward 10 conditional upon
the offer Of $500 reward by the
county.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

AHu IL IL SAiu bneiF TiRUtS anu inter
ests have been ruthlessly treated in
every way by the fighting factions.
Mexican Situation Hopeless.
No specific request for action other
than the usual representations was
made by the ambassadors. II is
known. however. that the Spanish
government considered the Mexican
situation hopeless; that there is now
no authority whatever in Mexico
which -he-fopked to for protection
OF foreign interests: that alleged
chiefs do not control their subordi-
mates and that guarantees given even
by those supposedly in power are
worthless.
The State. Department has no con-
hrmation of reports that the conven-
ton has continued Gutierrez in the
presidency. 1t is said that announce
meut TO this effect was made by the
convention, but that the announce
ment was subsequently recalled, and
its publication was prohibited
Palafox Makes Charges.
General palafox Is said to have
made charges against Consuls Silliman
and Canova Of having received large
sums OF money as reward for ef-
fecting the escape of General Iturbide
from Mexico city. PalafoN now states
thar he signed statement to this ef-
feet without knowing exactly what
veas In the statement No doubt ex-
lists in Washington that Falafox was
reported though his cx-
pla nation will be accepted at the
State Department as closing the in
ctdent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

jects have been seized or destroyed
and ii is said their rights and inter-
ests have been ruthlessly treated in
every way by the fighting factions.
Mexican Situation Hopeless.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15
OIL COMPANIES

Continued from First Pase.>
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-15

POSTPONE JOINT

Continued From First Page.)
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
KAIMUkI slMPROvEMENT
CLUB TO H0tl ELECTION

Election of officers of the Kaimuki
improvement Club sWiN be the prin.
cipaI order of business at q meeting
to be held next Thursday night In the
assembly room Of the Liliuokalani
school. The list OF candidates was
chosen last night at brief meeting,
and is as follows; 1
For president-Harry r. Mills, E.
r. Bath and ]. F. Child; vice-president
w. H. Bromley, ]. T. Boyd and Prof.
L. G. Blackman; secretary George b.
Henderson and A. f.. Clark; treasurer
-Zeno X. Myers and Glen X. Quinn; |;
directors Give to be elected Dan Lo-
gan, j. H. Fiddes, Ed Towse, Henry
Freitas, A. F. Clark, 8. II. Webb,
Frank Maket, E. A. Berndt, E. r. Bath,
Capt. W. r. Foster, M. H, Sanders, A.
F. Cooke, G. w. r. King and Charles
s. Crane.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
5. 5. ManOa Leaves Dec. !

All shipments for Middle West
and East must leave ON this boat
to be delivered Christmas morning.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
COULD ,..=.s
NOT FIND ANYTHING Fl
TO TAKE FROM SAM

Sam Keliipuleole reported to the po-
lice last night that he had been held
up at o'clock in. Kamehameha ~
lane by two men wearing masks and
soldiers trousers and leggings. Kelii-
puleole said he could not Identify the
men if he saw them, apdla search by
the police did not reveal amy suspic1
ious characters in the neighborhood.
Keliipueole said the two men walked
up to him, stuck guns in his face and
searched him, but found no money:
When he tried to get away, imme-
diately after the men stopped him, one
of them struck him on the head with
the butt of gun. 4
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
De FOLCO Wins
new SUPPORT BY
FIRST CONCERT

It would be a great pity If Signor
de Folco were to be discouraged and
abandon his projected grand opera
season for Honolulu because of the
slender attendance at his first con-
cert, given last evening at the Opera
House, for the concert was such that
no matter how meagre the support last
evening, de Folco may be assured Of
support from now on. The few who
heard him are unanimous that he gave
a performance which was finished in
every way and that both his voice and
histrionic ability have gained eror-
mously since he was in this city two
years ago with the Lambardi Opera
Company.
Mr.. Frank Moss, who assisted the
tenor, entrenched himself more firmly
in the good graees of Honolulu music
lovers and greatly deepened the favor
able impression he has made at other
appearances here. He is a wonderful
pianist, and his piano solos last night
were even better than his accompani-
ments to de Folco's songs-which Is
high praise.
6OIn artlSLS SFdcIouSiy IeapOhuCu W
encores, detecting the real enthusiasm
in the applause, even though the audi
ence was small.
Signor de Folco and Mr.. Moss will
be heard again at the Opera House in.
concert tomorrow night, when it is
probable that de Folco will repeat his
numbers from 81 Pagliaeci' and from
''Cavalleria Rustieana" which earned
encores last evening.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
WILDER is RE-ELECTED
TO HEAD HIBISCUS CLUB

Gerrit p. Wilder was reelected prest
ident Of the Hawaiian Hibiscus Club,
which held it's annual meeting in the
directors rooms OF the Hawaiian Trust
Company yesterday afternoon. c..
Montague Cooke was reelected secre-
tary. The club indorsed the action
of the directors of the tMid-Pacific
Carnival Company in naming Mr.. Will
der chairman Of the Hibiscus Show.
AS committee on classification, con-
ditions of competition and awards, Mr..
Wilder and Mr.. Cooke, together with
w. ]. MacNeil and ]. e. Higgins of
the federal experiment station were
chosen. -. r ...~..
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
.RAPS EXCUSES
FOR REMAINING
OUT OF Church
Evangelist Brown on News
paper Might Takes Up the
Question of Hypocrisy

Newspaper Night brought large
crowd to Central Union church last
evening in the interest of the evan
gelist campaign now being conducted
in Honolulu by John E. Brown and G..
p. Curry The topic for Evangelist
Browns talk was Making Excuses"
and making excuses, he declared. is
one of the blacklist of all sins.
The 18th verse of the 14th chapter
Of ST. Luke-tAnd they all with one
consent began to make excuses" was
chosen by the evangelist as his text.
He told the story OF the Lords supper
and the excuses offered by many of
those invited for failure to attend.
81 have found this olG parable TO
be a great comfort throughout my
career as an evangelist" said the
speaker. 1T seemed that the Lord
spoke to me in this, and II saved me
from despair thousand times.
"And right here would like to tell
you about some of the excuses have
been hearing since came to Homo
lulu why various persons could not
come to these meetings" the evan
gelist continued. But IL did. you
would all know who the persons are,
so I'll spare them the humiliation Of
having their excuses repeated public
ly."
The parable Of the great supper says
that the first man who was invited
to attend told the messenger that he
had Just bought q piece of land and
l. 4 ~, 1<..i,i IL 1.ySSt ova kha% Afo,aforo
he could not attend. The second had
bought a yoke of oxen and had to try
out the animals, while the third told
the messenger that he had inst been
married. 4a'7 -, sr
.tAnd all these were pffling." the
evangelist declared
Nc Legitimate Excuse.
'Fhe sin Of excusing," the evange-
list continued, els the blackets of all,
because it is built up from tissue
Of lies. I tell you there is no such
thing as q legitimate excuse for turn
ing your back on Jesus Christ. If
anyone in this audience has better
excuse than those given 10 centuries
ago would like to hear it."
There are FIVE principal excuses Of. I.
fered today, the speaker said, for de-
clinine to accept Gods Invitations: Too.
many hypocrites in the church; don't
feel like it; afraid one won't be able
to hold out; don't feel the need of 1t,
and have become too bad to be re-
deemed.
my definition Of a hypocrite," he
said, us one who processes to be
something that he is not and does not
want to be. i have only words of
scathing denuneiation for the hypo-
critics in the church. But after all,
when you sift 1t, right down, you will
find that there are very few. One
must err deliberately to be a hypo-
crite, and with malice aforethought.
Very few people join the church with
the intention to deceive.
"a man is not necessarily a hypo-
critic because he does not live up to
his ideals. How many men do live up
to their ideals constantly? Many men
are kept from the church by this very
erroneous idea of hypocrisy. They
have high ideals concerning Christian.
ity and fear they would not be able
to live up to them, and that If they
do not, they will be hypocrites."
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
ENGINE TYPES
MADEESlEN
RAILWAY CASE.

Nearly the entire portion of this
mornings trial Of the territory's in
junction suit against the Honolulu
Rapid Transit and Land Company was
consumed in the argument Of counsel
as TO the admissibifity In evidence as
a part of the territory's case of sub
stitution of turbine engines for the
present Corliss type Of engine operat.
ed by the company in its power plant.
The contention Of the territory was
for the purpose Of estimating the re.
production cost Of the eompany's pre-
sent plant, less depreciation charges,
that il could consider the more i'm.
proved type of machinery for this pur.
pose than that which Is at present
installed.
The claim was also made by the ter
ritory that so long as machinery gave
similar efficiency, was as economical
and had the same life as the compa-
ny's present plant, 1t was to the ad-
vantage of the public that more ad-
yanced type of machinery be used
which would thereby reduce the cap
italization of the company and to that
extent the public would be benefited
in that it would mean a greater
amount of surplus earnings to be di-
vided between the company and the
territory under the terms Of the
franchise.
Prof. ]. NJ, Young of the College Of
Hawaii was further examined by the
territory on the reproduction cost of
the company's power plant and ma
chinery, for the purpose OF ascertain
ing the present values Of the units Of
the company. He was to be further
examined this afternoon.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
STILL CHANCE TO
VINPHONOGRAPH

Do not think because you failed the
first day ito count the dots" in our
SONORA PHoNOGRAPH CONTEST
that your chances for winning that val
liable machine are gone. Back copies
containing the first, or any later ad-
vertisement you may have missed,
may be had at the Star-Bulletin office.
Sas long as you hand in by December
81 "a signed copy Of each advertise
ment that appears during the contest,
You are entitled tp every consideration
by the judges.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
BUILDING PERMITS

Owner. Mrs. F. T. Bickerton; loca-
ton, Wahiawa, Oahu, Eva side of Wa
hiawa road. three miles mauka from
R. r. station; used as residence; M.
K. Goto. architect; Aloha Building Co.,
contractor; estimated cost, $1,000.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

L. K. Sterling, Part Hawaiian. .2l
Helen Paoa, Part Hawaiian. .......21
A. C. Chan, Chinese :. s.-...... "a
Ching KAN H. Yok, Chinese. is
Arthur A.rNelson, American. PA
Julia Keyen, American. :. .......24
Antoine G. Serrao, Jry Portuguese. .2S
Ricardo A. Soares, Portuguese. .28
Jessie A. Tiffany, American = - SO
Susan Davis, American ........... 81
Sam Kalua, Hawaiian ..,.s........3 81
Valentine KaaihUe. Hawaiian . "a
Edzal Markle, PartHawaii SO
Pomaikai Pa, Hawaiian, ........... .25j
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-10
1zI= RI.
I6.EAIg0 al
r.. uon. !. n.,,,..

The Home Of Movies.
Matinee from 1890 to 4 o'clock.
Evening two shows) $50 and $50
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR TODAY
AND TONIGHT.
"Captain Francassee"-
(two reel drama) ........ .Biograph
Heart Of the Jungle
tanimal pictureI .Selig
"The Slightly Worn Gown
ldramal ............... Vitagraph
maggie Puts One Over
Z lHoReQyl. ....... Dublin
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
GERMANS COMMENT
ON TORPEDOING OF
WHITE STAR LINER
Press Blames Americans for Not
Needing Warnings to Avoid the
War Zone

Berlin. August 2s.-(By wireless to Say
tion to a remarkable contradiction in Eng
lish press reports regarding the Arabic
says an Oversee agency bulletin today.
"one report says the passengers and
crew received life belts when the steamer
entered the danger zone. This statement
is declared to be nonsensical because,
1t is pointed out, vessel leaving Liver
pool is at once in the danger zone. How
ever. the distribution of life belts. it is
argued, admits of the conclusion that the
steamers captain, obeying admiralty or
ders and spurred on by a high money
reward, intended to ram the submarine
as soon as 1t was sighted
''other reports state explicitly that no
submarine or torpedo was sighted permit
ting an assumption that the ship struck
a loose mine. All this shows the neces-
sity for awaiting the official report.
THE Deutsche Tages Zeitung says edi-
torialy:
IF it is true that German submarine
destroyed the Arabic and that American
citizens thereby were accidentally
drowned, this is fresh justification Of
German warnings to foreigners not to
enter the war zone on board British ships,
and of Germany's advice that they use
neutral ships instead y
1t is extremely regretable,' the Tas y
Zeitung adds, that the United States ~
entirely disregarded Germany's we ~
and tried by threats to cause Q O -
to give up submarine warfare, q s
an impossbility. This doubt me
unanimous sentiment of the Cs> ma
tion' :,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-24
NOTE TO ENGLAND
ON NEUTRAL TRADE
MAY Be REDRAF TED
British Order Making Cot
ton COntraband Will Be
Dealt With in the
New Note

u. NJ
washington, August 23.-The new
American note to Great Britain on in
serference with neutral trade nrob.,,,,
-
VIII oe' reorai,eu because OF the Brit
ish order making cotton contra band.
The note y;rtna,,,, ia
' 'eo" eoi'p'eteo'
1t now probably will treat at length
the ouestion M tho va,ia,t,, nada g.,
eeinaeiohal law OF contraband orders.
Cases under the contraband order
-,
q" So oeio'e prilisi prize courts
anu 'here VIII pe no INFORMAL nego-
tiations as previously in connection
with seizures
Tba au, A, :.
s...s, -, 10 W
1o' s'oou WIZ rouge FORMAL protes.
against the placing of cotton on the
contraband list and lengthy diplo