Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-01
Why We Smiled In ,pI,.

mcr british Chief Justice and friend OF
America, dies in London.
Why We Smiled In iDI5
January 3--Eev. Billy SUNDAY
starts ito make Philadelphia turn owe,
! in its sleep"
January i--Secrctary Of Navy Daniels
orders porcelain bathtub installed in
the flagship Wyoming of the Atlantic
Fleet for President Wilson's intended
Panama Canal trip.
January s-Will OF Eugene Zimmer-
man leaves stranded -in-law the
Duke Of Manchester, whom he had adj
/ viscd 10 go To the front and ge; out
in front"
January lo-rhe Berlin POS, saws.
! War made huinancly is really made
cruelty, as humane war lasts longer"
. January l3-t;ovcruor Cole Rlcas Sc re
signs after turning out most Of the
convic,s in South Carolina.
, January li--t:ntry of QUccn Of
Shcbas diamond earrings at New York
brings out fact no one knows her name.
January li-Bryan's line to the
| American Receiver Of Customs at Santa
! Domingo. let me know what positions
+ Won have at your disposal with which
t"Nrcward deserving Democrats" oobs
I UP TO plague him.
January 20-Twilicht sleep babics
hold convention in New York
/ January 2G-"Rough nccks" win over
silk stockings in Sing Sing election.
! February ?-MaX lileist cowboy ac-
/ cuses wife. daughter OF l.. II. Ereitung,
! German American banker, OF making
love to him and cnticing him into thcir
secret marriage.
I February 2G-Mrs. Mary Kirk Of
Wcchawkcn, y. Y. presents her hus-
band with a baby girl. Husband upset
when his aunt an expert. says baby
is five weeks old.
- r.,
Osborne noted lawyer and graft fight.
! CT. for breach Of promise asserting he
. is the oliver Osborne" who wooed and
left her. Who is oliver Osborne"
March l9-Osborne lOlivcr) appears
10 James W. Osborne, and disappears
forever.
I April lo-Nine men, more than half
/ of the United states Army. dine with
Representative Gardner in Washington.
April Edwin Cobb. author. ten
dercd farewell banquet before return
ing TO the war front Instead Of going
to the front he goes 10 thc hospital.
/ June Airs. John Jacob Astor. com
plains in court she cannot support John
Jacob Astor, Jr on $4,000 "a year
July William J. Bryan takes his
desk with him.
September Ell u. Rockefeller digs
Colorado coal with a pick twenty min
utcs and likes 1t.
October FLAMES Couzens Ford
Motor Company vice president, cannot
stand Hcnry's rcace taiR an" longer
and quits.
November iorty-two men and
women leave Wilmington. Del, for
few days in New York as guests Of
two husbands of war brides"
December lo-Dcan Jones. OF Yale
rules Ellis may only impersonate female
parts one year, lest they become sissi-
fed
|
win over silk stockings" in Sing Sing.
How Prosperity Cnmc In 1915.
January 29-Prcsidcnt Wilson pre-.
trio railway men. James \. Pattcn.
Joseph Letter. {. Il. Livermore and
Charles W. Partridge and others said
TO have made fortunes in pit.
February 3-May wheat reaches 81 &C
i'll Chicago.
February ?-Great agitation through
the country over rise in price of bread.
March First gold sent direct from
England 10 New York since latter
part of 1913 arrives
April 9-Enormous bull market in
New York Stock Exchange in progress
August lI-S1?.OOO.o 900 IN gold and
Sl".oo"."oO in securities reaches New
York from England.
september l-bcmaad sterling sells
| at Si.5o, rejecting enormous foreign
orders FOR munitions and other goods
September 2-EXportS for twelve
months. ending August 81, 1915. ar.,rc-
gate S3.o3j,OOO.O0o. il is announced
October 23-Favorablc trade balance
( for week. S1O.G0?,0O Greatest i'm nur
/ history.
t December l--i;anli cicarinys of na,ion
for November, $4,000. 900. 900 against
! Ell 0o,O00,0O0 in November. 1914. an
Increase of 10 per cent.
| December 11--To,al rolC imnort. IN
date approximately Slll.O0O, 900
Notable Progress In Telephony In I0I5.
January 21-First public dcmonstra
non OF telephone line between New
YORK ana san Francisco. 3.4OO miles.
september "a-WirclcsS tclcpboue
communication established between
arlington. Va. and Mare Island Navy
Yard, Cat, II distance OF 1900 miles.
president Theodore y. Vail, Of the
American Telephone and telegram
company. talks from New York TO san
francisco. voice being carried by tclo-
phone to Arlington and thence nv
wireless. Wireless telephone commune
| cation established between Arlington
and Hawaii. 1900 miles
October darlington spealls IN
Paris and Hawaii by wireless tcic-
phone.
Suspected Foreign Acts OF Violence In
United states In 1915.
January 1-John a. Rocblin- sons
Co. Trenton FRO. Lon. 40 900