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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
PRICE PLAYERS IN
PREMIER Of SEASON
new Play, New Faces and Many The
atrical Moguls Will See First Pre-
sentation OF colleen"
Is BY CATHERINE GUSHING
Author OF GERRY" "PoIlyanna" and
Other Comedies Hero in Person.
Patricia Collinge Completes En-
gagement This Week.

Richmond will have real premier
tomorrow night, when the first presen-
tation of Colleen" a new comedy by
Catherine Chisholm Cushing, Will be
played by the Price Players at the
Academy of Music. The play VIII be
produced by Klaw & Erlanger. with
Miss Collinge in the title role, on
broadway at the beginning of next
season. Richmond playgoers have an
opportunity to see the production
months before New York.
Mrs. Gushing. whose home fs in
New York, has been in Richpond for
q week supervising the rehearsals OF
the new play. She has expressed
perfect satisfaction with the company
which Is to produce 1t. and with the
able efforts Of A. J. Edwards. stage
director of the Price Players.
Patricia Collinge, the visiting star
of the organization which is playing
\ limited spring and summer engage
ment at the Academy, will create the
principal feminine role, Norah. in
Colleen" Miss Collinge's association
with the company terminates with her
appearance in Colleen Catherine
Proctor, a distinguished actress. who
appeared in David Belasco's produc-
lions. The Easiest Way" and The
Governors Lady" will be the new
leading woman, opening the week fol-
lowing Colleen" in Under Cover"
1t is regrettable that Miss 'Collinge's
plans for the summer compel her re-
tirement after an engagement of only
two weeks. In Colleen" 1t is said
she has a part peculiarly adapted 20
her grace. winsomeness and delicate
qualities of humor and pathos. AS
Norah she will be taken in the play
from Limerick to fashionable Lon
don and back again. But 1t would
not be Just right TO tell the story Go
TO see 1t. and you'n enjoy it more.
TIE production of 6oifectt' viii
attract a number Of New York the
otrical managers to Richmond Need
less to say. there is much local inter-
est in the premier. as original produc-
fions are few and far between in THIS
city. Should the new comedy later
attain the vogue OF Peg o My Heart
ifrst presented in Los Angeles under
similar Conditions Richmond VIII
have reason TO long remember the
night when Miss Collinge and her
colleagues first hreathed life into Mrs.
Cushing's characters.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

Billie Burke Is starring. The pictars
is serial, and cost a huge sum Of
money for its production.
Mr. Wells paid $4,000 for the
rights of the films in Richmond. Nor
folk and Lynchburg for two days in
each city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
CAREERS Of ARTISTS

CONTINUED from Eighth Page.)
bark back to with pleasant recollec-
lions. This year the orchestra has
been strengthened by several new
members whose selection by the
Metropolitan management 70 proof OF
their ability musically.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
PAYS BIG PRICE FOR
BILLIE BURKE PICTURE

Jake Wells, controli of several
moving picture houses in Richmond,
has secured the Virginia rights on
"Gforia's Romance" a film in which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
To Build Railroad TN Cuba.

Havana. May 6.--The Cuba Rail-
way will soon begin the construction
Of a railway from Camaguey to Santa
Cruz. with government subsidy OF
$4,000 a mile.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

an view. we ask your hearty encour-
agement and support--now-and in
the future"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
lyric Has "Mikado."

A seasonable vaudeville entertain
nlent for the opening of the warm
weather period has been assembled by
Manager Rex for the Lyric this week
Gilbert q Sullivan's comic opera, The
Mikado," will he given the first half
OF the week "a the feature OF the bill.
Al the last half of the week win be
ReN's Comedy Circus as a healthier
A fulA program Of the moving pic
'ure offerings in Richmond this week
will be found In the calendar above.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07

rived from New York. will Vfeate the |
part OF a quaint little Irish woman.
who is spiritualistic and believes she
is a medium.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
COUNCILMEN ASKED
 TO ATTEND MEETING
Quartet of Council Members Expected To Be Present at Charter
 Revision Discussion.

Important reports and business matters will come before the scheds uled meeting of the charter revision committee tonight. One of the new items printed in another column, is to change the charter giving the city clerk the right to marry couples. 1t IS probable too, that there will be Sug- gestions made that would provide for the splitting of the safety board into two boards of police and fire com missioners. Tn this connection It IS understood that Chairman E. G. Bap- cock of the safety board has some suggestions to make that would tend toward establishing the office Of sale ty board chairman as permanent one on a salary basis.
 Alderman John Stadler, Councilman Charles May, Councilman o. F. cur tis and Councilman J. C. Andrews have been invited and are expected to attend tonights meeting i'll order to champion their council resolution asking that the city boards be made partisan rather than bipartisan. Rep resentatives of the Swedish-Amerlcan Republican club have also been asked to attend in connection with thelr re- quest for action that would give the clty court the right to issue haturan- zaton papers,
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
CITY HAS SOLD ALL
 ITS BLIGHTED TREES
Nhig lille Water Shed Will Have to Be Re-forested Before Very
 Long.

The water mmissioners have just closed deal with a Burlington lum- Der dealer whereby he has acquired the right to cut down and haul all blighted timber on the city water sheds in the Whigville district. Ac- cording to the report in the water de- partment, after a chestnut tree has been affected with the blight for two years the sap leaves the trunk of the tree and the wood becomes so hard that it is most arduous task to cut it. The Burlington man will cut all the blighted wood under the supervision of Inspector c. W. Beach, in charge of the water sheds in that locality.
 The time is not far off, the com- missioners state, when the city will need to have all the brushwood cut from this watershed and the entire place re1forested.
 Last year 0,0O0 trees, alternate white and red pine, were set out on the Shuttle Meadow water shed and the success of this venture will be watched before another job is begun Reports from the government bureau show that the white pine is now be- ing attacked with a dangerous blight, but the city feels fairly safe since it has about as many red pine on it's sheds. Dead wood, good for fire pur- poses, is daily sold at the Shuttle Meadow sheds.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
EAST CUT OFF FROM
 WESTERN SUPPLIES
Penna., Erie, New York Gen. tral and Wabash Order
 Embargoes.

Chicago, Dec. 8.--Em bargoes which practically bar the west from ship m,ent of commodities for export from Atlantic ports or for eastern con- sumption, went into effect on the Pennsylvania lines and the Erie rail- road east of Chicago today.
 Two other railroads. the New York Central lines and the Wabash. ordered embargoes today. The Wabash placed an embargo on grain shipm ents. and the New York Central on all food- stuffs, except perishable and live stock.
 The orders bar virtually every com modity the usual exceptions being made, however, for perishable freight in transit and for United States gov ernment shipm ents. H. c. Snyder, as sistant general freight agent of the Erie, explained that the order of his road "even applies to livestock to the extent that we no longer accept live stock from connecting 1ines.'
 No limit is set the duration of the embargo. which is attributed to the congestion of loaded freight cars in the yards on all Atlantic sea- boards.
 The Erie order fixes Marion. O., as the farthest east point of destination. Staple foodstuffs. which do not re- quire cold storage, are forbidden by the embargo from going east of the Pittsburgh Marion lines. This would apply to potatoes, flour, beet sugar and canned goods. Such commodities as wheat, corn, building materials and manufacturing articles are also ] brought under the ban of the embar- l go orders. Local railroad officials asserted that ! frequently cars of goods for export i have been shipped without arrange ments being made for bottoms to car ry their load to Europe and that as a result the tangle of freight cars has grown so great that eastern roads have found it difficult to carry on their necessary business. Efforts of the l roads, it was asserted, to carry out the recent orders of the interstate com- merce commission to return the cars to the eastern lines have brought the situation to crisis.
 Officials of other roads. operating east of Chicago early today, do not comment on current rumors that oth- CT lines intend issuing similar orders.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
MOVE TO MAKE CITY CLERK SkY-PILOT TOO
Charter Revisionists Asked to Give Him Ministerial
 Powers.

City Clerk Alfred l.. Thompson may soon become sky-pilot'' with DOW CTS so curtailed that he will officially De able only to tie the nuptiaI knot. though there will be nothing to pre- vent nm from delivering a sermon, too, If he feels so inclined That is if favorable action is taken on a resolu- ton sent to the charter revision com mittee by Judge F. B. Hungerford re- questing that the city charter be so changed that the clerk, who has been dropped as a justice of the peace shall have all the ministerial powers of a justice of the peace' ex-officio. As a result City Clerk Alfred l.. Thonlp- sons chubby countenance is today bathed in smiles of the variety that won't come off, unless the charter change is not acceptable
 Owing to the fact that there were so many young lawyers in the city who wished to be made justices of the peace, Col. Thompson's name was dropped by the town committee last month. When the terms of the old justices expire this year it is evident that the veteran of City hall will be unable to join lovelorn couples in WedlQck.
 Judge Hungerford's letter to the charter revision committee clerk is self explanatory. It follows:
 'As clerk of the charter revision will you kindly suggest an amendment to section 30 of the charter by in serting after the words Fcompensa- ton therefort' in the fifth line the following:
 "'EIe shall also ex-of1cio have all the ministerial powers of justice of the peace.
 s"I have suggested this amendment because it has always found conven- tent for the city clerk to be appointed on the justice list. With the growth of the city, however, the demand for the position has been so great that Col Thompson's name has recently been omitted from the list.
 'It seems, however, that it ought to be so arranged that the clerk per- manently has these powers ex-officio and I have spoken to some others who agree with me-"
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
CANAL SHOWS DEFICIT.
Expenses During Year Were 1887,
 615 More Than Receipts.

Washington, Dec. 8.-Possibility of a recommendation for an increase in Panama Canal tolls is seen in a state ment today of canal expenses and revenues for the year ended June 30. Expenses amounted to more than double the receipts of the canal proper, though if the revenues from the Panama railroad are taken into consideration the excess of expendi- lures over revenues would be only 6.77 per cent, and had there been no slides during the year the revenues would have exceeded expenses
 No allowance is made, however, for a depreciation and interest fund, which would require $12,O00,O0O a year Total expenses of the com bined canal and railroad were $29, 1927, ,5O4 and the revenues were $27,339,S88 or $1,9S7,615 less than the expenses.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
A. J. BALFOUR FOR
 FOREIGN SECRETARY
Lord Robert Cecil to Have Under etaryship-Premier May
 Settle Irish Question.

London, Dec. 8, 2:1s p. m.-At a meeting of Liberals today it was stated that A. J. Balfour would be foreign secretary in the new cabinet and that Lord Robert Cecil would re- main parliam entary under secretary for foreign affairs.
 The Evening News, one of the strongest supporters of Premier Lloyd George, publishes prominently a pro- test against the suggestion that A. J. Balfour be appointed foreign secretary and Lord Robert Cecil retained as par liamentary under secretary for foreign affairs.
 The Manchester Guardian says that the report that Premier Lloyd George will attempt an immediate solution of the Irish question by means of an inn perial conference is not unlikely.
 The Reform club today passed a resolution expressing confidence in MT. Asquith and also the determination of the organization to support the new government in whatever steps it may take to prosecute the war vigorously.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
MERIDEN HAS FIRE
 IN MAIN ST. BLOCH
Series of Wooden Buildings Thread ened by Flames Which Cause
 Damage of $3,OO0.

Meriden, Dec. S.-Damage estimad ed at about $3,000 resulted today frolI fire in a wooden business and tend ment block on East Main street. Th ire stalIeo rom |" oelecllNe chllM ney. Much of the damage was du to water fd
 The street floor was occupied by th tobacco store of Julius Kuntz and sal loon of Meiklem & company. Tin building is owned by Michael n. ATo ran. It was one of a series of wood en blocks and at one time it appeared as if the flames would sweep througI the TOW but the firemen were able f, confne the blaze to the Moran build ing.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
STRIKE THREAT BY
 GARMENT WORKERS
Thirty Thousand Will Quit Unless Eight-hour Day Is Granted
 By Employers.

New York, Dec S.-Employers in this city were notified today that more than 30,000 members of the Anal gamated Clothing Workers of America have empowered the officials of the union to call a strike if the workers do not receive the eight-hour day. The vote was completed last night. Some time ago the union served an ultima tum upon the American Clothing Manufacturers association and it's sub-contractors demanding an in crease of two dollars a week in wages and a reduction in working hours. The wage increase aggregating over $2,50O,0O a year was granted, but no action was taken on the question of hours.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
TRAIN CUTS LEG OFF.
Bridge Worked, Caught in Frog, Un-
 able to Extricatc Self.

Ansonia, Dec. Civilian H. Sad dlemier, bridge worker was run down by a passenger train in the local railroad yards this morning and his right leg cut off at the knee.
 He is an assistant foreman in the employ of the American Bridge com pany, was walking the tracks along with other bridge workers when the S:33 passenger train pulled out of the station. All the men left the tracks when the train approached excepting Saddlemier, whose right foot caught in a frog Unable to eXtracite him. self, he flung himself out of the way of the locomotive and escaped being ground to pieces
 At the hospital his condition was said to be serious ,
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
5000 Rurnanians Surrendered.

Berlin, Dec. 7, (Thursday) by wire less to Sayville The surrender of force of 5000 Rumanians is al nounced by the war office in the of cial statement issued this evening. x
 Rumanian troops retreating fro the Predeal and Alt Schanz pass were cut off by Teutonic forces, ar most of them captured.
 In western Rumania the pursuit being continued by the Austro-Ge man troops, which yesterday too more than 10000 prisoners.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
GERMAN MARK DEPRECIATEcS

Geneva, Dec. 8, via Paris, 5:35 a. m.-The German hundred mark bill has dropped another 1 IA points on the Geneva bourse and 1 3-4 points on the Zurich bou.se. It is now auot- ed at 79 francs and 7S francs, 25 cen- times, respectively. The fall is at tributed to the establishment of the mass levy in Germany, which it is feared will result in the partial sus- pension of the economic life of the country.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
HEIREss TO s12, ,ooo, 1000 DIES.
Mrs Hardness Fails to Recover From Operation.

New York, Dec. S.-Mrs. ary War den Hardness widow of Charles W. Hardness of the Standard Oil com pany, whose estate yesterday was ap praised at s49,566,895, died today at a hospital here. where she had under gone an operation.
 The appraisal of MT Hardness estate rated him as one of the wealthiest men in the country. He left to his widow more than $12,000, ,0oO. Mrs. Hardness home was in Madison, N J.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
French Report Contradicted.

Berlin, Dec. 8, (By wireless to Say ville) An attack was made b French troops yesterday on the Ver dun front, in an effort to recaptur trenches taken by the Germans o Hill BOA The failure of this attac is announced in today's communica tion from army headquarters.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
ASQUITH SNUBS KING
Deposed Premier Declines to Accept EarldOm and KnighthoOd in Order of the Garter.

London, Dec. 8, 7:25 a. m.-Accord- ing to the Chronicle King George yesterday wrote to former Premier Asquith offering him an earldom and the Order of the Garter. It is under stood that MT. Asquith asked pernlis- sion to decline both honors.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
TO RESTRAIN LABOR UNION.
Hartford Firm Asks Injunction and
 Damages of $25,OOO

Hartford, Dec. S.-Corn and Roth, electrical contractors of this city, pre- sented to the superior court today an application for an injunction against the Bricklayers' union and other unions of Hartford, restraining them from interfering with the firms busi- ness and asking for $25,000 damages A hearing will be held next week.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
GIVEN 20 PER CENT. BONUS.

New York, Dec. 8.-Two thousand employees of the Arlington company of Arlington, subsidiary Of the Du Pont Powder company, have been granted an increase in pay in the form of a 20 per cent. bonus on annual payroll of S1,92O,000, it was announced this morning.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
Allies Fail in Macedonia.

Berlin, Dec. 8, (By wireless to Say ville) ).-On the Macedonian front Iaf night attacks made by Serbian trooH near Trnova, in the Cerna river rd zion. were repulsed by the German and Bulgarians, the war office an nounces. Renewed British attack
 in the Struma sector also failed.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
FIRFMEN THROWN FROM TRUCK

Bridgeport, Dec. 8.-Lieut Thomas Reilly and James Neary of the Bridge port fire department, are in St. Vim cents hospital, the former with a broken leg, the latter with concus- sion of the brain, the result of being flung from a skidding automobile truck answering an alarm of fire early today.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
Ga1ician Line Intact.

Berlin, Dec. 8, (By wireless to Sal ville) The Russians made an attac yesterday on the Dvina front, on tn Russian-Galician line but failed { gain ground, it is announced officiall.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
Russians Still Held or.

Berlin, Dec. 8, (By wireless to .Saa ville) Attacks made by Russia troops yesterday in the Ludova rV zion in the Carpathians, and in u. Trotus valley, on the northern RI manian front, were repulsed wit heavy losses, the war office al nounces.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
French Regain Trenches.

Paris, Dec. S.-The Germans laa night were driven out of the trenchei which they had captured on the east ern side of Hill BOA, on the Verdu front, it is announced officially.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
REP TREBLE EXPIRES.

Washington, Dec. S.-Representa- tive Samuel J. Tribble, democrat, of Athens, Ga, died here early today as the result of a stroke of apoplexy suffered three days ago. lie was serving his third term in congress.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
ANCHOR LINER LOST

London, Dec. s, APO D. m.-The Anchor line steamship Caledonia. of 9,223 tons gross. is believed to have been sunk, says an announcement made today at Lloyds Shipping Agency.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-08
Vessel Destroyed by U-Boat Was
 Entitled to ImmunitieS r. Of Merchantmen
NEW NOTE TO BERLIN
 MAY BE SENT SOON
Situation More Critical and Washing ton May Ask For Berlin's Interpre- 
 tation of Sussex Pledge-State De- partment Seeks Information Re- garding Steamship Arabia, Also Sent to Bottom Without Warning.

Washington, Dec. S.-Official in formation to the state department es- tablishes that the British steamer Marina, sunk by 8 German submarine with losses of Americans" was in no sense a transport and was entitled the immunities of a peaceful mer- rhantman. Germany has announced her willingness to offer amends for the destruction in such case.
 New Note to Germany
 A new note to Germany on the gen. era1 submarine situation appears to be among the possibilities which may come out of the latest activities of the undersea boats.
 If decided upon, such @ note would be for the purpose of clearing up what appears to be different interpretation ain Washington and Berlin as to what Germany's pledges in the Sussex case covered, especially to armed ships. @ Secretary Lansing said today no fi- nal course of action had been agreed upon.
 Although the state department has been deciding each case separately on it's merits, it was said today that the number of cases had reached such proportions that some general action would be justified, although it was made clear that nothing had been de- termined upon.
 The Situation.
 The days development in the situa- ton were:
 The United States askel Great Brit ain for information to determine the status of the P. and O. liner Arabia, which German submarine com mander took for an armed transport.
 Official information coming to the state department established the British ship Marina, torpedoed with a loss of six Americans, was in no sense a transport and was entitled to the immunities of a peaceful mer- chantman.
 On both cases Germany has eX- Dressed a willingness to offer amends if her pledges were broken.
 It was reiterated again today that the United States stands square1y on the position it took in the Sussex case. This combined with Germany's state ment that she, too, holds to the { pledges she gave in that case, leads officials to declare there seems to be
 
 A new note, if it should be decided to send one, would be to clear this up.
 Seek Status of Arabia.
 Great Britain has been asked by the state department for information or the status of the Peninsular and Ori- ental liner Arabia, sunk by a German submarine without warning. Ger Inany in a note yesterday cites cir cumstances which she contends justi- fled the submarine commander in talk ing the Arabia for an armed trans port.
 The state departments information to date is that the ship was a passen- ger-carrying liner not subject to at tack without warning.
 The next steps in the situation, ad- mittedly more serious since the Sus- sex case, will not be taken until al the information has been gathered.