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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
Personal and General.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Pegram. O:
Dinwiddie County. announce the mar
rage or their daughter. Bessie Otelia,
to Richard Mayer, which took place
on "Wednesday in the Methodist par
sonaSe at Reams.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Elliott. of
ms city. announce the engagement of
their daughter, Margaret. to Thomas
w; Fcnnell OF Latrobe. Pa. Mr.. Fen
nell recently returned from France
with the Three Hundred and Seven
tenth Infantry, Eightietth Division.
The summer camp. operated under
TIE auspices of the Young Woman's
Christian Association at Coleman's
Pond; Prince George County. will open
until the end of July. The different
clubs OF the association viii each
S Mi|% ne o,, weeks outing. The camp
Pitcher and Miss Annabelle Bradstreet
Arthur 6. Bernard, of North Caro-
lima, has been appointed trust officer
OF the Petersburg Banking, Trust and
Mortgage Company. He is graduate
OF Wake Forest College.
A. j. Mckeney is out on $500 bail.
lie declares that he is Innocent OF the
murder of Herman Hoffman; that the
guilty man VIII yet be brought to
justice and his name indicated He
says ne Intends to do everything nos
sibie TO find the murderer.
The movement of troops through
CITY Point and Hopewell continues. Two
attachments arriving there today on
their way to Camp Lee.
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VIRGINIA .PoSTMASTERs
FORM INSURANCE SOCIETY
object of Association Is to Provide
Fund for Payment of
Death Benefits.

Postmaster Thornton stated yester-
day that plans have been completed
f.: IT, establishment OF a orcnch OF
tle Virginia Postmasters Association.
20 ht known as the Virginia POST
masters Benehciai Association. The
object Of ;hc organization is TO pro-
vide i iund for the pawn N: o. death
dement's 10 the heirs of all deceased
members o. the beneficial association.
Membership is confined exclusively
10 postmnstevs ana superintendent Of
stations, and membership ceases when
the insured becomes separated from
his Official position. Unique features
are that 30 medical examination ~
required and there IS no age limit. a
large number OF the postmastcrs OF
The state have expressed a desire 10
become members OF The beneficial as
ISOLATION.
The plan was proposed by Post.
master Thornton al the recent CON
vent!on OF the Virginia Postmasiers
Association. al Roanoke, and the con-
rent!on unanimously voted 10 put 1t
into effect Postmaster Thornton has
been made chairman of the trustees
OF the association.
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MAY TRANSPORT LIQUOR
IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC
Virginia Law, Judge Says, Docs Not
Make Unlawful Carrying Whisky
Through. Commonwealth.
COURT DECIDES BROWN CASE
Accused Negro Caught On Way to
Georgia With 100 Quarts In Ma
chinc-Is Held That Legislature
Recognized Limitations.

DANVILLE. VA. June 2i.-Judge T.
walton Brown, of the Corporation
Court. this morning handed down Il
yoluminous opinion on the case of the
commonwealth against Thomas Cobbs
4 negro, who WAS arrested here last
March while piiotinG roadster from
baltimor. to Georgia, the machine con-
tanning $50 quarts of liquor.
Judge Brown holds that the ship
ment of ardent spirits from one state.
; through the state Of Virginia to an
Ncoo-kenyon or the Reed bone dry
( law. He cites sections OF the law. en-
pans them. and also cites the case
OF the state of Virginia against
Cites CobbS Case.
After reciting the facts in the Cobbs
case. these being agreed to by the
commonwealth in order to eliminate
the taking OF evidence, the court says:
1t. therefore. follows that. inaSmuch
as the agreed facts show that the
liquor was not to lie used in violation
OF the laws of this state. and there
had been no commingling of such liquor
WITH the property of this State. the
webb Kenyon law has no application
and no effort to change the general
rule that the state may not regulate
eral Assembly OF Virginia evidently
recognized this limitation upon its
power, for by the terms OF the prohibit
tory law; which is very comprehensive
amended. IL is not expressly made un-
lawful to transport ardent spirits from
without the state, through the State
10 another point without the State"
In discharging the accused negro
from custody and generating him OF
any crime the court states further:
Leaves Evasion Avenue.
1T is true that this state of the law
leaves open an avenue of evasion for
bootcSgcrs TO ply their trade by au-
tomob!le under the guise of interstat &c
traffic through the State, and however
much this situation is 10 be deplored,
this case is decided as il must be on
its particular facts. In cases of trans
= portation by automobile il will not be
sufficient for the defendant to claim
that he is going through the state. for
under the laws OF Virginia, as in the
Luchesi case, when the accused is found
in the possession OF more than one
quart OF ardent spirits the burden Il
upon him to prove that he intends
to make and at the time of his arrest
was making, - continuous journey from
a point without this State through this
State TO another point without this
State Ana il may be added If the
evidence discloses that the liquor was
intended by any person Interested
therein TO be received, possessed sold
or III any manner used in violation OF
any provision of the prohibitory law
of Virginia, such transportation.
Though Interstate, would not be pro-
tected.
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WILSON CABLES FEDERATION
Says Right of British Colonies to Vote
VIII Strengthen United
States.
Inv Associated press.l

ATLANTIC CITY. y. J.. June 21-
The fact that British colonies have
voting power in the league OF nations
general labor conference will prove "A
source uf strength 10 the United States
inst ead OF an embarrassment" Ac-
cording TO cable message from Prcsi-
dent Wilson. explaining recent changes
i'll the labor covenant. read at the
American Federation OF Labor Conven-
ton here today by Samuel Gompers,
leader OF organized labor.
In this message, received by Mr..
GomDers late today. President Wilson
also asserted he believed changes in
the labor covenant were not Substan-
TALLY important inasmuch as every
labor convention adopted by the con-
ference must be submitted 10 our own
government for ratification" thus
leaving the choice Of acceptance or
rejection in our hands
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
TAKE ALONG A
BOTTLE OF SLOAN'S
Have 1t handy for sore, stifl
vacation muscles.

While you're making a list of your
vacation necessities. don't fail 10 in
ciude bottle of Sloan's Linim mt
Vacation days are SO different than
days at home so far az pains and aches
are concerned. You'll bring muscles
into play while away that will become
stiff and sore from cXertion.
Don't let thcm bother you long.
S!oanS lniment pcntrates without
rubbing, bringing prompt tinGling re-
lief and comfort. Good for all sorts of
exterior pains. aches. strains. sprains
bruises. Don't forget-keep bottle
handy. zoe, 60c, Sl.gO.
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INCOME TAX BLANKS HERE
Forms for Use by Corporations Arrive
at Internal RcVenue
Ofllce.

1t was announced at the office Of
Collector OF Internal Revenue +. c. l..
Moncure Yesterday that the corpora
ton income tax blank forms required
10 be used by all corporations having
tnelr fiscal year ending on the last day
OF any month, have now been receive q
and are ready for distribution
The final date for filing these returns
airy, February, March and April is
July 10, where the corporation has
nicd tentative return on or before
June 10 estimating the amount of it's
tax and paving one fourth of II.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
ARRANGE FOR GOOD MUSIC
AT SERVICE MEMS DANCE
SiAty-Second Infantry Hand VIII Play
at oPen-Alr Festivities on
Tuesday Night.

Music by the SiXty-second Infantry
band will be provided for the open
air dance. which the home cominc
ing at Byrd Park for all returned ser.
vice men. The dance will continue
from 10 II O'Clock Ths affair will
be soldier. sailor and marine al
tresco ball. and every service man in
uniform will be heartily welcomed.
Tickets may be secured at the Grays'
Armory Monday between +? and j
o'clock. with Mrs. &. L. Lee in charge
Seven hundred and nifty homemade
cakes have been prepared. and there
Will be ice cream and fruit aplenty.
The Wpmen's Association OF the
Grays have appointed the following
committees TO assist in the entertain
men,.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
AMHERST COURT ADJOURNs
Judge Il. II. Gordon Refuses New Trial
for Scaton Robinson, Convicted
of Murder.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.-

AMHERST. VA, Juno 21.--Judge r.
T. Gordon yesterday adjourned the June
term of the Amherst Circuit Court.
which had been in session nearly two
weeks Friday morning the judge re-
fused to overrule the motion for new
trial in the case of Commonwealth
against Seaton Robinson, convicted of
the murder of his brother, Wesley
Robinson, last December. W. X Allen
attorney for Robinson. gave notice
that a writ of error would be applied
for in the Court of Appeals
Only two divorces were granted at
the June term. as follows: Joe Brown
from Blanche Christian Brown (abso-
lute); Mary S. Ham from William Ham
(absolute).
Rev Elisha Reynolds was given per-
mission to hold services and preach TO
the convfcts in the county.
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Asylum Has Nice balance.

LfNCHBURG, VA. June 2l-The
most recent statement OF the Lynch
burg Female Orphan Asylum, which
is located here, shows that all ex-
penses OF maintenco we're met from
endowment with a balance in bank of
1920 for current expenses. The In :
stitui ions was given and endowed
years ago by the late Samuel Miller
and It gives shelter to about ninety
orphan girls from Lynchburs and
Campbell County.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
MORE CHARGES ARE MADE
AGAINST YOUNG WHITE MAN
j. ~. EiIer, Alias Elicit, Sentenced
for Passing Worthless Paper
In Petersburg.

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch
pETERS BUR re, VA, June I'll. II.
Eller, alias Elicit, the Young white
man arrested and sentenced to Jail for
thirty days on the charge OF passing
worthless check toI 4 small amount,
was arraigned in court this morning
for passing a similar check Another
sentence MAS not imposed on the young
man. but he was ordered turned over
to the Richmond authorities at the end
OF his Imprisonment here II is said
there are charges OF check flashing
pending against MIN in bolh Richmond
and Washington
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22

Of the Episcopal Church for the train !.
ing Of colored youth. Lawrencevilie.
Va founded by Archdeacon James x
Russell thirty-one years ago. of the
hequca, Of $4,000 left to the school in
me VIII OF the late Miss Harriet
blanchard. of No. 1911 Walnut street.
Philadelphia. who died on June >.
For many years Miss Blanchard was
one OF the schools most Interested and
liberal contributors.
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lightning kills Cows

LYNCHBURG. VA. June o1-Ten
cows belonging TO James Wilkes were
Killed Wednesday by lightning near
Boonsboro, BEDFORD County. The
lightning also struck an oak tree in
the yard of p. II. Oglesby, Il stock
oealer. living nearby and the bolt en-
tered the house on the telephone wire
severely smoking Mrs. OElShy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
sends Twenty-Five Delegates.

LSNCHBURG, VA, June 2l.-Lynch-
burg Will have about twenty-five dele
gates at the Blue Ridge Missionary
conference from June - to July 8, in
tcreSt having been created here in
this North Carolina meeting by the
efforts OF the y. NJ. G. A.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
Armory for Military.

letter from Adjutani 10 Lane
Stern says. that the city must make
National Guard company before the
final inspection o! The company on
charge of the matter has secured thr
Virginia Warehouse for the Inspection
Meantime the armory question viii
come up for consideration for INC
Council. and IL is Understood that the
Peabody .Colored School Building in
Fillmore street may he used as An
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22

Fuckers Department Store in Syca-
more street was broken into early Fri
day morning and merchandise TO the
value of more than $l0O was stolen.
Entrance was gained by bending the
bars OF rear window. Ladies' fine
goods were taken. The safe was not
touched. S on previous OCCASION
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22

1t Is expected that l25 or more girls
from all sections OF Southsido Virginia
home economics 20 be gwen next week
in the Pctersburg High school The
course VIII be given under The auspices
OF Mrs. ABncW, home demonstration
agent. and Miss Luc!e Clca,on O. Din
widi!e County. The students VIII be
entertained while attending the course
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
LEAVES $4,000 TO SCHOOL
Request Made by Womnn 10 ST. Paul
Normal and Industrial
Institution.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.
LAWRENCEVILLE,, VA Juno u
Word has reached the st. Paul Normal
and Industrial School, an institution
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
Lloxd George Has sore rhront.

PARIS. June 2l.--Premier Lloyd
George is confined to his room with "a
severe sore throat. His place at the
supreme allied council yesterday was
taken by a. J. Balfour British For
eiPn Secretary
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
RED Cross Elect. omc.r.

Red Cross Elects Omcers.
49, FREDER!CkSBURG VA, juno al
The Fredericksburg branch OF tho Red
Cross has elected the following officers:
chairman. Mrs. ID. ID. Wheeler: vice !.
chairman. Mrs. John e. RUSSELL; secre-
J. Conway Chichester.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22

armory temporarily. That building will
no longer be used as school.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
HouseRentIs High

Groceries nj the Same Low Prices
At tho
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THEATRES

the leading man with this company,
and, curiously,, John L. Golden, now
his manager, was doing small parts in
the same company. From wallack's
Mr.. Ingersoll went to, Nat Goodwin,
with whom he remained, four seasons.
Has the type system'--or choosing
an actor for role by type rather
than by talent-been discarded by
Broadway managers? Phoebe Hunt,
leading woman for George NJ. Conan
in "A Prince There Was" believes It
must have been. That Is, her own
experience points that way, although
one case may only be the exception
that proves the rule. However, let
Miss Hunt tell her own story. Ever
since began to read theatrical views
or interviews" says this young lady,
i've noted the objurgations of actors
over being cast by managers accord
Ing to type! In fact, living in CAL
ifornia as I did, and knowing the
Broadway theatrical Office only by
what I read. the type. evil became
so hideous to me that I dreaded at
tempting New York.
ron the coast / was playing every
variety Of role in stock, and the
thought OF going into a groove by
type was very distasteful to me-"
However, having made the plunge
to Broadway. Miss Hunt thought it
wise to follow the precept When in
Rome. So on her application blank,
fled in different managerial offices,
she stated quite naively: Outdoor
type-just from the coast" She add
ed that she had won sundry cups and
prizes for swimming, riding. fencing
and golfing In Southern California
Expectantly she waited for an engage
ment as a breezy sportswoman from
the Wild West
But as you have seen in "A Prince
There Was" Miss Phoebe Hunt was
cast in the very opposite die to her
type" There Is not a suggestion
Of outdoors in her very indoor role
OF woman novelist And she plays a
New York girl, not a Californian. All
things considered,-"I have been cast
in the very antithesis to my type"
declared Miss Hunt So here is one
witness for the managerial defence
Alice Hills, Coincidence Of Take II
from Me-" at the Forty-fourth Street
Theatre, is a religious minded young
woman whose ideas of "handing a
laugh" to her audiences are founded
upon the well tried theory that gem
uine humor and sure fire" comedy are
superior to vulgarity or suggestive
ness. She is blessed with such long
and melancholy features that her
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bought a gallery ticket and went In.
Fascinated and thrilled by the play,
he made a resolve that he would not
practise the piano another hour. He
would be an actor. So he walked
bravely around to the stage door.
II want to be an actor" he an
nounced to James T. Powers
That is as may be-" was the reply.
But We need some one to supe in
Aladdin next week. Fifty cents q
performance"
Yes, sir. I'll be here" said the boy
and went home to compose the hardest
letter he ever wrote In his life.
Mr.. Ingersoll remained with the
Boston Museum for two years and
then went to the rival organization at
the Boston Theatre, opening in THE
Silver King" After a season with this
famous company he went on tour with
Margaret Mather. All this time he
was watching his betters and rapidly
learning what he could about the art Of
acting. So while he was playing again
at the Boston Theatre in 1.-THE Exiles"
he was seen by Marie Wainwright and
engaged by her to play at Wallack's
Theatre In New York.
For three years Mr.. Ingersoll was
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in LISTEN LESTER "
lapses into kittenish coquetries come
as q funny surprise. When she starts
to do n little eye flirting. her doleful
face intensifes the almost startling
absurdity OF her facial expressions.
She surprises the audience into twenty
laughs in each act, and IL she happens
to get few extra outlaws from a sour
faced spectator she goes TO Vera
Michelina and assures the Vampire of
Take 1t from Me" that heaven is
blessing her work. 1.-THE Lord is with
me strong tonight" she told Manager
Gates after Saturday evenings per-
Torrance. II got four extra laughs,
all clean, wholesome explosions of in
nocent mirth and all exactly in the
right place. Hahelujah!"
II Alice Hills Is OF a strongly re-
l.gious turn Of mind. she Is also of a
keenly studious and artistic tendency.
She is past mistress of the art of PAN
tomime and admits that she achieves
her greatest success with the gestures
I don't make" This subtle sense OF
proportion and the eternal fitness of
things enables this unique comedienne
to get over" many bit of fine comedy
with only the mere hint Of comic pose
impulse or motion. Her legs are natu-
rally as Solemn" and as cadaverousiy
rious looking as her face, and she
knows It..
Every time I pull on those white
stockings said Alice, IT praise my
maker for my legs. They're a gift.
What little talent have would never
have made me a successful comedienne
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near killing Edwin Booth because I
had not rehearsed n sword fight with
him with the actual weapon in my
hand. We were to play Macbeth and
l was cast for MdcduG. the role that
Lawrence Barrett usually played.
Booth and I went over the sword fight
together Just in without
swords. OF course, he and Barrett
were used to one another and no ac-
cidents ever happened when they
played together. But I was much
younger man than Barrett and I was
full Of enthusiasm, and when the fight
came I got carried away and went at
1t as II meant 1t. Forgetting
Booths age completely, struck at
him with all my strength. He was a
master of the art OF fencing, but he
did not expect 30 vigorous an assault.
and while he parted my blow, but
not entirely my sword struck him
a glancing blow on the head. He went
down in a heap and 1t seemed to me
that my heart stopped beating for
full minute.
my Godi' thought, I've killed
him!' The curtain apparently took an
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IN r EXT to playing role like
M Col. Philippe Bridau," said
Otis Skinner one evening
last week at the Globe Theatre, where
he is now appearing in THE Honor Of
the Family" there Is nothing en-
Joy more than a good. long, hard re-
hearsal. At each going over Of scene
new shades of meaning develop, new
= nibtleties show themselves and It Ia
Z a never ending source of delight to
me to rehearse. I could rehearse and
rehearse and rehearse. Sometimes the
rest OF the company isn't quite az en-
thusiastic as am myself. hnd that
actors have stomachs. Now, myself
often forget all about eating. And as
to time-well, I'm oblivious to that in
the midst of rehearsals!
p "Rehearsing a play to-day Is some
thing entirely different from what 1t
was when 1 began to act. In those
old days we used to run through plays,
the business of which was all more
or less fixed by tradition, just to get
the crosses right Now the stage d.
iSCtoE hiust stuuy OUT just tne proper
information Of every line. every change
of tempo. invent business-all sorts Of
things that the man In the audience
takes for granted as something that
Just came natural. I know all about
II. because directed this production
of The Honor of the Family myself.
One very important thing at re-
hearsals is the properties-the very
properties that are to be used In the
performances. II man Is to carry
a cane he ought to carry the actual
cane at rehearsals. II q lady is going
to use a fan she ought to be given the
very fan she is going to use at the
second or third rehearsal at least. So
with everything else. Yes, I've read
Mr.. Gillette on The Illusion of the
First Time and agree with him in
all he says, but Just the same the ac-
tor must get familiar With his prop
erties--so familiar that he can make
the audience think that he is abso-
stttely unfamiliar. 10! IsF
3 5'I remember how once came very
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without these particular legs. Every
thing I do with them that is natural
turns out to be funny. That's because
they're not Just ordinary, natural legs.
They're unexpected, uncanny. sepul-
chral. really funereal limbs. Oh. I
know, Nature may not have, been kind
to me-physically. But the Lord tenn
pered the wind to the shorn lamb when
He designed my mortal frame"
Students OF makeup. as we'll as Of
pantomime, will be interested to know
that Alice Hills's facial scenery ia also
a natural and not q hand painted
landscape" A pair of nose glasses,
hair combed tight and fat, the scared,
cunning, half startled. half daring look
Of the weazen and "expectant" old
maid-these are the cosmetics"
coupled with a genius for comedic i'm
personation that have made Alice Hills
the talk Of Broadway.
Desiree Lubovska, premiere Nam
seuse OF Everything at the Hippo
drome, who will leave New York at
the close Of her season to fulfil a
summer engagement in London. Is
high priestess Of the cult of angles
in dancing.
Heretofore, dancers have depended
upon curves for beauty. But Lubov-
ska claims that one can dance in abrupt
angles and still be alluring. sinuous
and exquisite. This has been the sue
cessfully proved contention of the
Russian, whose Mourning Dance OF
the Egyptians" Is a remarkably con-
ceived and executed bit Of terpsicho-
rean art.
In It she adheres religiously to the
straight line for her effects, She uses
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ADJUSTMENTS.