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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
Income Tax Blanks Ready.

Blank forms on which individuals
with incomes OF less than $4,000 last
year will make their income tax re-
turns have been received by Collector
Of Internal Revenue Richard e. Il.
Moncure and are ready for distrtbu-
ton,
All returns this year must be 2c-
companied by at least one-fourth ~
the amount OF tho taxes and must be
filed not later than March 10. There
will be no extension OF time this year.
Forms for all classes of returns Will
be ready for distribution by March /.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
ERNISTyNE bACHRACH
IS STAR OF FINE SHOW
Jewish juniors Present Entertainment
OF the Highest Ortfer

Catchy amateur vaudeville fea-
turcd the benefit grand ball OF the
Council of Jewish juniors las; night
q the Jefferson. Miss Ernistyne
Bachrach rendered Spanish and
Egyptian costume dances which were
distinctly high class in every part IL
lar, and other vaudeville mum bers
were also greatly appLauded by an
audiF OF over 500. The Jewish
|r..- orchestra conducted by
I'm: t. Newman made a name for
Itself
The proceeds OF the performance
and Subsequent dance will be used 10
further the charitable work OF the
council. which has taken "A prominent
part in war RELIEF and in local bene-
hclarse&. The affair was under the
direction Of Mrs. Lee "A Whitlock,
and was n success in every detail.
"Em banning Ebenezer." siit
given as one number OF the valde-
Vile show was funny enough for any
body and In" Red Cross chorus com
posed of ten Richmond amateurs gave
a good account Of itself. Miss Pearl
kamtnsky was recalled several times
after sne sang Rose Of No Mans
Land" Two Black Dots" with
Arnold Weinberg. and Fred Guggen-
heimer. was wei received.
When the time came for the Egyp-
tian pantorninc arranged for the oc~
caaion by Miss Biufo"d. the vaude-
Vile assembled high above the ordi-
nary level OF amateur theatricais
Miss Trnistyne Bachrach. who has
studied under AdoIph Boirn. Nijinski,
and others rendered. two costume
dances which made an All Hence well
educated in theatricals cit up and
take notice. II has been one OF Rich
mond's misfortune not to have seen
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
Theodore F.iiysoa.

Funeral services for Theodore E1iv- /.
son were conducted Yesterday after.
noon from the Eliyson home. Sl< Park
avenue Rev Thomas C1aSett Skinner,s
pastor of the Second BAPTIST church =
Mr. Fllyson was prominent in Ma :.
Sonic circles here. lie was commarl'4
der of s. Andrews comruaNdery, No
~, knights Tcmpiar, and an offtr"'a
OF Acca temple. Mobiles Of the Mystic
shrine. In addition to his lodge con-
nections MIR Eilyson was know p.
business man. being secretary of thes
southern Paper company and n direc-t
tor OF the Savings Rank OF Richmond
and member 81 its auditing comm sss-~
tins
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
May Return on Crutclles,

Fred u. Northington. son OF Mr..
Ida NJ. Northlngton. OF $50 South
Laurel street. writes that he hopes 10
return TO the state soon, but will re-
turn 'on crutchcs It is not known
definitely what he means by this as
he was shot in the foot in battle on
November 5 and has had two opera
tons performed. He was trained IT
Camp Lee with the 3lsth regiment
that sailed for France August - and
went into almost immediate action.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27

stories. And from such = close obser-
Vation of the greatest event in the
history OF the world Lauder has been
inspired to write a quota OF new
songs which reflect the spirit of the
era in the worid'e struggle for right
They will be heard here for the first
time when Lauder appears at the
academy on sdonday matinee and
night with selected company Of
notable artists whom Manager will
liam Morris has engaged especially
for the tour
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
Harry Lander,

Harry Lauder is quite the most con-
spicuoua International figure in the
amusement world, in that he occu-
pies the unique position OF being alone
In his particular field OF endeayor
His inmitable interpretations of HUI
man episodes through the medium of
songs v hich. for the most part. come
from his own pen, are Characteriza-
tons Of such easily recognized traits
in the scheme OF things. that Harry
Lauder will probably go down TO pos
terity without n SUCCESSOR.
Since his last appearance In this
country. Lauder has spent all of his
time quite near the front line trenches
in France where he has been doing
his share in the great work abroad.
In fact he has been lin the thick or
it, just to he able to cheer those brave
men when they were resting long
enough to listen to his songs and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27

Mrs Sarah Elizabeth RYAN died 80
yesterday morning at her residences =
1909 Grove avenue. she W. & a native
OF this city, being the Tounsest dEughs
ter OF the late Thomas ana Margaret
Carroll She is survived, ny two ehii- !,
dren Lieutenant walter J. Conas~..
and Mrs Curtis NJ. Doxier: five grand-~
children and three sisterS-Mrs. Rcu~
ben Jacobs. Mrs waiter u MorrisFefs
mud Mrs Tohmas 4. Johnson, ali Of
this city. 80
The funeral will take place with
requiem mass At the Sacred Heart
cathedral Friday morning AT 10 +"
O'Clock Tntcrment IN Mount Calvary
cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
McCTay to Build Road.

Contract for three and one-haf
miles OF concrete road to be a part %
the permanent road to connect Rich
moud and Petersburg has been
awarded by State Highway Commits
sioner George p. Coleman to A. w.
McClay. of Richmond. Other Sec
tons Of the road will be let to con-
tract from time to time. the road 10
become a part of the system OF high
ways recommended by the commits
sion named by former Cover nor
Henry C. Stuart Work on the new
road will begin early next month.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
.xnE RICHMOND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FEBRuARY a. 1919
SPORTING EVENTS
STATE AND CITY TEAM
SWATS FIRST NATIONAL

National State and City bask - ha II
SSssJel5rs. sss fa51sed t1.. yirst National out
81 ,1sst taass 10y. h & sss s - IL - X
/ ~ score. The National State and City
team won because of all-round team
vork ard close guarding. The first
half WAS hard fought, and 1t was dur
| ing this frame that the First National
did it's scoring. II to 10. But II could
not keep the pace set by National
State ard City In the last half. Ma
tional state and City made enough
points in the second half alone to
win the game. registering IS points to
First Nationals s.
Captain Sweeney. of the National
state and City, tossed seven field goals
and four fouls scoring Is points or
half of his teams score. Lineup:
" s. e. c. First Natl
Klise. .........R~ F.,,.-,.....H unt
Masste. .....,..L4 F.. Walthan fcl
vonderiehr ......C ,-.-..,.. Carter
Sweeney to,. r. .Pftf
Mcdowell. go. l. Co.. j jennings
Score: Field geals--KIise. 5; Mas
ste, 4 Sweeney. Z: Hunt. /; WalthaH.
4: Carter, 1: Pitt l.. Jennings. !.
Fouls-Sweeney. 4; waIthail. 3.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27

"RculnanC~

Those who rememb Der and love the
memory OF Florence Nash as the up
roariously funny little crook lady
Aggie Lynch In within the Law
viii welcome with delight this young
est or Broadway's stars appearance
at the Academy tonight. in her new
est comedy success Remnant" which
Charles Emerson Cook will present
almost direct from an extended run
At the Morosco theater, with Orrin
johnson and the Identical New York
company in her support
Florence Nash's very toes talk and
make you laugh" Is Zoe Deekleys de-
scription of her. Yet in "Remnant"
MISS Nash is said to achieve the great
est triumph for comediepno She
succeeds in making her audiences cry
IN we'll as laugh with her-for only
a minute or two 1t Is true--but in
that minute she has accomplished a
feat which brands her as really
great actress, a star of first magni-
tude.
The production at the Academy
will be the same in every particular,
even to the John Jacob Aston spinet
which. through Mr.. Cooks scrupulous
care for artistic detail. he was able
to procure from the Bacon Piano com
pany, the present owners. The cast
will include besides Miss Nash and
Orrin johnson, Walter Regain, Ben r.
Graham, Harold Howard Dorothy
Cheston and Clare Weldon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
GOVERNMENT INQUIRY
TN NrNEpss STRyIS N

London. Dee. a6--The executive COM
nittee, OF the Miners Federation. late
today recommended acceptance of Pre-
Inier Lloyd Georges proposal for a
government inquiry and decided 10
postpone the strike call for Ave davs.
The original date for the nationssl
miners strike in Britain was set foF
March Is. The executive committees
decision postpones IL until March 40.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27
Hiii's Ministries.

To Manager Gus Hi is due the
honor of upsetting conventions in the
theatrical armament. as attested by
the wonderful success registered by
his latest enterprise. Gus Hills Big
Minstrels, which is to be the next at
traction at the Academy tomorrow
and Saturday and Saturday matinee
No minstrel Offering OF recent years
can boast Of more up-to date features
than this avalanche Of burntcork tom
follery and laughter Heading a COM
pany OF sixty all-white gloom DESTROY
ors and rurveyors of mirth and nerri-
ment is George Wilson. a black face
comedian of acknowledged skin
Then will I've found Jimmie Wall.
Arthur Deming. Golden and Helms
Leighton and Kennedy, FIVE Sax
ophines, Cnas Kent, William Hallett,
James Baradi, Marwith Bros, Walter
Cate, Sidney Dale, Eddie Koran, Al
Fontaine. Carrie s. Graves. Frank L.
Long. Arthur Fulton, James Brennan
and AL Lewis. II merit has any re-
ward this show is bound to be the
sensation as well as the toast OF the
town. watch for the street parade
IT win be worth your white
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-27

Don't pick dnarreis before they are
ripe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
GHOST VISITS MINING TOWN

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
 Greensburg, Pa.-Residents of Carbon, a mining village a mile southwest of here. are greatly exercised over the weird fitting about late at night of what is declared to be a ghost clad in snow white gown. This ghost, it is said. has on three different occasions between midnight and l o'clock aroused Peter Oleson, a Norwegian miner, who lives alone in a small house, with it's strange rappings on his door, more vigorous than those of Poe's raven Oleson arose promptly on each occasion, and when he opened his front door the figure of what he believed was young woman in white robe stood on his step.
 What do you want? Come into my house-I would not hurt you,' Oleson de- clares he told the strange figure, but he failed to get an answer, and when he would attempt to lay hands on it the ghost would give a shrill cry and dis appear. On three succeeding nights the hobgobln appeared at the Oleson home, and three times did the snow white figure refuse~ the Norwegians invitation to come into his house and to give him an account of it's mysterious presence.
 Frank Piso, an Italian neighbor, was also called to his door in response to the woman in white'' rapping. Franks experience was similar to those of Ole- son.
 William Matters, Carbon grocer for many years anN a local ghost author ity," says the nocturnal visitor in the white dress is the ghost of very pretty young woman captured by the Indians in their flight from eastern Pennsyl- yania century and three-quarters ago with the. intention of making her the bride of one of the Indian chiefs sons. In trying to make her third and last at tempt to escape from her captors the girl was killed and scalped near where Carbon is built.
 He believes the ghost is greatly em- barrassed by the changes wrought dur ing the last few decades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25

A negro bootlegger arrested in Bir- mingham had a pocket full of s2O gold pieces. The ease with which gold pieces are accumulated explains the sharp competition in bootlegging cir cles,
 The Illinois Central engineer who saved his train by blowing for emer- gency brakes as his locomotive fell through a trestle, is no motion picture hero.
 Thus far the poets have not demand ed a six-hour day and 50 per cent increase in pay. Pegasus may be a hay burner" but his upkeep amounts to something. Glenn Curtis scoffs at the idea that an airplane cannot be made just as safe as a bridge. He may be right, but we prefer the bridge for quiet meditation.
 That the airplane is still more or less of competitor of the automobile is proved by the sudden death of hog in Ohio, struck by descending plane.
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 Since nothing is said to the contrary, we assume that pr. Muck's stateroom was not banked with flowers when he sailed from New York for Copenhagen.
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 The Chicago Herald and Examiner doesn't believe the anti-nicotine cam paign will get anywhere. Over-confi- dence lost the field to John Barleycorn.
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 While the word "snappy" is an abomi nation in most of it's, modern uses, it seems to fit the correspondence of the late Theodore Roosevelt
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 What with the Japanese picture brides on the west coast and war brides flock ing to this country from Europe, manu- lecturers of baby clothes should worry i: :s * If Uncle Sam is compelled to clean up" Mexico he will find his experience in a "big league" war of considerable value.
 * * * Maybe if Carranza could start an ex- petition from the American side of the Rio Grande he might be more success full in rounding up bandits * * # Had Archduke Joseph not been born Hapsburg he might have lasted longer
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 Certain Senators are not so much friends to China as they are enemies of Wilson.
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 'Labo in the saddle" is a figure of speech. In reality labor is going in for motor cars as never before.
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 There may be Chinese hymn of hate,' dedicated to Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
RUSSO-JAP PEACE

make peace" The German kaiser, while of great service to Roosevelt in bringing about
 peace, was a continual source of de- light to him: The kaiser has had
 another fit and is now convinced that France is trying to engineer con-> gress of the nations, in which Germany
 will be left out What a jumpy crea- ture he is. anyhow.''
 The letters from which these are only random citations,- abound ir Rooseveltian phrases, and show that while he saw the amusing feature ON the efforts that he was making, he was working unceasingly and most earnestly to bring the war to an end. He wrote and telegraphed, every day
 md often many times in & single day making strong appeals to the Czar and to the Mikado to agree upon terms Of peace, and whenever he appealed to the Czar he sent request to the kais- CT to bring pressure upon the Czar. He gave them no rest till an agreement was reached. Till the very end, sue cess was more than doubtful and on the night before agreement was reach ed, the Japanese envoys, in confiden-
 tial messages to the President, now published for the first time, abandoned hope. When success came, the whole world united in a chorus of praise of Roosevelt, but he remained calm and 1 unmoved by it.
 Tt is enough to give any one a sense of sardonic amusement" he wrote to his daughter, Mrs. Longworth, ''to sec the way in which the people generally, not only in my own country, but else- where gauge the work purely by the fact that it succeeded. If I had not brought about peace I should have been laughed at and condemned. Now I am overpraised. I am credited with being extremely long-headed. etc. As a mat ter of fact took the position finally did not of my own volition but because
 events so shaped themselves that ] would have felt as if was flinchiny from plain duty if had acted other wise.'
 Copyright, 1919, Charles Scribners CopSA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
x E' F Rank of General in the Regular Army.

~ ENERAL PERSHlNG, who sig M nally distinguished himself as commander of the expeditionary force in Europe, and General March, chief of staff of the army, who were made full generals temporarily for the dura- ton of the war, should have the rank permanently
 Congress will unquestionably make Pershing general for life, but many members of the House committee on military affairs are opposed to creat- ing the permanent rank of general for the chief of staff.
 If only one officer of the army were honored with permanent general ship, that man, of course, should be Pershing but several other officers should also be so honored. As a nat ter of fact, the chief of staff, regard less of his name, should be full gen. eral. The high position should carry that grade with it automatically, so to speak.
 Congress has always been unrca- sonably sparing in considering high rank in the army and navy.
 An army of the size that the United States will have in future on a peace basis should have at least three full generals and half dozen lieutenant generals. Will the Sixty-sixth Con- gress rise to the occasion?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
ASHINGTON, D. C., August 24.
 Special L)-Honduras, where

WN 7 ASHINGTON, D. C., August 24. WNW Special I)-Honduras where an incipient revolution is re- the rebels had captured four cities. is described in a bulletin. of the National Geographic society, based on com munication from F. J. Youngblood, as follows:
 "Honduras is a country of hills and and small rivers A half dozen rivers may be crossed in one day, and, while they are usually narrow and shallow, few hours rain will turn them into roaring torrents, absolutely impossible. have been held up for five days it was less than three feet in depth. When I wanted to cross the second time, a few weeks later, it had been raining and even the nativesl remain ed on whichever side they chanced to be until it went down again.
 Honduras is said to be the most backward of all central American re- publics, and she will remain so until railroads cross the country and the government becomes stable. Then there will be great opportunities here for many. and Americans and. American capital will always be welcome.
 "The country is just a little larger than the state of Pennsylvania, yet it has a population of only little more than half million. It has the largest per capita debt of any country on the face of the globe except New present European war upset all statis- tical conditions. It owes $220 per cap ita. Most of this debt was created by loan shark methods, however, for Hon. duras would agree to pay $10 to get one-or some such ridiculous propor- tion.
 "The name of the country is said to be derived from a Spanish term mean ing depth the early explorers having found difficulty in striking water shall low enough for anchorage. They were so delighted when they reached the Niearaguan shore near by that they called the headland Cape Gracias a Dios' (Cape Thanks to God). name it still holds.
 As rule, the night will be spent in native house, sometimes little more than hut built of mud, matched or roofed with tiles One is apparently always welcome to the best the house affords; but a hammock as part of the travellers outfit is a necessity, for the beds of stretched bull-hide or can vass are usually fully occupied, if not by those at whose home you are a guest, then by other residents greatly to be feared.
 Everybody sleeps in one room-men, women, and children together. Your hosts are curious, but politely so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
THE RIVER OF DREAMS
e." published by Charles scribners Sons,

From "The Poems of Henry Van Dyke, published New York. The river of dreams runs darkly down
 Into the heart of desolate land
 With ruined temples half-buried in sand' And rven hills, whose black broWs 1roWn
 Over the shuddering lonely wave
 The air grows dim with dust of the grave; No sign of life the dreary strand;
 No ray of light on the mountains crest
 And weary wind that cannot rest Comes down the valley creeping, Lamenting wailing. weeping-
 strive to cry out, but my fluttering breath Is choked with the clinging fog of death, While the river of dreams runs down. The river of dreams runs trembling down,
 Out of the valley of nameless fear.
 Into country calm and clear, With mystical name of high renown-
 A name that know but may not tell
 And there the friends that love so we'll
 Old companions forever dear, Come beckoning down the river shore
 And hail my boat with the voice of yore. Fair and sweet the places Where I their unchanged faces!
 And feel in my heart with secret thrill That the loved and lost are living sstill While the river of dreams runs down. The river of dreams dmly down
 By secret way that man knows:
 But the soul lives while the river flows Through the gardens bright and the forest brown: And often think that our. whole life seems To be than half made up of dreams
 The changing sights and the passing shows. The morning hopes and the midnight fears Are left behind with the vanished years; Onward. with ceasless motion, The life stream flows to the ocean,
 While follow the tide. awake or asleep.
 Till the damn Loves great deep
 And the shadows melt, and the soul is free The river of dreams has reached the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25

From Roosevelts Letters.
 l0GNHE first of the series of articles compiled by Joseph Bucklin
 Bishop from the letters of Theo- dore Roosevelt, appears in Scribner's Magazine for August, published today. It relates to the Portsmouth Peace Conference of 1905, by means of which Roosevelt as President brought about peace between Russia and Japan. The is told in Roosevelt's own words. and in the inimitably graphic Roosevelt manner. T made my first move in the peace negotiations" he wrote in June 1905, "on the request of Japan," and the request was made in a way that aroused Roosevelts sense of humor.
 T was amused" he wrote, by the way in which they asked me to invite the two belligerents together directly on my own motion and initiative. It reminded me of the request for con- tributions sent by campaign commit Itees to office-holders wherein they are asked to make voluntary contribu- tion of ten per cent of their salary. It showed a certain naivete on the part of the Japanese
 The Russian government was equally indirect in it's efforts to secure peace. '"The Russian ambassador" wrote the President, announces to me that off, ficially the government is bent on war, but that privately he would well come peace" This was in complete accord with the usual Russian methods of procedure, which were a source of constant irritation to President who was always direct What I cannot understand about the Russian is the way he will lie when he knows per fectly well that you know he is lying" he exclaimed in one letter, and in another:
 Did you ever know anything more pitiable than the conditions of the Rus sian despotism in this year of grace? The Car is a preposterous little crea- ture as the absolute autocrat of 150, 900, 900 people. He has been unable to make war, and he is now unable to