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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
GOLF is OTIS SWIMMERS HOBBY.
PREFERS DRAMA TO "MOVIES"
Actor Says Silver Screen Is All Right Far Goes
but 1t Has Its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Amusing Experience.

mechanics. II isn't acting. but a pic
ture Of some one acting I, Isn't
necessary to have good actor In
picture. but 1t Is imperative that
the direction be excellent II you
Will notice. you will find that animals
and children invariably make the best
actors in the movies
Mr.. Skinner told most amusing
Incident which happened several
wears ago when he was In Richmond
member of his company was asked
TO speak on suffrage. and she did so.
ocing very much Interested In the
subject. which was. at that time, an
issue all over the country. and par
tirularly in the South. The day after
her speech. Mr.. Skinner was called
np on tho phone BY an irate Rich
noud lady. who very strongly OK
pressed her dtsapproval OF his allow
inS member Of his company 10
make such speech. and told him
nat she wax quite sure II would
caus" grcht many people to cancel
heir tickets for his performance.
Mr.. Skinner added that. in spite Of
her prediction. he remembered tho
season az quito profitable.
This is by no means the first visit
tina, Mr. skinner has paid to Rich
mond. Iic tells some very interest
Ing experiences OF his previous por-
!ormanccs here. We can only hone
that this will not be his last visit.
and that he will again tell Of hi.
experiences among tho people here,
who md his performances SO irresis-
tiblo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04

"hen on" meets a great artist face
10 face there is often feeling Of
disappointment. because the Mage
personality one IL familiar with is
much more attractive than the real
person Needless To say. this is not
the case with Otis Skinner. His stage
versatility and adaptabiiity extend to
rear ne. and one finds the man as
thoroughly entertaining as is the ac-
to-
Yesterday morning Mr.. Skinner
PLAYED eighteen holes of golf on III.
Country Club golf links II. was
m".t enthusiastic abou; tho course
saying that IL vas Il flnc ono. and
mat he had enjoyed playing there
'o!f s"ems TO he one Of his hobbies
lie believes that i, keeps him n,
ana fresh for his profession. and
gives him an interest outside of tn.
thcatcr
Mt Skinner approves Of the movies.
icrsnnany." he said II like tho
MOVIES They are cheap means Of
entertainment. Little boys and girls
can sec them often. and for the mos,
part this is an education for them.
The trouble with the movies is tina,
they cannot go far. They are in
soon one has seen all that tho movie.
can offer. The littlc girls and hoys
begin TO feel that movies arc mad
equate. and they then graduate to
tho drama. which is bigger. more
complete. The theatcr Is an art. The
moving picture is only Il process Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
BAPTIST WOMEN MEET
NEXT IN RICHMOND
State Missionary Union Con-
ycntion Elects Officers
at Roanoke.
by Associated Press.1

ROANOKE. VA. Nov 3.-Thc cleo
ton OF officers and the selection Of
Richmond as the meeting place for
1928. featured tho closing session Of
the annual convention OF the Vir-
ginia Baptist woulen's Missionary
Union. Tho officers elected are:
President. Mrs. r. Il. Cross. Cliff
ton Forge: first vice-pres!dcnt. Mrs.
John Vines. Roanoke: second vice.
president. Mrs. a. 4. Turnbull, Nor
iolk; corresponding secretary. Miss
Lizzie Savage. Richmond: cduca-
uonal secretary. Miss Bessie b
TrevFctt. Richmond: young peoples
secretary. Miss Catherine Harris.
Richmond: recording secretary. Miss
Alta Foster. Richmond: assistant re-
cording secretary. Miss sue D. Her
ring. Richmond treasurer = r
Crump. Richmond; auditor. Mrs Ma,
than Ellis. Lynchburg New officers
are Mrs. Turnbuli and Mrs. Ellis
Certain recommendations Of the
executive board. which were pre.
sented for discussion. were accepted.
These rccommcuda lions. briefly
stated. are:
l-That prayer re accorded its
riEhtful place with us as ind viduals
and societies. regular use being
made in our homes. and at the So
Clety meetings. OF the missionary
calendar Of prayer for Southern Bap-
lists as published monthly in Royal
Service.
"2-That societies and individuals
pursue systematic Bible and mission
study
"3-That all women's Missionary
Union members are urged to help
In strengthening the cvangelistIc CT
forts OF thc.- individual churches
"4-That certain month be OBJ
served as enlistment for service
month.
''5-That work be continued among
unsaved and needy In our imme-
date localities.
"6-That contributions be made In
accordance with plans Of the Bap-
list s75.0oo.0oo campaign.
THAT work be continued among
the young people and that work he
continued in hospitals. White Cross
training schools. Margaret fund
literature, standards Of excellence.
and that assemblies be continued at
Virginia Beach and Bristol.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
VA. LUTHER LEAGUE
GATHERS AT ROANOKE
Try Associated Pressl

ROANOKE. VA. Nov. S.-More
than 100 delegates from all sections
OF the State assembled here today for
the opening session OF the Luther
League OF the synod OF Virginia at
ST. Marks Lutheran Church.
Reports Of the president. treasurer
and field secretary. with the appoint
ment OF an important; committee and
the adoption OF constitution. feat
ured the first session OF the convon-
ton, which started at 2:30 O'Clock
this afternoon.
The address OF welcome was made
by +. a. Bosta.n. president OF 81.
Marks Society. which was responded
to by V. o. Keister. president of the
league. OF pulaski
Tomorrows session will be feat
ured by the election of officers and
addresses by the Rev. Homer Ander-
son. of Lynchburg: Rev. Charles T..
stock. OF Bluetield. and Harry Hodges.
OF Philadelphia. general secretary of
the society.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
|ETERSBUnnG OFFERED
| FRANCHISE FOR 81, 900
ommittec to Investigate Pos
sibility of Securing Park
and Erecting Stands.

Special to The Times DISPATCH.
PETERSBURG. Nov. s.-peters
irg has been offered the Newport
cws baseball franchise for $1,000
IL. 4. Dawson, tho present owner
the ShipbuildinG City team. Tho
Ter VIII In all probability be ac-
'pted providing necessary arrange
ents may lie made TO secure "A new
eball park.
FOR the purpose OF giving Mfr.
'awson's proposition consideration
j meeting was held this afternoon
The rooms Of the Chamber Of
Iommerce. where several local busi-
ess men met MIR. Dawson and Pres
9ent W. T.. Moyc. OF tho VirS inia
league. and J. T.. Grass. Of the Kicn-
tond Colts. y committee was ny-
3ointcd TO make an investigation
3:latIve 10 securing a park.
Mr.. Grass said he vas willing TO
|ead the list with $500 and turn his
ioncy 10 local promoters toward Sc
9irirg the team for Petersburg. He
lave az his reason that he was In
l'rcstcd In Petersburg to the cxten,
$4,000. and WAS confident that n
food baseball team would be an ad.
lertising asset 10 the city
as the owner OF the Richmond
am he also believes the gate re-
3.ipts in tho two cities will be Is
7 20 per cent more II Petersburg
nd Richmond played than II Rich
|'ond played any other team In tho
ague. due to the friendly rivalry
Existing between the two cities.
9th Petersburg In tho league. ne
|iid. u would mean Rocky Mount
md Wilson and Portsmouth and
|orfolk as keen rivals.
President Moyc said he believed
o could secure from the Atlantic
|oast Line Railroad lease on n
britain piece OF property out Yves,
h ashinEton street TO be used as tho
All park. This would. of course.
|ecessitate the building OF grand.
tand. and committee, consistlng
L Richard II. Mann. Herbert J.
tucker and w. y. Franklin. was APP
ointcd 10 call on tho Virginia Rail-
'ay and Power Company TO see n
hiS concern would DO Interested
nough TO build "a stand for which
he company would be paid through
lease. II was decided to hold an
thor meeting next Thursday night
|, O'Clock. AT which time the com
hi,tcc would report back TO tho bust
ess men.
Innagcr Brownlow appear before
he body 10 see /! the city would be
Interested financially IN the proposi-
ion.
Herber; J. Tucker. one nf tho prin-
lpal owners OF the Petersburg team
or IN" past few years. said 1t would
AXE about {l2 IA the beginning
o start tho team going. lIo e1-
'rcsscd himself ns being well pleased
With Mr. Dawson's proposition.
Mr.. Dawson also offered 70 give
With the franchise ton reserve
layers. who are as follows: P!fcr
lain and Bonifcc. pitchers; Dowcll.
atchcr: Mcmahon, first base; Whit
raft shnristo3; avery. third base,
y Smith and sandy wood. outficld-
rs.
a large crowd IS expected TO be on
iand at the meeting next Thursday
light.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
Phone Changes
Upset City Hall
ONicialdom Stormed as
People Fail TO Find
Numbers.

CRY Han folks are up in the air.
50 10 speak. II is caused by the
transposi,ion Of the City Hall tele.
phones in tho telephone directory
lust Issued. Heretofore the tele-
phones have been inherited alpha
bet!cally under the general canton
OF city Now. however. they are
all placed further back in the book.
under the caption Richmond"
Ten thousand people walked to
IN" CITY Hall today" commented
comptroller Cofer yesterday. In re-
ferrlns to the change. because they
did not md the city phones in tho
old place"
Ten thousand?"
We'll, a, least twenty-five did any
way"
MIR. C".er wants the world 70
know the city telephones are now
listed in the hook among the RS, and
not with the C's. as formerly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
PETERSBURG COTTON
MILLS CHANGE HANDS
Pocahontas and Matoac a
Plants Bought by AL
lauia Firm.

PETERSBURG. VA. Nov. a
SBevcridSc. Jones 4 Company. Of
Atlanta. Ga. purchased from q. c.
wright and L.. 4. Hartley today thc
Pocahontas and Matoaca cotton
mills. which viii be used for the
manufacturing OF cord for cord tire
exclusively. 1t was announced by
those interested In the sale.
The plant vii. begin operations
ION January /. 1929. and viii. it Is
t'tid. be operated on full time, but;
. Just how many employees would be
on the roll could not be learned.
7 Bcveridge. Jones 6 Company. Of
Atlanta, are textile engineers. and
n representative OF the concern is
expected to reach Petersburg some
3 time next week to take up the work
1 OF overhauling the machinery and
Installing any that may be needed.
III is expected that the Pocahontas
Z mill will be used for textile work ex-
Iclusively.
The mills were sold some time
ago by Hartley & Wright. but
were later taken in again by them
at the request OF the purchaser. The
amount involved In the sale 10 the
Atlanta firm could not be learned.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
War Veterans Fear
to Sign U. S. Aid Papers

Especial TO Tho Times Dispatch.
WINCHESTER. VA. Nov s.
over $4,000 already has been APP
port!oned among families OF dis
dbied eN-service men in VIM
chester and Frederick County
through efforts OF Miss Martha
Showers. executive secretary OF
The Red Cross. according to an
annual report made public today.
which also stated that between
$4,000 and $1,000 would continue
to be distributed annually in
monthly installmcnts rs long as
there was need thereof.
Miss Showers found during
visits 10 mountain sections that
many wholly or partly disabled
World War veterans fatty re-
fused to sign any npplica ton pa
pers. fearing it was a scheme to
make them liable for military
service again. but they finally
were disiliusioncd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04

Nuchols. II, Il. Nottingham. George
{. Gregory. !" d. Ellis. II. l.. De!t-
rich. II. w. GIL and II. y. Rcmber-
ton. y calf consigned By the Wales
Cruc!s Industrial School. of North
Carolina. was purchased b. Helen
por!nker. i2-ycar-old girl.
1t was announced last night that
the total sum realized from the sale
OF the Holstciu cattle was $4,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
Southern Conductor Dic.

bf HCHHuRG, VA. Nov a
Friends here have been advised Of
me death at Spencer. y. c.. OF F. c.
Davidson. Southern railway conduc-
'"F. VINO dropped dead Wednesday
there. Having been called FOR a trim.
Captain Davidson went TO the tclc-
phone to tell tho caller to call an
other man. as he did not feel we'll.
and he dropped dead on his way.
back TO his room
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
COTTOM'S CONDITION
CAUSES APPREHENSION

PETERSBURG. VA. Nov. 3.-There
~ some doubt as to the recovery
Oh clarence a. Cotton, Jr., 10.
son OF c. ~. Cotton. of South Rich
nond' VINO was accidentally shot in
vi, , 1907 yesterday while hunting with
ihther in Amelia County. The
fact that the young man LOST go
much blood has made him very weak
ana physicians are somewhat con-
cerhed over his condition.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
Make Prolific Raid. IN October.

LYNCHBuRG. VA. Nov. 3.--Fed-
eral prohibition agents raiding from
I.ynchburg. captured eighteen moon
shine stills and arrested fifteen men
In connection with these raids dur
Ing the month of October. The stills
ranged In size from nifty to I50-gal-
lon capacity and hundreds Of gall
Ions Of mash and other materials
were captured along with the stills.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
Mnurctania smashc. necord.

NEW YORK. Nov. 3.-The Maure-
lama which arrived here today.
broke the speed record between
oherbourg breakwater and Ambrose
isnt' covering the distance In five
Gays. seven hours and thirty three
minutes. This is ono hour and forty
seven minutes better than tho pre-
vious record. also hold by the
Nauretania.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04

Mrs. Louise Holladay Mccarthy.
widow OF William II. Mccarthy, died
at her home. 1920 West Avenue. last
night at 2 o'clock. Funeral arrange
mcnts will he announced today
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
Meeting of SunnrXI.nr

\ meeting OF the Board OF Suner-
vSors OF lienrico County will be held
next Tuesday in the IIenrico County
Courthouse w. c. Saunders. chair
man. Will preside.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
IrcNcnt InlurnIu

Tho Tonic and Laxative Effect o, Laxative
BRoMO CClNlNE Tablets will keep the
system In healthy condition and thus
ward on all ATTACKS ot Colds Grip or In
.u"nya. 5OC.-Ads.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
Lincoln Loved q Good Joke

Lincoln Loved Good Joke
Behind the vig fhunorou
"
o the by
enteI
the
for in class
Corpora
The Washington times., 1922-01-04
Good-by, Happy Days!

Ferrero really great historian; his history of Rome
is by far the best written The Senate which will
pass the treaty. should read his article just written
for Universal Service, beginning follows "Destiny
has been fulfilled The United States has now entered
body and soul into the vortex of European and Asatc
politics."
The Senator's if they choose, stop that nonsense
Until recently says Ferrero, every man of sense in Eu
rope deemed the United States fortunate in being able
to simplify and clarity its relations with the world full
of hatreds suspicious and envy From this happy
condition of affairs is thing of the past The United
States is henceorh unclaimed to Europe and ASIA and
will be forced to treat with European diplomacy it's
ground
How easy it would have been to say "No, thank you.
We have managed affairs far. We continue to
do So We shall decide HERE, and by ourselves, about
our batteshps and submarines You attend to YOUR
AFFAIRS we shall attend to OURS. We find that is salts
factory"
1t is not too late if the Senate wills it.
The Washington times., 1922-01-04
Parallel Political BLOcs

IN Canada W. L. Mackenzie King has, by the victory Of
the Liberal Party become Prime Minister He is trying
to form a Liberal Cabinet but is meeting difficulty
because the progressive bloc from the Western country
demands an understanding with him concerning things in
which the Western country is particularly interested.
The Western country has formed agricultural bloc
exactly like the agricultural bloc in American Congress-
and their political views very closely resemble ours if in
deed they are not absolutely identical with the political
views of our agrarian bloc
The Canadian progressive Western bloc entertans
considerable doubt the wisdom of merging with the
Liberal Party great many of its ables members think it
wiser to maintain the separate identity of the party
bloc.
Tn anv event. they require definite understanding with
Premier King concerning certain important questions chief
among which is the question of giving government opera
ton of the railroads square deal.
They express fear that the government will be like
the old reaconay Tory which the people have
Just overhrown and may sabotage operation Of
the railroads order to restore them to the old private
SPECTATORS be exploited for private interests
We hope that Mr. King has such intentions and
doubt very much he has, Several years ago. during the
war he to America and aided greatly in the progress
sve solution of labor problems His advice to Of
our reactonaries certainly did not indicate stationary
mentality, incapable of recognizing progress and what lies
in the line of progress.
The Washington times., 1922-01-04
The Spaniards Rage
UnWisely

CPANISH newspapers rage because Spanish-speaking
y nations-old Spain and South Amerca-are not repre-
sented at the Washington Arms Conference Instead
they should rejoice They not tangled in ngenousy
prepared complications This country would be better off
it were attending to its own business with reasonable
economy and reasonable security not asking advice from
others to it's national rights.
"A woman and a added today to the list OF
those killed by liquor So reads Four had died already
in the same city.
Scores laid low by the deadly whskey handed ont
by holiday bootleggers of them likely to die
If Government energy would cut out of the boot
leg poison, and less about cutting out captions
moving picture films, it would be more useful
By the way, the few that die suddenly of wood al
coho nothing compared to the thousands that will be
dead two three years from result of burning
out their nsdes with homemade alcoholic poisons not
instantly deadly but that kill surely and slowly.
The Washington times., 1922-01-04
The RightfuL Procedure.

n HE Administration is still urg-
ing Congress to grant the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury power
to settle the foreign debts as he
pleases. The new scheme now
favored by Congress is to appoint
commission of five, headed by Mr..
Mellon, but to limit rigidly what the
commission may do by explicit in
structions.
Now we have not the slightest OBJ
lection to settlement of this foreign
Indebtedness. We ought, at least.
to be getting some of the fifteen
hundred millions of accrued interest.
That would lower taxation far more
than scrapping our sea-defense.
But we do strenuously object to
granting Mr.. Mellon, or any person
or commission, power to make a
settlement which the Congress can
neither amend nor veto.
Let the Administration negotiate
a settlement in the regular way and
submit it to ratification or amend
ment or rejection by the Congress.
The Washington times., 1922-01-04
THEY'RE HUMAN
Atherton Du Puy-

DR. Joseph s. Kornfelt of Columbus Ohio was,
a little while ago, a rabbi mnistering to a con.
eregation, but is today by the grace of President
Harding a minister to Persia in the diplomatic
service OF the United States. which transforma
ton Is almost without precedent.
Soon after he had been designat ted some friend.
w publication wrote to Dr. Kornfelt and asked
him for a statement of his views to the duties
of his new post they would devolve upon him.
Having already sensed something of the re-.
sponsibility of diplomat, he replied conserva.
lively that he feared it would be the height of
folly for him to make a statement in advance
OF his confirmation by the Senate.
Presently he received the okeh of that body and
this same publication renewed it's request. Just
what did he think his job meant? Again the min.
lister replied, his utterance keying true to diplo.
macy's conception Of its first duty. He said that
now that he had been confirmed by the Senate it
would show "a lack Of wisdom" on his part to
speak for publication.
This is story of how an American woman
who had lived much in England prevented a sit.
uation arising out Of lack OF international un.
derstanding.
It was the day after the British delegation to
the arms conference arrived in Washington that
this lady, by some unusual circumstance. got up
at o'clock In the morning and passed down
the corridor in the hotel where most of those
gentlemen from overseas were housed
Just outside each Brtishers door sat his boots,
a procession of them all down the hall. But un.
happily these boots still travel-stained,
muddy and unpresentable.
She hurried to the office She aroused the
clerk to an appreciation Of the consciousness Of
the hotels offense should its guests arise and
find that their boots had not received the atten.
ton that is customary In continental hotels This
thing Just must not happen.
So the clerk recruited every bellboy baggage.
man porter mailman, about the place and set
them polishing boots. Thus was the situation
S"'o" Copyright. 1871.
The Washington times., 1922-01-04
Quite a Number of "G00d
Outstanding Americans" Left

defenders in the American navy are conf
PEELED in the closing days of a conference
called by the American Government and
meeting in the American capital, and fol-
lowing an American agenda, to look to
france to take the historic place which
the un-American course of American di.
plomacy threatens to leave vacant.
The editor of the Hearst papers
did not utter these words. The edi-
tor of the Transcript uttered them,
and the Transcript gave the impor,
lance of triple column headline to
the statement.
This was not all that the editor OF
the Transcript said. Mr.. Williams
charges the American representa-
tives with deliberately aiding the
British in their propaganda drive
against the American people to con-
vince them that the submarine
ought to be abolished. Says Mr..
Williams:
For the last forty .cight hours our dele
gates appear to be much more concerned
about lining up the American press against
France than about taking and maint aiming
truly American position in favor of the
legitimate use of the submarine in war
and in favor of Outlawing the nation or
the navy that resorts to ruthless subma-
rine warfare.
Mr.. Williams repeats the question
which France asks and which the
Hearst papers have asked 100
times before:
To the question of the British press as
to why France feels she needs 10000 tons
of submarines today unless she thinks of
attacking her present allies" the French
retort: why do the British feel that
they need $4,000 tons of capital ships
unless they think of attacking either their
present allies or their good friend, Amer.
ica!" But the submarine has been cited
only as a sad example of the ascendancy
at Washington, temporarily, I hope. of
Mr.. Williams concludes his article
with this fine expression of patriotic
American sentiment:
The present conference offers to the
Harding Administration and to our able
Secretary of State. the chairman of the
American delegation, the same opportunity
that the Roosevelt Administration EN-.
'".eu t"'SnJ anu WIN suCn advantage
to American prestige and influence The
American delegation has only to adhere to
the best traditions of American diplomacy
in order to make American diplomacy at
this conference once more synonymous
with American defense and, therefore, the
safeguard of American independence and
American honor.
So speaks James #. Williams, jr..
one of the "good outstanding Amer
cans left," and so think the vast
majority of the millions of American
citizens who will vote as they think.
to the edification of some pro-Brit-
ish American statesmen and some
pro-British American newspapers