Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 21, 29 November 1908 — Page 3

THE I1ICII3IOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1908.

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VOM BUELOW IS SINCERE

Secret of Bond Between the Chancellor and Kaiser Wilhelm. BRITISH OPINION OF BOTH. CRISIS IS NOT YET OVER ACCORDING TO LONDON DISPATCHES GLIMPSE AT GREAT GERMAN STATESMAN. London. Nov. 2S. The "chancellor crisis' Is not yet over in Germany, and it may yet well be that Prince Von Buelow may be made to "walk the plank" for the kaiier's Indiscretion. If this should be the case It will be a great misfortune for every one concernedfor the kaiser, for Germany, end one may add, for this country. The chancellor ia a man of great urbanity of temperament, and despite a fondness for oratorical invocations of Bismark's authority he has none of the truculence which disfigured both the diplomacy and oratory of the iron chancellor. He is a man of great culture, with fluent command of English, and there Is reason to believe that he possesses that quality as rare as it is estimable in the counselors of kings nd absolute sincerity toward his master, who has the highest esteem and affection for the minister. 1 It must be rememberd of course, that Prince von Buelow has already weathered storms of this kind, though not of this magnitude. The notable instances are the Bremerhaven (or "no quarter" speech of the kaiser and the Swlnemunde telegram. In t hese and other cases the imperial chancellor, whose Hat flphis'cmfwypshrdlushrdluh whose dialectic is always ingenious, developed a constitutional doctrine of "capacities" according 10 which the kaiser spoke at one time as a soldier, at another as a man ("we Germans want a man, not a legal fiction." was hla way of putting it), while in all cases when the kaiser merely spoke by the mouth instead of by record, as a Prince von Buelow claimed that he (the chancellor) was only responsible "morally" not legally a moral responsibility which he was always careful to add he fully accepted, although rethan the forum of conscience he did not explain. With the suave irony which Is one of his chief characteristics he pleaded on a famous occasion that the kaiser must enjoy the latitude allowed to an original character. STROKE OF PEN MAKES POOR WOMAN WEALTHY State of New Jersey Waives Claim to $100,000 Estate. liciuun, iuy. .o. vice wiilHCtMlur Walker, by a stroke of his pen, raised Mrs. Mary Wheeler. Somerby of Newburyport, Mass., 80 years old, from dire poverty to the possession of $100,,000, which is taken virtually out of the state treasury. For the possession of this sum five persons have contended and Lawyer Matthew J. Ready, of 'Newark, is now in prison for forgery. The $100,000 is the estate of John Wells Russell, of East Orange, who died two years ago. Sheriff Sommer of Essex county, applied to the courts to have the estate escheated to the state. It was so escheated. Later five claimants showed up, among them being Mrs. Somerby, his first cousin and Mrs. Mary C. Clavln, a former housekeeper, who presented a will which was later declared forged and Lawyer Ready went to prison for, the crime. It Is said that there are various second cousins of Russell near Newburyportt who, because they will not inherit any of the fortune under Jersey law, have withheld evidence that Mrs. Somerby was the lawful heir. T HY.w. OO 1TJA. ni 1 1 DANGEROUS RIDE ON IE CAGE Workman Saved From Death By Quick Wit. Altoona, Pa., Nov. 2S. Alternately hoisted and lowered at full speed up the Lance colliery shafts pome thfrty or forty times, Charles Edwards, a mine worker, had a thrilling experience, and was saved from death only by the coolness and quick action of Charles Young. The throttle of a hoisting engine which Young was running became clogged and he found he could not ftop it. There was but a fraction of a second to act when he made the discovery, but it was enough. Young reversed the engine and kept reversing it ever time the cage was close to the top or bottom until other employes arrived and fchut off the steam, Edwards was in a state of collapse when taken from the cage. Watched Fifteen Years. "For fifteen years I have watched the- working of Bucklen's Arnica Salve; and it has never failed to cure any sore, boll, ulcer or burn to which it was applied. It has saved us many a doctor bill." says A. F. Hardy, of East Wilton. Maine. 25c. at A. G. Lu Kea & Co. drug store.

THE THEATER

THEATRICAL CALENDAR. GENNETT. ' Hoyt's "Bunch of Keys" Monday. NEW PHILLIPS. Vaudeville all week. Graced a Celestial Stage. To pretty little Rosa Berry an American girl, attaches the distinction of being the only Caucausian who ever played a Chinese character in a Chinese drama in the Chinese language before a Chinese audience in a Chinese theater. Mort than that, she is the only woman of any nationality who ever appeared on the Celestial stage. Chinese tradition and custom prohibit participation by the gentle daughters of Confucius in public entertainment. Their talents and accomplishments are reserved for the exclusive delectation of their parents and brothers and husbands. It was in Honolulu, several years ago, that "La Petite Rosa" as she was billed, made her debut in a Chinese theater. She went to the islands, accompanied by her parents, as the ingenue of an American farce-comedy, being of a studious disposition, she devoted all her spare moments to the Chinese language, and in this manner learned quite a number of their songs, also mastering several of their instruments. Miss Berry is one of the leading attractions with Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys" Co., this season, playing the leading soubrette part, also her own inimitable specialties, giving imitations of the leading performers of the HARRY WA With Ye Colonial day, also singing Chinese songs, play-' ing Chinese instruments and wearing eorrect Chinese costumes. This will j be a decided novelty and a treat to the I play loving public, as this is positive- j ly the first appearance of Miss Berry in any of the smaller towns of the United States. Gennett theater Nov. 30. Vaudeville New Phillips. Notwithstanding the fact that the Thanksgiving theatrical bill in Richmond was of unusual brilliancy, the program for the following week at the New Phillips is equally as good. In fact as a whole the bill is far better than that astounded the patrons of that popular theater last week. The program includes many artists. Including in the bill for the coming week is the marvelous DeCoe, better known as "The Man with the Tables and the Chairs." His is a turn of un usual brilliancy in that it contains sensation after sensation. A black art stunt is richer unique but when it is modernized such as is the case with Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, it is both instructive and entertaining. Hawley and Leslie, a musical team, has been headlined in some of the best theaters of this country. Yet in the Phillips program thev are not fea tured. It is not because they are not good but because they were booked late. The usual moving pictures and the illustrated songs will be given. "Ye Colonial Stock." The last five days of this week at the Gennett wilp be given over to repertoire. Ye Colonial Stock company being the attraction. Chas. W. Benner, the manager of this noted company is one of the most progressive theatrical men in the country. He believes that success depends entirely on the high standard of an attraction and that it must please the public. With the progressive policy comes a wide experience and he has endeavored, with the very .best results, to make Ye Colonial a representative attraction in every sense of the word. Since its last visit to this city the company has been greatly strengthened and in the cast of each play will be found artists who have become favored through sheer artistic ability. It is not an easy task to bring together a company of players which shall meet the approval of popular fancy; an evenly balanced cast, rather than a single individual high in ability is always desirable and this Manager Benner has always in view. The company will be found excellent throughout and evenly balanced. And then the play "the plays the thing" and in this respect the patrons of the Gennett will find much to commend. During the week "Utah" a historical play dealing with Mormonism; "When the Bell Tolls" a thrilling story taken from the envirous of the Monestary of St. Bernard; "A Doctor's Crime," a most interesting piece of stage fiction ; "Deadwood Dick." not a blood and thunder piece, but a beautiful

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story of this celebrated character of Western history and then the "Devil," the most talked of play in the last decade. The opening bill Manager Benner announces will be "Slaves of the Orient," a thrilling story of the adventures, of an ensign of the United States navy in Egypt. Players who have won distinction in their chosen profession will greet the theatergoers of Richmond. Tuesday afternoon and evening in the opening bill, among them Dorothy Smith, Chas. Siddons, Harry Waterhouse and others; then the vaudeville contingent costly enough and important enough to make a good show in itself, the headliners Manager Benner announces are "The Unicycling Hays", a team of acrobats who do some wonderful tricks on the bicycle and unicycle. When one considers the magnitude of this attraction which will play at popular prices the verdict must be a victory for the manager.

May Irwin Coming. Charles Frohman will present May Irwin at the Gennett theater on Tuesday, December .". in "The Mollusc." the three act comedy by Hubert Henry Davis, which has been the talk of New York and London for the past few seasons, and "Mrs. Peckham's Carouse," the one act farce by George Ade. which is conceded to be the Hoosier humorist's funniest contribution to the stage. This big double bill will be one of the most interesting features of the current season. Additional interest is given to the occasion through the fact that these plays will introduce Miss Irwin to the public for the first time as a Charles Frohman star. Two ERHOUS Stock Company. years ago Miss Irwin, the funniest wo man on the stage, retired to her coun try home in northern New York, and bade good bye to her stage career, to the great regret of the theater-going public. Not long ago she received a telegram from Charles Frohman asking her if she would return to the stage and accept the star parts in two exceptionally clever plays. After considerable correspondence Miss Irwin accepted, and she has every reason to be delighted for "The Mollusc" and "Mrs. Peckham's Carouse," afford her the best opportunities for her inimitable style of fun making that she has ever had. It would perhaps be enough to say that "The Mollusc," which has' just completed a long run at the Garrick theater in New York, is from the pen of Hubert Henry Davies, who wrote that charming and witty comedy. "Cousin Kate," in which Miss Ethel Barrymore has delighted thousands. "The Mollusc" has had several seasons of triumph in London and it is one of the most enjoyable and talked of comedies of the day. There are two hours of laughter in the play, but behind each laugh there is an idea and back of it all there is a moral. "Mrs. Peckham's Carouse." the other portion of the big double bill in which Miss Irwin appears, is the best farce that George Ade has ever written. Parenthetically, it may be added, that he wrote it expressly for Miss Irwin and in it she has achieved one of her greatest hits. It is in a reality a philosophic comment upon the prohibition movement in one act. Charles Frohman has produced both plays in a characteristic tasteful manner and has surrounded Miss Irwin with a company of especial merit. "The Matchmaker." Mr. Daniel Sully has at last secured a worthy successor to "The Parish Priest," in his new play, "The Matchmaker, which will be seen at the Gennett theater, Dec 7. This is another case of an actor being forced by public opinion to play one line of parts and it is likely that Sully in a clerical role will be a, feature of the American stage for many seasons to come. Like many another good play. "The Parish Priest" was a losing proposition at first. People of religious tendencies, those who could best appreciate the play and from whom he naturally expected support, refused to go and see it. and it was only after months of losing business that the tide turned and the show began to make money. Eventually the barriers of prejudice were broken down and Sully found "The Parish Priest" the greatest success of his career. In "The Matchmaker," Mr. Sully has a play stronger in every way than "The Parish Priest" or any other play in which he has ever appeared. It Is a romantic comedy in tnreeacts. well constructed, full of dramatic strength and rich In comedy. The characters are Qesh. and blood, modern types of

Six Generations of One Family Eldest of Family, Almost a Centerarian, Has 167 Decendants Believed No Other Family Has Such Record

Mason City, Iowa, Nov. lK. What is believed to be the only instance of a family of six generations, all living, is reported from Wyalusing, Grant county. Wis., where the head of the families resides, but with progeny scattered all over Iowa and Illinoos. The woman who stands at the head of these generations and has established this unparalleled record is Lydia Thomas Ault Shrake, who has attained the age of ninety-five years, yet is remarkably well preserved, and fondles the child of her sixth generation as if it were her own. One other remarkable thing is that every one of the 6ix generations is a female. One would think that the time of six generations would extend over at least two hundred years." figuring on the allotment of mankind of thirtythree years. But it is not so in the Shrake family. All the girls were married early in life, as the record will show, and all gave borth to children, and this fact has narrowed the time limit down to ninety-five years. "Grandma" Shrake now numbers direct descendants and the world is challenged to produce its equal. Baby Gulley. recently born, is the youngest member of the family. The youngster is blessed with more grand WOMEN TIRED OF WAITING ON MEN Use Picks and Shovels in Repairing Roads. Chicago, III.. Nov. 28. Thirty women, including members of the Whatsoever Club and several farmers' wives and daughters, tired of waiting for the Elgin Township (Commissioners to repair a road on the Cook County line near Elgin, did the necessary work themselves. They met in the morning with shovels and wheelbarrows and when they finished this afternoon, the "pike," which hai been washed out last spring, was in good order. The women had two teams ami several loads of giVel were dumped where they were needed. The horses were driven by women of the party. Discreet. Tourist (after a long discussion with station master on the subject of catching a steamer) So you would advise me to come back by the Sunday night train iu order to catch the boat on Monday morning? Station Master (severely) A' wuri advise nae mon tae profane the Sawbath, but A'll jlst repeat if ye wait till the Monday ye'll nae get the connection. Punch. Fntient (to young doctor) But have you ever amputated a leg? Young Doctor N-no, sir, but I'm willing to try. American men and women. The action of the play is rapid, the situations full of interest and the climaxes exceptionally worked up. From every point of view "The Matcnmaker" may be considered the crowning triumph of Mr. Sully's life.

An Accident Starter for Cupid

Young Hotel Clerk Won Hand of Young Widow Who fs Heiress to $4,000,000 After Big Machine Breaks Down.

New York, Nov. 2S. The breaking down of an automobile owned by Mrs. Anna L. Erbacher, heiress to $4,)0.000 and widow of Victor Erbacher, was responsible for her romantic marriage with Emlyn Price Jones, an impecunious but courteous young room clerk, formerly of the Chateau des Beaux Arts, at Huntington, L. I. An accident to the automobile compelled Mrs. Erbacher to seek refuge at the Chateau des Beaux Arts. The first meeting of the pair occurred while Emlyn Jones was choosing Ihe daintiest suite for the widow. She was attracted to the courteous young man at once. No sooner was she settled than she changed her mind about continuing the tour, and declared she

. nil MONDAY AND TUESDAY pi a . The Palace prr3r,,y Five Cents Two Fine Films. Don't Miss Them.

gennett THEATRE 5 Nights Starting Tuesdav Dec 1 Harry G. Sommers. Lessee and Manager Phone 1683. lllgULO, kJlCll llllg 1 UCdUCiy , 1SCI. 1 MatinBe 1 Chas w-Benner Presents Opening Night Every Rln Ye Colonial Stock Co. y Day mg 5,aves Mr I nn-o And a s,rono casl o1 piyrs. g ODf ln orient : 20C UXfVJ TT Tl Tuesday night Ladies will be ad- -VV tauaevilie .flDflD K fitted free with every 20 cent AytrawMNo Higher Alone lLJUMJXil tkket Seats now on ale. Sf eifypJ y j No Higher

parents than any living child. With so many grandaparents the question naturally arises. What wall pretty little Baby Gulley be? This is a condensed record of these six generations: First generation Mrs. Lydia Thomas Ault Shrake, born in Connellscville, Pa., in 1814. Married at eighteen to William Ault. To this union were born five children. Mr. Ault died in 18iK and two years later Mrs. Ault was married to Jacob Shrake and o this union were born five children. Grandma Shrake sent five sons to the civil war, and her last husband was a veteran of the war of 1S12. Second generation Margaret AultElder, born in 18&, married at fifteen, and is the mother of ten children, seven of whom are living. Third generation Rachel ElderGoff. born in 1851, married at seventeen. She is the mother of twelve children, seven of whom are living. Fourth generation Melissa GoffSpaulding, born in 1S7M. married at fifteen, mother of three children, all living. Fifth generation Cora SpauldingGulley. born in isu, married at fifteen: mother of one child. Sixth generation Agnes Elder Goff Spaulding Gulley, born August .", 1!)S.

CLEAN MONEY KEPT IN HOTELS FOR CHANGE Pleasure of Travellers Considered and New Bills Given. "Giving out fresh, clean currency in change is not a new custom in the hotels here," but it is a pleasing one to travelers," said a well known Richmond hotel man yesterday. "A well bred woman never feels more hurt than when soiled bank notes are given to her in exchange for a draft. This is perhaps necessary in the stores, but every first class hotel keeps new money on hand for its customers, and sends the old to the bank for deposit." ' DON'T SPEAK TO WIFE FORJWO WEEKS" This Unusual Sentence Given Chicago Man. Chicago. 111.. . .ov. i'8. "Don't speak o your wife for two weeks." This is the sentence imposed by Municipal Judge Newcomer on Patrick Cronwell. 0744 Justine street. The court also imposed a fine of 1X and costs. Cronwell was arraigned as a wife beater, but declared in court that he was "the best man iu Chicago." The evidence showed that he had a habit of choking and beating his wife, who supports herself and two children by working at the Englewood High School lunch counter. "Everything my wife says is untrue," declared the defendant. "The trouble is she is cruel toward me. She kicked me out of bed not long ago." "I dou't believe it," replied the judge. would stop over the week end at Huntington. They were only three days together, but the young man made the most of them. Hebegan a rapid courtship, and the widow became infatuated with the young man, who seemed more like the host than the clerk. Her friends say that Jones resembled Mrs. Erbacher's S-year-old son. whom she lost a year ago in an automobile accident at Monmouth beach. He was her only child and heir. It was this catastrophe that plunged Mrs. Erbacher into a gloom which only her fiance has succeeded in dispelling. Friends of the Jones family said yesterday that the pair had obtained a marriage license two weeks ago and had been married the following Tuesday.

H. G. Sommers, Lessee and Mgr.

GENNETT

ONE NIGHT, MONDAY, NOV. 30. You can't match it! The Musical Comedy Wonder. Hoyt's

A BUNCH (Or the Hotel) Still running with the minute. Loaded with advanced

company of consummate comedians

know the value of Go-Ahead Merry Few, 75c. Sale at box office, 10

GENNETT THEATRE Harry G. Sommers. Lessee and Manager. Phone 16S3 Starting Tussdsy, Dsc. 1, Charles W. Btnntr presents Ye Colonial Stock Company with Dorothy Smith And a strong company of players. Look! Bargain Night Monday. Ladies accompanied by one paid admission. Free. Tuesday. "Slaves of the Orient." a masterpiece of stage fiction. 7 Big Vaudeville Acts with the Cnicycling Hays. Matinee every day, 10c. No higher. Night fOc and 20c No higher. Seats on sale at box office, Saturday morning 10 a, m.

..The New Phillips Theatre., First Class Vaudeville Twice Daily. WEEK NOVEMBER 30. The Aerobatle Sensation,

"The Man With the Tables and the Chairs." SIX OTHER BIG ACTS. ALL FOR 10c (Note A first class wrestling match will lie held here in connection with the vaudeville program Friday night. Prices 15, 25, 35 and 50c

Negro of the South Remains the Same and Must be Uplifted, Says Bain

Washington, D. C. Nov. 1VS. "I admire Booker T. Washington for work he is doing." Col. George W. Bain of Lexington, Ky.. said during a discussion of the race problem before a large audience in the lecture room of the Pro-Cathedral Church of the Ascension. "He is aiding in the work for the uplift of his people. "At the end of the twentieth century we will have sixty million negroes in the southland. The negro is in much the same condition as when he was liberated. He is still plowing the fields and strumming away at the GOEREL'S BROTHER WANTSTAYLOR RETURNED Requisition Papers May Served on Marshall. Be Frankfort, ' Ky.. Nov. 'JS. Arthur Goebel. brother of the late William Goebel. may request Governor Willson to issue requisition papers upon Governor-elect Marshall, of Indiana, after he takes his seat, for the return of W. S. Taylor aud Charles Finley, for trial upon the indictments pending against them in Franklin circuit court, 4 charging them with complicity in the murder of William Goebel. Taylor was the republican contestee for the governorship and Finley was secretary of state when the murder of Goebel occurred. Three republican governors of Indiana, since the murder, have refused to deliver the two men to the Kentucky authorities for trial, on the grounds that they would not secure fair trials. . The Earth's Motion. The great Newton declared that the motions of alt bodies in space are suffering retardation and that their Telocity is steadily becoming lees and will eventually cease, and all the ascertained facts of present day astronomers are decidedly in favor of Sir Isaac's idea. The earth, with its mass of 3,000 trillions of tons, traveling through space at the speed of something like 1,000 miles a minute. Is slowly but surely coming to a standstill through the friction of the tides and other causes. It has been calculated by eminent astronomers that the earth loses about sn hour In 16,000 years and Is therefore gradually coming to a rest New York American.

THEATRE Telephone 16S3 OF 9 all its old time vigor. Turned to fun. Presented in regal style, by a and peerless vocalists. who 50c, Notions. a. tu. Prices, 25c, 35c, an banjo before his little cabin door as the pickaninnies play about him. He 1 is problemizing the century. . "Of course, we of the Southland bad a little row with our northern neighbors, and we wanted a divorce, but the application was not granted, and we are all again under the grand old flag. "Before the conflict started there was not a negro Infidel in the south' land. Now there are many. I say to you, we must lift thera up or they will pull us down. If we do not lift thetu they will gangrene the whole body politic." WILL OUST PASTOR WITH SHERIFF'S AID Won't Quit Parsonage for His Successor. , Trevorton, Pa., Nov. 28. Indignant because the Rev. William Hoyer, for mer pastor of the local Lutheran church, would not vacate the church parsonage, to mak way for the Rev. D. C. Stetler. Mahoney, recently call ed to the charge, the congregation met and decided if the preacher persisted in staying to summon Sheriff William Toby to force him to vacate the build Ing. Months ago the trustees locked the church doors against the Rev. Mr. Hoyer, his parishioners having asked him to quit preaching. Notwithstanding their desire to havo the Rev. Mr. Heyer leave the parson, age, some of the congregation helper him the past year by tendering dona tlons. His salary was stopped s long time ago. His mother and a slates II IC IIU li 1 111. . iwuicvcs swr iioasiciii Qalptutioo of the heart. Difeste'wbatjoata The Theatorium MONDAY and TUESDAY The Beautiful Hand Colored Pictures "Mary, Queen of Scots"

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