Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 79, 10 February 1921 — Page 8

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M'KAYE, DRAMATIST AND POET, IMPRESSES EARLHAM AUDIENCE Appearing before a large audience, Percy MacKaye, noted dramatist and poet, read from his most recent play

manner lastnight Jn-the Earlhami""'" , .If " oaa chapel. The reading wkich was held ' 'J Unreport shows. More than o 000 under tie auspices of the Earlham fn were on the payrolls of these Mask aid Mantle club, was attended: n January as against 2,o02 In by nearly all of the 'student body, as December according to the report.

well as a large representation oL Iuchmond people. - , Mr. MacKaye's personality to which in a large extent the success of. his plays is due made ;itself manifest in his reading last night. . Sincere and unassuming he leaves the impression of a vivid personality. All those who had an' opportunity of meeting Mr. MacKaye were charmed by his manner. Details' Show Ability , , (1 In his reading of- "George Washing ton," he touched the high spots of the play occasionally giving little glimpses of details which brought out to the greatest extent hi3 ability of dramatic! impersonation. In all, he gave a splendid conception of George Washington, the man. The audience was especially pleased

with Mr. MacKaye's reading of his1""'1- a. a' , 1Z X,, ZY nnrv Aithm.h Vnwr, rr,La I Eel'. particularly in the middle west.

poetry. Although known more as ai dramatist than as a poet his thought often takes the form of verse and is always pleasing. In fact his reading of his ballads tempted his listeners to wish for a program of ballads in addition to his play. Explains Play Origin. The play "George Washington" was first presented in Washington,, D. C, and alter a successful entre had a splendid run in New York last season. Mr. MacKaye calls it a ballad play because he collected a number oi interesting oia Dauaas ana Dy inert us ui mem ikiius i tudiui wuicu permeates the play. Because the au thor has disregarded the stagecraft i technique he has written ' his play scenes as well as acts he is able to represent the American patriot during i the middle years of his life, showing him as a man, the focus point of the1 growth of America. ' At the present time Mr. MacKave! holds a fellowship in the English department of Miami university. His daughter, Arvia, is taking work at the university and his son is a sophomore' at Harvard, where Mr. MacKaye him- j self completed his under graduate ; work. At Miami he has no official duties but has accepted the position because he wishes to establish a precident, that of the encouragement of the creative work by - means of university patronage.' PROBE OF LANGDON SLAYING IS PENDING (Bv Associated Press) TOKIO, Fob. 10 The official investigation of the recent killing by a Japonaua oflfltrtf at VI a fl i vnt nk nf T.iftltenant W. H. Langdon, of the Amen-! can cruiser Albany, has not been con-1 eluded. General Tanaka, minister of j war, today made this statement in re-1 ply to questions in the diet as to what the result of the courtmartial was and , what effect it would have on the rela-1 tions with the United States. M. !

Tonal-!i artdoH that ttipre was Tin fpar;K. C. Stewart

of the relations between the United states and Japan becoming strained as a result of the shooting. JOHN RINGLING SELLS ROAD OUT OF DAYTON (Bv Associated Press) DAYTON. O., Feb. 10. Sala of the ; Dayton, Toledo & Chicago railway by J John Ringlitig, of circus fame, to W. i II. Ogborn, of Chicago, and a croup of capitalists was announced here today by Ogborn, who will become president of the road. The road runs from Dayton to Delphos. O. Jt was bought in 1918 by Ringling. EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY URGED UPON ENGLAND (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 10 Educational training is unknown to at least nine out of every 10 persons in Great Britain after they have attained the age of 14 years, Lord Haldane, former lord high chancellor, declared in an address delivered recently in this city. Study of the inequalities of education among the people of the country, he declared, revealed a "terrible state of things." "In our democracy today there is buried a mass of unknown talent," he continued. "Darwins, Stephensons and e ther geniuses lie buried there because there has been no means of stimulating their minds." If there were equality of education, he said the relations between labor and capital would be very much simpler than they were at the present time. it Uncle" Newt Liming Explains Marriages (By Associated Press) ATLANTA, Ga.. Feb. 10. "Uncle" Newt Liming, aged SO, told Judge Hathcock yesterday that with all his 6even marriages, he had never intentionally had more than one wife at a time. An erroneous report that number six was dead caused him to marry number seven, the aged negro said, and the court was impressed to the extent of reducing bail from $300 to f 200 and "Uncle" Newt got back to his peddling business, his 17 children and his record as veteran fighter of the Confederate arm. Joyce, Witness in McGannon Trial, to be Recalled CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 10 Indications were that John W. Joyce, one fo the state's principal witnesses, would be recalled to the stand upon resumption today of the second trial of Judge William H. McGannon, charged with the second degree murder of Haro'd C. Kagy last May. Joyce, who recently was acquitted of tbe shootin" of Kagy, was being cross-examinct' y William H. Boyd, of cotmsel for the defense, when court adjoirrned yesterday. Boyd said he would recall the witnessthis morning. ' "' "

West VirguuaMines SAo

increase in rroaucuon . (By Associated Press) WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Feb. 10 Mines in this district, affected originally by the strike called last July, produced about 1 $.000 more tons of coal last month than in December, 1920, according to a report 6f the Williameon coal operators association, made public here today. The output from mines which were affected by the POPULAR CONTRALTO SINGS AT MUSICALE Agnes Hansel-Harter, contralto, assisted by the Richmond Trio, and her daughter, Miss Jeraldine Harter, aci companist, will sing at an evening musicale at' the First Presbyterian church Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. This concert, which is the first that the talented and accomplished singer has given in Richmond, promises to draw a capacity audience. Mrs. Harter has gained great popuas a singer. As contralto soloist of one of the best known and most fashionable churches in Evanston. III., she was ranked as one of the four best church contraltoisfs of Chicago. A difficult program which will draw on all of the singer's resources has been chosen for the musicale Thursl day evening. Russian, French, Span ish, Slav and American numbers appear on the program. The trio which will assist Mrs. Harter is composed of Miss Mildred

, . i Schalk, pianist. Miss Mary Jones, vioana Dyi : : ht; t.-i-, .;.,

,!r.ic.t 'celloist. COLORED QUARTETTE'S CONCERT IS PLEASING Four hundred persons heard the concert given bv the Wilberforce quartette of colored musicians from Wilberforce university, Ohio, in the high ing Th() roncert was piven for th-9 v,0nt f tv. m v. tt- Thnma5 refuge home. Approximately $125 was i taken in, it was reported. Th.? performance by the quartette was reported to be exceptionally fine and was enthusiastically and persist-1 ently applauded. Besides singing, the artists grave instrumental solos. The personnel was as follows: LeRoy Bostic, 'cello; E. C. Stewart, violin; i Anna Dorsey, piano; Rush T. Enian- , uel, tenor; E. C. Stewart, reader. The numbers presented were as follows: Trio Nocturne No. Ill, (Liszt), Miss Dorsey, Mii Bostic. Mr. Stewart. I Pusxtak fia, (KelerBela); Souvenir, (Drdla); Jugend, (Seybold), M. S. Stewart. Piano Solo, (Mountain Stream), Miss Dorsey. Tenor Solo. "Song of the Soul"; Tenor solo, "Emmets Lullaby", Mr. Emanuel. The Annexation of Cuba From "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch", Cello Solo, selected. Mr. Bostic. Selection by the Quartett, selected, Mr. Bostic, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Stewart, Miss Dorsey. Intermission. Piano Solo, "Then You'll Remember Me"; Tenor solo, "Hush My Baby", ; Mr. Emanuel. J Trio Reve Angeliriue Rubinstein, jMr. Bostic, MiFS Dorsey, Mr. Stewart. COMMUNITY CHORUS WILL MEET MONDAY The community chorus for the May Festival is scheduled to hold its first meeting in the High school auditorium next Monday evening. It is expected that between 300 and 400 persons will be present. Invitations have been mailed to a larg number of singers i whose names have been suggested by j the May Festival chorus committee, i The following statement has been issued by the committee: "Invitations have been mailed to a large number of singers whose names have been suggested to the May Festival Chorus committee. "No doubt there are those to whom invitations have not been sent who are good singers and can do the work perhaps better than some others who have received invitations and who would enjoy being a member of the Festival Chorus. "The Committee would like to get into touch immediately with such persons and a phone or personal call will be appreciated. (Signed.) "Mrs. Charles Marvel. "Clifford Hutchins. "Miss Alice Knollenberg. "Mr. H. Zimmerman. "Mr. J. E. Maddy." Colby Refuses Information to Senate Committee (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 10. Secretary Colby refused today to transmit to the Senate Foreign Relations committe information regarding negotiations with Japan looking to the framing of a new treaty to meet the situation created by the adoption of the California anti-alien law. Short News of City Legion to Meet Harry- Ray Post No. 65 will hold its regular monthly meeting in the club rooms at the K. of P. hall Thursday at 8 p. in., and all members are urged to be present. Farmer Is Arrested Max Harsh, a farmer living near New Paris, was arrested by Sheriff W'adman Thursday morning charged with - assault and battery in an affidavit filed by Fern Frese. The plaintiff was acting' as housekeeper to Mr. Harsh, it is said, and a dispute arose over some money matters. Harsh was released on a $500 bond. Auto Driver Fined E. Daugherty was the only motor law violator to come into police court Thursday morning. He was fined $1 and costs for operating his car without a 1921 license.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND

iLINCOLN EXHIBITS RECALL MEMORIES OF GREAT AMERICAN Yarns and 6tirring stories of civil strife an dthe great American Idol, "Abe" Lincoln, are recalled by the Lincoln exhibit of relics of war and backwoods homes, yellowed papers, and old books which had been collected at the library. The exhibit has been assembled chiefly for the benefit of children pf the city, but will be interesting to older people as well. A homespun dress over 100 years old, which recalls the days before hooks, eyes and buttons, when strings served as the only means of fastening, is in the exhibit. Also an old silk dress said to have been worn at a reception given for Lincoln in Indianapolis. A wonderful old homemade waistcoat, more than 125 years old, said to be similar to one worn by Lincoln's grandfather, is another of the many rare things to be seen. Mrs. Lincoln's Gowns. Among the collection of books and newspapers is a paper published in 1865 bearing the report of Lincoln's death. Significant in this day when reports are being sent out of the costumes which will be worn by President-elect Harding's wife when she becomes "first lady of the land," are the Godey "Lady Books" on exhibition containing pictures of the gowns worn by Mrs. Lincoln when she went to the White House. Lending unusual local interest is a pair of gold epaulettes worn by a colonel who once lived here. Later he was assigned to duty in Spain, where his daughter married a Spaniard and is now said to be living. A spinning wheel said to have been used by the mother of Lincoln is also in the exhibit as well as many relics from the A. K. rooms Children Invited. Club women preparing papers on Lincoln are invited to visit this rare exhibit and may maJie use of the literature collected. Arrangements have been made so that children may get poems and stones, about Lincoln to use in exercises in his honor which will be held in the schools throughout the city. The exhibit is in the tower room on the first floor of the Morrison-Reeves library. It will be open in the afternoons and all day Saturday. By calling on the librarian it may be possible to visit the exhibit at other times. Credit, for the unusual collection goes to Mrs. Ada L. Bernhardt Prof. Vr r rJSr V Atlnn 1T1 C : T .11 - 1 " T- t Mary Mather Girty, who .-. . ... ...u. ' 1 III 111 . Villi . KIIU 11F1 1.been working for some time to obtain as complete an exhibit as possible?. South American City Encounters Labor Trouble (By Associated Press) BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 10. Labor troubles in the city of Rosario have assumed threatening proportions, and a serious outbreak is apprehended by authorities there. -A general strike has been called and many unions have summoned their men to quit work in sympathy with striking municipal employes, or have presented their own demands for wage increases. The . - - t number of discontented unemployed j nprsnns is cnirl tr ho crrm-in cr Hailir persons is said to be growing daily Government troops have been posted about branches o' the Argentine national bank and the police have arrested many strikers accused of attempting to influence young soldiers to desert or to pledge themselves not to as sist in suppressing strike disorders, j Printer have quit work, causing a i suspension of newspapers and electrical worker threaten to walk out tomor- j row. There is a food scarcity in the j city and ice production is limited, en-i tailing hardships for the people on ac-' count of the intense summer heat. Essa Habib, Gotham, Holds Record; Arrested 80 Times (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 10. His 80th apnparanre within a war as a. nrianner i at tne bari a matter of court history, Essa Habib, a street peddler, retained today by a safe margin the New York amateur and professional "being arrested" championship. Hailed into Tombs court charged with peddling without a license alleged to have been his offense 79 times previously, Habib was fined $10. Ha failed in an attempt to have a reduction of $3 granted, made a second expedition, paid and was loosed. University Purchases Land of Country Club (By Associated Press) ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 10. Pur chase of land now occupied by the Oak Hill Country club as a site for erection of new buildings to house the University of Rochester was included in a plan announced b.ere today. George Eastman, camera manufacturer, who last year presented the institution with $9,000,000, is among those interested in the project. Besides the main university building, the plan calls for modern structures to be occupied by the school of medicine and the college of liberal arts. College Registration of Farm Lads Decreases (By Associated Press) URBANA, 111., Feb. 10. Lack of funds, caused by the recent slump in the market for farm products, is suggested by university officials as the reason for a decrease in the winter registration of farm lands at the University of Illinois. Today is the last day for the registration for the second -semester. The t,otal enrollment today was 6,474 compared with 7,500 at the same time last year. Montana Unemployed Given Jobs; Others Walk Out (By Associated Press) GREAT FALLS, Mont., Feb. 10. Part of the 2,000 unemployed men here, who were given jobs on city work by. Mayor Newman at $5 a day are out of work again today because waterworks employes, members of tpe Federal union threatened to walkout unless the emergency employes were given $5.50 a day. The temporary jobs were for levelling some ground owned by the city. The mayor has not yet indicated what his next action will be.

SUN - TELEGRAM, RICHMOND,

Albany Street Cars Resumed Early Today (By Associated Press) ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. 10. Limited operation of street cars by the United Traction company, whose emloyes are on strike, was resumed early today, in this city without disorder. An escort of mounted stata troopers trailed each car and police were stationed at short Intervals along the routes. Most of the trolley wire in the vicinity of the car barns, pulled down yesterday by strike sympathizers was repaired during the night. American Writer Attained High Position in Russia (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Feb. 10. The late John Reed, American magazine writer, newspaper correspondent and a leader of Communists in America, won. to a place in Soviet Russia second only to Lenine and Trotsky, M. Schwartz, of San Francisco. Socialist" and labor organizer, told the correspondent of The Associated Press upon his arrival here from Moscow where he had been four months in prison following his attendance as delegate to the second congress of the Third Internationale. Reed died in Moscow last summer. "When I first went to Moscow some friends told me John Reed was there," said Mr. Schwartz. '"What of it?" I asked ( for I had known Reed in Chicago when, as a big. good-natured, sincere fellow he had split the Socialist party over the issue of communism, and his being in Russia didn't particularly interest me. It soon did interest me." Roman Battle Standard Military Trophy, Sold (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 10 Great Britain's most ancient military trophies, a Roman battle standard and a Roman (fdncrnl'o fnAiner stnmn stl-ini VatrA iuct been sold for 200 Jauc. tion room. The antiquities were dug up in Essex a century ago. Experts believe that the battle stand-1 ard and the camp chair were captured or lost in the disaster that overtook the Roman Ninth legion in A.D. 61 when Broadicae, Queen of Iceni. cut the legion to pieces as it advanced to! relieve Colchester. Broadicae's Brit j ons, having burned Roman Colchester, i turned upon the Ninth legion, surprised and destroyed it. The cavalry alone got away, and it is believed that the j relics were abandoned on the field. J The standard and the chair are in perfect preservation. The former is a I slight and elegant thing in bronze, topped by four laurel wreaths of dij mimshing size. Below is a medallion, bpa-"ne n one side a portrait of Nero .....a AT . . 1. . . . . u-uva. ji,Llv-l ail lUldlU ursigu showing the emperor in a triumphal car holding a palm branch and a wreath. The chair is beautifully worked in iron overlaid in silver, folding like a modern camp stool. TO TRY PARADERS. (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Feb. 10. Six prominent Catholics who were arrested Tuesday night during a parade in protest against, the bombing of the home of Archbishop Mora, were today plac- j ed at the disposal of the attorney gen-1 eral, who will bring them to trial. They are charged with making sedit-j ious utterances durinsr the narnrip i -- - x- ------ which was attended with more or less Hianrrlor

1ND., THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1921.

FEB. 21 IS DATE FOR DEMOCRATIC MEET Tw,t f Hv will

hold their meeting for organizing for Inquiry relative to the political sitthe mayoralty campaign Monday lotion In the .states of Yucatan Taaftemnon. FpH. 21 apenrdinir to nn- basco and Campecne. He will be

nouncements from the Democratic ' state central committee, which met in Indianapolis this week. Wayne County Chairman Joel Moore states tbat the meeting probably will be held in the superior court room at the court house. Democratic plans for the coming campaign have not been definitely formed, it is said, but it is thought they will be given impetu3 j at the organization meeting. Candidates for the chairmanship of the city or for nomination for mayor in the May primaries have not announced themselves yet, according to the Democratic leaders of the city. ARMOURS OF GEORGIA ASK LOWER FREIGHTS (ny Associated press) CHICAGO. Feb. 10. Appeals for relief from high freight rates on the livestock industry in the south, were on file today before the interstate com merce commission, made by represen tatives of Armour and, Company. The . plant of Armour and Company at Tif ton, Ga., was closed down, principally because of the high rates, it was declared by W. W. Manker. Twentyeight southern railroads are named in the petition, and refunds of nearly $60,000 are sought. The livestock industry in the south will soon be history, he asserted unless the railroads come to the assistance of producers. NEW YORK OFFICIALS LEAD WAR ON TYPHUS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Discovery of e,even new cases or lypnuB among perowno iiKj auivcu iiriu pcvciai uajf ago, aboard the steamship President Wilson led city and quarantine health officials today to plan drastic mea ures against further immigration from plague infected European countries. . The additional cases, which made the total 4, were diagnosed through injections of the patients blood into Guinea pigs. Acknowledging that conditions were menacing, the health authorities said they would begin immediately a minute examination of every immigrant. Delousing facilities will be increased, they said, and any measures deemed necessary carried out. One suspected typhus case and a case of smallpox were found yesterday among passengers aboard the steamship Providence from Naples to Mar-1 seilles The 1,300 passengers aboard the ship then were vaccinated. Texas Inspectors Report mallest Cattle Shipments (By Associated Press) runi vvuKiii, iex.ten. iu rroo-1 ably the smallest shipments of cattle in the history of the Texas Cattle Raisers' association were reported by the range inspectors for the week ending Monday, according to reports annnunnpii at hparlniinrtprs hpr Prvri - - --- ! market conditions were given as the i rnocnn 1 reason.

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Mexican Secretary Will Conduct Political Probe (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY. Feb. 10. E. Plutarco Calles, secretary of the interior.

ie Mexico uijr yesieraay u conauci Joined &y several delegates appointed by several governmental departments, who will investigate matters of interest to their respective ministers. It is reported that General Calles will investigate alleged Socialist outrages against Liberals in the three states. CIVIC CLUB TO HEAR REPORTS THURSDAY The report of the nominating committee recently appointed to canvass the list of prospective members of the board of . 16 directors of Chamber of Commerce activities will be one of the principal matters of interest to come up at the meeting of that organization in the K. of P. building Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. A talk by the new secretary setting forth the working plans for the organization, is also expected. According to present plans, an educational campaign of several weeks wni be conducted in this city before a campaign lor new memoers is put on. At the end of this campaign it was said, teams will be organized to take over the work of canvassing the ctiy. No one who attends the meeting of the organization, either Thursday evening, or at the later gatherings where discussions take place, will be allowed to sign a pledge of any kind, according to a statement given out by an of ficial Thursday. "We want the people to feel perfectly free to visit our meetings whether or not they are members,' 'he said.

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BABY GIRL SHARES HONORS WITH PARROT; AVERT PANIC AT SEA

(By Associated Press) HAVANA, Feb. " lO.Kitty Barrett 8 years old. shared heroic honors wltl a pet parrot in a tale of fire at sec told by passengers landing from the steamship Cartago here yesterday. The little golden-haired girl, who is a daughter of Edward Ware Barrett, a newspaper publisher of Birmingham, Ala., refused to enter a lifeboat until she had brought her parrot from het stateroom, and her insistent demand that the bird be rescued calmed some thing approaching a panic among the passengers and gave the ship's crew a chance to extinguish tne flames and save the steamer. While steaming along the coast of Panama one night, the Cartago was set on fire by an over-heated motor. The blaze seemed to threaten the safety of those on board and an alarm was sounded. The passengers gathered on deck and were ready to enter the boats, when Miss Kitty discovered she had left the parrot behind in her stateroom. She refused to enter the boat until Captain George A. McBride sent for the bird. Frightened men and women paused to laugh at the calmness of the chiTd and her concern over the safety of her pet, and when the steward brought the parrot to the deck he also announced the fire had been brought under control by the chief engineer. MONTANA TO ASK CONGRESS O. K. ON IRRIGATION PLAN HELENA, Mont., Feb. 10 The Montana House yesterday passed the Senate's memorial to Congress asking legislation to permit raising the level of Yellowstone lake in Yellowstone National park to impound the water for irrigation purposes. sun, you will find that all these trials quickly disappear with the use of this old-fashioned, beauty recipe brought up to date. . To prove this to your complete satisfaction get a small quantity today at any first class drug store or toilet goods counter with the understanding that they will freely return the purchase money to any dissatisfied user. Yes and Now Drug Co., and Quigley's can supply you. Advertisement.