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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-27
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-09-13
What the Liquor Traffic Does for Us

From many unbiased hear the against
the alcohol traffic this country Jane Adams ndcts
saloon being the mother of prostitution and says long
the aloonkeepe and brewers profit greatly from sale
of liquor in these dives they will desire the unhoy
alliance.
Alcohol breaking down the physical vitality of the Ameri
people DR. T. Alexander MacNichol authority the
statement that chronic diseases have doubled in this country
the past thirty years. The number of insane and
has increased three times fast the population During the
past five years. the birth has fallen off in this country one
third
Fortunately. while this increase is going on successful
efforts being made in many parts of the country to
control to eliminate this waste The largest noicense city
the world Rockford Illinois, which its fifty thou
sand inhabitants is without saloons again The first week after
nocense effect there eleven as COM
pared with forty the first week of the license regime two
years ago. Much of the south has under state county
prohibition.
In all these sections it is found that no-cense laws can be
enforced like any other laws when the community sufficiently
aroused to of their Importance The Prohbonists
have kept the agitation for forty years That
AnSdoon League ho5Cver is the organization that actually
gets the legislation 1t is the latter organization that is
bitterly hated and opposed by the breaVers We accept their
Judgment of its inpordnce-Christian Century.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-09-13
THE AMERICAN ISSUE

and the dtees is bound come frantic efforts
of the trade to obstruct will disappear
Farseeng recognize this already and refuse
active part in the great pro-acoholic struggle.
DR.. John D. Quackenbos, of the most dis
tingushed members of the New York Academy of
Science says, published in the same senate doc,1-
ment that THE tendency Of alcohol to transmit to
offspring not only epilepsy and mental defect, but
marked degeneracy and criminal propensty-is as
Stunning proportions appalling that it may Justly be
regarded perhaps the greatest existing menace to
the stability of American institutions"
Saloon Question Is One of the Essential Problems in
Illinois Today.
Any program for the betterment of the state or
for promoting a higher and better social order will
prove futile if it plans to ignore this question: 1t must
be dealt with in harmony with the advance of public
sentiment. The sentiment in Illinois today demands
that the people of county shall be given the right to
vote this question: that the people living in Chi
cago and few other large cities of the state shall
have the right they want to exercise it of voting on
the question of excluding the saloon from near their
homes; it demands that the law be enforced The
tact that these laws came passage in the last
legislature and that the primaries won in April
with the active cooperation of only portion of the
Christian element is conclusive evidence of the cor
rectness of this statement What is needed is that
who have the conviction that this is the true
situation be true to that conviction and it that
candidates for the legislature make their position plain
on these issues and unite their support for those
didates favorable to these proposed measures.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-09-13

Become a Blessing
lean 5 tie Aoo n sa oef saaF
Lodge Hospital published Sixty
Within half century research and experience have point
ed the of past theories and now beyond
question that alcohol is simply narcotic and depressant i'll
effects that has stmuan tonic properties and
that beverage it has claim for existence.
Statistical studies of the of accidents injuries,
diseases and the forces of hered which into
civilization bring out the same fact in greater promn-
that alcohol in form is the most influential factor
of these losses.
People Aroused to the Danger of Alcohol
Medical, sociological and economical studies all confirm
these facts and make the conviction that alcohol
in way of danger recognized imperfecty
and yet powerful beyond measure, degeneration and in
creased mortality
These have created Of alarm in public
mind which is Undertaking. in various ways and apparent
very remarkable forms
Thus in the legislatures in session in thrty-four
states of the Union there have been introduced laws
restricting and regulating the of alcohol beverage
Sixteen of these laws urge the prohibition of both its
manufacture and sale Nneytwo laws the sale of
spirits and the control Of Saloons and others refer punish
for violation of various concerning the
alcohol question.
second indication equally significant is the fact that
wothrds of the territory of the United States has
specifically voted the sale of alcohol beverage
Everywhere the accumulated facts concerning the saloon
and its influence show that its doom and the comic
consciousness of its evil the tremendous opposition
show that its disappearance only question of time.
Liquor Interests Stupidity Fighting Losing Battle.
The pecuniary bound with the manufacture and
sale of alcohol while making tremendous efforts
their and prevent the destruction of their business
strangely oblvious to the commercial revolution
that is rapidly coming into prominence. The stupidity of
carrying organized combat with these mighty forces of
evolution the money and energy spent beating
and shouting check the from the lower higher
is startling.
Scientific research has pointed beyond question that
alcohol tremendous for heat and light
which made force producers equal electricity Every
year discoveries show that alcohol be made from
variety of substances of which regarded
products and these be produced very cheapy
Alcohol to Take the Place of Coal and Gasoline
The great liquor interest with its millions of money will
the of this product with greater profit
and will find increasing demand for it, and this positive
indication of its future Alcohol fuel will take the place
of COAL power will suppant gasoline and the great
alcoholic problem will merge the utilization of this
IT.
The Washington times., 1912-04-16
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The Washington times., 1912-04-16
BILL TO PROVIDE
FOR TREATMENT Of
INSANE PATIENTS
Frederick A. Fenning Wants
Volutary Submission of
Patients.

Frederick A. Fenning, an attorney OF
washington, backed by a number of
physicians of the District, Is busy whip
ping into shape a bill to be introduced in
10 Congress which would provide for the
voluntary submission OF patients for
treatment for insanity In the District.
The form of the bill Is not yet entirely
worked out. 1t was stated today, but
probably will be In shape for presenta-
tion to Congress within ten days, and
so will be UP for consideration this ses-
sion,
THE old barbarous days when the in
sane were looked upon as being pos
sessed Of the devil, rather than as sick
persons needing treatment, are past"
said Mr., Fenning, discussing the pro-
posed bill this morning
Such self-committment laws already
exist In Maryland. Rhode Island, Him
OILS, New Jersey and Massachusetts" T"
continued Mr.. Fenning. And a person
Set,on TeG Is So SsInf d9rtunats nts to live In ,uris
motion. without the knowledge OF
any one, even his own family, appear
for treatment at institutions for that
The patient in this way knows that
the state hospital or the private insti-
tuition, subject as both are to the visits
of jealous lunacy commissions, would
not keep Plm II MS conoltion dio not
warrant 1t. The stigma of a hideous
public trial, where the patient often Is
treated as a criminal. would be avoid
ed, and the realization Of this most i'm
portant factor in itself. would assist in
the upbuilding Of the disordered mind.
IF the ailment Is one of which he
can readily be cured the patient returns
within short time to his home and
friends. without attracting any more at
tention than II he were upon a vaca-
ton. In this way all the advantages
Of modern treatment for insanity are
conserved, and the unpleasant part to
the patient, often the most detrimental
part, is eliminated"
The Washington times., 1912-04-16
BeckS Beneficiaries
In Cocoran Will

Bequests Of 5000 each are made to
Bette G. Beck, Jane T. A. Beck, and
George w. T. Beck. jr.. in the will OF
James w. Corcoran. The remaining
estate is distributed among his nieces
and nephews.
The will of Henry J. McDermott dated
May Is, 1907, leaves his entire estate to
his widow, Mary McDermott, for life.
The house at H11 Twelfth street north
west and the household effects are to
go to her daughter, Catherine, and the
premises at 1916 Vermont avenue and
l424 Twelfth street northwest to his
three children. John and Eugene NC
Dermott and Mary McCann on the
death of Mrs. McDermott.
BY the terms OF her will. M. Louise
wallace named William Irving KIM
ball, of Philadelphia, as the sole legatee
and executor Of her estate.
Richard r. Bingham, a son, is the sole
beneficiary Of the estate of Mrs. Lucy
]. Bingham. whose will has been offered
for probate.
The Washington times., 1912-04-16
FRIENDS OF ROWE,
I. EWCTED VETERAN,
TO GIVE HIN HOME
Takoma Park Residents
Plan to Care for Aged
Man and His Sister.

Stirred by the sight of Edward 8.
Rowe, the veteran Confederate soldier
who carried the eolors of the South at
the Battle of Yellow Tavern, living in
scantily furnished tent, where he has
been compelled to seek shelter since be-
ing evicted from his little home last
Tuesday, men. women and children res
idents Of Takoma Park have come to
tn egrizzled veterans relief and will
make provision for him this afternoon.
A house equal in size and comfort to
the one from which the law evicted him
because Of pending litigation has been
rented and all but the associations OF
his former little cottage where he and
his sister have spent the last seventeen
years and which means much to them
both, will again be theirs.
The sixty-eight years that hang over
the old veteran are emphasized by the
worry and privation he has suffered
within the last week. The crowsfeet
about his eyes and the burrows placed
on his countenance by the years have
deepened by the pangs Of regret caused
by being torn from his humble cot
tage.
The old mans eyes welled with tears
this morning as he told with his finger
pointing at a gray-haired woman not
many years his senior. of "how my
sister has stuck by and comforted me
In this trouble" Mrs Emma Brown,
his sister. has borne the exposure and
prtvation in the tent with more forti-
tude than her brother. His constitu-
ton was weakened in the war Of the
sixties she explained this morning,
"and he feels the blow more than I
do"
I'VE have always had to live in a tent
Emnnie," said the old man, as he looked
quizically at his sister for an answer.
I'VE have been put out of our little
home because some one with more
money wants It. 1t belongs to us as
much as 1t does to anyone else" he
continued, after receiving an answer
which his sister gave. II was held up
at the point of a gun by a deputy
sheriff, whom have always treated as
q brother and friend. He did so because
the law probably told him to. But
he did 1t without papers or without
right. That's the kind OF treat that
makes Aliens
Throughout the entire day persons
who have come to know the old man
and his sister during the seventeen
years they have spent in Takoma Park
visited them. Rowe refuses to be con-
soled by the knowledge that he must
leave his little orchard and garden be-
hind. He planted the orchard and 'just
watched 1T grow up" he told his
friends. and felt sorry to leave its
shadows and shelter.
Vashti, his dog, named after Augusta
Evans novel, sits constantly by the old
mans side. Rowe says he is afraid to
let her out Of his sight lest some one
would hurt her
Mrs. Brown, the aged mans sister,
has all the marks of the gentlewoman
she is. She is well versed in literature
and art, and declares that she and her
brother have both been compelled to
eacrifice their pride because of their
evictment. 1T will all come all right, .
she tells her grief-stricken brother. But
the old man refuses to be comforted
He talks to his dog and cries, refuses
70 sleep, and says he will never be
happy again until reinstated in his little
home.
The Washington times., 1912-04-16
GROTTO
TO MAKE MERRY AT
INITIATION TONIGHT
Dancing to Be INDUCED in
After Victims" Are Put
Through PAGES.

Kallipolis Grotto, Mystic Order Of the
Yelled Prophets Of the Enchanted
Realm, will make merry tonight in Odd
Fellows Hall, Seventh, between d and
streets northwest. beginning at
o'clock. The occasion will be ladies
night"
After the initiation OF a number of
hapless victims the floor will be cleared
for dancing. Refreshments will be
served. and a useful souvenir imported
from Japan will be given each woman.
The hall has been decorated with
ferns, cut flowers, and flags.
Several members of Samis Grotto, Of
Richmond, Va, and a number from
New Jersey Grottoes are expected to be
present. Prophet c. p. Boss is chair
man of the committee having the en-
tertainment In charge.
The local Grotto has more than 1000
members, and at least 800 of these are
expected to be present tonight, bring
ing with them their wives. daughters,
sisters, and sweethearts.
The Washington times., 1912-04-16

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The Washington times., 1912-04-16
The exceptional quality of our
Spring tailored suits at$24.75
Is bringing friends daily to our great suit store

Rack after rack filled with crisp suits at the price
Plenty variety here-vety fabrics and styles carefully
getting the Suit like to fit with little alteration
Plenty of QUALITY every suit quality that exceptional at thi
Mess goes to KannS for it.
We have made speciality of Womens Suits ample
price point at which STOP and have given particular
The difference between Kann Suit and Others often
The Kann Suit holds its shape because WELL TAILORED Good fabric
full work by the most Sklful designers given to the matter of
Materials include Serg and Dagonak Whpcords Mixtures Ma
hat Spring and Summer avoeS Plenty Blacks New
he Suits and the variety shown is to for yourself
The Washington times., 1912-04-16
SOC Pongee Silks at
25c yard

ing on
the slender afford the
a length
Good Of
black.
width is "a n-so just how much is
price2c a
tore-S loor
The Washington times., 1912-04-16
Funeral of Mrs. Beller.

Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie T.
Beller, wife Of James e. Beller, were
held In st. Marks Church. Third and
A streets southeast. this morning at
II o'clock. Mrs. Beller, who was a
lifetime resident of Washington, died
First street northeast. Interment was
private.
The Washington times., 1912-04-16
Raising of Maine Theme,

Members OF the Washington Society
Of Engineers will hear Col. w. M.
Black, OF the Corps of Engineers, u.
s. A, lecture tonight at S:15 o'clock at
the Pan-American Union building on
1.-THE Raising Of the Maine"
The Washington times., 1912-04-16
Our 81 silk hosiery
79'paii:r
For one day only

WOMEN'S PURE SILK hose. Black
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-06-06
Rock Items.
Rock, w. Va. June

Rock, w. Va. June 3.
Oscar Robinett, who has been
quite ill, is improving.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. w v
Bailey, on Monday, a fine girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Sargent were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. II.
Robinett on last Sunday.
Mesdames Crockett Bailey and
II. II. Gregg spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. V. Bailey.
a young man, named Vest.
while helping to load logs at
Kings Siding, last week had his
leg broken. He was brought to
the hospital here and the report
is that he is improving.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-06-06
HOnOTS For Mr.. Leckie.

The many friends of Mr.. Will
liam Leckie will be glad to learn
of the honors being conferred
upon him by the coal companies
with which he is identified. Upon
the death of w. S. Lathrop a
short time ago, and the 're-elec-
ton of officers and directors of
t h e West Virginia-P -Pocahontas
and two other operations, Mr..
Leckie was chosen president, vice
Mr.. Lathrop, deceased. Up to
the time of Mr.. Lathrop's death
Mr.. Leckie was general manager
of the Jed Coal and Coke Com
Pany, which position he recently
resigned.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-06-06
National Corn Exposition.

Virginia is to be creditably re-
presented at the coming Fifth
National Corn Exposition, to be
held in Columbia, S. c., January
27th to February 8th. 1913.
This is assured by the fact that
Professor Lyman Carrier of the
Agricultural Experiment Station
at Blacksburg, and who is State
Vice President for Virginia of the
National Corn Association. has
been selected to prepare and
have charge of the exhibit.
Professor Carrier plans to show
several Of the most Interesting
and practical experiments and
lines Of investigation as carried
on by the Experiment Station.
These will be of vital interest to
the Virginia farmers as well as
to the many farmers from other
states who will be in attendance
at the Exposition. A liberal
amount Of space has been reserv-
ed for this exhibit. at the request
of Professor Carrier, and this
points to an elaborate display.
President Paul b. Barringer of
the State Polytechnic and Dnec-
tor S. w. Fletcher Of the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station also
are both deeply interested in the
Exposition as they recognize in it
a valuable means of agricultural
education an Of developing and
broadening rural life.
Besides the Experiment Sta
tion exhibit there will be many
samples of the various grains.
tobacco, etc, in competition for
the valuable trophies offered at
the Exposition. This feature
will be Of peculiar interest to
Nirginians for the fact that Vir-
ginia has previously won Nation
al trophies with her high quality
grains.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-06-06
GORin--KinSer.

Yesterday morning, at the home
OF the brides parents, Miss Sallie,
the charming daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Kinser was unit
ed in marriage to Mr.. Walter d.
Corvin, wealthy farmer of Lousia
county. After an extended we'd
ding journey they will make their
home on the grooms country
estate in Louisa. The groom.
although a stranger to the peo-
pie here, made a good impress
sion and seems to be well worthy
of the bride he has won. The
ceremony uniting the happy
couple was performed by Rev.
I. A. Repas, jr.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-06-06
Teachers For Coming Year.

Since the report the teachers
elected for the coming year, given
in our last issue, some additional
teachers have been elected and
some previously elected have
notified the board they could not
accept. A correct list of the
teachers, appointed to date, is as
follows:
Principally. w. Carson.
High School-Misses Lou Coul-
ling and Mary Turk.
Seventh Grade-Miss Lottie
Mcpherson.
Sixth Grade-Miss Ethel Steger.
Fifth Grade-Miss Maggie Rose
Harman.
Fourth Grade-Miss Julia Da-
wilson.
Third, Second and First grades
are to be supplied.
The retention of Prof. Carson
and so many of the old staff will
be gratifying to the most of the
patrons. for under the able
leadership of Prof. Carson, sec
onded by the untiring efforts of
his assistants, the school has
reached a high rank among the
institutions Of learning in the
State.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-06-06
Southwest Virginia Coal Loading.

Big Stone Gap, Va. June a.
Notwithstanding the continued
shortage of labor in this district.
the mine output for this field for
the month of May is as follows:
OF coal there was an increase of
10 per cent over the amount pro-
duced in the month of April and
of IS per cent over that of Nav
1911. The production of coke
in May Of this year was an in
crease of 25 per cent over that
OF the preceding month. The
movement of coal from this field
into the Southern States show
about the same increase as in
previous months, namely, IS per
cent more than the amount taken
by the western trade; and spot
and contract coal from this field
continue to gain strength in the
Carolinas, Georgia and Florida,
while the railway fuel require
ments upon this field are now at
the maximum.
The foregoing statistics are
compiled from loading reports of
the Stonega Coal & Coke Com
Pany, the largest producing COM
Pany in Virginia. This company
operates eighteen mines at Sto-
mega, Osaka, Roda, Arno, I'M
boden and Keokee, on the Inter-
state and Virginia & Southwest
ern railroads, and more men are
needed at all these places.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-06-06
First Test Comes Today.

Friends OF Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt have announced that
the first real test of strength be-
tween their candidate and Presi-
dent Taft in the Chicago conyen-
ton will come today, when r,
B. Howell. of Omaha, national
committeeman-elect f m Ne
braska, will demand to be seated
as the successor of Victor Rose
water, acting chairman of the
Republican National Committee.
prior to the hearing of contests
by that body.
The Roosevelt managers are
prepared to make a determined
fight to have Mr.. Howell seated.
and if they succeed they will de-
mand that Borden D. Whiting,
of New Jersey; Thomas K. Med
ringhause, of Missouri, and other
committeemen-elect chosen eth
er by direct primary or state con-
vention be seated.
BY this means they may sue
ceed in controlling the National
Committee and deciding whether
Senator Elihu Root shall be rec
commended as temporary chair
man of the convention.
Harry S. New, chairman of the
subcommittee on arrangements
for the convention, has steadfast-
ly refused to discuss the plans Of
the Roosevelt leaders, but has in
timated that he believes the COM
mittee will not seat Mr.. Howell
or any other committeemen-elect
until after the adjournment of
the convention. He also eX-
presses the belief that the COM
mittee will approve of the selec-
tion of Senator Root as tempo
rary chairman, and indorse the
plan adopted for the distribution
Of the convention tickets.