Evening star., 1912-11-24
WAR ON LIQUOR EVIL
Virginia Methodists and Bap-
fists to Unite in Fight.
TRYING TO SAVE ALIENS
Friends Active in Their Behalf.
Gov. Mann to Give Hearing.
SUITABLE PRESIDENT SOUGHT
Speculation as to Who Will Be
Named Head of the Polytech-
mic Institute.
SUITABLE PRESIDENT SOUGHT
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


combination of forces will next year
be made between the Baptists and the
Methodists in the fight against the liquor
evil This was made clear at the recent
session of the -aptist Association in
petersburg, when some 800 or more min
listers of that denomination met and dis
cussed the matter with considerable in
terest
The evils of the liquor traffic We're dis
cussed by the speakers, and while the
church has heretofore given a quasi In
dorement of the movement of having its
membership enlisted against the idea, 1t
has gone forth that the denomination will
act as body and unite to force the issue
in politics next year.
The Methodists at Lynchburg took the
same position which they have had for
years, declaring that there shall be no
let-up till saloons shall be driven from
the confines of Virginia.
If these two powerful denominations
can get together and enlist the support
of anything like a majority of their
result will be. They have churches in
every village. hamlet, town and city in
the state and have active men in the
churches and wield a powerful influence
Inc bdpIlStS nave heretofore nelQ alOOI
from the liquor question leaving to each
man the right to think for himself.
But now that the slogan has been adopt
ed NO liquor in Nirginia3' the contest
will be one that will desland the atten-
tion of the political parties and bodies
i'll for the men engaged in the manu-
facture and sale. OF liquor
Trying to Save Aliens.
While Gov Mann is the one who will
have the last word in connection
with the fate of Floyd and Claude Allen,
he declines to say in any way what he
will do He has determined to hear all
who want to be heard in the case Fri
day of next week, and after that he will
make known his decision. Nothing has
happened, 1t is believed, which will serve
to warrant the impression that Gov.
Mann has altered his view from that ex-
pressed when the crime was committed.
At that time he was severe in denuncia-
tion of the utter defiance of the laws AID
the constituted authorities on the part of
the Aliens and the EdWardses, declaring
then that the men must he apprehended
and brought to trial and the ends Of
that he will not further discuss the case
till the petitions have been presented and
the advocates of Communication for Claude
Alien fully heard
that they will not seek to invoke the
federal Constitution until Gov. Mann
shall have acted, and that in case of
adverse decision they will try to save
the man on the score that he has been
twice in jeopardy. They hold that on
lied on, and in that Claude was given
fifteen years. He was tried second
time and the maximum penalty pro-
nounced against him. In both instances
stress was laid on the conspiracy, and
as he was convicted on the first indict-
ment and then tried on second for a
conspiracy the Qpntention Is that it was
placing him twice in jeopardy for the
same offense.
Petitions bearing no less than $1,000
names have been presented asking that
the young man be given the life sentence
instead of the death chair.
Families Are Penniless.
The families of the aliens have been
reduced to penury by the shooting up
of Carroll county court officers by the
Aliens. This became known today, when
n. II. Willis. one of the lawyers engaged
in the case. declared that while the men,
bers of the family were attending the
trials the places were invaded and
everything that could be moved was
taken away, even the well rope being
appropriated by the thieving mountain
eers. The wife of Floyd Allen. and the
mother of Claude, is now bedridden. She
takes no interest in anything in the
county. declaring that all has been taken
from her and that the sooner death re-
lieves her of her sufferingS the better.
Victor, her younger son, still holds his
place as a rural letter carrier and on
him devolves the support of the family.
He is working manfuly, and at times
shows the bitterness in his heart when
the cases are referred to by his friends.
The Aliens are clannish, and each will
stand by the other.
Question of President Puzzles.
ANY one who can answer the question
as to who will be the next president of
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute will
confer favor on the people of the state
and will also relieve the public mind. For
some time the members of the board Of
visitors have been dickering with the
matter, and they have gone to other
states and consulted regarding men who
are said to be available.
AT the same time there are many who
deprecate the idea OF the board going
beyond the confines of the state and get
ting a man, holding that to do so Is to
cast an aspersion on the capacity of the
graduates of the Virginia rolleges. They
recall that a few years ago there was
elected to the head OF an institution
in this state republican who introduced
innovations from other states. some of
them proving costly and worthless. There
are many members of the alumni who in
sist that 1t is better to end the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute than to go to an
other state and bring in a man who
knows nothing of the conditions and Gus
toms and traditions of Virginia. and who
may care less. Joseph d. Eggleston is
the only Virginian mentioned for the
place, and he has been much criticised
Whoever may be chosen will have hard
task to please anything like majority
of the people.
Attack Educational System.
In Petersburg few days ago the edu-
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