Evening star., 1914-07-26
MEETINGS HELD
ON PROHIBITION
Weekly Conferences at Rich
mond Between Officers of
SeIf-Government League.
REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED
ON STATE SITUATION
Boosters for Baltimore Celebration
Expected to Reach City July 80.
Forger Sought.


RICHMOND. Va. July Weekly
conferences are being held in this city
between officers of the Self-government
League. which is in charge of the fight
against prohibition. and delegates from
each of the counties and cities Each week
there is a new set of delegates, the idea
being to have the men come here and
make personal reports of the conditions
in their sections. The last conference was
held here Thursday, at which time 120
men submitted reports of the conditions
and the progress OF the contest at this
time. And they were declared to be of
a nature wholly satisfactory and en-
couraging. Declaration was on very
side that the wave against prohibition is
growing stronger, that the people are
content to have the regulation of liquor
traffic in their own hands and to adjust
it to suit themselves.
July 50 is the day set for the commit,
TO this city of the delegation of Balti-
inureans engaged in arouSing sentiment
and attracting attention to the celebra-
tion to be held in that city during Sep
tember. Mayor Ainslie viii entertain
the visitors at a luncheon. at which
Gov. Stuart will be present, along with
other state and city officials. This city
will be represented at the celebration.
and Gov. stuart has already promised
to attend. Several of the secret So
cietieS will go, the Pythians having al
ready made partial arrangements.
Youthful Forger Sought.
The Richmond police have on their
hands the hunt for a forger who has
days ago the boy was seen hanging
,r, ha off of Low nd
later check was missing from the books
of the firm. The boy had gotten the
check and had filed it out and presented
it at the bank. 1t called for so. The
cashier looked at the check and then
called the firm over the telephone. NO
check had been given for the amount
named. When the boy saw that he was
likely to be trapped by the officers of the
bank he ran. and since that time he has
not been seen. The firm $ name was
printed on the check, but the boy had
spelled the name OF the lawyer wrong
and the writing was nothing more than
the scrawl of n schooboy.
Col Robert Il. Lee of Fairfax, a nephew
of the Confederate general, Robert f.
Lee, is to be the speaker at the unvellinS
of a monument to the memory Of the
Confederate soldiers of hanover county
during the coming month. The date has
not been fixed. The monument has been
built by contributions of the veterans
and by the women of the county. 1t is
at Hanover Court House, where there
was battle during the war.
announcement WAS made today that
July next had been fixed as Virginia
day at the San francisco exposition. On
this day Gov. Stuart will attend he fair.
and with him Will be all the members OF
his star. He has announced that he Will
give a reception at that time to all the
officers of the exposition. to the Governor
of '.,ljf 0f r.n n
cisco, and 10 AL NirginianS who may be
able to attend. The governor and his
party will travel in Il special train from
here. going when the Shriners leave for
Seattle to attend the annual convention
of that body.
Negro Thought Insane.
William Puryear, a negro, has been
placed in the death colony at the state
penitentiary. The man is under sentence
OF death. The date fixed for his eXecu-
ton is August I. There is a good deal
of doubt as to whether the man really
should so to the chair, though there is
said to be no quetsion of his guilt That
he is unbalanced and irresponsible is the
statement made by some who have
known him for years. During the next
two weeks the man will be under close
observation by experts to determine If
he is sane.
Walter Tansill Oliver of Fairfax, men,
ber of the house of delegates, declares
that the eighth district will defeat proh-
hition by an overwhelming majority. MIR.
Oliver says that the district will not vote
for liquor. but that it will vote for local
option-the right to manage it's own af-
fairs in its own way. Discussing the
subject and warming UP a bit, the legis-
lator declared that $1.ooo,G03 would not
serve to change the sentiments of the
people, even if such a thing could be done
by money. His own county of Fairfax
will, he AYERS. give a majority of 500 to
1,00o against prohibition.
Richmond is to make strong bid for
much of the trade that has been going to
Baltimore for years. The fact that
there is steamer line between Fred
ericksburg and Baltimore is responsible
for a good deal of trade going to that
city. In order that the merchants OF
Fredericksburg may have a chance to
deal here, a series of excursions will be
inaugurated so that buyers may see what
is to be had here and compare prices
with those submitted by Baltimore
merchants.