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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
The BLoonHorNp MYTH,

This is from the Louisville f.oenmg Post:
The Richmond Virqinian raises it's voice to
Hr2test against the wasting Of public funds IN
That state to purchase hoodhounds to be used
IN pursuit Of criminals The Richmond news
paper ayers that bloodhounds are Of no use
whatever in chasing furitives and proves It's case
d. lis o%n satisfaction
Only q few days ago certain miscrcanfs set
fire to the depot ard store SIT Green Spring,
near Richmond and II was ut once suggest sd
"a Ise the bloodhoundS owned by the county.
The animals were brought out but could do
nothing. Ne rain had tallen, time had not IN
tervened for anybody TO cross tho trail" but
the bloodhoands could not and did not help to
solve the mystery.
After describing this episode In great de-
tail the Richn0ud paper says:
County officers are losing their time in fool
ih@ with these dogs which never traced any
thing IN their lives except bone or possibly a
rabbit Let us have done with the myth that
the bloodhound Is man-chaser.
This Is spoken after the test Of actual ex-
p"r4ence. but il lis fconoclastfc. nevertheless It
rs tr1e that We never heard in real life eff a
real criminal being caught by a bloodhound
iut there is a mine Of such Incidents in the
story hooks. Anyway. that statement that blood
hounds can trace nothing hut rabbits and bones
plainly comes from no lower of 70 gs
You never were more mistaken in your life.
bud as to the last assertion; there is no sweeter
nusfc in the world than the baying Of a hound
When ho has trailed fox, or tracked rabbit.
bat what we insist upon Is every dog, as every
man. to his trade Only in tlestor, be,4,ls,lfl<,.
Uncle Toms Cabin" were boodhounds ever
known 70 successfully trail human being. we
pay the police for that work; let's leave the
bloodhounds to follow the call Of the Wild and
hunt creatures of their own class
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
PEOPLES FORUM
Amelia Is All Fight.

Editor Nirgnan;
str.--It was a delightful privilege TO speak
under The auspices of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union In the Christian church
mere last night These temperance people are
in earnest and the Womans Christian Tenn
perance union. of which Mrs Ashley White IS
nrea{dent Is doing faithful work. A heavy
downpoir of rain from $50 to 1880 o'clock
served to deter many persons from attending,
but the audience was representative one, ana
the interest manifested was fine. Amelia VIII
do her duty,
The enemy is very busy sending their litera-
ture abroad / find it is sent To the homes ot
our own people. and learn that those who are
tot actively enlisted on our side a~e beng
literally supplied With the pamphlets and papers
disseminating mischievous false logic, sophistTE
and misleading figures MI Cabelt sPeeN"
seems 10 be a favorite card with the Wet
brigade but 1t is loves labor lost If the att4-
tide Of one reader Of that speech is indicative
Of its general effect, This old gentleman SAID
There's no use TO attempt to bolster up the
license side There's argument / am not
only gong 10 vote dry, but / am in favor OF
putting only dry men IN office. We want IL
proh4bftory law. hut want it executed Icy oltIeeIs
in sympathy with it Good prohibition hiera-
ture is alsc widely circulated.
on the train | overheard interesting con-
versstion between two evidently Intelligent and
we'll Informed gentlemen and one OF them re-
marked If a man VIII read that Richmond
Virgiuian with an open mind he VIII md that
The dry position IS sqendidly fortified.
The scribe delightfully."- entertained m
the pretty home -of Mr.. and Mrs Ashley White,
near Afaplevood. The four-mie drive thitaer
from the meeting at JetersEille, through the
woodland lanes and just after tree and shFup
had been refreshed by the welcome rain, ana
the saltry atmosphere had heen succeeded by
delightful coo breezes, was indeed treat 1t
was a White Ribbon party. all riEht-fa2aef'
mother. son, two bright little daughters ara th's
z1rlhe The home OF cir host and hostesS Is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28

shape. An Abundance Of good health means
m abundance OF opportunity No yet ever
had TOO much Of the one or the other And no
one ever found them down Whiskey Row. Good
health and good whiskey are never good neigh
bors Bad health and bad whiskey are bed.
fellows. The man who goes 10 work
in the morning with the sparkle gone ont of
his eye, the bloom out Of his brain and the
snap out Of his system fails to take with him
The things he ncds most, and thereby cheats his
business, his employer, huseIf- himself most Of
all"
All over the country, Last, West. North and
south, tho people are putting it on business
basis As the New Jersey citizen observed the
liquor evil has advanced beyond the prayer
meeting stage, and as a business proposition
business men everywhere agree that liquor and
business won't mix. We commend Mr. Bucks
observations also to the business men of Rich.
mond who axe supporting the selfGoyernmcnt
league
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28

The modern criminal has 10 COM
Inventions which may we'll frighted
him from the paths Of wronsdoiag
altogether, says the London Saturday
Journal for Of recent years keen
brains have been producing number
Of, remarkable clever devices whose
sole object Is the detection and stamp
ing out of crime
The tendency of desperate criminals
TO harricade themselves in houses or
sheds and keep the police at bay by
volleys of revolver shots has been re-
sponsible for the invention Of a deadly
form Of gun which is utelized for the
purpose of dlslodeing desperadoes who
set up seiges of. this description. It
consists of a circular tube which con-
tains bombs charged with sufflkarine
gases.
The police use these instruments In
conjunction with metal shields fitted
with wheels. as this type of gun does
not possess long range possibilities
Armed with this apparatus, the po-
lice creep up 10 the stronghold of the
hesieged criminals, taking cover be-
hind the protective Shields and when
at close range they discharge a num-
Der of gas shells into the building.
The rooms are Immediately filled with
poisonous fumes. which render UNI
conscious those around
The Paris gendarmes were the first
to adopt this clever crime killing de-
vice of use against the apache.
Cheques and bank notes which speak
are the latest terrors which forgcrs
have to combat A scheme has been
perfected by an Englishman by which
the edges of bank notes are cut in a
jagged line, which is the exact repro
duction of the sound vibrations made
in the air by the voice uttering the
particular sum of money required, and
when placed in . special machine.
somewhat similar to a photograph.
the note will cry out in value.
Notes thus doctored are passed be-
tween metal rollers; the varying size
of the zig-zag Joints along the edge
of the paper act in much the same
way as the perforations on a phono~
graph record and thus cause the note
to speak. The operator testing the
note has two ear tubes which carry TO
him the SOUNDS given out by the note.
This device, which is likely TO
sofnd the death knell of forgery. Is
not at all complicated, as the neces-
sary edges can be cut on the notes
with specially constructed steel
Smuggling and piracy are by no
means a. extinct - many people
imagine, ana one ,QMarted where these
o9 crime n AEQland
~ 1 B el U 4!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
Another Answer to DR.. Mcclure.

n tbere "a q dor-or IN rho t-nitad s+ota, ~
In Tho ,,bo}a vide ,rorId ,,sbo tof,a ,.{+r nv
St,tart Atcr;uira ~ p,o,r7,ovd -, no ,sesr4I,,,
thar moderate arfnktna - alcoholic tfo,,,rs 10
beneficial ne tbf3s far has failed IA lev roeeYs
or his i3sas no known Dr Nrct.,,fro i co,,
rr-rf7Iry17gt,- ra11 7 N X
w. -, 49,, - ~ -. - et..S -
profession in ylre.,n.a -, (,,e ~ tt ,,,s ,,.,,,,a
sniniops me- n ,,n,,hor ~ 49,, ~ 49,. .
has gi,,,, .>.nrassa.,,, a.
Doctors y, an t.arts of tho co,,,,.~,. -aro vr,
rotnein., fbe doom, Of aIcobol e,ar -, =. ,,a4t
cine ana 90 a hnverae 49,. ,o-,ra IT, -
l,v mn, ',,4 r-,r ,-ea,. th>i, s,,.t-+t- ~
renci,isfars have tnn4od st-a,..t,. ~ = .,,,,.,
rejection If whistler. ana hen,. IL, t,,a ,,s-.i -.
thoi r,,ocotio,,. a,,5 +roro 90, ~, n -. -.
So far az fbe}r oraorso,,,,,t :. ,,or3
hal l. enno,lil,. ,assi,- -, 1..~ '.'
-, . ~ - - -, ",'"'t 49, i.'s' =
from, ,bysician,s onte, "a ~ - ~
~ l. $50 49, -. .','s 1S'l.S :, "
Of TIN profession shoI5 3ss.4 ~ -. -,
dress that vcnfs+e,. ma h., 49, teaa,,ta1
nr rro,vara KIN, - ~ rya.i,3 a. ~,
;. 90 ,>',F "1 'P!'HS hopkins Uni
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
LET'S HAVE BITTER BaSFB,IL.

We heartily In sympathy with the move
ment inaugurated be the business men of the
city to put Richmond In faster company. The
grade of baseball we are getting at present
does pretty wen as an exhibition Of the ma.
tional game bat with all due respect TO Manager
Ray Ryan and his efforts, it has been far from
satisfactory to Richmond fans
Richmond right now Is very much on the
map. and ii wants its baseball. like everything
else IT has, 70 be OF the very best grade pos.
sible We believe the fans will support the
International league club nobly and that there
viii be nc financial problem to reckon with
at the end OF the season
The enthusiasm with which the local business
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28

combat these maraudsrs speedy motor
boats, armed with quick fire Colt guns.
are now used by the revenue authari-
ties, They cruise about the reefs
close 10 these islands in readiness to
give chase TO wrongdoers who are
lurking In the vicinity.
Being very high powered. these ves-.
sells seldom fail TO overtake suspicious
craft whose movements suggest evil
intentions on commercial vessels pass
ing near.
growing practice, which originat-
ed IN America. is that Of erecting sig
nal stations on the highest buildings
N large residential towns. whose Oh
ject is to assist the police in various
ways,
These stations are equipped with
powerful searchliehts whose beams
are sufficiently strong TO throw small
objects into prominence as far away az
four miles.
When possible, the scenes of night.
disturbances are Illuminated by these
searchlights, but more often the rays
are concentrated near to the scene of
the trouble as guide to the police,
which tells them the locality at which
to mobilize
These lofty searchlights however,
are principally used for carrying cut
signalling operations by means of the
Morse code. Beng in close telephone
communication with tho head police
department. orders can be flashed
across the housetops to police squads
in distant parts OF the town. system
which proves especially useful in cases
of serious rioting in the town or when
criminals are being run to earth, ana
the speedy mobilization Of police off,
GERS is necessary at a moments notice
The modern burglar has dozens o.
alarms strewn In his path, but few are
so effective and disconcerning as that
recently invented by a well-known
electrician He has devised an Ell sctric
switch which in a moment can turn
on every light in the house or factory
in which it is fixed When a burglar
breaks into a residence so equipped
his entry is notified to the occupant
in his bedroom by means of an electri,
alarm, He at once turns on the main
switch close at hand, which imme-
diately floods the house With light. in
Guiding the room in which the house
breakers happen to be at the moment.
In most cases the sudden illumina-
ton so unnerves the intruder that he
bolts out Of the house a great deal
faster than he came in.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
Yours very truly,
JOHN b. GAYLE,
Cannot Cooperate With Liquor Interests.
Here is another interesting letter to Secretary
owen. of the Local Self-Government assooia-

Here is another interesting letter to Secretary
owen, of the Local sef-Government assooia
ton
Greenbush. Va, June %, 1914.
Mr. Ben r, owen. Jr.,
sec'y Va. Aeso. for Local Self-Government
Richmond, Va.
Dear SIr,-I have Your letter OF june 20
ANA ALSO speech Of Royal f. Cabell Esq.
l understand fully that the issue is between
Statewide probition and local option. and
take il for granted that every good citizen wants
whichever is best for us all /. Of course.
cannot discuss the question here but would
Ike ask few questions,
Why all the liquor interests in favor of
local option?
why have certain liquor magnates given vast
sums to fight Statewide prohibition?
Mr.. Cabclls argument begins with the fact
that should incpicate in the individual
sobrietv OF life and habits which is very good
indeed
Does Mr.. Caben inculcate in the minds of
his children the danger Of handling snakes
and then purchase the best SPECIMENS If there
be any hesD, and turn them into the nursery
with the children?
He states prohibition does not prohibit but
in many. many sections increases. the consump-
ton of sttong drink tapplause) Why should
good 90 citizens applaud after such a deplora-
Bile statement?
He also states that prohibition results in the
sale of the yilest Kind CT liquor etc being sold
Illegally, resulting in increased crime etc, and
that instead of Improvement there is Indicated
strong probability and evidence OF impairment
Of the social fabric (applause)
Why tho applause by good 90 citizens
s~ch a deporabe state of affairs"
Mr. Caboll also shows by his statistics in
crease of $4,000. 600 gallons since 1905, but
failed to state the increase in population in the
tina
Questdon--which has increased the faster,
populat ton consumption of liquor?
Is it not possible that your audience (Which
applauded over such deploTable statements. a.
were mAde) was compossd mc6tly ~ those inr
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
A. BUSINESS MEN SCI II.

q ''Morals and sentiment aslde~-as straight
cuisines proposition liquor should be lugeed 70
limbo" - declares Glen Buck. the business
expert IL TIE carton Mogospe. lie adds ITS
r. factor for inefneieaey that business cannot
smuca Longer tolerate L is responsible for a
eeriraet and tangible waste that no arithmetic
~ compute Il Is dieastrously expensive drag
2hatnea to the leg of progress. The heads of
kn large American Industries recently submitted
@eD popular magazine lists If the qualifications
I kbey deemed necessary for success In business.
The lists differed materially except in one
lplTiksng respect-they all agreed that health was
xhR flrst qualification. And right they were
gxsasstinsIy right suecesa has It's basis IN The
1aths huaaaz- aasaaal. BasiGeas- Heesss---saaore
SnA anything else -the zest and snap and vigor
1 ticArheadadnea that come from systems in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28

AZ INe recent convention vi A}F sflf1ltdi SttttN
Of North Carolina the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, THAT the Medical Society of tho
state Of North Carolina WIN use its best efforts
10 discourage the use Of alcohol in any form
IT'S a beverage;
Resolved second. That 1T is the sense Of this
society that amy member Of the profession who
does promlseuous or unnecessary prescribing Of
vh3s7ev. either TO patients or non-patients IS
violating one Of the principles Of our profession
and is deserving Of censure
Resolved third That alcohol drug can
be eliminated from .he pharmacopocia with
cut in any degree erlpplinc the efficiency If tho
doctors recommendation.
We are glad to note in the columns of our
contemporary the Norfolk ytroinionPiiot, which
Is opposed to Statewide prohibition, this com
mont on the action of the North Carolina doc
the Norfolk paper is about 10 awaken to a
realization Of this crying evil" We quote:
This IS a sane and salufary expression Of
scientific jadEmeut and calls for no adverse
criticism whatever The united influence of
the uledisal men of any community cannot
fail Ia command respect and effect good results.
aud sifch dicta tho above will carry great
weight when accompanied by the determination
of practitioners to set their faces against a
practice which creates and stimulates in
potenls au appetite for strong drink So to
cquate individuals to tho dangers Of intern =
rcrauee IS we believe. far the most effective
method Of minimizing crying evil of modern
civilization
There are some very clever physicians and
surgeons In the state of North Carolina. as
smart We presume as those of Virginia, and the
Medical society of the State is composed of the
best Of them
Evidently they do not agree with DR., Stuart
McC;uire that whiskey and wine and beer are
not harmful but rather beneficial If used in
moderation. The doctors of North Carolina de-
clare that alcohol in every form can be stricken
from the pharmacopoeia without gripping che
efficiency Of the profession.
What has Or. Stuart Mcclure to say TO that?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
Jetersviue, June "a 1914.
The Bar and "Boo1e.

Editor NirElnian;
Sir.--f ncuce in Frldays issue Of your paper
tit is stated that on account of West i1stnia
having gone dry and is enforcing lta laws
against selling or giving away liquor, and that
the state Bar association, which was IN the
habi, OF having It's annual meeting in West
virginia, is going TO have il at Hot Springs.
Va
Speaking not for the Bar association. bat
for myself as member Of it, | wish first to
state that for the last several years 1t has not
been in the habit of meeting IN West Virginia,
but has met at Hot Springs for the last several
years with one exception, when It met al Otd
Point. afraid that your publications above
referred TO, might tend to lead the puhAc to be-
ieve that the Bar association does rot want
to meet outside of easy reach of booze : that
IT, erroneous The Bar association Of Virginia
IN not composed Of "hoozers." or lovers Of
booze and that the liquor laws
of West Virginia had nothing in the world to
do with the bar association not meeting there,
though / only speaking for myself as a
member
Yours very truly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
FULL FAIR CLEAN AND ACCURATE NEWS

teresred either directly indirectly in the sale
consumption OF liquor?
| hardly think IL possible that the applause
was given by the conscientious Christian people
of Richmond. who have the welfare of the boys
and girls of Old Virginia at heart. and are
fighting to better their chances by stamping
this evil out
Are you personally raising a boy to fatten
the liquor interests.
For your information / cannot cooperate
with the liquor interests any grounds what.
ever.
Respectfully yours,
L. II. KILMONS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28

men have entered into the proposition Of Sc
surfing the Baltimore team for this city shows
that they are In earnest and the necessary
funds will be forthcoming from patriotic Rich
monders Monday to make the project certain.
Richmond has wanted big league ball for
long time and this seems to be the opportunity
10 secure it. If nothing else 1t is a good ad'
vertisement for the city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
GREATER RICHMOND.

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28

We can hardly wait for September to come to
embrace our dear neighbors and future fellow
citizens Wonder If the court couldn't inch up
the date r bit
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28
WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE.

Al the recent convention of the Medical society
If North Carolina the following resolutions We're
unanimously adopted
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-28

Smuggling and piracy are by no
means a. extinct - many people
imagine, ana one ,Quarted where these
branches of crime u axoalnd
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-07

made from the acid of grapes and le-
mon Juice. combined with lithia. and
has been used for generations to
clean and stimula,e ciogged kidneys;
also to neutralize the acids in urine
so 1t no longer is a source OF irrita-
tion, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad salts Is inexpensive: cannot
in1ure; makes delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which every
one should take now and then to
keep, their kidneys clean and active.
Try this. also Keep up the water
'driMklng. and no doubt you viii won.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-07

straw to supplement other food in
carrying their stock through the
winter. The value attached to oat
straw for feed and the fact that this
material furnished the most favor
able place for the breeding of the
stable fly emphasizes the need of TAX
ing better care OF 1t.
1t is advised that as far as posi-
BILE all oat straw be baled and then
protected from the weather. In case
portions OF stacks become wet by
rains they should be scattered over
the fields or burned as soon as pos
sible. When It is found impractica-
BILE to handle straw in this way the
wet portions OF the stacks may be
treated with borax as described
above. Where 1t is important that
straw be kept for winter feeding and
baling is impracticable, the stacks
may be improved to some extent by
piling up the straw and leaving the
sides OF the stack practically verti-
cal 1t Is in the scattered portions
OF the stra wstacks around the base
where the fly breeds in greatest
and by disposing of this
portion of the stack and leaving the
well rounded up, the
chances for fly breeding are much
iessened.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-07
sTARKv1L1E NEWS.

Mrs. A. Hogne and brother, George
Dale of Coalgate, Okla. arrived Fri
day and will be the guest of their
sister, Mrs. Ed O'Donnell for few
months. .--. .,
Mr.. Z. Welch, agent for the Santa
Fe. has returned from Oklahoma aft
err an extended visit with his parents.
Miss Marion Hamilton of Trinidad
is the guest OF her parents for few
days this week. !
Mrs. William Childs spent Satur-
day in Trinidad. .-.
Miss Tena MctNuskey is the guest
Of her grandparents, MIR. and Mrs. j.
McCluskey. for few weeks in Trini-
dad.
Miss Josie O'Grodouski spent sun
day in Trinidad.
+. p. Reinoehl made a business
trip to Trinidad Monday.
Mrs. Mae Pritchard OF Dawson. n.
NJ, is the guest OF Mrs. Jack Parks
at present.
Mclio and Leo Gembin motored to
Trinidad Wednesday.
Roy Reinoehl made a short trip
to Trinidad Wednesday.