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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1915-01-20
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
SUPPRESS RowDyisa.

4 full examination OF tho case OF alleged
whitecspping the edge OF The city limits
should be made by both the city and county po
ABUNDANT, that q body of have attacked a
citizen and subjected him 10 indignities prove
substantial. rigfd investigation should be made
and strict punishment melted 10 the guilty par
tics
IS There is need, ana excuse. for such
exhibitions N violence and rowdysm in vir
ginia. The laws Of the state are ample for
u q citizen, the Law provides Proper remedies.
We do not believe the people OF Richmond and
vicinity will tolerate the taking OF the law into
the hands Of any individual We must not have
that sort Of thing In Virginia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
PRICE Of BEEF IS
SURE TO CO HIGHER
ARMOUR WARNS AMERICAN CON.
SUMERS OF RESULT OF
CATTLE SHORTAGE.

Chicago, Ian. te.--~While wheat Ia
advancing in price aud -four Is being
showed up to 81 and $40 barrel.
!. Ogden Armour is sounding a warn
ing to conan mers of beef that an in
crease in the cost of that commodity
may be looked for in the near future.
The first curative recommendation.
in view OF the falling cattle receipts
on the Chicago market and the shrink
age Of cattle range In the West. is a
movement for the education Of the
American public Mr.. Armour as
serted that all should be brought to
realize tina. healthy condition Of the
livestock industry is essential for the
maintenance Of the back bone OF this
countrys prosperity and it's position
.ls land OF plenty,
January 1 1907" said Mr.. Armour.
we had - 600, 900 mead OF cattle,
valued at 1881 .55e 1000. bu; ON lann-
AIRY /, 1914. we had 3s,50o.ooo head
of cattle, valued Mt sl,2i6.oeo.o goo.
This shows a decrease Of IL 500, 90
head and an increase in value OF
1885. oo0 600. DO not these facts
show conclusively that there is an All
normal shortage of beef cattle In the
United states? The figures certainly
help explain why beef Is high.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
INCIDENTAL LITERATURE

Incidental. occasional and impressienistic lit
ersture has fairly taken America. We are
scarcely nation of book-lovers, in fact hostile
critics have repeatedly claimed that Americans
were never booklovers. But stories founded on
immediate happenings almost always make a
direct appeal to the American public. Newspaper
reading is almost wholly Incidental reading.
Magazine articles are more and more based on
happenings Of the day. Irwin Cobb at the front
commands wider circle OF readers than Irwin
Cobb "a al essayist Ralph Conner, II is said,
VIII go to Europe to draw inspiration for an.
other work from the death OF ten thousand times
ten thousand human beings.
Only part, and perhaps the smallest part, OF
this sort OF work can endure. That part Of Il
and that part which gains popular favor only
because Of its relation to the topics OF the day
win pass. leaving men better or worse, as the
occasion OF Its composition was good or bad
What win be the effect Of n literature on
succeeding generations? Can II not logically be
those who follow after, as the struggle OF war
mains and distorts the bodies of those over
whose PROSTATE forms 1t passes? An even greater
evil than that OF itself IS possible from the
mere fact Of war literature unless. and only
unless the writer's Of that literature are so i'm.
hued with the terror, IN. horror and the tragedy
OF war, as 10 make their very written words
breathe aversion OF the spirit that finds its great
est triumph in common Are and battle roar,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
NEAR RIOT At
FRENCH BENEFIT
TWO THOUSAND WHO PAID AD-
MISSION TURNED AWAY
FROM OPERA HOUSE,

New York Jan -1.--1ome 5000
persons who paid admission 10 the
Metropolitan Opera House to hear
Bizets Carmen" and then were
turned away because there WAS not
even standing room left for them. be-
came almost riotous outside the the
atre
Women in evening gowns. and men
who earlier in the day had stood in
a long line stretching completely
around the block. to get tickets, were
bitterly resentful when the doors
were closed on them and they were
driven away,
Inside the largest audience that
ever packed the house greeted In per-
formanCe for the bentit OF the French
hospitaI~an annual affair.
Outside. however, the late-ccsnsrs
who had bought standing room In the
afternoon. found their pAst~boanis un-
honorcd because az the ticket conpfS-
cation. The hospital authorities. II
seemed had sold goo admission tick
cts for the opera house. while the IRE
tend.
The assemhlage inside was bril-
liant one. The French Ambassador.
NJ. Jules Jcssurand Mrs. Myron T.
Herrick wife OF the former Amba sss-
dor to France, the French Consul
General in New York and many others
OF prominence attended.
Five thousand person got inside the
opera house. The receipts will prob
ably he $4,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
THE BRITISH NAVAL Pollen.

In his letter to the Mayors of Hartiepool, Scar
borough and whitby. after the bombard1nent of
those places by the German feet, the secretary
Of the British admiralty outlined the policy of
the British navy being TO keep the outlets OF
the North Sea closed and at the same time to be
able to concentrate In that sea at any time a
force large enough to crush the Germans should
they sally from the Kiel canal.
rotary McAdoo may may not have been voic-
ing the opinion OF the administration in stating
that there might come time In the present war
when German feet would be able to elude the
British and slip into the North Atlantic, there
to do damage 10 the worlds commerce. meaning
practically Britain's
making argument for the sake of the ship pur-
chase bill, which the President gave notice SO
enlphaticallv at indianapolis win be pushed to
passage TO meet the great need for more ships.
Surprising, however that the administration has
grounds for fearing break In the British naval
line and the escape OF a German feet large
would the British public, which has been taxed
practically to the limit for years TO provide
the greatest navy in the world view the Incl
dentg Would Mr.. Churchill be able 10 retain
hts position in the event Mr., McAdoo's fear
proves real?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
EARL COOPER WINS
GREAT EXPO. RACE

San Diego. Cal, Jan. lo,--Earl Cooper.
winner of many automobile classics.
driving Stutx car flashed past the
judges stand saturday evening a win
ner Of the great exposition road race In
four hours. forty minutes and ten two
afth seconds. William X. Carlson, IN
81 Maxwell. was close behind and Tom
Alleys Gutenberg was third.
While the huge crowd which fllled
the grandstand and looked on from
every view point on the five-mile course
yelled itself hoarse. Is OF the premier
drivers of the world fought one of the
greatest speed fights in the 3ea mil c
contests ever seen here. OF the eighteen
entries only six finished owing to
breakdowns and minor accidents.
Cooper led from the start. Barney
OldfeId in his Maxwell. stepped In the
pits at the start OF the twenty seventh
lap for gas and oil. He continued the
fight until the thirty sixth tap. wher
his car caught fire but Was saved from
destruction
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
STOPPING WAR by MUTUAL. CONSENT

Berlin, via London Tar. T. e:3e Z. M.--Ger-
man army AUTHORITIES have issued a general or
der prohibiting troops In the field from fraterniz
ing with forces OF tho enemy as they did at sew
-cfai points ia the west Christmas.
To such extent was this fraternizing
red out that at place where the Germans
and British played football Christmas Day they
agreed 10 suspend hostiiities for two days more
From this dispatch II would seem that there
are more ways than one of stopping II
no other means will prove effective would ad
Yocate the turning of both armies into gigantic
football teams and settling the dispute. what
ever it Is, on the gridron instead of the battle.
field. Even the most rabid opponent of football
would scarcely hold II is AZ destructive war.
What effect would worldwide strike have on
war? With all the ab.e-bodted warriors at the
front and general sympathetic strike in force,
where would the force to break the strike be
found,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
EVERYTHING LOVELY.

IT'S all over The Lynchburg Mems interme-
ajated. The baila Prose and The Virptltar
msde peace. the Press calls for the Jug and
everything il lovely, Maybe the beigerents
will have clearer idea Of how wars begin and
a1sc OF the pertineney of the little boys uues
ton to Caspar Of what II ali about! Three
articles this page from the Press and Aetos
sind the matter up and we proceed our
zSDurae untroabIed and with good wishes for
severybody
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
THE EGYPTIAN pROTECROR,TI,.

In return for ratification of the French con-
troll of Morocco Great Britain has taken over
openly that control of Egypt, which she already
exercised In a number of several directions Re
lieved OF the duty OF paying tribute TO the Sui
tan, and the general stigma OF Turkish rule,
Egypt now pays tribute 10 Britain and has the
more reputable name Of British instead OF Il
Turkish province. From Egypt's viewpoint the
change Is lnerely one of masters. but abe throws
ever bad master for good one who has al
ready, In praesica! control OF her internal admin
istration. done mach good for Egypt and has
aided in building up her almost PROSTATE people
Japan has Kiaochcw. England has Egypt and
German insular possessions Russia Ia pract
cally heir 10 Constantinople. The Kaiser claims
Belgium, and is shortly expected TO declare II
annexed Where do Austria and Servia be
tween whom the scrap started, come in on the
spoils? Italy. not even yet arrived in the ring
has marked ont for herself the share she desires
Verify some seems eligible for Job writing
n chapter Of history on the question. WHO got
the spoils OF war;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
MRS. JOHN M. LEE
DIES AT WESTWOOD

Fredericksburg. Jan. l0.---Ars. Nora
Rankhead Lee. wife of Major John NJ
Lee of stafford County, died at West
wood this morning. OF pneumonia. after
short illness. aged seventy-four years
Mrs. Lee was woman of the high
est Christian character, and was be-
loved by all who knew her. She was
a daughter OF the late Dr.. j. N. Bank :
head. of Orange County. Besides her
husband. who II brother OF Captain
II. M. Lee, and the late General E1t1-
hugh Lee. of Confederate fame. she
IL survived by two sons---J. NJ. Lee. Jr..
of Ashevifle. n. C., w. r. Lee, OF Arken-
dale. and three daughters. Mrs. z. G,
Cardwell OF Hanover: Mrs. Dorothy
Antrim. of Richmond. and Miss Nan
ME Mason Lee. OF Arkendaie, ana two
sisters. Mrs. J. N. Meredith, or Rec
tory, and Mrs, Rosa Seiden. OF Rich
mond.
The funeral takes place Monday at
! o'clock, from Old Aquta Church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
Let Brothcrty Love Continue

We have made peace with The Richmond
Firgintan and have forgiven II for all that we
have said amiss. but welcome nevertheless
the extended hand of our friend the rynchburg
News, bearing the olive branch We also concede,
Sor the sake OF peace and brotherly love, thai
The NlrR1nian and the News had reason to believe
that We held that prohibition did not reduce
The quantity OF liquors sold. But have never
SO held. and distinctly declared as pointed
out TO The Nirgfnian. that we had never given
that absurd claim serious consideration" Our
complaint OF The Vfrginian was that il failed to
give MS the benefit of that precise statement in
hs columns. but our contemporary afterward
published our. remarks In full. and treated US
not only with fairness, but with generosity
1t was really matter of great consequence
but we did not care TO he placed in The position
OF raising objection TO prohibition which we
had never raised and which We had positively
declared. in our views. 10 be ABSURD
our Iynchburg friend quotes us as saying in
discussion with the News that the effect OF
Statewide prohibition would be simply to trans
fer the jug trade from Richmond and other
liquor market in Virginia 10 liquor markets far
ther north. But our contemporary will note
that we were discussing the jug trade" and not
the liquor traffic in general. We did not say
that prohibition would NOT decrease the guam
tity Of liquor sold consumed in Lynchburg.
but hat II Lynchburg We're dry and was buying
its supply oc liquor from Richmond and the
whole State would 60 dry, the Jug trade would
continue, being carried between Lynchhurg
and some city beyond the northern border o!
Virginia.
Our Lynchburg contemporary replied to tia!
that Statewide would help the situa-
tion because the farther the OF the liquor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
COMMISSION ADVOCATES INCONSISTENT


II advocates Of permanent State Tax Com
mission such as that proposed IN the majority
Report of fhe special commission. appointed 20
study she question OF tsx reform in Virginia and
report 10 special session Of the General Assem-
bly, would compare notes before delivering their
arguments before the House Finance Committee
sbey would avoid number of incons istencies,
They would not so frequently contradict each
ether.
Some OF them tell us that 4 strong centralized
commission with the power TO hack up the local
assessors and the commissioners OF revenue is
absolutely necessary II the present tax laws OF
the SaAte are 10 be enforced. end they are right
Stdll others, endeasoring 10 meet opposition to
centralized government, tell us most earnestly
that the commission proposed by the majority
report LIS potentially destructive of local self
government, liz not clothed with czarlke powers;
is in fact perfectly mild and innocuous COM
mission with DO power 70 harm anyone, They,
TOO. are right.
Both arguments arr sound, but they matu-
silly destructive. II tho permanent commission
plan liz to be worth cent the commission must
responsibilities. The proposed plan does not in.
vest the commission with such powers
Az matter of fact, the able men who drew up
the commission plan were between two fires. II
they formulated bill providing for powerful
central committee they knew they w0nld be IN
able to overcome the opposition OF those who
have a wholesome fear OF too much centraliza,
AZ fo~ a
commission whose powers would not he great
enough to arouse what one of them pleased
TO caA the .eTeiudiea- against government by a
nsntral commission. II would have a commission
without sufncieut powers TO make It effective
They chose the latter horn Of the dilemma. ard
Nhst Captain Donahoe rightly calls a makeshif;
bin il the result.
There Ia reflection here upon the majority
OF the special commission for 1t essayed i'm
possible task. The people Of Virginia and with
them The T'rginsan. oppose a strong centralized
commission. Any other kind Ia worthless
The way out is through segregation. That sys
tenn IL almost automatic in its work toward the
the bugb<ar Of equalization. making II Il matter
Ut no great moment, whether or not assessments
arA equal as between counties and counties. and
OAyiating the necessity for powerful eeHasnis-
MON. The prejudice. If one wish to call IL that
A9ajnst rehabilitation. will not be aroused. be-
0aasse there will be Capitalization The argu-
ment that the commission lacks power will fall
Ant because any extensive power will not be
needed. The dilemma in which the majority
fouud itseH does not exist here
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
Prohibition Anvil
HerOin in Richmond

Richmond is having much trouble with NOR
lhine heroin and cocaine. These drugs are oe-
inB sold there promiscuousy, and Richmond is
not at all pleased The reason for this dis
pleasure probably can be- ascertained easily.
The social evil, from all accounts Is rampant
IN fdcnmond. and to meet il the authorities.
except when college boys play football, adop.
the policy of segregation. They allow certain
section Of the city to he set apart for disor-
DERBY houses and throw about them the strong
OF the Law. Women who wish to devote
their lives to vice have the privilege and oppor-
) tunify to do Men who wish to patronize
these houses can do SO freely ana openly.
Whsskey is used In Rlchlnond in abundant
measure. The sale of II is licensed exactly as
the safe of groceries. Men and women fill
themselves with alcohol and get It's dope effect
one word, to interfere with them. They can
drink much they please. stupify themselves
and destroy their reason. and no person will
offer objection.
For the social eyIl and alcohol Richmond
resorts to segregation Certain quarters and Ger
tain individuals are set apart 10 handle the oif-
hess. and Richmond glories in and defends the
situation. They are necessary evils, asserts the
city. and they must not be disturbed. Any per
son who seeks To overthrow them Ia crank o.
The first water. only by letting people drink
alcohol whenever they want il and patroniae
houses Of i'll fame whenever they get ready.
can the community DO effectively protected
Morphine. cocaine and heron are giving Rich~
mond trouble the Richmond newspa pers tell
us, and Richmond somehow seems TO have the
idea that his trouble must be dealt with
". Strict laws must be adopted and heavy
penalties applied in effort to prevent the sale
of dangerous. habit-roiming drugs. TO set apart
certain houses. certain district, and 10
license certain individuals to sell morphine. CO
eatine and heroin is plan that to have
10 serious consideration 1t cannot be thought
Of for moment. Richmond people shall not
have the opportunity to use these drugs for
these drugs are exceedingly harmful. and the
open sale Of them will encourage tho formation
/ f destructive habits
What curious burch OF Inconsistencies Is
the human animal, He argue any sort of
way for anything. 1t simply depends on what
he wants. II he wants the social evil he
argue that II !s highly respectable II he wants
whisltey he can argue that whskey is most
valuable and helpful adjunct 70 business and
education. And II he doesn't want them he can
take the opposite position, and support the op
posite view. Morphine. cocaine and heroiu.
through Apaa-e t4a2ceH4atah.e- rrecss-
having come under tho ban in Richmond, are
70 be outla wed. hut alcohol and the social evil
being received fondlY and delightfully."- into
Eichmond's bosom, are surrounded by the pro-
tectve barriers Of Law and order Roanoke
World News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
Capable of Ensy Adiustment.

To The Richmond Eirrinian and the New, port
News Press. pax vobiscum Not as impertiuent
intruder. but as one bearing the message of the
sort OF Cancellation which grows out of clear
understanding do thrust our good Offices
between these TWO now warning contemporaries.
The Nirginian, understand, attributes
10 the Press a one-time contention that prohibi-
ton would not reduce the consumption Of liquor
In Virginia, whereat the Press ales indignn nj
denial. and calls for proof, whereupon The Vir-
ginian produces no evidence which is at all
convincing TO the Press As a matter ri fact.
we think the record, Will dscos. that The Nfr-
ginian and the Press are each partly right and
each partly wrong Our NEWPORT News friend,
while doubtleea not thinking, and not affirming
in words that prohibition would not decrease the
Use of ardent liquors, nevertheless might have
used. and in due Difference to Its view. We think
did employ expressions from which the general
Inference might be gathered that 1t had abso-
iutely no confidence in the efficiency Of prohibit
ton-so little indeed that 1t held the doctrine
su bstantialiy worthess as a restrictive or re-
straintng expedient. Here's an instance in point
At one period in the recent Virginia prohibition
campaign. the Press took Issue with the News
| upon our contention that prohibition would ma
terialls reduce the Jug trade now carried on be-
tween dry Virginia territory ana wet Virginia
ctties~-and in the course of it's argument said
/ THE effect of Statewide prohibition would he
| TO transfer the Jug trade from Richmond and
other liquor markets in Virginia to Hquor mar
| kets further porth.
| Now we instantly and unressrvedly accept
the avoWa Of the tress that IL did not mean
| by this that the volume Of liquor consumed un-
| der Statewide prohibition would be q great as
under present conditions But IN turn. should
not the Press be sufficiently liberal and consid-
crate with us by admitting that without doing
violence to the usual interpretative processes
we might rably have inferred from its Ian
guage a general conclusion which it now seems
/ 1t did not intend TO Indicate? We think our
able, broad-visoned contemporary will have not
the slightest hesitation In meeting us halfway
( q of anri AN1 xx,{fJ ii tb a..
with the News ii will, % course do IKE wise with
The Nrginian. provided, OF course, The Virginian
will go halfway, too Thi. being it's The
Virginisns first moye.--Lynchburg New.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11
General Comment
II Was Not an Assumption.

Our esteemed contemporary the Richmond
Sirgfnian. complains that we have presumed
upon its knowledge. NO mortal man" protests
our friend, save ourselves. and perhaps not
even we, could define what We do or do not
know
or course. We do not lay claim TO such
magic power. We do not or presume Or
even conjecture upon the extent or limitations
Of our contemporary knowledge. cogniza nee.
sion. precognition. acroamtism. But when
we said that contemporary did know that
which we accused it OF knowing, based our
statement upon our contemporaries own confcs-
sion, follows:
Our friend OF the Newport News Press brings
forth fine distinction in his objection to our
comments an his prohibition principles Taking
exception to our statement that he thought pro-
mbition wouid not reduce the amount OF Itquor
consumed III Newport News h. claims have
said in his afternoon edition. that prohibition
would not reduce the liquor evil p"
The proroun he is singular. and It mus,
have referred in our contemporaries comments
10 enc and the same person Hence We said
that our contemporary hnew that both the New
port News newspapers We're edited by one and
the same person. poor ovcrworked fellow that
he ia.
But our contemporary il mistaken in accus-
ing that person of being angry. There was no
hard feeling. and we take this occasion to say
that very few newspapers would have been as
lair as The Vtrginiar in publishing, 1t did
IN Its edition of yesterday. the entire output OF
the Daily Press upon the subject under review.
1t was an act of generosity which admire;
and We retract our soft Impeachment and re-
sumo our cordial relations with The NirRinian
Happy new reor'-Newport News Press.