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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17

already havs the rsnedy for sach
troubles
states Attorney Joseph p. 6treu-
Der. newly elected Of Madison County.
Is somewhat Of the mind Of Schaum-
loeffel. but 10 going to direct his ef-
forts toward getting the tax dodgers.
1t has been reported the gamblers of
East st. Louis were contemplating a
general move to Madison.
VIII BE Prosecutions. Y =
''If there Is any gaming going on,
or contemplated for the future, as ru-
mors Indicate" said Streuber, there
will surely be some prosecutions. !
am in earnest. It must stop. have
explained all my plans to the three
deputies. and" he added, meaningiy,
there II perfect harmony in this Of
nee" Streuber was former judge of
the Probate Court
he said he fmed fights on indi-
vidual saloons as extravaganza and a
hardship on taxpayers. He said be-
cause OF the mixture Of drys and vets
1t would be next to impossible to find
turies in Madison County to sit in sa-
loon cases. and he was sure each case
would cost at least $500. Therefore.
the fight on saloons. he concluded was
virtually out Of his Jurisdiction.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17

BY Rsvsrsnds q. W. AI1sson, Meade n.
Dutt, Cameron Harmon ana Wilson D.
Aufl, respectively. OF the First Bap-
list. First Christian. First Methodist
and First Presbyterian Churches. ac-
companied by Secretary W. A. Miller.
of the East st. Louis Y. NJ. G.. A.. Wis
tied Mayor Mollman yesterday morn
ing. When the Mayor told them the
saloon money was necessary for the
operation of the Fire and Police De-
partments they suggested that the sA-
looms be limited In number and the
license raised.
Women Are Active.
The womens Civic Federation,
which for some time has advocated
the closing Of saloons on Sunday. al
though recently inactive in the mat
ter. will meet Monday. The members
OF this organization are registered
voters.
1t Is the general report that st.
Clair County saloon men are, prepar-
ing to fight for the repeal Of the Sum-
day closing law. but there has been
no public record of the movement.
East st. Louis newspapers editorially
have advised Mayor hoffman to close
the saloons, arguing that the saloon
interests are injuring themselves In
opposing the law.
Mayor Mollman received 'letter
from the members of the First Bap-
list Church offering cooperation in
any measure that will tend to i'm
prove conditions in the city" Sunday
the churches began the circulation OF
pledge cards which obligated the sign
ers to support the municipal ticket.
which will close the saloons on Sum
day About 1000 cards were circu-
lated at evening services and 5000
more will be circulated daily through
various channels. The pledge card
also specifies the elimination OF gam
bling and other forms Of lawlessness.
A fund with which to conduct cam
paign against lawlessness is also dis
cussed.
Social workers are asking for a sur
vey OF the city. and 1t has been sug-
gested that McKendree College. Leb-
anon, ILL.,. be asked to have Its students
in social problems make an investi-
CATION in East st. Louis, that their tab
ulated statistics may be used in re-
form work There are some who are
opposed to asking this of denomina-
tional school and advocate making the
request of the University of Illinois.
If the latter request be made, the in
vestigators will be instructed to dis
cover what Is the matter with East
st. Louis in all its departments.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
GREAT CONSPIRACY
ON ITS LAST LEGS
vbsslcy Eir- Broken Up and Its
Leaders Face Long Tcru'S
In Prison.
AMASsED GREAT FORTUNES
Orc1t< I from Headquarters az Jack
aHd Fort sn'iih--pn' Mr.
10 Il ~ Twenty Feet of Mexican
i.ordcr in t.;smpi tn Escape,

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ln he litigation 20 break up the whis-
rc,. r-oSniracv which Commissioner
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out Of $40, 0o0, 000 Of revenue during
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n
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SaFotF ana I"uli'"S S,,,,li,
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
THIS AFTERNOON

Mr.. W. r. stewart. for the past FIVE
wears the Y. NJ G, A. secretary at
Nanktng, China. VIII address the Rail-
way y. NJ Z. a, meeting at $50 this
afternoon. His subject Will be Amer
tcas Opportunity in China" and Will
be illustrated by one hundred beauti-
ful views,
Mr.. Stewart will also address the
Tuesday Club at ! o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. Dinner viii be served.
ON Tuesday night at o'clock tho
association will tender its members
and their friends a select free enter
tainment. The National Glee Club and
Bell Ringers have been secured at con-
siderable expense. and this is one OF
the best attractions on the road. This
number of tickets Will be limited to the
seating capacity OF the hall. and those
desiring them should apply at once tc
Secretary Thomas.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
STILL
TIGHTLY OtAOl0CktO
Proposal by Those Who Have No
Paper Made 10 Those Who Have,
Not Acceptable.
MANY MAY HAVE TO QUIT
Manufacturers Remain Mum While
Their Customers Discuss Way Out.
Another Attempt TO Reach Agree
mcnt To BE Made Monday.

Washington, Dec. 16.--After bend
ing every effort throughout the day
to agree upon plan for the distribu-
lion OF the available supply or news
print paper so as to prevent the sus-
pension of many American newspa-
pers. the conference of publishers.
news print manufacturers and the
Federal Trade Commission tonight re-
manned deadlocked.
a further conference is to be held
Monday in the hope of arriving at a
solution of the difficulty.
News print paper 10 short. the price
Is high and the few publishers who
have supplies in storage or under
contract refuse to agree to PROPOSE
ton advanced by the small publish
ers who have no paper that all paper
stocks be pooled and pro-rated among
the newspapers on the basis of the
1915 market price.
The manufacturers today kept out
of the discussion as much as possible,
waiting for the publishers to come to
some agreement on a plan. When
this is reached the manufacturers will
consider whether or not they will do
their part.
The discussion grew heated at times
during the day, various publishers
voicing the statement that there Is
no hope in the situation until the
breaks up the paper trust.
which, 1t is alleged. controls the sup
ply and distribution of paper.
At one time during the discussion
Commissioner Davis saw so little hope
of an agreement being reached that
he announced IL the parties to the
conference do not make up their
minds what Is to be done, the COM
mission will take the matter out OF
their hands and settle 1t on its own
terms.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
THE WEATHER
tUnited states Department o9
Agriculture. weather Bureau.b

For virginia--Fair. not so cold Sun
day, followed by snow by night in north
portion; Monday fair. with moderate
temperature.
For North Carolina-Fair and warm
er Sunday; Monday fair. with moderate
temperature,
There will be snow Sunday In the
Lake region and the upper Ohio Val
ley, extending Sunday night into tho
Middle Atlantic States and New Eng
land, and continuing Monday in North
ern New England. In the lower Ohio
Valley. Tennessee and the South tn,
weather Will be fair Sunday and Mon,
day. and IL will be fair Monday - the
northward, except in Northern New
England
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
AUTO BANDITS IN
DARING ROBBERY

New Orleans. Dec. ia bold high
way robbery, by automobile bandits.
occurred here shortly before noon to-
day when an unidentified man grasped
a bag containing about $500, the week
ly payroll. from the paymaster OF a
tank manufacturing concern. as he
stepped off a street Car at the plant
in Carrolton. a thickly settled por-
ton OF the city The robber leaped
into an automobile containing another
man and the pair drove rapidly away.
Police and detectives began searching
the city for the robbers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
WEEKS BUILDING TOTAL
Is NEARLY 500, 600

Permits for building operations to-
falling in value nearly 100000 were
granted by Building Inspector Butler
during the week Just ended. accord
ing to summary compiled at his
Office yesterday. New work author
lied is valued at ss2.50s and repair
work at s7.o4s. total of sss.6s5
FOR the week.
The largest operation authorized Ia
a brick steel and frame garage on
the north side Of Broad Street near
Hancock to cost about $4,000. II liz
20 be built by T. p. BRYAN.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
PRINTS NEWSPAPER
ON FIVE FIG LEAVES

Santa Cruz. Cal. Dec. 1e.-Because
OF the high cost of paper and the
failure Of subscribers to pay up, Lu-
her McQueston. publisher OF the
Mountain Echo at Boulder Creek.
has printed an edition Of his weekly
on fig leaves. The edition consists Of
FIVE dried leaves pinned together with
A twig and printed on both sides. and
contains news items, classified and
legal advertising and an editorial in
which McQueston sets forth his rea-
sons for returning to first princi-
piles for print paper"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17

In prevont1HG Vfola
This being the drS9
cipal authoritias ina
to face In loss Of revUI
and the abolition Of
Ing blind tigers q
intervals. About 34H
the city's income. m
task coolly and the
duced slisntY ,niycomi
year, To -pffssts loss
nue., It has sbesR fou
raise licenses. but al
tributed; there has be
test In any Quarter.
Is Good Thing n
Business men are a
hibition in its practi
a good thing tor the
of bills Is, reported id
boris credit is more al
primary elections have
out any disorder, al
contests were settled
perfect order about I'd
been ascribed to prohj
Business during u
been steadily ffnprovil
thought they would bd
new order OF things !!
themselves.
At the spring terri
Court fifty accused bill
themselves on the mel
pleading guilty. They,
to hard labor. but eel
pended on condition 4
be paid and two-thirl
tence suspended only
havior. Practically al
the business.
One of them quite b.
in the suburbs. and |
arrested and ordered 1
pended sentence. He
the State Supreme Co,
believed the high trib,
him.
1t had been said q I
not be convicted in G.
Is untrue, as Crimina
show. Police and {
really are active. Rec
stables seized q carlo
whiskey. billed. as b
case is under invests
United States authorii
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
Local Temperature Yesterday.
Local Rain fall.

Rainfall last twelve hours. ....
Rainfall last twenty~four hours.
Deficiency in rainfall since March
..-.......
Deficiency in rainfall since Janu-
airy ! ,................. 4. 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
CHARLESTON FINDS
PROHIBITION 5000
Problem OF Revenue Loss Has Been
Faced and Tax Rate Has
Been Decreased.

East st. Louis. Dec. 12.-Saloons
ton has benefited solidly from the
legal operation of prohibition. COM
bined with the sentiment against the
operation Of blind tigers.
For the first time In history Charles
ton became legally dry January l. the
dispensary system having been voted
out. Each adult Is allowed gallon
of alcoholic beverages a month. and
police and State constables are active
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17

WRIST WATCHES.
A gift that Is
hound to win unfail-
ing approval and
carry with 1t a MEM
DRY Of tho giver for
years to come. We
do not handle the
Swiss Watch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-17
Aufo Dealers To Meet

Members OF the Richmond Auto
mobile Dealers Association will meet
Monday night at $3.50 o'clock In the
Jefferson Hotel Several matters of
importance will be discussed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
DEFIED PASSAGE OF TIME
Wrought Iron Spur, Many Years
Under Ground, Almost as Good
as New When Cleaned

An iron spur was found on the battle
field of Brandywine, Pa, and recently
presented to Independence Hall mu.
scum by J. E. Picking of Philadelphia.
on whose fathers farm it was plowed
up. When first discovered it was at
tached to a long cavalryman's boot,
which Immediately fell to pieces when
handled, leaving the spur, greaVy rust
ed and corroded, but intact. When
cleaned it appeared almost as good as
ever, although it had lain in the
ground since the battle of Brandywine,
September II, 1777.
1t is now used to illustrate history
lectures to the public school children
in Independence hall by Superintend-
ent Carpenter, who declares that chill
dren are fine scouts when it comes to
discovering things"
A steel manufacturer from Chicago
happened to be present when it was
displayed, and upon examining it de-
clared that it was made of wrought
iron and that it was much superior to
the wrought iron of today, which, if
buried an equally long period in the
ground, would probably be rusted and
corroded entirely away. I'VE are try
ing to discover" said he, the secret
of old-time iron that was immune to
destruction by rust.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
HOW BOGUS MONEY IS PASSED
Counterfeit Coin Is Put In Circula.
ton Unconsciously by
Men.

That's no good" said Broadway
car conductor, handing to a passen-
ger on the platform with him dime.
There are thousands of them atiOat."
he continued, as he made change for
another coin. -Ili keep 1t as re-
hinder to look out for that KIND"
said the man, and put = in his pocket.
The incident was not thought OF again
until the next morning, when the
dime victim wanted to show the spuri-
Gus coin TO his wife and found that 1t
was not IN his poc, ct Then he wrote
10 friend with whom ne had played
bridge the night before and asked:
did | give you tad dime last
night? II so. keep il for redemption ="
In answer he received a note saying:
did you? Well rather! The elevat-
ed man spotted it lost my train.
intended to return it, but forgot.
and when your note came / looked
and found that / also had passed it
unwittingly on some one. and that's
the way phony money circulates. =
New York Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19

dells came her way. She was in the
kitchen of their home now, preparing
q cake. She hummed a pretty cheer
full tune as she went about her Ia
bors. Then a burst Of girlish laughter
from the next yard caused her lip to
culver slightly and her fair brow
clouded The residence beyond tn
next dividing hedge was occupied by
a wealthy young widow, Mrs. NAL
lory, who had rented it for summer
home. She had invited numberless
friends from the city and the extern
sive garden was a constant scene II
brightness and gayety. Mrs. Mallory
had always nodded pleasantly across
the hedge to her pretty neighbor and
only a week previous had invited Una
over to a lawn party to meet her
friends.
Una was delighted She was filled
with joyous anticipations of the good
time expected. She had donned her
daintiest dress the afternoon of the
function. when Mrs. Wendell was
seized with one of her habitual hys-
terical fits and she was forced to give
up the party.
"Oh, well, perhaps | am getting too
far on the shady side of girlhood to
Join in with those young sweet crea-
lures" poor Una tried to cheat her
self into believing-she had not the
vanity to realize her own rare beauty
and grace.
"a dash of nutmeg and I'm through
with the cake" announced Una min
ute later.
She reached up to the cabinet over
the kitchen table and took down a
lar. 1t held the nutmegs but some
sticky sugar grains prevented them
from shaking out. Una squeezed her
sbapelv hand through the open top to
loosen them.
"oh. dear" she cried, now I've
done il | can neither get my hand
further down nor out.
The mouth OF the jar was fitted to
her wrist like boxing glove. She
was dismayedly deciding that to be
released she must break the jar
when she turned like a shot.
"Hey. there. my pretty gruH
voice hailed her and the shadow OF a
trampish intruder fell across the floor.
Una stood petrifed. The man was
eerce looking. the vicious CLEAN OF
his ewes a menace. He held a small
Iacou d and in.aid box in his hand,
He thrust back its lid, drew from It a
small ladys jeweled watch and SAID
hurriedly:
Give me a dollar for that young
,adv and it's yours.
Al a glance Una realized that the
NON must be a thief, for the niue
watch was brilliantly set with dia-
monds. -
No she said. " can give you no
money.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19

He had given little or no thought to
matrimony. 1t would come some day,
like all other things, but up to this
hour he had been in no hurry. Now
that golden-haired girl had struck
his trail and was going to do all the
heavy work he found himself bit i'm
patient How was she going to man.
age It?
The question was answered almost
as soon as asked. When the girls got
up to 60 they cautioned each other
to use care in crossing the creek by
the log. The one with the chestnut
hair went first. After many "ah's" and
obs" she was safely over. Then came
the turn Of the one who had said that
romance would bring about the con-
ventional introduction. She was two
or three pounds heavier than her
chum-just enough heavier to cause
the log to crack and creak and finally
break under her when she was in mid
stream. There were yells and screams
as she went with a kerplop into water
two feet deep, and Bob Taylor was on
hand to do the right thing. He did it
by getting very wet and pulling a still
wetter maiden out on the bank and
helping to conduct her half a mile to
her home.
There wasn't much conversation on
the way. What there was was natural
ly damp. Mr.. Taylor didn't seek to ex-
plain how he came to be on the spot
and the first thing the golden-haired
waterwitch had to say in the privacy
Of her room was:
"I'll bet that man was right around
there somewhere as We talked"
And If he was he must have heard
what said about leap year."
"And what are you going to do about
it?"
Nothing" Perhaps Bob had heard
the conversation, and perhaps not. At
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
Writer'S Remarkable Dream.

A well-known English writer was
sitting up late writing something he
much wished to finish Suddenly some
one came into the room and an
nounced that he was called to go to
Manchester. He went out and packed
his bag, and went to the city, where
he stayed several days and saw in
Vulnerable people. He returned in
due course and transacted a lot of
business in town, and actually con-
tracted for and started new book.
Yet when he woke with start and
found it was all dream, the ink of
the last word he had written was not
dry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
Redeemed
From
Bondage
iSoBEL MUIR RANDALL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,


N0psfish'' lslS. by W. G. Chapman.)
NO one had ever come after Una
frince-that is, in the way of a lover
She had never thought much about
herself for her life was a busy one
nose who knew her and esteemed
ner' however, marveled at the vii.
iaee swans who picked out all sorts
ana conditions of girls, passing over
tne Jewel of the flock, in their esti.
nation.
Una was an orphan and for two
years had been housekeeper for the
"endelis. husband and wife, rich, but
parsimonious, old, grabbed. exactinp
Ihey valued her, but they pinned her
aown TO an irksome servitude. Mrs
Wendeli was an invalid, and the
sheer kindness of Unas heart i'm.
peiled her to be quite a daughter tn
the ailing capricious old woman out
OF pure sense of duty.
IL was the social side of affairs that
depressed Una. She had been used
10 company, entertainments. sleiphs
and skating in the wintertime. tennis
ana boating in their season.
when her father died she had to
give up all these out of sheer neces.
sity Mr. Prince had left next to
nothing and Una went to the city and
found a position as typist in a stuffy
crowded little office.
1t took year to drive the velvet
bloom from her cheek and the vivac-
ity OF naturally joyous nature from
her eyes. She had sick spell and
her physician ordered her back to
the pure air and unclouded sunshine
of Brookville.
Then the opportunity with the Wen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
Her Quaintness.

"Cufs CONAN, muh wife is, com
nIained Brother Bogus Shell iieVe
any kind of story bout Iorrln s.l,
bnt she won't b'lieve her own aWtul
redded husband on oath. Blieves
DAT tale bout Jonah and de whale rum
heginnin' to end, but when | comes
rolIin' home fun de lodge at TWO
O'clock in de mawnin' and tells her
ubat kept me so long was ne pm
sr,sbiate a stutterin' candidate, sne
snawts like a camel -hahSas Wy
Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
Nails First Formed hv nara

Nails, an indispensable article for
everyday use in "a thousand and one
ways, are not. as many of us may sup
pose. OF very ancient origin. Natur-
ally there has always been a substi-
tute. but it has only been since 1910
that machinery has been employed to
any extent in the manufacture of nails
Previous ., that time they we're made
BY hand BY. forging on an anvil. and
great Numbers Of men were employ ed
n the Industry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19

any rate, as the girls figured, he would
not dare let 1t be known that he had
AS he reached his sisters in a drip.
ping state. the woman cried out:
Bob Taylor, what on earth!"
II went out to shoot that old crow"
But you didn't shoot him."
mo; l missed the crow and shot a
girl"
"Oh, Bob. If you would only marry
Sue Moreton."
81 will! I'm just waiting for her to
pop the question That is, she has
popped, and IL she plans to jilt me
there'll be the awfullest row you ever
heard of. See her and tell her what a
determined man your brother is
Six months later, as the engaged
lovers walked in the moonlight, Miss
Sue shyly asked:
81 know you were at the creek that
day and heard what ! said, but you
don't call it proposing, do you?"
"Oh, no, no, no. You simply busted
that log and fell into the water that
l might pull you out and marry you"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19

Eugene Arceau, belonging to the
Fourth battery of the Fourth regiment
of foot artillery. native of the lie de
Re. has the distinction of being the
biggest soldier among the conscripts
of France. He weighs about 242
pounds, and is nearly six feet nine
inches in height. The authorities are
less puzzled about his uniform than
they are about his bed, for the beds
are said to be made Of regulation
length
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
Imported Eirds,

The number of birds imported into
the United States annually amounts
to about 100000. and as many as IT.
600 have become jewellers in America
within one day. The half million
feathered strangers represent 1.500
different species. but the greater num-
Der of the importations are OF ca
naries. parrots and game birds
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
As TO Old KIM Cole.

Mother Goose tells us that Old King
Cole was merry old soul Therefore,
we presume he had the laughing habit
1t would be interesting to know what
made him chuckle all over when he
called for his pipe. and called for his
bowl, and called for his hddlers three.
Does psychology contain an answer
for this ?-CLicago Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-19
Remember Only Today.

Finish every d:.y and be done with
II. You have done what YOU could.
Some plumbers ana aDsurdities no
doubt crept in: forget them as soon as
you can Tomorrow is new day; be-
high spirit to be numbered with your
old nonsense This day is all that Is
good and fair. II is too dear with its
hopes and aspirations to waste a mo-
ment upon the yesterday Emerson.