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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16

Now that virginia is soon 20 pass
forever from under the me OF the
licensed saloon, it mos prove of In
terest to know hoN bi~.uess Jared in
eur nefghboring State u est Virginia
when John Bar!cyao.. Was forced to
vucata.
We recently gave the experience of
Washington State and OF the CITY OF
Seattle. as set forth by one Of the
staunchest foes OF prohibition, the
editor Of the Seattle Times. in which
he declared that not only had none
OF the dire prophecies of evil come
70 pass but that he was now sure that
no such dire results as he once pre-
dicted would ever follow the prohibit
ton Of the liquor traffic
In West Virginia, udring the cam
paign to vote the State dry. much the
same argument was advanced as be-
came 10 familiar TO our people IN vir-
gtnia IN 1914. Busn ness would be
ruined. business houses would stand
idle. large capital invested in brew
cries would be absolutely wiped out,
not only would hundreds of men d.
rectly employed IN the liquor business
would be deprived Of their means Of
livelihood. but thousands would be
Indirectly affected.
& What has been tho result IN west
Virginia? We are reliably informed
that the buildings formerly occupied
BY saloons were promptly rented for
other purposes. and that the dark
prospect Of vacant buildings and de-
pFeciated real estate has Vanished into
thin air. In fact, many Of the saloons
wess already rented for other pur-
poses before the whiskey men va
Scatsd.
~ eaostai Invested in brewery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
Old Dominion
News in Epitone

Norfolk-After spending four and
a half months abroad as a member
Of the American Ambulance. DR..
Samuel p. CAST. Jr.. Of this city. re-
turned Thursday morning from
France. He made the return trip to
America aboard the Toura1ne and
was accompanied by half a dozen
other surgeons who have been in
France. A number Of American am
bulance drivers also returned ON the
ship.
Norfofk-The American steamer
Comet, OF the Standard Oil compauy's
fieet. put into Hampton Roads early
Wednesday night TO land four men,
bers OF her crew who were seriously
Hospital a. typhoid suspects. The
mon are being attsnded by DR.. r. W.
Browne. Of tho local United States
Marine Hospital Service.
Tho Comet was bound from New
York to Tampico. Mexico. towing the
Standard OIL barge No. 81. The men
became i'll shortly after leaving New
York and developed a high fever
when near the Virginia capes.
Newport News-Health Officer r.
A. Davis states that the source of the
typhoid fever. Of which there now are
twenty-four cases in the city. has been
located and the sale OF the product
responsible for the near epidemic
stopped He refused. however. to d.
vulge the name OF the person respon-
sible for the sale Of the infected
product.
Il don't see At to tell you that"
said the health officer when asked to
tell the name of the person respon-
sible for the spread of the fever.
The sale OF the product has been
stopped: 1t would do no good to MAKE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
public the mans name and would
only do him great injury"

Gloucester-Thirty-t merchanto
OF Gloucester County gathered in the
Gloucester courthouse Thursday after-
noon and organised Retail Nor
chants Association. Considerab BILE en-
thusiasm was shown among them n
the new association. The Gloucester
association elected the following on
GERS:
President-w g. Corr.
Vice prestdent-J. r. Newcomb.
Secretary. H. Martin
Treasurer-W. r. Trevtllian.
State Secretary Clarke. OF Richs
mond, assisted In forming the organs
cation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
RUSSIA DIPLOMACY.

The hand OF old fashioned Russian
diplomacy is eeen in the recent con-
vention with Japan-and the willy Jap
has made good use Of his opportunity,
we doubt not to drive a good bargain
as we'll
The protestations from Tokyo and
Petrograd that the contracting ma
lions have never entertained the
slightest idea Of altering the status quo
as to the open door" and as to the
integrity of China. willy he received In
this country AT conddera bic less than
their face value.
The Russian diplomacy Of the past
has DOT been such as to invite conf
dence. II has been based on intrigue
and deception, rather than on honesty
and traightforwardness. 1t was this
that brought her into inglorious con-
nicl WIN 6apan~a 1allufe 10 respect
a solemn agreement to evacuate
Chinese territory at the specified time,
Russian diplomacy has extended the
rule of the Gar gradually over nun
dreds Of thousands Of square miles Of
tribal lands in Asia imposing upon
their nomadic inha bitants a govern
ment which had never been able TO
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
DEEP WATER OYSTER PLANTING.

We note with interest the statement
that Captain r. W Darling, OF Hamp-
ton. the most extensive planter of
oysters in virginia, has after consider
able experimental work. made ap-
plication for 5000 acres OF deep
water bottom for oyster planting pur-
poses.
Captain Darling@s experience In the
no doubt that he will turn these bot
toms now barren into productive area
and that his example will be followed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
BANKING PAPER PLAYS
UP RICHMOND SKYLINE

An attractive Department heading -
the Financisr. weekly banking psgtodl.
cal published In New York. - tAa1
given the department In which The
financial ana banking news Of Rloh-
mond IL carried. The heading b .
panoramic skyline picture OF NAch-
mond carrying through its face 10
outline letters the words Tn Rich-
mond."
The prominence given this city IN
the display Is pleasing to the CONNER.
cial and industrial interests Of the city.
as 1t places Richmond in company with
other large money centers. including
New York. Philadelphia. Ptttsburg.
Chicago. Cleveland. Baltimore and But.
falo,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
DIR. PIecker to Shop Men.

Dr. w. A. Picker, registrar Of the
State Bureau OF Vital Statistics, ad-
dressed the men of the r., F. and p.
shops at noon yesterday on THE
Transmission of Infectious Diseases"
This In the second of a series OF
shop meetings which DR.. Picker is
addressing under the auspices of the
Railroad Y. NJ c. A. Next Thursday
he will speak at the c. and O. shops
on Seventeenth Street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16

properly administer its already ire
mendous territory.
AZ this distance we do not assume
10 say what the new Russo-Jap con-
vention means. but we are confident
that II bodies i'll for China and is
bargain to virtually divide up large
areas Of Chinese territory between the
two nations. II means further, we
take II. that Russia and Japan will
stand together for control of the
Chinese trade as far as possible.
American interests In the East are
not fearful OF fair competition Our
flag means 10 the intelligent China
man fair dealing and liberal treat
ment He looks on America as his
best friend we have participated in
no secret pacts aimed against the In
terests or the territory OF his country.
Our diplomacy has been frank and
clean SO much cannot he said Of
that of the representatives of either
the Car or the Mikado In dealing
with China--but the hour may come
when the sleeping giant of the East
will arouse itself and refuse longer to
be made the victim of designing
chancelleries and of the interests they
represent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16

New York. Sept. i5.--Charles r.
Hughes Is to deliver his final campaign
speech at Madison Square Garden on
the night of November 4, National
Chairman WILCOX made this announce
msnt today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
United states District Court.

United States District Court.
Petitions in bankruptcy were hlcd
yesterday by:
James NJ. ellis as an Individual and
as member of the Arm of Trent Il
ellis. the West End Coal Yards: debts,
4.4S375; assets. $2.123.
Herbert L. Cain. architect. 10 West
Main Street; debts. $7.7l6S7; assets,
$4,1S591.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16

Nobody regrets it William Lorimer
has been defeated In his eTort 20
"corne back" in politics.
Expelled from the United States
Senate because Of gross irregularities
in the manner In which he had won
election to that body. he has now,
after a few years of enforced retire
ment. made attempt 10 secure election
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
LORIMER'S DEFEAT.

70 the House from his old congress
stonal district, the Sixth Illinois. He
was defeated In the Republican
primary for the nomination.
1t was such men as Lorimer who
made themselves the tools of the
great business interests. betraying the
American people for moss OF poll
teal pottage. The day Of such is
gone never, we trust. to return.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16

by many other planters until every
available acre In our oyster growing
waters shall have been made Use of
IN the production of this luscious and
wholesome article of food.
1t has occurred to us that there
might very properly and probably be
undertaken a campaign to make the
oyster a more popular article Of food
in the inland cities
Even In Richmond proper adver-
Using and marketing OF the oyster
flve-fold.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16
Worthy Of Special Note

Tho select Waahablo
Copc Skin and Mocha
Gloves from Americas
lest makers; here In novel
colortngs and newest
stVieS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-16

The ffne Imported Dress
Kid Gloves from such
well-known makers as p
Cen tmer1 q Co. and j. ~.
Chanut & Gle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28

outrageous character OF the crime
The transit strike is lost-hope-
lessly, irretrievably lost. Dynamite
cannot now win it, any more than
the clubs and bricks Of strikers
earlier in the contest were able to
make good their side of the case.
From the time the union violated
the arbitration agreement in the sec
ond phase of the struggle the strike
became more an assault on the pub
lie than on the corporation. These
dynamite outrages are the logical
elimination of that attitude. OBJ
viously, they are the work of a few
men who, it is to be hoped, are not
representative Of the strikers or
their union. Yet the public which
is thus attacked is not likely to be in
any temper to discriminate nicely IN
its awarding of responsibility. For
their own sakes the strikers and the
union leaders should join hands with
the police in discovering the identity
of these criminals and in bringing
them to punishment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
WiIsonian Rhapsodies Lack Sincerity

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Siri The public acts OF Woodro"
Wilson have been scrutinized by ex-
perts and every flaw checked with stern
fidelity. That is as It should be. Inc
acts Of a President should be such as
to stand the acid test
Mr.. Wilson is a past master IN rhap-
sody. There is not one straightforward
thought in all his polished periods not
nne that rings with its own sincerity
He chose them for their pretty SOUND
or because they were good currency IN
the particular audience he happened 70
be addressing, or because they served
az artificial coloring to his cold stor-
ago patriotism. That is why there are
50 MANY contradictions in his speeches
His words are prismatic and pretty
but YOU cannot see anything true
through them.
Whatever NAV be said Of Mr.. Hughes,
his sincerity has not been questioned
He NAV have been discreet, with what
seems TO many of us an exaggerated
discretion. He may lack magnetism
and some Of the highest qualities OF
leadership, such as fire, eloquence' In
tuition, but his acts square with MS
words. IN his public record there IS
manly conference between his preaching
and his practice.
Between these two men the nation IS
70 choose. Rather, let us say. we nave
no choice. We must elect Mr.. Hughes.
CHARLOTTE HOLMES CRAWFORD.
BROOKLYN. Oct 26, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
John Walsh, of Truck s

FiremanJohn Walsh made his res
cue last Wednesday night at the East
Houston Street fire by prolonged, re-
heated and consistent daring. The
woman whose life he saved was
trapped on the ledge Of a seventh
story window. The nearest rescue
point was a roof three stories below,
around a corner, and separated by a
six-foot airshaft. Walsh was swung
bv the heels across the airshaft till
he grasped the nearest window ledge
His comrades then let 60 and ne
pulled himself up to the ledge. A
scaling ladder was passed to him, and
story by story he assembled. Miss
Goldberg, her dress afire, fell before
he reached her, but with the aid Of
his life belt he caught and held her.
Flames blocked his descent for a
while. but he was finally able, by
rocking his scaling ladder to and fro,
tc swing the lower end Of it into his
comrades hands.
Modern life in a nation at peace
does not offer frequent tests Of cour-
age in face of physical danger. 1t
is good to know by such heroism as
this record that those who do face
the opportunity are worthy OF 1t.
The example is not only for the
force. 1t speaks to all of US, what
ever we do, men and women, old and
young. Much has been said and
written of q possible moral equiva-
lent for war. May it be found!
Meanwhile we can only strive by
every means in our power to keep
alive within us for the day of our
test as a nation some spark of the
spirit of John Walsh, of Truck 8.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28

for. a real army, but still! have only
an imitation army.
Moreover, deducting from the vast
net increase in the appropriations
for 1867 the sums spent for mill
tary purposes, there remains an eX-
cess of S127, 100000, representing an
increased expenditure Of that amount
on the ordinary operations of gov
eminent.
At a time when our military ne
cessities are so pressing, there IS 10
justification for continuing TO IL! the
pork barrel" to the top hoop for the
benefit Of hungry politicians in Con-
gress. Yet Congress passed at the
last session, and Mr.. Wilson signed,
river and harbor bill carrying S4o'-
100000 and appropriated S5O'Ooo'ooo
for the purchase of merchant ships
to be operated under government
auspices in the deep-sea carrying
trade. The ship purchase bill, De
sides involving a pure waste oil
money, is certain to injure the Amer
lean carrying trade. The river and
harbor bill could have been omitted
this year without Gripping any use
full enterprise or in any way incom-
moding American commerce.
Mr.. Wilson has never sought to
check waste in appropriations. He
has signed every pork barrel" bill
presented to him, and his own per-
sistency alone drove the $5O,OOO,OOO
shipping bill job through Congress.
Thus he has made waste paper of a
second pledge of the Democratic ma
tional platform of 1912. Thus he
has run true again to form as a
breaker of faith and a dodger of con-
tracts made by and for him when he
was a candidate for office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
NAVY YARD MEN SEEK
ADDITIONAL FACILITIES
Metal Trades Union Starts Peti.
ton for New Set of Ways

The Metal Trades Union Of the New
York Navy Yard has begun a campaign
70 get another set of ways so that two
battleships can be constructed al one
time. The dreadnought New Mexico
is on one set of ways and the battle
ship Tennessee's keel cannot be isld
Officials said last night that the onY
way to increase the shipbuilding fsciih
ties at the navy yard is TO provide an
other set of ways, bigger than TIE
present ones.
The trades unionists Will have .
monster petition signed By bu'inen
and professional men of Brooklyn. ~
will be forwarded to Washington. Ths
officers in'the navy yard are in favor o.
the proposition and are hoping the peu'
ton will bear fruit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
THAT WAR WE ESCAPED
Hard to Discover, for No Nation
Wanted to Fight Us
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is claimed that President Will
son Kept US out of war" With what
nation did we want to go TO war
What nation wanted to go to war with
US? Did England? No. She wanted
money to carry on her war. She has
already got great deal OF what she
wanted. Did France? No. She knew
that the money which was financing the
Allied armies was being obtained from
the United States. Did Russia? No.
She knew that the munitions which
saved her while her own factories were
unable to supply her army came from
the United States. Did Germany? No.
Germany has always been friendly to
America.
In our war for the salvation % the
Union one-ffth Of the Union was COM
posed OF men either Of German origin
or extraction. Without their aid the
North could not have saved the Union.
Perhaps 1t may be asked, Then why
did Germany irritate US by her sub
marine war; The question IS easily
answered by asking another: "Why has
England interfered with the United
States mail?" Because they have seen,
in common with all foreign nations,
that under the present Administration
the United States can be insultcd with
impunity, ard that the best way to
make US forget one wrong is to do us
another injury.
Perhaps Mexico may be mentioned by
the steadfast few who still adhere 20
that hollow, shot-to- pieces motto, "he
kept us out Of war" IL the United
States is not at war with Mexico, then
the meaning of the word "war" has
changed since its conception. Var has
a twofold meaning: first. it mean, the
clash between the armed forces OF two
nations; second, IL stands for the de-
struction of the lives and property of
the citizens Of one country by rival
power. If, indeed, we are at peace. then
the dictionaries of TIC world should be
revised and the words "Wilsonized
peace" substituted IN its place.
JAMES MAXWELL.
New York, Oct. 90, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
WHAT IS GOING on TO-DAY

Fro, admission 70 ire American hs''rr
Natural History Metropolitan Museum = -
New York biological FEk. a. '"'~
Park Museum and me AciaFl1m-
italian Bazaar. Grand Central PAsos
Convention Of tho Associated Business fte~
Hotel Ast0r. A IA
Meeting Of the Casually. Actuarial snd sI'
cal Society Of America Hotel A'o''
FYsd day. motor bus sightseeing togi "
America Irish Historical Society, Fno1s =.
brary. Finh Avsnus ard forv seoono So
II 10; luncheon. tas ClaIsmoaL
Dane. Of tho Harmony Fellowship O-uN Nv
Astor. y m.
Reunion Of the Associate Alunns q 49,
College. chapel, PARK Avenue hnH S'
eighth Street. ?. IA
Dance and entertainment FOR n. e 1917
destitute wives and children o. Mills &C.,.
IN Infantry. sunory. PsrA A'en1e ''''
sixth Street 20 D. N. ,,...
Lecture hy Or n II Ru'by or ms
FAMILY. " lectur. hall. Brook PAX. p !"
Address by Theodore Roosevelt A. mts u~se,,
under tho auspices o. the NauoaN
Alliance. Academy u MUSIC
p m. ,-A
rl,h AL mass meeting q lromMlon esss.sl
spdtorlum Washin gfOn tEl.s hskn :.
SNteenth street and living Place "a
n,,,., .ra dane, Of The Perfect Asher h"'
sot n and A NJ Hotel Asior' 3 u
T,ble.u. and dance Of the Dsusseh"'hf f'''~@
Hotel Astor. y. m ,y
Public lectures q the posrd Of hdus Sa.ssnt. 10
y m Manhattan Elee,rie yca
Chemical Meets" ~ pr. tT-..,rsi No
NcrdroT American Museum OF Nasslsi Pa
tory ses>uty serruth Street snd tehva .nd
west. The Last Ccutury lndindga.'ije rsry.
Cols.,ivisu.' BY Esfl Barnes. fSonSl An ths
lsi East t1ry eighth street ,,. ~ Rec.
IS,b s,s'" LIBRARY. Sos West iish sue
Water 6y nr william !. ztaeT'''A' N.
VI 1. A han. Wa l.s.h - s"'y -,u, N.
pro,,- WINNING a Backbone. Or ,,,si a
Ws,es "a ne isnd." ~ pr Ssias s,-,..
srhwreker Public Schocl 81 H'n
east 81 wills Avenue .,..,,,,,
Mas meeting FOR Prohibition Par w,shinrcs
and Vice Presidential csniidalss' s,s.t snI
Inirg High school. snteenn
Irving Place. 9. m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
Washington and His Thieves"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In reference to the comments
of Secretary Baker on our Continental
troops, you might refer to the bronze
tablet on Willow Street, south of State
Street, Trenton, n. ].
This recites where Washington and
his soldiers (Mr. Bakers "thieves")
returned the property taken By the
Hessians, not only to the Colonials, but
to the Tories as we'll Maybe they had
had plenty Of applejack crossing New
Jersey, hence were not tempted.
w. A. NISSAN,
Spanish War Veteran.
New York, Oct "a, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
BRICK CHURCH REJECTS
S3,0O0,OOO FOR SITE
37th Street and Fifth Avenue Lot
Cost $4,000 in 1857

An offer Of 100000 has been mad >
and rejected for the site on which
stands the Brick Presbyterian Church,
at the northwest corner of Thirty-sev-
enth Street and Fifth Avenue. The
offer was made by department store.
In realty circles II is thought that this
great church property will never be
sold, and that when business has blotted
out the last semblance of the former
residential character of the neighbor-
hood, the Brick Presbyterian Church
will be on its present site, dong q
greater useful work than ever before.
The church was erected in 1898 NJ
Thirty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue,
supplanting the old Brick Church,
which had stood since 1867 at Beekman
and Nassau Streets. 1t is a partial re.
production in brick and brownstone OF
the older edifce On much larger scale;
The site at Thirty-seventh Street and
Fifth Avenue was bought in 1857 fer
SIS, 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
CATCH PHRASES
Democratic Campaign Arguments
Don't Stand Analysis

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Democratic catch phrases,
"He has kept us out of war" and "He
has protected me and mine" seem open
to legitimate criticism.
Regarding the first, one is forced to
pause and ask "What Is war;" In view
OF the present conflict OF armed forces
in Europe, one is led to visualize war
as involving the humiliation Of whole
army divisions and massing of thou
sands of guns literally to blast
trenches and towns off the face of the
earth, but the extent OF an action can
lot govern its nature, and the slaugh-
ter of few individuals may constitute
n state OF war just as much as the wip-
ing out Of an army.
War has been defined as "the en-
fcrcement by arms OF a governments
rights on a foreign soil"; but are we
limited to the enforcing of our rights !?
Assyria was one OF the greatest war
WdhlUR pOWeIS VI dll IlutSt hS Jul
great impersonal historian well knows,
but there was no question Of rights in
volved in her campaigns, and in all
probability they were not preceded by
formal declarations Of war; yet every
Assyrian knew where he stood in re-
gard to foreign relations without the
aid of judge advocates decision.
Therefore, cannot war be defined as
"the attempted enforcement by arms OF
the desires OF government on foreign
territory?
If the above definition holds, Presi-
dent Wilson has placed this country on
a war footing with Hayti, Santo Do
mingo Nicaragua and Mexico.
In regard to his having protected me
and NINE would his protection meet
with the approval of those families tho
various members OF which have been
killed on the Lusitania, in Santo Do
mingo, Hayti, Nicaragua and at Vera
Cruz and at numerous points along the
Mexican border?
II President Wilson was personally
involved in such loss his ideas Of
such protection would undoubtedly un-
dergo a change.
=. DESMOND SPRAGUE.
New York, Oct. 20, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-28
The Three P's

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: note that the Democratic Ma
tional Committee has adopted the
words peace, prosperity and prepared
ness" as its slogan for the present
campaign. No doubt the Democratic
managers know their own business
best, or, at least, ought to. Neverthe-
less, while freely conceding that 1t is
no affair of mine, would like to ask
if the substitution of the words "pusil-
lanimity, prevarication and poppy
cock" would not preserve the allitera-
tion Just as we'll and, at the same time,
appeal to the average voter as being
more in accord with the glorious tradi-
tions of the grand old Democratic
party? NJ. A. ChADDhkDoN'
AGRA, n. Y, Oct. 25, 1916.