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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28
W. F. Thomas Challenges Statements

Mr. w. F, Thomas, Of Danville, has
written the following on recent edi-
toriai in the New York Commercial
on the prohibition question,
Danville Va, April IA, 1919.
Mr. Mercer r Moseiy Editor,
New YORK Commercial
New York city
Dear Sir.-I have an Idea that you
will get a good many challenges to
your editorial on prohibition In your
Issue Of April 10. and / hope there
will be some Philippics among them
worthy of the cause.
As long AN | have been reading your
paper ] have held your editorial pages
In the highest esteem, and was sur
prsed ito put it Conservatively) to
note your treatment of the prohioi
tion question. which doubtless many
viii regard as most translucent In its
superficiality.
You Justify the exlstence Of this
department OF commerce and accord
IL a place in our national life under
the higher law. the Constitution of
the United States" granting to each
of us the inallenable rights of life,
liberty and pursuit of happiness.
DO you drink, Mr.. Mosely? Were
YOU ever drunk? DO you know the
primary function of intoxicants? Let
us go down to bed rock in this mat
ter-let liz contemplate the potential
ity Of booze"
You're a Southerner and know that
we have an axiom down here. "a drop
of niger blood makes a niger,
knowing It's liability to breed back
ANYTIME. however. minute the racial
characteristics may be in the off
spring.
A venereal faint, the blood dooms
the provocative faculties TO the ulti
mate extinction OF the line. A ieper
becomes a ieper when the first minute
organism OF the disease lays hold of
the victim and n more widely ex-
perienced intellect could submit
scores of other proofs that "a chain
IN no stronger than its weakest link"
III YOU ever drink YOU will bear me
out in the assertion that the primary
function Of booze Is to make drunk
and TO make drunk IL to excite or
stupify the nerve Centers-thats
enough so that In degree a man is
drunk II there is a vestige of the in
toxIcating agent I'm him is the func
ton ~ booze accepted? II SO, then
for It's potentially
Recognized that normal man Is the
most gregg rlous OF all the mamalia so
that eotextensive with this elem entail
truth he il docile and submissive TO
civic and normal and spiritual laws
FOR, however, remote and isolated va
rIous branches OF the human race
have been found 10 exist. some form
Of civic government obtains. insti-
tuted for the promotion of rights OF
aha SoniaI Anits 60 self preservation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

Portland. Ore. April 25,--Con-
gresham c. \, Macarthur. represent
ing the third congressional district
of Oregon. declares through the
Portland papers that he will bring
criminal libel suit against superin-
tendent r. r Hutton and others Of
the Anti Saloon League because Of
their persistent activity in publish
ing the fact that he has declared he
will not vote to submit the national
prohibition amendment, and In point
Ing out that such refusal I'm effect ts
merely protecting the outside mall
order liquor houses In their business
Of defving an doverriding ths oregon
dry law.
Like the Methodist bishop who
had been told that whenever a ship
was In danger of sinking the sailors
would stop swearing. and who. every
now and then during the storm. would
exclaim. Thank God, they are still
swearing" the Anti-Saloon I.eag 10
office has been cheered by this an
nouncement Mr.. Macarthur started
his campaign by saying that he
should make no campaign. Already,
however. he has been compelled 10
rally force of nearly dozen OF
the wheel horses OF the old machine
who existed in the days when at the
mention OF the word politics" every
one instinctively held his nose and
moved toward the open window.
Fat Ff'tcrs Busy
The political fixers of big busine ss
and little vice from all parties have
congregated. and their fat-friers are
busy, as is known, because they made
the mistake of soliciting certain
business men who happened to be
trustees OF the Anti-Saloon League
for contributions with which to elect
wet Macarthur. Their campaign hustl-
ers are busily engaged IN enlistins
the crowds at the near-half- beer
Joints and some OF the pool halls and
cigar stores,
In the meantime all OF the young
peoples organizations u the tity
have enlisted in house toulouse per-
sonal campaign for the election OF
Judge f. v. Littlefield. chairman of
the committee which framed the
prohibition enforcement measure as
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

and self propaEatlon the sources Of
all natural impulses and human en-
ergy
Now having inaugurated civil gov
eminent and a code of laws, we find
that rational man is obedient unto
the work OF hts intellect and natural
affection SO long as he IL normal. hut
when he becomes sub normal tstIpe-
fied) or abnormal (excited), the self
governing forces within him dsinte-
CRATE in ratio TO the disorder In the
nerve centers, and he becomes a mis-
tit derelict or an outlaw with re-
lation 10 the strata Of society into
which he was cast. The natural
causes Of the appearance Of these dis
orders In The nerve centers are &C
qusitiveness and self-defense: the ar
tificiat causes myriad. chief OF which
IL booze.
The potentiality Of booze then be-
comes the most glaring Inconsistency
Of which the enlightened world has
been Ruilt}-the Iegalization of an
industry for the dispensation of a
product, the entire action of which Is
10 set up excitement or stupification,
and to destroy the moral and self
governing faculties of the individual
of and make him misfit a derelict
and an outlaw.
From this exposition of my views
on the prohibition question You will
be warranted in conclusion that from
a legislative point of view / REGARD
II as n social and economic Issue and
wholly removed from the sphere Cf
morals. and until II is Invested OF all
connection with morality very little
if any permanent Roadway will be
made In the cause of prohibition
through Legislative channels The
champions Of prohibition shall have
to fight booze for what II is-a law
defying force that incubates all m an
ner OF crime
AS to the ineffectiveness Of prohi-
bition laws no sensible man will dis
pute their weakness. but my dear sir.
is there a criminal law on our statute
books that Is effective i'm preventing
crime; is there any law man made
or Divine which Is not violated every
day. every hour. every minute, yet
which would YOU have abrogatedG 1t
is pure twaddle TO talk about the
weakness and ineffectiveness Of pro-
hihltion, everybody knows the express
sion Is weak yet il Is the wArd that
stands for q cause, the standard bear
er OF the forces Of righteousness, who
are going 10 fight on and orr AMI on
against booze. using for weapons any
thing from brick bats to eighteen
inch guns, and bad eggs to poisonous
gas.
Hening that you viii give utter
ance 70 this in your valued columns.
beg 10 remain. with best wishes,
Yours very truly.
w. r.. naxnALAa,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28
PEEv|SH M'ARTHUR SAYS HE'LL
SUE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE FOLKS
Doesn't Like Their Persistent Publicity of His Friendness for
Liquor Traffic-There Hot Time On In oregon-Regu--
lar Three hinged Circus Going In Political Circles.

the dry congressman from this dis
trict.
II is the Christian young peop,s
versus the political old gangs Me
Arthur lis playing both ends against
the middle. high politics and low
booze against the great middle class
Of sober. industrious. home-lovipx.
law-respecting, private citizen. Ths
campaign which started out - ne SO
quiet that It was announced as no
campaiep has developed into ths
warmest seance since that Of ak
feated J. Bowerman Zone OF thu
present managers Of the Macarthur
campaign for Governor
The resignation for the urinary
has gone beyond that Of any other
primary, although two weeks ago IL
looked as II u would fail 10000 short.
The tremendous registration Of wo-
men ana fret voters in the last two
weeks Is the feature. These were
induced to register by the young
peoples organizations for the ex-
press purpose OF voting for Judge
Llttlefield for Congress.
Another Fight On.
There Ia also a wet and dry fight
between the aggressive. fearless
Prosecuting Attorney, Walter Fl.
Evans and John McCue. who de-
Tended the proprietor IF the bar in
the Perkins Hotel building and Oh
tained his acquittai after the sale OF
liquor had been proved and was not
denied in the recent famous Schultz
case
The Anti-saloon League /. also in
red-hot campaign to head off three
proposals for quilting thu teeth out ,,f
the present dry law Candidtes from
most OF the counties are declaring
that they favor the defeat Of these
proportions. Manv OF the Portland
and Multnomah County candidates
refuse to go on record. however.
All told. politics for the league in
oregon just now In very strenuous,
Suddenly awakened to nli ~ these
dangers, the !, mreratce people are
as busy as haldneadcI man In fly
time. and the serious danger of beirg
caught utterly and absolutely asleep
and taken into camp unawares is now
past. The primaries occur May 10.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

az the women. was the way the SUI
preme Court divided in the former
case.
Josie westfau was elected City
TudEe Of Macomb over Dean Frank
I'm. test case was instituted In the
courts. the Franklin people contend
ing that Miss Westfali was illegally
elected inasmuch "a women voted for
her The Supreme Court sustained
this contention, ordering the Circuit
Court of McDonouRh County to enter
decree ouRting Miss Westfall and
placing Mr.. Franklin on the bench,
The Supreme Court In holding that
women cannot vote for city Judges.
divided four TO three. The justices
holding to the majority view were
Duncan Farmer Cooke and Craig.
The dissenting opinion was filed by
Justices Cartwright, Carter and
Dunno
Would BE Wiped Out.
n, as some Of the lawyers contend.
the Issues in the Nacoub case are
analogous to the case decided by the
Appellate Court, and II the high
court. when II gets the new case,
maintains the same division. hen the
right Of women to vote In local OPP
ton elections would be wiped out.
'Fhe local option issue comes up
from Christian County. Henry Firm
nyich who was charged with being
president Of a lid club In Pana, was
arrested for selling LIQUOR in anti
saloon territory lie was convicted
and fined An appeal was taken the
contention being that Pana was not
legally anti saloon territory since
majority Of the men voting on the
question were for the vets, the wo
mon vote being the determining fac
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

The DAYS Of sacrnce and devotion
are not all passed The interest Of
deyout people in things that are good
ie az deep today as It ever was and
txe spirit Of sacrifice stll lives
on the CLASSIFIED page OF todays
yirxinian appears this modest Ad~
vertisement.
"A diamond ring. given 70 for
etxn missions, will be sold for
forty. dollars II delivered before
Monday night. May i. Foreign
Mission Board. l1os East Main
Street. Richmond. va
BACK Of this EFFORT to sell diamond
ring lee story calculated 70 touch
che coolest heart The fiscal year OF
the Foreign Mission Board ends the
last day Of April That day falling 'n
sunday. the books for the year Will
close on Monday night next, at mid
night The annual expenditures Of
the board exceed a haf-mtllion dol
lars. Perhaps half OF the money raised
for foreign missions comes TO aha
board in the las, ten days Of the year.
with only thre~ or four more DAYS
in which TO hear from the States that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28
VOTING GY WOMEN
HIGH COURT ISSUE
Much Depends on Ruling That VIII
BE Made nv supreme Judges
In Illinois.

Chicago, m Aprt q The direct
question whether women can legally
vote in wet and dry elections in llE-
noiH is on its way to the supreme
Court following the ruling ny the
Appellate Court in Springfield that
women have this right
Because Of the decision OF the high
court in the Ma"omb case holding
that women cannot vote for Caudi-
dates for city Judge, women suffrage
leaders were reported to feel some
trepidatlon over the outcome OF the
local option franchise right which
now goes TO the supreme Court.
While the issue raised In tEse
Mscomb case are held by some lava
yers not analogous to the one speci'i9
issue raised In the ruling Of the APP
pellate Court the disturbing phase
OF the situation according 10 some
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

Tee rea-tae. aeouteseea-c ~ tho
CHI ~ r Commerce. IN a mass
nees IN ere r.ans ef taa Atlantic
coass Line ara tic nt-hmuas Fred
e1eksours and Potomac Railroad
COMPANY tar building 4asat station
On the Hermitage Grounds does not
mean that Richmond will not. IA The
course Of time. have union station.
CHE ought 10 have one SHE deserves
one, and We hope she Will have ono.
The resolutions adopted wednesday
night. while plainly stating that tho
sIte selected does not conserve either
the best Interests q The city or the
convenience Of the travelling pualio,
recognizes the fact that these two
roads must provide adequate terminal
and station facilities IN Richmond
without further delay and bows to ths
judgment OF the officials OF those ros1s
in selecting the Hermitage location.
The views taken in this meeting. where
over two hundred business men were
gathered show very plainly that pub
Tic sentiment strongly fevors union
station. II was also shown that sent-
ment is very largely in favor Of build
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

And now another war has broken
out-one In which much Ink will be
shed and the trenches vigorously
bombarded ny literary artillery. This
Is the war between the adherents Of
the theory that Bacon wrote Shake
speare on the one hand and the friends
OF Shakespeare on the other. Let the
neutrals beware lest. like the Innocent
bystanders generally. they are per
forated by the fire Of the befllger2nts
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28
GIVE THEIR DIAMONDS TO SEND
THE GOSPEL TO HEATHER LANDS

about $5oo-"oo 10 c'oSe ms 'e"' "'N
q debt Earnest e'fof'S i'''
made and are SUI 'ei"s
raise this money Inc
which have come !" many @s'N' "''
very touching
The diamond ring which iR offered
for sale and for which some big
hearted Baptist might give $500 IN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28
ATTEMPT TO LYNCH FAILS.


Lawrence. Kan. April 27.-This city
Is quiet today after the departure of
the mob of nearly two hundred men
who came here from Topeka In motor
cars last night TO lynch Fred Bissell
alleged SLAYER Of Edna Dinsmore, ten
years old. in Topeka.
Reports that memb ers of the mob had
gone TO Lansing, where the accused
man had been placed In the Kansas
State Penitentiary for aafekeeplng,
were unfounded.
The body OF the girl was found in
vacant house which had been set
afre Tuesday afternoon. Bisseil adj
mitted he had purchased candy for this
victim short time before her body
was found.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

Judging from the wry faces the
r., r & p Hermitage station does
was a bitter one to swallow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

New YORK. April Winston
Churchill was reelected president of
the Authors League Of America to-
day at the annual meeting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-28

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swerti@inw-AzmA. 1TaA
EAikoT4mA-A6AA HaAA
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General Mgr ~- Ran. sHL
CircmlAtion--rmn. saa
Contest n@rt Ran 2aa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
SUCCESS OF TREASURE ISLAND
attracted w attention lntil II
Came out ~ Hook Form.

Begun with no thought of publication
The stuils great possibilities A. ii look
ion huSs We're urged by a profess. who
Happened 20 he AT the house during NE
leading ~ a chapter, say Trace
Humphrey in 81 Nicholas. wr.t..= o.
Treasure Stand" He knew tho ti''o'
: iougp foikS. and the ARRANGEMENTS
were soon made, and the stuI! logan
,rrial.y before stevenson had finished
writing il,
Young FOllS. a. MIR rshuiNe Pc en-.
hcrs it, was i weekly paper \ 't. ling
adventure. "pou SalNo the BRAVE. w1s
running then with many illuStrl'--s
"T"ca IRE island 10y captain Jorge
tIT,s ~ all. attracted ahSulu'rI' r' ~
t%'uti"n what normal hoy Voa' KIP
'Jou Sal'p tie brave
Fiut the moment 1t crmc coo H'ot
form the Success Of "Irna-,H. De- "A"
began. At once il became H., lu.k n
ne hour and sold we'll. e>pccidllt d. ON
paiiSpn Wi,h the authors prcNI,I- va
umeS OF ESSAYS. 50 that ll"i Ns
bournc's story proved io Ne the '.'r'c
poIr; IN StcNcuSou's olrcor. OrD - Nr
money and popularity.
The author himself always -rslt'r
enjoyed Treasure Island H., ite'
tho TRANSACTIONS that came FROM cry
where, in ';rcck, and SptI.,h ana
French. and queer ON ~ hr g.. 1r'
glagcs. like l.uma.iau md lI'. -
Ne would lul his ha.d uNgr g.. t''l
'%olu1ce and rhurh'r. "rr- ''' AL
can make oHt 80
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
t.OrkH's "lOnfesSjOu..

II is a strange experience tn find
MaNlm iorky chronicling the adven-
lures "i u soul in its search for God.
''orkN's approach to tho Significance
Of life heretofore has been entirely
through social reform. through the
lettering OF human life. He began
with his early stories as a simple rcalist
telling the stark truth about the half
men h" had c in his own sad wan
behring's. In these he showed keen OBJ
srlNati"n ana a quick perception 1T
beauty IN nature and in human char
hc'er. Then there came the novels of
the Russian revolutionary period -
The Mother ana "The Spy" and "In
i'r'son,' Although MANN t;oRK VS.
rrs.nt volume, M Confession, trans
lated from the Russian b, RIOS,
stiInshy tS;okos). seems at fist
Ia he of = wholly different Ma
;urr, il is really not, in the end, su
different rs il seems. II is not 81
nleahly p"ssiInistic as its predecessors
ii moves among a less violent, less
animal type of character but in the
end, Matvci, the hero, finds God lust
where torkN has always found Him
in the populacc, in democracy. Nor
does his finding of God quite coincide
wit: the immortal statement. "rhc
Ei"Gd"m of God is within you." II is
In S"r\ico To the lower classes, in tho
dnwrtroddon and oppressed, in those
who, through suffering, have under
stood the brotherhood of men only
that Gorky finally believes that God is
TO be discovered.
Strange as 1t may seem. the book
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

True friends Of painting and the
painters vii, enjoy the ESTIMATES in
Art of FRANK JEwErT MATHEE. Jr, pro-
fessor of art and archaeology in Prince
ton University tScribners), for the
critic Ia just technical enough to he
authoritative and not magis,erial,
Claude Lorraine. Botticelli, III Greco,
Goya. Rembrandt, Nermeer, Sorolla,
Carriere. Watts and La Fargo are his
subjects. and In n concluding chapter
he contrasts the aims, methods and
achievement Of painters OF the West
and those Of China and Japan. Pro-
lessor Mather does not confuse his
personal likes and dislikes with his
canon Of criticism.
II these assembled essays have "A
common text. il IL that Of artistic
righteousness" The one notable in
stance where the critic fails to find it
IL in Sorolla's paintings. Can it be
HispeniC' Society showed them t.
New York? The record reads 1910,
To Prof. Mather That exhibition, a
sensation in the art history of this
town, evoked "a disconceriing cnoru
Of praise for a kind Of work that he
cannot believe has enduring stuff in it, D.
The artists vision is keen his cN-
ecutive talent amazing" and ho.h ar,
marred by "a kind of commences
Sorolla paints with RELISH hut with
mo thought II little selection
Whereas. the author calls Ncrmcer ~
pure eye" lie calls Sorolla a camera.
The Spaniard has "gusto and force;
he lacks Judgment and reflection
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

gently rebuked the critic for writing
as If the artist we're free TO choose
from many possible courses. He said
that the first firm line set on the can
vas. excluding Incompatible lines af-
ter. imposed a certain fatality upon
the entire process of execution. SO. toQ.
he said. the first assertion o. color
limits tho subsequent possibilities. and
the scheme is quickly determined be-
yond possibility Of satisfactory altera-
ton. AS the work grows the workers
freedom diminishes. A pet" theory,
presented with the touch Of humor
which justihes the %utterance Of such
partial truths. Mr.. Mather's essay
have the sparkle Of that same humor,
and the glow of good humor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
MARK TWAIN'S PILOT DAYS.

bld pilots of that day f,ns, reA
samuel Clemens a. a slender. fms .7'k'
ing man, wei dressed. even ,'.nH I'D
generally Wearing blue serge, w''I ''ncy
shirts, white duck trousers N"l i'''n'
leather shoes, \ pilot cou'd 900 'hN
for HIS ~surrourdmGs wer" sw N''"
Say Albert BiseioW Paine iu - NI'h'
OitN.
Tho pilots regarded hm as d : a.
reader student Of history. t'.N"s -
the sciences, In the asSocld; 10. .''r'
they often saw HIM por,uc o'r. s'", Gus
books II" began the stud, 81 t','N
one day In New orleans when H' i''
covered a school OF language We've
French, German and Italian Wee ',ight
one in each of three rooms TIC wee
was So !or one language. 81" '.",' "'
$50. Tie siudcu, was provided =
set "' conversation cards o. -
Was supposed IT, walk from % F'"''
mcnt 70 auotleI, changing hrs a. on
allty AT each th:cshold
The young pilot. with rs a- an
thuslasm, iuN C>ted in all three +, - ."
hut after = few round trips dee Mob. ''1
French would do lie dad NOT /. t@f -
the school, but kept III. cui- t.H Cd }l''
textbooks. lie studied fdIth'Ul.. N''i
off watch and in port, and hi. r"f
notebook. still preserved, ,nn't0s 4
number Of advanced c\cvc..rs l""ty
written out.
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French Ambassador to Tn" j'na,,
States and dean of the bip,ou,i
Corps I'm Washington. Othor u,.
Looks will include England Fin.
u book by Mrs. Humphrey "
ing with various aspects Of life
England since the war. and a VIOLIN,
Of verse by Liberty II. Iiai.ry cnt.r,.
"Wild and Weather"
\ new and revised edition ~ Il .,..
Grafton old novel, "Dthcr Thin. f..
ing Equal" has just been fs,urI ,.
\. e. VI Clurg e. Go. This look Who,
first published twenty-five Years ,..
went through eight editions. hut Sui.
%seuuentiy the demand ~slackcncd a,,
ii was allowed to go out Of print How
ever. public interest ~reawakcncd ana
many requests for the book came. n
the publishers; this fact together vi,h
the fact that the problem discussed Il,
the novel IL as acute as II wa. :,
generation ago induced the pulIisho,,
to reissue the work.