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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
NATIONS ANXIETY RELIEVED.

There will he general re nic!ag that
there Is 10 Re no strike. The rail-
roads. their employees. the merchants
aud manufacturers and the people
generally will feel reiisved that there
is 10 be no break Our country is In
the midst Of an era OF great pros
perity Our business Is so large that
added facilities are needed to handle
II. and we are pleased that there is
TO be no interruption.
We hope the United States VIII
never have general railroad strike
and that VIC may not again have even
the dread and possibility OF one. The
interests OF the nation and It's people
are greater than those Of either tho
railroads or their employees, Presi-
dent Wilson realized this and threw
himself into the breach and prevent
ed the national catastrophe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
PRECEDENT
RUTHlESSly SHATTERED

Columbus. Ohio, Sept. Slime
honored precedent has been rudely
shattered. Yesterday at the Ohio
State Fair the Manufacturers and
Jobbers' Association building was
dedicated. A little Columbus miss
Margaret Bobb. was christener.
Ben Harmon, manager Of the Neil
House. wendell his way to the fair
grounds with a choice bottle Of cham
payne for the christening. Ben is a
stickler for precedent. Also, as man
ager OF the Neil House. which has a
bar. Ben Is engaged in the liquor bust
ness.
But, in Difference to the State Fair
administration, the champagne was
not used. In its stead clear, cold
water was used.
A little later Ben might have been
seen vending his way through alleys
and side streets back to the Neil
House, with a parcel under his arm,
wrapped in brown Papef.----
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
BOOZE AND WOMEN
UAWElC0ME THERE
General o'Ryan and stan Have
Thrown Cold Water on All Eff
orts to Import Liquor.

McAllen. Texas. Sept. 3-The old be-
lief that good soldier had to be
rough and ready two listed drinker
has been nailed in the head accord
ing to the observations Of General
John F. Organ and his staff
Booze and women" have been elm
mated from the recreation card Of the
New York division.
Several New York liquor dealers
have made glowing propositions to
the division commander for the cree
ton of brigade canteens, in which only
inspected liquors were to be sold
Organs reply to all has been that
they could como II they wanted to, but
he would do all in his power to run
them out OF businesa
EuHrd Uvsr tho few "a i
looms in McAllen and Mission are sen
tries. Civilians may enter, but SOL
diers-no. Bootleggers md short wei.
coma. which usually lands them in
tho town lookup by way OF ono Of the
provost guard houses. The same with
the Objectionable women.
Organs Investigators have a way
of locating them a. soon a. they ar
rive and using methods of discourage
msnt which result y sAsir hurried -.
DartusA 81 II s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

T.asa xii BE Americas hap issieat
Labor Day.
Instead Of the threaten"G t!e-up Of
ms great railway syste-ns q the coun-
&y q. q ta=ne when they car hardly
hAndae the volume OF business coming
30 them. extra forces Will DO at work
IN freight depo.s unloading the ire
mendous accumulation O. goods, e.
pscsAliy foodstuf-s which bad been
Asrr4ed out 70 secure delivery Before
NJ st11ke order could TO into effect
Instead OF railroad equipment
sAandfns in tne yards and the great
@my OF railroad men being idle. In
Srsassd equipment ana ths full forces
q III tns roads viii be required 20
vuwk fuii tfrna, and more. TO handle
~ tyx1ao OF this year of American
Srspsrtsy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
ASSERTS He FAVORS
CAPITALS SALOONS

Washington. D. c.. Sept Be
cause OF the charge preferred by the
Anti Saloon League ii Washington
city, the nomination of w. +. Baker
as member of the Excise Board for
the District of Columbia has been
held up in the Senate committee on
the District of Columbia, Senators
Wesley L. Jones. of Washington State.
and John d. Works. OF California, will
endeavor to prevent confirmation.
The Jones' Works liquor law pro-
that Mr.. Baker has favored the liquor
men whenever there was any doubt
bout the issuance Of a license.
The Dimes Works liquor law pro-
vides that saloons shall not he To-
Gated within a certain distance OF a
school or house of worship" 1t also
prohibits the establishment Of a saloon
in block where there are less than
three-fourths of the buildings in the
block devoted to business purposes.
The number Of saloons in a block is
also limited. Licenses have been is
sued in violation OF both these pro-
visions, it is commended.
Similar charges We're made against
General Robert G. Smith, a mem Der
of the excise board with Mr.. Baker,
and General Smiths opponents sue
ceeded in forcing a rejection of his
nomination.
General Smith continues to serve as
member of the board and a pro-
vision was inserted in the District of
COlumb a appropriation bill prohib :
ing the expenditure of any part Of
the fund for the maintenance of the
excise board for salary of any mem
Der of the board whose nomination
had been rejected by the Senate. The
bill has not yet become a law, and
General Smith is still serving. The in
dications are that there wifi be no
action on Mr.. Bakers nomination this
session.
Both General Smith and Mr.. Baker
are personal friends of President Will
son, and it is expected that Mr.. Baker
will be given recess appointment i'm
mediately after Congress adjourns.
This will enable him to serve until
March 4, 1917 assuming that he is
renominated and is not rejected before
that date. Those In close touch with
the situation believe that Baker will
be confirmed when his nomination
comes before the Senate again next
winter. in spite Of the opposition OF
Senators Jones and Works.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
preparedness That Prepares With a
Vengeance.

tenEeaflCF.
Editor Richmond virginian:
sir,--On the glass front near the
door of a whiskey saloon on the main
street of this city notice Is posted
ness. the time Is short" No doubt
this placard Is intended by using q
catchy sentence to appeal to the
lover of booze to lay in a supply of
the miserable stuff before the ides
Of November when prohibition will
become effective In the State. This
appeal for preparedness" is not with
out a bit of grim humor perhaps;
but what sort OF preparedness Is II
that the whiskey traffic brings about?
Blighted hopes. ruined health. wretch
edness, sorrow, poverty, crime and
death constitute the harvest that such
preparedness leads to. Surely men
love shekels when they can forecast
the future and appeal -the-Peer
victims Of strong drink to deliberate
| ly lay up a supply Of the miserable
stuff and perpetuate the terrible habit
| that is running thousands for time and
eternity.
| There are many great good and
wise mon who deplore the move for
! preparedness against future enemies
1 in our great country; but when you
| think of preparedness that follows
storing up booze. the idea is absurd.
The whiskey business here as else
where is dying hard and Its friends
| are doing all they can to keep it
alive But the death knell Of the
/ cursed traffic has been sounded and
/ Virginia VIII soon be free from the
| legalized saloon,
When you think seriously on the
subject, isn't 1t remarkable that our
people should have carried so hor-
rible a burden for so many years ?
Yes, Mr.. saioonkeeper, the time Is
short" in which you must dispose Of
your wet goods. the sale of which
spells ruin to those who buy. Your
business is on its last legs in Virginia
and when John Barleycorn Is buried
there will be no chance of his resur-
rection.
r. p. PARHAM.
Petersburg, Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

laws TO enforce this last section. The
license 10 issued by the State and can
not be revoked by the police justice
through a city ordnance
The chief OF police cannot revoke
a license granted by the state. He
can, however. recall a permit issued
by him 10 titney drivers, as required
t,ne ord!nAnce, This ordinance
regulates the ttney business. but IL
cannot relieve the owner OF a license
issued by tho State.
Cooperation between State and city
At the NEXT session OF the Legislature
will result In more comprehensive
iawA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
AFTER ARMoR PLATE PLANT.

With enthusiastic committees ready
to cooperate. activity will be appa-
rent this week by the men embracing
the Chamber OF Commerce. the City
Council and the Administrative Board
committees named to urge the estab-
nshment OF the government arInor
plate plant IN this city.
1t is said that citizens of Virginia
from every section are asking their
Representatives and the Senators to
use their influence for Richmond. It
is further stated that other sections
Of the country, in recognition OF as
ststance given by Richmond in many
projects are working in the interest
Of this city
The men representing the Admin
istradve Board and City Council are
enthusiastic boosters. and. added to
the boosting committee of the Cham
Der Of Commerce. much is expected
Of them.
Let all hands get together for a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

vows and his State and city ruined,
his article printed on another page as
to the effects of prohibition liz illumi-
mating and convincing.
He frankly admits he was mistaken.
None OF the direful things he had SO
confidently predicted came to pass.
Business har improved rather than
retrograded, Crime has decreased
The law U enforced.
Former conditions will newer again be
tolerated and not only have such con-
ditions as predicted by wet advocates
not come to pass, but the Times edi-
tor is convinced that they never can
result as the effect Of prohibition.
Major Blethen has, by hts very free,
full, frank discussion OF the situation.
srnphasiDed the unansweraole arsu-
ments for the absolute abolition Of
the saloon and IT'S attendant evils. We
trus. every reader of Tho Richmond
virginian WILL read his article and then
pass II on 70 another. It constitutes
a telling blow for the freedom OF the
nation from the curse of rum.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
strong pull and q long pull.

Might have a military day at State
Fair, when citizens may have chance
to see Camp Stuart soldiers In a body
a: drill.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

be seen along Seventeenth Street or
Grace Street.
Such environment should not be
thrown around gatherings OF chill
dren. There are few children in the
immediate neighborhood. Most of
them are oolored While the children
Of the small merchants In the neigh
horhood are put to work as soon as
they reach the age at which other
seek school and the physi-
cal exercises offered by Fairgrounds,
Before II Is determined to establish
at this point. the question
should be most seriously considered
from a moral as wall a. q physical
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

The ringing of the straw hat bell
this wear has been extended on ae-
count OF the late spring.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 8.-Recommen-
dations that an unknown number Of
saloon licenses be revoked for failure
to obey the Sunday closing law will
await Major Thompson when he re-
turns to Chicago from his vacation.
Charles c. Fitxmorrfs. chairman Of
the Mayors saloon Hcsnse trial
board" announced that the board hAs
&c rsycesssen e spars 9 aeses =.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

1CUfous OF American workinsmen
VIII rsst from their eodl today ard
toan IN q fitting observance of Labor
Day.
The ranks Of the American work
1ngnen embrace all mon who work
Nue q living, whether ne be q laoorer
n the 4uundry or "a fudge on the
baoch. American labor is dignihed
ana CARRIES ~ head high IN the air.
Il 10 xharsfcrs hitting tsnt one day
every year should be set aside as a
day Of rest from work and one IN
r1,sch To engage In entertainment
and amusement commentaries with
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

Soft boiled eggs at thirty-five cents
dozen are the added features on
modern day menu cards.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
FRANK ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ERROR.

IA xhs great fight which finally
1mASd tae eesse OF Washington safely
- ~ dry column there WAS no more
as0DaI or ousnpoken opponent OF pro
on1e4un than c. B. Biesnsn. editor OF
aAe6sAttas Times.
I'm Newspaper was probably the
0nk Influential foe the temperance
OsOpss bad. especially In view of tho
~ t1ak II declined the support Of
- vA1sissy organization and fought
~ IT, licensed saloon or It's own
SsUeu1nnsey
1Aanr Basthsu osseA hh an tagon-
1nm - . sn1oosainmz StAte on economic
1younds a. we'll ss On the probable
ALLURE 10 enforce the law IN a. big
saoort city rks Seattle with a coz
mopoiftAn population. of more than
800. 900 souls.
La consequence ~ the v1gor with
which Major Rlethen and the Times
eapoused the cause OF the saloon, and
his belief that prohibition meant miles
81 empty stores. general business dis
aster. with all trade gotng to the bow
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

with the armor plate plant in Rich
mond, the establishment of an army
post would naturally follow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
PERFECT SPEEDING ORDINANCE.

II 10 gratifying TO learn that city
Council win nt an early date take
steps toward perfecting the autono-
bile orctnencea
Stringent restrictions should b. en-
bodied IN the proposed measures The
public should be protected against
sReclxiess trtvers-
n The Powers ordinance In defective
20 some sxtent. This ordinance fixes
~ Ane Of 336 for the nrst ofYense In
Espesding. $50 for the second. and the
6voca&ion Of tho license for the third
snss.
= impeenlbte nndsr ~ STATE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

Justice John must have had an In
side tin about the railroad situation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04
LABOR DAY.

the spirit of the occasion.
In every section IF the country einb-
crate programs have been arranged
for the Observance OF the day. Spec
tacular parades will be given in many
of the largo cities. Here there will
be an allday outing, and the work
tngmen and their families will enjoy
at beautiful Forest Hill.
The yirg4nian extends greeting to
the vast army constituting the sinew
ard the brain Of the country. and
hopes that nothing may occur to mar
Of Labor Day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-04

vIR(3INIAN' PHOyEas
Advsrtfstre--Mad. lisa
eocfsty---MAd. la1s.
Edttcrfal--Mad. 1919.
General MGr.--Ran. 72L-
Circuiati on--Ran. f12.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
BY FREDDIE Film.

That movie puzzle of Fox stars
wasn't so difficult after all.
When We threw down the bars
and let contestants submit an
swers even though they did not
have all the names correct, n
huge number of pictures came in.
1t was Dorothy Green, one of
the stars in the puzzle, who had
the fans baffled. Dorothy was
the girl whose completed picture
formed small head in the CEN
ter Of a large dark background.
II was a good picture, but appar-
emily most of the fans were un-
familiar with Dorothy's face.
Mrs. Hazel Montgomery wins
the first prize of SO offered by
The Times, and Carl Lipsky gets
the 81 second prize.
The stars in the puzzle, all OF
whom appear at the Melbourne
regularly with the Fox service,
were Theda Bara, William Far
mum, Genevieve Harper, William
Shay, Dorothy Green and Robert
Mantell.
The other prize-winners were:
Third-Nirs. l.. Deninan, Mil.
ton-S1 In cash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

That is the dilemma which
Marguerite Clark faces as Peggy
in the Famous Players Film COM
pany's adaptation of Madeline
Lucette Ryley's celebrated theat-
rical success, Mice and Men,
which opens a weeks run at the
Colonial Sunday. The scene of
the play is laid in the south, and
Miss Clark and her supporting
company, under the direction of
]. Searle Dawley, were sent to
Savannah, Ga, where a camera
man cannot take a picture in any
direction without hitting a typi-
cally Southern scene.
The story centers about Peggy,
a founding who has been adopt
ed by a philosopher with the idea
of marrying her il she proves to
develop into the sort of girl that
he has pictured as his ideal.
In support of Miss Clark there
appear such well-known players
as Marshall Neilan, Charles Wal.
dron, Clarence Handyside and
Robert Conville.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
Pageant will
Be Continued
Next Monday

The Palestine Pageant, with
lectures on the Holy Land, by DR..
Allen Moore, which has been at
the Glide rink this week in con-
nection with the religious and
social service exposition, will be-
given Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoon and even
ing at the large parlors of the
First Presbyterian church. The
scenery representing Jersaleum
and many interesting relics will
be installed. There will be a
different program each day. Mary
Agnes Best will give her inter-
esting monologues at each per-
Torrance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
Plan Funds for
Lincoln Statue

The Lincoln statue committee
of the Knights of Pythias held
its first business meeting in the
Pythian temple on Thursday
evening.
G. w. Ball was elected perma-
nent chairman and Paul l.. Rich
ards, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ten
tative plans for an active cam
paign for raising of funds were
formulated. The next meeting
will be held Tuesday, Feb. Sth, in
the Pythian temple.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

If you were taken out of a
founding home by a man of cul-
ture and through his untiring de-
votion and personal efforts were
developed into a highly educated,
charming society belle, and IL,
when you had attained this en-
viable position. you were forced
to choose between this man to
whom you owed everything in the
world except life itself and a
dashing young army officer,
which would you choose?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
ANNOUNCE WINNERS
IN MOVIE CONTEST

Fourth-Mrs. A. StrickIer,
Puyallup X. +. d., No. 3, Box
1851 I'm cash.
Fifth and siNth-ilice VI.
Londrie, 1918 SO. 9Th, and Miss
Iiiiaa Guyer, 027 Market-One
season ticket each to the Mel
Dourne.
Seventh and eighth - Miss
Lydia Taubc. 1900 So. I, and Mrs.
John Hoskins, Fern Hill--One siy-
months ticket each to the Mel
bourne. @
Ninth and tenth-Helen Floyd,
0fS South l., and Izora Barto.
AnsOnia apts.-a One-month's
ticket each TO the Melbourne.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

Francis X. Bushman, who en-
joys more well deserved popular
ity than any actor before the
camera today will be at the
Apollo for four days beginning
tomorrow with Marguerite Snow
in THE Silent Voice"
Bushman appears in the role of
Franklin Starr, talented and
wealthy young musician-tho
same role that Otis Skinner had
In the stage success of the same
name that ran in New York last
year-and much heart interest is
aroused when Starr loses his voice
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
NEAR BEER CAN
GO FOR AWHILE

For the time being near beer
can be manufactured and sold in
Pierce county. Prosecutor Re-
mann announced yesterday that
no action would be taken against
the imitation beer until after the
test case which is in progress in
King county is completed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

"The Niger" a drama which
has aroused intense interest
throughout the country, both in
book, stage and movie form, is
coming to the Melbourne Sunday
for three-day engagement. The
photoplay adaptation was per-
sonally supervised by William
Fox. The cast of actors is headed
by William Farnum and includes
Clara Whitney, Edgar Davenport,
George De Carlton and Gertrude
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

Clemens.
Other films on the program will
be western melodrama entitled
THE Sheriff's Baby" with the
Birth Of a Nation" star, Henry
B. Wilthall, and a Dreamy
Dude" cartoon comedy.
Weber & Fields will make their
Tacoma motion picture debut as
an added attraction at the Mel
bourne Monday and Tuesday in
THE Best of Enemies"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

with a real home for the first
time in 35 years, with my wife
and the most wonderful baby to
share it with me, and marvellous
cook and months of fascinating
work ahead of me-can you beat
it,"
Thus De Wolf Hopper, veter-
an light opera star, now being
featured in Fine Arts photoplays
at Los Angeles for the Triangle
program, describes his plunge
into the motion picture game.
Hopper has just completed his
first picture from Cervantes'
Don Quixote."
Il had avoided picture work, "
he said, feeling qualms such as
every man does who contem-
plates leaving the glare of the
footlights for the wrirr of the
movie camera. But this first play
has been a revelation to me,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
Can't Cross
Into Belqiurl

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 5.-The
Belgian frontier has been COM
pletely closed to travellers, 1t was
announced today. This is believed
to indicate an important concen-
tration preliminary to a strong
offensive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
Shots Break
Ice, Germans
Are Drowned

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 5.-A
force of $50 Germans attacking in
the Dvinsk region were drowned
when the Russian fire broke the
ice on the Dvina river beneath
them, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

and his mother about the same
time. Spectacular effects are in
troduced when Starr is hurled
over a cliff by blasting explo-
sion. He is literally thrown into
the life of pretty Marjorie Blair,
a wealthy society girl. Love dis
places gloom, but a snake comes
into the happiness of the pair. De-
velopments that follow keep the
audience intensely absorbed.
Because He Loved Her. with
Sam Bernard splitting fun all over
restaurant in which he is chef,
is the added attraction.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
BUILD BIG NEW
SINGLE MILL

HOQUIAM, Feb. 5.-As soon as
the weather will permit, construc-
ton will begin on the Woodlawn
Single mill, which will be the
largest mill of its kind in the
Grays Harbor country. The plant
will have a capacity Of 4O0, 900
shingles q day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
MRS. MOHR'S FATE
IN HANDS OF JURY

PROVIDENCE, Feb. 5.-Judge
Stearns delivered his instructions
to the jury today in the case
against Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr and
the two negroes, Cecil Brown and
Henry Spellman, charged with
the murder of DR.. Mohr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
COPS PREPARING
FOR SPEEDERS

Woe to the automobile speed
ers when the snow leaves the
ground. During the recent bad
weather all of the motorcycle cops
have been tuning up their Indians
and have stored up a bunch of
energy, which looks bad for speed
violators.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

LONDON, Feb. 5.-Heavy ar
tillery and hand grenade fighting
has been progressing at a lively
rate for several days at all points
on the western front, with slight
successes for the allies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05

day. Monday and Tuesday.
These pictures are better than
ever before taken at the big cow
boy show. Among other thrilling
features, they show Miss Donnie
McCarror, the famous cowgirl.
thrown from her horse, SILVER"
She describes complete somer-
sault in the air.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-05
WHERE TACOMA IS
AMUSING ITSELF
Theaters
TACOMA

Theaters
TACOMA
Coming Friday-"The Bird
of Paradise"
EMPRESS
"Kick H." clever crook
drama; Wilkes Stock COM
pany.
Starting Sunday-"The Cali
of the North"
PANTAGES !
From COney to the North
Pole" musical cOmedietta;
good vaudeville.
Movies
APOLLO
Excuse Me-" and 1.-THE
Great Pearl Tangle."
COLONIAL
1.-THE Founding" with Mary
PickfOrd.
MELBOURNE
"Pennington's ChOlce,",
with Francis n. Bushman
and James j. Jeffries.
LIBERTY
"Children of Eve" with
Viola Dana.