The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-14
YOUNGSTOWN RIOT
MAY AFFECT VOTES
ON NATIONAL Bin
Saloons Part In Recent Industrial d.
turbancc Creates Strong OPP
position Sentiment.
ATTORNEY WHEELER
Is IN GREAT DEafANDs
Wet Forces About Capital Are Dis
couraged Over Outlook For Refer
endum Vote on Prohibitions Quop~
tion--Drys Are Jubiiant.

Washington. y. c., Jan. Ia.--Said NJ
well-known washingtonian today, AZ
ter glancing over his newspaper;
Score one more for the saloon -
q first aid to- trouble-makers."
The said Washingtonian had been
reading OF the East Youngstown, OF.
riots. These riots were started first
as a strike only for the purpose or
emphasizing dissatisfaction ON the
part of steel miIi worknen with wages
paid them Then some fellow got -
drink or two. and the troubles. the
real trouble. doubtless started as u
result, At any rate, once the always
conveniently located saloons were
reached and piliaged, the riotinK
wound up in robbery, assault. arson
and killings.
The more booze the rioters took
aboard during their wild rush through
the Ohio town. the more savage did
they become. Few doubtless will de-s
ny that If these rioters had been TN
able to supply themselves with liquor
as long as they wanted, 1t. the dem-s
onstrations reported would not have
! taken on the character which they
sid.
Few doubtless win deny that had
access to tAi5-beeze- been irnpussihtc-
. NAAt iA1lS HpGih never itdNe tAttHuEA
, to the ends that they did. There ID
moral. therefore. to be drown from
/ these riots which those who assisted
in the last Ohio election to keep that
State wet might well ponder over.
These might well ask of themselves
the question. WAS il worth the
price?''
But unfortunate as II is for state
and Cor individuals that demonssra-
H., 4. 4. n -.
giving the great State of Ohio such
wide and unmerited advertising, these
events most certainly will result in
good TO the end that when another
wet and dry election is held in Ohio
there Will be many who, as they go
/, TO the polls to vote. will have in their
minds the story of East Youngstown.s
snd the toll OF damage, III life and
property, which the easy access of the
rioters to practically iimitless guam
titles of liquors helped those on the
rampage to take.
lin the national Congress also menu
bers from Ohio, as well as other
States, when they come TO vote on
the prohibition measures" before that
| body. doubtless wifi Have this series
! of incidents, as Well as others fiirk-.
| ing in their memory and silently urg-
| ing them to so vote al ~ ena bic. these
! first aids TO crime ~, ~be done away
with.
| In the city Of Vas dInston few
days ago Chief Justice, CoEingtous OF
the District, SlpreIpe Court, passed
sentence on d npH Der OF Offenders
! who were charged with gambling. In
! finding them guilty, the chief Justice
took occasion to express coniemna-
1 ton in the strongest terms possibly
/ ever heard from the bench or gam
bling as an institution. He said the
man who holds up another and sroba
him as a rule robs but one. but the
man who conducts gambling estab-s
lishment as a rule conducts school
for crime. which will teach Others
many others, to gamble. thus making
the gambler one more to be deapised
than the hold-up man.
Strong words, these, hut Justice
Siddons took advantage of the oppor-8
tunity to echo the sentiments OF the
chief Justice. What these lea1n1rd
justices might have added was the
fact that the gambling institutions in
Washington, as elsewhere, usually are
To be found below, above or in sa-s
loon: thar, white all sai0onfs1s DO not
permit gambling in their places OF
! business. most gamblers seek to be =
part of or very near to saloon.