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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

SWEDEN HAS BEER CRISIS


Has No CorsSs, Not Much Beer, But
More 1eet Than Corks.
Bassett Digby. special correspond
ent of the Chicago Daily News, writ
ing from Stockholm, Sweden, under
date of July %. says
Sweden has beer crisis, The grain
shortage has led to a substantial re-
duction In brewing and the cork short :
age has led TO substantial shortage
in corks. There is not much beer. but
there Is more beer than corks. Those
gave out two months ago. For a
month bottles were corked with COM
position made Of compressed cork pow
der. This was not a sdccess. because
the cork broke into bits when pulled
Now bottles are corked with plugs of
weed, which are unsatisfactory.
"As there is not enough beer 10 go
round in Sweden this summer. it's
distribution is a favor. No new Gus
toners are supplied by the breweries.
Restaurants and hotels have as much
as they want A consumer who can
not obtain a single bottle for his house
can consume ten in a restaurant.
The oldest and richest customers of
the breweries get the rest, from ten
to twenty bottles a week. No casks
are supplied now to private consum-
ers. The price has not been raised.
1t remains at about five cents q bot
tie. No official notification OF a dilu-
ton of Swedish beer has been given.
but many consumers say that such
dilution is being practiced and ac-
counts for the non-raising of the price
while all soft drinks are being raised
month by month.
"On January /, 1919. the state Ia
to take over the distribution of beer,
doing 1t out against tabs in a pass
| book as spirits are already doled"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
GRAND JURY MAY
HELP TO DtPOSE
CH|CAG0'S MAYOR
CITY Council Members VIII To-day De-
mand Resignation for Defiance
OF Governor.
PROSECUTOR READY TO ACT
Meantime, Thompson Has GONE Fish
Ing" and Peoples Council Delegates
Have Been Dispersed.

Chicago, September 3-Conferences
of federal and state authorities held
tonight are expected to result in grand
Jury action for the removal of Mayor
Thompson. of this city.
Formal demands for ousting the
executive because of his defiance ct
Governor Lowden will be made by
the National Security league, at a spe-
cial meeting of the executive commit
tee Of which will be held tomorrow.
states Attorney Hoyne announced
that he will start immediate prosech-
ton. charging omission of duty, as
soon as he receives formal complaints
His announcement followed "A confer
ence which he had with United States
District Attorney Cline and meet
ing he held with Attarney~General
Edward j. Brundage. District Attor-
ney Cline also met with Sheriff Tras-
ger and Adjutant- General Dickson and
discussed the same subject.
At a special meeting of the city
council tomorrow a demand will be
made that Mayor Thompson resign.
If friends of the mayor prevent con-
sideration of such a resolution upon
the technicality that it was not speci-
fed in the call for the special meet
ing. the aldermen plan to call an
other meeting for Wednesday after
noon and will make the call broad
enough TO open up the whole question
of the mayors alleged disloyalty.
Another step which the city coun-
ell is planning contempiates taking
the control Of the police department
out OF the hands OF the mayor and
vesting it in the council direct. II
this is done the chief of police would
get direct orders from the council to
prohibit any more meetings like the
one held by delegates to the conven-
ton of the Peoples Council"
Mayor Thompson could not be To-
Gated today, and no statement was
obtained from him. He was said to
have gone fishing.
Approximately ninety delegates OF
the peoples council left Chicago to-
night on a special train for New York
Many others dispersed in different d.
reetions. About forty OF the dele
gates remained In Chicago. Many Of
them were women.
Victor Berger, one Of the leaders
announced that any further meetings
held here would not he under the aus
pieces of the council Troops, how
ever. have not been withdrawn and
should any attempt be made to meet
they would he used TO interfere
Before dispensing the council dele
gates held a couple Of meetings at
which committees We're organized and
reports were filed. But there were
no infiammatory speeches They wrote
resolutions alleging that their con-
stitutional rights were violated by not
being allowed to express their opin-
ions publicly
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
MAY GET THRASH|NG
German Brewer Expresses Hope That
American Transports May BE
Sunk; Father, of Boy Aboard
Threatens Action.

Things appear to be popping out in
Nevada, where the people are tired
of saloon oppression and where they
vote on statewide prohibition in
November.
A German brewer of one town is
not only opposed to statewide pro-
hibition or any other kind of prohi-
bition; he Is also opposed to Ameri-
can success in the war with Germany.
The other day the brewer stuck out
his tongue and loudly expressed the
hope that the transports that carried
the American soldiers to France
would be sunk by German subna
rines. This crack did not make much
Of hit with the hoi polloi. So one
ardent patriot gave the German
brewer a good thrashing and was not
even arrested for the deed.
1t also appears that in this same
brewery. there is a bar, the same bar
that created a scandal by serving
drinks to the school children across
the way,
The brewer has a sixteen-yea old
girl attending to the bar and the
state law forbids women lettering
around saloons. So to evade the law,
the girl stays in the adjoining room
at a desk and when q thirsty one
comes in for some suds, she goes into
her desk, The willy German says that
does not constitute '1oitering."
One citizen of the place had son
on the transports that went to France
and is much aroused at the brewer
talk His friends are also somewhat
alarmed. fearing that an open rupture
more serious than a simple beating
will result.
While the German is villifyins
American soldiers and houering for
| German success. the people are short
| of food, partly because the German
/ brewer uses Up so much grain in the
manufacture of brewery Stops that
/ ought to go into legitimate food
( stuffs-
In November, the people viii vote
on the question of statewide prohi-
! bition and il will then be determined
whether or not the German brewer
will have legal permission to continue
+ his antics.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

to enter that city. In county jails
throughout Washington on July ].
1915 twetl. there were se4 inmates.
In July /, 1915 tdry). this figure had
fallen TO 2es. a decrease OF sS per cent.
Seattle is getting along with forty
less policemen and does, not need lis
I entire present force except for emer-
gencies. The Portland force also has
been reduced. The Washington legia-
4, latrue had planned in 1915 large adj
dttton to the reformafory at Monroe.
/ The succeeding session saw the APP
preparation killed. because In 1915
there were ninety less boys there.
what Former Wet says.
Mayor Hiram Gill, Of Seattle. a for
mer wet" told DR.. Johnson that hun
dreds Of women have gone To his offica
to thank him for enforcing the PROFIT
bitfon law.
Wherever went 7 talked nainy
with men who formerly favored and
voted FOR license" said the investiga-
. tor, Il found that they no longer
look ar prohibition mainly from the
economic side. They know that Il
helps bnsine&z--araS- r%ltA-tl factor
out Of the way. they see it's moral
feature mainly. Few Of them wish
to return TO old conditions"
Or Johnson's work Ia not yet quit
completed, but he is preparing TO en-
te- into the Dry Chicago Federation
campaign in fun earnest in few
1Aea+%s- He has offered mis- services To
the Rev Philip Ysrrow. leader Of the
movement in Chicago for dry city.
20 mike his report whenever tho
council sees ut and 10 give even
wider publicity to his findings by
speaking for two weeks probably the
latter part or September in all parts
Of the city. Whether or not the city
council RS Impressed with his report.
citizens Of Chicago VIII be given every
opportunity TO hear the facts he has
10 tell them,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
PAY For POLICE OOl(||Cf
AND KEEP LIQUOR
That IL Policy OF Business Men of
East St. Louis--Ear Better to
Dust Saloons OF City.

Prominent East st Louis business
men last week announced TO At
torney-General Brundage. of Illinois,
that they had pledged themselves to
raise a fund OF 800. 600 out of their
Own pockets with which to establish
real police department in their city
This unusual activity on the part of
the business men grows out OF AT
torney-General Brundage's vigorous
handling of mob law in Illinois. with
the promise that large number OF
the rioters. black and white. are 60
Ing to the penitentiary, and, II posi-
BILE some to the gallows, before he
is through with them. East St Louis
IS not only broke" but the city faces
damage suits aggregating millions Of
dollars as a result of the riot that
eliminated in the nnassacres last
month. Many members of the East
st. Louis police for CO have been in
dicted in connection with the riot
cases.
Why city that has always been
wet and had the use Of thousands OF
dollars of saloon revenue money is
broke will be rert 10 the saloon apollo
gists to explain. They solemnly aver
that the saloon tnsures a city against
bankruptcy, This charm evidently
failed TO work in the case OF East ST.
Louis But at any rate, In view Of the
utter failure of the saloons to supply
the wherewithal for the city why
wouldn't it be e. good time 10 try a
change Instead Of business men GO
lng down into their pockets for
100000 with which to pay compe-
tent police force. why wouldn't II be
more sensible to abolish the saloons
one thing is certain. there wouldn't
DC IN eneed for the police that there
rs with the grog shops open. That
much is beyond argument, for didn (
The officials close the bars az one of
/ the nrst steps necessary to control the
mob?
Dry towns are the prosperous towns
aT7'f fffe safe towns.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
SELLS To SOLDIERS: SENT
TO uAu FOR EIGHT MONTHS

Eight months in the county Jail and
a fine of hundred dollars for selling
liquor to soldiers was the sentence
imposed last week on George Duport
by United States Judge william H
Hunt IN San Francisco, after the sa-
loon man had pleaded guilty to the
charge of selling liquor to men in
uniform. The sentence was the most
severe given thus far in the campaign
of army officials and police TO enforce
this federal law. In sentencing Du-
port, Judge Hunt scored all similar
offenders and declared even heavier
penalties will be melted out in future
cases.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
CIVILIANS HASTEN "a
TO LEAVE Riga
Germans Closing in on Port City
Which Has Been Evacuated by !,
Russians for Strategic Reasons.

London, Sept. S.---Riga Is being
hastily evacuated by the civil popula-
ton. Three Teuton armies are ad-
vancing on the city from as many
sides Prince Leopold. of Bavaria, rs
personally leading the main forces. ap-
pi oachirig from the southwest. In the
southeast and west the TSutons are
less than seven miles from the city
To save the historic buildings. par
ticularly the ancient cathedral, from
destruction the Russians are not .ex-
pected to make a serious defense OF
the city. ga.
None here familiar with military
conditions believes the Riga drive is
Auy immediate danger to Petrograd.
312 miles to the northeast. But cas- /.
miles to the north of Riga lies Hell
singfors,. capital of Finland. where s.
Russian troops are camping on. the
steps of the Finnish diet building pre-
venting by force the reopening of the
nerlianent Should the Russian Bal. :
tic fleet be put out of business, land
ing of Teuton troops ''to free Finlansis~
would be an easy operation the eon~ :
sequences of which would. indeed, su-~
riously threaten Petrograd. 's'~ .-.
Riga, a city OF some 1905 600 ff7-
ha bitants, one-half of whom are Ger
man. lies on the Dwina river, fiv6-
miles below the rivers mouth atfhe j.
Gulf of Riga. The city was originally
German, at the beginning of the mir
teenth century: later belonged to F6-
land. subsequently to Sweden. and.
finally went to Russia in ITO. It's
cathedral dates from the thirteenth
century. One of the many other ffs-
toric structures is the Church OF St.
Peter. with a spire 440 feet high
The Germans are advancing on the
city in pocket formation" one arffy'
along the littoral. the second from thu
region of Kekkau. in the southwest.
and the other northward on the east
bank of the Dwina. The first and
third were less than ten miles from
Riga on Sunday. Late tonight dis
patches stated they were steadily cios-
ing in on the port. which, according
to PetroFrad admission. has been
abandoned for strategic reasons
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Naval Machinist Dies,

Portsmouth, Va, Sept, 3.-Carl
Smith, a machinist, u. S. naval re-
serves, avho was injured several days
ago at Old Point when he Jumped
overheard to recover baseball tossed
TO him, died in the Naval hospital, in
this city. The death occurred last
Friday night. it was yesterday an
nounced.
The funeral service is to take place
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, at the
Naval hospital. Burial will take place
In the naval hospital cemetery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Sale 10 Soldiers crharres1

Major John F. Crfnnin, of the FRS,
Illinois infantry, according to the Chi
cago Herald, last week sent out &
scouting party and captured John
Harris, Chicago saloonkeeper who
was selling beer through window
to soldiers. He was taken to the fed.
ersl building and held under a 1900
bond by Commissioner Foote.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Sues Saloonkeeper

Mrs Lizzie Gardner, of Chicago,
fled suit last week for 5000 damages
in the circuit court against Charles
Hagel, rsaloonkeeper. The action lis
for the violation of the dramshop act
Hagel is alleged to have sold LIQUOR
to Mrs. Gardeners husband after be-
ing warned not to-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Have They Reformed?

Business being a bit dull in Terre
Haute, Ind, saloon circles because of
federal closing orders. Frank letters
and Buster Clark, saloonkeepers
closed their places the other Sunday
night. for the first time in years, and
sent for the Salvation Army to hold
services near the joints Each sa-
loonkeeper contributed to the army.
and asked the soldiers to come again.
The saloonkeepers told reporters they
had reformed"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Protests Stops Saloon,

On recommendation OF NJ. J. Pend
ergast, county license inspector, the
county court at Kansas City. Mo,
refused license TO Michael Coffey
who desired to place bar in a new
location, too close to public school.
Protests were alsd by the ,soa1a Of
education and were effective
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Use of Waste Fruit parrsa

Distillation OF grape and apple
cheese. the refuse from these fruits,
sour" wines and molasses and such ad-
ditional products as can BIO used for
food for manor beast. will be pro-
s.!s!.sssd attsr September 8. according to
Herbert C. Hoover.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Birdmen Take Flight.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 3.-America's
future birdmen are already receiving
actual training In the air at the new
Hampton Roads naval base. Although
full equipment for the new aviation
schonl has yae4 yet beer installed. 4
several machines were sent into the
ctr, yesterday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Wilson Goes TO France

Luther r, Wilson. bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church and presi :
dent of the Anti-Saloon League of
America, has sailed for France in
connection with Young Mems Chris
tan association work among the
troops
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
Mayor Resigns.

r. C. Ashcroft. mayor of Nash
Vile, Tenn. against whom an custer !.
suit was fled, has resigned his office,, :.
as did also w, w. Hayes. chief of po-
lice, who also was facing trial. The
bill charged the mayor with failing to
enforce the prohibition law and with
tolerating vice and crime.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04
CORkS AND BULLETS
BY III. p. RISING.

If congress would only put poor
old J. Barleycorn out of his misery
1t would almost do an act Of mercy,
The suspenfe must he something aw-
full.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

Booze and gasoline do not seem to
agree, The secretary of state of New
York has discovered that a6 per cent
OF all revocauons of automobile Ii
censes were due TO intoxication.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

If congress would only put poor
old J. Barleycorn out of his misery
it would almost do an act Of mercy.
The suspenee must he something aw-
full
Booze and gasoline do not seem to
agree, The secretary of state Of New
York has discovered that as per cent
Of alt revelations of automobile Ii
censes were due TO intoxication.
The Los Angeles Tribune
has discovered that booze is WOODY"
sure 1t has been Woody ever since
the American people began to wake
up to It's ravaees.
The battle against booze continues
in California. Los Angeles residents
are talking strongly OF voting 1t out
Of chat city. Los Angeles has a popu-
lation now of 5000.
Uncle Sans navy boys have a good
friend in Secretary Daniels, and the
soldiers have good friend In Sec
rotary Baker. Up to the present time
neither OF these gentlemen have been
anything but an enemy to those deal
ing pquor. They know what liquor
does to young men.
4H-hAf4-7t fa4t4faiee- fl fsfatfy-rte~- dry Il
VIII be possible for some Of our sa-
loonkeepers to look into a looking
glass "aq1el Say, AT hast am a mani"
The village board of Lyons, a Chi
cago suburb, last week revoked nine
saloon licenses. This Is the result
OF the Cook county states attorneys
war on suburban saloons who have
0a2TantlV violated fha Sunday cir
ing law.
Whiskey wrote it's own death sem
tence Chicago Daily News.
Hearsts newspapers used up a
whole page the other day in telling
OF a wealthy church member who
served liquors at his dinner table.
OF course this is hypocrisy. but is
the church member a bit worse than
the saloonkeeper who yells for per
sonal liberty" when a matter of fact
all he cares about keeping the coun-
try full OF liquor joints is that tho
flow of easy money will continue into
his tin? Ono hypocrite is Just as bad
as the other.
The Chicago Tribune says that dis
tillers predicted yesterday that soon
the man who buys whiskey over the
bar will be compelled to pay twenty
five cents and thirty-fve cents a drink
for the better brands.
Petitions are in circulation and
thousands of names have already been
secured calling for a special prohibi.
ton election In San Diego, Cal.
The stock of the wriskey trust ia
down to s14 share. Quite drop
from 800. and another year or two
will wipe out the s14.
The price'of soft drinks which con-
tain a percentage Of milk has ad
vanced In Utah since the prohibition
law became effective August 1. Tho
reason given for the increase Is that
there is a decided shortage of milk,
and it is also said that since prohibit
ton became effective there has been
an increased demand for soft drinks
in which milk forms a part
Alcohol increases the blood pressure
robs the Tissues of. needed oxygen,
hardens the arteries and causes de.
generation decay ana disease.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04


Nothing But the Truth" which
is to be seen here at the Academy,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday and
Saturday matinee, Ia best described as
simply farcical riot. To try to tenn
per the description of this wonderful
play by James Montgomery. which is
being presented by Messrs Anderson
and Weber after a solid season at
the LongaCre theater. In New York
would he doing an injustice to the
New York critics who unanimous
hailed the piece as the seasons finest
farce.
To try 10 provo that ha-w as right
in his assertion that he could do
something, which, at its face value,
appeared easy. without wavering from
set course. the hero wagers the sum
of $4,000 The mischief resulting in
the disrupting OF the domestic reIa-
tons OF his partner. the avowal OF his
fiancee that she will break her en-
EageuTFut, II ruTr1ur sent 4fyfrF around
Wall street, the loss of several repu-
tations and numerous other situations
which serve to keep the audience in
a continual At of laughter. all COM
hfne to make n vehicle splendidlv
equipped for laughing purposes only
Messrs. Anderson and Weber have
selected a company well able to cope
with the farcical situations.
EIon College, N, c., Sept 3.--An
things are in readiness for the open
ing here on next Wednesday, and all
ready the advanced guard of students
has begun to arrive. The general in
fiux. however, VIII begin Monday and
Tuesday of next week, and despite the
fact that so many OF the EIon students
have gone to the various branches OF
the service the outlook continues
bright for satisfactory opening
Members OF the faculty who have
been away in various places OF the
country teaching in summer schools.
doing special investigation work, or
just resting and reereating. have been
returning to their posts for the past
several days and by Monday the entire
teaching staff will be ready for the
new years work.
DR.. N. G. Newman, college pastor
elect. vii be formally installed as pas
tor on Sunday evening. September ..
The master OF ceremonies on that oc-
casion viii be the retiring pastor who
has served for fifteen years, DR.. ]. c.
Atkinson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

The Los Angeles Tribune
mas discovered that booze is woozy."I
sure 1t has been Woody ever since
the American people began to wake
up to It's ravaees.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

The battle against booze continues
in California. Los Angeles residents
are talking strongly OF voting 1t out
OF chat city, Los Angeles has popu~
lation now of $4,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

Uncle Sans navy boys have a good
friend in Secretary Daniels. and the
soldiers have good friend In Sec
rotary Baker Up to the present time
neither OF these gentlemen have been
anything but an enemy to those deal
ing pquor. They know what liquor
does TO young men.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

Alcohol increases the blood pressure
rohs the tissues of needed oxygen,
hardens the arteries and causes de-
generation decay ana disease.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

The village board of Lyons, a Chi
eago suburb, last week revoked nine
saloon licenses. This Is the result
Of the Cook county states attorneys
war on suburban saloons who have
hagrantly violated the Sunday clos
ing law
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-04

han a faataHiea- nah rues- dry Il
viii be possible for some OF our sa-
loonkeepers to look into a looking
glass aq1ei Say, "At hast am man!T'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-19
CITY MAY SUBSCRIBE
Commissioners Want to Invest Funds
in Liberty Loan Bonds.

Can the city of Topeka subscribe to
the liberty loan? That is the problem
that Commissioners w. L. Porter and
Frank Newland are working on. At
present there seems to be no way in
which the city can subscribe but yet
the two commissioners met late this
afternoon to figure some way of do
ing so.
The sinking fund of the water de-
partment was the first fund to be con-
sidered. But according to law only
bonds of cities of the first class and
of the state can be purchased for the
fund. There seems little chance that
the bonds of Kansas cities now in the
sinking fund can be transferred to lib
erty bonds, as they are stamped mot
transfera able"
However, the city officials will at
tempt to devise some plan by which
the city can subscribe to the loan. In
dividual members. of the commission
have taken several large shares as in
dividuals. Now they will attempt to
take over part of Topeka's quota of
the liberty loan from city funds.