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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
THREE BILLS ARR. Up.
Montana Leg iSIature Considers Closing
Saloons In UBincorporatcsi Places.

Saloons In UBincorporatcsi Places.
Three dry bills are pending in the
Montana legislature In session in
Montana. One is bill TO provide for,
the enforcement of the constitutional
amendment, which goes into effect
January /. 1920. Another bin pro-
vides for the closing of all saloons in
unincorporated cities and towns to go
into effect at much earlier date. and
the third bill provides for Sunday
closing. The present law permits sa-
looms to remain open Sunday after
moons.
There is a movement to pass the
prohibition enforcement act to go
into erect at an earlier date than
the constitutional amendment goes
into effect. bat II the Sunday closing
bill and the bill to prohibit saloons in
uhincorporated towns and cities Is en-
acted into law. 1t Is quite likely that
the bill TO close all saloons on .Ianu-
airy l., 1919, Will not be pressed There
is considerable opposition to a move
10 close the saloons~at an earlier date
than that appointed for the constitu-
tonal amendment to go. into effect.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23

there may be effected saving Of
s2S7, 900 year.
1t is believed that with prohibition
the police force can be cut 100 men,
and the saving thereby would he
$4,000 year. BY the elimination
Of q number of useless jobs and the
practicing of some needed economy in
AL departments the rcmainder-of the
s2S7,00O can be made up, to say moth
ing of the amount that will be saved
the city from the money 1t now spend
to repair the evil effects of the liquor
traffic.
1t Is not believed that there will
have to be n noticeable increase in
taxes in any Indiana municipality.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
RrOTOTS CONDITIONS IN
NEW YORK CONTINUE,

New York. Feb. 22.--Riots. in
GLIDING attacks ON butcher shops.
destruction OF pusbrarts and boy
cots on high-priced foods were
continued by women In many
quarters of Greater New York
today
housewives who attempted to
buv chicken, fish. onions or po-
tatoe~ were attacked and their
purchases DESTROYED Butcher
shops and fish markets were sur
rounded by angry crowds who
cared the owners to come out.
t1'tS arrests were made. accord
ing To the Women's Antt-Us.h-
Price committee while would-bc
buNerS and policemen were badly
mauiel.
The disturbances began when butch
ers quoted chicken at thirty-two cents
as AGAINST twenty cents n pound a
few days before Despite the efforts
or reserves from every available pre-
cfhct the crowds surrounded hun
dreds OF shops Although potato and
onion dealers disappeared from the
streets pushcarts were everywhere
searched for these "contraband" vege-
tables. The instant return of prices
TO eighteen cents n pound for chicken
did not stop tho rioting.
VIII Take Children Out of School.
The High Price league, the
most powerful of the three factions
interested in the food agitat!ons. de.
cided to take the children out OF
school on Monday If the board of es.
innate refused 100000. for relief
They announced a monster demon
stration 10 be held on Saturday a,
Z O'Clock when groups from every
part OF the CITY will march to Madi-
son Square. From there they will,
march up Fifth avenue past the rich
mems homes,
This faction, headed by prominen,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
LARGE NET GAIN IN
NAVAL RECRUITING

Washington, Feb. ga net gain
of / Alb new recruits have been added
to the navy in the last twenty days
compared with total net gain for
the whole of January of approximate
~ the same number.
The full enlisted strength has now
reached total Of $500 Appropria-
tons are available for a strength Of
1850. but the Increase so far made
has been possible only by vigorous
recruiting campaign.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
-- -
VERDICT ST1RS EN-.
Prick Up Ears When
They Hear of Conviction

Saloonkeepers OF Detroit. Mich.
who for years have forgotten that
there was any key to their doors.
pricked up their ears when they
heard about the conviction of Paul
T. Tuthjll. proprietor OF the Savoy
hotel on the charge of keeping open
on sunday back in May 1915.
There are others who have COM
plants pending against them in the
courts. and all they can see ahead II
rock road. The Sunday trade from
now until the state goes dry doesn't
look good
Tnthill is the first saloonkeeper 10
be convicted under the Warner-Cram
ton law in long time. In fact. the
law was practically a dead letter. II
will be q Mve one from this on.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
Ruak TO Sick Mans BrdsIde.

:. Washington. u. C.. Feb. 22.--Arthnr
T. - Foster. son-in-law of Senator
Smith. Of Maryland. was taken sud-
nnly III today in Norfolk. senator
smith and hts daughter Mrs Foster,
left Washington on a special train for
Norfolk at / o'clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
Russians Halt Tcutons Attack.

PetroRrad. Feb. %. via London
British Admiralty. per Wireless
Press) --Teutonic troops in massed
formation made an attack yesterday on
the Russian positions near Dorua
Watra. on the northern end of the Ru
manan front. TodaY's official state
ment says they were halted by the
Russian FIRE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
Author of casey Jones" Dead.

- Los Angeles. Cal. Feb. ct Law
renee Seihert, comic song writer, diad
here yesterday while being taken TO
hospital for an operation. His best
known song was Casey Jones'"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
Preparing for Prohibition.

CITY officials are beginning 70 pre-
pare for the coming of prohibition in
sofar as It affects city treasures. In
Indianapolis II is conceded that the
loss of saloons will decrease the reve-
nues by $4,000 a year. but sugEes-
tons already have been made whereby
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
BREAK WITH AUSTRIA

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FEMALE.

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FOR THREE MONTHS: FOUR LARGE BED
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ATTRACTIVE SIX-ROoM AND BATH FRONT
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1Doss Hsx Ga Star eosoe, 2ss
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FOR RENT-WAREHoUsEs.

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FOR RENT-sTORES.

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STORE AND DWELLING FOR RENT-3s4O
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University place NV
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10 rooms. 2 baths. Room for saraGa.

STONE FAIRFAX. 1899 New York avs.
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and ideal suburban home. on q large e1e6o4
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

in environments and training camps
with clothing suitable for winter
weather. .
The committee unanimously adopt
ed a resolution demanding Baker
| give camp commanders authority 70
buy wooden blouses and overcoats IN
the nearest town If they can get
them quicker that way than the
quartermaster's department can sup
ply them.
This action followed presentation
by Senator Mcclellan of kilograms
from camp commanders showing
shortage of oyercoats and wooden
blouses.
Baker was requested to take imme-
date action with regard to Camps
Wheeler. Shelby, Kearney. Dix, Jack
son, Grant, Custer, ~Bereauguard and
Bowie, because the committee said
it had unquestioned proof that many
men in these camps are without
blouseS and ~overcoats.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
ARE
NOT VERY DOCILE
Continued from page IL

are believed to have been for agita-
tors here. >
Proof that Germany is directly be-
hind this movement is lacking, but
Germany would Of course be material
ly strengthened by any discord
aroused in this or entente countries
through the efforts of the Bolshevi'x,
I. w. w. unrest in the west is due
largely to local conditions, officials
believed. This unrest links with Irish
agitation by Americans and pro-Ger-
nan intrigue in lumber camps and
munition plants of this country, in
the governments chain of evidence
that radicals are plotting a new social
order.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
Read the Newspaners-

Chicago News: Those persons who
speak contemptuously OF newspaper
talk" as something inexact and unre-
liable are seldom newspaper readers.
Nor are those persons newspaper
readers who habitually listen to and
repeat the sort of baneful gossip
that just TO- is being so persistently
circulated to the disparagement Of
the American government and its
allies in the war. for democracy.
Newspaperssnot news organs-do
not gossip. Their standing and sue
cesses are in exact ratio to their
adherence to the facts and their
ability to tell all the facts. Policy,
If nothing higher. dictates exhaustive
inquiry by them into sources of news
and a rigid t~ruthfulness in the pres
entation of news. People who read
newspapers and do not merely buy
them and skim through the head
lines, people who steer tremendously
as far east as the editorial page, are
seldom or never caught mapping by
whispered ISLANDERS and poisoned in
nuendoes such as recently have been
going the rounds to the injury of
America. it's allies and the charitable
and other agencies of war work. Do
not merely buy newspapers-read
them. 1t will repay you.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

er with top at $1T.2o.
Cattle closed strong to Is cents
higher. stockers scarce n fir1ner;
calves firm.
Sheep closed strong to 10 cents
higher.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Butter-Ex-
tras, 48hc; tirsts. 4Sc; dairy extras,
42h 047c; dairy firsts. 399401ac.
Eggs-Ordinary frsts, 44@46c;
cheese-Twins. 22h@2sc; Young,
Americas, 26@26kc.
Potatoes-Receipts 20 cars: Wis
c~onsins and Minnesotas, S1.9092.10;
fancy westerns, $2.00@2.25 per W
ducks, 18@23c; geese, 17@21c;
spring chickens, 21c; turkeys. csc.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-F1our mar
ket dull. nominal,
Pork market firm. Mess, $4,000
$3.50.
Lard market irregular, lower. Mid
die west spot. s24.95@25.50.
Sugar, raw, market dull. Centrifu'
gal test, 1892.
Sugar. refined, market dull. Cut
loaf, 1886; crushed, $40; powdered,
SS.3O@S.55; granulated, $S.15@S.35.
Coffee. Rio No. Z on spot, 7A@7Ac.
Tallow market dull. City. 16Ac;
special 171ac.
Hay market steady. No. 1. s1.40@
1.45; No. 3, $1.0O@1.10; clover, s1,oJ
@1.35.
Derssed poultry market easy. Tnr7
keys, 25@4 zoe; chickens, 21k@36c;;
fowls, 1S927hc; ducks, 26@2Sc.
Live poultry market weak. Geese,
24@25c; ducks, 24@25c; fowls, 23@f
26c; turkeys, 33@35c; ROSTERS. 1Sc;
chickens, 24@25c.
Cheese market quiet. State milk
common to special, 17@25c; skins,
common to specials, S@191Rc.
Butter market strong. Receipts s.
536. Creamery extras, 49@49Rc;
dairy tubs, 3S@49c; imitation cream
cry firsts, nominal.
Egg market firm. Receipts 1850.
Nearby white fancy, 6S@70c; nearby
mixed fancy, 56M61c; fresh, 56@61c.
Stock Market Notes.
limited Press Leased Wire Service;.1
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The stock
market opened irregular today.
u. s. Steel sold off " at S5. while
Crucible was up B at 50A.
| B. and o. opened at Al, up Il Ma
rine preferred 79k. off ~, and Can
adam Pacific 1917, off 1.
| The market weakened in the second
half hour.
Call money advanced n per cent
to six per cent, depressing the market.
B. and o. sagged to 3SA, a new low
and st. Paul preferred followed to a
low record at GO.
Industrials were off in the early az
! ternoon. Steel sold off ga to S3B.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
Late Market Quotations

1910; lambs s1s.4O; estimated to
morrow 1900:
Chicago Live Stock.
! CHICAGO. Dec. 26.-Hog receipts
Mixed and butchers, $1G.60417.25;
good heavy. s16.so@17.25; good heavy
$16.90@17.25; rough neavy. s16.50@
1870; light, $16.15917.10;7 pigs. 1920
@15.90.
Cattle receipts 11.Oo0; marke,
strong. 1Nc higher. Beeyes. s7.45G
14.40; cows and heifers, Sc. 30911.40;
.stockers and feeders, $8.65@10.30:
calves, sS.5O@15.50; westerns, sea
son over.
Sheep receipts 10000; market
steady, weak. Native, $9.00@12.5 90;
western, s9.35913.10; lambs. $12.6o@
1885: western, 13.50@16.40; yves
S S.00@11.90.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, Dec. 26.-Cattle receipts
4,400; market steady, 10Q15c higher
Steers, S7.00G14.O0; cows and heif
ers, $5.50@10.5O; stockers and feed,
ers, $500 @10.75; calves. $4,000
1915; bulls and stays, $5.25@s50.
Hog receipts $500; market Is "a zoe
higher. Bulk, s16.65@16.75 top,
$16.85.
Sheep receipts $500; market
steady. Y%earlings, s11.50@13.25:
wethers, s11.00@12.50; lambs, $14.00
916.00; ewes, s9.75@11.25.
St. Louis Live Stock.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Dec. 26.-Cattle
receipts $500; market higher. Texas
receipts 200; native beef steers, $500
014.25; yearling steers and heifers
$7.Oo@ 1850; cows, s5.00611.00 stock
ers and feeders, $6.50@11.0 90; calves
s5.75@16.00: Texas steers, s6.756
1850; COWS and heffers, $6.00@1O.NO.
Hog receipts 11,50O; market f5@2oc
higher. Mixed and butchers, $4,000
1925; good to heavy, s17.I5@1740:
rough, $16.00@16.25; light, $16.9 GOA
1920; pigs, s14.00@15.75; bulk, 1850
Sheep receipts 1900; market steady
Ewes, $10.00@11.50; la<ibs, $4,000
1925; me and choppers, s6.o06
800; wethers, S11.00@12.5O.
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 26.-Cattle
receipts 5000; market 10@15c high.
er, Steers, S7.O0014.50; COWS and
heifers. s6.O0@10.50; stockers an.
feeders, s7.00@11.25: calves, $6.25@
1900.
Hog receipts 5000; market 10115c
higher. Bulk. s16.25@16.S5; heavy,
S16.50@16.95; medium, SIG. 00@16.sO;
light. S15.75@16.70 I.
Sheep receipts 5000: market
steady. Lambs, $15.00@16.00: ewes,
S9.OO@11.50; wethers, $7.00@15.00.
Kansas City Live Stock.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 30
Hogs closed 25 cents to 40 cents high
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
Chicago Cash Grain.


CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Corn-No. 4
yellow, S1.65@1.70; No. 5 yellow,
s1.45@1.62; No. 6 yellow; 1920
LAT; No. 4 white. s1.60@1.65; No. 5
white, $1.5001.60; No. 6 white, s1.32
@1.45; No. A mixed, s1.64@1.65; No.
b mixed. s1.40@1.57; No. 6 mixed,
s1.3201.35.
Oats-No. 3 white, So@s1c; No. 4
white, 79@S0kc; standard, SIG
Size.
Peoria Grain.
PEORIA, Ill, Dec. 26.-Corn-Mar-
ket 6@10c higher. No..5 white, s1.55;
No. 6 yellow, s1.4s@1.51; No. 3 mixed
S1.57 bid; No. A mixed, S1.60; No. 6
mixed, $1.5o.
Oats-Market 1k@1Ac higher. No.
2 white, Sic; No. 8 white, 801kc; No.
a white, soc; standard, 80Mc.
Chicago Live stock.
limited Press Leased Wire Seryice]
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-The hog mar
ket closed active and twenty cents
higher. Top for hogs was $3.50. Els
timated tomorrow $4,000.
The cattle market closed strong to
10 cents higher. Top for cattle was
s14.40; calves, $3.50. Estimated to-
morrow 10000.
Sheep closed. strong. Top sheep
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
A MAKING
WAR MATERIAL
CONTINUED from page l

are returning from Brest-Litovsk to
Petrograd.
Two commissions to negotiate peace
will shortly be formed, the Times cor
respondent asserted, one to meet at
P%etrograd and the other at Odessa.
Both will consider purely military as
poets Of the situation. A third will
shortly be appointed TO prepare for a
prospective European peace confer
ence.
1t was asserted the Bolsheviki will
convoke the constituent assembly at
the end of next week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
r OF
ITALY MAY WIN
CONTINUED from page /.

b1lC AAtAA "a AAoAeoo $<Ae
Grappa. The Austro-G German decision
to accept their present front for the
whole winter has been further ind
Gated by their feverish fertilization of
the Piave into a permanent front while
all offensive efforts are concentrated
against Grappa to improve permanent
positions there.
The resistance of the Italian first
army at Asiago, equals that exhibited
ny the fourth army in its recapture Of
Asolone last week.
These two examples of splendid
courage and fighting ability give al
lied officers the highest hopes of the
Italians ability to pin down the enemy
to his present positions.
But even should the Austro-Ger-
mans succeed in descending to the
plains from the mountains, they will
find themselves faced by divisions ach-
ing for an opportunity to smash the
enemy back to his mountain fast
nesseS.
The tenacity Of the Teutonic assault
against Monte Grappa, resembles strik-
ingly the German assault on Verdun.
German prisoners declared this is to
be explained in the German staffs
opinion that Grappa constitutes the
Achilles heel' Of Italy against which
next spring the Austro-Germans hope
to deliver a fata1 drive.
fierce Fighting.
WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES,
Dec. 26.-Fierce fighting between
Buso and Monte Valbella was in
progress today.
Despite violent Italian attacks, the
enemy at fearful cost, still held to
the two-thirds OF a mile gain achieved
Monday.
The enemy's advance was made
possible by an immense ~concentra-
ton OF artillery Of all calibres, which
smashed the Italian front lines. The
Austrians managed to pinch off a
tiny salient, the apex Of which was
at Monte valbella. On the next at
tack the enemy consolidated his Pc
sition.
enemy
with the Valbella assault, but failed
to gain.
On the lower Piave, the Austrians
vainly endeavored to fraternize, bul
were answered by Italian machine
gun fire.
Fail to Hold Gains.
ROME, Dec. 26.-Recapture o:
/ ground from the Feutons at Coldel
roso and Monte Valbella, but failure
to hold the gains in the face OF
counter attacks, was reported In to-
days official statement.
Germany's Statement.
BERLIN (via London) Dec 90
Violent enemy counter attacks in the
neighborhood Of Coldelrose and al
neighboring heights broke down with
heavy losses to the attacking forces
today's German official statement
said.