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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
District Prohibition.
RAILROADS WHICH
REFUSED LIQUOR SHIPMENTS

Washington, Jan SIN the broad
est possible manner. the Supreme
Court today upheld the constitutions
ality ana effectiveness of the Webb
Kenyon law, divesting intoxicating
liquor of all interstate commerce
characteristics when bound for dry
State in violation of State laws. The
decision makes it possible to bar from
dry States liquor which heretofore has
been taken in safety under the guise
of Interstate commerce" and under
the consequent protection of the Fed
eral government.
The court in a decision rendered
by Chief Justice White held that the
West Virginia dry law, in conjunc-
ton with the Webb Kenyon law.
would operate to prevent the Ship
ment into West Virginia of all liquor
violating the State law. The court
sustained lower court decisions which
refused to force the Western Nary
land Railroad Company and express
companies to accept liquor In Mary
land for shipment into West Virginia.
The carriers refused the shipments in
consequence of West Virginia court
decisions which held that the rail-
roads must satisfy themselves that
liquor was '"for personal use under
the West Virginia law before bring
ing 1t into the State.
Gives Law Full Force and Eject.
The court held that Congress was
clearly within its constitutional au-
thority In enacting the Webb law and
that its enactment gave full force and
effect as to liquor bound for West
Virginia, to the West Virginia dry
law Thus 1t was held that the West
Virginia law was clearly constitutions
al when considered with the new Fod-
erai statute. Chief Justice white va
emphatic in declaring that the police
power Of the States to regulate tho
liquor traffic was well founded in laW@
A syllabus of the opinion explained
the decision as follows:
1T is decided that CONGRESS hA4
the power under the Constitut1enA E
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
STATE TAX BOARD
SEEKS INFORMATION
Hearing Citizens Have Been Driven
from state by Tax Discovery Meth
obs, Ii Invites Referendum.
WANTS OPINION OF
CITIZENS ON QUESTION
What, if ANY, Property Should Be
ENempt?-Radicai Reduction in
Rate on Intangihlcs Is Described.
TaNc> Would be Lowered

The members OF the State Tax
Board want information.
They have read In certain newspa-
pers OF citizens being driven from the
State by the alleged harshness of the
present methods of discovering tax
able property
They wish the people Of the State
to advise them what property, in their
estimation. ought TO be exempt from
taxation They wish ga learn whether
or not there IS 4 public demand. Il
real demand. for a change in the pres
ent laws
The boards effort To secure this
information is voiced in the follow
Ing language,
Address tn the People.
To the People of Virginia;
Certain newspapers have recently
commented on the alleged fact that
some citizens have moved away from
the State because of the operation of
the new tax laws. and have attributed
this removal to the harshness of the
present methods OF discovering tax
able property. The State Tax Board
desires to be Informed as to the pub
lie feeling and conviction on the fol-
lowing points:
i. Do you, or not, believe a tax
should be levied on ALL property,
real and personal, for the support of
the government and of the public
free schools, and to pay the interest
on the public debt. and to pay PEN
sions?
=. III not. what property would you
exempt from taxation other than that
belonging to religious and charita BILE
institutions, etc. already exempt I'M
der the Constitution?
3. Feeling that If large amounts of
hitherto unassessed Intangible prop
erty could be discovered and taxed
the tax rate on all property could be
lowered, thereby better distributing
and equalizing the burdens on all tax
payers, the General Assembly passed
what is known as the segregation act.
which reduced the State tax on real
and tangible property from thirty nve
cents to ten cents on the 500: re-
duced the tax on bonds, notes and
other evidences of debt, and on stocks
other than those of Virginia corpora
tons. from an average rate, State and
local, OF Sits on the s100 to a State
tax of sixty-five cents on the 500,
with an optional additional local tax
of not more than thirty cents; re-
duced the tax on manufacturers capi-
tai from an average rate of $1.75 to
seventy cents with the optional local
rate Of not more than thirty cents:
reduced the license taxes on certain
classes of merchants from thirty cents
to twenty cents on the 500 of pur-
chases; and, making these reductions.
made no increase in any tax rate ex-
cept as 10 railroads. DO you or not
approve these reductions? If not. why
not?
l. II you approve these reductions in
the tax rates on intangibles. made in
the effort to equalise the burden en-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
Senator Sheppard. Patron of
Bill, Confident Underwood
Amendment Will be Beaten
CORES ILLNESS WILL
NOT AFFECT VOTE
Oklahoma Senator Is Paired.
Under Agreement the Vote
Must Be Had Before Senate
Adjourns I Tonight

Washington. d. c., Jan. s.--The
all amendments thereto Will be voted
upon in the Senate TOMORROW after
noon under unanimous consent agree
ment.
Senator Sheppard of Texas. in
charge of the bill, said he was con-
fident that the Underwood referen-
dunn amendment, putting the liquor
question up to the people Of the Dis
trict, would be defc- ted. He admit
ted that the vote probably would be
very close. The absence of Senator
Gore, of Oklahoma, who voted against
the Underwood amendment In COM
mittee of the whole before the Christ
mas holidays and who is Ill at the
Emergency Hospital, Will not he felt,
Senator Sheppard said, since Senator
Gore is paired on this question with
senator Hollis, of New Hampshire,
who supported the amendment
The Vote In Committee.
The vote in committee of the whole
was a tie. IS to IS.
The Vice President will not be here
tomorrow. and If the vote should re-
suit in another tie, the Underwood
amendment Will be defeated. since
affirmative action must he taken to
adopt it. ON the other hand, the
supporters Of the Underwood amend
ment have not been idle. and il is
expected that they will have a full
vote out tomorrow.
The bill is to he taken up at l
o'clock tomorrow. and after o'clock
the Senators will he limited 10 five
and three minute speeches on the bill
and amendments. A vote must be
had before adjournment.
A petition from the Eastern Pres
bytertan Church. OF this city. asking
the passage of the prohibition bill
without the referendum to the people
was laid before the Senate today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
MAYOR
Rt0PtNS ROBERTS CASE
Slew Model VIII he Subjected
to Heavy Attack.
Philadelphia. Jan. s.-Thomas I

Philadelphia, Jan. S.--Thomas B.
Smith. Mayor of this city. has started
an independent inquiry into the death
of Grace Roberts. the beautiful model.
which is expected to destroy COM
pletely the police theory that Ber-
nard Wesley Lewis. the distract Pitts
burg society man, committed the muir
der.
The Mayors first move today was
not to reauisition the police records
OF the case, but to call together the
city editors of all Philadelphia news
papers and enlist their cooperation
in his investigation. While the Mayor
was thus opening his personal cru
SADIE, District Attorney Rotan conduct
ed an extraordinary proceeding in his
office--a proceeding wholly unquie in
the annals of Philadelphia crime.
For seven hours today the district
attorney who. on Saturday. declared
the case closed, subjected a dozen
persons to a lengthy inquisition. The
persons thus questions represented
every plane of this city's society. from
negro janitors to main line" society
folks: from tenderloin habitues to
members of exclusive clubs.
At the conclusion of his day of in
curry. the district attorney made the
following remarkable statement:
Although / have reopened the case
for various reasons, l have not been
compelled to alter my opinion that
Lewis is the most logical man on
whom to fasten this murder.
Yes, heard Bessie Colbert say
that Emory c. Titman told the Col
bert family that, the man who gave
her sister the diamond ring had
threatened to get 1t away from her
II he had to choke it out OF her.
but Mr.. Titman denies that he ever
made such I statement"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
"0t|V{R OSBORN"
CASE UP AGAIN

New York. Jan. s.-Frank y. Stafford,
the Flainfied hotel clerk who Identified
James w. Osborne as the OLIVER Os-
borne" OF Rae Tanners romance was
put on trial today before Judge Learned
| Hand and a Jury in the Federal Dis
/ trict Court on the charge of perjury.
This lie Sanords second trial on this
charge. His conviction on the frs.
trial was set aside by the Circuit Court
of Appeals.
The calling OF Stafford to trial Is
also the opening act of the final pre-
sentation OF the entire Rae Tanxer-
oliver Osborne drama. which will in
ciude as well as this trial the trial
Tor conspiracy of Miss Tanner and her
sisters. OF Maxwell and David Siade
on similar charge and possible
conviction OF the man professed to be
the only original Oliver Osborne, or
Charles II. Wax. for grand larceny.
I tn proceedings merely got the trial
under way. The Jury was selected BY
the old fashioned method of seating
twelve men and then wedding out the
undesirables Samuel Hershenstein. as
sistant district attorney. opened the
case for the government, which Is re-
ported also by William Rand. as spe-
cial counsel. and the remainder of the
day was consumed In reading to the
jury the evidence taken before U. S.
Commissioner Houghton. upon which
the trial of perjury Is based
Late in the afternoon BENJAMIN
Slade argued motion for the dismiss
sal OF the indictment against Stafford.
His motion is based on the allegation
that an oath taken before United
States commissioner does not consti-
tute perjury. or II 1t does. that there
10 ut N in, he Dan
James W. Osborne. on which the orig
inal proceeding Is based. to constitute
proof OF conspiracy. Judge Hand
will rule upon the motion tomorrow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
RUSSIA TAKES STEPS
FOR EDUCATION

tBy Nordsud Agency for the /. n s.
PetroErad. Jan. S.-Another impor-
-tant step III the governments cam
paign tor national education has just
been achieved al Congress of the
directors OF public schools. called by
the minister OF public instruction.
Count Ignatieff The assembly de-
Ctded upon measures whose enforce
ment Will bring about important re-
forms in public instruction Physical
training. music and vocal instruction
and thorough teaching OF geography.
particularly of Russia, will be among
the chief objects of future educational
endeavof in the public schools as d
result OF the deliberations OF the con-
gress. New statistics will he compiled
10 facilitate maximum efficiency.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
WANTED CABINET JOB;
is SENT TO ASYLUM

Washington. Jan. s.-The latest
candidate for a place in the Presi-
dents cabinet was tonight under OBJ
servation" In the Washington Asylum
Hospital. His name was Albert Ros-
enberg, and he said he was Balu-
more patent lawyer. He applied to
Major Pullman, superintendent of po-
lice. for a Job In the cabinet. When
he was told that the cabinet was filled
up, Rosenberg said he would accept
Job on the trade commission as the
next best thing. He said he was the
real power that controlled the Balti-
more convention which nominated
Wilson in 1912
The ambitious politician was sent
to the asylum and his friends were
notified to take him home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
Campaign Against Cats.

Albany, N. Y. Jan. Sin the great
scramble to solve the high cost of liv-
ing problem the State Conservation
Commission has decided to crusade
against cats. All stray and unlicensed
cats are to be killed. not to augment
the food supply, but because cats kill
birds and birds XIII insects that destroy
crops
forest FISH and game league have pre-
pared a bill for introduction in the
Legislature providing for the licensing
OF cats and the destruction Of all UNI
licensed felines.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
CHICAGO'S POLICE
CHIEF IS ARRESTED

Chicago, Jan. s.-Chief of Police
Healy, of Chicago. was arrested in
his home tonight ON warrant
charinE conspiracy to bribe. general
conspiracy and Ave other charges
under a conspiracy heading.
The warrant was obtained by
States Attorney Hoyne. Chief
Healy gave bond st his home, II
was reported to the States attor-
ney tonight. The amount of the
bond could mot be learned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
LEGAL BATTLE OPENS
ON AOAMS0N LAW
solicitor General Davis Argues
strongly For Constitutionality
OF Eight Hour Measure.
BEARS CLOSE RELATION TO
PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES
Railroads. However, Urge That Law
Was Merely An Attempt To In
crease Wages, Held Not To BE
Proper Commerce Regulation.

Washington. Jan. S.-The legal bat
tie TO maintain the constitutionaiity
Of the Adamson eight-hour-d day law
which averted a nationwide strike
last September was begun today be-
fore the Supreme Court.
solicitor General Davis, represent
ing the government, opened the case
with a detailed argument upholding
the authority -nf Congress 10 fix not
only the hours of service. but the
wages of employees on interstate rail-
roads. The argument will probably
be concluded tomorrow, when at
torneys for the railroads of the coun-
try will make their general onslaught
on the provisions OF the law.
Both the governments and the rail-
roads filed voluminous briefs out
lining their contentious as to the
Adamson law. before the oral argu-
ment was begun. The railroads based
practically their entire case on the
charge that the law was merely an
arbitrary attempt to raise the wages
of the operating employees. Their
brief argued that the success of this
attempt would violate the constitu-
tional rights Of the roads by inter
fering with their liberty to contract
with their employees. appropriating
their property without compensation,
and by directing class legislation
against them,
THE apparent intent OF the law is
to give a large Increase In wages to
the best paid men, and a smaller in
crease to those less we'll paid. 1t can
not be argued that such wage in
ecreases would promote efficiency or
safety. Wage regulation Of this char
acter Is plainly not proper regula-
ton of commerce under the consu-
tuition said the railroad brief
Argues For Law.
The government. in brief, and in
the argument OF Solicitor General
Davis. set forth that the law is con-
stitutional. both as a wage Law and
as a regulation of hours OF service.
The Solicitor General argued from
previous legislation and from de-
cisions of the courts, that Congress
has full and complete authority over
the agencies of interstate commerce.
and that wage and hours of service
regulations were both embraced in
this constitutional power. In reply to
arguments in the railroad brief
which pointed out the haste and lack
passage of the law through Congress
the Solicitor-General said:
As to Motives.
1.-The assertion now made that Con-
gress enacted this law from improper
motives and Upon insufficient infor-
nation can have no bearing upon Its
constitutionaiity. The motives oil
Congress when acting within it's con-
stitutional power. may not be chal-
Ienged or reviewed. Nor will this
court undertake to say whether any
or sufficient information was before
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
ATHENS COUNCIL CHANGES
NAME OF vENIZELOS STREET

Berlin. via sayville. Jan. s-The
Overseas News Agency at Athens
quotes the de la Serbia. saying that the
Athens municipal couscil of Athens has
resolved to change the name of VENICE
los Street into Street Of the First Of
December. The ex-Premiet has been
struck on the citisens roll tho dispatch
ada.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
Nearly Four Thousand Prison
ers Taken When City Is
Taken by Storm
PASSAGE OF SERETH
MAY FOLLOW TODAY
Teuton Achievement In Over
whelming Strongly Fortified
Position SO Quickly Notable
Feat of Campaign

Mackensen's star army has taken
Focsani. In one of the most MASTER
iy strategical feats the war, this
army called in the Berlin bulletins the
Ninth" under the immediate COM
mantf of General Won Falkenhayn.
stormed the weStern pivot OF the
Russo Rumanian Sereth line thus ush-
ering in the long expected rolling
up" of the whole Russian southern
front and making the mass invasion
of Moldavia and Bessarabia a matter
of days.
Nearly 1000 prisoners, three cam
non, and several machine guns were
taken in the capture of Focsani The
fortress fall renders untenable the
Russian center. between Focsani and
Fundeni. and the left. which rests on
the Danube city of GalatZ is already
under Teuton fire.
II brings the invaders TO the south
eru edge of the Sereth River all long
its fortified part, and allows the
Krupps and Skodas to play their
streams of fire on the Russian de-
Tense works on the opposite shore,
May Quickly Cross Screth.
A crossing of the Sereth east of
Foesani is expected momentarily
To grasp the full scope OF the Teu-
ton achievement in over-running this
Sereth hulwark in less than twenty
four hours it is well to consider the
extent of its fortiAcations. In a cir
Gle whose radius is nearly four miles.
in the north and east, twelve miles
long. defense works OF the most mod
ern SORT surround the city To the
north and east they rest upon the
Milcova, whose course forms a semi
circle about Focsani
The outermost ring of works con-
sIsts of forty-one empiacements. each
having five 31-miliimeter mobile arm
ored guns. The second and third lines
are composed of fifteen emplacements
with 53-milimeter disappearing car
riage guns and mortar posts. rein
forced by numerous heavy howitzers
Took Dominating Height.
Some nine miles northwest OF Foe
san! the dominating height of Odo-
bechti was taken by storm. giving a
vantage point for the artillery Fur
tner south passage of the River
Milcova, which had been strongly
fortified was forced and Teutonio
columns pressed their way in behind
the former Russian line. Giving the
Zoe no time TO place the Foscani-
Yarestea Canal position in state of
defense, they fought their way in
further and sealed the fate OF
Focsani. which was captured
Some Gains by Russians.
The Russians also have lost ground
further north along the Moldavian
frontier between the Putna and Oituz
Valleys. Berlin announces Toward
the Danube from Focshani. however.
the latest reports showed a Russian
offensive of some nportance, which
admittedly had Succeeded in gaining
ground from Won Msckensen's forces.
There afyO arc fTTri1ratiofIs that The
Russian line toward the Danube
where an advance by the Austro-
German Bulgarian armies is being
pressed, is holding more successfully
than recently.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
Rotary Club Tonight,

The Richmond Rotary Club will meet
in regular session In the rooms OF the
Business Mems Club tonight. The pro-
gram win prove an unusually lively
one and a large attendance is an<si-
pated,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
An-Reaching Power of Gov
eminent Over Liquor Is Set
tied In Favor Of States
WEST VIRGINIA LAW
AGAINST SOLICITATION
is LIKEWISE UPHELD
Right of Congress to Prevent
Interstate Commerce From
Being Used to Violate State
Laws Is Undoubted

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
Society

happenings from the
whole State are printed
frs. in The Vireinian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-09
Briefly

the news from all Vir-
ginia appears daily in
The Virginian.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-02
LITCHFIELD

About 45 of the friends and neighbors
met at the home OF Mrs Eugene Camp
bell Friday to help her celebrate her
at. noon and very pleasant day passed
by all. F. W. Libby presented Mrs
Campbell, in behalf OF her friends with
fine rocking chair. She also received a
sum OF money and postcards and many
good wishes from ALL for many more
birthdays.
Mrs d. r. Small entertained the young
people from the North and Plains church
es at a social sing Saturday evening.
CORNER-Mrs. Eugene Campbell ceIe-
brated her 55th birthday Sept, Is About
~ sat down 10 dinner. After dinner she
was presented with q handsome chair by
Mrs. Maxwell in behalf OF her friends and
neighbors.
Mrs. Nellie Larrabee has sold her
place 10 n. s. White and has moved 20
Locke's Mills
Mrs John Elwell Of St Stephens. who
has been visiting her sister Mrs. r ~
Baker is now visiting friends IN Iewie-
ton.
Mrs. Addie r. Anderson, who has been
passing her summer here, has returned
TO her home in Brookline. Mass
Mrs Amy I. Moore. who has been car
ing for her sick mother. MR. TAYLOR, has
returned 70 her home IN Attleboro, Mas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Ackerly have
gone 10 Lewiston for the winter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-02

Young Mems Christian Association col
lege esterday.
The "heavies had confidently exoect-
ed to win that game but are not dts
pleased with the outcome. Instead the!
have taken fresh grip and are goiug ia
to hard practice to III themselves for 9th
err games that will follow IL was really
an excellent game TO start IN with ana
has furnished many useful lessons to the
former college stars, although In taking
this attitude the "heayics' are in M way
Understanding their late opponents,
whom they hold in very wholesome re-
spect
The camp medical officers are surprised
to find that they have few Liberties SO far
as leaving camp is concerned Either be-
cause their services are 80 urgent or for
some other unstated reason they now
find it practically impossible 10 get a pass
out of camp, although they write passes
continually for their men Under a new
arrangement they have 20 secure their
passes from Col A r Balentinc. acting
camp commander. and the latter so far
has found II convenient to grant practi-
cally none of the requests for liberties
Most or these medical officers arc reserve
corps men who entered the service upon
urgent requests supported with figures 20
show how much the army needed physi-
clans. Some Of them In middle age. were
retired and living In ease. To md their
Liberties so eurtailed Is a new experience
for them and one they cannot understand.
How long the present rule will stand is
not known, but Il has already stood long
enough to make the "medics highly in
dignant. But, then, they have "A saying
that a superior can do anything to n man
in the army.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-02
ROME

There will be a meeting at the city
school, Smithfield, Sunday. oct : Mr..
Blaisdell FROM Sidney win preach.
Mayo Richardson went e. Massachu-
sets Saturday. where Re has a posi-
ton.
A large crowd attended the Rome
fair which was held Sept. 2s
Smithf1eld fair will he held oct 2.
Quite number from here attended
Pennington fair.
Everett Cummings from Belgrade
attended quarterly meeting nt Smith
field.