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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
SOFT CORN YIELDS
PROFITABLE RESULTS
Farmers Get Good Pay In Hin ois--Peo-
ria nistiilers Use Grain For
Alcohol.

According to a Bloomington (Illl
press dispatch. sl0,od0,9o0 had been
placed in the pockets of Illinois farm
ers because Uncle Sam and his allies
badly needed alcohol for the manufac~
farN Of apsw sser.,< / I has Just been sssss
puted that the six distfiieries of CEN
trail Illinois now working at their
capacity to manufacture alcohol paid
out the sum mentioned for soft corn
over and above what would have been
allowed by them before the war. The
corn crop of 1917 failed to dry on many
farms. due TO the peculiar weather
conditions OF that season. Ordinarily
Tie distilieries would nave taken this
damaged grain for prices al twenty
five To thirty cents per bushel and
ground 1t up for alcohol The pres
sure for alcohol was so severe, how
ever. that a large proportion of the
damaged crop was taken at 81 to S453s
per bushcl. 1t has been estimated
that perhaps 10000, 900 bushels were
purchased for this purpose during the
past year, all of which was in soft
condition, but which was ground UP
for alcohol,
This section of Illinois has now the
largest alcohol producing distilieries
Of the world. Three hundred thousand
gallons are being turned out each
twenty-four hours. To keep the dis
tilleries working on fun time $4,000
bushels Of corn must he delivered every
day, five gallons of alcohol flowing
from each bushel Uncle Sam and his
allies are taking about 90 per cent of
the alcohol produced by these distn-
leries for the manufacture of powder
the shipments going TO the great plants
established by the government. in this
country and to Canada.
1t has been said In reference TO
the thorough utilization of the products
of the hog by the pork packers that
nothing Is lost but the squeaf The
distiilers can claim an equally good
record. All that is left of the corn
after the alcohol has been forced out
and he various by-products separated
IL water. which is permitted to flow
into the Illinois river Some of the
distillers favor feeding the corn mash
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23

annually and stop the loopholes
through which thousands OF violators
are said TO escape under the Harrison
anti-narcotic act.
Hundreds of agents of the internal
revenue bureau. acting for the inNes-
tieatng committee, have reported de-
tailed information. concerning con-
sumption of morphine. cocaine, heroin
of medicines containing similar aka
loids and on these reports iS based
the estimate that at least 500 900
persons in the United States are drug
addicts and 500 eco are secret drug
users Fun reports are expected TO
show 100000 known users within the
former draft ages Of tweuty-one and
thirty one in New York alone. Tn
counted thousands in addition get
their supplies clandeStinely from dope
peddiers, against whom internal reVe-
nue. agents wage perpetual Warfares
Some army officers have been found
To- be habitual users of morphine and
TO have purchased supplies TO take TO
France with them
Soldiers in camp obtained narcotic
drugs illicitly from peddlers who loaf
about the outskirts of camps. Ingen-
tious methods of receiving them were
reported, including transmission in
pies. candy or cakes. saturating cor
Iresp0ndenCe pa per with a drug solu-
ton. and sending packets enclosed in
knitted articles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
sober LONDON AFTER
THE VAR IS DESIRED
wartime Restrictions Arc Approved
A. Having proved Of
Great Value

London sober not only during the
war but for all time after the war. 70
an obligation placed upon the law.
making forces, according to the Ban
op of London In statement he made
at a conference of the Temperance
Council OF the Christian churchs 1t
Claxton Hill recently. At this meets
ing approval was expressed Tor the
program which provides Sunday clos
ing. reduction OF licenses. abolition Of
grocer licenses. no sale Of drink to
young people, 11on-alcoholic refresh
ments in recreation and social inter-
course. hYiis Instituted to take the
place Of drink shops. Reduction from
nineteen and r. half hours time Tor
drink selling daily IN London to hve
and a half hours mas increased So
briefly to a remarkable degree. The
improved conditions under severe re-
strictions which have been placed
through actions OF parliament have
shown, according to this conference.
that the statement IL misleading that
people cannot be made sober by nc
tons OF parliament The enforcement
Of this regulative measure with fts
consequent. benefits provides the nec-
essary ground to sustain by practical
experience the demands OF the COM
mon people that there shall be COM
plete elimination Of the beverage lid-
uor traffic. The Bishop Of London
states that as one who has worked
for woman's suffrage he would be
greatly disappointed il six million
women voters would not use their
votes to further temperance reforms.
Increased restrictions leading UP to
ultimate elimination Ia the program
for the people OF London.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
KING OF THE HOBOS
SELLS WAR STAMPS

ssvssa Y spsk taat ID ~ The saisrr
H. the biggest kum on earth, who
Aays So No person less than JEFF
Davis. king OF the hoboes. who paid
his reEpecfs 10 The German ruler
whiMNlispfayin hobo service nag
which shs Declared held 80 900 stars
4n0tsA6Y Mad time to couat, repre-
sentinE the number of former gentle
sAeMbf leisure nov serving in t'ncle
SANS army. incidentally Jen was
selling thrift stamps and war savings
stamps 10 hoboes whose age, alcoholic
or other Limitations kept them out of
the army
=7-f ff@4A--- VIII he any peace un-
tti our 30 0en hoboes ger their claws
3Rf0 fhe kaiser yelled jeff, elicitng
.ahunderous applause
Thai kaiser fellow is the biggest
bum On earth. A bum is different
sffNnH VA hobo Wen show him up.
Here's your flag fwsving iD. What II
sSNu $50 TO carry it across the Rhine?
AsfnN The world tho hohoes have made
KnoI, Empty your pockets for Uncle
Hzxni.'
And the hobovs emp,ied, them,
Varying $50o worth Of stamps.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
GERMAN HEAVEN IS NOW
A THING OF THE PAST
New York Beer Gardens Have License
~iuinps--Many Institutions Are
Failing tn Renew,

Many New York saloons and cafes
failed 10 fefeW-theif fieenseS~~22, go
of them--since the liquor interests
have been travelling the rocky road
laid out for them by the many federal
restrictive orders The New York
Tribune says that the closing of Ter
race garden, which was known before
the war as "a little German heaven
here below" and OF Pahst Grand Cir
Gle cafe. the chorus girls last stop
south of Columbus circle, has been
the severest blow of all. The Tribune
says, by way of comment.
No more will the Sim Feiners and
the Socialist orators stop in the garden
for something to clear their Threats
before going 10 the meeting hall up
stairs to harangue their audiences
The manager of the garden said
that the plan was to make extensive
alterations, that no more liquor was
10 he sold. and when the place re-
opened 1t will be purely as an amuse-
ss,@nt enterprises ,a< ~ aaf8 sf
r. Eugene Schicip, the manager or
Pabst Grand Circle cafe, hung for
rent signs in the window of that sa
loon and restaurant October /. 1t is
said that among the chief mourners
were the taxicab men. who had main
tanned a stand in the community. Dep
~ Excise Commissioner Mcneil laid
responsibility for the difficulties of the
saloons at the already incumbered
door of The German kaiser He is
quoted as saying:
The hardest blow to the retail lia-
uor dealers has been the increased
cost OF materials. They have had 10
ipay double for beer. double for
whiskey, double for glassware and in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
TAIsE LAW GRADUATE
~ HELD FOR TREASON

New Haven, Conn. Oct. % Max
milan Won Hogan who said he was
Mnhamed of being an American citi-
rem and who disappeared from this
scify while his QUESTIONABLE was being
investigated has been captured in
Nm Antonio, Texas. il was learned
I0AtGht2 He Is now on his way here
To- be tried for treason. No trial on
that charge has ever ben before held
In Connecticut
4Hs@@@ ron Hogan was elected Justice
Of the peace here two years ago. In
utitng out his QUESTIONABLE last De-
Cemaber he wrote across it's face
Deutschland uber Allies" and in re-
HpOnSe to the question: Are you "a
citizen OF the United States? replied
IL have that questionable honor"
"A mob dragged him from his home
and compelled him TO kiss the Stars
and Stripes. lie escaped another mob
later bs wearing women's clothes He
was founder Of The Yale Aero club
ara a radhate of the Yale Law
school
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
SPEED UP
\ WOOD sR|PTARDs
111y Twenty Coaccrns Out OF III
A4s BA0ulsd TO he too SLOW In
Production
1 sRoGRAN NOT AFFECTED
WoRk WIN he Concentrated In Those
1lA hiislsmcats where Easicienc,
HAS Bcen Demonstrated

Z gA1hing ton. Oct 22~--A radical read i
nkMNn: OF the wooden ship program
IT, 4OrNshadowed ny a meeting OF the
sfF4UteAs OF the Unite ] States Shipping
R4Mr0. called here for next -ThmrsdaX
Af the request OF Vice President Pieg
of the board and director general
&eAWab of the Emergency Fleet Cor
D&faticn
ga l,are of some af- the wooden
shin wards to produce economically
and on schedule win be considered, -
raid Chairman Hurier today. We VIII
undoubtedly notify number of the
wards which are not properly produc-
ing that they can expect no further
contracts from us.
The have had IA chance and either
because of poor management or other
reasons, they have failed 10 produce
Some have fallen behind schedules.
others have made ships at so high
cost they have not made a profit. In
either case they have taken lot OF
the boards time in trying to straight
en- things out thar should have been
spent where il wolsld have shown
more results
We are now after production.
And the yards show that they
can give production will get
notified that no more contracts will
he awarded Them after they an
ish those on which they are nov a:
work. We will give them fair warm
ing that they will lie closed up, and
then will show il is their own fault
and just ANY il Is
Maybe there viii be fifteen or
twenty such yards out of a total Of II
building wooden chips. This will not
anect the general wooden ship pro-
KrAm al this time. II Is purely - mat
Ter Of efficieHcy IN ship production.
Later. II Is estimated. there may be
= similar com hniny CT the steel ship
rHrds To eliminate Inefficient plants,
though II Is probable that the speed
tnG process in the steel yards has re-
duced TO q almost none the yards which
Nould re eliminated on this basis
~ The Tendency is for every effort TO
~ made TO produces steel boats in
pfefcrence TO wood, though wood con
etrncticn viii not be dropped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
DRUG INVESTIGATION
REVEALS SOME FACTS
Increase of Drug Habit II to l,. Noted.
Goes Hand In Hand With the
Saloon.

investigations made by d special
treasury department invest igating
committee indicate that there IN a
great increase In the number OF habi,-
ual users of morphine, cocaine, heroin,
land preparations containing other mar
couc drugs. A remarkable fact al
ready developed gives the lie to the
claim of liquor publicity agents that
prohibition of the drug alcohol stimu-
lates the Illicit sale and use OF other
habit forming drugs
The reverse is true---and New York
city. with over 10000 saloons. is the
nesting place of dope fiends Already
over 5000 addicts actually under
physicians care have been listed there
and partial report indicates that the
total number of drug addicts In New
York viii be over 100000.
The Investigations of the committee
which is headed by Representative
kainey, Of Illinois. showed that thou
sands of drafted men have been dis
missed from military camps after it
was found they We're drug addicts. and
that this number included many who
Systematically developed that habit
after being drafted in order to insure
their dismissal This condition In one
reason given for the urgency OF i'm
mediate remedial legislation.
The necessary measures already
have been embodied in the new reve-
nue. bill. the committee reported, pro-
viding for registration OF manufac-
turers and dealers in proprietary med
fcines containing compounds OF mar
cotic drugs as well as the pure drug.
The measure also would tax these
preparations. provide means OF keep
ing track OF great quantities dispensed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23

10 cattle and hogs and from 1000 to
800 head are being fattened by This
product.
From this report it will be seen that
the distilleries have not suffered by
"confiscation of property and the farm
ers have profited by the order pro-
hibiting the manufacture of whiskey
for beverage purposes. In the old days
" hen the distilleries made booze to
sell to make men drunk. the farmers
would have received twenty-five to
thirty cents Il bushel for this soft corn.
whereas they are now getting more
than q dollar increase per bushel over
their former price.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
NOTABLE CAPTURE IS
MADE IN MICHIGAN
eegers, Is Rounded Up In
Big Drive.

The bookkeeping king OF the city Of
Detroit Is now within the tolls. His
name is Bilingsiy and in the capture
OF Biilihgsiy and his confederates ii is
believed that the major source OF De-
troits difficulty with Illegal liquor has
been apprehended.
The Biilingsly outfit operated on
large scale. The brains of the enter
prise are said to he ora Biliingsly
who organized his troop OF bootleg
gers and also organized system of
distribution. The liquor was brought
444-e4t i4+-f;-b3 bu;tt or W automobile
from Toledo Billingsly had different
points in the city OF Detroil where
The contraband liquors were brought.
He had one prominent loca ion which
he is said to have leased for grocery
store purposes and there stored a
great deal of his liquor In Detroit
he is reported as operating boldly. de-
lirerins his goods in daylight and to
practically every point in the city.
He had a band Of four confederates.
IL took several weeks TO successfully
apprehend him. \ young man by the
name OF William B Chase. former
University of Michigan student
worked out the ilnai details for Bill
lingsiy'S capture By working into the
confidence of the gang he finally was
taken IN as one of their operators and
he himself ran Il booze car Tor several
weeks, A set OF signals were arranged
whereby the booze cars were io be
held np 10y officers only when the real
leader ora Billingsiy, was along 1t
required five toots from the horn of
Chase's automobile as 81 signal that
everything was ready. Time after
time when liquor laden automobiles
approached the place of apprehension
Chase's horn would only sound two
or three times. But finally Billingsly
made the mistake of going along with
The crowd TO get an extra large haul
and that night the five blasts from
Chase's liquor laden car resulted in
the officers arresting the whole out
fit and the men are now awaiting ac-
ton IN the federal court.
1t was men by the name of Bill
iinssly who also operated as the mas
ter bootleggers in seattle after prohi-
hilton was adopted in the state OF
Washington
The name of Billingsly stands out
as the name most familiar in many
states of the Union in connection with
daring and dangerous bootleggers
The operations of members of the Bill
iingsly family have caused their
names TO be familiar in states like
Oklahoma, West Virginia Kentucky
and Washington. They nave always
been master operators
Bold daring, cunning. they were
dihicuit TO run 10 earth, At the pres
ent time two of the Biiiingsly broth
ers. Fred and Logan, are serving time
in Washington. where they We're
finally captured and sent TO prison
Ora and Sherman fsiiiIngsiy were con-
tinuine the family fame until captured
by the authorities in Michigan Ora
Is said to have planned to move on TO
New York city after completing his
cleanup in Detroit and expressed the
belief that he would salt down mil
lion dollars before the game was en-
hreiy over His arrest and certainty
OF conviction now promises to cause
serious break in the operations OF
the Biliingsly, the master bootieggers
of the nation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
PROPAGANDA FOR BEER
AND WINE IS seen
Arguments Fav0rtaG Beer. Wise In
tended-To support Brewers Fight
on Prehlbition.

The Lincolp (Nebraska) Journal says
that the belief that there is less harm
in the use Of beer and wine than there
is in distilled liquors must be tho re-
suit of brewery and winery propaganda
purely, for 1t is not supported by ex-
perience or statistics Says the Jour-
nal:
an his study of Alcohol and Crime,
Professor George +. Howard, of the
University of Nebraska, notes the reIa-
tive number of convictions for aggra-
waited assault and battery, crime for
which liquor is found to be responsible
in nearly half the cases. in three CEN
tiers of this brutal crime are in BrOfn-
berg. 35S per 100000 Of population; In
lower Bavaria, AT: in the Pa1atinate,
SIT. He explains: The three centers
OF the brutal crime are also the three
centers of alcoholic indulgence in Its
various forms; In the east tBromberg).
spirits; in Bavaria. beer. and In the
Palantinate, wine. Professor Howard
explains:
Here an interesting question arises:
Which of the three rival kinds of al
coholic drink Is the most efficient
son just made, wine takes precedence:
but for Germany as a whole and prob
ably also for America. the leadership
seems to belong to beer The researches
of Wlassak indicate that in the de-
scending scale the sequence Is beer,
wine, spirits.t
This reyerts the true temperance
theory absolutely Professor Howard
concludes: If this conclusion Is just.
il warns us against making what may
prove to be a fatal mistake: the
amount of crime and most likely of
the other evils due to alcohol will not
be lessened by substituting beer for
spirits or even for vine. 1t may even
be increased; for the tendency is to
consume it in relatively larger GUAM
Titles. partly under the illusion OF it's
less dangerous effects. Ii IL the guam
tity of alcohol that counts
The war now convulsing the world
may add nnally clincher to this word
against beer Professor Howard shows
that beer probably leads whiskey and
W inc in the making of individual GRIM
mails. To what extent has beer been
its national drink. been the making
CT the corporate eriminality of the
nation against which the civilized
world is now struggling Social science
will have that question to answer when
the end of the war has given opportu-
nifty for investigation"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23

khe number Of chapiains Of each re-
oMe denomination depends largely
e 4he snumber OF men OF that de-
~ charge has ever been before held
3ler Of cha plains in the army are
ne and Protestant. the percent
beanS about 80 per cent Catholic.
EVER. In fairness TO the Hebrew
non and Christian Scientist ele-
~ In the army, these faiths are
oAtcd. The army .endeavors to
oAplAins In regiments contain
n most men Of their faith, beiiev.
n thAs tbs ehapixtns will instil
Dad&ers the individual creed
ofttculAr churches. hut that
elp ~ soldiers morally ana
tSxoGtaa Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
CAP|TULAT|ON OF
BULGARIA IS FATAL
Chicago saloon Man Who Is Buiga-
rian Now May Lose His Liquor
License

II is reported from the city of Chi
cage that there has at last been found
man who falls under the ban of the
powers that be and will have his
saloon license cancelled. The City of
United Societies. the membership of
which, when the names are listed,
seems almost TO create Potsdam and
Vienna reincarnate in America has
announced through newspaper reports
that there has been found one saloon
man who is not to be permitted to run
his groggery. 1t might be that recent
world developments may have some
the Bulgarian monarch got scared at
the fate awaiting him. and, as we all
know. he quit the Potsdam crew and
his country Was surrenAeeed-!- hap
pens that Michael Teliff, Il Bulgarian
saloonkeeper at West Aadms and
Halsted streets, is the saloon man
who has been found IN Chicago who
falls under the ban and will not be
permitted TO continue his saloon.
The information regarding this case
so far as ii has been gathered from
Chicago newspaper reports, is that
Teliff was before the police trial
board as a witness for Two policemen
accused of shaking down an auto
moDllist Tor wa, When asked II ne
was citizen he stated that he was a
Bulgarian. When asked If he was GO
ing TO become citizen of this coun-
try he stated that his own country
was now gone and he did not know
what he would do. Thereupon, con-
tinues the report, the high and mighty
official stated that he would recon-
mend Tenff's license revocation. 1t
saesseS mot to3 be Z ,prpf}t&bia1 te split
with the Tcutonfc atf1arces in chr
cago, where there are quite number
of United Societies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
His Prayer Was Answered.

Baltimore Oct. 22-~-The Rev. j.
Wynne Jones. of Highlandtown. pray
ed that he might not see the churches
closed of influenza and died forty-five
minutes later.
In a Billy Sunday sort of way, he
said:
Lord IL these fellows here in town
close up all the churches on Sunday,
/ hope | will not live to see the day
when Thy place is shut
He was a victim of heart disease in
less than an hour afterward. He had
been pastor in Baltimore for more
than forty years. He founded the old
Abbott Memorial Presbyterian church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23

Reginald" said the fair one softly
you once said you'd lay down your
life for ne"
Il Anti So / would, dearest, spoke up
Reggie, ealintly. Try Me-
Then suppose yrl start by break
ing the news OF our engagement TO
father. fudge.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23

Tuesday. October ~.
19Is>at hts residence. 1905 Hanover,
avenue, Richmond, Va, ut 4 o'clock
T. NJ. ORRIN BANKS WHITE. IN
his thirty sixth year, after an Illness
of ten days with pneumonia. He is
survived by his father and mother,
his xife-Ra&A -WAitN-and one
child. Orrin Banks White. Jr.. are
two years and ave months. Funeral
notice later.
Seottsviiie and Leesburg papers
please copy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
RAINCOAT MAKER
GETS SEVEN YEARS

New York. 2e.--Feiix Gouled, army
raincoat contractor. was sentenced to
seven years in prison and was fined
$4,000 today. In United States dis
trict court. on a charge Of conspiracy.
quartermaaterS reserve corps. who
pleaded guilty of participation IN the
conspiracy, was sentenced to two
years imprisonment. Gouled appealed
and was released under $4,000 bail.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23

Wiliie---If at first you don't succeed
try. try again.
Mary--f don't know SO much about
that. when you're trying to open a
car window 1t is best to let some man
do it-Florida Times Union.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
DEATH NOTICES.

LASS1TER--Died at her home. Stop g.
Petersburg turnpike. at midnight. Oc-
tober 20. 1915. MRS. GALA LILLY
LASSITER. wife Of w. c. LassiteY. In
the. thirty second year OF her age.
Funeral notice later.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
President Wilson. Orator

# sN RrcsiGent Wilson IS a highly trained
Md effective speaker We have
SMAard him address great audiences.
g&peaking without manuscript yet
sNtx address was so thoroughly CON
etrucfed. so logical and complete at
fAdt points. ana wholly free from the
|1AMffr and bfcmishes that usually mark
speaking, that IL may
he said 10 have borne internal evil
nence OF careful study and prepare
Hon Thcre may be occasions on
which he uses manuscript when he
76effvers his uffIc,at message IN con
|3fens: 1t Is quite expected that h
M Oasa<s- <~a+s. III Chr sian Herald
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-23
Human Fruitagc.

Mature does not bear fruit for her
~, but for man. The branch does
hear the rich clusters for its own
nA appetite. Our fruitage must
E30r mankind. Your aim is a mis-
- s0ne IL you are seeking spiritual
n3ort. quiet satisfaction. Joy here
- hereafter, jns1 for your own little
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