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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
RoRT. WHITESCsNRVER DIES OF
WOUND RECEIVED IN ACTION

salem, Va, Nov. ll--R o b I
Whitescarver. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitescarver. of Salem. is dead in
France as the result Of wounds re-
ceived in action, says a telegram from
the war department received late
yesterday by his parents. The wire
stated that their son had died Octo-
Der from wounds received In action.
They had received no notification of
his being wounded and ii is thought
that his death followed shortly upon
the receipt of the fatal wounds.
Mr.. Whitescarver enlisted early this
year in the engineers and requested
that he be sent 10 the front imme-
diately. and sailed within about six
weeks after entering service. News of
his death Was received with sorrow In
Salem. where he was widely known
and quite popular. He was associated
with his father in the conduct of Il
wholesale grocery firm and spent a
good deal OF his time travelling in the
interest of his business He was about
thirty years old.
A sister OF the fallen soldier. who is
in poor health, is reported to be al
most PROSTATE with grief as a result
of the sad news He was engaged to
"A young lady of Roanoke and II is said
the wedding had been planned to take
place immediately upon Mr.. Whites
carver's return from France.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
TWO BIG STILLS RAIDED
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY

Roanoke, Va. Nov. li.-Revenue
agents have just made two hi" hauls
III Franklin county. where the 'iyin 6
squadron" spent TWO weeks early in
Septom Der and destroyed a number of
Illicit distillirg outfits,
The first Of the more recent raids
WAS conducted by Deputy Collectors
n G Stultz. II. d. Stebhins and l. a.
Smith, who found a lSo-gallon copper
Stt'l in operation on HE farm OF j, n
Boiling cousin or Ped Fox" near
Endico;t. The barking of a dog at
the still warned the operators OF the
officers approach and they fed.
About a thousand gollons OF beer,
some sinElinrs in process of distilta-
ton, a large number Of fermenters,
copper cap worm, pipes and other
parapheFnaiia We're destroyed. II is
rare these days 10 find m entire cop
per outfit, and especially of the i'm
mense size of this one.
Deputy Collectors Nicholson and
Shugart ARE also reported 10 have
made raid in Franklin and DESTROYED
a large wooden still and outfit, with a
quantity of supplies ready for max
.ng into corn liquor.
These officers have been operating
with Martinsville as their base.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
{. A. BINGHAM. OF MASS,
HEAD OF CITY MANAGERS

Roanoke, Va. Nov. 1.-THE City
Managers association adjourned Fri
day afternoon several hours earlier
than the program indicated. 1t be-
came evident early in the day that
the business Of the association could
be accomplished In time to permit a
number Of the delegates to get away
on the evening trains. consequently
but little time was lost by those in
in dispatching the business
before them.
The election of officers for the en-
suing year was a feature of isterest-
C. A. Bingham, OF Waltham, Mass.
was elected president Fl. II. Sherer.
Iof Glencoe, ILL.,. vice president: Har-
rison q. Otis. of Auburn. Maine, Sec
rotary treasurer. The only office over
which there was a contest was that of
the vice presidency. w. II. Bates. a
former Roanoker. now city manager
Fof- Portsmouth,, Fn.. opposed Mr..
Sherer and came within one vote of
being elected This was quite COM
plimentary to MIR. Bates, who has
been a city manager but little over a
year, and this was the second meeting
OF the association he had attended.
The city managers who attended tha
meeting this year are loud IA their
praises Of Roanoke and the meeting
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
FOCTI MAKES HISTORY
WITH SMALL STAFF IN
TINY FRENCH VILLAGE.

Pans, Nov. IA certain little
village in France" says La Liberte.
will one day he famous, for it will
be said Of it: There indeed, was the
fate OF the world decided: there, Mar
shall Foch established his headquar-
tiers: there he mapped out that mag
nificent strategic maneuvre the fruits
of which we are now Witnessing.
in this little village Marshal Foch
leads life replete with work. He
has with him only small staff, con-
sisting Of twenty-eight officers. all
picked by himself.
"He works continually with his
favorite disciple, General Weygand.
1t Is the latter who has charge of the
transmission of the Marshars orders
to the various armies
The Generalissimo enjoys the best
OF health Ha eats with = hearty APP
petite, and smokes a pipe. He Was
not formerly pipe smoker. but ids
played an increasing liking for that
form Of smoking ever since Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Haig presented
him with a beautiful pipe, and now
the Marshal has no fewer than
twenty-cight pip0s. One Tor each OK
HI sta6 o1lcers, psIh ADaI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
Meat From Alaska.

The prudent and economical citizen
whom war has deprived OF his sirloin
steak will be interested In the state
rnent that in another year or two Alas
kan reindeer meat will be coming into
the market In sufficient quantities to
give the public chance to partake OF
choice cuts at reasonable prices.
Alaska's present reindeer herds num-
Der 100000 head. and they ordinarily
double in number every three years.
About 10 per cent annually are surplus
males that can he marketed without inn
nairint, the future supply A shipload
of the meat reached Seattle this sum :
rner from Nome. and i. found ready
favor in the market. The deer. fat
tened on the Northern grass and
mos es. were in prime condition, and
averaged about $50 pounds, dressed.
The federal government put the
Northern Eskimo In the way of fnan~
clal independence when IL started him
in reindeer breeding twenty years ago.
The natives now control the majority
Of the. herds, and private capital In also
being attracted to the business. In the
years to come 1t should be one OF
AIaska's important Industries.
Inspired by the example OF Uncle
Sam, Canada Is now encouraging rein
deer breeding In it's Northwest terri
tories. and on the crown lands OF the
western provinces. An Indiana company
has recently applied for and been
granted permit for the use OF certain
territorial grazing lands for thirty
wears. Private capital is-invited to In
vest in the industry. which Is regarded
as an important feature of Canada's
future development.
The western ranges long ago ceased
10 furnish any important source OF beef
supply in the United States. due to the
settlement of these districts by farm
ers and the utilizing of the ranges for
growing crops Canada and Alaska have
vast tracts Of land suitable for the
reindeer industry but too far north for
cattle to do we'll. In this situation
reindeer ranches promise profitable
earnings as well az some relief to the
public in market prices.-Seattle Post
Intelligence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
SUSPICIOUS AUTOMOBILES
TAKEN WITH MUCH LIQUOR

stanton. Va. Nov. 11.---Some time
yesterday afternoon Waynesboro
man who was in Staunton noticed two
suspicious looking automobiles on one
of the side streets OF this city-one a
big red car which had a robe thrown
over the seat and which was occupied
by two white men, the other. a Buick
driven by negro. When the cars
turned out into the Waynesboro road
the man went to the nearest telephone
and called up the police department
at Waynesboro. as 1t was too late to
intercept the cars here.
When the cars arrived in Waynes-
boro the police were on the lookout
for them. and took possession Of the
red car The two men. however. made
their escape after running fight.
during which policeman fired seve-
raj shots at the fugitives. 1t was at
first reported that three hundred
quarts Of liquor were found in the
abandoned car, but a later report
statsd that only eighty quarts were
taken. ss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
AUSTRALIAN PRESS
GET NEW PERSPECTIVE
Boozlng No Longer Matter OF Appetite
or of Personal Liberty aud
Privilege.

Two Australian newspaper have
recently changed their attitude to-
wards the liquor traffic. The New
Zealand which once declared that pro-
hibition wac dead, now supports a
proposition of the national efficiency
board to submit ito the voters the
question. whether without waiting for
the next legal date for voting on the
question OF prohibition it should be at
tonce established and the trade given
some com pensation. The Herald sees
that there is a. growing body of opin-
ion which regards The partial enforce
ment of prohibition az unsatisfactory
and favors dealing with the question
only on the national basis, 1t sees
that new issues have been raised on
this difficult and complex question.
and there is an earnest demand thas
the people should be given an oppor-
tunity of expressing their opinions
upon them"
The opportunity now under consfd-
Grafton in New Zealand as reported
by the Vanguard may be complex
one The Temperance Alliance Is pc
titioning that the people be given an
opportunity to vote yes or no on
straight prohibition. But the ma
tional council, which represents all
branches of the licensed trade. pro-
poses that three issues be put before
the people at the next lection: Con-
tinuance. as at present; prohibition;
or national ownership.
The Southland Times has taken a
more decided stand This paper has
always been opposed to prohibition"
it cor fesses, and in favor Of state
control and regulation, but we are
bound to admit that the war has
proved clearly that the consumption
of liquor is closely related to national
efficiency, and for our part we are pre-
pared to- say that the sooner the liq-
uor trade in all it's branches is rooted
out of New Zealand the better 1t will
be for the people of this country.
1.-THE lesson is clear" this paper
continues The less the consump tion
OF alcoholic liquor, The greater is ma
tional efficiency. Alcohol is an enemy
of efficiency and the country which
strives to attain the highest degree OF
fitness can do nothing better than
suit out alcohol altogether. The efti-
cheney board which inquired into the
question In this country heard evil
dence from all classes of the com =
nunity, and the commissioners. were
unanimous in finding that from every
point OF view the country has all TO
gain by banishing liquor. He would
, be a bold man who would dispute the
souDdness of the iiDding, and the bust
+ ness of the Dominion who are at Inc
! back of the movement are entirely at
one with the efficiency board. 1t is
one of the lessons OF the war. and the
sooner IT is applied the better.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
FINGER OF JUSTICE"

once in awhile there comes to the
screen photodrama that towers
above others like a tall skyscraper
abese It's surrounding neighhors. Such
/. il the achievement of the Finger of
NJustice," to be shown at the Bluebird
theatre commencing TUESDAY. shown q
fnur days. II is a tense, gripping
drama Of love, politics and the under
world, depicting Rev. Paul Smith
sensational anti-yice crusade in San
Francisco, which closed the famous
t.arbary Coast of that city and made
this far western metropolis one of the
clean sites in America. Rev. Mr..
smith won the caption of being the
parson who painted San Francisco
red lights white.
This wonderful picture has the en-
dorsemeint Of representative men of
\ the nation as well as locally Last
rriday at a special showing to the
riercy and city officials THE Finger OF
Justice. WAS unanimously endorsed by
those present.
Rev J. j. Wicker saws: after see
.ing The Finger OF Justice at,the Blue
bird theatre. consider 1t interesting
ma a good lesson in moral for civic
reform in municipal politics"
DR.. r. NJ. Chichester. medical In
soector OF Richmond, says:
1.-THE Finger of Justice is good
rroduction. 1t com bines q good lesson
ana an excellent warning with an In
teresting story sufficiently attractive to
iynnress the audience with the mean
inr OF the picture"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12

1t is characteristic Of the kaiser that
he recently called together in Berlin
conference of the grand masters OF the
Free Mason lodges of Germany. Aus
trfa, Turkey. Bulgaria and Finland in
the effect to get them to pull wires.
throughout the ancient and universal
brotherhood of which they are a part,
In the interests of German peace terms.
The kaiser Is not Mason himself, and
he not only shows utter ignorance
of Masonic principles and usages the
world over, but he also makes the bad
matters of his cause still worse by even
attempting such a drive.
Masens Of the countries indicated
would. of course. be willing to do their
utmost for the cause Of Germany. Ma
sonic obligations in those countries, as
elsewhere. do rot stand in the way of
mans loyal devotion to his flag or
prevent him from following the dictates
of hts conscience. Hst it SO happens
that the Masons Of Germany are put
much In the position Of the Rhine cities
that begin to cry "Kamerad.> Kame-
rad 80 when the bombs begin to fall.
Earlier in the war the Masons of Bel
GUM appealed to those of Germany for
common action with a view TO a more
humane conduct of the war. The reply
was that no such action was necessary
since Germans were incapable OF any
Masons of England and France made a
similar appeal in relation to better
treatment Of prisoners Of war. The
German grand master wrote back, mo
prisoners. are enemies. and Masonry
III Germany means nothing IN time OF
war. The correspondence In both
cases became public.
Now. with Germany hard pressed il
ia a different story. and German Ma
sonic leaders, a the behest Of the kali
ser. would like to talk things over in
"a fraternaI way with the members OF
The order in other lands. Nothing Will
come of the Berlin conference. What
ever is true Of Continental Europe. II is
true that Masonry in the United States
and the British Empire, it's chief
stronEhoids. holds itself absolutely
aloof from political activity Of any
sort. local national. or international.
And that remains strictly true in spite
" what the histories say of the part OF
Masonry IN the time of the revolution
or of the rise and fall of an anti-Ma-
sonic political party nearly a century
ago The Masons OF Germany mum
bercd. in 1915, only ss.ooo---or about the
membership Of the lodges IN Massa :
ahusetts, and those in the other four
countries mentioned are no. more than
H. 0eG-Bostan Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12

New York. Nov. 1o.-'T was afraid
the French and British might got into
Germany and take an eye for an eye,
but ! would rather have the Germans
pull their own teeth" today declared
Rev. DIR. Charles A. Eaton in sermon
at the Madison avenue Baptist church.
They will get what's coming to
them" DIR. Eaton added. He predicted
that thousands OF American soldiers
will have to stay in Europe many
months to watch the German people
devour themselves"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
BIG INTERNATIONAL
LABOR CONFERENCE
Affiliated Organizations OF Workers
TO Meet This Week In
Laredo, Texas

u-.ybtr,r,o,. NJ. n 1,Ns ,,.,a
i'e'i' 20 @ii'i'a'c me % sa'''"ea ""t :
eys of the North, South and Central
America is moving rs pidly. 1t is ex-
...s -. u,, u..t,.
/ pe'''u sou" 10 'Vsu't III j" "'' "a =" ''''
organization Ut tabof' IL received
semiofficiai recognition from Presi-
dent Wilson t8aav when the depart
.,,,. uk,..,...- ..,,r,,..,,.,,+
"a ''--'''
Al th@ f~3~'st 80 'fi@ l'i@a.'1'.'' = =
secretary ot Labor Niiiihm =. WATSON
VIII attend the International lahof
conference Z" he heid NoSernneF = 70
November 4 81 La edo. 4.1Nas. ana az
NeuVo Laredo, Mexico. The Nonfer-
enep is being held unas he auspices
of the American Fed ration of Labor
and of the organizes workers OF Mex
ico The meeting x Laredo will be
tho frs; {aipt assembly ever h. by
tho workers Of IT.. sxo nations"
preliminary, meeting had been
bst4 ~ NON work CIV November Q
under tba lesdcrshsp OF A temporary
nar an,eyi..,, ,,7tf,ittee at whose
-, ~ s.,ttsa,, Je,s1sf,s
- -. - .,,,e"r.7'~r. - S,.,nrtaa po,
.,,. ". 49,, ,hraA rr,i,1Ier workers Of
10 - n4re rsasa.atta, -. f.aho- ;,
tnS -. r - 49, -. H. or-er.
said ~ 80. DO
L1e" WI he'' - ~ -
Rlco. eoloHi" -a' Nil'4S "a, 80.
SCUM amer lc'4' Sla'sa -, ~
PIE OF III" western hc"i'9pIeAN
see eaEh other es el,sS .iu1s 49,. -
through uniftcation and DETERMINATION
OF their organized WORKERS, ana ho'
judge by the artihclal souls O. me
North American proiateers VINO ny
their practices convey 10 the Souih
American mind a distorted view OF
their northern neighbors'
rs. After EaG- con 4 itssi}lif IT The Laredo
conference. the Central Federated Ia
Dor Unions of New York City have
invited the representatives of the PAN
American workers 10 hold q great
public mass meeting in Cooper Union
on November 20.
The workers plan 20 bind North.
South ami Central America together
in ties that cannot he broken. The
Laredo conference ~ 10 be the first
/ of series Of annual conferences of
REPRESENTATIVES Of organized labor
Z from all Americans countries. while in
North America. wherever there are
masses 81 Spanish speaking workers
and i'm South America wherever there
are masses OF English speaking work =
ers. great PAN American mass meet
I ings will he held from time 10 time.
icementing the friendship of the two
continents by a better understanding
of their peoples. each for the other.
The conference al Laredo will be ask
ed TO approve a general plan provid-
ing for:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12

Paris, Nov. 1o.-Paris again cele
hrated in the truest sense of that word
all day and night. The city is riot of
song. color and Joy.
The Precture of the department OF
the Seine announced that pursuant to
instructions from the military authori-
ties, Paris may be fully lighted
again"
Tonight gay Paris" was in her old
brilliant gala dress again.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12

washington estimates that the skip
I stop system" Ii saving coal for Ameri-
css STREET car companies.at the rate Of
]. ~. III tons per year. VIII the Wash
2~wton stAtistieian now kindly figure
800 what the extra two-block walk
1 Is nsed ~ the system costs the Amer
Sgi~an peopIH Annually. II terms Of shoe
s1151lor 5nfaW orIAAna Tinee-P teayzAA.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12

Ali men are architects OF their own
futures, but few ever get money
enough 20 build
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12

When the Allies cut. their melon.
Germany may not even get the Rhine.
Washington Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12

MAY ROBSON DESERVED 4
MUCH RITTER AUDIENCE.

: X was . slim audience that saw
May Robson ard eapble support in
a Li'tl3 Rt Old Fashioned at the
Academy of Music last right. What
WAS In king in numbers however.
was amply atonel for In manifesto
tons of anrrecitioa.
The play which is In four acts. is
programmed as new meiodramtic
farce. II is by Anne Nichols and is
press n'ed by Augustus Pitou.
The story is another Of those plays
On the order OF Il Eafles mystery. II
concerns the theft Of an emerald val
usd az half million dollars. Detec-
fiveS haTing failed 20 locate the miss
ing Retn, the services of John Gordon
Smith y criminal lawyer of consider
able repule. are enlisted in the searchs
The attorney. without taking his
: wife, played by Miss Robson, into his
confidence. arranges for Mrs. Van
Duyser. a supposed society belle OF
intuition. to imPersoaate the real AIRS
Smith ~ 4 ball al which 1t Is hoped
to recover the stole The latter Ia
scheduled to leave she New YORK
apartments of the Smiths for rest,
rat as he hfNir for her departure ar
Smith % tic bali. the home OF q
Mrs. Langley. III Greenwich, Conn,
arrives ri the Smith dcmiciie and is
intercepted by the reai wife. Her sus-
pictoEs, at FIRST nniy aildly aroused.
increase when evening clothes for the
impersonat9r also show UP.
Mrs. Van DuYser reaches the Smith
q pa tasieTts per. 44t5FgesfeIe and Ii sur
nrisecl ss4 she. .ifss who. not waiting
for an explanation, binds the visitor
hand and foot at the point of pistol
and locks her in closet. She then
repairs to the LanreY residence and
lis Immediately mistaken for "a mid,
whose arrival, as n detective and as
confederate is expected by the Lang
leys and the butler. the cuiprit. re-
spectiyely- Determined to see the
.x.hirg out, che submits TO being mis-
fsieen for a maid until she is confront
ed by her husband. and faints, The
contents of a creme de menth., into
which the butler, concerned. drops
the emerald. are forced between her
lips and she Is astpYnder 10 find the
sought-ro gem in the drink.
Explanations to the startled hostess
are made and the wife departs for
New York Believing that he has BEEN
basfled. though uawittingly. by his
wife, the attorney reaches the apart
ment shortfs after his wife, in a rage.
HTMuction ~ the stone and IA string
OF pearls which were stolen the same
evening by the butler and concealed
in pocket Of the wrap OF the real
Mrs Smith by the butler under the
Impression that the IL his confed crate.
smoothes everything out In the end
both the butler aud Mrs. Van Duyser.
in reality the wife OF the butler, are
brought To bay
Miss Robson. as the quaint. old
fashioned wife. was delightfully."- re-
freshing. She WAS perfectly at home
In the role and nde the utmost OF
every opportunity Burr Caruth, as
the husband: md others Of the sup
porting cast were satisfactory.
Again this evening and tomorrow,
with an afternoon performance to-
morrow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12

MAYOR MAX. OF BRUSSELS.
FREED DITTONALLY--.The Bel.
gian government has received in
formation to the effect that Mayor
Max. of Brussels, will be liberated
conditionally by the Germ ans. but will
be compelled to reside in Goslar, Ger
many. The mayor was arrested in
Brussels in September, 1914. by the
enemy for ''ir-econciiabIe conduct.
tc) Underwood & Underwood.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
STEPHENSON SNAPPED ON HIS
ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK.

Flhjalmur Steffansson. discoverer OF
the blond Eskimos and five new
Stands in the Arctic. and who has
heen studying the barren wastes OF the
Tar north for years for the Canadian
government, has arrived in New YORK
II will be recalled that when the kar-
lux. the largest of his six ships, went
down during the first year, II was pre-
aicted that the expedition would be
a failure. Many times inc rnmor was
that Steffansson party have persisted
but they returned safe and sound.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
HAVE ROSY CHEEKS
AND FEEL FRESH AS
A DAlSY-TRY THIS!
Says glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out polsons.

10 see the tinge Of healthy bloom in
your face, to see your skin get clearer
and clearer, to wake up without a head
ache, backache, coated tongue or a nasty
breath, in fact TO feel your best, day in
and day out, just try inside bathing every
morning for one week
Before breakfast each day, drink a
glass Of real hot water with a teaspoon
full of limestone phosphate in it as a
harmless means Of washing from the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweeten-
ing and purifying the entire alimentar
canal before putting more food into tlg
stomach. The action of bot water and
limestone phosphate on an empty stom-
ach is wonderfully invigorating II cleans
out all the sour lamentations gases and
acidity and gives one splendid appe-
tite for breakfast.
A quarter-pound Of limestone phos-
phate will cost very little at the drug
store but is sufficient to demonstrate that.
Those who are subject to constipation,
bilious alta cks, acid stomach, rheumatic
twinges, also those whose skin is sallow
and com mplexion pallid, that one week of
inside bathing will have them both look
ing and feeling better in every way.