Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-04
PETERS LAUDS HIS
LIQUOR SQUAD AND
SCORES OPPONENTS
Commissioner of Prohibition
Addresses Temperance
Workers Here.
EXTOlS VIRTUES OF HIS
AGENTS WHO LOST LIVES
Cites Bravery of Men Who
Killed Two Bootlcggers Near
Woodstock.
BRITIsHERs STUDY CONDITIONS
DIR. Ira Landrcth, OF Nashville, Says
Man Who Opposes Prohibition
Is BolShcvist.

Euiogy OF INSPECTOR W. c. Hall and
tne brave men associated with him.
ABUSE OF the "subscrvicnt press" which
ne accused Of bending it's EFFORTS to-
ward weakening the morale o. his de
haEtment. defense ot the States policy
o. maintaining supplementary force
10 see that prohibition laws arc en-
forced and the promise that the dry
iorccs VIII meet for a fight with the
hostile workers before the next General
assembly. were nigh lights in an I'M
FASHIONED talk b. Commissioner o. Pro-
hibitton j. sidney Peters last night In
meeting OF temperance leaders al
iroad street Methodist Church.
For their alleged policy OF PLAYING
no In prcjudiciai manner news caicu-
lated to excite hostility against meth
nds used BY his department in carry
INK out the law. Or. reters paid par-
,lcular attention TO newspapers not
friendly TO prohibition. dwelling at
length on tho comment made bv them
on the shooting aGray near Woodstock.
in which RAYMOND &. Shackclford and
La "renco H. Hudson lost their lives
when they came in contact with In.
.neetor Hall and his deputies.
Tell. of Halls Bravery.
'rhc commissioner declared ,ha,
brave MIR. iiail' was forced to resort
10 violence after one ALLEGED bootleg
c'A tau loiu OH Nun ana WAS
attempting to beat mis- brains out with
a bottle while another was hrins poin;
blank into his face with revolver
And while our enemies are sneerinc
at The Woodstock affair" he continued
We VIII icll them about the hcroisn
and scl:-sacrifcc OF William L. Payne
aud ]. c. Shelhorse. who lost their
lles AS Sloriouslv III defense ot the
uet policy OF their State and in the en-
forcemcnt OF laws OF it's statute books
10 ANY so!diers in battle. will always
iakc occasion whenever | appear be
,crc my Christian friends TO cNtoi tho
virtues OF these valiant officers"
Accuse Oficer. OF BootlesginS.
The speaker warmed UP 20 his sub
!cct AZ he went on.
Why" he said. ",ncy accuse all OF
hem Of being hcnticgScrs. When
irn"li c3fn,s ;n'' on, Of the stations
from my force or the police, they
-hake their heads knowingly, wink
., each other and say that the pro-
li'biiion department is doins a little
importing.
orGuh - Baptis, minister I'm zor,
Of Meihodiat preacher myself, and ;nc%
,aii me hootiegser They ailege all
sorts OF kinship between me and Drug
.iat She lids. because he wac licensed
TO handle liquor in Richmond the!
said at hrsi that he was just plain
IEItllNC. rather lNcC II, lOT really
hes very good man. Later. ,hey
made him my father-!n-law and Sill
later switched him to soa-iniaw.
hen denied the allegation. Finally. II
openly charged that he and
Wen; fftydfty on the liquor ne sold.
That might have been a pretty good
partnership, for ! suspect he made lots
"' money.
supple ementary Force Necessary.
commissioner Peters declared that
a N N ic all cA1,, al,
Indispensable TO the rigid and impair
;ial enforcement of the prohibition
law. largely because of the alleged
laNity OF city and county officers in
certain sections iii doing the duty i'm
posed upon them through their oath
lie told OF one county in which two
d!stilicrios had been captured every
oay for two years. not one OF which
vas taken by The sheriff of the county.
His force he held UP self-sacri-
'icinS heroes who performed their duty
opposition.
They arc willns;" ne said TO work
charged with murder People in many
sections even refuse 10 feed them. In
other places they can't find "A bed TO
sleep in. And every day they take
,heir lives in thei, own hands for
the cause ;hey uphold"
studying Conditions Here
The OCCASION OF the meeting last
Of several men from various parts OF
the British empire who are studying
IN America conditions brought about
by prohibition, with a view of apply
ing them in their own commonwealths
as arguments for prohibition. Among
them were Henry Carter, of the British
hoard Of liquor control, and Robert
IS. f. Hammond. president Of the Aus
tralian Alliance.
pr. Ira Landreth, Of Nashville
Tenn. candidate for Vice President in
1876 on the Prohibition ticket. declared
that the man who opposes prohibition
is 4 BolsheviSt and an anarchist He
cXtolled Woodrow Wilson's Qualities
Of craftsmanship. but said he would
refuse 20 be led by the President into
brewery.
Not Attacking President,
don't want to be misunderstood
a., continued. ~ ann not making An
stack on tho President ! believe he
IN the greatest statesmen i'm many
.espects that VIC have produced Ia
several generations. | don't mean that
-ou shouldn't support him simply be-
cause he made u mistake in recon-
amending that Congress give this coun-
try Six months orgy of beer and
wine. say simply that that recon
Incidentally he boosted y. Mitchell
Palmer for tho presidency, saying that
if the Acknowledgement enforced the
prohibition laws, as he says he will
DO. he will deserve the support of the