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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
DRY BILL PASSES HOUSE
Drastic Measure Sent to Senate
For Action There.
Proposed Law Expected To Forever
Suppress Liquor Traffic On
American Soil.

Washington, July 23.-By a vote of
nearly three to one, 2S7 to 100, the
house, weary of talk of prohibition,
passed a bill for it's enforcement with
provisions and penalties so drastic as
to bring from the men who framed it
the prediction it would forever sup
press the liquor traffic on American
soil.
Provisions of Bill.
The prohibition enforcement bill as
it passed the house provides:
After January 26, 1920:
Every person permitted under the
law to have liquor in his possession
shall report the quantity and kind to
the commissioners of internal revenue.
(This applies to chemists, physicians,
etc.
After February l, 1920:
The possession of any liquor, other
than as authorized by the law, shall be
prima facie evidence that it is being
kept for sale or otherwise in violation
of the law. 1t will not be required,
however, to report, and it will not be
illegal to have in ones possession
liquor in a private dwelling while the
same is occupied and used by the pos.
SCISSOR as his private dwelling, and the
liquor is used for personal consump.
ton by the owner, his family or his
guests.
intoxicating Liquor Defined.
The possessor of such liquors, how
over hna1 G tho burden IF rronf fhof
the liquor was acquired and is pos
sessed lawfully. intoxicating liquor is
defined as a beverage containing more
than one-half per cen of alcohol.
Any house, boat, vehicle or other
place where liquor is manufactured or
sold is declared a nuisance.
No persons shall manufacture, sell,
barter, give away, transport, import,
export, deliver, furnish or receive any
intoxicating liquors.
Some Exceptions Made.
Liquor for non-beverage purposes;
and wire for sacramento use may be
sold under specified regulations.
Denatured alcohol, medicinal pre-.
parations (including patent medicines)
unfit for beverage purposes, toilet arti-
cles, havoring extracts and vinegar are
exempted.
Registered physicians are authorized
to issue prescription. under strict reg.
ulations for the use of liquor in cases
where it may be considered necessary
as a medicine.
Liquor advertisements of all kinds
are prohibited.
Sale, manufacture or distribution OF
compounds intended for use in the I'm.
lawful manufacture of liquor is pro
hibited together with sale or publica
ton of recipes for home manufacture
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
president Believes Diplomatic
Discussion With Japan Will
Settle Senate Fight.
WILSON IS NOT HOSTILE
Indicates to Senator That He Is Will
+ ing to Accept Reservations in
League Of Nations Coven-
ant Thought Necessary.

Washington, July 26.-Diplomatic
discussions with Japan over the Shan
itung provision in the peace treaty
have reached a stage where Presid-
dent Wilson is represented as very
hopeful of developments that will
Iclear the air and remove much of
the senate opposition.
This Interpretation of the Presi-
dents expectations was expressed by
Senator Spencer, Republican, Missoh-
Ei, after a long talk with Mr.. Wilson.
fThe Senator declined to go into de-
tails and both the White House and
the State department were silent on
the subject. There were indications
that the conversations with Japan,
enough quite informal in character,
had as their object such a declaration
from Toxic as would satisfy China
and result in her acceptance of the
treaty.
Senator Spencer also discussed with
Ithe President the subject of reserva-
itions in senate notifications of the
treaty, taking with him a draft of five
reservations drawn up and submitted
ito the President, it is understood, at
the suggestion OF Chairman Lodge of
the foreign relations committee. The
draft also is said to have been shown
ito other Republicans. but Mr.. Spencer
made it clearV that he alone stood
sponsor for their ~phraseology.
New Reservation Plan Outlined.
The reservations submitted are In
some respects similar to the interpre.
tations proposed as a middle ground
by former President Taft and are un.
derstood to follow in general the plan
discussed among the group of Repub.
licans fayoring a league. They would
provide:
That the Monroe doctrine is IAN es.
sential national policy whose appli.
ication and enforcement must be de
;termined by the United States
alone
That internal questions entirely
domestic in character, such as immi
grafton and the tariff" are to be de
|termined solely by the country in
(which they arise"
That the United States "canot bind
itself in advance" to make wal with
out the express authorization of con.
Egress at the time
That the right of a nation to with,
draw includes the right to determine
for itself" whether it had fulfilled its
obligations as provided in the coven
ant.
That the Shantung settlement is
viewed with deep regret" as "disre
sgardful' of the rights and desires Of
~Elnhabitants of the peninsula, "unjus,
ito China and threatening" to future
peace.
MI. Spencer said the President be
frrayed no ~antagonism to a revision
program that would follow these lines
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
Relief for Armenians Hindered.

Paris, July 23.-The American relief
administration has received a message
from Major Joseph Green, who is in
charge Of Armenian relief. saying the
Georgian government has placed an
embargo on supplies passing through
Georgia for the Armenians. This EN-.
barge has lasted more than a week and
the officials show little disposition to
raise 1t. AS a result Of the food EN-,
barge hunger threatens many sections
OF Armenia despite the supplies which
the Americans have made available.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
LIMELIGHT ON BURLEsoN
House Committee to Probe Postoffice
Department.

Washington, July PA complete
investigation Of Postmaster General
Burleson's official conduct of office
will be hold by the house committee
on expenditures in the Postofice de-
partment, Chairman Zihlman said.
I'VE have determined on this in
v~estigation because of the many com
pla1hts against the postal service"
Zihlman said. ut will be postponed
until after the house recess planned
for August"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
Beer Percentage Don't Count.

Chicago. July 26.-The question of
Intoxicating power does not enter into
suits brought for violation of the war
time prohibition act, Federal Judge
Page ruled here. Hearing arguments
in demurrer against information
charging the Stenson Brewery, Chi
cago, with manufacture and sale of
beer in violation of the act, Judge
Page held it unnecessary to prove the
liquor sold was intoxicating. Prosecu.
tors, he said, needed only to prove 1t
to be wine or beer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
Not to Outlaw Liquor in Homes.

washington, July PA motion to
strike from the prohibition enforce.
ment bill the provision PERMITTING
storage OF liquor in the home for per
sonal use was defeated in the house,
lo7 to D. The motion, by Representa-
1--WE Raker, Democrat, California, was
opposed by Chairman Volstead of the
judiciary committee. Voting for 1t
were Raker, Blanton, Texas, and Up
shaw, all Democrats. The house pre-
viously had defeated overwhelmingly
an amendment to limit home posses.
sion to $50 worth OF liquor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
WASHINGTON is QUIET AGAIN
Hope Prevails That Race Riots Are
at an End.

Washington, July 24.-Streets of the
national capitol were patrolled again
by a force Of cavalry, infantry and
marines numbering more than 1000
men, no precaution being overlooked
by the authorities against. a renewed
outbreak of the race riots which. have
occurred on four successive nights.
Officials were hopeful that the COM
parative quiet which prevailed, marred
by only one clash resulting in the
killing of one white man and the fatal
wounding of another by a negro, meant
that the sudden blaze of race hatred
had been ~extinguished.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
"Hard Boiled" Smith Sentenced.

Washington, July 24.-Besides Lieut..
Frank H. Smith, known in the army
as Hard Boiled Smith, two elder
officers and one enlisted man were con-
,victed by courtmartial of cruelties to
American army prisoners at Prison
Farm No. 2 in France. This informa-
ton was contained in a report to the
War department from General Perish
ing. which was read to a special house
wal investigating committee by Gen.
'eral March, chief Of staff. Smith was
sentenced to ls months Imprisonment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
SAYS MOONEY WAS 'FRAMED'
U. S. Agent Reports to House on
investigation of Case.

Washington, July 24.-Charges of
labor leaders that Thomas J. Mooney
was unjustly convicted for participa-
ton in the bomb outrage in San Fran
cisco three years ago were supported
in a report of John B. Densmore, spe-
cial agent Of the Department Of Labor,
submitted to the house in response to
a resolution demanding more informa-
ton on the case.
The prosecution was conducted with.
out a real investigation of the crime,
Mr.. Densmore declared, and with de-
liberate intent to frame" the labor
leader.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
$4,000 KILLED BY BULGARS
Macedonian Population Depleted by

Macedonian Population Depleted by
Hunger and Cruel Treatment.
Paris, July 26.-Bulgarian oppres-
sion to Eastern Macedonia during oc-
equation of that territory resulted in
reduction of the population by almost
i10O,O 900 and death of some 49, 0 in
!habitants in three years of hunger
and ill-treatment, according to the
report Of an inter-Allied commission.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
VISIT FROM PRINCE OF WALES
To Be Guest of President and Will
Also Go to Gotham.

London, July 24.-The Prince of
Wales will visit the United States
next month, as a guest of the Ameri-
a government. King George, on be-
half of the prince, has accepted an
invitation sent the prince by President
Wilson to visit the President in Wash.
ington.
After his visit to Canada the Prince
of Wales will go to Washington for a
few days and later will make a brief
visit to New York.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
TO CROSS OCEAN IN a DAYS
Two Gigantic Liners to Be Built by
Shipping Board.

Washington, July 25.-Two gigantic
ocean liners, larger than any ships now
af1oat and designed to cross the At.
lantic in four days, are to be built
by the Shipping board. They will be
1000 feet long and of 80 knots speed
and will be equipped for use as CON-
mexce d%estroyers in the event Of var
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31

Lightning Kills Wisconsin Farmer.
Red Wing, July 24.-Peter Denuth,
farmer residing near Diamond Bluff,
Wis, was instantly killed by lightn-
ing, while at work in a harvest field.
Denuth was As years old.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
Farmer Killed by Cattle.

Bangor, Wis, July 24.-Ludwig Linn.
erick was killed when attacked by a
herd of cattle. His dog tried to save
him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
SUGAR LIMITATION CRITICISED
There Is Plenty of Staple Says Scion
o.. in House.

Washington, July 26.-Action of
dealers in some localities in limiting
retail purchases of sugar to two
pounds a person was criticised in the
house by Representative Killings, Re
publican, of Pennsylvania, who de-
,clared there was nc occasion for such
curtallment. The scheme seems to
be backed by p%rofiteering sugar re-
fineries, which desire to maintain high
prices Mr.. Killings said. There is
plenty of sugar"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-31
81, 100000 TO FIGHT THE FLU
ASKED in Bill Present in Iowa House
T. of Congress.

u of Congress.
Washington, July 26.-Representa-
tive Fess, Ohio, urged the house to
pass his bill appropriating 81, 800, 900
TO fight the influenza. A statement
written by Mr.. Fess, after an investi-
gation of the possibility of recurrence
of the disease, was inserted in the
congressional Record.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
BELIEVE ADOPTED GIRL
HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED

I Winchester. March 3~-Memhers of
the family OF Mrs. r. ]. Sherman iiv-
ing near ChambersviIle this county,
as well as agents of the Virginia chi
drens Home society. have appealed to
/ the authorities to assist them in locat-
ing Bessie Bragg. girl of thirteen
years, who was adopted by Mrs. Sher-
man last fall, and who has been miss
ing from her home since Monday OF
last week
! Mrs SHERMAN and others Interested
in the case believe the girl was
kidnapped for she is said TO have
heen perfectly conteuted with her
surroundings at the sherman home.
and that nothing had occurred TO
make her unhappy or DESTROYS of
leaving
The belief that she was kidnapped
was further strengthened by o state
ment obtained from Mr.. n. A. Bay
liss, who stated That man aud a
woman. both STRANGERS in the. neigh
borhood, came there last MondaN
morning in an automobile, MIR. Bay
liss learned from the man and woman
that they We're waiting there for
certain party"
The strangers took their car down
the road "A short distance and then
returned, but did not stop. It has
been established that Bessie Bragg
left the sherman home for the VIII
large public school about the time
the car was In the neighhorhood aud
1t is the impression at Cham hersville
that the man and woman who occn-
pied the car carried the girl away.
Whether they are her relatives is not
yet known The man was short and
The woman was tall and slender.
Mrs. Sherman's daughter stated to-
Gay that fhe girl was turned over to
Mrs. sherman on September 20, 1918.
by the Children's Home society. and
that she came from either the Char
lottesville or Petersburg section OF
the state, They head her say that
her father had been killed but that
her mother. was living She also re-
ferred on several occasions to having
a brother and sister.
She is slender. and has black hair
and black eyes When she left the
Sherman home on Monday morning
with her school book She wore a
blue dress. red sweater, a shepherds
oheck coat and small white hat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
PAY TRIBUTE 70
TR|N|7Y'S DEAD
irtnifF college tn Have Suitable
Memorial To Alumni Who
Died In War.

Trinity College, Durham. ~ G.
March 3.~-~fn response TO a call from
N. r. Newson, chairman Of the Alum
M Association OF Trinity College. and
a member OF the executive committee
OF Its board or trustees, a number OF
Trinity alumni met here to constde,.
the matter of erecting a suitable
mem oriaf to the Trinity men who toot
part In the world war. and especially
to those who gave their lives In this
cause. Suggestions "a to the form of
tha memorial uero received, ways and
means discussed, and as result. OF
this meeting three definite concur
Mons. were reached. .ta
Without hesitation All present
agreed that the, memorial should ba
erected. The college In Justly nrai,d
OF her thousand and more men who
took part in the war She takes sor~
rowful pride In the score or more who
died for their county. Among her
alumni there will not be a dlsser1tinr,
vote in the matter of the memorial.
The second result was reached al
most as quickly as the first A new
emphasis has beer placed upor, uhvst.
cal manhood by the recent conflict
Too many American yoU were
round defective in this respect. 1t
was unanimously agreed that the
memorial should take the form OF a
magnificent gymnasium that should
not only he thing of beauty" but
OF service also. There Will be a spe4
ctai memorial feature 10 this build
ing In the form OF a Hall OF Fame"
In which viii be placed tablets com
metnorating those who lost their lives
N The service. Trophy roorns and
other fehtuEes will emphasize the
part the college played in the struggle.
HIHnS n9He y bprahy skn .a,x
paign could be carried on for the se-
curing OF the funds necessary to
financc the project No doub; is enter
famed as 10 the heart!ness OF the re-
rp"nse that will he made when the
opportunity l. given to the alumni and
the fr!snds OF the college to contribute
TO iaix worthy CAUSE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
CAN ].
u AZ An4
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50 QUICKLY

Your urgent need for something,
right away. to clear unsightly skin, to
heal broken out places. to remove pin-
pies and blemishes. is spiendidiy met
in Poslam which drives away the very
troubles you are anxious to be rid or
quickly. Soothes angry skin; stops
itching aEravation. Saves time
moAay. temper. embarrassment. 1t ir
safe. easy TO Use and so little does So
mucIl-because /, 10 highly concen~
trated
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write 10 Emergency Laboratories. 2<S
West nth ST. New York City
Poslam Soap Is daily treat to
tender skin or skin subject to erup-
uonal troubles. tadv)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
PiNCHFD BY \ SKIRT. CRIES
oh, HE'LL. LOCK ME UP,.'

New York. March 3---"Pinched bv
a skirt, Oh, hell lock me up ex-
claimed Walter Milsoluesky as he
gazed upon his captor just before col
lapse after four block chase by a
mob following an attempt to hold up
a Harlem brokerage Office today.
More than fifty men took part in
the pursuit after an attendant In the
brokers' oftlce, who was struck twics
over the head with tie butt end OF a
revolver, yelled for help. Mikoiues,,y
was making a clean get away whom
Mrs, Harriet Tax. aged 20. OF the
women's police reserves. met him.
she tackled, football style, and they
feii together. As they got back on
their feet Mrs. Tax reached for her
gun pocket~-~it was empty. but
Mikoluesky did not know II. The po-
lice say he is still "daxsd."r~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
Graphic Pen Picture
of Life Of Doughboy
in Northern Russia

London. March ga graphic pic
ture OF the life OF the American troops
in northern Russia is contained in n
letter received here from one of them
Though 1t is q letter. 1t gives vivid
account of conditions In the frozen
north Extracts from the letter fol-
lowi
The trouble with the country is
treachery, You never know who is
your friend and who Ia going To stick
YOU in the back.
The Russians themselves are not
70 blame. as they are so ignorant that
they believe anything the, are told.
and the Bolsheviks tell them all kinds
OF things and get away with it
They 1.-THE Russians )only have to
get thing nicely 'dished up' to them,
and they swallow It,
THE could he one or the richest
countries in the world if only they
could get a little cooperation and
organization, but that seems foreign
to their nature
Our food is of the hest. and we
Murray! Hurrayi SEQ where fin
lshed that last sentence: that's be-
cause the mail came. and that makes
every man drop everything where he
stands
Nothing Matters hut Mail.
! They have called my magic name
seven times, and | wouldn't call the
/ King my uncle. Nothing matters,
nothing on earth. so long as we get
our mall II sure Is funny to see the
BOYS stand and wait for their names
Relieve me. they aren't slow In an
swertng here when they are called.
an altogether different here 10 when
they are ON parade.
After II is sorted and given out
there is dash for the nearest candle.
about ten men getting around one
little sputterlng piece, and nobody
SAYS a word
II any on" talks they get boots or
anything else handy thrown at their
head. They are now rereading II all,
ana tonight when the lights go out tho
room viii be in an uprosr, exchanc-
ing my sister says my girls got the
hu, or my mother says there is "A
parcel on the way but somehow these
parcels never get here
Gee. its great IT'S better thar a
picnic. The war is over: The mail is
in. so every one is in the best of spir-
it's The din in this room is so bad
can't henr to write
Last night / went TO a movie
show, The America Red Cross have
a small machine run on Ford engine
and come around about every two
WEEKS with three pictures,
1T is a very primitive affair. and
there are no seats or anything classy
Ike that. but the boys Just go crazv
when they hear il Ia coming and
COME in for miles around
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
eOOD ROAD BETWEEN SOTTH
BOSTON AND HOUSTON

SDuth Boston. Va. March $~-The
ing -dreamed of, long-hopea- for good
SoaA between South Boston and Hous-
Ton IL now practically certainty
- BY next Christmas II present
49, scarry, the travelling public of
III county will be enjoying q con-
t4G Highway between the metropolis
Il me county seat of Halifax.
ID ne csiins iIa tion OF the plans for
f11ktxH~sw fsss q took place .Est ID aneetS
M OF the board Of supervisors which
kn1 xheie in Houston Monday morn
N Hasy &eek Mr.. Gran Craddock
4Ahakhna Of a visit ne and Mr..
Gc1Hedk,sa member OF the board had
I'D, Committee, 20 State Highway
&31n1nissioner Coleman in Richmond.
E C0lsuan, he said, had stated
~ the state could and would build
I3 maintain tbs road In question
@lIk*fTc state and federal funds but
G1DNina to the limitations Of the
II could not be com
- nj any ttme within the near
3411f&. certainly aot. this year. Hs
&5o. however, thai II the people OF
l41k would raise the balance need
tik. 900, he wani1 advertise fer
rs room as the survey. which il
Aefng made, was completed and
1tN Wave the road completed by
Dnm2ss OF this year. After some
Qefnn IL was voted by the board
&R motion Of Mr.. Snotweli. 10 ac-
Sf Mr.. Colerasn's proposition
- Edmunds then offered a resoiu
$apposnf'ng coramittee to raise
money in this city and Houston
H ~gs At once passed. THIS con-
ID rcnaposed ~ the folio wing
1tset r ~ Hodges. r. G. War.
HIsss r A.. Fuighun. V. T., Fowl
n harbour, c. w. Walters. c
ICY and Nv L.. Penick, of this
0nt u. W.. Leigh. Ut Houston.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
llFlllCTl0l DF DR
Law IS 4 FELONY

prohibition law enforcement
measure has been introduced In thu
Michigan house of Representatives
which makes vioIation Of the dry Law
felony punishable by thousand dol.
lar fine and one year in the peniten,
tiary. Among the provisions are the
following:
Pouring out liquor for the eviden,
:11-AssA sss,s.x1 IL + .x,.Jss Ia .s,s,;
considered evidence OF unlawful pos
session % dsatossca*tng liquor. ,sssi'sssfss
having personal knowledge. or "rea.
sonable information" that intoxicat-
ing liquors are being kept, trans-
ported or are in the possession in vio-
iauon OF law in any place except In
buildings used for private residence,
Ia given authority to search with az
without a warrant any depot, baggage
room. premises. building. satchei. suit
case, grip, trunk, receptacle of any
Kind. wagon, automobile. car, boat.
vehicle air or water craft. where IN
or whereby any Intoxicating liquor
All containers used to conceal IN
toxicants after seizure are to be sold
by the food and drug commissions
to the highest bidder. Horses, auto
mobiles, and aircraft are also subject
OF seizure under this provision.
1t Is made unlawful for any person
70 have or receive any intcxicant un-
leAs 1t Is branded. stencfled or labeled
with the words This package cor
tains Intoxicating liquors" The label
also Is required to show the amount
The phrase Intoxicating liquors"
would be amended to include any lio-
uid containing sufficient alcohol to
produce intoxication Many patent
would be hit by this pro
vision. Cider could still be naanufae-
tured for vinegar and the sale Of non
intoxicating cider and fruit Juices
would be permitted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05
Petersburg
NOTICE.

In case of any failure on
the part of Petersburg sub
scribers to receive the Rich
mond Virginian promptly
aaA hssxs ~. .Axg,sE ~ "a
anested TO call Russell A,
Parkinson, agent, phone
1861, Petersburg, who will
see that all such complaints
are properly attended to.
Mr.. Parkinson desires to
have on file the names of q
number of reliable boys who
would accept positions as
carriers when the first va
cancv occurs. ....
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05

Teacher--''Now Edwin, can you tell
me why water runs down hiIf?'
Edwin--'"Cause 1t can't walk. 7
guess"
Little Charles-"Say, father, ala
Solomon know more Than anybody
else that ever lived? %
Father-''He did. my son--with thu
exception OF your eighteen year ola
brother. Herbert"