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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14
TAX ORDINANCE UPHELD
BY APPELLATE JUDGES
State Supreme Court Rcvcrscs Hus.
tiDgs Court in Bank
Stock Case.
MEANS BIG REVENUE TO CITY
Decision Brings Annual Income OF
S250,OO0 Into Municipal Golfers
Local Levy of S1.40 May BE
Imposed.

The ordinance of the city OF. Rich
mo- 5mnposins local taN Of SIG on
so cents allowed the state on segre-
gated intangible personal property
gas held 10 be valid yesterday by the
Supreme Court OF Appeals, which re-
versed the Hust;ngs Court.
Suit agains; the city was instituted
by the Merchants National Bank.
the provisions OF the segregation tax
law OF 1915. specific tax OF 80 cents
had been named as the max mum 10
DC obtained from this particular class
CITE DREWRN -NIGIiES
CASE As PRECEDENT
The court cited as precedent the case
OF prewry- Hughes. who sought 10
spcct 10 merchants capital employed
in business In this suit the supreme
Court reversed itself, first unfolding
the CLAIM, that 80 cents was the fixed
rate. and later, upon a rehcarnS. de-
Gliding as il has now done in the bank
stock case.
Merchants capital and bank stock arc
named together in the exception the
segregation law makes in the rate OF
,aNeS which may be levied upon in
Stafford c. Whittlc. who handed down
the opinion OF the court. said that i;
was only fair to state that the judge
his decision of the bank stock case.
had TO guide him the first decision OF
The appellate tribunal in the case of
Drewry- Hughes.
Y has been. estimated that the de-
cision OF the Supreme Court yesterday
means an annual revenue 10 the city
OF about sc5o,0o0. Refunds of taxes
already paid BY the banks in Richmond
would have, i, is said set the city
back financially almost 100000
The bank stock case has been pend
ing in the courts for several years and
banks all over the State. as well as
municipalities which have imposed
special taxes have awaited with in
ierest final decision in the matter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14
SAILORS OF JEWISH FAITH
WILL OBTAIN HOLIDAY
Secretary Daniels Issues Announce.
mcnt Which Makes This
Possible.

ofice-5 aEG enlisted men OF Jewish
taith In the United States Navy will
Passover holidays. il was announce
today h% The Jewish Welfare Board.
\ dispatch from Josephus Daniels,
secretary OF the Navy. which was sent
by him 10 cverv snip and naval .taN
ton throughout the naval service, va;
made public today. The dispatch IS a 4,
follows:
W mere military necessity doGs not
interfere leave = riSn OF Jewigh f,,,r
is authorize" - III Icon OF Ap-N "a
{" missy 'Eh c. Ar:i. Is on account IF
the Jewish Passover period. Where in,
practicaole TO grant leave divine GER
vices may be authorized
(Signcd) "JOSEPHUS DANIELS"
Secretary of War Baker recently IS
sued an order 70! Passover furIoughs
for all Jewish men in the United stats
Army in the United States and abroad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14
THOMAS DAVIS IS FINED
Defendant Admits hssnuIt on J.
bryant While Under Influence
of IfauOr.

Thomas Davis. fireman in d down
toNn hotel. was fined $40 and costs i,
Police Court yesterday on a charge @
assaulting j. 7. Bryant. Davis ad
mittcd TO the court that he was slight
~ under the influence of liquor, sun
piled by visiting friends from PhiIa
dciphia- Bryant is said to hav,
reprimanded him for leaving his pos
Of duty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14
AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles For Sale. 4
EXCEPTIONAL BARGAINS
IN USED CARS

Every ear ltoted below. has been expressly
.,f EvsrhiSu1ied and repainted and priced 50
afford to miss this Opportunity they carry
our conditional guarantee.
srUDEBAKER
II series. 4-cylinder touring.
srUDEBAKER
IS scries. 4-eylinder touring.
l sruDEBAKER
Is series s-cylind.r.
BUICK
IS series. s-eyliuder
IS series. s-cyIinder touring.
MAXWELL
ls series. roadster.
Is series. e-cyiinder touring
DODGE
II series. 4-cyiinder touring.
CADILLAC
IL series. A-cyliuder touring
CHANDLER
G.cylinder touring.
coBURN MOTOR SALES CORPORATION.
le17-:3 West Broad Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14
Seven German. Intenea

NEW YORK. March l3.-Scvcn Ger
mans; regarded as dangerous propa-
sanalsts, left here today in custody
OF fcderal officers for Fort Oglcthorpc
IA where they will be intcrned
SmonE them was Baron Paul Won
HEilhltzki, New York broker, and son
cd yesterday after being undcr s,a
picion for Il year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14
Local Temnernture Yesterday

Local Observations at 3 II. VI. Yesterday.
Temperature, IS; humidity. As: wind di-
rection. south wind velocity, 6; weather
at P. NJ. cloudy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14

SO. Euat Grnce street, Richmond, Va.
Whose Skill, Method and Prescription
Glasses have been boon to thousands
OF Virginlans during the past Is years.
II you have blurring.. dizziness, neu-
ralEia. headache. spots before the eyes,
Winking, trembling spells, cataract
burning and smartinE OF the eyes, va
rious nervous and brain affections, en-
falling not only positive injury to the
diately.
Consultation free between 10 A NJ
and 4 p III
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14
The Weather
FURNISHED by U. ). Weather bureau,
Forecast: virginia.

Forecast: NirSinia-
Cloudy and colder Fri
duy. probably followed
b.. rain by Friday
night and on Saturday.
North-Carolina-Pnrt-
~ ciuOdy Friday and
SATURDAY,; not much
change in temperature.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14

FORD touring for sale. a bargain. Shock
mountahle wheels. Ford Roads,er. ,2s5:
model -. Ford truck. model IS Buick
big SIX. Il; Stndebakcr, Is. G, clover leaf
a be2ut at bargain. Dodge Is, $3.50 II
sold quick: klino spccdstcr. $3,5. c:l
FORD-For sale. lato model Ford touring
Phone Madison 1879.
HUDSON CARA bargain: all equipment
Cheap for cash. Harrison Bates. Z
North Eleventh Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14

THREE LEADERS : Grant heavy 4,
truck. Collier light duty track pint
The car ahead Owens Motor Co =,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14

BUICK c 20. s52S for quick sale. Termin,,
Motor Co.. Ninth and Cary Streets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14

BARGAINs-See US for the best bargains
In used cars. We specialize ON them
r. +. kaehler. Madison b3s n'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-14
AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles for Sale.

car In Virginia. Bargain 10 ou,ci. o
TIerminal Motor Co. Ninth and ~
S'ee1
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
That Pro-Beer
Doctors Resolution

The daily press OF June II gave wide
publicity to a pro-beer resolution
said to have been passed by the al
lied Medical Associations of Amer
lea" at Atlantic City. 1t declared
that properly brewed lager beer was
absolutely essential in the treatment
of certain cases, and favored the
manufacture of beer not to exceed
"a per cent alcohol.
The name of the organization was
new to many people acquainted with
the standard national medical asso-
Citations. Inquiry at the Office of the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
brought the reply that nothing was
known of ii there. 1t was not listed
in the Boston Medical Library. In
quiry from the Journal OF the Amer
lean Medical Association, the largest
physicians organization in the coun-
try, brought from the director of the
propaganda department. the following
reply:
1.-The Allied Medical Associations
Of America is not in any sense rep
resentative of scientific medicine. 1t
is apparently the offspring of one
J.. M. Ottofy of St. Louis, Mo-, who
was born in Hungary in 1865. The
president of the Allied Medical Asso-
cations is Ignatz Mayer, who was
born in Austria in 1860"
Organizations such as the Allied
Associations of America spring up
mushroom-like, flourish for brief
space, and while in existence obtain
an amount of publicity out OF all pro-
portion to their importance; then,
having served the purpose of those
who have brought them into being,
they lapse into innocuous desuetude.
ANY resolutions or expressions of
opinion by organizations of this type,
when dealing with the broader prob
lens of public health, are wholly
without significance. whether such
resolutions are good, bad, or indif-
ferent"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
GOOD BYE, JOHN?

Life insurance concerns should be
much more interested than they seem
to be in the passing of John Barley
corn, and for reasons as follows:
When the nation goes on the water
wagon we will all be total abstainers,
perforce. Companies which have
been insuring total abstainers exclu-
sively or which have a special de-
partment for total abstainers insist
that the mortality of this class of risks
is third less than the general NOR
tally. Experience has shown that
the general mortality is "a per cent OF
the expected, while the mortality OF
total abstainers is only As per cent OF
the expected, and the mortality of the
drinker is from l5o to ia OF the ex-
pected.
For instance, in an exposure of
100000 lives entering at age 20, the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18

quors is insignificant as compared
with the expanding demand for this
crop for other purposes. During the
year ending June 80 1917, the use OF
rye for alcoholic liquors was less
than 100000 bushels as compared
with rye productions in 1910 of 49,
$4,000 bushels.
This works out less than eight
per cent use of the crop for this pur-
pose. but the crop has been increasing
rapidly, the yearly average for the
last five years being 100000 bush
els as aginst 35000,000 bushels in the
preceding FIVE years. These "lifeless'
figures ought to convince the most
pessimistic that the discontinuance of
rye in the making of whisky will
make hardly a ripple in the upward
current of production of this crop.
Labor Troubles Will End
take whisky away and my trou-
DltS WOulu NC ONSl, Sdiu d idl lhSl
with a wrinkled brow; but | can't
make out as long as my labor can get
to it. 1t iuins them, and it will ruin
me. And yet our towns are yelling
that if we run them dry business will
stagnate and the towns dry up. AS
though every town in this country
won't stand or fall with the farmers!
prohibition won't supply farm
labor overnight, nor make it sober,
but it'll begin to do these things. 1t
won't empty almshouses, the jails
and asylums, and reduce the farmers
taxes for their support, overnight,
but the start has been made.
prohibition today is another form
oil Liberty bond-the older it grows
the greater its earning power"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
TO WATCH RESULTS IN
AMERICA AND CANADA
Lord D'Abernon Quoted as Saying
England Is Watching Dry Expert
ment With Interest

The Detroit Free Press in a specia
London cable OF June 10 quotes Lor,
DAbernon, chairman OF the Liquo
Traffic Control Board of Great Brit
ain, as saying:
In my judgment no act in the
direction of total Prohibition in
Great Britain is likely to be at
tempted with any success until
we have complete knowledge of
the success o, failure of the ex-
pertinent in the United States.
The action now being undertaken
in America, Canada, and else
where where almost complete
Prohibition has been adopted, is
being watched here with intense
interest. A broader and better
view of the subject can be OBJ
tanned if we regard the different
countries. England, the United
States and others, as each en-
deavoring to determine the old
and difficult drink problem on its
own lines.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18

average longevity is as follows:
Total abstainers, O. years.
Moderate drinkers, 81 years.
Habitual drinkers, IS years,
Taking 100000 lives from the ages
rs to O., the annual deaths of the
general class are 1900, while that OF
the abstainers is but 7S6.
Another bone dry thought:
When John packs his grip and hits
the pike for Oblivion he will leave
behind him tens OF thousands OF bar
tenders, saloonkeepers and liquor
men who heretofore have been on the
prohibited list and unable to get life
insurance, but many of whom will
now be acceptable and willing pros
pects Also, OF the millions OF dol
lars annually spent for booze, much of
it will go for life insurance.-The
Kablegram.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
Figures Show Dry Law
Effect in This State

Statistics showing wet and dry ter
ritory in Illinois following the local
option elections in the Spring of 1918
give some idea OF the effect of Ma
tional Prohibition in this state. These
statistics were approximately correct
up to July 1st as very few changes
took place subsequent to the 1918
elections.
On May 10, 1918, there were S41S
saloons in Illinois. 5,o41 OF these
were located in Chicago. There were
I65 wet cities and 178 wet villages.
Fifty-fve Of the 102 counties of the
state were entirely dry and only one
entirely wet. There were 1,425 dry
townships (including 10 precincts in
counties not under township organi-
zation) as against one hundred ninety
wet townships, (including "a pre-
cincts). Eighty-seven per cent of the
area of the state was dry. Forty
seven per cent of the population of
the state, counting the city of Chicago
as entirely wet, resided in dry terri
tory Seventy-seven per cent OF the
population of the state, emitting the
city of Chicago, resided in dry terri
tory There were nine entirely dry
senatorial districts.
The following are some of the
larger Illinois cities with the number
of saloons they contained before
July LIST:
Alton 63, Aurora 43, Bclleville o6,
Blue Island AZ, Chicago 5,641, Cairo
46, Cicero 142, East St. Louis 26l,
Granite City 48, Joliet 143, Kankakee
AZ, LaSalle So, Madison 90, Ottawa
46, Peoria 257, Quincy 124, Spring
Valley 80, Streator 50, and Westville
3S.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
BREWER BUSCH'S SUNKEN
GARDENS TO BE SOLD
Beer Drinkers of America Built the
Gardens at Tremendous Cost

Brewer Busch's sunken gardens at
Pasadena. Calf, built at an expense
of two million dollars and one OF the
show places for tourists, is to be sold
either as whole or in separate tracts.
The gardens cover 90 acres. 1t, re-
CURED the buying of millions OF dol
lars worth OF beer to build these gar
dens for Brewer Busch and his fam
lily. But the beer drinkers worked
on, for many years skimping their
own families in order to surround the
family OF this German brewer with
luxury.
Not ONLY did these beer drinkers
succeed in buying this fine estate for
Brewer Busch and others, but they
made it possible for the Busch FAM
lily to buy thousands of dollars worth
of German bonds and thus aided our
enemies in war.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
Illinois Dry Law
Is Beer Tight
No Chance to Sell Q Per Cent Brew
Here

For several hours after National
Prohibition had gone into effect many
Illinois liquor dealers believed that
they could continue to sell beer.
Reports from Washington Indicated
that the United States Attorney Cen
cral would await the outcome of va
rious court actions involving the
right tc sell 2M per cent beer before
taking acton to stop such sales.
A Chicago newspaper printed an
article stating that the attorney-gen-
erals office in Illinois had ruled that
the law enforcement bill would apply
only to territory dry under Illinois
laws. Accordingly saloonkeepers
hoped to be able to continue beer
sales but their hope was short lived.
The Encouragement on July LIST
made it clear that the Illinois law en-
forcement law applied to all territory
dry under either state or federal stat
utes.
The war Prohibition law. Icing a
federal statute covers all OF Illinois;
therefore, the Illinois law enforce
ment law applies to all Illinois terri
tory. This law provides that any
thing containing more than one-half
Of one per cent alcohol shall be con-
sidered Intoxicating and its sale pro-
hibited This law went into effect at
midnight l'nly LIST. What looked to
the vets like loop hole permitting
the sale of beer proved to be a mirage
on the desert.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
NEAR BEER IN MINNESOTA IllEGA
NEAR BEER IN MINNESOTA lLlEGA
Malt Liquor Sales in Licensed
Bars Only
All Licenses Now Void Under
War Prohibition
Saloons With Liquor Stored Take
Chances
Possession Counts Against Them
in Court

Two hundred and fifty Minneapolis
saloonkeepers are struggling TO re-
main in business depending upon the
sale of soft drinks and lunches.
Manufacturers OF soda fountain
equipment reported an unprecedented
rush of sales. Saloons both in Min
neapolis and in outlying districts were
placing orders for charged water.
fountain fixtures and fruit flavors.
Soda supplies and fruit dealers declare
they are wholly unable to cope with
the stack of orders confronting them.
Near beer as we'll as real beer is IL
legal in Minnesota under the terms
of the 1907 law prohibiting the sale of
malt liquors except in licensed saloons
and in drug stores for medicinal pur-
poses. lnasmuoh as there arc no
longer any licensed saloons in Mime
sofa and inasmuch as licenses cannot
be issued as long as the war prohibi-
ton is in effect, near beer sales are
under the ban.
1t is reported that the saloonists OF
Minneapolis ran out of beer some days
before the war Prohibition act be-
came operative and sold near beer to
their unsuspecting patrons.
Saloons that arc running with in
toxicating liquors still kept on the
premises are taking chances with the
law, authorities point out. II there is
complaint that these places are selling
Illegally, the possession of liquor and
the bar fixtures will count heavily
against them even though they are
selling nothing but soft drinks.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18

interview in Washington that before
he can issue proclamation which
will end wartime Prohibition the
Senate must rally the treaty, the
President must proclaim peace, and
complete rehabilitation of the army
must be effected, which will not be
possible until some time after the
proclamation of peace.
Not less than three months is
needed for the Senate to ratify the
treaty. If there is to be a wet inter
val between the end of wartime Pro-
hibition and the beginning OF the con-
stitutional Prohibition Jan. 10, it will
be a short interval
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
Prohibition VIII
Help the Farmers
Dry Law Will Not Destroy Markets
AS Predicted

Vim. Harper Dean writing under
the title prohibition And Your
Farm" in the July Farm and Fireside
gives some interesting facts and fig
ures. The following extracts from his
article show how unfortunate were
the fears OF the vets that the interests
OF the farmers would suffer through
loss of markets with the coming Of
Prohibition.
Barley. more than any other crop,
is going to be affected by Prohibition
In 1917 total of 65,ol0,000 bushels
of this grain were used to make al
coholic liquors in this country. This
is equivalent to SO per cent of the
1916 barley production-182, 100000
bushels.
But in lol7-19i8 the barley used
was less than the preceding year
about 10000 900 bushels; and the crop
was much larger-2ll 100000 bushels.
Simple arithmetic shows that IA per
cent was used for alcoholic liquors
So the yearly average production of
barley in the past five years was 2l5,-
100000 bushels, and in the preceding
FIVE years 18l 100000 bushels, an in
crease i'll the yearly average produc-
ton of nearly 35,000,000 bushels.
Barley Needed for Feeding
Brewing has not been the sole i'm
petus for this increase, for in recent
years there has been a steadily in
creasing demand for barley feeding
If this feeding demand continues it
will soon require all that was pre-
viously used to make alcoholic Ii
quors-and then some. Will it con-
tinue?
Well, yes. Without going into
well-known details of the boom in
livestock production in this country,
which was in the making before the
world war holocaust, and which,
when the world once more returns
to a condition of near-normality, will
attain healthy permanence, it's a
significant fact that our 1919 require
ments of barley will strain our farm
acreage program to meet them.
Crop Will Fall Short
Both this year and next year,
Secretary of Agriculture Houston
has stated officially, the European
countries will need to import 49,
100000 bushels of barley along with
their tremendous requirements of
other grains. We will fall short 3d.
100000 bushels of barley for our own
requirements and net requirements
of Europe, which cannot be supplied
elsewhere. And this on the eve of
National Prohibition.
Nobody with ability to look
ahead a bit can fail to laugh when
they hear the future of our barley
acreage serenaded with dead
march from John Barleycorn.
The use of rye for alcoholic Ii
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-07-18
State Superintendent
Given Surprise Party
Speakers Pay Tribute to Leader of
Illinois Drys

A tremendous ovation was rendered
Ito DR.. F. Scott Mcbride, state super
hntcndent of the Anti-Saloon League
Iof Illinois at surprise luncheon given
bin bis honor at the Central Y. M. c. A.
Tuesday evening. The gathering was
lin the nature of celebration of the
advent of wartime Prohibition.
The addresses delivered by legisla-
Tors, eminent ,clergymen and well
known Prohibition workers, were one
continual series of glowing tributes
ITO the indefatigable energy, limitless
zeal and untiring devotion of Mr..
McBride's leadership during the many
hrying years of the fight for Prohibit
ION. 1t was declared that the out
standing characteristics OF the genial
Header was his impenetrable smile,
that his composure was never ruffled
by the most unwarranted aspersions
of his bitterest foes, that he never was
known to lose his temper, and that he
enjoyed the admiration and respect of
enemies as we'll as friends. The VIC
tory of Prohibition in Illinois. and in
part at least throughout the nation
was attributed to the zeal and conse-
Grafton of Mr. McBride's inspired
leadership.
In voice tense with emotion, Z. ].
Davis, district superintendent. eulo-
gized the work and the high Christian
character of his chieftain, concluding
his culogium with the presentation to
DR.. and Mrs. Mcbride of handsome
chest of silvef, as loving token OF
appreciation and esteem in behalf Of
the officials and workers of the
League.
The addresses of the evening were
given by Mr. Lena Mathes, president
Of the Chicago Woman's Church Fed
Grafton; Captain +. B. Ebbert, attor-
ney for the Anti-Saloon League OF
Illinois; Judge F. B. Sadler; Senator
Henry Austin, OF Oak Park; Senator
James J. Barbour, OF Rogers Park;
the Rev. DR.. VIM. +. Barton, pastor
Of the First Congregational church OF
Oak Park; Rev. Duncan Miner; State
Representative Howard p. Castle;
DIR. Arthur Burrage Farwcll. OF the
Chicago Law and Order League; State
Representative A. II. Roberts, F. J.
Davis, district superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League; Ben Spence, OF
Toronto, Canada; the Rev. FIR. Nc
Namara, pastor of St. David's Roman
Catholic church; and DIR. T. Scott Nc
Bride.
The Hon George Wilson. of
Quincy, acted as POSTMASTER, Z, o.
Excel led the singing and gave sew
eral vocal numbers. The meeting
closed with the Singing OF Old Hun
dred, followed by benediction by the
Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows. - North
Shore Leader.