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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28

ting proposition on ballot and were
turned down.
12-Washington, %, 637 names nee
essary to referend; mandamus pro-
ceedings brought against secretary of
State to file and attorney general is
to give ballot title; writ granted by
supreme court; 10000 names filed June
IL; verification of signatures by secre-
tary of State not yet completed.
Fight Seems Hopeless.
This summary shows that the vets
are making a last desperate fight to
nullify the proclamation issued by
Secretary of State Polk, and while,
off-hand, il seems that theirs is an
almost hopeless fight, even though
they win in the State courts and Sc
cure a vote upon the State ratifying
resolutions, still the unexpected may
happen and a fresh complication over
this measure arise.
II is further announced by Mr..
Mayer that in addition to the refer
endum reasons which may form the
basis of an attack on the Eighteenth
amendment, it will be contested in the
United States Supreme Court on con-
stitutional grounds" These constitu-
tional reasons are now being exam
ined and soon will be put into formal
form. 1t is intimated by him that
Rhode Island will proceed, under the
resolution adopted by its legislature,
with its case in the supreme court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
ITAGAKI, JAPANESE
LIBERAL CHIEF, DIES

TOKYO, July 2S-Count Taisuke
Itagaki, founder of the Japanese Lib
eral party. died today.
Count Itagaki, one OF the veteran
statesmen of Japan, was born in the
province of Tosa eighty-two years
ago. He was the son of a samurai Of
the Kochi clan. He Joined an organ
ization of patriots at the end OF the
Tokugawa government and strongly
advocated the cause of the Mikado.
He took part in several battles as
chief Of staff Of the imperial army in
1858. At :he restoration Of peace he
was appointed councillor Of state, re-
firing from his office in 1873, owing to
a difference of opinion concerning the
sending of a punitive army to Korea,
which he advocated.
The following year he presented a
memorial to the government suggest
ing the establishment OF a representa-
tive form of government. His pro-
posal was rejected, and Count Itagaki
retired to his native province and
established a political party. preach
ing the cause OF peoples rights and
liberty.
In 1880 Count Itagaki inaugurated
the Liberal party Of Japan. He was
seriously. wounded when an attempt
v.ns made on his life by a Japanese
tS-itator during one OF his canvassing
tours. In 1882 the count went to Eu-
rope with the late Count GotO TO in
vestigate political conditions there.
He was created a count in 1887. Count
tagaki created the Constitutional Lib
eral party of Japan in 1890 and be-
came it's president. He was home
minister in the Ito cabinet. retiring
from office in 1898. His later years
were passed in secIusion. although he
took an active interest in the social
and educational affairs Of his country
until the last
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
5000 GALLONS OF LIQUOR
CAPTURED IN ONE WEEK

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, July Is
More than 5000 gallons of whisky,
'pickhandle," and mash" were con-
fiscated in this county during the
past week under the direction of Dep
uty State Prohibition Commissioner
Bert Phillips. The liquor was confis-
Gated in large and small lots at Sa-
braton, Jerome Park, the Bertha
Mines, and other small communities
In many places where Intoxicating
liquors were discovered, large sup
plies of raisins were found. They are
used chiefly for the manufacture Of
'pickhandle.'
Fifty cases of whiskey were seized
at one place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
MORE D. c. YANKS
LANDAT HOBOKEN

HOBOKEN, n. J., July 2s-The
following Washington men are re-
ported to have arrived from overseas:
Capt. Robert B. Moore. 5O4 Thirty
third street northwest; Lieut.. Ray
mond Richardson, Dos G street north
west; Capt. Harry w. Robbins, 32I1
Tennyson avenue. Chevy chase; Capt.
William b. Scringer, 143S Irving
street; Lieut.. Drury L. Patched. 1881
South Carolina avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
GIRL, 20, VOWS TO
AVENGE BROTHER

NEW YORK. July 2S.-"I'lI go to the
chair, if necessary. to avenge this
murder. My brother Tom had re-
formed. The police haven't had to
trouble him for years. I'm going 10
TO try to find out who killed him."
in these words Margaret Smith,
twenty, vowed today to see that JUS
tice is done to the person who shot
and killed her brother Thomas. known
as Tanner" Smith, in the rooms of
the Marginal Club last night
Smith was shot in the back while
a party" was in progress in an
apartment on another floor of the
building. The police think the shoot
ing may have been the aftermath of
some labor trouble. The p sol with
which the shOotingsis believed to have
been done is in the possession of the
police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
BULGARIAN TREATY TO
BE READY THIS WEEK

PARIS, July 2S.-The supreme
council has accepted Marshal Foch's
report on the boundary between the
Poles and the Lithuanians whereby
the Poles shall move into SUvalki
and withdraw to line running
northeast from SuvaIki. he request
from KaFelians to be heard has been
referred to the Baltic commission.
The economic clauses of the Bull
Earian treaty have been referred to
the economic commission with in
structions 10 report back at once. II
is expected that the Bulgarian treaty
will be ready to deliver to the Bull
EarIan delegation by the middle OF
u-I It week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
GO BARE-LEGGED
IN HALLELUJAH RESORT
CopyrighG. 1919.
~ r l. GoldbsrS-

OCEAN CITY, N. j.. July 2s.-While
Atlantic City may object to the bare
limbed women surf bathers, there APP
pears to be no edict against them in
Ocean City, where many disport in
the water without the semblanee OF
a stocking. There are many, too.
who wear the short socks, while
others battle in one-piece suits.
ocean City of today appears IL be
far removed from the traditIons OF
the old campmeeting days. but there
have been no strenuous objections to
tn. cnange.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
ASK EVERY SENATOR TO
BACK DEFENSIVE TREATY

NEW YORK, Juy 2S.-.The Amcri-
can Defense Society has asked every
Senator to support the defensive
treaty between the United States,
France. and Great Britain, it was an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
DIVES 1850 FEET
IN AERO; UNHURT

NANTAsRET BEACH. N. Y. July
2s.-Speaking OF high diving. Wesley
Smith lost control of his airplane,
which dropped 1900 feet INTO the sea,
Smith bobbed up with only a scratch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
BULLET DOUNCEs OFF HEAD.

CHICAGO. July 2S.-When he gets
into the mood again. Stanley Malino-
wowski will probably choose some
other part OF his anatomy. He shot
at his own head yesterday, but the
bullet glanced Off
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
TWO DROWNED IN
CHICAGO RACE RIOT

CHICAGO, July 2s-Bad feeling
famed forth yesterday at a bathing
beach where whites and blacks are
segregated, spread quickly to the
negro district, and sniping, fist fights,
rock throwing. and petty rioting be-
came popular Sunday sports before
the police RECLAIMED control.
The casualty list: One white man
and one negro drowned, a negro
fatally wounded, and a score or more
of both races with minor wounds
Cause OF Fighting.
The fighting had its origin. 1t is
stated, in the tendency OF certain
negroes to disregard the dividing line
between the races at the bathing
beach. The whites found retaliatory
amusement in picking pebbles out OF
the waters of Lake Michigan and
throwing them at the offending
blacks. It did not take long for a
petty row on the beach to become
a full-fiedged race riot.
One negro fed from the water,
gained possession of a revolver, and
began firing at a pursuing mob. Be-
fore the police caught him another
negro in the crowd was shot, prob
ably fatally. Out of 5000 bathers in
the water the great majority re-
manned cool and quelled the hot
bloods, but not before one black on
a raft was struck by a rock and
drowned, and a white man, swim
ming a short distance from the
trouble, also was hit by a missile.
apparently made unconscious. and
also drowned
Big MObs Gather.
Huge mobs OF both whites and
negroes gathered along the entire
black belt" OF Chicago on Twenty
ninth street
Rock throwing was the pastime
which caused the greatest number
OF injuries. A small fire on State
street broke out and this brought
both police and firemen in to the
scene in time to prevent a pitched
battle on the street.
Bad feeling has been growing be-
tween the two races on the South
Side for several months. There have
been a number Of fights on the
streets. The police believe they will
be able to suppress further lawless-
ness.
RoR TNTOOOR WORKERS Horqford,a I'D
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
POLICE WIN DICE CAME.

LRAIN. Ohio, July 2S.-This here
gambling is bad business. the two
town sports found. They were rolling
dice for a pot Of cents when the DO
lice came. Fines and costs totaled
SAan
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
Big mObs Gather.

FOR INDOOR WORKERS Horsford's Acid
Phosphate added to drinking water stead
les nerves and overcomes exhaustion-Advt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28
Preach On Riots.

Protests against "condemning the
whole negro race, for the crimes of
a few of its members" were con-
tanned in a sermon on the recent race
riots by the Rev. J. Milton Waldron,
of Shiloh Baptist Church. The pas
tor ascribed the trouble to race
hatred on the part of the white peo-
pie against the negroes.
Discussing the race riots, the Rev.
F. w Johnson, of Grace Baptist
Church. declared that the trouble
was caused by attacks on white wom-
en- by colored fiends. He said Con-
gress was responsible for the trou-
bles and the lack of police prOtec-
ton.
DR.. f. c. Dinwiddie in speaking at
the First Congregational Church on
who Is Responsible For Mob Vio-
lence In Washington" said that the
"wets" were utilizing the situation
to conduct propaganda to bring Major
Pullman and Commissioner BrOwnlow
into disrepute.
Stating that the negro does not
want social equality; that there is
no such thing between races, the
Rev. 5. Gerish Lamkins, of the Nc
KinIey Memorial Baptist Church. said
in his sermon we condemn lawIess-
ness, bad conduct and hypocrisy
wherever ii may be found without re-
gard to the color of the skin"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-28

your Liberty Bond interest In W. 8. 8.
- - IN vrur boat intsreGt to put
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CAPITAL NOT DRY,
PASTOR DISCOVERS

Washington ought to set a better
example. according to Congressman
William D. Upshaw Of Georgia, who
at various church gatherings yester-
day inveighed against Sunday base
ball and Sunday theaters. which
amusements he said were "subversive
Of the spirit of reverence which is
due the Word of God and the Sab
bath Day"
Speaking on Causes of Lawless-
ness" the Rev. William ]. Meeks, OF
the Union NJ L. Church, said claims
by certain Congressman that prohibit
ton is the direct cause for the re-
cent shameful rioting in Washington
are so absurd that an Intelligent man
looks for a sinister motive behind
their statements" DR.. Meeks blamed
the delay in %urt action for the
cause Of lawlessness.
ID. C. Is Not Dry"
Washington is not dry" declared
the Rev. Howard 1. Stewart at the
Second Baptist Church yesterday.
Neutrality-suspicious. have stored quanti-
ties of liquor that will last for a
long time to come. The statement
by Cardinal Gibbons attributing the
lawlessness in this city to the dry
law Is not to be taken seriously in
view OF this fact" DR.. Stewart said
that when Washington became abso-
lutely dry the police department
could ike a rest
'Rioting such as has disgraced
Washington in the past week shows
that many of our cultured citizens
are at heart degraded" said the Rev.
DR.. J. ]. Muir at the Temple BSp-
tise Church in his sermon on Pal
ence Needful."
In his sermon on DUTY OF the
Church in the Present World Situa-
tion," the Rev. DR.. Wilmer 2. John
stone, of the First Congregational
Church, said 'men are men. The
differences of birth and race are
mere accidentals." DR.. Johnston said
that the world has seen the rise of
a new idealism which demands a new
world creed to replace the many nat
ural and tribal creeds that have hith-
erto prevailed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13
The Impending Storm.

Proiiteering may yet be the
undoing of this country. No
nation ever is greater than the
government it maintains, and
If the government does not con
serve the interests of the people
the people in time lose conf
denco III that form of govern
ment.
The greatest crime in the
history of our country is that
of proiitcering, wholesale and
deliberate robbery Of a helpless
public.
Prices have been art,iicially
forced to such Il high altitude
that it is becoming more and
more difficult foT Il poor person
to even sustain life.
The law of supply and de.
mand no longer prevails. 1t
has been substituted by one of
gougc and grab.
Already many people, men
and women OF sound and pat.
riotic principles, are predicting
revolution as the only means
of checking this wholesale and
lnwless thicvery.
oar government should take
warning while there is yet time.
Protection Of proiitecring
should cease AT once, and pros
ecution should be swift and
relentless.
We can not afford to have our
great country wrecked upon the
rock Of greed and avarice. And
yet today, because Of the supine
inactivity of our public officials,
we are heading stright toward
destruction.
The government should hee d
the impending storm, before it
is too late TO prepare To meet
it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13
Too Many Irons.

The packers are now being
blamed for the price of meat,
and the usual remedy is demand
ed. The government must take
over the packing industry.
The government took over the
railroads, and although it sue
cecdcd in making the railroads
poor, il also made the shipping
public poor. Any one who dis
likes the packers can feel quite
Happy about that. And. as far
as this paper is concerned, that
may happen any time, and wei
come. We should worry about
what happens TO the packers I'VE
aren't in the packing business.
But while the government is
making the packers poor, will il
make us any richer? That is
what we want TO know. Will il
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13
make our meat ellenrcr?!

make our meat cheaper!
Ii the packers have conspircd
to jackscrcw prices up, so as to
fleece the public, we don't mere
~ want to sec them impoverish-
ed. We want to see them ruin
ed-pauperizcd. But this is a
matter for accountants. If they
have done so, we can easily find
it out by investigating the ledg-
crs.
investigations up to date
merely Indicate that the packers
make small profit, but that The
turnover is largc-in Il word
that the high prices is due TO
the high wages paid to employ
ccs, and to the cost of iranspor-
tation, for which We really pay
the government. Future inresti-
CATIONS may tell Il different tale ;
but We should asl, for more
proof before we ask the govern
ment to seizct the packing houses.
1t is a highly specialized in
dustry, needs a lifetime cf eNpc-
ricncc 10 learn, and is very deli
catcly organized. The govern
mcnt knows nothing about it.,
and would begin as an amateur,
with everything to learn. In Il
few months it would dislutate
the organization, and by dissi-
rating its energies instead of
concentrating them il would de
vclopc ruinous expenses which
the consumer would hay" to de
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fray in the increased cost Of
meat.
1t would he IN excellent thing
if the government could handle
all staple industries. If it could.
But il will have to learn how
first, and during its apprentice
ship the experts must be kept
close at hand to show how econ
omies can grow out of systema.
thing:
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13
Heart OF the Hills by John
Fox, Jr., in the Movies.

BY the way, Mary Pickford
has selected her third and last
First National photoplay aud
is NOW completing hcr contract
with that concern. The story
is John Fox, JETS "rhe Heart
Of the Hills - In il Miss Pick
ford will be seen with a cast
which will include \ d. Sears
as Leading mnn, Miss Betty
8outon, Jack Gilbert aud lar.
old Goodwin Sidney Frank lin
is the director The heart Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains
has been invaded for the loca
tions. Upon the conclusion of
this photoplay, Miss pickford
will start work on her first
United Artists production, This
will either be "Pollyanna" or
Hop o. My Thumb. From
Photoplay Magazine
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

Gilbert King, who is employ ed
as a lineman with the Electric
transmission Co. here, while OH
Il pole last Wednesday cut the
wires loose from the pole in
front of the Smith Hardware
Company causing the pole to
tall, catching his foot. breaking
a bone IN his ankle and other.
wise injuring his leg.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13
NOTICE

W: W.. Taylor, chairman of
the Street Committee, will re.
celve bids for repair and con
strnction of the road from the
bridge Ia the town limits in
the Gap. adv.
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To Knoxville and Back the
Same Day.

We understand that arrange
ments have been made between
the Southern and Louisville &
Nashville Railroads so that per-
sons desiring to go to Knoxville
can do so and return the same
day, with stay of about five
hours in that city. By leaving
on the early morning train over
the l.. IL n. connection is made
at Cumberland Gap, with mar
gin of forty minutes Tor the train
for Knoxville, arriving in that
city about eleven O'Clock. Re-
turning the train leaves Knox
vile about four O'Clock and
makes connection al Cumber-
land Gap with the l.. Il n.
which arrives here about nine
o'clock.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13
FOR SALE

Dwelling house, six rooms.
6asemene.and heating plant, on
East First street, neur the park
32-j3 IL. h. Fox IL Co.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

y baseball team composed of
Big Stone Gap and keokee
players under the leadersh ip Of
Dan Richmond, of Ewing, went
over TO Lynch, Ky. Sunday and
tackled the strong team at that
place and won by the close
score of . to 0. Kelly, of Big
Stone Gap, pitched for the
visiting team, allowing the
Lynch hitters only five hits.
The Kentucky pitcher only al
lowed -four hits, but they were
punched in the seventh inning
which accounted for the two
scores.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

Presidential bees are again
bu2Aing aroung looking for the
entrance to the official hive.
We suspect, however, that some
Of them are only bumblebees.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

Entered according To postal regulations
1t tho post-ofiicc q. Zig Stone Gap as sec
onh class matter
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They say, however, that the
devil is much concerned over
the future of his realm. lie
has NJ place vile enough for a
proiitcer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

First Lieutenant Henderson
\. Horsley, who returned from
service i'll France about ten
days ago, is in town this week
visiting his father, Mayor w.
j. Horsley. He will return to
Camp Gordon, Ga, Sunday
where lie expects to be mus.
tered out of service soon. He
brought back several interest.
ing relics of the recent war.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

T. q. Buck, who conducted
a handle factory and who until
recently conducted "a broom
factory in Big Stone Gap, while
sittinE at his typewriter at his
hcme in Norton on last Friday
evening was stricken with
heart failure and died before
any medical attention couid h.
gwen. He has no relatives
except II wife in This country
and was Very well known, hav.
ing made his home at Norton
Tor some years
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

Judge Preston w. Campbell.
OF Abingdon, passed through
Gate City Sunday afternoon en-
route to Wise to hear a case for
Judge IL. a. W. Skeen in which
the town of Coeburn seeks to
enlarge its territory. The Judge
was IN fine spirits and was in
company with President vii.
sons brother-in law, MIR. Maury
OF Big Stone Gap, Na.-Gate
City Herald.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

Miss Jess McCorklc, who
spent couple of weeks visiting
friends in the Gap, left Tues
day for Nora, where she will
spend a few days with home
folks, before returning TO
Washington, where she holds a
position iii the navy depart.
mcnt.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-08-13

y party OF young people car
rled "A victrola iii sack to the
High Knob Saturday evening
and had one great time dancing
IN the spacious reception room
at the Inn. The young folks
observed Sunday school hour
by reading Sunday sermon in
a newspaper which they also
found III the sack with the vic
trola, and after IA pleasant af.
iernoon descended To the city III
Crawford's Weekly.
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+. f Tate, is in receipt of n
valuable present from the
Osaka people, where he has
been superintendent for several
years. y handsome gold filled
Howard watch was presented
him upon leaving for Stonega,
where he takes up the position
as superintendent, which place
was held by G. q. Duffy for
many years, who recently
resigned.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-29
Military Prisoners at
LeavenWorth Go to Work

Leavenworth, Kan, July 3d.
Ready, after nearly a weeks con-
finement in hot cells on a restricted
diet, to submit to the orders of an
armed guard composed of 1900
troops, a part Of the $500 prisoners
at the military disciplinary barracks
at Fort Leavenworth resumed work
today without any demonstration
such as precipitated the strike last
Tuesday, according to Col. Sedg-
wick Rice, commandant Of the
prison.
Last Tuesday morning ~the men
refused to leave their cells when or
dered to work, representatives
among the prisoners demanding bet
ter sanitary conditions, the right to
submit to President Wilson a plea
for amnesty and the return Of two
men transferred from the military
barracks to another federal prison.