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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03
Hundreds Of Reds Taken in Governments
Raids in Cities Throughout the Country

Washington. Jan 2.--Nation-wide
raids by the department OF justice
agents tonight in thirty-three cities
resulted la the arrest of several hun
dred members of the communist party
and the communist labor party OF
America.
Upwards Of 1000 warrants were
issued in connection with the raids.
which were timed to take place at 2
p. NJ. according to the announcement
made at Attorney General Palmer's
office.
The members of the parties raided
are all aliens, Il was stated. and are
charged with conspiring 10 overthrow
by force and violence the government
OF the United States and to bring
about in its stead tho establishment
OF q soviet government similar to thai
now In Russia
The raids were the result Of invcs-
legations made by the department OF
justice extending back over three
months The only difference between
the communist party and the ccn1-
munist labor party, 1t Was stated, Is
that OF leadership.
Violent literature aimed at the
overthrow OF the government secured
in the investigation which led to the
raids wac made public by tho depart
ment of tussice.sr It..shnws that the
members Of the two parties Planned
10 annalgamate the negroes OF the
country n their movement.
SAME ENDS FOR 10Th.
Tho two communist parties, accord
fng ~ tho department. ~ NastiGn, sup
Port EyfrtuAfty t2tk name ends AdNo-
cated by the III lntatnAt 3opaa cam
mdntgE n&nxeIner< Nh Sch urxoe Neee5
ezs - 49, ua egJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03

Boston, Jan. G.-The lAwfegS char
Acter OF men In the liquor business Ii
revealed as never before Ia the wood
alcohol cases," said Arthur j. Davis,
superintendent of the Massachusetts
branch Of the Anti-Saloon League OF
America. to a Representative Of The
Christian Science Monitor, The les
son to the average person is to be-
ware OF anything that Is handed to
him as an Intoxicating liquor. The
man who sells II knows he is violating
the law. and the man who buys il
knows he is conniving In that viola
ton. 1t is clear that there Is need
for drastic legislation in Massachu-
sctts. not only to enforce the law. but
to protect the public.
These cases form not an argu-
ment against prohibition, but rather
In favor. The drinking OF weoi
alcohol brought Immediately, and in
q greatly increased degree. the same
results which ordinary or metiiyi alco-
hol will produce IL drunk in sufficient
quantities Any statements of the
LIQUOR interests that this wholesale
tctAcGtHptiuff WoSQ alCONol H.
beverage is an argument for rever-
sal OF the country's attitude toward
prohibition will only go to show them
up as absolutely mercenary interests
which have no other than selfish con-
celebrations In their efforts 10 bam-
boozlc the public into a belief that
better conditions can exist under the
sale of liquor than under prohibition.
The criminal avarice displayed by
those who disposed Of this liquor and
the willingness of those who pur-
chased il TO eonnive In breaking the
law will not create among thinking
people a particularly logical reason
why the result OF efforts Of a half
century OF work should be swept
abide, In view OF the fact that PROFIT
bition already has demonstrated it's
value In promoting the weli-being, the
happiness and prosperity OF the peo-
pie. and that q full measure OF en-
forcement cannot fan to make the
United States a stronger and more
|virile nation, It is extremely unlikely
that anybody with an ounce Of com
mon sense would SEQ In the wood alco-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03

In Russia by Lenine and Trotzky at
the conven tion held in Moscow last
March
= The announcement that these raids
made tonight constituted, it was
stated. the answer of .Attorney-Gen-
eral Palmer to the criticisms made BY
Maclay Hoyngs. states attorney, Chi
cago. who ciairged that raids conduct
ed by him in Chicago had not received
support from the department OF JUS
tice.
Ii was for the very reason that
tonights raids were in process OF
planning that tn. attorney-general
did not desire States a ttorney Iroyne
to proceed with his operations in CHI; !.
cago. Attorney General Palmer made
public tonight > copy of letter writ
tan by him on Dccem Der 20 request
ing sfr, Hoyne 70 defer making the
Chicago raids, lest they Interfere with
the governments move tonight
The cities in which raids were made
by department Of justice agents t.
night &re: r. 80 ~
RAIDS IN MANY CITIES.
- Naw- Yerk. Hastimcre. Boston. Ruff
salo. Chicago. Cleveland. Denver. Des
Mcincs. Detroit. Grand Ras.lo.i. Hart
ford. Conn. indianapolis, Jackson
vile, Fla. Kansas City. Los AnGe aes,
Louisville. ky. Msiwa akes.e Newark.
Portland, Gre, Providence, sam Fran
.ciseo. scranton. Pa, spokane Wash.s
~, Louis. st Paul, Springfield. Mass,
Syracuse. N. r.. Toledo. Trenton, n. y,
and Portland. Nd a
II wAs stated that Al the mcUabera
5o& til rastics foF who1n wai1aAtg
~ 81 "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03
CONGRESS- PREPARES TO
TURN DOWN BERGER

Washington, Jan, Victor Berger,
Socialist representative elect from wis
ccrsin. not only viii no denied seat
In the house when he presents hts Sec
ond certificate OF election TO the pres
enti congress. but will be prevented
from drawing mileage or any of the
several allowances provided for a m en-
Der.
This is the purpose OF a resolution
which has been agreed upon by Repre-
sentative Dalnnger, Republican of
Massachusetts. chairman OF the com
r'ttee which previously recommended
his exclusion and Representative Eagle.
of Texas. ranking Democratic member
OF the committee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03

RAnhtnGt0n, Ian. 7.---sVNtn !,
lso ar1 panni1sE their h0lSplsel,sis nI,cn
! the attacks Of Governor Edwards
sOk New Jersey upon prohibition
I AAG another plank Of their hxidRc
INK hope knocked out OF place to-
rs discover any n possible q nav nel 3
sShe prohibitions proclamation
/ Nlsich might render It open 10 IT.
~, informed Secretary Tu.s
11fy that he had examined ina
~ e5 ation and had found moth,
I'M II IA rive 6opN that u lewal
es5d ~ ssaseIlE - -s--.-.--.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03

Especial to The Richmond virgiuian.)
Greensboro. ". c., Jan. 2.--0ne Of
the scare heads OF the New York pa
pers, at least OF those representing tho
crusade. Is the pre-
tended discovery that under the Vol
stead law 1t will be SO difficult to get
for medicinal purposes from
drug stores, who must have a license
for Its prescription sale, that out OF
!, 800 druggists in New York city only
24O have applied for such license.
The reason given is that because OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03
TFd Hearing to Be Con-
s,aetsd 1t Manassas On
ksrl 9Th
RELEASED ON
$500 BOND
ne Juuurs for Cduvic-
doEa Hut Nome for Jail
Sen Three for Alb
soluts Acquittal

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49, 49, ~ TOT daA oasea the DC
- On the facts that Hail ana his
Lannon's we're nrst nred upon after
on ana Shackeiiora had been
0eAed upon 70 atop. and that after
- osocers OF the law had run their
90 INTO the road to stop the boot
eSs VIM their cargo Of liquor. the
legxefT car wheeled around and
used - paAs. after frfng shots at the
Wo0ioseson odiccfz. Hall was tho first
- mount tho ltQucr cAr. when he was
Aited and beaten ovsr the head.
I'm his clostng speech for the de-
fsnse n. l. walton, Sf., sNid he was
e9Fry for tho unhappy, time when
UW0Fn oflicors OF the law arc beaten
90Wn BY attorneys for the same law.
H asserted tl1at nothing but diyerr
- views were hank OF the entire Gaze
q N~A.1- r-.-".,-'s SS 80 Out
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03
SENATORS FAIL
70 GET T0Gf1|
q
Swanson Says The IN
Gratis Have Nothill
Propose
COMMITTEE ON
CCNCHIAT'l
This May Be Resor e|
AS a Last Efor
Bring the Opposing
tons together !.
BIZ LANES n. soursE

Washington. Jan. z.--AftAr r
ccnferenccs today between 96a
Lodge and Republican ard Demc0
senators who favor ratsncattonsesS
treaty eoth SIDES announced thAx
sere iafthef from agreemenf 81
sny '''ns s'nce ne afs itat. s'ea
e'1"p' o"i'so "As oee VI.
Senator Lodge saw SaaAtcrA
sa.y A1enroo,' e1appsr and1 esuI
puoi.eai.s a.ia ais" Ikea .Nxsss |9s.5
.of oManson' Ieiioe. y, NO s!.4l
- Fhs@ win ssss4so ~
@.N 1'hs- III b.
None OF the se-atoeS- praSAAe1
Senator Lodge any dednfte N&
for compromises or Ter uac0a0
cf the resaryationa TO whictz
ity Of the senate stands c0e141
Further than that Senators Hs41
ard Swanson stated cnphA ffdl
no scheme OF compromtse VIII h1
scented by the Democrats ana 49,
suggestion for q compronaiHe IN w.
n.ade from the Republic ei24. as saf
The inexorable facts sWA31 49,
, to campen tho anirtts az tlSe
|, toward compromtRe 80
| tae following stAtsfnenfD NJ l
after thes dAy, e3QS
enfk d III assg ~ IN 49,
SscNATOnxkIN F1AT1I r.
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as@ss
senator McNaf an -
~ 'he aoihi niss1 ataor Jennocxat H.
WORK on. any propo-itscn upca 49,
We can AZ s3S i4sSS
Senator Capper--The eent4nn9DN9s1
the country Is fer the Lodge Reee&
items II any substantial chsn8ee
ss.ade in them there will be left f6<S
,ive Republicans who win vote AGM45
ratification The reservations pr 49,
X and on the equality Of votintss|
aich ire democratic particuiAt3yS
,ect cannot be modified IT, the ~
ls TO pc ratified n
Senator SWanson--~rhe Dena0c<
have nothing to propose. They
%aiting TO see what the Repuhl$A
will do" s
senator Hitchcock dashed tho -
Of the compromssers with this etG
cant statement. sssssss
There will have to be very ~
stant!al notifications In the
reservations before the Defnodfm
accept them. The intiAtive NNo n
taken by the mild reeervaticnl
ens hepubicAn stde. Tns D0m0cyN J..
not intend to oner any c0mpko~
This statement oy Senator HifG
apparently created deadtock hee
tae mild rcscrvAttontsts who Are
iEs for compromise and the aAMk1
t.stion senators Who are vifltAN1
make some sort OF surrender IN
to get tn" treaty FA0de4. SenAt0
hac already informed Senator
that there are at least forty s1l
who will defeat ratification u g.
Lodge reservations are SuhDeAM
modified, Senator Cappcr toaays
Senator Lodge practically tbs u
thing. ID
SLIM CHANCA
Hence IL the administration AS91
der Senator Hitchcock's leAdersh1N
out for substantial changes n
Ledge resolutions reservAtione 49,
Republicans refuse TO vote for Ea4t1
ton II such changes ore NADIA. II
appear that tha chance Of effo1A&
compromise w 1fCh would Got
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03

tContinucd on Page Two,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03

Washington, Jan. 2.--Raiiway en-
pioyes are becoming very resdve' in
the face OF the governments delay
in. answering their demands for waga
increases. it was said by officials al
national labor headquarters here to-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03

tconsiued on Rage Two,
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tcontiued on Page Two,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-03

. y1sa1 sa4aten. ian.
aiF A1ld colder Sat-
rdAy. ! Sunday. fair,
n1ow1y rising tempera-
tufe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-05

Me and Reddy Merry was having a
argewment about different things, and
ali of a snddin Reddy sed, Aw. theses
town in Massachusetts named after
you.
wy is there? Wat town II sed,
and Reddy Merry sed, Marblehead-
that's a good one, amt it? I jest got
you in a argewment so 1 could werk it
on you.
Meening 1 was a bone he'd and being
a pritty good of a joak. and after a
vile 1 tried it on Leroy Shooster,i say
ing, Hay Leroy. do you know you can
make ice cream out of mud with a
new invention?
Go on, l CESS if I believe that you'll
tell me another one, sed Leroy
Shooster.
Meening he doubted it, and I sed,
You know a lot. don't you. there's a
town in Massachewsetts named after
you.
Wat. wat towns that? sed Leroy
Marblehed. 1 sed Making all The
fellows laff and proving it was a good
joak, me thinking, G, that's a good one
to try on pop tonite.
WITCH 1 started to do after suppir,
saying. Pop, did you know monkeys
was descended frum herds?
Did you? sed pop.
Yes sir I sed, and pop sed, Well one
in the family is enuff
Meening I was krazy, and I sed,
my. G, pop. there's a town in Massa-
chewsetts named after you.
The d6ose there is, sed pop.
Yes sir. Marblehed, l sed.
WITCH pop dropped his paper. and
looked mad, saying, Well of all the
COMPOUNDED impewdents, now nest for
that little plezzantry you'll martch
yourself rite off to bed. a
Wich I did. proving a joaks not a
joak wen it stops working.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-05

"Wonderfuli What a voice that
man has. It's great to be able to give
so many people pleasure isn't it? He's
so generous with his encores also. You
must go and hear him the next time he
sings" Robert was pass:onately fond
of music. I used to tell him he should
have bee1 a musician, he loved it so.
Wen go together next time" I
replied quietly. a queer little jealous
feeling Juggling at my heart. He had
enjoyed himself so thoroly; and with
someone else.
'You mean we will If we can af-
ford it. The tickets are pretty ex-
pensive. Marion's were sent her by
a friend of her father Bully seats,
'Well. don't you think we better go
to bed?"
.I expect we had I'm not a bit
sleepy" he commenced tp hum an air
he had heard.
"You must get your rest. You
can't work if you do not, and don't
want them to put any more of the
say anything of the sort, it lust slipped
out. When I saw him flush I felt
terribly sorry, and changed the sub
ject, rather tried to.
They advance the one they think
most capable-who gets them the
most business. he returned moodily;
the happy light gone from his eyes;
his voice hard and cold.
We'll, you must be that one / re-
piled, then hurried him to bed so that
he would not talk of anything dis
agreeable. But long after he slept
thought of him and Marion Hovey en-
joying the concert together while sal
at home, and wonde3ed if Robert
were beginning to lose his love fol
me.
HE wouldn't have done it when we
were first married." whispered, land
l am just the same as 1 was then"
| That he expected me to be any diff
ferent as a wife / did net imagine
He loved me before we were married
| why should his love change afterwar6
when conditions were just the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-05
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear MrsH Thompson: What would
you do if a young man had asked you
to marry him and you loved him
truly. then he turns you down and
brings another right where you are
and introduces her to you; then after
two or three days he wants to come
back? Why does he do this?
BABY C.
1t is impossible for me to explain
such a thing. Give the young man a
chance to explain for himself. There
is chance that he couldn't AVOID be-
ing with the other girl. Try to put
aside all jealousy and judge the mat
ter fairly.
"1-2-3": You should see a pllysi-
clan at once, because your condition
may become serious. No medicine I
could suggest would be safe for you
to take. Perhaps you need slight
operation. When the doctor treats
you for the big trouble, doubtless he
will give you something for your bad
breath.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-05
PADDED FIGURES.

Congressman MondelPs attempt to
defeat universal military training with
wave of the hand and a flourish of
congress from the performance of its
duty of establishing in law this sound
measure of national defense, says the
Chicago News. which discusses that
gentleman's statement as follows:
In the effort to make the cost of
universal military training appear
practically prohibitive Representative
Mondell, speaking with all the weight
of his position as majority leader, de-
livers himself of the eXtravagant as
sertion that it would require $1,000
100000 to institute the system and
$500, 100000 annually thereafter to
maintain it. To reach this conclu-
sion he INDUCES in the unfounded as
sumption that the cost of maintaining
a youth in training would equal the
cost per man of the military establish
ment of the United States and in the
! equally unfounded assumption that it
would necessarily take two extra
months to mobilize the recruits for
training and afterward demobilize
\ them.
Further to bolster his bad mathe-
MATES he assumes that at least 600,-
600 men will be in training every
I year. lOldA cACGSS OIL the OOUfOOU
that others have suggested.
! Even on the fallacious assumption
4 as to the individual cost INDUCED in
| by Mr.. Mondell, the expense of train
ing 100000 youths four months in
the year, as proposed in the senate
! bill. would amount to only about
| $3.50, 000,000-a sum considerably be-
low his extravagant figures. But this
lower estimate is too great, for the
simple reason that the men in training
are not to receive pay, merely a few
| dollars a month for pocket money.
Moreover, the cost per man of the
military stablishment-nowe estimated
at about $4,000 a year-includes APP
| preparations for a great many regu-
lar army purposes that VIII hardly
figure in training plans.
1t may be. as Mr.. Mondell asserts,
that those who believe the system can
be operated for s135,0O0OOO a year
have placed their estimates too low.
It is certain, however, that their fig
ures are a great deal closer to the
actual facts than are Mr.. MondeH's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-05

ut is clear" says New York finan-
cial authority. that if the world pro-
poses 10 maintain its present currency
Initiation upon a redemption basis it
will have to find more gold or use
silver" That. in substance, is what
Bryan said in 1895. But the world
found the gold in Alaska and it was
unnecessary to use silver. At this
time. due to high costs of production,
the gold supply is diminishing in
stead of increasing. The price of sill
Yer has passed the 1 6 to 1 ratio. The
American dollar (gold) is worth only
rs cents Chinese currency. Chinese
bankers have disposed of all American
gold, anticipating its depreciation to
30 cents. Truly, gold has fallen from
its high estate and no longer is re-
vered as once it was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-05
observation-disclosures

@. For import purposes. Is canned whale
held to be meat or fish?-M. L. c.
A. The Bureau of Markets says that it
was recently decided that canned whale
meat is not meat within the meaning of
the tariff act, which admits free of duty
board of appraisers classifies the flesh of
whale as fish in tin packages. not special
~ provided for" On this class of goods a
duty of fifteen per cent ad valorem is
levied.
! Q. What noise can be heard the farthest,
artillery or thunder ?-E. B. C.
A. The greatest distance at which thun-
der can be heard Is fourteen to eighteen
miles, but it is not generally heard at I
greater distance than nine miles. In the
recent war, the shell and bomb explosions.
and the noise of the 15-inch guns of the
Germans and the Allies in France. were
heard hear in the eastern ste part of England, at
Q. Where is the wettest place on earth ?
A. Cherrapongee in southwestern Assam.
India, is the wettest place in the world. The
annual rainfall there has reached 800
O. How does the female population of
the leading countries compare with that
Of the male?-J. o. H.
A. The latest available compilation shows
the United States to be the only one of
the four leading countries of the world
where the male population outnumbers the
female. The proportion of females to each
States. 1874; England, LOGS; Germany, l.
N026; France. 1,033.
" D10 Napoleon say JDdL man mas a
right to take his own life? III +.
A.. He said that a man had a right to
suicide If his death will do no harm to
anybody, and life is a torment to himself .
O. What percentage of the inhabitants
of the United States live to be 100 years of
age?-C B. G.
A. The number of centenarians reported
In this country in 1910 was equal to four
for each 100000 of the total population. The
corresponding ratio in 1850 was eleven.
tAny reader can. get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c. This
offer applies strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal. medical
and financial matters. 1t does not under
take to. settle domestic troubles, nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any
subject. Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose 2-cent stamp for return postage
All replies are sent direct to the INQUIRER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-05

she sadly conclud I'd, over there in all
that excitement and stress. Perhaps
that, together with the fact that she
did no get along we'll with her step
mother, helped to bring on the dis
content that brought her to New York
1t was over one of those belated
tea-room lunches that with 50 many
New Workers serve for dinLer that 1t
all came out.
81 had awful luck" Bob explained
First thing, my company's clerk made
mistake in the transport unit I had
been sent to, and I never got any mail.
And the very first time I had to drive
up to the lines a high explosive shell
tore my truck to pieces and I went to
the hospital for two months. You've
heard of shell shock. Generally it's a
fake. But besides my broken arm and
leg I got dose of that fool thing. The
way it affected me I couldn't remnm-
Der lots of things that I'd always
known. And one of the things was
the name of your town. 1 tried and
tried, but 1 couldn't And it never
did come back to me till about six
months ago. Then I wrote and didn't
get any answer. After a long time the
letter came back marked Not att"
My stepmother!" exclaimed Edna.
"Exactly. And when I got back.
went UP there. and she pretended she
didn't know your address. Neither did
anybody else could IND; only they
said you were in New York. And I've
beer hanging around here for three
solid weeks. just ON the chance of
finding you.'
"Bob!"
''Surest thing. was certain I'd
know you from your picture. I never
thought about your never having seen
me except in a snapshot in uniform
and a fool grin. But now I've got you
and, by jinks, you don't get away"
''Well, you needn't be SO fierce about
it." said Edan: nobody wants to-"
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