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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-19
REVOLT IN MASSACHUSETTS
People of the Bay State Reused by the
Movement Against the Liquor Traffic
Roll up Big Majorities Against
License

BosToN, December 11-(From Special Cor
respondent 1.-The spread of Prohibition senti-
ment in Massachusetts, is shown emphatic
ally by the results of the municipal elections
held yesterday and week ago The vote
on the license questions in these cities, added to
the vote in the towns last spring. shows that
the voters of the state have registered majority
of 1886 in the entire state this year in favor of
no-license. This is with the exception of the
city of North Adams, which does not hold its
election until next week, and it is the largest
majority in favor of Prohibition ever recorded
in Massachusetts since the local option law was
established The total vote of the state, with the
exception of North Adams is: eyes," 1S6,947;
NO" 199,933 Last year the mo" majority
was about 1900.
Not only has there been general increase in
favor of Prohibition, however, but most unex-
pected and astounding results have been achieved.
Worcester, the second city in the common
wealth, with population, according to the state
census, of 1905, of 12s,135, yesterday voted
against the saloon by ma ority of 962 out of
total vote exceeding 10000. The majority for
license in Worcester last year was 2,057. This
is the first time in 16 years that Worcester has
voted for no-license.
Lynn, the greatest shoe manufacturing city in
the world, with population of 77,o42, changed
majority for license last year of 1277 into
majority against license this year of 1,67S Sa-
looms have existed in Lynn continuously for
eleven years.
Woburn, which has been the only license city
in great "dry" district of Mddlesex county for
the past three years, and which gave majority
for license last year of 80, swung over to the
no-license column this year by majority of rs.
Last week Haverh another big shoe city,
which has voted for the saloons for ten years,
and last year by majority of s14, gave ma
jority of 797 for no-license.
To offset these victories, the license forces
have to console themselves with only two changes
from no-license to license, in Fitchburg last
week and in Chelsea yesterday. Both these
cities make frequent shifts from one side to the
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can be applied the results of which are instruc-
tive
One of these tests is to study all of the cities
Of some state which furnishes us both license and
no-license cities This study is not wholly con-
elusive and is attended with difficulties, but at
least furnishes a strong sidelight Massachusetts
is perhaps the best state in which to make such
study. The state has thirty-th cities of
which, in the year 1903-the last for which
pete statistics are available-hfteen were under
no-license and the remainder under license. 1t
needs to be remembered that the no-license cities
in nearly every case lie in close proximity to
license Cities and in several cases they are to all
intents and purposes, merely sections of a great
city of which other sections are under license.
1t needs to be remembered also that Massachu
sets cities vote every year upon the license ques
ton, and that in many of them the saloonkeepers
remain upon the ground, prepared to begin bust
ness again if the vote of the next year shall give
them the legal authority and in the meantime
violate the law far as they In the table
which is presented, for example, Lowell is shown
no-license city, but it had just voted out the
saloons and the saloon element did not believe
that the change would be permanent and were
merely abiding their time.
With these facts in mind Table | may be
studied The table shows, first, the population
of each of the thrty-three cities, thus enabling
the reader to make ready comparison; second,
the number of saloons in each city, or the fact
that no saloon is licensed in the city; third
rests for drunkenness; fourth, the total arrests
for what the police commonly call drink crimes,
that is to say, for drunkenness, disturbance of
the peace and assault and battery; fifth, the total
arrests of all kinds in the city. The figures are
for the year 1908 and collected by the United
States Census Burean at Washington and
ported in Bulletins 20 and As
At the outset the reader will note that, with
one exception each no-license city shows less
arrests for drunkenness than the license city
which ranks next below it in population The
exception to be noted is that of Lowell, which,
with population of 10O15o, has three more ar
rests for drunkenness than Lynn, the license city
falling next below it, with population of only
1850
Some of the contrasts are marked. For eX-
ample, Maiden shows only 215 arrests for dunk
enness with a population of little less than 81
600, while Taunton, with population trihe
below $4,000, shows 1,439 arrests, and Everett,
with population of 2s,O0o has two less than 800
arrests for drunkenness, while Gloucester, with
population of 26,562, lacks only % of having
900 arrests for the same offense Quincy, with
population of 10000, has All arrests for drunk
enness, while Pttsheld, the license city whose
population fallssnext below, with population OF
23,707 has 933 such arrests
The only case in which no-license town has
as many arrests for drunkenness as the license
town which falls next above it, is the case OF
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CITY DRUNKENNESS
Scranton, Pennsylvania OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ,7Os
IyS..I.I 49, CO.,
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Atlanta, Georgia Observation-Disclosures. .2,734
Lincoln Nebraska Observation-Disclosures. 702
BRocToN, Massachusetts ................. 78S
Pawtucket, Rhode Island ................ 767
Elmira, New York. Observation-Disclosures. 612
MAIDEN, Massachusetts, .................. eI5
Bayonne, New Jersey Observation-Disclosures. ISL
York. Pennsylvania NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. At
NEWTON, Massachusetts Observation-Disclosures. 1913
East ST Louis Illinois. Observation-Disclosures. 9SS
Chester, Pennsylvania Observation-Disclosures. 521
CHELSEA, Massachusetts Observation-Disclosures. 1918
FITCHBURG, Massachusetts ................ 63o
Knoxville, Tennessee Observation-Disclosures. $50
Kalamazoo Michigan Observation-Disclosures. 613
EVERETT, Massachusetts Observation-Disclosures. eoS
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Observation-Disclosures. 739
North Adams, Massachusetts ............ 597
QUINCY, Massachusetts Observation-Disclosures. 47I
Hamilton, Ohio Observation-Disclosures. 241
The general trend of this table is convincing
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In the year 1908 Massachusetts had three cities
which were under no-license and which the pre-
ceding year had been under license. In one of
these, Chelsea, the number of arrests for drunk
enness increased; what local conditions may have
explained the situaton-it is difficult to say. The
showing of the three however, is as follows
1902 1903
Chelsea .............. 942 1918
F1tChDurg ............ 500 $50
Lowell ............... 1894 1864
Total under license 1902. .............. 5,702
Total under no-license 1908. ......... .4,51S
Massachusetts had also in 1903 two cities
der license, which in the preceding year had
been under no-license-North Adams and Salem.
The statistics for North Adams are not availa
bic, but in the case of Salem the showing is as
follows:
1902 1908
That man must be exceedingly blind, or ex-
ceedngly unwilling to recognize fact who fails
to read in these figures, incomplete and unsatis-
factory though they are that that kind of
Prohibition which is extremely local and ex-
tremey optional produces good results.
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ception the showing is given below Popula-
tions not given since the difference commonly
is only few thousand, and frequently only few
hundred The showing follows:
ARRESTS FOR
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-13
TO RUB IN BLUE LAWS
IN PENNSYLVANIA TOWN.
Residents of South Fork Can't Even Buy
Railroad Ticket Next Sunday-Light
Plant to Be Closed.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. Sept. 1S.-The
town of South Fork, near here, will
witness on Sunday the strictest en-
forcement of blue laws that has been
recorded in some time. Residents op-
posed to a liberal observance of the
Sabbath entered complaint with the
burgess, and he went even further than
the most rabid of Puritans had
dreamed. These are some of the
things that will result:
The ticket agent at South Fork will
be compelled to refuse to sell tickets to
prospective passengers.
HI electric light plant will be closed
and there will be no light even to con-
duct evening worship.
Livery stables will be closed all day.
1t will be mex to impossible to spend
a cent in the place Sunday unless the
coin be dropped in the contribution
box in the churches.
The water company alone has es-
capped the serving of a notice. The
mayor takes the position that If the
old blue laws are to be enforced at
all they apply against all alike. That's
why the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany comes under the ban with the
rest,
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PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL
BUILDING SCANDAL.
Probability That Criminal Proceedings
Against Those Connected with Frauds
Will Be Brought Next Week.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. 13.-Dis-
trict Attorney Weiss has been in con-
sultation the past few days with James
Scarlet and those who will be associ-
ated with him in the prosecution grow
ing out of charges Of corruption in con-
nection with the construction and fur
nishing of the new State Capitol.
Although none Of those in the con-
ference will tell what occurred at these
meetings 1t is believed that criminal
suits will be instituted next week be-
fore a Harrisburg alderman against
certain persons mentioned by the in
vestigation commission in it's report to
Governor Stuart as being connected
with the illegal capitol contracts. The
attorneys for the prosecution have
made a brief of all the testimony taken
by this commission and prepared other
material to be used in the prosecutions.
Attorney General Todd, who will
have charge of the criminal and civil
has gone to Philadelphia. after
consultation with Mr.. Scarlet and his
associates. and will return here not
later than Monday. Should criminal
be brought next week, the de-
PENDANTS could be indicted at the next
term of the Dauphin County Quarter
Sessions which begins the following
Monday.
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A GREAT NIGHT
FOR w WORKERS.

Music, dancing, bowling and good
fellowship generally marked the close
of the picnic of the United BreWer|
workers of Newark and vicinity IN
Kurz's Park, last night. 1t is estl-
mated that at one time the attendance
which increased steadily during the
day. was nearly 5000. Every member
of every committee was kept busy max
ing the army of guests feel at nome
and there was no end of fun from the
time that the paraders arrived at the
mark during the afternoon, n SO
started the ball a-rolling, until the
time hat Great orion, sloping slowly
toward the west" had nearly dipped
beyond the horizon.
BESIDES the Individual guests, these
makers of the amber fluid entertained
large delegations from the Trades
Council, Bakers' Union, Nos. S4 and 1877;
Haters' Union, Engineers Union No. 6S.
M. G. ". Liberty, Socialist Liedertafel
and the Joint local executive board OF
brewery Workers of New York.
Patrick Mcdonald was at the head or
the active dancing committee. while the
general arrangements were made by a
with these officers at its
head: Chairman, William Umstaedter;
vice-chairman, Adam Zusi; secretary,
A. ]. Kugler, and treasurer, John 1utz.
The chairman of the several suh-com-
which worked in harmony with
the general committee, We're: Refresh
ment, Adam Prior; bowling, John Sol
tau: games, Adam Samson; reception,
Louis Hasemann; box office, William
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-13
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS
FOR ASSAULTING GIRL.
Fiend Confesses Crimes in Pennsylvania
to Escape Death Sentence in
West Virginia.

MEANWHILE, Pa, Sept 1S.-Henry
Lehna yesterday received the biggest SEN
tence ever given a man in this State Tor a
similar crime. Lehna had abducted Alma
whitehead, aged IA. daughter OF the Rev.
r. b. Whitehead, of Turnersville, into a
wood and assaulted her. He was captured
across the Ohio line.
The assault took place about three weeks
ago. The authorities of West Virginia
wanted Lehna extradited for a similar
offense committed on a girl named Nellie
OFT at Ridgeley, some years ago. The pen
atty in West Virginia for the crime Is
death. Lehna feared that IL extradited he
would be hanged, hence he pleaded guilty
to the whitehead assault and begged for
mercy from the court presided over by
Judge Frank ]. Thomas.
The lend admitted he assaulted the child
three times in one night and stole twenty
cents from her that she had in her pocket.
Judge Thomas sentenced him to fifteen
years on each count OF assault and ten
years for highway robbery, a total of fifty
five years, at solitary confinement In the
Riverside penitentiary. This was the limit
the law would permit.
Lehna admitted that he had also as
saulted May Metzger, of West Newton,
four years ago.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-13
G. A. RS new CHIEF
FORMER CONGRESSMAN
BURTON is ELECTED.
Next Enoampment to Be Held in Toledo.
Death Depicting the Ranks of the
Veterans Rapidly Now.

SARATOGA. N. Y. Sept. 1s.-charles q
Burton, Of Nevada. Mo. a former member
OF Congress, has been elected commander
In chief OF the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, which is holding its forty-flrst annual
encampment here. The new commander
in chief was opposed by three candidates,
General John T. Wilder, of Knoxville.
Tenn. Charles Burrows, OF Rutherford, N.
J., and Patrick II. Coney, of Topeka.
Kan. His plurality was more than three
hundred.
Other officers elected by the encampment
were as follows: Lewis e. Griffith, Troy.
N, Y, senior vice-eommander; William Nj.
Scott, Atlanta. junior vice-commander; DR..
r. Lane T%oneyhill. Baltimore, surgeon
general. and Bishop Samuel Fallows. Chi
cago. chaplain in chief. Toledo. Ohio, was
selected as the place of meeting for the
next encampment. The late will be fixed
by the national council Of administration
The report of Acknowledgement Joseph
w. O'Neall. showed that the membership
of the Grand Army of the Republic on
June 80. 1906, was 222,74S. based on returns
from the entire country. except Georgia,
Idaho, Indian Territory, New Mexico and
North Dakota. from which no returns have
been received. The high water mark of
members in the army was reached In 1890,
when 400, 4S9 were enrolled. Since that time
death has rapidly depleted the ranks Of
the aged veterans, and General Q'Nealfs
report showed that 9,052 members died In
the last twelve months
The report showed that 6,506 old soldiers
Joined the Grand Army of the Republic
during the year. The total number OF
posts in the army is now 5,976. General
O,Naell's report said that 95,314 had been
for relief during the year.
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JERSEY CITY SCHOOLS.
Attendance Smaller Than Expected Be.
cause of Absence of Families.
Especial to the Evening start

JERSEY CITY. Sept. 1S.-That Jersey
City families are not all home from the
seashore or mountains was shown by the
report Of City Superintendent of Schools
Henry Snyder to the Board Of Education
last night. He presented the statistics OF
the public schools for September IL. An
attendance of 29,3s1 was shown, and com
pared with last year was an increase OF
only $50 instead OF 1900 to 1900 as it should
be. The attendance in the grammar grades
had increased LOIS, but the primary at
tendance had decreased $50. so that the
total increase was not what it should have
been.
Superintendent Snyder said that the
children would all be home and back to
school before his September report was
made up at the close of the month He
an Increase of 939 seats in schools,
but an increase Of four hour classes from
forty-hve to forty-eight, with a corre-
spending increase of pupils in these classes
from 1880 to 2,446, or fifty-six increase.
The board was gratihed that the record
of mo child refused admission for lack
of teachers, seats, ETC. which was estab-
Iished several years ago was unbroken.
School, with 1,409 seats and room for
/, 500 pupils shows a register of 1,176, and
an attendance Of 1,165.
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LUNATlCS RETURNED.
Escaped from Trenton Institution and
Caught by Boatman.

TRENTON. Sept. 1S.-Dels Dogs and
Charles Collins, inmates of the New Jer-
sey State Hospital for the Insane, who
escaped early last Tuesday morning by UNI
locking doors of the institution with a
key fashioned from a spoon handle, were
recaptured yesterday at Morris vile, Pa.
John O'Connors, a boatman, ound them
encamped near New Hope, Pa. They said
they wanted to go to Easton. He took
them aboard his boat without telling them
that he was bound toward Trenton and
later notified the police and hospital au-
thorities that he had them in his custody.
He learned from their conversation that
they were escaped lunatics. Both of the
men seemed glad to get back to their cells,
declaring that they had had enough of
camping out.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-13
OREPAY,LESSWORK
is AIM OF JOURNEYMEN
BUTCHERS OF STATE.
Increase in Wages, Shops Closed All Day
Sunday, Among Questions to Come
Up at Meeting Here.

The J~ourneymen Butchers of New Jer-
sey will hold a mass-meeting in the New
Auditorium. Orange street, Monday even
ing, October 7, under the auspices of the
~Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen, for the purpose of advocating
a number of reforms and Strengthening
the unions. State Organizer William C.
Wellman will be chairman of the meeting
and the following are expected to speak:
e. w. Potter, president A. M. C. and Is.
w; Homer d. Call, secretary-treasurer,
and Joseph Masterson, vice-president Of
the same organization; Leon C. Sutton.
a labor editor; Herman Robinson, gen.
eral organizer A. F. Of L.; John ].
Jennings. president New Jersey State La
bel League; Paul Breen. OF the Cigar
makers' Union. Paterson; John Reyes, or
ganiSer A. F. of l.. Elizabeth; jacob
Taylor, organizer A. T.. of L., Orange;
John II. Mclean. OF the Carpenters Union.
Newark; John e. Howes. president of Pro-
vision Drivers Union. Jersey City and Ho-
boken. and George P. Kennedy, of the
Meat Cutters local union.
H. p. Eichelberger. of Baltimore, gem
eral organizer of the A. F. of L., will
talk about the packing industry In the
West. His remarks will be illustrated by
a stereopticon.
TIL closing of all butcher shops on
Sundays, and at o p. M, on week
days. except Saturdays, when they will al
low them to remain open until 10 o'clock,
and no work on holidays, except when
they fall on Saturdays or Mondays. and a
general raise in wages will be advocated.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-13
BURY DUTY MARTYR
NURSE LOST LIFE IN HER
PROFESSIONAL ZEAL.
Disease Contracted in Hospital Caused
Her Death-Friends Mourn at
Funeral Today

The funeral of Miss Louise Straichan,
the young nurse who died in the City Hos
pital. where she was employed. Wednesday
night, was held from the home of a friend.
Mrs. John Middleton, of Nye avenue, at
2:3O o'clock this afternoon. The Rev. ]. f.
Folsom, pastor OF the Clinton Avenue
Presbyterian Church, off1ciated and the
burial was in Clinton Cemetery, irving
ton.
The funeral was attended by many MEM
bers of the hospital staff, and the bearers
were young men connected with the in
Miss Straichan was born in Aberdeen.
Scotland, just 20 years ago, and came to
this country and to Newark early in June.
She secured employment as a nurse in the
City Hospital, having had considerable eX-
p~erience In hat profession before coming
to this country. In the early part Of Au-
gust she was assigned to the typhoid fever
ward, and while attending a patient who
had the disease In Its most malignant
form, she fell a victim to 1t herself. Ply
sicians at the hospital used every means
known to medical science In an effort to
save the life of the young woman who had
endeared herself to all with whom she
came in contact, but the disease held her
IrIuly III lis grip anu the HlySlclanS we're
hoping against hope for some time before
the nurse died. Her body was then re-
moved TO hrs. Middleton's home.
Miss Straichan's parents and sisters and
brothers are still living in Aberdeen, where
they are said to be well-to-do. 1t was the
young woman's ambition to excel in her
chosen work that brought her to this
country. She had heard of the oppor-
tunities afforded by America to energetic
voting women of vigorous physique and so
set sail determined on making her work as
a trained nurse in the wider field.
When the young woman came to this
country she Joined the Presbyterian church
and made a host of friends, among them
being Mrs. Middleton. Her devotion to
her duties won the admiration of the medi-
staff at the City Hospital and her even
and snnnk disposition endeared her to mayn
Il suffering patient.
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SPENCER REELECTED.
New Jersey Firemen Show Approval of
His Course as President.

WILDWOOD-BY-THE-SBA. Sept. 49,
At the annual convention of the State
Firemen's Association held here President
Spancer outlined the original object of the
association-to provide for the widows and
orphans Of departed volunteer fremen, as
well as TO care for disabled brothers, and
informed the delegates that in the thirty
years the association has been in exist
ence 1t has paid out over $1,00O,0 900 in bene-
fits, and now has In its treasury over ST.
100000.
After the routine business was disposed
Of General Spencer was unanimously re-
elected president. Automobiles and car
riages Later on took the visitors for a tour
Of the island and the yacht clubhouses,
where entertainment had been provided
for them. Last night a ball was held on
the pier.
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DIED.

FITZSIMMONS-on September 10, 1907. at
her late residence. No. s Lock street.
Ann, beloved wife of the late Andrew
Fftzsimmo1s.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
HINCHCLIFFE-On September Z. 1901,
Abraham. beloved husband Of Mary J.
Hinchcliffe, in his sd year.
The relatives and friends and Wash
ington Lodge No. 81, K. of p, are kindly
invited to attend the funeral on Sunday.
September Is. at 2:30 p. m, from the resi-
dence of his son. Milton, 20 Second
street. Interment in Paramount Gene
terry.
SCHOENE-Entered into rest Thursday.
September u, 1907. Rose Schoene nee
sachs), beloved wife of Adolph Schoene.
aged SO years 6 months.
Relatir es and friends. also the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners,
Local 119. of Newark, N J., are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
services on Sunday. September is, at 2
p. m, from her late residence, No. 8
Bremen street. Interment in Woodland
Cemetery at the convenience Of The
family.
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PART OF MANS FACE
WITH W0MAN'S BODY.
Dissecters Were Careless in Packing
Corpse After They Had Cut
It to Pieces.

CoNNELLSvILLE, Pa. Sept. 13,-The
funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston was
held from the United Brethren Church,
at ~Normanvi1le. some days ago, after
her body had been recovered from the
State Anatomical Society in Philadel-
phia. where it had been shipped.
When relatives ignored the notice
not to open the casket, they found that
the body had not escaped the dissect-
ing table. While one side of the face
was undoubtedly that of the dead
woman the other half bore male fea-
lures.
Closer investigation disclosed that
other parts of the body had been dis
sected, and that similar substitutions
had been made. Mrs. Johnston died a
few weeks ago at the County Home.