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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-23
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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-23
January 20, 1908.

know that the true Americans, of whatever
birth or parentage, will meet this issue,
promptly and fearlessly and forcefully. The
principles which were laid as the cornerstone
of the American Republic are to remain as
its cornerstone. At the dictation of neither
the beer-fed nor the beermakers is Chicago,
or any other of our American cities, to be
turned into Berlin or into the pseudo-Ber-
lin of the brewer. The duly enacted laws Of
the state and of the nation are to be en-
forced and are to be amended and made
stronger in the interests of good morals and
good Americanism.
Taught by the experience of the past and
confirmed by just such threats of rebellion
as these, we purpose to legislate out Of exist
ence the whole liquor traffic that stands be-
hind and has created this incipient rebel
lion.
And if to maintain the good of the past
and assure progress in the future we must
fight the 'banded hosts of beer" with some
thing harsher than ballots, if, in short, the
brewer has any thought of civil war behind
the half-drunken threatenings of his twen-
tieth century Hessians- the sooner We
know it the better; and, the more quickly
he begins it, the earlier will come his utter
overthrow and the complete redemption Of
the country from the pernicious elements
which he represents. siSf5
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-23
THE NATIONAL PROHIBITIoNIST

conquering the forest and the savage, the
men who laid the foundations upon which
the nation has been built, the men who
made possible the national greatness to the
sharing of which later corners have been well
coined upon equal terms and with the broad
est generosity-these men made certain prin-
ciples basal in the national life that they
began to build
The Pilgrims brought the Bible to Ply
mouth Rock; the Cavalier brought the Book
OF Common Prayer to Jamestown.
The principles that we're thus laid into the
foundation of the American Republic have
been the controlling and directing forces of
true American progress. In so far as we
have been faithful to them, our nation has
grown in true greatness. 1t is where and
when we have forgotten them, neglected them
and departed from them that we have al
lowed the development of those phases of
modern American life that today menace the
perpetuity of real freedom and worthy prog
ress.
No one is disposed to ignore the valor and
loyalty of the German-American citizen in
the Civil War, but that German-American
who, because his fathers were loyal to the
Flag in the COS, claims for himself today
the right to break the law and trample upon
the principles of Notwithstanding man
needs the sternest application of an iron
hand that will teach him, by suitable penal
ties, that the first necessity to real liberty
is obedience to law.
The crowds who throng the brewers beer
halls and cheer such rebellious rawlings as
were uttered here last Sunday, are not fight
ing against proposition to deprive them Of
the alcoholic poison to which they have be-
come accustomed and for which, like other
drug maniacs, they might be expected to
fight; they are fighting against the enforce
ment of the laws of the sovereign state of
Illinois. They are not proceeding in lawful
and orderly fashion to secure the repeal or
modification of those laws; they are in re-
bellion against them and threaten armed
rebellion
That anarchistic sheet, the Chicago Journal,
in lending itself to this rebellion, is guilty Of
something little less than actual treason.
The city of Chicago, whether it have two or
twenty millions Of people, has no Fright to
make its own laws" in defiance of the laws
which govern the state of Illinois and the
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-23

Entered secondclass matter, Nov 20, 1907 at the
Postofce at Chicago, ILL.,, under Act of Congress of
March 8, 1879.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
WEALTH IN OLD TABLE.
Problem Woman Left for Admins.
traitor to Solve.


From the Los Angeles Times
Cunntngiy hidden In a secret receptacle
deftly carved In the leg Of an ANTIQUE
table. the fortune of the late Mrs. Jes-
Sic Fremont Dietsch of San Francisco
relative Of the noted pathfinder, Gen.
John {. Fremont, was found recently by
the deputy public administrator, w. J..
Hynes. The neatly fastened little bundle
gave up bank book showing deposits Of
A.2OO, costly collection of time-honored
Jewelry and countless shares in wildcat
concerns worth their waste paper valne.
The discovery of the effects of the err
rate woman of historic lineage ends a
search that Hynes and his men pursued
FOR several days with great earnestness
Wien Mrs. Dietsch died, April %, alone
AMI IN seclusion. her effects were taken
charge of by the public administrator in
the absence of any near relatives The
oricers were informed that the old wom-
an was possessed of great wealth and
the stories came from such reliable
sources that 1t was deemed advisable to
make a complete search of the premises
with this end In view Hynes and his
assistants strained every effort to locate
the hidden treasure. Every article in the
house was overturned and thorou1hly
searched without avail Even the ear
pets and tapestries were ripped open In
the hope that they would yield some of
the giitterins gold which the aged recluse
WAS supposed to possess.
just as IyneS was about to abandon the
search he accidentally knocked of the
hollow leg of an ancient table. In a
cievcr!y coniriYed cache the public ad-
ministrator spied an old wallet. Open
ing the bag Hynes discovered that It
contadned the bank book. jewels and stock
certificates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
with a sheet and pounded by hand.
Quilting parties were favoffte social

with a sheet and pounded by hand.
Quilting parties were favorite social
occurrences.
Taxes could be paid in wolf scalps.
The platte purchase" was accom-
plished. This gave to Missouri the six
counties of Platte. Buchanan, Atchison.
Andrew, Holt and Nodaway.
Lilburn w. Boggs was governor.
Thomas H. Benton and Lewis F. Linn
were United States senator's.
Missourians enlisted for the Seminole
war in Florida. Col. Richard Gentry,
grandfather of Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral NJ T. Gentry, was killed In this
war.
The states population was 1885, of
whom 80 lS4 were slaves and 6S1 free
persons of color"
John Miller of Howard county and AL
bert G. Harrison of Galloway county
were members CT Congress. Miller served
three terms in Congress and then became
governor. serving a longer term as gov
ernor than any ether Missourian.
Cues" were worn and gentlemen pow
dered their hair.
There were no maps. charts or globes in
the schooirooms.
The salary of the governor of Missouri
was 81. 500, and of each of three supreme
judges. $1.1O0
There was no state superintendent of
public schools.
There were no congressional districts.
Congressmen were elected on general
state ticket.
There were twenty-five state senators
and seventy nine members of the Missouri
house of representatives. Smailwood ".
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
OWNER IN INDIA.
Too Gifted to Be Exposed to I'm
priscnment.

prisonment.
From the London Standard.
OWNERS and spellbinders and adopts in
white and black magic still abound in
India, and though their habitat 10 the
village they are no strangers in the city
Just before the last mail left curious
case of the kind came before Mr.. Torn
hill, the chief presidency magistrate at
Calcutta.
A theft was committed in the house Of
one Nandu Lal Khan in Bathuriaghatta
He learned that there lived in the neigh
borhood man named Satya Nando Sara
swati who was a reputed adept in tan
trio lore. and who protested to detect
thieves by means of a process known as
nalchala, or the sense of smell. The
mans services were requisitioned. and
by means of divination he "smelt out" a
certain person in public as the person
who had committed the theft.
The latter felt himself lowered in the
estimation of his friends and relatives in
consequence. and obtained process
against the accused. who was accordingly
arrested and with due gravity and form
atty charged with defamation ''by hav-
Ing singled out by means of certain rites"
character. capable Of robbing a neigh
bST.
cw In the ordinary course of events
Satya Nando would have gone to prison.
but the complaining citizen, repenting
al the last moment of having ex-
posed to this danger a man gifted with
the power Of divination. besought the
clenency of the magistrate, and through
an advocate bearing the historic name
of Gopal Chunder Mookerjee intimated
that the matter had been amicably set
tied, and requested permission to with
draw the charge. This was accordingly
DONE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
Business Still Expanding.

The tailoring firm of M. Stein & Co..
on street less than year ago added
an additional store to Its establishment.
and now it is branching out again
by taking the floor above. After extern
sive improvements are completed in the
interior as we'll as exterior it will have
one of the most commodious and modernly
equipped tailoring shops in the United
States. Mr. Stein has always been a
stanch believer in printers ink, and at
tributes large portion of his remarkable
success to judicious advertising In The
Evening and Sunday Star. He is now
closing out his entire stock of fine wool
ems at greatly reduced prices to make
way for rebuilding operations which are
to begin In a few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
A GOOD SALESMAN.
Upon His Methods Depends Success
Of Business.

From the Circle
The first thing that a sales-person is
required to learn is the habit Of attend
ing to business. No rational man or
woman In store life repudiates the need
for instant and persevering service to the
patron. Every earnest sales-person ad-
mits the obligation Of his agreement to
devote his whole time and best thought
to this important duty to the exclusion
Of all personal matters. This need Is
most urgent under the present existing
shorter hours of business. There was
time. not far remote. when the store clerk
labored at his post of duty twelve hours
daily. Now, except In some Of the smaller
stores. nine hours is the average working
day. We cannot crowd the energy or
time of our former twelve hours into our
present nine but we can reasonably ex-
pect that the shorter hours of our en-
gagement in business should be devoted
exclusively to business.
Very common in most stores is the
habit Of some saies-people Of standing
In groups of two or more, discussing per-
sonal affairs or possibly an insignificant
matter OF business, often to the exclusion
OF service SO essentially more impor.
tant-the waiting upon customer at the
counter. Group-forming is reprehensble
Visitors come and go with only a passing
interest in the things on sale, because
that throbbing. vital personality that
should stand as the living exponent Of
the merchandise becomes for the time. q
nonent1ty, In consequence of which the
goods lie quietly by. and the atmosphere
of business at the counter remains dead
and uninteresting. When the sales-per-
son learns to realize, as an active, keen
management does, that group forming Is
positively offensive to the disposition of a
weli-reguiated business, his discernment
and discretion will guard against it.
Business and social functions are radi-
cally distinct and each one requires its
pected to carry the affairs of trade into
the home circle, SO also social matters
should be vigorously excluded from bust
ness hours. The reason is obvious and
the inexperienced sales-person keeps
apart from business his or her personal
affairs.
He takes a constant interest in his
counter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
Luxurious P. and o. Service Abroad

Travellers or those contemplating
trip abroad will find much valuable id
formation in a series of folders and hand
somely printed and illustrated booklet
published by the Peninsular and Orient
Steam Navigation Company. This con-
pany makes through bookings from Mel
York. by way of Europe. to India. Cej
lon. Egypt. China. Japan and Australia
1t maintains a fleet of sixty-ons pal
senger-carrying steamers and its luxur|
GUS transportation services include sum
mer cruises to Norway, 9pitzbergen, RuI
STA. Finland. the Baltic and northern cal
itais. and sailings are made to other I'D
ropean. African and Oriental ports. ri
Stars resort information bureau wiI
gladly furnish free to those interesttI
any Of the following booklets, viz: "P
o. Handbook Of Information" up. &
Summer Cruises" ''P. d o. Fleet Book
"A Cruise in August" 'P. g. o. PasseI
ger Sailings." and "Progran "a AStuul
Cruises
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
THE MISSOURI OF LONG AGO
CUSTOMS AND HABITS OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE.
Look Backward Seventy Years and
Note Progress West and World
Have Made.
From the KANSAS City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Bull ploughs were used on the farm.
The moldboards were generally of wood.
The man who had plough with mold
board half iron was an aristocrat.
Mother made soap for the whole fam
lily. Soap cost S. a year for each family.
Salt was 81 a barrel. and half barrel
lasted year.
Coal oil was 80 cents gallon and
cost each family $3.50 a year. Now IS
a year is the average family bill for coal
oil.
4 single pair of saddle bags carried all
the mail across Missouri
Clergymen often preached three hours.
Dances were held In the day time. II
continued beyond candle lighting they
were unusual
Private houses were lighted with tai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15

on Sunday A cold Sunday dinner was
the rule.
There were no street cars.
The women's dresses were puffed with
hoops and stood out two or three rect
on each side.
Buttons were expensive and scarce, and
the trousers were fastened with pegs.
There were no threshing machines;
wheat was threshed with falls.
Bearskins and buffalo robes were COM
mon bed coverings. Quilted comforts were
luxury.
Tomatoes were called love apples and
thought to be poisonous.
Mails travelled at the rate of thirty
to forty miles day in summer and half
that distance in winter.
worn.
Every housewife grew her own flax and
made her own linen.
The church collection was taken In q
bag at the end of u long pole with bell
attached to rouse drowsy contributors.
The state had just cast its four cleo
toral votes for Van Buren, and Johnson.
There were few cook stoves outside the
towns. Pots. kettles and skillets were
used over open fires.
Houses were heated by open firepIaces
Kansas City was known as Westport
Landing
There was no st. Joseph. Old Joe
RobidouX had not begun there his trad
ing with the Indians or perempted his
100 acres at st. Joseph
Elk were plentiful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
low candles. At regular intervals tn

low candles. At regular intervals the
snuffers went the rounds.
The doctor carried his own medicines
and himself fixed the enormous doses then
given. Every spring he dosed his patients
with huge potions of salts and rhubarb.
There were only fifteen newspapers IN
the state.
Painted signs representing red dogs.
blue monkeys or other remarkable ami
stores and other mercantile establish
mentS.
Potatoes were no larger than marbles.
Oranges and bananas were not seen once
Frequent complaints were made that
letters were opened in transit by people
eager to learn the news.
'Stovepipe' hats were unknown.
The spinning wheel was In every home.
Imprisonment for debt was common
practice.
There was but one public library in
the state.
Crocke-y plates were objected to be-
cause they duiied the knives.
No Bridges, Rails or Wires.
There We're no bridges over any large
rivers.
There was not a mile of railroad, of
telegraph or telephone line.
Six days were required for journey
from St. Louis to Kansas City.
Three fourlhs of the books came from
across the Atlantic.
Quinine was first brought to Missouri
by DR.. G. N. B. Maughs of Galloway
county. Previously when a man had ague
he took. Peruvian bark and whisky.
In most families there was no cooking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
FUGITIVE BANKER LOCATED.
Alleged Berlin Defaulter Said to B,
in New York.

Special Cablegram TO The Star
BERLIN. July 15.--It is announced here
that Siegmund Friedberg. former banker
and financial editor. who disappeared
from Berlin last February with more than
$J00.OOO of money and securities belonging
to customers, has been located in New
York by the representative of a German
detective agency.
Friedberg cannot be extradited, II Is
said, for the offenses charged against him,
but he has consented to return Of his own
free will. under promise on the part of
the government that he will be given a
light sentence.
He has given the detective agency, 1t fs
said, bond for $4,000 to insure his an
pearance at the trial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
Statues and Posterity.
From lie Petit Parisien.

from lie Petit Parisien.
How many statues We shall leave to
future generations! / imagine they VIII
not be a little embarrassed by the num-
Der, and as the glory Of most celebrities
is short-iived. they will not be very grate-
full to us for the legacy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15

and have canvas seat and back;
hard-oil finish.
Can also be used as a steamer
chair.
Regular price is $1.00. Through
shrewd buying we are able to offer
a hundred at the price of 69c each.
This and other lawn furniture
bargains OH fourth floor.
Fourth Floors. Kann. Sons & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
Cretonne shoe bags
25c. & 45c


NUId11U dIu HUIIIdS JtIITIeS TepreSeNt(
jackson county.
In the Missouri house of Representative,
were Austin A. King of Boone count
Sterling Price of Charlton county. job
c. Edwards of Cole county and Claiborr
F. jackson of Saline county, who ate
ward became governor.
Missouri was under its first state col
stitution. adopted in 1920. This constit,
ton, enacted by convention in III
short space Of five weeks. continued
force forty-five years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party.

Sunday bread was made of the wheat
"tramped out" on the ground, cleaned
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-12
SAN PEDRO SHIPPING

SAN PEDRO, Dec. 1.-THE steamer Olympic
Capt. Hansen, completed the discharge Of $780,
OOd feet of lumber for the e. X. Wood Lumber
company and cleared today for Bellingham &c
reload The steamer Shasta, Capt. Hansen
will clear for the same port tomorrow.
The steamer Tallac cleared yesterday from
Portland via San Francisco for san Pedro
carrying 100000 feet of lumber and 1900 tons
of grain.
The schooner Balboa Capt. Burmetster
sailed today in ballast for Tacoma, where she
will load $50 900 feet Of lumber for the South
ern California Lumber company.
The Pacific Coast company's steamship state
of California Capt. Thomas, arrived tonight
from San Francisco via Santa Barbara and
ReGondo with freight and passengers. She
will clear tomorrow morning for San Diego.
The steamer National City, Capt. Higgins
finished dscharging II, 200 ties for the Southern
Pacific and cleared today for Fort Bragg tc
reload
Departures today include the steamer ]. ]
Lopgie Capt. Rainier for Eureka via Sar
Francisco to load lumber, and the steamer
Charles Nelson, Capt. Hansen, for San Fran
cisco for repairs.
The schooner e. x. Wood, arriving at West
port, will load 100000 feet Of lumber for this
port.
The steamers Coaster and Grays Harbor have
cleared from Grays Harbor lumber laden fol
San Pedro.
The schooner Commerce arrived tonight IN
tow Of the tug Warrior from Everett via Re-
dondo with a cargo Of piling for the Charles
Weir company.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-12
THREE NEGROES SLAIN AND
a. INJURED WITHOUT CAUSE
~ Shot EN-; That's All There Is to
It," Says Slayer Twice Ac-
quilted on Charge of
Murder

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. Ill shot
'em, and that is all there is to it,
Beyond this, mumbled as he was
being led to a cell at police headquar-
ters, William Latura, a white man of
this city, proffered no explanation Of
the killing of three negroes and the
wounding of four others at a saloon
here early today.
According to the statement of by
ISLANDERS. when Latura entered the sa-
loon a group of negroes were about a
pool table in the rear of the room
engaged in game.
AS he walked into the room, it is
declared, Latura, after surveying the
crowd, leisurely unbuttoned a long
overcoat he wore and drew an auto
matte pistol.
If any words passed those who es-
capped the rain of bullets which fol-
lowed declare they heard none. As
Latura shot one after another of the
negroes fell. When the police arrived
three were dead and four others were
lying about the floor wounded, one Of
the latter a woman.
His weapon empty, Latura threw it
in an ash heap and walked to a
neighboring saloon, where he quietly
submitted to arrest.
Latura, who is regarded as q fearless
man. evidently had been drinking. Sew
eral years ago he shot and killed a
white man, but was released on the
ground of self-defense.
Later a negro met death at his hands,
and in this instance he was again ac-
quilted on a plea of self-defense. Re-
Gently he forced several men at the
point of a pistol. it is declared, to re-
turn money won in a game of chance.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-12
Bradstreet's Review

NEW YORK, Dec. u.-Bradstreet's tomor-
row Will say: The retail and holiday trades
are more in evidence this week and as these
have expanded, business in regular wholesale
and jobbtng lines has quieted down.
Both the regular retail trade and the usual
Christmas shopping demand have not yet fully
met expectations at many points. particularly
at the south, whore low priced cotton is
retarding feature.
Best reports as to trade are from the south
west and spring wheat and Pacific northwest
districts In the wholesale and jobbng trade
there is a disposition to go slower pending
clearer view of year-end distribution and in
ventories. There is also in evidence some con-
serYatism as to placing spring business.
In industrial lines the volume of orders is
sufficient to induce manufacturers to go ahead
freely
Business failures in the United States for the
week ended December 10 POS, against pa
last week, 254 in the like week of 1907 go in
1906 226 in 1905, and 239 in 1904
Business failures in Canada number 60 as
against IS last week, and so the same week
OF 1907.
Wheat including flour, exports of the Unit
ed States and Canada for the week ended
December 10 aggregate L. 769, 800 bushels, against
6'1OSB 2S last week and 6,1S5.S1S this week last
year.
For the twenty-four weeks ended December
10 the exports are 104, 1885, SAT bushels, against
lO2,S6O 632 in the same period last year
Corn exports for the week are J. 1Ol OS4 bush
1907