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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30

ANNA SLOAN WALKER
The Womans Prohibition Club is the only or
ganization of women in the world working tor
political Prohibition. We have object only,
to induce men and women to vote the Prohibition
ticket We waste no time anything else,
tired of reforms that exist almost entirely on
paper, realizing that the saloon is in politics,
and we must fight it in politics.
We believe that the Prohibition party today
needs three things: First, efficient local organiza
tion second, local funds; third votes We must
have the third-votes-To WIN We must use
the first two to secure the votes.
By efficient local organization" I local
organization in every township and precinct that
will get in touch with every voter. By "1ocal
funds" mean that in addition to Our support of
state and national work, we must finance our
1seal work. We should not expect that the state
or national committees can carry the burden OF
the local work
The Woman's Prohibition Club will help to
solve these problems and in so doing will prove
of inestimable value as an ally to party success
In order to demonstrate the practicabllity of our
ideas we went into the campaign in the Fortleth
Senatorial district in Illinois in the fall of 1906.
This district is composed of four counties. The
Woman's Prohibition Club furnished woman
whose time was used by the campaign commit
tee. The territory of the district was pretty
thoroughly covered She held one meeting in
each township and organized working commit
tee of women to canvass the entire township, put
ting a campaign document into the hands of every
voter in the township. Five weeks were spent
in this kind of work, in the rural districts. The
value of this was shown in the election returns
Hundreds of voters were won to our party who
otherwise would never have heard the name of
our candidate Three of these counties we're car
yied by the Pyohibitiomists. The Hon. VIM. p
Allen, who was at the head of our state ticket
as the candidate for state treasurer, in speaking
of our work in public meetings says eff Mrs
Walker had been sent over the entire state |
would have been elected" In one of the wards
of Chicago our club made house-to-house
vass with campaign literature in the legislative
fight.
Most of our local clubs pay 10 cents per capita
tax to the national club treasury Henceforth in
Illinois all money paid into the local treasury
will be retained for campaign work at home
What might we not accomplish if we had fifteen
clubs in any one county, each club holding from
$50 to $500 to defray the expenses of campaign
speakers? That would mean $3.50 to $1,000 for
local campaign work in the county. Any club
can easily reach that amount of money
We are not making an attempt to build great
organization of women We are seeking to de-
.Sfroy the organized liquor traffic, and
Show results, obtained by methods Victory,
final and complete, will be ours when we num-
Der Prohibition vote for every whisky vote.
There is much drudgery to be done before we can
count that sufficient number of votes Blessed
be drudgery"
Our latest work in Illinois was creation of
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
TANNING IN INDIANA
wild Irishman" Raids Hooser Towns, Filling
Prohibition War Chest

INDIANAPOLIS, January 25-(Special correspond
ence)-Michael j. Tanning, campaigning in this
state under the management of State Chairman
Lough, closed his first weeks work at Monte
yuma on January 80. His campaign promises to
be most successful one The people turn out
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30

to hear him and having heard him make their
pleasure manifest by large offerings. During the
week he visited seven places and spoke ten
times. Each place contributed as follows:
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
THEY ABANDON HOPE
Liquor Men in Mississippi Give Up the Fight
-"All Over But the Shouting"

JACKSON, Miss. January 90 Especial CORE
spondence)-The liquor interests have practically
given up all hope of preventing the enactment of
a Prohibition law in Mississippi
When the legislature opened strong force of
liquor representatives from the license counties
OF the state came upon the ground and were met
here by liquor lobbyists from other states brought
in to help the fight. These fellows made care
full poll of the legislature They found the lower
house almost unanimous for Prohibition and con-
cluded that only fourteen out of forty-fve sena-
tors could be hoped about.
AS result, the valiant crusaders folded their
tents like the Arabs and silently stole away"
The president of the National Association of
Liquor Dealers was on his way here from New
York, but stopped by telegraph at Louisville
and told to go home, that it was "all over except
the shouting"
At present the liquor men trying to get
some slight concession in the way of making the
proposed law less drastic and putting off by little
time it's going in force. That is their only hope
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
FRANK P. HOWE After having bee

FRANK P. HOWE :-After having been a sub
scrber for The Ne7V Voice since 1884 and after
going through the fire with it. I much dis
couraged at its disappearance but hail with de-
light its resurrection in The National Prohibition
ist I will help the new paper as always helped
The Voice, and I shall look for it weekly with
delight I have been in the fight since Neal
BOWS day and am stronger now than ever for
no compromise
Wooster, Ohio.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-30
BY ANNA SLOAN WALKER,

woMAN's PROHIBITION OF AMERICA
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The evening world., 1908-12-29
CONTINUED From First Page

told me the whole story Of her conduct
with Annls.'"
All during this testimony MIR. White
had beer fighting hard to exclude It.
HIS persistence in the face Of The
Judges rulings nettled His Honor and
he finally silenced Mr.. White sharply. 1t
suddenly became apparent that White
and Darrin were no longer working in
entire accord MIR Darrin was evidently
willing to have the evidence go In. while
Mr.. white differed with his colleague.
First one and then the other OF them
was on his feet.
Finally, the Judge. for perhaps the
tenth time, publicly defined his attitude
regarding this phase Of the murder case.
He said
"As l understand It, this testimony is
only being offered by the defense as a
preliminary to bringing out that Peter
Hains's demesnor at the time of his
The evening world., 1908-12-29

conversations with this witness i'm
pressed Mr.. Reid thta he was mentally
affected and not with any hope OF try
ing 10 show either the truth or faisity
OF these alleged transactions. / would
ALLOW no evidence regarding Anniss re-
laNiohS with Mrs, Hams II offered to
show such relations ever existed.
II i understood by this Jury, by the
deiendant and by all of us, hope. that
even IL such allegations were true II is
no JUS itiCation for murder"
Nj Reed went on to give a graphic,
sympathetic word picture OF Peter
Haihs's appearance and manner during
this first interview, when he told Reid
OF his wife's admission. Until 3o'clock
In the morning, he said. he and Thorn
ton liains tried vainly to quiet Peter
and get him to go to bed Peter Hams
walked back and forth. now telling
some detail OF the confession. now
breaking. into quotations from Kip
ing vampire now crying out that
his life had been ruined and that he
wished he were dead
asked Mr. MCINTYRE
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)RYTOLD BYFRLEND ON STAND AT I. HALNSS TRIAL

loapcd up from the witness chair and
began stamping about with her hands TO
her eyes a glutCsuue rigure "Ile done
this way she shouted out MS she
stamped about. And he says. oh. my
God oh. my Claudia oh, my wifc,' }"
The witness was rapidly becoming
historical from the ferNor of her own
denCc of the Camn meeting
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membered when cant. llains went to the
Philippines and when he came back She
She told him then. she said. OF the al
legged actions of Mrs. Hams and Annis
during his absence.
What did capt. Hams do when YOU
told him all this"'' asked Mcintyre.
The question acted like an electric bat
terry upon the big black woman. She
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father sent for him. but I won't be
sure"
The witness couldn't be sure whether
Peter Hams had said his father was
the first person who mentioned the trip
Of Mrs. Hams to the mountains, but Mr..
Reid rather inferred that 1t was Gen.
HaIns who first told regarding the
wife's stay in the Adirondacks
The prosecutor was trying to show
that after Peter Hains's confidence in
his wife had been duly restored II was
his father who reawakened the sleeping
doubts and quickened them into re-
newed life. Reid continued:
Peter told me when he got home
that nIght after seeing his father he
said 70 his wife. Claudia. YOU ought TO
tell me- about that trip of yours. And
she answered, Now, Pete. we settled all
that. Why bring 1, mp again? ! some
how Inferred that she, on tile first night
OF his arrival, had explained to his sat
.siacNon that size ,.ent wCcl. Of East
eE in the mountains with her cousin. but
won't be sure. | recall tnat his fathcr
lad said, If these stores about that
trip are anything like the truth 1t looks
Ike Ga2 business. "
Doubt Would Drive Her Away.
Reid was required 70 repeat what
Hainss wife said TO him after his re-
turn from his talk with his father
Hains told him that when he pressed
Mrs Hams for the details Of her trIp
she said: If You bring up these sus-
plclons again. We might as well quit"
She begged him. he said. not TO go
TO Inquire into her Easter visit to the
mountains, adding: II you go, you win
find that ] have told the truth, but It
Will show also that you suspect my non
or and 1 Will never have anything 10
do with you again. He answered. No,
Claudia, I've promised father / will 20.
and Will. Then it was, according to
him. that she broke down and said, It's
all true, love Billy Annis and always
have, and don't love you
when was 1t he got hack from his
visit to his father" Very late: about
3 O'Clock in the morning His wife had
disrobed. but she had not gone to bed
She was lying on a couch. waiting for
him."
do you think Capt. Hams told you
all these things from his memory or
his Imagination" From his memory.
He was often broken in his speech,
but he always repeated his facts in the
same way"
What did he tell you he said 10 his
wife when she confessed?" He told
me he sad. Ny God. Claudia. WHY
loved you ana cared FOR you? Why did
The evening world., 1908-12-29

And YOU saw about four men on the
hoat?' About four"
Ilerney was certain that he saw
storm, Harway, bowling and Hll on
the i'oat or the dock during or imme-
diately after the shooting. He couldn't
remember having seen kimmel When
AIRS Annis stood forward. white and
tall and splendid looking, Tierney shook
MS head. Il never saw her during the
SMOOTHING he said stolidly. "She wasn't
on mat float at any time. After the
shooting I saw her going UP the walk
to the club"
racing about. Hams watched the wild.
o" ihtently until she faced around and
went away
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DIED..

HEM EssY.-At her residence, TOS 9th
ay., ELLEN HDNNElSSY. widow Of John.
dearly beloved mother OF John. William
and Francis and MIA Thomas Brock. In
her 9th year.
Funeral Thursday, Dec. 81. thsaes 70
the Sacred Heart Church. whsrs q rsaui.
Am mas will " offsssd tor the rsposSne6
ss ssa q n 4 = laiszaAas on,s =
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power boat" He sad that II he
wanted 10 60 out. he would get her
into shape"
Did he tell you who built the boat
l understand he built il himself. or at
least he put in the engine"
What else did he say" HE said II
I wanted to 60 out in her he would put
her in commission" The witness said
that Thornton Hams had told him the
boat was being repaired.
This line of examination was slowly
going to prove that the Captain at this
time was in a perfectly rational mind
and could talk inteI!!gently about gen
eral affairs
The witness did not see either the
Captain or the defendant again until re
saw them in the Queens County tall
lew weeks ago. He went there with
Major Hams and one OF the lawyers for
tho defense. Mr.. Re!d said he had
allied q iAe .org. Island ,!ty jail on
1Ia arrival from Chicago week before
When You w-q, to the jail to gee
the defendant ana his brother, dld you
taik over what you were to testify to
at lhis trial gs"ed M. Darrin,
NO, sir replied the witness.
Reid sa" Nr Shay ~ has Office on
Dec. 10 and talked with MIN ABOUT tho
case and about the Testimony .e would
i've NJ Mcintyre wanted 10 protest,
LNt DECIDED 20 r.bHE" MS lu'.d W.eu
ne Ju. ice pointed gu: t. IN clat ne
had followed a SIM EIr course n asking
witnesses Of tie other side e ,uelr con-
versat!ons with lawyers tor he prose
The young SoutheGaer had talked over
his Testimony with Ma or John IIaIna.
with Gen. hains and with Lawyers Nc
Intyre and shay
Thornton Hainss Attitude.
Did yoa At any time during your
visit At Bay Ridge hear Peter Hiins ex-
press any an.wosity to AnnlF?" He
said That Ann.s had ruined hts home.
mis- would be punished
Did Thornton say anything about An
MS, or about those other matters IA the
presence Of Peter c, Hams" Yes, he
vas frequently telling Peter to think OF
other things.
Did you, eve, heal, Thornton Hains
whole thing wss terrible. He said tina
49," first day ! arrived. He came f.
While Peter Ha!Us was talking 10 me
hu' said noting to me un'!l Peter he
Gme excited Then Thornton said
Don't 'oli' about II too too much: BuGH
recall later. that VIXEN Major Hams
came down, Thornton said he didn't
think Peter could stand tie strain and
r feared his mind would give way,
TIE said also II vu7 q shame that Annls
nd ruined PctCrr life J asked wh,
t.nls's minnie hadn't been disclosed,
saving ] thought n would help solve
0'vvers about it.'
"DIdat you l-uw Ann.s's name had
r'rca9v leon ruhlislod|' Il did not"
"Dn Thornton tiaiG- 90 TO see the
81 ,t {. a. f. u
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Letters Barred Out.

did Peter tell you the contents Of
the mai! which he received at San Fran
cisco and which started him across the
Continent" Not directly"
Did he speak of any letter advising
nm 10 come back to New York;" No,
he gave Inc the impression that The lettre
was about his wife or from his Wife
'l)!d he tell you that among these let
ters We're some from his wife telling
him hat she was the subject of scan
dali Yes, 50 ] understood. / gather
ea that lis wife had written him that
SIZE had been talked about and that
ugly stories We're in circulation"
Did ne tell YOU that she had written
him asking him to come to New York
and protect her good name" NO"
'l!d he say any one had written ad-
vising HIM to come bsck?" No"
Mr. Mcintyre thought this would be q
chance to slip In Claudia Hains's letters
on the ground that they were the best
evidence. but the alert Justice had him
thrown. roped and hog-tied before he
Was fairly started.
Your motion is overruled." snapped
Justice Crane. The subject matter OF
these letters is not IN evidence in this
case except In so far as what Peter
tents"
Did You ever notice Peter Hains had
ha,,t OF visiting his hair before this
DO YOU know how old Claudia L.bbey
was when Hams married her p Il
a",'. Ice" told she Was sixteen years
At this point recess was taken, with
W. Reid sim on the stand.
The evening world., 1908-12-29
Aged Mother of Thornton Hams, Who
viii Be Witness in His Defense

Aged Mrs. Hams, mother
of the prisoner, is a pa
fhefic figure in the court
room at Flushing. She cried
on her sons shoulder and
had to be led away from
him. She may be called as
a witness to-day by the de-
fence.
The evening world., 1908-12-29

and had then gone to live with her
cousin"
When he spoke of his wife's confess
/ sion how did he act?' He asked me
| now 1t could be possible for a woman to
( do as she had done"
Very Wild at Times.
How did he act?" asked the Court
Very wild, especially when telling of
his wife's admission that she had had
an operation performed. When speak
ing OF this he repeatedly said Reed.
what have i done TO deserve all this? I
worshipped her, j gave her all nv Low.
and this is my return. I'm irving IN
search my mind to see II was ever IN.
kind to her; If / ever did anythinV "a
deserve this treatment She looks me
right In the face and says: Il don't love
you You don't understand. love An
MS. Billy Annis is the one love-
v hen she said that to me | never
suffered before as I suffered then. Part
OF me lived. but most of me died Phy-
steal pain is nothing to what I am now
enduring. He acted as If in a frenzy
He paced up and down, wringing his
hands"
How many times did you hear him
say he wished he would die?" 'Oh.
many tmes-perhaps hundred. I
would say. Connie, brace up and he
would reply, You don't know what 1t is
TO suffer. My lawyers seem to be SO !
SLOW. Why don't they hurry up the |
divorce. want to be free, and yet, my |
God, how l still love her" He was af- |
iiicted by physical contortions, and from
being on the verge Of a frenzy would
suddenly pass into sort Of daze or
coma, and then back again into the ex-
cited state
How did he talk" He frequently
talked very rapidly and with great
'ehemence and at other times his
voice was broken. Words were muir
nured and broken, sometimes almost
shouting"
DID you notice any stammering or
lalt In his speech7' Yes, at times"
rms closed the direct examination.
MT Darrin undertook the cross-exam-
nation Mr.. Reid stated that Peter
iainss unusual conduct continued with ,
ut abatement until July 10, when the ,
witness left the house al Bay Ridge and
e;urned to Chicago, He insisted that ,
'eter Hains's acts seemed very ira :
lonal and said If he had stated earlier
the examination that Ha!ns seemed J
atlonal he had made a slip of the J
ongue and didn't want to be 80 under ,
TODD now
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Grown at an elevation q TOO foe,
.ssssa =. SsN'''S- "- '"sT
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This ended tho cross examination
daT nae qF'tsS aok "D M l2T "e aaSps ou1
HOuk, who was w The employ ~ the
Peter Hains family az Fort Iia milton,
uTe tn IN" Stoud She was big,
hiUok aegreSH, with typical African fea-
lures. she said she now lived at WASH
instoa, having worked In Peer Hains's
AopsshSla ~. nesTly ala yssTs. ole .s-
The evening world., 1908-12-29
Opens Door for Defense

Have you seen the prisoners since
you came ou TO testify" Yes, twice
n the jall.
Did Thornton Hsins tell you he wrote
10 Peter Hams at san Francisco urging
him 70 come homs?' No"
Did you ever ace such a letter."
Only IN the newspapers
y o6jsot 70 that Ansssr.' sa!T McIn-
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Captain Near Collapse When He
Told OF Scenes Win His Wife

"He was tremendously excited" said
Mr.. Reid. His mouth capped and
twttched, his eyes stared. He looked
like he was almost crazy, but he didn't
appear to be irrational"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-23
CLARKS0N OFFICERS RENAMED
Same Managers Chosen for Memorial
Hospital AssOciRtiOn at
Annual Meeting.

At the first annual meeting of the
Clarkson Memorial Hospital association
held Saturday morning in the parish house
at Trinity Cathredial, the officers were re-
elected for the coming year. The officers
are Mrs f. II. Cole, president; Mrs. Phil
lip Potter secretary, and Mrs Albert Noe
treasurer.
The association report showed that the
women had raised during the last year
sl3O15 for the hospital. This was done at a
cost of one-f.fth of per cent to the associ-
alton. The women, by various entertain
ments such as the outdoor play at Hans
com park and the chicken dinner at the
Elks club rooms, had earned over 5000 of
the money raised. The women had set out
with the purpose of raising $4,000 toward
the association and they have decided to
go ahead and raise the remainder OF their
pledge. This will be done at first In three
ways. They will try to raise $1,000 by the
Bishop Worthington memorial fund, 5000
by memberships and $1,000 by entertain
ments. After that 5000 is raised other
ways and means will be devised
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-23
MARKET HOUSE FOR JAIL
Capitol Avenue Building Favored by
Solomon, hut Property own
ers May object.

After an examination Of the plans of the
Market house at Capitol avenue and Four
teenth streets, County Commissioner Solo
mon is Of the opinion the building would
make an ideal temporary jail but for the
obstacle that the property owners in the
neighborhood would probably object to its
use for that purpose and would enjoin the
county from converting Il. The Market
house was one of the first buildings sug-
gested In the search for a temporary jail
structure.
The size of the building would allow
plenty of space and air and would over
come most of the objections to the present
Jail But Mr.. Solomon is of the opinion
that its use could be successfully Joined
for the reason that the bonds were Issued
with the provision that the structure was
to be used as a market house and for no
other purpose. It's distance from the court
house would also be an objection.
Several propositions will be submitted in
the county board at its meeting Monday for
buildings to be used as a temporary jail in
case II is decided to submit the court house
bond proposition to the voters this spring.
Central Labor union will take action
through it's law committee soon on the Jail
matter It's investigation committee re-
ported at the meeting Friday night that it
fourd conditions at the Jail unsanitary and
subject to the strongest condemnation. On
the basis Of this report the law committee
will appear before sthe county board and
make its plea for a new jail 1t will also
seek an injunction restraining the board
from making further improvements until
the question of improvements is submitted
to a vote of the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-23
PIONEERS UNDER THE FLAG
Old-Tlmers Celebrate Anniversary OF
George Washington at Ma
sonic Temple.

The dining hall OF Masonic temple was
resplendent with flags and bunting yester-
day afternoon on the occasion of the annual
midwlnter reunion of the Douglas County
Association of Nebraska Pioneers. The
fact that the day was Washington's ami
versary was made the additional incentive
to patriotism for the 200 of pioneers and
their families that gathered to do honor
to the event.
Word was received Friday that Governor
Sheldon could not be present and Captain
Henry e. Palmer was chosen to deliver
the principal address of the afternoon
The reunion was presided over by A. N.
Vest as chairman of the committee of ar
rangements A sumptuous dinner was
served and the affair throughout was big
success.
Five-minute addresses and reminiscent
talks were made by a number of the pio-
neers. The program was varied with nu-
merous musical selections. both vocal and
instrumental