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Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

OF course It will be objected that this
plan places too much power in the hands
Of the excise board. Well, II you give men
in this position so little power that they
could not possibly do any harm. you make
1t impossible for them TO do any good.
There is not the remotest likelihood that
such a board, elected by the people. could
be unduly Influenced to grant a license to
a man OF known unfitness or to drive a
decent, law-abiding liquor dealer out OF
business. There would certainly be far less
likelihood Of abuse Of power under such
a system than there is now under the
lo~cal-option system. For, under the latter
system, a bare majority OF the voters can
at one stroke, revoke every license in the
town without trial or hearing or reason.
The most reputable liquor dealer is no
safer than the live keeper. The proposed
plan is home rule of the right kind. II gives
the people all the power they need TO reg
ulate, but no power to destroy and con-
fiscate. Under this system, the liquor bust
ness would be placed on a permanent foot
ing. Every dealer would be absolutely sure
that his license was secure as long as
he oheyed the law and conducted his bust
ness decently. The only persons that, you'd
be put out OF business would be the dis
reputable liquor dealer and the prohibition
agitatOc
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Nothing is more certain than that every
state and local community in which pro-
hibition now obtains will ultimately have to
return to the policy of regulation. and
just SO long as the prohibltory law re-
mains on the statute books, just so
long will the day Of reformation be
deferred. Prohibition is like the quack
doctor who cannot cure the patient
himself and will not allow anybody else to
take the case. The present hysterieal cru
SADIE is itself an obstacle to reform even
in places where the license law obtains.
1t is a drain on the moral energy of the
community. 1t creates contention, confu-
sion and bitter strife. 1t attracts and leads
astray many well-intentioned. but unthink-
ing people, whose interest in moral reform
and whose zeal and enthusiasm would, II
wisely directed, be OF great value to the
community. These people become in
fatuated with a blind faith in the power
Of prohibition to degenerate society. and
they will listen TO nothing else. II you
sugges TO them some proposition OF
reasonable reform, they fly off into a rage
and d%enounce you as a traitor to the
country and an enemy to religion.
Rule or Ruin Their Motto.
Prohibitionists not only refuse to support,
but actively and bitterly fight against.
every plan OF excise reform hat does not
go TO their extreme. 1t must be abolition
or nothing; their motto is rule or ruin.
In their blind zeal they actually rejoice in
~iniquity. The ~disreputabIe saloon is far
more to their liking than the decent
saloon. for the more ~disreputable the
saloon the more ammunition for the cam
Daien. II all saloona vera made decent
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15


8. Prohibition has a bad effect also on
the thinker. 1t tends to discourage
the use of the lighter alcoholic bev-
erages and to encourage the exces-
sive use OF the stronger liquors. This
tendency is especially pronounced wherever
the attempt is made to enforce the law
vigorously. Deterioration in the quality Of
liquor is another one OF the blessings
introduced by prohibition. The men who
run the speak easies" often make their
own whisky" and you can imagine the
nature of the blend" A few years ago,
when the town in which the writer lives
was dry a confirmed inebriate who
lived in adjoining wet" town got in the
habit OF visiting this dry" town about
once a fortnight. He was always sober
when he arrived and drunk when he left.
He was once asked why he came from a
wet" town to a dry" town TO get liquor,
and his answer was: Because l can gel
a quicker and cheaper jag on in Riverhead
than / can in -" This Is the way
prohibition reforms the drunkard. 1t is
often claimed hat while prohibition does
not altogether prohibit II does succeed in
reducing the consumption Of liquor. This
claim is not based on fact But even II II
be true that less liquor is drunk in a given
community under prohibition than under
the license system. the all-important ques-
tion, from the point OF view Of temperance
reform is, what class 81 people are thus
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

The lives of the great majority are dull
and monotonous. The proportion OF pleas
ure and leisure is meager and insufficient,
This is as true OF rural as of urban life,
but it is too largely true of the masses
everywhere. And whatever win tighten and
brighten and cheer their lives without toe
great a sacrifice will not be readily surren-
dered In the interest OF a questionable
moral reform. II men cannot get this
pleasure openly they Will get It surrepti-
tiously, and even II II could be taken from
them by force they would resort TO substi-
tutes which. in all likelihood. would be Far
more Injurious. The saloon exists because
there is a demand for Il. A prohibitory law
! certainly does not remove this demand. II
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
TURKEY FEAST AS
PROMISED GIVEN
At DECADES END

One OF the jolliest functions in the
history of Lodge No. 1s6, Deutsche
Order Harugari, of Orange, which cele-
brated its forty-ninth anniversary last
night, was a dinner given in Menzels
Hall, Park street, by Fritz Trepkau,
treasurer of the lodge. 1t was a turkey
feast and carried out a promise made
ten years ago when the idea was eX-
pressed hat the lodge. which has not
initiated a new member in fifteen
years, would not survive long.
81 will give a dinner-a turkey dinner
! ten years from tonight if we only
have IA corporal's guard said Mr..
Trepkau, and since that time the ques-
ton of the lodges continuance has fire.
quently been discussed. OF the orig
inal 200 members, fifty have passed
away Inc the remainder dropped out
with the exception of twenty-seven, the
present lodge membership.
Following the election of officers, who
include Frederick Brewer. o. B.: Mich
olas Hermann, secretary, and Mr.. Trep-
kau, treasurer-a post he has held for
a generation-the latter invited the
members to Menzers and there a happy
evening was spent. Mr.. Trepkau was
POSTMASTER and during the evening in
formal talks We're given by members
of the lodge, Fred C. Sham, a guest,
and Mr.. Trepkau.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
I'm KGe1E
.|HARRIsoN--EAsT NEWARK.
CENTRE STREET BRIDGE
FOOTPATH STILL URGED.

C0uncilmen THOMAS OiConnor and
Edward Rice. of Harrison, who Thurs
day attended a conference in Newark
On the matter of q footpath at Centre
street w the Passaic river, will prob
ably ask the Harrison Common Council
at a meeting to be held Monday night
to urge the freeholders of Hudson
county to get busy on the matter and
help out as much as possible. A hear
ing is to be given on the question at SO
Whitehall street, New York, January Z,
and it is expected that a large delega-
ton ron the West Hudson towns will
be Oh hand to fight against the aboli-
ton of the ~footpath.
John McKeon, president of the Nc
Keen A. c., of Harrison, today received
from the White House at Washington,
D. c., the signature of President Will
liam H. Taft written upon a white card.
Mr.. McKeon intends to offer the card
as a prize in the road race to be held
under the auspices of his club, on
Christmas Day. There will be fifteen
other valuable prizes.
Harry Cohn, the Harrison grocer and
saloonkeeper. who Tuesday dispos-
sessed Mrs. Ross Graham, of 205 South
Fourth street.. Harrison, said today
that he did not break into the woman's
home to get her household furnishings.
He contends that she went to Brooklyn
and left the rear door of her home
wide OPEN. He says early in the
month he offered her s. to pay for NOV
ing from the house, if she had no
money.
Council No. 400, Knights of Columbus,
of West Hudson, will go to Hoboken
tomorrow afternoon to witness the
exemplifcation of the first, second and
third degrees.
The Junior Holy Name Society of the
Church of the Holy Cross, Harrison,
will receive holy communion in a body
at the 1880 mass tomorrow morning.
Miss Minnie Kunte, of $50 Harrison
avenue. Harrison, who was taken i'll
suddenly in her home Wednesday night,
is resting easy today.
Mrs. Louise McVickar. of 312 Seventh
street. Harrison, died this morning.
aged Sc years. after a long illness. leav-
ing. besides her husband, a grown son
and daughter. The funeral will be held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from
the late home of the deceased. The
Rev. William J. Tilley, rector of Christ
Episcopal Church, will of1ciate. Inter
ment will be: made harrington Gene
terry.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
CHRISTMAS FETt
FOR TOWN POOR
HELD IN HARRISON
Truant Officer Taft Conducts
Successful Entertainment
and Dance.

Nearly $500 was realized al the char
ity entertainment and dance given az
the Harrison High School. last night.
The affair. which was conducted by
Truant Officer William Taft, WAS a
pronounced success. The proceeds are
TO be used to purchase Christmas din
ners and other Yuletide necessities for
the poor Of the town.
Those who contributed to the enter
tainnent did very good work and re-
ceived much applause for their efforts.
At the conclusion of the oiio there was
dancing. A circle two-step was en-
joyed at midnight. Among these who
were present we're:
Miss Elizabeth Chambers, Miss Mary
Gallivan, Miss Anna Delaney. Miss
Ella O'Ma1ley, Miss Laura Denney,
Miss Jennie Joss, Miss Clara Cotton,
Miss Nano Rice. Miss Mary Prender-
CAST, Miss Julia Denney, Miss Helen
Cassidy, Miss Katherine Rice. Miss
Frances Kayser, Miss Mary Lynch,
Miss Mary McCoole. Miss Jennie
Howatt, Miss Sarah HcGlone. Miss
Sarah Cairns, Miss Anna Malone. Miss
Catherine Brady, Miss Helen Malone,
Mrs. Mary Lewis. Mrs. John Burke,
Miss Olive Wilhelm. Miss Elsie Pep
ham.
Miss Teresa Mccoole. Miss Eliza
beth O'Malley, Miss Martha McGarvey,
Miss Margaret Chandler, Miss Flor
ence Desmond, Miss Helen Ford, Miss
Mary Fitzpatrick, Miss Hazel VIII
helm, Miss Elizabeth Spillane. Miss
Mary Lamb, Miss Helen Craig. Mrs.
Thomas Reid. Miss Mary McWatters.
Miss Elizabeth Lynch. Miss Gertrude
Lynch, Miss Mae Grace. Miss Clara Col-'
ton, Miss Mary Halpin. Miss GenevfeVe
Halter, Miss Elizabeth Webb, Mrs.
Lillian Grace. Mrs. James F. Prender-
CAST. Miss Cecilia sullivan. Miss Mar
garet McGovern. Miss Agatha McGov-
ern. Mrs. Frank l. Ritter, Miss Ro-
berta Craney, Miss Anna White, Miss
Carrie O'Brien, Miss Katherine White,
Miss Frances Prendergast, Miss Norma
Gamble. Miss Marion Keltsch. Mrs
John MeLarty, Miss Bessie McLarfy.
Miss Sarah Lawelson. Miss Margaret
Riordan, Mrs. Bernard McManus, Mrs
Andrew Walsh n Mrs Bernard Nc
Waters.
Principals John Dwyer and Cornelius
4. McGlennon, Professor Lawrence j.
Riordan, Thomas feeling. James Han
lon. James A. Brophy, Martin F. Des-
| mona. owen hdlT, 1lDilds 0ct1iioI
John O'Neill. John Enright. Thomas
Lawless, Joseph Coburn, Roy Hunter.
Frank Nolan, James p Finegan. George
Riorda7. Thomas Jordan, 0 Burke,
Euger Riordan, William Desmond, Jo-
seph Millett. Edward Riordan, Ralph
Noe. John Biegner. Myron McLarty,
Ernest Gennell. John Riordan. Peter NJ
O'Connor, Arthur j.. Fitzpatrick. Jr.
Frederick Rierke, Walter Lewis. Maui
rice Lloyd. John Ritter, John Chadwick,
Mathew Fitzgerald, Frederick Bersey.
Thomas Telling. Harry Mindle, Martin
Flynn. William Wall. James Cailaghan,
Joseph Sandford. William CatteraIl.
John Jones, John Manson. Mathew
Clarke. Hubert Degan, Joseph Finne-
gan. Richard Smith, Thomas HanIon.
Harry Caparn. Thomas Clarity. Will
lam Brophy. Thomas Buchanan. John
F. Reilly, John Pagan, Thomas Will
Jams. George Graham. James Finch,
Leroy Harmed. James Pagan. John Me-
Guigan Frank McKeon n Robert
Moold.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
COLUMBIA ALUMNI
OF new JERSEY TO
BANQUET I0M!GHI
Meeting at East Orange Will Be
Largest in Associations
History.

The biggest reunion and dinner rhat
the.New Jersey Alumni Association of
Columbia University has even known
Club in East Orange, when graduates
of the university from all over the
State will get together for the yearly
celebration. The guests will sit down
at Z O'Clock sharp, In order that they
may get through at a reasonable hour.
1t is the object of the State organi-
2ation to afford an opportunity for the
members of differentiated Columbia as
sociations to get better acquainted.
Members of all classes, from the
youngest to. the Oldest, will De pres
ent and made welcome. A special eff
tort is being made to make the dinner
convenient for out-of-town guests, SO
hat a larger number will attend than
ever before. Alumni residing in places
not in direct communication with rail-
roads to East Orange will be met by
automobiles if they notify George Will
hanson, of the Croker Wheeler Com
pany, Ampere.
Among the speakers Who win appear
at the dinner are DIR. Carl Runge,
Kaiser Wilhelm, professor at Columbia
University for the year 1909-1910; Pro-
fessor Adam Leroy Jones, Professor
Rudolph Tombo. jr., William H. Demo-
rest. president Of the alumni of Co
lumbia; James Duane Livingston and
others prominent in this State n in
New York. 80
The officers OF the State association
are: Schuyler Skaats. Wheeler, SO.
president; William o. Wiley, 'S2, vice
president; Arthur F. Egner, 'o3, secre-
tary; George James Bayles, 81, treas
lirer; standing committee. Robert Ar
romsmith. 50; John X. Gore, ,SS; Ed
ward NJ. Collie, jr.. '02; Edwin G. Adams,
"a; Ruford Franklin, ,s6; Arthur Y.
Meeker, 90: William a. Meikeiham,
'S8; j. Boyce Smith. '01; the Rev.
Claudius M. Roonie, 80; William Eel
loves Morgan. 80; Charles M. Lum. 81,
and William Parmenter Martin. '92.
The association of late years has
grown to be one of the strongest in
the ountry For several years it has
offered two prizes of $50 each to t
lent passing the best entrance e1amt-
nations to the college, and the School
Of Applied Sciences. This year Presi-
dent Butler has placed a scholarship
for the year 1909 1910 at the disposal
of tho association
The census of Columbia graduates
in this. State compares favorably with
that1of other colleges, as does the NUM-
her 81 New Jersey men attending Co
luuabia. In zoos. there We're. in the col
iege, 45s students from New Jersey, as
against 3o0sat the University of Penn
~syiyania, 264 at Princeton, '201 at Cor
nell, 125 at Yale and so at Harvard.
UP to and including 1908. there We're
1,167 Columbia graduates living in this
state. of whom LOLA were men and 15S
women.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
BELLEyILLE.
Funeral Of John McLaughlIn.

Funeral Of o McLaughIin.
The funeral of John Mclaughlin, who
died in ST. Michaefs Hospital Thurs
day. was held today from the home OF
his brother-in-law, Thomas Connolly,
of William and Smith streets. A high
mass of requiem was celebrated in st.
Peters Church, and interment was
made in st. Peters Cemetery.
The Washington Outing Association
| will give a dinner tonight at Karg's
Hotel. 1893 Mt. Prospect avenue, this
| city.
The Silver Lake fire department was
called out yesterday afternoon to a
small fire in the rear of Silver Lake
School.
Officers Will sbe. elected at a meeting
Parcchial Hall next Tuesday night.
This meeting was postponed from last
Monday night.
Miss Emma Abbott will entertain the
Tuesday Afternoon Club next week.
There was a large attendance last
night at the fair of the Young Mems
Christian Association.
The Rev. Williqm W.. Conner, pas
tor OF the Reformed Church. will have
for his topic tomorrow morning "The
Name Above Every Name" The sub
ject at the evening service will be
"Reincarnation.
Arrangements are being made for a
minstrel performance under the aus
pieces of Harmony Lodge of Odd Fell
lows.
In the Wesley ME-. Church the pas
tor, the Rcv. c.. E. Scudder, will have
for his subject tomorrow morning THE
Sure Foundation He will preach at
night on THE Best Remedy"
The Mutual Euchre Club met last
night at the home of Mrs. Il. J.. Moniod,
Of Wilson place. The prize winners
were Mrs. W. Houghton. Mrs. Schmitt,
E. Daniels n Z. Christie.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18

he gave an ointment which was 80
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IL was put on. We changed doctors and
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lars or more and baby was GETTING
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and caring for him night and day thar
1 almost fels sure the disease WAS =
durable. But finally reading OF the
good results Of the Cuticura Remedies.
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Soap, Ointment and Pills), and they did
more good than all my doctors medi-
cines / had tried, and in fact entirely
cured him. I will send you. . phogo-
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clear OF the least spot or scar OF any
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viii never think Of dootoring but VIII
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any. other than Cuticura Soap for my
babe. You are &C liberty to publish
this it may help some distressed mother
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
SERVICES IN IRvINGTON
CHURCHES TOMORROW

AT the First Christian Church the
Rev. William II. Hainer will preach
tomorrow morning on THE Transiig-
ured Desert In the evening the Rev.
S. K. Braun. a Jewish convert. will
speak TO the Christian Endeavor So
ciety. The Rev. a. B.. Leonard, secre-
tary of the board of foreign missions
of the Methodist Church, will preach in
the Methodist Episcopal Church at 1880
a. m. In the evening Professor Hans
p. Freeze, of Columbia University, will
speak on the Timer Side of Mormon
ism" The subject of the Rev. Uriah
McClinchie's sermon in the First Re-
formed Church tomorrow night will be
'.vvhy Man Is a Religious Animal"
The Rev. August c. Fliedner win oc-
cnpy the pulpit in Trinity Church and
the Rev. Thomas #. Monaghan will
conduct the services in ST. Leois Roman
Catholic Church.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
BELLEVLLE ELKS
WILL SOON HAVE
THEIR own HOME

Belleville Lodge of Eiks is to have
a home of its own. A deal is under
way for the purchase of the Skinner
homestead, at 226-230 Main street. The
place will be thoroughly renovated, and
all conveniences of a modern club
house will be installed.
The house was the property of the
late DR.. Daniel NJ. Skinner, father of
former Judge Alfred Skinner. 1t is a
frame dwelling, two and a half stories
in height. The lot is IS by 210 feet. The
house contains ten rooms. Several
thousand dollars will be expended in
improvements. The lodge meeting-room
will be located on the second floor. and
it is planned also to have billiard and
pool rooms as well. On the first floor
there will be offices and a reception
room. There is a large barn in the
rear of the house.
Though every convenience will be
had in the building, the members Of
the lodge intend to make this only a
temporary home. having in mind the
construction of a larger building in an
other locality.
Exalted Ruler Martin J.. Griffin. Trus-
tee A. Fl. Osborne and Loyal Knight
George L. Brooks have been acting for
the lodge in the purchase Of the place
with William T. Day. of the firm of
Edward A. & William T. Day, lawyers,
of this city. who own the place. The
deal will be closed either today or
early next week.
The Belleville Lodge is only about a
year and a half old. bur in that time
has about doubled its membership.
There are sixty-one members. AT the
time the late. DR.. Skinner took posses
sion of the property it was known as
the Ward home. having been occupied
by the late DR.. Ward.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
MONTCLAIR.
MONTCLAIR HOTEL TO
BE SCENE OF WEDDING

An unusual wedding will be solem.
nized in the Hotel Montclair at
o'clock this afternoon, when Mrs. L
Van H. Nodine, who has been a guest
at the hotel during the current season,
will be Joined in wedlock TO Edward
Allen Pierce. manager for A. A. Hous-
mar & Co.. of New York. The cere-
mony will be performed by the Rev,
DR.. Theodore Henderson. pastor of the
Hanson Place Methodist Church,
Brooklyn. There will be no attend
ants, but the ceremony will take place
in the presence of the hundreds OF
guests at the hotel. The ballroom vii
be tastefully decorated for the occasion
with palms, ferns and III flowers In
profusion. A wedding supper will fol
low the ceremony, after which Mr.. and
Mrs. Pierce will leave on an extended
wedding trip through the South and
West.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
JERSEY CITY MAN MAY
BE LOST In HARRISON

The police department of Harrison
has been notified by the Jersey City
police to be on the lookout for Joseph
Roner. who has been missing from his
home. 26O New avenue, the latter place.
since December Z. Romer is ) feet 6
inches tall, 40 years old and weighs $50
pounds. When last seen he wore a
black suit of clothes and black derby
hat. Through previous business con-
nections it is thought he might wander
to Harrison.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18

CHEEKS Wlbh o.
zersa. 1t was the
itchy, watery kind
a d We b ed to
keep his little
hands wrapped up
all the time, and
il he would hap
pen to get them
u covered h .
would claw his
face till the blood
streamed down on
his clothing. We
called in q physi-
clan at once, but
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18
BETTER THAN SPANKING.

Spanking does not cure children of bed.
wefting. There is a constitutional CAUSE
for this trouble Mrs. N. 3ox
w. Notre Dame, Ind. will send Tree %
any mother her successful home frca<r
ment. with full Instructions, send no
money. hut write her today Il Spisr chill
dren trouble you In this WY. Don't bia<51e
This treatment also cures adBi{r and AGED
people troubled with urine dif1cuitlt. ~
day or night.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18

Frank IL. Streightoff, OF this town. a
student at Wesleyan University. has
won the first prize in class A in the
competition offered by a Chicago BUSH
ness house. The. prize is $500. Mr..
StreightoG's paper was entitled the
standard OF. Living. or Budgets Of
Families
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-18

Tax Receiver Louis McClond. OF East
Orange. with his assistants. were busy
today receiving money for taxes. All
who do not pay by Monday win have
interest added.