The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-09

Gals of both France and Australia
likewise have adopted the public
warning" method of advising the
people against indulgence. The re-
port deplores the fact that the same
method has not yet found a foothOld
in the United States, although such
plan has been noted in certain
cities, where posters inveighing
against the use of alcohol have been
! issued by authority of the mayors.
The relation of drunkenness to
crime was a subject that received
much attention at the congress The
chief justice of England, Lord Alver-
stone. announced that in his belief
I 90 per cent of the crimes passing
under his observation were due to
drink
Judge ". F. Pollard, of St. Louis,
Mo who presides at the Second Dis
trict Police Court in that city, de
cIared that of the cases passed upon
by him fully 50 per cent of those
convicted could charge their degra-
dation to the use Of alcohol Lieut.
/ Col NcHardy of Edinburgh, Scot
land. conceded with Judge Pollard as
to the percentage of crimes occurring
! in the former Scotch capital.
Judge Pollard won the support of
the delegates from twenty-three
countries for the adoption of his plan
. to suspend sentence in the case OF
every first offender who is brought
/ into court charged with drunkenness
This involves such first offenders
signing a pledge to abstain for one
year. If the probationers fail to live
mp 10 their pledge they may be ar
rested and summarily sentenced. The
I knowledge that one drink may mean
a prison sentence, Judge Pollard, ar
/ gued. Kept many a man straight until
/ he had time to collect himself. The
penalty for failure to keep faith with
the court was not settled, several of
tine delegates arguing in favor Of
! various degrees Of punishment The
/ principle. however. was regarded as
admirable. and 400 delegates urged
/ its aoption by the various govern
ments of the world
/ There was considerable debate on
the effects of the use OF small guam
tiles of alcohol. Certain of the del
! egates. according to the report. in
/ sisted that the use OF alcohol. in
whatever quantity, was of the great
I est danger to the human Others
4 cOntended that experiments showed
conclusiveIy no harm resulted Nc
/ conclusion was reached, the latter
class maintaining that further eX-
perimentation should be undertaken
before any decision was reached.
While the congress took no ac-
ton looking to international organi-
cation for work. the meeting resulted
in the organizatin of two auXiliaries.
One the international ProhibitionFed
Grafton, which proposes to wager an
educational campaign among adults,
and the international Abstaining
| Teachers Union, a society composed
OF teachers in the public schools and
universities who will pledge them
selves to promote the temperance ed
ucation of youth
The United States delegates sign
ing the report to Secretary of State
Knox are Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts,
| Washington, superintendent of the
international Reform Bureau; Cora
| Frances Stoddard. Boston, secretary
of the Scientific Temperance Fedora
| ton: Martha NJ. Allen, Marcellus, \.
Y, superintendent Medical Temper
ance Department of the w c. T. T.;
Maria c. Brohm, lecturer for per
manent Committee on Temperance
| of the Presbyterian Church of the
! United States; George F. COtterill
| Seattle, Washington, National Grand
| Chief of the Good Templars; DR.. T
| d. CrOthers. Hartford, Conn, Secre-
! tary, Society for the Study of Alcohol
and Narcotics; Edith Smith Davis,
! Milwaukee, Wis, superintendent Sci
! entific Temperance instruction So
| ciety of W. c. T T.; Dr. ROid Hunt.
of the United States Marine Hospital
and Public Health Service; G. Row
! land Munroe, Newark, n. J.. of the
( New Jersey Anti-Saloon League; Sur
! geOn F L. Ploadwell, L. S. N; Judge
| w. F. Pollard of St Louis, Mo
| Charles Scanlon. Pittsburg, secretary
| Permanent Committee on Temper
ance Of the Presbyterian church of
! the United States.
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