The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-23
Rear Admiral, Retired, Says
He Would Rather Land His
Sailors in Any Port in the
World Than on Maine Coast
IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY
OUT PR0HIBITIONtAW
Encourages BoOtlegging and
Blind Pigs and Men Get Bad
Rum Instead of Good Rum
Under Normal Conditions,
IS FOR A LARGER NAVY
an RoHIHITIoN In Maine g. n rnd
failure snlh Rrnd Admiral Rnh-

'p TSlsIr IS,S r. %@ sss :, a .Sa
Icy u Evans retired. last night
after his arrival IN salt lake FOR n day's
sfay.
Continuing, he ~uids
-of al che ports In thr world that r
hHyr visited With thc fleet, those ON the
WHinr coast are the worst. and al he
cHusc - the prohibition that does not
prohfbif.
"Mv experience from personal ob-er-
walton has been chat it is impossible 70
carry out o. prohibition Jaw. Instead
Of uruhfbftiur tho sale or use Of fufov-
cauf- DO encourages hoof1rg~iue blind
pigs. rtc.. and me only result is that
fnr mon who want drink get bad rum
-Trat ie why the Maine ports arc tho
worst. 'f- supposed 60 Zoo uruni BIZ
zion state. but whenever we landed m
ono Or these places the men who went
ashore readily found bad rum. and iu
frr Year That they would rot get an
other drink. took an they could. The
usual result was that iu about ten min
tr-v would not know their own offic-
@ ana not arguing against prohibition
-"If On could hr carried out @ would be
-u0d thing. but evidently prohibit
fiuv does rot prohibit Instead 10 leads
to deception and makes liars out OF
neigh nore. and On Tho end Che conditions
arc worse.
"1 would rather land sailors IN any
port in thc world than those on the
Maine coast because ~ Tho prohibition
saw.
Vigorous In Hu~ine--.
T;riuvouated. hearty and in happy
mood. che man best known 90 the
american people as Fighting Bob
Evans. stopped over fin salt Lake last
uiEnt aud win spend tho dav here DO
fore hr continues his Journey toward
Washington. Retired by the govern
frenf a Jew years 60 ae having reached
tho axe ~ his uscfuiuca9. and FOR a time
toe sympathetic object. because % his
physical ailments. % his admirers
throughout tho country. Admiral Evans
g. showing DTS viror lu cnEazinE i'm
business.
Ills veIt fu salt Lake today is in
striking contrast fp fFar one. 81 Two
rra~e ago when hr was ON nis lccfur-
inr tour. Then nc hubbrcd along on
rrutrhrE and his face was .-fI1l pcuriIad
with tho drawn lines 81 pain and
fatigue. Today Do is ae hearty looking
ue Dee ever looked -tandiuE ON tho baf-
ticrhiu bridge. and tine lines about tho
huuorcd nature % tho leader who was
;rc idol 81 tnc navy iu nfs timc
We himself told BITS own condition
Never felt better iu my Hfc I've
thrown away my crEf~rce and tho rnou-
uaffem iu am gone. or course. tho gun
shot wounds you have with you afwaya.
once YOU Ect them. huf I'm pretty fine
and ut"
Won't Ne Inactive.
Rcfusinr 20 dror into Inactivity. or.
a. ono Of his friends expressed Do. Ito
rft IN "a swivel chair in Washington and
dangic bis feet Read Admiral Evans
scouts the idea of being retired. and
with no further activity fu naval ar-
fairs DO has rone into business. His
present trip into the west. which Do d.
now comuicfiu-. was FOR frr uu-uoec
81 closing deal in OH lands iu Call
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