The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-11-20
MILLIONS QUIT
Use Of LIQUOR
IN ONE NIGHT
HOW ONE MAN MADE ONE SIXTH
OF THE GLOBE PROHIBITIONS
IsTS - QUIT LIQUOR AND EF-
Feet is MARVELLOUS.

Petrograd. Nov. 19.-There is pro-
hibition in Russia today, prohibition
which means that not a drop of
vodka, whisky, brandy, gin or any
other strong liquor is obtainable from
one end of territory populated by
15OO0O,OOO people and covering one
sixth of the globe.
The story of how strong drink has
been utterly banished from the Rus
sian empire was related to the Asso-
ciated Press by Michael Demitro-
yltsch Tchelisheif, the man directly
responsible for putting an end to
Russia's great vice, the vodka habit
It should be said, in the beginning,
that the word prohibition in Russia
must be taken literally Its use does
not imply a partially successful at
tempt to curtail the consumption of
liquor resulting in drinking in Sc
cret places, the abuse of yedical
licenses and general evasion and sub
terfuges. 1t does mean that vast
population who consumed $1,000, ,OO0,-
600 worth of vodka year; whose
ordinary condition has been described
by Russians themselves as ranging,
from a slight degree of stimulation
upward, has been lifted almost in one
day from a drunken inertia to So
briefly. The nation has been com
PEELED, virtually overnight, to aban-
don its enormous daily consumption
Of vodka, a liquor that is almost pure
alcohol, and become abstemious to
tae extent of letting no liquor pass
its lips
On that day when the mobilization
OF the Russian army began special
policemen visited every public place
whtro vodka is sold locked up the
supply of the liquor and placed on
the shop an imperial seal. Since the
manufacture and sale of vodka is
government monopoly in Russia, it
is not a difficult thing to enforce
prohibition.
From the day this step was taken,
drunkenness vanished in Russia. The
results are seen at once in the peas
antry They already are beginning
to look like a different race. The
marks of suffering, the pinched looks
of illness and improper nourishment'
have gone from their faces. There
has also been a remarkable change
in the appearance of their clothing
Their clothes are cleaner and both
the men and women appear more
neatly and better dressed.
; The destitute character OF the
homes of the poor has been replaced
by something like order and thrift.
In Petrograd and Moscow the effect
of these improved conditions is fair
" startling. On holidays in these
two cities inebriates always filled the
police stations and often they lay
about on the sidewalks and even
in the streets Things are so dif-
ferent today that unattended women
may now pass at night through por-
tions of these cities where it was
formerly dangerous even for men.
Minor crimes and misdeameanors
have almost vanished
This miracle has been virtually ac-
complished by one man. lie Is
Michael d. Tchelisheff, a peasant by
birth. originally a house painter by
profession, then mayor of the city
of Samara, and now a millionaire
Physically he is a giant, standing
: over six feet four inches and OF pow
erful build. Although he is 90 years
!, old he looks much younger. HIS
movements display the energy OF
| youth. his eyes are animated and ms
black hair has not tinged by gray,
In Pctrograd Mr.. Tchelishen Is
rcuc,ally found in a luxurious suite
oe rooms i'm one of the best hotels.
JJe goes ABOUT clad in blue blouse
with a tasseled girdle and baggy
black brooches tucked into heavy
boots.
He offers his visitors tea from a
samovar and fruit from the Crimea'