Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-11-19
INTOXICATING DRINKS
IN RUSSIA OUTLAWED
PROHIBITION IN RUSSIA RE
SUITS IN CHANGING
CONDITIONS.
AN AID TO The PEASANTRY
Nation Compelled to Abandon
Its Enormous Consumption
of Vodka.

PETRoGRAD, Nov There is
a prohibition in Russia today. pro-
hihItIon which means that not a drop
Of vodka. whisNcy, brandy gin or
! any other strong liquor is oItdiuahle
! Iiom one end To the other of "a ter
! ritory populated by 100000, 900 pco-
! PIE and covering one sixth Of the
! habltable globe.
The story of how strong drink has
| been utterly banlshed from the Rus
San empire was related TO the As
s"'ialcd Press by Michael Dcmtro-
Nllch Tchellsheff the man directly re-
! sponslble for putting an end TO Rus
| sld's great vice, the vodka habit.
II should be said in the beginning
| that the word prohibition i'm Russia
must be taken literally. Its use does
not imply a partially successful at
tempt 10 cuwail the CONSUMPTION of
! liquor resulting In drinking in secret
| places, the abuse of medical licenses
ana general evasion and suhtcrfuge.
! il does mean that a vast ~populatiOn
who consumed $1,000, ,0UO,O worth
! Of vodka themselves as ranging from
\ Il slight degree of stimulation upward.
| mas been lifted almost in one day
from a druuten inertia TO sohretl
The nation has been compelled, vlr-
| tually overnight 10 abandon ITS enor-
nous daily consumption of vodka. "a
| hquor that Is almost pure alcohol,
| and become abstemioUs to the 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
whore vodka is sold, locked up the
supply OF tho liquor and placed on
the shop the imperial seal Since the
manufacture and sale of vodka is a
government monopoly in Russia II is
not q difficult thing TO enforce pro-
hiDitiou
Remarkable Change.
From the day this step was talcn
drunkenness vanished in Russia The
results are seen at once in the peas
antry; already they are beginning to
look like different race The
marks of suffering, the pinched looks
of illness and improper nourishmcnt
nave gone from their faces. There
mas been also remarkable change in
the appearance Of their clothing
Their clothes are cleaner and both
the men and women appear more
''N 'Nh 'N anu btlltA hltSStts / ne QfStl-
tute character Of the homes of the
poor has been replaced with some
thing like order and thrift. In Pctro-
grad and Moscow the effect of these
improved conditions is. fairly start
ling. on holidays in these two cities
inchriates always filled the police sta
tons and often they lay about on the
sidewalks and even in the streets
Things are SO different today that un-
attended women may now pass at
night through portions of these cities
where it was formerly dangerous even
for men Minor offenses and mis-
demeanurs have almost vanished
This miracle has been virtually ac-
compliShed by one man. He is
Michael d. Tchelisheff, a peasant by
birth. originally house painter by
profession, then mayor Of the city Of
Samara, and now a millionaire. Physi-
cally he is 4 giant standing over six
feet four inches and Of powerful
build. Although he is 80 years old,
he looks much younger His move
mcnts display the energy of yoush,
his eyes are animated and his black
hair is not t!nsed by gray
Tea His Drink
In Petrograd Mr Tchelishctf is
generally found in a luxurious suite
of rooms in one Of the best hotels.
He goes about clad in a blue blouse,
with tasseled Eirdle and hagEy
black prceches tucked into heavy
boots
He offers his visitors tea from a