The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19
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OF the Russian army began. special
policemen visited public places where
vodka is sold. locked up the supply
OF the liquor and placed on the shop
the imperial seal. Since the manu-
| facture and sale of vodka is a govern
ment monopoly in Russian. 1t is not a
difficult thing to enforce prohibition.
Drunkenness vanishes.
From the day this step was taken,
drunkenness vanished in Russia. The
results are seen at once in the peas
antry: already they are beginning to
look like a different race. The marks
OF suffering. the pinched looks Of ILL
ness and improper nourishment have
gone from their faces. There has been
also remarkable change In the ap-
pearance Of their clothing. Their
clothes are cleaner. and both the men
and women appear more neatly and
better dressed. The destitute charac-
ter OF the homes of the poor has been
replaced with something like order
and thrift. In Petrograd and Moscow
the effect OF these improved condI-
tons is fairly startling. On HOLIDAYS
In these two cities inebriates always
nlled the police stations. and often
they lay about on the sidewalks and
ieven In the streets. Things are so
dinerent today that unattended women
may now pass at night through Dor
tlons OF these cities where IL was for.
merly dangerous even for men. Minor
crimes and misdemeanors have almost
vanished.
This miracle has been yirtuaIIv .c.
complished by one man. He is N,ch-
ael ID Tchelischeff. a peasant bv birtb
originally house painter by profes'
SION elected TO the duma on an anti.
VODKA platform, mayor of the CITY OF
Safnara and now a millionaire
Teheilsheffs Statement
speaking OF what he had accom-.
pushed Tor the cause OF sobrlety in
RUSSIA, Mr.. Tchelisheff said:
was reared In a small Russian
hage. There were no schools or
hospitals. or any OF the Improvement
we are accustomed to in civilized oorn.
Inuhities picked up an education
tIom old newspapers and stray books
Ohe oay | CHANGED upon a book In
me nands OF moujik. which treated
OF the harmfulness OF alcohol n,
stated. among other things. that vodk a
was a poison. I was so Immersed
with this. knowing that overhead
drank vodka. that I asked tho frst
physician ! met N the statement were
true He said yes. Men drank 4, no
explained. because momentarilv N
kaFe Them n sensation OF pieasanf
dizziness. From that time I decided
20 take every opportunity 10 discover
more about the use OF vodka
AZ Samara ! decided 10 do more
man passively disapprove OF vodka
Az This time I was an alderman and
many or the tenants living In nv
houses were working men one nigbt
drunken father IN one OF nv bouss,-
KILLED his wife. This incident m,de
such a terrible impression on me maj
) decided 10 night vodka with All nv
strength. ny
On the supposition that the GOV.
eminent was selling vodka for the
revenue. calculated the revenue re
ceiVed from its consumption in ga
mara then introduced = bin In the
city council providing that the CITY
I've this sum Of money 10 the impe-
Ilai treasury. requesting ~ the same
tlme that the sale Of vodka BE- prohlb
ited. This bin passed and the money
was appropriated. n was offered 10
the government. but tho government
promptly refused a.
II then dawned upon me that tho
russian Bureaucracy did not want the
people % become sober. for the reason
mat II vas easier 10 rule aufocratie.
any a drunken mob than sober PEG
pie
On AntiVodka Platform.
Ihis was seven years ago Later
was elected mayor Of Samara. capi.
tai % the VolRa district. n district
With over a quarter ~ million in.
habitants Subsequently 90 holding
this Office 7 vas elected 10 the Duma
on an anuvodka platform In tho