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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-09
INSYLVANIA WAS LAST OF BIG COLLEGES TO
'FOLWELL AT LAST RESORTS
az TO SECRET PRACTICE IN
PREPARATION FOR BIG GAMES
Red and Blue Coach Plans to Use New Offense
Featuring Trick Plays, Against Dartmouth,
Michigan and Cornell


7H opened Coach FOe of Penn
" there would practices Franklin Field this but
have made necessary Tor fw 70 change his plans ana ye
sns % during which trick plays previously explained to the the
practice sbecauss tneyha beenso oloyal
y said that the Of scouts of other colleges q, the daily workouts
Ma a. so..n, ess0o. % % % S epS snS p s nS p US %
s were too well for several Of FoweHs pet plays especially the
awardps to the Penncoa
Penn was the last of the eastern colleges to close the students and
.utdsrs who follow the teams in their daily workouts and really " unusual
and Cornell Red Blue
the Orange and unable stop w. and Us oDsn attack % Perhaps
Fowe plan, surprise Dartmouth on Saturday with new offensive while
for cornen-the
Rush Worried bout Team General
"CyPEEDY" Is
y Rush having considerable trouble selecting
Tigers Of opposing
of oo,
presence
% at s % will % nsn the % STnns os s as M AIss 5 has STn an ns
ton and Harvard & recent games the Tigers cannot hop hope to do much wit" the
Moore and Eddy two exoeey fast who experts wdee and
n sn % not sS Ss s % H $ a PO % no team o s% been + to saa @
tally
and the
Il o
Game for Eleven
University Phsbugh
s @ s p so coh @ GS % % 1 sh will R1 % @ 1 n
s ana rood vears panssr
California washington
fore smoky city eleven but evidently the Pittsburgh authorities content
exhibition
would be too unsnhed anything but scheduled
1t has suggested
This no doubt would be great drawing card but out Of the question
with those two scalDs safely tucked what could Harvard
play either Tufts Syracuse or Rut
but the faculty the cornhusker
scheduled to be staged
Washington
ana Lee boys scheduled to entertain Havana in Cuba Christmas
Day
repetition
The officials Touchdown HaveB Been Allowed
HE many points are constantly
IsDers to decide ~ ago ana ''' " the EVENING
called
. short time later pass "'' "'' ''" inc score Inc game ended
NOT an nomple forward mas, ,t
right to daow the
Chalmers ana George Mcouan the
der would be released but it not likely the latter
showed improved form at the close
Meouan
osgstoSk If hopes to win the East
appear be Just as good
sss but the reserve force lack. the speed and dash The
though Mike Wilson his substitute played we'll
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-09

N,IOME SCHOOL has an open date SATURDAY.
s,pNs S,pNsmner s. Il. The Maryland eleven Is a biz
sirbh ssibhs e. punch and would give any OF the local
s6ISs9gssnto s1IfS9gs to meet meet Ia sale ColeEe but as the
wednesday. Coach Dunn deemed il wiss o'0wine n, y,
accept the chalenEe. ~ ~ "leo hot 70
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
SAVE THE GIRL! THE GIRL
OUT In "DRY' DECATUR, ILL.
Labor Paper Points to immortality Among Riddles In That City,
Adding: we Had Better Formulate Some Plans TO Send All
Our Boys and Girls to he Wet Towns

some new laws on the statute books,
somo that Will prevent young men
taking young girls from a dry town
to q wet town and running them"
Police court records show that De.
catur Is worse than other towns. Re.
gardles7 of what the Review says the
total number OF arrests In Decatur
and the number OF children arrested IL
so much greater than Springfield that
IL hehooves us to stop long enough
to look into the matter and ascertain
rhe cause IL possible.
Decatur with its large corps Of
moral reformers; with its multitude
OF Gne churches, agGregating more
than value OF million dollars; with
its high salaried ministers; with twer-
ty thousand less people and without a
saloon, shows more than four times a.
many juvenile criminals as does the
city Of Springfield.
Instead OF doing as the Review says,
pass law TO prevent young men
taking girls from dry town to a wet
town and running them" We had bet.
ter formulate some plan TO send all
our boys and girls to wet towns. Re.
cords show them to be much safer
In wet towns than they arc In Decatur
which IS now under the regime and
control OF hypocritical ministers and
Antl-SalooQ- ISeagua retorwAIe
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
INVALID WOMAN CHARGES
she WAS SW!NDLED
OUT OF $500
SOLD MINE STOCK
Claims Names Of Colorado Min
listers We're Used to Induce
Her to Buy Shares In In.
vestment Company Launched
6y Anti.SalCol League Hen

An invalid woman OF Denver has
filed suit against two officials OF the
Anti-Saloon League whom size charges
sold her worthless mining stock. The
Denver (Col) Pos; reports tho case q,
follows:
In complaint fled in the district
court today by Z. NJ. sabin, attorney
for Mrs. Emma Showers, an invalid
who has for many years beer confined
to her home, Arthur j. Finch, super
intendent Of tho Colorado branch OF
the Anti-Saloon League, and G.. Arthur
Holloway, secretary OF the sano or
Gan!.ation, are charged With using the
name OF the league, that OF its organ
i2er and OF Denver ministers of the
gospel to induce her 10 buy stock in q
mining company thoy had organized
and which has proved worthless.
Mrs. Showers In her complaint
charges Finch and Holloway with vii.
full and malicious fraud and asks for
body judgment against both OF them
and that they be confined IN the coun
ty jail until judgment against them IL
paid. The suit is for the recovery OF
$500 which Mrs. Showers paid for
5000 shares OF stock in the A. s. l..
Mines Investment Company.
The complaint states that Finch and
Holloway arc what Is known as pro.
moters and that after they had organ,
lied two mining companies that had
failed they started the A. s. l.. Mines
Investment Company with a capital OF
s5,O0o.o00, In which company both Of
them were officers and directors
"Had a Short Life"
''The A. 8. l.. Mines Investment
Company-meaning the Antl-Saloon
League Mines Investment Company
had short lease Of life" the com
plant states. "The incorporators and
promoters, according to their state,
ment, sold several thousands dollars
worth OF stock but had not and never
acquired any property and allowed tho
charter to be cancelled. The com
pany. itself, today has no legal exist
once"
They represented also that the com
pany was holding under lease and
bond the War Dance mine; that II
had control Of the Clay County mine
In Gilpin county and that there were
several hundred thousand tons OF
ore In the War Dance and Clay Coun
~ mines already blocked out for ship
uent and that this ore was worth
frOm 4&S IN aow~ssl 81 . 9 g
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
E-kaLl Il. j. TH1-E HUNEEED AND Fi.,Y.EiVE STORES
c.. U.s. As SALOONS, FOR REiiT N0W-FEW
.CCG.iED Al REDUCED PRICES
WORKERS HAVE To LEAVE TOWN
Can't Get Iobs In Colorado ao0pOs City Loses SGT 462
h!onih On Account OF Vacant Buildings and
S9&,38l so from Reduced Pay Rolls

Although prohibition in Denver,
Colo, has been in force less thau =
year, Denver already has been haci
hit financially as u result o. the DR..
law. Not only are men and women
who were formerly employed IA tha
liquor industry. out of work, hut per
sons heretofore engaged in allied
trades are jobiess. ParaGes OF the
unemployed may be Witnessed often
In Denver and contrary 10 tnc prejic.
tion Of prChibitcn'sts. hundreds o.
buildings once occupied By saloons
arc vacant, with no prospect OF being
rented. II il n prohibition sayius that
when saloon IS driven out OF bus!-
ness, the vacant place will bo cccu.
ped By a grocer. butcher ctc., but
the case OF Denver dispreyeg this
statement. A pamphlet sent out OF
Kansas City, No, contains the fore.
gcing facts against prohibition.
Frohititlcn and Roai Estate.
The following IS a half pagn from
this r1mph,et, demonstrating the dry
laws influence on real estate IN Den
yer:
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
g homes have been advertised in

These homes have been advertised In
,ac Caiiy papers, with few inquiries.
The Denver Post states that during
tHe lrst six months OF 1915. when
Denver was "wot" and liquor was
being sold under strict regulation.
taoro were l36 arrests for drunken
ne"g. and during the first six months
Of 1916, when Denver was supposed
- he "GrJ' and 10 liquor was sup
pogod to DC brought into that city.
unless for personal consumption.
Il orc were 5GS arrests for drunken
ress. renvcr'g prohibition law went
into eject last January.
Mass meetings and street paradcs
w,ro held recently IN Denver by many
OF tho 5000 pcgBong thrown cut OF
employment by prohibition.
Comment on the Colorado situation
was recently made by tho Building
Trades Council and unions OF Cali
lornia, as follows:
'The pr0hibitlonlsts argue that II
We will destroy the saloon, the brow
cry, the winery, 1t viii only be q
rhc.t time before the employees In
these trades viii fnd jobs In other
industries They told Us In Colorado
moro bread would be consumed, more
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21

The following is from the Decatur
Qll) Labor World:
Regardless of the protests Of some
local reformers, the Labor World con,
tends that the morals of the young
people of Decatur are worse than they
are In other communities OF the state
and We are able to produce figures to
prove our contention. That the
morals OF young peop.. In Decatur arc
Of standard below those OF Spring
field, H., are proven by the police
records OF the two cities.
Springfield with its ZIG legalized sa.
looms and 10000 more people than De-
catur, have US backed OFF the boarus
according to the police records. Dur
ing July the total number OF all ar
rests in that city was ninety-Ave. OF
that number four were under age. In
Decatur, which is without legalized
saloons, during July there was total
OF l2G arrests made and p OF them
were boys and girls under legal age
In commenting or the recent JOY ride
to Springfield which termino,el in
the girls impli licated being sent to
Geneva, SatvTcss's Review said:
1T is said Decator 70 no worse than
other towns. The same conditions are
said to prevail n about every city In
the state. II Is said there should be
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
USE Of LIQUOR
STILL INCREASES
lnterna! Revenue Report Shows
Gain OF Si0,000,0o0 In Tax
Receipts From Nation

The latest figures showing enor.
nous increases In the internal revenue
on wh!skey, beer and tobacco in the
United States are certain to make the
AnttSa!oon League ana the prohibi.
tion exhorters unhappy. These official
figures show tremendous Increases n
receipts frCm spirits during Aueu, I.
1916, and an increase Of practically
sl0,000,O00.C0 In internal revenue re.
ceipts fer the first two months Of the
present fiscal year over the same pc.
riod in 1915. The figures for Septem.
ber have not yet been sent out from
Washington.
This is only one more Official proof
of the fact that prohibition has not di-
minished the output OF spirits in the
United States, as is constantly being
claimed by the Anti-Saloon Leag gue.
The following is 4 special dispatch to
the Cincinnati Enquirer from Wash.
ington, d. G.
Treasury Department officials are
surprised over the enormous increases
in internal revenue on whiskey, beer
and tobacco. The receipts from spir-
its during August, 1916, were S12,6i3,-
595.49. as against s9,927,6l3.97 during
August, 1915.
Receipts from tobacco were $500.
253.6i, as against $7237,tO9.26 for Au,
gust. l9l; q
Receipts from fermcIted liquors
were sl0,74S,262.40 during August,
1916. as against ss,639, 1920 during
August, 1915.
Although the fiscal year is yc,
Young, having begun on July !, the in.
ternal revenue receipts since the IL
cal year started already show an in,
crease OF s9.939,C59lo over the re.
ceipts for the same period last year.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21

Practically all OF the three hundred
and iifty.fye Denver stores. previously
occupied by saloons are vacant or be-
ing rented at greatly reduced prices.
In not single instance does the rent
equal the former figure. The pamph'
let announces that as a result of pro.
hibition, Denyer's loss I'm payroll
amounts to s9i,3Sl.90 a month and
tho loss I'm rentals to s27,t3200 a
month. When the saloons we're run
ming. the 355 buildings injured by pro-
hibition, rented for s35, 5,O95.0O a month.
At present they are bringing in only
s7.6S3.0O. T.
Working men Try be Interested 70
know that OF the brewery employees
thrown out OF Jobs by tho dry law, ~
have left Colorado and many have
secured work in Denver at about 10
hours q day for sl2,00 a week, when
they formerly received $500 aud
$1,000 o week, There ore approNl
metely 100 homes OF former brewery
workers who are trying TO sell them
at a sacrifice so they can leave the
state. as 1t Is impossible for them tc
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
A PROHIBITION STATE.
lDutte lhIontD MIner.l

Senator Henry II. Ashurst OF Arl.
zona relates that an eastern tourist
was travelling In the southwest and
stopped in particularly dry section
OF Arizona.
This place is the limit" he re.
marked, addressing a native. Il don't
think there Is another locality on the
face of the earth that is quite so dry.
Doesn't It ever rain in this sectlon?"
RANT" exclaimed the native. Say,
stranger, we've got bullfrogs around
here over eight years old that hain't
learned to swim yet"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21

meat eaten, and more clothes worn.
Has this been true? Colorado has
answered the question. We found in
orGanizing the unemployed i.>Dcnvsr.
following tho enactment OF prohibit.
tion, there were over 800 bakers and
more than 200 butchers absolutely
without hone OF job, The very class
prohibitionists told us would have
moro work were thrown out OF work"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
OOoF!

luke McLuke, Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Drys are humbugs. I insist"
Remarked the angry Mr.. Gest;
saw q Prohibitionist
Intoxicated with success"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
WHAT DOES FRANK DRlNkY

anaconda Standard
Mr.. Hanly says the Prohibitionists
| poll 100000 votes. Mr.. Hanly
Uses rainbows with grace and
.ndon remarkable even in o Prohi.
on presidential candidate.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
GIVE HIM TEN YEARS.
lRoehoster Post .Txpress.l

Rochester Post -.Txpressl
Billy Sunday will give Boston ter
weeks OF his time" And Boston viii
naturally be anxious to do something
handsome for Billy in return for such
a munilccrt gift.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
:lARES PROHIBITION is
NEITHER TEMPERANCE
NOR MODERATION
Try" LAWS FAIL
rev J. Gallagher, Ex-Presi.
INT Of the San Francisco
lbor Council, Holds Abolish.
ent Of Long Hours, Ignor.
ice and Poverty the Only
,ssibIe Solution

thcr leader OF labor has assailed
bition as faiiacy ard detri.
to workers. In the San Francis
,ol.) Bulletin appeared an ac-
OF the statement OF ex-President
cher. OF the San Francisco Labor
IL, opposing dry" legislation:
ervisor Andrew J. Gallagher. cx.
ent of the San Francisco Labor
Il, issued a statement today de-
z his opposition to the prohibi'
hendments and explaining the
he and many members OF or.
4 labor are against prohibition.
tatsment follows:
}present agitation for prohibi
4 California presents fair sam
the kind OF reforms the work
,ople will have TO face II theJ
their social betterment In tht
OF theorists and logicians VIII
their inspirations from othe
than the real facts and condi
Of life. ! venture to say tha
Il not a single sane person Ii
immunity who does not sincere
Ire to establish universal ten
0 In the use OF alcoholic liquor
ohisitlon Not Temperance.
ibition, however, is not tempe
II is no more temperance in /,
alcoholic liquors than prohit
,uld be termed temperance !
to medicines, coffee. Ice waite
:. oard-playing. or any oths
nat may be abused and there.
injurious effects upon the T.
l. Prohibition OF the use
4 that may prove injurious l.
10 not a sane remedy.
causes OF intemperance In the
,lcoholic liquors arise most fre
among working people. and in
:ors as well as workingmer
ycs realize that the mair
are due to poverty, unemploy
,yerwork and ignorance.
fore, organized labor, which
lost intelligent and proGre5siv,
the working class, does no
" embrace or advocate prohi
Its foremost leaders AM
are on record against prohI
"a remedy. and advocate in
Is means to promote temper
q ordinary priciples and prac
rganized labor. namely, cor
&forts to organize. educate AM
he terms and conditions OF en-
II OF the workers. BY tn
lent OF ignorance, overworl
,yment and poverty, tempel
II follow as the logical and II
result.
or Advance, ths so!ution.
the prohib.t!onists to prov
,hibition anywhere has accom-
as much in these respects O
anized labor movement is a.
hing everywhere. ANY perso
faculty to observe must adm
any trade or community |
rganized labor has made a
ampcrance Is one OF the col
b results.
explains why organized labc
y is opposed to prohibition
a. to establish temperanc
Ion. IN the Judgment OF laho
n external remedy and doe
nsh tao causes Of !ntempe
4 introduces, TO little or
eternal strife among the ci,
u community, and 1t hlnde'
"a the social and cconom
ant, tho real progressive =
% OF society that Is require
he social evils OF intempe
d. poverty and vice may
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
THIS is NOT A PIPE DREAM:
FIND REAL LIQUOR PIPE LINE,

The Cedar Rapids Us.) Gazette
sSlns the following yarn about Q
happ ,nino At eloux City. In "dry"
Iowa.
While eSoavlting In tho rear %
his building AT Madison, s. o.,
Fred FuTth discovered a copper
pps underground. Following Il
Through subterranean mesnderinas
he found that II connected with q
oarrel Of liquor In dark corner Of
q rAilas
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
The FUNNY SIDE
OF PROHIBITION
EVE WOULDN'T HAVE CARED.
tLouls, ille Courier Journall

Red flannel underwear is doomed
because OF the cost OF dyostufis. Too
bad, when the quality of the dry ter.
ritory whisky is bad and the cost Of
camphor is high and the season for
Rheumatism is near.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
|hE FUNNY SIDE
Of PROHIBITION
YOU KNOW IT.

twashinston %. C) rostl
\ cleanup campaign in dry town
remarkable for the number
amply Jugs found in the back yards.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
ALEX VAc SOME" TANK.

tC.icago Daily News.l
Still, the military tank" is no new
thing. Read what Plutarch has to say
about A!e&ander's capacity for wines.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-21
WOW!
New York I

New York Telegraph
II is said that William j. Bryan has
no talent Tor music and never could
master any instrument. How about
the mouth organ?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-08-25
Gar Men Flock To Union.

New York, Aug. 25. street car
compsnies ir this city have accepted
the terms of settlement between
President Mahon of the Amalga-
mated Street Car Men, union and
the New York Railways company.
Motormen and conductors are flock
ing to the new union and officials
are preparing wage scale and list
of working betterments to be sub
mitted to the companies.
The strike has thoroughly alai M
ed Brooklyn Rapit Transit, and
president Williams has announced
many changes in the Employees
Benefit association, as an appreci-
alton of the loyalty of our em
ployes, he says. President Will
liams has copied one trade union
method Hereaf er trustees of the
association will be elected by secret
ballot. In case OF a dispute re-
tween any department and such
com mmittees the matter will be re-
ferred to one man, "who will de-
termine the matter in a fair and
impartial manner"
President William announces he
will do the deciding" He also
promises higher wages and better
working conditions and warns his
employees against the influence oi
outsiders"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-08-25
GOmpers COmpIlmantsd.

Washington, Aug 25.-United
States Senators Sherman of Illinois
is wrothy at President Gompers be-
cause that Cfhcial in a reply to a
letter by trade unionist, stated
Mr.. Charles E. Hughes position
as a member of the supreme court,
in the Danbury hatters' case, Last
week S nator Sherman hurled q
dictionary full of terms against Pre-
sident Gompers, although he tailed
to deny the statements made by
the trade unionist.
Instead, tie Illinois statesman
spoke in this spirit:
It is high time some one said a
few wholesome things to Mr.. Com.
pers. II will serve TO arrest a vi
clous tendency TO let him run rio,
in the methods of intimidation and
coercion he has habitually employed
against men of both parties for
several years.
In a public reply to the name
calling law maker, President Com.
pers said:
have never attempted and dc
not now attempt, as | have not the
power, TO deliver the vote of any
man or group of men AS a mat
ter OF fact 1t is impossible for mt
to be either tyrannical or arbitrary
tor there are no such powers vestec
in the president of the American
Federation of Labor. AS an Office
IN the labor movement, and as {
citizen, it is my right and my duty
to advise my fellow citizens anc
fellow workers"
Senator Sherman does not make
practice of denying other citizen.
the right TO state facts, and his
frenzy at President Gompers may
we'll be considered a compliment tc
the effectiveness of the A. F. of l.
and its executive.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-08-25
Antis Used DiGtOgraph.

New York, Aug. 25.-It has
been discovered that detectives con
cealed dictograph in the hotel
used by president Mahen and other
officers Of the Amalgamated Street
Car Mems union during the recent
strike in this city. The first inti-
nation that dictograph had been
installed came when a woman who
registered a the hotel was assigned
to a room directly over that previ-
ously occupied by the street car
men S executive. The heel of the
woman's slipper caught in the car
pet. She told the hotel manager
and the carpet was raised, reveal
ing a hole in the floor four inches
long Directly beneath the hole Is
the electric chandelier in Mahon' s
former room. The fixture was
used to conceal the receiving disc
of the dictagraph. The unionist.
say that company spies worked
night and day to learn the secret:
of the organization and the plan O.
its campaign.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-08-25
Against PiCketing.

Seattle, Wash, Aug 25.-The
state federation of labor is IN the
thick Of fight to repeal the anti
picketing law. rushed through the
state legislature and approved by
the governor between March and
10, last year. While the law pro-
hibits picketing it is an attack on
free speech, free press and all other
forms of publicity, which is defined
in section |
Whoever shall, for the purpose
of carrying on, calling attention to,
or advertising, directly or indirect
ly, any controversy, disagreement
or disputs- between any labor un-
ION or organization, or members OF
members thereof and any person
engaged in any lawful business, OF
his employe, or for the purpose oi
hinderirg or preventing such per
son from conducting his business
in any lawful way, or employing
or retaining in his employ any per
son who may lawfully engage ii
such business.
The law specifically states tha
any person who shall engage il
picketing shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor." Trade unionists al,
asking citizens TO aid them in re
pealing this statute.