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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
CERTAIN newspapers of the coun-

CERTAIN newspapers of the coun-
- try unfriendly to the Prohibition
cause are expressing qualification
suer what they profess to believe to be
yroof that Prohibition has failed They
1Ezsr to the fact that since the first of
Judy last seven states have adopted the
gfvlhbition policy, and yet during the
dkst 10 months Of the present fiscal
ysSr the United States Government
ssssows an increase in tax payments on
whisky (our pro-liquor friends call II
dDcreased "consumption') amounting
So 100000 gallons, but still further
decrease in the production Of beer,
arnsunting to 100000 barrels.
These figures seem to fit in with the
HAes<y advanced by these newspapers
aiaa increased Prohibition territory
axcxns the shifting Of drink consump-
tipn from beer to distilled spirits. But
0s reality it proves nothing Of the sort.
I'm the first place, tax payments on
whisky do not represent "consump-
n3su~ under some circumstances. Given
. settled revenue rate and settled and
DsEuiar importing conditions and tax
usyments and consumption-meanin
Hy consumption all the uses to which
wtAisky and all distilled spirits are put
-axre an approximate relationship.
When either or both Of the above
rsrsDrs are disturbed an increase in
INK payments can have no relation
whatever to consumption. There may
sssH be an increased tax payment and
decreased consumption at the same
fins. The war has greatly disturbed
ttls liquor business, so that for months
Hweign liquors have not been imported
rs they formerly were Many distillers
nj special foreign brands, such as Cor
daa's Dry Gin Co. Ltd, Of England,
frve opened branch distilleries In the
Jrited States. What these firms for
1nssly sent over as importations now
usgister as tax paid distillery products
In the United States Other purely
American brands are being produced in
Increased quantities to take the place
M other foreign brands both here and
niroad because of the unsettled dis
tiEEing and shipping conditions abroad.
Boston rum Of itself represents dis
tfSSing and tax-paying revival, which
ans no relation whatever to American
consumption" 1t goes to debauch
al~ negroes of Africa, in place Of the
Imw impossible British product. Ships
Ar being chartered from Boston in this
1rxde at figures which bring more mon
sy for one trip than 1t costs to build
5E~ Individual vessels. Eighty thou
nupd dollars was paid on May Is for
one rum trip to Africa by ship 1t cost
6ss $4,000 to build II years ago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
soLiLooUY AT SHADOW LAWN.

Where are they gone, the old familiar
facesf
I had a acknowledgements. but he left
me-
Left me slowly but surely, when l did
not need him.
All, all are gone. the old familiar
facesl
Once had Bryan; he was my friend
In my hours of struggling In that great
convention.
But now he's gone. Left me with GOD
bless you'll"
Upon his lips. Gone, are the old ia
miliar faces.
I had friend; a truer friend had no
Like an migrate, I wounded my friend
acutely;
And he, good Colonel Harvey, left me.
Left me
To muse on the old familiar faces!
At my right hand sat my friend
Who was the strong arm Of my Ad-
ministratiOn-
Garrison, upright and honest-but ne
too has left me;
Left me, when I deceived him-gone
are the old familiar faces!
At Shadow Lawn, where new friends
swarm around me,
Earth seems q desert I am bound to
traverse,
Seeking to find the friends who've
left me;
But all, all are gone-the old familiar
faces!
CHARLES LAMB, I'd.
In New York Sun.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

Fort Smith, Ark, August 8, 1916.
Mr.. A. ]. Barton, 613 Praetorian
Building, Dallas, Texas.
Dear Sir: l regret that your
favor Of May was mislaid and
/ now reply, although ii may be
too late to serve you any pur-
J pose.
A few data taken from our
police court records may prove
interesting to you. Twelve
} months with saloons show 5,697
arrests; twelve months without
saloons, 2,22e arrests. Difference,
3,4T1. Twelve months with sa-
looms, 1922 cases of DRINKS and
disorderlies; twelve months with
out saloons, 401 cases of DRINKS
and disorderlies. Difference, 921.
When operating without sa-
looms, our police force was re-
duced by half. The jail was
unoccupied so much that we dis.
pensed with the services of night
jailer, also with services of a
day captain. Old citizens tell
us that they have never known
law and order to prevail to the
extent which it has during the
period we have had no saloons.
Yours Very Truly
(Signed) HENRY T. READ,
Mayor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

lie decided. to get out of the bust
ness aud couldn't. He bore the marks
If the saloon all over his face, az Me-
Carson expressed 1t. Time after time
he applied for jobs he knew he could
hold, but was refused them. Finally,
so anxious was he to get away from
King Alcohol, ho took SO week
Job in Detroit in place Of the high
priced one he held I'm Ohio. This would
not support him and he wrote Mr.. Car
son a personal letter:
II have for the greater part Of my
life been connected with the liquor
traffic as bartender, liquor salesman
or saloonkeeper, and l want to say
that hate the business and would well
come a chance to get out of It,
1.-TWO years ago. during the fight for
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
N-SAL00N KEEPER FOR
STATE WIDE PROHIBITION

C. NJ. Carson, factory manager of
fhe Cadillac Motor Car Co., has re-
rcired letter from a former worker
fer the Liberal league, an Ohio brew
ers and distillers' organization, ask
ing for job in the Cadillac plant, says
fbr Detroit Times. This man, who
drew big salary and still bigger ex-
sense account, was an organizer In
sffe Ohio campaign a year ago. Being
a sach intimate touch with the men
wSO have the spending of liquor mon
-. he knew how 1t was used and mis-
zoest and becam- s'"~sstad
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
Il All Depends.

IF Hughes wins an Oregon town will
get new single mill employing fifty
men," says the Olympia Recorder, FAC
cording to an announcement of the
individual who took an option on tim
bered land. If Wilson wins the option
will be allowed to lapse. That's the
way with thousand and one enter
prises, all waiting to see which ,wav
the wind blows. The moment It is
assured that Charles e. Hughes is
elected, Just watch the wheels of in
dustry sp'u and listen to the hum OF
business"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

employed by the Liberal league dis
tillers and brewers) as an organizer.
My duties were to travel out of Column
bus to different parts of the state. Or
ganizing Liberal league clubs. This
was accomplished chiefly by the lib
eral use Of money for free drinks. l
lowered myself in my own estimation,
but 1 had to eat Whatever the out
come of my present effort am for
statewide prohibition and eventually
national"
This man is now employed in the
Cadillac plant and is making good.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
HOW PROHIBITION
BOOSTED SPOKANE
By G. A. fLEMEG. Mayor of
Spokane, Wash.

UnquestionabIy Prohibition in
Spokane is responsible for: first,
almost complete absence of
drunkenness on the streets since
January I, 1916, the date when
Prohibition went y into effect;
second, the removal from this
city Of a large number of va
grancies Of both sexes; and,
thirdly, marked falling off in
Police Court work and in tho
number Of arrests.
q Merchants report better bust
ness and an increase in cash re-
ceipts, and tho general outlook
10 optimistic. There 10 q 'edue-
ton in rents Of a certais class
Of business property, which may
or may not be regarded az .
benefit.
Since the advent of Prohibi-
ton, the people generally ex-
pect good results and believe
the Sresent indications bear out
che present expectation.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

Gen. Pershing's army continues in
fine fettle, aft for fight or frOfic."
To its credit let II be said It went
as far as politics permitted.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
WHAT HUGHES WOULD
HAVE LEFT UND0NE
That Is Campaigns True Angle
and Not the Trite Question
with Which HeckIers Are
Nagging the Republican
Standard Bearer.
ACHIEVEMENTS ASSURANCE
LAUNDERING is NO HABIT

Wineino Democrats Trying to Run
Away From the Record Of tho Ad-
ministration and to lnveIoIe the
Voters Down Rhetorical 6y-Paths,
All In the ThinIy- Disguised Effort
to Change the Subject.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
Safety First.

Knicker-Folks are queer. Booker
Yes; the ones who stop, look and listen
at keyhole won't do 1t at railroad
crossing.-New York Sun.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27
Editorial Comments


SSS
II the Democratic leader who adj
to encourage the industry were a sur
geOn his method of setting a broken
limb would be to amputate the pa
TENTS leg at the neck.
Optimism Is what makes the Demo-
cratic party, which has fooled some
of the people only three times In fifty
years, and has never yet fooled all
of the people some of the time, think
that 1t can now fool all Of the people
all of the time.
President Wilson hasn't been able
to figure out yet whether he Is going
to be on the stump or up one.
If the paper shortage becomes much
more serious the first thing we know
the machinery Of the State Depart
ment will be coming to an abrupt stop.
Then, too, according to the Demo-
cratic campaign book that among the
more important enactments of the
Wilson Administration may be men,
toned Magma Charta and the Ten
Commandments.
Secretary Redfield converses glibly
In terms Of billions until IL comes
time to make campaign cOntribu-
ton when 1t Is disclosed that all
he really knows about mathematics
is 500.
Everything has gone up under vii"
son except the price of dead Ameri-
cans.
Senator Jimham Lewis has pur-
chased a new volume Of unfamiliar
Quotations" and expects to be able
any day now to give us the classical
derivation Of "pitiless publicity" and
"strict accountability" In the original
BabylOnian.
Add famous sayings Of history: 81
will surrender on this line If 1t takes
all summer!"
The Democratic revenue bill, as
completed, is regarded as so perfect
that the chances are that the tax
payers of New York, Massachusetts,
and Illinois will be able to build 5000
more miles of good roads in Alabama
next year.
Mr.. Hughes is talking to the wom-
en- Of the. land in the homely Ian
guage Of the Preside and we expect
to witness an impressive rallying Of
the sex on the first ironing day after
the first wash day in November.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

President Wilson hasn't been able
to figure out yet whether he is going
to be on the stump or up one.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

If the Democratic leader who ad-
vocates putting dyes on the free list
to encourage the industry were sur
geOn his method of setting a broken
limb would be to amputate the pa
TENTS leg at the neck.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

If the paper shortage becomes much
more serious the first thing we know
the machinery Of the State Depart
ment will be coming to an abrupt stop.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

Optimism Is what makes the Demo
cratic party, which has fooled some
of the people only three times in fifty
years, and has never yet fooled all
of the people some Of the time, think
that 1t can now fool all Of the people
all of the time.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-27

Then, too, according to the Demo-
cratic campaign book that among the
more important enactments of the
Wilson Administration may be men,
toned Magma Charta and the Ten
Commandments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-28
.KAUEPS SINGLE l. IN IITH ALLOWS
 VICTORY FOR GIANTS

New York, July 2S-The Giants won their eighth game of the season at the Polo Grounds yesteday. Matty's Marvels were the victims and the score was 4 to g.. Cincinnati put up a good game battle. It was not until the eleventh inning that McGraw's men broke through the defense of the Reds and scored the winning run
 In the eleventh inning Herzog walk ed and after a consultation with Mo- Graw Robertson slammed single to centre, off the first ball pitched. which put Herzie on. third. This time, however, the Reds decided to take a chance on Kauff. Toney got a couple of foul strikes on Bennie,. but then the latter whaled a single to right which scored Herzog and the game was over Tesreau. started the game for the Giants, but was far from his best form. In six innings the Reds secur- ed all three of their runs from him. It is true that one of these was due' to Tesreau,s wldness, but the only. wonder is that he was not scor- ed upon more often.
 Schupp, who succeeded Tesreau at the beginning of the seventh, pitched fine ball. Toney twirled for the Reds, and while an error cost him one run he was less effective than usual. Many times he managed to pitch himself out of astight place, but he was constant ly in danger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-28
DEMISE OF FEDS DIDN'T END HIGH
 FINANCE IN GAME

New York. July 2s--The passing of i4hs Federal league was supposed to mark the end of frenzied finance in basSpall if the big league magnates were corrSctly quoted shortly after that memorial occurrence. Recent events. however, would lead to the be- uof that although their intent may have leaned in that direction at the ttna, they are still ready and willing to spend big sums, or what are re- ported to be big sums for players whom they believe may help them ln their strugg1e for pendants.
 The deal which shifted Mathewson to Cincinnati and Herzog to New
 Fork involved some thousands of dol- 1arB h addition to the extra players w1o also figured in the transaction. The New York club is understood to have paid something like $10,000 in cash to Cincinnati Along with Mathew ron, Rqnsch and McKechnde for the jprlvile6s Of aisring Herzog and Kille- Ter. f Hsrxog rpceived a new fhree-year oontract with the Giants at "a yearly salary of t10,00o per season and Kill
 lffer'g contract was continued at the
 original ngurss. Mathewson signed ls three-year contract with Cincinnati
 to manage that club at an annual sal.
 ary said to be in excess of Herzogs stipend in the same position bringing the amount somewhere in the neigh Fborhood of g4o,ooo. Tn all moro than NB,ooo was involved in the deal, ai- lfhough the shifting of contracts makes <hs actual outlay of money less than this amount.
 Weeghman of Chicago and Ebbete ,of Brooklyn offered about $3O,0oo
 each for tho privilege of doing busi- mess with Hsrzog without success. Tho former then proceeded to pur- chase in other quarters and in a short lime had accumulated Wortman, Kel- llY. Moliwftz and Garter at an ex- pense reported to be in excess of ESQ., 600. 7 These amounts savor of the { days when tho Feds were busy bidding against Organized Baseball and, after making reasonable allowance for 'ex- aggeration, lead to the belief that somebody must be making money in baseball notwithstanding the copious rainy spalis, wars, movies and other 1factors which were supposed to be ourtaiiing gate receipts,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-28
LEONARD AND
 FREDDY WELSH MEET TONIGHT

New York July 2s-The possibility that the lightweight championship may change hands has aroused re- markable interest in the N10-round bout between the worlds title holder, Freddie Welsh, and Benny Leonard. his dangerous challenger. to be staged tonight by the Washington Park Sporting club at the former Brooklyn Federal League baseball grounds.
 This will be the second meeting be- tween Welsh and Leonard. and, al- though the first bout took place more than year ago, Welsh remembers clearly the lacing he received on that occasion from the clever and hard- hitting New Workers.
 There is just a possibility that the lightweight crown may be shifted to the head of Leonard after tonight's encounter -- but little probability. Welsh knows well the grave danger of engaging Leonard second time, and he has prepared for tonight's bout as he seldom has prepared him self before. If Leonard fails tonight he may never have another oppor- tunity to battle Welsh. If he startles the Ipugilistic world by knocking out Welsh and that is the. only way he can win the title, except on an fnten- tional foul-Welsh may never want to dons a boxing glove again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-28
HOUSE IN GREAT
 FORM AND HANDS LAWRENCE CIPHER
Especial to The rarmer.)

Lawrence, Mass, July 28-Johnny Reiger, who said he would go to Si- beria before he. would join the Law renee club, changed his mind and finally reported to Lawrence. Man ager o 'Donnell showed him into the box against his old team, Bridgeport. yesterday and the Park City boys gave him to 0 beating. The Hustlers punched hits in the fourth and sixth for their runs.
 Shanty House did the hurling for Bridgeport. The college boy was in rare form. He allowed Lawrence but four swats and was never in danger. FIaherty handled Houses offerings cleverly. Tn the fourth Otto Denim ger unloaded single and Howie Baker poked home run over the fence, accounting for two runs. Baker completed his days work in the sixth when he scored Dusgan and Blake. They had previously singled and were occupying second and third.
 Jake Warner collected three hits for Bridgeport and Blake clipped in with . good catch. He went back to the fence to Sct Lavigne's drive in the seventh. The score:
 f3radOey,,rt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-28
PLAYERS CONFER
 TO STOP SALARY
 CUTS DUE IN FALL

New York, July 2S-There are whisperings among big leaguers, se- cret meetings and wise looks. What's in the air? Last Wednesday night the Cincinnati and St. Louis National members of the Players Fraternity held a secret meeting. There have been frequent sessions of the National League clubs playing in New York and Brooklyn, and the players decline to discuss the matter.
 Evidently the players are making ready to repulse the big drive of the magnates next winter, when the down. ward revision of war time salaries will be inaugurated. Those who had to sign contracts after the settlement of the war last winter felt the whip hand of the owners-and that same whip hand is going 70 work overtime next winter.
 The players in the last analysis have a tremendous advantage over the magnates. It has been proven beyond all dispute that there are not enough major leaguers to supply two leagues. There is many a club among the six teen in the big show which is carrying some minor league talent just because there is not sufficient supply of really first class players.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-28
GARRITY IS NAMED
 FOR CLERKSHIP IN :
 BOARD OF CONTRACT

Walter Garrity. clerk 'of the Board of Charities. has been named as sec ond assistant clerk of the Board of Contract and Supply. He will begin his duties on August 1. No success or has yet been chosen to fill his place in the charities board.
 On the contract board he succeeds his brother, William J. Garrity, re- cent1y promoted to assistant deputy city auditor. MT. Garrity receives $760 per year as clerk of the charities board. He will receive $500 per year in his new position. He is IT years old.
 The position which his brother now holds pays s1.ao0 per year. Some of the members of tho contract board favored appointing Mrs, John H. Schread. stenegrapher for the police department to the vacant clerkship in the contract board office, but a few days ago the board decided to give the place to MT. Gerrity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-28
HOME RUN BY
 OLQRING WITH ]. BASES FILLED

Chicago, July 2S-Rube Oldring :ihailed pitched ball full on the seam sln the ninth inning of yesterdays irnne between the Yankees and White iGox, sent 1t singing to the far-off left t11eld corner of the battle-ground, whore 1t hoped over the fence and
 ptarted out to see little real life. 'W1th this mammoth drive he cleaned up four runs for the Tanks in one A9udden, heap and won the game. The
 oeore was 8 to 6.
 1t was the hottest day of the year n Chicago. A deficiency of three ITuns whom the ninth inning began, 4Aelding somewhat jaundiced, listless
 work with the Bat throughout most s@f the game. and pitching of a poor : XfaAe by Allen Russell--none of those
 0a1ts were sufficient to keep the 4 Yankees from winning eventually. and
 4hp niuch-crippled New Workers re- ttaipsd their slight hold on first place with spectacular finish which re-
 &tored their sflagging enthusiasm as 1ponnant contendsrs and left the spurt- j1ng White sox open -mouthed with as- '4onishment and chagrin.
 4he Box acquired a comfortable Had off Russell. Their own pitching }by Jim Scott was shaky, but the
 xenlks ran afoul of several slashine lnelding plays, were tame with the bat when mon were on bases [ Love pitched we'll for New York. 'He took Russell's place in. the fifth Inning. He resigned in the ninth in f3Aw0r Of a pinch hitter, Mullen, who imade gopd. Bob Shawkey put on the
 dnishinG touches in the ninth. The newly and sensationally acquired two run lead of the Yankees was safety l1tself with such an efficiency expert fae ghAwhey top lay the relief role and Ito throttle the sox in their half ofsthe lninkh. >>g,s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-28
LAWRENCE CLUB
 . MAY TRANSFER TO NEW BEDFORD SOON

Worcester, July 28.-Unless the bus1- ness men of Lawrence who recently put in a. bid for the baseball franchise in their city come across with some money by the end of this week, it is said that Owner Joseph Sullivan Of the Barristers will transfer the team either to Fitchburg. of possibly to New Bedford. In addition to the offers received from the Mill City men, James Smith, the wealthy New Bedford lad who backed Ready and Kearnan in Manchester last year, is also reported to be interested in tho future of the Lawrence club. He had a recent talk with Dan O'Neil, and although he did not give, O'Neil any definite answer with regard to pur- chasing the team, he did say that he was interested, which means a whole lot. ss.ta
 The transferring of the Barristers' team will necessitate numerous changes in the schedule and in turn mean a lot of extra work for the of- ficials of the league, therefore it is quite natural that they should try and see that the Lawrence business men are given fl1vt call on the club. Own CT Sullivan could have sold the club without much trouble a few weeks ago. but since his financial troubles have been aired in the papers throughout the, league and especially in Lawrence. persons who were anxi- ous to buy are now leary of the pro- position
 Sullivan was gamester to the core. but like many other magnates re- mained with the club too long when he realized that he was slipping. He was recently advanced some money to pay the players. It was said that this came from a pool made up by the various club owners of the league. It is also reported that Cleo O'Donnell. the former Holy Cross star who will coach the Purdue University football team this fall, has some money in- vested in the club. ODonnell has been managing the club lately
 The fact that MT. Smiths name was connected with recent deal is re- sponsible for the rumor with regard to the team being transferred to New Bedford. Smith Is man of means, and has been anxious to secure a team for New Bedford for some time. Waterbury is anxious to secure the Barristers, but it is not likely that the Watch City will receive much consid- eration as 1t has already been tried and found wanting.
 The transferring of the Lawrence club will mean that there will have to be another meeting of the magnates of the circuit to ratify the change. if there is one. It is expected that at this meeting the magnates will decide upon an early closing. Labor Day will probably wind up the season.