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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
STRAIGHT" ALCOHOL BE.
CONES FAvORlTE EEVER.
AGE IN DRY" STATE
s n j IF IS j D
BY Mixing II With Cider, Many
Find tho Desired "KiCk"-
Police Testify That Ether
Also Makes a Very "Suc.
cossiul' Ingredient

Tho following story from the Del
llngham lWash.) American Rovillo In.
dlcatcs that residents Of that city.
which Ia dry" under statewide pro-
hlb,t.on. have contracted tho danger
oua hnblt Of drinking straight" alco-
hol IN leu OF liquor:
Hard cidcr, which n few months ago
w0g Eivcn IA tho cause for nine Of
oyory ten cases OF drunkenness that
camo Into police court. IL no longer
named b. those who imblbc too freely
az the beverage" that they carry to
tho police station, Police Judge Beach
says that the blame now has shifted
60 straight alcohol and Canadian
whiuky, Tho alcohol question IN q
hard ono to deal with. the police a..
gcrt, because Of the loop.holo In tho
prohibition law which permits i,s pur-
Chagc and salo provided the buyer
pimply says he needs II for mechanical
pugToucs Many of the men brought
O. police headquarters, when searched.
are found u have bottle OF alcohol
en- their pcrscn. say the police
Tho oillcors' claim that some OF tho
old Offenders simply mix warm wstor
with the alcohol. whi,o othors make .
"hct'nr drink by mixing Il with sugar.
water and lcmon iuicc. other cities
iu tho state are confronted also with
the alcohol problems. and II Ia said
that seattle In considering an ordi.
nance which will make L. necessary
for III those who wish TO purchase al.
cohol 10 first secure permit from the
chief or police, who will investigate
tho case before issuing tho permit
ThNrc is strong possibility, tho po
leo assert. that such an ordinance
win 10 drafted hcrc,
Eew Drinks Connected.
Some very uncommon cases have
como to tho attention OF tho police
since the statewide prohibition law bc
come effective, The habitual drunk
ards were found hard TO deal with
Many OF them, tho police say, rceortcd
Co uuhCGrl Ct methods In order q
roach n state OF iutoxlcstion, On,
man was found putting ether into hart
cider Several others mixed snuf
with cider, hoping that this mixture
would give tho desired effect The po
leo say that from their observations
thoy found that this proved to be ,
successful experiment However, IN,
hard cider question Is causing but IN
&c trouble at present In comparison
with tho number who depart from IN,
"etp.ght and narrow" by tho aleohc,!
route.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
ALABAMA VOTERS CHARGED
WITH ILLICIT SALE OF
LIQUOR
TRIED IN U.S.. COURT
: 'ederal Judge Scores Prisoners
Alter Justice of Peace Testl.
iies That SO2S Of Citizens
Who Voted For Prohibition
Are Now "Bootleggers'

Under a Montgomery (Ala.) date
Inc the Jackson (Miss) Daily News
prints tho following story:
Testimony OF j. A. Beard, Justice OF
the peace of Coosa county. that eight
of ten men WHO voted for prohibition
n this community are now or have
oeen selling liquor In violation OF the
tate prohibition laws, caused Judge
Henry ID. Clayton today to deliver .
rigorous charge to a jury In the Fed
eral Court. Judge Clayton declared
it is hard to think that any man could
vote for prohibition and then turn
around and violate the law which he
had asa'stcd in putting upon the sta.
tate books. Beard appeared in the
trial OF l.. ". Phillips. who was &C.
Quilted OF violating the federal revenue
law. Beard was a witness for Phil.
lips. q
Il desire to make an observation
that has little to do with your verdict.
but an observation that I want to
make III your hearing so that the peo-
PIE OF Alabama may understand what
il going Oh in Alabama" said Judge
Clayton IL his charge. Here was the
justice OK the peace In this case a. q
witness, q 6ood man, good farmer.
. blacksmith in that community OF
Coosa coGnty. who stated before you
On oath IN this court today that eight
out Of ,gn men in the community who
vo,ed to put the prohibition laws on
ie statute books and who voted the
5roIibitiOn ticket, and that In the
'.u,c community ever since We haxG
ID poL!b.t.on laws, that eightARs
II ten men Who voted for prohibition
hero are engaged in retailing and
eil'ng liquor contrary to law"
Here we have irrefutable evidence
- the operation Of force law--ons
hat Is 80 equivalent OF overlooking
!, lie e.. d he Herald favored prohi.
Dltioa 20 90 extent OF putting saloons
ont Of bus ness. We also backed up Q
real enforcement Of the law against
Illicit sales. near beer fakes and \
covert and lawless return TO license by
the city authorities. We opposed tho
present stringent act for the reason
above s.a,ed-because 1t carries re.
strictior 20 the snapping point. and
has, rs it was sure to do--extended
the range of law.hreakers. But per
haps its worst effect is In the increase
Of political intolerance and hypocrisy
I, We are row, for instance, witnessing 4
bunch Of patriots, office holders and
Office seekers, who are expounding the
bocut!e5 Of the Weakley law. on the
stand and through the press. Some oi
, The most shining lamps OF the cru
sade-by commc:: report and familiar
4 krowlodgo-are whlskey and wine
n su2z,e.s; when tho guzzl!ng can b.
n dono beyond the rays of the light o.
publicity.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
KANSAS PAPER CONFeSSES

II Kansas is dry" why does the
AMT Saloon League ehpsnd 30 much
oncTt IN nehtins the wet" element
IN tGct statoT Read this confession OF
the Atrhisou lKan) Globe;
10 So diGcult 20 understand prohibit
tiouists when they organise a cam,
pa,El they tackle Kansas, hrst jump
out y, the boy, The FlyinS Squadron
devoted as much time 20 Atchison -
60 KarSas City, which has 50 many
saloons and liquor employed as Atehi,
son has people, When tho itinerary Of
the national Prohibition party's sps-
cial train was made up this week. par
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18

the services, and It has taken them
six weeks to give a nickel each. Why,
with all tie money that's In Detroit
We ought to have had money 10 Drtn."
Channe5 Financial Plana.
Sunday morning q week ago M.
Sunday announced tho weekday col.
lections woIil bo devoted TO local
charities, as he felt tho offerings al
the Sunday services wouli meet the
deficit. During tho week, however, 1t
was discovered the expenses had been
moro than was c5tima;ol so tho col
lection Saturday night, intended for
the Michigan Ch!ldrcu5' Homo Socie.
ty, was TUNED over to the tabernacle
fund.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
FORMER JUDGE IN DRY IOWA
ARRESTED FOR sooTlEG0iNo.

Every day the Iowa papers are
Nl,sd With stories Of bootleo0in0 In
that prohleltlen state. Liquor raids
are common. many arrests are
made. Just one OF the numerous
stor,ss 10 that from the Marshall.
town tls.) Tlmss-Nepubllean:
Eugene J. o'cennsr. former
Jsdes, now serving time In the
Faystts county jail FOR bootlsoolne,
will lose HE llesnse to practice law.
Judge hoeson, VINO ssnteneed him
- . eeot'esser signed aN order pro-
hieltine him from praetielns law.
AZ the e,oss ef the trial, o'cennsr
started 10 leave the court room.
judge hseser told him Il was hls
privilege % rsmaiN. Ne sa.d NJ
pceferrst net % - %.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
BILLY SUNDAY is SORE
AT PEOPLE IN DETROIT
Small Collections e Manager OF the Holy Circus, Therefore
Sum Given BY Worshippers For the Michigan Chiidrens
Home Society Goes To His Tabernacle Fund

Rev" Billy Sunday, loudest mouth
piece OF the prohibitionists, makes HE
so-called religion pay. Billy, ii Is SAID,
ia q millionaire, having amassod cycry
cent of his vast fortune in tho holy
circus business. The following item
from tho Detroit Free Press gives a
good line on Dilly's game:
billy" Sunday expressed his dis
in Detrolt'g generosity Al
services Sunday because of the time
1t has taken his audiences TO meet ca.
penseS OF the rcvival.s
1T has taken two weeks longer TO
raiso the money in Detroit than in
any place have been in 20 years,
said the evangelist. Taking The daily
average, soc, 900 persons have attended
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
lin" MANN'S VIEWS
Inntte NIInerl

The gentleman from Alabama wants
to submit a proposition (prohibit.onl
which, II II shall be adopted as a part
OF the constitution, will cause moro
misery, more "blind,pigging, more
'bootlegging." the consumption OF
moro liquor improperly. moro ,empta,
ton TO the youth OF the land than IS
now the CASE James
r. Mann OF Illinois.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
CINCINNATI DiSTILLER SAYS PRESENT PROHIBITION AGl.
TATON RESEMBLES INVESTIGATION OF THESE
COMPANIES SOME YEARS AGO
REPLIES BANKERS LIFE Of OES MONIES
"hy Do You Solicit My Patronage and Favor the Destruction
Of Ny Property" He Asks-Oeclares Automobiles
Cause More Deaths Than Drink

Morris y. westhelmer. Cincinnati
distilier. has Just sent a red'hot reply
to an insurance company. whose ON
ciai bulletin takes . rap At the liquor
industry.
The letter says:
Bankers' Life Co. Dos Moines. Iowa:
Gontlemcn--l am In receipt Of your
notice of premium due ON my policies
and accompanying same I note. with
much interest. your Bulletin, Volume
/, No. J.
Approximately ono. half OF the But
lctin IN devoted to advocating the con
nscation OF my property without com
pcnsatiop. I am writing you to ask
how YOU can approve connscation OF
property, based on the unsupported
and misleading statements OF tho no
torious pllly Sunday.
Since when has the Bankers Lifc
Company become tail TO tho prohibit
ton kite. with all its unfairness and
un Amcricanism7 II seems to me that
a grea, corporation like yours should
not stoop TO giving publicity to state
ments, the truthfulness Of which II
has not investigated, II goes without
saying that the statements being un'
true, YOU would not have published
them. II YOU had made any invostiss'
tion OF the facts,
The Truth About Vodka.
Now IA to your claims Of the bone
nts OF prohibition OF vodka In Russia,
copied from tho Ottawa (ont) Jour
nal You entirely overlook the fact
that the largest percentage OF able
bodied men In Russia are away from
home and a, war These men are dc
voting their energies to killing their
icllow.men, Naturally, the absence
from their homes and from their usual
occupations OF several millions OF mer
has wrought many chansea
crime and drunkenness at home
have decreased in proportion to the
diminished ma,o population, The few
men at home are forced to increased
and moro regular efforts In factory
work. Certainly wages have increas
ed Wages have increased here In tn,
United States and In Ohio because o.
this war and It's demand on many line,
OF production and manufacture. N
you ascribc the increase in wages II
Ohio (which is not prohibition statsl
60 prohibition OF VODKA In Russia'
vodks Is . vile beverage. Anyone
who knows anything about beverage,
Knows that Il is an impure, immstur'
form OF alcohol and not In the sam,
| class In any way with the pure fooS
, beverages such as vine, brandy, beel
and whisky produced In the unitet
States.
The distillers and brewers pay thu
United StateS Government annually I
sum in excess OF the entire cost OF cup
porting the army and navy OF tn,
United States, II you favor the de
strue,ion OF the property OF the Dis
ullers and brewers, as q public bene
At. shoalt not the public be ~iilin,
u pay for the property Destroyed.
Why do you solicit my pstrenaS'
and st the same time favor the Dc
sruetion % my property without com
peasatos' A dist.lisry torbiadsA h
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
HAS STOOD THE ACID TEST.

philadelphia Evening Ledger,l
We have no patience with those who
Gs ssert that there is no strength in the
United States navy. ANY institution
which could survive three years OF
Daniels ngst have the goods.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
AN GyE TO THE FUTURE.

lNashlnSton Star,l
What's the idea OF your working 90
hard for proE!bi,ion?"
Il want 70 be recognized as one Oh
the deserving patriots who helped to
e.,ct the ticket rephed Uncle Bill
noiletop, Maybe they'll give me the
!cb OK hunting around for any illegal
liquor an destroying It."
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
The FUNNY SIDE
OF PROHIBITION
WOULD HELP SOME.

tJudge.l
We SHOULD all do something 20
make other people happy" said the
sanctimonious person.
Yes, even II II is only to let them
alone" added the unrcgenerats one.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
A sukpAv ARGUMENT.
IMashIngtcn post.

lNashlng;on PosSl
Michigan automobillst II suing fos
Damages because a neighbor's hors:
attacked his machine on the road ana
Billy Sunday cites the case as an A.
gument for prohibition without know,
Ing what the horse had 70 drink, u
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
6QQksr T. WaShington's s

cep'ttTs tlft IN sooS fesu sew atAc,
.tiswsl' illustrated, showing him lsav'
'1g h'ne, rsggsi boy, Tor Aampten In
AaHp A h,,teSy from the srssls 70 the
grNNs This 10 the hesi esek 80 Dr.
We Mnstoa. Thspohllshss, Austin Jsn'
blns Co, StA Street, wsshirSten, 2. 6.
ry cypress and give the btst lits-Nse
pholofrarh 20 each subsefibes. Asycue
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
OUCH!

TciHcinnat Enauirer.l
B. l.. L., OF the Chicago Tribune,
found these two signs together on Q
pole in town in North Dakota:
COMING, THE CURSE OF A MA.
TIoN, HEAR w. J. BRYAN. SEP.
TENDER -.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
r MUsKOGEE cfMETER.

The Cimo.U is the only Republican
paper IN the City of Muskogee. The
daily Phoenix In sometimes Republi-
can md sometimes independent but NJ
tho present time IL claims 10 be inds-
pendent, such n changing In not worth
thrso whoops In III TO any political
party and yet Bixby, It's editor. got
I.ch nt the Republican pie counter.
What base ingratituds.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-18
insurance company forbidden to hsuc
policies.
How About the LIE Insurance People, 2

policies.
How About the LIE Insurance People7
Somo few years ago great hue and
cry WAS raised In this country against
some Of the very great eXtravagances.
to put II mildly. practiced by the life
insurance companies. Would you have
considered II fair. because of these
oxtravaXanccs and dishonesties OF
some of the officers OF tho life insur'
ance companies. that life insurance
companies should be destroyed? My
recollection Is that the life insurance
companies. as a whole, favored regu-
lation. not the prohibition OF their
business.
admit there are exccsses In the use
OF wine. beer and whisky Just as there
ing life insurance, but such excess Is
certainly not basis for the destruc.
tion OF the business itself. Because
there are speeders on the streets who
drive automobiles to the danger OF the
lives OF peaceful citizens. the demand
springs up for regulation Of the auto
mobile. but not for The destruction OF
the industry. .
Why Not Prohibit Autoinuf
There are many more deaths in the
United States from excess In speeding
| automobiles tnan because Of the ex
cessive use Of wine. whisky or beer
and yet you do not appear to urge pro
hibition OF the automobile industry.
Since you published the (unsup
portcd) claims of Billy Sunday. may
not ask II you will also publish in the
next issue OF your Bulletin the letter
of the Dean OF the Graduate School
OF Princeton University. in reference
to Billy Sunday, which enclose7
I am a distiller. My business Is as
lawful as yours, so held by the Su
preme Court OF the United States. Il
exists because of the demand OF the
people for my product, just as does
yours. The business OF distilllng is a,
old as history, Our government de
rives one third OF its income from II:
taxes on distilled and brewed bever
ages. I simply ask for fair play,
A distinguished member Of Con
srcss, In his speech opposing nationa
prohibition, used tho following words
"Scorn may be the answer OF tn,
fanatic, but the just man will consider
the facts. The man who votes to de
stroy his neishbor's property toda,
may see his own sent to the shsmbie'
tomorrow"
The Sentinel=record., 1916-11-30
CITY OF 50,O0O PEOPLE
 HAS 300 MILLIGNAlRES
Huge Supplies of Foodstuffs Were Captured By the Teutons Because the Rumanians Did Not Have Time to Destroy or Take Them Away

Berlin. Nov. 29. (Via Lcndoa) .- Craiova in Rumania is flying hundreds of white flags in token oI its surren- der and peaceful in.ent;ons
 In peace times Craiova is a prosper ous city or 90 odd thousand inhabi- tants including 300 mi,lionaires; today it is utterly downcast and partly de serted.
 Absolutely amazed at the speed with which the Germans advanced, 6 ma jority Of the rich population fled.
 Jewish residents who remained in thousands are professedly friendly to the Germans, but they closed theIr stores despite prices that hourly leap upwards
 The hotels and cafes are filled with citizens, who to strangers at least, bemoan Rumania's entrance into the war.
 Huge supplies of foodstuffs were captured because the Rumanlans did mot have -ine to destroy them or take them away.
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TRABUE FREED OF
 KILLING STOKES
NASHVILLE LAWYER WHO SLEW ASSOCIATE AFTER DEMAND
 ING EXTRACTION FOR IN-
 SUITS, IS ACQUITTED.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 29.-Charles c. Trabue, who has been on trial here since October 31, charged with the murder of Harry $. Stokes, was today acquitted of the charge in the Da- vidson County criminal court. The court room was crowded at the time the verdict was brought in, shortly after 11:30 o'clock. but there was no demonstration The case was given to the jury this morning by Judge A. E. Neil, after an exhaustive charge on the various degrees of homicide, the law of self-defense and theories of the state and the defense. The jury received the case at l0:09 and re- ported a verdict of acquittal an hour and 23 minutes later.
 Tie tragedy occurred on April PC last. Trabue, cue of the most promi- nent lawyers in Nashville. went t. Stokes private office. he said ol the witness stand, seeking from Stokes a signed retraction for insulting things said about him. He claimed that he was attacked by Stokes and fired in seH-defense. Stokes was killed iil- stantly At the time the two lawyers were engaged in a suit growing ont of the city hall scandal, which develop ed in the summer of 1915 Stokes hal been pressing the suit vigorously and had achieved reputation of state wide proportions. Tn November last Trabue entered the case as special counsel for the city. There had pre- viously been i'll feeling between the two and the hearings in the litigation before the special master in chancary Increased this feeling.
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RumanIans Fled in Panic.

Berlin, Nov. 29.-(by wireless to Sayville)- correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger teleghal hs that the German troops which advanced east Of the Alt valley flanked the Ruman- ians on the northern part of the river and that hundreds of the Rumanians surrendered, the others disbandinS and fleeing into the mountains In consequence of this move the Aus trians and Germans were able to break through Rotenthurm pass at the mar rowest point almost without loss and advanced southward without encoun- tering resistance.
 The Rumanians fled in panic as IS shown by the large number of prison CTS taken recently and also by the fact that the captured trenches were found to be filled with war materia, of all kinds. Rifles still ready for fir ing the correspondent says were lay ing before the trenches pointed to- ward the former AustroGerman posi- tions.
The Sentinel=record., 1916-11-30
RUSSIANS FIGHTING WITH
 GREAT INTENSITY IN
 THE CARPATHiAN REGIONS

Although the Russians are carrying on with great intensity ID offensive in the Carpathian region around Kir- libaba northwest of the 3umaniaa bor- der the advance of the Teutonic allies all along the line in Wallachia toward the Rumanian capital of Bucharest az Snarently is meeting with little impe- Giment.
 The left flank of the forces of the central powers have now captured the important railroad junction of Petechti G miles northwest of Bucharest; in the center the Rumanians are reported to be retreating eastward in disorder, while the right flank composed of the army of Field Marstai von Mackensen which crossed the Danube is carrying cut maneuvers in cooperation with the other commanders to the north.
 The Petroarad war office in admit ting continuation of the retreat of tba Rnmanlans says you Mackensen's men operating from Alexandria have advanced along the Turnpec road to Kuugurena, the latter town being SJ miles southwest of Bucharest. Tcrkish
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FOURTEEN ARMY TRUCKS
 OF PIES AND CAKES
SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES ENOUGH TO FEED 16,ooo NATIONAL
 GUARDSMEN.

San Antonio, Tex, Nov 2g-Traific was blocked for several minutes this afternoon one of the principal thor oughfares of the city while army trucks were being loaded with pies and cakes for the Tianksgiving dinner of the soldiers al Camp Wilson under the auspices of the Rotarians The house. wives of the city contributed 4,000 home made pies and 2,0o0 home made cakes for the 16,000 national guards. men and regulars stationed at Fort Sam Houston. Fourteen big army trucks equipped with specially cc-- structed shelves were used to collect the pies and transport them to various military headquarters and camps.
 Hundreds of the sweets came from the pupils of the domestic science de- partments of the schools. The coilec, ton was sufficient to give every man a quarter of pie and an equal portion of cake. The delicacies are in addition to the turkey dinner provided by the government which costs 90 cents per man.
The Sentinel=record., 1916-11-30

troops are fighting with the Germans and Austrians in this region.
 The Russian official communication asserts that the Russian attack east and south of Kirlibaba has resulted in the capture in both regions of ridges and the taking of 700 men prisoner. The Berlin war office admits that slight gains were made, but says tn Russians suffered heavy casualties.
 Apparently little in1antry fightins has taken place on any of the other fronts. On the line in France and Belgium there have been artillery duels at various points and here and there small attacks by raiding pac- ties of both the belligerents. Similar fighting is taking place on the Russian front.
 The latest German official commdf- ication says quiet prevails on the Mac edonian front The Russians admit a further advance by the Turks south of Van in Turkish Armenia.
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RAILROAD STRIKE THREATENED

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 29.-~The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis hallway may be tied up with a strike Of it's engineers. firemen and other .railmen within the next few days m less officials of the railroad grant the concessions asked by the trainmen, it became apparent here tonight. The result of the yite as received up to late tonight showed that between 95 and 2S percent of the men had voted in favor of striking
 Brotherhood officials said the rail road officials would be notified of the result of the ballot tomorrow and that if the concessions or the men are not granted the strike will immediately be called, they said