The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-10-23

The publication OF these statistics
simultaneously by the South Dakota
Local Option League and the Chi
cago Brewers Association caused ac-
tivities among the drys and the Den
yer officials. In response to a tele-
gram OF inquiry Chief of Police Arm
strong or Denver promptly wired the
following reply:
Denver, Colo, Sept. 8, 1916.
-. Ii. Hoagland, President South Da-
kota Anti-Saloon League, Mitchell,
8. D.:
Total arrests for drunkenness for
first six months 1915 was 1,343. Total
number drunks for first six months
1916 was $50. Female DRINKS for 1915
some period was 101. Female DRINKS
for 1916 same period was fifty-two.
III. ARMSTRONG,
Chief OF Police"
AS It appeared from Chief Arm.
strong's telegram and from other Off
cisl returns that the wet press agents
had added thirty-eight to the number
Of DRINKS during the first six months
Of prohibition and practically divided
the number OF DRINKS for the CORE
spending period Of last year by ten.
the drys ave the fake very wide
publicity.
Wsts Rsitsrate the Fake.
In an attempt to make good on their
original imposition the South Dakota
Local Option League published
throughout the state an advertise
ment reproducing a facsimile of what
vas purported to be a clipping from
the Denver Post giving the disputed
figures and declaring that they were
copied direct from the police records
by the police clerk himself. With this
alleged clipping as a text and a pre-
text Superintendent Holsaple OF the
Anti-Saloon League and the drys gen
orally were sandpapered for doubling
the vsracity OF the South Dakota Lo-
cal Option League and the Chicago
Brewers Association.
Then Come More Denlais.
Then something else happened. The
Denver people were further stirred
up. Robert G.. Dill, city editor of the
Denver Post, the very paper that had
been quoted by the vets. not only
took a hand In the game to deny the
wet charges OF increased drunken
ness in Denver. but F. r. Knight, po-
lice clerk at Denver, who had also
been quoted, made q denial Of the
same statements in the following
kilograms:
City Editor DiIl's Denial.
Denver. Colo. Sept. 20. 1916.
IN. r. Holsaple, Care Anti-Saloon
League. Mitchell. s. D.;
Statements made by wet orators
and press to the effect that there has
been an increase in the number of
intoxicated persons arrested in Den
YER are not s~ubstantiated by the po-
lice figures. According to the records
there were arrested In 1915 for In
toxication 1927 persons. In the PEE
Rod embraced between Jan. l, 1916.
and today, Sept. 20, the arrests for
this cause have totalled 1929. AT
the same rate As for the last nine
months the arrests for the entire
year 1916 would not exceed 1,400.
Stress has been laid on the number
of convictions as indication that
drunkenness has been more prevalent
since prohibition became effective
than before, but this is controverted
by the fact that prior to Jan. /, last
intoxicated persons were not prescott
ed, but were merely held In the city
Jail until sober.
ROBERT G. DILL,
"City Editor Denver Post"
Police Clerk Knights Denial.
Denver, Colo, Oct. 3, 1916.
u. S. H~oagland, President South Da
kota Anti-Saloon League, Mitchell
s. D.:
Police. coroner and criminal court
records show decided decrease In
crimes in January; first published fig
ares are misleading. Disturbance
cases arraigned in police court first
half OF 1915 total ATT; same period
this year, ESQ. Total DRINKS arrest
ed some period 1915 was 1.343, blu,
only 136 held for police court. Tota'
arrested same period this year, SIS
OF which 56S were tried in police
court. September. 1915, 1913 arrested
for drunkenness. of which twenty-five
were tried IN police court. September