davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1916-11-19
You were right when you guessed that counsel for the defendant
would show that it was an impossibility.

yci. como 10 tho testimony OF tho
Willing Employee. lie says that he
has worked fnr tho defendant for
Twenty-Five years ana Will work !or
him until n" dies. Here Is n sturdy,
manly sort OF old time worker. YOU re-
Meet; non Of these ncwfanslcd no.
tons Of tn" superiority OF labor about
hun ana you look after him with a
wigttul smile as he retires to s!t beside
his shop superintendent ON the first
row Of benches.
The benevolent Employer tells how;
he has %foreCone countless luXurie3 to
provide neat iron guards over all his
machines. and then comes the sum
ming up.
If you are sitting up In front and
are not used To II. II Is rather startling
ut first when the defendants counsel
begins. Up To this time he has asked
his questions and made his objections
n a normal speaking voice. But when
he opens his summing up he leaves
that nj the table with tho bag with
al the papers and the s~aturnine as
s!stant who has leered so significantly
at YOU while the plaintiffs witnesses
were testify!ng and launches out In his
regular summing up voice. You can
o grow accustomed to this. Just as
people do who live above the elevated
on Ninth avenue. and after a while
you don't even jump when he hits the
rail beneath your nose.
The other lawyer is more connding,
He leans over and tells you In vel
~,nodulated tones just what a pack OF
horse thieves have been testifying for
the defendant. and then you are
charged and go up stairs to the Jury
The sun., 1916-11-19
RLYHALF OF THE STATES ARE NOW ON THE WATER WAGON
Here Are the Facts of Prohibition That GLADDEN. or Sad
den. Depending on the Point of View--What the
Opposing Forces Say About Them

business on October 1 Of this year than
South Dakota did wica that whole
State wen; dry On November Z.
Yet N IL true. One hundred New
York townships put 600 saloons out OF
business on that date. which Is, to be
precise. about three times as man?
saloons rs all South Dakota ri show.
Getting near home, isn't 1t?
IT may get even closer to The Bronx
that battling frontier between us and
the hinterland-for the annual prohi-
hilton fight before the Legislature. so
ancient n fixture as to have become n
classic. and like the classics. ignored
by the average reader, IL to be pushed
this winter with renewed vigor.
The assault in New York Is to be
upon the peculiar situation existing
under the Raincs law. whereby the
only unit which can vote on the qucs-
ton OF whether IL wants saloons or
not Is the township, or az 1t Is called
in legal parlance. the town. No incor-
porated city can vote on the question.
There Is a bill which is annually IN
PRODUCED to make II possible for AS
sembly districts in the greater city to
vote Independently on this question.
Then there is the rcmonstrance hill.
The remonstrancc bill is u clevo'
piece OF law framing. Even its enc
mics admit that. II gives women 9.
say on the saloon question withou,
raising the question of suffrage. ]:
does IT in this way:
a method is provided for registering
women who have the qualifications OF
men voters. hut they are to lie regis
tered on different days from the mems
registration days. Then, If n petition
Of 81 per con OF the registered men
and women In n given unit asks f|r
the expulsion of saloons In that unit
| OF territory and IL at a hearing the
! signatures are proved valid ard SO on.
why out go the saloons.
1t is pointed out tina. women prop
erty holders have the right to sign the
necessary consent for a saloon. such
consent being required from the own
crs of two-thirds of the number OF
buildings within 900 feet of the saloon
IL women may give consent for tho
creation OF II saloon why may they not
pass on the question of it's abolition?
That is the reasoning OF the support
ers of this measure.
Gov. Whitman has been quoted as
saying that he believes every CON-
muni,y should have the right TO pass
on the saloon question. and the drys
use this quotation az evidence tina,
they will have his supper. this winter
How many of us Keep brushed righ,
up on our history? Hands up. please
All Of us? That's very satisfactory
The sun., 1916-11-19

turcsque past. The moonshlne stii
doesn't belong In a museum along with
the stage coach or the recipe for home
made beer-not BY a long shot.
In 1914 the 'revenoocrs," as the
Georgia cracker calls them in concen-
trated hate. destroyed 2.677 Illicit stills.
Make 1t an average Of four men to
operate and guard each still-a small
number-and more than 10000 men
turned out the colorless corn Ticker"
the awe inspiring white lightning"
the hair raising stun that Is to be had
by putting a dollar on q stump. retir-
ing a safe distance, and returning
fifteen minutes later to find the dollar
gone and a bottle of mounting dew"
in its place.
All right; II 2.677 is a large number.
how about the 3.s32 moonshine stills
destroyed in the fiscal year 1915. at the
cost OF the lives Of three revenue
agents and informcrs?
Which furnishes the liquor men
with an argument obvious enough.
To wit: II the Government has
trouble with moonshiners now and
cant exterminate the practice, what
will 1t do under national prohibition
with moonshining greatly increased?
Then. OF course the proh!bitionists
make their reply that IL they can wipe
M the licensed sale and manufacture
for n few years the nation will rise
up and call them blessed and national
sentiment will stamp out drink.
And so the controversy goes on.
At n rate. the developments Of the
text few years are going to be highly
interesting.
Will the breweries urn to making
matted milk. as one has done in Coo
RADIO? or ~loganberry juice. as many
are doing IN the far West? Or to de-
natured alcohol. as Henry Ford has
suggested to the brewers of Detroit?
! or Will they make more beer?
The sun., 1916-11-19
DOTS aseEesEN1oMM1nIaN0

that is, IL drinking Is stopped or eyen
decreased In tho dry States, why then
the rest Of us arc becoming noble
topers, for the consumption OF alco-
holic beverages is showing little
change.
In 1900. for example. there were
13s,0s7. 34S gallons Of spirits distilled
from materials other than fruits with
drawn from the warehouses on pay
mcnt OF tax. These are figures re-
ported by the Internal Revenue Com
missioner and they are as close as one
can get to tho annual consumption.
They bear only indirect relation to the
amount OF liquor made in that year:
they show the amount actually put
on the market.
In 1905, this consumption was 2i5.-
557.323; In 1918 II had risen to 276,-
7Si.540 gallons. High water mark was
reached in tho fiscal year ended June
80. 1914. with 2S2. 036. 1850 gallons. In
1918. the amount withdrawn decreased
to 253.66s.34l gallons. w. II. Osborn,
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue,
commented in his annual report on the
figures as follows:
Unuer the COnultiOnS nero note1, no
material increase in evenue from dis
titled spirits during the current fiscal
year can be reasonably expected. In.
deed. a gradual decrease In the annual
receipts from this source may, | think,
be safely predicted"
The conditions here noted" were
the increasing number Of dry States
and portions of States.
There were enthusiastic drys who
hailed the decrease of 1915 az the be-
ginning OF the decline. But this Is the
liquor mems answer:
Tho Government. fiscal year 1915
covers the last half OF 1911 and the
first half Of 1915. Those were hard
times. as every n bitterly remem-
! hers. Tho consumption OF liquors. as
The sun., 1916-11-19

only because there was some technical
flaw in the election that ~the-catas-
tropho. reform alternative words)
was prevented. II was back in the
sos.
What II II had gone through and
stuck! Manhattan an arid lslc-noth-
ing but tea In the tango tea parlors.
sarsaparilla along the G. W. Way
and how would q cabaret look to n
man with nary a drink?
The wave has been rising, rising
the dry wave, a metaphor which
should be shaken well before taking.
Has It reached Its crest? Will 1t re-
cede?
Tho only way to get mn idea Of the
probable course Of events Is to present
the views of the opposing factions.
To begin with the anti-saloon forces.
They point to the fact that this Is no
sudden fad. Their work has been go
ing on for decades. For twenty years
1t has been highly organized. Some
States slip back. they say, but not
many. In more States. once adopted,
prohibition sticks and modifying meas
ures. like proposals to admit beer but
bar hard liquors. are defeated de-
cisively.
Colorado. oregon, Washington de-
scatcd beer amendments on November
:. Arkansas and Arizona downed
license proposals.
The anti-saloon forces point to Ore
gon ~ their banner State. oregon has
gone bone dry" Almost every prohi-
b!tion State simply bars the manufac-
turc and sale of liquors. Tho resident
may usually have drinks shipped in to
him. But oregon has gona the ulti-
mate in aridity. Nothing, not even a
wink or a smile, can be shipped across
her state line when the new amend
ment goes into effect. That was her
decision; after a trial OF prohibition
she did not repudiate hut strength
ened IL.
There are but six wet States west Of
the Mississippi. They are Missouri.
Texas. New Mexico. Wyoming, Nevada
ard California. Missouri and Califor-
MIA were saved from going dry on No
vember : only by the vote OF st. Louis
and San Francisco.
Further. your enthusiastic dry points
10 Texas. Ohio. Indiana and Minnesota
as States likely to go dry within n
year or so. Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, b~aclSsllders both, are expected to
HIT the sandy trail again. Possibly
Delaware as well.
Another prohibitionist hope which is
affirmed with the utmost earnestness.
no matter how II sounds to other ears.
Is that In the Presidential campaign OF
1920 liquor will be n national, not n
State. issue. 1t is predicted that there
will be declarations in the platforms
o. both parties for prohibition. Tho
The sun., 1916-11-19
Then follows a period of storm and stress.

whereabouts {, tlat cCh16inue" &C.
'ice'
u H'ust 10 III tEo "'@ cello" Jar nH
Nl'o miE'oiI4'cc' htt II i'ft nor y y
III TIC coN' c'os't' ho' 'h' "'SN drawer
"o' the 'hh'' 'Hot Ao'N Su'Ai- H''e
VI "'l II '"' 'e''F' '"rN' "'' III '""'
"'''''''' P'N'''' "'''~ ''''
""o '."''i''''' WY '''''''H' '"'
'""' "'S"N W." Inv '''"'S
The sun., 1916-11-19

T TALE after Q o'clock Monday
RI morn!nG. a drearily persist
tent rain is s%trcaklng the
office window. In the letter basket
lies a communication from Sorhead 4
Gum, Inc. beginning I'VE are not at
all satisfied with the way matters have
been going lately" The PAPER lies
open at the sporting page, which an
nounces that the varsity Is in Il SERIOUS
slump and that Coach Rushup Is most
dubious about the outcome Of Satur-
days game with the heavy mauyo
team rom West Virginia,
The door opens slowly and with an
air OF mystery. ana a gentleman with Il
reddish nose slides toward the desk
bearing n slip Of paper. This he de-
posts on the desk and backs apollo
getically out. The words "You are
hereby summoned" and Supreme
Court" glover at you.
Your heart lcars mp, Your scalp
I"kic'' VIZ" hu''NliHb inb'tS YOU
Elck up this Odiou5 th,ag. Tou read Il
through. 4 Sigh escapes you II H.
not a summons at any rate. You rcnd
It again. 4 jury notice,
After dinner that night your wife
says she will put it in "A cafe plnc,
and you think no more about the
notice until the following Monday
morning while you are shaving, Then
you cut yourself and inquire a. to the
The sun., 1916-11-19

quontly on route loses any aspect Of
aonchnlancc It might have possessed
once 1t Is spoken aloud amid official
surroundings.
$50 YOU lost your jury notice."
Through tlptiltcd heavy lenscd glasses
. cold eye looks down on you. It's
owrer raises his voice. Hey. Jake.
Here's n taiesman's lost his notice"
Jake strides forth 20 view so I'M
usual an example Of incompetence.
After M icy Interval Jake wants 20
i,Eow what court 4; IS. Your mastery
tut!lity Is further exposed. Jake turns
- the Eye. "lIc doesn't i;Eow VIVA.
court !. is." rho Eye turns once
mora on you. ~ you can't remember
what court It il you will have to have
= duplicate made out over there" indi-
cGting a desk At which o f~or6idd.ng old
gentleman IS writing. After much pre-
The sun., 1916-11-19

becomes cxqu!s.te!y simple. Ne knows
what to expect.
First there will tottor to the witness
chair the Broken Plaintiff. n court Of
flccr is stationed at the plaintiffs Side
to prevent his tearing OF his baniaSe
for. the purpose Of exhibiting his
wound that miraculously has never
healed since the day OF tho accident in
May, 1911. Nothing, however. Van
stop his Dontcsque description %!
agonics poured into the ear Of sympa-
thetic counsel. When at last the plain
iii has crawled to the back of the
court room to rejo!n his weeping and
numerous family the Brisk Physician
takes the stand.
"A suture was found TO ho necessary
between the ligamentum mucosum and
tho %synovial sac" he assures YOU
pleasantly. and | ordered ii per-
formed" You feel Immensely relieved.
Inevitably during the cross-cNami-
The sun., 1916-11-19
At this moment you come
across the original jury notice.

nation the blueprint Of the machine or
the photograph OF the stairway will
bob up In counscl's hands and be pre-
scented to the witness for calculation,
This Is marked at various appropriate
spots. l. Is the lever at which the
plaintiff Mas working. The crosses
mark the cogs that snapped him up,
You were right when you guessed
that the counsel for the defendant
would mighty soon show that 1t was a
physical impossibility for any one to
fall from l. into the crosses. The
Suave Expert testifies to this. He also
explains the workings OF the machine.
"lt Ia "A perfectly simple machine"
he says. sit IL Of course evident that
II a rigid body Is under tho action Of
three c%oplanar parallel forces, II of
which Ia equal and opposite TO the re-
sultant OF tho other two the body "
In equilibrium. Now"
So that point 10 all cleared up and
The sun., 1916-11-19

iim!nnry display Of fr!shtfulncss on
the part o! the old gentleman he sud
,l2nly dG c.Inimingly unbcnds and
yet, hurry across the street to the
ccur llouac with your duplicate no
t'cc ~ your hoist hand.
Vt thu head OF tho third flight Of
stairs . large, baldlsh, puffy person IN
an Old fashioned rrlncc Albert coat
With brass buttons or Il ~ crying out:
Manchester ComhH! Mac!cster
combs!'
Y"u pause. fascinated by this
lyp'i' ,ummona which echoes round
uu,i round tho atono walled rotunda-
Ana then It comes 10 YOU that some-
how there Ia something familiar about
this bizarre arrangement OF vowels.
You strain to listen. OF q sudden the
Evening journal., 1916-03-22
Daughters OF 1872
mark HERODS' Graves
Continued from First Page.

Continued from First Page.
in the New willard Hotel in Washing
ton. d. c.. on April %. 26 and q. All
officers in the Delaware Society are
eligible TO attend the convention as
delegates and are privileged to vote.
II was voted by the society TO donate
$40 10 the Americanization committee
for futherance Of their work.
Following the business session, re-
freshments were served, with Miss
Johnson as hostess.
After the meeting had adjourned,
those present went to the Wilmington
and Brandywine cemetery and for
mally placed upon the grave OF Com
modore Jacob Jones. hero from this
State in the War Of 1912 a bronze
marker with the insignia of the
Daughters of 1912 upon IL. The
marker was placed with ceremonies
beftting the occasion. Mrs. T. c..
Mum made a few remarks and placed
the marker. With Mrs. John NJ. VIII
son. OF New Castle, honorary vice
president general Of the National So
ciety. presiding, a number OF mem
bers from New Castle also placed a
marker on the grave Of Major Nath-
aniel Young in the Emmanuel p. p.
Church graveyard in New Castle yes
terday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1916-03-22
FRITZ KREISLER.

One never tires OF hearing the ex-
perionce Of those who were fortunate
or unfortunate enough to take an
active part in the great European war.
Every bit of personal testimony as to
the war. its effects and the like is
eagerly sought after. One Of the keen
est Impressions that Fritz Kreisler, the
great violinist. got from his service In
the Galicia campaign in the summer
of 1914 was that there is something
radically wrong with modern life and
methods of living. His own expert
ences and the experiences OF the men
with whom he was on the battle line
showed him that physical conditions
improved enormously under hardships
which are almost unbelievable. He
and the men with him grew stronger,
keener and harder and he himself.
had il not been for the wound that
disabled him. would have been in per-
feet physical and nervous condition
when he came out from service.
"In the trenches we we're general
ly without food. several times for
three days at a stretch" he says. Il
have more than once licked the dew
from the grass to moisten my throat
because could get nothing to drink
The horrible. shocking sights that
were seen hourly did not affect me as
much as some letters ! now get from
Ia friend and well-wisher. expressing
sympathy" Kreisler appears at The
Playhouse tonight.
Evening journal., 1916-03-22
CITY Y. ". c. A. TO have
INDUSTRIAL Secretary

The extension committee OF the
Young Women's Christian Association
will meet at O'Clock tomorrow after
noon. at the home OF Mrs. W. S.
Prickett. No. 1927 West Fourteenth
street.
The committee to decide upon an in
dustrial secretary for the association.
has several workers in mind. This is
a new Office for the local Y. w. c. A..
and was made possible through a
friend. who has volunteered to pay the
salary of such a worker.
To assist in its building campaign.
which will be conducted the last week
in April. Miss Carolyn Jones. finance
and publicity secretary OF the Mary
land. Delaware and Pennsylvania field,
will come to this city.
Evening journal., 1916-03-22
Church PROPERTY
AGAIN talked OF
Library Managers Discussed
it in Incidental Way at
Meeting Last Night
TENANTS NOTIFIED
TO VACATE JUNE !

Although it was understood that
the managers of the Wilmington In
stitute Free Library. had entirely
abandoned efforts TO secure the
Church Building on the southeast
corner Of Tenth and Market streets,
as site for the proposed new IL
brary. II was admitted by the man
ayers today. that the Church property
was discussed incidentally at their
meeting last night IL was stated,
however, that no definite action what
ever was taken in the matter. The
fact that the trustees of the church
notified tenants Of the building yes
terday, to vacate by June 1, would
indicate that the trustees still have
expectations Of disposing of the prop
erty in a short time.
One Of the trustees of the church,
i'm speaking Of the tenants being
warned out. said:
while there are no definite nego-
tiations for the sale OF the property
for the library "it may be sold for
that purpose, and we do not want TO
be placed in a position where We
could not sell and deliver within a
reasonable time" He said a price had
been set on the ground, but declined
20 name the figure.
Additional developments in the new
library proposition are looked for al
any time.
Evening journal., 1916-03-22
REPORT new pastor
At ST. PAUL S Church

Continued from. First Page.
Herkon had been assigned to st.
Paurs Church as pastor or assistant
pastor
Some persons were wondering to-
dav whether Bishop Berry intends to
apboint the Rev. Mr. Herson TO the
paktorate OF ST. Pauls at the coming
session of the Wilmington Confer
eHce and appoint pr Collins as dis
trict superintendent Or. Collins has
frequently been mentioned as likely
to be named as district superinten-
dent by the bishop
DIR. Collins this morning said ne
had not heard of the appointment or
Mr.. Herson TO ST. Paurs and scout
ed the plea that he was to become
pastor there.
In transferring Mr.. Herson to the
Wilmington Conference, Bishop Berry
announced to the Philadelphia Con-
ference that the transfer relieved an
"sbnormally congested condition" and
n il had not been made three OF
four pastors would nave suffered in
their appointments.
The Rev. DR.. J. ID. c. Hanna, for
merlv pastor of Union and Asbury
Churches. this city. but for several
Years a member of the Philadelphia
Conference yesterday was appointed
TO be manager of the conference
claimants fund.
Evening journal., 1916-03-22
Germany HAS NOT
invited america
into Peace MOVE
Continued from First Page.

continued from FIRST rage.
Ambassador Gerard that by remain
ing in Germany he would be witness
to such negotions. is not disclosed.
Emphasis is placed on the fact that
Gerard is remaining in Germany by
his own personal desire.
United Press Staff Correspondent
Alderman cabled today that Gerards
postponed vacation is due to his desire
to handle a number OF important mat
ters expected TO arise soon. This was
held by the department TO be the rea-
son why he has decided to remain az
his post.
differences in peace stories publish
ed yesterday and today were declared
10 be not only embarrassing. but ac.
tually harmful. because OF the light i'm
which they place this government
toward Germany.
Ambassador Bernstorf called on
Acting Secretary Polk just before
noon. After a ffteen-minute confer
once he said he had nothing to say. Il
was learned later that embargo mat
ters and the question Of importation OF
dyestuns TO America were discussed
Peace. submarine issues and political
questions were not mentioned, Il was
declared on official authority.
Evening journal., 1916-03-22
HOtU To Make the
Quickest, SIMPLEST Cough
Remedy
Much Better than the Ready
Made Kind and You Save -.
Fully Guaranteed

This homemade cough syrup is now
used in more homes than any other cough
remedy. Its promptness. ease and cer-
tainty in conquering distressing coughs,
chest and throat colds is really remark
able. You can actually feel IL take hold.
A day's use will usually overcome the
ordinary cough-relieyes even wh0oping
cough quickly. Splendid, too. for bron-
chitis, spasmodic Group, bronchial asthma
and winter coughs.
Get from any druggist "a ounces Of
Pinex (50 cents WORTH, pour II in pint
bottle and fill the bottle with plain granu-
lated sugar syrup. This gives you-at a
cost OF only 54 cents-a full pint of better
cough syrup than YOU could buy for $780,
Takes but a few minutes 10 prepare. Full
directions with Pinex. Tastes good and
never spoils.
You will be pleasantly surprised how
quickly IL lOosens dry, hoarse or tight
coughs, and heals the inhamed mem
branes in a painful cough. 1t also stops
the formation of phlegm in the throat
and bronchial tubes, thus ending the per-
sistent loose cough.
Pinex is most valuable concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine ex-
tract, rich in guaiacol, which is 50 heal
ing to the membranes.
To avoid disappointment, be sure and
ask your druggist for '2ia ounces Pinex,
and don't accept anything else.
A guarantee OF absolute satisfaction
OF money promptly refunded, goes with
this preparation. The Pinex Co., kt
Wayne. Ind.
Evening journal., 1916-03-22
FEAR MRS. AAILOR
IS AMONG DEAD
Missing Since March 10,
Police Give Her Up
For Dead
HUSBAND SAYS SHE
TALKED OF DEATH

Missing from her home since March
10, Mrs. Catherine Nailor, aged 35
years. whose husband lives at No. ITO
Conrad street. is thought to be dead.
This opinion is shared by the police,
to whom was reported the woman's
disappearance. They have made in
quiries OF all hospitals in this city,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington as well as morgues in those
places about the missing woman.
Mrs. Nailor weighs about $50
pounds. Her hair is tinged with gray.
When last seen on March 10 she wore
a dark coat suit with white shirt
waist She said she was going to Bal
timore to meet her husband. who. how
ever. was at work here at the time.
Her disappearance was noted by Mr..
Nailor on his return from work in a
local industrial plant. According 10
relatives Of Mrs Nailor. she had been
brooding for some time and had
spoken frequently of death.