The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-11-03
Denver Chief Protests at Fake.

0eHVer NnIeI PrOI0stS a FAk0.
The publication Of these statistics
simultaneously by the South Dakota
Local Option League and the Chi
cago Brewers Association caused &C.
~tivities among the drys and the Den
Yer officials. In response to a tele.
gram OF inquiry Chief Of Police Arm.
strong OF Denver promptly wired the
following reply:
Denver. Colo. Sept. 8, 1916.
y. II. Hoagland, President South Da-
kota A~nti-Saloon League. Mitchell,
S. D.:
Total arrests for drunkenness for
first six months 1915 was 1,343. Total
number DRINKS for first six months
1916 was $50. Female DRINKS for 1915
for 1916 same period was ffty-two.
n. ARMSTRONG,
"Chief Of Police"
As it appeared from Chief Arm
strong's telegram and from other ofi-
cial 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 drunks for the CORE
spending period OF last year by ten,
the drys gave the fake very wide
publicity.
Vets Rciterate 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
was %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 rs 4 text and a pre-
text Superintendent Holsaple OF the
Anti-SalOon League aud the drys gen.
orally were s~andpapercd for doubling
the ~yeracity Of the South Dakota Lo.
cal Option League and the Chicago
Brewers Association.
Then Come More Deniais.
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
look a hand In the game to deny the
wet charges OF increased drunken
ness in Denver. but +. r. Knight. po-
lice clerk at Denver. who had also
been quoted, made a denial Of the
same statements in the following
kilograms:
City Editor D;lI's Denial.
Denver, Colo, Sept. 70, 1916.
IN. r. Holsaple, Care A~nti-saloon
League. Mitchell. $. 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 ~substantiated by the po-
lice figures. According to the records
there were arrested in 1915 for in
t~oAication 3,227 persons. In the pc
riod embraced between Jan. l. 1916,
and today, Sept. 70, the arrests for
this cause have totalled 1,021. At
the same rata ~ for the last nine
months the arrests for the entire
year 1916 would 0 e1csed 1,4O0.
, Stress has been laid on the nuinbet
of convictions rs indication that
drunkenness has been more prevalent
|. lince prohibition became effective
INn before. bnt this is c~ontroverted
by the fact that pst0s TO Jan. l, last,
intoxicateS persons were 40 p~rosecut-
Cd. but were ms<aly held in the city
Jail until sober.
ROBERT G. DILL,
City Editor Denver Post"
Police Clerk knights Denial.
Denver, Colo, Oct. 5, 1915
~. s. Hoagland, President South Da.
kotA Anti-Saloon League, Mitchell,
s.. D.:
"Polics, coroner and criminal court
records show decided decrease In
crimes in January, first published hg-
ures are misleading, Disturbance
cases arraigned in police court first
half OF 1915 total At; same period
this year, $50. Total drunks arrest
ed some period 1915 was 1.343, but
only 136 held for police court. Total
arrested same period this year, SIS,
OF which 56S were tried In police
court. September, 1918. 333 arrested
for drunkenness. Of which twenty-five
we're tried In police court. September,