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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-08
WESTERN STATES
KILL Wet CLAIMS
Big Cities Vote Against Return
Of Traffic.
PROHIBITION DOES PROHIBIT

Every Dry State Increases Majority
Against Saloons, While Big Cities
Which First Voted Wet Return
Heavy Dry Maiorities After Expert
encing the Benefits Which Come
Under Prohibition-Voters Render
Useless Argument of Liquor Inter
ests That Prohibition Hurts State.
Chicago, Ill. (Special.)-The vot-
ers of Washington, Oregon, and Colo
rGdo show exactly what these states
think of Prohibition. Ali three states
voted dry in 1914. Prohibition went
into effect January l, 1916, and last
November all three states voted on
proposals initiated by the liquor in
terests in attempting to make these
states wet. If Prohibition is disas-
trous to a state, these states would
have voted themselves back into the
wet column.
Oregon gave a majority for Prohi
bition in 1914 of 36,480. The brewers
proposal submitted to the voters at
last Novem5er's election permitted
the manufacture OF 4 per cent malt
beverages by home breweries and
their distribution under the same reg
ulations as now control importations
from the outside. This wet proposal
was defeated by a majority of 54,626,
At the same election the voters adopt
ed the bone-dry measure to prohibit
the importation of Intoxicating liq-
uors by majority of 5,261.
The vets carried the city of Port
land in 1914 by 1,214. Last Novem-
Der Portland gave a majority of 1868
against the brewers proposal, or a
net change of 2,877. The bone-dry
measure carried all but six counties
in the state.
In 1914 the state of Washington
voted dry by a majority of 1852
Last year the vets initiated two
measures, the one known as the brew
cry bill, and the other as the hotel OF
general liquor bill. The brewery bill
was defeated by 124,S46 majority and
the general liquor bill by 1928 ma
jority. In 1914 the city of Seattle
gave a wet majority of $4,000 and in
November of last year gave dry
majority against the brewery bill OF
18,40O, and against the general liq-
uor bill Of 43,200. The city of Spo-
kane gave a wet majority of 900 ir
1914 and a dry majority in 1915
against the brewery bill of 14,200
and against the general liquor bill Of
23,6O0. The city Of Tacoma in 1917
gave a wet majority of 2300 and il
1916 gave a dry majority against tie
brewery bill of 5000 and against the
general LIQUOR bill Of 14,800.
The liquor people, especially II
Seattle, made a most determined ef.
fort to breal, down the Prohibition
law, but industrial, moral and eco
nomic benefits Of Prohibition through
out the state were so apparent as tc
account for the heavy majority
against both bills.
In 1914 Colorado voted dry by {
majority of 11,572. Last Nover1be'
the state defeated the beer amend
ment by a majority of 65,783. DeAVe
voted wet by $500 majority in 19t.
and voted dry in 1916 by . najori!,
of 1000. These figures are conc!Ua
i've answers to the claims of the lie
uor press that Prohibition has ruiEe,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-08

December, 1912, imports OF
gold exceeded exports by nearly
$4,000, 900. That was velvet
money. December, 1913, the
third mouth Of the Wilson Under
wood tariff law, exports of gold
exceeded imports by SIS, 100000.
That was hard money. Decem,
ber, 1916, imports of gold eX,
ceeded exports by $138, 900, 900.
That was blood money. Which
money do you like best?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-08

Too many of us are apt to
think that we had no foreign
trade prior to the outbreak Of
the European war;" says Doc.
Pratt, of the Department of Com
merce, in a franked statement to
the whole United States relative
to farm machinery. LAS a mat
ter of fact" he continues, the
United States stood third amcrg
the exporting natious of the
world, and the recent great
growth in our trade is really the
climax cf a development which
has been going on for several de-
cades." Well, for several de-
cades. except for one or two tenn
purary interruptions the Unitld
States has been operating under
a protective tariff law. The Dem
ocratic near-frse-trade law went
into effect October 3, 1913, ard
had free swing until July 81,
1914, when the European War
brtke cut. During that ten
months period our exports de-
creased l59,OOO,OOO, compared
with the similar period October.
1912, to July. 1918, under the
Republican law. Today II per
cent of our exports are properly
claSsifabie as war munitions
shoes, steel products, foodstuffs,
ammunition. clothing, animals,
ETC., etc. The capacity to haL-
die our enol nous war trade was
developed under Republican poll
cies. The lact that our produc-
ing classes have handled it is as
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-08

Somebody has suggested MIR.
McAdoo as the next Democratic
candidate for president. Why
not the other son-in-law, Mr..
Sayre? He appear to have much
the more admirable qualities. -
Buffalo Express.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-08
THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1917.

The new fifty-cent piece. it is
said, will become as much used
as the quarter. Probably because
it will buy about as much as the
old quarter used to Chicago
Evening Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-08
PASTE IN YOUR HAT.

Columbus, o. (Special.) ~ In
the statewide Prohibition election
OF 1914 the vets poiled 5SS,329
votes and the drys 5O4177. The
wet majority was S4,152. In 1915
the vets polled 54O,37T votes and
the drys 4S4,969. The wet ma.
jority in 1915 was 55,40S. There
was a slump in the wet vote OF
1882 in 1915 as compared with
1914 and slump in the dry vote
Of 19,20S.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-08

According to the report of the
u. S. Consul in Bradford, Eng
land, exports of cotton cloths
(chiefy linings) for the year 19lt
totaled SIS, 557, 532, compared with
50, ,448, TO the year before, ali in
crease of 80 per cents The Re
publican rate on this class OF
goods was SC a square yard and
3O% ad valorem, The Democrats
cut it to 3O% and nc specific
With such a ridicu!ously low rate
of duty Bradford beats us to it.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
LONDON'S BEAUTIFIED
JEWESSES.

A correspondent in the London
Jewish Chronicle is moved to words
over what he calls the question of
beautifed Jewesses. He writes a
letter in the following strain: "Sir
- Numbers of young Jewish
women take their walks about the
West End on such days as they are
not at work in the East End or
West Central districts. Unfor-
tunately, some Of them render
themselves unpleasantly noticeable
and ludicrous by covering their
faces with layer Of paint, powder
and rouge. A few merely whiten
their noses or give an unholy
mauve hue to that organ, thereby
making it extraordinarily con-
spicuous. In either case, the idea,
one imagines, is to beautify them
selves. The exact opposite is the
actual result. AS they cannot be
mistaken for members of that fast
section of the upper ten, which also
bedauds itself Though so much
more skilfully), they run the
greatest risk of being mistaken for
disreputable characters. They,
therefore, do themselves and their
race an injustice by the practice.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
JEWISH LOAN TO RUSSIA.

In a communication sent by a
committee of leading Jews of Rus
STA to a number of American Jew
ish leaders American Jewry is
called upon to help in the financ-
ing of a loan to Russia. Here is,
indeed, an opportunity for Ameri-
can Jewish capital to do a hand
some and generous deed on a pure
business basis. Let us support the
new democratic Russian govern
ment with all the means in our
power. We owe it to our Russian
brethren, to the cause of freedom
and of humanity. With the sta
bility of the present government
insured, the money will be repaid,
and probably with interest, too.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
May 4, 1917.

efforts in all these directions SEEM
ed to be tireless.
Finding a most congenial and
fruitful field in Pittsburgh, he made
the most Of his opportunities. In
the large and influential Jewish
community of that city, with it's
many men of wealth and CONNER
cial and social prominence, he soon
became leading figure. His con-
gregation grew and developed rap
idly. How we'll it appreciated his
ability, his talents, and his ener-
getic activity is shown by the fact
that he was the second highest
salaried rabbi in the country.
That man of his fine and sturdy
physique and before reaching the
meridian of life, should so quickly
succumb to a sudden illness, is one
of the inscrutable dispensations OF
Providence. His congregation will
find it very difficult to replace him.
Of the younger men in the liberal
Jewish ministry there are very
few who have all the qualifications
necessary to fill the place left va
cant by Leonard j. Levy, and those
few are in charge of the leading
congregations of the country, and
have no reason for desiring a
change.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
THE "BABY WEEK. EXHIBIT.

"Baby Week" is under way amid
the cooling and gurgling of the
babies, the bustling activity of the
mothers who proudly show off the
good points of their babies and the
general interest of a jostling
crowd who ask thousand ques-
lions from the care of babies teeth
to the right kind of baby car
riage.
The exhibits TEEN with the in
terest of an old fashioned fair.
There's the miniature theatre with
puppets for actors worked from
the back of the stage; the daily
washing Of baby; the dental clinic
every afternoon with demonstra-
tions on the care of the children's
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
A PAST MASTER IN THE ART
OF KNOWING HOW TO DO
THINGS.

Jacob H. Schiff is not only a
prince among philanthropists but
surely also past master in the
art of knowing how to do things!
Feeling that the success Of the new
ten-million-dollar relief fund was
endangered by the communal
apathy on the one hand and the
excitement of the national crisis
on the other, he hit upon the in
genious plan Of inviting the affluent
and well-disposed-to-give among us
to dinner. And, then, when he had
them at his mercy, as it were, he
deftly reminded them of their duty
in the premises, and let Rabbi j.
Leon Magnes picture the misery
and the suffering as only he knows
how to depict it, and behold! the
good work is accomplished! Hats
off, say we, to Jacob H. Schiff -
Hebrew Standard.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
AND EVEN BILLY SUNDAY.

Said 'Billy" Sunday, during the
course of his sermon on April 18th,
and arousing enthusiastic applause
from the audience that damned
the Tabernacle on Washington
Heights, New York City:
81 think that out of this war the
Jews are to regain Palestine, wrest-
ed from the hands of the Turk,
and that then your Uncle Sam will
have something to do with the rul-
ing of it. You mark my words:
the Jew has been away from his
home for long time, but he's 60
ing home now"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

teeth; stereopticon slides showing
the work of the Anti-Tuberculosis
Committee; the Boy Scouts, and
the Park Board; the daily patriotic
drill by school children; the dis
play of handicraft work done in
the public schools, etc.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
1O55

1O5
solution of that ever-pressing
problem, is another sign of the
mighty leaven the war has started
working throughout the world.
Democracy now constantly calls
to democracy to recognize that the
principles Of freedom and the pro-
lection of free peoples have
emerged as the paramount issues.
In Russia, in Hungary, in
Sweden, in Germany itself, war,
tyranny or hunger has produced
or is producing vast reactions from
forces of democracy more or less
conscious.
In England and America, on the
other hand, where democratic
ideals were already in command,
statesmen and leaders of thought
are earnestly seeking ways and
means to close once and for all
long-standing breaches, to recon-
cile interests or to assure the
rights of peace and self-govern-
ment to prosecuted peoples.
Even as Lord Northcliffe asks
American democracy to lend it's
aid in bringing England and Ire
land into cooperative harmony,
from American democracy are
heard strong voices pleading for a
new Palestine where a people long
oppressed may gather from every
corner of the world that still denies
them liberty and find at last their
national salvation in a Jewish re-
public.
These are great ideas. If they
and others like them henceforth
dominate mems thoughts, no one
can say the struggle out of which
they have been born or raised to
power has been in vain.
Week by week, day by day, al
most they grow stronger. More
and more clearly Tree democracy
stands forth as the master issue
that has absorbed all lesser issues
of this war. And that is why we
no longer hear men lament that
they cannot see what the conflict
means or what it promises.-The
New York Evening World.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
TWO GREAT IDEAS.

Lord Northcliffe's appeal to
America for an expression of views
on Irish Home Rule, which may
help the British government to
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14

LEAD and we fo1lowr' Numbered
the men of Modin.
Beriah from the outskirts of the
crowd, gazed wistfully at Judas, cold
and quiet, naked sword in his hand
Then he turned his face to Antioch
and left the home of his fathers for
ever.
The friends met once more on the
eve of the battle of Beth Horon,
when man footsore and weary crept
into the camp of Israel and begged
to be led before Judas, the command
er. Once within the tent of Judas
Maccabeus, he stood swaying from
very weakness, for he had made
long journey and was we'll nigh
exhausted. In spite of the dust of
the road and the tattered Syrian gar
ments he wore, Judas knew him for
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14

AS he finished speaking, a Jew,
who had long since loved the ways of
the heather in his heart, stepped from
the crowd and advanced toward the
altar. AS he was about to scatter in
cense upon the flame, a triumphant
leer curling his mouth, Mattathias
wrenched the sword from the ENJOYS
hand and plunged it into the traitors
breast
The sons of Mattathias surged for
ward, a close wall about their father.
Others joined them, snatching
swords and spears from the Syrian
soldiers as they pressed about their
priest. His old voice rang above
their shouting like a trumpet blast.
whatsoever is jealous for the
Law" cried Mattathias, follow mel"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14
ZIONISTS, ARABS AND AR
MENIANS UNITE.

The Zionist leaders in England
have come to a definite agreement
concerning Palestine with the rep
resentatives of the Arabs and Ar
menians, who have their headquar-
tiers in London.
According to the correspondent
of the Jewish Morning Journal this
agreement covers a number of sub
sidiary questions in which the three
nationalities are interested. The
Zionists have agreed that the Mo-
hammedan shrines shall remain un-
der Moslem control. A similar
agreement was made with the Pope
concerning the shrines sacred to
Christianity, and this had much to
do with influencing the head of the
Catholic church to espouse the Zion
list program.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14

ton the oppressed of other nations.
would Feel They Had Home"
"Most important Of all, with a
Jewish nation established, Jews
throughout the world would feel
they had home once more-and
this even if their condition and circum-
stances did not enable them to emf
CRATE to Palestine.
my suggestion for a temporary
protectorate is based on a desire
that the Jewish nation and the in
terests of it's people should be per-
mitted to grow under the fostering
care of some great power which has
no selfish interest in Palestine.
Thirteen million Jews through
out the world look today to Jerusa-
lem the Holy. What could be more
fitting than a Jewish nation reborn
after centuries of Jewish travail?"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14
December IA, 1917

London, Dec. 11.-Israel Fang
will saw his dream of a Jewish re-
public coming true today.
Such separate, independent
state in Palestine, is the great Jew
ish leaders hope for the future, as
he expressed it to the United Press
today while exulting in the reclama-
ton from infdel hands of the Holy
City of Jerusalem.
II would call it the Republic of
Judea or of Israeli" he said.
1T would be an autonomous sep
arate republic, but I would have it
temporarily under the protection of
some great world power England,
the United States, or perhaps, all
the allies combined. This protector
ate would continue only long enough
to make it certain that the new Jew
ish nation was solidly established.
mot all Would go Back"
"None of us who hope for such
nation expect or believe that all
Jews wherever now located would
come to Palestine and live under
the new government. It is my be-
lief, however, that Jewish farmers
who are finding it hard to make a
living in many places of the world,
would do so. Moreover, these are
the sort of men who would form
the most solid basis for the republic.
They should be given some aid to
permit their return home" Jeru-
salem now once again restored to us
from Turkeys ruthless grasp of CEN
turtles is an ideal spot for capital
1t could be the site for a great COM
mercial or trading city.
"But my plan would not be to
bring to Jerusalem the Jews who
have prospered throughout the
world. Rather / would have drawn
to the new capital and the new ma
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-12-14
245

DNAA eAAA' wv Vim oSOON SNAAS ~
each other, cropping for speech.
At last Beriah spoke, faltering in
his words, for he was tired: 81 have
come a fugitive from the Syrian
camp. no longer serve in the army
of Antiochus."
But Judas did not speak. His
great hands played about his sword
hilt.
Beriah drew nearer. "Do not
turn away from me-" he pleaded. II
have never known an hours peace
since the day I deserted the faith of
my fathers. Something within me
hath always cried out against my
treason. I felt myself branded a
coward when I saw men and women,
yea, young children even, suffer tor
ture and death rather than obey the
king. Three days ago my men
brought a widow and her seven sons
before Antiochus. He babe them bow
to his gods and live, but they would
not listen to his words. He besought
their mother to plead with them, lest
they all die in torment; but she
begged them to die rather than for
sake the Law of their fathers" He
pushed back the dusty hair from his
forehead, the old familiar gesture
lashing Judas like whip across the
face. "That night I cast aside my
Syrian armor; I broke the sword I
had taken from the hand of Antio-
chus and came to thee"
Judas brown fingers had crept to
the throat of his tunic; he seemed to
breathe with difficulty. Beriah threw
himself before him, and tried to catch
his robe
"Do not send me away" he
urged in broken entreaty. II lie in
shame at thy feet. I am unworthy to
do battle for the God I have deserted
and despised; I am unworthy Of thy
brother love, thy trust Yet give
me place among thy men that I, too,
may strike blow for Israel, and die
a clean man fighting for my God"
Judas turned to the soldier who
kept watch at the door of the tent
His face had grown old and very
tired; but he stood straight and tall,
nor did he glance at the crumpled
figure, sobbing upon the ground.
"Give this man food and allow him
to rest before he leaves Our camp"
he said clearly, and passed out into
the darkness. Beriah continued to
sob, for his spirit was broken.
After the battle of Beth Horon,
the victorious Jews found Beriah's
body among their slain The wounds
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
A Queen Off Duty.

The neatness Of her figure was ac-
centuated by a dress of the vogue, and
she bore herself with the graceful free
dom Of an unspoiled queen Of the pc
Rod when royalty did not wear cor
sets. She was half a block ahead Of
me when first noted her unaffected
stateliness, continues a writer In the
New York Sun. Perhaps my attention
was drawn to her by the admiration Of
everybody within periscopic range, the
concentrated worship Of the hypnotized
multitude impelling me to follow its
example. 1 walked faster and, as the
sailors say, was soon abeam Of her. 1
passed her, and as 1 did so fear I
violated polite precedents by viewing
her askance.
I recognized her instantly. She Is
my married sisters cook, and, as my
brother-in-law has remarked, "She Is
some cookr'-Detroit Free Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
Horseshoes and Luck,

The luck Of the horseshoe comes from
three lucky things always connected
with horseshoes. These consist Of the
following facts: 1t is the shape Of a
crescent; it is a portion Of a horse; 1t
is made from iron. Each Of these has
from time immemorial been considered
lucky. Anything in the shape of a
crescent was always considered a thing
to bring luck. From the earliest times,
too, at least since the world knew
something Of the qualities of iron, iron
has been regarded as a thing to give
protection and, incidentally, that would
involve good luck. And, lastly, the
horse since the days Of English mythOl-
ogy has been regarded as a lucky ami
NAL When, then, we had a combina-
ton of the three-the crescent, the iron
and the horse-in one object, it became
a true lucky sign In the eyes of the
people-Book Of Wonders.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
Eve and Tsmosr Savers.

Those who do fine needlework Of
any kind" says a writer In the Wo-
mans Home Companion, will find II
advantageous to observe these rules
closely:
do not sit too long at the task. II
you wish to spend day or half day
at it, keep at it steadily for fifty min
utes and drop the work for the next
ten minutes, occupying your time with
something else through which the mind
may be relaxed. At the end Of ten
minutes go back to the needlework,
again applying yourself to it for fifty
minutes, and so continue throughout
the entire day.
always observe closely the rule re-
garding light direction. Sit with your
back almost facing the light, with the
latter coming over your left shoulder.
when working with net or fine laces
that are white or light colored wear
a black apron that is without gloss,
and never wear a dress or apron that
has figure or stripe Of any sort In it.
Use plain colors as a background for
your work and use colors that are re-
ceding, like blue, dark brown or green"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-30
The Motion Picture interpreter.

The katsuban is a native and unique
product Of japanese life and is called
both q nuisance and q necessity. The
name Is an abridgement Of katsudo-
bensh and means moving picture
speaker. The katsuban follows every
action shown In motion picture plays
and tnterprets It to the audience. he
must not only have fluent tongue,
but have the ability to initiate profess
sona actors Of both old and new
schools as well as being able to speak
several degrees Of falsetto to portray
the various characters In the plays.
The profession Is by no means an easy
one, and the skilled members are al
most as popular as the actors them
selves.
The katsuban cannot be dispensed
with because Of the introduction Of for
eign films in Japan. 1t is necessary ia
explain the action; otherwise the pic
ture would be unintelligible to most of
the audience. Even In the case Of ma
tive pictures 1t is said that as yet many
Of the actors are not sufficiently clever
to enable the management to dispense
with the services Of the katsuban.-
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.