Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-09-14

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now raise taxes for a two year war.
night in the United States and possess
sions arises the question. what shall
be done with the whisky extant?'
Shall the president take it over for
redistribution in the making of NUM-
lions, or shall the public go on using
whisky and gin for the next two years,
or as long as the supply lasts?
All distilleries are closed by a ma
tional law passed some time ago. Since
the passage it is understood distilleries
have been making abnormally large
quantities of whisky and gin to pre-
pare for the great drought"
Shall the government take this over,
depriying the at once, or may
the public go on buying whisky already
manufactured?
All spirits made after Sept. 8 must
be marked with a label reading:
"These spirits were produced from ma
terials fermented after Sept. 8. 1917.
All persons are warned that their use
in the manufacture or preparation of
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purposes shall subject the person SO
using or selling them to a fine of not
exceeding $4,000, or Imprisonment Of
not more than two years. or BOTH"
Railroads Killed 10,o01 In 1915.
Ten thousand and n persons were
killed in the United States in railroad
accidents In 1916, and 1866, 722 were in
jured, according to figures covering
the year made public by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. As usual, the
greater number were t~respassers on
railroad property.
Passengers killed numbered POI; in
jured, S,00S; employees killed, 2,941;
injured, 176,923; other persons, includ-
ing trespassers, killed and injured num-
Der 6,769 and 1 ,791 respectively.
These figures show an increase over
1915 of 1871 killed and 1885 injured.
For Federal Vital Statistics.
Department of officials
want the government to keep a record
of all births and deaths, and recom-
mendations to congress providing for a
federal record of vital statistics prob
ably will be made in the forthcoming
annual report by Secretary Redfield.
Only twelve states keep records of
births and twenty-six death records.
The work of the census bureau in esti-
mating the country's population at any
given time would be greatly facilitated
by a federal record of vital statistics.
Such a record, officials feel, would be
highly useful in many other ways as
well. The recent estimate of the popu-
lation in connection with the drafting
of men for military service, it is
thought, would have been more accu-
rate had there peer such a record avail
able.
officials studying the question are of
the belief that an amendment to the
constitution is necessary to enable the
government to keep such records. This
phase of the subject is being studied
closely.
Control of Retail Coal.
Establishment of retail coal prices
for all communities with the assist
ance of the local committees is the
next step of the federal administration,
according to an announcement of Dr..
II. A. Garfield, administrator.
The cooperation of operators, min
ers, jobbers, retailers and consumers
will be enlisted to obtain the maximum
efficiency of the industry. The govern
ment aims to stimulate production to
the highest possible point, with prices
fair both to producer and consumer. A
protective apportionment of the supply
will enable consumer to purchase at
prices proportionate to the rates fixed
for operators and wholesalers.
Canals Approaches on Wa Basis.
Approaches to the Panama canal
have been placed IN a war basis by
executive order. Defensive areas K
tending far out have been defined and
strict rules made to govern the move
ment of ships within those areas be-
yond both terminals of the canal.
No ship other than a public vessel Of
the United States may cross the for
hidden waters between sunset and
sunrise.
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