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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-03
NOTES ON CONGRESS

Washington. Dec. 3-Representa-
tive Gillett Of Massachusetts, will act
as Republican. leader Of the house,
while Republican Leader Mann is at
Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore,
being treated for neuritis.. Mr.. Mann
is expected to resume his work In the
house after the Christmas holidays.
Re-opening Of the general inquiry
into the railroad situation set for to-
morrow by the Jail congressional COM
mittee was otday prepared until next
Monday or Tuesday.
In the senate today, where Sir
George Reid, former premier of Aus
tralia was a distinguished guest, the
session only lasted long enough to-
formally notify President Wilson con-
gress was in session and to adjourn in
respect to tn ememory of the late
Senator Husting.
The house session was taken up
with swearing in new members COM
ing to fill vacancies, and the calling
of the roll by states.
In both houses there raj a pro-
nounced-a air of confidence and de-.
( sary to bring the war to a successful
conclusion. y@
Representative Randall Of Cali
fornia today Introduced a constitu-
tional amendment to prohibit manu-
facture Of any alcoholic beverage OK
cept for certain restricted purposes
during the war and to empower the
president to purchase distilled liquor
nowsin warehouses I or, stocks. The
amendment is a part OF the prohibi-
ton legislation plans for this session,
Mr.. Randall said.
Representative Nelson of Wiscon-
sin. indicted last week charged with
conspiracy to violate the draft law in
connection with his sons failure to
register. was today granted an indei-
nitetleave of absence from the house.
Mr. Nelson is now at Madison. Wis,
in connection with the case, which he
declares has its foundation in po-
litical antagonism.
II seems that trenches sometimes
have certain disadvantages. az when
the Canadian c:..e'rv Jumped down on
the Germans in them. q
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with the lafayette 5escadrille, who 70
credited with, having brought down
nine German airplanes, added another
victory to his string here when he
-blacked, the eye .ofS an unknown maj
who complaanedsa t paying q war tax
AtSa theatef. SSts
ITS = hell 81 aGonntry," sneered
the man, who WasSSMalking out Of the
lobby Just ahead Ofstths famous flyer.
T"Right yon .are:sHss calculated Lieu
tenant Hail, ssVinsaassgs 4iis right. "a
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Japan. Professor. senga declares. must
ally herself With China. by; peaceful
II possible, by forceful means
y necessary. Should China incline to
favor America O. England above Jap
hn, the latter must bling pressure to
bear tpoh China. Treaties are urged
to seclre tosJapan g priority in Chinai
commercially, industrially and eco
notnically. III
Mines iii China should be dug. he
sAysIE8sfaflwsysss built and other enter
Drisss developed.
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II seems that trenches sometimes
have certain disadvantages, as when
the Canadian (: !.e'-v Jumped down on
the Germans in them. ;&,iz a.
The American issue., 1917-03-16

MfngTE NEWS ITEMS. SHORT STORIES.
uStskt Z SPARE TINE. DE TAILS FREE Exper-
ience unnecessary Press Syndicate iss1 ST Louis Mo.
The American issue., 1917-03-16
BIDDING FOR DEPRAVITY

that is license, and more than 800
places in Peoria are, by this rule, IL
censed to break the law, setting an
example for all other lawbreakers
which they have not been slow in TAX
ing advantage of.
Dry goods stores, hardwares, gro.
ceries, meat markets and barber shops
all close on Sunday, but the saloon.
and dives remain open.
A man may not buy a shave ON
Sunday but he can buy drunk. These
places that make harder the human
struggle for existence; that create
more sickness, sorrow and misery
than all other obstacles in the path
way OF humans, are given the last
minute of time to add yet a little
more to the burdens of suffering wo-
men and children, and to further de-
grade their weak victims.
Will this destroying force be per-
mitted to reign until the great waves
of Prohibition have swept in from all
sides and crushed it?
The American issue., 1917-03-16
'REE hook OF FLORIDA FACTS.

FREE BooK OF FLORIDA FACTS. II
interested in Florida. before visiting or set
ting in this wonderful state of fragrant how-
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The members oi the Association are not
land agents; they simply wish. to tell actual
facts 10 those really interested in the state.
They have no time to waste curiosity
seekers, children or people who expect to
grow rich without effort, but to those OF
character. energy. some capital. with de-
sire 10 learn more Of the opportunities in
this most prosperous state we would be glad
TO give fullest information.
The American issue., 1917-03-16
From Champion of Fair Play, Official
Organ of Illinois Retail Liquor
Dealers

a Prohibition referendum bill,
similar TO the one before the Illinois
Legislature, is now pending before
the Wisconsin House of Representa-
tives, and strange to say is being
fought by the brewers and retailers
and supported by the wholesale liquor
dealers.
This BECAME known when T. Ma
hon, attorney for the Wisconsin As
sociation of Wholesale Liquor Deal
ers and Distillers, issued statement
in which he declared the liquor inter
ests had injured their own cause in
SO many states by offering opposition
to the referendum. In the statement,
Mr.. Mahon placed the members of
the organization he represents on rec
ord in favor of referendum vote of
the liquor question in Wisconsin,.
Wants Vote in 1918
He also urged that the Evjue bill,
which comes up before legislative
committee in Madison next Wednes-
day, be amended to place the question
before the people not earlier than the
spring election of 1918.
The statement made by Attorney
Mahon for the Wisconsin liquor deal
ers says in part:
From developments in the last FIVE
years resulting in the establishment
by legislation of constitutional
amendment of Prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of intoxicants
in many of our states, am led to the
conclusion that the liquor interests in
those states were grossly mistaken as
to methods.
Injured Their Cause y
II believe the representatives of
liquor interests in some states injured
their cause in the past by opposing
the right of the people to vote upon
the question, and thereby they lose
the friendship of fair-minded men
who stand for substantial justice to
every one.
I'VE feel that the question has be-
come of sufficient importance to de-
mand the attention of the Individual
voter, and that he is entitled to the
right to cast his vote according to the
dictates of his own conscience, guided
by calm judgment as to right and
wrong
The American issue., 1917-03-16
Referendum Fought by
Wets in Wisconsin

Attorney for Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton Tells Wet Members of Legis-
lature 1t Is not Only Unfair
but Bad Politics to Keep
Che Question From
the People
The American issue., 1917-03-16
By Nathan Cole in Coles Review


Hill and dale, valley and stream,
vie with each other in making the city
of Peoria one of the worlds most
beautiful landscape scenes. Nature
has provided lavishly for this Illinois
community. Its parks and scenic
drives are nowhere surpassed. 1t is
another Eden where the serpent has
entered and the people are eating of
the forbidden fruit.
For eight years this city has toler-
ated an administration that has
winked at conditions that create de-
bauchery and degeneracy, until every
where the story is told that Peoria
is the widest open city in Illinois, if
not in the entire country"
All over the state cities have gone
dry-Rockford, Elgin, Decatur, Gales
burg, Clinton, Canton-and their
worst citizens have hurried to Peoria,
the wide open city," where vice is
winked at and crime is excused.
There are thousands of splendid
Americans in Peoria who live up to
as high ideals as do the people of
any other community. These good
people protest every day against the
existing conditions-complain and
then passively submit to the control
of their civic affairs by those who
have created a well-organized ma
chine out of vice and immortality.
Into every avenue of industry and
business has commercialized vice
struck its poisoned fangs until the
voice of righteousness speaks only in
hushed whispers, lest it be heard and
hurt.
The spirit is here to cause an up
heaval, but it dare not become mill
tant and aggressive, for fear of loss
of profit.
And so the devil rides at breakneck
speed toward the great precipitous
walls of the bottomless pit.
And the good continue to pray in
secret, while the wicked rail and
curse. Nero is fddling while Rome
is being sacked and burned.
Lawbreaking is not even done Sc
cretly here, 1t is Haunted in 'the
faces of those who are sworn to up
hold it.
When law is dehed and no officer
OF the law can be found to enforce it,
The American issue., 1917-03-16
TEACHING TEMPERANCE IN
THE SCHOOLS
How School Teachers May Cooper
ate in the Prohibition Campaign

Teachers w:o are anxious to find
the best material TO use in giving
talks on temperance to their pupils,
can find nothing better than this bud
get of 80 leaflets, prepared especially
for their use. A short talk from one
of these leaflets each day for a month
previous to election day, supplement
ed by giving the leahct to each child
to take home, with request to read
it to the family. or have the parents
and older brothers read it, will create
lots of temperance sentiment in any
community. These leaflets are to be
used in the order given.
1.-What is Alcohol?
Effect of Alcohol on the Brain.
3.-Effect of Alcohol on Circulation.
affect of Alcohol on Nerves.
5.-Effect of Alcohol on Character.
o.-Effect of Alcohol on Heredity.
7.-Alcohol and Disease.
S.-Effect of Alcohol on Sex Life.
9.-Alcohol and the Spiritual Life.
10.-Aleohol and Citizenship.
11.-Alcohol and Child Life.
12.-Alcohol and Government.
13.-The Best Machine Made.
l4.-The Best Part of Us.
15.-How We Catch Disease.
16.-How to Live Long.
lido Ne. Catch Tuberculosis.
18.-What the Armies Learned.
19.-Weighing Down the Safety Valve
20.--Look Outl
21.-Asieep at Their Post.
22.-Waste in Health's Bank Account
23.-Drink Pulls on Graveyard End.
24.-What Happened to the Kittens
and Puppies.
25.-The Typesetters.
26.-Rife Shooting in Swedish Army.
27.-The Relief of Ladysmith.
ga Fathers Mistake.
2o.-A Wolf in Sleeps Chothing.
3o.-Daddy and His Two Little Boys
OUR OFFER
The above budget of 900 leaflets go
leaflets OF each OF the 80 titles) will
be sent postpaid on receipt of our
special price of $3.50. Ask for School
Teachers Budget, and start this val
liable work in your own community
FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
This budget of 900 leaflets is splen-
did for general distribution in any
community. You can use it whether
you are teacher or not. Send $3.50
for the budget today, and start the
good work.
Young Peoples Cooperative Tenn
perance Bureau. Westerville. Ohio.
The American issue., 1917-03-16
THE PEOPLE SHOULD
DECIDE

Illinois people should have
the privilege OF deciding
whether saloops shall be al
lowed to continue business in
this state. If saloons are a
good thing. the people should
be given the opportunity to en-
dorse them. If they are the
cause of higher taxation for
maintenance of county jails,
insane asylums and other char
liable and corrective institu-
tions the people should be
given the privilege of routing
them. A majority of the peo-
pie should determine the sa-
loon issue and other important
issues.
The Illinois Senate has al
ready passed the bill referring
the saloon matter to the voters
of Illinois. The House will
vote on it soon and by the vote
of the Legislators will their
constituents know whether the
Legislators think the people
should rule or whether the
Legislature should do the
thinking for their constituents.
Whether Illinois would be
voted dry or wet is not the
question at this time for the
Legislators to decide. The
question now is: "Havc the
people the right to .decide?"
Illinois will not be far wrong
in deciding the saloon question
and other questions if the peo-
pie rule.-Hillsboro Journal.
The American issue., 1917-03-16

PATENTSP ictue OF Patent Office and 3year csisndas
Free. Fitz Gerald Co.. Patent Attorneys s,s Street
Washington. d. c.. Established 1850. ~ 5
The American issue., 1917-03-16
The States Attorneys
POtUer in Saloon Cases

One of the evils of court procedur,
in Illinois which should be spcedil,
remedied is the reckless use of tht
States Attorneys power to dismiss
criminal cases, and especially saloor
cases. The absolute indifference te
justice shown by the States Attor
ney's Office in the cases of the Chi
cago saloonkeepers arraigned for VIC
lation of the Sunday closing law will
be seen from the following excerp
from the evidence in these cases.
Mr.. Green, Assistant States At
torney: The States Attorney
was never consulted in the mat
ter, and from our experience, and
my experience this morning, or
what l found out by asking sew
eral policemen about the cases,
don't think that we should go
ahead.
The Court: Do | understand
you want them nollied whether
they have been arraigncd or notl
These defendants have not been
arraigned, and it is my opinion
they ought to be called upon to
plead to the information.
Mr.. Green: / also want to
state further, that this matter is
more completely in the hands of
the Mayor than in the hands of
any one else; he may revoke
these licenses if he sees fit, in
which case it would be unneces-
sary to prosecute with all the at
tendant waste of time and money;
this would be a more effective
punishment than the statutory
fine, and it would be an easy,
sensible and economical way of
handling the matter.
We want to nolle every case
with the courts permission.
1t will be seen from this excerpt
from the transcript of the evidence
that the States Attorneys Office pro-
fessed to believe that the revocation
of licenses was the better method oil
dealing with these cases and refused
to prosecute them, although the
statute made it obligatory to do so
AS we have stated before, Mayor
Thompson's obligation to revoke sa-
loon licenses in no way lessons the
obligation of the States Attorney
and his assistants to prosecute the
violators of the Sunday closing law.
The American issue., 1917-03-16
DRY WASHINGTON UPSETS
CLAIMS OF WET LEADERS
PEOPLE NEVER so PROSPEROUS
By L. R. Horton, Spokane

A~s ~ @%S
1t will be comforting to those who
are still living in awe of the intruding
presence of the open saloon and of the
political influence of domineering
brewers to know that the dire results
that arc supposed to come with Pro-
hibition fail to materialize. We who
have escaped such thraldom look back
at our fears and smile. And while we
have enjoyed Prohibition only Is
months that is long enough to prove
to us that those liquor prophcsies
were false. and yet is not SO long but
that we can remember the experience
of former days.
No Trouble About Revenue
"You can never pay your taxes
without our license money" said the
bartender.
To estimate the amount of revenue
derived from liquor licenses, all that
is necessary is to multiply the number
of saloons by 1000. But the crime
and pauperism and wasted money oc-
casioned by open dram shops is over
looked We honestly cannot say just
how we have met this deficit. We
simply have rambled right along and
paid no attention to it, and in no city
in Washington have special levies
been resorted to. We do not need as
much money as we used to spend to
run our cities, and some business men
have had to pay more taxes because
they have accumulated more property.
Workmen Better OFF
Look at the number of men that
Prohibition will throw out of employ
ment," said the wet advocate.
That is true. Thousands of brew
cry workers and bartenders lost their
jobs, but strange to say, the labor
market Immediately improved. These
breweries became canneries, fisheries,
milk depots, wholesale grocery
houses, and cold storage plants, and
in every case they needed more la
borers than the brewery had em-
ployed. Then, too, the buns, and beg
gars, and FOUNDERS left the state. They
were men who would loaf and drink
as long as they had money, and when
destitute they would work for their
room and board. This kept the price
of labor down. The men who are left
have families to support and are in
terested in their jobs. They command
good pay and get it. After all, when
you drain pond, you don't worry
about what is to become of the frogs.
Empty Building Bogey Upset
"But the empty buildingsP
Yes, we had them here in Spokane,
153 of them. but after IS months you
cannot find these places. People for
get that the same amount of money
spent in dramshop will support an
other business in the same place.
prohibition does not prohibit. They
will sell it anyhow"
Is that prophesy or threat? The
liquor men themselves have created
the appetite which they say is law-de-
The American issue., 1917-03-16

flying, and it may have been true 20
years ago, but it is not true now. The
concensus of opinion is that the Pro-
hibition law is the best enforced law
on the statute books. OF course, we
have bootleggers. just as we have
thieves, and gamblers, and prostitutes.
but we do not have so many of them
as formerly, and we put them in Jail
whenever they are found. To per-
sons who have always lived in cities
where the big brewery whistle blows
every morning, where brazen saloon
doors swing freely on every promi-
nent corner, and where beer wagons
rumble through the streets all day
long, it seems that the law is weak
weapon in the presence of such forces.
But let me iron out your shivers by
assuring you that the biggest liquor
dealers are the first to lock the door
and draw the fire when the clock
strikes II for Prohibition. A million
aire does not like to go to Jail nor
even to think about it.
Poor Mans Club" Fallacy Exposed
"The saloon is the poor mans club.
If you close it where will these men
go"
Since when did these liquor dealers
become so altruistic? One trouble
with the poor mans club is that it
keeps the poor man poor. In not one
city of this state has special provision
been made to entertain former saloon
habitues. If we had fitted out such
places these men would not go there.
They are proud. They have always
paid their own way and they glory in
it. In many former saloon locations
billiard halls, bowling alleys, restau-
rants, soft drink parlors, and picture
shows have been profitably estab-
lished. The men do not spend so
much money there nor stay out so
late at night as they formerly did, but
they are in better shape to ring the
ei'hS NioSh thS Hcxt I1OTHlIlR, ana
many thousands of them have opened
savings accounts.
In short, all of the portending dis.
asters that were to strike us helpless
when the cloud of Prohibition settled
over our fine state have proved to be
only heat lightning that flashed from
one liquor dealer to another, and when
the cloud did settle nothing came
down but showers of blessings that
have refreshed the people with new
life.
Now ] can prove all of the above
assertions with one statement Of
fact. After 10 months trial of Pro.
hibition, Washington, the most popu-
lous of all the Prohibition states to-
day; Washington that has in it the
largest dry city in America today;
Washington increased its dry majority
from 1862 to 146,556, and every
county, every city, and every incor-
porated town returned a majority
against John Barleycorn Such is the
verdict of II per cent of the voters of
our state
The American issue., 1917-03-16
DRY WAUKEGAN
CLEANS HOUSE

The action of the Lake county
grand jury in collecting evidence
against violators of the local option
law in Waukegan and other parts of
the county is bearing fruit. Several
blind pig keepers have been arrested
and fined.
Immediately the effect is seen on
the police records. The number of
arrests for the month of February
was the lowest for years, and is as
follows:
Drunkenness ..s...........o
Vagrancy .................4
Disorderly conduct ........4
Which goes to show that the way
to make Prohibition prohibit il
merely to enforce the law.
The American issue., 1917-03-16
Frauds Charged
In Saloon Wards
by Chicago Vets
Gunmen, Sluggers, Pickpockets and
Yeggmen Overcome Judges and
Precinct Captains
EXAMPLE OF SALOON POLL
TICS

A typical story of what the saloon
does for the politics of city comes
from the 18th ward in Chicago.
Two saloonkeepers, Barney Grogan
and John ]. Touhy, were candidates
for aldermen in the recent primaries
on the Democratic ticket. On the
face of the returns Grogan won, but
his opponent charges fraud and con-
spiracy of election officers. Grogan
hurls the charge back in the face of
his opponent.
Grogan Makes Sizzling Charge
Grogan issued a statement which
ran in part as follows:
at has been stated that 1000 fraud
ulent votes were cast at the Demo-
cratic primaries in the 18th ward. That
is true. Those votes were cast for
John J. Touhy, my opponent, by the
followers of Michael Sullivan assist
ant States Attorney
"Thirty-two automobiles, hired by
the opposition, carried gangs of gun
men, sluggers, pickpockets and yegg-
men throughout the ward. Some OF
them, were residents of the ward,
whom it was proposed to vote in sew
eral precincts. Others were not even
residents of the ward, but were
brought in and offered $40 day for
their services.
These repeaters voted wherever
they were able to overawe the judges
and my precinct captains. In some
precincts, they resorted to physical
force to pave the way for their frauds.
Jaw Broken by Slugger
"In the fifty-hrst precinct, James
H. Irwin, my precinct captain, had
his jaw broken because he dared to
interfere with the repeaters.
ain the ffty-ninth precinct James
Davern, the regular organization pre-
cinct captain, had similar experience.
"In that precinct man named Mar
TIM, who is under indictment in the
Criminal Court, came to Davern early
in the day and asked him to wink at
fraudulent voting.
They've got me under indictment
over on the north side, and they're
making me vote lot of dead ones to-
day to square myself he told Davern.
For Gods sake, let me get away with
it. 1t means my liberty and doesn't
make any difference to you
"Davern told Martini he wouldn't be
a party to the frauds, and Martini left
the polling place. A little later he re-
turned with band of sluggers and
Davern was beaten up. Then the dead
ones were voted during the rest of
the day"
Conspiracy Confessed
In a counter statement, Touhy
charges his opponent Grogan not
only with fraud, but with the corrup-
ton of election machinery. Accord
ing to his statement judges and
clerks of election already have con-
fessed to States Attorney Maclay
Hoyne's men that there was a con-
spiracy of election officials to defeat
Touhy and in one specific instance,
after the votes were counted and were
on the way to the city hall, 81 fraudu-
lent Grogan votes were put into the
box. The leaders in this conspiracy
were Republicans, giving color to
Alderman Murray's charge that the
leaders OF both parties in the ward
were working against Touhy and for
Grogan.
The American issue., 1917-03-16

~ believe National Prohibition will
win the united support of the Grang-
crs," asserts Mr.. Oliver Wilson,
Master of the National Grange, of
Peoria, Ill, after visiting the Oranges
in many states and finding that "a ma
jority of the Grangers are in favor Of
it."
The American issue., 1917-03-16

Organized labor in Seattle, we are
assured, "is absolutely in favor of the
Prohibition law" Said Secretary
James Duncan, of the Labor Council,
results during eight months of Pro-
hibition show how unjustifed wero
the dire predictions OF the breweras