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The Lamar register., 1917-12-19
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
New Membership Campaign Opens
With a Big Rush and Prospects
Are That 1t Will Result in
Doubling the Membership

The campaign started by the ma
tional Red Cross organization to get
ten million members is under way all
over the country this week and no.
where more enthusiastically than in
Prowers county. This county already
had one of the largest memberships
in the state in proportion to popula-
tion, but the new campaign will set
mark that is far more than double
the old membership roll if the present
indications hold good. The ladies,
who volunteered their services in max
ing the canvass, have been doing
splendid work and turning in large
lists of new members rs well as all
of the old ones renewaling. The lists
turned in from the city of Lamar fer
the first two days of the weeks drive
foot up over five hundred members
and reports coming in from over the
county indicate that the people from
all sections are equally enthusiastic
in the work. 1t is hoped and expected
that the city of Lamar alone will pass
the thousand members mark, and the
county should do as well or more. Re-
ports coming from Europe all agree
that the war is still young and this
county has a big task before it, as
the allied nations are many of them
straining themselves to the utmost
limit Of their strength now both in
men and money and the additional
strength needed must come from
America. Hundreds of thousands,
even millions Of our young men must
20 yet, and the least those who stay
at home ought to think of doing is
follow the advice of that game sport
Of Colorado Springs, Spencer Pcsrose,
who said give until it hurts and then
give again and again. Everybody can
spare the one dollar necessary for
membership, and then afterwards you
can give as much as you are able.
You have the knowledge that every
dollar that you give goes directly to
the aid Of the soldiers and those peo-
pie of our own allies who have been
robbed Of all their earthly POSSESSION
by the common foe of our country and
humanity. President Wilson is the
national chairman and Ex-Prelident
Taft chairman of the executive COM
mittee. The latter and Manager Dav-
ison have published the official figures
showing that unlike most organiza-
tions the overhead charges are almost
nothing. Only is cents out Of every
s1.OO goes to overhead expense and
85 cents goes direct to benefit the
needy. There is absolutely no other
organization engaged in charitable
md relief work that can compare with
this record.
The Lamar register., 1917-12-19
INCOME TAX
Collector Skinner Will Send Deputies
To Each County To Advise the
Taxpayers

Denver, Colo, Dec. Is, 1917.-You
won't have to figure out your own in
come tax all by yourself hereafter
The government is going to send out
The Lamar register., 1917-12-19
Sh-h !.

George Crecl's committee on public
information can keep more things sec
ret than any other information" bu-
reau this country ever saw.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
STRIKING DRY STATEMENT BY A
LICENSE DEFENDER
(E. ]. R.)

When the District of Columbia
Bill was being debated in the House
of Representatives and voted on,
February 20. 1917, Representative
Gallivan of Massachusetts,, opened his
speech with these remarkable words:
Rum has more enemies In pub
lie and more friends in private
than any other substance the
world has ever known.
But the more remarkable part OF
the performance was i'll the fact that
after making such statement the
gentleman from Massachusetts made
an argument" in behalf of the liquor
side of the District of Columbia Pro-
hibition Bill. He started out with a
good text but, as was once said by a
teacher of homiletics, "If the text had
had the smallpox the sermon would
never have caught it."
Not even so wise man as Repre-
sentative from the great state o.
Massachusetts, can make speech In
behalf of the liquor traffic, after OPEN
ing his address with the words quot
ed, aud get away with it. This per-
Torrance will go down as one of the
anomalies of history; and since that
speech was made remarkable progress
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
VETS ARE VIOLENT
College Faculty Is Compelled to APP
peal to Governor for Protection
Against Mob Celebrating Sa-
loon Victory

The faculty of McKendree College
at Lebanon, ILL.,, was compelled to ap-
peal to Governor Lowden for protec-
ton against violence by the vets of
the city. who. on April 10, celebrated
the saloon victory in Lebanon.
When it became known that the
vets had carried the local option cleo
ton a mob of 800 marched to the col
lege where they met the students who
were drawn up to receive them. The
home of J. c. Dolly, dean of the COL
lege, was attacked, and when he at
tempted to address the mob he was
pelted with mud. Fifty students,
headed by Professor Reese Brentzel,
drove back the rioters. The mob
threatened to return later and burn
the college buildings.
Professor Dolly, whose home was
attacked, is President of the Law and
Order League and led the fight for the
drys in the recent campaign. The col
lege influence was wholly on the side
of the drys.
The mob formed at a saloon
where the wet victory was cele-
brated.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
Farmers Will Help
to Enforce Dry Law
Sangamon County Association Re.
solves to Cooperate in Enforc-
ing Anti-Saloon Law in
Springfield

According to the Springfield Regis
ter members of the Sangamon County
Farmers Association at meeting
last week of the executive committee
and board of control, passed the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the board of con-
troll of the Sangamon County Farmers
Association now in session heartily
endorse the action of the voters of the
city of Springfield in voting the city
dry and will be glad to cooperate in
any way possible to see that the law
is enforced"
This resolution furnishes a oonclu-
sive answer to the silly claim of vets
that farmers do not like to trade in a
dry town.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
HOW COLONEL TOM FIGURES


Here is our old friend Tom Gill
more, head of the publicity depart
ment of the whisky trust, who figures
out victory for the vets in Wiscon-
sin this spring, because several towns
which are wet voted to remain wet,
and few scattering dry towns voted
wet. He thinks there is wet victory
because all wet towns that voted did
not vote dry. The fact is that in the
net results of the Wisconsin election
this spring, the drys showed gain OF
IS towns, including Madison, the state
capital. Colonel Gilmore believes in
going to the bottom with colors fly
ing.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04

The Province of Alberta, Canada,
has been dry since July l, 1916 Com
parison of crime records for the six
months from July to the end of the
year with the corresponding six
months periods for the four preced-
ing years shows an improvement
truly remarkable.
Figures published by the Vancouver
World and reprinted in the Pioneer,
compiled from official records of AL
berta, show the following:
The average for the wet four-year
period compared with the dry period
shows a decrease of 81 per cent in con-
victions for all offenses, 81 per cent in
convictions for drunkenness and 81
per cent in convictions for vagrancy.
Between the highest previous records
and that of 1916, the dry period shows
falling off of 65 per cent in all Of
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
Presbyterians Urge Immediate Pro-
hibition of Liquor Traffic for
Conservation of Food
Supply

The following telegram has been
sent to the President of the United
States by the Presbyterian Board OF
Temperance:
The Board of Temperance of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, officially repre-
senting membership of 100000,
respectfully urges the immediate
Prohibition of the liquor traffic
for the conservation of food sup
plies, for the increase of efficiency
of the army, navy, shop and farm,
for the protection of health and
character of orr soldiers and sail
ors, and for the release for ma
tional service of the plants and
army of workers now engaged in
the manufacture and sale of liq-
uors.
Thomas Waters,
President.
Thomas B. Anderson,
Vice President.
Graham c. Wells,
Associate Secretary.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
WANTS NO SLOWING UP
Ohio Leagues Superintendent Urges
That Program for Statewide Pro-
hibition Be Spurred

James A. White, Superintendent @
the Anti-Saloon League of Ohio, ha
issued the following statement:
The efforts to make the nation
dry as war emergency, in order
to conserve food supply and the
physical we'll being of the citi-
zens, are increasing in intensity
each day. If we can get the ma
ton sober long enough to think it
will never permit the liquor traf-
fc again to become intrenched in
our civilization.
There is nothing, however, in
the national program which should
in any way lead to slowing up in
activity in the state of Ohio. On
the contrary, it should spur us on
to renewed efforts. If, as a war
measure, Congress prohibits the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic
beverages, it would close 5000
training schools for vice in this
state and the people could see the
splendid result of such a policy
before the election.
The action of Congress would
be an emergency measure, and the
people in Ohio should clinch this
victory by constitutional amend
ment and make the state of Ohio
forever dry territory. it must
not be forgotten that if Congress
passes national Prohibition law
it be war measure, therefore
subject to repeal at any time after
the war closes. With the dry
amendment written in the Ohio
constitution we will be on the
same footing with the other states
that have enacted similar legisla-
ton, and further fulfill the pur-
pose for which this campaign
was inaugurated. With the ire
mendous sweep of sentiment all
over the world against the liquor
traffic, the temperance forces in
Ohio are encouraged as never be-
fore to push their fight to a sue
cessful conclusion-that of con-
stitutional Prohibition.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
Roynton Ridicules
Brewers Grain Ads
Quotes Liquor Dealers Against
Themselves in Their Claims as
to Food Value of Liquor

DR.. Melbourne P. Boynton in his
sermon prelude in the Woodlawn
Baptist Church, Chicago, last Sunday
ridiculed the claim of the brewers
that their business does not affect the
food supply of the country and
showed the inconsistency of the sta
tistics used by them now with those
used before the war.
st is nothing short of laughablc
to note how eagerly the liquor peo-
pie are striving to assure the nation
that they do not use so much food
stuff after all. The brewers are run
ming expensive advertisements to con-
vince the people that beer has very
little grain in it and what grain is
in it is of very inferior quality
and mostly screenings, and that most
of this screening goes back to the
farmer again to feed the cows. The
liquor people are certainly 'cowed.'
If it be true that beer has very little
grain in it and that that grain is of
a very inferior quality, where is the
boosted food value of beer"
What They Said Before the War
1T was not so in former days. In
the brewers and distillers' official or
gans for 1914 we have their boastful
claims that the farmers of the coun-
try were paid $l14,O0o,oo0 for the
products raised on the farms and used
in the manufacture of strong drink.
What They Say Now
"Now they tell us that that is a
mistake. This $114000,000 was spent,
not for foodstuffs, but for the waste
products that the farmers did not
have any use for. Here we have a
gigantic charitable institution that
supports the farmers of the country
BY buying all stuff that has little or
no food value in it.
"The fact is that you can't tell the
truth about the liquor business with
out terrihcally hurting that business"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
LIQUOR ALWAYS POISON
Chicago Health Commissioner Says
1t Never Was Medicine But
Ever a Harmful Mar
cotic

Health Commissioner Robertson o
Chicago in the current issue OF Clear
Living says:
Whisky never was a good medi-
cine for anybody. 1t is narcotic
poison. Cut it out il you are
really looking for length of life
and efficiency.
Everybody knows that intern
perance is bad. Saloonkeepers
and salvationists upon this point
are agreed. Everybody decries an
excessive use of alcoholics
brewers, distillers. wholesalers
and retailers. bartenders and pri-
waite tipplers say "be moderate.
be temperate, behave
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04

IcnSeS, VI per cent III 0runkS ana o.
per cent in Migrants.
Graphic presentation of the same
figures is Illuminating. A marked de-
crease in the number of convictions
had already appeared in 1915, under
the rigorous self-discipline encour-
aged by the war and aided by drastic
restrictions upon the liquor business.
1t is absurd, as pointed out by the Ca
madam papers, to say that the de-
crease was due to enlistments. That
would mean that the most gallant
men who enlisted in Alberta were
drunkards--an obvious untruth. But
the crime curves dropped still more
rapidly when the Province banished
the entire booze business, proof con-
elusive that drink was at the bottom
of most of Alberta's internal disturb
Iances.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
AS fine men AS MONEY WILL BUY

The great handicap in winning
elections and securing legislation in
the Legislature when the issue is the
saloon is the use of money by the
VETS as slush fund. A Chicago pa
per under date of May ! contains
the following item:
Pittsburgh, April 30--A total
of $4,000 in fines was assessed
by Judge Thomson in the Unit
ed States District Court here to-
day against the 80 Pennsylvania
brewing companies, which last
Saturday entered pleas Of nolo
contendere to indictments charg-
ing misuse of money in the con-
gressional campaign of 1914. The
fines ranged from $500 to $4,000.
This shows conclusivcly what the
liquor men are doing to defeat ma
tional Prohibition in Congress. With
in the last few weeks a letter ap-
peared in the Chicago Examiner
stating that the saloonkeepers were
taxed in LaSalle county 500 each for
money with which to defeat the ref
crendum at Springfield. The writer
stated that $4,000 was raised from
the saloonkeepers of Ottawa alone.
He stated also that other cities of
his county contributed as well. If
this assessment extended over the
entire state it would bring in fund
of $l,000,000, as there are 10000 sa-
looms in the state of Illinois
The wet and dry contests at SPRING
field and the local elections are usual
ly close and the use of money as a
slush fund is a powerful enough in
fuence to decide the results. We
have heard it stated that the liquor
interests were willing to give $4,000
apiece for enough Senators among
the 81 that voted dry, providing they
would refuse to vote for the refer
endum and thereby defeat it in the
Senate. Then it is a we'll known fact
that many members in the Legisla-
ture got contributions in their pri-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
Liquor Interests Falsely Accused
philadelphia North American)

philadelphia North Amecan)
The North American in ms
erred stating 6OOo0oo bushels grain
nuy the manufacture of BOOZE The fact d
100000 bushels malt liquors only
100000O0o bushels less of grain that might otherwise be
wasted the of
Our inexcusabe through caeey accepting
without investigation statements made by the liquor interests them
selves figure originated years in
assertion of the booze that they that much grain
they boosted of it. impress the farmers of the with the
big grain afforded liquor trade
hibion would the farmers Strange say the liquor
discovered their until of grain
factor in the problem feeding Of course
such small the 14000000O bushels annually wasted
is not worth while converting into bread.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
CAUSE AND EFFECT

A correspondent calls attention to
a booklet issued by the business inter-
ests of Cincinnati, Ohio. This book
let enumerates the various business
enterprises of the city. Who can
censurc our correspondent for being
amused at the following paragraphs
which appear in this order in the
booklet:
HAS The largest and most COM
picte liquor bottle factory in the
world.
Leads the world in the nianufac-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
D. a. r. Declare for p g
National Prohibition

The Daughters of the American
Revolution, in their recent National
Convention, declared for national
Prohibition as war measure. Pa
triotism vs. booze again. 1t is safe to
say that if Prohibition is tried out
during the war the liquor traffic will
never come back in the United States.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04

for Prohibition has indicated how flu
tile are the efforts of the defenders
of the liquor curse in the United
Statesl
But, while thinking OF the back
soinersault of the gentleman from
Massachusetts, it would be we'll to
keep in mind the pungent truth he
uttered in the beginning of his
speech. Read it again and pass it on.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
A Patriotic Appeal

BY Dr. Haven Emerson Health Commissioner New York City
IT is, AS CONCEIVE 1T. THE DUTY OF HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS TO TEACH PERSUADE DEMON
STRATE EXHIBIT, EXPORT, PROVE THAT ALCO-
HoL AS A BEVERAGE OR IN PATENT MEDICINES
is A MENACE TO PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY
HEALTH is A COMMON SOURCE OF SICKNESS AND
DEATH, IS BLOCKING THE PATH OF PREVENTIVE
MEDICINE AND is A MENACE TO THE PHYSICAL
AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
Shall We Reduce the Efficiency of
Our Troops Thirty Per Cent
By Georgia Robertson

once. Also that bill for nationwide
Prohibition be put through immed-
lately as a powerful means of combat
ing our preparedness, and increasing
our efficiency. This is small thing
for you to do, but it may mean much
for humanity. and much for your
country.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04

ture of prison and ornamental iron"
Judged from Q literary standpoint,
the sequence of thought in the book
let is not bad.-Kansas Issue.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04
A Cleanup Necessary

we need another investigation ike
the one in 1909 in Illinois that re-
vealed the Jackpot Legislature. We
need also the enforcement of laws in
relation to elections and the Legis-
lature. A more rigid corrupt prac-
ticc act would be helpful.
There arc 100 men in the present
Legislature who down i'll their hearts
favor the referendum bill, but there
were enough of these that were
owned, and many of them bought and
controlled by the liquor interests
through campaign contributions and
otherwise to defeat that measure.
This situation is unfair to every hon
est member of the Legislature. 1t
had given the impression that all the
members of the Legislature can be
bought, which is not true. There are
majority of the vets who will not
sell their votes, but there are enough
who will to make them the balance
of power, and the saloon interests
only need to buy that number.
To keep the Illinois Legislature
clear and free from the control of
the corrupt interests is fundamental
and the voters of the state of Illinois
must do it and they can only do it
under the present system by taking
care of the primary.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-04

mary and election campaigns from
the liquor interests. The liquor lead
ers use this as whip to hold them
in line at Springfield. If any OF these
men show any inclination to vote for
any dry measure, no matter how fair
and just it may be, the liquor interests
hold up before them the fact that they
contributed to their primary and cleo
ton fund 1t is also agreed on as
we'll that the distribution of funds at
Springfield is made under the guisc
of taking care of their campaign ex-
penses.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-11-01
MR.. JOS. GENTRY FALLS
FROM BUILDING AND SUS-
TAINS SERIOUS IN
JURIES

On last Thursday, just as we
came from press news arrived at
the Blade office of the serious ac-
cident of Joseph Gentry who fell
from the fourth floor of his home
in the Langdon Apartments, How
ard Place. Mr.. Gentry sustained
flesh wounds about the body and
limbs and would have been in
stantly killed had not the force Of
the fall been checked by a clothes
line which was stretched in the
yards. Mr.. Gentry is an old resi-
dent of this city and is slowly re-
covering under the vigilance Of
DR.. Walter Shelton.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-11-01
SAYS OFFICER "COAXED'
MEN TO STOP RIOTS

East st. Louis, Ill. - Col.
S. 0. Trip. commanding the H.
linois militia, during the race
riots here, coaxed" his men IN
stead of commanding them to de-
fend fifteen negroes besieged by
a mob, it was charged before the
congressional hearing. Robert
Fl. Thomas, secretary of the Hill
Thomas Lime e. Cement Co.,
made the charge.
Il had called fifteen negroes
who worked as drivers for me,
into the stable shortly before
noon," said Thomas. Later
went to lunch. When l returned
there was a mob in front of the
stable and shots were being fred
into the building ami stones
hurled through the windows.
ran to the city hall ard told the
officer that the negroes probably
would be massacred.
ut took me some time to con-
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-11-01

IF YOU FAIL TO GET THE
BLADE REMEMBER YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION IS UNPAID.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-11-01

vince Trip of the seriousness of
the affair. Then he offered to
send eight militiamen. He called
some young men by their Chris
tian names. One of them said he
didn't have time to go because he
hadn't been to supper and an
other said he had just got off duty
and why shouldn' someone else
60" He coaxed the militiamen.
When l got back the plant
was in flames. The loss was more
than $4,000. The negroes got
out of the stable in some way, but
not before two had been shot.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-11-01
LOCALS

w. r. Harris, state organizer,
cooperative convention, is plan
ming to visit GAINESVILLE and Beloit
in the interest of organizing local
associations.
Mrs. A. 10 Stewart was called
to Hot Springs, Ark, because of
the illness Of her brother.
Mrs. Hayes, who has been at
the home of Mrs. Sadie Hickman
for two months, has left for Bara-
boo enroute to Chicago. Ill.
Capt. A. B. Fields paid the
Blade Office a visit this week. He
was loud in praise of our efforts
and achievements. He paid his
subscription. He is a thorough
race man and believes in doing
and not talking.
Frank Hoover was called to
Kansas City, Mo-, to attend the
funeral of his sister, Mrs. Adell
Hoover. We extend our SYM
pathy to the bereaved family.
Misses Lizzie Arms and Minnie
Owens. Baraboo, were in the city
Tuesday evening attending the
Odd Fellow and Ruth entertain
ment.
j. A. Adkins Jr. and G. A. Hen
derson bagged a number of wild
fowl while hunting Sunday and
made a presentation from their
catch to the Blade staff.
Mrs. Hattie Butterfeld was a
visitor at the Blade office and was
source of inspiration to the Staff
on Wednesday.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-11-01
HOUSEHOLD AND ODD Eel
LOWS GIVE PARTY
Three Prizes Awarded
(Rv Staff Corresnondent. !

(By Staff Correspondent
The Young Smart Set of Madi-
son enjoyed the Hollowe EN- party
given Tuesday evening at Kehl S
Dancing Academy, by the House
hold of Ruth and Odd Fellows.
Music and dancing were features
of entertainment Punch was
served. First prizes were award
ed to Misses Minnie Owens, Bara-
boo, and G. NJ. Reuben, Milwau-
kee, in Red Cross Nurse and male
representations, respectively.
John Oliver, n Mexcan Out Law
impersonation received second
prize.