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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
Dry States Pass
Bone Dry" Law
The Legislatures of Indiana, Iowa,
North Dakota, Arizona and Kan
sas Take Advantage of Webb
Kenyon Act and Prepare
to Ban All Liquor Sales

The decision of the Supreme Court
affirming the onstitutionality of the
Webb Kenyon law has had an cleo
trio effect upon the Legislatures O.:
several states.
By vote of 20 to % the Indiana
House passed last week the Wright
bill which provides that after January
l, 1918, "It shall be unlawful for any
person TO manufacture, SELL barter,
exchange, give away, furnish or
otherwise dispose of any Intoxicating
liquor, with intent to sell, barter, ex-
change, give away, furnish or other
wise dispose of the same, except as
in this act provided"
Iowa "Bone-Dry Bill
About the same time that the In
diana Legislature was Tightening the
screws upon the liquor traffic, the
Iowa Senate decided to report for
passage last week three bills which
will make Iowa bonc-dry if the
House also passes them. The bills
prohibit the transportation of liquor
from wet states to Iowa by railroad
or wagon road, makes the place of
delivery the place of sale and pro-
hibits liquor advertising in newspa-
pers or soliciting sales of liquor by
agents.
North Dakota "Bone-Dry" Bill
In the North Dakota Senate bill
making it illegal to ship liquor into
the state for personal use was re-
Gently int. oduced by Senator Heckte.
A similar bill passed the Arkansas
Legislature and will receive the sig
nature of Governor Brough. This
bill goes further than others of the
kind in that it prohibits the shipment
of liquors from ono part of the state
to another 1t is said that q similar
bill will be passed by the Kansas
Legislature in the near future.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
Mayor Mollman Of
East St. Louis
Hits "fronters'

The brewers and other liquor deal
ers of East St. Louis are accused OF
attempting to use undue influence
with Mayor Mollman to prevent the
revocation of licenses CT certain un-
desirable saloons. Mayor Mollman
fatty refused to see these "fronters"
for saloons, and recently issued the
following statement:
MANY of my very best friends
have tried to prevail upon me to is
sue licenses to liquor interests which
| considered undesirable, and | have
found it indeed hard to turn them
down; but the convictions | have
had in my own mind for the past two
years could not be changed, and l
have concluded definitely that East
ST. Louis has too many saloons.
MANY of the saloons which have
refused to issue licenses to are, in the
eyes of many reputable citizens, or
derIy places, and it is simply because
there are too many in the city that
I have taken the stand to close up
the places.
II have not considered my personal
fortunes, but have worked for what |
thought would result i'll a better East
St. Louis, and now that the work has
been completed, and l have succeed
ed, with the good work of Chief of
Police Payne, to have the saloons
which ! deemed as unnecessary,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
Prizes Offered
for Best Slogans
Against Saloon
Dry Chicago Federation Will Give SIS
Each to High School Students
for Best Five

The Dry Chicago Federation, with
headquarters at 112 North LaSalle
street, has issued an offer to boys
and girls of high school age of prizes
of SIS each for the best FIVE slogans
against the saloon
The slogans must be of not more
than 20 words, must be fair and true,
and must be mailed to the Office OF
the. Federation not later than Feb
ruary Is, 1917. The prizes will be
awarded on Washingtor's birthday.
The judges of the contest are Hon.
Alexander H. Revell, Judge Mary M.
Bartelme and Rev. Joseph McNamee.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
BRYAN OPENS FIGHT I.
FOR DRY SPRINGFIELD
10000 Crowd Arsenal to Hear Commoner in Plea for
Saloonless Capital City
EX-GOVERNOR YATES APPLAUDS

"The capital city of Illinois is going
dry" is the sentiment expressed on
every side by those who heard Col.
Bryan's wonderful appeal in the State
Arsenal last week. Over 10000 people
packed every available inch of space
and fairly raised the roof with cheers
of approval.
Col. Bryan had come fresh from a
banquet given in his honor in the St.
Nicholas Hotel by the Democratic
members of the Legislature, and was
never in better humor. His address
was whitening condemnation of the
saloon. His arguments were unan-
swerable.
Let -Us-Go- o-At-It-Together" Slogan
Col. Bryap's slogan, "Let-us-go go-at-
it-together," brought a cordial re-
sponse from Democrats and Republi-
cans and from men and women of the
most varying conditions of life and
political and religious opinion. The
response was challenge from ex-
Governor Yates, who presided. He
i.sLcd ths s6sss ;s;.k- -S'z,i;.la ,;ets - I,
Danish the saloons from Springfield
to say, "Aye" The answer came in
mighty shout which fairly rent the
vast building.
Liquor Always Poison
Every law ever passed in any
country in the world at any time and
any speech against alcohol" said Mr..
Bryan, "has rested on one funda-
mental principle, that liquor is a poi
son. 1t weakens the human body,
menaccs morals. II this is false and
ii liquor is not poison, there should
be no Prohibition, no restriction of
the liquor traffic. There is no justifi-
cation for preventing the sale of the
stuff, save that it is harmful.
"I'm going to step farther Here
are three fundamental principles that
can not be disputed. First, God never
made a normal human brain, from
the dawn of creation until now, that
needed alcohol to stimulate it to ac-
ton. Second, God never made a
human being, who can commence the
use of liquor with certainty that
he can give it up at will. Third, there
isn't a day from the cradle to the
grave when it is safe to start the use
OF alcohol.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02

closed up, expect that enemies will
spring un and will attack me upon my
policy. But such attacks are expect
ed, and Investigations of my record
can be r,ade by all who care to do so.
I have decided upon the liquor ques-
ton, and the people of East St. Louis
can judge my action of the future by
the manner in which | have dealt
with the liquor question during the
past three weeks"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
Lands Shows Up
Horrors Of Dry Era

In speech before the Traffic
Club of Chicago last weei, ex-Con-
gresham Frederick Lands, brother
of Judge Lands, depicted in heart
rending language the horrors OF
Prohibition"
"The whole hardware industry will
suffer-" he said. There will be no
demand for padlocks or prison cells,
and | am not taking into consdera-
ton the great number of men who
are engaged in the business of max
ing brass knuckles, but that is only
one Of the minor evils which will
come from Prohibition.
Hard for Gamblers
Gamblers will not only be reduced
to want, they will be forced to go to
work and stay there. The industrial
depression which will follow will ex-
tend beyond the shores of this coun-
try. 1t will reach the Philippines.
When the multitude that blocks the
approaches to the scaffolds is reduced
there will be great decrease in the
hemp rope market.
Wont it affect the climate of this
country if 100000 stomachs cool
off at the same time? Think OF the
sitting-room of the future when Pro-
hibition is accomplished How dreary
it will be, nobody choking anybody"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
TO MAKE ALASKA AND HA-
WAII DRY

The committee on territories in the
lower House of Congress has decided
upon absolute Prohibition for both
Alaska and Hawaii. The bill which
has been agreed upon for Alaska pro-
hibits the manufacture, sale, gift, pos
session or transportation of liquor.
The main features of the Alaska bill
were written into the Hawaiian
measure,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
LIQUOR JOURNAL
HITS AT BREWERS
"HOLY OF HOLES"
Says Beer Makers Campaign
Is Aimed Solely at
Beguiling Public
DENIES BEER IS A
TEMPERANCE DRINK

Midas Criterion, leading organ OF
fhe whisky interests, hits straight out
from the shoulder at the brewers
campaign to separate the sale of
whisky from the sale of beer.
"The brewers" says Midas, CON
tinue to spend their good money
tpainting a perfectly beautiful halo
around the foaming stein.
This campaign of innocence being
conducted by the brewers cannot
convince any drinking man. 1t is
aimed solely and purely at beguiling
the public of non-drinkers who have
gathered under the banner of Sa-
hara.
Unscrupulous Retailers Product of
Brewery
The unscrupulous retailer must
be the saloon man who in turn is the
product OF the brewery, says Midas.
Until recent years. at least, it was
the custom of Milwaukee parents to
take their children into the various
beer gardens of the Cream City and
fill their little stomachs with 'suds.
The high degree of intelligence por-
trayed in these beer faces would not
have brought forth envy on the part
of Plato or Homer. We recall the
time when the employees of one of the
large Milwaukee brewcries threatened
to strike because their daily allowance
of beer was to be cut from four gal
Ions to two gallons. 1t would thus
be seen that there must be something
about beer that perpetuates the thirst
But, at the same time, it is admitted
by the brewers that beer is a genuine
Temperance drink
THE brewers are insistent in car
rying on their publicity campaigns,
the object of which is to segregate
the product of malt and hops from
the alcohol class. If beer is such a
decided temperance drink, why have
30 many of the breweries gone in for
the manufacture of near beer?
Again, why did Georgia, and why
have other states and communities,
prohibited even the near beer? If
an argument is worth all the money
the brewers are spending on their
Temperance talks, then surely it is a
sign of weakness to step down from
the four per cent class into the two
per cent class-and even find that
defeated at the hands of the Prohibi-
tionists"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
DRY ARMY OUT
WITH PETITIONS
1000 Springfield Workers Start on
Fortnight Campaign

An army of 1000 dry workers, each
armed with petition calling for a
local option election in April, began
a fortnight's drive in Springfield last
Sunday.
They were circulating the petitions
in the churches, the Y. M. C. A. and
other public places, and it is believed
that there will be little difficulty in
securing the requisite number of sig
natures.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02

Dry workers in the ninth ward of
the city of Indianapolis, Ind, are
preparing to file their remonstrance
in the February meeting of the Board
of Commissioners. They expect to
have majority of 900 on the remon-
STRANGE.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
The Drys Win
In Iowa House
Resolution Submitting Prohibition
Amendment Is Adopted

The Iowa House of Representa-
tives Tuesday passed a resolution
submitting to a vote of the people of
the state the constitutional amend
ment providing for statewide abso-
Lutte Prohibition.
Following is the vote on the sub
mission of the amendment: For, 100;
against, S; absent or not voting, 3.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-02
Graham Saloon
License Revoked
Mayor Thompson Closes Notorious
South State Street Dive

Upon the recommendation of Chief
Schuettler, Mayor Thompson re-
voked last week the license of George
Graham, whose saloon on South
State street has for years been re-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11

Only the best WORK at right prices
at the Reflector job department. Let
US do your next printing.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
ABILENE HIGH TAKES GAME
FROM JUNCTION BY 40 POINT

In game at the fair grounds yes
terday afternoon the Abilene higf
school defeated the Junction Cit,
high school by score of 40 to 0. Op
position was light making 1t an easy
victory for the home team.
The opposing team received The
ball but within the first minute of the
game, the ball was in the hands OF
the home team and seven points wei c
scored by touchdown and goal kick.
Another seven points were made in
the first quarter. Carl Sampson. who
acted as captain in place of Leslie
CARVE, who is disabled for severa,
games by an injured knee, made tho
first touch down. Ralph Steele made
the second.
At the end of the first half of the
game the score stood at 21-0. Dur
ing the third quarter. Eugene Glenn
Ioons of Junction City, made a star
play by running around right end and
making a gain of 40 yards. Clifton
Oebore, another Junction man, made
Z gain of 80 yards. The score was
$50 at the beginning of the fourth
quarter.
Alfred Little, Ralph Steele and Les
lie Krepps starred for Abilene in the
fourth quarter and the game ended
with the score 400. The longest run
OF the game was made by Alfred Lit
tle--a dash thru center and run for
SO yards. David Stanley, an old A.
H. 8, star, coached the boys and de-
serves much credit for the showing
which the team made. He is leaving
soon and then the boys will have to
lind another coach The hardest
game of the season comes next Sat
friday, when the home team meets D.
=. H. s. at Chapman.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
LEFT PULLMAN PORTERS AS
SOUVENIRS OF THE TRIP

Three hundred drafted men from
Arizona went thru on a hilarious trip
to Camp Funston this morning. They
were ella Monsters" according to
the banners on the Pullmans and
lived up to their title. Each was a
Bad Man from Bitter Creek. AS SOU
venirs they left Pullman porter at
each town. They started with IA
aid had kicked off IL by the time
they reached Abilene and discharged
another here. Two men rode on the
car roof when they left. A telegram
was sent by the conductor to the
camp to be prepared for invasion and
it Is probable that the guard house
doors will be open. They raided a
New Mexico town before entering the
bone dry territory-but no Kansas
officers cared to search the train.
But they are sure some fighters.
One carload had never been on: of
the valley in which they were raised.
They are shooters and fighters and
heaven help the Germans when they
go over the top"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11

A letter from Rev. A. S. Dechant
formerly a pastoE here. but now pas
tor of the leading church in Hanover
Pa, says he longs for old Kansas
and sends his regards to friends. He
adds: My son received his A. B. last
spring. Is in the navy for the war
my daughter received her A. B. in
1915 and has been on one of our daily
papers here ever since. Has done ev-
cIything up to running the paper for
two months. Revels in it. Next week
she goes to New York for three
months to nose about newspaper and
magazine offices and meet different
types of reporters.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
FEW HORSES STOLEN NOW.
SO Anti-Horsethief Association VIII
Turn to Motor Car Thefts.

Motor car thieving rather thar
horse stealing is the most serious
problem which now confronts the
Anti-Horse Thief association in the
opinion of the delegates to the an,
nual convention of the organization
IN session at Jefferson City, Mo-, yes
terday. The association Endorsed a
proposed law to be urged in the vari-
Gus state legislatures next year, max
ing 1t a felony for anyone to have in
hl5 possession motor car ON which
the engine number has been obliter-
ated or defaced.
When reports from the central west
ern states showed horse stealing as
almost negligible, it was decided to
concentrate the energies of the asso
citation against motor car thieving.
Bert w. Williamson of Newton, Kan,
national president, told the delegates
he received notification last year of
700 motor car thefts, but few were
from members of the association. In
1913 the convention will be held in
Plttsburg, Kan. The association here
In Abilene insures automobiles
against theft but the business with
horses Is mighty scarce.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
How Catarrh Is Contracted.

Mothers are sometimes so Thought
less as to neglect the colds which
their children contract. The inflam-
nation of the mucous membrane, at
first acute, becomes chroni and the
child has chronic catarrh, a disease
that Is seldom cured and that may
prove life's burden. Many persons
who have this loathsome disease will
remember having had frequent colds
at the time it was contracted A lit
tie forethought, bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy judiciously used
and all this trouble might have been
avoided. Obtainable everywhere.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
Prominent HcrIngtOnite Dead.

Although in some degree prepared
by the knowledge OF MS illness. ser
ious from the start, of 10 days the
community was both shocked and
grieved to learn OF the death OF C.
f. Shepherd at 10 a. m. Wednesday,
Oct 3, 1917 For the past two
months he had teen feeling poorly.
as he was attempting to close out his
feed and coal business and was doing
with as little help as possible and
working much harder at times than
his strength warranted. When taken
III be was found By DR.. w. H. Harri-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
ATTRACTIVE RIVER BOTTOM
FARM FOR SALE

Owing to need of money for a min
Ing venture in Africa, l offer for sale
the north half of the u known as
the Pyke farm on the Golden Belt
road, l mile west of Detroit, 4,east of
Abilene. 80 acres alfalfa. Good
house, large barn and other improve
ments. Made about $4,000 per acre
this year. Price $13, 100000, easy
terms A. <. Martin. Enterprise.
Kan. dw1t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
Rack Prom Hunting Trip.

Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Taylor and Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Smith returned from
a l,10O-mile motor trip to northwest
ern Nebraska. where they went for
hunting. Game was abundant and
they had a fine outing with many in
tefesting experiences.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY
Abilene People Are Doing All The,
Can for Fellow Sufferers

Abilene testimony has been pub
iished to prove the merit Of Doan'
Kidney Pills to others In Abilene
who suffer from bad backs ant
kidney ills. Lest any sufferer doub
this evidence of merit, we produce
confirmed proof-statements from
Abilene people who again endorse
Deans Kidney Pills-confirm their
former testimony. Here's an Abilene
ease:
A. P. Spahr. gardener, 500 w.
Second St., says: "My back ached
and I often had sharp pains through
my loins. STOPPING or lifting hurt
me. / knew that my kidneys we're
weak, as the kidney secretions we're
irregular In passage and filled with
sediment. Doan's Kidney Pills re-
lieved me soon after took them.
They regulated my kidneys and
drove away the pains"
Nearly five years later, Mr.. Spahr
said: Il generally keep Doan's Kid
ney Pills in the house and use them
when feel In need of a kidney
medicine. l always receive good re-
suits"
Price coo. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Spahr has twice publicly
recommended. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
BIG CROWD ATTENDED
THE FESTIVAL AT GARFIELD

over 1000 persons attended this
festival given at the Garfield at 2
O'Clock this afternoon. 1t was given
as a play ground contest and the
various stunts" amused the crowd
immensely. The three grade schools
Lincoln. Garfield and Mckinley
we're represented.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11

son to have typhoid in a moderate
form, but with it was heart trouble,
from which Mr. Shepherd had sut-
fered for several years. and which
proved to be the cause Of his death
Harrington Sun.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11
EX-SHERIFF HERMAN HASSLER
REMOVES TO ENTERPRISE

Abilene is sorry to lose Herman
fIassler, who was sheriff for four
years. He and family have moved to
their old home at Enterprise, where
he will engage in buying and selling
live stock. His old friends were sor-
~ to see him go and wish him album
dant success.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-10-11

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Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
Territory of Hawaii
Will Join Dry Column

Honolulu, June 2l--Hawaii is ex-
pected in the immediate future to
join the list Of states and territories
in the "dry column" according to
statements today by federal and ter
rltorial authorities.
Brigadier General Frederick S.
Strong, commander of the Hawaiian
department, United States of Amer
lea, has cabled to the War depart
ment at Washington asking that the
sale of liquor on the Island Of Oahu
be prohibited on the ground that il
licit sales are being made to soldiers
and sailors in uniform in contraven-
ton of the provisions Of selective
draft act. Today he received a Ca
blegram from the War department
stating that regulations were being
drawn up in Washington covering
the situation.
Honolulu is already virtually under
military law so far as the sale Of
liquor is concerned.
Already many arrests Of civilians
accused of such sales have been
made.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-01
Judge Says He Will Look
After Bows at the Front

The first battle of the "Home De-
tense League" was fought on the
streets of Benson Friday night.
A. M. Emmons, 1887 Saratoga
street, received a letter from his
brother at the front informing him
that E. E. Cain, COOS Main Street,
Benson, had been insulting his sweet
heart and added: Il expect you to
hold up my end"
my brother was engaged to marry
Miss (deleted by censor) on the
Fourth of july" Emmons informed
the judge. They talked it over later
and decided that they would wait un-
til after he had done his bit and he
joined the army. He would not get
married and try to escape service
that way. When | received his letter
looked this guy up and when he
wouldn't do anything about it l hit
him."
Before paying his fine of SIS and
costs Cain told the court that he had
simply spoken to the girl on the street
and had done nothing out of the way.
81 know you mashers' ways too
WE'LL" the judge informed him, "and
we will look out for the boys who
have enlisted" Emmons was dis
charged.