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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03

special tate. 900 900 aviation measure;
-, 22l ,sss 200 for army transportation and
supplies, an increase Of f32t. 900 900
moatly for clothing aud camp equipment
81, b5,9pl for the purchase OF cavalry and
artillery horses. n decrease of 1885 900
and showing restrictions placed upon use
Of animals for the army In France due
70 transportation difficulties, 1ljs,lll.-
bIt for the medical department to i'm
clude tl7,O0u,OOO for new motor Hmhu-
lhncrs and illi,0O0 O00 for medical and
hospital supplies, also $4,000, 900 for vet.
erlnnrian supplies. the total being an in
crease Of t2s. 1891 .S9l. iil5. 600 for engineer
equipment fof troops, which includes the
EaE flame dcyires. star rockets, hand
grenades, and signal lights OF all hDds
1892 100000 for minor operations IN tho
Held. nm Increase OF $500 0OO. 900, and tov
erlnB bridge. railway and road building
nnd operating equipment; i3s 400 100 for
ammunition, an Increase Of tlb.W0 900
AsJ.iOO.000 for ordinance repairs. which
covers tho expenses ~ operating the
great base arsenal In France: 1887 u 900
for the purchase OF machine guns; f5,-
JO,0n0 for arnOrod cars; new item Is
$1,000, 600 for arms and ammunition for
the home guard, and f60ls 900 is asked TO
conduct civilian training camps,
Navy Has Many Guns
Secretary Daniels estimates for the
navy show that tho store or guns and
ammunition IN rapidly holng gathered and
that estimates have been reduced In
many particulars under appropriations
received last Year. The chief increase
IN In pay the total being 4l3229,b5l
against tl26,Ja2.tis Provisions also call
Tor more at t6i iS5. 353, against Nl .ss5, o.
9S5, Marine corps pay estimsleH have
risen TO t22 1880 against Al3,53lb02.
Nav Navy Yard Proposed.
new item II 81 900, 600 for the con
struction OF naval station In the Virgin
islands, recently taken over by the Uniced
States; and another 1000 600 Ia asked for
extension OF facilities for proving ord
nance. In both these items new language
is proposed. which would authorize the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03

president 10 TAXA immediate possession
Of any lard OF apPurtsnsnces necessary.
and which cannot bO purchased within
tho appropriations at prices to he deter
mined Should that price not be sAus-
factory TO the owner 70 percent OF the
sum determined would be paid over AZ
once. with authorlty granted 10 bue the
United States for additional payment.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Here's an Outline of
Nations Expenses
for Coming Year.

WASHINGTON, Dec, 3--EstimRtea Of
more than ,is,5oo, 600 ,OOc--,he greatest In
the nations history--for the conductSnce
Of the government and prosecution OF
the war during the fiscal year 1919 were
submitted to congress today by the treas
ury department ........
In round figures more than tll0O0 900.
900 of that vast sum 10 for the war alone
Only cart Of II will be realized from TAX.
alton; the remainder will come from Is
sues OF Liberty bonds.
Deductins an itcm OF 1lSS O00, 600 In
tended an an annual appropriation to.
ward sinking fund for the discharge ot
the old public debt and some $3.50 600 oou
which will be turned back TO the treasury
from postal revenues, the estimated sum
for which congress actually ls expected
viouc estimate ever has exceeded two
billions.
Asre's Estimate.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03

How do you do, sirl" exclaimed
pos,man, as he greeted the auction
II do as | am bid" answered the
tioneer with a grin
Much the same here" reloiced
postman. Il do as am directed "
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03

Times have changed"
In what way'"
Il can remember when the firm used
10 fire a man. now il asks for his resig-
nation. Detroit Free Press
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
An Engine That Digests
Low-Grade Gas and Makes
High Power Out of 1t

The thing about the great Chalmers engine that
counts is the fact that actually dgests the gas fed
itGnd low-grade gas especially.
Everyone knows now that the grade of gasoline
is the decline, and that probably hghgradegas, or
even the gas of year ago, will never come back
And like man who has been on hlgh-grade die; and
is suddenly given a low-grade diet many engines
in automobiles now Nave gasoline indigestion.
The Chalmers engine dlgests gas probably as no
engine ever before has done. 1t makes high power
out of low-grade gas
1t makes gasoline work harder than gasoline ever
worked before.
Anyone who knows anything about an engine
knows that the everlasting riddle has been to get the
gas in just exactly 1907 condition of vapor in the
combustion chamber before ignition
The great Chalmers engine has accomplished this
so far as any engine probably ever will be able to do
by means of two clever devices.
One hot spot feature which heats and breaks
up the gas after leaves the carburetor and before it
gets to the intake manifold The other is the ram
horn manifold that by means of its easy air
bends" sends the gas to the combustion chamber
wel-nigh perfect
Hence, more power out OF less gas
On cold day remarkably quick results in starting
are obtained.
Nolongera 1O-minute fight with your engine. And
as soon as the Chalmers engine starts smoothly
and delivers power quickly. z%
Often cars take ten minutes OF running to warm
them>up"
But not so with the current Chalmers.
And if you weren't shrewd Judge of an automo-
bile, you might overlook some of the other notable
features of the current Chalmers great has become
the achievements of its engine
Go down to our saesroom and let us Showyou the
great Chalmers engine and the perfection of
Chalmers.
B
Oklahoma Chalmers Sales Co.
ALLEN E. REID, Manager
Cy Epstein, Retail Dealer 7l3-7l5 ~ Broadwal
Maple 4l9
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Million for Hoover.
lansing Wants AID

The state department revives It's pro.
posAl for an under secretary ~ state at
a salary OF 81 500 Congress rejected the
plan when submitted before The office
is proposed In addition 20 the three AZ
bistant secretaries now serving For sd-
ditional clerks the department asks tlp,
900 20 meet the increased cost Of living
for consular and diplomatic officers,
which Ia recognised M being all out oi
proportion 10 their small salaries, the de
partment asks $500 900. an increase Of
$500 0on over the sum for the same pur
pose asked last year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Here's Estlmats

Here follows a general statement Of tho
estinstes hy general headings
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
BEER AND BELLIGERENCY STIR RUSS
AND TEUTON;; AMERICAN
TAKES DRINKS

This is a story in which nationali-
ties and beer figure.
Nicholas Romanoff, not the former
Gar of that name, but a Russian,
nevertheless, spent night in police
station in New York city. He was
arrested for fighting in a Bowery sa-
loon, and police say he stabbed a man.
Nicholas was drinking with a man
named John Schultz. Enthusiastically OF
Teutonic origin. Police records do
not say who paid for the drinks, but,
at any rate, they were paid for. The
bartender saw to that. It's the prn-
cipal part of bartender's business to
see that drinks are paid for.
Then came Michael Ginanslli, friend
of Romanof.
Michael was displeased.
"A man with the name OF Romanoff
should never drink with a man named
Schultz" Michael commented
Then there was rough-house. The
three men tumbled over the floor i'll
true Bowery saloon fashion. Then
Michael cried out that he had been
stabbed. Romanoff and Schultz, 60
ing OH the theory that he who fights
and runs away may live to fight some
other day, beat it for the door, but
Their eeress was barred by several
spectators whose patriotism had been
fired by Michael's battlecry that no
Ronanoff should drink with a
Schultz.
Enter police and ambulance men.
\ cell each for John and Nicholas.
Medical attention for Michael, who
will live.
Aad then-and thcn-a man by the
name of Jones, just JONES, plain
American, some of whose ancestors
at least were Cymri, drank up the
beer that had been served to Russian
and German, and paid for by one OF
the belligercnts.
Jones is Jerseyitc.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
DOESN'T NEED REVENUE
FROM LIQUOR TRAFFIC

One more contention of the
liquour men has been shattered.
The federal government is no
longer dependent, if indeed it
ever was, on the revenue re-
ceived from tax on whisky. Ac-
cording to the report of the
Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., taxes on incomes are more
profitable than taxes on
whisky. For the first time
whisky as a revenue producer
has been replaced. AS an ex-
ample, the gain in Columbus,
Ohio, of more than a million
dollars in internal revenue col
lections for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1917, is due al
most entirely to income taxes.
No whisky is now manufactured
in the rs counties comprising
the district of Collector B. E.
Williamson. The two bonded
warehouses at Dresden and
Cambridge, where large dis
tillerics formerly were located.
now contain a total of 25052
gallons of whisky. Formerly
that district doomed up large as
a whisky revenue producer.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
SCOTCH WHISKY GONE

Those Americans who think they
cannot possibly live without their
periodical touch of Scotch whisky
will soon have to try some other bev-
erage or go without entirely. Under
the law which became effective Sep
TENDER s not only the manufacture OF
all whisky, but the importation of it
10 forbidden. There is practically no
Scotch whisky in America now and
the other day the British steamer
Assyria was sunk in the Atlantic
ocean together with the largest cargo
Of Scotch whisky ever started for
America. There were tens of thou
sands of cases OF the liquor on board
and importers in America were eager
ly cxpcctant. They will be disap-
pointed.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14

CHICAGO-Terry Sullivan, a sa-
loonkeeper at 20 West Van Buren,
street, was arrested by federal agents
on charge of selling intoxicants TO
tackles" on leave
QUINCY = Captain Beatty and
Deputy u. S. Marshal Martindale arc
inquiring into stories of bootlegging
in Camp Parker, and the actions OF
several white men and several negroes
are being investigated. Soldiers who
were drunk one night claimed to
have obtained liquor attic segregated
vice district, but it is believed that
this story was told to shield the real
offenders.
DANVILLE-Sclling whisky to
soldiers will be investigated by the
federal grand jury in session here, and
it is likely that number of indict-
ments will result.
3ELLEVILLE-A number of men
have been arrested during the summer
for selling to the men guarding the
aviation field. In some cases they
have given bond, but for the most
part they have been placed in Jail.
AURORA-Col. Charles Greene has
announced that civilians have been
smuggling whisky into the Third
Regiment Armory for the soldiers.
Civilians under suspicion were or
dered searched.
WAUKEGAN = Michael Kolcon
was arrested and placed into the coun-
ty Jail charged with selling whisky to
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
ARRESTS CUT DOWN

A. ]. Findley, prosecuting attorney
of Clarksburg, w. Va, is authority for
the statement that during July, 1917,
only II arrests were made in that city
for drunkenness. Clarksburg is city
of $4,000 population, situated in the
midst OF the greatest mining district
In West Virginia and not far from the
wet states OF Kentucky. Ohio and
Pennsylvania. This was the smallest
number Of arrests made In Clarksburg
In = month for many yearA
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
CAMPAIGN IN ARIZONA

In line with campaigns now going
on in other states for nationwide Pro-
hibition, similar campaign is being
held in Arizona. 1t began September
9 and will continue till December 2.
This campaign is being conducted by
the Anti-Saloon League of America
with the cooperation of the Arizona
State League. The principal speakers
are DIR. Louis Albert Banks, of Massa-
chusetts, and Rev. Edward H. Daley,
of Ohio, who will tour the state and
reach practically every town. Rev.
Mr.. Daley is accompanied by his
wife, who will sing at the meetings at
which he speaks.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
HERALD man NEEDS INFORMATION

Intoxicating liquors captured
--Corez (Coo) Herald.
1t OF knowledge that when
district voted dry the greedy and awless elements lay
of liquid goods advance of the date when
regime becomes effective The sell liquors
led large every district Any
business would be broken by such city
single night.
These seizures do not show, the Herald
intimate Prohibition ineffective
trary Somebody losing tremendously through
the law enforcement department Salt Lake City How long
it take to bankrupt the liquor traffic at this rate?
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
BOOTLEGGERS THERE, TOO
Cleveland, Ohio, Has Licensed Sa-
looms, But 1t Also Has Speak
easies That Sell Liquor
to Soldiers

Despite the fact that Cleveland,
Ohio, has its share OF licensed saloons
there is a great deal of complaint
that bootleggers are flourishing there.
AS the result of an encounter between
soldiers and civilians in which one
man was wounded and others were
compelled to fee for safety, provost
guard has been established to patrol
the downtown district.
Efforts will be made to run down
bootleggers who are said to be selling
liquor TO soldiers in violation of the
law as it is this practice which is de-
clared to be the cause of the trouble
between the soldiers and civilians and
of past affrays in which soldiers and
others have been engaged.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14

The picture above shows an exam
pie of false front. How can a sa-
loonkeeper love the flag when his
business destroys all that the flag
stands for? The front window con-
tains a patriotic display, but the bust
ness behind the window is the most
unpatriotic in America. Saloons
waste the nations wealth, weaken
the nations manhood, and never vol
unfairly respect the nations laws.
The saloon pictured above is To-
Gated at 500 Cottage Grove avenue,
Chicago The reproduction is from
a photograph supplied by Joe Beatty
Burtt. The flag in the window is
draped over the pictures Of President
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
READY TO QUIT NOW
Brewery Masters See Prohibition
Ahead and Would Step Out to
Avoid Paying Dues

Mr.. Carl A. Nowak, secretary o
the Master Brewers Association o
the United States, in addressing tina
said:
The question has been asked
what will become of the Associa-
ton in case nationwide Prohibi-
.tion should eventually become
law. Some of the members do
not even wait for this to realize
they want to step out now in or
der to save the membership dues
they ask for withdrawal cards
while still in position, request
which according to our laws can
not be granted.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
GLORY TO WINDLE

Charlie Windle, OF Chicago, star
platform attraction of the vets, closed
the wet campaign at Montpelier,
Ohio, last week speaking the night be-
fore election. After listening 10 Win
die the voters went to the polls and
rolled UP dry majority several times
greater than ever before given in the
history of the town Windle's wet
speech was worth at least 100 dry
votes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
WHEELING IS BENEFITED
Business Man Says Prohibition Has
Wrought Wondrous Change,
Even in Border City

Writing to the Ohio Dry Fedora
ton from Wheeling, w. Va, S. F
Parker, member of one of the big
eest business concerns of that city
says in regard to the operation of Pro
hibition:
The change in Wheeling since
Prohibition is effective is wonder
full. One hardly ever sees a
drunken person even If Bridge
port, Bellaire, and Martins Ferry,
Ohio, are SO near One would
hardly think old rum-soaked
Wheeling could be SO dry. OF
course there are a few speak
castles, but they are becoming
very scarce. Those who were op-
posed to Prohibition are not
knocking 1t any more as they see
its beneficial effects. The general
sentiment is that II Ohio becomes
dry this city will not need a part
OF the workhouse. The store-
rooms that were formerly occu-
pied by saloons are now filed
with legitimate lines OF trade and
mostly at a slightly increased
rental,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14

Wilson and Abraham Lincoln. On
the beer sign above are the words,
Milwaukee Beer Leads Them All"
The idea expressed by those words
in connection with the window dis
play is also false Beers leadership
is thing of the past 1t is not even
permitted to follow the flag into the
army camps, and it cannot be legal
ly sold to the flags defenders any
where on American soil. Beer no
longer leads and soon it will follow
whisky into everlasting oblivion
Soon the flag will no longer appear
anywhere under saloon signs, and sa-
looms will cease to exist anywhere
under the American flag.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
ALAS, POOR YOR|CK!
DARK FUTURE AHEAD
Whisky Dealers Are Bringing Out
Doleful Tales of Woe as to Pros
poets for Them and Their
Business
Stride of Prohibition Movement Is
Expected to Prevent Resumption
of Distilling Operations After
Close of War

It is the funeral baked meats for the
liquor dealers, and the mournful cry,
Alas, poor Yoricl1! l knew him we'll,
Horatiom
The liquor business is going into
liquidation"
This expresses the views of large
number CT wholesale liquor dealers in
Chicago, commenting on the cessation
OF the distiling of beverage spirits.
Frederick Diehl, general manager of
Grommes & Ulrich, said he saw no
future for the business. He declared:
l do not see how any of the
wholesale firms can continue much
longer. We are winding UP our.
business and will be out OF it when
VIC sell our last barrel of whisky.
SO will practically all of our conf
petitors, no matter how hopeful
they may be OF the future.
The business cannot continue
with production discontinued, and,
even if the war should be over in
few months. the passage of the
new tax measure, imposing tax
OF $500 a gallon on spirits in place
of the Sic now charged, would
be practically taxing us out of
business.
Today there are possibly 200,-
100000 gallons of whisky in the
country, and the normal consump-
ton is 15000O0o0 gallons annual
ly. / do not look TO see this con-
sumption materially decreased, in
asmuch as the essening caused by
high prices will be more than
counterbalanced by the fact that
many retail dealers and many pri-
vate consumers are laying in large
supplies OF liquor anticipating
greatly increased prices because of
the new laws
On this basis, therefore, it is
plain that the business has only
about a year and hall to live.
Several ether disti'lers held similar
views. L. OHenheimer & Sons said
they lave fair stoel, on hand but
when II is exhausted they expect to
close up their business. Eubel, Lilien-
feid & Company were Of like opinion.
Iastorlil Brothers said that inside of
a year all the wholesale liquor houses
will be compelled to retire and that
they are not likely togrssulue again ca
account Of the strides made by the
Prohibition movement. -~ s.a
Several firms were not SO pessimis-
tic. They indicated their belief that
stocks OF liquor were sufficient for
needs during the war and that after
the war the operations OF distillerics
would be resumed. High prices of
whisky, they said, would tend to dis
courage the use and conserve the sup
ply.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14

a young sailor. After drinking the
whisky the sailors condition became
so serious that for time he was not
expected to live.
HOUSTON, TEXAS-The special
board of inquiry appointed by the
city council of Houston to make ail
investigation into the negro riot found
that great number of beer bottles
had been discovered at the location
of the camp after the negro regimen.
had moved.
HULL, MASS.-The sale of liquor
to persons in bathing suits on Nam
tucket Beach was stopped following
the discovery that soldiers and sailors,
after going in swimming, patronized
the beer pavilions which dot the
beach. Since the order went into ef-
feet, the decrease of drunkenness
among soldiers and sailors has been
noticeable.
DIES MONIES, IOWA.-Seventy-
five thousand dollars worth of wines
and liquors were seized by the au-
thorities in move to protect the Des
Moines cantonment against drink
selling.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
THE MOURNERS"
"a BONE-DRY BALLAD)

A oan-sharl sat on his empty sic;
He was down to his utmost dime,
And he gazed across at vacant cafe
Get it stand for need the rhyme),
And he dropped three his shirt front (Which,
For a loan-shark is going some),
And he walled: ALIAS, good and rich
In the days of the Demon Rum.
"IIe used to harry the boys in here,
At the end of each perfect day,
And stood around with oval leer
While garnered their weekly pay.
But they've cancelled the good old gin-milfs lease
And emptied its shining shelves
And all of the lads that used to fleece
Are spending their coin themselves"
A iailer stood in his empty Jug
And pulled at cheap cigar,
As he gazed at hungry Croton bug
That crawled up iron bar.
Dear me- he said, with choking sob
This business is the bum;
I shudder for fear shall lose my job
Since they whipsawed Demon Rum
And gosh, how the business grew,
He would stand around with kindly grin
While the dollhouse doors changed to.
But since he canned in Washington
My trade is nearly dead
That they're going to pull the building down
And put up school, insteadF
From the Chicago Examiner, by permission.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14

At a recent meeting of the Danville
city council, resolution was pre-
scented asking the board of county SUI
pervisors to organize new township
to be known as the town of the city
of Danville. The vote on the resolu-
ton was seven to seven, the vets
voting for it and the drys against.
The tie was broken by the Mayors
vote against the resolution.
This was scheme to protect the
saloons still existing in the township
outside Of the city of Danvillc.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14

The war department has issued a
series of lessons for prospective sol
diers. They contain simple rules of
eating and living which all prospective
soldiers are advised to follow. Com
menting on these lessons, DIR. William
A. Evans of the Chicago Tribune.
says; Perhaps the most important
of these rules is to use no alcohol of
any kind
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
WILL CLOSE UP

According to William McClenshan,
president of the New York Retail Liz
uor Dealers Association, from 80 to
40 per cent of New York City's booze
joints are expected to close on Oc-
tober !. The high cost of booze is
given as one of the reasons. This
high cost Is likely brough about by
the closing Of the distilleries.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
FIGHT WITH BooTLEGGERs

In = battle between a notorious
band OF mountain meonshiners and
officials of the federal government,
Deputy Marshal z. L, Chappelle,
Deputy Collector o. T. Wood and
Policeman L, A. Mann. of Lynchburg,
Va. were badly wounded and narrow
, Iy escaped being killed in the noun
faius on the line between Amherst
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-09-14
ILLINOIS NEWS NOTES

trade if the town voted dry in the last
campaign, he gave the vets his check
for $500. After the drys won, in his
anxiety to survive, he promised his
clerks per cent bonus for any in
crease of business over the previous
year. At the end of the first three
months he paid the clerks $50 each as
their part of the gain. He says the
indications are that he will divide
$4,000 with them by the close of the
year.