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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26
TWO HUN SUBS ARE
DESTROYED ON THE
HIGH SEAS BY SHIP
,By Associated Press Dispatch,

LONDON. Sept. 25.-Ottcial announcement that Vhe
armed steamer which sunk two Hun subs was an Amer.
can craft and that but three shots were fired at each oil
the subs when they went down to stay.
One of the subs was sunk Immediately after 1t had
successfully sheIed neutral sailing vessel During this
engagement British torpedo boat tried to lend assistance
to the neutral boat but not until the American had given
the sub it's death blow The second sub sunk when
caught i'm a trap by the American
The American steamer has been patrofng IN the
North Sea for some time and yet her identity has not
been discovered but her damages to the subs have been
noted ON many occasions, and in many instances where
neutral boats are engaged by subs this same American
steamer appears ON the scene at about the right time She
is well armed.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26
HELENE OF THE NORTH"
ATTRACTION AT EMPRESS

Marguerite Clark, Daniel Frohman's
dainty star, in the most unique inn
personation she has yet assumed ia
motion picture art will be the at
traction at the Empress theater to-
morrow night, when she will appear
as Helene" Miss Dearng, in "HeI-
en- of the North"D. The subject COM
bines in decidedly novel manner the
cultured atmosphere of aristocratic So
ciety circles, with the rugged environ
ment of trac5less wastes of North
western Canada. Without doubt one
Of the best photoplays ever shown in
Seward
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26
PERSHING TO GO CLOSER TO FRONT
,By Associated Press Dispatch,

PARIS, Sept. 25. - Belief that the American eXpe-
dtonay forces will soon take section Of trenches
somewhere in France and Belgium and will receive
d baptism Of fire. is based on announcement made to-
night that Gen Pershngs headquarters to be moved
from Paris 4 point nearer his men, who undergo
mo intensive training at point not far distant from the
fighting line
The new location of the American commanders head
quartersw probably become his field headquarters after
the American "Sammies" 90 into action
The work Of moving the headquarters will begin to
morrow The place selected is, of course, unknown.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26

There will be a meeting of the Fire Department at
$50 this evening at the Fire Hall All members request
ed to be present
FIRE CHIEF.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26
PORTO RICO'S QUOTA 1884 MEN

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico Sept. 24-Porto Ricos quota
for the National army will be 1884 instead of 1000 men
as originally announced according to Lieutenant Colonel
Townshend in command of the district of Porto Rico who
has just received instructions from Washington to that
effect Whether the total number will be called at one
time or whether they will be drawn at different intervals
is not yet known here However plans for the building of
a cantonment to accommodate 1000 men have not yet
been changed
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26
TROUBLE AMONG THE CENTRAL POWERS

BERNE, Sept. 24.-The Kaiser passed through Bu-
dapest on his way to Sofia and is believed he is seng
to smooth over the difficulties between Bulgaria and Ger
many. Austria demanded military aid which Bulgaria
refused and Bulgaria asked similar aid which the
traI powers refused
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26
FLYING MADE IMPOSSIBLE BY WEATHER
lBy Associated Pres, Dispatchl

LONDON, Sept. 14-It is officially announced that
during the first two hours Of Tuesdays BATTLE low clouds
and drizzng rain made flying almost impossible. When
the weather improved our aerial activity became great
and the contact maintained with our advancing troops
both aeropanes and balloons gave observations for our
army.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26

LONDON Sept. a. - The Germans continued last
night to launch heavy counter attacks against the new
British lines east of Ypres and used large forces without
results. except the loss of great many men.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26
NAVAL WORKS AT
OSTEND BOMBARDED
BY BRITISH WARSHIP
lRy A..ocIaLed 20. DI.psLehl

LONDON, Sept. 2I.-The British Warship 5Om6aTd-
ed the Teer naval works at Ostend with satisfactory
suits Three German seaplanes were brought down by
British aeropanes
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-26
RUSSIANS RETIRE on RIGA FRONT

PETROGRAD, Sept. 2l-The Russian troops on the
Riga front have retired to the right bank of the Diyna
river in the region of ackostand where they seem to be
holding their own.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
Mayor Monman
Asks New Council
Help Enforce Law

n ayor Mollman, in his inaugural
address to the newly elected council
|of East ST, Louis few days ago,
|tae< 4 the following significant words:
{e Qye enforced the law and
{ eons on Sunday. as provided
ltrts< 4saf4 ul;rcis lad !. a
ordinances of the city, and thereby
have changed the name, and the char
acter of our city. We now have a
reputation which is attracting the at
tention of people both at home and
abroad, and I invite your cooperation
so that this good word and favorable
publicity may continue to go abroad.
I again serve notice upon the lawless
element that no quarter will be shown
them in East St. Louis.
1t will be recalled that Mayor Moll-
mans reelection was fought by the
liquor interests, but that in spite OF
their opposition, he received ma
jority one hundred times larges than
when first elected.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
Death Of Bruce Bill
Makes Dry Converts
Chicago Examiner and American
Come Out Flat-Footed for
Dry State

The defeat of the Bruce anti
whisky bill by the liquor interests
last week has made thousands of con-
verts to Prohibition. Men, who be-
fore would have objected to being
classed as dry, declare that by the
rejection of this and other measures
designed to eliminate the more fla
grant evils of the saloon, the vets
have left them no alternative but to
work for Legislature committed to
a dry Illinois.
Among the potent influences that
have thus lined up with the anti-sa-
loon forces are the Chicago Examiner
and the Chicago American. For
months these papers had advocated
the Bruce bill as a compromise meas
ure and one that would go far to-
ward solving the drink problem.
When the vets ran their steam roller
over it last week these papers came
out hat-footed for statewide Prohi-
bition.
Says Issue Forced by VETS
The liquor interests of Illinois, says
the Examiner editorially, forced total
Prohibition on this commonwealth by
defeating the Bruce compromise
measure to Danish whisky without in
reference with lighter alcoholic
drinks.
There are tens of thousands of peo-
pie in Illinois who are not Prohibit
tionists on principle but who will
cheerfully vote for total Prohibition
rather than see the sale of whisky and
similar poisons continued.
In short, when the liquor interests
killed the Bruce bill in the Legislature
yesterday they took short cut to the
complete abolition of the liquor traf-
fic in this state, root and branch, in
Guiding the closing of all saloons.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
Lowden Backed
Naval Station Bill
Snubbed by Vets
Governor Joined Secretary Daniels
and Naval Commander Moffett
in Urging Passage of Law
as War Measure

In spite of the fact that Governor
Lowden had urged the passage of the
bill establishing a fve-mile dry zone
around the Great Lakes Naval Train
ing Station, and that this measure
also received the earnest support of
Republican House Leader Shurtleff,
and was pleaded for in letters by Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels and by
Naval Commander Moffett, it was de-
feated by the solid vote of the wets.
Governor Lowden had sent a spe-
cial message to the House urging the
passage of the bill as a war measure.
Mr.. Shurtleff and others pointed out
that only through such legislation
could the cadets at the training sta
ton be protected against drunken
ness and vice.
Lee O'Neil Browne Objects
Under the flimsy pretext raised by
Lee O'Neil Browne that the bill was
designed to make Chicago dry if
naval training camp is established in
Grant Park, the vets killed the bill
by vote of 67 to Of, the drys falling
10 short OF the necessary II votes to
pass the measure. Two years ago
the vets excuse for killing this same
bill was that it might affect Peoria.
AS in the present instance, this was
an excuse, not reason.
The defeat of the naval training bill
not only showed that the vets care
nothing for the efforts of the govern
ment to safeguard the soldiers, bat
demonstrated that they had orders
from the liquor interests to ride
rough-shod over everything that
threatened to curtail their profits.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
Battle Opens for
Bone-Dry Illinois
Defeat of All Anti-Saloon Measures
Causes Many Desertions From
Liquor Interests
DRY LEGISLATURE PREDICTED

The campaign for bone-dry Hi
nois has already begun.
The defeat of the referendum bill,
residence district, anti-shipping and
other reasonable measures advocated
by the Anti-Saloon League several
weeks ago, and the more recent
slaughter of the Bruce anti-whisky
BILL the naval station law, the dance
hall and anti-bootlegging measures,
have brought conservative men all
over the state to realization of the
fact that the liquor interests are in
control of the State Legislature and
can only be ousted by driving them
completely from the state.
What Chairman Lyon Says
The decision of the drys is best ex-
pressed by the declaration of Thomas
E. Lyon, chairman of the temperance
committee in the Illinois House:
It seems that the whisky people
must be absolutely beaten, humbled
and obliterated before they will quit
Nothing more fair, as a sporting
proposition, could have been offered
than the statewide referendum bill
That measure simply left it to the
people to decide whether they desired
the saloon.
The statewide bill was chosen by
the drys as the most important meas
ure on which to make their stand this
year because of it's fairness and be-
cause they believed that it would de-
velop the extent to which the Liquor
Dealers Protective Association would
go in their demands for allegiance.
Drys Already Active
"One year hence" says w. c. l.
Hallowe1l in the Chicago Examiner,
"a large field of candidates will seek
places on the Democratic and Repub-
lican Legislative tickets. Ordinarily
the scramble for nominations does not
begin until a few weeks before the
primaries. The 5lst General Assem-
bly,, however, already is in the max
ing.
with one man dead, and two sick,
the drys in this Legislature came
within 10 votes of the II necessary
to submit the liquor question to the
people of the state of Illinois. Still
they were magnanimous and were
willing to sacrifice their cardinal
neutrality-suspicious. to the saloon as
an institution--if their action could
result in a compromise that would
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
JUST SUPPOSE

Although Chicago is the most over
taxed city in the United States, the
Council Finance Committee is worry
ing about the loss of 100000 revenue
due to the closing of several hundred
saloons.
Suppose the people of Chicago
should resolve to set aside for just
one year the $l40,0000O0 annually
expended for booze in the city, and
use it for civic purposes. Do you not
get at once vision of new and bet
ter Chicago-more public improve
ments, a cleaner civic life and a
stronger healthier, better citizen
ship?
Economically, as well as morally,
booze spells waste.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
Leland Grill
in Springfield
Becomes Tea Room

Tea for two, please" This is the
new sort of order given in the Hotel
Leland grill room, Springfield, since
the city went dry.
.'If the miner cannot have his glass
of beer, the plutocrat must go with
cut his wine," said Z. O. Perry, man
ager of the Leland Hotel, when he
announced that the Leland grill room
will be converted into an English tea
parlor. Women as well as men will
be served.
"The Leland is going to be abso-
'iutefS dry, SAID nj aTiagef Ferry, 'ex-
pressing his sentiments relative to a
saloonless Springfield.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18

Whisky won again in the Illinois
Legislature last week.
Again the brewery, distillery and
saloon interests demonstrated their
complete cooperation in the state
House of Representative when every
remaining dry measure on the calen-
dar was defeated by them. As men
who privately admitted that certain
dry bills should pass voted against
them. insinuations of bribery were
freely made on the floor of the House
by dry leaders and the vets dared
not reply
Vets Present Solid Front
As one dry bill after another was
slain by the vets, it became evident
that they were determined not to con-
slider the measures on their merits but
had decided to kill all bills that in
any way restricted, or were in any
way intended to restrict or regulate
the traffic in intoxicants.
The Bruce bill, which was COM
promise measure designed to limit the
alcoholic content of liquor sold in
the saloons to 10 per cent, and which
nent vets outside of the Legislature
was defeated by vote of so to 55.
The bill to establish fvemile dry
zone around the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station met similar fate
though il had the endorsement oi
Governor Lowden, Secretary Daniels
Naval Commander Moffett and was
fathered by Republican Leader Shurt-
left.
The Barbour dance hall bill, de-
signed to prevent the sale of liquor
in dance halls to boys and girls, was
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18

BRIBERY CHARGED AS ILLINOIS
VETS SLAY ALL DRY BILLS
Bruce Bill Naval Station Measure Dance Hall and Anti
Bootleggng Laws All Slaughtered by Liquor Interests
VETS IGNORE LOWDEN

disposed of in the same summary
fashion.
The Tuthill anti-bootlegging bill,
which would have prevented the illicit
sale of liquor in anti-saloon territory,
was likewise defeated by a solid vote
of the vets.
Bribery Charged by Drys
Insinuations of bribery were freely
made by the drys against the vets.
Representative Perkins of Lincoln
charged that cash defeated the state
wide Referendum bill. Turning TO
Lee O'Neil Browne, Mr. Perkins asked,
How much did it cost to defeat the
Referendum bill?
You don't think that | received
any money for my vote, do you?'
parried Mr.. Browne.
81 am not making charges against
any particular individual" replied Mr..
Perkins. "What would like to know
is, how much was spent in defeating
the Dill.
OF the men who opposed the dry
measures, not only those of last week
but those that were defeated in the
House on previous occasions, Repre-
sentative Michael l.. Igoe of the Hyde
Park district, Democratic leader of
the House, is singled out by dry lead
ers for special condemnation. Mr..
lgoe comes from a dry district and
had given assurances of fairness to-
wards anti-saloon measures. He dis
appointed all his dry friends, both III
and out of the Legislature, by hls
jealous support of the saloon inter
ests and his venomous opposition to
dry measures.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
HONORS HEAPED ON
DRY LEGISLATORS
in COOK COUNTY
Senator Austin and Represen.
tatiyes Thon and Bippus
Commended at Mammoth
Meeting in Austin
CRAFTS PRESIDES

At meeting which jammcd to the
doors the Masonic Temple, Austin,
last week, honors were heaped upon
Senator Henry w. Austin and Rep
resentatives w. G. Thon and Fred
erick J. Bippus of the 23rd and 2lst
legislative districts, for their support
of dry measures in the Legislature.
Clayton E. Crafts, ex-Speaker of
the House of Representatives, pre-
sided. The chief address was deliv-
cred by Judge Sadler of Chicago E.
]. Davis and several others also
spoke. Responses were made by
Senator Austin and Representatives
Thon and Bippus, and resolutions
commencing the Senator and Repre-
sentat;ves for their fight against the
liquor power i'll the Legislature were
unanimously passed.
In his address, Judge Sadler char
acterized the liquor interests as "the
greatest autocracy on earth" and add
ed that in their opposition to the
referendum bill and to other fair and
reasonable legislation proposed by
the people of Illinois, they had adopt
ed policy that was both bullheaded
and near sighted"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
HE SEES HIS END
THE DEMON RUM
Editorial in Chicago Tribune

Editorial in Chicago Tribune)
The Illinois Legislature has
disposed neatly of the liquor
bills by killing them all, which
is a gain for the demon, be-
cause the demon loses and does
not gain by legislation.
We are inclined to agree with
the Prohibitionists, who, disap-
pointed as they may be, regard
the accomplishment of rum in
the Legislature as a tour de
force and not as an interpre-
tation of sentiment in the state,
as a success which leads to the
precipice.
We have not been inclined to
dogmatize about liquor. But
/. We are scnny;rcsa4 that fer e.
time being there is genuine
demand for the limitation of its
effectiveness upon the peoplI.
If this demand cannot get ra-
tional expression in representa-
tive bodies, it is pretty sure to
get violent expression in popu-
lar vote.
Rum is a cunning devil, and
knows how to control or ma
nipulate representative bodies,
but in doing so it frequently
enrages the people who elect
the representatives, and in turn
gets the worst of it.
We suspect that presently
popular vote will take a good
deal of the pink out of the days
of Illinois rum dealers. That
may not settle the liquor ques-
ton with the finality that Pro-
hibitionists think it will, but it
will hang for rent signs on a
large number of saloons.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18

ward ]. Brundage, who has been
bringing the pressure of his office to
bear upon Indifferent and recalcitrant
officials all over Illinois.
States Attorney Schaumleffel of
St. Clair county has indicated to At
torney General Brundage that he will
see that the state law is enforced from
this on.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
St. Clair County
Resorts Will Close
Attorney General Brundage Takes a
Hand

According to the East St. Louis
Journal, every saloon operating in
St. Clair county contrary to the state
laws will be closed on Sunday and at
other times required by the state
laws. This result is due to the Wig
orous action of Attorney General Ed
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18

kick whisky from the bars OF the state.
MANY of the drys who voted in
favor of the Bruce bill went violently
contrary to the directions of their
constituents. But they were game.
They were willing to tread on neutral
ground. The whisky men were not"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
Legislative Black List

Defeated Referendum in the Legislature Either by
Voting Against the Measure by Not Voting at All
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
The Resolutions
The resolutions follow:

he resolutions follow:
T, ~ AssslST Ss1s ii ti.S 5ftsenf II ssicf 'osa
the Legislature of the state Of Illinois
especial interest developed through
out the state in what is commonly
known as the Referendum bill, and
Whereas, fair minded and unprej-
udiced voters throughout the state
believed in the fundamental justice of
the proposition to submit to the
voters of the state the question
whether or not the state of Illinois
should become dry territory, and
Whereas, violent opposition to the
submission of this proposition to the
people developed among the liquor
interests of the state and persons
friendly to those interests, thus bring
ing great pressure to bear upon Our
legislators with the express object
of depriving the voters of the state
of the right to make decision with
regard to this important question,
and
Whereas, the Hon. Henry W. Aus
tin, Senator of the 23rd district, the
Hon. Frederick ]. Bippus, Represent
ative of the 2lst district, and the Hon.
William G.. Thon, Representative of
the 23rd district, all voted to trust the
people of the state and especially
their own constituency to decide this
question for themselves be it resolved
THAT we, voters and members OF
their stituencies, do hereby ex-
press our appreciation of the action of
these Legislators. We recognize the
fundamental justice of their position
and express our approval of the fact
that they were not turned aside from
the plain path of duty by the clamor
of the undemocratic opposition; be 1t
further resolved,
THAT this company Of citizens ex-
presses its confidence that as further
emergencies may arise, these repre-
sentatives will continue to act in ac-
cordance with the principles of JUS
tice to all the citizens of the state; be
1t further resolved,
THAT in the present world crisis
and national need, it is the earnest
hope of this body of citizens that this
nation in sanity and sobermindedness
may use every means to provide food
for the nation and to protect the
youth and manhood of the army and
navy from needless temptation, in
GLIDING in this provision and protec-
tion the humiliation of the beverage
liquor traffic throughout the United
States of America.
Respectfully submitted
"Rev. Robert H. Beattie, Chm
"Rev. ]. S. Ladd Thomas,
"Rev Judson B. Thomas,
Committee on Resolutions.
adopted May II, 1917"
Among the men responsible for the
success of the meeting were Frank F.
Short, Joseph L. Hamcl and Fred G.
Dickerson. This is probably the first
meeting of the kind in Illinois and
there should be many more like it.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18
Springfield Elks Dry

Were dry" was the decision
reached at recent meeting of the
Springfield Elks, according to the
Journal. The locker system will not
be operated, and the lodge rooms will
be minus refreshments which contain
kicks" from this on
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-05-18

Police of Columbus nipped in the
bud riot which started in the Hous-
ton saloon. A large number of men
were arrested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1917-09-13
Legal Notice.

ID. c. Kelley, first and true name
Mrs. ID. {. Kelley, his wife, first and tnle
name unknown; Herbert A. Tabor; Mrs
Herbert A. Tabor, wife OF Herbert A. Tabor
first and true name %unknown; The un
known heirs, devisees, legatees, personal re
representatives. and other persons interested In
the estate OF any or all OF the above named
defendants II deceased will take notice that
on the 18th day OF August 1917, Charles +
Wallin, plaintiff herein, filed his petition In
the District Court OF Webster county, Nebras-
KIN, against each and all OF the above named
defendants, and that OIL the 18th day OF Aug
ust 1917, Hon. H.. ;. DUNCAN. Judge OF said
court, made an order for service OF summons
on said defendants by publication In the Red
Cloud Chief; that the object and prayer OF
said petition are to remove cloud from and
quiet title In the above named plaintiff of
the following real estate, viz, Lots 8, 8 and 10
I'm Block l In Gulliford's Addition to the city
OF Red Cloud, Nebraska, oil In section 80
Township2 North, Range IL west 9 p. NJ. In
Webster county Nebraska, and for equitable
relief.
You are required to answer said petition on
or before the 1 day of October 1917.
Dated August II, 1917.
CHARLES L. WALLIS,
by Frank J. Munday
His Attorney. 9-i3