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The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
FIRESTONE TIRE CO.
STOCKHOLDERS MEET
Enthusiasm Shown by Cooperative
, Workers Of Great Factory.

Unique IN the annals OF American
business enterprise was the annual
meeting Of the Firestone Tire & Rub
ber Company, held in the Firestone
Club. II was probably the. largest
meeting of stockholders ever held
in this country, IS per cent Of those
present being officers and employees
Of the company.
Enthusiastic applause greeted Pres
ident H. 8. Firestone when he stepped
on the stage. He expressed his sat
isfaction over such a elimination Of
his plan Of cooperative ownership
and his appreciation of the evident
broad understanding Of its aims and
purposes.
He announced the company's total
assets as ;Sl, ,6S3, ,6s7. Sand the total
surplus as $26.122. .s24SS. He announc-
ed an increase in sales Of II per cent
over the previous year. the total for
1917 being s6l, ,5ST,21029. President
Firestone prophesied that. barring
unforeseen transportation difficulties,
the factory would be operated in
1913 under a full production schedule
including the government require
nients.
AAAo AGROAN was Oil dppcdI pa
tIfotism. collective and individual.
while we are in the throes of
this great war" he said, I'VE must
use every atom OF our intelligence
and every sinew Of our strength, in
dividuaIly and collectively, to hasten
victory and peace. We must not
think of such sacrifices as me wust
make. Those of US who are here
and have not yet been called ts
make the sacrifice of being IN the
trenches must produce everything in
our power to make our country eff
eient. strong and prosperous"
The directors elected by the stock
holders for the coming year were
H s. Firestone. r. ]. Firestone, j.
w. Thomas, S. G. Carkhuf, A. C.
Miller, J. G. Robertson and L. E.
Sfsler.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
MANAGER BABCOX
TO DISCUSS The
RUBBER INDUSTRY

On Monday evening. March 10. at
Sis o'clock, Edward 8. Babcox, ad-
vertising manager OF the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company. Akron.
Ohio, will address the American
of Engineers on the
subject, THE Rubber Industry" at
the Chamber Of Commerce. Ar
have been made to
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17

What Is intended to be an earth
quake proof building has been built In
the Canal Zone. the roof being sup
ported by central pillars and the walls
being supports suspended from the
roof and anchored to the ground with
out bearing any burden.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17

An adding machine that can handle
forty columns Of figures has been con-
structed.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
WATER WON
And Texas Lost the Printers Home
1t Was Contest Between Booze
and Rocky Mountain
Spring Water.

The Union Printers Home is To-
Gated at Colorado Springs, Col 1t is
a home for old printers and proves
the care and tenderness with which
the typographical Union looks after
its members
In the Denver Labor Bulletin the
story is told of how booze played a
part in having the home located at
Colorado Springs or rather how good,
pure mountain water overcame the
booze advocates. The international
Typographical Union convention was
held at Atlanta, Ga, in 1890, at which
time the site for the home was Sc
lected
Texas delegates wanted the home
built in that state and, following the
custom of that period brought to the
convention a supply of liquor which
was on tap at Texas headquarters.
Colorado delegates opened up head
quarters in the same hotel with an
abundance of good, pure mountain
water 1t was a contest between
Texas booze and Colorado water.
Visiting delegates from all over
the country partook of the water and
passed up Texas booze, SO that when
a vote was reached they had clear
heads and were able to vote intelli-
gently and the proposition of the
Colorado Springs Chamber of Com
merce to donate so acres of land ad-
jacent to Pixies Peake for the Union
Printers Home was accepted.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
DULUTH LIKES IT
Greatly Improved Moral Condition
Prevails Since Prohibition Went
Into Effect.

Reliable figures from Duluth, Mimi,
show that much improved moral
standard is apparent since that city
became bone dry on the first of July,
1917. Arrests during 1917 were about
800 less than 1916, the last full year
of the liquor trade, according to the
annual report of the police depart
ment. Arrests for the entire year
lol totaled 7,463, compared with 1871
during the preceding IL months. The
arrests since the first of July, 1917,
were 2,477, compared with 1880 dur
ing the first two onths of the year
when the liquor license system was
in force.
The chairman OF the police commits
sion of Duluth said that the number
of prisoners now at the work farm
for drunkenness and other minor Of
renses is less than one-third of what
it was in corresponding period dur
inf the last wet year.
Exactly reverse conditions are re-
vealed across st Louis bay at SUI
perior, Wis, where Prohibition gave
place to the license system on July
last The total arrests made by the
police of Superior during 1917 mount
ed up to 5,525, or 10 per cent of the
city's population Arrests during the
Prohibition half of the year num-
bered only 992, while during the six
months wet period that year 4,52S.
Arrests of intoxicated persons became
so numerous in Superior that accom-
modations could not be provided in
the jails, either city or county. 1t is
said that in the emergency a place
was opened through subscriptions on
the part of the saloon element to take
care of their unfortunate customers
so that the strain upon the jails could
be lessened
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
A LABOR PAPERS ADVICE
Brothers Get Into the Fight to Rid
the State of Your Worst Enemy
Is the Plea

The Amalgamated Journal, official
organ Of the iron, steel and tin work
ers, tells in recent number of an in
cident at Ironton wherein two fellow
workmen, friends for years, quarreled
when drunk. After SOLDERING up, one
of these men felt so Inundated that
he made public apology in the pa
pers. After narrating the incident the
Amalgamated Journal says:
Now, brothers of organized labor,
get into the fight. Join the Trades
Union Dry League movement and
make Ohio dry this fall. Get rid
of your worst enemy and do your
brother worker a kindness by
placing him in a position where
he can get better wages and less
hours and he will not be instru-
mental in manufacturing a stuff
that will make you pauperize your
self and run your family out in
the cold or in the divorce courts.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
MORE STRINGENT
Chairman Fosdick of Commission on
Training Camp Activities, Says
Dry Zone Order Is Strength
ened by New Rule.

Chairman Fosdick, of the Commits
sion on Training Camp Activities,
says that the revision of the rules pro-
hibiting the sale or serving of intox-
icants to officers and enlisted men of
the army, announced on February 10,
is designed to stamp out bootlegging
outside of the dry zone around mill
tary camps Chairman Fosdick says:
Not only is the old ruling not
relaxed but the revised regulation
is much more stringent. Under
the original order only the sale of
liquors to officers and enlisted
men in uniform was prohibited
outside of the dry zones and boot
leggers and INSCRIPTIONS liquor
dealers were enabled to evade the
law without violating it tech
nically. As revised, the regula-
tons prohibit the serving, giving
or delivering of intoxicants to an
officer or soldier outside the zone
except that in private homes
liquor may be served to officers
or soldiers who are members of
the family or bona fide guests.
Persons convicted of violating
the new regulations will be liza
bic to fine of a thousand dol
lars or II months Imprisonment
or both.
The definition of the term
military camp" has been en-
larged in the revised order to en-
brace training camps of the ord
nance and quartermaster's de-
partments and medical officers
throughout the United States,
Hawaii and Porto Rico
Evidently Uncle Sam is in earnest
in his efforts to keep booze from the
soldiers Wouldn't it be entirely con-
sistent for him to enlarge the order to
include civiliansa 1t is recognized
that all civilians who are not totally
disabled are expected to do their part
towards winning the war Every man
engaged in industrial pursuit contrib
uting to the general welfare, is doing
his bit and booze is interfering wher-
ever it is permitted to be sold or
made
War emergency Prohibition is nee
essary'ff waste OF man power and
waste of food and coal is to be re-
duced to the minimum.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
TAILORS STRIKE
Dry Denver Experiences a Strike
Which Is Soon Peacefully Set
tied and Men Get Big In
crease in Pay.

The tailors of Denver went out on
a strike few days ago and the vets
rejoiced because of this strike in a
dry city and tainted labor by asking
what about the boast that the work
ers are being we'll cared for in d
city without saloons? The Denver
Labor Bulletin punctures the wet
hilarity with the following:
The tailors were out one week
and reached an agreement with
the bosses whereby they returned
to work with increases ranging
from So to SIS per week, two hours
cut off each weeks time, double
pay for holidays, no Saturday
night work and price and a half
for overtime-a victory never be-
fore achieved by tailors in Den
yer when saloons invited strikers
to tank up" and tangle their ne
gotiations.
In addition to the above vic
tory, one of the largest employ
ers, when his strikers returned
after being out one week handed
each man a check for the full time
on strike with the additional
awage increase, thus proving that
a boozeless strike begets respect
and makes for higher standard
of citizenship and good fellow
ship
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
MAY CALL SPECIAL SESSION

The Philadelphia North-American,
of February 10, reported the private
secretary of Governor Brumbaugh, of
Pennsylvania, as stating that the Gov
ernor had under consideration the
calling of a special session of the
Legislature to reapportion the states
legislative districts and consider the
national Prohibition amendment, and
was trying to learn the sentiment of
the state with respect to such special
session.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
HOSPITAL Commission
WARNS AGAINST BOOZE
Prevent Excessive Use of Alec
hol," First of Five Steps Pro-
posed by New York Board
to Check Insanity
Care of Insane Cost New York
Over $4,000, 900 Last Year, Says
Commission; Hospitals
Filled to Overflow

"The prevention of the excessive use
Of alcoholic liquors" is the first of FIVE
definite steps in statewide campaign
for the prevention of mental diseases
recommended by the New York State
Hospital Commission in its annual re-
port just submitted to the state Leg
islature.
while the number of alcoholic
admissions to the state hospitals
is steadily and substantially de-
creasing," says the Commissions
report, there is still room for
further improvement. This is
shown by the fact that there was
a total of 684 patients with alco-
holic psychoses admitted to the
civil state hospitals during the
year. These constitute 7.8 per cent
of all admissions"
Under the Commissions classical
lion this 7.8 per cent represents only
those cases in which the use of alco-
holic liquors was an Geological" or
casual factor, and does not include
larger percentage of cases in which
the use of alcohol is a contributory
factor
The care of the insane last year
cost the state $8,383,616, according to
the report, which estimates the yearly
economic loss to the state through
mental disease a. $35,000,000 The net
increase of patients in the civil hos
pitfalls for the year was liza, in the
hospitals for the criminal insane, 81,
and in private institutions 8, making
total increase of 1888. The per
capita cost of maintaining the insane
for the year was $2l916.
The Commission report shows that
the - civil hospitals are housing
$1,000 patients, or 5,807 more than
they were built to accommodate
Pointing to 20 per cent overcrowd-
ing and an ever increasing insanity
rate the report expresses the belief
that nearly half the cases of mental
diseases are preventable, and makes
FIVE definite recommendation in this
connection.
After listing as its first recommended
ton "the prevention of the excessive
use of alcoholic liquors." the report
urges checking the ravages of syphilis,
(which i. says is responsible for Is per
lent of the mental diseases admitted
to the state hospitals; the teaching
of mental hygiene, along with physical
hygiene, in the public schools; the
elimination of extreme poverty, pau
perism and distress; and the extern
sion of social work in behalf OF the
mentally afflicted, including the pro-
vision of mental clinics for the treat
ment of incipient cases of nervous and
mental disease.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
REFERENDUM OPPOSED
New York Senator Proposes to Sub
NIT Ratification to People; Drys
Are Fighting Idea

Senator Argetsinger, OF New York,
has proposed a referendum on the rat
ifcation of the national Prohibition
amendment. This proposition is meet
ing with vigorous opposition from the
Anti-Saloon League. A referendum
on the ratification of the amendment
would be at most merely an advisory
vote, in no sense binding upon the
Legislators, and its effect would be to
delay action. Superintendent Ander-
son, of the Anti-Saloon League, in
discussing the referendum proposal,
says:
Senator Argetsinger's proposal
to postpone this matter until 1919
is so absurd that it seems impossi-
bic that it can have been offered
in good faith. Whatever the mo-
tive behind it, it plays into the
hands of those who are seeking
for delay at any price and who are
trying to rob the nation of the
moral benefit of prompt action on
the part of New York. Whatever
color of the reason there might be
for vote this coming fall is lack
ing in the proposition to postpone
for year because the question
will be up in every Senatorial and
Assembly district this coming fall
and candidates for the Legislature
will have to declare themselves
on the question of whether they
will recognize their obligation to
vote on this issue.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
UNCLE SANS YOUNGEST
WANTS PROHIBITION

Last week the government of
the Virgin Islands had a mea-
sure introduced in the local
Legislature prohibiting the
manufacture, sale, importation,
giving away or having in pos
session of Intoxicating liquors.
The bill is accompanied by an
official document pointing out
the extent af the temperance
movement in the world and par
ticularly in the United States
and recommending that the
Virgin Islands take prompt ac-
ton in this great reform move
ment without awaisting the
mandate of superior authority.
This news comes from St.
Thomas, the largest island in
the group
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

The Kaiser will continue to think
America inefficient until we realize
that we have a powerful enemy to
fight and get down to brass tacks
in this war and become efficient and
close the breweries and save our food
and our fuel and make all the men
work and all the women help in some
way. We ought to do these things
NOW.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
WON'T REDISTILL SPIRITS

A Washington dispatch of February
IS says that, because of the expense
involved and the danger of impurities,
the War Department has decided
against proposals to secure alcohol by
redistilling seized spirits. The depart
ment said this plan would furnish only
an insignificant part of the total re-
quirements, which is nearly 100000
pounds for this year.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
PEN FAMILY WAVES

According to the report just issued,
of Warden Drum, of the Washington
State Penitentiary, 442 prisoners were
received in the prison in 1914, a wet
year. -Four hundred and twelve were
received in 1915, the last wet year. In
1916, the first dry year, the number
received was 235 and in 1917 the num-
Der received was 239, slight increase
over 1916, but still only little over
half as many as were received during
either 1914 or 1915, the last two wet
years.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
TAKE NO CHANCES
(W. J. Bryan.)

Put none but ratificationists
on guard Democrats and Repub-
licans everywhere should see
to it that every candidate for
the State Legislature is openly
pledged to vote for the ratifi-
cation of the National Prohib-
ition Amendment. Take no
chances. This is the supreme
domestic issue until Constitu-
tional Prohibition is secured.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

The rice planters in California are
starting their crop which will be
worth about 100000. The brewers
will get large share of this rice I'M
less Mr.. Hoover stops them. Write
brief, courteous letter to him today
and urge him to close the breweries
and to confiscate the large stocks of
rice and barley they already have.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
NOT WISE

On February 10, the directors of
the California Wine Association in
cluded in the annual report recon-
mendations that wine stocks be dis
posed of and that wine men prepare
for Prohibition. The report declares
the directors have decided that further
pursuit of business with future SO
uncertain is not wise.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

Bakersfield, Cal, is getting patri-
otto and will likely close its IS liquor
joints. It's just splendid, and il
means a bit more food to win the war
with, tool
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
CORKS AND BULLETS
By Harry P. Rising

MERGED, Cal, is going to close
its eight saloons. Another white
spot on the map of California.
There are going to be others, tool
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

There are just two kinds of Ameri-
cans now--those who are doing some
thing to help win the war, and those
who are doing nothing. As the liquor
dealers are in the do nothing" class
they ought to be changed into the
do something class.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
LUNACY
Chicago Post.)

The idea of schoolless city
while the saloons keep running
is unthinkable
What sort of a democracy is
it that would save coal at the
expense of its children in order
to keep the saloon fires burn
ing? The people of Chicago
have outgrown such lunacy.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
BONE-DRY DEFEATED

By bare majority of three votes
the Senate of South Carolina defeated
a bill passed by the House prohibiting
the shipment of liquors into the state
for any purpose
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

In his poem, "The Just Cause"
Herman Hogedorn puts it this way:
my enemy is strong, I know;
, His arts are sly, his guns are great.
I do not fear him nor his hate.
In fog, in darlSnsss, gropes my foe,
There is light where'er I gop
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

The average citizen is willing to go
the limit to win the war" The brew
er should be forced to go the limit to
win the war;
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

Edward R. Dietrich, representing
the Chicago Brewers Association,
laid charges before States Attorney
Hoyne last week, accusing fraud in
connection with the obtaining of the
dry petition presented by the COM
missioner on January 81.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

An Ohio fuel administrator has
found out what a saloon is. He
says it is place of amusement"
But there is no fun in 1t for the
wives of the drunkardsi
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

The saloonkeepers have been a
great aid in making sentiment for
a dry nation. Thanks, gentle
menl
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

Do something for the youth of
the nation, reader, and become an
excited person over this liquor
question:
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
What the Great Dry Speakers Say
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WASHINGTON CONVENTION

OF the National Anti-Saloon League. War
Prohibition, food waste, the treason of Beer.
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your library.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

The National Wet-or-Dry Issue Is Upon Us
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC

BY VIM E. Johnson.
10 a standard work, dealing with the great
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01
BIGGER BETTER

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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-01

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Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-24

Township %, South, Range rs East,
G. d $. X. b. & NJ, which claim is de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Cor. No 1, the w. Il
Cor. of Sec. IS, I. % s., r. "a h., q. az
s. X. b. q NJ, brs. n. So 10 w. 1861
IT,. thence 5. So 90 L. ABS fea to
Cor. No. =, thence n. e "a Z. 1928
feet to Cor. No. 3, thence S. 73' 40 K.
10000 feet to Cor. No. 4, the n. Z. Cor,
thence S. 2 "a w. 600 feet to Cor
No 5, the S. E. Cor, thence n. 73' AZ
W. 1865 feet to Cor. No. 8, the S. W.
Cor, thence n. % "a Z. 37S.S feet to
Cor No. l, the place of the beginning,
containing net area of 1883 acres.
The location notice of this claim is
recorded in the County Recorders Of
flee, Cochise County, State of Arizona,
as follows: Book 81 Record OF Mines,
at page 431.
The names OF the adjoining claims
are: North Sur. No. 24Z4. Delta lode,
Sur. No. 2062, Golden Era, No. lode.
East Sur No. 1862, Little Era lode,
American lode, unsurveyed, owned by
John Fitzpatrick. South, Anvil lode,
unsurveyed, owned by John FitZpat-
rick. West, Golconda lode, Sur. No.
1896.
J. l.. IRWIN, Register.
First Publication March s, 1918.
Last Publication May II. 1918.