Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
ING RUM BAN
~ for Drunkenness
mp Nearly One.half
With Bars Closed
TLECCINC IS LESS
IL Fund Accounts and
Dpeals for Charity Like
wise Affected

while the saloons we're closed ny
81 the health authorities
teste for drunkenness and TO-
eenness and disorderly conduc' d.
&<od considerably In the month end
Inst night there We're 1872 AR So
t3<oxication and disordcr'v conduct
Uftng September bf this wear fNr
Znrne causes. 3tl4 arrests were made
IA Qetober 1917. 2544 prisoners figured
~ Co1ice blotters for the same reasons,
a The ban on liquor estah.iehr nts was
t&nped down October t.couso Of tht
&Nensa epidemic Il was -f'ad AZ
11ock this morning.
n. weekly record % arre-.s Tor in
lpAtion and for intcXicrti2n and dis
1sly conduct while the ban was ef-
( <(lte follows,
|t HOr the week ending October !. 1oi
gE@ets for the week ending October u,
MA arrests; for the week clN ing octo-
|J&f ~, bs5 arrests. and for the week
~ o1ne October IS PAS arrests There
2~efe 124 arrests reported for Monday
IG14 yesterday.
During the first complete week tAat
1150 health han was laid on saloons.
AlD4 Arrests for drunkerness and for DIS
&t1erly conduct was only oce-fourth -he
0sSkly average for las September.
ETA Ban BENEFIT. Say, souder
The effects of the saloon ban are re-
.Hocted not only in decreased arrests for
1runkenness and disords~ly conduct. hUt
ii the number of arre-ts for other causes
4 There isn't any douh- that the ban
;4fns q benefit" commented Captain OF
j6kectives Souder There Is no question
~ that II has considerably reduced the
1Hount of petty crime. u even lesseoe
eI&S number of hor,icides. intoxicated
g6on while quarreling occasionally knock
80 another down and a fractured skull
o1Gults."
During the twenty-five days the ban
'SlR6h effective Governm ~ authorities
Sl0und the number of bootlcgcing cases
.}Gnning below the average. and there
sW1o no Increase in the use Of narcotics
q yAccording to Todd Daniel snperia-
fGndent of investigation TO- the Depart
5iaant of Justice boot, criHG' arrests
~ rederal agents were fewer While the
han continued Illicit nGrreyots Of
'lttuor, he said. found it exc td.HTiy diff
nen1t to get supplies. and because ~
me ban their detection was rendered
:lAeter.
The narcotic division Of III. Internal
'lssenue Department declared there was
~ Increase in the number Of dope"
Sers here While officials of the divi-
I1a1n pointed out thar three weeks was
~ short a period on which to base very
&ecurate estimates. they said they were
6onvinced that liquor users. deprived o.
2lcohol did not turn to narcotics as a
9nbstitute.
Erect on Saving Banks
q while the dry" period was only O;
ohree weeks duration. prohibition advo-
e0tee nevertheless expected 4 substantial
;ln6rease in the amount of saving de-
QGptts
Opinion on that point was divided to.
'1Ay among the bankers and saving fund
SSllciRls. Normal deposits We're slowed
VIVA because of the Liberty Loan drive
4 63tox pointed out while tine epidemic and
4neeQuent bills for medical and other
.1ofvice required withdraw from nu-
1o1rous accounts
s Degfnning this week. however. accord
~ to +, j. Beck, assistant treasurer of
44e philadelphia Savings Fund Society.
74Fe was very large increase in the
Uo0ht OF deposits at that institution.
M large increase, he said. was aside
zfom the business due to the sale of
E54erty Loan bonds.
~ Deposits at lis institution fell away
@uRtng the last three weeks. according
~ 1GnAtius j. Dohan, president of the
DoneAcial Savings Fund Society He
5n&1Flbuted much of the decrease to the
,1nt1omic. In many instances. he said,
- sickness caused extraordinary de-
X4nds on incomes and checked saving
49, large extent.
u The ban on saloons temporarily wiped
IN about one-half of the drunkenness
~ this city, according to the Rev. Homer
Tope. head of the anti-saloon league.
.ts Deetor Tope Cries Good Example 4
VI ~Reports made to me by observers in
Al sections of the city" he said. ''indi-
644ted large decrease in intoXication
tupre. Even with the violations of the
s14W that occurred: drunkenness fell con-
xotqerably. The three-weeks period was
rood example of what prohibition
<4beild do
Either wartime prohibition or ma
qnal prohibition should be enforced by
- Federal authorities and would be
more effective than the temporary
Jnotfion that existed here for the last
q weeks, and which depended on the
g m police for enforcement"
Ur1inarily, about 90 per cent of all
~ cases brought to their attention re-
from liquor. according to Karl de
reanttz. general secretary of the So
4 ~ for Organizing Charity
qe Scheweinitz said the district
I4rp of the society during the last
Weeks were too much occupied with
qDp1demic to compile any figures on
d.: eereAse of intoxication cases H
< ~ all the districts, he said and
M that In nearly every case on their
Dg08 where men or women We're
3Q1o TO intoxication those men
Women became infected with in
oQ9 Or pneumonia.
here is no question but that per-
~ closing of saloons he asserted
nN lessen the need for relief work q"