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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-31
Beveridge Opposes
League of Nations.
Would Interfere With Internal
Affairs of Nation.
DOES NOT FAVOR IT
Would Have Prevented Civil
and Spanish Wars.
Would Practically Take Away
Our Independence.

Indianapolis. Ind, May 31.-Even
if by miracle Germany succeeded in
overcoming the allies. America would
carry on the war single-handed, until
the German government admitted its
defeat. bert ]. Beveridge. former
United States senator from Indiana,
said in a Memorial day address here.
Americans are unbreakably united
for this war" he said. ION the solid
ground that we went into it because
we were attacked; and while the war
lasts all discussion of all war pur-
poses that will divide the country
ought to have been avoided"
But. he added advocates of an In
ternational League to Enforce Peace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-31
JUG0- STAYS TO MUTINY?
Trouble as Soon as Americas Sym.
pathy Is Known, Says Leader,

San Francisco, Cal, Nav 81
Parades of sailors shouting Long live
President Wilson," along the decks of
Austrian battleships may be one re-
suit of American recognition of the
aims of Jugo-Slavia, or the southern
S1avs. according to a statement here
by DIR. H. Hinkovic, a member of the
Jugo-Slav committee of London.
I'VE are the sailors and we man
the fleets of Austria Hungary he
said. "As soon as word reaches those
fleets that America has subscribed to
the Jugo-Slav declaration of inde-
pendence, there will be mutinies We
were all waiting on America before we
acted
ALREADY crowds of people have
marched thru our streets shouting
Long live President Wilson"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-31
Lemon Juice
for Freckles
Girls! Make beauty lotion at home
for a few cents. Try it!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake we'll, and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckIe
and tan lotion. and complexion beauti-
fier, at very, very small cost
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly frag-
rant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how
freckles and blemishes disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin be-
comes. Yes! It is harmless-Adv.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
Sam Compers
Guarantees Patriotism
Of the WOrkmen

During the investigation of condi-
tions in the Chicago Stock Yards
district, Samuel Gompcrs asserted
that laboring men arc patriotic
enough to keep at work for their
country even il it is necessary for
them to labor unclothed and starving.
Men who will stand such test will
not fail If the manufacture and sale
of beer is stopped to strengthen the
nation. Men who will go naked and
hungry rather than prove unpatriotic
VIII nor iessen -fieif labors III COTS
nection with war industries, if they
are merely denied the beer to which
they may have been accustomed. La
boring men are proud to match their
patriotism against that of any other
class. Laboring men will vote
against the saloon because the sa-
loon hinders the work of winning the
war.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
DALLAS, TEXAS

.-.The Dallas .st.Texas) Morning News
of November is authority for the
following statement:
"Sincc Prohibition became effective
in Dallas county, the police depart
ment has handled an average of less
than three arrests day for drunken
ness, as compared to an average Of
more than Is a day when the saloons
were in operation, according to the
city court docket. The decrease is so
per cent, based on these figures.
beginning with the Monday fol-
lowing the closing of the saloons on
October 20, and until the night of Oc-
tober Fl, 20 arrests were made for this
offense. For the same period in Sep
tember there were 1873 arrests on the
sam charge.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
PROHIBITION KILLING STATE
PENITENTIARY

Prohibition promises eventually to
close the state penitentiary of Colo
rado.
That is the statement made by
Thomas lyman, warden of the state
institution at Canon City, and one OF
the best-known penitentiary managers
in America.
When, year ago last New Years
day, the Centennial state climbed
aboard the water wagon, there were
849 wards locked in Warden Tynan's
institution. The population of Colo
RADIO has grown in the nearly two
years. Yet today there are only 620
men locked up at Canon City, reduc-
ton of more than 200, in less than
year.
Warden lyman says that Prohibi-
ton, and Prohibition only, is respon-
sible for this condition. which is
steadily working him out of job.
dry after making a study of the fore
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
Factory Managers
Prefer Dry Towns

Superintendents and managers of
factories in Rockford were asked to
give their opinions on the no-saloon
policy in factory town.
The following were some of their
replies:
"Wouid not want to go back to the
old days under any consideration. -
Secretary and General Manager of the
Free Sewing Machine Company.
II would rather operate factory in
dry town than in wet town.
General Manager, Emerson-Br
ham Co.
1--WE are much better off without
saloons. ."-Superintendent of Sunds-
trand Adding Machine Co, Rockford
Milling Machine Co., and Rockford
Tool Company.
"Me for dry town" Manager
Burd High Compression Ring Com
pany.
1--WE are incomparably better off,
Superintendent OF Andrews Wire and
Iron Works.
"The men are better satisfied
Secretary OF Central Furniture and
Rockford Cabinet Companies.
Give us a dry town every time
Secretary of Excel Manufacturing
Company.
The men in our employ who used
to be wet are now glad that Rockford
Is dry Secretary OF Mechanics Fur
niture Company.
we note big difference in favor
Of dry Rockford" = Superintendent
West End Furniture Company.
"Hopc we will never have to run a
factory in town where they have
saloons. No accidents = Secretary
and Manager OF Royal Mantel Com
pany.
Why permit the liquor traffic to
handicap workingmen and burden in
dustry? Wherever they have tried
both ways. business men, manufac-
turers and laboring men prefer the
dry town. That is the reason dry
towns stay dry. That explains the
fact that no protests against Prohibi-
ton come from laboring men in dry
territory.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
BEFORE VOTING READ THIS

In one of Brand Whitlock's reports
to the State Department on the de-
struction of Belgium by the Germans,
he said, "The brewery is the one in
stitution the Germans scrupulously re-
spect." A circular sent out by the
liquor interests from Cincinnati con-
tains this sentence, MANY there are
who believe that the American Army
itself will indirectly deal the final
blow to the National Prohibition
movement after partaking of French
wine and British rum, it beats the
Hohenzollern steam roller into an
insignificant atom of Deutsches kul-
tur."
Read these two statements again,
and then ponder carefully before de-
Gliding on whether to vote for busi-
ness whose only chance to live is vic
tory by Germany, or the development
of the drink habit by our soldiers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
SPOKANE'S NEW JAIL

Spokane built new city Jail before
the city went dry. Now it is empty
and may be rented by any progress
sive business firm that wishes to enter
that city. Since Prohibition became
effective the total number of inmates
in the county jails of the state has
decreased GO per cent. Seattle is get
ting along with 40 less policemen and
No honest voter can fail to vote
going facts.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

The Nebraska State Journal, COM
pairing conditions at the State Fair
held at Lincoln during 1917 when the
state was dry, with conditions during
1916 while the state was still wet,
makes the following statement: 'The
official police court records show that
there were but two arrests for drunk
enness this year under dry regime
as compared with 76 arrests for
drunkenness in 1916"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
ALBERTA

In Alberta, with a population of
100000, the liquor act became effective
July /, 1916.
General annual average OF arrests
for four years wet compared with one
year dry shows:
A decrease of SO per cent in arrests
for all offenses.
A decrease of SO per cent in arrests
for drunkenness.
A decrease of SO per cent in arrests
for vagrancy.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
Chicago Dance Halls
Protected by Liquor

A letter sent by the pastor and con-
gregation of the Messiah Baptist
church states that during January, ap-
proximately 1000 miners illegally at
tended Special Bar Permit Dances,
that 1000 of them drank liquor, and
$50 became drunk; in view of the fact
that 1000 men in uniform attended
dances in 445 public dance halls of
the city. that approximately 800 of
them were served liquor and more
than 80 of them became intoxicated.
AS the people of Chicago do not
govern themselves but are ruled by
the alcohol autocrats in the council,
there is little hope that these condi-
tions will be improved,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
Convention of Illinois
Drys at Springfield
Great Gathering Will Meet in June to
Boost for Ratification

There will be great Dry Conven-
ton at Springfield in June. 1t is
planned to make this the greatest ever
held in the state. Its purpose will be
to rally the dry forces of the state for
the nomination of ratification Legis-
lature on September II. Delegates
from every county will be present.
Preceding the main session of the
convention to be addressed by the
greatest speakers procurable, will be
conferences of committees from the
various parts of Illinois. The date will
be announced as soon as it it definitely
fixed.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15

Following the first Sunday after the
closing order went into effect, one of
the Chicago moring papers reported; :;
"The arrests for drunkenness were
only one-fourth the average on Sat-
urday nights and Sundays. The Ell
feet of Sunday closing seems TO have
been to reduce by Is per cent the
volume of disorder. There were no
murders; there were no suicides re-
ported. -. !" 81. q. - &
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
DECREASE IN VIRGINIA
PENITENTIARY

According to the superintendent of
the state penitentiary of Virginia, the
number of commitments for the first
nine months of 1916, under license re-
gine, was 608; while the correspond
ing nine months of 1917, under Prohi-
bition, the number fell to 307.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
ARRESTS IN ARIZONA

The first six months after Prohibi-
tion went into effect drunkenness de-
creased IS per cent, crime in the cities
so per cent and in the counties 81 per
cent. Commitments to the reform
school decreased II per cent. In the
county where there had been II muir
ders and attempts to kill in the six
months before Prohibition, there were
none during the first six months after
Prohibition became law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
ASHTABULA, OHIO

The police court records for Ashta-
bula, Ohio, throw interesting light on
the effects of Prohibition on city.
In 1914, dry year, there were 205
arrests for drunkenness. In 1916, un-
der saloon rule. there were 2,10l ar
rests. For the last wet month before
the city went dry in 1917 there were
272 arrests for drunkenness, or 81
more than for the whole dry year of
1914.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
DENVER JAIL A BAKE SHOP

The Denver Labor Bulletin, organ
of organized labor in Colorado, says
that now that Denver is dry, the
county Jail is being utilized as a bake
shop to supply bread at cost to city
institutions. The Bulletin adds, "Peo-
pie, who once upon a time bought
booze, are now buying Liberty Bonds
and War Savings Stamps"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
ACTUAL RECORDS OF ARRESTS
PROVE BENEFIT OF DRY RULE
Great Decrease in Number Arrested When Saloons Close
Proof That Prohibition Prohibits
JAILS EMPTY In DRY TOWNS
taxpayers Save Money When Barkeepers Quit Causing Crime
FIGURES PROVE Wet CLAIMS FALSE


based facts The number OF
splendid
crime and disorder The record
arrests tina 8 n territory.
booze being bought and
would The
falling the that less is
merchants and other
ibusines institutions
showing where there longer saloons
dry than in wet With the
of criminals reduced
be used make improvements instead
The improved
after the Prohb
on
which be that
following records and dry
in other
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
KEC vs.. TRAIN LOAD

A railroad officer in Iowa testified
with reference to Prohibition there:
One barrel of whisky under Prohi-
bition, when there was a carload un-
der license One keg of beer now,
when there was a trainload before.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
WILL SALOONS HELP?

Everything which helps Prussian
might is hurtful to America; and of
all the allies of the Kaiser, giving aid
and comfort to those who seek our
overthrow, there is none so menacing
as the liquor trafic.-Congressman
Kelly Of Pennsylvania.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
JAIL EXPENSES ARE CUT BY
PROHIBITION

A special to the Salt Lake (Utah)
Tribune under date line of Ogden,
September II, says the first month of
Prohibition in this city has brought a
reduction of nearly 800 per cent in the
amount paid for boarding prisoners
in the city Jail, according to figures
comprising the records in the City
Auditors office.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS

During military registration, Boston
was dry for one day by proclamation
of the Governor and the Mayor The
result was striking. The police did
not make a single arrest up to S
o'clock in the afternoon, and only 20
up to midnight. This was the smallest
24-hour record in the history of Bos-
ton
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
WASHINGTON

Soon after Washington, D. c., went
dry, the county Jail at Fairfax, Va,
nearby, was without single prisoner
This condition had not existed before
in two years.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15

WHO SAYS PROHIBITION is A FAILURE? The men who
do not want it. contribute large of to de-
under high license license
the the dler and the beer baron These dsn
terested loudly proclaim the failure of the law WHO
SAYS PROHIBITION DOES PROHIBIT TO SUCCESSFUL
DEGREE? The people who want it, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
TRIED and watched its operation
pared high license and for after because
reduces cme-Congressman Timan, in u S.
House of Representatives. Dec. IT, 1917
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
OHIO'S CAPITAL SETS A
NEW RECORD

COLUMBUS has had three fuclless
Mondays. On these days the saloons
of the city wcer closed. POLICE
RECORDS SHOW NOT AN AR
REST FOR DRUNKENNESS ON
EITHER OF THESE THREE
MONDAYS. This record holds good
fot the "a hours, from midnight Sun
day to midnight Monday.
Columbus has population of ESQ.,
0Q0. and arrests for drunkenness run
4 sss95sut year, " approximately
seven day. This is a small number
considering the size of tine city, but at
that the city has demonstrated that
saloonless Monday means drunkenness
Monday. Were the saloons closed all
the time, arrests for drunkenness
would decrease to the vanishing point,
with lesscning of expense to the
taxpayers and greater efficiency on
the part of those who drink, as we'll as
more happiness and comfort to the
families OF drinkers.
The Columbus record is an un-
answerablc argument for closing all
saloons all time.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15

Gently on heatless Mondays, the aver
age arrests for drunkenness was sew
en-. On this basis, Boston would have
10000 fewer arrests for drunkenness
each year if she would close her sa-
looms every day.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
WASHINGTON, D. c.

In Washington, D. C., during the
first dry week, there were but 10 ar
rests for drunkenness as compared
with 227 the last week under saloons.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15

months of no-license policy, May,
June, July and August, 1917, of six
Massachusetts, cities reveal remark
able decrease for the corresponding
months of 1916. The figures are: 2,o67
arrests under the wet months and
1926 arrests during the dry four
months. This is a decrease of 90 per
cent The six cities are Fall River,
Fitchburg, Hayerhill Leominster,
North Adams and Taunton.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA

During the first seven months of
Prohibition in Sioux Falls, South Da-
kota, there were only So arrests as
compared with 1923 during the cor
responding seven months with open
saloons in the preceding year.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
Roosevelt On Booze

Neither the men in the army
nor the men engaged in doing
vital work for the army in con-
nection with railroads, fac
tories, mines and shipyards,
should be allowed to waste
strength and health in drink.
The same reasons that render 1t
necessary to prohibit the sale
of liquor to soldiers In uni
form apply to all citizens en-
gagged in the work of railroads,
factories, mines and shipyards.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15

Let us have peace and give our
campaign funds to the Red Cross is
the plea of the liquor traffic (in wet
towns). The Kaiser, too, would like
to purchase that kind of peace.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

The records were as follows at the
police station, comparing the ten
months before and the ten months
after Prohibition, which began May
Il, 1915:
Arrests
Assault with intent to murder re-
duced from 40 to 1864 per cent.
Drunk and disorderly reduced from
1897 to 343--72 per cent.
Disorderly conduct reduced from
2.ll7 to 1,052-51 per cent.
l areeny fronn-6l to. 2s--s4 per cent
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
SALOONS CLOSED; CRIME CUT

The Monday morning police docket
shows that since | closed the saloons
on Sunday in Chicago there has been
one-third less crime committed. We
would have even less crime if all the
saloons in the county would be closed
on Sunday.-Mayor Thompson OF Chi
cago.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15

A business whose system Is
lawlessness and whose finished
product is drunkard ought to
have no lawful abiding place In
this republic.-United States
Senator Lawrence Y. Sher-
man.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15

During 1o17. Boston averaged 20l
arrests day for drunkenness. When
saloons of the city were closed re-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
QUINCY. ILLINOIS

A statement by Chief of Police Mel
ton Of Quincy, ILL.,, regarding the num-
Der OF arrests for drunkenness during
May, June, July, August and Septem-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia, S. c., city Jail records
were as follows:
1914 1915 1916
(wet) (wet) dry
Total arrests ......8,421 8,4l7 6173
Arrests for
drunkenness .....1,o0S 1,006 341
Drunk and
disorderly ....... o74 78o 365
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
Why Taxes Are Lower in Dry Towns

Taxpayers in wet cities should not
the expense of maintaining jails.
Following are few facts showing
places after saloons were closed:
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
ST. Johns. NEWFOUNDLAND

The police court record OF St. Johns,
Newfoundland, reveals startling de-
crease in the number of arrests for
drunkenness and larceny since the
Prohibition law went into effect. The
figures for 1916, under license, and
1917, under Prohibition, are as fol-
lows:
1916 1917
Arrests for drunkenness. -. .422 81
Drunk and disorderly. 1876 %
Larceny .......... .GOo IVY
In connection with these figures it
is we'll to remember that under the
license law a man was not liable to
arrest for merly being drunk and, ac-
cordingly, not more than 10 per cent
of drunks were arrested. If man was
able to tell where his home was. he
was assisted there, but under the new
law man who has the appearance of
intoxication is law-breaker and ar
rested, which makes the above figures
the more remarkable.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
Results of Partial Prohibition

es.
Der, 1917, compared with the same
months in 1916, shows a reduction of
a little more than II per cent.
During 1917 the saloons were closed
,n Sunday,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15
SIX MASSACHUSETTS CITIES

Figures showing the arrests for
drunkenness during the first four
Results of Par
Records covering periods when S
wet places give some idea of how gre
the saloons permanently in these plac
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-15

c the effect of voting out saloons upon
, what happened to the jails in various
does not need all its present force ex-
cept in case of emergencies.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1918-01-25

William Mathews. Sr,, was up from
Panaca last Wednesday.
Judge Chas Lee Horsey Is holding
court in Las Vegas this week.
Mrs. d. p. Sullivan entertained the
sewing club Wednesday after '6n
William F. Harrison expects 70
leave in "A few days for southern Cal
ifornia and Arizona.
Mrs A. NJ Hyatt is expected home
early next week from Portland, ore
where she has been visiting with her
mother.
Hooray. It's showing today. Al
last the nice sun sidney weather
has been broken and the stocEmen
and farmers are wearing smiles. the
storm has been badly needed and
a bounteous harvest this year is as
sured.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1918-01-25
STOCKMEN SEEKING
NEW RANGES HERE
Utah and California Stock
growers Learn of Lincoln
County Advantages.

Several Utah sheep men we're here
this week scouting around for good
range for their nocks. They made
an inspection Of the White, Empey
and Garrison ranches out in the Will
son Creek country and 1t is under
stood that they look with favor up
on that locality and some deals may
come az consequence.
Some California parties were also
here this week looking for range
for livestock. They declared that
the good ranges are getting scarce
elsewhere and came here to investi-
gate conditions.
For several weeks the Utah sheep
men who have gained foot-hold in
the southern part Of the county have
been waiting for snow so that they
could bring their tlocks across the
border. Unless the snow gets too
deep, 1t is estimated that $4,000
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1918-01-25
HOUSEWORk Is 4 BURDEN

Woman's lot is a weary one at
best. But with backache and other
distressing kidney ills life indeed
becomes burden. DOan's Kidney
Pills have made life brighter for
many women hereabOuts. Read what
Mrs Mitcheal Schon, 1877 e. Plaza
st. Reno, New, says: II know of
nothing so good for anyone having
a weak, aching back or other synp-
toms of kidney trouble as Doan' s
Kidney Pills. Just about four years
ago my kidneys began to annoy me
| didn't have much trouble to speak
of at first, but before long | was feel
ing miserable My back hurt me and
made my housework burdensome
That was especially bad because when
| leaned over, became dizzy. | read
about Doan's Kidney Pills and bought
some. | had relief after had taken
few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills
and was soon cured, have since been
free from any such trouble
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
poan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Schon had. Foster MilhIrn
CO., Mfgrs., Buffalo, n. Y. Advt.