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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-23

One of the best known profess
.i0nal men in New. York This name
ill be given on request) says
AFTER an acute attack Of typhoid
pneumonia, / had a racking cough
Ind lost twenty pounds in eleven
lays. / never was so completely
rIn down in my life. I was about
% go to a hospital when began
% take Father Johns Medicine,
which after l had taken it faithful
y, restored me to sound health. I
segained flesh that / had lost and
rave since been as well as e~er In
ny life. / have since learned that
ny physician has been in the habit
II prescribing Father Johns Medi-
.ine in such cases"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-23

Trees planted in honor of the allied
nations that crushed Rutocracy are
suggested to the Commissioners OF
Che District in letter written at the
meeting OF the board of directors Of
the American Forestry Association in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-23

uisine Under Direction of Mr..Andre HiSSler, for
With Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
Under Which Floq?

Every citizen every which saloons Tues
day take stand with against the liquor crowd All who
no for the saloons take their stand with the liquor who
defeated the dry bill the last legislature refusing pro-
the nations defenders the Great Lakes Naval Training
ton from the nations debauchers who make profit OF selling
booze Uncle Sans sailors All who stand with this
crowd who voted against the search and seizure bill which
would have given the people fair chance enforce their will
after voting Saloons and which would have given the soldiers
Illinois today better protection against blind pggers All who
the saloons take their stand with the alcohol and beer
baron who refuse to let the people Chicago themselves
the saloon question All who for saloons take their stand with
The influences America doing all in their break down the
antiquo laws this country that soldiers will become
drinkers and supporters of the after the All who
take their stand with the saloon crowd Rock Island who
responsible for cutting down production the arsenal by
and with the interests responsible for the conditions leading
the East ST Louis riot Remember that the liquor traffic
organized that the supports the liquor inter
every in America the other hand all who
dry stand with the who made the and the dry with
the who doing their soldiers and sail
against disease liquor and other Dangers with who
stopped the making of whisky the nations food supply for
soldiers with people who believe by and for the
people instead of by and for the brewers with those
who willing sacrifice order that the nation be saved
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
Make Illinois Safe for Democracy

Democracy nowhere safe unless public questions be
tied by fair upon their So long the liquor traffic is
permitted exist in Illinois the liquor interests will settle public
questions their own advantage instead of for the public welfare
In the last Legislature bill could without the approval
OF the liquor Every bill likely interfere the slightest
degree with the wealth. private profits political purposes of the
liquor traffic defeated In every city in Illinois public at
by the saoonkeepers the result
being alcohol auocray instead of government by the people
So long saloons exist they defeat the purpose of self
government Illinois will be safe for democracy until made
impossible for the selfish domineerng liquor interests rule the
through the political OF the brewers and saloons
Every open saloon in Illinois makes the liquor traffic powerful
politically Every saloon closed the coming election will reduce
the political power of liquor and brings the citizens the
government which they safely exercise long the
liquor control the balance power the Legislature
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
BLESSING TO MILITARY
CAMPS

Major General Leonard Wood,
writing on September 27, 1917, from
the headquarters, 89th Division,
United States Army at Camp Fun
ston, Kansas, says: 81 know of Moth
ing which has been more helpful in
the training of men, in the mainte-
nance of conditions of health and
good order, and above all good gen
eral morality, than the doing away
with alcohol. In the Southern states
and those in this vicinity where Pro-
hibition is rigidly enforced, the diff
culties incident to to training have
been enormously reduced. Not only
are we free from the direct results of
alcohol, but, what is equally import
ant, we are largely free from the in
direct results-the effects of moral
1ooseness and debauchery which fol-
low so frequently the use of alcoholic
stimu1ants.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
WHAT TIE NATIONS FIGHTING men
SAY ABOUT THE SALOONS BUSINESS
Women of Ilinos Take Your Stand With Who
Are Fighting Americas Battles

The following are statements made
by just few of the men who bear a
large part of the responsibility of
winning the war.
GENERAL PERSHING AGAINST
BOOZE
General Pershing favors Prohibi-
ton not only because he believes that
it will improve the moral tone and
the fighting morale and efficiency of
the army, but because with dry army
the percentage of troops in hospitals
will be lower and the percentage of
effective troops for fighting CORES
pondingly higher.-Associated Press
dispatch from France.
ONE-THIRD TIME SAVED
We can whip an army into shape in
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

inefiieieney. There is not man OF
you here who has made the sacrifice
that these boys in olive drab at Camp
Beauregard have made. You are not
doing your duty if you let liquor stay
here. The question of liquor in Rapi-
des Parish is a national one. I want
liquor suppressed so that l can make
soldiers OF these boys. - General
Haynes, Camp Beauregard.
PROTECT THE CAMPS
Our new training camps shall not
be places of temptation and peril
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War
SOBER ARMY BETTER THAN
REVENUE
After many years observation of
the effects of drink upon Our soldiers,
it is the unhesitating opinion of the
writer that the proceeds of govern
mental taxation of stills and brew
cries is, to say the least, no compen-
sation for the misspent lives and
stunted brains of those who are adj
dicted to drunkenness. If it requires
wartime Prohibition to insure an
absolutely sober and dependable
army we should have it, and the
sooner the better.-Major General
William Harding Carter, U. s. A.
OUR JOB REQUIRES SOBER
MEN
Our job is to whip the enemy hard
and with the least loss to ourselves.
In training our military machines to
do this we must eliminate back-lash
rattles and useless loads We must
have every part healthy, strong and
dependable, not part defective, dis
eased or obsolete.
This cannot be if we are to permit
booze in any form into our mill.
tary machine. Alcohol whether you
call it beer, wine, whisky or by any
other name, is a breeder of ineffi
cheney. While it affects men differ
entity, the results are the same, in
that all affected by it cease for the
time to be normal Some become
forgetful, others quarrelsome. Some
become noisy, some get sick. some
get sleepy; others have their pas
sons greatly stimulated. When you
stop to consider the thousands in
division, do you not see how vital
to efficiency is the elimination of
liquor? If one officer or man is per-
mitted to use liquor, then others will
claim the right to do so. How can
division of troops be ever ready
ever up on the bit to drive ahead or
to thrust back the enemy's drivc-if
through the presence OF this insid-
ious evil some soldiers forget their
orders, or become noisy when ST
lence is essential, fall asleep when
every faculty should be alert, or alb
sent from their posts?-Major Cen
eral John F. Organ, Sixth Division,
| U. s. A.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

one-third the time because the liquor
traffic has been abolished-General
Leonard Wood of Camp Funston.
HELP ME- MAKE SOLDIERS OF
MY BOYS
I want to win the war. The effici-
ency or inefficiency of one division
might be responsible for failure. I
don't want the thirty-ninth division to
be that one. Unless this thing is
stopped, the responsibility will rest
upon you people of Rapides. l know
you know that I am honest in what I
say and that am not fanatical. l
want to save these boys.
1t shall not be on my conscience
when these boys go over the top"
and some of them are lost because of
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO
MASTERS

PUBLIC MEN-Ye cannot serve
the people and the liquor interests,
too.
Every public servant who works
for the liquor interts fails to serve the
people. No voter who is not himself
controlled by the liquor forces will
give his support to any man who
stands for the private interests of the
alcohol traffic when the choice is to
be made between the welfare of the
people and the welfare of the liquor
organization.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
Vote For Lower Taxes

SALOONS Crime Poverty Insanity thus increasing pub
lie expense.
SALOONS reduce the amount of taxable property, thus
creasing the raise the of money.
SALOONS result wasteful expenditure of public
officials thus requiring higher the improve
REMEMBER The of taxation is to promote the
eral welfare the Saloons take of the public
than they in and subtract the welfare
people than be added with saloon license That why
dry have better Improvements
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
Booze or Blankets?
SOUTH BEND WOODEN COMPANY
Manufacturers of Woolens,
South Bend, Ind.
(By E. Burch, Vice-Pres and Gen. Mgr

(By E. Burch Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr)
We have Monday morning anywhere from five fifteen
employees which is Is per force absent be-
overndgenc alcoholic drinks Saturday SUM-
In addition these absenees certain
a sem-stupor
best condition do good days work Consequently their efforts
limited and the production cued to the extent of their efforts
We manufacturing blankets cloth exclusively for the
United States and because of the fact that the United
States in need of blankets and cloth than
other article needed conduct effect
liquor direct and time absents
himself from duty hours the government short result of
his absence IS Blankets capacity of Is
blankets My would
lose production of approximately 800 blankets
because of employees abeng themselves from duty owing alo
ho drinks taking consideration the deficiency
of those who report 10 a full
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

In every town there are men and
boys who are or will become sol
diers. 1t is not fair to the men who
lead our armies to permit saloons to
weaken our fighting forces. Vote
out the saloons. Stand by the men
who must carry our flag to victory.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

Last week many persons were
fined in the federal court, Louisville,
KY, upon pleading guilty to charges
growing out of the governments
roundup to make better moral condi-
tons for the soldiers at Camp Zach
airy Taylor. Most of these offenses
were for shipping liquor into dry ter
ritory and selling liquor to soldiers,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
LEGAL COMMITTEE

LEGAL IDM MT EE
of the
DRY CHICAGO FEDERATION
FRANK L. LOESCH
CHAS. s. CUTTING
DANIEL L. CRUICE
ROBERT NJ. McMURDY
WALTER ]. MILLER
CHAS. II. WATSON
PATRICK B. FLANAGAN
EDWARD T. LEE
F. B. EBERT
JAS. !, BARBOUR
CHAS. N. WHEELOCK
A. w. GILLETT
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
WHAT BEER DOES

One mug of mild beer-supposed to
be beneficial and helpful-will in 30
minutes lower tho efficiency of. the
average soldier 80 per cent in aiming
his rihe.-Capt. Richmond p. Hob
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

Concrete vessels, according to the
Boston Globe, are launched keel up,
over air-tight molds. On striking
the water they automatically right
themselves. So will the habitues of
alcohol
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
THE AMERICAN ISSUE

petition
although be reduced all these
doubts resolved against the petitioners
The have had the petition has been
while checking
clerks this with
conditions
the clerks thus being watched but ordinary
of which
degree those who being watched.
many of
of the 10467 the legal number required that this
valid petition local option law that and
voters the to be 2, 1918
Respectfully submitted,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

TEMPERANCE BANNER MARCH For
Piano. By mail, twenty cents. Chas Adkins
- Holt St, Dayton, Ohio
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

I'M I'LL (AOO L GDGNn AO4Ns
Philip Yarrow, General Superintendent
Affidavits were presented by
ROBERT McMURDY
THOMAS E. DONNELLEY
F. B. EBERT
EDUARD T. LEE
CHARLES H. WATSON
WALTER J. MILLER
STORM F. CLEVELAND
w. o. LAWSON
FRANK L. BELL
WILLARD PRICE
EDWIN P. SNOW
WILLARD F. RAY
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29

ArENTsP lecture OF Pstens once ana 5.year es,sndas
wee. Fiz Gerald c., Patent huofneya s75 Stress
Waahnalon, u. c. Established 1880
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
WIPE OUT EVERY SALOON

WIPE OUT EVERY SALOON
Fifty per cent of the applicants
who apply for enlistment in the Bos-
ton station of the Marine Corps are
rejected directly or indirectly be-
cause of their use of alcohol, accord
ing to DIR. w. Randolph Angel, ex-
aiming physician of the station. 81
should like to see every saloon in this
country wiped out" says DR.. Angel,
land anyone supporting the saloon is
supporting those influences which are
working against the government"
Prohibition is necessity if the
morals of the nation are to be kept
at the highest point necessary for a
successful prosecution of the war,
and the maintenance of these morals
after the war, as the majority of all
crimes are traced to liquor, light
wines and beer as we'll as the strong
er drinks. The Christian Science
Monitor, August %, 1917.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
CLOSE SALOONS NEAR CAMPS

I am heartily in favor of doing
away with the sale of Intoxicating
liquor at all towns accessible to this
cantonment, say. those within 20
miles of it.
Such action would be of incalcu-
liable benefit to the men now training
here. By far the greater number of
them will never seek to buy liquor
unless tempted by the opportunity to
do so easily and lawfully. The mea-
sures which you propose in your
campaign will deprive them of this
opportunity and will greatly assist
us in our work of protecting and
training them.-Major General Har-
ny F. Hodges, Commanding Officer
at Camp Devens.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-03-29
ASmalICaIifOrnia Farm

HlIIGiiS so' 9sS ,o,s Nsag a,s'iJ eo
Bureau. ~, Ii1r9ibal. biieaoutL
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
A FIGHT FOR LIFE

It has been fight or die for many Of us
in the past and the lucky people are
those who have suffered, but who are now
well because they needed natures warn
ing signal in time to correct their trou-
BILE with that wonderful new discovery
Of DR.. Pierce's' called "An-u-ric." You
should promptly heed these warnings,
some of which are dizzy spells, backache,
irregularity of the urine or the painful
twinges Of rheumatism, sciatica or lum-
bago., To delay may make possible the
dangerous forms Of kidney disease, such
as Bright's disease, diabetes or stone in
the bladder.
To overcome these distressing condi-
tions take plenty Of exercise in the open
air, avoid a heavy meat diet, drink freely
Of water and at each meal take DR..
Pierce's Anuric Tablets double strength).
You will, in a short time, find that you
are one of the firm indorsers Of Anuric.
as are thousands of neighbors.
Step into the drug store and ask for
a sixty-cent package of Anuric, or send
Dr. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, 1Oc for
trial pkg. Anuric is many times more po-
tent than lithia.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
JUST WHY IS A GUINEA HEN?
Question Is Asked by Writer Who Evil
IDENTIFY Has No Great Liking for
the Breed.

Whoever designed the guinea hen
and composed the music for her vocal
organs must have used rasp for
tuning fork. Guinea hens and their
husbands are alike in appearance;
when you've seen one you've seen the
other. Their plumage is of one and
the same piece of goods, like the Quak-
ars'. If ever you have INDUCED in fl
kIg the teeth Of cross-cut saw, you've
heard the synonym of her melody.
Nature did herself a dreadful injus-
tice when she produced this variety of
fowl and the farmer who gives her
board and lodging is no good Chris
tian. say this because any man who
sells you a guinea hen as youthful and
tender has designed to skin you. /
have dim recollection of tasting one
many years ago, and I will say this
the gravy was quite tender.
group of guineas running to keep
out of harms way resembles a streak
of 1O-cent calico Of somber hue with
polka-dots. The guinea hen lays a
very small egg with spots on it SINH
lar to those we see in cheap grocery
stores in fly time. The eggs have no
rating in the commercial world. They
are used exclusively for Matching more
rouble.-CartOOns Magazine.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
War and the HWeather Man."

In this war the weather man." the
meteorOlogist, has come into his own.
No one laughs at him now. His in
formation is desired by the artillery
officer who has to know the tempera-
ture of the air and it's moisture con-
tent, the strength of the wind at diff
ferent levels, and the like, in order
that he may aim his gun. When the
temperature is lowering about the
freezing point, the staff wish to know
if the imprOvised roads will be frozen
sufficiently to permit the movement of
guns or motOrtrucks. The captains of
the air squadrons must know the con-
dition of the atmosphere up to heights
of 10000 feet. The Importance of
the information may be judged from
the fact that we were asked repeatedly
if there was not some way by which
the American weather reports could
be kept from reaching Germany. Our
reply had to be that, with Mexico
where it was, nothing could be DONE
Joseph S. Ames, in the Atlantic.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
Wouldn't Keep SUGAR He Found.

Washington has another honest
man. He's Edward B. Maddox, who,
after suffering for the last two months
from the sugar famine, turned $40
pounds Of the precious stuff" over
to the Washington police. He had
found barrel of granulated sugar
near the substation of the Potomac
Electric company. Evidently the bar
rel had been dropped by truck. Mad
dox has been able to get less than two
pounds of brown sugar a week, he
said. The amount of sugar he found,
on the war basis, would have lasted
him four years. He was not regret
full, however, that he had turned the
sugar over to the police to find it's
rightful owner.-Washingt Times.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09

The object of my affection was
girl of my own age who lived at the
other end of our block. She had fiery
red hair and the sides of her nose were
dotted with freckles, but she was beau
tiful to me and she was mighty popu-
lar with the boys. Nowadays she
would be called a good sport but a
wild flirt. But she was always cheer
full and she was the only girl who had
not made fun Of my buck tooth and so
I loved her to distraction.
So also did others.
When I saw her after the great day
I found that practically every boy in
the neighborhood had sent her valen-
tine breathing undying affection and
that while mine was as beautiful as
any, she seemed to cherish some of the
others more.
That valentine day made our block
an armed camp Of jealous lovers. Ralf
I participated, and in both Of which
a dozen fights resulted, in two Of which
I got licked.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
Nervous Headaches
Four Bottles of Peruna T[I1gTI3| gIT1I
Made Me w ell

Mrs Effie Hill, Blanchester, Ohio,
writes as follows:
IT cannot tell how much I suf-
fered in the past twelve years. I
have been treated by physicians and
no relief only for a short time. I
was in such a condition from ner-
vous headaches, such heavy feeling
as If my brain was pressing down,
and so nervous ! could not get my
rest at night. Would have sinking
spells and then so weak that I could
not do my work. I began to take
Peruna- Have taken four bottles Of
Peruna and have gained in strength
and flesh, and can say ] am a we'll
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
The Line Drawn.

Pat was celebrating and he had i'm
bibed too freely. He punched another
man in the face and got hailed up be-
fore the court. The judge told him he
was charged with striking man.
"Shure yer honor, can't man have
a bit of fun?" asked Pat.
eyes," said the pudge, "but your
right to have fun is ended where this
mans nose began" Tran
script.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
Ice in a Mine.

Ice that formed in the winters of
the sixties and seventies, is being un-
covered by coal companies at Halle
ton, Pa, in running the culm banks
Of the region through the breakers to
meet the demand for anthracite Gre
ated by the war.-Boston\ Globe.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
ave his culver and a bath towel.

save his culver and bath towel.
But what used to be called modesty
is now listed as prudishness. The
average maid Of today doesn't blink
at flock of Cupids, Psyches, Venuses
or Dianas. She can mingle on equal
terms with the undressed parade at
the seaside and she has her picture in
the pink pages showing nothing much
but her legs and teeth. She gossips
about eugenics and birth control much
as the girl of old did about Little
Goldenlocks and the three bears. If
sweetheart should send her little box
couch effect made of lace paper, hearts
and pink roses she would yawn him
off the premises.
So it is that the old-style valentine
is pretty much numbered with the
slain. The very young, the very old,
the very modest and the quantity ro-
mantle, may indulge, but not your lat
ter day lovers. The day. of st. Valen-
tine may be remembered by gifts to
sweethearts, but they are more apt to
be silver cigarette cases or cocktail
sets rather than the flmy Cupids Of
other days.-Los Angeles Times.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
RECIPE.FOR GRAY HAIR.

10 half pint of water add / o. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound,
and a OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. It will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
Fluid Fuel.

81 want to see alcohol abolished from
the face Of the earth," remarked the
dyspeptic citizen.
"Of course, you mean alcoholic
drinks?"
"No. I don't draw the line. If the
health of the nation is to be preserved
we've got to shut down on the chafing
dish as well as the flowing bowl" ."-Ex-
change.
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09

breathing buzz-wagon and breaks the
road limit to the local Gretna
Green. He doesn't sit in little
back room and blush to himself as he
puts her address to an envelope con-
tanning a dainty lace-curtained por-
trayal Of Cupid shooting an arrow into
little pink heart. The blush was
over his own effrontery and also over
the fact that Cupid had very little on
The Benson signal., 1918-02-09
Comparative Good Fortune.

"Of course" said Jonah, when he
found himself in the whale; ''I'm lit
tie nervous"
"Cheer up said the whale. you
ought to be glad I'm an innocent, in
offensive whale. A few thousand years
later you might have been sighted by q
ruthless submarine"