South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-22
LAW IS
WORTH WHILE
Anti-SaIoon League Issues a
Bulletin on Results OF
DRY" Three Weeks.
Special Service:

News-Times Special Service:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April pa
From the third to the 18th of March
inclusive. the last wet months in
Indiana the police OF the city of
Indianapolis arrested for crime 462
men and - women, making a total
Of sol. OF the men 81 were COM
mitted for intoxication, and Of the
women. II, making a total Of 63,
according 10 a bulletin issued by
the Indiana Anti-Saloon league,
which goes on:
From the third TO the 10th OF
April. the first Il days Of the pro
hibition law, there were PIG arrests
OF men by the police OF Indianap-
oils, and 40 women, or a total of
259 OF these 16 men were COM
mitted for intoxication, and one
woman. or a total OF Il. =
This shows a net decrease in ar
rests for all auses during the first
II days Of the dry period of nearly
81 per cent as compared with the
corresponding days of the last wet
month in the state OF Indiana The
of females for drunkenness has
been over so per cent, and of males
of nearly 20 per cent.
indianapolis Turnkey Talks.
Albert Mathey. who has been on
the Indianapolis police force for so
years, and who has been turnkey for
more years than any other member
Of the police department, says the
new dry law has been the cause OF
the sudden wave of goodness and
lack of arrests. at is safe to say"
says Mathey. that seven out of
every 10 persons arrested in the last
"A years got into trouble because OF
booze.
Family troubles stealing, gamb-
ling. lighting and other crimes can
be traced to liquor. During the last
AS hours the number OF arrests
have been &C per cent TO SO per cent
lower than for any As hours (Sat-
urday TO Monday, during the last
IA years. The slate today, without
a question, is the smallest I ever saw
for an over Sunday slate, since I
have been turnkey, or. in fact. since
| have been a police officer, which
means in 30 years. The number of
arrests in the last As hours sets a
new low record"
News-Times Quoted.
The South Bend News-Times calls
attention to the fact that South
Bend passed through its first day
and evening Of a new dry era with
out a mishap. and that not a drunk
charge appeared on the city court
docket on Thursday morning, April
4. The police on the first dry night
were on the lookout for INTOXICATED
! persons. but none were found. II
! is said TO be so dry up there that
the tongues Of the brewery wagons
are hanging out
A dispatch from Brazil. date of
! April II. says: With the passing of
the saloon, police court business has
[ decreased at least - per cent No
DRINKS are noticed on the streets"
And the Muncie Star of April 10,
speaks in glowing terms of the dry
regime. by saying: Seven business
/ days have now passed since Muncie
saloons closed their doors; and dur
/ ing that time not one arrest has
/ been made by the police department
/ for intoxication. This goes to show
that Muncie's alleged blind tigers
are not operating. as many people
| thought they would"
Columbus il Jubilant
The Columbus Republican. on
April had the following very in
teresting write-up concerning the
situation in that city and county:
The new statewide prohibition law
/ is certainly making good for itself
/ i'm Columbus. serving the purpose
/ for which it was enacted, for there
has not been an arrest made in the
city. or the county either, for that
/ matter. for intoxicatiOn since the
law became effective a week ago
/ Neither has there been an arrest
made on a charge OF blind tigering,
! bootlegging, or for the violation of
| the new law in any other way"
The Indianapolis News recently
made this statement: The first
| boozeless Saturday night left the
police department with hardly
| enough trade to make it worth
while to keep the police station
] open.
Prohibition is doing for Indiana
! just what IL mas done for over a
! score OF other states where il has
! been tried, and the encouraging
feature OF prohibition is that the
longer such a law exists on the
statute books, and the longer it is
successfully enforced, the stronger
| becomes the sentiment against the
return 20 the old saloon system
We believe il will be this way for
Indiana.
St0 nor WAJ,KINC