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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
Chicago Saloons
Stay Wide Open
During Jubilee
Much Drinking During sGreat Peace
Celebration Mars Occasion

Fearing the result of too much
drinking during the peace carnival, a
committee presented the following Pc
tition to the Mayor:
I'VE rejoice with you and all the
good citizens on this great day for
America and the Allies. However, we
perceive the great danger to the civic
and moral life of the city if the DEM
onstration is to be mixed with the use
OF alcoholic liquors; therefore,
1--WE petition that you exercise the
power invested in you as Mayor of
the people and Immediately close the
saloons OF Chicago until the excite
ment is over. Il there be reason for
a law closing saloons on election day,
greater reason now exists when
such greater excitement obtains"
After reading the petition the
Mayor called Corporation Counsel
Samuel Ettelson and asked the latter
to find il closing edict could be is
sued under the law.
Ettelson later reported the Mayor
had no authority to close the saloons.
The following items from Chicago
papers tell the sad story of drunken
ness on the greatest day in the
world"
1t became evident shortly after
noon that some such drastic step
would be necessary.a Men and women
drank wine freely in the restaurants
and cafes, and many of them had been
at it since early morn. Numerous
fights occurred all over town, which
the police were powerless to prevent.
The police headquarters were flood
ed with reports OF drunken brawls.
Many women asked for protection, de-
claring the streets were no longer
safe.-The Chicago Daily Journal.
The saloons were overrun, virtually
commandeered, despite vigorous ef-
forts which various agencies had put
forth to have them closed. In some
bars women drank shoulder to shoul-
der with the men.
Through the day vigorous efforts
had been made to bring about the
closing Of all bars and total sus-
pension of the sale OF liquor until
Chicago had got used to the knowl-
edge that the great war was over and
won.
Delegations of citizens and commit
tees of ministers in vain had be-
sieged the City Hall, but neither
Comptroller Pike, who was acting
Mayor in the forenoon, nor Mayor
Thompson, when he appeared in the
afternoon, could find authority in the
law for any such drastic order.
So the saloons stayed open to take
advantage of what may be their last
period of gold mining before John
Barleycorn is laid in the grave which
the war dug for him.--Chicago Herald
and Examiner.
Hundreds of overloaded men reeled
along the streets beside women reel
ing from hysteria. In saloons women
drank openly with men beside the
bar and embraced the men with
whom they drank. In many
downtown saloons and cabarets the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15

The only wet spot in Worcester
county, Mass, is Clinton, and boot
leggers from this oasis are giving a
good deal of trouble to local officials,
and especially to the authorities at
Camp Devens.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
Plan to Break Down Dry Law
Fails at Elections
UNITED SOCIETIES,
LEADERSHIP HURTS
County Citizens Rebuke the Efforts
Against U. S. Navy
VICTORY FOR DRY LAWS

Anton ]. Cermak, candidate Tor
sheriff of Cook county on the Demo
cratic ticket, was defeated by his Re-
publican opponent, Chas. w. Peters.
Cermak's defeat was one of the big
surprises of the election. Having been
the leader of the vets in Chicago and
state for many years, he was supposed
TO be unbeatable. As secretary Of the
United Societies, Cernlak practically
a;ontrolled X tl,3sforeign vote. q. the city,
From all appearances the Cernak
{ campaign did not lack anything that
money could provide. Cermak litera-
ture of the most expensive kind was
lavishly distributed. His pictures ap-
peared in the street cars and on bill
boards and public places throughout
the county. His friends confidently
expected his election by huge ma
jority. His enemies considered Ger
max with the political and financial
backing he received practically in
vincible. But when the returns came
In from the country districts in Cook
county, Cermak's lead in the city was
gradually cut down until majority of
over 1000 was marked against him. 1t
Is announced that Cermak will con-
test the election. With the election
board and the county judge controlled
by the vets, it is still possible for him
10 capture the sheriff's office.
What Defeated Cermak?
Various causes contributed to the
defeat OF Cermak at the polls. Shortly
before the election, the County Voters
League distributed circulars, giving
Cermak's record in connection with
the United Societies and detailing his
activities in favor of wet measures in
the city council and State Legislature.
1t was recalled that the candidate had
actively opposed the enforcement OF
Sunday closing and other anti-liquor
laws. The attention of the public was
also recalled to the fact that Cermak
opposed Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels, when he asked for a dry zone
around the Great Lakes Naval Station
and later when he desired to stop the
sale of beer at public dances for the
protection of United States sailors.
Past Record Unfavorable
Cermak's connection with the United
Societies and the fact that these So
cieties were made up mostly of Ger
man organizations was also pointed
out. The result demonstrated that the
citizens of Chicago do not desire a
man in the Office of sheriff opposed to
the enforcement of laws. Further
more in these times of intense patri-
otism the public does not favor men
for public office whose past records
raise the suspicion that they have not
been for america first" Cermak's
defeat is a triumph for good govern
ment OF more than even statewide
importance. Had he been elected, the
chief law enforcing officer in the sec
ond most populous county in America
would have been in the hands of the
leader of the liquor traffic, during the
most critical period of the nations
Prohibition history.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15

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was is shown by returns from various
down-state dist cts.
Danvillel District Ali Dry
In the I'D Senatorial District, COM
prising the counties Of Edgar and
Evtrsntiion, the vote OF the three Sue
cessful dry candidates was as follows:
Vance, 1883; Stanheld, 14.321 Holo-
day, 1928. Breen, the wet candi-
date, received 12,00814 votes, while the
total dry vote was 1902 The above
district contains the city Of Danvillc,
which has been dry for less than two
years, and in which the vets former
ly were in complete control of poll
tics In the 33rd District, compris-
ing Henderson, Mercer and Rock
Island counties. the drys Won one of
their greatest victories. This district
contains Rock Island. which was wet
until last spring, and Moline, which
has been dry for several years.
Drys Divide Votes Evenly
The votes for the successful dry
candidates was as follows: Abbey,
1870; Wells, 1870; Werts, 1875
Maucker, the wet candidate running
as an independent, received only
4,625H votes. How thoroughly the
drys were organized in this district
is shown by the fact that the vote for
the dry candidates was SO evenly di-
vided. There was difference of only
six votes in the totals received by Alb
bey and by Wells, while Werts ran
only little more than 1000 behind
the other two candidates. In other
districts the drys. in dividing their
votes among the dry candidates. 10y
ally followed out the instructions of
their leaders and thus helped to win
ratification.
In the Decatur District. which is
the 28th, and comprises Dewitt, Lo-
gan and Macon counties, the three dry
candidates received the following
vote: Perkins, 1880; Smith, 1908;
McDavid, 12,025. Murphy, the de-
feated wet candidate, received $500
votes. In this district also the drys
divided their votes very evenly, there
by giving each OF the three dry candi-
dates sufficient votes to defeat the wet
candidate. Had the drys failed to fol-
low recommendations, the result
would have been, the election of one
or two dry candidates with many
votes to spare and the defeat of one
or both of the other dry candidates
The results noted in the districts
mentioned above strikingly illustrate
the Importance Of a correct division
of the dry votes in each district, un-
der the accumulative voting system
The great victory for ratification won
at the recent election came as re-
suit of united, intelligent action on the
part of the dry voters. In connection
with the returns, it should also be
noted that in not one single instance
was majority party candidate de-
feated by permitting part of the dry
vote of the district to be given to the
minority party candidate.
Great Campaign by League
In the fight to win ratification
Legislature, the Anti-Saloon League
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15

photograph Captain Frank Fbbert
AntSaoon chemical
training Camp Humphreys Virginia The League has
accepted his resignation but has granted him leave absence for
service.
Ebbert for the AnSaloon
he has crowded will
his has been household spoken and beloved
do his in this world but at the
work anniilang the saloon With the
the
in of Ebbe the League
tributes voiced and Captain kbber
presented with take with him
journey appreciation of his Of and association
in he work.
brave that
he
back and help the top for rati
fight until Illinois and has done
for sta onaan worldwide Prohibition
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY

Our Governments response to the
Austria-Hungary camoufaged pro-
posal for secret and unbinding
peace conference was short and crisp
Just as it should have been. No use
wasting nicely rounded phrases on
the slippery, shifting diplomats of the
Central Powers. They were fatty in
formed that we would not have any
thing to ! with secret and unbinding
conferences, and that our terms of
peace had been heretofore clearly and
succintly stated by President Wilson.
The Huns can have peace whenever
they furnish proof Of their sincerity
and comply with the terms which the
Entente Allies have agreed upon.
Any other sort of arrangement would
fail to secure the righteous and last
ing peace and worlds freedom from
autocratic ambition, greed and might
for which we are fighting and sacri-
ficfng so much. They need not hope
for any settlement or agreement by
which they can escape the payment of
heavy indemnities for their inhuman
rape of Belgium or hold on to any of
their other criminal gains.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27
SEARCH YOURSELF, BRO. PAGE

The Bonnie Terre Star last week put
forth an editorial in regard to this
being the time, of all times, when all
the people should pull together for
the purpose of winning the war, re-
CARELESS of politics. 1t closes its pa
triotic expressions in this manner:
By no stretch of the imagination can
it be said that Aft Mitchell has made
a competent member Of the County
Court and the Star will not support
him."
We would suggest that it would
look better if the Star would
separate such personal knocking from
its patriotic" editorial, which might
enable the editorial, or perhaps the
personal knock, to wobble through
the hands of at least few of its
readers. But when such things are
combined in single screed, both of
them furnish not only their own con-
demnation, but the condemnation of
the writer as well. The Star makes
its contemplate charge against Judge
Mitchell without citing q single cir
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27

nervous and spasmodic tendencies,
but it is equally true that whatever
the disposition is toward moderate
receipts, then, and not until then, can
upward trends be expected, and in
view of the near approach of break
ing weather, and the lack of desire to
carry live stock through the winter,
owing to the high cost of feed, it is
questionable if receipts for the time
being will dwindle to the proportion
that any permanent recovery in the
market will develop. -e' ..
HOGS.-Ship, ship, ship, seems the
premeditated desire upon the part of
the hog men to liquidate their hold
ings, especially so since the record
price of SPOTS was realized week
ago today. 1t has brought forth a
more adequate array of well finished
hogs than former weeks, and as a re-
suit of this, it has developed a highly
unsatisfactory trend to the trade on
half-fats, or any class of weighty
Southern hogs coming from territory
under suspicion. During former
weeks 75c to 81 per cwt. was the cut
that buyers were making on Southern
hogs, under best Northerners, but to-
day, best weight Southern hogs are
being Disseminated against to the ex-
tent Of about So per cwt. under the
same quality and weight hogs from
the North. Even at that sacrifice in
price, the market has been in an al
most demoralized condition, owing to
the fact that with a plentiful supply
of well made porkers available, kill
ers naturally have given their time
and attention to those varieties, rath-
er than taking any chances of buying
Southern or habitat hogs, even though
concessions could be had. The gen.
eral hog market shows a fiat loss of
75c per cwt., compared with a week
ago, and there is not the disposition
shown to go against plain and mixed
grade hogs, or the class of swine
weighing between 140 and IT'S pounds.
Today's extreme crest of 500 is the
lowest spot that has been made for
best hogs on this market in many
days, and the drop in price in the past
week only indicates how susceptible
market conditions are, and that it
takes less TO swing the trade under
present high prices, than during nor
NAL times. For time it looked like
$21 market was a certainty, but to-
day the trade is just as hard to man.
age, even on the good hogs, as it was
easy at the high time last week.
SHEEP.-Supply has been more
ample this week than heretofore, and
from all indications, a good many of
ferings have been placed upon the
market for fear of breaking weather.
The increased supply weakened the
lamb trade fully 25s per cwt., while
goats, which have sold unusually high
right along, declined fully SOC per
cwt. Fortunately, however, sheep
have been maintained fully steady.
National Live Stock Com. Co.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27
TO TAKE SUNDAY SCHOOL
CENSUS OF PENNINGTON
AND NEARBY COUNTRY

The white Sunday Schools of Farm
ington will take census of the Farm
ington school district on next Friday
afternoon for the purpose of securing
the names and record of the church
and Sunday School preference of the
great number of new people who
have recently moved into town as
well as to find who among our peo-
pie who have been residing here for
some time are not attending Sunday
School. Each superintendent will APP
point five solicitors and these will
meet at the Public Library on next
Thursday evening and organize for
the work which will be done the fol-
lowing afternoon. The canvassers
will go in teams of two from different
Sunday Schools. In making the CEN
Gus they will use a card containing
blank spaces for the name of the pa
rents, the church to whom each be-
longs or their church preference if
they are not members of any church;
the names and ages of the hcildren
of the family and what Sunday School
if any they have been attending.
This census will be extended to the
various school districts adjoining just
as soon as possible, possibly during
the week following the canvass here.
The information gained by these
canvassers will be turned over to, the
Sunday School to which it belongs
and should be of great assistance in
helping that Sunday School reach the
people who are to say the least friend
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27

cumstance to uphold it. What man.
ner of man does the Star editor i'm
agine himself to be that he, appar-
emily in sane and quiet moments, will
try to swing such "bull" over his
readers.
1t does not require any Stretch
of the imagination" nor indeed
any Imagination at all to know
that Judge Mitchell defeated a good
man for the Democratic nomination
for Presiding Judge of st. Francois
county, even while he is now serving
as Associate Judge of the County
Court. That is now an historical
fact-no imagination. To condemn
Judge Mitchell, without making a sim
gle allegation against him, is to con-
denim a majority of the Democrats Of
St. Francois county, who voted to pro-
mote him to Presiding Judge of the
County Court. Possibly if the Star
editor would take a "close up" of
himself he would find that he does not
belong in the Democratic party.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27
WEEKLY NEWS NOTES
(By County Agent Glenn S. Hensley
Poultry Culling Demonstrations

Poultry Culling Demonstrations
The poultry culling demonstrations
held by Mr.. T. L. Townsley of the Ex-
tension Department, at W., E. Mat
kin's, Mrs. 7. B. Chandlers and the
State Hospital farm were all well at
tended. A great deal of interest was
shown by the people attending the
demonstrations. With the prices of
feed so high, it is very essential that
we Gull out all hens which are not lay
ing or will not lay during the winter.
These hens are truly slackers for they
will eat high priced feed all winter
and lay no eggs in return. The meth
DDS of culling used by Mr.. ,Townsley
are without question extremely relia-
BILE. Twenty-Five hens were culled out
of Mr.. Matkin's flock of fifty-eight
hens. Had this culling not been done
Mr.. Matkin would have had to feed
twenty-five non-producing hens
through the winter. At the State
Hospital farm, 1877 hens were culled
out of flock of 100, leaving just SO
good hens to be kept through the win
ter. One can readily see the benefits
to be derived from the proper culling
of flock. Every person who has a
flock of chickens should Gull them
right away, but don't Gull them ac-
cording to their looks. The incest
looking hen now is the one which, in
a majority of cases, will be the non
producer during the winter. If you
are interested in culling your flock,
see the County Agent first and have
him explain Mr.. Townships methods,
Important Meeting of Farm Bureau
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the
Farm Bureau met in regular session
Tuesday night. Mr.. T. l.. Townsley,
Extension Poultryman, DR.. d. F.
Luckey, State Veterinarian, and DR..
w. c. billiard, local veterinarian, met
with the Executive Committee. DR..
D. F. Luckey had come down at the
request of the County Agent to help
locate the trouble that has been af-
fecting some of the cattle in the coun-
ty. DIR. Luckey says that we do not
need to be alarmed over our cattle sit
uation and that it is not likely there
will be any more trouble from now on.
Mr.. Townsley made a short talk on
the poultry work he has been doing
here in the county. The Executive
Committee also discussed the draft
situation in regard to securing ex-
emption for our best producing farm
ers. 1t is the plan of the Farm Bu-
reau to help out the agricultural ad-
wiser on the District Draft Board by
giving him information which he may
desire in helping to CLASSIFY our farm
ers, r.r at4
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27
THE LIBERTY LOAN POSTERS

Ten million posters and display
cards in eleven designs will be used by
the Treasury Department in the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. All
of the designs were donated by distin-
guished American artists.
The brutality and atrocity with
which the Germans wage war are
wildly portrayed in most of the post
ers, and the duty and vital import
ance of protecting our country and
our women and children from such an
enemy, and of rescuing the world and
humanity from its curse are empha-
sized with all the appeal of art.
One of the posters, by Strothmann,
is the menacing face of German SOL
der with a bloody bayonet; the ruins
of a cathedral and the smoke of wan
ton confiagration appear in the pic
ture. A poster, by Norton, shows a
pair of bloody German military boots
with the injunction: keep These Off
of the United States" There is
strong appeal in the picture, by Ev-
erett, of a mother, with an infant at
her breast and another child clinging
to her skirts, with one arm Stretched
out in agonizing appeal; the legend is
Mus" 81 Children !, Die and Mothers
The Statue of Liberty crumbling
under German shell fire and New York
City in flames is pictured, by Pernell,
with the legend "That Liberty Shall
not Perish from the Earth" ~ ,HI1un or
Homer" is the caption of the picture,
by Raleigh, representing a. German
soldier invading home while little
girl with baby in her arms gazes in
mortal fear and apprehension.
The bloody imprint of hand, "The
Hun-His Mark, makes striking
poster, by st. John, with the exhorta-
ton, "Blot it Out With Liberty
Bonds" Remember Belgium" ap-
pears in poster by Young above a
silhouette of German soldier drag
ging away a terrified Belgian girl;
the background is vivid fire and ruin.
A new note is struck in the poster
by Williams, "For Victory"-the fig
ure of Victory bearing a sword in one
hand and the American shield in the
other leading our troops; the Ameri-
can eagle and flag appear in the pic
lure. SOllt vi Is IIle CdplloIL VI d
picture, by Whitehead, of determined
American soldier with prepared bay
onet standing over body of dead
German. Victory figures again in the
beautiful female figure standing out
against the American flag and point
ing out to sea; she towers above a
gun crew in action upon an American
battleship when a gun is being actu-
ally served. This picture, which is by
Howard Chandler Christy, is declared
by experts to be technically accurate
even to the marking of the she'll which
shows it to be an actual service shell
for sinking submarines and not tar
get shell. ...
The eleventh design is an enlarged
picture of the Fourth Liberty Loan
Button.
Exhortations to buy bonds and sup
port the Fourth Liberty Loan are car
ried on all the posters. ...
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27

There has been considerable criti-
cism of President Wilson over his ap-
pointment of Solicitor General John
W. Davis as Ambassador to England
to succeed Ambassador Page, who has
resigned because of i'll health. The
gist of the criticism is that Mr.. Da-
Wis is mot nationally known" that he
has not been much in the lime-light.
There are thousands of able men in
this country of which the same may
be said, but President Wilson is a
rare judge of the ability and fitness
of men, and though the critics may OBJ
ject to the retiring modesty that has
kept Mr.. Davis out of the "Who's
Who" column, the President knows
him, and that is sufficient to say that
no mistake has been made.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-27

George Hinsch, President of the
American Bankers Association, which
met in annual convention at Chicago
last Monday, says he is amazed at the
amount of business being done in this
country; that more money is being
saved than ever before, while business
has not suffered from measures of
economy. He says "the United
States has three hundred billions
$4,000, 1000, 000,OOO) in wealth and can
carry on the war indefinitely" That
is an incomprehensible sum, beyond
human imagination. With such stu
pendous wealth it ought to be an easy
matter for the Fourth Liberty Loan
to Ego over the top