Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-25
Eufttug Chat

Prohibition has not brought about
any increase in the use of drugs in
Harrisburg and is not likely to. in
opinion of one of the men who has
| gwen close study to the PROPOSE
tlon or drug control in the State and
VINO is familiar with conditions in
HARRISBURG and similar industrial
| communities. In the estimation of
this man, Harrisburg has never been
what any one could call a. drinking
| city. There have been many places
Tor the sale of drinks, but there is
| more tlppllng on the record of this
| community than hard drinking. The
advent of prohibition interfered with
some or the activities of the tippIers
ana reduced the number of what
| are termed "Souses." The fact that
! harrisburg has been SO quiet under
pioI,pltlon speaks for itself As for
lhe urus haolt, Dr. Thomas S. Blair,
! head of the States Bureau for Nar'
| cotlc Control, has not noticed any
increase in drug use since prohibition ,
| came IN. There are some addicts
| TO drugs, said the doctor. who have
TO be taken into consideration and
IN the course of observation of the
drug traffic this class comes under
observation, but the fact is that no
| Increase In the use of habit-formine
uIuss mas been noted since prohibi-
uon came in. Which, il might he
said, eXplodes one source of annrao
henslon of which much has been
made in recent years.
Along the same line a little investi-
cation made by a man who is fami-
mar with the liquor trade in Harris
ourg and vicinity is authorize for
the statement that as a general rula
| thefe is not much rum stored awav
IN cellars, garrets, closets or other
places for future use. In a com
munlty of 100000 persons it is NOT
lhpfooaole that there are some
people VINO have stacked up liouor
10 iast a while, but the very great
majority, says this man, do not hayo
more than a gallon. There is nrobo
ABLY greater proportion of liouor
held py foreigners and others who
MAKE thelr own wines for personal
use than anything else held in
homes Wine making is as regular
summer affair in households ne
many people in this city and Steel
ton as putting up strawberries.
among the names of those who
were prominent in the formation of
| tne new American Legion at Paris
5 9atiIer thls year is that of Colonel
Johh Price Jackson, of the Enei-
neers' and Commissioner of Lahor
7 ana Industry for Pennsylva MIA
Solonel jackson, who spent most ~
ms 'lne IN france at the headuuar-
terS OF the Service of Supplies went
overseas as q Major on the Engineer
| staff at &c. II. c." He was Ia ter
given lieutenant-colonelcy and
, now ranks as a full colonel. The
American Legion founders are such
men as Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore
t roosevelt First Division; Colonel
Luxe Lea, who made stab at catch
iis tne Kaiser and was only pre-
vented by a superfluity of guard
t bayonets Bill" Donovan of tbe
e SlNty-ninth; Eric Fisher Wood, and
many others Colonel Jackson has
some very interesting stories to tell
not the least interesting of which is
0 the tale of his entrance into Sedan
f about 1l.O1 a. m on the day of the
armlStice. The Colonel was on his
way to make ttIp of inspection
ana drove right through into the
4 German lines in spite of the efforts
r or a buck private NJ. P" to stop
i Some one was speaking of the
r awful situation that exists in Rus
e sia at the present time. A soldier
b standing nearby, who has recently
4 returned from overseas duty with
: the 18TH Division, spoke up and
S sald: Talk about your Russian
D riots. When we got to La Courtine
= for our practice firing with the 75s,
= we found that the barracks in which
n we We're to live were pretty we'll per-
4 iorated with shell holes and know
r ing that they were never in the bat
+ tie era, our curiosity was naturally
,. aroused. A French officer gave us
e the following explanation: II seems
= that the year before there were sew
r eral hundred Russian officers and
mer. at La Courtine learning how
= TO use machine guns under French
instructors. When the revolution
came about in Russia, these men
= naturally heard about it and i'm
+ mediately took sides on the oues-
v ton They got machine guns and
s mounting them in the second-story
S windows of the barracks, began
D pepperlng away at each other. The
r French could do nothing for several
y days and let them go to it. but
S hnally they decided it was best to
interfere, so number of the little
| 70 millimeter field guns were ranged
= on the hills about the barracks and
= a terrific concentration laid down
ABOUT the buildings. Shrapnel was
fired that exploded with telling ef-
rect IN the windows. AS a result of
this three days rioting, three hun
\ dred Russlans were killed, both from
, their own fire and from the fire of
y n