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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
SHOW. REDUCTION
IN ARRESTS.

Arrests for public intoxlcation in
South Bend during the year be-
tween April 1. 1917, and April /.
1918, when the state was wet"
numbered LIPS. During the period
between April /, 1918 and March
&c, 1919. when the state was dry. ="
there were only 3G7 arrests for
drunkenness. a reduction of ap-
proximately 65 percent. Arrests for
all causes during the last Il months
of the wet" regime totaled 3,435,
while in the prohibition year (lack-
ing six days. which followed. there
were but 1902 arrests for all causes,
a reduction of slightly more than
45 percent. II is pointed out that
during the Org period there were
more arrests of slackers and de-
serters than during the preceding
II months.
During March, 1918, the last
month OF the humid condition in
Indiana, a total Of 270 prisoners
were housed in the county Jail. This
is the number of different persons
booked at the county Jail during the
month, not the number of prisoners
times days. Including March %.
March this year saw only Il pris-
oners booked there, a decrease OF
about 70 percent.
Conditions throughout the state
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
The ABANDONED ROOM

When he spoke again his voice was
of a man who thinks aloud, and the
doctor failed to interrupt him again.
4 have felt less spiritually alarm
ed in those places of grinning skulls,
which always seem trying TO recite
agonies beyond expression, than
feel in this house. For here the
woods are more desolate than the
Jungle and the walls of houses as
old as this make a prison for suffer
ing"
a vague discomfort stole through
Bobbys surprise He had never
heard Paroles speak so seriously. In
spite Of the mans unruffied manner
there was nothing Of mockery about
his words. What then. was their
intention?
Paroles said no more but for sew
eral minutes he paced up and down
the hall. CHANGING often with languid
eyes toward the stairs. He had the
appearance of one who expects and
waits.
Katherine. Graham. and the doc
tor, Bobby could see, had been made
as uneasy as himself by the change
in the Panamanian. The doctor
cleared his throat. His voice broke
the silence tentatively:
IF this house makes you so un-
happy. young man. why do you
stay?'
Paroles paused in his walk. His
thin lips twitched. He indicated
Bobby.
For the sake of my very good
friend. What are a mans personal
fears and desires if he can help his
friends?"
Graham's distaste was evident
Paroles recognized it with a smile
Bobby watched him curiOusly, real
ling more and more that Graham
was right TO this extent: They must
somehow learn the real purpose OF
the Panamanian's continued pres
/ ence here.
Paroles resumed his walk. He still
had that air of expectancy. He
seemed to listen. This feeling OF i'm,
minence reached Bobby; increased
/ his restlessness. He thought M
heard an automobile horn outside
! lie sprang up, went to the door
opened it, and stood gazing through
/ the damp and narrow court. Yet h'
/ confessed, he listened for repetition
OF that unearthly crying through th'
/ thicket rather than for the approach
Of those who would try TO condemn
I him for two murders. Paroles wa
+ right. The place was unhealthy. II
dark walls seemed to draw closer
+ They had a desolate and unfriendll
secretiveness. They might hide any
thing.
The whirring Of a motor reached
him. Headlights hung gigantic. dis
torted shadows Of trees across tn
walls Of the old wing. Bobby face
the others.
They're coming" ne said, and hi
voice was sufficiently apprehensiv'
now.
Graham joined him at the door.
| Yes" he said. There viii be an
other inquisition. You all know tina
HowelIs for some absurd reason sus
pected Bobby Bobby. it goes withOu
saying. knows no more about tn
crimes than any OF US. I dare sa,
you'll keep that in mind IL they tr.
10 confuse you. After all. there
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

very little any OF us can tell them"
Except Paroles said with a
yawn. what went on upstairs when
the woman cried and Howells' body
moved. OF course I know nothing
about that
Graham glanced at him sharply.
II don't know what you mean,
but you have told US all that YOU
are Bobby's friend"
quite so. And I am not a spy"
He moved his head in his grave
and dignified bow.
The automobile stopped at the
entrance to the court Three men
stepped out and hurried up the path.
AS they entered the hall Bobby rec
ognized the sallow, wizened features
Of the coroner. One OF the others
was short and thick set His round
and flOrid face. one felt, should have
expressed friendIiness and good
humor rather than the intolerant
anger that marked il now. The third
was a lank, bald-headed man, whose
sharp face released more determine
ton than intelligence.
Il am Robinson. the district at
torney." the stout one announced.
and this is Jack Rawlins, the best
detective I've got now that Howells
is gone Jack was a close friend OF
Howells so he'll make a good job
Of it. but I thought Il was time ]
came myself TO see what the devils
going on in this house"
The lank man nodded.
You're right, Mr.. Robinson
Therell be no more nonsense about
the case. If Howells had made an
arrest he might be alive this min
ute"
Bobby's heart sank. These men
would act from primary Instinct
Of revenge. They wanted the man
who had killed Silas Blackburn
/ principally because il was certain
he had also killed their friend. Raw
I Inns words. moreover, suggested
that Howells must have telephOneC
pretty clear outline Of the css~
/ Robinson stared at them inssIent-
4 ".
/ This IS Dr.. Groom. know
/ Which is young Mr.. Blackburn"
Bobby stepped forward The sharT
/ eyes. surrounded by puffy flesh
studied him aggr essively. Bobby
I forced himself TO meet that un-
\ friendly gaze. Would Robinson &C
/ cuse him now. before he had gone
! into the case for himself? At leas
/ he could prove nothing. After q
moment the man turned away.
who is this" he asked, indicat
ing Graham.
"A very good friend-my lawyer
Mr.. Graham" Bobby answered.
Robinson walked over 20 Par
edes.
Another lawyer" he sneered.
Another friend" Paroles an
swered easily.
Robinson glanced at Katherine
"Of course you are Miss Perrine
/ Good. Coroner. these are all tina
were in the front part OF the hous'
when you were here before >"
The same lot" the coronel
/ squeaked.
There are three servants. a mar
and two women" Robinson went on
Account for them. Rawiins, and Sc
what they have 10 sag. Come up
stairs when you're through. All right
| coroner"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

see where an american army
officer reports that he has investi-
Gated into the food situation in Ger
many and that the German people
looks thin" Abe Potash observed To
his partner, Morris Perlmutter.
That's already German propo-
gauda. Abe" Morris said. Word
come down from headquarters that
The German people should look thin
in order 10 get the sympathy of the
American officer. so they looked
thin. understand.
Abe shrugged his shoulders.
Maybe you're right MawTuss, -
ne said, but all I could say is that
them German propOganders which
has charve OF making the German
people look thin. is wasting their
time in Germany. because the is
plenty OF people in America which
would make them propOganders
right for life il they would only
come over TO New York and open an
office for giving reduction propo-
ganda at "a thousand dollars a
treatment"
We'll. I'll tell YOU" Norris said:
ordinarily If the German people
looked thin YOU would believe them.
Abe before the war IL somebody
went 10 Germany and people asked
him when he come back how was
The weather there. he didn't say:
Unless they was putting one over
on me. IL was showing. y'under-
stand. but today It's different. No
body has got no confidence in the
Germans nowadays In fact even
the Germans themselves is losing
confidence I'm them Take Berlin
for instance. and every week the
Spartacists or Red Government has
cot the support Of the people from
$50 a. m. Tuesday until s D. m
Thursday when the German people
begin 70 lose confidence in them SC
that By sac a. m. Friday the coali-
tion or Yellow Government comes
into power. The Coalition or Vel
low Government then keeps the
confidence OF the people until sun
day midnight when under the infiu-
ence Of the Sunday night Ersat Del
fcatessca supper the Germans start:
I'M 10 suspect that everything aim
right with the yellow Government
right with the yellow government
ment. and they seize Police Head
Quarters. the Bureau OF Assess
ments and Arrears and desk room in
The office OF the Deputy Commits.
sioner or Water supply. Gas .anC
Electricity and that's the way 4
goes"
Its a funny thing 20 me VIII,
them colored German government
always starts in a revolution by seiZ
ing headquarters. Mawruss. ABB
commented.
That's the way they finance tn,
revolution. Morris replied "be
cause 7 understand that the nigh
life i'm Berlin has been going on th'
same as usual revolution or no rev
olution. Abe. which 7 bet yer that al
soon as the new chief OF police d
appointed les the Red or yellow
government. as the case may be. h
Iou't waste no time but he right
away sends out plaip clothes mel
20 the proprietors u than" Berlin
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
SHOW GROWTH IN
BANK DEPOSITS.

Bank deposits have grown ire
mendously during the past u
months. Wages have been sigh, of
course, but to balance this is the
fact that during the year there were
staged two Liberty loan campaigns,
in both of which this county over
subscribed its quota; there was the
War Chest campaign, in which the
workingmah took perhaps a larger
part than the man of more substan-
tial means; and there was a whole
year of the Thrift Stamp" cam
paign, in which many workers saved
close to a thousand dollars. Besides
the growth in actual deposits, there
has been an exceedingly large in
crease in the number of depOsitors,
according 10 bank officials in South
Bend Reasonably, some of this
growth. in the light Of all the war
activities which took surplus wages
may be credited to prohibition.
In this connection, it is significant
to note that when the officials OF
the Citizens National bank selected
the site of their south end branch
IL was remarked that business should
be good with them. for within a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
THE MYSTERY STORY
By WADSWORTH CAMP

But he paused at the foot OF the
steps.
For the present no one viii
leave the house without my permits
sion. If you care 20 come upstairs
with me. Mr. Blackburn. YOU might
be useful"
Bobby shrank from the thought
Of returning 20 the old room even
with this determined company. lie
didn't hesitate. however. for Robin
sons purpose was clear He wanted
Bobby where he could watch him.
Graham prepared 10 accompany
them.
IF you need me" the doctor
said. 'I looked at the body"
"Oh. yes" Robinson sneered. I'D
like 10 know exactly what time you
found the body"
Graham flushed, but Katherine
answered easily:
About half-past two-the hour
at which Mr. Blackburn was kill
And T." Robinson sneered, was
aroused at three-thirty. An hour
during which the police we're left
out Of the case"
we thought II wise 10 get 2
physician first ~ ALL" Graham said.
You knew Howells never had =
chance. You knew ne had been muir
dered the moment YOU looked az
him" Robinson burst out
We acted for the best" Graham
answered.
His manner impressed silence on
Katherine and Bobby
Wen see about that later" Rob
inson said with a clear threat. 'Tf
Il doesn't Inconvenience you too
much Wen go up now"
In the upper haH he snatched the
candle from the table
Which way"
Katherine nodded 20 the old cor
ridor and slipped 20 her room. Rob
lnsOn stepped forward with the cor
oner at his heels Bobby. Graham.
and the doctor followed. Inside the
narrow. choking passage Bobby saw
the district attorney hesitate
What's the matter" the doctor
rumbled.
The district attorney went ou
without answering. He glanced ar
f the broken lock
so you had 20 smash YOUR way
in"
/ He walked % the bed and looked
down atfHowells
Poor devil" ne murmured
I "Howeils wasn't the man 20 get
f caught unawares It's beyond me-
/ how any one could have come close
/ enough 20 make that wound with
out putting him on his guard
IT'S beyond Us as It was beyond
/ him" Graham answered. how any
one got into the room AZ all"
IN response 20 Robfnsons ques-
lions he told In detail about the dis
I covery OF both murders. Robinson
I pondered for some time.
Then you and Mr. Blackburn
were asleep" ne said. Miss Perrine
aroused YOU. This foreigner Paroles
was awake and dressed and in the
lower hall J."
"I think ne was in the court az
we went by the stair-weIl" Cra-
I ham corrected him
II shall want 20 talk 20 your for
t-~N-rrN-r~u~r, g,N- n.cnr cr-rrr-.v a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

the dry one and the one before it
is a difficult one TO make, because
the war conditions have also had an
effect upon trade and credit, an eff
feet which at best can be only an
estimate. o very rough estimate.
From April I, 1917, TO April l. 1913,
South Bend was wet South Bend
was also getting ready along war
lines. Wages took a decided jump,
but so did prices. There were the
Liberty loans, too. Then from April
1. 1918, to April /. 1919. South Bend
was dry. Wages were high. but
high prices, ana the Thrift" and
Conservation" campaigns were a
deterrent TO buying. People pur-
chased only what they needed.
It is in the light of these facts
then. that a comparison must be
made. II business has increased
not all Of it is due TO prohibition
but a portion of business increase
especially in some lines-can hon
estly be attributed TO the passing
away Of the cbrner-and other, a:
Well-SalOOnS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

Not long since we asked a num-
Der Of manufacturing concerns Of
the state some catesoucal questions
as 10 the benefits OF prohibition
among employees. J. Had II APP
probably reduced drunkenness ..
Had II increased cfhciency2 q.
Had il improved their material well
fare and were they better content
ed under the new ORDER &. Eff
feet for the better upon the pur-
chase OF Liberty Bonds. Thrift
Stamps, Red Cross and Y. NJ. G. A.
work? 3. Whether or not on the
whole prohibition is 20 be preferred
TO the open. licensed saloon?
We wish we could print all the re-
plies sent us. Here are few. W.
y. Durbin, president Of the AndeI-
son Foundry and Machine Co, ans
wered Yes" 10 each Of the five in-
terrogatories A +. kargcs. presi-
dent of the Karges Furniture CO.
Of Evansville answered
First. Yes, decidedly.
Second-Yes-
Third-Yes
Fourth-Nes indeed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
BY IL. 5. SHUMAKER.

Superintendent of the Indiana Anti
Saloon League.
When Indiana swung into the dry
column at midnight April ?, 1918,
the transition was so natural, and
the changes from the worse to the
better were so complete that people
wondered If they were living in the
same world as heretofore. AS a
matter Of feet. they were not, for
"old things had passed away" al
most completely Saloonkeepers,
wholesale liquor dealers, brewers and
distillers had prepared for the
transition. and candy kitchens, res
taurants, groceries, movies dry good
stores and banking institutions now
exist where two years ago had been
saloons; and in Indianapolis one of
the states leading dailies (and il is
dry, too is about 10 occupy the
place where once existed one of the
leading saloons OF the city with cafe
attachments.
Choice locations I'm every city of
the state, where once saloons had
held forth, are now rightfully used
for legitimate business, and business
is thus flowing through proper chan
nels for the benefit, not the injury
Of society. And a number of insti-
tutions formerly used in the manu-
facture of alcoholic beverages are
now engaged i'm the manufacture OF
pure food products, both for the
government and for the general pub
lie. Others are being converted into
other uses, and there are those
among the liquor interests who dc
not hesitate TO say that they are
glad the state has gone dry. anC
that they would not bring back the
saloon conditions of other days il
7 a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
NUMBER OF CRIMINAL
CASES is REDUCED


Il have practiced criminal law in
Gary for II years remarked a
well known Gary attorney. and
have defended Il murder cases in
that time. l was interested IN look
ing over the records OF those cases
the other day 70 discover a rather
startling fact-that i OF those
murders were the direct result OF
whiskey. l believe whisky would
bear the same relation 20 murder
cases generally and to criminal
cases. since Indiana became dry
the criminal business IL Gary has
fallen off 10 almost nothing.
Il believe that as soon as the ma
ton goes dry con July ist) the lit
tie criminal business that - left
will fade away and there won't be
any need for a criminal court ana
the Jail VIII lose its inhabitants.
Why. in some OF the agricultural
counties Of Indiana today there are
no prisoners. The day of the GRIM
inal lawyer has passed
That state prohibit owPn
That state prohibition has been
the cause of reducing crime was
urged as a sufficient reason by the
prosecuting attorneys Of the state
i ntheir petition to the last Indiana
legislative assembly to place the
prosecuting attorneys Office on a
fixed salary basis. These men
claimed that heretofore DRINKS. and
crimes growing cut of Interpolation
had furnished them a large per-
centage of their fees in the proceu-
tors office, but that prohibition had
reduced the number Of criminals 10
such a degree that the prosecutors
Office was not worth having unless
Hxed larry
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
PROHIBITION CLOSES
MARION WORKHOUSE.

The fact that Prohibition closed
the Marion county wOrkhouse last
June is we'll known: that the Kee-
ley institute for drunkards at Plain
field had to close it's doors last Au-
gust for want of patronage is also
known; that the number of inmates
in the woman's prison at Indianapo-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
FACTORY OWNER
SUPPORT "DRY" LAW.

The testimonials OF manufactur-
ers throughout the state has been
almost universally in favor Of the
prohibition law. Where complaints
are found-and such places are few
indeed-the criticism is not against
prohibition itself, but concerning
tax enforcement OF the law
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
SYNOPSIS.

murder OF his grandfather. Silas Black
burn. who was found dead with small
hole at the base Of his brain. In an
abandoned and locked room OF his home
the Cedars. CircumstRntial ev e q .
points to the guilt OF Bobby, who is un.
able 20 establish an abb as a result or
loss Of memory after a night Of gay
life" In New York, spent In company
OF Parades, from Panama, and Marie.
Spanish woman. He awakes In de-
serted shack near the Cedars and goes
70 the house, where he meets bis cousin.
Katherine, and Graham, a friend. All
agree that mystery surrounds the death
OF the old man, who was one OF many
Blackburns TO die In same manner.
Strange signs invariably mark tie Occa-
sioE Of a death In the room.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30
One Year on the Water Wagon

The GRAND OLD HOOSIER STATE

stones throw of their door were
eight extinct saloons.
ALL BUSINESS
EXPERIENCES BOOM.
Business in all lines has doomed
during the year from April l. 1918
up 10 the present time. In such lines
as dry goods and millinery, the boom
can hardly be considered as result
ing from Indiana's dry law. but in
other lines. such as mems clothing
which, by the way. was negatively
accelerated by war conditions-an6
in furniture. and in groceries, the
boom has also been felt.
There is also another side TO the
proposition, the side which anti-sa-
loon interests have emphasized per
haps more than the business side
How has the abolition of intoxicat-
ing liquor affected crime? How has
it affected the activities Of the po-
lice department?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

1T explains my ability to sense
strange elements in this old house.
There are in Panama-if you don't
mind, doctor - improvised grave
yards. tangled by the jungle. that
give you feeling of an active, un-
seen population precisely as this
house does
He arose and strolled with a cat
like lack of sound about the hall.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

will Immediately stamp the play as
being OF the vintage prior to July
/. 1919-and people like TO see new
things in the theater. The same
thing will happen with the moving
pictures, and 1. take II, with the
stories and novels we read"
HAS AFFECT
ON THEATERS.
No longer will Ten Nights in a
Barroom" be the rage. Plays that
SAVIOR OF anything over one and
three-fourts percent will not get
over" Our authors will experience
a double loss, because the ending of
the war has taken one OF their
choice themes. and the ending of
the reign Of John Barleycorn is soon
: TO take another. Plots in the flu
ture viii be based on the drug evil.
no doubt. or will tell about the poor
old father who died from Bright's
I disease after eating too much
candy!
We've been on the water wagon
for a whole year. AS everybody
knows. there have been leaks from
Chicago and other wet centers, but
as a whole. citizens of Indiana have
substituted something else for the
stuff they used 10 drink. What has
actually resulted from that substi-
tuition OF beverages, here in South
Bend?
Some $50 salons have gone out of
business. The capital invested in
this business probably amounted TO
considerably more than a half mil
lion dollars, not counting the brewer
les or wholesale houses in South
Bend. Some OF these saloons have
been turned into soft drink parlors
others into lunch rooms, some have
been transformed into dry goods
stores and other businesses, and
/. many OF the former sample rooms
are vacant, and for rent.
COMPARISON OF
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
There has been "a much greater
and more important. financial
change as a result of the prohibition
, law. Hundreds Of thousands of dol.
, lars which used to go into the shin
, ing cash registers OF South Bends
] saloons are now being devoted tC
, other purposes, such as the paying
Of rent and the buying of groceries
|. A comparison of the two years
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-30

/ Logging. How many OF the state and
city prisoners are there for blind
tiger activities, We cannot tell, but
II would be a safe guess TO est
mate it to be at least one-haf OF
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What Indiana Has Gained


PROHIBITION
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MANY ANSWERS
AXE SIMILAR.

Fourth-Ges indeed
Ffftn-NeS. hN all meal
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