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New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
ssThou Shalt Not Drink Il
Step Beyond Teachings of
Christ, Complains the
New Mexico Executive
Others Praise Its Benefits
Vets Declare Huge Surplus
of Wheat Shows No Need
of Wartime Conservation

prohibition has proved an unqualified
success in all but one of the twenty
eight states that have had an opportu-
nifty to test it for more than four
months, according to the Governors of
those states.
Such is the report of the board of
temperance, prohibition and public
morals of the Methodist Episcopal
Church., which has jnst completed a
canvass Of conditions in the dry terri
tory of the country. The report is in
ments of the Governors and Mayors of
the big cities in the states where
saloons have been closed for period
longer than four months.
From the thirty-two dry states of the
Union the committee deducted the
four most recent acquisitions of the
drys-Fiorida, Montana, Ohio and Wy
oming. 1t was concluded that at least
four months would be required to show
the worth of objections to prohibition.
Of the remaining twenty-eight dry
states the Governor of but one rem
dered verdict against prohibition.
"Gone Too Far"
Governor O. A. Larrazola Of New
Mexico sent this reply to the query Of
the committee:
is in favor Of the closing Of the saloon.
but when we go further than the teach
lngs OF Christ and say that a man
shall not take drink we are adopting
law which is and always will be a
failure"
Answers of other state executives are
as follows:
Governor Thomas E. Kilby, Alabama
-"Prohib,tion is an unqualified sue
cess in Alabama. Drunkenness is re-
dused to minimum, crime reduced SO
per cent, and there is large increase
IN bank deposits. The new city Jail in
Birmingham has been empty for more
than year and many county jails are
without prisoners. The business senti-
ment in Alabama strongly indorses
present prohibition conditions regard
less of former attitude on the subject. -
Governor Oliver H. Shoup, Colorado
-"Colorado has shown a marked ad-
vance in many lines. 1t is safe to say
that the state never would revert to
the old policy of licensing the liquor
traffic"
Helps Poorer Classes"
Governor Hugh NJ. Dorsey, Georgia
II think prohibition has gone a long
way toward helping our people, and
especially the negroes and poorer
oidSHSo ain very nuch IN 1aVOr OF
prohibition"
Governor Albert E. Sleeper, Michi-
gan-"Our prohibition law already has
effected results of considerable impor-
tance. Arrests for drunkenness all over
the state have been cut down to about
one-quarter. Business men report that
bills are paid more promptly and the
general effect of prohibition on busi-
ness has been good"
The summary that accompanied the
report showed the replies as follows:
Governors for prohibition. ion..........zs "a
Governors against prohibition. ...... !
Failed to reply. ............... !
Queries as to the operation of prohi
bltion in the ten largest dry cities in
the United States brought the follow
ing replies:
Mayors and chiefs of police for prohi
t oisIou II
Failed to reply ............
The other side of the question was
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Prohibition Is Immoral.
Declares Prof. Ciddings

National prohibition is immoral be-
cause it destroys liberty, according to
Franklin H. Giddings, professor of
sociology at Columbia University, who
spoke last night at the Church of the
Ascension, Fifth Avenue and Tenth
Street
"The Eighteenth Amendment crosses
the line that must be observed by any
nation caring for morals or liberty"
said Professor Giddings. "The most
immoral thing we can do is to destroy
the power of another man to choose
between good and evil; that is, to de-
stroy him as a free moral agent. The
Eighteenth Amendment does this.
"You can't enforce law which
public opinion does not believe in un-
less you establish a government in the
United States Of America like that
over which Gear Nicholas ruled two
years ago." he continued.
You cannot carry out the Eighteenth
Amendment unless you go the limit of
restrictions upon liberty. The passage
of the amendment shows that major
ity Of Americans believe it is proper
to advance such cause by using the
power of the state and the nation.
Such a proposition is fatal to our
entire system of constitutional liberty.
The question for the future is how
to protect our liberty against those
who would assail it. Liberty in a
democracy depends upon the majority,
which rules. The Contitution was de-
vised to curb the actions of such a
majority. But we have seen that the
Constitution can be amended so as to
make it function in just the opposite
way. 1t is possible other amendments
may be passed totally destroying the
liberty of the individual. The only
protection we have against infringe.
ments on liberty is an enlightened
public opinion. which will refuse to
pass such amendments.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
suspension Of Federal Shipping Board
officials in Seattle pending conclusion
of the investigation.
Sham Filipino Battle
For Police Field Day
Spanish War Veterans to Re-
produce Native STYLES
in TOrfure

Kalaastaasen kagalanggiang katapu-
nan viii be the fate of members of the
Polce Reserve captured by "Filipinos"
in sham battle which has been ar
ranged for the Police Field Days at
Speedway Park. Sheepshead Bay, July
l9 and 26. In other words, the Reserves.
lmpersonating American soldiers, will
De put to peculiarly excruciating tor
ture by the members of the Military
Order OF the Serpent United Spanish
American War Veterans, who will I'M
personate the insurrectos.
The town of Palawan in the Philip
pines IS being built at the park under
direction of Major William A. Daw-
kins, of the Police Reserves, and will
De the scene of the battle. The wives
of the military serpents will take the
part of Filipino women, both they and
their husbands being in native costume.
Three thousand Police Reserves and
several hundred Boy Scouts will take
part IN the attack on Palawan and
kagalanggiang katapunan.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Railroads Put Embargo
On Beer to atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, July 13. - Rail
roads have placed an embargo on the
shipment of beer to this place: Despite
wartime prohibition every saloon here
is still selling beer, and motor trucks
are being rounded up to keep the sup
ply equal to the demand. Philadelphia
is now the sole source of supply tor
the amber fluid while the railroad en-
barge holds.
The resort cafe owners are awaiting
the session of the United States Court
at Trenton tomorrow, when a dozen
saloon and hotel keepers will appear to
plead to indictments charging them
with violating the war prohibition law.
The government will be represented by
United States Attorney Bodine, and
the courts rulings will have big in
auence on the other liquor dealers
here.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Skilled Men to Return
Unframed Workers at Hastings
Refuse to Resume Work

HASTINGS-ON-H HUDSON N. Y, july
l3.-About 500 of the 1900 employees of
the National Conduit and Cable Com
pany, who have been out of work since
a strike was declared three weeks ago
are expected to return to work to-
morrow morning. The strike was called
by the unskilled workmen, who demand
an increase of 13 cents an hour.
When they quit work the skilled
workmen soon had nothing to do. The
skilled workmen, most of them Ameri-
cans, are expected to return. The un
skilled element, mostly foreigners, re-
fuse to go back. Sheriff Charles f.
Nossiter will be on hand with the Hone
Guard to pdevent trouble.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
s5O,OOO,O0O Asked
In u. S. for British
Seamen Hurt i'm War
Fund Will Be Invested i'm
American Securities for
Benefit of 1000 Manned
in Fight With U-Boats

Plans have been completed for
launching a campaign in this country
for $50 100000 to be invested in Amer
lean securities for the benefit Of the
thirty thousand British seamen manned
and disabled during the war. This will
be the contribution of the United
States to d fund of 100000 900 which
is being gathered throughout the world.
Rear Admiral William Snowden Sims,
who was chief of American naval op-
erations abroad during the war, is
honorary chairman of the movement.
It has been heartily Endorsed by John
w. Davis. American Ambassador to
Great Britain, and prominent men and
women throughout the country are sup
porting the plan.
The movement is being conducted
under the name of Americas Tribute to
British Merchant Seamen. William H.
Appleton has been appointed active
chairman and headquarters have been
established at Cos Fifth Avenue.
The British merchant marine lost
1900 men through submarine war
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Record Baby Crop
Is Predicted for
America This Year
Birth Increase Is General
Throughout the Country:
Infant Mortality Rate
Here Comparatively Low

Deaths among New York City babies
last year totalled 1857. an increase of
only 80 over 1917, despite the influenza
epidemic, according to the annual re-
view issued yesterday by the New York
Milk Committee. In the same period
in the country at large births totalled
100000. an increase of $1,000, and the
committee, as q result of national
survey, ventures the prediction of a
record baby crop in the United States
this year.
The death rate among babies in the
city was 90 per 1000 in 1918. only
three points higher than the year be-
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14

considered in a statement issued bv the
Association Opposed to National Prohi.
oitlon, In which it was charged that
the surplus of wheat in the United
States proved that there was no real
necessity for wartime prohibition.
report Of Wheat Commissions
Juhus Barnes is quoted to show that
there is tremendous surplus of wheat
IN the United States that will have to
be exported in the near future. The
statement continues:
Exports OF -four, July /, to April
81, Zl,oo0,OO0 barrels, against 17,7O0.-
ooo parrels the same period year
ago. Total exports wheat and -four,
July l to April 80, figured as whea.'
245 ,O0O,O 900 bushels, against 100000
bushels year ago Stocks of -four in
all positions May /, 1855 900 barrels,
against 5,O92,o00 barrels a year ago.
The apparent domestic consumption
OF wheat in the United States for the
last ten months averaged 35,7OO,0 900
Dushels monthly, against $4,000, 900
average for the same period a year
ago"
No Basis for Cost Jump
"At the time Mr.. Barnes made this
report" says the statement O. the AS
81 Ia 'ioii OPPoSeU 10 NdtlONal 1rOnlDl-
tion, "he gave out statement saying
that there was no sound basis for an
increase in the cost of -four. He said
that these figures showed that there
was more than enough wheat and
flour in this country to satisfy our
needs, at the same time meeting the
needs of Europe.
"Meanwhile, it is of Importance to
note that drastic enforcement of
wartime prohibition is being rushed
through Congress. The anomalous
situation is presented of ? Congress
putting into effect a law which it
passed for the conservation of agricult-
ural products, foodstufs, etc, while
that same Congress is finding it neces-
sary to investigate our tremendous
surplus of grain
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
y. S. Labor Conciliator
Taken in Whiskey Raid

JOHNSTOWN, Penn, July 13.-The
arrest here Saturday night of John
Horten, of the Vendome Hotel, for al
legged violation of the wartime prohibit
ton act by the sale Of whiskey, was
given a sensational turn by the fact
that the special agents of the Depart
ment of Justice took as materla wit
ness James L. Rodier, of the United
States Department of Labor, who had
been acting as conciliator in labor dis
putes between the Cambria Steel Com
pany and employees organized by the
American Federation of Labor.
United States Commissioner Ray Pat
ton Smith held the principals and a
number of witnesses, including Rodier,
in $1,000 bail for the United States
Court at Pittsburgh in November.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Foul Play Suspected in
Death of L. S. Agent

SEATTLE, July 13.-Government
agents continued to-day investigation
OF circumstances surrounding the death
of F. A. Dowsey, Federal Secret Ser
vice, whose body was found May in a
washroom in local office building
shortly before he was expected to re-
port upon results of investigation he
bad been making in Seattle Persons
familiar with the general nature Of
Dowsey's mission declared it involved a
gigantic fraud against the government
A development in the case has been
the adoption by the King County Demo-
cratic Club of resolution demanding
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Relics Found in Old Church

JACKSONVILLE, III. July 10
Workmen demolishing the Trinity
Church, one of the oldest religious
structures IN the state, uncovered q tin
oox IN the cornerstone, which had beer.
placed there in 1882. This receptacle
contained a number of the dailv and
weekly newspapers published at that
time and several religious publications.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Taxi Driver Dies of Injuries

Frederick Freder, forty-two, of s2o
Prospect Avenue, The Bronx. died of
injuries suffered yesterday morning
when taxicab which he was driving
was IN collision with 8 south bound
Madison Avenue car. Peter Gross. the
motorman. was arrested and held in
$500 bail by Magistrate Simms of the
Harlem Court
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14

San Francisco, with a population in
excess of 100000, showed the lowest
mortality among babies. The rate
there, So per 1000 last year, COM
pared 10 1916 in 1917. The average
mortality rate for forty-ive cities OF
m ore than 100000 population was 1885.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14

fore, in the face of war conditions.
high prices of foods and the influenza.
which was responsible for an increase
of $4,000 in the number of deaths
throughout the country. Manhattan
actually reduced the baby death total
by 70. compared with 1917. Reductions
also we.e shown by Queens and The
oughs were reported by the COMMITTEES
as follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Lewis Estate S623.34O

TUXEDO, N. Y, July 13.-The estate
OF Mrs. Arabella B. Lewis, of this place
and New York, has been appraised at
$623,34O net. 1t is to be divided equally
between her two daughters The in
herltance tax will be $22,746.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
FIARKINAN NATIONAL BANK
Fifth Avenue and 44tl Street
NEW YORK
Daylight Saving

In these days of heavy taxation heavy overhead and
1t is natural to consider any and every for
saving Io the bulk of the population of the United
states engaged at bench, counter, and objection
by the farmer to the daylight saving hour as a
surprise.
vi truth, this public had not known that the our
earlier with the dew still in evidence forbds ting
that the cessation from toll lust at the hour
which means most to the work the fields and to the
SOIL tselt-the mellow hour-that the laws of Nature
must not be violated if would not have stuntng
and poor growth. The farmers objection to the dav
light hour IS supported by Nature itself.
The gamer by the hour saved is he, who after having
performed his allotted days work. turn to eniov
himself IN the sunshine. On the other hand to con-
Hct with Natures laws governing growing things must
result IN material loss of her products
II Would not, however, seem to the Hartman Ma
tlona Bank that it is choice of alternatives but that
there is middle ground and compromise between
the clock and the which shall be both equitable and
agreeable to all concerned. If expect the farmer to
produce we must yield to his necessities while he must
not blame us tor desiring the enjoyment of the pro-
longed day. 1t appears to that it can be arraroed
The sun sets only in the West, but hen will set
anywhere This shows how far more liberal minded
than the is hen!
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
Picked for a
Hard Job

Time and again in his career this has
happened to the man, and may be one rea-
son for the violence of the dislike that a
certain element in the Police Department
processes to feel for him. Department off
clals embarking upon police reform have
always looked about for the most efficient
and trustworthy instrument for accom-
plishing this reform. Almost invariably
they have chosen Costigan, and each time
he has investigated and returned with the
bald, unpleasant truth. That may be one
reason for the fact that certain element
has always been eager to fill the ears of a
new Commissioner with abuse of Honest
Dan"
Costigan plunged into an investigation
Of the "transfer ring" returned with the
information which led to its collapse and
went on with his work. having done his
duty by the department. and made few
more enemies in consequence
Ccstigan not to be removed entirely
from contact with the transfer system over
which he had cast so salutary an influence.
Under Deputy Police Commissioner Alex
ander r. Piper he was placed in charge of
transfers and assignments, and remained at
this post in Headquarters for year or
more.
His work was not confined entirely to the
routine labor of this department. Occa-
sionally he returned to detective work,
usually to investigate complaints Of police
men against unfairncss III the force.
When the present chief magistrate,
William >McAdoo, became Police Commits
sioner, in 1905, Costigans feet were set
firmly on the lower rung of the ladder by
which he climbed higher and higher in the
department until Enright took the ladder
away.
Under McAdoo he was assigned to the
Commissioners Office and, later to the first
vice squad that the police force of the city
ever organized. Lieutenant William j.
Eggers commanded this body, and Costigan
was his lieutenant With the hearty sup
port and cooperation of the Commissioner
they did tremendous work toward clean
ing up city that needed cleaning up badly
Hitherto Costigan, agent against
vice, had been one individual bucking
ramified and we'll organized system. Now,
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
Up and Down in a
Political System

Many of these protests were so loud A..
emanated from such influential sources th,.
their echo reached the ears OF McAa..
himself, who thereupon commended ,b.
vice squad and told them to 60 to il b.,a.s
Established institutions for the incu,.,
tion and encouragement of vice could ma,
be upset in this wholesale fashion w;,,
out damaging the regulations of some sh,,
ing lights in the department itself Ma.
than once raids by Eggers and Cost;v,,
opened up trails of graft which, when -,
lowed to their end, discovered some nol;o.
captain or lieutenant badly beslim.d
This sort of work was excellent for III,
moral tone of the city, but it did litt,s "a
improve Costigan's popularity with certain
factors in the department itself.
Unpleasant stories concerning him Asu,.
ished more rankly than ever in the denar,.
ment, and care was taken that these shnu,a
come to the ears of the Commissioner hin.
self whenever possible. McAdoo sbov.d
that he had heard them III his own v,v
He passed over several names on the l,t
of eligibles to promote Costigan to lien.
tenant, and when Eggers left the squad
placed him in command.
In 1906 McAdoo left and General Binr.
ham reigned in his stead. New to the de-
partment and to the ways of the notice
the Commissioner was affected by the tslss
of those who had reason to dislike COST
gan. He was told that the man was
fake and "a grandstand player" whom it
would be unwise to trust.
He did not act at once, but he did rob
Costigan of his power and take away his
work. After week or so of utter idlenem
about Headquarters the commander of the
vice squad, who knew what way the wind
was blowing and what it had brought TO
Bingham, applied for transfer A less
confident man might have clashed with the
Commi missoner with dubious result. Costi-
gan was only too eager to let facts speak
for themselves, and he accepted his trans.
fer to the Westchester Avenue station in
a spirit of genuine gratitude
He remained there less than year. Then
the Commissioner sent for him. brough.
him back and renstated him as direct head
of the vice squad under Inspector John
Russell. During the two years thereafter
that Bingham held cfice Costigan was bis
trusted subordinate.
When Mcclellan seized upon the alleged
police persecution of George Duffy IS
handle for ejecting an uncomfortably hon.
est Commissioner from Office Binghami
personal staff fell into disfavor and COST
gan was transferred to The Bronx, where
for seven months he rested, nerves over
wrought by continued battle, in one Of ths
few assignments he has ever enjoyed clos
to his own home.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
aress Fighter of Vice. mpvous Brie s Ups and Downs
i'm the Force at the Hands Of Intrigue

system. Policemen who had easy jobs or
were in precincts near their homes found
themselves suddenly transferred to some
Objectionable or far-away post amid the
goats of Harlem or the far-fung limits of
Queens, Once marooned, there was only
one way to get back to the ieshpots from
which they had been so rudely yanked-
bribery of high officials of the department.
This pleasing form OF blackmail had been
hourlshing for some time when the reform
element in the department caught wind of
it and determined to hit it. They picked
Costlgan for their hammer, for they knew
him for an upright man who had the in
terests of the department at heart.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

ducements at their command, even more
yanly. Here was Il man they had just
cause to fear--an honest cop, who hated
vice in general and gambling in particular
Rapidly the 4th Inspection District be-
came known as a most unhealthy place for
members of the fraternity of chance to
stay in long.
Thus Costgan began to hit at the cty's
vice. Since that time he has been striking
with every ounce of force at his command,
feet planted solid, with both fists.
Those who know him best will tell you
that there is a twefold reason for the vim
dictive persistence with which he has driven
raid after raid in upon the gamblers of the
city.
Costigan hates gambling with an honest
mans adherence of crooked thing. In
the countless houses that he has entered
and played in to obtain evidence, he has
never seen q "straight game" That is tie
first reason for his abhorrence The
ond is that he believes gambling to lie at
the root of all police department graft. In
breaking it up, he has not only been remov-
ing snares from the path of the unwary citi-
zen, but also, he is convinced, has been
taking the best and most certain means of
purifying the department that he loves and
has given his life to.
There is no vindictivc feeling in Costi-
gans attitude toward the gambler. He is
not one of those who have been burned in
their time and have had the fire forever
after.
When he first launched his offensive
against gambling he did not know enc card
IL.
taught him enough Of the various games Of
chance to enable him to enter house and
obtain evidence without arousing suspicion.
To this day he does not play outside
house he is planning to raid. He takes
credit for this He .has not the gam
blcr's instinct and he has seen enough of
the woe the gambler has wrought to pre-
vent him from ever looking kindly upon
games of chance.
For five years Costgan worked under
Harley in the 4th Inspection District.
In 1902 he received his first promotion, when
Colonel John N. Partridge, Commissioner
of Police under Seth Low, advanced him
to the grade Of sergeant. Costigan had
taken the first examination ever to be held
in the department for adms ssion to this
post.
For a short time thereafter Costigan
went back into harness and swas. assigned
to the Old Slip station for uniform duty.
While he was there, Partridge, after d
troublous year, in which newspapers car
tooned him an old woman at her knit
ting or else an infant in his bassinct,
quilted Headquarters and the department
knew him no more. ---.
about this time, scandal, which always
turks about the seats of the mighty in the
department, was once more abroad, and
Costigan laid aside his blues and brass
buttons to take up the work Of detective
again.
Men high in the department. were work
ing remuncrative backmal scheme upon
! their subordinates, through the transfer