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New-York tribune., 1919-07-25
Providence Licenses
4 Per Gent Drinks

PROVIDENCE, July 24-Providence
police commissioners to-day granted
1853 licenses for the sale of non -intoxi-
eating beverages under the terms of
ar act passed at the last session Of the
Legislature defining beverages contain
ing not more than per cent Of alcohol
as Notwithstanding.
The licensees were warned by the
commission, however, that the Senate
licenses would not prevent prosecution
by Federal authorities. United States
District Attorney Harvey A. Baker, it
is understood, will soon begin prose-
cution to determine the states right
tc fix its own alcoholic standard bv
legislation.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-25
Ne,U Oil Field Found
and MEXICO Grants
License for OPENING
NeW York. Tribune
lICoJ ,to- D,

WASHINGTON, July 24-Discoverv
of large and important oil deposits in
the vicinity Of Mapimi, in the State Of
Durango, Mexico, is believed in gov
ernment circles in Mexico City to be
the result of prospecting operations
near Mapimi, according to an article
in "The Excelsior" forwarded to the
State Department by the American
Consulate General at Mexico City. Sev-
eral claims based on these explora-
tions already have been filed in the
Department of Petroleum of tho Sec
retariat of Industry, Commerce and
Labor, and the concessions have been
granted.
The article adds "The action Of
the government in conccding titles is
in accordance with the prevailing laws
which allow the comforting of Sltlcs to
lands in vicinitics which have not vet
been opened up for exploitation. Fur
Their concessions for new wells will
not be- granted in regions whore
petroleum is now produced, pending
the enactment Of the proposed pctro-
lcum laws which are now being consid-
cred by the national Congress"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-25
TIFFANY & Co.
FIFTH AVENUE & 37m STREET
PEARLS DIAMONDS JEWELRY SILVER
CLOCKS WATCHES CHINA STATIONERY

appear that the lager beer in question
is not of an Intoxicating nature and
is not what Congress evidently meant
to prohibit, the matter can be dis
posed of as question Of fact, but the
court must instruct tho jury as to the
meaning Of the statute. Such ques-
tion could not be, however, raised ty
admitting that the beer sold as a
product of malt containing over one
half of l per cent Of alcohol, and by
objecting to that information, while
following the language of the statute
and the thought of Congress, does not
also charge that such substance is
'intoXicating'
Viewed strictly from the range of
the makers Of the prohibition law, it
was held that any beer over one-half
Of l per cent was intended to be
classified as intoxicating and the final
decision of the court is set forth in
these paragraphs:
"Under the internal revenue laws
and all standards by which Congress
could have viewed the matter, the bee :.
described in the present inform alton
was Of the class known as intoxicat-
ing liquor, and as such it's sale was
prohibited.
"The demurrer will be overruled
and the defendant required to plead
over"
William II. Anderson, New York
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, still is absent from New York,
and nobody representing him here
would say what his views of this de-
cision might be.
Local liquor dealers were unanimous
in agreeing that it probably would be
necessary to await a final decision in
the case before knowing whether 275
beer actually may be sold or is out
lawed. Meanwhile virtually all sa.
looms continued to serve their patrons.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-25

on their business as usual. War
weather and the thirst that went with
1T evidently formed a combination that
the saloon-keeper could not resist.
The taps still spouted the same
variety of beer that has been sold in
the city ever since the coming Of war
time prohibition.
The decision was the result of
test case brought in Connecticut while
Federal district. Martin Schmauder,
a saloon keeper in New Haven. is the
defendant in tie case G.. s. Hamilton,
attorney for the saloon keeper, indi
Gated that he would rush the case to
the United States Supreme Court rs
rapidly as possible in order to have
a final ruling upon the questions that
Will affect the liquor interests of the
entire country.
In his decision Judge Chatfeld rec
ognized the fact that the wartime
prohibition measure was not wholly
one for conserving grains for food,
but to bring about the "orderly be-
havior" which advocates of prohbi-
tion believe follow the restriction OF
the use of liquor.
Held to Be Malt Product
After reviewing the original facts in
the case, he said
therefore, the only point presented
upon this demurrer to the informa~
tion is whether it is necessary to
allege in an information that the beer
sold was intoxicating. The informu-
tion does state that it contains alcohol
and is malt product, and to this ex-
tent and in this way the material is
excluded from the class of non -alco-
hoNc beverages, such as root beer and
other varieties of homemade or harm
less drinks, which are not the produc-
of malt.
The statute expressly limits the
effect of this portion of the law to
products of malt and of vinous fer
mentation. This, of itself, initiates
against the idea that the sole purpose
of the statute was to conserve food
and indicates that part Of the pur-
pose was to accomplish prohibition,
with the incidental beneficial result
upon the health of the nation and the
increase in orderly behavior which the
advocates Of prohibition believe will
follow restriction of the liquor traffic
and the prohibition of alcoholic bev-
erages."
The decision was in response to
demurrer filed by the defendants. in
which it was said that the charge aid
not show that the beer served was an
intoxicant. Judge Chatfeld held it
was not necessary to show that this
specific beer had proved Intoxicating
to the persons to whom it was sold, as
far as the purposes of the complaint
were concerned.
And it was concerning this phase Of
the case that he held out hope to the
saloon interests. He said:
"lf on trial on the merits it shall
New-York tribune., 1919-07-25


means. condemnation Of large amount
of valuable properly, that when a dwell
ing is entered, the searchers will &c
beyond their primary intent; namely
the seizure Of liquor and the instru-
mentalities of making it; that a poor
man, with small home, would be dis
eliminated against while a rich man
with many houses and more places of
concealment, would be able to evade
detection.
The drys, however, maintained that
II it is. right to search home for
counterfeit money, it is right to search
for liquor illegally made or sold; that
the problem is one Of dealing with
bootleggers, not honorable gentlemen
that severe penalties surround the is
suance Of search warrants, and any
transgression of the right to seize
only liquor and the instrum ntalities
Of making it can be dealt with severely
in the courts
New-York tribune., 1919-07-25
Bay State to Build Memorial
For Dumb Victims of W.,

BOSTON, July PA tablet in mem.
ory of the horses, dogs and other AMI.
mails "whose faithful services, suffer.
ings and death were a part of the nrics
paid in the great war for the liberties
of mankind" will be erected in thu
statehouse by the provisions of a leg-
islative bill signed by Governor Cool.
idge to-day.
The measure was presented bv tha
Massachusetts Society for the Pre-.
vention of Cruelty to Animals.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-25
Congress Seeks ''Flu" Germ
Resolution Provides for q
S5,OO0,OOO Investigation
NeW York Tribune
WooJ;no},,, p


Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Provision
for the expenditure of $5O0o,Ooo in an
organized effort to find the Spanish in
iiucnza germ is made in joint resolu-
tlon introduced by Senator Harding TO-
day. Authorization is given for an in
Vestlgatlon Of the cause Of pneumonia
as well as influenza, with view of pre-
venting epldemics such as that of last
fall. ''' :
The resolution points out that $50 900
deaths were caused last wear bv tho
Spanish influenza and kindred diseases
1t asks that universities and COLLEGES
throughout the country be assisted in
Investigations. The public health SER
wee will be called upon to turn over
information and equipment for the
search OF the influenza germ.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-25
Ford Opposed to
Anglo-French Loan,
Witness Testifes
Banks We're Threatened
With Withdrawal of Motor
Firms Funds if They Sub
scribed, Says F. E. Spooner

MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich, July "a
Interest in the trial of the Henry Ford
$1,O0o,000 libel suit against "The Chi
cago Tribune" dwindled to-day with
the absence of the plaintiff from his
accustomed place on the witness stand,
but +. Edward Spooner, one of his sue
cessors, attracted considerable atten-
tion by testifying that in 1915 Mr..
Ford threatened to withdraw his funds
from any bank that helped to float the
Angl French war loan.
H. II. Esselstyn was recalled to the
stand in connection with a letter he
sent to Henry A. Wise Wood, of New
York, on May 9, 1916 Mr.. Wood, in
a speech at Detroit the night before,
had quoted Mr.. Ford as saying that
"in case Of invasion he would not make
dollars worth of munitions for
profit"
Didn't Hear "For Profit"
Mr.. Esselstyn wrote that he and sew
eral others who were at the luncheon
where Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Ford con-
vcrsed had not heard the words "for
profit"
Attorney Lucking protested that Mr.
Wood was ample authority for what
was said at the luncheon and after
ward, as much that was said by Mr..
Ford could be heard only by Mr. Wood.
+. c. Clement, who testified early in
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
A MONUMENT FOR ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt was much loved in
Chicago and Cook County and Illinois.
He may have been much disiiked, but he
was much loved, and here there was a
genuine appreciation of the ideas and
ideals, the practices and works which his
life and name and deeds represented.
He was part If the east and part Of the
west, and mere in the middle west, where
the east and theswest meet is suitable
place for the grandest monument which
can be erected by Tn people of the times
for the people Of other times.
Here Lincoln lives IN monument
which new generations in their young
days told OF Lincoln, see and revere. 1t
stands at the entrance of the Chicago
park which bears Lincon's name, and it
continues Lincoln's influence in the inn
agination and ideals Of the people, young
and DID, who see it.
Here Roosevelt should live in the mon
umental symbol as lasting in the sculp-
tured form as durable lements car make
his ideal, eternal, if might be, in his sug-
gestion to the people of this region, of
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
UNIVERSAL TRAINING COMING

Congress will soon receive from the ar
my general staff via the office of the sec
rotary of war, the Leonard Wood plan
for universal training. The recommends
ton which the general has been making
for the adoption of such a system as the
basis of our national defense have at last
found favor with the staff, and, accord
ing to the Washington correspondents,
may receive from Mr.. Baker friendly
mention or more, once he can be certain
sentiment in this country is swinging
strongly in that direction. Of course the
plan will not bear the name of Gen. Wood
.but once it is laid before Congress its
fundamental features will be quickly rec
ognized as the same which he has been
urging upon the Congress and the coun-
try for the last four years.
The bill soon to be submitted provides
for nine months training with the colors
in the nineteenth year, thus divided: one
month in barracks for equipment, CLASH
fication and examination; five months
intensive training in the field and three
months in the cantonment. Provision is
made whereby, in exceptional cases, the
training may be taken. in the twenty sixth
year. To officer this force the regular
army will be drawn upon for 10 per cent
of the number necessary, and the remain
ing 80 per cent will be drawn from the
reserve. Commissions in the reserve will
be limited to men who have had war SER
vice or have completed their tour of train
ing with the colors and passed the exam
nation required for officers. No more
men win be commissioned directly from
vii life. ssisaI2sa
Here is legislation which the current
congress will probably have neither the
time nor the disposition to put upon its
final passage But the recommendation
of the general staff should be laid before
congress as soon as they are ready, that
there may be ample time for discussion
and for perfecting the details. What Sec
retary Baker thinks about the proposals
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
+. AGRICULTURAL DEMANDS

The demand for more intensive cam
paign to promote the agricultural indus
try in Utah and the country at large is
manifested in the needs of the civilized
world which is now crying for greater
output of foodstuffs.
Utah must arise to the emergency.
There are thousands Of acres of fertile
soil in this tate which could be mode inns
mensely rich through the use Of the plow-
share. BY thoroughly cultivating the
land it would mean that great revenue
would be gained. Incidentally, a cam
paign of cultivation along this line would
provide work for MANY returning SOL
diers, large number of whom are I'M
doubtedly used to farm work.
With view to bringing about the de-
sired result the establishment of state
department of agriculture would be well
coined. David E. Houston, United States
secretary of agriculture, advocates it,
while Governor Bamherger strongly sup
ports the proposition.
The world is turning its eyes to the
bread basket of the world-America In
Canada the different provinces have es-
tablished provincial departments of agri-
culture AL working in harmony with the
dominion officials.
The question arises as to whether Can
: ada is to get great deal of the worlds
agricultural trade without the United
States competing. Canada has undoubt-
edly made forward step and it would
not be amiss for the United States to
Join in stride with country which at
least in this instance is Selling a great
opportunity for the welfare of its people
and the world generally.-Salt Lake Tel
egram.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
OUR CASUALTY LISTS

Two months have passed since the
fighting in Europe ceased, but the Amerl-
can casualty lists show no immediate
signs of abating. That our system OF
handling casualties has failed miserably
is evidenced when we resort to compare
sons with the results of the British sys-
tenn The British government has long
since completed and published its CASUAL
ty list.
Since the war is over and deaths occur
with less frequency, there is little to be
done to improve the existing condition.
Eventually the list will be completed and
the mothers of the boys in Europe can
draw an easy breath with confidence that
it is well founded. Nevertheless it is liz
portant that public attention be directed
70 this deficiency in the interest OF fu-
tute protection
Daily evidences Of the failure OF our
.svstem of compiling and sending casual
ty lists are found in the newspapers OF
The nation. Lieut.. Robert Martin OF New
Bedford. Massachusetts,, recently recelv-
ed telegram from the war department.
He was indeed shocked to learn that he
had been killed in action in France, The
news was especially shocking in view Oh
the fact that the signing of the armistlce
prevented him from seeing foreign SER
vice.
Five months after receiving wounds in
France, Mai. W. D. Alexander of Wash
ington, D. c, read his name in the casual
ty list as having been wounded. lie was
wounded in July, ordered home in Aug
ust and began service in Washington Sep
TENDER /. He was advised of his wounds
in the casualty lists on December 70. I.
On the same date Walter Sturtevant OF
Colehrook, New Hampshire, read that he
had been severely wounded, He had been
in base hospital in United States sev
eral months before the casualty list car
ried his name. Two Indianapolis soldiers
were invalidated home on account OF
wounds and arrived before their fam
les received official advices.
Similar incidents are to be found
throughout the country and serve only to
illustrate the failure attending the handl-
irg OF American casualties. For the most
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
THE LOGAN REPUBLICAN

the principles to which he devoted his life
of the nationalism, the courage the rec
titude, and the strength which in life he
embodied.
For an outdoor man, wind swept by
every wholesome wind, an outdoor place.!
1t is suggested to the people who adj
mired him, to the people who followed
him and knew his patriotism and his de-
votion to the nation, knew his patriotism
and his devotion to the nation, a great
monument, massive monument, done by
the best ability available, paid for By pub
lie subscription, and set us as if in eternal
bronze or granite for the quickening of
emotion aud Imagination in years to
corne.-Chicago Tribune.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
THURSDAY, JANUARY Is, 1919

will have very little weight with either
house, and probably less with the coun
try. When Gen.. Wood first made these
proposals Mr.. Baker sneered at them. If
he espouses them now, after the war has
been fought and wen, it will only be be-
cause he is as much afraid to oppose them
now as he was to support them when
Gen Wood first urged them upon him.
Boston Transcript.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
NOT THE DOVE, BUT THE EAGLE
Ex-senator George Sutherland to Col
umbia University

And it is not the dove, let me remind
you, but the eagle which symbolizes the
spirit of America: Yield nothing to the
aggressor! A nation, like man, must
carefully distinguish between the desire
tor peace which springs from timid
soul, anxious only to be safe, and that
which comes from stout heart seeking
the way of righteousness.
That form of internationalism which
teaches that the stranger beyond our
gates should be the object of our solicit
ouIe equally with the loved, mutually
heipful members of our own household,
is not sound sentiment but maudlin SEN
tllaentalry, The form of International
ism in which believe is that of cordial
cooperation among nations for the well
fare and betterment Of the people Of all
lands, but which will always look first to
the welfare and betterment of our own.
1t would mean very little to be an AM
erican ii thin fondness for all the tribes
of men should be substituted for that
passionate love of country and that flam-
my devotion to her flag which brought
the flower of the nation to the sacrificial
fields of France as to place OF great
privilege. 49,.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16

part these are happy comparisons, carry
ing more joy than grief to the relatives.
We, however, must remember that for
every one of these there have been doz-
ems of disappointing messages. Many of
our people joined the peace celebration
last November only to find their joy
turned to grief by belated messages from
the war department.-Salt Lake Herald.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
AMERICAN AND BRITISH ELEC-
.ooo.o TONS

Lloyd Georges success in the British
elections and President Wilson's lack Of
success in the American elections-both
leaders appealing to the nation for an
Endorsement not so much Of war policies
as of policies after the war, are in con
trast and the contrast is significant.
The American citizen is no less con-
cerned with the real interests of the
United States than the Briton is con-
cerned with real interests of the British
empire.
:. Lloyd George obviously impressed the
British electorate with the idea that his
program was not only intensely British
but that it would be effectual and con-
siderate of all the various elements in
volved in the British future.
President Wilson apparently did not
create this impression in the American
mind, probably because he has not en-
phasized anything in his program which
would promote the national interests,
dignity and security of the United States.
Mr., Wilson's program is a generous
one for humanity but Lloyd George has
great majority in parliament and the
presidents party has lost control Of con-
gress. Chicago Tribune
AS Sheriff Peters indicated in his adj
dress before the Illinois chapter of the
American Institute of Criminal Law and
Criminology at Chicago recently, one of
the most cogent answers to arguments
for the abolition of capital punishment
is the murder record in Chicago. Within
the last two years, he said, $50 murders
were committed and there were only two
executions. The recent figures for Lon
don apparently are not available, but in
1910 there were only thirteen murders
and two-thirds of the criminals were ex-
ecuted.
The same variety of sentimentalist
who believes that nation ought not pre-
pare itself against attack likewise be-
heves that murderer should not be
hanged. He thinks the elemental secur-
ity of society can be trusted largely, If
not entirely, to natural goodness and in
nate morality. But records themselves
refute him. On the basis of our treat
ment of criminals Chicago should be
freer of murder than any other city in
the world.
In the present state of our development
the safety of our lives and the safety of
our property rests upon the swift and
certain administration of justice In
Chicago it is not swift and it is not GER
tain administration of justice.
Further to disorganize criminal admin
istration by the abolition of capital pun
ishment would be the height of folly
Chicago Tribune.
N "a n
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-16
THE SOCIALISTIC MENACE


Vice President Marshall looks to our
returning soldiers to save this country
from ruin at the hands of bolsheviki, So
cialists and anarchists. In an address at
Boston few days ago he said:
"In spite of all fears and misgiv-
ings this republic of ours is going
to be the republic of the fathers be-
cause those 100000 men, who
were prepared to die in the name
of democracy over there are going
to see to it that they and their de-
cendents shall live for the rights
of humanity over there. America
is alright and the American has
justified himself in the sight of
God and man.
Mr.. Marshall is entirely correct in his
assumption that the returning soldiers
are going to stand fast for the preserva-
ton of the republic of our fathers. They
certainly are. But it might be very well
to take cognizance of the fact that they
will not stand alone. They are going to
have plenty of support. For despite the
yowling, the howling, and the caterwaul-
ing of the Gene Debses, the Bill Hay
woods, the Tom Moneys, the j. Ham
Lewises, the Pansy Bakers, the George
Creels, and lot of other wild eyed
friends of the people," the great major
ity of the citizens of the United States
have their faces set against the pol
icy of paternalism that has been so in
solently and impudently imposed upon
this country during the past few months.
they are resolved that the government
elongs to the people rather than the peo-
pie to the government, and they are grim
ly determined that socialism in this coun-
try shall be curbed. The result of the re-
cent election was hint of what is in their
minds but only hint for thousands We're
We're who stood by, the administration
because we were at war, while many
thousands of others still chung to their
party because convinced that it saccep-
lance of paternalism was a mere tempoi-
airy expedient. Wayne News.
Personally Postmaster Burleson pre-
fers a carriage to an automobile. Some
of the people who have been waiting for
letters thought he preferred to walk
Salt Lake Herald.