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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-16
County
Greatly Improved
Under Prohibition
Crime, Drunkenness, and Poverty
Decreased: Wealth Increased

The following report on the effects
of Prohibition was written for the
American Issue by the Editor of the
Champaign News Gazette. His arti-
Gle is printed as a complete, COM
prehensive, and reliable report by an
expert journalist on the results oil
Prohibition in typical Illinois
County.
Champaign, ILL.,, June 30--Cham-
paign county. Illinois, according TO a
writer in New York daily newspaper
in 1916, was credited with producing
more murders, in proportion to its
population, than any other county in
the United States. The county then
was famous for its extremely brutal
murders and their frequency. But
that was a record established prior
to July /, 1919.
Since July /, 1919 and including
the present date the county has had
but two cases of nature warranting
grand jury investigation, and return
of indictments charging murder For
a period of years extending back be
fore July |, 1919, records at the office
OF States Attorney Louis A. Busch
show, there was a murder trial or two
at every term of the Champaign
county circuit court, and every one
of them was founded on the fact that
some one of the participants was in
toxicated at the time the crime was
committed.
Prohibition Solved the Problem
"A small radius of the county was
protected from the saloon by state
law providing that saloons could not
be established within four miles OF
the campus of the University of IL
linois. This law did not, however,
halt the illicit traffic of the bootleg
ger, and while neither Urbana or
Champaign had saloons, court re-
cords show that there was as much
drunkenness in the two cities, with
out saloons, as there were i'll cities
with them, and of the same size.
National Prohibition, however, solved
the problem.
No Bootleggers Now
Records of the curcut court show
that from July /, 1918 until July |,
1919, there were a total of II men
convicted for bootiegging in the
county. This number is very small
in view of the fact that a government
training station was nearby and gov
ernment agents kept close watch.
However, from July |, 1919, until
July /. 1920, not one person has been
indicted or tried in the circuit court
on charge of illegally selling liquor.
The saving to the entire county from
this angle alone can be easily I'M
agired when conservative estimates
Of county officials place the cost OF
ca IN bootlegger's trial at a few dol
lars more than $50.
Murders Decreased One Half
During the same year mentioned
above there were four murders in the
all traceable to the use of
liquor. In the last year but two mur-
der indictments were returned, and
the cases were such that are likely to
happen in any community
champaign county has also been
known for its great number of Grim
NAL cases, other than those mention
ed. There has been so per cent
decrease in these indictments during
the last year also. During the year
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-16

Vote for indorsed dry legislative
candidates at the Primary election on
September Is.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-16

Vote for Endorsed dry Legislative
candidates at the Primary election on
September IS.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-16
THERE WILL BE MORE BEER SELLING THAN
THERE WE'RE SALOONS In LICENSE DAYS

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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-16

from July 1, 1918, TO July l, 1910, a
total of loo indictments for felonies
were returned in the county. Dur
ing the year from July l, 1919 to July
|, l920'the number decreased to Is.
DRINKS Decrease IS Per Cent
Police court officials throughout
the county interviewed on the sub
ject declare that while the number of
cases of DRINKS were decreased Is
per cent, the cities and towns did not
lose revenue, by reason of the fact
that practically every magistrate has
within the last year increased the
amount of fine, from the usual So and
costs, to SIS and costs.
probation Officer Mrs. Julia
Replogle, who also has supervision
over the charity needs of the county,
is authority for the statement that
there are less poorer families i'll the
county now than ever before in
history.
No Idle Men Now
The idle men OF year or eight
cen months ago cannot be found
hanging around the buildings which
in the old days before even thesptate
law, were the location of saloons, for
an idle man in Champaign county be-
came thing of the past within a
few weeks after national Prohibition
shut off the bootlegger's supply,
I'm the city of Champaign the total
resources of the banks OF Champaign
in 1917 was given as about seven and
one half million dollars. A statement
issued a week ago, showed the total
resources of the banks of this one
city to be $o,789, 56450. Similar in
crcases have been reported from ali
sections OF the county.
School Environments Now Ideal
champaign county, by reason of
the fact that it is the home OF one of
the worlds largest universities, the
University of Illinois, as a whole re-
joiced when national Prohibition be-
came a reality
The county's officials and better
citizens did their utmost to provide
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
Pie l. Okeh.

At last somebody has gSt right up in meet
ing and said q good word for pie. Usually the
national pastry is condemned. But pie fans
KEEP right on eating. They view with alarm
the dissector who can make eight wedges ap-
pear where but five appeared before. But they
don't quit putting pie where it will do the
most good on that account. No sir. They just
cay: Gimme a couple pieces today"
And SO it is good to know that no less an
authority than the Journal of the American
Medical association comes to the front with
an article assuring the public both within and
without the pie belt" that pie. when properly
made. il not only toothsome and wholesome
tut digestble product, and that helping"
Of ice cream on top doesn't hur. any.
Pie has been up against lot Of criticism in
years gone by. 1t has almost taken the count
al times on the "indigestible" Indictment
Even mince pie is given a clean bill by the
journals pie expert 1t has been proven by
tests that in the race through the alimentary
canal, pudding wins, pie second and cake third.
Is it a consolation to know. too, that in the
tests made it took longer to digest angels food
thar devils cake?
With the fresh pie season at its height, II
one may say it, one would hardly have the
crust to make an adverse report, anyhow. would
one:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
Autumn Outings.

There's big difference in people. Shows
up in q lot Of ways. And one Of them is in
the matter of vacations. Some people never
had a real vacation. They don't even want one
Many take their time OF in the early spring
Most wait until the hot days Of July and
August.
The winter resort man takes his vacation
in summer, and the summer resort keeper
takes his in winter.
But there is = growing army which finds in
the tang Of the autumn air the zest that spurs
them through the work Of the winter. :.
Surely the fall is . delightful season Of the
year. The landscape 10 at its best The woods
flame with the colorings Of the leaves that
the frosts have touched. 1t is harvest time,
too, and the autumn cutters ind country folks
mighty glad to sell the products OF the farm
to them At cut rates. And big measure
The autumn vacatoner who loves the out
doors and nature in her sportiest mood, seems
to have chosen the very cream Of ths manths
for his little adventure.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
Better Home Shows.

One OF the better class theatrical attractions
vas offered at the Illinois last night in Civil
Van Clothes" A fine company headed by Will
liam Ccurtenay was presented. The audience
Vas not As large as X should have been but
y vas an appreciative one Time was when
aach play would have packed the Illinois.
And that has not been so many years ago,
either. ut,
Il The Illinois theatre was built BY popular
Subscription with the understanding that it
eas to be the permanent home Of only the good
0ihss OF the stage. Harper's theatre for sew
etaI decades had served the people here, and
cider residents can recall that most of the
11est plays travelling through this section Of
tAe country were seen there. When the old
theatre was dismantled Rock Island was left
without homo for the drama For q time
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09

so that will have more time on
Sunday with my husband!
MARJORY H.
l presume your husband will be
glad to cooperate with you in any
way that will relieve him from
what he feels to be Q duty. In
stead Of letting come what may ON
Sunday. plan something definitely.
even If it is only the reading of a
chapter in a book. Ask your hus-
band to tell the woman that Won
and he have plans and that he can
not 60 with her. After he has re-
FUSED several times she will be less
ready to make her request.
The spirit of willingness to helm
some one who Is troubled IL cer-
tainly to be admired. Be very care
full not to discourage 1t in your
husband. II he goes with the
woman once Q month he will GER
tainly be keeping up his good work.
There are little things you could do
too. such - sending . tempting bit
OF food to the sick man, or inviting
the lonely wife to your house to
dinner. Your husband will love
you for your cooperative spirit and
will b all the more ready to re-
spect your viahes IN regard 70 Sun,
day.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09

peuoie hsEo patmaised Daysap6ft thsAtrss,
Ut lDelhe tkat CTR oun city ~ a1ls =
sureer4 jas1Asass = its own tAey readily -
osssaasa u TIE 3laa Dsosesiag erection q Tie
IIIinsls y poDslae ssbsss1Dtisa. vof ssvssalo
t1ers after ~ otsains Of " nsv theatre re
management hooked osly The ~, ard i wns
YepaiA 81 capacity businss. What transDtred
subss&usatly Il familiar to most psoDas Who
follow the tAeafrical situation. TIE plain truth
il that the Illinois ms virtually cut away from
the routing o8 the standard road attractions.
But the paa4 10 dead, ana lowers Of the play
here sAould b grAtiAed to Sc the s6ort that
the management apparently b mailing 70 restore
the Illinois to IL old-time footing. Assurancs
Is given that II the people Of Rock Island VIII
prove BY their patronage that they will make
Il profitable to producers to send their ohse-
ings here they will be furnished . list Of anuss-
n,ents Of the same character - those that
they have been seeing at the Burtis the past
few years. The grounds given for failure to
include the Illinois in the routing Of the COM
paniss that have been appearing Ut the Burts
is that the people here have responded in such
small numbers ~ to dishearten producers. the
claim being made that when they have bean
asked to include this city in their booking they
| would throw up their hands and shake their
! heads. However. the management Of the I'LL
| nois states an effort is being put forth to re-
establish the old standing Of Rock Island ~ .
| show center, and that II patrons Of the theatre
| will do their part they need not in. future e
away from home to see the better grade plays
! Several leading attractions are on the va,
! here, and The Argus hopes that lovers Of stand
ara amusements will bear in mind that the!
! owe it to themselves and TO the good name o
| their home town to patronize them. Let's I'll
the Illinois every time the management an
| uounces guaranteed attraction. II We co tina
the management. and not tho people, will be
responsible II the city is blacklisted in the fu
ture. Mrs. R. H. Taylor, who has again beer
placed in charge Of the Illinois this season. ha
been getting in personal touch with old patron
| Of the house in the city, and has been great.
encouraged by the pledges Of support that sh
has received. She may be depended to d.
everything in her power to make the Illinois
shine with the brilliance that it did in tn
earlier years Of It's history. And We all ough
to give her . helping hand.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
TlHllE DAILY SHORT STORY

Mother" she called In an excit-
ed voice, MRS. Alexander must
have left me something! This let
ter y from her lawyer. Oh. do you
suppose it 10 . hundred dollars!
Perhaps it Is I'VE hundred! II 1t
was only big thousand We could
pay on the mortgage and have two
hundred left over"
Two weeks dragged BY: mean
while Martha told Of her good for
tune to q few intimate friends, who
hoped the gift would be . goodly
sum, but NO more news from the
lawyer. At last she could bear the
suspense no longer. II wonder IL
it would be proper to telephone and
ask the amount" she soliloQuised,
"or would It appear like vulgar cur
i0sity?'
She did not want to appear greedy
before the cultured Mr.. Lofing.
Marcia thought Of him again. Tho
last time she saw him vas at Mrs.
Aexander's funeral. He was Mrs.
Alexanders' nephew. and every
time she visited him. generally
Than living and ChrislIaas, be
sent ck kiAdly maeoeas e
lived who're - ~ epell - 80
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09

other often, things might be differ
ent." Mrs. Alexander was wont to
say. who. like many another old
lady with nothing to do, was inter-
ested in the ways Of youth.
Marcia finally decided she would
not telephone. but call at Mr.. Lor-
ingS once and ascertain Just the
sum she was to receive. The fol-
lowing day found her enquiriug of
q neat looking stenographer il Mr..
Loring was in.
did you have an appointment -
asked the business like young wom-
an. NO." Marcia answered, feel
ing more embarrassed every min
ute.
After a little delay, Mr.. Lorins
made his appearance, smiling pleas
antly with the kindly manner that,
a. hs talked. quickly put pretty
Marcia At her ease. Very soon he
was seated At his desk with the copy
Of the will before him. This ID
what he real aloud:
TO my young friand. Marcia
Brewster give the marble statuette
OF Apollo" That waS ALL and the
dignf1e1 lawyer Danesd and looked
Iut1aieAt Int ~ llpe 90 q III
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
Heart 9f4On1o
A!,iI!DrobYQmC
y i MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am q
bride of nine months. My husband
Is very good to me and I really
have no reason to complain about
him. There is one thing, however,
which l do not like.
Before we we're married he room
ed and boarded In q house where
there was q sick man and his wife.
These people rented the house.
About the time We were married
the man became worse and was
taken to q certain kind of hospital.
The woman was heart-broken and
cried by. the hour. She began to
lean upon my husband, and as she
had no children of her own she
looked upon him as q son.
She asked my husband to 10 to
the hospital with her to have him
see what he thought of her hus-
bands condition. He went the first
time and then before long was ask
cd to go again. THIS kept UP until
almost every Sunday afternoon II
taken up with this duty. My hus-
band does not like to 60. but 1t the
sane time he hates to disappoint
the woman. She never asks me II
II will be convenient. but phones
him 1t work and asks him.
What would you advise me to do
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
Whats I'm A Name?
q b.
MILDRED
MARSHALL
Copyright. 1919. By tn" Wheeler Syndicate Inc,

An elegance unmatched with
modesty combined;
And would you see it in living
proof
Says Thought to me, attend we'll
to thy mind.
When. with lady elegant and fair
tremendously conjoined. she
moves along;
Then as the brilliant stars seem
chased away,
By greater brightness of the ad-
vancing sun.
So vanish other charms when hers
are viewed"
Unfortunately for the world, the
habits OF virtue and OF loyalty" of
which Dante also sings are not to
be found in some of the Beatrices
Of early centuries. Beatrice de
Cenci, for instance. had a heart as
black as her face was lovely.
The French have adopted Beatrix
and added to it Benoite, deriving
the latter from benus. an adjective
taken from the same beo and mean
ing good. From the same source
comes the Italian Bendi.ta. Beta
and Bettina, which is usually and
enormously. considered a diminu-
tive Of Elizabeth. Spain has con-
tributed Bonita and Germany gives
US Benedikta and Benedictine. It
remained for America to evolve the
good old chorus favorite. "Trixie. /"
1t is impossible to overestimate
the effect of color in determining
the supposed influence Of gems
upon the fortunes and health OF
their wearers. For that reason ev-
cry Beatrice should include a bit
Of basalt among her jewels to in
sure the immunity from evil which
the talisman promises. While she
wears It. Saturday should be her
lucky day and her potent number
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
when washington Judge sentenced a u

When Washington Judge sentenced muir
dsfer 20 years Of age to be hanged he smiled
q the court and said Thank you" 1t was
easier for him to have said that than to have
hurled some uglier remark at the court. Then
Tie nscktie party is no. to take place for a
couple Of months and in the interim something
may happen that will turn the tables in
favor Of the condemned youth. If the court has
= hear: and doubtless he has, he may be able
to do good turn for the boy. 1t doesn't cost
anything to be polite. even when you are fac
ing the moose.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09

disappointed girl opposite him. He
must have read their thoughts. for
soon he added in a somewhat soft-
ened tone with a trace Of apology.
My aunt was a little peculiar vt
times, Miss Brewster, but" he add
cd. Il know she was very fond q,
you"
..
One year later. Another from,
door opens and closes and a gen
tleman comes in quickly from the
gathering darkness. No other OBJ
1ect in <he attractive sitting room
into which he enters receives one
half the attention de a certain mar.
Bile statuette Of Apollo. 1t Is own.
Cd By one Marcia Brewster Lorine
Who now comes eagerly forward tc
welcome the newcomer. In he,
beautiful home her heart daily
sings for Joy and gratitude over thu
good fortune that she says her lit.
tie god brought her-the comins
into her life Of another Apollo, thi,
time the true god of love-.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
BEATRICE.

Scores of lovely women have an
swered to the name of Beatrice. 1t
! comes from the old verb Beo, mean
ing to make happy or bless, but be-
cause the Beatrices of history have
invariably been extraordinarily
beautiful does no. signify that they
have been happy, nor that their
loneliness has given pleasure to
J beholders, for some Of them have
been the wickeGest women Of their
time and brought suffering and &c
struction wherever they went. So
it seems rather curious that the
name should have such an auspi-
cious and indeed ecclesiastical be-
ginning.
The church first used the word
beo to apply to her departed mem
bers who were gathered together
somewhere on the Isle of the Blest,
and in time it was bestowed on liv-
ing members. There was even a
St. Beatus of Beat, who was an an
chorite near Vendome in the fifth
century. The original Beatrice,
called then Beatrix, is said to have
been borne by a Christian maiden
who in Diocletian's persecution
drew the murdered bodies OF her
brothers from the Tiber and buried
them. She sfterward shared their
fate and her relics were enshrired
in a church in Rome.
But lovely and estimable as this
maiden was, it is not she who is re-
membered so wildly as the exquis-
lite Beatrice Portinari, love OF
Dante's youth. whom he immortal
lied in verse and who represents
with him, one OF the famous loves
OF history. Dante has set a stand
ard for feminine beauty in all sub
Isequent Beatrices when he SAYS:
"One charm remark, peculiarly
hers
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
APOLLO, GOD or LOVE.
BY Fannie l.. Walton,


foopyright. 1920, by the Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl
& Marcia Brewster gave CHEEKY
Whoo! Whoo!" as she closed the
&6avy outside door and stood with
II Tie warm rays Of the sitting room
hmp.
ANY mail. mother" she asked.
Hoftsr she had greeted the little
woman, who had risen at her en-
1 trance.
Yes. q letter for you" The
sunMe of Howard P. Loring appeared
Il one corner Of the business-like
envelope. 1t was lawyers
Etoktsr and contained a single
elip Of the citation Of the will Of
@1Gnfcia's old friend. Mrs. Alexander
~ he top appeared, in larger type.
ztkis notice: No attention need BE-
{ nid tb this citation unless the per-
aoA % whom it is sent desires to
o4ject to the allowance Of the will"
d The thought that she, Marcia
srewster. was = beneficiary in .
IN was 20 strange and sudden that
~ could hardly realize her good
4Getune.
teottas y Marcia II pa oaly
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09

One imagines reading between the lines.
that Sir Philip Gibbs, In his new book. people
o. Destiny" would like to have been more crit
1cal Of the women he met in America-but
when his publishers reminded him that it is
The women who make or break new book he
turned his pen to more tolerant angle. As
\e whole. the book will please most folks who
yTead It. Gibbs found American women good
b look upon and intelligent. Nice of him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-09
Friend q the AIRED.

says the meo1coi DlDle tOSleTS
Practice of Medicine'o: ''Pneu-
monia may well be called the friend
of the aged. Taken off by it in an
acute, short, not often painful ILL
ness, the old man escapes those
cold gradations OF decay so dis
tfessing to himself and to his
friends Yes, it might even be
called the unknown friend Of the
aged, for In many instances when
death is ascribed to ''old age" the
actual cause OF death Is unrecog-
nized pnemonia. To say that any
one died OF "old age" is merely to
express ignorance OF the actual
cause Of death, for Of course old age
is never fatal.
A popularity Of pneumonia in the
aged and in persons enfeebled is its
latency. It is likely to set in with
out that preliminary chill which
ordinarily marks the onset OF lung
fever. The cough is not so notice
able as in lung fever (pneumonia)
in a vigorous or younger person.
There Is little or no expectoration.
There is perhaps no pain COM
planned of. Hence the unusual
prostration Of the patient is not
suggestive Of pneumonia, The fam
F, lily and friends merely notice that
the victim seems inclined to remain
in bed or chair and doze away the
hours in an unusual degree, and
perhaps only an intimate observes
the increasing physical weakness OF
prostration. Delirium or wander
ing Of the mind Is a common occur
renee, although this. too. may be
evident only to an intimate.
Only by examination Of the chest
cay the physician recognize pneu-
monia in SUCH a case. The Their
mometer may show some elevation
OF temperature. but that does moi
signify pneumonia. In many in
stances the patient sleeps away
after day or two of what seems
only a moderate prostration and
the state of the lung is never dis
covered.
Two preventive factors apply par
ticularly to pneumonia In elderly
subjects. The first is fresh air
With advancing age it becomes in
creasingly difficult for many indi.
viduals to keep comfortably warm
without coddling. owing to slow
ing down of metabolism or the
combustion process of life. This
must be opposed by the constitu
tional habit. There is nothing Sc
good for the elderly man or woman
las a daily constitutional and tn.
weather be damned. Such a hab!
holsters up the natural resistance
ito pneumonia and allied Ills more
than any other precaution. Til
other preventive factor is moutl
hygiene The teeth and gum
. should be kept in the best possibl,