Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-17

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pisd ~ drunlts and minor offsndefS.
only fifteen cells now occupied.
Passiao County, n. T.. (Hansack),
new one-hAlf milton dollar jail with
only twelve occupants Consider re-
modelling into : tenement house. 4
waFrSn County. N. j.. jail empty.
Hanterdon County. N. J.. jail empty.
suassx couaty. N. J. Jan. ono Rris-
oner.
cumssr,aaa csu.ty. h. j.. JAN. Two
prisoners.
New York City. free clinic for drug
adicts abolished.
New York City. Board Of Inebriety
to do-havs requested ne
to dissolve It.
rs New York City, Commissioner Of
Charity reports few vagrants; muni-
cipal lodging houses practically out
OF Sbusiness; enormous deoreass IN
destitute families; fewer children COM
mitted to institutions: appropriation
reduced two million dollarA
Philadelphia City workhouse, LOO
empty cells, formerly all, full.
Philadelphia General Hospital. a.
coholic ward abolished. In July. 1913,
had 1s3 patientA In February, 1920.
only 8 pattents. Now none.
Chicago. Ills, two municipal courts
handling criminal cases closed for
lack Of caaeR
Chicags, Ills, morgue keeper re-
ports his business is very light.
Hartford, Conn.,. prisoners in Jail
under sentence reduced from 1877,
September 30. to 81, February l. 1890.
New Haven, Conn. reduced during
rams period from $50 to 80.
Columbus, Ohio. 100000 population,
not a single arrest for any cause dur
ing tw~enty-four hours OF week Of
March 20 to 81.
Detroit, Mich. total arrests 1917,
1s,3os, fell to s,24s in 1919, under
Prohibition.
Buffalo, N. T., arrests for drunk
ness fell from 2,7s1 In January, 1919,
to 1912 in January. 1890.
Erie County. N. T.. tBuffalo), in
mates in penitentiary reduced from
654 January 1919, to 17S. January,
1920.
San Francisco, Cal, total arrests
from 4,1ts February, 1919, to 1888, in
February, 1890.
Peoria, I'LL, formerly the worlds
greatest whiskey center), in March
had only six inmates in the work
house. Formerly the average was
over 200.
I East st. Louis, ILL.,, opposite st,
Louis, notorious for liquor-inspired
race riots, and with a very large Alien
population. March s.. 1890, had not a
prisonsr in the city Jail.
Tkese 1tAadtics might be multipMet
by like figures from all parts Of the
nation.
Below are a few comments from th<
nations metropolis.
The New York World Of March 20
giving an account Of speech delivered
by Bird Coler, Commissioner OF Pub
lie Charities Of New York City, prints
the following:
commissioner Coler aid that
since the dry era, the municipal lodg
Fling ha6usS' has been practically vacant
only about 10 OF its 800 beds being
occupied. The alcoholic ward>at:Bsl
levue Hospital has practically cease'
to exist as such. he said, only Is o
20 patients having been received with
in. the last month. Besides he said
commitments Of children, because o
poverty, have shown AZ marked de
crease.
".I can only say this to my friend
in the Democratic organization in tn
city. state and nation, said Com
missioner Coler, that if any Of then
were sitting in my place, with
{chanee ,tpl ssobserve the betterment q
Prohibition has brought
Eahfe would take no other stand thar t
present these facts to the America
people.
The results Of the disuse Of al
cohol have been more astoundin
than ven the claims Of the most al
dent Prohibition advocates