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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
ALLEGED "PIGGERS" RAISE $500, 900 TO TAKE
Case TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
War on Rum Outlaws Merrily Chicago;
Heard Accused Engage Staff of Eminent
Attorneys and Raise Huge Defense Fund

defendants in the $175,000 booze
stealing are engaged in raising half
million dollars defense fund. This in
formation was received by assistant
United States District Attorney John
G. Kelley. Mr.. Kelley said that he
had been told that it is the intention
of the defendants to carry the case
to the United States Supreme Court
if necessary, and not only to put up
their own defense, but to attack the
validity of the Volstead act and the
Eighteenth Amendment itself. Heit-
Ter and his defendants are said to
have tentatively retained as COUNSEL
lors prominent. attorneys, including
Charles Erbstein, ex-United States
Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
former Governor Edward F. Dunno,
Michael Igoe, Clarence barrow and
Benjamin Cohen.
The outlawed brewers made the
same kind of fight to invalidate the
Volstead code and the Constitutional
Dry Amendment, and lost. The law
will successfully withstand the at
tack of the brewers and distillers'
successors, the bootleggers.
Prohibition Supervisor Richardson
on December 3 with a mass of evil
dence left Chicago for Washington
for consultation with Chief Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Kramer 1t was
Mr. Richardson's intention to leave a
complete record of the information
obtained against the chief rum run
ners OF Chicago with the Attorney
Generals Office.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17

The war on Chicago bootleggcrs
is progressing in manner satisfac-
tory to the federal, state and city Of
ficers. The battle cry of these dry
officers is, Chicago bone dry by
Christmas. On December evidence
against 90 more alleged violators of
the Prohibition act was turned over
to District Attorney Cly9e by Frank
D. Richardson, local Prohibition en-
forcement officer.
Attorney General Brundage on De-
cerflber announced that he was liav-
ing about Is new cases made up
against alleged violators who have
been brought to his attention.
Federal II::dge lands, cooperating
with dry officials indicated on De-
cember that he intends furnishing
both tenants and landlords in the liz
cases of alleged liquor violations filed
in United States district court the
week before. 1t is believed probable
that the cases will be taken before
Charles Morrison, master in chancery
who will take proofs and make find
ings in each cause of action. If the
cases are brought to Mr. Morrison
he will make a report of each case TO
Judge Lands and the Judge will then
render his decision, guided by the
recommendations of the master i'll
chancery.
The bootleggers {, y cred are show
ing their teeth. According to the Chr
cago Daily News of December l.,
mike de Pike" Heitler and his CO.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
CRIMINAL CASES IN new YORK
DECREASE UNDER PROHIBITION
First Months of 1920 Show Decrease of Sixteen
Criminal Cases Compared with Corresponding Months
in 1919 Under SAoon Rule, Sheriff Reports

Tribunc's article setting forth the
facts:
Whether the condition is due to
the Volstead Act or despite it Sheriff
David H. Knott refused to venture
an opinion, but the fact remains that
for the ten months of 1920 from Jan
uary to October, 12,485 cases were
handled by the prison guards of the
sheriff's office assigned to the Tombs
and the Court of General Sessions,
against 1872 cases for the same pc
Rod in 1919.
"The figures were submitted to
Sheriff Knott by Deputy Sheriff
Thomas F. Burke in charge OF the
criminal branch of the Office as a rou-
tine part of his official duties and not
as argument"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17

There has been decrease in the
number OF criminal cases handled by
the sheriff's Office in New York City
for the first ten months under Pro-
hibition as compared with the corre-
spending months of the previous
year, six months OF which were wet.
This will be irritating news to the
vets publicity men who are insist
ing that Prohibition is the cause for
"the increase OF crime" III the nations
metropolis.
The authoritative figures showing
the decrease are put out by officials
in the criminal branch OF Sheriff
David H. Knots office. The follow
ing is an extract from the New York
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
COMMISSIONER KRAMER
Defines FORMER RULING
December Fifth Order Permits
Use of Private Stocks
in Cooking
PURCHASING FORBIDDEN
No Move to Be Made to Prohibit
Sale of Alcoholized
fruits
PURCHASING FORBIDDEN

Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
in a ruling made public December g
corrects an erroneous report relative
TO the use Of liquors for culinary pur-
poses.
The order of December is to the
effect that it is permissible to make
use OF private stocks in the kitchen,
but of course unlawful to purchase
liquor for culinary purposes. A pre-
vious report was to the effect that the
dry enforcement officers were Selling
plum puddings, mince pies, etc, that
contained liquor of more than one
half of per cent alcohol, even when
this liquor was drawn from private
storehouses.
Mr.. Kramer is quoted as saying:
mo move has been made to seize
stocks of branded cherries or other
fruits on shelves of retail grocers or
others. No such moves will be made
Manufacturers are permitted to use
brandy in making certain food pro-
ducts. Such products are sold to re-
talers who resell them without per-
NIT. No step will be taken to inter-
fere with legitimate business OF this
character The ban is still on against
the purchase Of brandy and similar
intoXicants for restaurants and hotels.
No regulation in force allows house
wives to buy brandy for home cook
ing"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
THE WAY 1T WORKS

The county judge at Lexington,
Kentucky says, Since the advent of
Prohibition, cases in the Juvenile
Court have decreased 80 per cent and
the cases in which workhouse SEN
fences have been imposed have been
reduced in about the same proportion.
Where we formerly had between 65
and 80 prisoners in the workhouse we
now have 10 or II, and often less than
that number. There can be no doubt
that the number of cases has been
greatly reduced under Prohibition"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
SOFT DRINK DEALERS TO
PAY RETAIL LIQUOR TAX

The Federal government has in
formed % Columbus, Ohio, near beer
and soft drink emporium proprietors
that they are liable to retail liquor
tax in that they have been convicted
for trafficking in liquor, and will
therefore have to pay the same tax
as retail liquor dealers did before Ma
tional Prohibition became operative.
John w. O'Connor, chief of the CO.
lumbus enforcement office, estimated
the total owed by Columbus dealers
at $4,000 and said that the total to
be collected throughout the state will
run into hundreds of thousands Of
dollars
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
NEW JERSEY
Will Face About and Make Atone
ment for Many Omissions

When the New Jersey Legislature
meets next month, instead OF helping
Governor Edwards make the state as
wet as the Atlantic Ocean, it will
pursue quite a different course. The
Legislature is dry in both branches,
and the speaker of the House is dry
and was active in the enactment OF
local option laws.
One of the first bills introduced
will provide for the repeal of the 214
per cent beer bill passed by the last
Legislature and approved by Ed
wards. 1t is also expected that carly
action will be taken to ratify the
Eighteenth Amendment. 1t will be
recalled that New Jersey is one OF
three states which refused to ratify
The others are Rhode Island and
Connecticut.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
MELLOW MOONSHINE ON
KANAWHA'S PLACID BOSOM

Prohibition officials drifted into
Charleston, w. Va, December
aboard a floating moonshine still, cap
tured on the Kanawha river about ten
miles above Charleston. The distil-
lery was established on houseboat,
a trailer being used as storage room
for the liquor while it was "ripening."
Two arrests were made and 200 gal
Ions of mash were seized.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
SEATTLE WILL RhTAMP
LOCAL LIQUOR LAWS

The public safety committee of
Seattle last week recommended for
passage an ordinance revising the
city's anti-liquor laws to conform
with new state and federal regulations.
This ordinance would place a ban on
Jamaica ginger, said to cause 80 per
cent of the cases of drunkenness in
the city The phrase, Intoxicating
liquor, is defined to include any in
toxicant in liquid or beverage form.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
1.-THE TOMBS" POPULATION
BUT s. PCT. or WET DAYS
Anti-Saloon League R c orts
Many County Jails With
Fewer Inmates
PROHIBITION THE CAUSE
Commitments to State Insane
Hospital Show Decrease
Under Prohibition

In a recent bulletin issued by the
Anti-Saloon League of New York the
following facts relative to Prohib-
tons effects in the state are set
forth.
Poverty is being reduced Adj
missions to the municipal lodging
house OF New York City were 81 per
cent less in the first nine months of
1920 under Prohibition, than in the
first nine months Of 1918 when there
was no Prohibition.
prohibition is reducing the NOR
tally from disease, due directly or in
directly to the use of alcohol Deaths
from these alcoholic diseases in New
York City were 3ssb cent less in the
first year of Prohibition than under
the last year of license. The Board
of Health reports an unusually small
number of deaths in New York for
the last six months.
hospitals have fallen off since Prohi-
bition took effect The number of
first admissions to state hospitals
with alcoholic psychosis has fallen off
from per cent in 1918 to less than
2 per cent in 1920.
"The Salvation Army of New
York is able to turn its attention to
the welfare of the children now that
there are so few old soaks to be
taken care of.
THE Greene county Jail is empty.
Ulster county Jail has six inmates.
Duchess county Jail population was
recently reduced to three inmates.
The Orange county jail in Newburgh
was closed permanently July as the
result of Prohibition. The West
chester House of Correction has lost
40 per cent of its inmates. Chenango
county and Otsego county jals have
but two inmates each. The Onon-
daga county penitentiary has not
enough inmates under Prohibition to
cultivate the little farm or garden
run in connection with the pen. The
county has been obliged to hire men
to cultivate it.
1.-THE Syracuse county Jail is some
nights without an inmate. The Erie
county, Pa, hospital has lost rs per
cent of its inmates since Prohibition
took effect, and the disease ward
which cares for alcoholics and de-
lirium tremens patients has closed
entirely.
"The Tombs prison, the city Jail of
New York City, has only SIS per cent
of the usual number of inmates.
The Dannemora penitentiary has 800
fewer Inmates than before Prohibition
came.
"This situation prevails throughout
the state The striking effect of Pro-
hibition on crime is displayed in
Birmingham, Ala, where the 100000
jail is now being used as a school
building. II
Deposits in the savings banks are
increasing. jamestown founded
new savings bank under the first year
of Prohibition and the total deposits
in the city banks increased more than
two million dollars"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-12-17
PHILA. JUDGE HANDS OUT
FINE-AND-JAIL SENTENCE

Judge Dickinson of the Federal
court in Philadelphia recently i'm
posed a sentence upon George w.
Schott, Philadelphia saloonkeeper
convicted of selling whisky in viola
ton of the Prohibition law, of fine
OF $1,000 and three months in jail.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27

This is the moment of moments for
us to find our unity, u spiritual
solidarity, without sacrificing our
diversity and that which is most dis
tinctive to each of our ~communions
and which, by the way, is the choicest
possession we have.
The reason why we of each denomi-
nation most value that which is dis
tinctive to US is not simply because 1t
Is ours, but because we honestly be-
lieve it is the truth. 1t is our choicest
possession. Without sacrificing our
distinctiveness we want to realize our
unity and solidarity as we gather
round the figure of our Lord with open
minds, responsive hearts and, I would
say, hair-trigger whisky that 1 mean
wills that are eager to leap into action
when we see a clear path.
An Assured World Success.
"When such a vast multitude Of peo-
ple come together earnestly and prayer
fully. there must be developed an out
pouring of spiritual power such as this
land has never before known. If the
Interchurch World Movement is com
plete in its cooperation, If the indi-
vfdual constituents are c~onsecrated
and in earnest, and the leadership Is
able. there is no limit under God in
what may be accomplished In the es-
adjustment of His Kingdom on earth"
John D. Rnckafaller. Jr.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27
DIVINE OWNERSHIP
OF ALL THINGS TO Be
TAUGHT IN FEBRUARY
Churches All Over Country Will
Assist in InterChurch Stew
ardship Campaign.

The idea that the Creator is owner
of all things and that man is only a
steward responsible to Him for the ad-
ministration of material affairs on an
unselflsh basis, will be emphasized in
practically all churches of the United
States during February. Agreements
to this effect have been reached by
many of the leading denominations in
the Interchurch World Movement. Pas
tors throughout the country have indi-
Gated their intention of following the
suggestions made by the ~Interchurch
Movements stewardship department
for ermon to be preached, study
classes to be organized and literature
to be distributed.
This campaign of education is to
reach its climax on Washington's
Birthday, Sunday, February %, which
has been designated as Nationwide
Stewardship Acknowledgement Day"
1t is the plan to have all church mem
bers make acknowledgment on that
day that the Divinity is owner of all
things by setting aside a certain pro-
portion of their income for the support
of religious causes. While the pro-
portion to be set aside is to be deter
mined by each individual, sermons and
studies will suggest that a tenth Is a
good proportion to start with. 1t will
be pointed out that the Federal income
tax law exempts from taxation, up to
IS per cent of the income, money spent
for religious and philanthropic pur-
poses.
Not only will the Stewardship cam
paign emphasize the responsibility OF
persons to use their material possess
sions for the advancement of Christi
anity, but it is urged that Christians
have been made the repositories OF
spiritual which must be used
for the enrichment of the world. On
that assumption all Christians viii be
reminded of their responsibilities to
utilize their privileges of prayer for
the winning of the world for Christ
and to enlist In active service promul-
eating the gospel in this country and
abroad.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27
CHURCHES TO AID LONELY
SHEEP SHEARERS OF WEST

The bleat of the sheep on the back
bone of the continent calls men to the
mountains. On high uplands from the
Canadian border to Mexico, in lonely
and inaccessible places, one of the
most romantic examples of the coun-
try's migrant wOrker-the sheep
shearer-plies his trade.
Unheard of though he is to thou
sands of his fellow workers, it was
for him that the immigration regula-
tons of three countries-Canada, the
United States and Mexico--were modi-
fed during the war. This permitted
freedom of movement to man, hun
dreds of this strange craft, n the
means of employment to thousands in
factories and stores.
Yet, for all his importance in the
ranks of the nations great Marching
Army of the Employed, what sort of
life does this man lead? The migrant
fruit packer, or wheat harvester, or
farmland, or lumberman often rOamS
inland through cities and the con-
gested spots of civilization. But the
sheep shearer, by the nature of his
trade, is cut off from such influences.
Through a survey of the nations
migrant labor now being made by the
Interchurch World Movement, 1t is
suggested that for men of this class
relief may be afforded through church
es in o~utlaying districts. For social
and other purposes these men, with
proper cooperation by church bodies,
could make use of many of the
facilities without which they are
doomed to a life of isolation.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27
l0WDEN SPONSORS
GOOD ROADS MOVE
ILLINOIS EXECUTIVE STARTS
CONSTRUCTION OF 1890
MILES OF HIGHWAY.

Under the direction of Gov. Frank
0. Lowden, Illinois has begun the con-
struction of a system of 1880 miles
Of good roads at a cost of $S7,000,OOO,
which, when completed, will cause au-
tomobilists and farmers to rejoice.
Two hundred miles of good roads were
built last year and plans have been
made for the construction OF more
than 1000 miles this year. When the
work Is completed Illinois will nave
one of the finest systems of hard ROADS
In the country.
The voters of the state approved a
100000 900 bond issue for good roads,
and with the federal government ap-
Preparation the sum available ror
trunk line, hard surfaced highways
has been fixed at $s7.000.OOO-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27

If Christ, on the day He was born,
had started on a tour to preach in ev-
cry village in India, He would still
have 10000 more to visit.
We now believe we have found q
way by which the leaders of the Prot
estant churches can sit around a com
mon table and have the Christian pro-
gram of the entire world laid before
them. By means of the Interchurch
World Movement we can see where
the Methodists are, and where the
Baptists are. We can see the general
outline of their forces, their present
status in this great world struggle,
and may also have some idea of the
unoccupied places, and what may be
done by all of us to enter these unoc-
cupied parts of the world field which
Christ sent us to occupy.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27

The old bread Inc" is gone from
its accustomed place In the cities. In
the slums throughout the country
huddled queues of men no longer wait
to be fed. Their passing is a symbol
Of the passing Of the hobo.
Everywhere, for lack of guests, the
cheap lodging houses are being aban-
doned. Only a few old, decrepit men
remain in the Salvation Army Indus
trial Homes. In Kansas City the once
crowded dormitories Of the Helping
Hand" building are closed. In Lincoln,
Neb., in 1915 there were 1,756 nom
resident single men who applied for
aid, while in 1918 there were only 1875
The hobo, the wandering worker
who went to the lodging house and the
bread line between his seasonal Jobs
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27
HOW bows 81 svF YOUR Shoe COST
The Melchiorre Remaking Service
Will Help You
First Service of it's Kind in Wildwood, N. j.
Output Doubled and Re-doubled within 3 years

If your shoes are Regal, or any
other good sound make they can be
rebuilt for another long period OF
veal and look almost as good as new.
Melchiorre Remaking gives you
more value for your shoe money.
For instance, you have a pair Of
shoes still sound and good, but worn.
Heretofore you have had to choose
between buying a new pair and hav-
ing the old ones Misunderstanding
style for the sake of saving-or dis
carding them altogether, losing a god
part of the service you have paid for.
Melchiorre Remaking will reduce
your shoe expense by practically
doubling your shoe service. 1t en-
sures you all the value you paid for,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27

has been lifted from his old plane by
the war. A Study # the conditions OF
migrant labor is now being conducted
by the Interchurcl World Movement
that 1t may lay the facts before the
Protestant Churches of America,
whose closer cooperation is its larger
purpose. This study shows that the
hobo has found a closer succession Of
jobs, a higher return for his labor He
has become almost a STEADY" worker.
He no longer needs his old refuge
Beyond the reach of these agencess
he offers the Protestant Churches an
opportunity to provide rew means OF
influencing his life and maintaining
his standards OF living, and the Inter-
church World Movement survey Is DE-
termining how this may best ba
achieved.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27

And remember, the cost of Melchiorre Remakins is very
moderate. 1t costs little more than you pay for mere
mending" Leave your worn shoes at any of the
three local stores
|Anglesea, 40 East First Avenues; Wildwood. 33I2-33l4
Pacific and Oak Avenues
UNDER SEACREST HOTEL
MELCHIORRE REMAINING DEPARTMENT
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27
SOME FACTS AND
FANCIES ABOUT
The PHILIPPINES
There Has Been Much Misrepre.
Sentation in America About
People and Conditions.
BY MAKING M. KALAW,
Secretary of the Philippine Mission.

A certain lady
at the st. Louis
Exposition saw at
a ballroom a
n complex
Toned man in fault
less evening dress
and accosted him
with the inquiry,
81 suppose you are
Japanese, sir?"
The man ad-
ureSSeu re
"No, madam"
"Then you must
be Chinese" she
said
"NO am not
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27

"No Man Alone Can Take a Trenoh."
"sKeep togetherl Keep togetherf
shouted a commanding officer overseas
No man alone can take a trenchP l
say: Keep togetherl Keep together,
men Of Godi No church alone can
take a world PC. Sherwood Eddy.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27
OF THE PHILIPPINES.

The Philippine Islands have a mild
Iv tropical climate. The nights are
cool and sunstrokes are unknown. The
em~nerature record for the past thirty
ars shows an average of 80 degrees.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-12-24
BIG ATTENDANCE
FOR FARM COURSE

Reports coming to the University
of Tennessee from all parts of the
state indicate that more farmers and
farm women than ever before will
avail themselves of the short courses
in agriculture and home economics
which are to be held at the Univer-
sity January to 2S.
Studies of a practical nature in
agriculture, animal husbandry, dairy
ing and horticulture will be conduc-
ted for farmers. The courses will
give practical instruction by means
of lectures, laboratory work and field
exercises sad are OPEN to all men
and women sixteen years of age or
over, who can read and write and
who desire to become better farm
ers.
No entrance fees will be charged
and no entrance requirements made
These courses ar designed for per.
sons who by circumstances cannot
take advantage of the regular foui
year courses at the University Any
one desiring further information con
cerning these courses should ad
dress the University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-12-24
Porkers Paying The
Existence Penalty

During the little cold nip last
week, many porkers payed the su.
preme. penalty and later decorated
many tables throughout the county
Especially were the larger hogs, that
were demanding such enormous a.
mounts of feed slain.
With hog KILN comes the usual
whopper stories, and it appears in
this instance that Frank Paschall OF
near Puryear, who killed last week
one hog which weighed 705 pounds
after being dressed, won the 'honors.
This hog was so large that Mr. Pas
chall's scalding vat was of insufficient
size to use, so that an excavation for
the scalding purpose was made in
the ground, and a mule hitched to
the hog to move it.
All of Mr. Paschalls hogs were of
extraordinary size, three others aver
aging 500 pounds each.
Mr.. Ham Lanl1ford made a big hog
killing, having three hogs that to-
gether tipped the scales at 1,135
pounds, the largest weighing 406
pounds.
A porker killed by Jesse Buoy
weighed 410 pounds.
Mr.. Will Looney killed twenty large
hogs in a single day-last Thursday,
all of which were unusually big.