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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09
A FEW EXAMPLES OF PROHIBITION RESULTS.

The following facts showing the wonderful effects Pohii-
complete survey but simply examples compiled
available
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09
Resolutions Ask Support
For Major Dalrymple

On March % the Chicago
Church Federation, representing
600 Protestant churches in Chi
cage and vicinity, unanimously
passed the following resolution:
I'VE heartily commend MAJOR
a. V. Dalrymplc for his activity,
industry and integrity in heapingl
to enforce the Constitutional Prof.
hibition law OF the United States1
I'VE appeal to every church an
all citizens. men and women. who
believe in the enforcement Of law,
not only in Chicago, but in all Si
the states in the Central Division,
which includes Illinois. Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and
Wisconsin. to notify Major Dali
rymple, or his assistants, Of every
violation of the law which comes
to their knowledge, thereby as
sisting in enforcing one Of the
best laws ever enacted in the his
tory Of the world, against perhaps
the greatest lawbreakers that the
world has ever known, namely,
the liquor interests"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09
Prohibition Results and the September Legislative
Primary
Primary

In this number OF The Issue publishing from
sheris and states attorneys giving Prohibition
illinois, The OF their opinion is that Prohibition
is the thing that happened for the welfare the
1t Prohibition remain other words the
velou benefits Prohibition continue
must be protected
The Legislative primary be held September Is will decide
whether Prohibition laws be protected and perfected
whether the liquor interests shall be permitted carry their
program of notification.
The supreme duty Illinois citizens who for the welfare
OF their state to the primaries September Is and vote for
endorsed dry candidates Tor the legislature.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09
Clarity Lays Drop in
Crime to. Prohibition
Chicago Tribune. April y

Chicago Tribune. April y
Prohibition is responsible for
the decrease in crime, Chief OF Pc
lice Clarity believes. There were
eleven fewer crimes last week
than in the corresponding week
last year, the ratio being 2o7 to
30S. The chief expects greater
decrease as Prohibition becomes
more effective. However. there
were twenty-four more burglaries
last week than during the week
in 1910 and the same number OF
larccnics. There were Gfty-eight
robberies in 1919 and twenty-ninc
in 1920.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09
Alcoholism Cases Decrease

The inebriate ward in the St
Louis city hospital has been clos
ed by the police because under
Prohibition there are not enough
inebriates to justify its continu-
ance.
In Bellevue Hospital. New
York city, there were formerly
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09

The worlds w. c. T. u. conven-
ton general council has requested the
observance OF Sabbath, April Is, by all
countries affiliated with the world
w. c. r, U,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09
from available reports:
Arrests Decrease

]
Arrests Decrease
Buffalo. New York. = Ross
| Graves, Commissioner OF FL
nance, says that Prohibition has
decreased the work of the Police
Department SO much that the po-
lice force can be reduced by $50
to ECO men.
Minneapolis, Minn.-Chief of
Police !. +. Walker on March 5
/ issued a statement in which he de-
clarcd that Prohibition had re-
duced the work of the Municipal
Court more than so per cent. In
February last year there were 432
cases OF drunkenness and disor-
derby conduct brought to tile at
tention OF the police. In February
this year there were only 128 such
cases,
St. Louis, Mo.-1he total ar
rests for January this year show
decrease OF l,607 or approx
mately one-third from the Janu-
airy. 1910, total. Only 400 women
were arrested during January dis
year, as compared with 1910 in
January last year. The chief of
police, commenting on the dc
creased number of women arrest
cd, credits Prohibition.
Pittsburgh, Penn.-Durilbg the
first six months Of 1919 the-4ounty
jail had 7,465 prisoners. During
the last six months with Prohibit
ton III effect the number OF Jail
inhabitants was SIPS. During t,,ie
first six months Of 1910 there were
81 murdcrers i'll the county Jail,
but during the second six months
there were only 10. The jail hos
pital during the last wet month
had IS patients, and during the
first dry month only two.
Washington, D. Con Feb
ruary 20 for the first time in Is
years there were no prisoners
when the police court opened.
New York City.-For the first
time since its opening eight years
ago the West 123rd Street Police
Station on February Is passed a
period of "a hours without an en-
try in the station house "blotter."
There were no arrests, no COM
plants, ambulance calls or per-
sons reported to be in need Of po-
lice assistance.
Philadelphia. = Official figures
show that during the last six wet
months there were 1900 arrests
for all causes. For the first six
dry months there were 2S,550 ar
rests for all causes, decrease of
40 per cent. Arrests for intoxica-
ton during the wet period num-
Der l7,l14 and for the dry period
I6,50o, decrease Of 10,605, or 62
per cent.
Detroit, Mich.-The report of
felonics and misdemeanors from
May /, 1917, to April 80, l91S,
wet, as compared with the same
period, 1918 to 1919, dry, shows
the following results A decrease
in felonies of $50 per cent; "a de-
crease in misdemeanors of All
per cent; during this period the
number of arrests for drunken
ness decreased from 1870 to
4,032 for the corresponding dry
period.
Columbus, Ohio.-The first five
months of 1910 with saloons open
there were LOCI arrests for drunk
: eeness. During the first FIVE
months after the saloons were
closed arrests for drunkenness
numbered only PA.
Boston, Mass.-For the first six
months after July /, 1919, arrests
in the city OF Boston for all causes
decreased from 2S,S60 to 1920.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09

New York City.-Police Court
statistics show 1914 arrests for
intoNication during the first quar-
ter OF 1919 and $50 arrests for the
same cause during the fourth
quarter OF 1919.
Jaiis Empty
New Jersey.-SusseN county
Jail is empty; Warren and Somer-
set counties have each a single
Jail inmate; Cumberland county
jail has oily two. Passaic county
has decided not to build new
Jail, as had been ordered. The
beautiful haf-mllion- dollar Jail in
Hackensack has more attendants
than prisoners.
Missouri.-The county jail at
independence, Mo, has been
closed by the county judge be-
cause since July crime has de
creased to a point where there are
practically no criminals to put in
Jail.
Norwalk, l1io.-The city coun-
Gil favors abandoning the CITY
Jail and renting two cells in the
county jail to care for the small
number OF city prisoners.
Kankakee, Ill.-Thc kankakee
jail was recently reported com
pletely without prisoners for the
i first time within the memory of
! the sheriff.
Ohio.-For the first time in his
tory the Ashtabula county jail was
empty several days ago.
The Fairfield county Jail was
empty for two weeks prior to
Christmas day. For the first time
in thirty years there was no
Christmas dinner for prisoners at
the jail.
Lowell, Mass.-The city jail
was closed on September |, 1910.
! The few remaining inmates were
transferred to Cambridge.
Warehouses Close
Ernest L. fusion of the Phila-
delphia Department of Public
Welfare recently reported that the
Holmesburg House of Correction
has 1000 empty cells. He attrib-
uted this to industry of the coun-
try and the enforcement of Prohi-
bition.
The Trenton, n. J., Times of
February II reportsthat the num-
, Der of inmates in the workhouse
Of that city has been reduced to
; such an extent that the Superin-
i. tendent has suggested converting
: the building into a county hos
pital. The few prisoners in the
workhousc can easily be cared for
i'll the county Jail.
The Xenia, Ohio, workhouse
has suffered such reduction in
the number Of workers. that it is
proposed to close the institution.
The city council of Columbus,
Ohio, has directed that the work
, house farm be rented out TO far
, mer. Under Prohibition there are
, not enough inmates to do the farm
work. Recently there were only
"a persons in the workhouse, as
, compared with an average OF $50
while saloons were in operation.
The Boston House of Correc-
ton, Deer Island, had a drop in
population from 1,617 in 1915 to
: us in 1910, and one building has
been abandoned.
Alcoholism Cases Decrease
: The inebriate ward in the St
: Louis city hospital has been clos
) ed by the police because under
Prohibition there are not enough
, inebriates to justify its continu-
5 ance.
In Bellevue Hospital. New
York city, there were formerly
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-04-09

No man who law enforcement including the
Prohibition law fit to occupy any public office how
humble.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-03-02
School for Var
Athletes Planned
By United Press.

By United Press.
Washington, Feb. 27.-Plans for
the establishment of school at
Camp Benning, Georgia, to turn out
army physical instructors, have been
completed today by the WET Depart
ment.
Five officers from each depart
ment OF the army will be detailed
to the school for instruction in phys
ical training and athletics At the
end Of the course, each officer will
return to his post equipped with the
knowledge and training requisite for
an instructor in athletics. The in
a.ructor personnel st the Camp Ben
ming school will be made up ofIlys
ical training specialists.
Besides the athletic program, in
structions will be given at Camp
Benning in such war activities as
fighting. The instruc-
lions planned by the srmy will make
every soldier fit to meet the severe
warfare requirements Of body
control, agility, strength and endur-
ance, it is believed.
The organization Of scaool for
army chaplains fat Camp sherman,
Ohio, now is being work
ed cut by the war plans division at
the war department
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-03-02
PRIcESS
6, 10 and 15c
Why Colds are Dangerous

You are often told to "beware Ct
g cola but why? We will tell you:
every cold weakens the lungs, low
ers the vitality and paves the way
for the more serious diseases. Peo-
pie who contract pneumonia first
take cold. The longer a cold hangs
ON, the greater the danger, especial
ly from the germ diseases, ds a
cold prepares the system for the
reception and development of tie
germs of consumption, diphthoria,
scarlet fever and whooping cough.
The quicker you get rid of your
cold, the less danger of contracting
one D! these diseases Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has a great
reputation as n cure for colds and
can he depended upon. 1t is pleas
ant to take.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-03-02

Wien the bowels are costive the
waate matter ferments, producing q
gaseous condition that is disagreable.
To remove the impurities quickly,
dose of Herbine is needed. 1t does
the work thoroughly and pleasantly.
Price, soc Sold by Wren Drug Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-03-02
NOTICE

Elliott's Barber shop has moved
to III North 4th st. 2ftf
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01
1T WOULD DEMoRALIzE SCHOOL WORK

ERE public approval of the idea that the teaching
feson should be better paid and there will always be
pova of the contention that teachers be treated with fair
and justice.
While teachers in convention out to accomplish
these ends they will find because they firm
ground When however they urged to demand soviet
methods of conducting school affairs let them beware because
tscy should not and will not obtain anything of that sort
News from the Portland convention just closed show
that the teachers assembled absurd advice
along this line The following from the Oregonians story
the session illustrates the point in question:
plan to
as
discharge
of the
a
absolute world"
An elective council such suggested, with which school
board would have consult regarding appointments
ons discharges teachers would be radical departure
indeed the would have the veto
any by be the plumb PLAN applied
TO school affairs would that the empoye the
duties employer well the employe. 1t wont work
and Russia provides the proof.
headed like Mr. Torrey overlook the public inter
affairs these The public pays for school work
and entitled to direct the of affairs This
through members of which elected
people through their ballots If school board does
good the remedy to get another boardnot
hands the board and place it in
tive council of teachers.
public will for the Torrey theory because
people and the results could be OBJ
school work requires direction
and discipline The Torey idea would produce decentralization
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01
FOR NEW AND OLD

year Pendleton has made good
@ civic city had the misfortune to lose
- by death and by removal from the city
people constantly arriving and young
developing of leadership So the old
places vacant 1t is desirable during the
coming year maintain friendly cooperative spirit for
upbudg and improvement of the city New peo
pie and urged to take their places in
community life. If you odtmer help Pen
deon and help yourself by making systematic effort to get in
touch with those the city. If
solve to step let people know that here
people the treaty they have
overwhelmingly for rayng the treaty it
stands They strongly opposed to the Lodge resolutions
The senate should take note.
understands what he is about and does not intend
death before the gets underway
Better make few resolutions and keep them than to
make many and forget them.
Nav this be the finest year you have ever lived
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01

teen SO as to serve the men as soon as
night came on. We marked off many
funny and inviting signs to bring a
smile to the men, as they made their
purchases. 1 had gathered bouquets
OF sweet peas and nasturtiums and
the ever present poppies. Thus the
canteen was made as inviting as pos
sible, tho at best it was just a shack
Here we are in a slight salient north
of KENNEL Hill, so the front line is
both south and north of us. The shells
are coming mostly from the south
right over or off KENNEL hill. More
than a dozen observation balloons are
up while planes are manouvering
above them. Some of the balloons
and planes are being fired at by the
Hun guns and as the bombs burst
great black spots show that they
have missed their mark.
So many bombs are being put into
she city of Poperinghe and right over
our heads that the boys have begun
TO call them ''the Poperinghe Ex-
press" Others are dropping short of
US along a heavily camouflaged road
back of which there is a large battery
Of British naval guns. These are be-
ng apparently shunted back and forth
along small railroad. When they
speak at their nearest point to us the
earth quivers and things on our
shelves take a tumble.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01

property.
George F. Heilman to Josie Bah
cock & George Calhoun, SO, mete &
bound tract in NE IA section 16, TIP.
8, n. r. 35.
Martha J. Turner to VIM. A. Harsh
field. $40. acre tract No. 1 of OPP
portunity Modern Acreage and NE IA
Sw Ia section rs, TIP. y. r. IS.
Amy NJ. Riggle to Rebecca II. Nc
Robrets, $3.50. Lot and 1-2 Lot
., block 2Ss, Res. Add. Pendleton.
Ira II. Brown to r. E. Fletcher,
500. NV IA NV IA sec. 9, TIP. l, N.
r. 81.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01
AN OVERSEAS DIARY

sunday. Aug. 25.-This is a beauti-
ful morning and cool since the rain.
This Flanders mud tho Is true to all
traditions. l have found 1t good for
one thing. When a whizx-bang hits n
soft spot. the report OF the explosion
is very mild plop and the force of
il so deadened that one would stand
ia fighting chance of not being hurt
tho the bomb lit within few feet of
him. l noticed an old wheel barrow
along the road yesterday. A bomb lit
today within six feet of 1t. and the
rim of the shell hole extended within
two feet of the barrow but II was not
overturned by the explosion, Yet it
was about as evenly filled with mud
as tho il had been done by hand. We
were told that when you hear the
whine of a bomb, that it has already
past YOU, and that YOU never hear the
one that lights behind YOU or that
gets you. l am not doubling science
nor questioning the laws of sound ac-
cording to physics, but but l am just
recording here so as to remember
what my cerebellum, or my medulla
oblongata or some part of my think
ing apparatus told me to do under
such circumstances. In Flanders
field where poppies bloom" The mes
sage delivered to me was Duck your
head kid. safety first, it may be five
hundred feet high and past, or it may
droy at your feet Instantly one
ducked his head.
Sunday. Aug. 25.-Orders We're sent
us not to open the canteen during
daylight lest the men assemble in the
road which was being shelled any
time several people appeared in it. We
put in all the day, tho it was Sunday,
making shelves and fixing up the cam
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01
REALTY TRANSFERS
DEEDS

otto B. Frank to Tugust Tanke. s2,-
coo. Block IA Railroad Add. Free
water
Mary johnson to Luin Goodman,
ss5e. Lots is and le, block SO.
F,reeWater.
George +. Preas TO Henry Stock
$4,000. I-2 interest mete and bound
tract in Sw ia SW Ia Sec IS, TIP.
& NJ X. IS.
Robinson Minthorn 10 Julia Min
thorn 500 S 1-2 Sc Ia Section l6,
Township ~. r. s5.
Henry schrueder 10 Mrs. Amy Nc
Daniel SIC. ] acre. more or less in
Weston, known as the a, w. Nye
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01

This is the grand sweet potato dish: !:
Peel and slice boiled sweet potatoes
and put into a buttered shirred egg
dish or piepan. Add little salt, pour
over a little molasses and twice as
much maple syrup. sprinkle powdered
sugar over all and dot with bits OF but
ter. Bake until brown.
DeviIed Turkey Legs with Chow Chow
If you can make the family pass by
the turkey legs when the bird is fresh
ly roasted, maybe you can fix them
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01
hike this for the next aay.

Use legs from boiled or roasted tur-
key. Season with salt and pepper
and spread French mustary all over
them. Boiln in crumbs and broil or
fry the legs in butter. When brown
dish up. surrounded by leaves of
fresh lettuce filled with chow-chow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01

= =
Out meath the starry heavens my Other Self and l.
We sit by the stream
And dream
While Yesterdays things z by
The pleas and woes and the cries
We should have heard but did
The calls for help that did nj heed
In all our hurry and rush greed,
Before they go drifting by
My other Self turns a chiding eye,
out meath the starry heavens alone EARTH
With Nigh
Myself
May study each others worth.
And each may know. drift along,
How one is weak and the other strong,
All. oft I've wished that it might have been
That he might live in the world o
Instead Of me, and often sigh
And wish that my other
By John D. Wells
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01

For time, the publication day OF
the Helix Advocate will be on Tuesday
Of each week, beginning Tuesday. Ar
thur Garrett and Miss Grace Garrett
viii look after the interests of the Ad-
rocate as assistants to the publisher.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01

Boil one pint milk with quarter
OF a split vanilla bean. Mix a quarter
pound sugar with two whole eggs and
spoonful Of sifted flour. Pour milk
over mixture and put over a low fire.
Stir constantly, and when thick add a
cup of cream.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01
HOUSEHOLD

The children will not make a big
lip at the rice pudding If you pour
over it this sauce-and put plenty of
raisins in the pudding:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01

wife as door bell rings): That
woman always comes here just before
dinner
Hub-Then it's evident that she
comes here after dinner.-Boston
Transcript.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-01

LoNDoN.-so as not to disoua,,,v
eN-soidiers whose war service lust
puts them outside the age-limit. tho
A4ohloh County Council will permit
oahuioates for municipal employment
70 oeuuet war-service from their
actual age.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-15
Say Robbed NILS County Farmer

NSesy AsO0DN4 MILLS Sohhty ~ tsA h1Sk
Omaha officers wounded one man
and arrested three others in the rail-
road yards last Thursday morning.
The four men are held for investiga-
ton in connection with the robbery
of box car and holdup at Pacific
Junction Wednesday night, in which
the victim, farmer lost $500.
The wounded man was taken to st.
Joseph hospital. His right leg was
badly shattered. Hospital attend
ants say they are unable to under
stand the name he gives and he is
booked as John Doe" The other
men gave their names as Frank
Johnson, Sioux City; Thomas
Coyle, Detroit, Mich, and Bert Far
man, Chicago.
The arrests were made by three
railroad detectives. doe" was
shot when he attempted to run away
the officers said The name of the
farmer who claims to have lost the
$500 is withheld by the officers.
South side police say Coyle and
Fa-man answer descriptions given
by the victim of the two highway
men who robbed him. He is ex-
pected in Omaha to identify his al
legged assailants.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-15
Fine Stock is Killed

c. e. Mincer of Hamburg found
one of his Holstein cows and his re-
gistered bull dead in the pasture
Friday where they had been killed
by lightning Both were under a
tree which was struck. The light
ming seems to have a particular spite
at this area, having struck several
trees with a small radius in time
past, but this was the first time it
has killed any stock. The ANIMALS
carried some insurance, but not
nearly their value.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-15
Arrest Four Young Men

Four young men, ages ranging
from 16 to 10, were arrested by Of
ficer Morton of Missouri Valley last
Wednesday night At the time of
the arrest, it is said one of them
was attempting to gain entrance to
the Bolin furniture store by break
ing open the rear door. Some of
the others were in hiding, serving as
lookouts. Two of the victims have
confessed it is claimed, to taking
money from the cash register of the
Bell bakery. The young men will
be taken before the grand jury.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-15
Forged To Save Honor

Pauline Buster" Robinson, who
claims to be the daughter of William
Robinson, one time race horse man
of Council Bluffs and Julia Desparez,
Spanish dancer, is held in Omaha for
alleged forgery of a check in San
Francisco. The girl, who is an ac-
tress, declares she had to raise mon
ey or "sell her honor" She tells a
hard luck story of becoming strand
ed when her theatrical company
broke up and of illness in Frisco
hospital. An officer is expected soon
to take her back to the coast.