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The evening world., 1921-04-05
REFUSES
TO SUBSIDIZE COAL
MINING INDUSTRY
Sir Robert Horne Outlines
Governments Position to
House of Commons.
TAXPAYERS BURDENED.
Governments Spok e SIN a n
Says Mining Already Is Most
Favored Industry.

LONDON, April 5 Omitted Press).--
Sir Robert Horne to-day outlined the
Government position on the coal
miners demands in lengthy address
in the House Of Commons, touching on
previous negotiations with the miners
and the condition OF the business, and
declared again that the Government
will not subsidize the industry.
The Prince of Wales attended the
sitting He followed the address in
terestedly from scat in the gallery.
The whole trade Of the country is
mcnaced by this strike" Sir Robert
Horne declared. THE mining indus
try itself will suffer a serious dis
aster." Referring to the last strike,
which lasted two weeks, he said:
I'VE lost number cf markets be-
cause we couldn't supply the coal.
America profited by our losses"
The miners, he said, demanded last
fall that the price of coal to the con-
sumner be reduced.
Now" he declared, they are de-
manding that the consumer be taxed
in order to subsidize the industry and
keep their wages up"
He insisted that the taxpayers al
not permit a subsidy for what is
already one OF the most favored
Industries.
Emergency regulations issued last
night will enable the authorities to
take possession of or control all mines.
coal stores, land, buildings, transport
facilities and equipment lighting
plants. railways tramways waterways,
shipping. docks, gasworks and power
stations.
This measure is part OF a plan for
insuring adequate food supplies and
the maintenance Of GaSworks, power
stations and other essential Industries.
The coal owners, backed by big in
dustrial organizations, say they have
advised Premier Lloyd George that
they are prepared to fight 1t out now
as they cannot carry on any longer
under the unsettled conditions which
have been created by the Triple All
lance holding club over their
heads perpetually. This advice would
be in line with the Premier's own in
cllnations as revealed in his recent
anti-labor pronouncement
Moderate opinion Is concentrating
Saturday by Alfred Bigland. Coali-
ton Unionist. that the so-called De-
control Bill should be rescinded and
the time limit for control fixed for
May 30, instead Of March 81.
LONDON, April 5 (Associated
Press For three hours this morning
the 400 delegates OF the National
Transport Workers Federation, as
sembled here to consider the attitude
Of the organization toward the strike
Of the British Miners, debated the
strike question without reaching a de-
cision. The conferees adjourned
shortly after noon until 1890 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
This afternoon the National Ex-
ecutive Board OF the TransI ort
Workers continued consideration in
secret session Of the question OF join
ing the miners in their strike. Mean
while there has been no deyiat on
from the uncompromisng night to
the finish" attitude which apparently
has been taken by the tire" parties
to the controversy, the miners tho
owners and The Government
The evening world., 1921-04-05

ALBANY, April An informal conference OF Republican legislative
committee According majority
orted out in the Senate or
The evening world., 1921-04-05
MISS STILLMAN,
DISGUISED AS MAID,
FLED DTONORTHWEST
Daughter of Banker, Tired OF
Publicity, Went to McCor-
mick Hunting Lodge.
SCHOOL CHUM WITH HER
Bankers Wife Also to Escape
Public Gaze Goes to
AdirondaCkS.

ST. PAUL, MINI, April Miss
Anne Stillman, reported to have fled
from publicity in the East, caused by
her parents divorce actions, was said
to-day to be en- route to Chicago
from tho Mccormick hunting Lodge.
near Gordon, Wis.
She had been at the lodge In conf
pany with Harold Mccormick, Chi
cago millionaire, and his daughter
Muriel.
Mccormick and his daughter said
they would do everything in their
power to help Miss Stiilman avoid
meeting reporters. Both denied that
the girl was with them. hut said they
knew where 81 WAS. s,st.-
Reports said Miss Stilhnan accom-
panied Miss Mccormick to the woods
disguised as maid to avoid pub
ncity
The Mccormick lodge is at Island
Lake, 30 miles from Gordon and Is
accessible only by an old logging
road. 1t was the first time in six
years the McCormicks visited the
lodge, Anne and Muriel wcro college
chums.
Leaving to her counsel the legal
measures arising from the appeal by
James A. Stlllman. President OF the
National City Bank, from the order
OF Justice Morschauscr giving her
$4,000 a month alimony down and
$500 on tho first OF every month
hereafter and the payment Of $I7, 500
legal expense allowance in three in
stalments Mrs. Stillman left Lake
wood, N. j., yesterday and went to
the Adrondacks with her sons,
Alexander and two-and "a half year
old Guy. who Mr.. Stillman says. is
no son OF his.
.hrs. Stillman spent most of last
week In New York superintending
the decoration and furnishing Of the
two apartments At No. 30 Park Ave
nue. leased by her and her daughter
Miss Anne Stillman She expects to
return from the mountains. after a
rest untroubled by the consclousness
that she cannot 60 out OF her own
door without becoming a centre Of
lively curiosity and comment She
expects to return to the new apart
mcnt within ten days to be again IN
close touch with her counsel
The evening world., 1921-04-05
HYLAN RULE, SWANN'S OFFICE
AND POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
Be INVESTIGATED BY ALBANY

Legislators Will Make Graft
Hunt for Which 100000 Will Be
Asked - Commission of Fifteen
Citizens to Be Appointed by Gov.
Miller to Revise Charter.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
Jail Sentence in Booze
Case Is Affirmed

Offenders against the Volstead Act
who have Rugged the belief they can
escape without receiving Jail sem
fences by appeal received hard jolt
today when the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, Judges Alschuler,
Baker and Evans sitting, affirmed the
sentence of Harry Dusold, former
wholesale liquor dealer of Milwaukee
Dusold was sentenced by Federal
Judge Geiger of Milwaukee late in
November, and his attorney, David s.
Rose, former mayor of Milwaukee,
appealed the case on the ground that
Section of the Volstead Act makes
no provision for Jail sentence. Du-
sold pleaded guilty on his first ar
raignment.
He was sentenced to FIVE and one
half months in prison and fined 81 600.
The higher court held that, although
Section 3 made no mention of impris-
onment, later sections of the dry en-
forcement act did So and that it was
clearly the intention OF the law to
leave Imprisonment discretionary with
the courts.-Chicago Journal.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
PENNA. LIQUOR LOBBY
CONSCIOUSLY ABSENT

The liquor interests may not have
a lobby on the job during the entire
time the Pennsylvania Legislature is
in session, says the Philadelphia
North American of January %.
This will be the first time the liq-
uor interests have not maintained a
lobby through the entire session since
they became active in pushing liquor
legislation and blocking regulatory
measures. The North American says
that even the wet legislators have let
it be known that the presence of the
liquor lobbyists is a sorce of irrita-
ton and not helpful to their cause.
The American says that the drys
have bare majority in the House law
and order committee, which com
mittee it is expected will pass upon
the law enforcement measure. The
Senate law and order committee is
doubtful. However, the vets claim
slight majority.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
IOWA League LAUNCHES
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Will Supply Scientific Treatises
on Alcohol to School Teachers;
Charts to Schools
woMEN's DEPARTMENT
Woman Heads New League De-
partment; Mrs. Paul Elected
to State Board of Trustees

Instead of slacliening its efforts the
Iowa ti-Saloon League will launch
upon a greater campaign of activity,
according to the action of the Board
of Directors Of the League which held
its annual session i'll Des Moines last
week.
An effort to stabilize the movement
against alcohol by ultimately placing
it upon an educational basis has been
undertaken and copies of Captain
Richmond P. Hobson's scientific trea-
tise, alcohol and the Human Race"
have been sent to the county superin-
tendents and the superintendent OF
schools in every town i'll the state.
| This is to be followed up as fast as
conditions will warrant by sending
the same book to the school teachers,
according to statement OF the SUI
perintendent of the League, Mr.. r. N.
Holsable. Literature and large scien-
tihc charts will also be sent to the
schools at regular intervals and every
thing possible done to stimulate a
more definite study of the subject.
A woman's department will also be
added to the organization and wo-
man superintendent placed in charge
of this work. She will work through
the women's clubs of the state and
will furnish them with proper liter
ature and also with speakers for their
meetings. The subject of law en-
forcement and law observation will
also be given careful attention. For
the first time in the history OF the
organization in this state, woman
has been placed on the Board of Di-
rectors, Mrs. E. Paul Jones of this
city having been elected to that po-
sition and also placed on the Head
quarters Committee
The report of the year showed that
800 meetings have been held in the
state during the year, and over
$205,0 00 secured III flve-year subscrip-
tons. The amount of cash received
was SOL ,31o.78, and the disbursements
$67 ,09007.
Superintendent Holsaple pointed
out that it is the ambition of the or
garfization in this state to make Iowa
the banner state in supporting the
new movement for Worldwide Prohi-
bition, and said that Sin SO far as
Prohibition is enforced and made a
success in this country will it encour-
age and even force other countries to
adopt the same policy"
Rev. w. B. Sanford of Des Moines
was elected president for the coming
year, with Henry Griffiths vice-presi-
dent, and Rev A. Norrbom, secretary.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
FIRST MAN KILLED
IN DETROIT BOOZE RAIDS

Harry Schleisinger, of Detroit, ac-
cording to police report of January
"a, was MORALLY wounded by Pro-
hibition enforcement officer.
Schleisinger was one of four in an
automobile in which contraband
whisky was being transported. He
jumped from the car when the police
ordered the car to stop and attempted
to escape. He refused to obey the
police command to stop and the off
GERS openedNhre. Six cases of whisky
were found in the automobile from
which Schlesinger fed He is the
first man to be killed in whisky raids
in Detroit and the second to be slain
by officers of the law within "a
hours.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
lands DENIES RIGHT OF
SERVICE ON DRY AGENTS
Protects Dry Witnesses From
Arrest

Federal Judge Lands in United
States court at La Crosse. Wis, on
January 20 denied Sheriff John Moss
OF Hurley, Iron county, Wis, the
right to serve warrants charging muir
der upon chief Prohibition agent Leo
Groveland and Prohibition agents
Doud and Knoruk of the upper Mich
igan district while they arc in the
jurisdiction of the United States
court.
Since the night OF October 9 when
a man transporting liquor from Mil
waukec to Hurley was killed by fed
eral Prohibition agents, authorities of
Iron county have been trying to get
Groveland, Doud and Knoruk to
Hurley to stand trial on charge Of
murder.
Governor Philip has refused ex-
tradition papers and every attempt
to obtain service on the Prohibition
agents has failed. They were sum-
moned to La Crosse in the Hurley
liquor cases before Judge Lands, and
Sheriff Morris learning of their pres
ence under instructions of District
Attorney Foster attempted to arrest
the three men. Judge Lands in
formed the sheriff that he would not
recognize the right of state authori-
ties to interfere with witnesses before
the United States court while they
were in the jurisdiction of that court,
and he added that this jurisdiction OBJ
tains until the witnesses have re-
turned to their homes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
IsIE!yIlH,eIVEs OPINION
ON DRY ERA LIQUORS
Abstinence From "Raisin Jack"
and Co. Essential to Health
full Longevity
"FORTY-ROD" DISTANCED
Counterfeit Labels and Govern
ment Stamps Used to De-
ceive Purchaser

Joseph A. Palma, chief of the
United States secret service in the De-
-troit district, is quoted in the De-
troit Free Press OF January 81 as
saying:
Cut out Prohibition era liquor
OF every kind if you want to re-
main above the sod for more than
few years. The whisky you get
nowadays isn't whisky at all.
1t isn't even distilled. 1t is
mixture of cheap grade of al
cohol, water, coloring matter and
beading oil and sometimes worse
ingredients. The bottle may look
all right with the familiar label
and government stamp, but in
almost every case these are
counterfeit The penalty for
counterfeiting which is Is years
Imprisonment and a $1,000 fine,
applies not only to the actual
counterfeiter, but also to, anyone
who sells or transports the 1iq-
uor knowing the stuff to be coun-
terfeit.
When the booze supply is reduced
almost entirely to substitutes such
as described by Mr.. Palma. the dry
law enforcement campaign ha
reached state where enforcement is
certain to become easier
The traffic in these cheap and dam
gerous substitutes will inevitably
grow less even without the opposition
of enforcement officers. Only an all
consuming thirst will persuade any
one to risk life and health by drink
ing these poisons. They have no lure
to the one who has not acquired an
They will be absolutely
useless in marshaling new recruits to
the drinkers ranks.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
THE CITIZENS OATH OF
ALLEGIANCE

When an alien becomes cit
izen of the United States he is
required TO take an oath of
allegiance to the government.
First the candidate for citizen
ship renounces allegiance TO all
other sovereigns. Then he is
required TO answer the follow
ing: DO YOU SOLEMNLY
SWEAR THAT YOU WILL
SUPPORT AND DEFEND
THE CONSTITUTION AND
LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES AGAINST ALL EN-
EMIES, FOREIGN AND DO
MESTIC, THAT YOU WILL
BEAR TRUE FAITH AND
ALLEGIANCE TO THE
SAME?
No citizen and no official who
refuses to support and defend
the Eighteenth Amendment
and the laws enacted for the
enforcement of the same can
truthfully be called a good
citizen.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
LIVELY TIMES IN STORE
FOR ILLINOIS SALOONS

Prohibition enforcement officers OF
Illinois announce their intention to
make the state bone dry. Special at
tention is being given to down-state
cities, says a Chicago dispatch. \
raid was made on Peoria, ILL.,, saloons
last week. A large quantity of liq-
uor was confscated and number OF
arrests made. Reports are to the eff
feet that conditions i'll a number of
the down-state cities are bad. Rock
ford, Moline and Peoria received
special mention.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
President OF Chile
Tells Wine Growers
Prohibition Coming

The following dispatch from San
tiago, Chile, appeared in the Chicago
Tribune on February Z:
a bill calling for Prohibition in
some form will be presented to the
Chilean Congress this week. accord
ing to a letter written by President
Alessandri to leading wine growers,
declaring they must find some means
to make profits from grapes without
manufacturing intoxicants.
"The letter was written in reply to
a petition from the growers asking
the government for assistance in the
face of the demand of the laboring
class for absolute National Prohibit
ton.
"'The government realizes that the
wine industry must be protected in its
legitimate rights, the letter says, but
as the cure OF alcohol is the evil which
is destroying the physical and moral
force OF our race it is our patriotic
duty to suppress the advance of this
plague.
1t is the duty of grape growers to
find profits from their industries out
side the manufacture of intoxicants.
The government intends to present a
bill before Congress this week along
these lines, which, it is hoped, will
protect your industry as we'll as abol-
ish the evil"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
TWO KEYSTONE COUNTIES
DENIED LIQUOR PERMITS

All drug manufacturing and chem
ical concerns in Kackawanna and
Luzerne counties, Pa, are reported
to have been refused permission to
deal in liquor However, no official
verifcation has been secured from
federal officers. The refusal of the
government to furnish permits to tho
local drug concerns is alleged to be
due to many of these concerns hav-
ing done big business selling a me-
dicinal preparation which showed to
contain 20 per cent alcohol.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
BADGER FORMER MENACE
TO COMMONWEALTH" JAILED

William Schultz, former La Crosse,
Wis, saloonkeeper convicted on FIVE
counts OF violating the Volstead Act,
was ordered placed in the county, Jail
by Federal Judge Lands on Jan. 81.
The Judge is quoted as saying: at
will be safer to the commonwealth
with this man in Jail. Sentence will
be imposed later"
Addressing Schultz the Judge said:
You have tried to defy the govern
ment 1t is such persistent volators
as you that make it necessary for the
United States to maintain standing
army of Prohibition enforcement
agents. The law will be enforced
You will not violate it right away"
Schultz had been at liberty OH
bond of 5000.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11

Joseph De Bar, president of the
National Association OF Distillers and
Wholesalers, evidently doesn't like
Commissioner Kramer's ruling nor the
Interpretation of the Nolstead Act
pertaining TO wholesalers as given by
the attorney general. He is quoted
in the Cincinnati Enquirer as saying
The real origin of all these diff
culties is wartime Prohibition.
If you recall, it was not passed
until after the armistice and when
the actual war was over. 1t was
thus misnomer and rank injus-
tice. 1t became effective July 1,
1919, and January 10, 1920, con-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
Wholesalers PRESIDENT BLAMES WAR
time PROHIBITION !,

stitutional Prohibition became ef-
fective. During this interval the
owners of liquor in bonded ware
houses could not dispose OF their
holdings but could they have
done so within this six months
the liquor would have gone into
the cellars of decent respectable
people for their home consump-
ton. Thus the liquor would not
have been in the warehouses as
a constant source of temptation
and trouble.
Booze logic seems to be: Put TIL
blame for lawlessness on the law
not upon the law-breakers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
MEDICINAL BEER" IS VERY
LATEST BREWERS SPIEL
Legislation and Government In
fluence Sought to Put Little
Scheme Across
NO FAVORS DUE BREWERS
DIR. Harry w. Wiley, Noted Food
Expert, Warns Against Doc
tored Drinks

Brewers are attempting to secure
such rulings from the internal revenue
department and legislation if neces-
sary, as will permit the manufacture
of beer for medicinal purposes. This
action on their part looks like a
| last trench fight.
When National Prohibition became
fact under wartime legislation they
defied the law and in some sections of
the country were successful through
court injunction process i'll continuing
the manufacture of 2.75 per cent beer.
With the going into effect of the
Eighteenth Amendment the brewers
went before the Supreme Court on a
plea that the amendment was uncon-
stitutional and attempted to override
the will of the people by means OF
legal techncalities. Beaten there a
large number OF them have persisted
in manufacturing beer of more than
one-half OF | per cent alcoholic con-
tent, with the result that number
of breweres have been seized by the
government. Now they are raising
the cry that beer is a valuable remedy
for various ills and as such its manu-
facturc and sale should be permitted.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. the noted
food expert and world authority as a
chemist, hits this brewery scheme
squarely between the eyes. DR..
Wiley asa man of science has done
as much as any one man i'll this
country to warn the people OF the dan
ger of alcohol and he is as strongly
opposed to beer as he was to whisky.
Here is what he said in statement
given to the public few days ago:
In no circumstances would |
recommend the tBe of beer or al
coho. Both increase obesity,
weaken the heart and bring on
diabetes. Statistics will show
that those who were formerly
employed i'll breweries are the
shortest lived.
DR.. Wiley's statement was given to
the public as result of an interview
on the abatement of home brews,
fabricated whisky, and other bever
ages designed to evade the Prohibition
law, and which are now pouring i'll
on the country. DIR. Wiley believes
that these connections are as danger
GUS to the average person as so much,
poison poured into the system. Here
is what he says about them:
All these so-called home brews
now being prepared by every
day American citizens are injuri-
Gus to the health and happiness of
those who take them into their
systems. In my judgment you
might just as we'll mix lot of
poisonous substances together
and drink them as to put into
your stomach the vast majority
of alleged drinks which have made
their appearance OH the market
and in the private homes since
the advent of Prohibition.
The country knows that DR.. Wiley
speaks with authority as he is con-
sidered an expert on pure food and
for many years was chief OF the
United States Bureau of Chemistry.
1t was during Dr. Wiley's term as
chief OF the Bureau of Chemistry and
just after the pure food law had gone
into effect in this country that he
" - -
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
BIG LIQUOR SEIZURE IN
WOLVERINE METROPOLIS

Forty barrels OF whisky mash, said
to be the largest quantity of illicit
mash ever found in Michigan, was
seized on January p in a private
house in Detroit. The officers confis-
Gated with the mash a 50-gallon cop
per still and eight gallons of whisky
Edward Zeidan, accused as being pro-
prietor OF the illegal distillery and
Isadore Silver, boarder in the
house, were arrested
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
MURDERS IN CINCINNATI IN 1920 FIRST
DRY YEAR FEWEST IN HISTORY OF CITY

pating the back Boosting that 1920
record for peaeabe city and that murder
the lowest in the history of the
Cincinnati has averaged as murders for the last twelve
1920 number slumped 49, In fact the
murders throughout the last reached the low level of six
100000 of population Cincinnati dropped below the for the
whole Officials and that city adver
Using Cincinnati and awovng community BUT AL
THOUGH 1920 WAS THE FIRST DRY YEAR AND PROHIB1
TION MADE THIS GRATIFYING RECORD POSSIBLE GIN
C1NNATI OFFICIALS AND NEWSPAPERS GIVE 1T NO
CREDIT
Are they afraid they will Insult the spirit OF John Bareycon'
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
HAWKEYE JUDGE TARGET
OF ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS

Bootleggers who resented his par
ticipation in raids on illicit stills are
believed to have fired the shot on
January 20 that wounded Judge B. O.,
Tankersley of the municipal court of
Marshalltown, Iowa. The shot was
fired by an unknown assailant at the
Judge through the window of his
home as he sat reading.