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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
New Attack Is Made
Against Volstead Act
Levy Mayer, Fights to Prove Iaw-is
Not Valid


Not Valid
Another attack on the constitution
atty of the Nolstead Act was started
on May 8 in Chicago with Levy
Mayer, leading whisky attorney, ap-
pearing in the case. He appeared i'll
a hearing before United States Com
missioner Mason at Chicago.
The defendants i'll the case are
Louis Rosenfcld, secretary-treasurer,
and F. W. Harrison, Chicago mana
ger, OF the Sunny Brook Distilling
Company. They are under indict-
ment at Fl Paso, Texas, on a charge
of conspiring with two Mexicans to
ship 1000 cases of whisky into Mex
leo. Through Mr.. Mayer they are
fighting removal from Chicago to FL
Paso
Mr.. Mayer argued at length on the
disputed transportation section OF the
Nolstead law. By forbidding the
shipment of whisky from the United
States to other countries, he said, it
automatically terminates the treaty
OF amity commerce and navigation
of 1881.
"The transportation involved in this
case" he said, "is subject to and reg
ulated by treaties. The Nolstead
Act is an enlargement of the Eight
eenth Amendment. Its enactment
was beyond the power OF Congress.
1t exceeds the letter and meaning OF
the Eighteenth Amendment"
The whisky shipped by the Sunny
brook company to the Mexican pur-
chasers was stopped at FL Paso after
half the price had been paid. Mr..
Mayer accused the Mexicans of call
ing in the government in an effort to
dodge payment on the remainder.
"This case has given us the oppor-
tunity we have been looking for" he
said, ito start right from this court
up and attack the constitutionality oil
the Nolstead Act in that part OF il
which interferes with or regulates or
prohibits the transportation of lq-
uors, whether for Intoxicating or bev-
erage or non-beverage purposes, and
particularly to show that Congress
had no right. even if it had power
under the Eighteenth Amendment
which it never had, to break treaty
with Mexico"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
EFFECTIVE ENFORCE
MENT METHOD
By John F. Kramer

Section Fl of the National
Prohibition Act provides that
any room, house, building,
structure or place, where in
toxicating liquor is manufac-
tured, sold, kept or bartered in
violation of the Act, is COM
mon nuisance and the person
who maintains such common
nuisance is liable to fine of
$1,000 or imprisonment for not
more than year, or both.
Section p then provides that
an action to enjoln any such
nuisance may be brought in
the name of any prosecuting at
torney of any state or subdi
vision thereof before any court
having jurisdiction to hear and
determine equity cases. After
the court enjoins the nuisance
he can prevent the use of the
building for year and impose
the above fine as we'll, and if
the party maintaining the nui-
sance should violate the orders
of the court he can be pun
ished as for contempt and be
heavily fined and imprisoned
for such contempt. This is a
most powerful weapon placed
in the hands of any prosecuting
attorney or district attorney,
and the Common Pleas Court
of any county; they could abb
solutely drive the illicit manu-
facture and sale Of liquor out
of any community. 1t is
speedy remedy; it requires no
jury, and hence long delays are
avoided.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
STOP BEER PRESCRIP-
TIONS

The Legislature ought to pass
the bill prohibiting the pre-
scribing of intoxicants for the
very reason that the privilege is
so abused by an unscrupulous
element. The leading physi-
clans OF the country are decry-
ing this type of prescriptions
and favor a bill that will stop
it. Every effort should be
made to reduce to the mini
imum the contemplate and un-
demanded methods of law eva
sion so current in some places.
Substitutes that are even more
efficacious than alcoholics, have
been discovered and are being
used by reputable physicians,
while the better class OF drug
gists have to stand the humili-
alton that some of the law
sreaking class inhict on their
honorable and useful trade.
The Legislature will be acting
in harmony with the best pub
lie sentiment if it pass the
measure.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20


pie, who drink beer all OF their lives.
81 do not know anything concern
ing the longevity OF the race" DR..
Rowland said. 81 am an obstetrican
and | work at the beginning of lfc.
| do know that beer or any fluid con-
tanning alcohol is bad for babies
DR.. Kelly was asked whether or
not beer created an appetite for food.
'lt would ruin my appetite" he
said. "Of course, persons with ca
pacious stomachs can take vast guam
titles OF beer with their food and they
seem to enjoy it; but | never believed
it caused healthy appetite for any
body"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD
THING

The Chicago Demonstrators
Association is against Prohibi-
ton, complaining that under
Prohibition it is not able to get
bodies enough for disse citing
purposes. In consequence the
medical schools are finding il
difficult to teach properly hui
man anatomy. Before many
years physicians may not know
anatomy as well as they should
Under the old dispensation a
man would get drunk on pay
day. lie around OH the floor OF
a saloon or sit around a hot
stove. contract pneumonia. be
carted away to a hospital, and
die friendless and alone. No
body would claim his body and
the dissecting room got it.
Now that whisky is hard to get
the hospitals receive very few
Saturday night drunk pneu-
monia cases. A Saturday night
drunk pneumonia case had
about as much chance to get
we'll as a SNOWFALL not to melt,
and so on. The good OF So
ciety demands that lis doctors
know anatomy. Who will vol
unteer2- DIR. W. \. Evans. in
Chicago Tribune.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
Organized Attacks Against Weak Spots in Present Dry Law
Increase Violations
POLICE REPORTS FROM MANY CITIES SHOW NEED
FOR new LEGISLATION To ENFORCE PROHIBITION
The New Bill Provides Effective Remedies for Eyasons and Violations
Under Old Law
Ask YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO SUPPORT DRY ENFORCEMENT BILL

Illinois The OF
the old days the worst places
but has going steadily weeks This de-
] is
by that Prohibition be made
enforcement laws have been dis
of OF awlessy
drunkenness places
of
possible through and
Illinois Prohibition Enforcement Act before
e1ature
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS
Saturday Night Arrests Low

wight f1liCoto AoW
Further proof that the present
drunkenness wave is still far below
the marks of the old licensed saloon
days appears in the figures for last
Saturday night, May IA, 1921. Tele-
graphic reports from the police chiefs
in the cities named give these figures:
lDanville 0, Bloomington 5, Decatur
/, Rockford 8, Rock Island 0, Joliet O.
Granite City l, Cairo |, Peoria O. The
record of Saturday without arrests
for drunkenness in Danville, Rock
Island, Joliet and Peoria is a record
never even remotely approached in
the days before Prohibition This
record of course makes utterly ridic-
ulous any argument that Prohibition
is not vastly better than the licensed
liquor traffic. At the same time this
drunkless Saturday record in some
large cities sets the standard that
should prevail in practically every
Illinois city practically every day in
the year 1t is to achieve this condi-
ton that the Illinois Prohibition act
is prepared and introduced.
Cause of Bad Conditions
The reasons for increased viola
tions now are not the same in all
places. In Galesburg, for example,
chief of police Fred r. Hinman at
tributes most of the drunkenness to
drug store booze. The bottles found
on the victims of alcoholism indicate
that purchases of various alcoholic
compounds were made in drug stores.
, Last Saturday three drunks were
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
LAW ENFORCEMENT

In the last analysis law enforce
ment always depends upon the pub
lie No official or set of officials can
enforce a law against public senti-
ment and can not do so effectually in
the face of universal public indiffer-
ence.-Peoria Star.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20

A bill has been introduced in Con
gress for the enforcement of the Pro-
hibition Amendment in the United
States consulate districts in China,
and in other foreign countries where
treaties do not prevent.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20

On May 13 the Wisconsin Assem-
bly, passed a bill which provides for
the limiting of charges for liquor pre-
scriptions to one dollar. 1t was ar
gued that as a result of the passage
of the bill doctors would have less
incentive to prescribe liquor indis-
criminately.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
Cities Have More Drunks

Cities Have More Drunks
Recent reports from several rep
resentative cities indicate the condi-
ton that is more or less general
throughout the state. In CHICAGO
during April, 1920, there were 2,l08
arrests for disorderly conduct. In
April this year the number was in
creased to 3948. In DANVlLLE
only ten drunks were arrested in
April, 1920. Last month this number
was tripled, 80 drunks being taken in
charge and booked by the police
Only four drunks were arrested in
BLOOMINGTON in April, 1920.
This year the record shows six times
as many during the corresponding
month. In DECATUR during April,
1920, FIVE drunks were arrested. This
year the total, jumped up to 40 dur
ing April In ROCKFORD the in
crease while not so great, shows the
general tendency. toward more viola
tions under the present law. The fig
ures for 1920 show 45 drunks arrested,
while in the month OF April just past
the number was 81. In ROCK IS
LAND, contrary to the general rule,
only FIVE drunks were arrested this
year in April while last year the fig
ures show just twice that number
Wet Year Figures Higher
With the exception of Chicago the
cities mentioned above were dry be-
fore National Prohibition and figures
for the last wet year in each city are
not available for this article. Fig
ures from the following cities, how
ever, show the general upward trend
in intoxication and also prove that
drunkenness even under present con-
ditions is still far below the record
during the old wet days. Each OF
these cities was wet prior to July l.,
1919, and the figures given are for
April in each of the three years
shown
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20

On May IA Senator Dial OF South
Carolina introduced an amendment
to the Nolstead Act providing for the
return OF motor cars seized from vio-
lators in case the owners are innocent
in the matter, as when their cars are
borrowed or stolen.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
Vote New Indictments

This was counteracted by the gov
ernment when new indictments were
voted against the men. The attor-
neys then asked Judge Lands for a
change of venue, and this was granted
and the case set for hearing before
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
Anhauser- Busch Lawyer Says
Beer Not Needed
DOCTORS PRESCRIPTIONS
WOULD MEAN VIOLATIONS
Beer Would Be Sold to the Healthy
Not to Sick
DOCTORS SAY BEER IS VALUELESS

Appearing before the House Judi
ciary Committee at Washington re-
Gently Oliver I. Remmers, attorney
OF the Anheuser-B Busch Brewery de
clared against permitting the sale OF
beer as a medicine. He spoke in ia
vor Of the new Nolstead bill which
would prohibit medicinal beer. Rela
tive to beer as a medicine he said:
"You, as members of this Commit
tee, know and l know that the inter-
probation of the law permitting the
sale OF beer for medicinal purposes in
its practical operation, will result
principally in the sale of beer at out
rageous prices, through restricted
channels, to the healthy--and not the
sick.
"You know that every doctor will
be besieged by his regular patients
for beer prescriptions; that the stand
ard and dignity of the medical pro-
fession will be lowered, and that the
doctor himself will practically be
come the bartender for his perfectly
healthy customers. He can not well
refuse to issue such prescriptions, as
his, practice must inevitably suffer,
because great many OF his patients
would take offense at his attitude and
find other more &C .ommodating fam
lily physicians. Every young physi-
clan, entering medical practice, with
out patients would find it so easy to
nrake Il ffvifrg'swriting beer prcscrip-
tions that he would not feel the urge
of improving his knowledge of medi-
cine, and gradually the standard of
the medical profession would be de-
moralizcdl
sf "We deny that there is any emer-
gency demand for beer for the sick.
The cereal beverages manufactured
by Anheuser- Busch in strict compli-
ance with the law, contain 20 per
cent more OF the soluble substances
OF the ingredients from which they
are manufactured than the average
good beer brewed in the United
States. IF BEER IS GOOD FOR
THE SICK-AND WE BELIEVE
1T IS OUR CEREAL BENER-
AGES ARE BETTER. And, more
over, we have been for Is years man
ufacturing a malt-tonic that contains
approximately Is per cent of malt
solids, and it is ever so much better
as a medicinal product than any beer
that was ever manufactured. THERE
is. THEREFORE, NO EXCUSE
FOR THE SALE OF BEER FOR
MEDICINAL PURPOSES. If the
patient needs alcohol, the physician
can prescribe it. If he needs merely
tonic, he can get that, without the
alcohol ALL THIS CAN BE
DONE AND THE DIGNITY AND
SANCTITY OF OUR LAWS PRE-
SERVED"
In explaining the stand of the An
heuser- Busch company on the ques-
ton OF medicinal beer Mr.. Remmers
said:
"We are taking this present stand
because the manufacture and sale of
beer for medicinal purposes will re-
suit in our opinion, in such wide
spread violations of the law that the
entire industry will soon find itself
threatened with further ruinous legis-
laton."
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20

brought into the Galesburg Jail by
the police before midnight In
Springfield, the capital city of Hi
nois, according to the report OF an in
vestigation printed in the Chicago
Herald Examiner, the chief cause OF
liquor lawlessness is the existence of
blind pigs In some places soft
drink parlors sell hard liquors. In
other cities the officials have been too
Indifferent or even totally opposed to
law enforcement.
New Bill Provides Remedy
In preparing the new enforcement
bill, which if passed will be known as
the Illinois Prohibition Act, all the
various ways and means of liquor law
violations have been taken into con-
sideration. Provisions have been
made to stop drug store abuses. The
patent medicine evil is taken into
consideration and effective remedies
for this form OF violation are moor
porated in the bill Power is pro-
vided to close lawless places by the
injunction process more quickly and
effectively than possible under the
present laws. The duties of officials
are defined and set forth to prevent
the evasion of their responsibilities
relative to enforcement Additional
powers are given to officials which
will enable them to successfully pros
ecute liquor law breakers. The con-
fict in state and federal laws will be
eliminated thus doing away with un-
certainty and confusion existing un-
der present conditions. Fines will be
brought into the state treasury under
the new state law instead of going
into the federal treasury in cases
prosecuted by the federal government
because OF inadequate state legisla-
tion.
Will Prohibit Beer
The threatened revival of the liq-
uor traffic by means OF beer prescrip-
tions will be headed off if the state
enforcement law passes. Every pos
sible provision for effective enforce
ment has been included in the new
bill to prevent present methods of
violation. With this bill on the
books as a state law the present wave
of drunkenness can be driven down
and new records for effective enforce
ment can be established.
Address Your Representative
The Illinois Prohibition Enforce
ment bill will be voted on in the
House of Representative in the near
future The vote in the Senate will
probably be taken before this reaches
the readers OF the Issue. All drys
should personally. by letter, or by
telegraph, urge their representatives
to support the dry enforcement bill.
Illinois must not surrender to the law
breakers The people are entitled to
the benefits of enforced Prohibition.
These they can secure with the
proper legislation.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-20
Doctors Oppose Beer

On May Is beer was repudiated as
medicine at the committee hearing
on the bill to prohibit medicinal beer.
Not only did the doctors assert that
they never had prescribed beer but
both said that in long practices
neither ever had seen it used by pre-
scription
The physicians. DR.. Howard A.
Kelly, surgeon of Johns Hopkins
hospital and Dir. James M. H. Row
land, professor at the University of
Maryland, declared they knew of no
diseases for which beer was cura-
tive. Both expressed humiliation
that the question had been put up"
to the medical profession, as was
done by several previous witnesses.
Beer Bad for Babies
Representative Chandler (Rep., N
W asked whether beer was not re-
sponsible for the magnificent stat
ure" and long life of the German peo-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-21
JACK NDLTE TAkEN FROM PRISON
TOVS|T MOTHER WHO IS SICK

II became noised abou; that Nolt" had
been paroled. and thc crowd which
grouped about him mounted into scores
and hundreds. Many pressed close I"
Note to shake the hand OF their ac-
Qurintance Of other days. but great
many more thronged about for view
Of him merely out OF idle curiosity
An Inteli;gencer reporter hearing
that the thronE was attracted by the
presence Of Jack Nolte. pressed through
the crowd to the guards. and recognized
Note standing near.
Isn't that Jack Eolte~ the reporter
inquired.
Evidently trying TO keep secret tue
IA cts concerning Notes presence the
guard answered: Jack Noltc" don't
know anybody here by that name.
II was personally acquainted with
Nolte" the reporter told the guard
and that Is Jack Noltc." The guard
then admitted that the man was Nolte.
and informed the reporter Of the cir
cumstance under which Nolte had been
brought to Wheeling.
Confirma ton Of this circumstance
was secured few minutes later from
Warden Terrell. who stated that he per
mitted Nolte TO be taken 20 sec his sick
mother.
women Go To Prison
Captain y. L. Shildts headed the es-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-21
THE WAR CHEST
SUBSCRIPTIONS
JUDGE IN SARATOGA COUNTY,
YORK, RULES THAT THEY AhE
VALID AND ENFORCEABLE
Court Holds that Signing OF Pledge
Makes the Signer Member OF the
Corporation

The ln,~lIig"S'"r is in receipt OF
copy OF The q iSion handed down ny
Judge Mckelv"y. OF the Saratoga county
court. New York. on the enf"rceaoi'itE
Of War Chest subscriptions. when
is given below.
4 copy Of tho pledge signed by local
people. which has been held by Jrsuc"
OF the Peace Lee F. 1hbbs TO have the
force OF rromissory note Is also pre-
scented.
The statement on the New York case
follows:
Al the time when the world war was
still in progress Mechanicvills. y. y. IN
common with NUMEROUS other cities
adopted the War chest" plan Of raising
subscriptions for various charitable
purposes corporation for that nur-
pose was formed and subscriptlons
wer, taken by use OF printed caTuS'
Considcra Bile diSSa tiSfa ction seems 10
have developed as to the disposition OF
funds and necessity Of payment or de-
fcrred subscriptions, and the case OF
Mechanicville War Chest. incorporated
v. Butterflcld, ISL New York supple
ment, 42S, Is a result Of an action on
partially unpaid subscription.
Judge Mckelvcy, OF the Saratoga
county court, states that in case
SOCn as the present IL 4iilOoS'S'N ~
pass upon any question as TO the mis-
management Of funds. though such
might be done If proper proceedings
instituted calling for interpretation Of
the power Of the courts IN regard to
visitation Of oorporation and associa-
tons. The court holds that the sign
ing of the pledge card made defendants
a member of the corporation, bound
with implied knowledge of its >ertih-
cate and bylaws. constituting al. en-
forccablG contrac ct: that testimony a. TO
defendants understanding of the con-
ditions and meaning OF this contract
was inadmiSsiblc. as there was no real
claim of fraud asserted, nor any am big
uous or doubtful terms to be- construed
Following Is reproduction of the
pledge signed by local people:
To tho Ohio County War Chest Associ-
alton,
Wheeling. W. Va.
hereby pledge my patriotism and
my devotion to the cause Of my coun-
try and my moral support to the OBJ
jects and aims Of The Ohio County War
Chest Association, and to that end
make the following subscription:
I agree TO pay. for the year COM
mencing Nov. !. 1918. to Howard Haz-
let Trca surer of The Ohio County War
Chest Association. or his successor in
office, the total sum of - Dollars
O.. payable in installments Of s.
per month. First installmcnt payable
Nov. !. 1918.
authorize the Executive Committee
of The Ohio County War Chest Asso-
citation to expand my subscription for
such war needs and hilanthropic needs
as 10 them seem best.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-21
r'oNG OF CURIOUS PEOPLE
FLOCK ABOUT wA1WooD
Man WHEN HE IS REco6
Oiled QUICKLY set AT REST
NJ WARDEN TE1RELL
1ETu1MS TO MoUNDSvLLE WITH
9UARDS WHO ESCORTED ONO
COUNTY PRISONERS

Jack Noltc. Warwood young man who
is serving 4 lfN term in the Wea; VIZ
gin!a penitentiarr At Mnundsvine for
the murder of Lee Rjtz. 1916 captain Of
Wheeling High schools football team.
was In Wheeling 4 short while yeSter-
day. With the permission ot Warden ].
II. Terrell. Nolte was escorted to his
home in Warwrod 10 visit his r0ther.
Mrs John Nolte. who is very i'll.
Nolte travelled. unma acled with
guards who came here TO remove sever
al Ohio county prisoners TO the state
prison. Al Market and Twelfth streets.
Nolte was recognized and no stood near
10 the guards who were waiting with
their prisoners 10 board a Moundsville
car. One by one few acQuaintances
grouped about him. and the word spread
like vildire that Motto was in tho city.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-21
Ribbon Gifts for Baby

such as carriage bows, roscttes
and carriage straps. All pur-
chases are tied free of charge.
Ribbons, Main Floor
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-21
CRIMINAL COURT
JURORS DISMISSED
Prosecutors onios Unusually Success
full in Handling Criminal Cases.

The petit jury convened for tho pre-
sent term Of Ohio county criminal court
was dismissed yesterday evening Judge
Alan H. Robinson. In his dis .nisSal
Judge Robinson thanked the jurors for
the services rendered during the term
of court now closing.
No cases arc set for trial today. It
is believed that yesterdays trials will
close the docket for this term Thirty
i've indictments were returned by the
grand jury when ii convened on May
.. Pleas Of guilty were entered TO Is
If these indictments, leaving II cases
TO bc disposed OF.
The proecutins attorneys Office Sc
cured convictions in al! Of The cases
set .or trial except one Louis candro-
polls was cnutted Of i charge of as
sault and battery upon Hercules Rodas.
The case against Rosie Neckt:e. charged
with higamy. was dismissed on the re-
COMMUNICATION of Prosecutor Car! e..
Bachman.
The Term Of court just closing has
been unusually short. although num-
Der Of caSeN have been disposed OF.
or the cases listed when the docket was
called on May 4 only Il few cases have
hren continued until the next term or
court