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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15
Only 1876 Marched in Parade

The following statement by Wr
Fl. Anderson shows that the parad
'or strong beer contained less thai
of one per cent OF til
of New York. Not mucl
Kick in that:
The Anti.Safocn League made
no effort to Interfere with the
wet parade, because the League
desired the clamorers for an
illegal, impossible, so-called ref
ercndum to show the public the
difference between noise and
numbers. To eliminate argument.
the League employed the Audit
Company of New York, whose
standing and reliability cannot be
questioned, to make the count
There were "a policemen, o22
musicians and 1876 others. The
press of New York was fair to
4 the point of generosity to the
parade in advance publicity, and
fair to the public as well as the
parade in the report Of the num-
Der participating.
The attempt at political intim;-
dation in the name of Personal
Liberty" has joined the mo
Beer-No Work" threat in the
bogey Junk pile. The "demon-
stration" that was to compel one
or both political parties into
nominating wet candidate for
Mayor of New York City on a
beer platform has flivvered, be-
cause the vets failed to realize
that bluff which is not backed
up becc mes a boomerang.
New York Newspaper Comments
The wet, nullihcationist New Yor'
World, a member OF the staff O
which was the parade's director an
,reator. in its front page story o.
July 5th said:
But certain plain facts about
the anti-prohibition parade--pain-
ful as they may sound to the
ultra enthusiasts who worked it
up must be told.
1t was not any early morn
ing ill late night affair such as
had been promised. OF the 202,-
go men and women who signed
pledges that they would march,
not one-tenth appeared. And OF
those who did take part, eight
out of every ten--so far as the
Worlds observer could judge
were foreign born. And looking
at it in yet another way, eight of
every ten were middle-aged.
Don't Cheer, They're Dying
Dwelling upon the very noticeable
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15
BEST FOR CHILDHOOD

DRY America is the greatest
country in the world in which
to produce and rear children
Prohibition is making America
safe for motherhood and child
hood. The Anglo Saxon race
on this side of the Atlantic and
including dry Canada, bids fair
to leave the race on the other
side far behind as regards
sound, healthy, well-developed
childhood. The economic eff
fects of this inheritance of
sound health will be seen in
the near future and if Great
Britain does not follow the lead
OF the United States and Can
ada in banishing the racial
poison, alcohol, il will face in
evitsblc decadence. A drugged
Lion can not compete with
ober Eagle. DIR. c. w Sa-
leeby of London.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15
county Unit Prevents
Gerrymandering

In reading the debates OF the Penn
sylvania Constitutional Convention
of 1872, in which the present consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania was formed it
will be disclosed that Pennsylvania
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15
Pussyfoot Johnson
to Aid Dry Drive
in Denmark

Copenhagen, July 6.-William f.
(PusyfooD Johnson, the American
Prohibition campaigner, arrived here
today. Mr.. Johnson aims to give as
sistance in the drive for national
Prohibition in Denmark.-The Chi
cago Evening Post.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15
80 Per Cent Were Foreigners

The Broadway sporting journal,
the Morning Telegraph, on July 9th
printed an editorial from which the
following is taken:
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15
The New York Beer Parade Was a
Near" Parade
Comments Planned by New York
Public Protest Against Prohibition

lack OF enthusiasm OH the part OF
spectators, the Socialist New York
Call said;
The parade was not appreciated
as it should have been by the scat
tered thousands who viewed it from
the shady side of Fifth Avenue. from
Washington Arch to Doth Street.
There was little applause.
pon't cheer boys, the poor fell
lows are dying, seemed to be the
sentiment along the sidclines"
80 Per Cent Were Foreigners
The Broadway sporting journal,
the Morning Telegraph, ON July 9th
printed an editorial from which the
following is taken:
There were two parades in New
York on Independence Day; one rep
resenting all aspiration, the other an
appetite -. One of these
paradcs was almost if not quite a
| fasco As matter OF cold
fact, there were fewer than $4,000
marchers in the Prohibition dem
, onstration, representing an appetite,
and friendly critic agrees that 80
per cent of these were foreigners.
The New York Evening Post made
the following editorial comment:
| Yesterdays anti-dry parade. de
filing past mayor who slipped soda
the while, proved a number OF facts.
1t pro%cd again that true wet can
, often see half dozen men where
the ordinary observer sees one. d.
What it did not prove was that
there is an overwhelming army of
vets ready to rise as one man against
Volsteadsm.
New York Had as Many Bartenders
ut was hot day, but on July 4th
true sons of personal liberty should
have Remembered h o W their fore
farmers fought at Monmouth when 1t
was too hot to touch the gun barrels
1t was not so hot but that the re-
portefs who counted 10000 ''wets"
could count $4,000 in the Irish parade
! For weeks we have heard how Mr.
Drakss mail was the largest in the
country; how marchers were coming
from the Pacific slope and far North
west; how 100000 were enrolled-and
the result is parade of about as
many llen as New York used to en-
ploy as bartcnders. 1t was pictur-
esque but not impressive.
"The more efforts made by the
liquor il terests to arouse sympathy
for their lost cause. the more GER
tain does it appear that their cause
Is lost forever"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15

volved the appropriation of money
for the expense of carrying on this
work Bills were introduced pro-
yiding for the establishment and
maintenance of a Prohibition COM
missioner, and for the appropriation
OF money for the use of the attor-
ney-general.
League Makes No Choice
The Anti-Saloon League expressed
no preference for either plan of cent
rallied supervision. 1t declared in
favor of some central department
which would attend to the regulatory
features of the law such as the grant
ing OF permits and also provide in
vestigators to cooperate with local
officials in various parts OF the state.
Furthermore central department
was considered desirable to insure
enforcement in places where local
officials failed or refused to do their
duty. The League, however, was
willing to accept either of the two
plans proposed The enforcement
bill was so drawn as to be effective
no matter which method Of central
lied supervision was adopted.
Neither Plan Become Effective
In the Legislature one political fac
ton favored the commissioner plan
and another political faction favored
the attorney general plan. In the
final days of the session the Prohi-
bition commissioner bill was defeated,
but an appropriation of $4,000 a year
for two years was included in the
general appropriation bill to be used
by the Encouragement for Prohibi-
ton enforcement. This appropria-
ton, h, wever, was vetoed by the gov
ernor The newspapers in reporting
on the governors veto gave the i'm
preston that the loss of the attorney
generals appropriation made the en-
forccmcnt act ineffective. AS a mat
ter of fact the Illinois Prohibition
act has not been made ineffective in
any degree by the veto of the appro-
priation. The law specifically pro-
vides that it shall be the duty of local
officials to enforce Prohibition. Fur
thermore the general powers and du-
ties Of the governor, the attorney gen
eral and other officials of the state are
such that they must enforce Prohibi-
ton the same as any other law with
out special additional legislation.
Organizations Will be Formed
While the establishment of a we'll
Fl fnanced supervising department.
would be an aid to Prohibition en-
forcement the Illinois Prohibition act
is SO comprehensive that its passage
and signing constitute the greatest
and most important step towards en-
forced Prohibition. The chief pur-
pose VI ecitidiiZed enloICcHlent
agency is to secure enforcement in
places where local officials fail This
objective will be reached through the
organization of enforcement commit
tees throughout the state. Under the
Illinois Prohibition act without addi-
tional legislation it is possible to Sc
cure enforcement anywhere in Illi-
nois. Thus the Legislature just
closed will go down in history as the
one which gave Illinois the law under
which future generations will be given
the benefits OF enforced Prohibition.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15
ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS CAN SECURE RESULTS EVER

the history of the AntiSaloon
of closed The illinois
81 oz House
OF ~
by ntSoon League Illinois to secure state Pro-
objective the
OF the
The heuera nunr Traffic
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15

statements each month"; he said,
Nov we receive no less than 300 and
I don't know how many have savings
accounts. Milwaukee Journal
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15

did not originally have county repre-
sentation One OF the arguments
which with others influenced that con-
stitutional convention to adopt the
county unit was that ii would pre-
vent the evil of gerrymandcring dis
triets under which the state was SUI
fering. "A little reflection will show
that II would be impossible to gerry
mander districts under the county
unit plan.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-07-15
Inequality in Population Among
Counties

There are four counties in Illinois
with less than ten thousand popula-
tion and there are the same number
in Pennsylvania There arc numer-
GUS small counties in other states hav-
ing county representation. Jackson
county, Iowa, with less than ten
thousand population has the same
representation in the legislature as
Des Mones county with nearly four
times the population, and Morgan
county, Ohio or Cameron county.
Pennsylvania, each with few thou
sand population have just the same
representation in the legislature as
other counties with three or four
times the number of people. and this
is true OF all the states having county
representation. Representation in all
these, true to historic principles is
bases upon the community and not
upon popnistioii. s7sss .-ss-s .aSsassss
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19
Bible Study
Course

FORECAST.
LESSON XIV.

LESSON XIV.
THE EPIsTLE TO THE ROMANS.
Saint Paul in ROMANS. teaches how
man is saved by grace"
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19

was a thrifty town, with newspaper,
bank and several mercantile firms.
Along came the railroad. named the
town at its terminus st. Francis, in
vited the people of Wano to join
hands with them to pull the county
seat away from Bird City. In this
they succeeded, and the Wano town.
site is now a farm and a pleasant
memory. For few years Wheeler
made signs of growth, and later poor
count Of grasshoppers and drouth, and
the place was entirely depopulated,
only one family, named Theodore
Lockard, remaining. He was one or
the landmarks of the county, who
lived there until recently. In several
elections he was the only voter, a
Democrat, and it was his custom the
morning after elections to call up the
county seat and report that Wheeler
had gone Democratic by one vote Sew
eral years after land was more valua-
BILE. Lockard ran across a man who
wanted a half section of land adjoin-
ing Wheeler, and would pay $40 per
acre. Lockard was the one who could
sell him the land. At the time there
were eighty acres of wheat on the
land, and it was agreed that IL the
buyer would give him one dollar more
an acre he would turn in the grain.
The buyer accepted the offer. Har-
vet time came and the wheat threshed
out 35 bushels an acre. This same
land is now offered for 800 an acre.
In later years the country developed,
and Wheeler grew, until now it has a
large up to date store, lumber yard,
three grain elevators, modern brick
school house, garage. and the Farm
ers State bank. Good graded roads
lead to Bird City, Goodland and st.
Francis. 1t is also located on the Nor
ton-Denver highway which is being
developed this year. Wheeler is the
home of Robert Cram, member of the
legislature from Cheyenne county, and
who is at the head of the bank.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19
BASCOM FULL OF PRUNES"
Topekan Admits 1t, and Advises
Others to Join in This Physical
Condition.
Jaw, you're full of prunesl"

Jaw, you're full of prunes!"
You have heard or made that sx-
preston a thousand times.
Topeka has a man who believes in it
believes in it to the extent of making
it a daily practice to be full of
prunes." And he blames his condi-
ton of mind and body to the benefits
of the prune. His name is Charles
Bascom. He is city passenger agent
of the Rock Island lines in this city:
Bascom is a prune fan. A dish OF
prufes a day will keep the doctor
away, is his theory. And he special
ICES on his brand. He prefers the Ore
gon prunes-if he can get them for
fair price. Despite the fact that there
were 30yO0o,0O0 pounds of prunes har-
vested in Oregon last season, only
s.0OO,00 pounds were sold. And Ore
gon prunes are not of the boarding
house variety. The price must be too
high.
kansas farmers have their trou-
bes." Bascom said the other day. But
here is Oregon holding the sack and
another season is approaching. We
might add Eat prunes. help your
health and Oregon to our long list OF
notices.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19

the telegraphone. The ludicrously
clumsy, expensive, and wearying let
ters and libraries for the blind. Braille,
New York point, line letter, moon type.
and the like, of what use will they be
now? The teiagraphone will take
their place." declares Doctor Gould.
Libraries. it is suggested, to consist
of the compact records Of the tele-
graphone instead of bound volumes
might be established. and the blind, or
other persons who might wish to hear
the works of their favorite authors
read aloud, might have that pleasure
thru the new invention.
Invented BY V. Poulsen.
The telegraphone was invented by
Denmark, who used it in reporting the
doings of the recent Congress of Tech
nology at Copenhagen.
The Copenhagen congress was in
session for forty hours. altogether, in
two adjoining rooms. and the discus
sions of highly technical subjects
which were carried on in no less than
four different languages, were all re-
corded on 250 lkilometers of steel wire
by the telegraphone. The task of set
ting down the doings of the congress
would have been utterly beyond the
ability of the best stenographer.
Used BY Santa Fe.
The instrument is In use in the
Santa Fe watch inspection department
for recording and transmitting dicta-
ton, and its operation has been found
highly successful.
There is a bit of romancing going
the rounds of business gossip in re-
gard to the manufacture of the in
strument. 1t is charged that the pos
SCISSOR of the present patent has been
"bought OFF, by the interests which
manufacture commercial monographs
and that as a result, the manufactur-
ing of the electrical machines has been
purposely retarded. A meeting of ali
the stockholders has been called for
the near future, 1t is said, to consider
plans for reorganization, which will
result in an increase in the number
of machines manufactured at the base
plant.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19

1 What was the goal of Paul's labors?
?. Who founded the church at Rome!
8. From what place did Paul write tine
4. why did he wish to see the Romans?
5. what story did he tell to show the
&. what difference is there between a sin
ming Jew and a SHINING GentileE
I. What is the message to the Jew, ana
v s. 5. How general is the subject of sin and
0. what kind Of faith 10 counted for
10. what are some of the results of Jus
tification by Faith?
AZ. How does acceptance Of Christ affect
relations to the law?
Ii. what is the characteristic mind Of
those justified thru faith in Christi
Is. How do the experiences OF life affect
a true believer in Christ?
16. What were Pauls feelings toward the
unbelief of the Jewsf
II. What distinction ts MADE Detween tne
believing and the unbelieving jew?
1s. To whom is Christ the end Of the Law
for righteousness?
10. What did Israel 90 with the uniVer-
sally promised salvation?
20; Why could the rejection not be a
21. Note some of the Old Testament books
from which Paul quoted in chapter eleven:
%. What ought to be the result or
Christian truth?
disciple what should be: ~ His sacrifice
(2) His standard of character7 t3) His esti-
nation Of self? "a His relation to other
Christiansf (5) His use Of special gifts? !?
(6) His ma anifestation Of character? CD
His disposition toward others? 90 His
treatment of his enemiesf
a. What 10 the Christians duty toward
society?
25. what honor shall be given to God by
all men?
90. What ought to be the attitude Of the
stronger toward the weaker Christian?
27. After disposing Of the collection,
what did Paul purpose doing?
2S. What does chapter sixteen reveal of
i Paurs knowledge Of the Church at Rome
20. Who carried this letter to the Chris
tians at Rome:
30. Marx. as you read the Book of Ro-
mans, the words, God. and Faith"
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19

And 10, I am with you slwsy, even unto
the end Of the world.-Jesus-
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19
NO WHITE DRESSES
High School Graduates VIII
Wear All Colors.
One Girl Selects Dress of Deep
Green Color.
NONE WILL WEAR WHITE
Promises to Resemble Com
bined Effect of All Flowers.
Instructors Say Tastes of Girls
Are Good.

Few high school girls will trip forth
in dainty white this spring to receiveI
their diplomas, allowing them to leave
that institution of learning. The sradu-
ating class is not decreased in size
The class has the usual number of
girls enrolled. But scarcely a one
of them will garb herself in a white
graduation dress.
Every bit as green as the grass in
June is one dress to be worn at the
graduation exercises. Crisp and ver-
dant, the dress suggests the lovely
summer, it rests the eyes, 1t enhances
the beauty of the wearer, but it calls
to mind anything but graduation, the
purpose for which it is being made.
Time was when daughter would have
stamped her foot If she had been
lovely white. when she became a sweet
girl graduate. In her dreams, that
is, in the dreams of the girl of former
days, the vision Of fluffy white that
she was to be on graduation day en-
tertained her fancy for many weeks
before the day arrived. Not so now.
Oh, no.
She Is Not Wearing White.
Maybe the girl of today has mental
visions of herself in her graduation
day finery long before the day ar
rives, but she is not wearing white in
those visions. She Is wearing gay
green, bright yellow, rose pink, tur-
quoise blue. delicate orchid, or some
other color-but it's always a color.
Miss Ora Mcmillan and Miss Ella True,
instructors in sewing at the Topeka
high. school, are witnesses to the fact
that most high school senior girls
are choosing colored organdie5 to be
made into graduation gowns. Last
year the girls OF the school decided
that everyone should wear q pale
color chosen from samples agreed
upon by the group. But this year
each girl may use her own pleasure
and taste in selecting the gown. The
bright green organdy was among the
first colors to make its appearance
among the materials for commence
ment frOcks.
A Different Effect.
If last years girls presented the ap-
pearance of a large bouquet of pastel
colored flowers. instead of a vast
whiteness as the curtain rolled up for
the commencement exercises, this
years crop of sweet girl graduates
promises to resemble the combined ef-
feet Of morning glories. geraniums.
pansies, buttercups, and forget-me-
nots mixed generously with leafy
green.
1.-The taste of the girls is good" Miss
Mcmillan said, land altho there are
no rules about what colors to wear,
nor what shade of what color. we are
trusting that the general effect will
be pleasing"
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19

CentTuI lyptWIItIIIE eACIlHses' 70
which letters can be dictated over the
telephone circuit and returned for
signature in a few minutes. are to be
established in several large New York
offices, buildings and hotels, thru the
use of the telegraphone.
Still another field for the instru-
ment is suggested by DIR. George NJ.
Gould. in a recent article in the Lit
erary Digest.
whole libraries can be read into
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19
SCRIPTURE
John His.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye be-
lieve in 8od, believe also in me.
In my Fathers house are many mansions I.
IL 1t were not so, / would have told you.
l go to prepare a place for you.
And if go and prepare a place for you,
1 will come again, and receive you unto
myself: that where I am. there ye may
be also.
ye know.
Thomas saith unto him. Lord. we know
not whittier thou goest; and how can We
know the way!
Jesus saith unto him, am the way. the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father. but by me.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

Keen your soul in the free and open
wherever your body may be--Out West.
A diligent man can always find leisure,
lazy one never.-Anon.
Self is the only prison
That can ever bind the soul;
Love is the ony angel
Who can bid the gates unroH.
And when He comes to call thee,
Arise and follow fast;
His way may lie thru darkness,
But it leads to light at last.
Henry van Dyke.
This above all: To thine own self be
true, and II must follow. as the night the
day, thou canst not then be false to any
n.-Shakespeare-
And 10. am with you s1way, even unto
the end Of the world.-Jesus-
Some of your hurts you have cured.
And the sharpest you still have survived !:
But what torments of grief you endured
From evils which never arrived,
Anon.
He is man who thinks for himself.
says what he thinks, and does what he
says.-R. d. Hitchcock
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19

There was an exodus OF colored
people from eastern Kansas to Phil
lips county in 1875. They were under
the leadership of colored preacher
named Henrie. who also was the head
of a family of four girls and three
boy& With himself and children they
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19

He is man who thinks for himself
says what he thinks, and does what he
says.-R. d. Hitchcock.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-19

In the geographical center of Chey-
enne county the Lincoln fNeb.) Land
company laid out a town and named
it Wheeler 1t thrived for time dur
ing the building of the B. & NJ road
from Orleans, Neb.. to its present
terminus, st. Francis. In those pio-
neer times Bird City was the county
seat of Cheyenne county, and Wano