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Evening journal., 1921-01-15

1913 worms, 93,7i5 gallons spirits, 4O.-
ii6 ferInenters, 2,7i2,Oi2 gallons fer
mented mash, $50 gallons wine and
cider-and seized, but did not destroy
--f22 865 gallons OF spirits.
Yet paraphernalia for distilling
whisky - especially the important
''worm"-are openly displayed for
sale in many cities.
The commissioners report shows
1855 persons have been arrested in
the United States for violation OF the
prohibition law, OF whom 1929
nearly 100 per cent-have been rec
commended for prosecution.
Total penalties and taxes under the
Volstead act OF S22,57i ,639.59 have
been assessed against violators Of the
law
Here are some serlo-comic angles
TO prohibitions birthday:
Rulings permit a man who owns a
garpe arbOr TO make 200 gallons OF
wine a year-wine with a kick. But
a woman who owns a box OF raisins
may not make even fruit drink from
them
A farmer may make all the hard
cider he can drink; but a city man
may drink only sweet cider doctored
DO prevent fermentation.
A manufacturer may put kick in
mince meat, but a hotelkeeper or
housewife is not permitted to do IT,.
More than $50 rulings and regula-
tions have been issued, many con-
ilicting, by Attorney-General Palmer,
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer and
Revenue Commissioner Williams.
Prohibition is more destructive 30
life and morals than firearms" says
i'm trsNH 4IT.Fa
"The eighteenth amendment is a
school for crime"
THE crime wave cannot be blam-
ed on prohibition" says William j.
/ Burns, famous detective.
prohibition has made America a
better country in which TO live" says
General Booth Of the salvation
/ Army.
Commissioner Kramer says 65,OO0,-
| 600 gallons Of liquor were consumed
every six months before prohibition
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AMERICA ISFAR
FROM BONEDR
Some Celebrate, Some Com
memorate on Anniversary
of National Drought
KEEP UP HUNT,
FOR THE STILLS
Nv II. NJ. TUIFRRY.

NEW YORK, Jan. i3-National pro-
hlbltion's FIRST official birthday oc-
ours Sunday. Some will celebrate IL
others will commemorate IT,
Prohibition, as a wartime measure,
was year old last June 30. The
eighteenth amendment, however went
into effect January i6, 1919
The amendments first birthday
directs attention 10 some interesting
situations. For instance:
FOrty-eight million gallons OF IL
quOr in bonded warehouses, costing
Uncle Sam si,OOO.OO0 a year to guard
Withdrawals on permits of 81 ,0J0,OO0
gallons a month which will ~
haust the bonded supply in four
years.
Additional Withdrawals OF 100000
gallons a month OF "nOn-beVerage"
alcohol. manufactured by 7S distil-
leries, paying government tax OF S.
100000 a month.
Much liquor being smugged over
Canadian and Mexican borders.
Much liquor being manufactured IL
ilcitly in this country.
Liquor on sale by the drink, quart
and case In most cities.
Bill pending in Congress TO inves-
tigate prohibition enforcement
! Charges Of liquor graft, bribery
and corruption pending in many
cities.
Ambiguous rulings by government
! departments resulting in legal and
illegal manufacture OF intoxhcants.
Commissioner Williams OF the In
tornal Revenue Department, says dur
ing the year his agents destroyed g.
$50 Illicit distllleries, 7 SOC Illicit stills,
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and that 1t has now dropped to i5,-
100000 gallons in six months.
However, this does not include the
hootch smuggled int o the country
and manufactured here.
William IL. Anderson, State super
intendent Of the Anti-SalOOn League
in New York, warns that there is
grave danger OF a prohibition nulli-
flcation program being put over by
politicians and liquor interests"
1.-THE new congressional appor-
tionment will call for 80 or 60 new
congressman, practically all from
larger cities that were wet" says An
derson. "The only way 10 defeat
nullification is TO bring about such
enforcement by marshalling public
sentiment that prohibition viii win
new converts, and TO have federal and
State laws in harmony"
The prohibitionists are determined
TO make prohibition really prohibit
] But they expect il will take some
time yet to accomplish this.
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RANK PAYS POLICE roncE.

CHESTER, Pa, Jan. i5.-A local
bank came to the assistance OF the
police department yesterday and ad-
vanced about $1,000 to pay the sal
aries Of the policemen for two weeks,
wages due them because OF the in
activity OF Council, which is dead
locked on the passage OF the budget
ordinance providing the yearly ap-
prOpriatiOns. Some policemen have
large families dependent upon them
and the outlook was far from prom
ising until the bank officials relieved
them OF their immediate wants Mem.
bers Of the department received their
last pay warrants just before Christ
mas
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JONES BoBs UP AGAIN.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Jan. t5.-El-
lott Penrose Jones cleaned snow
from the sidewalk in front OF the
home Of his mother, Mrs. Anna Jones,
early yesterday and gave members Of
the police force a scare, which was
not allayed until noon. when Jones
departed for Philadelphia. Jones is
the former Cornell student, who as
saulted his mother two weeks ago
and held the police at bay for two
days, when he went to West Phila-
delphia, thence 10 New York, and the
family believed he had sailed for
Italy. Yesterday he caused a sensa-
ton when he walked from his home
to a bank in the central portion Of
the town, drew a good-sized sum.
bought smoking tobacco, returned
home and soon afterward again
dropped from sight
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THE SUPREME TEST.

Deacon Goldrow says that II man
loves a woman well enough to cheer
fully write a check in payment for
her new fall suit, though he knows it
means that he will have 10 make his
old overooat do another winter, it is
safe to marry her.
And Mrs. Deacon Glldrow says that
II you love a man well enough to
think you would like to see the floor
Of the closet Uttered up with his
old shoes it will be perfectly safe TO
mary him-HOuston Post
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NEMpnRT nnNOR pUPILs.

Special to The Evening Journal
NEWPORT. Jan. i5.-The following
pupils OF The Newport schools have
not been late or absent during De-
ccmher
Margaret Fisher, Helen jefferson,
Esther Hargan Margaret Lyman, Alice
Mitchell. Winifred Goodey, Marjorie
Rlansneld. Alfrelda Othoson, Alice
Spence. Mildred Elliott Mabel Gelson.
Margaret Hargan, Elizabeth O'Donald.
Margaret Phillips, Lima Reed, Jessie
ToNnsend. Eleanor Townsend. Mar
garel Sienhaker, Mildred Stradley.
Earle CUNNINGHAM. Arthur Blansfleld,
Albert Jefferis, Powell Murphy, Henry
parliSzeWski. Fred Thompson, John
Murray. John Goodey. Clarence Cross
lev. Beatrice Cunningham, Harry Car
vine. John Kempski. Thomas OD0nald,
Henry Mitchell, Marian Phillips. Pas
duale Marini Nellie Seeds, Dorothy
Selby. Nelson Smith, Luther Waller
Carrie Draper, Elsie Faulkner, George
Rama. Mildred Jones, George Mo
Dowell, Joseph O'Donald, Mildred
Thompson, Dorothy Loose, Frances
Albert Kompsk, Fred Carey, Helen
Thompson. Madeline Mitchell, Ray
nond Sclby Frank Pordham. Arthur
Maclary, John Edmanson, Raymond
BcnSon. James Faulkner. Edward
Kcmpsh. Whitney Day, Paul Carey.
Harry Heiser. Helen Louise Cunning-
ham. Helen Smith. Oswald Hcverin.
Melvin Murphy Miriam Betton. Doro-
thy Dunlap, Charles Carey, William
Day Richard Loose, Samuel Maclary.
Talmage Murphy. William Seney, Al
bert Tribhitt, Louise Frankhouser,
flsie Hanna, Margaret Poole and
James Heverin.
Tho following pupils Of the New
port schools have made good at
tendance during December.
Evelyn Haughey. Ella Lynch, Ger
trtdc Payne. Dora Banks, JeanneliC
noughorly. Emily Elliott. Mildred In
gram, Mabel Mcdowell Rebecca Say
cis Leroy Minker. William Chambers
Otis Murphy, Medford Walker, Ruth
Dougherly, John Christensen, Ami,
Wcihcrell. Clyde Boyd Irene Draper
Thornley, Hanson, Lee Ingram. Cliflor
Mitchell. Irene Ruth. Harry Walker
Lola Mitchell, Ella Christensen, Harolg
Hanna. Catherine Evans, Lillian Phil
lips. Emma Lucas, Clara Lucas, Doro
thy Lyman. Rose McElWee. Rachae
Sherwood Helen UmatOwsk, Walle
Mitchell. William feret, Helen Gun
ningham. Elizabeth Dannenhauer
Dorothy Simpson, Ethel Starkey
Charles Betton and John Hyatt.
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RAISINS

You've heard about the raisin
With the kick OF 20 per cent.
But the raisin with the wallon
Is the raisin' or the rent.
Columbus Dispatch.
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SEAFORD TO GET
FIRE engine
VIII Spend $4,000 to I'M
prove Fire Fighting
Apparatus
IA GIRLS VISIT
WOMEN'S COLLEGE
Special 10 The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
STAFFORD. Jan. i5.--At a meeting
Of the Seaford Volunteer Fire Com
pany it was decided to spent approxi-
mately $4,000 to improve the fire
fighting apparatus William II. Miller.
Robert II. Gordy and C. w. Robinson
were appointed committee to ascer-
tain the cost OF a motor truck fully
equipped With the purchase OF ad-
dilon1l apparatus it viii be neces-
sary 10 remodel The FIRE engine
house. making It considerably larger
Al The meeting last night William
II Miller was elected president; G.
" Robinson. yice-president; William
A. Wheeler, secretary; lsidore ste
phany. treasurer, and Robert II.
Comfy, chief.
The first meeting OF the Teachers
Reading Circle was held at the school
house Tuesday evening. Previous %
he meeting the teachers and mem
hrrS Of The Board OF Education had
luncheon in the home economics
rCom. The preparation and serving
of the luncheon was done by the
home economies girls under the direc-
tions Of their teacher, Miss sadie
Gus man.
sara Ann Hation. 2-year-old daugh-
tor Mr.. and Mrs Theodore Hatton,
WIS severely burned Thursday when
her hand came in contact with q hot
stove.
The public teachers In SUSSEX
county Win hold their annual asSocia-
iioa meeting at Georgetown January
p aud %
Fourteen girls, members Of the SEN
ior class OF the Seaford High School
left this morning for Newark where
thcV will be guests OF the Woman's
College. they having received an invi.
TALON from the college authorities tc
come TO Newark 70 spend the week
end.
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WAN CREATED TITLES

LONDON. Jan. i5.-The war created
so many titles that Burke's Peerage.
in It's eighteenth edition, issued an
additional handbook to take care OF
the overflow. The flrst edition ninety
five years ago contained 400 pages.
The last edition has 1900.
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GOTnAMs NEM RECOnn.

NEW YORK, Jan. i5.-The deceased
year broke two New York records :
Fewer workhouse commitments for
intoxication than ever before In his
tory, and more marriages In Man
haitian there were i3,3O7 marriage IL
censes In 1920.
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smEEp LOSES oMNEn

DIXON, KY. Jan S-Frults and nuts
In a show window. Sheep walking
dwon the street. Sheep ate fruit. No
body claimed him. Stores loss, SEQ.
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RICH ASKS snLITImE-

BOSTON, Jan. S.-Solitudel That's
all Miss Mary Jane MacNevin wants.
and she has inherited half a million.
she also inherits the house Of Mrs.
Mary Gilbert knight, whose servant
she was. She now occupies its IA
rooms alone. Husband and auto? No.
She wants only TO be left alone.
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WELL. WAS HE cRAzYa

CHICAGO. Jan. i5.-Alfred Gluck.
Brooklyn manufacturer, took of his
silk shirt at detective Headquarters
and challenged other prisoners 10 a
game OF penochle. Said he could play
better in his union suit.
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CRIME FILMS BARRFD.

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. 49, Movies
showing crime, or criminals at work,
won't go here any more. Safety Dl-
rector Brennan says criminals told
him they had been influenced by the
movies.
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CLOVES NO HELP NOW.

LONDON, KY. Jan. S.-All the old
breath perfumers are passe here. Citi.
zens have organized TO report all men
who drink. even though they may be
In their own families.
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WRONG QUESTION.

"Mhat'll you be If there's another
War2"
'What1l I be? Better ask me where
I'll be."-liome Sector.
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OBITUARY ron A HERRING.

Fish Coster-F Fresh Why, mum, IL
hreathed its last when IL saw yer
coming
Customer (sninng)-And what
breath Il had London Bnghty.
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mona, 10 your MI. LaKIngtOn-art
connOisseur and-eEcollector."
The two men bowed slightly. and
Mr.. LakIRgton smiled. 81 do not re-
member ever having heard my harm
less pastimes more eOncisely de-
scribed," he remarked suavely. Are
you interested in such mattersP'
Not very, I'm afraid" answered
DrummOnd Just recently / have
been rather too busy to pay much at
tentiOn 10 art"
The other man smiled again, and 1t
struck Hugh that rarely, if ever, had
he seen such Il cold, merciless face.
"Of course you've been to France"
Lexington murmured. Unfortunately
a bad heart kept me on this side of the
water. Sometimes 1 cannot help
thinking how wonderful 1t must have
been To he able to kill without fear Of
consequences. There is art In killing
Captain profound art"
He looked at his watch and sighed.
ALIAS! I must tear myself away. Are
you returning home this evening7'
The girl. who, had been glancing
round the restaurant, shrugged her
shoulders. Probably" she answered.
II haven't quite decided. might stop
with Aunt Kate"
Fortunate Aunt Kate" With a
bow darlington turned away, and
through the glass DrummOnd watched
him get his hat and stick from the
clOakroom. Then he looked at the
girl. and noticed that she had gone a
little white.
whats the matter, old thing?' he
asked quickly. Are you feeling
faint?"
She shook her head, and gradually
the color came back To her face. Pm
quite all right" she answered. 1T gave
me rattle. 5. shock, that man finding us
here. You've stumbled right into the
middle Of il, my friend-rather sooner
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than l anticipated That is one OF the
men you will probably have TO kill. :"
Her companion Lit another cigarette.
What is his particular wOrry?"
First and foremost the brute wants
to marry me-" replied the girl.
81 loathe being obvious" said Hugh,
but l am not surprised"
But il isn't that that matters" She
looked at DrummOnd quietly. Henry
darlington is-the second most danger
Gus man in England"
"Only the second" murmured Hugh.
''Then hadn't 1 better start my career
with the firSt?'
She looked at him in silence. IT
suppose you think that I'm hysterical,"
she remarked after a while. You're
probably even wondering whether I'm
all there
Drummond fiicked the ash from his
cigarette, then he turned to her dis
passiOnately. You must admit" he
remarked. that up to now our CONVEX
sation has hardly proceeded along
conventional lines. am a complete
stranger to you; another man who Is
a complete stranger to me speaks to
you while we're at tea You inform
me that I shall probably have to kin
him in the near future. The state
ment is. I think you will agree, a
Tifle disconcerting."
The girl threw back her head and
laughed merrily. You poor young
man." she cried; put that way 1t does
sound alarming" Then she grew Sc
for you to back out now II you like"
She was looking at him gravely as
she spoke, and it seemed to her COM
panion that there was an appeal In
the big blue eyes. And they were very
big: and the face they were set In was
very charming especially at the angle
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me: don't do anything foolish. Ask
your father first"

me: don't do anything foolish. Ask
your father first"
"And did your" asked Drummond.
She shuddered. That very eve
ming" she answered. "And daddy few
into frightful passion, and told me
never to dare to NEEDLE in things that
didn't concern me again. Then grad
ually, as time went on, l realized that
darlington had some hold over daddy
that he'd got my father in his power
der hands We're cienched. and her
breast rose ami fell srormly.
DrummOnd waited for her 10 com
pose herself before he spoke again.
You mentioned murder. too" he re-
marked.
She needed. I've got no proof"
she said, less even than over the
burglaries. But there was man
called George Dringer. and one eve
ming, when darlington was dining with
u.s. heard him discussing this man
with daddy
He's got 10 CO. said darlington.
He's dangerOusr
And then my father got IN and
closed the door; hut heard them ar
guing for half an hour Three weeks
later cOroner's jury found tina:
George Dringer had committed suicide
while temporarily insane. The same
evening daddy, for the first time in his
life. went TO he'd the worse for drink
Tn" girl fell silent, and DrummOnd
stared at the OrcI eStra with troubled
eyes. Things seemed 10 he rather
deeper than he had anticipated.
Then there WAS another case" Sic
was speaking again. do you remem
Der that man WHO was found dead Ill
d railway carriage at OXhey station.
He was an Italian-Giuseppe by
name; and the jury brought in yer
dict of death from natural causes 4
month before, he had an interview with
l.akingtOn, which took place at our
house: because the italian being "a
stranger, came TO the wrong place, and
darlington happened to be with us al
the time. The interview finished with
a fearful quarrel She turned to
DrummOnd with a slight smile. Not
much evidence, is there? Only know
darlington murdered him. | know it.
You may think I'm ginning
things; you may think I'm exaggerat-
ing. I don't mind if you dO-because
you won't for long"
DrummOnd did not answer immedi-
ately. Against his saner judgment he
was beginning to be profoundly i'm
pressed, and, at the moment, he did
not quite know what to say.
(To Be Continued.)
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The Sliding Prices

Are prices pretty near the bottom?
A great many pepole think so. They
point to the high level of wages, still
high in spite of reductions and con-
cessions. They call attention to the
short working day, necessarily check
ing individual production and making
production more costly than it used
to be. And then there are the-heavy
war taxes, the more or less effective
price-fxing arrangements prevailing
in business, the rise in transportation,
shortages actual or threatened in
such commodities as oil, the desertion
of the farms-and other factors
which have their reaction on prices.
Ofhand you would say-and par
ticularly when you thought of those
enormous war debts-prices could not
fall very much farther without reach
ing hard-pan and could go no farther
There is another way of studying
the price problem. This is historical
ly Examination of the records re-
veals the fact that prices have moved
in a cycle-going down for thirty
years, climbing up for twenty years.
In 1910, the world everywhere was
feeling the earth tremors of the Ma
poleonic wars. Prices scared. They
jumped when We got into our own
war with Britain in 1912. Thereafter
a decline set in, checked once by
terrible crop failure and again by
foolish experiment in national fnanc-
ing. By the time the Mexican war
came on, prices were extremely low
and the dollar was an impressive coin.
During this war prices went skyward.
They began to fall as soon as the
trouble was over. But the discovery
of new sources of gold in California
and Australia reversed the movement
quickly. Not until about 1859 was
the topmost level reached. The Civil
war held back the downward move
ment. but as soon as peace came 1t
set in again, held for only little
periods. By 1896 prices had gone to
DEPTHS which economists assure US
were the lowest IN our hAClOHdl Cd
eer. The election of that year was
followed by an upward turn, spurteo
I'D later by the war with Spain. The
World war did not create the COM
plants against the high cost OF living.
They were loud and insistent before
the Prussians started out to give an
mankind instruction in the goosestep.
The high spot of prices was just
before business blew up with a bang
last wear. We have been seeing
nrices decline jerkily ever since.
where is the bottom? Who knows!
There are many indications that the
bottom is not far away, and taking
;n+o consideration factors which tend
- check the decline very pretty
aronment can be made out Tor the
theory Wen see no more than Jew
t-;aino reductions. But there IS that
cycle Is it meaningless? If 1t lsn .
tSen prices viii continue slipping
down for about twenty-nine years 70
come-stayed only now and then by
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oueer .Rslialon. sur4Ive..

Joanna SOuthcOtt. the DevOnshire
servant girl. who professed to be q
prophecies and who issued 6. 400 sealed
papers 10 her followers, at prices
ranging from IL shillings to q sOVe-
reign. each "seaI" guaranteed to Sc
cure salvation. has still her followers
in London. Some of these strange
documents still survive. and are much
treasured BY their words: The seal
Of the LOrd-the Elect Precious Mans
Rede mpti0n-TO inherit the Tree Of
Life-TO he mhdr heirs of God and
joint heirs of Jesus Christ"
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The 1921 Prize List of the Kansas
State Fair which lists all of the prize
offerings of hte States largest fair,
is now being mailed to any one who
desires copy. If you want a copy
of the Prize List or any other in
formation regarding the State Fair
which will be held at Hutchinson,
September 18th to 23rd inclusive,
you should address the Secretary,
Kansas State Fair at Hutchinson.
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marked. "Pretty Things. Aren't
They?"
couldn't speak a word: 1 just put
them back on the table.
Wonderful copies, he went on. of
the duke OF AIelbOurne's lost minia-
lures. I think they would deceive
most people
They deceived me- I managed to
get out
''An the time he was staring at me,
a cold. merciless stare that seemed to
freeze my brain. Then he went over
to one OF the safes and unlocked It.
Come here, Miss Benton he said.
There are lot more-copies'
al only looked inside for a moment,
but / have never seen or thought OF
such sight. Beautifully arranged on
black velvet shelves were ropes OF
pearls. gorgeous diamond tiara, and
whole heap Of loose, uncut stones.
And in one corner I caught a glimpse
OF the most wonderful gold -chaliced
cup-just Ike the one for which Sam
uel Levy, the Jew moneylender, was
still offering a reward. Then he shut
the door and locked it, and again
stared at me in silence.
-'An copies he said quietly, won
derful copies. And should you ever be
tempted to think otherwise-ask your
father. Miss Benton. Be warned by