davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

Since the first of the year the county
Jail is back to preprohibitior days in the
number of prisoners daily received. Arrests
for drunkenness are negligent in comparison
with former years, but those charged with
petty offences are increasing rapidly. The
unemployment of thousands in this district
is advanced by many the cause of this
sudden increase in minor nfractions of the
law
F1agrant violation of the prohibition laws
is responsible for the wave Of crime sweep
ing the country, according to Warden
Lewis. Many Of our citizens who want us
to believe that they are law abiding hold
in contempt the prohibition law" he said
THE criminally inclined believe that if one
law can be held with so little regard why
can't every law be broken, with the result
that they have no respect for any of Che
statutes. During the first six months OF
prohibition II was apparent that the public
feared to take chances in breaking the law
with the result that there was less general
crime in that period than in the last six
months, when many take prohibition as a
joke"
From Wheeling Ohio county, w. Va, COM
parisons run back six years. In 1914 the
year when Statewide prohibition went into
effect in West Virginia and there were IA
saloons in this city, there were ,144 arrests
in the city and county In 1917 the arrests
numbered 2,z9S, the largest NUMBER on rec
ord. At that time saloons were operated on
the Ohio side.
In 1920 the arrests numbered S26 (676
county arrests and $50 city prisoners in
county jaiD. The lower number for 1920 is
said to have been caused by nationwide pro-
hibition,
Arrests for 1921 will show an increase over
1920. it is stated by county officials, owing
to the large number of arrests of whsl<ey
runners.
Crime in Virginia has decreased more than
fifty per cent. in prohibition days, according
to the figures given out by various State and
Federal agencies.
In all the cities of Virginia decrease in
crimes punishable by jail sentences was
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

NNLI one total eclipse will take place
in the United States this year. It
will be visible in fun totality in New
York city.
The eclipse will be of the moon. The date
is April 90. The shadow of the earth will
connect with the face of the moon at three
minutes after o'clock in the morning. To-
tality will occur at "a minutes past . o'clock
and the contact will end at Ave minutes
after 3.
This lunar eclipse win be generally visible
over all of North and South America
There will also be a partial eclipse OF the
moon in October, which will be visible in the
United States as far west as Denver. To-
tality, however will occur only in Asia, At
rica and South America.
Scientists will not be given an opportunity
to observe an eclipse of the sun this year.
The line OF totality for the suns eclipse in
1921 passes near both Cape Horn and the
South Pole. just missing each. The line of
totaity will therefore be at sea or on the
Antarctic ice fields, which will prevent an
accurate study of the phenomenon This
eclipse will take place in October.
The most interesting eclipse OF the sun so
far as affects scientific observation will be
the annular eclipse Of April 8, which will
he visible on land in the north Of Scotland.
Tt will last for 11O seconds, and during that
period only a very slender crescent will be
visible on the extreme southern edge Of the
disc
Tho British Isles have been particularly
neglected in tho matter OF total cclipses OF
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Texas Reports improvement
In Conditions Under Dry Law

From Austin Texas the report of improve
r1ent is highly encouraging. According to
the report Of the state Prison Commission
2,514 convicts are now serving sentences in
the state pententiary and upon the different
prison farms. The decrease for last month
was 112 convicts For the last two years
there has been steady decrease Of the
prison population of the State due to the op-
Grafton of the suspended sentence law No
statistics have been compiled showing the
number of prisoners in the jas of the state,
but il is roughly estimated that there
about 5000 in such confinement.
Regulated sale of liquor as prohibited by
law in Oregon i'm 1916 resulted in bringing
down crime and insanity to- the lowest
point in the last six years Under this sys-
tenn. whereby a citizen could have shipped
TO him from outside the State two quarts
of liquor monthly. insanity cases dropped
from $50 in 1915 10 23O in 1916 and total
arrests dropped from 2.5S3 to 1863
In 1917, with the advent of total prohibit
tion. the number of arrests within the
county jumped from 1859 to 2.17S. Insan-
ity cases handled rose from go TO 350 Dur
ing 1918 the number OF arrests reached
2,644 with 422 cases of insanity. The &C.
NTH OF arrests came in 1919. with a total
of 2756. More cases OF insanity were nan
died. the total being 40. During 1920 the
total of arrests i'm the county was 2617
with 445 cases of insanity.
The number OF Juvenile cases handled
maintained its ratio with the total number
of arrests and the total number of insanity
cases. Juvenile arrests by years were as
follows: 1915. 156; 1916. Sc; 1917, 1856; 1918,
124; 1919 s72; 1920, 300.
Following are the commitment figures for
the years 191s-192o, kept by the oregon
state pententary: 1913. 227 1914, 257;
1915. 26i: 1916 tls 1917, 1876; 1918, 96; 1919.
lG6 and 1920, $50.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Drunk

'The last six months Of 1919 were dry,
when there were but 175 arrests for drunk
enness.
The drop from almost 200 month for the
last eight or nine years to less than thirty
arrests a month for the last eighteen months
is an index as to the operation of prohibi-
ton, which, however, is only partially en-
forced
Despite the increase in the number of
unemployed there has been considerable
decrease in the number of petty offences.
Possibly this reform is due to the fact that
the Legislature several weeks ago passed
an act providing for whipping and longer
terms in the workhouse in cases of rob-
berries and holdups. At any rate since the
law has become effective and the "cat o. nine
tails restored to use there has been
marked decrease in criminal activity
Statistics from Pennsylvania show that
with the present population OF 1857 Grim
inals, the Western penitentiary has reached
the high water mark in its many years of ex-
istence. Although prohibition has made deep
inroads in the number of prisoners committed
to the county Jail in the last year and a
half, the penitentiary records show that
the Eighteenth amendment has had little
effect on the number of persons incarcerated
IN that institution for more serious offences
The annual report of Warden Edward
Lewis Of the county Jail for the last year
reveals that there were fifty per cent less
prisoners housed in 1920 than in 1913. While
at the penitentiary 45s more criminals were
committed in 1920 than In 1918. This in
crease Is explained by the penitentiary Off
Gals as due to a parole system inaugurated
there in 1913 whereby many prisoners serv-
ing long sentences were placed on probation
The Following table shows ,he population
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

decrease of from 40 to so per cent in the
number of drunks arrested during the years
1918 and 1919. The figures of 1920 are not
yet available. Figures given out by Lexng-
ton police show decrease of, 3S3 in the num-
Der of drunks arrested in 1920 over those
of 1919, or a decrease of approximately so
per cent. Arrests for disorderly conduct
have dropped in that time from 333 in 1919
to 159 in 1920. Figures obtained from the
Fayette county Jail indicate a dropping off
of about one-third from the number Of
commitments in 1919 in 1920. This decrease
affects both penal and misdemeanor cases.
For the jails in the surrounding towns
g corresponding dropping off has been
ticed. The decrease in the number of pris-
oners committed to the jails has been, ac-
cording to the respective jailers, about S5
per cent. in Georgetown, KY, 60 per cent.
in Paris and so per cent. in Versailles. Most
of these offenders have been committed for
larceny and housebreaking, it is said Very
few have been sent up for drunkenness
Commitments to the Fayette County
(Ky) Jail 1913-1920, were as follows:
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

- ROM a total of 1926 commitments for
r. intoxication, covering both sexes. in
New York city in 1915 the number
admitted to the workhouse dropped to 176
in 1920. But while the city may congratulate
itself on this sharp falling off not so much
relief Is to be gained from reports of State
institutions. These reports affirm that there
has been but little effect by prohibition in the
numbers sent to State prisons. From certain
wardens comes the statement that since the
close of the war the population of prisons
has gradually increased and many of the
newcomers are drug addicts.
Commitments to county jals in other
counties than New York have decreased con-
siderably. and the Sheriffs give prohibition
as the reason for this improvement. Com
mitments to the Albany county pententary
for intoxication dropped from 100 in 1917 to
10 in 1920 Erie county penitentary, from
1850 in 1917 to 2,471 in 1920; Monroe county
penitentiary from 9s4 in 1917 to 81 in 1920;
Onondaga county penitentiary, from $50 in
1917 to is in 1920.
The Commissioner of Public Welfare has
furnished another side of the picture in his
Kings County Hospital. The number of ad-
missions to the alcoholic wards Of that insti-
tuition in 1920 was moro than double that
for the year prior to prohibition. The fol-
lowing is an extract from the superinten-
dents report:
our alcoholic patients now come to MS
as result of the so-called hard liquors.
while in 1919 there were a great many
beer drunks owing to the permissive open
selling OF that beverage.
During the summer the patients COM
ing in began to show evidence of a more
severe poisoning. though the liquors
they had been drinking were not as good
in quality as those to which the population
had been accustomed.
THE cases of blindness and death which
from time to time reported from the
various forms OF alcoholic poisoning are
of the unfortunate aspects of the
situation. But the ultimate effects of pro-
hbtion will best be by its influence
upon a new generation"
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

Wethersield: In the year 1913, 1877 1914,
1874; 1915. 172; 1916 16O; 1917, 157; 1918, 1853;
1919, 154; 1920 152.
Arrests by Hartford police: In the year
1913, s774; 1914, s,797; 1915, $3.50; 1916,
1854 1917 7,497 1918, 1858; 1919, 6,493;
1920, 7,193.
Officials of Hartford County Jail say pro-
hibition has slightly reduced commitments.
Officials of State prison say it has made no
appreciable difference. Hartford police say
it has noticeably increased arrests. Unem-
ployment has created about 25 per cent
increase in petty offenders, Hartford police
say.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

The last annuar eclipse seen in England
was in 1858. the central line along which the
whole of the moon could he seen projected
on the solar disc surrounded by thin ring
Of brilliant sunlight. running northeast
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

Penal statistics for tho State OF iowa
show that prohibition has greatly reduced
the population OF the State reformatories
and penitentiaries. The most conclusive
proof of this fact IL In the record OF the
State nebriate asylum at Knoxville, Ia,
which in 1920 dwindled down to fourteen
patients and was finally closed, and has
abled soldiers.
The effect of prohibition on crime can
be seen in the figures from 1918, when the
State went dry, to the present time of ma
tional prohibition. The decline has been
slow but sure. Police records in most of
the larger cities of the State bear out the
records of the State institutions in so far
as drunkenness Is concerned.
The figures are
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

the sun. The last one visible there was in
172a, and upon that occasion King George l.
and the royal family visited Kensington for
the purpose of witnessing it.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

in showing the increase of the drinking
habit with the outbreak of the war and
again the SOLDERING effect of this country's
taking part in the conflict and the subse-
quent increase in drinking with the return
of peace and until the coming of prohbi-
ton.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

The following table shows the number Of
arrests for drunkenness and disorderiy con
duct in Lexington, 1917-1910:
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

l. prohibition conbutory
by
reports made THE NEW YORK HERALD response
States The large
prohibition
peniten
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
State


The Women's Reformatory was established
in 1918
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Moons Total Eclipse Only One Visible Here This year

NNLY one total eclipse will take place
in the United States this year. 1t
will be visible in full totality in New
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
30 PERCENT OF EACH GALLON
 OF GASOLINE PUT IN CAR IS
 WASTED, FEDERAL EXPERTS SAY

NEW iuFh PeD ot eyery gallon o sasoine used n nent resulting in imperfect combustion the startling conclusions
  by three of the prominent chemists working  connection with ventilation of tunnel A Fiedner, Jonesm the its
 
  suit half
  wastefu   They public gasoline resulting from the of lean a installation of small sampg trucks and vehicles used by
  possible 
  of gasoline " f
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
Mccoy And KinmOre
 Equipped To Handle
 Battery Trouble

'McCoy and Kinmore. of Lowell, maintain an establishment we'll equip ped to take care of the battery needs ot motorists, including re-charging and repairs. Realizing the importance of keeping a battery properly charged and the solutions at the correct strength, the battery expert of the firm advises motorists to let him in spect their batteries from time to time and he will make a diagnosis free of charge of the conditions the battery is in.
 "A battery is really a simple instru- ment and is easy to keep in first class condition" says manager Kinmore, but the big trouble is that the aver age motorist does not understand the technical operation Of battery and neglects the opportunity Of having it inspected by man who does know. Ii battery is kept properly charged and otherwise in good condition it should give service for years without expense, but it is true at the same time that a little neglect on account of ignorance of the condition Of the battery is often ruinous."
 Mccoy and Kinmore specialize in the we'll known ''Prestolight" battery, but are equipped to re-charge, repair and refill any make of battery.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
600,00O Motorists
 Using Half-Soles,
 Says Local Agent

Six hundred thousand motorists ia the United States have doubled the mileage of their tires by the use of Gates Halt SolcS. according to Wal ter Lauford. proprietor of the Lowell Motor Campuy.
 Gates Half Soles, says Lanford. are built exactly similar to any other guaranteed tire. The process Of building is the same, and the materi- als used are the same that go into the highest priced tires on the mar ket
 There is nothing mysterious lor plaigS When the rubber on the orig inal tire bceinS to wear thin, the Gates Half Sole is applied and the tire is madc puucture-proof aud iiS mileage increased trom 5.po0 to '13.- Od0 miles. The tire fabric used Is especially woven, aud protects the fabric carcass from nIoisturt. stone bruise and puncturc. And protecting the fabric from these things merely prOlongs it's life. The Gates Half Sole strcDstheDs tho entire trc iu every way"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
kelly-Springfield
 Driving Tire' Is
 Gaining Popularity

The SlaS Dump Garage is making u speciality of the famous Kelly Springfield tire aud is meeting with remarkable success ip the sale of these tires among autoistS of the War ren district The wide use to which kellySpriugfields are being put here is explained by Thorlief Olsen. man. aser, on the ground that more motor ists are finding out that it is the mile age that is obtained from a tire rath- CT than the money put into it that counts.
 The Kelly-Springfield company turns out a special tire for every use. For instance, the Slag Dump Garage carries in stock the Kelly-Springfield driving tire" designed primarily for use on front wheels. The narrow. grooved or ribbed tread of this tire greatly reduces road friction, thus facilitating the steering of the car and effecting saving in fuel by re lieying the load on the motor. This driving tire" supercedes the old style smooth tread in f. 41-2 and j inch sizes. The tires are sold on a 6Q00-mile adjustment basis. which Ol sen declares is no indication of the service they will render.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
WHY NOT ADD PERSONAL TOUCH
 AND MAKE AUTO CAMP GROUNDS
 HERE CENTER OF HOSPITALITY

Auto travel through Southern Ari- Zona has been rather light during the last few months, and will probably continue that way until April or, May, when the usual vacation motoring par ties begin to roll through on their way to the coast. There are several reasons for this: an unusually warm winter throughout the country that has permitted hundreds of thousands of motor car owners to take their Sunday afternoon drives around the old home town over rads that, in or dinary winters, have been impassi- Ible; the general business depression and the wave of economy that is ac- companying it.
 But motoring is no longer luxury. Herbert Hoover. in speaking of busf- ness conditions. remarked recently that "the luxuries of today must be- come the necessities of tomorrow. Years ago the automobile was decid- edlv a luxury. Now it is a necessity. Today is already the tomorrow Hoov- a- referred to- as far as the motor ~ar is concerned.
 The southern highway route Is un- ruestionably the best for transconti- mental tourists. And it is safe to predict that late spring and early summer will see a flood of tourists driving through Cochise county.
 Bisbee, in preparing to auto tourist camping ground in Tombstone Can von on the site offered by Dr. W. P. Sims. is doing much for the accommo- dation of motor tourists. And this will nt go unappreciated. Motorists who pass through the Warren Dis trict and find an excellent site on which to park their cars and rest for from a few hours to few days, will leave the district with a warm spot in their hearts for it. The better the treatment, the more sincere tn hos pitality shown tourists here, will re suit in making friends for Bisbee. and no town or district ever lost any thinS by courteous and friendly treat ment given it's visitors.
 The camping ground should be more than just a place where motor ists can park their cars and pitch tents and build camp fires. It ought to be a place where they can get ac 1uainted with theA Warren District and some of it's people Good ground on which to camp. running water and other obvious necessities are the first requisites Of good camping ground first-hand hospitality is something that should follow.
 Hundreds of cities in the United States have auto tourists camping grounds. but only few of them have gone farther and added the personal touch. If you were a stranger here stopping for brief rest on the auto camping ground, wouldn't you appre ciate having some one come up to YOU and try to make you feel al home2 A stranger in a strange land. often craves the companionshiT of his fellow man far more than . pleasant place to rest.
 After the camping ground is com pleted and when the tourist motol
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20

parade to the coast begins to roll through Bisbee could not some plan be arranged whereby some member Of the commercial club, the business mems association or any other local body could make il a point each day to visit the camping ground. give each motoring party friendly word of greeting and, at least, be ready to answer any questions that the visit ors might ask?
 It is not at all infreQuent that stranger drives into Bisbee. or any other city, with '-an idea" that he knows somebody living here. He may just know the name of his friends, vet he does not feel. after long days drive. like starting out with the intention of looking them up. If some friendly citizen should happen to visit the camping grounds each day there seems little doubt but what he could assist many visitors in find ing old friends. directing them to points of interest in the district tell ing them a little of the country through which they are passing and, above all. making them feel that they are not only entirely friendless but that they are welcome as long as they remain here.
 No one feels farther from home than the motorist who drives into strange city. He wants to ask ques- tions about roads, weather, distances and a dozen other things, yet he doesn't like to stop a stranger to ask these questions. But friendly word or two would cheer him up and make him feel more at home.
 The Tombstone Canyon camping ground is an excellent move. But can it not be made an even more comfortable place for visitors if some method is devised whereby the per sonal touch can be added to it?
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-20
OLD TIRES AID
 ROAD BUILDING
Discarded Rubber Equip ment Suggested As Base
 For Hard Highways


 NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-UtiliZing 'down-at-the-heel' and worn out" au- tomobile tires as an aid to good road building is a new contribution to this vital subject in a statement given forth by John KeaTns. one of the deans of the tire industry and chair man of the tire division of the Rubber Association of America.
 "In the world of manufacture, scrap heaps have become taboo says Mir. Kearns. Nothing is wasted Gold fil- lings are salvaged from gold workers clothes by suction. The modern factory guards it's waste as a mlser treasures his pennies. New uses are discovered hourly for the residue of manufacture. We know that the ragman thrives at his trade and that the unclean indiyi- dual who collects entrails from the butcher often sports diamonds. Every by-product is tribute to the man who wastes not.
 ~I have been handling rubber, moulding rubber and fabricating it for a number of years, but I have never yet had anytone tell me just what be- comes of the one million and a half tons of old vulcanized rubber scrap. the yearly remains of deceased auto mobile tires. Nobody has ever found any real use for it This ever-inereas- ing surplus of dead rubber will con tinue to pile up as long as people con tinue to wear out tires.
 At a meeting of the tire division of the rubber association, it was rec commended that the tire manufacturers discontinue their present practice Of selling to rebuilders scrap castings which have been returned to the fac tory for adjustment and that they so mutilate and destroy them as to make them unavailable for use as so-called rebuilt tires.
 T am of the opinion that old scrap rubber cuold be profitably used in the making of subgrades for highways. Roughly ground old rubber. say to about the size of a cubic inch. laid down to a thickness of four or five inches, I believe could be used as an excellent base for highway-building. The surfa cing coudl be of either ma cadam or concrete. Recent investiga- tions of road subgrades indicates that 70 per cent of road failures are due to faulty foundation and not to the wearing surface.
 "A subgrade of rubber scrap would not be expensive. It would, believe, afford great cushionins power to the road to absorb the heaviest blows, and would not resist the expansion of the road surfacing due to frost It is the resistance of the roadbed, as at present constructed, to surface expansion which is responsible for cracks. A rubber subgrade would give the necessary play when frost is dis tending the road.