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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
BOOZE INSPIRED ORATOR
DONE TO QUEENS TASTE
Detroit Banqueter Boasts His
Reliance on Grog as Thought
Stimulator
ORATORS CLAIM CALLED
Patriotic Physician Protests
Against Assault on u. S.
Constitution

Not long ago there was banque
of the business men OF Detroit at ont
of the big hotels. \ prominent bust
ness man from the cast was one o
the speakers. He began his address
by saying:
! have been speaking more or
less all day at this convention and
have said all that ! have to say.
However, had good drink OF
whisky just before ! entered this
banquet hall and think that will
help inc ont i'll my remarks.
This business man was followed b.
DR.. William Stidger, the well-knowi
Detroit Presbyterian, who, when h,
got up TO speak, said
| have spoken before nearly
every high class business organi-
zation in the state and tonight for
the first time have to hear the
Constitution OF the United States
spoken of with sneer. We are
quite used to expecting that kind
OF cheap wit on vaudeville
stage but it comes to rs with a
good deal OF shock when we hear
it at table OF business mems
organization of this especially
high type.
Then he pointed to the man win
had laughed about his drink o
whisky. and said:
II is because men OF your type,
educated men. men who stand i'll
high places, sheer at the Consti-
tuition OF the United States that
is the underlying reason for much
OF the crime waves that have
swept this country. Your very
talk and acts tonight arc such as
breed disrespect for law i'll the
minds OF the ignorant. II ever
there was a time in the history OF
American lie when men ought to
be talking in careful words, if
ever there was time when men
ought to talk American, it is now.
! do not call your kind Of talk
tonight talking American.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
PROHIBITION WORKS BIG
CHANGE IN PHILADELPHIA

A lady i'll Philadelphia, Pa, writing
10 missionary friend in India, thus
describes the effect OF Prohibition i'll
her home city: 81 am sure it would
do your heart good if you were i'll
your own country now and could sec
the change caused by Prohibition. OF.
course. conditions are not yet s~shat
they should be, but law enforcement
is taking hold in many places in
surprising way. One of the worst
corners in our city is only four
blocks from our home. In the place
where liquor shop one stood doing
a great business. now stands a lovely
bakery with the windows full OF bis
cults, doughnuts and bread"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
Temperance Section

Inc, were placed in two large bundles
i'll the lobby OF Hotel Jefferson on
that day for free distribution to
guests. This is the association OF
which w. II. Stayton OF Washington
is the head, the purpose OF which as
sociation is to repeal the Volstead
Act and thus render the Eighteenth
Amendment imperative. 1t has been
particularly active in the east and is
gradually extending its operations
throughout the west A membership
fee of dollar year is levied
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
TEMPERANCE MAKES FINE
PROGRESS IN BENGAL

Temperance work in East Bengal
and Assam is reported to be i'll an en-
couraging condition, During the past
winter, successful series of meetings
were held in twelve population cen
tiers. 1t is further reported that men
in large numbers arc signing the Blue
Ribbon pledge.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
sure s1oo, With Profits, Payable at Dealt,

Under this experience covering
more than so years the moderate
drinker is compelled to pay an addi-
tional 10 per cent OH premium rates
for the privilege OF shortening his
lie by moderate drinking.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17

Judge Hardison in Washington,
D. C., police court on juno , dis
missed a case against a woman
charged with illegal possession of 80
gallons OF whisky or the ground that
the mimeographed form OF search
warrant used by Prohibition officers
in making raids is null and void.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
ONTARIO DRYS MAKE FINE
SHOWING IN ELECTION

In the recent inter-provincial cleo
ton held in Ontario Canada, out OF
81 electoral districts 62 returned dry
: najorities, The official dry majority
N the province of Ontario is l6o,874.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
VAN NESS LAW APPLIES TO
DRUGGISTS OUTSIDE STATE

Attorney-G General McCran of New
Jersey has ruled that under the Van
Ness act sections 1912. wholesale
druggists who wish ell liquor in
New Jersey must fra register with
the State Board OF harmacy the
same as though resident in the state.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
MUCH TRUMPETED A. A. p. A.
FUNCTIONS IN ST. LOUIS

The ST Louis Times OF May 81
says that literature and membership
application blanks OF the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
Lower Rate for Abstainers

This long period OF striking differ
ence in the risk on the lives of alb
stainers and moderate drinkers has
naturally led the Eagle, Star and
British Dominions Company TO ar
range their scale OF premiums SO that
the abstainers will not be taxed be-
cause Of the bibulous habits of the
moderate drinker. The abstainers
Sccive their insurance at about 10
per cent less rate than do the gen
eral section, as is shown by the fol-
lowing table:
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
LORD AST0R GIVES VIEW
ON BRITISH PROHIBITION
Tide Will Turn When Britain
Sees Great Economic Waste
OF Liquor Trade
E4oo,o 100000 ARE WASTED
English Prohibition Retarded by
Misrepresentation of u. S.
Prohibition

The Christian Science Monitor OF
recent date prints an interesting i'll
teryiew with Lord Astor relative 10
Britaih's outlook for Prohibition.
lie believes that the tide may be
turned in favor OF Prohibition in
Great Britain when the people come
to realization OF the tremendous
increase in the amount spent for Id
uor which for the past year was well
over 400,000000 pounds, as compared
with a pre-War drink bill OF 100000
600 pounds At present he feels that
there is a slump i'll temperance prog
ress due to the fact that wartime re
strictions are being relaxed and to
the further fact that the liquor trade
is spending money larishly in an cf-
fort TO create sentiment favorable to
its causc On the other hand Lord
Astor says the temperance bodies
have not much money with which TO
prosecute their case. due largely 10
the TACT that incomes Of their sup
porters have been greatly reduced
due to industrial depression.
He points to the further fact that
Mr.. Lloyd George foresaV that there
would be a demand for relaxing OF
the restrictions after the war but that
the old temperance societies would
not give him the necessary support
to take over the trade as he proposed
but insisted on wartime Prohibition
or nothing else.
The following excerpts from tho
the Christian Science Monitor article
arc especially interesting in that they
deal with the situation as It relates to
Prohibition in America.
Don't Get the Facts
"In reply 10 4 question as to what
is the feeling in England about Pro-
hibition in America, Lord Aston
states England is totally ignorant
! VI lit C4tCAAo III IbIlDltlDl III
America. The drink trade has fought
Prohibition in England. not on its
merits but has represented the move
ment as piece OF American inter
ference in the social habits OF this
country and in the welfare OF tho
working classes Whatever bad feel
ing there may be in Britain again st
America is largely due to this liquor
| propaganda.
al was recently in America con-
tinucd Lord Astor, and found that
Lad been absolutely misled by the
majority Of English newspapers on
the effects OF Prohibition. The Eng
slish newspaper reader is constantly
being told that Prohibition has
broken down, has little public sup.
Fort, has converted America into a
nation OF dope fends and criminals
and has increased drunkenness enor.
iiiously.'
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17

many in 1920 as in 1918. The fol
lowing statistics shows the arrests
from year to year since 1911:
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17
BRITISH TOTAL. ABSTAINER
SHOWN HIGH. CLASS RISK
Dry Section Sceptre Fund Shows
30 Per Cent Gain Over
Wet Section
DRYS LIVE GER
Data Covering Long Expert
mental Period Set Out Strik-
ing Dry Factors

tFrom William +. Johnson, % Fleet
Street, London, England)
On May y, there was held in Lon
don the Annual Meeting OF the Eagle.
Star and British Dominions Life In
surance Company, under the chair
nisnslip of Sir Edward NJ. Mountain,
J.P. At the meeting, Lord French
was elected as 4 director. A few
years ago this company purchased the
old Sceptre Life Insurance Company
snd has continued it as separate en-.
tity known as the Sceptre Fund, OF
which fund Mr.. William Bingham,
J.P, The well-known British dry
leader, is managing director
The Sceptre property was formed
originally in 1904, and has always
operated their policies in two sec
tons, one for moderate drinkers, and
one Tor abstaincrs. Since 1883, the
statistics OF the results have been
published from year to year, and al
ways they have shown up strikingly
in favor of the abstainer.
In the Annual Report presented for
The past year The following statement
Is made regarding the Sceptre Fund
results:
Mortality Experience
The Mortality Experience OF
the closed "Sccptre Fund for the
past year produced the following
interesting results. In the Cen
eral Section out of ia deaths
expected only IS occurred. or
just under IS per cent, while in
the Temperance Section out of
l4o deaths expected only 65 oc-
cured, or little over ~ per
cent, showing a balance in favor
OF the Temperance lives OF some
80 per cent
The superiority Of this class Of
life in the fund is not, however.
peculiar to last year. since for
the past .hirty-seven years out
OF 1907 expected deaths III the
general section 3.6l4 deaths oc-
Cured, or nearly 70 per cent,
while i'll the Temperance Section
for the same period out OF 3.762
deaths expected only 1905 oc-
cured, or barely 81 per cent.
These figures indicate the very
careful class of business which
goes to make up this fund; not
only is the rate OF mortality in
the general section light. but that
in the Temperance Section re-
markably so.
Under the new tables OF the
Septre Abstainers Section the Alb
stainer, OF course, obtains an I'M
mediate advantage in the low
premium charged, but notwith-
standing that ii is hoped that with
the growth of this new Section
the bonuses will be quite salts
: factory.
Substantially the same results have
been obtained during the entire life
Of the concern.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-14

of efficiency. he predicted that 1t
would be a success.
The quota for the Perth Amboy
area is S2S.2O0. Mobiles in this area
are as follows:
Perth Amboy-Frank L. Antisell.
George Fl. Armstrong, Chauncey c.
Baldwin. Elmont w. Bedell. Phil
Borak, Samuel Borak, Clancy ID.
Boynton. Olin Bradford. Louis
BRIGGS. John +. Clark, George II.
Coates. Wilson Z. Coe, Harry Il.
Comings. Harry Conard. Judson
CottrelllFred j. Cox. Ira r. Grouse,
Thomas j. Dover. Thomas G.. w.
Fine. Carleton c. Fooks, Edwin G..
Fraser. Max Gibian. Morris J. Gluck.
Bernard GoldberEer. Leo Goldberg
er. Morris L. Goldberger. Alfred
Mason Gray, Adolph Greenbaum'
Isidor Greenspan. Jacob Greenspan.
Hans Greisen. James Grieve, Abel
Hansen. John w. w. Hodges. Jens
X. Jensen. Peter A. Johansen. John
T. Jones. Norman T. Jones. Otto
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-14
BUILDING FUND
DRIVE PLANNED
"Major" Fine Heads Cam
paign Forces for Salaam
Temple

A meeting of those who are active
in the building fund campaign of
Salaam Temple, A. n. o. y. NJ. 8,
in the area comprising Perth Amboy,
Woodbridge. Chrome, Port Reading,
S~ayreville. Raritan Arsenal and Sc
warren will be called in a day or
two by Thomas G. w. Fine, who
heads the campaign forces in the
area. Mr.. Fine has the campaign
title OF major" He has selected
thus far as his captains Norman Ct.
Jones, George II. S. Ramsden and
NJ. Wurtzel. One additional will be
named.
Salaam Temple has set out to
raise S1,25O,O00 for a new Mosque,
to be located on its handsome prop
erty at 1020-1O24 Broad street, New
ark. Then money Is to be provided
by the sale of twenty-year, interest
bearing bonds.
The campaign has been organized
on a basis of personal contact all
along the line. At the meeting OF
workers here, Major" Fine will APP
portion among his captains subscrip-
ton cards bearing the name of each
shriner in this territory and the
captains. in turn. will distribute
these cards among their workers.
Although the intensive campaign
will not begin until November l,
there will be solicitation before that
time, during what is known as the
advance subscription period In
this period the workers will go out
for the big money" that is. they
will make their appeal to those who,
in their opinion. are best able TO
subscribe large amounts. 1t Is
planned to hold a meeting of majors
and captains in Newark on the open
ing day of the intensive campaign.
Louis V. Aronson, n of New
ark's leading manufacturers, is
chairman of the general campaign
committee. Mr.. Aronson SAYS there
is so much enthusiasm in the cam
paign that he is confident Salaam
will go over the top for her full
quota.
One of the most active members
of the general campaign committee
is Albert Leon of Perth Amboy. Mr..
Leon was n of the two Mobiles
called upon at the opening meeting
of the advance subscription period"
Newark last Thursday to make in
spirational talks. He delivered an
address which evoked great enthu-
siasm. Urging every worker to
give TO the campaign 100 per cent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-14

J~orgensen. Peter III. Jorgensen. Jo-
seph l.. Kanie. Louis Kemeny. Peter
NJ. Kroeger. Morgan +. Larson. AL
bert Leon. Adrian Lyon. Nathan II.
Margaretten, Harry S. Medinets,
Albert c. Meyers. Charles NJ. Peter
son, George III. $. Ramsden, Paul
Rapaport. Julius Rippenbein. Gerson
l.. Robinson, Herman Rothenberg,
Max l.. Scott, Ralph H. Seaman,
Louis Y. Sosin, Maxwell Sosin, Au-
gust n. Staudt, Walter Thompson,
Neils J.. Tonnesen, William +. Van
Pelt, Emil Warter, Thomas Waters.
Nathan Wedeen. William l.. Wogen-
sen, Ludwig Wolff and Max Wurtzel.
Woodbridge-Jarnes Filler. Martin
F. Jaeger. Jr.. William Lawrence
Harmed. John II. Lessen. Joseph S.
Mark. Lionel A. Shepherd. Frank r..
Valentine. Frank A. Warter and
Harry Williams.
Chrome-Thomas ID. Cheret. Har-
ry u. Greenwood, Randolph r.
Hinrichs and William II. Sharp.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-14

Port Reading-Edwin A. Leon
ard and Robert Sproat.
Raritan Arsenal - Marcus T.
Cooper.
Sayreville-Edwin f. Lockhart.
Seva~ou-M Irving Demarest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-14

HORKhY q RESKO
228 SMITH STREET PHONE 1887
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Domestic and Foreign Money Orders sold
To All Parts OF the World
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-09-16
WORLD EMERGING
FROM MORAL EBb
CLAIMS Earring
ny Associated PreSs.J

London, Sept. 15-Moral standards
of the present day, changing from
the simple code of our forefathers,
are "excrescences growing out of the
war;" declared the Rev. DR.. Ebert
Robb Earring, editor of the North
western Christian Advocate, Chica-
go, before the fifth Ecumenical Meth
odist Conference here today. at is
a passing wave from which," he said
1--WE are slowly but surely emerging,
DR.. Earring, in his address, refer
red to the pleasantly which passed
between a Chicago and New York
daily paper many years ago when
Chicago was developing the sky
scraping habit. Chicago twitted
New York on the fact and the Her
aid of that city replied there was no
city on the Western Hemisphere that
needed it's sky scraped worse than
Chicago" Since then scores of ci-
ties have gone into the sky-scraping
business" continued the speaker. "ln
the spiritual meaning of that term
we must all scrape the sky to get a
correct idea of moral standards.
"The true moral standard is un-
changeable. 1t lies like a great
snow-capped mountain range across
the horizon. 1t cannot change. This
moral mountain range which has set
the standard for all time sustains
the same relation to the moral world
that the Himalayas do to the physical
earth.
"Attempts have been made to sub.
stitute, but to no avail. Every once
in awhile you hear of new set of
Commandments. Men of different
professions have issued Ten Cons
mandments. | have read of Ten
Commandments for husbands, for
wives, for students and even school
children. Revisers have even gone
into the field of the New Testament
and proposed Beatitudes different
from those laid down by our Lord
All these attempts are futile and in.
significant compared to the noun
tain range formed by the first Ter
Commandments let down out Of
Heaven through the medium of Mo,
ses. They cannot be improved upon
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-09-16
Sex Equality Has
Long Existed On
Squirrel Islands

Squirrel Island, Me, Sept 10.
Fifty years ago twenty men Oougn'
this island for retreat from city iIi'
in the hot months of the year. 1orii'-
cd q community and gave it religion
and a local government
Now their children are celebrating |,
the golden jubilee Of the estaOilS'-
mont of the Maine summer colony
idea. They declare that while sum,
mer homes had dotted the coast Oh
Maine before 1871, it was the success
of the Squirrel Island Community
that led to the founding of other col
opies all the way from kittery to
Sorrento.
Founded for freedom and fun mod
fled BY church and village regula-
tion, the Squirrel Island Association
was from the first on basis OF sex
equality. Women voted with men
under compact described as being
"as obedient to Divine Guidance as
that of the Mayfower Pilgrims"
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-09-16
MODERN MINISTER
SALESMAN INSTEAD
Of A' SOUL SAW. R?

London, September 15-Modern
ministers are trained as mere "sales-
men" instead of Christian apostles
and that is one reason why the people
generally have luke-warm attitude
toward religion, declared the Rev.
DIR. J. S. Ladd Thomas of Chicago,
in an address here today before the
Ecumenical Methodist Conference.
The speaker said he saw "a real per-
il" in the effort of UNCONVENTIONAL
leaders to force the ministry into a
narrow and mechanical scheme whose
direct aim is to produce the largest
immediate revenue.
Poorly attended churches all over
the land bear witness to, the peoples
indifference toward institutional re-
ligion," said DR.. Thomas. Full
churches are the exception rather
than the rule. 1t is the empty
church which stares US in the face
and, more eloquently than words
speaks of the attitude of that large
group of people who have rejected
institutional religion as something
unnecessary in their lives.
"They are pleaure mad; they have
a mania for materialistic indulgence
while their belief in the modern
church as the representative of God
and the Ambassador of Christ does
not express itself. The real probl-
en-" the speaker indicated, sis how
to vitalize the church so that she
may authoritatively and convincing
ly persuade men Of their divine in
heritance and the mission of sacriti-
cial service"
Asserting that "the average artisan
lacks confidence in the church as the
champion of the square DEAL" he
continued:
"This indifference has arisen from
a misconception of Coda wrong
teaching of Coda wrong teaching
of the church and wrong teaching
of the Christian life. In many of
the critical hours of history the
church has failed to impress the
world with an authoritative mes
sage-which would bring light into
the dark hours on the subject of war,
the relations of capital and labor and
other vital questions which have been
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-09-16

"our conception of moral stand
ards is changing. We are TO-DAY III
the trough of wave. The war up
set everything, toppled our moral as
well as our intellectual and physical
standards. We have not recommend
ed to keep house. Thus there are
certain retrogressions that are great
" deplored and which some fancy
are a permanent lowering OF the
moral standards. These are but eX-
crescences growing out OF the war
Such a horrible program as was pro-
iected upon the world could not Dut
leave in its trail a sordid conception
of morals. Thus, in the matter OF
family ties, of physical habits, of our
amusements, we find people lndulg-
ing as they have not done for many
years past.
"This is but a passing wave. Even
now we are emerging therefrom.
Our conception of the moral stan
dard is lifting. One of the most
hopeful phases of this development
of a moral ideal is the application
of the principal of Christianity to
the great world of industry about
us. There is no question but that
we have larger outlook in this field
than ever before.
"But the world has become COM
plicated. There is no simplicity.
Everything is interviewer, enmeshed.
No man liveth to himself and no
man dieth to himself in any sense
whatever. Once upon time we did
not care how a man made his money
just so he distributed it properly.
Now we are not so anxious about
the distribution of his money as how
he made it. l have great hopes for
the future. The moral standard Is
lifting gradually. The line marked
upon the side of the great and eter-
nal standard set by Christ Himself
is gradually mounting, Some day
but not now-we may reach the tip
of the standard"
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-09-16

Association added that the Nepras-
ka, Maryland, Minnesota, Kansas,
Idaho. Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ken
lucky and North Carolina associa-
tons were studying the subject
Thet plan of self government for
tho bar is not new on this continent,
according to Mr.. Iddings. 1t is in
effect in Canada, he said, while the
Inns Court of England, which serve
as a model, have been in existence
for centuries.
"Only seventeen percent OF the
work of a lawyer is done in court,
the other SO per cent of his liveli-
hood is earned away from the all
seeing eye of the judge" he said
"self discipline ana self government
are required now as never before"
There are 23,OOO,OO0 surplus We
men in Europe, and continued talk of
aggression leads us to suspect that
there are also a few surplus men.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-09-16

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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-09-16
ALLEGED LIQUOR RUNNER
KILLED BY A POSSE

Waynesboro, Ga, Sept. 14-In a
fight with a posse of Burke county
officers near here tonight A. P. Peak,
of Columbia, S. c., an alleged liquor
runner was instantly killed. L. c..
Miller, of Lexington, S. c., his COM
panion was lodged in Jail here and
the automobile in which the men
were riding and eight cases of liquor
are being held by the authorities.