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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26

trying to summon fash OF the old
keenness for news. and eagerly. or as
eagerly as they can, produce copy
paper and pencil.
Reporters Seek in Vain the Old, Old
Stories
CAV, put EN- away yawns the
bored police lieutenant 1--WE amt
turned a wheel all night"
Promptly at we step into our local
magistrates court. The room is
crowd d. We feel encouraged.
Maybe the day isn't spoiled, after all
Then we glance at the prisoners de-
tention pen. The door stands wide
open There is no one i'll it, Our
soaring spirits do a nose dive into our
shoes.
"Why the crowd" we ask the clerk.
ooh, they didn't keep to the right
or they bent somebody's inudguards, ="
is the doleful response.
Nothing good" we quaver.
Don't make me laugh. We
haven't had a felony case in a month. y
This particular police court is one
of the busiest in the city i'll the num-
Der OF cases handled. But most of
them involve minor infraetions of the
corporation ordinances or highway
laws. The reporters have sat down,
not once, but many times lately, and
listened to between forty and eighty
arrangements i'll session without
hearing described a single incident
that would be worth relating in a
newspaper.
It must not be imagined, from all
this, that drinking is thing of the
past. "Drunks' are still arraigned i'll
our city police courts, but they are
charged with Notwithstanding
worse. And the explanation of that,
as given to me by veteran police
official OF the city, is as follows;
"Thc stuff they get now knocks 'em
cold. They can't get beer, SO they
have to drink hard stuff. And after
one or two snifters of that they lie
right down where they are and go to
sleep They can't fight any more
when they're drunk. They can't do
anything. They're dead TO the world
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26
THIRTY or THEM NOW

One more nationwide wet organi-
cation has been formed. Put it down
as No. 30. 1t is called the Light
Wine and Beer League OF America"
Its headquarters are in Washington.
a man named George w. Beason is
their president. The purpose OF this
new booze boosters outfit is the same
as that of all others of the kind 1t is
to amend the dry law SO as to permit
the manufacture and sale OF to s per
cent beer and IA per cent wine. An
nouncement is made that subordinate
branches of the organization are to be
perfected in all the states. OF course
the Light Wine and Beer League of
America" wants the vets to put up
the money to make the organization
effective
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26
SIX MULTIPLICATION ORGANIZATIONS UNITE

Six anti Prohibition organizations throughout country have
formed society the Ani-Pohbon Coalition fight the
Vostead Act according by R. Browne the
Sef-Deemnation League OF Liberty
The that the organizations Joined
forces combat unity the awe and impossible Nolstead Act
The Coalition will also fight Tor the repeal the Van Ness
New Jersey committee consisting of representatives OF each
the organizations has been appointed The members OF the
arcohn S Wise IT, chairman Frank Drake the Amer
lean Liberties League; w n p Reed OF the National Order OF the
Sphinx Carl A. Nebng OF the AnProhibton Society OF America
Thomas A. Brady of the League of Liberty OF New Jersey and Mr.
Brown who represents the Self Determination League.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26
WHAT PROHIBITION HAS ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE

1.-THE Hearst offered prize for the best
the question: "Vha Prohibition accomplished dae?'
Issue weeks published the prizewnning
in
by DIR. Small
Following the reply submitted the San
by VIII French, chairman of the Industrial
Commission of the of California;:
Editor The
Sir Prohibition accomplished many benefits
these three
HAS divorced the liquor sem-lega1
position as licensed business in which citizen
participant through federal and state systems,
which the crime social and
caused by Intoxicating liquor involved in a partner
ship with all the people
2-Aboshed OF iniquty
and the stalwart OF and political right
in the United States.
3--Has children the
thrown protection around giriood; has afforded
heretofore unknown; has enriched the
home, and usfes itself for these
superior specious about personal liberty
opposition based upon appetite o profit
Will J
SIS Market
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26
CANADIAN BORDER LEAK
FAILS TO DELUGE U. S.
Windsor Court Ruling Permit
ting Liquor Exports Gives
Ontario Shippers Thrill
NO LARGE AMOUNTS LAND
Federal and State Officers CO.
operate to Protect Erie Ports
and Canada Also Assists

That Windsor magistrates ruling
that the Ontario dry law does not
prohibit liquor exports to foreign
countries was the signal for the em-
barking OF hundreds OF small booze
laden boats from Ontario ports 10
Detroit and other points in Michigan.
At any rate newspaper dispatches
from Ontario said that the activities
OF the liquor shippers along the water
front Of Windsor were unprecedented.
Even small rowboats, according TO
these newspaper stories. were being
pressed into service. Naturally the
thirsty OF Detroit watched eagerly for
the arrival of these booze-carryinE
boats.
Newspapers OF the United States
seized upon the incident for first page
news and judging from the first ac-
counts one would be led to believe
that the Canadian border hoodgstcs
are open and the United States is
fairly dcluged with alcoholic bever-
ages Of all kinds
Ii mist be cause OF great anxiety
therefore 10 the thirsty who have
been eagcrly waiting Tor portions Of
these cargoeS 10 reach their respec-
tive communities. TO read the later de-
velopmonts IN the case. Maybe some
OF the booze will eventually reach
them ard maybe il will not At any
rate most OF the boats have COM
pletciy vanished Very few il any
landed III Detroit or Dotroit's suburb,
Ecorse, which state officials say IS the
center OF liquor smuggling activities.
However, il was reported that bars
opened UP in Ecorse and Q per cent
beer WIS sold freely at sixty cents
bottle The Detroit river was thor
ouehly patrolcd and il is hardly pos
sible that any considerable number of
the boats succeeded in landing their
,cargoes in that region.
The wide publicity given the activi-
ties Of the Canadian shippers put the
enforcement officers on guard and
Michigan state officers and federal of
fcerS arc cooperating. Roy {. VAN
dercook, state commissioner OF public
safety, arrived in Detroit from Lam
sing on the 18th and took charge of
the state forces. He conferred with
other officials and announced that
campaign had been agreed upon.
\ sharp decline in the amount OF
shipments leaving Windsor is also re-
ported. 4 Toronto dispatch of Att
CUTS 5 states that the Canadian gov
eenmcnt is likely to take hand in
the affair. 1t quotes Attorney General
Rancy OF Ontario as predicting that
the leaks along the border will he
plugged by the Canadian government.
He said that he would Immediately
take steps to stop the flow OF liquor
across the Detroit river, adding that
his department had all the authority
needed, Notwithstanding rulings OF the
Windsor court that Canada had no
right TO Interfere with the traffic.
First interference by Ontario en-
forcement officers with the exporters
OF beer TO the United States was made
ON the evening OF August 10 when a
shipment from brewery to the
Walkerville docks was seized i'll tram
sit. The seizure was made ON orders
from the Attorney Generals depart
mcnt at Toronto.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26

the country's greatest distress. The
Munchener medizinischc Wocrn-
schrift commcnds this appeal and
urges the profession to work for ma
tional Prohibition. like that in Amer
lea. What was possible in America,
must be possible also in Germany .
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26

remarkable of slump City police
the MlnGag told
Tribune of August by Arthur H. Labaree police
that
this doluy il Prohibition didn't
The facts forth tic significant when remembered that
United And partial
police
Monday following
Sunday ousl fill the Monday police with
that made the the bright the brought
Kim rich Now that all changed Monday like all
cou-nohng doing The following story
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26

The grand Jury in Brooklyn on
August Is after considering 70 liquor
law violation cases returned 50 III
dictments and 40 dismissais
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26

and it entitled each guest TO all the
beer he or she could consume with
out additional cost.
Beer was cheap then in the quality
provided at these affairs, and the pic
mic park proprietor was reasonably
sure that most of his patrons couldn't
drink a dollars worth. But there
were always plenty who tried to, and,
whether they succeeded or not. the
results were the same. That beer
possessed cumulative kick" 1t
depended upon your constitution
whether you felt it after the tenth
glass or not until the twentieth. But
then the fun began.
Almost every Saturday and Sun
day night, usually both, the reporters
were kept busy obtaining the details
of stabbing and shooting ARRAYS at
picnic parks featuring dollar beer
rackets. Some "seoover" would in
suit some other "scoover's" "lady
friend" or, worse yet, would ALLEVIATE
her tickle affection. Thereupon out
would come the "gat," the razor or
the stilctto. depending upon the pref
erence and nationality OF its pos
SCISSOR, and then, if the gent who
had lost his lady friend wasn't too
drunk TO shoot, cut or stab effectively,
it was time for the news hounds to
get on the job.
The writer never attended dollar
beer racket" except in his profess
sional capacity, and yet he believes
he was the most regular attendant
over period OF several years OF any
resident of New York City. If he
happened to be i'll a police station
when the riot call came he would ride
to the scene in the patrol wagon with
the reserves. II he was at one OF the
local hospitals he would hop lip beside
the ambulance chauffeur. He usually
managed to be one of the earliest
arrivals after the casualties started.
[At this point in the narrative Mr..
Labarec gives picturesque descrip-
ton OF number OF park fights he
witnessed which were the result OF
patrons attempting to drink the full
dollars worth OF beer.1
Sometimes Guns and Knives Followed
Beer Glasses
Some of the more deadly fights,
however, when guns and knives were
employed, were not SO quickly for
gotten. Gang wars frequently re-
suited, particularly if the lady
friend" who almost always was in
volved, in one way or another, was
insulted by or went with a member
of a rival outfit. This would mean
reprisal shootings OR Standings, and
occasionally there would be series
OF these ARRAYS on successive Satur-
day or Sunday nights.
Murders and felonious assaults out
side OF the picnic parks, but usually
, the result of a visit to one of them,
used also to be common. "Drunks''
often fell in front of or from street
cars and trains. Such crimes as wife
beating, llold-ups and small thefts
were too usual for much considera-
ton, and the wife beaters were so III
variably drunk that the possible cx-
ception would prove the rule.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-08-26

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20

j.. ". SAOSAsoOh
7. G.. Culbertson, president OF the
Wichita Falls Motor Company. OF
Wichita Falls, Texas, is a member
OF the Organization Committee OF
the Foreign Trade Financing Cor
poration, now being organized to
foster the development OF American.
exports through the extension OF
long-term credits. There is
worldwide need at present for
American raw products and ma
chinery which, however, foreign
buyers cannot purchase until there
is in operation an adequate method
OF providing long-term credits
such as is provided by the new
Corporation. Mr.. Culbertson is
a product OF the Southwest, and
now is known and recognized as
one of the most individual char
acters in that territory.
Beginning as 4 mechanic, he be-
came interested in the. motor in
dustry and has risen through his
own efforts to be the head OF one
OF the largest commercial vehicle
manufacturing concerns in Texas.
At the last election there, Mr.. Cul-
bertson was candidate for Gov
ernor on the Republican ticket and
achieved the distinction of receiv-
ing the heaviest vote ever polled
by candidate of his party in the
Lone Star State.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20
THOMPSON SCORES
SPLENDID RECORD
AT TRAP SHOOT

At the regular weekly shoot Of the
Ardmore Gun club Friday afternoon
50 breaks out of 80 targets thrown
ami led the field Of shooters.
The day was ideal for shooting ana
quite a number of the members took
advantage of the opportunity to test
their skill with the flying targets. Fol-
lowing is a summary Of Fridays event:
Homer, 36x50; Fort. 107x125; Ketch,
S1x75; Vielters. 27x50; Engels, 3lx50
Conlee, 44x50; West, 91x1O0; Cochran,
35xj0; Thompson 5Ox50.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20
Chicago Randit Shot to Death

Chicago, March 19.-Facing more
than 80 policemen, a bandit with
pistol in his hand, was shot to death
here after he had kept up steady
fight with them until his ammunition
was exhausted. Several policemen vera
wounded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20

GoshOrn Motor Company
The Goshorn Motor Company report
the sale of new model Oldsmobile
Four to l.. II. Griffin of the Ardmore
Milling Company and an Oldsmobie
touring car to c. c. Macy of Wilson
during the past week.
It's bad enough to get run over
by an automobile If you get in the
way, but To deliberately have car
weighing $500 pounds and =. com
bination weight OF $50 pounds OF
human flesh, Is what Johr. Pcsch Of
San Francisco had run over his chest
on a bet. Pesch is strong man
and showed no i'll effects of the test.
The automobile industry IL rapidly
coming out of the business dcpres-
sion Of the last winter and seems to
be heading definitely back toward
normal conditions. Sales are increas-
ing steadily and there is every ind!ca-
sion of last winter and seems tc
stacle appears, the sale of automo-
biles will shortly reach almost, if not
quite, its normal level. In fact. the
recovery of the market has been sc
rapid that II is entirely likely thai
before hot weather comes, there vii
be shortages of some of the most de
sirable cars
This is the summary of the Situa
ton made by Guy Harris of the Guy
Harris Motor Company, local distribu
tors of Packard cars, as result o.
advices he has Just received from
the factory.
"The business; barometer of th
Packard factory" he said, Shows
clearly that the storm is passing ant
that fair weather is not only aheat
hut actually on hand. In Februar,
sales exceeded expectations by a con
siderable percent and were actual!
better than they were in February
1920. The factory is steadily increas
ing its working force and is plannin,
to exceed the output originally plan
ned for tho new Single-Six cars
which have made big hit.
"In view OF the pessimistic storie
that have been floating around, thi
excellent news is of general inter
est. 1t shows that business is yer,
far from being dead and that man
of the fears which some of us hav
held in the last few weeks are not &C
ing to be justified by events. The au
tomobile industry was one of tn
first to suffer when trouble came las
year and it is one of the first t
recover. The fact that it is alread
on the upgrade is clear evidence tina
other lines Of business can be expect
ed to follow very shortly"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20
CLARA PLANS TO
LEAVE ARDM0RE
AFTER BRIEF REST

Freed of the charge OF murder
for the shooting OF Jake l.. Hamon,
by the jurys verdict. Clara Smith
Hamon today was planning TO leave
Ardmore, the scene Of her ten
years association with Hamon,
which eliminated in the shooting
last November. She probably VIII
go to Wilson, IS miles west of
here, for short visit with her
sister and later proceed to El
Paso, where her father is seriously
III,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20
Guy Harris Buick Company

The Guy Harris Buick Company re-
port the sale OF 1891 Model Buick five
passenger cars to. r. Is. Curtis OF
this city; C. A. Downing OF Wilson
and Il. c. Perry OF wilson and a
1921 Model Buick Sedan TO w. w.
Jeter. vice president OF State National
Bank OF Ardmorc, recently.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20
Keen the Key

Some motorists think they are not
so apt to misplace the key to the
starting switches Of their cars If
they leave the key right in the switch
itself.
This often proves to be a dangerous
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20
Stroman Motors Corporation

Siroman Motors Corporation
The Stromai Motors Corporation re-
port the sale Of 4 Stephens Sport
Model roadster to Mrs. Marion Wood
ruff of this city. during the past week.
Tom Cooper Motor Company
The Tom Cooper Motor Company re-
port the following sale of Ford cars
for the week ending March 10;
Ford touring cars to
Mrs. Clara T.. Lastcr, Ardmorc. G..
Boone Taliaferro, Ardmore; James V.
Doss. Wilson.
Ford roadsters to-
Victor l.. Votava. Writ; Harry
Chase. Hewitt.
Ford coupe to DIR. Waldo b. Lain,
city.
Ford trucks to S. f. Garrison, Ring
ling; J. Il. Horne, Ardmore,
The greatest automobile density in
the United States is not in cities
1920 census and registration figures
show most persons per auto in the
agricultural states of the west The
population per car i'm the ten leading
density states follow: $. Dakota
SO; Iowa, 5.5; Nebraska, SO; Califor'
MIA 81; Kansas, 81; n. Dakota, I'll
Colorado, 49, Minnesota. a. Nevada
IA; and Oregon, 7.6.
| AS part of its campaign to reduce
automobile accidents the Nationa
Safety Council has published "A series
of 12 safety Lessons" They dea
with various phases of the problem
from fabrication of the car to opera
ton in traffic, and can be secured
from council headquarters at 16S n
Michigan Ave-. Chicago,
The 1921 Indianapolis 50O-mile rac'
management has received the offica
entries of three European drivers
They are: Andre Boilot, who will
drive a TalbotDarracq, and Dari'
Resta and Rene Thomas will be a
the wheel of the two Sunbeams. Th'
race will take place on Monday, Ma!
30th.
Denver is to have q high powered
"bandit-chaser for its police de
partment. One officer will be seate,
with the driver of the armored car
Two and IL zee officers, respectively
will occupy two seats behind them
slightly les1ted so that second an
third batteries may fire over heads o
those seated in front Two more of
ficers ride on running board seats
Steel tenders will extend over an
down to the wheel hubs; thus the
can run alongside fleeing car an
push it into the ditch.
Ho, for motor transport! 1t no'
ranks second only to the railroad
of the country as carriers Of freigh
The tonnage carried in 1920 by tn
various classes of carriers follow
Interurban trolley, 1000, 900 tons; Mis-
sissippi and Great Lakes, 100000
tons; motor trucks, 1000 100000 tons
and railroads, 2,504, 900 900 tons.
The Baltimore police departmer
has installed new motorcycle "patr
wagons" for suburban service Fac
) officer rides a sidecar motorcycle. II
sidecar being fitted with leg-iroi
and handouts. No time is lot
locking the prisoner in the sdcc;
and hustling him to the calaboose.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20
Slaughter Motor Company

Maxwell cars and Chalmers cars
have been sold TO tho following dur
Ing the past week by tho slaughter
Motor Company.
The Slaughter Motor Company re.
pert the following salo Of Maxwell
and Chalmers cars for the week
ending March 10. Maxwell trucks.
r. NJ. Bridges, Fox: Fuqua-Morgpi,
Company, Duncan; Clando Tomb,in-
son. Duncan.
Chalmers Touring Cars.
Briggs-Burba Motor Company. Nc
A1ester; J. A. Scott. Duncan; II. NJ.
Woodward. Wilson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20

Cleanup Week" will soon be with
us again. This year rubbish will be
quickly hauled to dumps by motor
truck in many cities by motorized
street cleaning departments. Work
that formerly consumed several weeks
by horse and cart or wagon is eff
ciently accomplished at less expense
by motor truck.
The newest motor organization is
the Womens National Automobile
Club OF America. Men are not al
lowed to become full members but
may join an auxiliary that has been
formed. The women say. They'll be
our appendages instead of our being
theirs" Mrs. Charles Baker, of New
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-20
AUTOMOBILE NEWS

A group of Ford representatives from
Oklahomn City were In Ardmore Thurs.
day noon and afternoon demonstrating
1oWs. each machine having a differ
ent make plow.
Following splendid talk by w. w.
Mitchell, assistant maNker Of the
sOklahoma City Ford dealers in the
Tom Cooper Garage on west Main and
y streets, to the employers of that
Garage, a most delicious dinner OF
beef barbecue, vegetables and home
made mince pie was enjoyed by the
visitors, employees of the garage and
= group of local dealers.
At the conclusion of the feast, the
i visitors and a number of Ardmore's
prominent business men motored to ea
: spot northwest of the city where the
visitors demonstrated the use ans
Z Necessity of the Fordson tractor in
the course of farming land The dem
onstration was most successful and
number Of Ardmore farmers are con-
templating buying the Fordson trac-
tor which is sold in this city by the
Tom Cooper Motor Company. Several
of the local people manipulated the
tractors during the demonstration.
Daring and thrilling stunts by Ar
thur oakley, dare devil flyer, on the
z wings of his aeroplane which was pi-
loted by L. A. Askew, were features
which concluded the days program
Several of the visitors enjoyed ths
aeroplane thrill while here flyins
with Askew after the stunts were
over.
The visitors left in the late after
noon for Wapanucka and Hodenville
at which places they were to give
similar demonstrations. The men HAD
been on the road for five weeks maxi
ing tour of the state. The trip being
made in Ford touring cars. At this
completion Of the demonstration al
Holdenville the last of the cities to
cover, the party expected to reach
Oklahoma City Saturday night.