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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-04-07
Candidate Against Volstead Retires

The following press dispatch gives example OF
Prohibition well worth noting.
Minneapolis, Mimi. March 27.7-Theodore Christianson
OF Dawson, heretofore candidate for the Republican
gressiona Endorsement the Seventh district opposition
Congressman A. j Volstead today requested that his
be withdrawn because liquor chad been made Issue"
and he did wish "lrt the things for which Mr. Vol
stead ard | both stand" s &c ~
In many districts III Illinois candidates who claim be dry
actually helping the by dividing the dry and thus
making possible the election Of The action of Voeads
opponent commended the candidates in the Tenth district
division of the dry among many candidates likely
% result in the nomination of
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-04-07
Lest We Forgotten April IL

Take walk down and note the fine clean decent places
suppnted the old dirty evil saloons Think back to the
had its DRINKS Remember the time when
the powerful political force in America
Then and think Do want booze to back? Do
old reopen? No. Of you don't But
liquor will back and saloons will reopen the beer and wine
candidates win Tuesday April H. Remember this and then
the polls and mark your ballot for candidates endorsed by the
AntiSaloon League
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-04-07
Proof That the Anti-Saloon League is Non-Factonal
as Well as Non-P Partisan

The candidate the local factions the
endorsed by the AntSaloon League recently
endorsed for the State Senate by the
AntSaloon League twothrds majority were friendly to Mayor
Thompson and Governor Small
This charge led check faconal lines and in place
of finding his found the Of Chicago
out candidates endorsed by the Saloon League
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-04-07

On March 80 the Maryland Senate voted Is III of
modification of the Vostead Too bad This by the
Maryland Senate indicates what the liquor
throughout the nation Fill the beer everybody sing
Sixth raf first nuy Maryland my Maryland
Shame you!
Remember the Primary Election Tuesday this year.
Don't forget to vote April IL.
Preachers of IlnosYou deliver
Sunday than this Vote Tuesday April H. for cand
dates endorsed by the Anti-Saoon League.
Evening star., 1922-10-20
Instructing spellbinders.

In some instructions issued in Ohio
yesterday by a woman addressed to
woman spellbinders this appeared:
II you have nothing more to say,
after having talked awhile. don't keep
on your feet; sit down.
Excellent advice, which might be
taken with profit by public speakers
Of all classes. The lawyer sometimes
talks his case out of favor in court by
talking too long. In Congress. whether
in House or Senate, the long-distance
talker never makes converts. Even q
pulpit orator may spoil a fine sermon
by an error In calculation as to its
proper length.
And yet confessions from all sources
show that there is nothing more diffi-
cult for a speaker than fixing a limit
II the subject in hand-or rather
mouth-appeals strongly. the speaker
when he gets into his stride finds 1t
hard to pull up. There seems always
something further to be said. and he
goes right along saying It until he re.
cetves some unmistalkable notice that
he IL through.
One Of the most popular political
Evening star., 1922-10-20

changes. and forced finally the con.
solidation of the military command
and lhus put England in the way OF
victory. ~ "
No matter, what other factors enter
into the record Of his career as pre-
mier, or what criticism he may have
earned through intrigues and false
reckonings in the making Of peace or
in the readjustments that followed.
the fact stands forth that David Lloyd
George presided over the councils OF
England during the time when. the
physical struggle went on to the end
Of q complete victory for England and
her allies. He must be given the fullest
credit for his service in that supreme
crisis.
An astute politician. Lloyd George
has never scrupled to use the means
available to win and to keep a sup
porting following. He managed to
maintain the coalition during the
period when 1t was necessary in order
to present a united front to the enemy
and to get the fullest power out of the
British organization. He won the
election Immediately following the
armistice by resort to the natural plea
that those who had won the war
should be intrusted with the task Of
making the peace.
II he should win plurality In par
Lament In the election to come he will
probably resume the premiership. but
In circumstances that will initiate
against him seriously in the formation
and prosecution Of policies. He would
probably at this time prefer to occupy
the position of leader Of the opposi-
ton. That would be a congenial role.
He can make any ministry uncom-
Portable and render its tenure uncer-
tain. with a division into three minor
ity parties.
Whether in the peace-making ad-
justments Lloyd George has injured
England's prestige or has complicated
the conditions In the international
field must remain for discussion. At
all events he turns over to his success
sor a country at peace, on a rising
plane Of prosperity.
Evening star., 1922-10-20
How a United States Senator
Won Congress Medal of Honor

New England. He wanted a chance
to fire at the Johnny Rebs," as they
were sure to fire at him. But 1t was
pointed out to him that while he was
big and strong enough to carry the
facine, a shovel and a rife, too,
others in the party would have had
q hard time with such a weight.
The Union artillery had laid down
a heavy barrage and 1t was supposed
that the Confederate guns had been
silenced. This was a sad mistake,
however. When the little column
got under way a torrent of fire swept
over it from the Confederate bat
teries and from the sharpshooters in
the trees. Men were killed by the
score In the first few minutes. Still
the others struggled on, the Massa-
chusetts Lad among them. A bullet in
tree. however. and there he stayed
until 1t was dark again and he could
be gotten back into the lines.
The attack on Port Hudson had
failed for the time being. But the
gallantry of the storming party was
not forgotten. Years afterwaT1,
when the Massachusetts, boy had be-
come a United States senator from
Wyoming-Senator Francis Emory
Warren-his friends advanced a claim
that he was entitled to the congress
sional medal Of honor for gallantry
in action. 1t was awarded him. And
today Senator Warren is the only
member Of Congress who is entitled
to wear that medal medal so
closely guarded that during the
world war only seventy-odd were
ua rded
Evening star., 1922-10-20
The Eighteenth Amendment.

The President Is quoted for the
opinion, expressed to some visitors
who had called to discuss the subject,
that 1.-The nation will never depart
from the eighteenth amendment to
the Constitution" Is not that a most
persuasive deliverance?
Granted that the enforcement of
prohibition is proving exceedingly diff.
cult and many complications are aris-
ing out Of efforts to do so; that boot
Logging has become a widespread and
profitable industry; that men who are
breaking no other law somehow find it
easy to quiet their consciences in
breaking the law against the drink
traffic. and even to joke about 1t.
Yet It is a fact, demonstrable from
everyday manifestations and from
both business and sociological statis-
tics. that prohibition is. and is show
ing itself. means Of pronounced pub
lie betterment; that since the policy
was adopted great numbers Of men
have improved in conduct; that the
families Of small wage earners are liv-
ing more comfortably than ever be-
fore; that the accounts Of savings
banks record more deposits from men
in modest stations in life than ever
before.
Let it be admitted, as. indeed. it
cannot be denied, that the fight to sus-
tain prohibition is warm; that the
friends Of the drink trafic and the
saloon are In action-some openly.
some secretly. but all working to the
same end-and that they are led by
capable politicians and well supplied
with the coin Of the realm.
Still, in the long run. after some
ups and discouraging downs. prohibi-
ton as national policy will win. The
President is right. The nation will
not depart from the high stand it has
taken.
Evening star., 1922-10-20

orators Of half century ago timed
himself. not by the departure Of few
persons from the rear Of the hall. but
by the noise Of shufling feet in the
audience. If that noise increased It
became monitory. 1t told him that the
owners Of those feet were tired. but
lacked the courage to execute q get.
away. and that it was his duty to as
sist them. So he began at once to pre-
pare to make a landing In as good
style as possible. and to send the
crowd home with as stirring senti-
ment in their ears as he could frame.
Evening star., 1922-10-20
EDITORIAL DIGEST

agreement "is an armistice. not final
peace. The allies do not propose to
discuss the fnal peace terms with
Mustapha Kemal holding a pistol at
their heads" In the opinion of the
Norfolk Virginia Pilot. however. the
allies have betrayed a world trust.
They bargained with the Christian
world to bundle the Turk. bag and
baggage out Of Europe. to free Ar
menia and to dislodge the sultan from
control of the worlds most strategic
waterway. The common explanation
of all these failures to perform is that
the victors promised more than they
could deliver. The Turks. aided by
disreputable family quarrels among
the allies. have been the first to prove
that certain of the terms imposed by
the victor nations are for the pres
ert. impossible of fulfillment" The
New York Tribune, however, feels
that the allies now. even though they
were compelled to make material con-
cessions, at least have kept the
straits open for the worlds use here
after and have cleared the way for a
workable eastern settlement"
Evening star., 1922-10-20
The Best Rule for Safety.

Next Thursday afternoon a confer
ence will be held at the District build
ing Of all the local organizations that
have shown an active interest in the
movement to reduce street accidents
in Washington. At that conference
doubtless the question Of speeds will
be discussed; particularly in view OF
the suggestion lately advanced that
the limits should be reduced in the
city as a means Of safeguarding life.
Two Of the District Commissioners
have been quoted as favoring, instead
of a speed-reduction rule. holding all
motorists strictly responsible for mis-
haps caused by their driving. Results
rather than methods are important. 1t
is not assured that a reduction of the
speed limits will make for safety. be-
cause speed limits are constantly ex-
ceeded and will always be exceeded.
But if every person who drives is held
accountable for what happens, is re-
garded as primarily responsible in
case Of accident, and punished suitably
in proportion to the gravity OF the
offense and the consequences. the
streets will undoubtedly be safer than
they are now.
At a meeting of one Of the local or
ganizations. at which this subject was
discussed, complaint was made that
too much consideration was being
shown to pedestrians at the expense
Of motorists. Surely this view does not
prevail among those who drive. There
are. in the first place. many more peo-
pie afoot than In motor cars. Further
more, the pedestrians are the only
ones who are killed-save in collisions
between machines. No one ever heard
Of a motorist being killed by a pedes-
trian.
Care in driving is the essential. care
to make proper speed to clear the
streets Of traffic when conditions per-
NIT speed, care to drive slowly at
crossings. care to keep the machine
at all times under such control that 1t
can be stopped quickly enough to
avert an accident in case Of the sud-
den appearance Of a person In the
path of machine.
1t Is impossible to make the streets
foolproof. whether the fools are on
foot or in motor cars. There will al
ways be foolish pedestrians and pos
sibly always foolish drivers. The
penalty for folly afoot Is already pro-
vided in the list Of injury or death.
The point now is to provide the pen
atty for folly awheel by fine or per-
haps imprisonment, In case the rules
for carefulness and consideration are
broken.
Evening star., 1922-10-20
Here and There i'm Washington
BY THE MAJOR"

for between this pathway OF pedes-
trians and tho front door Of the at
tractive home there were many long
steps. steps that would tire even one
of Uncle Sans letter carriers. hard
ened az they are to daily traInps. and
it would have delayed the delivery of
mail to others. Thoughtfulness like
this should be recognised.
TN the days Of long ago 1t used to be
i considered great sport for kids to
upset tho carts pushed by the timer
ant fruit venders. and while the own
er of the travelling store was busy
picking up apples. pears and oranges
the youngsters, under the pretext of
helping him, would slip one now and
then in their pockets or inside their
shirts. That the youth Of the coun-
try has not changed was best evil
denced by an act similar to this that
l saw on Az street day before yes
terday.
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IF some day between October 18th
i and October rs you happen to see
a man walking the streets wearing a
straw hat do not imagine that he is
a candidate for the institution where
they care for the insane or. as the
late Ben johnson might have said.
1.-The foolish factory" he Is merely an
unfortunate who wagered that the
Yankees would win the world series
championship. Despite the fact that
the loser Of the bet has offered to
substitute a number of dinners in lieu
of the wearing of the out-of-date
headpiece, the winner refuses to
bulge and insists that the sennet
kelly must be worn for the period be-
fore mentioned.
THE average citizen does not work
i over six days a week, and this
Is indeed quite proper. for not only Is
1t q biblical Injunction, but 1t is also
good sense. But there is one group
of men in Washington who must re-
spond to the call Of duty every day
in the week, men who receive no
fancy salaries. men, who. when they
leave their wives and little ones in
the morning do so with the knowi-
edge that they may never return to
their firesides. that they in the per-
formance of their duty may, forfeit
their life at the hands Of some law
breaker. Surely in this great city of
ours. with all its wealth and beauty,
with its happy. prosperous, contented
citizenry. there should be some way
that tho members of the metropolitan
police force could have at least one
day a week off.
Evening star., 1922-10-20

storming party OF a hundred. This
..for,orn hope" was to bridge the pit
rnade before the earthworks which pro-
tected the guns of the confederates'
niline facines in the ditch. SO that
their comrades, following close on
.h.,r heels. could scale the works.
The Massachusetts younsster felt
that the call for duty was almost
continuation of his dream. He stepped
forward Immediately and was accepted.
Eoch member of the little party was
given q facine. made OF bundled
sticks. and q shovel to push the art
down upon the facines. No guns.
This didn't appeal to the lad from
Evening star., 1922-10-20
England's Realignment.

England returns to a three-party
political basis, with the decision OF the
conservatives. or unionists, at the
London conference yesterday to with
draw from the coalition which has
supported the Lloyd George ministry
for number of years. Immediately
upon this vote. which was decisive,
1856 to 81, the unionist members Of the
ministry wrote their designations, and
Lloyd George, with no alternative but
resignation. promptly rendered his
"demit" to the king. who, of course.
accepted it, and summoned Andrew
Bonar Law to form a new cabinet.
Lloyd George the other day at Man
chester said that if the coalition was
broken he would go Into the wilder
ness" That is not to be accepted as
withdrawal from politics. He is not
the withdrawing kind. Tired of Office
he may be, discouraged he probably is.
but unless illness attacks him he is
certain to take an active part in politi-
cal affairs as long as breath remains
in his body. He is the leader of the
liberal party. Unless he surrenders
without condition he is bound to re-
main at the head of that organization
and contest in the general election for
not only his parliamentary seat but
for supporting plurality in the COM
mons to justify another summons to
the premiership.
PI,v he ives Moi NV
to win in the contest about to open.
They have declared their independence
of alliances. They are encouraged by
the result of bye-election just held
at Newport. where a conservative can
didate won a parliamentary seat over
liberal and laborite. Bonar Law
said at yesterdays conference. in a
speech which is regarded as having
decided the issue in favor of dissolu.
ton. that it was more important to
keep the party united than to win the
next election.
Austen Chamberlain at Birmingham
sounded the warning that il the coali-
tion was not maintained there was
danger of a laborite victory. and his
argument at the conference yesterday
was based upon that premise. Natu-
rally, the labor party is elated at this
prediction, followed so closely by the
decision Of the conservatives to dis
solve the partnership with the liberals.
In the campaign that Is soon to open
it will fight vigorously for every pos.
sible seat.
A minority ministry Is therefore
possible if in the general election no
one Of the three parties wins a full
majority. So much has happened since
the last straight-out party fight at the
polls that it Is impossible now to esti-
mate the chances for such a victory
for either of the older parties or for
the newer and undoubtedly stronger
labor organization. There will prob
ably be defections from both the con-
servative and the liberal ranks, but
which side will gain in the net cannot
be now predicted. The real unknown
quantity in the situation, however. Is
the strength Of labor at the polls. The
election soon to be held will, conse.
quently, be the most interesting and.
in some respects, the most important
one held in Great Britain in many
years.
Evening star., 1922-10-20

Railways have been industrious in
circulating literature warning motor
lists to be careful in approaching grade
crossings. Three gradecrossing acci.
dents near Chicago emphasized the
need Of caution and the uselessness of
any defiance on the part Of the auto
mobile. The reckless grade crossing
survives. and the reckless tourist sue.
cumbs. The railway admonition Is not
only generous and philanthropic. but
has a note Of authority behind 1t.
Evening star., 1922-10-20
Look Out for the Women.

In this weeks swimming contests
at Hamilton. Bermuda. Sybil Bauer,
a Chicago girl. broke the world rec
ord for 40 yards. This does not
mean the "woman's record" 1t
means literally the world record, a
record established by a man. 1t is
the first time that any woman has
set an actual world record in any
branch of athletic competition.
But it will not be the last. For
some time women have been COM
peting in aquatic contests on terms
of equality with men. Now they are
gradually edging in on other sports.
This week has seen the first cham
pionship match between man and
woman golfers. The women lost, but
they were by no means outclassed.
There Is at present visiting in this
country a foot ball team composed
of English girls Are they seeking
for American girls teams to conquer?
By no means. Their games are
against mems teams, and against the
best teams in the eastern states. To
date two contests have been played.
The girls have lost both. but they
have lost by very small margins, and
their opponents have had to work
hard to win.
In tennis. too. women may before
long demand the right to compete
without sex discrimination. And
whenever they demand the privilege
1t cannot be denied them. All that
is necessary Is for the women to feel
that they are strong enough to stand
q fair chance Of winning,
1t used to be a stock argument of
the anti suffraEists that women are
physically inferior to such a degree
as to render political equality ilIog-
ical and inadvisable. Doubtless the
women of the future will continue to
labor under certain physical handi-
caps. but the rapid advance Of the sex
the gap. 1t Is no longer wide
enough to warrant an argument
based on women's physical inferior
ity. And it is narrow enough to
make our husky youths take thought
of the danger of serious competition
be gentler."-ClevelandP Plain Dealer.
Evening star., 1922-10-20
WEEK ago last Tuesday one
Of Washington's bright young
! huafneaa man Durchased af

business mon purchased at
great bargain a very snappy
roadster. The other day while re-
turning from Baltimore he was stop
ped and the car searched for that
which Mr.. Volstead and his colleagues
made contraband. He protested We
hemently and declared it was an out
rage. whereupon the searcher inform
ed him that that particular style of
car was being used by gentlemen who
endeavored to bring to the nations
capital liquid of more than the pre-
scribed alcoholic content. Despite his
protestations the car was searched
from radiator to rear end. He resumed
his journey homeward still furiously
angry that he was suspected of be-
ing q lawbreaker. That night some
friends Of his dropped into his apart
ment to spend the evening. and when
automobiles were being discussed one
Of the visitors asked the host how
much his car held. evidently having
in mind the capacity of the gasoline
tank. The one who had been stopped
on the way from Baltimore absent
mindedly said: "Thirty-eight quarts"
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THERE is at least one man In
i Washington who will not in
the near future give any more checks
unless he has sufficient money in the
bank to cover them. Some time ago
he gave check to a local business
man and when the latter presented 1t
IN .
ed mot sufficient funds" The mer-
chant. after vainly endeavoring to
catch the drawer Of the check at his
place of business, camped on his door
step one night. and when the twain
met the drawer of the check, stalled
for time. A week or so lapsed and
the merchant was unable to get any
satisfaction. whereupon he had the
check pasted on a piece Of white card
1t the words. This check was given
to me by (here using the mans name)
and has been returned from his bank
unhonored." In less than four hours
after he had placed the check in his
window the negligent one had sour
ried around until he had secured
enough cash to take up the check.
The cure was perhaps drastic. but it
was efficacious.
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II TITLE thoughtful acts are often
II passed unnoticed. but happened
in my jaunts around the city the
other day. to see something that i'm.
pressed me. It was the placing of a
latter hoy right naar tho SidaMa LIZ
Evening star., 1922-10-20

Prominent democrats ignore the
question Of selection of leadership
for their own ticket in order to dis
cuss republicans whom they regard as
unavailable. Such generous solicitude
as to the plans of the opposition has
always been conspicuous in politics
and is not invariably regarded as dis.
ingenious.