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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15
BAKER Tells STORY OF league
General Superintendent Shows Why And Achieved
In United States.

DR.. P. A. Baker, general super
intendent Of the Anti Saloon League
of America, speaking at the conven-
ton of the World League Against
Alcoholism, said:
Prohibition did not become the
policy OF the United States govern
ment as an accident, nor by any trick
| of legerdemain, nor did it come by
cross lots or short cut methods; it
came by mobilizing the public con-
science that had been a century in
making. 1t was, perhaps, enhanced
by a half dozen years by the World
War in which the civilized nations of
the world discovered that they must
first make war upon the drink traffic
before they could scientifically and
successfully make war against Ger
many and her allies"
Sketching the organization and
growth OF the several movements to-
ward temperance reform, DR.. Baker
then made out case for the organiza-
ton and work of the Anti Saloon
League. Continuing, he said:
First, it made IT'S appeal to the
church, regardless of denominations
The more aggressive, evangelical
denominations caught the practical
spirit of the appeal and opened their
doors to its representatives. Those
that did not cooperate at once were
not criticized, not scolded for their
lack of cooperation. We systematic
ally set to work to win them. Too
much of the propaganda in temper
ance reform had been denunciation of
those that did not at once agree with
US. We won individuals the same
way.
Second, the League was opportune.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15

cidentals. men OF affairs would have
measured our movement on that basis
and would have supported it accord
ingly. With one big issue, the public
adjusted the measure of support on
that basis.
Second, to have incorporated other
issues meant to incorporate other OPP
position than that which came from
the liquor traffic, which we could i'll
afford. Furthermore we recognized
that in the solution OF the liquor
problem would be found the solution
of many other problems, which has
been strikingly true.
Fourth, from the beginning the
League had plan and adhered
strictly to it. doubt if any great re-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15
PROGRAM CONVINCING AND COMPELLING
DIR. S. Z. Nicholson

Secretary Ansaoon League America
regard the Toronto meeting the World
cpochmang meeting The delegates
presented the compelling
showed remarkable rising
world
possible
The facts will speak themselves What needed
information
Q all nations will respond
Down the
right and facts inteligently presented
The Toronto Convention growing
accommodating of the
significance The reports of should be published the ends OF
regard the hghwe marks
Let the news of it be known widely possible
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15
SPIRIT OF COOPERATION EVIDENT
Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost

Legislative u,
World League Against Alcoholism
The International Congress Against Alcoholism held
the World
licensed
ve of nations all actuated by
problem 1T
question No could this workings
feel the enthusiasm its without
international movement we'll on its
The together
call answered by sixtve nations the brilliant
most inspiring have attended Here evident
individual with being
righteous which each oee trump an.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15
SCORED MAGNIFICENT SUCCESS
Hon. ]. H. Carso,
President of Dominion Alliance

The World Against Alcoholism
the
here 1t the inspiring Prohibition gathering held in this
Everything well planned admirably
be congratulated Canada will forward with all the other
determined effort overthrow and destroy traffic
world We greatly encouraged by the highly
addresses given by the various speakers All high This
be
worlds The of the
nations alcoholism and till this will
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15
LIKE PANORAMA OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS
DR.. Parker Shields


When the
the World League Alcoholism they before
of mountain peaks Who of shall
"dlbe mountains like the masterful World Possibilities
Obligations by Secretary
pledge Of Labos
anazaton Of ohor effect the human Seeb
the exun prophecy by Miss Anna Gordon the
the ffyne the l
banquet unanswebe
high school lads and 1ass showing fifty
Prohibition striking
and Prohibition the pledge of
throughout the world the early Sunday
under the leadership DR. Howard Russell the sanity the
Saloon and last all the
shi of
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15
A CHALLENGE AND INSPIRATION
DR.. Wayne B. Wheeler

General Counsel AnSaloon League America Executive
Committee World League Against Alcoholism
Toronto Convention challenge
world sobety 1t revealed
strengthened our
determination this the be free from
the evils of the liquor traffic
made us feel the responsibility of American
reminded
would follow cNmpe the United doomed
nation of the world.
Every delegate from the United in his
but to redeiae
the liquor traffic
The Toronto World
Convention in 1918 National Prohibition
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15
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G Sinclair, G

nounced as narrow and wanting III
the real spirit of reform. We seldom
held a convention that one or more
persons were not there with resolu
tons to commit It's to liquor cures,
woman suffrage, against gambling and
horse racing and other lawless prac-
tises. AS individuals, every man con-
nected with the League was at liberty
to hold and practice whatever adverse
opinions he entertained concerning
these things, but as a League THIS
ONE THING WE DID. Two out
standing reasons for it:
Had One Big Issue
First, had we made war against
lesser evils and in favor OF minor in
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-15

General Counsel Ant-Saoon League of America Member
Committee World League Against Alcoholism
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

were the instances of larve devel-
oping a burrowing or mining instinct
when transplanted from smooth
leaves to those with downy surfaces;
and OF caterpillars which instinc-
lively deyoured oak leaves, yet
which became artificially so habitu-
ated to pine needles that they per-
ished when placed on an oak tree.
The conclusion is no less remark
able than it Is apparent We may
safely assert that insects do at
times manifest reasoning power
but how unique and marvellous in its
effects! For an act of reason once
having been performed Ii becomes.
as it were. multigraphed and stereo-
typed; it tends TO perpetuate itself
as by machine process, so that IL
may be stamped out repeatedly by
succeeding generations And while
fundamental instincts may be modi-
fed only by slow and gradual
process. yet all the wonderful va
rieties Of insect habit-the commu-
nistic activities of bees, the slave
making raids Of ants. the skill of the
parasitic fly in choosing n victim
are to be explained as the intelli-
gence or the reasoned acts of ances-
tors crystailized into the regular
ity OF instinct. Truly. as Prof. Bou-
vier well remarks. the insects -are
never so widely separated from us
ss when they appear TO resemble Us
most"
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

what appears TO be intelligent action
was noted in the case OF the Ammo
phila wasp by two American observ-
ers. George and Elizabeth Peckham.
Ordinarily the insect closes its cell
by means os particles of sand, but
some Of the workers are more dill
gent than others. and one was no.
ticed TO seize In ner mandibles a
small pebble, which she used as a
hammer to make the door Of her
cell strong and firm. This, says
the author, ":s no longer Instinct;
it is a reasoning act"
But can such notifications of
instinct be transmitted to descend
ants? The answer is definitely In
the affirmative. By way Of proof,
Prof. Bouvier cites several remark
able cases appearing to contradict
the general assumption OF biologists
that acquired qualities cannot be
transmitted. We are told, for ex-
ample, of a scale insect which in
stinctvely ate peach leaves. but
which was induced to consume the
leaves Of the honey locust, and
throve so on the new food that the
habit became hereditary. and the
creature could not return to its orig
inal fare. No less extraordinary
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

were entirely opposed % the K1
Elux Klan.
Several anecdotes Illustrate Lees
regard for law and order. lie re-
gardcd 1t as his duty 10 set a good
example. He saved a horse thief
from being lynched. A negro shot
and badly wounded one Of his stu
dents. "As soon as the news OF the
assault reached the college 100 stu
dents. with brother OF the wounded
boy at their head. searched for and
captured the trembling wretch, and
with rope around his neck marched
through the streets Of the town TO
the court house square with intent
TO wreak their vengeance ON fhe
man. 1t was in vain that the college
and town authorities sought 20 calm
the frenzied mob and induce them 10
turn over the negro to the officer of
the law. Just then Gen. Lee ap-
peared. Immediately the tumult was
hushed and the General, standing in
the midst Of the excited throng, sim
ply said: Young gentlemen. let the
law take its course" The quiet
words had the effect Of a military
order. and the negro's life was saved.
Gen. Lee resented all efforts 20
keep alive feeling OF hostility. He
frequently rebuked commencement
orators for referring in uncompH-
mentary terms to the Yankees.
When groups OF students did ali
that they could to make four stu
dents from New Hampshire feel un-
comfortable the General sternly re-
buked the ringleaders. He prevented
mob OF students from breaking up
meeting where a radical addressed
the negroes.
Any reader Of this book viii gather
that the aristocratic South did not
approve of the Ku Klux Kan. When
Lee was asked whom he thought the
greatest military genius developed by
the war he answered without hesita-
ton: General ". B. Forrest OF Ten
nessee. whom have never met. He
accomplished more with fewer troops
than any other officer on either
side" 1t Is significan; that Gen. Lee
had never met Forrest. the header OF
the ku klux Klsn. FORESTS talents
as a leader brought him 20 the front
IN war. but in the anto-belium DAYS
the rules or caste would have pre-
vented a man Of his plebeian ante
cedents from presuming socially
upon the aristocrats OF the old re-
glme.
Gen. Lee fe,t that the primary
purpose Of a college was study. lie
spoke but once 20 students who de-
serted the class room for the hunting
field, but that was enough. In a
kindly manner he showed them the
error OF their ways. Many OF the
"reminiscences by students IN this
volume speak of such chats. Gen.
Lee also frowned upon college
pranks. College tradition preserves
the effective memory OF his han on
csilithumps and other pranlcs. He
was not one of those who believe
that youth must have its fling.
The only exercise that Lee took
was horseback riding. Nearly every
student remembers his erect figure
=.
daily ride on Traveller He had
great affection for his old war horse,
who deserves an equal renown with
Alexander the Greats Bucephaius.
AS was fitting, Traveller occupied 3.
prominent place at his masters ia
neral. Like all true gentlemen. Gen.
Lee was a lover or horScS.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Gen. Lee in a New Light

GtN ER-AL ROBERT Il. LEE AFTER
APPROPRIATION. BY Franklin K.
Riley. The Macmillan Company.
TT was Franklin K Riley's privi-
lege 20 edit a semi-ceHtennial
memorial volume dealing with
Robert Z. Lees presidency of Wash
ington and Lee University. Various
authors have contributed. and their
joint result presents the leader Of
the lost cause In a new light. Gen.
Lee is venerated by the whole South
land. The book is written in a spirit
of hero worship. Nevertheless it is
not partisan. 1t shows that he was
bigger than his cause. He was a
man who had a message for all time.
but especially for to-day:
The sculptor Edward F. Valentine
contributes an interesting chapter.
He says that Gen. Lee used frequent
ly to quote Marcus Aurelius:
Misfortune nobly borne is good
fortune" His own life illustrates
this. and he seems like a stole phil
osopher or a character from Plu-
tarch He wrested victory from de-
feat, and in his last days did a con-
structive service in molding the
youth OF his section.
Gen. Lee remarked at the close Of
the war that the South would give
him everything. except the chance
to earn his livelihood, and that that
was what he really desired. This re-
mark came to the trustees of Wash
ington University. and they offered
him the presidency of that institu-
ton. although il was impoverished
by the war. They were surprised
when he accepted the position, but
he felt that education was the chief
need of the South.
AS an administrator. Gen Lee was
far from martinez. He did not ap-
prove of military discipline. lie
made very few rules. as he said that
he expected the students OF Wash
ington University TO be gentlemen.
In his mind this term was as in
elusive as the definition Greek sages
gave of the perfect man. Gen. Lee
gave no orders or commands. but he
won such deep respect that his re-
quests were sufficient.
Most of the students. or the uni
versity men who contribute 20 this
volume, speak Of Gen. Lee as very
reserved. He was not man TO take
others into his confidence. He had
few intiInates. However, At Lexing-
ton he maintained the best tradi-
tions OF Southern hospitality. His
home was open 70 students. He
took a personal interest In the well
fare of every individual in the col
lege. He had remarkable memory
for persons, and knew every student
by name.
Gen. Lee abided by the decision of
the God of battles. II was hard for
him TO be disfranchised on his own
native soil when the ballot was given
10 illiterate negroes and foreigners
tho had not mastered our language.
Yet he had pledged his word 10 abide
by the existing order. and his word
was sacred He did not seek to win
by fraud and subterfuge what he had
lost in open combat. His methods
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

wv to observe a being from
Mars or from the moon?
Yet how often does any one pause
to reflect that all about us are crea-
lures as strange as though they
came from foreign world? We are
so accustomed to viewing beetles.
flies and crickets that we do not
ordinarily realize how marvellous or
how alien to US are these forms of
life. But even a glance into the
pages Of a naturalist such as Fabre
will give US glimpses Of creatures
more fantastic and more fascinating
than anything in "AIice in Wonder
iand" or the Arabian Nights" We
will start in amazement and almost
In incredulity at the spiders that
devOur their mates: at the wasps
that para-yzc their prey, and leave
1t, still alive. to the mercy of their
unborn young: at the solitary bee
that systematically stores cells with
honey for the progeny she will never
see: at the sacred scarab beetle that
molds sheep dung into pear shaped
spheres Of food; at the locust whose
swarms cloud the sun. and at the
ants and termites that live in great
communistic societies.
Truly. as Maeterlinck observes
'"The insect does not belong TO our
world. One would say that
IL comes from another planet. mure
monstrous. more dynamic. more in
sensate, more atrocious. more infer
nal than ours" Its whole scheme Of
life is so different from our own that
its psychic processes are perhaps
separated from ours by impossible
gulfs- For what is il that goes on
In the mind of a mosquito when II
stings p victim? what is IL that
lures a moth to destruction in a
flame and that teaches a spider how
to spin a web with consunmate ar
tistry?
This problem is Interestingly at
tackled by Prof. Bouvier. He dis
cusses from a fresh point of view
the often mooted question of in
stinct and intelligence, and endeavors
to determine whether, as some have
contended. insects are but cleverly
contrived automatons, or whether
they are intelligent beings capable
of modifying their habits and of
adapting themselves to circum-
stances. To begin with, the author
warns us against the fallacy of at
tempting to explain the insects by
man; he states that the proper meth
cd of procedure must necessarily
be objective, and that our only
course is to "try to grasp the mech
anisrn that allows these animals to
evolve mentally and to acquire ac-
tiyities which seem human"
In pursuance of this plan Of rea-
soning, the author arrives at con-
clusions that are both definite and
Illuminating. He begins by pointing
out that there are two kinds of in
stinct which are commonly con-
fused: the first results from the
properties of the very matter OF pro-
toplasm of which the insect is COM
posed, and may be Illustrated by the
fight of the moth into the flame:
the second arises only as an ac-
quired habit of a particular species,
and is TO be seen In the tendency OF
silk worms TO cat mulberry leaves
Cr OF bees to live in colonies. The
former variety Of Instinct cannot be
altered, and has no relation what
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
BOuvier on Insect Life

THE PSYCHIC LIFE OF INSECTS.
By E. L. Bouvier. Translated by
i. o. Howard. The Century Com
pany.
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22
HISTORY OF A
BIG ENTERPRISE
Company Finally Gets
Award for Ownership
of Canal

SANDWICH. MaHs The cape
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tnrlcs Weeks. Hoover and bouby, Is
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22
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