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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-02-02
Drink Water If
Kidneys Hurt

Take a Tablsspoonfui Of Salts II Back
Pains Or Bladder Bothors.
Too much meat may produce uric
acid, says a well-kn0Wn authority,
wo warns as to be constantly ON
guard against kinyed trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood Of this irritating acid. but
become weak from the OverwOrk; they
get sluggish: the eIiminative tissues
clog and thus the waste is retained In
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-02-02

BrltIsh Accept y. 9. Debt Offer.
London.-Great Britain has decided
to accept the American offer in re-
gard to the funding Of The British war
debt to the United States.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-02-02

RevmanIsns Msss on Hungarian Line
Observation-Disclosures was reported
to Be mobilisins troops On the Hun
sAFian froatlsr.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-02-02

employees that the employer would
live up to the laws Of the organiza-
ton.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-02-02

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LEGAL NOTICES
Legal Noticc

State of Ala abama. Jefferson County
 Estate of Edwin hcFarland deceasef
 Letters of administration upon ths estate of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned, on the etst day of February 1925, by the Hon. J. F. Stiles. Judge of tho Probate Court Of Jefferson County. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate will be required to present the same within the time allowed by law or that the will be barred.
 C. M McFARLAND. AdministrstsF,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01

Upon an analysis of this table it
will be found that 1917 the ratio of
deaths in proportion to the population
was about thirteen per cent; in 1918, it
was about sixteen per cent; in 1919, it
was about twelve and one-half per
cent. in 1920, it was about. twelve and
one-thrd per cent; in 1921, it was
eleven and one-fourth per cent; and in
1922 it was about eight and three
fourths per cent
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01
Lowest Death Rate in History

There passed through the psyche
pathc ward Of the county hospital this
last year S,402 persons and although
much has been said by some attending
physicians about the great increase of
persons afflicted with alcoholism, yet
the record shows that out of this total
number there were only II deaths or
two and one-half pc cent. At no
time previous in the history of Chicago
has there been so low a death rate in
our county hospital as there was this
last year. This in very large part is
due to the ever decreasing number of
patients in the hospital who have been
excessive drinkers of alcohol.
The records of the health depart
ment of Chicago show the total deaths
within the city from all causes and the
following table gives the deaths from
1917 to 1922, inclusiye:
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01

ton; and | may add that am firmly
convinced that il must be the policy of
other administrations that shall come
hereafter.
Sworn to Enforce Constitution
The executive of the nation, and
equally the executives of the states, are
sworn 70 enforce the Constitution. 1t
is difficult to believe that public ap-
proval will ever be given to any other
than policy OF fully and literally dis
charging this duty.
at does not seem fitting, however, to
enter upon a discussion of situation
which has not yet arisen. 1t will be
obvious that many complex and ex-
tremely difficult situations must arise
if any of the states shall decline to as
sumo their part of the responsibility
of maintaining the Constitution and
the laws enacted i'll pursuance OF it.
The states are equipped with police
organizations and judicial establish
ments adequate TO deal with such
problems. The federal government is
not thus equipped.
Il venture that, if by reason of the
refusal or failure of any state to dis
charge its proper duty in such con-
nection the federal government is at
length compelled to enter upon the ter
ritory and jurisdiction of the state and
to set I'D those police and judicial
authorities which would be required,
the most difficult and trying situations
would inevitably arise.
More or less conflict between state
and federal authorities would seem un-
avoidable in such circumstances. The
impression would be created that the
federal government was assuming to
interfere with the functions of the
states and the distressing results that
would ensue readily suggest them
selves. s."--Chicago Daily News.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01
HARDING FOR STRICT
DRY ENFORCEMENT
Sees Trouble If States Refuse to Aid
in Maintaining Constitution
(By The Associated Press)

Newburgh, n Y, May l6.-Repeal
of state prohibition enforcement
statutes would be likely to result in
more or less conflict between state
and federal authorities is the opinion
of President Harding. The views of
the president were expressed in let
ter to Wesley Wait OF this city, made
public today. a bill passed by the
legislature repeating the Mullen-Gage
act is awaiting action by Governor
Smith.
Mr.. Wait wrote to the president,
urging that, if Governor Smith should
sign the bill, Congress be convened
and that the governor and the mem
bers OF the legislature who voted for
the bill be suspended.
Every state official who voted for
this bill is subject 10 the law of
treason, having taken The oath 10
sustain the Constitution OF the United
States" Mr.. Waits letter said.
Lincoln's Attitude Cited
In reply President Harding wrote
Pending the approval of the Cuvil-
lier bill by Governor Smith, this mat
ter is hardly to be regarded as hav-
ing reached the stage where any led
eral authority is called upon for a
determination of national policies.
with much of what you say | am
fully in accord. Mr.. Lincoln said at
the time when slavery was still rec
ognized, established and accepted in
stitution throughout a considerable
part of the union that the nation could
not exist half slave and half free. That
expression has bee n accepted ever
since as presenting the obvious and
conclusive logic of the situation which
then confronted the Union.
Certainly it would have been still
more impressive if there had been at
that time a constitutional provision
against slavery as there is now con-
stitutional provision against the liquor
traffic.
THE nation has deliberately, after
many years of consideration, adopted
the present policy. which is written
into the Eighteenth Amendment. 1t
is law of the land and of every state
within the Union So long as it re-
mains the national policy there can be
only one course for the national gov
ernment to pursue. That is to use
every means to make effective the law
passed in compliance with this consti-
tutional mandate.
ITO do this will be the unquestion-
ing policy of the present administra-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01

both serious and otherwise, have been
reduced in a most remarkable degree.
have before me tho record of sixty
three cities OF the United States, touch
ing crime brought down 10 January J..
In all of these cities, save five, there
has been a remarkable reduction in the
number OF persons arrested for serious
crimes. What is true in reference to
crimes is true with reference 10 drunk
enncss.
Nineteen-twenty was the banner
year in liquor enforcement. In 1921
there were about twelve per cent more
arrests for drunkenness in these cities
than in 1920, and in 1922 about eight
per cent more arrests for drunkenness
than in 1921. | find the total arrests
for drunkenness as shown by these re-
ports in the year 1917 was 287,742,
while in 1920 the total arrests in the
same cities for drunkenness was l39,-
304, and in 1922, the total arrests in
these cities was 164,40o
Thousands of Lives Saved
Taking into consideration thc
population of these cities and the rcla-
ton OF that population to the popula-
ton of the whole country, il is fair to
conclude that there were 100000 less
a..o-.c -, H. lated C4-toe oY ,cro,p+
of drunkenness III 1920 than there were
in 1917.
| find in tabuiating the number OF
deaths in twenty-six OF the largest
cities reporting TO me that the total
deaths in these cities from all causes
for the year 1917 was 243,852, and in
1918, 300,724 while iii 1920 the total
deaths OF these same cities was 237 ,203
and in 1921 there were 2170l5 and in
1922, 225,108.
Taking these figures. and comparing
them with the population of these
several cities and then with the total
population of the United States, it is
fair to say that in 1921 there were
10000 less deaths in the United States
than in 1917, and 100000 less in 1922
than in 1918. No one will claim that
the remarkable decrease in the death
rate in America is due altogether to
the Eighteenth Amendment and the
l., o,,,-taI ttareof h,,t
no thoughtful person can fail to con
clude that the greater number of peo-
pie who in the last three years have
either been very slight drinkers or tee
totalers has had much to do with the
great saving in human life in this
county.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01
PROHIBITION
Dixon, Ill, Telegraphl

Dixon, ILL.,, Telegraph)
Under prohibition, juvenile de-
linquency has decreased by half
in Chicago and dependent cases
two-ffths. The population of
the county poor-house has
dropped soathat at times there
are not enough able-bodied men
and women TO perform the
necessary work about the place.
And the coroner's Office shows
decided decrease in suspicious
deaths since the enactment of
the prohibition law. 81
Who says SO? Judge William
Gemmill.
AS long as prohibition gets
this kind of results, it can not
be called failure, regardless of
the relative few who still man
age to obtain hooch at $f6 a
quart.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01
Presents Records Proving Decrease in Delinquency, Pow
erty and Crime
REMARKABLE FALLING OFF in DEATHS
RECORDED in CHICAGO AND new YORK
twenty six Other Ces with One Exception Had Fewer Deaths in
1922 Than in 1917
DnRTUM TREMENS DISAPPEARING FROM THE COUNTY HOSPITAL

The following story prohibition Chicago
din
Judge William Gemmi of the municipal of Chicago
authority reliability of the
the editor
the acarerep II FULL
still the Eighteenth Amendment the
drinking formerly
and the contrary
We will
Gcmn authority the subject What writes
depended carefully
ed his
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01

large will be led to believe that the
amendment and its enforcement act
are impossible of enforcement and
therefore should lie as dead letters.
using the passage of bill that will
permit counties to keep one-half of
the fines and penalties paid to be used
by the states attorney in further pros
ecutions; the other half to go to the
school fund of the county.
We arc also backing measure that
makes the seller of moonshine liquor,
when such liquor causes death, guilty
of murder. s.q-
We also desire the passage of law
that will increase the fines levied upon
people drinking, or drunken, in public
places.
We are also interested in an custer
bill that will make it possible to oust
unfaithful officials.
We regard the measure providing
for the division of fines in the inter-
est of the states attorneys office as
perhaps the greatest Importance in
this list of bills.
There are some seven or eight bills
in the legislature seeking the repeal or
weakening of our prohibition enforce
me- NJ fh0 rh ko,, tt,,k
introduced by the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment seeking
to automatically repeal all Illinois leg
Hislation by amending the Volstead act
at Washington. Their purpose is to
place Illinois in the wet column for
propaganda work i'll their determined
effort to break down enforcement and
repeal federal prohibition legislation
and ultimately rc-amend the Consti-
tuition. Adroit attacks have been made
upon our present Illinois prohibition
act by amendment. The superintend-
ent in his report made clear the peril
of such amendment. All of this goes
to show how vitally related to the con-
tinuance of prohibition in Illinois is
the activity of the Anti-Saloon League
of this state
We must now prepare for the pri-
maries in the coming spring in which
this state will nominate new legisla-
ture and full state ticket including
congressman and United States SEN
ator and state attorneys for the rcspcc.
tive counties.
We, therefore, commend the Head
quarters Committee and the State Su.
perintendent in their far-sighted pol
icy in securing law enforcement and
legislative campaign fund of at least
$250,000 with which to carry on the
campaign in and following the pri-
mary election of next April.
The World Conference Against
Alcoholism
The recent World Convention in
Toronto, Canada, under the auspices
of the World League Against Alco-
holism was in many respects the in
auguration of the movement for
world prohibition. Over sixty nations
participated in that memorable con-
yention. Enthusiasm and optimism
characterized every session and was
particularly in the international ban
quet upon which over one thousand
people attended and in which more
han sixty-six nations responded
through speaker in answer to the
roll-cail
The Illinois Anti-Saloon League in
annual meeting notes with gratitude
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01
Representatives of Churches Met al Springfield on May 10
To Plan Future Program
GREAT ACTIVITY OF POWERFUL Wet FORCES
MAKES DRY ACTION VITALITY IMPORTANT
Need Of Pending Legislation Counterfeit Adot Efforts c The Wss
Pointed Out Resolutions
CHURCHES ARE CONGRATULATED ON The GREAT PROGRESS MADE

The
circulation OF bulletins
we'll prohibition working The benefits
prohibition already mcalcube field of
benefits easily discenabe The remarkable
the churches, the
the phenomenal number additions the churches of this
ceabl small the benefits prohibition Ne would cite almost
like We add but field
phenomenal degree educational
Many thousands of boys and girls attending schools
half Public
wealth available
such educational bulletins.
this Board has Of
in which assured this educational
will fuller lines than before We desire this
with the editorial OF
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01

1t will be seen from this table that
Notwithstanding the fact that the
population of Chicago in 1922 was $780,
900 greater than it was in 1917, yet
there were nearly 1000 more deaths in
1917 than. in 1922, and $4,000 more
deaths in 1918 than in 1922. Nineteen
eighteen was the year of the influenza
and that should be considered.
Figures From Other Cities
have before me the record OF the
total deaths for each year in twenty
six of the largest cities in America and
| find that with only one exception the
number of deaths in1922 was less, in
deed very much less, i'll most cases
than in :9l7. These figures will be
published later. In New York City
alone, there were $4,000 less deaths in
1920 than in 1918 and the health com
missioner in New York who takes the
place of the coroner i'll Illinois found
1000 less suspicious deaths in 1920
than in 1917. There can be no doubt,
whatever, that these figures disclose
the fact that life is more secure and
men and women are living more sober
ly now than ever before.
Crime and Drunkenness Decreased
Not only has the prison population
a.,
ly decreased since the enactment of the
Eighteenth Amendment, but crimes
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connection TO express Our satisfaction
Illinois League and the growing, eficit
of that department.
Results of Late Elections
We have every reason to feel en-
couraged and even enthusiastic over
the results of the late elections. In
Cook county for the first time we
have influenced the election of dry
majority of the County Board. Mr..
Charles S. Peterson was elected a
member though defeated as president
of the Board. However he has be-
come in some respects more inhuen-
tia on that Board than he would have
been had he been elected president.
He is chairman OF the Finance Com
mittee and has already accomplished
an enormous economy in the expen-
ditures, and he and his dry fellow
commissioners have completely neu
tralized the so-callcd wet victory in
the election of Cermak as president of
the Board.
Out of the twenty-seyen Congress
men now representing our state at
Washington, two-thirds OF them are
dry. The last victory was in the Sec
ond District in Chicago in the cleo
ton of Morton d. Hull to succeed the
late James r. Mann.
The notable victory III the election
of Clifford Pinchot as governor OF
Pennsylvania and his subsequent mil
tant activity in enforcing prohibition
laws in that great state constitutes a
new era in this nation in prohibition
enforcement. 1t has made him the
most conspicuous governor in the ma
ton.
The consistent attitude of President
Warren g. Harding on this question of
law enforcement is another most
heartening element in the present sit
uation. In the person of Commits
sioner Haynes the president, we be-
lieve, has a trusted and loyal lieuten-
ant. We cali upon the president and
Commissioner Haynes to assert their
will in our state OF Illinois to the end
that the prohibition laws sEall be
faithfully enforced.
The new United States District At
torney for the Northern District, Ed
win A. Olson, gives us another splen-
did law enforcing official in Illinois.
We congratulate District Attorney Oh
son upon he auspicious beginning of
his service in the great Office to- which
he has been appointed.
We are pleased to note that our own
loyal friend, Hon. Geo. H. Wilson, has
served as assistant United States At
torney General for the Northern Dis
trict of Illinois. Already many con-
victions have been obtained in the fed
eral courts, notably in the court of
Judge Adam c. Cliffe. We commend
our United States Senators for these
appointments. To these gentlemen
we send our hearty greetings,
Legislative Program
Our legislative program for this ses-
sion OF the Illinois legislature is pro-
crossing satisfactorily and promis-
ingly. We feel that vigilance, must
be exercised in the protection of legis-.
lation already secured and in, strength
ening it with additional measures. We
must remember that any successful
propaganda against the Eighteenth
Amendment, though it may not go far
enough to repeal. the Volstead act or
in any way disturb. the Eighteenth
Amendment to the federal Constitu
ton. may succeed to the extent OF
moral breakdown in that the people AT
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01

institution and the number of deaths
each year is as follows
Total number OF inmates for the year
1916, 1904; 1917, 9,o25; 1918, S,00S;
1919, 6,S44; 1920, 6,285; 1921, 6,859;
1922, 7,l89.
Total died during the year 1910,
1,154; 1917, 1,2o1; 1918, 1,47o; 1919,
LILO; 1920, Lila; 1921, 1,oo7; 1922,
1908.
In 1920 the superintendent requested
the judges of the municipal court, that
they commit persons brought before
the court charged with slight offenses,
to the Oak Forest Inhrmary, because,
as he said, prohibition has wrought
great havoc in the institution. The
population had decreased to such all
extent that he did not now have a
sufficient number of able-bodied men
and women to perform the necessary
work about the place. A. his request
we began to commit slight offenders,
and during the year 1922, we COM
nitted 375 such prisoners to this in
firmary. IL.
The above table also shows the to-
tai deaths during each of the years
mentioned. 1t will be observed that
not only has the number of inmates
decreased from o,025 in 1917 to 6,283
in 1920, to 7,l89 in 1922, but the mum
Der of deaths i'll the institution has
rrespondingly decreased from l,26l
in 1917 to 1907 in 1921 and 1908 in
1922.
Suspicious Deaths Decreased
The coroner's Office of Cook county
is requested by law to hold an inquest
on the bodies of everyone dying in
this county under suspicious circum-
stances. Before 1918 many dead bod
les were found, where death had been
caused from exposure while intoxi-
Gated. The number Of inquests held
by the coroner after suspicious deaths
has materially decreased since the ell
actment of prohibition. The follow
ing is the record of the coroner's office:
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When it is understood that the pop
ulation of Cook county, between the
years 1917 and 1922, increased over
100000, and that the suspicious deaths
decreased almost thousand, it is a
subject for more than passing COM
ment.
County Hospital Death Records
Our county hospital is the largest
in the world. The record of patients
passing through it from 1917 to 1922 is
as follows:
1917 1918 1919
Total received
each year. 34,43l 2o,525 27,s1o
1920 1921 1922
Total received
each year. 26,626 25,94l 37,566
1917 1918 1919
Total deaths
each year. ASS 1900 $500
1920 1921 1922
Total deaths
each year. 3,267 2,ol3 3,3o3