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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
STOMACH CAPACITY BIG
ITEM ON ITALIAN LINER

1t is reported that the captain OF the
steamship President Wilson of the
-sCosulieho line from Naples enroute to
New York, posted the following
placard: Beer free. Drink your fill"
This was done following receipt of a
message from the New York managers
OF the line informing the captain that
the beer would be oonhscated when
the ship arrived and directing that it
be done away with.
The ship carried l,0o6 passengers
and lot of beer, SO the captain sent
this message to shore: Consuming
all beer possible. Giving it to
passengers gratis but even their capa-
city is limited. Will have to destroy
twenty barrels or more before reach
ing the three mile limit"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
SEIZURE FOREIGN LIQUOR
SHIPS HELD IN ABEYANCE

Prohibition Commissioner Haynes is
quoted in the New York Tribune az
saying in discussing the governments
attitude toward proposed seizure OF
foreign vessels bringing liquor into ter
ritorial waters:
The department has not insist
ed upon the seizure of the for
eign ships that have brought liq-
uors into American territorial
waters for two principal reasons.
to-wit: .a#z=5#at 8 go .s
% The question involved con-
corning the liquors is whether they
may as claimed by the foreign
vessels, be used for medicinal pur-
poses and they are brought into
our waters with all avowed pur-
pose to test that question legally,
and for this purpose the presence
of the subject matter of dispute
only, to-wit, the liquors, is re-
CURED;
(2) For the reasons OF delicacy
involved, it being the purpose Of
the department to proceed in as
unobtrusive manner as is consis-
tent with a proper enforcement of
the law and thus avoid corplca-
tons that might possibly be of
serious nature.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
LEONARD INTRODUCES SMITH
Million Methodist Youth Will Settle
With the Empire Nullihcationist if
Smith Is Nominated

Bishop A. w. Leonard OF the Me-
thodist Episcopal church who presided
at the annual meeting of the Board Of
Epworth League session in Chicago
recently, said that if Governor Smith
of New York ever runs for president
he will have the united opposition of
millions OF young people. These two
million young Methodists are not all Of
them old enough to vote" the Bishop
continued, yet those who can not vote
can influence great constituency.
They are a fraction of the hosts Of
young Christians of America who
stand solidly behind the Eighteenth
Amendment They and the older
members of the churches have not yet
really got into action OH bootlcgging
but everywhere | go in America | find
sentiment for law enforcement,
the outcome of which will be ire
mendous drive for law and order in
the near future.
"A mighty wave of public sentiment
swept the legal liquor traffic into OBJ
livion and it can and will likewise deal
with the illegal liquor traffic which is
now Haunting itself"
The bishop declared that young
people are turning to the church in
greater numbers than for generation
and that he has signed more charters
for new League organizations in the
last year than have been recorded i'll
any similar period in the history of the
organization.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
NEW PROHIBITION DIRECTOR
BACKED BY LIQUORITES?

L. E. DeHart on June so was ap-
pointed prohibition director for Mis-
souri,. DeHart succeeds w. Fl. Allen,
resigned, effective July /. According
to the Kansas City Star DeHart's ap-
pointment is bitter disappointment
to the drys. The Anti-Saloon
League, the w. C. T. u, and the
Church federation and the moral ele-
nent of the state, according to re-
port, had urged President Harding not
to give Mr.. DeHart the Office. De-
Hart had the backing of the vets, ac-
cording to the Star.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
MICH. NT-TEACHERS
STRONG ON DRY ENFCRCEM'T

The importance of strong support
OF the Eighteenth Amendment was
emphasized at the sixth annual con-
vention of the Michigan Parent
Teachers Association held recently.
The convention condemned textbooks
on physiology which contain directions
for making stills or advocating the
use of liquor for medicinal purposes.
In one community where stills were
found in number of homes it was
discovered that they were patterned
exactly after the directions given in
an edition of physiology textbook.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13

Strong prohibition sentiment has
been awakened in the Far East. The
beverage liquor traffic and other evils
have their opponents in the Orient as
we'll as in the Occident The West
cry Aryan voice OF prophecy OF a world
freed from the domination OF John
Barleycorn has an answering voice
coming from Monaghan lips.
In Japan, the prophet is Shozo Aoki.
That proponent of prohibition and
other reforms is just now in the
United States studying conditions and
programs, and shortly will go to Eu-
rope still further to equip himself for
a work to which he several years ago
dedicated his life He speaks and I'M
derstands no English, but his sons,
l. Aoki and S. Aoki, IT., both Ameri-
can students, speak and translate for
him. The sons will accompany him
on his European journey. Later they
will return to the United States for a
more comprehensive study in America.
Both Mr.. Aoki and his son, |. Aoki,
who is a student in the University OF
Missouri, have just visited the Office
OF the World League Against Alco-
holsm in Westerville. They made
minute inquiries as to means and
methods. When they return TO Amer
lea from Europe they will make addi-
tional visits to the offices of reform
organizations.
Among the places they will visit in
Europe will be the international Con-
gress Against Alcoholism at Copen-
hagen. The elder Mr.. Aoki expects to
be named as an official delegate by the
government of Japan. They also will
visit the Office of the World League
Against Alcoholics in London. and
expect to confer with Pussyfoot John
son there.
MY impression" said Mr.. Aoki, Sr.
"is that those who are interested in
the prohibition movement in America
have had rather too much reliance on
the legislative portion of the program,
and have given too little attention to
education. The vets are rising up in
the matter of Legislative effort, and the
people have not been sufficiently edu-
Gated to put up as whole-hearted re-
sistance to the effort to destroy prohi-
bition as they might have offered
Il would urge that in all struggles
for prohibition. emphasis be placed on
educational and moral activities. |
have heard much in Japan about
American prohibition and | wonder
if Americans have heard as much here
as I have heard there.
81 not only heard some good re-
ports as we'll as evil reports in my
country, but in my visit here | have
seen many economic, social and moral
benefits of prohibition. | have seen
no DRINKS, even in Chicago. Of
course the fact that you have so many
foreigners in America binders your
full development of prohibition. These
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
AMERICAN RABBIS SHY AT
ALTAR WINE LIMITATIONS

The American Jewish Congress in
session in Chicago last week refused to
stake action on wine resolution that
was offered. In replying to the at
tempt to introduce the question OF
Jewish sacramental wine, Judge Pam,
presiding officer. declared that the
question would be settled by the in
nate sense OF obligation felt by the
Views to obey all laws. He ruled the
resolution out because it failed to car
ry the necessary IS signatures to bring
it before the Congress.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13

While police inspectors and mem
bers of the liquor squad at Lawrence,
Mass, were preparing to analyze a
bottle OF homemade liquor alleged to
have been seized in the fruit store of
Milkum Saba, the bottle exploded,
showering the men and the walls of
the room with hooch and glass. Saba
told the court that the liquor found in
his store was for use in rubbing his
children's hands. He was fined $500.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
CASH REGISTER AND
BAR MAY BE SEIZED

According to decision given re-
Gently by Judge William A. Huneke
of the superior court in Spokane,
Wash, cash registers used to ring up
sales OF liquor and other merchandise,
and the bar on which they stand, are
contraband and may be confiscated
and sold by the state. The law reads
that implements, furniture and fix
lures used and kept for the illegal
sale, barter, exchange, giving away,
furnishing or otherwise dsposing Of
such liquor, are contraband.'
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
w. c. T. u. CELEBRATES soTH
ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING

Ohio, the crusade state, birthplace
of the state and national w. c. I.
U. and OF the Anti-Saloon League, is
to have the honor of being hostess to
the fiftieth convention of the national
w. c.. t. u. at Memorial Hall, Column
bus, September VA, 1928. At least
thousand delegates from the different
states and territories are expected with
thousands OF visitors to this jubilee
convention. Each delegate will repre-
sent 500 paid members. The jubilee
membership drive for million men,
bers is now successfully under way.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
BooTLEGGERS' MONEY AS
BAD AS THEIR WHISKY

The extent to which counterfeit mon
ey figures in bootleg deals off the At
lantic seaboard was revealed when .
young Halifax sen captain who was scy.
eral months in the st. Pierre,American
trade, tried to deposit 100000 profit,
says Halifax, N. B., dispatch Of June
10. The bank accepted only $4,000 ~
genuine.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
JAPANESE STUDYING AMERICAN PROHIBITION
the University Missouri Aok
and Europe material for
in the universities of Japan
By J. H. Larimore

foreigners must be educated in the
ideals of Americanism and taught to
have inherent respect for the law.
rs Japan going dry? All countries
are going dry. The foundation OF uni
versal peace is world prohibition. 1t
will be necessary for all countries to
Danish liquor or their very existence
will be precarious.
"The Japanese people know their
civilization was opened by America.
The future OF the prohibition move
ment in Japan must be promoted by
Americans. America is our exemplar,
and the exemplar for the world.
Some japanese come to America
and send back lies to the papers at
home. We shall try to overcome the
falsehoods that are printed in our
newspapers. Many famous Ameri-
cans, coming to Japan, hunt bar as
soon as they land Of course the
fault is partly that OF the Japanese
who sell the drinks, lat the custom
of such Americans leads our people
to wonder what Americans drink since
America has banished liquor.
THE principal alcoholic beverage OF
Japan is sake. 1t is made OF rice. By
curious coincidence, the amount OF
our annual shortage OF rice for food,
100000 pounds, is exactly the
amount of rice that goes into sake.
Therefore, if the sake rice were di-
verted into food channels it would not
disturb the rice farmers market at all.
The government receives about $3.50,
100000 annually in liquor taxes.
"Other countries are sending i'll
their whisky and brandy, and we have
distileries of our own. Breweries also
have been opened in Japan and there
is substantial consumption of beer
Mr.. Aolli has devoted himself to
temperance work since 1916. He is 90
years old. In conference with David
Starr Jordan, president of Leland
Stanford University, Mr.. Aolli was
told Of the prohibition research work
in Stanford, and determined to start
that work i'll Japan. Accordingly, he
devoted one OF his estates, worth
$4,000, to that purpose. knowledge
he expects to acquire in America and
Europe will be put to work III estab-
fishing research work in Japan.
One item of progress in prohibition
sentiment in Japan, according to Mr..
Aoki is the organization of the Jap
anese students for abstinence. In 1918
Mr.. Aoki founded the Kyoto Temper
ance Society, of which he was made
president. This society affiliating with
other temperance organizations in
Osaka and Kobe, was made a key
stone in the formation Of the National
Temperance League which was incor-
porated in October, 1919. Mr.. Aoki
is one of the representatives OF that
organization i'll the general council of
the World League Against Alcoholism.
He is a Christian, a member of the
Congregational chirci..
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
VETS RESORT TO LAST
ARGUMENT OF LOST CAUSE

A dynamite explosion on the morn
ing OF June 80 wrecked the front OF
the home of John c. Mccoy, chief of
dry officers working out of Richmond,
Ohio, says Steubenville dispatch.
Sixteen more sticks of dynamite were
found under the rear of the house.
They failed to explode because the
fuse burned out. Violence is the last
argument of the booze interests.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13


Deny it as you may, close your eyes
to the truth, scar your conscience with
a red hot iron in order to prevent its
functioning, il you are buyer or =
drinker OF bootleg whisky you are a
copartner with the bootlegger in defy
ing the Constitution OF the United
States, in breaking the laws OF your
land, in alphabetically doing your ut
most to discredit all laws, TO break
down all morality, and to encourage
the spirit abroad that is in the land
against all property rights.
If you drink the bootlegger's wills
ky:
You are encouraging the anarchist
to destroy the laws to protect prop
erty.
You are doing your best to encour-
age law breaking and drunkenness and
every other criminality on the part of
your employees.
You are sowing in the hearts of your
children the seed of moral rottenness
which will bring forth a harvest Of
evil as sure as night follows day.
You are belying your profession of
patriotism by seeking to destroy all
pa;yiotism; for patriotism must be
based upon a recognition OF and an
obedience to The Constitution of this
country.
If you profess to noIor the Ameri-
can flag, you are false to your profess
sion, for you are dragging that flag
in the mud and trampling it beneath
your feet.
If you claim to hate the cold-bloodcd
murderer who murders in order to rob
the paying clerk or the cashier, you
are really giving your utmost encour-
agement to these murderers, who are
abroad in the land if you buy or drink
the bootleggers whisky.
The bootlegger's criminality spreads
over the land. 1t seeks to break down
every law of man and God, and every
man who makes possible the bootleg
gers accursed traffic is a co-partner,
co-laborer, and a co-worker with the
bootlegger, and. equally responsible for
every crime committed by the bootleg
ger
The observance of law and order is
one of the supreme tests of a nations
right to live.
Without obedience to law there can
be no civilization.
.. Under the teachings of the liq-
uor interests and the tremendous
propaganda carried on by all liquor
power OF the world united to prevent
the success of prohibition in this coun-
try, many men who ought to have in
telligence and honor and integrity,
who ought to realize what patriotism
law in open defiance of the nation. In
doing SO, if they will stop for a mo-
ment to think over the matter they
will realize that they are helping
to form a public opinion which will
/ disregard all law, which will place a
premium upon murder, upon bank rob-
berries, upon defalcations, upon immo-
rality OF every kind.
Every honest man must realize that
this is the way we are headed to the
extent OF the power and profits of the
army of bootleggers who some day
may turn with equal facility from the
selling OF whisky to the wrecking of
all property rights. No man who has
violated the prohibition law will then
have any right whatever to ask the
government for protection when he is
robbed of his property, or when his
family has been outraged or murdered,
because he helped to SOW the seeds
which have fructihed into this harvest
of evil.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13

Law enforcement in your town de-
ponds largely on the character of your
mayor and remember you will elect a
mayor this fall
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13

By vote of 20 to IS the Wisconsin
Senate killed the repeater Of its dry
law which had passed the assembly by
a small margin.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13

New York will find out it takes
long time to live. down bad reputa-
tion.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13
ARE YOU AN HONEST LAW ABIDING, PATRIOTIC MAN ?

eadne editorial the Manufacturers Record June 81 1929
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
SHIPS BREAKING ALIEN
LAW PAY SoO,164 IN FINES

Steamship companies which, in
the last six months of 1922, brought
to the United States aliens mani
testify inadmissible under the inn
migration laws, were assessed $780,
1874 in fines, the Department Of
Labor announced today.
In addition the companies were
to refund the passage money OF
each alien and to transport him
free OF charge back to his native
country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
HOWARD j. WILL
SEEK MEDIC
FUND

In order that it may earn a gift
Of $250,000 from John D. Rockefel-
ler's General Education Board,
Howard University has started an
intensive campaign to raise like
sum before July /.
The fund will go to the school of
medicine.
General Education Board learned
that the Howard University medi-
cal school was in danger of losing
it's standing as a Glass A school.
The American Medical Association
requires that all schools of medi-
cine of this class must have an in
dependent income of at least $25,-
OOO above fees, to provide for re-
search and experimental purposes.
DIR. J. Stanley Durkee, president
of Howard University, said, in con-
nection with this phrase of the
offer:
Should the school of medicine
of this university lose it's class A
standing 1t will have more Sc
rious effect than many at first
realize. Many States now require
graduation from a class A medical
school before permission is granted
applicants for license to practice
or even take the State board sx-
aminations. What this means to
12,0OO,000 people in this country
can easily be seen when we stop
to think that the too few medical
men now practicing will have a
decreasing iOtead of increasing
number Of men to take their places
when their work is over, the min
istering to the needs of a constantly
increasing populatiOn
This applies to dentists, drug
gists and trained nurses as we'll as
physicians. All four classes are
cared for under the direction of
the school of medicine of Howard
Already we have been forced to
limit the number Of entering stu
dents In each department to fifty.
This action was more than I'M
pleasant. 1t meant the turning
away of over 200 men eager to fit
themselves for service. But it was
physical impossibllity to take
them ALL"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
American Warships
Are Not Included in
Turkish Ultimatum

The United States Government
has not been advised of new
Turkish order for the withdrawal of
foreign warships from the Smyrna
harbor, it was announced at the
State Department today.
Rear Admiral Mark Bristol, the
American High commissioner, has
returned to his post at Constan-
tinople after attending the Lau-
same conference, but has not re.
ported any additional move by the
Turks to drive away the allied gun
boats.
In the absence of official advices,
Government officials expressed re.
newed confidence today that Ameri-
can vessels in Turkish waters were
not included in the Turkish ulti-
matum. Only two American vessels
are at Smyrna, the others being at
Constantinople and scattered among
other Turkish ports.
The Turkish order, as interpreted
by Administration officials. applies
only to allied war vessels. The
United States never having been a
belligerent against Turkey does not
come in the classification Of 'allied
powers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
LOVE. FOR DOGS BRINGS
SERIOUS BEATING TO MAN

CONNELLSVILLE, Feb. ~
His fondness for dogs got James
Ritchey, aged sixty-seven, a bad
beating at the hands of an un-
known foreigner. The aged man
is suffering from a fractured skull
and a badly battered face. Officers
are searching for the foreigner.
Mr.. Ritchey had been engaged
to move a foreign family to Sand
Rock. Along the road they picked
up a large Airdale dog. Not long
after they encountered another fer
eigner, who stopped the horse and
pulled Ritchey from the seat, beat
him violently over the head, took
the dog and fled. -~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
HARDING DENIES
BAN ON GOAL
To CANADA
Governor Smiths Request Will
Be Considered by !. c. c.
in New York.

President Harding today denied
the request of Governor Smith, Of
New York, that an embargo be de-
clared on the expectation Of anthra-
cite coal to Canada to relieve the
fuel situation in New York State.
President Harding was advised by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover that
the coal famine in New York State
was not the result of the shipment
of coal to Canada, but was due to
poor transportation facilities.
Following a lengthy conference
with the President at the White
House, Hoover said the policy of
the Government with respect to ex-
portation Of anthracite coal to Can
ada probably would not be deter
mined until after the Interstate
Commerce Commission concludes its
investigation in New York city on
Wednesday,
That the Interstate Commerce
Commission has ample power to de-
clare an embargo in this emergency
is evident, for the act of Congress of
September %. 1922, declares ma
tional emergency exists which en-
dangers the public health and gen.
eral welfare Of the people Of the
United States, Injuries industry and
business generally throughout the
United States, furnishes opportunity
for the disposition of coal and other
fuel at unreasonably high prices"
and gives the Interstate Commerce
Commission authority to issue in
transportation of coal and other
fuel orders for priority in car serv-
ice, embargoes and other suitable
measures in favor of or against any
carrier"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
. ARE VICTIMS
IN TRAFFIC
M|SHAPS
Girl Found In Street Had Been
Left Unattended by Escap-
ing Motorist

After stepping from street car
at Rhode Island avenue, west Of
the District line, Bernard T. Po-
ney, fourteen years old, living ct
Mt. Rainier, was struck by an au-
tomobile and suffered injuries on
the body. He was not seriously
hurt
Clarence NJ. Brandenburg, six
teen years old, 1922 w street
southeast, was injured when he was
strucks by an automobile at Four
teenth and " streets southeast last
light. He was treated at Casualty
Hospital, and was later taken to
his home.
Josephine Calhoun, sixteen years
old, daughter Of q caretaker at
the Soldiers Home, was injured on
the head and body when she was
knocked down by an automobile on
Michigan avenue, between North
Capitol and First streets northwest.
The operator OF the automobile did
not stop his car. She was found
In the roadway by w. ]. Higdon,
322 Seaton place northeast, who
placed her in his automobile and
removed her to the Veterans home.
She was treated by army medical
officers, who said her condition was
not serious.
Thomas K. Ehara, 1875 Corcoran
street northwest, suffered a frac-
ture OF the left leg when his mo-
torcycle fell upon him following o.
collision with an automobile on
Military road. He was removed in
the auto patrol Of the Tenth pre-
cinct to Walter Reed Hospital. His
condition il not serious.