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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
SALOON PROTECTION AGENCY
FAILS TO PROTECT CHIEF
One Matt. Griffin. Former United
States Secret Service Man,
Gets Caught.
SPECIALITY ON SALOONS
Payment of $500 a Year Said to
Protect Joint in Event of
Police Raid.

One OF the most gratifying victories
achieved in federal court in pennsyl-
vania since Prohibition became effec-
tive was the conviction OF Matt Griffin
and six others on charge OF con-
spiraey.
Griffin was for long years promi-
nent man in the secret service OF the
government and during that time was
in charge of the United States secret
service work in Philadelphia. After
Prohibition went into effect he re-
signed from government service and
established in Philadelphia an inde-
pendent detective agency.
He seems to have specialized on the
protection OF saloonkeepers. 1t is said
that in the summer Of 1921 nearly all
the saloons of Philadelphia displayed
sign to the effect that the saloon was
protected by the Griffin agency. 1t
was alleged that for a financial consid-
Grafton ranging from 500 to $500 per
year the saloonkceper was furnished
with inside information as To what
was going on at Prohibition head
quarters.
The charge against Griffin and the
six others who have been convicted
with him was that OF conspiracy 10
defraud the government in a gigantic
whisky plot. The whisky had been
withdrawn from bond ostensbly for
export to Greece While it was held
in warehouses in Philadelphia the
whisky was drawn from part of the
barrels and water was substituted.
The liquor then was diverted to boot
leg channels.
Two of the men involved in the con-
spiracy had turned states evidence and
this made the case comparatively easy
for the government One Of the other
men convicted is New York doctor
and two others arc secret service men
in the employ of Griffin.
Griffin was a pitiable spectacle as
the verdict of guilty was passed
against him. For nearly generation
he had been one OF the clevcrcst and
most trusted men in the federal secret
service and had been called upon to
be bodyguard to presidents from 1888
to 1920. The jury returned the YER
dict after So minutes OF deliberation.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
AMERICAN BOOTLEGGERS
SEEK SCOTCH IN SCOTLAND

According to the Edinburgh COR
respondent of the Westminster Ga
zettc, says London dispatch OF
March IA in the New York Herald,
American bootleggers are appealing in
vain for 100000 cases of old Scotch
whisky. 1t is estimated that this
much whisky at present landed in
America would be worth $7,50O,000.
There is report in Scotland that a
Wall Street fnancier is back of pro-
ject to have thirty ships employed in
the whisky traffic.
A rumor such as this is undoubtedly
part of the vets publicity campaign
but nevertheless it is a reminder Of
Americas shamc-her do-nothing
policy with reference TO the rum boats
anchored off our coast watching for
an opportunity to land their contra
band cargoes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
ONLY LICENSED DRUGGISTS
TO OWN N. Y. DRUG-STORES

A bill has been introduced in the
New York Legislature which if passed
will limit the ownership of drugstores
10 licensed pharmacists. When that
bill becomes a law and the druggists
believe it will, properly supported, the
board of pharmacy can drive out of
business such drugstore owners as re-
peatedly violate the Prohibition law
by revoking their licenses. Accord
ing to the druggists circular published
in New York there have been many
drugstores opened in the city by
former saloonkeepers who apparently
have gone into the business because
as druggists they have legal right to
buy and sell Intoxicating liquors which
they divert for beverage purposes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06

No Liquors Selling Conducted This
Summer at Washington's Ancestral


The justices OF Northamptonshire,
England, says a New York Herald
special copyright London cable of
March g. will not allow liquor-sell-
ing license to the new inn at Washing
tons ancestral manor planned by the
Sulgrave Institute for the coming sum-
mer.
The temperance forces entered a
protest against the granting of Ii
cense to the new inn and one OF the
justices refusing to grant the license,
said: 81 believe Americans are opposed
to this sort of thing constitutionally."
H. S. Ferris, director of the Institute,
explained to the justice that it was
the Constitution which Americans left
at home, not the one that they brought
with them to England, that contained
Prohibition amendment. Eighty of
the 400 inhabitants of the village COM
prising the vested interests as repre-
scented by the public house and the di-
vested interests as represented by the
drys, had sufficient influence to bring
about denial of the application.
1t is estimated that several thousand
Americans will visit Sulgrave this sum-
mer. Ferris in commenting upon the
refusal of the application for the Ii
cense for the inn, said
The inn will be built and | hope
after this years showing of how
many Americans come to Sulgrave
all thirsty-the justices next
year will grant the license.
This is a gratuitous insult to Ameri-
can tourists. They are not all thirsty.
That man Pcrris must have received
his impressions from inspired wet
stories appearing in the London news
papers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
MECKLENBURG RESOLVES
TO COMBAT PROHIBITION

Mr.. Ottbeinrich Burchard OF Rostoc,
Germany, writes American Issue;
Die Mecklenburg Rundschau (The
Mecklcnburg Review in its issue OF
February 5. 1923, states that the Yer
Elm der Saal- and Konzernlokal
Inhaber Won Mccklenburg- Strclitz und
Umgebung' Local Saloon and Con-
cert-Hall Propretors Union OF
Mecklenbutg Strelitz and Vicinity
passed the following resolutions at the
last meeting OF that organization:
81. To give neither food nor
shelter to those in any way connected
with the French or Belgian service
and
-. To give no rooms to aDstainers
for use as meeting places and in which
to arrange for their entertainments.
Great excitement is prevailing
everywhere concerning these rather
peculiar inhbitions. 1t is thought
that other organizations of similar
nature will follow in the footsteps OF
their Meeklenburg colleagues. The
Independent Order OF Good Tcmplars
have presented their difference to the
Minister OF Interior and also have pro-
tested against this closing out OF
public places in which to hold meet
ings that arc for the general welfare
of the public
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE
MAKE WET WANTS KNOWN

The Hawaiian Legislature is con-
sdcring a resolution asking Congress
to amend the National Prohibition
law to permit the manufacture and
sale of four and half per cent beer
and Is per cent wine in the Hawaiian
Islands. According to the resolution,
enforcement of the Volstead act in the
territory of Hawaii has worked a
hardship upon the people and that
prohibition enforcement has increas-
ed drunkenness greatly" and that
hypocrisy and Discrimination have be-
come rampant" The Legislature of
Hawaii, however, fails to mention
what is to be done with the Eight
zenith Amendment.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT TO Be PROMINENT
PLANK IN HARDJNG'S "a PLATFORM IS REPORT
Conference of State Governors Be Held Washington After
Presidents Return From South, Expected to
Set Forth Presidents Dry Policy.

According to the New York Trib-
une's Washington bureau, President
Harding's platform on which he will
seek denomination and reelection has
already taken shape, and Prohibition
enforcement is a prominent plank in
that platform. The Tribune says the
President and his advisors are look
ing forward to the conference of gov
errors which will be held in Washing
ton next month as medium through
which to make it emphatic that the
Harding administration is fully COM
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
WISCONSIN SOLONS WANT
VOLSTEAD MODIFICATION

The lower branch of the General
Assembly of Wisconsin by vote of
81 to "a adopted a resolution the other
day memorializing Congress to define
Intoxicating beverages so as to legalize
liquors containing more than one
half of one per cent alcohol. The
resolution asks Congress to so amend
the Volstead act as to permit the
sale of beverages in excess of one
half of one per cent to a maximum per
cent of alcoholic content compatible
with the meaning and intent of the
Eighteenth Amendment.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
MAKE BUYER OF BOOTLEG I'd
BOOZE PARTICLES CRIMIN1S'

agIs 1Fr-TT- " 4 -
Mark Sullivan writing in the New
York Tribune of March 10 says that
"a development of Prohibition coming
to the front in Washington last week
is the likelihood that as an additional
means of making the law effective
there will be put forward a proposal
to make the buyer of bootleg liquor
as we'll as the seller subject to criminal
prosecution. According to Mr.. Sui
Ivan at least one member of the
cabinet favors this proposed legisa-
ton.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
HAWAIIAN DRYS SEEK
LAW ENFORCEMENT CODE

A measure which # enacted by the
Legislature would make enforcement
of the Volstead act a mandatory duty
of the courts, district attorneys and
police officials of Hawaii, has been
drafted for submission to the Legis-
lature by attorneys of the Anti Saloon
League of Hawaii.
In general outline the measure fol-
lows the lines of the Wright act re-
Gently adopted by the Legislature OF
California and ratified by the people
of that state in the referendum last
fall The Wright act. has been held
constitutional by the Supreme Court
of California.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
COTTON-SPITTING VOGUE
IN GIANTS BASEBALL CLUB

According to a dispatch from the
New York Giants training camp at
San Antonio, Texas, Manager Nc
Graw has fined Jack Scott, star pitcher
and one of the heroes in one of the
last worlds series, 500, and relegated
Catcher Earl Smith to the second
team, and reprimanded other players
for drinking corn liquor.
1t is in order for the New York
World to raise howl against this
interference OF personal liberty of
ball players"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06

mitteed to the dry cause. The Prohi-
bition unit is already at work making
preparations for the conference, the
holding of which will be the first thing
of marked importance to follow on the
return OF the President from Florida
The President is expected to lay en-
phasis on the need for the most COM
plete cooperation and team work be-
tween the federal and state govern
ments in dry law enforcement and
map out specific program for CO.
operation.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
BUCKEYE SOLONS ENACT
DRASTIC paddock" BILL

Governor Donahey Of Ohio has
signed the paddock" bill passed by
the House and Senate and it has been
filed with the Secretary of State and
will become law within ninety days
from filing unless referendum is
called on it. There are no reports to
the effect that there will be referen-
dunn. This law gives state courts the
same authority as federal courts to
declare a place where intoxicating
liquors are sold nuisance and lock 1t
ap for year.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
DRINKS NINE YEARS AGO
IN ROCK ISLAND AND NOW

The Rock Island Argus Crock Is
land, Ill.) of last week says: "Just
four down and-outers of this type
bunked on the wooden floors of the
Jail cells. Nine years ago last night
very likely these same cells swarmed
with so drunkards in all stages of in
toxication and at least that many plain
hoboes who had sought flop for the
night"
The change has come about because
of Prohibition which closed Rocl;
Islands numerous saloons.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
HOOTERS TIGHTEN UP ON
DRUNKEN AUTO DRIVERS

A bill passed by the Indiana Lcgis
laturc designed to discourage driving
by drunken motorists was signed
March 7 by Governor Warren T. Nc
Cray. 1t provides for imprisonment
from one to two years upon convic-
ton OF illegal transportation of liquor.
A fine of $50 to $1,000 may be added.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
PHILADELPHIA $l0,0o0,0oO
INN Bellies VETS CLAIM

Philadelphia is to have new ten
milion-dollar hotel to be known as
the Benjamin Franklin. The Christian
Science Monitor says this fact is one
more nail to clinch as another bit of
theoretical sphistry the argument that
large hotels can not exist unless IL
censed to sell alcoholic liquors.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
BRITISH Wet STAT|STICIAN'S ABILITY
To ADD EQUALS HIS HATRED FOR DRY LAW
Pussyfoo Johnson Checks Up Arthur Shere by His
Own Figures Proves Drunkenness Arrests Have De-
creased in American Cities Under Prohibition.
(By William f. (PussyfooD Johuson)

Mr. Arthur Shewe chronic and somewhat British opponent
Prohibition lneght He las
add correctly his "hgge he makes showing Prohbi
With these alleged statistics and he
dance Prohibition in America His
all In the Westminster
March he the following Statistics the table being reproduced
as he it,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
enage OF increase in all based complete year

In make things look black possible for Pro-
Prohibition
neither dispute Mr..
Sherwels table in
Sherwel
without Some published table of thenbeg
them Mr. Sherwe book compelled
publicly apologize
above table, soemnly
statistics,
complete Prohibition the drunkenness the whole
1921 they 100000 "a below the 1918
922 they nearly 25400 nearly l500 above
in
b1ack-fa the nett in asho
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-04-06
Had He Added Correctly

correctly
with them his 1918 he would have had the fol
lowin
Evening star., 1923-01-02
THE WEATHER

District OF Columbia and Maryland
Increasing cloudiness tonight. low
est temperature near freezing; to-
morrow unsettled, probably rain;
moderate variable winds, becoming
southeast.
West Observation-Disclosures oloudi-
ness. followed by rain or snow late
night.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometers Pm, AZ; s pm, 36;
- midnight. "a; am, 20; 8 am, 2s;
Barometer- pm. 2s.s2: pm.
3o.0s; IL midnight, 30.1s; 4 am, So.32;
s am, 1880; noon, 30.aO.
Highest temperature, As. occurred at
pm. yesterday. Lowest temperature,
20; occurred at 7:20 am: today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, .27; lowest. Is.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at 8 am: Great Falls-Tem-
perature, 81; condition, very muddy.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States coast
and geodetic survey
Today-Low tide, 1851 am. and 1:49
p. M; high tide. 1925 am. and 7:42 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:35 am. and
2:34 pm; high tide. Sill am. and s:Z7
pm.
The Sum and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 1927 am; sun sets
4:57 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 1927 am; sun
sets 4.57 pm.
Moon rises 4:5s pm: sets s:3s am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset
Weather In Various Cities.
Evening star., 1923-01-02
BLAST OF AN AUTO HORN
ON ROOF BRINGS POLICE
Unique Burglar Alarm Devised by
Naval Commander Sweet, Follow
ing Robbery Of Fathers Home.

WATERLOO. N. Y, January o..
State Senator William L. Sweet here
yesterday, when the honking of a
big automobile horn on the roof
gave notice that a burglar was seek
ing to gain admittance to the house.
The alarm, which was given when a
skeleton key was inserted in the
lock had, however, frightened the In
truder, and he made his escape be-
fore the officers arrived.
The unique burglar alarm was con-
structed by Naval Commander George
c. Sweet, a son of Senator Sweet, aft
er the senator's home had several
times been buglarized. The senator
and his wife were spending New Year
with their son, at Yenkers, when the
latest attempt was made to rob the
house. Commander Sweet had charge
of naval radio stations during the
war.
Evening star., 1923-01-02
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States SOL
dierS Home Band Orchestra,
Stanley Hall. this evening, be-
ginning at $3.50 o'clock. John
8. NJ zimmerman, director.
Notice: The. public is COR
daily invited to attend. these
concerts.
March, "The Elite, ".Zimmermann
Overture, La BurIesque," Suppe
Morceau, "Ballade Moderne,A.
Bennett
Selection from grand opera,
Manon Lescaut". -. .Puccini
Fox trot popular, THE Thief"
Fisher
nance" Sweet Remem-
brance) ....... .Waidteufel
Finale, Don't Say Goodbye"
Friedland
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1923-01-02
Z0NTA AFFAIR THURSDAY.
Three New Members Will Be We'll
coined by Club at Luncheon.

The weekly luncheon meeting of
the members Of the Zonta Club of
Washington will be held in the din
ing room of the Mems City Club
Thursday Three new members will
be formally welcomed into the club.
They are Miss Carolyn Klager, who
will represent librarians; Miss Louise
Laken, to represent music. and Mrs.
Burklin, social welfare worker.
The club will also have as. honor
guest at this meeting Mrs. William
Hitz, who will address the members
of the club following luncheon.
Evening star., 1923-01-02
IDENTIFIES SHIP SUNK
OFF COAST OF JERSEY
Capt. Beebe Says She Is Jeanette
Of Halifax-Crew Saved
by Nora.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, January "A two
masled schooner, sunk off Barnegat, N.
J., in collision with the tanker Nora
Saturday, with the loss of two of her
crew. was identified last night by A. M.
Beebe Of the United New Jersey and
Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent Asso-
citation as the Jeanette of Halifax. Five
of the Jeanette's crew were saved.
The Nora, New York to Tampico, was
going full steam ahead through q heavy
fog. said Capt. Beebe, when she hit
the jeanette amidship, cutting her in
two and sending her to the bottom al
most instantly. The Jeanette was un-
derstood to have been bound from Mas
sau, Bahamas, to st. Pierre and Mique-
lon off the Grand Banks.
Evening star., 1923-01-02
FOREIGN.
Is am, Greenwich time

There are now twelve British field
n1arshals. They are the Duke of Con-
naught. Lord GrenfelI, Lord Mathuen.
Earl of Ypres, Earl Haig, the Emperor
of Japan, Marshal Foch. Lord Plumer,
Viscount Allenby, Sir William Robert
son, Sir Arthur Barrett and the King of
the Belgians.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22
GROWING DEMAND
 FOR DAIRY FOODS
 FOUND BY EXPERTS
ONLY HEALTHY CONDITION OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY WITH
 STOOD DROP g

WASHINGTON, June 21-Only the healthy and growing condition of the American dairy industry has enabled it to withstand the drop in exports which came with the world readiust. ment. This also has been aided by a growing taste of the American people for dairy products, says pr. H. E. Van Norman, president of the worlds dairy congress which is preparing for its in- ternational meeting here in October.
 "The United States has reached a point where the production and con- sumption of dairy products are almost equal" Dr. Van Norman said, "as is indicated by the fact that its exports and imports of dairy products nearly balance. g
 "The fact is that our dairy industry Is in healthy condition and 1t is kept so by our peoples growing apprecia- tion of dairy products. The fact that our consumption of dairy products to- today almost equals our production in- dicates a tremendously rapid growth in appreciation.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22
GEORGE PHELPS IN SEWARD
 FOR FIFTH OF A CENTURY

Twenty years ago today George Phelps, proprietor of the Seward News Company, landed in Seward, coming over in rowboat, with two other men from Valdez. The party was six weeks making the trip. After prospecting in the Kenai Lake district, the party returned to coast and went back to Valdez.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

As the Fourth of July is approach ing this is the time of year that ev- eryone likes to look their best. Re- member, make the old suit look like new by dry cleaning and pressing them. Jordan's Valet Service. q
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

PARTIES LEAVING TOWN to go out on jobs may leave their clothes at JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE; they will be cleaned and pressed ready to wear on their return. JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE. S5-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22
GERMANS ATTACK BELeIANs

AK LA CHAPELLE, June 22-The Germans have attacked a Belgian bi- cycle detachment near Dosten, and heavy fighting is going on.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

The meanest man in Seward is the guy who proposed to an old maid over the telephone and when she accepted him told her she had the wrong num- Der.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

A man who drinks liquor in Turker gets thirty strokes of the whip. In Seward he gets one stroke-paralysis.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

Furnished Apartments to rent; see Mrs. Paulson. 153-tf
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

When ma takes in boarders pa is known as the dead-head of the house.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22
GATEWAY CLASSIFIED
 ADVERTISEMENTS

FOR SALE-Gas boat, 52 feet long;
 draws 57a feet of water; 50 horse power engine; for particulars and terms address Box 1724, Anchorage.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

BIG CHANGE to make a stake; fox island, close in, loo blue foxes; three boats; good improvements; Price s25,000. See Don Carlos and Don Carlos, Sexton Annex. If
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

PIONEER MEETING TONIGHT.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-22

Join Urbachs c1rcu1attng library; PIONEER MEETING TONIGHT.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-28
Important to All Women
Readers Of This Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
70 become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irri-
table and maybe Respondent; it makes
any one 30.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring health
to the kidneys, proved to be just the
remedy needed to overcome such condi-
tions.
Many send for a sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver
and bladder medicine, will do for them. By
enclosing ten cents to DR.. Kilmer 4 Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, you may receive sam-
pie size bottle by parcel post. You can
purchase medium and large size bottles at
all drug stores.-Advertisemen
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-28
Alabama Mayor Out
With Strong Facts

Judge G. W. Thomson, Mayor of
rarrant City, Alabama, widely known
and highly esteemed pioneer citizen,
recently gave his unqualified endorse
ment to the Tanlac treatment.
Chronic indigestion brought me to
the verge of q general breakdown
three years ago." said Judge Thorn
sson, "and nothing seemed to afford
much relief. was eating scarcely
enough to keep going on, and food
stayed in my stomach like a rock,
causing pain and extreme nervousness.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-28

Sleep was often impossible, and I grad
ually weakened so could hardly at
tend to my office duties.
''The first bottle Of Tanlac improved
me wonderfully, and each successive
bottle gave added impetus to my re-
turning strength. l felt ten years
younger when l finished the sixth bot
tie a short time later. Tanlac gave
me new zest in life that still remains
with me-"
Tanlac is for sale by ell good drug
gists
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-28
Important Qualification.

you go so far as to admit the pos
sibility OF defeat for your party?"
YES" replied Senator Sorghum !;
but you will observe that observe
the rule Of statesmen who lift warn
ing voice and am always mighty care
full to say unless"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-28
Learning the Language.

The count was having trouble with
the language. He pointed to a SEN
tence in his book-''The larkspur filled
the garden"
II cannot understand" sighed he,
RE lark no purr, re cat purr. Re lark
Is bird"
He read along and then said: "Now
comprehensive catbird." - Louis
vile Courier-Journal.