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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11

and Lloyd George. are thinking
about.
Instead of disclosing just whom
the prince is going to maryland
when-and whether Lloyd. George
expects t make a sensational leap
back into the premiership, Sir Ed
ward talks about such things as
these: Honeymooning-and Hiram
Johnsoni
THE Prince of Wales?" Sir Ed
ward began his defensive. Charm
ing fellow. Beloved by all. But too
intimate a friend to talk about.
Lloyd George? Extraordinary
man." tremendous worker. The
greater his difficulties, the greater
But too closely associated to discuss
him."
Honeymooning? Oh, yes, said Sir
Edward, this was his second honey
moon. He and Lady Grigg were mar
ried last January, and they took
their first honeymoon in Egypt.
II believe in frequent honey
moons" he said-and Lady Grigg
nodded assent. "They make fer
happiness"
Hiram Johnson? Sir Edward dis
cussed the senator's c~oattails as an
indication of how little-sadly little,
he thinks-America interests herself
in European affairs.
"You know" he said. that the
United States appeared to Europe in
the middle of the war like a comet
of surprising brilliance and power.
You shed light on our affairs, you
exercised a decisive influence upon
them. and then you completely dis
appeared.
Sometimes the astronomers, oil
perhaps I should call them thu
astrologers, tell us that at some flu
ture date. say 4 a j. m. on the 16tl
of the month, America will be visibl
again for five minutes in the wester
armament.
: "And we go out with our tele
scopes and we look for the Unite
States. and we see much or littl
according to the optimism or tt
pessimism of our temperament
Sometimes we see only a little /
5 lof the coattails of Senator johnson
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11
BY ALEXANDER HERMAN
NEA Service staff Writer

w-ILLIAMSTOWN, MASS, Aug. 10
What does a great man think
about?
The Prince of Wales or Lloyd
George, for instance.
Do matters of world Importance
occupy their minds, or the ~trivalities
of common everyday life?
Sir Edward Grigg, NJ. P. intimate
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11

friend of both, ought to know. He
was secretary to Lloyd George and
he accompanied the prince on his
trip around the world.
What Sir Edward himself thinks
about mostly is the chance of finding
favorable omens of Americas re-
newed interest abroad. He is here
lecturing at the Institute of Politics.
Now it can't be told" says Sir
Edward - meaning he's mum on
what his friends, the Prince of Wales
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11
MY MOTHER DOES HER OWN
LAUNDRY. now OREKTO
DID IT

For 8 years my mother has been
very sick, being in bed most of the
time. she was very weak, troubled
with indigestion and heartburn. We
tried everything imaginable until we
bought a bottle of KOREKTO. My
mother felt better at once and now
after the third bottle of Korekto
she Is able to do her own washing.
We certainly recommend Korekto
as the best remedy for indigestion,
heartburn, etc. (Signed)
Mr.. ANDERSON,
467 Laurie Street,
Perth Amboy. N. j.
Korekto is sold and guaranteed
by the National Pharmacy Stores,
Inc, corner Madison Avenue and
Smith Street. Perth Amboy. N. j.
ADV.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
CONG'N UPSHAW IMPALES -
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON

In a speech in the House on January
9 Congressman UpShaw Of Georgia,
declared that "bootleggers ply their
devilish trade among too many public
men in Washington and that he had
seen with his own eyes some OF the
highest officials in Washington. not
members OF either branch OF Con-
gress,' in the act OF drinking intox-
cants
He told the House he would not
make public the names of Senators
and Representatives ''who do not prac-
tice the Prohibition which their votes
profess" but would simply turn over to
local officials ali evidence relating to
government officials who drink, placed
in his hands. With this evidence Mr..
Upshaw said he would turn in the
nameof high official mot diplomaD
who returned from abroad some time
ago with more than a score of cases
OF liquor marked diplomatic.
Answering his own question as to
why he did not give the House the
name of high official mot diplomaD
Upshaw said the House was not a
justice court and that Congress was
not a police matinee.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
PREMIER'S INFLUENCE GIVEN To BREWERY
IN new zEALAND'S Recent CAMPAIGN
Massey Fails Make Good With People and Dys Are Compelled
Fight, Issue; Three Rule Ubiquitous

This is the first OF series of ar
tieles by William L. tPussyfoot)
johnson.
In the wet and dry election held in
New Zealand, the vote being taken on
national Prohibition ON December I. the
drys polled nearly twenty thousand
votes more than were cast for con
tinuance' and continuance" won. Why
such phenomenon could happen in u
democratic country, is Il puzzle TO
Americans who are accustomed TO ''ma-
iority' rule. New Zealand has been
held up before the world, and properly
so, as the globe leader in certain forms
OF social legislation. This legislation,
however, is all socialistic, Il large extern
sion of the paternal functions of the
government and is not in the direction
of giving the people themselves a clearer
control OF their government. Strangely
enough, even the initiative and refer
endum has taken no foothold among the
people. The government is strictly a
party government and the party is
controlled always by an unseen, ire
sponsible caucus.
Eleven years ago, .after thirteen dis
trcts had voted dry. overcoming Il
three-fifths majority requirement in or
der to do SO, local option voting was
laid aside in favor of voting ON national
Prohibition. the drys handicapped as
usual by the three-fifths majority re
quirement. At the very first show of
strength, the drys won by more than
10000 votes. but lost as usual because
they did not secure the necessary sixty
per cent of all the votes cast The
people lost heart at going up against Il
brace game of this sort and there
followed a slump in the dry vote, just
as westerner loses heart when he
plays in Il poker game where he knows
the cards are stacked against him. The
two national votes under the three
fifths handicap placed ON the legs of
the drys resulted as follows j:
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
MADRAS MUNY DADS BAN
LIQUOR FROM PARK FAIR

Mr. John Devasagayam OF Madras,
India, forwards this interesting item
OF news under date OF December 7.
The Madras municipal commission
ers voted mot to have any sale OF
liquor at the Park Fair exhibition this
year"
The Park Fair is an annual event
in Madras, being held at Christmas
time. Heretofore an open bar has
been conducted for the benefit of those
with all alcoholic thirst Every year
protest by the temperance forces has
been made against the opening OF the
bar and the licensing BOARD has been
appealed to not to issue the license.
Up until this year these protests and
requests were unsuccessful
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
JAPS MAKE HAWAIIAN GROG
-HAOLES DRINK THE STUFF

Blame for violations of the Prohibi.
ton law in Hawaii was placed on the
japanese and haoles equally by John
+. Colburn, director OF the dry squad
III the islands. He is quoted in the
Honolulu Star Bulletin OF December
IS, 1922, as saying
After some months as prohibi-
ton commissioner | have learned
that the japanese make the liquor
and that the haoles, and some of
them are wealthy, are the ones
who buy the booze. The Japanese
save for a few exceptions, do not
drink their own products. They
have better sense for they know
what the liquor they manufacture
contains.
In this respect the japanese moon
sinners and bootleggers arc the same
as members of the fraternity on this
side of the Pacific. In fact, the wise
fellow with a thirst many months ago
adopted the policy OF testing the
Quality OF tho bootleggers' product by
requiring the bootlegger to drink some
OF it in his presence. As result OF
this policy all of these wise, but thirsty
ones are now on a total abstinence
basis.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
GOMPERS AND BREWERS
PLAN FOR BEERS RETURN

The executive board of the Interna-
tional Brewery Workers Union has
been in session in Cincinnati recently.
Last Sunday Sam Gompers was in
conference with the committee, going
over plans to form a wet organization
in Congress with view to having the
Volstead law so amended as to legalize
beer. The Trades Council of Cincin-
natl is on record in favor of the
scheme.
With the experience of the workers
OF the country passing through the re-
cent unemployment period better than
through any similar period in saloon
days, it would seem that Gompers is
more concerned about the welfare Of
the brewers than of labor.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
Mayor of Chief City Admits Law
Has Become Sham

Copenhagen. Dec 30.-Prohibi-
ton in iceland has gradually
come to be Il mere sham, accord
ing to Lord Mayor Zimscn of
Reykjavik, the chief city OF the
island In an interview he said:
Iceland is no longer a Prohi-
bition country Wines OF p per
cent alcohol may now be brought
in. Although the Spanish COM
mcrcial treaty, which provides for
the importation OF wines. is UNI
popular with many people as hav-
ing killed Prohibition. it is only
fair to mention that the Prohbi-
ton act worked satisfactorily only
the first two years, Aiterward
smuggling and home brewing
practically made the law non
existent
Spain by economic pressure COM
PEELED the suspension OF Iceland's
Prohibition law. The Icelandc peo-
pie were entirely satisfied with the
law. In fact, they made earnest ap-
peals to the United States and to
other nations to prevent SPANS &C
ton.
The lcclandic Parliament reluc-
family acccdcd to the terms demanded
by Spain because the Parliament was
fully persuaded that it was either that
or starvation for the people.
Spain demanded repeal of Prohibi-
ton before she would renew her trade
treaty. Ii she refused to renew her
trade treaty Iceland's fish market was
destroyed.
The news item quoted above sub
Stimulates the charge that Spain's ac-
ton was in reality an assault on the
OF Prohibition. Evidently
now to reap the full benefit the press
agents OF the international liquor
dealers association are busy.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
GOOD ADVICE FROM new YORK
New York Morning Telegraph

TelegraphD
The General, Mr. )aughey
when them obey the lawnd all of them Mr. Daugherty
in terall
end Prohibition
Constitution
break it. Those sell liquor arrested
blind with
bgger these The stuff they sell and it does not kill
the eyesight.
hold until Prohibition
to will
drinking
drinks the old days
will be
Or swallowing and they will
money comes
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
FORECAST FOR PENNSY::
sQUALLY FOR BOOTlEGGERS
New Keystone Governor in In
augural Address Sounds Sa-
looms Death Knell
CLEAN UP BooTLEGGING
Present Ineffective Enforcement
of Volstead Act Blot on
Pennsylvania.

Governor Clifford Pinchot who wa,
inauguratcd as governor of Pcnnsyl
vania on January 10, in his inaugura
address declared that it would be tn,
policy of the commonwealth and tn,
chart of the new order upon which The
government of the state enters. tc
drive all saloons out OF the state ant
TO prevent and punish Bookkeeping. He
said:
! regard the present fragrant
failure to enforce the No1stead
law as blot on the good name of
Pennsylvania and OF the United
States. If allowed to continue it
will amount to serious charge
against the fitness OF our citizens
for genuine self-govcrnment. |
share in the belief that no deter
mined concerted effort to enforce
the law has yet been made and |
propose not only to press with all
my power for the abolition of the
saloon, but also to make sure that
the government OF this state takes
a full and effective part in such
effort.
This administration will be dry.
The executive mansion will be dry
and the personal practice of the
governor and his family will con-
tinue to be dry in conformity to
the spirit and letter of the Eight
eenth Amendment.
| shall expect and demand from
every public servant appointed by
me or subject to removal by me,
from the highest to the lowest,
entire and ungrudging obedience
to the Eighteenth Amendment
and the Nolstead law.
Governor Pinchot means what he
says and all signs point to a strenuous
and disastrous year for the booze
criminals who have been inlesting the
state of Pennsylvania.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
FRENCH WINE PRODUCTION
IS INCREASED IN 1922

French vineyards according to \
Paris dispatch i'll the New York Tri-
bunc of January 7, produced 40 gal
Ions of wine for every man. woman
and child in the republic for 1922.
The total amount was 70,000,000
hectoliters, or about l,800,000,000 gall
Ions. The average consumption in
France is 100000 hectoliters, or
about one billion gallons. In spite of
the surplus OF S00,000,000 gallons
prices remain high
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
ALL THE SAME BREED

The brewer is the same selfish,
greedy individual wherever found. A
New Zealand brewer deducted in his
income tax return sums spent on anti
Prohibition propaganda. The matter
was taken into cours and the court of
appeals of New Zealand refused to
permit him to make the deduction.
The brewer appealed to the House of
Lords OF Great Britain and the judi
ciary committee dismissed the appeal,
thus unfolding the New Zealand
court. OF course the brewer thinks he
has been shamefully mistreated
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
PITILESS PUBLICITY FOR
BOYS-GIRLS BOOZE PARTIES

A Detroit, Mich, press report OF
January Is says that Sheriff George
A. Walters will resort to "pitiless
publicity" in an effort to stamp out
wild drinking parties staged by boys
and girls of high school age at road
houses near the city. The sheriff am
nounces that hereafter all persons
caught in liquor raids will be sub
poenaed to testify against propretors
OF such places.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
. OREGON BILL REQUIRES
REGISTRATION OF STILLS

The legislature of Oregon is tighten
ing the reins over dr. law violators 10
the extent that all stills must be reg
istered and that the burden of proof
OF such registration shall be upon the
person arrested for violation of the
act.
The bill now before the legislature
and which is sure of becoming law,
provides that any distillery found on
any premises or within any Enclosure
shall be deemed prima facie evidence
that it is xwned by the-person or per-
sons in whose possession it is found.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
WATERED WINE GIVES
FRANCE NEW PROBLEM

Preventing wholesale and retail
wine dealers from watering their wine
is one OF the new problems of the
J internal revenue department of the
+, French government says an Asso-
ciated Press correspondent writing
under Paris date line.
Before the war when wine was very
cheap in France, continues this
dispatch, dilution was unheard Of, but
during the last year out OF 1912
samples of wine taken from suspected
dealers 1926 samples were found to
have been watered heavily. and 700
convictions for fraud were obtained
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
BURKE, BOOTLEGGER, SHOT
AT HIS PITTSBURGH HOME

Martin Burke, sentenced at Cleve-
land recently to serve thirteen months
in the Atlanta penitentiary for violat-
ing the Prohibition laws, was murdered
at his home in Pittsburgh on the
evening of January IA by man who
escaped in an automobile bearing an
Ohio license plate. It is the opinion
OF police officials that the murder
grew out of ill-feeling over the illicit
whisky trade in Ohio.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
DEATHS LEAD TO JERSEY
BOOZE CASTLE DISCOVERY

Jersey City police are investigating
the sudden deaths on January IA in a
saloon OF that city OF three men
James Boris proprietor of the saloon,
and William Bizza and John Hofsky.
The police on search for liquor in the
place found four cases OF brown liquor
having the appearance of beer, and
also jug of brown liquor having an
odor of alcohol, four one gallon bottles
OF red liquor, and case OF ounce
bottles filled with brown powder
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
ANOTHER BREWERY SEALED;
OFFICERS PLEAD GUILTY

Federal Judge Cochran Of Lexing-
ton, KY, has granted permanent in
junction closing the Lexington Brew
cry Company's plant for one year.
The motion for the permanent injunc-
ton was not contested by the COM
pany's attorney. The president and
manager of the brewery, one other of
ficer of the COMPANY, and three en-
ployees entered pleas of guilty of hav-
ing manufactured aud sold beer of
more than the legal percentage of al
cohol
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
STORM CAUSES RUM FLEET
PUT TO SEA FOR SAFETY

An Associated dispatch carrying a
New York date line OF January "a
says that an approaching storm had
chased out TO sea the rum runners
fleet which has been lying just beyond
the threemile limit from Sandy Hook.
So close were the ships to the legal
limit that shippers thought it wise to
ride the storm further at sea lest their
craft be driven ashore.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
POISON LIQUOR VENDOR
FINED $500 IN NEW YORK

Vendors of liquor which prove to be
poisonous were held to be liable for
the consequences by a court jury in
Syracuse, N. Y, winch rendered a
woman verdict of $500 against a
man alleged to have sold to her hus-
band liquor which caused his death.
The action was brought under the civil
damage law passed prior to the enact
ment of the Volstead law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
WEST VIRGINIA PROFITS
FROM SEIZED RUM AUTOS

During the months of November
and December the Feueral Prohibition
director of West Virginia seized 81
automobiles, most of the confscated
cars being new, anu the judge has
ordered them sold at auction.
During 1922 there were 1900 per-
sons arrested in West Virginia for liq-
uor law violations. During the same
period 752 stills were captured. All
seized liquors were destroyed under
court order as soon as they has served
their purpose as evidence.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
LIQUOR AS MEDICINE
GROWING IN DISFAVOR

According to the Federal Prohibi-
ton commissioner there are "a states
out of the 48 which are incidentally
dry, and OF approximately 10000
physicians 10000 reside in these
incidentally dry states. OF the ITO,
600 remaining, between $4,000 and
10000 only hold permits to prescribe
liquor. There are states not medicin-
ally dry i'll which directors report that
in their respective states less than SO
physicians hold permits to prescribe
liquor as medicine.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
Business Men Give Aid

But the magnificent spirit which the
New Zealand business men charged up
against this impregnable situation COM
mandcd wonder and admiration. Nearly
every last man of them was living ON
borrowed money, yet they borrowed more.
and where they had reached the limit
of their credit, they threw their promis-
sorry notes into the campaign fund. 1t
was simply wonderful how these splendid
men slaughtered their own resources for
their beloved New Zealand, in their des-
perate attempt to rescue her from the
clutches of the drink oligarcy. Scores of
business men, though weighted down
with paper at the bank, abandoned their
own business in order to devote their
whole time to the fight. Hundreds of
churches gave their pastor a leave of alb
sence to 90 out and make fight for
New Zealand homes and culture. Out of
some thousands of New Zealand churches
only a single one could be found to re-
lease their pastor to enable him to go
out and fight for the drink traffic. This
was the Unitarian church at Wellington,
which released its pastor, Rev. Wynd-
ham Heathcote, to go out on the most
INSCRIPTIONS campaign ever waged by a
socalled clergyman" in behalf of whis-
ky. But this phase of the matter, in
volving attacks on America by wholesale,
retail and cocktail will be made the sub
iect OF another article.
Government for Brewers
Bat the Massey government did not
stop at these things in boosting the game
of the liquor dealers. They followed
these moves up by two affirmative pro-
posals in behalf of the brewery oligarey.
Mr.. Massey announced that in case Pro-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
Massey's Lead Small

But where did the government come
out? Instead of Mr.. Massey securing the
additional number OF government adher-
cnts in parliament, he lost large num-
Der that he formerly had and came in UNI
der the wire with actually about four
votes less than ma jority. The drys
made no fight against the government as
they had a very sound right to do, but
the government lost out just the snme.
And 50 Mr.. Massey is now confronted
with the problem OF running the govern
ment without any ma jority whatever. Be
cause of the great rise in the
Labor representation and because
OF the terror of the other pc
litieal parties at ,'redfeddism, Mr.. Mas
sey's we'll known astute political abilities
may enable him To carry on" rs the
Britishers say il, but that is in the fu-
ture.
The drys, however, are by no means in
Il funk. They have taken their de
feat in an astonishingly sportsmanlike
manner and have already held meetings
and conferences looking to the renewal
of the struggle. What form that struggle
will take, remains to be seen. But their
temper is such that they will likely de
cline to further being made the victim OF
political malpractice that has to this
time defeated the wishes of the ma iority
of the people of the splendid dominion.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
EMPIRE VILLAGE JAIL
RECOMMENDED TO CLOSE

New York state commissioner OF
prisons, c. D. Patton, after having the
village jail at Wurtzboro, Sullivan
county, n, Y, inspected, declared that
no arrests were maue IN the village
during the past year, and recon-
mended that the village board pass a
resolution closing ii, according to in
formation in the New York Times OF
January Is.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26
N. Y. CLASSES POISON BOOZE
VENDORS AS MURDERERS

A bill has been introduced in the
New York Legislature proposing to
add to the legal definition OF murder
i'll New York the following: ANY
person who sells, gives away or other
wise supplies intoxicating liquor which
causes the death Of human being,
is guilty OF murder in the first degree
and punishable accordingly"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-01-26

In 1918 with saloons, the death rate
in Cincinnati was 1914 per thousand.
2u 1922 under Prohibition, it had
ellcn of to 1879 per thousand.