The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-12-28
Will Tell of Remarkable Fight
Against Lawless Liquor Forces
DISTRICT ATTY OLSON
SPEAKS ON INJUNCTIONS
Many Other Notables Coming to the
Great State Dry Meet
NICHOLSON ANNIV. POSTMASTER

Aeceptances already received guar
antee that the Illinois Anti-Saloon
League State Convention at Chicago
on February 7 and 8 will present a
program OF speakers of extraordinary
interest, power and helpfulness. One
of these will be Colonel \. Y. Smith,
states attorney OF Lake county Col.
Smith is one OF the most fearless and
aggressive foes of the illegal liquor
traffic in Illinois. An attempt to end
his career as states attorney by bomb
ing his house at night only increased
his determination to uphold the law
In addition to securing Jail sentences
III a great many cases of liquor law
violations Safes Attorney Smith has
placed more than one hundred thou
sand dollars into the treasury of Lake
county in the form OF fines and pen
allies paid by bootleggers. Col
Smith will tell about his remarkable
fight against the lawless liquor forces
and explain the methods he has used
with such exceptional success.
Injunction Expert to Speak
Another notablc prosecutor to-
speak on the State Convention pro-
gram will be District Attorney Edwin
A. Olson, federal prosecutor of the
northern district OF Illinois. District
Attorney Olson has been especially
active in closing lawles5 liquor places
under the injunction process. When
he entered upon his duties as district
attorney he found that evidence had
been secured against the De Jonghe
Hotel in the heart OF the Chicago loon
district. The district attorney was
told that ii would be impossible for
him to close this place because it was
worth million dollars and because its
owners were very influential financially
and politically. But the district at
torney was determined that the law
must be enforced and proceeded over
numberless obstacles to prosecute the
case. As a result a large sign in the
front window of this famous hotel
gives notice to all that the place has
been closed for one year because of
violation OF the federal prohibition
act.
Famous Police Chief on Program
Word has been received from Nor
gan A. Collins, chief OF police OF Chi
cago that he will accept the invitation
to appear on the convention program.
Chief Collins, as head of the Chicago
police department carried through the
greatest police drive against liquor
lawlessness in the history of America.
The success of the Chicago police un-
der the direction of Chief Collins has
amazed the entire country and won
for the chief the admiration of the
public from coast to coast. Chief
Collins will tell the delegates to the
convention the thrilling story OF the
DditlC DSlNtSH lilS DOOliCSSCIS anu tIiC
police in the greatest test of prohibi-
ton since the Eighteenth Amendment
was adopted.
Anniversary Banquet Plans
The anniversary banquet TO cele-
brate the twenty-fifth birthday of the
AntiSaloon League promises to be
brilliant occasion. The toast-inaster
will be Bishop Thomas Nicholson,
president of the Anti-Saloon League
of America. Bishop Nicholson has
no peer as a toast-master. AT the
banquet of the World League Against
Alcoholism in Toronto last winter with
delegates from GO nations, Bishop
Nicholson presided with degree of
eloquence. brilliancy and wit seldom
reached and never surpassed in ban
quet hall. Invitations have been sent
to many OF the most prominent ora
tors in America to speak on the ban
quet program. A male quartet and
soloist of exceptional ability have been
secured fo nrovide the music IN this