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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23
WHAT THE MAGAZINES ARE SAYING ABOUT PR0HIBI.
ton AND ITS enforcement
Current History-March, 1929
IN UNITED
STATES
(Rcviewed by Emma L. Transeau)

By Bishop James Cannon, Jr.
Topics covered Moral Aspect of;
The Law Enacted in Response to
Popular Will; Injustice to Our
Soldiers Denied; What is an Intox-
icant? The Supreme Court Dcci-
sions; Effect of the Law.
In this article DR. Cannon presents
excellent answers to current criticisms
OF Prohibition, especially to the article
by Senator Edwards in the January
Current History. Concerning intoxi-
cation his says:
THE key word in the Prohibition
amendment is the word Intoxicating
That single word explains why the
amendment was ratified This ex-
plains why it will not be repealed. What
is intoXicatione 1t is that state i'll
which man has lost control of his
physical, his intellectual, and his moral
powers; in short, in which he has
lost control TO greater or less degree
of himself
The Prohibition amendment docs
not prohibit the manufacture or sale
OF lemonade, root beer, ginger ale,
sweet cider or grape Juice, but it pro-
hibits the manufacture or sale OF liq-
uors for beverage purposes, which in
toxicating beverages, tage-long ex-
perience has positively demonstrated)
cause countless millions of men and
women. youths and girls. to lose con-
troll of themselves and become not
only less fit to be members of society
and for every form OF economics, in
telectuual, social and moral life, but
a positive menace to the communities
in which they live
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23
THE ANTI SALOON
LEAGUE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT

The Telegram New York;
says the Anti Saloon League is
not composed OF officers of the
law. True. II is something more
fundamental in free govern
ment. Without effective. organ
lied public opinion there will be
no effective officers. Without it
there will not for long even be
legal provision for such officers
nor laws for them to enforce.
The League is modified public
. opinion, and public opinion makes
and sustains laws, creates officers
for their enforcement, and puts
efficient men into those offices.
The League is the undergirding
OF the whole reform-N. Y. Edi-
ton American Issue.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23
(Harper's-March, 1929
LIQUOR CONTROL IN
SWEDEN
By Francis Hacket

A favorable presentation Of the
working OF the Brat system III
Sweden. But one must read between
the lines to understand what is LETT
out The only aim OF the system, &C
cording to the writer, is to end the
misuse OF alcohol ito have each in
dividual use alcohol in a rational
way"
When the finished product OF this
training becomes drunkard his mot
book" is taken away. The conse-
quence is he becomes indignant and
buys of some one who has mot
book, or OF smuggler illicit distillcr,
or boot-legger. Hence neither the
drunkard nor illegal traffic is elimi-
mated.
The system is pictured as running
smoothly and reducing drunkards.
But the author, like many others writ
ing on Sweden, takes into considera-
ton only the legislative control of the
liquor traffic. He ignores the ex-
tensive total abstinence movement OF
many years and one of the best organ
lied systems for popular temperance
education in Europe.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23
GERMAN FINANCES u. S.
SMUGGLERS, IT'S SAID

A London Associated Press
dispatch OF March II says that
according to information re-
ceiyed in responsible American
quarters i'll London, wholesale
rum running into the United
States by a fleet of four or five
ships registered under the Pana-
man flag is being financed by
prominent German magnate.
According 10 this story, the
fleet is being chiefly operated
from the United States end by
a former German captain OF a
Hamburg American liner. The
fleet itself is said to be under
the command OF character of
questionable nationality who
achieved notoricty in connection
with marine operations OF a
dubious nature during the war.
The story is plausible. The
German-American Alliance of
malodorous memory received
large financial assistance from
the brewers of the United States
even while the Alliance was plot
ting against this government in
the interest of the kaiser.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

BERGNER & ENGEL BREWING
CO., PRILA., UNDER FIRE
Suds-Makers Asked to Show
Cause Why Brewery Should
Not Be Closed.
BILL IN EQUITY FILED
May Put Every Brewery in City
Out of Business If Suit
Is Successful.
BILL IN EQUITY FILED

IN important action in equity was be-
gun March : by Prohibition officers Ill
the United States attorneys office, says
the Christian Science Monitor, when a
bill was filed in United States District
Court, Philadelphia, calling upon the
Bergner and Engel Brewing Company
to show cause why it should not be
closed, and citing 20 alleged violations
OF the Nolstead act.
1t is alleged that large quantities OF
beer of illegal content have found their
way into saloons OF the city end OF late
quiet check has been kept on the
breweries to determine which ones have
been supplying the stuff. The result
is surprising amount of evidence
which it is claimed is sufficient to put
every brewery in the city out OF bust
ness if this suit and two others in
which injunctions are sought prove
successful.
The other two firms are the Wolf
Company at Fountain Springs, and the
Lenhart Brewing Company. In the case
of the Bergner and Engel suit Judge
McKeehan has set MARCH 81 for
hearing. No dates for the other two
cases have yet been announced. 1t is
indicated that these three bills are the
first of 20 to be filed They cover
practically every brewery in the city
and surrounding districts.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23
(Harper's-March, 1929
Editorial Easy Chair Section)
IN RE. PROHIBITION IN
UNITED STATES
By Edwad s. Martin

A resurrection of the old objection
that Prohibition checked the sale of
good liquors and substituted "bad"
ones.
Now what have we lost?" the
editor asks. One loss is that there
is no longer fair competition be-
tween good drinks and bad. The bad
have an overwhelming advantage
The hard drinks are more portable, and
are more easily attainabe. The
good drinks are too bulky TO be profit
ably handled. The quality even OF
purchasable spirits has fallen off,
Twenty years ago DR.. J. J. Abel, OF
Johns Hopkins University, answered
this objection with elaborate analyses
of many good" and bad alcoholic
liquors. He reported to the Commit
tee of Fifty for whom he made the in
vestigation: Ethyl alcohol alone is
poisonous enough to account for all
the evils OF intemperance." This he
also explained; Far larger quantities
OF the higher alcohols, fusel oils, ETC.,
must be added to ethyl alcohol than
are found in the worst alcoholic bev-
erages before we can attribute to
these higher alcohois any great share
in the fatal outcome of an acute
poisoning with whisky and the like"
That was before "hootch" entered
our Vocabulary The number OF
deaths now reported as due to bad
liquor makes it appear very deadly.
But again comes the chemists
analysis The Director of the Food
and Drug Division of the Massa-
chusetts Department OF Health re-
ports the examination of about II 900
samples Of liquors submitted to the
Department by the police for analysis
since Prohibition. "A few samples
said TO have caused sickness were ex-
amined for toxic substances other than
alcohol ethyl or common alcohol
with negative results"
"One sample, said to have caused
death, deserves special comment. An
alleged chemist made some liquor of
which a number of persons partook,
were made sick, and from which one
death resulted. The so-called chemist
was 1ockct UP on charge of man
slaughter, and the liquor was sub
mitted to the Department for analysis.
So far as VIC were able to ascertain,
the liquor, which was Of the ''hooch"
variety, was free from any toxic sub
stances except alcohol and the usual
by-products of fermentation. The
sample was then submitted to Dir.
Reid Hunt, who gave an IS per cent
fatal dose, based upon the alcohol con-
tent, to a guinea pig and to rat.
Both animals recovered, and Dr. Hunt
reported that the sample was no more
toxic than the ethyl alcohol of the
same concentration"
The conclusion is that the unto
ward effects of "hootch' are due chief
ly to the quantity taken by the drink
ers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23
(American Magazine-March, 1928
p. 1859
A TAXICAB DRIVER HASN'T
EYES
By Nat d., President OF the Black &
White

By Nat d. President OF the Black x
White
| must tell you about one other
thing we have discovered in conduc--
ing one of the biggest taxicab services
in the country While I have left
this matter until the last it is far from
being the least important. We be-
lieve that the safety of the public in
the streets of our large cities has
greatly increased as result of Pro-
hibition.
Under Prohibition we have paid i'll
damages for personal injury only
about one-third (37.8 per cent? of
what we paid for the same cause be-
fore Prohibition. | have concluded
that the only way to account for the
difference is the sobriety of people in
the street; and | have to admit that
our drivers are part of the public and
that since Prohibition the standard of
sobriety among them is almost abso-
lutte.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23
PRO HIBITION
NEWS REVIEW

Haig & Haig Quit; Five Hun
dred Injunctions Filed; Wo-
man Vets Of Boston Want
Beer; California Judge Says,
jail Sentences Only; One
Bootleeeer to Lose Citizen
ship; Another Gets Maximum
Fine
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23
LADY AsTOR's DRY BILL
PASSES SECOND READING
British Commons Votes Adverse
ly on Sales of Intoxicating
Liquor to Youth.
VOTE STANDS 355 TO So
Measure Raises Age of Sale From
Fourteen present Law to
Eighteen Years.

BY vote of 335 to IS the House of
Commons OF Great Britain last week
passed the second reading OF Lady
Astor's bill prohibiting the sale OF in
toxicants to youths under Is years old
for consumption on the premises where
sold.
Parliament made red-lettef day of
it-much like the days of the big wet
and DRY fights in Congress. Conditions
in America were referred TO by many
OF the speakers and those opposed to
the bill rehashed the numerous mis-
representations spread by wet propa-
gandists to the effeet that Prohibition is
not only a failure ii the United States
but that because OF it crime has greatly
increased
Lady Astor in defense OF her bill de-
clared it was designed TO protect the
children and to remove boys and girls
from the environment of the public
house.
She pointed out that the bill merely
changed the existing law which now
prohibits the sale Of liquor TO boys and
girls under fourteen years OF age. Her
bill changed the age limit because it
generally is recognized that people still
were ..ouths at T8.
~ 10y is a child up to IS You men
are children and W women love you
because you are children said Lady
Astor.
She declared the I'LL was not in any
sense her bill as Lord Bryce had intro ..
duced it two years ago. 1t was sup
ported by teachers and behind them
were I'll the organized women heads OF
great schools, chief medical authorities.
and the churches Medical men of all
countries, Lady As5or said, we're agreed
as to The danger OF alcohol during the
period of adolescence
~ great deal IS heard about what
America has done, said Lady Astor,
''but one never hears much about the
domnions, all OF which have such
measures as this. If they can do this
England ought not TO lag behind There
also are similar measures i'll Sweden,
Norway and Poland and | think in
France
Lady Astor remarked that il the bill
was little hard on the few SO was all
legislation, and that the people of Eng
land were used to sacrifice and it only
was necessary to put a high motive be-
fore them. She ended her speech with
passionate appeal that the bill be
passed Tor the benefit of glorious youth
which when rightly led and guided is
most inspiring but when wrongly led is
most harmful" The Labor Party sup
ported the bill.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

On March 9 Lady Astor's bill for
bidding the sale of alcohol for con-
sumption on the premises to persons
under eighteen years OF age was car
ried to second reading by 1888 votes to
SO. In discussing the bill Lady Astor
said that in 1910, 2,6l0 boys between
10 and p had been arrested for drunk
cnness; in 1920, 4,0o3, and i'll 1921,
2,117.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

In Chicago Municipal Judge Peter
Schwaba in the night court fined To-
seph Parrinello $1,000 and costs and
sentenced him to six months impris-
onment in the House of Correction.
the maximum penalty provided for
under the law for the sale of illegal
liquor.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

slaughter, while in Indiana bill max
ing the penalty murder for selling or
giving away fatal liquor was indch-
nitely postponed.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

The lower House OF the Wisconsin
Legislature recently voted 81 TO "a to
adopt resolution asking Congress to
define intoxicating beverages.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

In Syracuse, n. Y. Federal Judge
Hazel has ruled that dry agents have
absolutely no right to enter home
without a warrant, and he ordered
that such practices be discontinued
forthwith.
1t is considered probable that an APP
peal will be taken from these "ad-
verse" verdicts ii Prohibition officials
find that they interfere seriously"
with enforcement.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

In Kentucky, Federal Judge Evans
nor Kentucky Prohibition enforce
ment agents had any right 10 search
an automobile without first obtaining
a search warrant
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

In Kansas bill is pending to make
IL murder to sell or to give away in
toxicants that cause death.
In Oklahoma similar measure, with
the murder penalty, for either selling
or giving away, already is a law.
In Iowa the Senate has passed bill
making the sale of such liquor man
slaughter.
In Ohio bill has been passed and
signed making the furnishing of such
liquor second degree murder.
Michigan has pending bill making
sale of liquor that causes death man
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

It is announced from London that
Haig & Haig, Ltd famous whisky
dstillers will soon retire from bust
ness. Loss of the American market
Is given as ono OF the chief causes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

Guiessippc Ippolito, OF Rockford,
who gained his citizenship from the
Circuit Court on January 9, may lose
It again at the April term of that court,
when a petition filed yesterday by J.
f. Riley, government naturalization
agent, asking that his citizenship be
set aside, comes up for hearing.
Ippolito. was found guilty by jury
in5county court OF violating the Pro-
hibition laws. t ti3
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

Roscoe c. Andrews, Federal Prohi-
bition Director for Illinois has filed
more than 500 petitions for injunc-
tons TO close saloons since he became
director few months ago.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

Helsingfors, Finland, Feb. 25.-The
Finnish parliament has rejected pro-
posal that the people of Finland be
allowed, through a referendum, to de-
eide whether Prohibition is to be con-
tinued.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

Some OF the Back Bay society lead
ers in Boston have formed woman's
organization to fight for light wines
and beer. Mrs. F. Lathrop Ames,
Mrs. Curtis Guild and Mrs. George
Richmond Fearing are three men
toned in dispatches from Boston,
which say that the women hope to
abolish the Prohibition law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-23

In Los Angeles, Judge Crawford
recently announced
81 am not going to use the Wright
act as source of revenue. Therefore
shall give only Jail sentences to those
who violate it,; and he handed out six
months in Jail to each of seven vio-
lators, and ono went up for nine
months for operating still.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-29
.SpFCTAL, MUSIC
AT CHRISTIAN
SERVICE HERE

Excellent musical numbers have
been arranged for the services at
the State Street Christian Church
tomorrow. Percie Thackcr, accom-
panied by Prof. Todd at the pipe
organ, will be the morning soloist.
The mixed quartet composed of
Mrs. s. o. Lingo, Miss Lura Kirk
patrick, J. S. Carmichael and S. o..
Lingo, win be on the evening pro-
gram.
Building a Life will be the
morning sermon theme, while the
evening subject will be "The Mus
tard Seed.
"Home Coming Night will be
celebrated Wednesday evening of
this week in the parlors of the
church, and it is planned to make
this one of the events of the social
calendar. There will be short
program of readings, special music
and talks, followed by social
hour.
Committees in charge of the event
include Mrs. S. o. Lingo, Miss
I.ura kirkpatrick, and Mrs. A. E.
Worthy, reception; j. S. Carmichael,
A. E. Worthy, program; Mesdames
F. L. Shaw, w. Reyburn, and Irwin
Maupin, refreshments; Mrs. j. S.
Carmichael, Mrs. c. T. Collier, de-
cOration
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-29
WE'RE TO CLEAN HOUSE!

AT last Ell Centre is to have real housekeeping!
Following the example of her worthy housewives
who have all been sweeping and securing since
their return from vacations the city herself is to have
official cleaning up of her clutteredup streets and
alleys, her vacant lots her back yards and chicken
coops-and her front yards WELL if they need It,
The movement all started with the plan to OBJ,
serve Fire Prevention Week which is to be celebrated
all the country from October to Ii.
City and fire department officials found when
they commenced plans for the proper observance OF
this national week that the biggest fire hazard in Ell
Centro lay in her backyard rubbish heaps and her
dirty alleys Not very flattering condition to
template, but nevertheless true.
For the fact must be admitted that city we
have been slovenly in system of keeping house.
Two three efforts have been made by clubs
ganzations acting individually to start something and
get the town cleaned up but they have never gotten
farprobably because every person and every organi
zation not banded together behind the movement
1t is only by whoehearted cooperation of every
citizen that city the size of Ell Centro be thor
oughly cleaned up, and the big thing needed to
spell success for such movement is to the
civic pride and spirit of her and children
The fact that out of Sc fire alarms in this city
last year, Is caused by trash accumuatons is
indictment of our untidy method of municipal house
keeping.
Thus far this year, out of total of SO calls for
the fire department Is third have been traced
to rubbish piles.
And if we do not get busy and clean up, it is diff
ficult to tell what CHASTITY figures the total for the
year may show, far this years loss of S10,705
shows an appalling gain the whole of 1922 when
$4,000 was the total fire waste sustained.
The meeting held recently to consolidate all forces
of the cty's life in onslaught on Old Man Dirt is
Just the opening in what promises to be of the
most resultful campaigns ever waged by this city
a whole.
A day drive is planned for Columbus Day,
holiday, in which business men will lend their aid to
collecting the debris dug out from nook and crevce.
One of the greatest blessings growing out of the
whole thing will be getting back to the old wartime
spirit of all working together for the common good
something we very apt to lose sight of in the rush
and hubbub of daily life.
When it is all and we are spck and span
visitor from other parts will be able to
stand amazed at the deplorable appearance of our
town. Nor shall any dare to again stamp us as
lacking in civic prde-an accusation which has only
too often been hurled at u.s. and which needs definite
refutation and for ALL
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-29
STATE STREET CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
A. f. WORTHY, Pastor


We want you to come to church
tomorrow and every Sunday, be
cause:-
l. If nobody came to Church
there would be no Church; and if
the Church left the city you would
not live here, nor would anyone
else.
,. You share the blessings and
privileges of the Church, and to be
square you should lend it your ac-
tive support.
5. The Church is the greatest or
ganized force for righteousness in
the world. You want to live in a
community where people are honest
and just in their dealings with each
other. Help the Church make pos
sible such a community.
4. The Church affords the best
to serve God and humanity.
). You cannot be a Christian if
YOU are not vital part of the
Church of Christ.
s. You need to rest your body
and feed your soul ut least once Il
week.
Z. The Christian Church stands
for the highest type of civilization
and progress. The leading nations
of the world are those which prac-
tice Christian teachings to the
greatest extent.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-29
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
LATE BUTTERFLY

"'Ting- -Iingl' rang the tele-
phone in Uncle Wiggily's hollow
stump bungalow one morning.
"Hcllo! Hello! Yes! Yesl Who
is it?" asked the bunny rabbit.
"'This is DR.. Possum, came
back over the wire. Il say, I'm
Gle Wiggily, do you remember the
Black Bushy Bear who burned his
nose when he was trying to teach
you how to flip-flop pancakes ~
"Indeed, | do remember him, y
said Uncle Wiggily, with Il sort of
a shiver instead of a twinkle of
his pink nose. "'What about him?''
81 Just saw him numbering around
in the woods when | came home
from giving Tommie Kat some eat
nip tea to stop his tail ache, y said
DR.. Possum over the telephone. eff
you go out adventuring today, I'm
Gle Wiggily, be careful to watch out
for the Black Bushy Bear. -
81 will,' promised the rabbit
gentleman. Then he hoped away
from the telephone, put on his tall,
silk hat and, taking mis- red, white
and blue striped rheumatism crutch,
away he started from his hollow
slump bungalow.
81 do hope nothing happens to
him, - murmured Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housekeep-
er. "He is a dear, good rabbit
gentleman, but so queer! Oh dear!'
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-29

sermon by the pastor on subject
"What Is My Share.
Mrs. Myrtle Basset will render a
soprano solo at this service, en-.
titled "Come Unto Me-" by Jud'
son.
Young peoples meeting $50 p. m,
Lucy REEVES, President.
Officers for the new year will be
elected at this meeting.
Evening service 1880 p. m. This
service viii be in charge of the men
of the church. They will furnish
special music and the following men
will speak: Chas. Hoover, Will
White, j. NJ. Stark, A. C. Nor
rill, Geo. Finley. 1t win be live
service run by live men. Men are
especially invited.
The Annual meeting of the
church will be held Tuesday even
ing at 7:30.
No service on Wednesday night
this week.