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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
True Patriots and Prohibition

Every true patriot will stand AMI
tight Tor Prohibition now, even though
not a Prohibitionst, not because it is
Prohibition, but because it is a part OF
the fundamental law OF the land. which
is vastly larger than Prohibition, and Il
he arrays himself against that, he is
base traitor to his State and Country.
He must see that constitutional govern
ment is at stake, and if that part of the
Constitution goes, the whole instrument
must go, for violation OF the Prohibition
law creates a contempt for all law, and
punges us into hopeless anarchy.
Lincoln on Law Enforcement
All this led Lincoln to say. Let every
American, every lover OF liberty every
well-wisher 10 his posterity, swear BY
the blood of the Revolution, never tc
violate, in the least particular, the laws
of his country, and never to tolerate
their violation by others" That is true
Americanism. And on Waslington's
birthday, he was big enough to be such
a towering statesmen in 1872. Before
the Washington Society he spoke in
Springfield, and his address is in the
files of the Sangamon Journal &c lay.
He said in part "sWl1en there shall be
neither slave nor a dr,nllard on earth.
how proud the title of that land thai
may claim to be the birthplace and the
cradle OF both those revolutions. How
nobly distinguished that people who
shall have planted and nurtured to
maturity the political and moral freedom
OF their species Again, on the after
noon of the day before he was assassi-
mated that night, he sand TO his friend,
Merwin, with the help OF the people
we have cleaned up colossal Job. Slav-
cry is abolished After reconstruction
the next great question will be the over
throw and abolition OF the liquor traffic
My head, my heart, my hand, and my
purse will 60 into that work. Less than
quarter of century ago'--referring
to his IS42 address, predicted that
the time would come when there would
be neither slave nor drunkard IN
the land have lived to see, thank
God, one OF these prophecies fulfilled
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
Victory Against Odds

The odds were against us in the
ratification fight. The cumulative. or
Pumping system OF voting for legis-
lative representatives which no other
state in the Union has. gave the4wets
great advantage, and enabled Chi
cage and Cook county, as vets, to
dominate the state. This cumulative
method has lost our cause in each
Legislative session from IL to "a votes
in the lower house, running back over
number OF sessions, and has largely
accounted for the closcncss of the vote
in the house. In the legislative cam
paign of 1918 great fight was put
up to secure legislature that would
ratify the Eighteenth Amendment.
Dry workers were sent into all the
counties OF the state, and the churches
SO noby backed up the campaign that
solid dry delegations for the house
were nominated and elected in fifteen
senatorial, or legislative districts,
where the vets could not elect even
one member by giving three votes
each for him-a great victory--and
those As dry votes overcame the wet
majority OF about As in Cook county,
and enabled the drys to ratify, in the
senate January 8, 1912 the first day
Of the legislative session. after a two
thirds vote to suspend the rule by a
vote OF 80 to 10; and on January IA,
the third legislative day OF the scs-
sion, the first chance for vote unuer
the rules, the house finished the job
by vote of 81 for, to % against
another signal triumph.
Our Greatest Achievement
As a result, Illinois was the first big
state to ratify. She did it as number
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
The Church In Action"

He wrote "The Church in Action
Against the Saloon booklet, which
was at once accepted and used by the
founder of the League as the best
thing of its kind and which later, re-
vised and amplihed by him with the
assistance of the constructive criticism
and suggestion OF all the National
leaders OF the League, stood till the
adoption OF National Prohibition as
the accepted statement of League
principles and methods. He made the
original draft OF what became the
local option law OF Illinois. and pre-
scented it to the legislature OF 1901.
Some sort OF a bill was introduced in
1890, but it was incomplete and did
not get anywhere, though those in
charge did perhaps all that anybody
could have done at that time and
under those unfavorable conditions.
The later bill was so fashioned as to
guard military territory. The first
real impression was made on the
legislature OF 1905
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
Dry Zone Laws

Other legislation created dry zones
around the University OF Illinois, the
soldiers home at Quincy, prohibited
drinking and drunkenness on railway
and interurban trains and in all state
parks and public Dlaces
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
Woman Suffrage

Other worth while doings under his
administration must be enumerated
and remembered. \ limited woman's
suffrage act was passed in 1913. Civ
ing women the elective franchise on
about everything, even votes for Of
ticials, except for officers named in
the state constitution, who could not
be included without constitutional
amendment or a new constitution.
This greatly aided the dry cause, aud
helped win subsequent victories,
though they could not vote for legis-
lativc candidates. But their influence
WING ,,raot
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09

theodore Clark, {. +. Reed. Z. w.
Ward, J. L. Watson, p. ]. Rinchart,
W. NJ. Haley, {. b. Roberts. A. c.
Glasgow, {. o. Bayhe, L. n. Brown,
I. A, Parmentcr, I. L. Owen, J. T.
lliit, I. {. Cady, L. X. Horton, +. Il.
Boyd, J. M. Phelps, NJ. W. Montague.
ID. b. Johnson, d. |. Roush. II. d. Nc
Donald, Z. Z. HALFWAY, w. IL. Quill
len, J. NJ. Judy, {. L. Peterson, ]. A.
Little, II. II. Johnson, Ralph Owen,
{. w. lvie, d. A. Shuck, ]. L. Hud-
son, E. w. Ewing, end others render
ing but brief service.
Superintendents to Other States
Several members OF our force have
gone to be superintendents OF the
League il other states. These in
cludc w. II. Anderson, ]. r. Burke,
E. Z. Mclaughlin, q. d. Congcr, II.
L. Sheldon, ]. X. Shields. q. B. SAT-
ford, L. II. Horton, Parker Shields,
who left the headship of the Central
district, February /, 1921. where he
made a name for himself and gave
wider scope to the cause, to get under
the State League of Tennessee; and
K. Q. Everhart, as editor of the New
York edition OF the American Issue.
While ]. X. Shields was state super
intendent here, President TAFT ap-
pointed him as one of the twelve
United States representatives to the
Inter- National Anti-Alcolioli Con-
ference at the Hague. NJ. H. Ewers.
as our state superintendent, worked
practically alone for some time. but
later was assisted by {. r. Carlos.
Both were handicapped by a lack of
funds, incomplete organization and
inexperience i'll the new-tried venture
and accomplished but little. William
II. Anderson found loosely built
movement, that was almost without
movement, inherited some very
serious conditions, assuming big
debt that seemed an insupcrable
obstacle; yet he got the League on
its feet for the first time in its history.
carried its crushing burdens and made
it a power in the state. These quail
ties OF initiative and leadership created
demand for his service otherwherc,
and DR. Anderson is now in the
SUPPLEMENTARY OF the League in the
Empire State
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
ILLINOIS LEAGUE HISTORY
Continue from page one)

banker to recognize and support the
League, and its very warm friend to
date, ]. V. Farwell, w. w. Bennett,
and 7. ]. Bolger. Business managers
and active treasurers, !. {. Bentall
Chas. Schmidt, o. w. Bofnger, and
B. w. Ewing, long faithful official.
A. w. Gillett, after acting as a helper,
served as the head of the law enforce
ment department for a number of
years, while Miss Anna Alkre. on the
Office force from the first, is still re-
tanned in Chicago as 4 very efficient
member of the force, occupying a very
important position, having charge of
the League collections; and Mrs.
Florence O'Brien, fine stenographer.
has been in the Springfield office since
1907. S. I. Brush carried for years
heavy financial burden of $4,000 Tor
the League, unsecured and without
interest. Great credit is due him.
Others deserve commendable men,
,;an
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
New League Departments

Mrs. Lena sB. Mathes is supe1in-
tendent of the woman's department,
and Miss Margaret 6Wintringcra as
sstant Jas. II. Dsnskin, long leader
in League work, and recent head OF
the distributed Alton-East Saint Louis
district, is now field attorney for the
State League. +. J. Davis, veteran
worker, is superintendent Chicago law
enforcement department. Supern-
tendents OF the various districts arc
now as follows:
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
Elect Dry Officials Only

To this end, only men, or women,
who stand unqualihedly for the en-
forcement of dry laws, should be
elected to all our official positions. and
as our primaries arc now held in
April, the agitation should begin ear
ly and continue late, before every
primary, that dry candidates, particu
larly those endorsed by our League,
may be chosen for all enforcement Of
fees, as we'll as for our Lawmakers in
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
Mcbride Leads for Local Option

Dir. +. Scott Mcbride has been in
command very much longer than any
other OF our state superintendent, and
has led the dry forces to a maximum
OF large and blessed results, includ-
ing some signal victories. especially
the ratification by Illinois of the Ma
tional Constitutional Prohibition
Amendment, our stupendous achieve
mcnt. He is deservedly considered a
sagacious. strategic leader.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
A Wet Trick

In 1905 the effect OF the concerted
discussion in the churches, launched
by Mr.. Anderson, and which became
regular annual and powerful feature
afterward, not only in our own ILL
nois but in many OF our other state
SO aroused the senate
that they appropriated the Anderson
bill as published in the Issue, placed
a referendum on it, introduced it, and
referred it to the old, license commit
tee, to head off the fight to refer it
to some other committee not hostile
to it. a senator named Anderson
from Rockford, introduced it to
create the impression, evidently, that
it was the real w. II. Anderson bill.
No fight was made on the referendum,
and they put it through. In the
House, in a night session, in test
vote, it was reported defeated. The
next day the record showed it beaten
by only one vote. The same measure
went over in 1907, except the county
feature was eliminated. 1t was re-
drawn by Robert McMurdy. of the
firm OF Church & McMurdy. the
best legal authority on the liquor
question in the state, with the prepara-
tory work and the cooperation OF
Anderson, a graduate OF one OF the
leading law schools of the country,
and other lawyers besides Anderson.
The Fight for Local Option
In the Spring OF 1907, the day be-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
Our Greatest Achievement

AS result, Illinois was the first big
state to ratify. She did it as number
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
District Superintendent

Northern, Geo. McGinnis; North
eastern, Herbert H. Rood; Chicago
Southwest Side, John w. Langley;
Chicago North Side, c. L. Peterson !;
Chicago South Side, J. L. Little
Chicago Northwest Side, A. II. Post;
Western, G. w. James; Eastern, n.
r. Johnson; Central, Geo. II. Yule;
Southern, Leo Howard with L. Z.
Mclaughlin, assistant; Scandinavian
work. Carl J. Andreen.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
The Fight for Local Option

In the Spring of 1907, the day be-
fore its Introduction in the Senate, a
special meeting of the Leagues Head
quarters Committee was held in the
capital city. They remained in SEES
sion until midnight in an effort to
reach the wisest decision. l. X
Shields, state superintendent, now at
the head of the. New Jersey League,
naturally wanted the larger. or coun-
ty unit. We all wanted it, but we
had counted noses and found we could
not get it. So we concluded TO
make the concession of dropping to
township, option, including city and
village option and we said to Mr.
Shields, III we ask for county option
they will turn us down. Then they
will probably say, Let us just finish
the whole business and we shall get
nothing We closed with a season
of prayer, all around, asking for
Divine direction as to the best pro-
gram. 1t was most solemn occa-
sion.
Local Option Wins
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09
THE AMERICAN ISSUE

next morning. for a final roundup.
The committee was more pronounced
than ever in maintaining their stand.
Then Shields and his assistant. L. y
Scrogin, went to the leaders in both
Houses and said. Our Headquarters
Committee is in session in this city.
They authorize us to say to you that
they will crop TO township option. in
GLIDING city and village option, as the
larger unit, but will not yield another
inch. Take this bill and pass it lust
as it is, or take the responsibility OF
turning it down." They knew what
that meant as they had already some
striking evidence OF the power OF the
League, and they began at once to
get busy whipping their men into
line. 1t was then introduced into the
Senate and speedily passed by that
body, and later, after hard battle in
the House, it won out with more than
the constitutional majority required.
The next year E. a. Scrogin said to
w. A. Smith, That was the wisest
action that could have been taken at
that time, for the state was not yet
ripe for county option, and the former
will pave the way for the latter He
was a true prophet.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-03-09

Local Option Wins
Another short session was held the
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-08-09
Ulimas novedades ocurridas en- Ia IsIa

Ell dia A de los co~rrientes, en- la ca
lie Generic, de Bayamon, I'm autom6-
vii guiado por ell chauffeur Felix
Dfaz, arroll6 a la nina Katy Rivera,
de 10 amos de edad, produciendole con-
tusiones leves.
Ell dfa 8 de este mes, en- La Gale
Generic, del mismo pueblo, pereci6
ahogada dentro de un aljibe, en- La re-
sidencia de sus padres, la nina Gere-
nadia Vazquez, de 16 meses de edad.
Ell, dfa 5 de los corrientes, en- la
casa No. 80, Gale Vergara, de Areci-
DO, Sc suicio ell individuo Benigno Co.
lon Lopez, de % amos de edad, dispa-
randose un trio por la boca.
En- la noche del 4 de este mes, en-
un bale que Sc celebrada en- ell ba-
rrio Arenas, Las Piedras, Ell individuo
Rafael Rodriguez, agredi6 con n ma
vaja a Octavio Arroyo, infiriendole
una herida en- ell costado ~izquierdo. Ell
Juez de Paz sehalo al agresor doscien-
tos .doalores de fanza.
Ell dia 5 de los corrientes, en- la
carretera que conduce a Vega Alta,
un automovil Hudson, guiado por
su dueho Jose Garcia Lugo, de San
Juan, choco I'm Ford, guiado por
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-08-09
Aviso I~rnportante

de mas de 30 mllar, AZ c. cien o
fraction de Glen.
Azucar. Por cada quintal que Sc fa-
briqpe, 4 c. 7t spS So
Tabaco cortado para fumar. 3 c. onza
q Fraction de onza. vi
Baraias, 5thasta Diciembre 81, 1927
$2.OOfcada una. tDespues de Dicieuabfe
81. 1928, q G. cada unaHioc
Armassy puniciones y parties de es'
tas, incluyendo sdagas. Rpulales, este;
qnes, etc, 40spor cientos ad-Nalorems ex.
ceptO las destinadas "a los gohiernos
Federal, Insular 0 Municipal $3.50.
Eosforos. 20 cje gruesaa osfraccidn de
Ecajetillas de % a 100 Palillos.
| sCuandog las ~cajetilias scontenganstme'
nosl de 25' o mas de 100 palillos. 4GsS!
IImillar 0 fraction de millar.
Vehiculos de motor, pleas y aceesos
rios para los mismos, 10 por ciento ad-
lvalorem. +. la.1ss I.ys 10 10
F~on6grafos. radio-telegraffa, 6rganos
y accessories. 10 por ciento ad-valorem.
Pianolas y accessories, 10 por cientc
Pianos. armonios y accessories. 10 por
! ciento ad.yalerem.
Peiculas, M c. pie lineal.
Joyas, piedras preciosas. 70 imitaci6nl
y articulos de tocador y arte, relojes
gemeios de teatro, 10 por ciento adj
loren.
A. E4rnaras fotograhcas v accessories. ID
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DEPARTMENT. DE HACIENDA
E DE ARB1TR1o
A LOS FABRIcANTES, CONFER
CIANTES, INDUsTRIALES Y PUI
BLICo EN- GENERAL:

E
Con Ell fin de facilitar la implatacion
la nueva Ley de Arbitrios, aprobada
por Ell Gobernador de Puerto Rico en-
80 de JUNO de 1928 y evitar confusion
entire Ell eiemento contributivo Sc pu-
blica a continuation, para conocimien.
to de los interesados, I'm extracto de
las seccio1es mas importanteso de Ia
citada Ley, asi como alguna infofma-
cion ADDITIONAL que este DEPARTMENT.
estima convenience para su mejor in
t~erpretacion.
Secci6n 6.-Signifcado del voeablo
AD-VALOREM. Para los fines de- Ses-
ia Ley, Ell vocablo AD-VALOREM Sc
interpretara como ~significativo del va
lor real del mercado alberto en- esta
ixla.
Seccion 7.-De6nici6n de la pa!abra
PERSONA. - La palabra PERSONA
tai como Sc emplea en- esta Ley inclui-
ra toda sociedad, association, sociedad
anonima, compahia 0 corporation, asi
como toda persona natural.
Seccion 10.--De6nicion de las pala.
bras USO Y CONSUMO-Las psla-
bras USO Y CONSUME tai como. Sc
emplean en- esta Ley Sc interpretafsn
en- su mas corriente y usual s~igni6ciop.
Cuando un articulo tributsble4 no hkya
sido adquirido para negocio Sc entehde.
ra que ha de ser destinado para sci
usado o consumido por efiaddrdfiehfel
Secci6n 20.-ARBITRIOS Sc i'm.
pondra. cobrara y pagara como inn
puesto de rentas internas. por una sola
vez, sobre cada uno de los articulos
siguientes. que Sc fabriquen. produzi
can, vendan, usen o consuman en- Pto,
Rico;
Alcohol para fines medicinales 0 Glen.
t%ificos, $1.16 litro o fraction.
Alcohol desnaturalizado liquido para
combustible " c. gallon.
Alcohol desnaturalizado solido para
corabustible, / c. kilo 0 fraction.
Brandy 0 imitat ion, $lO0 litro o frac-
cion de litro.
Whiskey Q imitacion. Sl.0O litro o
fraction de litro.
Cerveza y otros produetos fermenta-
dos analcgos con " por ciento de al
coholSo mas, Is c. litro o fraction.
Champagne. $1.OO litro 0 fraction de
litro.
Vino espumoso, siOO litro . fraction
de litro.
Vino no espumoso. 50 Z. litro . frac-
ci6n de iitro.
cidra Q imitaci6n, Is {. litro . frac-
eion de Iitro.
Perfumcria. incluyendo bay:rum. ron
de malagueta y alcoholados 80 por
~ciento ad-valorem.
Medicines sin alcohol, IS por ciento
ad.valorem.
Medicina con alcohol, IS por ciento
ad-volorem y a raz6n de $l.l6 por Ii
tro de alcohol contenido.
Cigarros, de $40 millar o menos. 30 {.
cisn 0 fraction de Glen.
de mas $40 hasta $50 milIar. so c.
Glen 0 fraction de Glen.
de mas de $50 millar, sI.00 Glen 0
Fraction de Glen,
Cigafrilios, de IS millar . menos,
% u r.4n x frnrct<a a.. KS.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-08-09

Manuel Farias, resultando ambos We
hfculos o ~desperfectos de considera-
ci6n. Virgilio Pabon y Julio Merle
resultaron con heridas leves, siendo
ambos p~asajeros del "Ford". Ambos
.chauffeurs han sido denunciados por
violar la ley de automobiles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-10-04
Land Equal to 4 States
Given to Homesteaders

Washington.-Publi lands totaline
23,022, $50 acres have been transferred
to homesteaders during the past two
years. A Department of Interior sum.
mary shows that the number Of pat.
ents issued for this area was ITO. 1880
Were all Of these tracts gathered
into one district, it would have an
area as great as Massachusetts,, New
Hampshire, Maryland and Connecticut
combined.
Receipts of the general land Office
during the two years amounted to $24,.
843, 800. More than half, 2,891 900
came from royalties on mineral leases
on public lands. Sale of public lands
realized 81, 453, $50, while fees and com
missions totaled $2,840,738 Receipts
from naval petroleum reserves brought
in $5,543,S3
The receipts were disposed Of by
paying $8,762,0 Ola into the general fun6
of the treasury, $12,154,5O6 to the re
clamation fund, and $3.927,287 to the
various states containing the public
lands.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-10-04
d uunun y nn p q p n n p p p
9llgkie's
nHpnHnnn nnun q q q y II

"Penrod and SAM, perturbation
of Booth Tarkington's famous story
of boy life, is to be the feature at the
Caughren theatre Sunday and Mon
day, Oct. and 8. This First Nation
al picture was directed by William
Beaudine and is enacted by cast
which includes Benny Alexander, Joe
Butterworth, Buddy Messenger, New
ton Hall, Gertrude Messenger, Joe Nc
Cray, Gene Jackson, Rockliffe Fell
lows, Gladys Brockwell, Mary Phil
bin, Gareth Hughes and William ".
Mong.
Benny Alexander, who plays PEN
rod, is one of the best known child
actors, and he has excelled himself
in the portrayal Of this remarkably
human character. Joe Butterworth
will be seen as Sam, his buddy and
conspirator in mischievous adven-
lures. Buddy Messenger, the star of
the Buddy Messenger Comedy
Series" plays Roddy Bits, the NOR
tai enemy of Penrod and Sam. His
sister, Gertrude Messenger, is PEN
rods little sweetheart.
The major portion of the picture
Is one succession of laughs, chuckes
and smiles, but there are moments Of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-10-04
j.. A. Grossman from Montana, and
A. e. Wackerman.
Crew of U. S. Schooner
in Fight With Natives

San Francisco.-The schooner Lottie
Bennett sailed in through the Golden
gate recently flying the Stars and
Stripes as mute evidence of an Amer
lean crews victory in a desperate
hand-to-hand battle fought off an is
land in the Pacific with South Sea is
landers led by an Englishman, accord
ing to members Of the vessels crew.
The Lottie Bennett, en- route from
Niuatobutabu to this port with cargo
of copra, dropped anchor off the island
of Nieufua in the Tonga group, just
as terrific equatorial storm blew up.
Capt. Neils Jensen and his crew Of ten
went ashore to escape the, gale.
After the gale blew itself out, Cap
tain Jensen and his crew prepared to
return to their vessel but were greeted
by wild yells and a shower Of mis-
siles from the ship. Then, according
to their story, an English plantation
manager named Ramsey, one Of the
two white men living on Nieufua, in.
formed them he had found the vessel
in an abandoned condition and had
taken possession of 1t.
Clambering up hawsers and anchor
chains, the Americans boarded the YES
sci and battled the British leader and
his crew, although the natives out.
numbered the Americans nearly three
to one. The Americans finally threw
the natives overheard, put handouts
on Ramsey and set him ashore.