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The Washington times., 1924-12-09

Of. home and at the same time
write their, loved ones of the de-
lightful trip they are having. In
addition to the fast schedule with
only four stops between Washing
ton and Jacksonville, Fla. i making
two hours quicker time than any
other afternoon train, and carrying
observation car not provided by
other lines, 1.-THE FIoridian'' is also
featured by the excellent Seaboard
dining car service, considered the
best in the South. This train also
the way from Montreal, Canada, af-
eording through service direct to
st. Petersburg, Fla.s and intermedi-
ate points. It is remarkable how
modern transportation methods have
made travelling between distant
points so easy.
With the addition OF new dining
cars OF the latest type, which
will NE carried on all trains, the
Eeaboard announces that it will be
In a position this, year to give it's
patrons better service than that of
previous years If such is at all pos
Sible. 1t is no secret that their
dining car service has won them
many friends and that good Old
Southern cooking is chiefly respon-
sible. Not only is the food selected
from the best markets, but there is
a distinction in its preparation and
lT the manner in which it is served
that has given the Seaboard a repu-
tation which they have well earned.
One Of the reasons why so many
people are planning on visiting
Florida this season is because the
Seaboard, in its development Of the
South, is building a new line
through the wonderfully picturesque
region of central Florida, providing
train service to points heretofore
without transportation facilities and
passing through such places as
Center Hill, Polk City, Auburndale,
Winter Haven (Florida Villa, West
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

winner Of the Kentucky Derby.
preAablyI win NcoEe, 4 II
TO obtain fields such as these
stables guarantee. the Jockey Club
.fs putting up $3.50, 900 in purses for
the fifty,one day meeting. Then
thereH be the added money Of the
overnight handIcaps. The program
Of feature events IL Just being
mapped out. They win not be
necessary, for steady, capacity
crowds can be confidently counted
on.
No new track was ever IN better
condition. The rain has helped II
wonderfully. Now It win gradually
work into. d smooth course that
should be lightning fast for the
opening. Favored as Miami is
by the climate here, the track can
be kept in such condition that all
sorts Of records may be broken.
Only the landecaping and finish.
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winter. accompanied by Mrs. Smoot
IRnA daughter 1Aiice, and - staying
At the Ponce de Leon Hotel.
While North for the summer, Mr..
SmOot visited ali the leading tracks,
and he reports that race-horse men.
and their stables are doing what
the rest OF the world has estal3s
lished a habit of doing that Is
heading for Miami.
Railroads have been pleading for
sdescfipt literature, pictures and
circulars calling attention TO the
new track, Mr.. STnoot reports, and
this ma tier IL being distributed ct
all stations or the Atlantic Coast
Line. Seahgard Air Line, Southern,
Baltimore and Ohio, and other lead
ing Northern and Eastern systems.
Meeting the leading figures Of
the racing world at the summer
meeting he attended Mr.. Smoot WIS.,
literally 4oyerwhe with early
reserve lions for stable space Since
he was meeting only the leaders
among the stables patronizlng the
best meetings, the cream of the
American turf viii be, brought here.
Races should accordingly be Of the
highest class. 1sWe are safeguard
ing this, because the Miami meeting
win attract the highest type Of race
patrons, and the attraction must be
In keeping, Mrs Smoot asserts.
The first horses win be stabbed
at the Hialeah oval about November
Is, Il Is expected. The completed
track will be In fine condition for
training work, and the influx of
racing animals will be steady then
until all reservations have been
filled. The last of the fall meetings,
that at Bowie, closes shortly after
Thanksgiving. but many outstand-
Ing horses, deserving a long rest
after the summers campaigning
will be brought to Miami In advance
Of that date for training and con-
ditioning.
The Ward stable will have q
whole string, including Wise Coun-
selor, which defeated Epinard.
p. r. Bradley is sending the best
OF his wonderful collection; the
Whitney and Sinclair stables will
compete in the events. Black Gold.
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Ing touches on the club house ~
y1RtN &efpEq tie fNHiEs psant -
CONT IeEed
The inland track will be carried
back north in the minds Of people
who come here as the most beauti-
full In the world. because of the
profuse use Of tropical vegetation.
But the best recOmmendatiO to
be carried back viii not be the
beauty. II viii be the fact that
every inch Of the track is visible to
patrons, no matter where they
stand-on lawn about paddocks or
In the grandstand. Planted al
though 1t win be to low shrubbery
and plants the infieId has been 20
designed that there win be no
obstruction to a perfect view across
the track. Every inch OF the
races. all their tense action that IL
$50 frequently hidden to view at
other tracks, will be clear to the
eyes Of those watching the events.
The Washington times., 1924-12-09

Lake Wales lake Wales, Mountain
Lake Club, Highland Park, Babson
Park, Frostproof, Avon Park, Sc.
bring, Okeechobee (along the famous
lake sof the same name) and on to
West Palm Beach on the east coast.
De luxe train service through from
Washington via this new line, which
Is recognized as quite an achieve
ment lin railroad construction. and
service through from ST. Peters
Durg, Clearwater ana Tampa to
West Palm Beach and vice versa,
viii be established in January With
this cross-State service it will not
be necessary for tourists on one
coast Of Florida to make a tiresome
trip OF about twentyfour hours all
the way up to Jacksonville and
down again to visit the opposite
coast before returning North, nor
will 1t be necessary to make two
or three changes via New Smyrna,
which has in the past been one Of
the almost impossible routes for
which the Seaboard is not respon-
5ible: The daily through train serv-
Ice, both morning and night in both
directions, via the Seaboard's new
line across the State Of Florida,
will lessen the distance, quicken
the time, cheaper the cost, bring
the people of Florida closer to-
gether, and, as many Florida Wis
ttors have said. it will be the real,
ization Of their dreams.
Another accomplishment of the
Seaboard is the establishment Of
the New Orleans Florida Limited"
r. =
leans and Jacksonville, Fla, in both
directions. Not only does this train
which is five hours less time than
the regular service, provide the
very finest mode of transportation
for those from Texas and Califor-
MIA enroute to Florida, but it enables
those from Washington desiring 10
make trip West to use 1.-THE Flori-
dian via Florida and make direct
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SE.A|||'B|.||'0|.|.E||||R|.|.'D|||.. RUNS
!. splendid
TRAINS
Much improved Service to
Points South on
Air Line

Neutrality-suspicious. who are fortunate
en0ugh to- be Joining the annual
pilgrimage to Florida 4and other
Southern resorts this winter can be
greatly aided by the new and inn
proved train service provided by
the Seabnard Air Line railway.
The Seaboard Is the short line to
Florida and the; only line selling
through one-way and winter tourist
roundstrip tickets to all points In
Florida whether or not the final
destination Is on its own line), per-
uniting stopovers at the famous
Carolina winter resorts Of Southern
Pines, Pinehurst and Camden, and
II the only all.rail route through
Tampa to Clearwater, Belleair, St.
Petersburg and the Pinellas PENN
Ms1Iar Of Florida.
And Florida in all its glory ana
acenic beauty, with its palm trees,
Beaches, orange groves, beautiful
lakes and delightful climate. is at
tracing more visitors this year
than ever before, due, In part to. the
greatly improved train service in
augurated by the Seaboard Air Line
railway, which is the progressive
road Of the South, having as its
slogan Through the Heart Of the
South"
In addition; to the famous Sea
board Florida Limited, !" which has
been in operation Tor twenty-four
successful seasons, and the Caro-
lima Florida Special" the Seaboard
has recently added two crack trains,
'11he AlI-Florida Special" ian all
pullman morning trafnJ and 1.-The
FlOridian',s(a fast afternoon train,
making four de luxe specials giving
direct service from Washington to
ell Of Florida 400
sfThe F'loridian" leaves Washing
ton at 2:55 in Thea afternoon. arrives
In Savannah the next morning at
sos a. m, Jacksonville at 1920 noon,
and in Tampa at 7:15 p. m. the eve
ming following departure from Wash.
1ngton. 1t. continues ON to Clear
water, Belleair where the we'll
known BeileView Hotel is located,
st. Petersburg, Bradentown, and
Sarasota, arriving at those points,
q few hours later, making possible
an easy trip with only one night
out from Washington to southern
Florida. This train connects at
Jacksonville for Palm Beach, Miami
and intermediate points. also with
through train to Key West, where
steamer leaves for Havana, Cuba.
The Seaboard deserves credit for
establishing "The FIoridian," which
80 q fast, daily train with all-steel
baggage cars, coaches, dining. cars,
Pullman section, compartment,
drawing room and observation-li-
brary cars supplied with current
periodicals and stationery for the
free use Of patrons so they can
have all the comforts and pleasures
The Washington times., 1924-12-09
8 RACES
VILE LURE
MANY
Million- Dollar Track VIII De
Opened With the Begin
ming Of the Season

MIAMI Ella. All the race
horses Miami has ever had, and
$4,000 extra winter visitors. win
mark the opening Of. the Miami
Jockey Clubs million dollar race
plant at F4ialealls when they III.
augurate their first racing season
early In january. III
There are a lot Of things about
race horses, such as which one win
win a given race, that the world
has been trying to find out since
the time OF Solofnon.s chariotss but
there are definite things about the
new track on which Miami can
count for a big part Of the pending
season.
j. M. Smoot, president of the
Miami Jockey Club, is just one OF
many people who belive these
things, butt his opinions are the
more impressive for the work and
money with which he is backing
them. He is back in Miami for the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14

voters right royalty defended their homes
and the Ontario Temperance Act. They
focked to the polling booths; they acted
as returning officers, poll clerks and
scrutineers.
"Ontarios defeat was hoped-for,
choice plum for the political campaign
pudding of our own wet forces in our
November 4th election Thank God,
Ontario's victory is delectable
plum we of the dry forces will rel
ish in our Thanksgiving pudding On
tario's victory prophesies an early re-
turn of Canada's western provinces to the
prohibition front. 1t predicts the white
way of prohibition across the Dominion
to the Pacific and to the Atlantic. On
tario's victory will help give us a dryer
border territory between our two friendly
countries. In this evcntful year we well
come to the diplomatic circle in Wash
ington, D. C., the first Canadian ambassa-
dor to the United States.
"Ontario's victory helped us in our re-
cent election. Ontario's prohibition act
will now be strengthened if Premier
Ferguson fulflls his promse-If the act
is sustained on October q it will be
strengthened by the government On
to Ottawa now will be the slogan of Ca
madam drys."
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ACT MUST Be OBEYED
Premier of Ontario Says People
Have Spoken and Law Must
Be Enforced

Provincial Premier II. G. Ferguson OF
Ontario, in an interview with the Chris
tan Science Monitor, declares that the
Ontario temperance act must be obeyed.
He gives assurance that he will take
all necessary steps TO enforce the act
pursuant to the mandate given by the
people OF the province in plebescite
vote taken last week
Jail for the bootlegger without the op-
ton of fine is the possibility under the
plan for more efficient enforcement un-
der the act. The premier is also prepar-
ing other steps to have the act respected
which will probably include the enlarge
ment OF the provincial police. Mr.. Fer
guson expressed the hope that the brew
ers and distillers would cooperate with
the government in bringing about better
enforcement of the law, declaring at
will be better both for us and for them If
we do So"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
SNAKE KNOWS IT'S HOME
Copperhead Found in Distillery Where
Delirium Tremens in Liquid Form
Is Manufactured

A night Waterman at the Old Crow
distilling plant, says Versailles, Ky,
dispatch of November l, encountered
snake in the distillery which was not the
kind usually seen by those who spend
much time around where products of the
still flow.
This Waterman, Edward Pearce, in
making his rounds about the plant where
much whisky is stored under guard, saw
on bench in the bottling house what he
believed was a rope and attempted to
brush it off. The rope promptly coiled
and sank its fangs into Pearces thumb.
Another Waterman who heard Pearces
cries rushed up and tore the snake from
Pearce's hand where it had hung sus-
pended, and killed it. It proved to be a
copperhead. The hand sweiled to an
immense size and a surgeon worked for
several hours to save Pearce's life.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
NATIONAL AND WORLD PROHIBITION CONFERENCES
Anoon League and General Secretary World
Alcoholism Holding Conferences in Northwest
of National and World Prohibition

loon League of Oregon, with luncheon
at noon and public meeting i'll the after
noon; that evening is meeting with the
preachers of the city, followed by mass
meeting of citizens; the two speakers
will be at Caldwell, Idaho, Thursday
evening, November Is; two days later
they will be at Cheyenne, Wyo, for a
luncheon and meeting of the preachers;
their tour will end at Denver, Sunday
afternoon, November 10, with public
meeting at which they will speak.
DIR. Cherrington then will return to
Chicago, to speak, Tuesday, November
Is, at the jubilee national convention of
the w. c. T. u. He will then go to
Philadelphia to address the meeting of
the board of home missions of the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
On their northwestern journey DR..
Mcbride will speak on law enforcement
and national issues affecting prohibition,
and DR.. Cherrington will speak ON
worldwide prohibition.
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Joint purposes of the Anti-Saioon
League of America and the World
League Against Alcoholism will be
furthered in a series of conferences and
meetings to be held in the northwest at
which DIR. Ernest H. Cherrington, gen
eral secretary of the World League
Against Alcoholism, and DIR. F. Scott
Mcbride, general superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League, will appear and
speak.
The schedule calls for conferences in
North Dakota and Minnesota, for a sim
liar meeting at Helena, Mont, for Sun
day morning addresses in Seattle, No
vember 9, Tacoma that afternoon and
Seattle again i'll the evening, with appear
ance before meeting of preachers the
following day i'll Seattle, followed by
luncheon; banquet in Tacoma Monday
evening, November 10; conference
breakfast at Portland, November II, and
meeting with the forces OF the Anti-Sa-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
BOOZE FOR WATER

Coast guards on liquor patrol duty out
side Of New York reported the other
day that several liquor ships along rum
row were offering barrel of liquor in
exchange for barrel of fresh water,
their supply of the latter apparently hav-
ing been exhausted The same day three
high-powered motor boats with 400
cases of liquor and two prisoners were
brought into port by coast guards.
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NO use TO CROOK ELBOW
Continued from Page y

of the liquor business by prohibition, Nc
Carthey declares there is principle at
stake that should cause all "of our men,
bers to stick and fight it out"
Despite the fact that Mccartney calls
prohibition curse, he goes on with the
old wet stuff about how easy it is to get
liquor, then admits that he went over to
Canada in order that he might himself
buy a drink. He rails at the failure of
prohibition to prohibit, then denounces
those who have made it so dificux for
man to exercise his personal liberty.
Resolutions adopted by the association
ask amendment of the Vostead act; de-
clare for submission of constitutional
amendments to popular vote; ask for
compensation for property destroyed by
prohibition, and declare for other things
favorable to restoration of the traffic in
beer
This meeting is reported by the Cham
pon of Fair Play now, as before prohi-
btion, the voice of the liquor interests.
That publication carries lists of vets for
vember elections, and lists of drys, against
whom votes should be cast, and who are
referred to as rascas. 1t prints the pho
tographs of Calvin Coolidge, whom it
characterizes as moist" John W. Davis,
described as damp" and Robert M. La
Toilette, classified as wet"
Will Continue Fight
But, despite the throw-down at the polls,
the wet association will continue THE
faithful few" will continue their organsa-
ton, for hope springs eternal" There Is
nothing which the liquor interests mere
devoutly wish than that the Anti-Saloon
League shall fold up its tents and depart.
The same old question will bob up at
state and local elections next year, and
even four years hence in the national cleo
ton. There may come time when all
the vets will be licked, but that time has
not yet arrived.
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couragement to take away from the dry
forces Ontario. Government control,
however, has been on trial long enough
in Canada to give to the people the fact
that it means return of the liquor traf-
fc. The victory against the vets in On
tario is decisive blow to their pet pro-
gram of government control.
"The victory for the drys was also an
approval of the Ontario temperance act
which was made possible by the referen-
dunn victories held in the province six
years ago.
Now on Aggressive
"The position of the drys in Canada
new changes from a defensive one to an
aggressive one. Prohibition is now def
nitely established in Ontario. The ether
provinces can now be won back to prohi-
bition.
"The dry forces of Canada are right in
their program to take the Dominion for
the prohibition cause; by an educational
and organization program they will win.
This victory will give great aid to the
United States in her fight for the enforce
n1ent of the law, particularly along the
border line, and the bigger aggressive
fight in the Dominion will mean conf
plete prohibition sooner in the United
States, and prohibition effective in the
United States and Canada will bring pro-
hibtion to the world
Miss Anna Adams Gordon, president
of the national and world w. c. T. u.
and joint president of the World League
Against Alcoholism, believes the plebis-
cite in Ontario to be one of the most
significant elections Of recent years. Miss
Gordon says:
"Ontario's dry victory is SO significant
it is noted around the world. We believe
that Ontario, Canada's pivotal province,
has stcmmed the tide of government con-
troll of the liquor traffic in the Dominion.
The western provinces, caught mapping
on a vigorous constructive program for
enforcement of their prohibition laws,
one after another voted to try govern
ment control.
Has International Importance
That the campaign was acute in its in
ternational significance fortunately was
realized by the drys as we'll as by the
vets. The women voters of the province
early organized for action and magnifi-
Gently did their part i'll sharply setting
forth the campaign issue, and in getting
out the vote one election day. Women
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
They See It as Opening Way to
Campaign for Complete Don1i1-
ion Prohibition Law
INFLUENCE IS WORLDWIDE
Lessons Learned in Campaign
Show Need of Keeping Efficient
Organization Always at Work


e continues to grow in Importance in
the opinion of leaders in the prohibition
fight. The following is the statement of
DR.. Ernest H. Cherrington, general Sec
rotary of the World League Against Al
coholism.
The result of the pIebiscte taken in
Ontario October % will be far reaching,
especially in view of the fact that the pro-
hibition forces in that contest operated
against peculiarly heavy odds.
"The people of Ontario have most en-
phatica1ly declared their conviction that
prohibition in that province has been
real success in spite of the significant
fact that the manufacture and exporta-
ton of Intoxicating liquors have not
been under the ban of the law, since
those phases of the liquor question are
under the jurisdiction of the Dominion
government.
THE victory for prohibition is all the
more important in the face of the very
deceptive campaign conducted by the
anti-prohibition forces and the insid-
iously false suggestion that the issue was
between prohibition and real government
control of the whole question.
THE Ontario victory, moreover, in the
light of the action favoring so-caled gov
eminent control recently taken in several
other Canadian provinces, is an outstand-
ing illustration of the absolute necessity
of keeping a well equipped prohibition
organization constantly at work, creating
sentiment, crystallizing public opinion
and pressing for consistent law enforce
mennt in season and out of season.
Looks to Dominion Drouth
The development of the campaign
which was most ably conducted and in
which all the moral forces tremendously
co-operated were such as strongly to
suggest the necessity and the strategy of
promptly launching campaign in all the
Canadian provinces for national domin-
ion prohibition which will deal at once not
only with the sale but also with the man
ufacture, expectation, importation and
transportation OF all intoxicating liquors
'The international effect of the victory
will be profoundly to influence the move
ment against the liquor traffic in all other
parts of the British empire, and greatly
to encourage the organized temperance
forces in every country of the world
Mcbride Says Aid to Dry Cause in U. S.
Ontario's victory will make for better
enforcement in the United States, and
inure to the advantage of those who are
fighting to make the world dry, in the
opinion of Rev. DR.. Francis Scott Nc
Bride, general superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League of America. DIR. Nc
Bride says:
"The victory won by the dry forces in
Ontario is among the greatest that have
been won for this cause. The world vets
concentrated their efforts on winning On
tario. Having won some of the other
provinces of Canada to government con-
troll as against prohibition, they were
making their chief fight with some en-