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The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
BURY KHAN MEMRER

HOLL IDAY, KAN, May l2.-The
funeral Of Klansman Samuel Smith.
who died May ], was held Saturday nj
Lawrence. the Bonner Springs Khan
conducting the services. The entire
community has expressed sympathy
for the bereaved relatives and friends.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

MARTINEZ, CALIF.-Rev. Horace
aekey delivered an address at the
Pythian hall here recently. speaking
OF the meaning and principles Of the
Khan.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

CHICK PRICES REDUCED-Rocks,
Reds, Anconas, Buff Orpingtons,
Black Minorcas, $1,000 per 100.
S24.o0 200. White Wyandottes,
White Orpingtons, $1,000 per 100.
White and Brown Leghorn, S11.00
per 100, $4,000 300. Custom hatch
ing cents per chick. Pharis
Hatchery, Abba, Iowa.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

PLAIN OR fancy hemstitching. Pric-
es 5, 10, and IL cents per yard.
Mail orders given prompt atten-
ton. Address--Mrs. J. I. Gadd,
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

Advertisements under this head will
be published at the rate Of Is cents
line, six average words to the line;
minimum charge 60 cents.
Copy must be in this office by noon
on Monday of publication week.
FOR SALE-Bargain in eight-room
modern home on beautifully shad-
ed lot in East Des Moines. Con-
venient location. Half block from
street cars. Recent improvements
made. Attractive terms. Call at
ter 6 P. NJ. 615 East Ninth Street.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

DARK CORNISH EGGS
They hatch Krowers, Knockers and
Kacklers. S1.00 per 80. $500 per
100. Satisfaction assured. Address
Foster Williams, Lacona, Iowa.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

FOR SALE-Hatching eggs and baby
chicks from Fishels strain pure
bred White Plymouth Rocks. Bred
and culled for heavy egg produc-
tion. Eggs, $500 per 100, rs cents
for setting. Chicks $500 per 100.
Prepaid 100 per cent delivery. Al
so baby chicks and Matching eggs
from all leading varieties. Write
for prices, 1000 Knights Pure
Bred Poultry Yards and Hatchery,
Boone, Iowa. Roate No. /.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16

TWO FINE BUILDING LOTS-On
Pleasant View Drive, in Park Ave.
district. Will make you a good
proposition, cash or terms. Acquire
this fine tract, build you a home
and be independent. Here's a real
bargain. Call Wal. 1926, ask for
Adv. Mgr, or write T. S. H., 5l5
Polk Bldg. Des Moines. Iowa.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30
INFANT MORTALITY LOWER
Fewer Deaths of Babies in Ohio; Rate
Drops Under State and National
Prohibition

In a May l statement issued by DIR.
John E. Monger Ohio State Director of
Health, it is pointed out that the infant
mortality rate has been reduced from 113
per thousand births in 1910 to u for 1922,
the latest year for which obviously there
could be statement regarding babies
that lived to be more than year old be-
cause the deaths thus recorded are deaths
of babies born in 1922 who died before
reaching their first birthday anniversary.
This is bad enough" said DR.. Monger,
"but it is a long way from the day when
parents were considered fortunate if they
were able to bring up two out of every
three of the children"
The highest death rate per thousand of
births in Ohio during the years 1910-1o22
inclusive was in 1913, when the rate
reached 122. There has been a steady de-
cline from that time to this 1t is almost
coincidental with the progress of prohibi-
ton. Ohio had been drying up gradually
before statewide prohibition came into
effect in May, 1919, and was followed
shortly by wartime national prohibition,
and then in 1920 by constitutional prohi-
bition. In 1918, the last wet year, the in
FAINT mortality rate was 90. 1t dropped
successfully to SO in 1919, 81 in 1920, "a
in 1921 and IL in 1922.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30
AN OHIO HUMAN INTEREST STORY

1t is only human interest story, but
after all, human interest moves the world.
A 21-year-oid boy tells in the Toledo
Blade why he likes prohibition, and why
he is thankful for the change from sa-
looms to no saloons. Here is what he
says:
II am q years of age. My entire youth
was spent in central North Carolina,
where my parents still reside. Ny father
was always a hard working man, but in
the days when liquor was plentiful he
would drink rather heavily. He was cruel
to his wife and brutal to his children, of
whom was the third, when under the
influence of drink.
Gas look back to the days of the
quart law in that state, when it was pos
sible to order quart of liquor each week
from without the state, and costing s. or
S., and that sum being almost half of the
weeks earnings, and the resulting need in
the family am glad We have prohibi-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30

ton that prohibits-eyen if only partially
SO at present.
For eight years my father has been a
total abstainer. Not that he has signed
pledge or gotten religion or anything
like that, but simply because he cannot
get liquor. Of course, he saw the folly
of his ways after he noticed the better
family relations and conditions after he
stopped drinking, and he would not re-
turn to drink now even if it were possible
to get it.
Beside being morally and legally right,
m my opinion, prohibition is a personal
question with me. l have walked bare
foot in the cold and gone to school with
out books and sufficient clothing because
of drink.
my young brothers and sisters have a
kind father, nice home modernly equip
ped, also an automobile and other COM
forts and conveniences which the older
children in our family were denied. For
this am thankful to prohibition"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30
BUTLER THE oPTIMIST
Chicago Evening Post)

Chicago, May 3.-To the Editor
of the Post. Sir: There was
time when we thought the real op-
timist was the man who still car
ried corkscrew on his key ring,
then we concluded the simon-pure
article was the barlSeep who was
still paying his dues to his union.
But now along comes Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Co
lumbia, who says the Eighteenth
amendment will be repealed in five
years and snatches away the opti-
mist dunce-cap from the barkeep.
We wondered, until we read that
New York city had more Irish
than Dublin, more Jews than Jeru-
salem, more Italians than Rome,
and SO on down the lines. We said
it must be the foreign booze laden
atmosphere of New York, until the
next day we saw the solution in a
press dispatch, which said New
York is the craziest city in the
world, with one person out of
every thirty a nut.
Hoorayl Let us all rise and sing,
The Sidewalks Of New York"
Spigot-Bigot.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30
WOULD FREE GRESHAM
His Attorneys Seek Release Pend
ing Final Decision by Supreme
Court; Clemency Futile

Attorneys for Philip Gtossman, whose
Jail sentence in Chicago contempt case
was committed by President Coolidge
and who recently was re-arrested upon
order of two federal judges, are making
an effort to obtain his release pending a
final decision by the Supreme Court.
A justice of the Supreme Court, it was
indicated, would be asked to grant Gross
mans release on habeas corpus or other
proceedings. Grossman was given a Jail
sentence in Chicago for contempt of
court when he failed to observe a pad
lock order directed against his establish
ment alleged to be liquor-selling place,
issued by Judge Lands.
After being granted executive clemency
he was again taken into custody in Chi
cago upon order of Judges Anderson and
Will1erson, who held that in contempt
matters of the sort presented in the case
the President was without constitutional
authority to take the action he did.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30
LEGAL NOTES
Edited by Wayne Wheeler General Counsel
and Edward B. Dunford, Assistant

Second District of California in pa p.
OF, sustained the constitutionality OF the
ordinance and statute, and denied the
writ of habeas corpus. The question was
then brought to the Supreme Court of
the United States.
These cases which have been argued
and submitted to the Supreme Court
cover the entire question OF the extent of
the authority of Congress, and states and
municipalities to regulate the manufac-
ture and prescribing of liquor for medici-
nal purposes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30
BREWERY KING ARRESTED
Plant Is Raided and Owner Is Arrested;
Nine Trucks of Beer Seized

John Torrio, brewery owner and in the
old liquor days one of the kings in the
segregated district in Chicago, was ar
rested in a raid on brewery the other
day. Nine automobile trucks loaded with
beer, five empty trucks and five automo-
biles were seized. Some show of resis-
lance was made but it was quickly over
whelmed. The arrest of Torrio caused
quite a sensation throughout Chicagos
underworld.
Is Torrio one of the bootleggers who
the pleaders for beer assert will be put
out of business if the breweries are per-
mitted to reopen?
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30

The fastest rum runner on the Atlantic
seaboard, the May, armored and powered
with four Liberty airplane engines capa-
bic of doing As miles an hour, was cap
tured by officers in the waters of New
York bay last week. The May had been
in commission only three days.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30
A. A. P. A. MAKES ENDORSEMENT
Nullihcationist Organization Hope
to Elect IS Additional Wet
Congressman This Fall

The Association Against the Prohibi-
ton Amendment has announced its in
tention of making vigorous effort to
add at least IS men to the present wet
force i'll the House CT Representatives"
This notification organization is the
most formidable of the score or more of
similar organizations and claims a MEM
bership of hundreds of thousands. It's
leaders are convinced that there isn't the
slightest chance OF electing a Congress at
this next election that will modify the
Nolstead Act, but believes that sufficient
wet gains can be made to encourage the
vets to the point where they will be will
ing to keep in the fight until they succeed
in destroying the Nolstead Law.
The Association has Endorsed the fol-
lowing members of the House for re-
election and will actively support them
in their campaigns:
Britten, Illinois; Browne, New Jersey;
Berger, Wisconsin; Brumm, Pennsyl-
vania; Black, New York; Bloom, New
York; Boylan, New York; Celler, New
York; Carew, New York; Cleary, New
York; Cullen, New York; Clancy, Michi-
gan; Connery, Massachusetts,; Connolly,
Pennsylvania; Corning, New York;
Dickstein, New York; Doyle, Illinois;
Dyer, Missouri; Edmonds,, Pennsylvania;
Eagan, New Jersey; Gallivan, Massa-
chusetts; Griffin, New York; Hill, Mary
land; Kahn, California; Keller, Mime
sofa; Kindred, New York; Kunz, Illi-
nois; La Guardia, New York; Lampert,
Wisconsin,; Lehlbacl1, New Jersey; Lind
say, New York; Linthicum, Maryland;
MacGrcgor, New York; McNulty, New
Jersey; Mead, New York; Minahan, New
Jersey; Mooney, Ohio; McLeon, Michi-
gan; NORM, Pennsylvania; Newton, Mis-
souri,; O'Brien, New Jersey; O'Connell,
New York; O'Connor, Louisiana; Oliver,
New York; OSulivan, Connecticut; Perl
man, New York; Quayle, New York;
Ransley, Pennsylvania; Roscnbloom,
West Virginia; SABBATH, Illinois; Schafer,
Wisconsin; Sherwood Ohio; Stephens,
Ohio; Sullivan, New York; Schneider,
Wisconsin; Tague, Massachusetts; Tyd-
ings, Maryland; Tinkham, Massachu-
sets; Voigt Wisconsin, and Wolff, Mis-
souri,.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30

In Cleveland, Ohio, they are net only
padlocking places in which the dry law
is violated but arc placing signs on the
buildings which read: This Place Closed
for a Year by the Federal Government
for Liquor Violation"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-30
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ORDI-
NANCE REGULATING PRESCRIB-
ING OF LIQUORS


the right of the government to regulate
the prescribing of liquors as an incident
to the enforcement of prohibition was
argued before the United States Supreme
Court on April "a, IN the case of Elk Parte
Hixson. This case involved a somewhat
different question from that which was
presented to the court in the so-called
beer cases of Evcrards Breweries against
Blair and Edward and John Burke against
Blair, which were argued before the SUI
preme Court on April 5.
The beer cases raised the question of
the constitutionality of the WiiiisC Camp
bell Act which prohibited absolutely the
prescribing of malt liquors as medicine.
The HiXson case involved the question of
the reasonableness of limitations which
may be imposed upon the prescribing of
liquors. The petitioner, Hixson, was
druggist, who was convicted in the police
court of the city of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, for filling prescription for alco-
holic liquors in violation of the Gambler
Ordinance of that city. Upon conviction
application was made for writ of habeas
corpus to be directed to the Chief of Po-
lice of the city of Los Angeles, to secure
the release of the petitioner from custody.
1t was alleged that the limitations con-
tanned in the Ordinance of the city of Los
Angeles, under which he was convicted,
when construed in connection with the
provisions of the state law known as the
Wright Act, which adopted the provisions
of the Volstead Ac, as the law of Cali
forna, were unconstitutional. The Ordi-
nance was adopted prior to the ratification
of the Eighteenth Amendment and the
passage of the National Prohibition Act.
Subsequently, upon the ratification of
the Eighteenth Amendment to the Con-
stitution, the legislature of California
passed measure known as the Wright
Act, for the enforcement Of the Eight
eenth Amendment. This Act adopted the
provisions of the Volstead act as the law
of California. Upon a referendum held
November 7, 1922, the Wright Act was
sustained by vote of the people and be-
came the law of the state. It's constitu-
tionality has since been upheld by the
Supreme Court of California in Elk Parte
Burke, 212 p. 1913.
The Gambler Ordinance provided that
pharmacists might fill prescriptions for
alcoholic liquors in. a quantity not ex-
ceeding eight ounces (half pint) upon
a single prescription. There was no linn
itation in the Ordinance with reference
to the frequency with which prescrip-
tons could be issued. The Volstead Act,
on the other hand, provided that not ex-
ceeding one pint (sixteen ounces) of
spirituous liquors for the same patient
could be prescribed within a period of
ten days. 1t was contended that the linni
tations contained in the Gambler Ordi-
nance, when read in connection with
those provided in the Volstead Act, in eff
feet limited the quantity of alcoholic lq-
uors for which prescription could be is
sued to a single prescription of eight
ounces or half-pint within a period of
ten days, and that because of the liinita-
ton which had been superimposed upon
the ordinance by the terms of the Vol
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-11-13
FOREIGN

Victorious Manchurian troops ar
rive at Tientsin.
Winston Churchill named chancellor
of exchequer in BaldwIn's new cabi-
net.
Austen Chamberlain is deputy lead
er in the British House of Commons
and Lord Curzon is president of the
council IN the new caDlnet announced
by Premier Baldwin.
On the eve of Germany's celebration
of the revolution that resulted in the
overthrow of the monarchy, General
Ludendorff called upon the German
fascist Ito obIiterate revolutions day
of victory for Judas and his tools"
French feel Coolidge victory may
have effect on their socialist govern.
ment.
British press views Coolidge land
slide as conservative trend in Amer,
lea.
Three Liberals and two Conserya-
. tives were elected to the province of
! Quebec Legislature.
Dispatches received from newspa.
per correspondents Of the Argentine.
Brazilian border say the rebels in the
State of Rio Grande DO Sui, Brazil
have commenced strong attack Oh
the town of ItaQui
Statistics compiled by a newspaper
| show Munich to be the most expensive
city in Germany In which 10 live.
Andrew Reid, Baltimore society
man, and son of Mrs Melville Reid
is in the Sante Prison, Paris, charged
with evasion of the expulsion edict
pronounced by the French Minister
of the Interior in 1922.
Premier Designate Baldwin, who
was charged by King George with the
task of forming Tory Cabinet, held
long consultation with Lord Curzon
former Secretary of State for Foreigr
fairs. and Sir Robert Horne, for
] mer Chancellor of the Excheauer.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-11-13

British forming trust to rival Stand
ard Oil.
Germany starts move to try to re.
cover colonies lost in war.
Coolidge's plurality in New Jersey
is 100000.
Davis genial in defeat; thanks sup
porters; will take rest.
La Toilette aims to continue third
party fight on Senate floor.
American militarism raising its
head as destructive power. Trotzky
says.
North Atlantic ports will feel the
effects of the Por& of Philadelphia
Ocean Traffic Bureau to establish it's
own offices in London and Chicago in
order to encourage shipments through
that city.
Mrs Mary Norton of Jersey City
is the first woman from the East elect
ed to the House of Representatives
Trade curious over big profit report
on tax return of Amoskeag Company
and heavy loss report to stockholders.
Group Of moderate progressives in
Senate, headed by Borah, likely to
exert strong influence on legislation.
stir of excitement was created in
New Orleans when officials of the
health department announced that a
case of bubonic plague had turned up
at the United States Marine Hospital.
Out of the masses of figures involv-
ing the financing of the Missouri Pa
cific Railroad by funds of the $S2,000,-
600 estate of Jay Gould, came the allie
cation that the late George J. Gould
prof1ted $4,000 in a bond deal with
the estate.
The unemployment insurance trust
fund of the International Ladies Gar
ment Workers Union has reached
$250,000, according to an announce
ment by Morris Sigman. the pres
ident.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-11-13
SPORTING

Epinard. French horse, sails from
New York for home.
New York's thirty-seventh interna-
tional six-day bicycle race will be run
in Madison Square Garden, New
York, from November 80 to December
6. This announcement was made by
Tex Richard and John M. Chapman.
the manager of the race. Manager
Chapman expects to start sixteen
teams.
The game of football is fairly well
standardized by this time, am the
question of superiority rests a great
zeal with chance. In the big Three"
the football supremacy is bound to
shift in brief cycles as the material
varies. 1t will be the same Ia the
West. The time has gone wher any
college could monopolize the material
Dolph Cheek is placed permanently
at halfback on Harvard eleven.
The winter resort season was Off
cially opened with the beginning of
the twentieth annual autumn tourna-
ment at Pinehurst, N. C.
The fast trotting mare Tobena,
2:06A. owned by Mrs. E. H. Harri-
man, died at the Arden homestead
stable, Goshen, N. Y, following an
attack of indigestion.
Jimmy Dougherty arises to an
nounce that George Godfrey is ready
to meet Harry Wills at any given mo-
ment. AS this would be far better
show than the Firpo-Wills affair,
some one might think it over.
If Paavo Nurmi is close to his
Olympic form. or in the same neigh
borhood, those who attend his Ameri-
can exhibition will see form at it's
highest point. Nurmi belongs To the
class who can get amazing results
with almost no effort. He can break
records with as much ease as one
might employ in light jog.
Army plays Yale to TT tie; Prince
ton beats Swarthmore
Joe Canamare, new knockout king,
to remain amateur boxer.
1t looks now as if Princeton's only
hope lies in the forward-passing game
from running formations.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-11-13
GENERAL

Gillett wins Massachusetts Senator
ship
Republicans to have safe working
majority in Congress.
Cooidge's election causes brisk rise
in stocks.
Roosevelt rumored likely choice to
succeed Wilbur as Navy Secretary.
oficial count may be necessary to
settle Iowa Senatorial race between
Brookhart and Steck
Big plurality for Coolidge a vote
against radicalism. says Mark Sulli-
van
Coolidge carries Pennsylvania by
biggest plurality in history.
Montana went for Coolidge. Thomas
J Walsh was reelected to the Senate.
La Follet+e's third party movement
failed dismally compared with the
Popuiist uprising in 1892 La Toilette
received thirteen electoral votes.
while the Populists got twenty-five
Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, chosen
Secretary of State, is the first woman
IN be elected to a State Office In New
York
Ma" Ferguson. defying the Khan,
has been elected Governor of Texas.
William Allen White ran a poor
third in the gubernatorial race. Kan
sa~ elected Republican governor.
Gov Donhev, Democrat. reelected
in Ohio by 10000. in face of 100000
Coolidge plurality
IF | had my way. would never
permit any one to have divorce, -
declared Judge Sanborn in the Super
for Court. Portland. Me-, Shortly after
making this statement he handed
down 33 DEGREES of divorce. -
President Coolidge dedicated him.
self ito the service of all my country
and of all my countrymen." This
declaration was made in brief state.
ment issued in connection with lis
election as President Of the United
States.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-11-13
Big Stories and Minor Events
Blue Penciled Into Quickly
Read Paragraphs.
DoINGS AT NATIONS CAPITAL
Happenings That Caused Stir Briefly
Observation-Disclosures About the
Progress Of Things in General
Throughout the World.
WASHINGTON

Coolidge proclaims Thursday, No
vember q, as Thanksgiving Day.
Ned Hollister, for eight years SUI
perintendent of tie National Zoologi-
cal Park and one of the worlds fore
most authorities on mammals, died at
Garfield Hospital Not only in Wash
ington. but throughout this country
and Europe. Mr.. Hillister was known
as an authority on ANNALS and birds
The Labor Department declined to
order the department. of Luis Angel
Firpo, the Argentine boxer.
Richard Steich ami Captain Won
BuIow, Germans. representing an air
craft concern abroad, visited Boiling
Field with the permission Of the War
Department
Secretary of State Hughes, Secre.
tary Of the Treasury Mellon. Secre.
tary of War Weeks and Attorney
General Stone are listed as certain to
remain in the Cabinet during the next
four years, according to authoritative
opinion in Washington.
Republicans will have fifty-two Sen
ators and the Democrats forty. With
the defeat of Magnus Johnson, the
Farmer-Labor party has but one Sen.
4tor.
The appointment OF Theodore Pill
ger of Butte, Mont, as Trade Commits
sioner to Berlin, Germany. was an
nounced by DR.. julius Klein, director
of the Bureau OF Foreign and Domes-
tic Comm cree.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-11-13
WORLDS BUSINESS

Brigadier General Arson Mills. In
dian war veteran, dies at ninety
Democrats blame Ku Klux Khan
and Anti-Saloon League for many re-
verses in election.
Senator La Toilette ascribes Cool
idge's vistory to use of slush funds,
intimidation and technical obstruc-
ton"
Pere Marquette chairman admits
deadlock in Nigel Plate deal
PHI iron output in October in
creased II per cent.
The people of Florida by to l
vote adopted a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the State from ever
levying any income or inheritance
taxes. This action shows that Flor
ida is the most conservative State in
the Union, sponsors of the Amend
ment say.
An attack on the consent decree
under which the five big packers were
to divest themselves of all holdings
not related to the meat packing busi-
ness was made in the District Court.
Washington. by counsel for Armour &
g. and Swift & Co. They asked that
the decree bevacated.
Discontinuance of the surcharge on
travel in Pullman cars would cost the
railroads nearly 100000 year,
counsel for the Eastern. Southern and
Western carriers declared in brief
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission.