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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-09-19
Padlocks Gain Popularity

Gradually the paddock plan is being adopted by officials
who really want prohibition enforced. In LaSale
county County Judge Reck used the injunction process
for the first time when he ordered soft drink paror in
Troy Grove closed to all purposes In Nokomis, Lester
X. Vandever, city attorney acting under instructions
from the mayor, has instituted injunction proceedings
against softdrink parlor. While the law gives city at
torneys the power the injunction process very few
have availed themselves of this method. City attorneys
under orders from mayors and this puts the respon-
siby for the of padocks lawess liquor joints up
the mayor in every city In Lake county States At
torney A. V. Smith continues to make effective of
the injunction process. Fox Lake resort keeper
against whom injunction had been issued violated its
provisions and sentenced to 90 days in jail for
tempt of court With the powerful injunction process
offering quick, certain and easy method of stopping
liquor law violations there is for permitting
booze joints to continue in operation,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-09-19
A GOOD VOTERS GUIDE
BY Mrs. Lena B. Mathes

It is refreshing find in print just before election
really unbiased, impartial guide to which can
recommend. The Illinois League of Women Voters,
with whom believe originated the everyvoter athe
polls movement has just issued its attractive September
October Bulletin, featuring among many things
pete record of all candidates up for reelecton quaf
cations required by various Offices voting record of
Congressman fifteen different bills, descriptions of
panks and platforms and series of extraordinary charts
which rot fail convey by picture the real prob
lens confronting citizens November 4.
We can suggest no better service from and
men fighting for law enforcement than that they pur
chase, at the very low price of ten eac several
copies OF the de luxe prediction number of the maya
zine mentioned and place them with people who
to read them.
Copies of this special campaign guide may be obtained
from the Illinois League of Women Voters 308 n Mich
igan Ave, Chicago
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-09-19

The Eighteenth Amendment provides that the Con-
and the several shall have power enforce
prohibition by appropriate legislation The Illinois Pro-
hibtion Act passed i'll accordance with this const
tutlona provision 1t is necessary to maintain this
enforcement law on the statute books in this state and
add such other legislation experience has shown be
necessary. Legal handicaps in the way of more effective
enforcement in Illinois be removed during the
session of the legislature providing substantial dry
jority is elected November 4. There are about
dozen districts in which the election of House members
is in doubt If the Anti-Saoon League carry an
aggressive campaign in these districts decisive dry ma
jority be in the election legislature that can
be relied to fully support prohibition enforcement
is the greatest single need of the the present time
The cooperation of every organization and individual in
terested IN making success out of the Eighteenth
Amendment should be given to help win dry legislative
majority Better enforcement is at stake only in the
districts where the result will be decided but throughout
the entire state If needed additional legislation can be
it will be dark day for liquor awlessness in Hi
nois. IT not the result will be delayed enforcement in
many places, and delay is often bad defeat
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-09-19

enormous propaganda for return of beer and wine it
can not be too greatly emphasized that these ntoxcants
are even dangerous than the stronger drinks when
safety depends on control OF machinery. Eventually civ
ilizaon will completely eliminate alcohol too great
barrier in the pathway of progress For the present
public attention should be directed upon the problem of
preventing acohol-caused accidents Whenever
drunk drives automobile the public should find out
why the responsible officials did the drunk and
prevent his driving automobile. The public should
lind out whether awess drinking led to drunken driving.
If So why were the vioaors permitted to continue their
business? Furthermore, public opinion must condemn
the greatest motor of all the driver who does
drink enough to feel drunk but gets enough al
cohol into his system to the crash that
damage and death to others the highway
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-09-19
Registration Very Important

In Chicago and number of other Illinois cities
who do not register not vote Registration laws
passed fraud have often operated against good
government This not the fault of the law but the
fault of good citizens who failed register. individuals
interested in bad government always vote Where regis
traon is required bad citizens interested in
corruption do not let registration day go by without get
ting their the books On the other hand cit-
zens interested in good government have often neg
eced to become registered registration day and
sequently unable to election day There is
heavy responsibility all leaders whose influence
be made to count for good to to it that
good citizens register where registration required
Little does it profit preacher advocate Clean decent
progressive government if he fails inform his hearers
about registration day. Evil forces, particularly the liq
uor traffic, little what preachers say what church
voters think if the church fail to vote And if
they do not register they in Chicago and
other cities where registration is required Every
preacher, every Sunday school superintendent, every
womans club president every w. c. T. U. president in
Short every leader for civic righteousness should
it that good citizens do bar themselves from the polls
election day by failing register registration day.
The important facts relative to registration including
list of the cities in which registration is required under
the City Election Act, is reprinted herewith:
In Chicago and number of other cities which have
adopted the City Election Act be registered
to ente them to election day. Under the law
general registration be made in every year
in which congressional election The gen.
eral registration days this year in cities under the City
Election Act will be October and October A. Accord
ingy only persons who become registered
Saturday, October 4, Tuesday, October IA, will be-
entitled to vote election day All citizens who
election day will have resided in the state year, the
county 90 days. and in the precinct 80 days may register
voters of the general registration days. Under
the law registration places will be open from 800 o'clock
in the morning until 900 o'clock at night.
The cities that have adopted the City Election Act
follows: CHICAGO
Ga1esburg Danvie Cairo Rockford Bloomington Free
port and Peoria.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-09-19
Enforcement Pays

In Randolph county enough money collected in
fines from booegges to pay the states attorneys salary
for four and still leave eight thousand dollars in
the states attorney fund Over five thousand dollars
turned over to the school fund out of money collected
from liquor law volators. In DeKalb county States
Attorney Cassus Poust has collected twenty thou
sand dollars in fines and penalties during his term of
Office In addition ga voators have been given Jail sem
fences for terms aggregang five years and four months
These figures show that enforcement pays in dollars
and cents states attorney who does not aggressvey
enforce the law is not only cheating the taxpayers but
than that is cheating the citizens of his county out
of the protection against liquor awlessness to which
they entitled.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-09-19
ADDRESS BY JUDGE SENTENCING
'LEST WE FORGET CHARACTER

The climax of James K. Shields film DRAMA Lest We
Forget shows the murder of young mother by Walter
Snow after he had become insane with drink sold him
by the licensed saloonkeepers This part of the film
story based tragedy that occurred in Freepor ILL.,,
almost exactly depicted in the film version The
young who murdered while drunk is Herbert Spring
He tried, found guilty, and sentenced to life mprs
onment at Joliet There he found by DR.. Shields
several weeks ago. years after this tragedy
Cured in the life of the young who then 20
the address of Judge Farnand OF Freepor upon pro,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-09-19
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1924
Drunken Drivers

Modern machinery demands sobrety. Years ago rail-
road managers learned that drinking engineers could
be entrusted with the lives of passengers The ia
nous "Rue G" put in force on American railroad sys
tens many years ago was interpreted forbdding the
use OF beer and wine we'll other ntoxcants Fac
tory managers learned years ago that the drinking work
man was a dangerous element in connection with high
speed machinery Here too it learned that the man
not vsbly intoxicated but with judgment and control de-
creased by drink really dangerous than the
workman drunk enough to stagger The staggering
drunk workman either kept away from his machine vol
UNFAIRLY kept away by others. The beer and wine
drunk the other hand caused great many serious
accidents without seeming be drunk and usually with
out himself believing that drink had affected him. With
the increased of machinery the need for sobrey in
creased The common of automobiles now empha-
sizes the danger of drink wherever machinery in motion
is involved With greater mechanical advances the
cessity for sobriey will be still increased Even
II requires great stretch of imagination to the
time when aeroplane travel will be greatly increased.
Even the worst drink fanatics do advocate the
of ntoxcants in any quantity by drivers of aeropanes
1t is absurd think of imposing fine of several hun
dred dollars upon aeroplane driver who had mbbed
too freely of wine and wrecked his plane with all its
passengers The pilot would be dead. His passengers
would be dead too. 1t is almost as absurd to rely
fines prevent automobile accidents caused by drunken
The remedy must be more certain and more fun
damental The remedy must prevent accidents and not
merely fix responsibility and impose penalties Just
is impossible to go back age of machinery it
is impossible to go back to the open liquor traffic Ac-
cordingy there is only direction take in solving
the problem of how prevent damage injury and death
caused by intoxcation in connection with automobiles
other modern machinery That direction is towards the
total suppression of alcohol as beverage. Prohibition
must pc Egidy enforced everywhere. IA view OF the
Palisadian., 1924-08-01

History reveals that the use OF
cheese is indeed very old. The people
of Greece knew this dairy product as
early as 1000 to 450 B. O.
1t was an important commodity In
Roman commerce at a very early date
and mention Is made of cheese In Ro-
man records from 750 B. @. to 475
A. D., according to the California Gull
tivator. AS the Romans conquered the
rest Of Europe and carried their intiu-
ence into these sections the knowledge
of the value and use of cheese was
spread.
The people living in that part of
Europe now known as Germany were
using cheese in considerable amounts
as early as the Eighth century. Eng
land undoubtedly learned of cheese
from the Romans, and the Normans,
who were the powerful people of this
period, were large consumers of
cheese.
During the Dark ages cheese was
made mostly by the inmates of the
monasteries. These people were very
influential In popularizing cheese. as
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
PETTING PARTY
COSTS MERCHANT
PRETTY FIGURE
Aged, lnfrr1 Man of SO h
Made Victim of Alleged
Conspiracy Plot.

Cambridge, Mass.-A 'petting par
ty" for which he paid $780,, 900 in cash,
stocks and bonds, was described In
the Middlesex Superior court here by
Edmund d. Barbour, eighty-three
years old. Suffering from heart trou-
BILE, infirm and hardly able to see, Bar
bour tottered to the witness stand and
told his story in the case against Dan
lei III. Coakley, disbarred Boston law
yer, and William J. Corcoran, former
district attorney of the county, on trial
on charges Of conspiracy to extort
money from Barbour and others by
means of threats between 1914. and
the present time.
Barbour, Boston china merchant,
told the court that he has never been
the same since the occurrence-that
his body became lnfirm and his men,
tality was shaker. The affair, he tes-
tilted, occurred with Mrs. Daley"
in his Office.
The incident, according to the wit
ness, occurred in 1916. Barbour said
he had known Mrs. Daley" for ten
years before that. One day in July,
1916, he testified, she came to his Of
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of
ambition, nervousness are oftentimes
symptoms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle imme-
diately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation, send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer g. Co., Binghamton, N Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing, be sure
and mention this paper.-Advertiseme
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
United States Language

So far as we are able to learn, no
early congress ever voted on the lam
guage to be used in this country. How
ever, Brander Matthews says that not
long after we had proclaimed our indie
pendence an ultra-patriotic member Of
the Continental congress moved that
we renounce the English tongue and
devise q new language of our own
which we would not have to share
with the enemy. Roger Sherman,
member of the congress from Connec-
ticut and signer of the Declaration
of Independence, moved as an amend
ment that we retain English and COM
pei the British to use another This
method, thought Sherman, would be
much simpler The new language no.
tion was never heard Of any more In
congress.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
SWamps Put to Neuu Use

Furs have become so popular in
America that new industry has
sprung up in swampy districts. Musk
rat farming, for years carried on as a
pastime only, now is thriving indus
try in some sections of the United
States. 1t is found that captive musk
rats become tame easily though they
are prey for many enemies. They re-
qutre no feedings as they live on the
vegetation of marshes and ponds
Twenty years ago the muskrat was
considered a pest. Some swamps
where they are bred and raised now
are worth more than the arabic land
nearby.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
Irrepressible Youth

The charming young actress, Miss
Phyllis Lytton, is an ardent church
worker, which lends point to the fol.
lowing story.
A young lady was once busy deco
rating the church she attends for q
harvest thanksgiving service.
Presently there entered the vicar.
ST really must congratulate you, my
dear Miss Jones'" he said. "You have
all the fruits, flowers and vegetables
well represented in your decorations.
1 think there Is hardly an omission, Is
there?"
The helpers face beamed. But a
pert choir boy, unable to resist the
temptation, spoiled it all by remark.
ing, loudly enough for all to hear:
"Yes, we have no bananas"
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
Father of Drama

Aeschyins, the Greek who was .'the
father of the DRAMA" was a soldier
during the Persian invasion, and took
part in the battle of Marathon, and
later in the historic conflict with the
Persians at Salamis. These tremen-
dous events inspired him to seek lit
erary expression in what were the first
genuine dramas ever written by man.
More than three score plays came from
his brain and hand, but of these only
a half-dozen have been preserved. OF
these the greatest are "Prometheus,"
which is considered by some to be the
equal of the productions of Shake
speare's genius; the "Persians," a pa
triotic and military drama, and "Aga-
memnon," which still ranks among the
worlds dramatic masterpieces.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01

fice," he said. "While she was there"
he said, 81 embraced her and we had
a petting party-just petting party,
your honor, and nothing else"
The Old Stuff.
Suddenly the witness explained he
heard noise over the transom and
saw the head Of a man who said he
was a policeman. 81 was all excited
and didn't know what to do. But
while the man was still in my office
Mrs. Daley made the suggestion, which
l accepted, to go see Mr.. Coakley who
would be able no doubt to straighten
the matter out"
Barbour testified that when he
reached Coakley's office only two
hours later he found not only Coakley
and Mrs. Daley there, but a man who
said he was Mrs. Daleys husband.
Il told Mr.. Coakley the whole story
and he said that l should return at
later date and he would then be able
to tell me more definitely what he
could do for me-" the witness added.
BY the time he got through paying
"resentful, but unidentified detec-
tives," lawyers" and the injured
woman" Barbour testified that he had
expended 100000. This amount, he
said, he delivered to Coakley in cash,
stocks and bonds.
Corcoran is now under a five-year
sentence on other blackmail charges.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
Loses All His Clothing
in an Electric Machine

Mcfarland, GAIA rag and
bone and a hank Of .hair,"( together
with the paddings of flesh with which
Dame Nature adorned his frame, was
the extent of Maynard Schrack's raj
ment, following mishap in which his
clothing was caught in the drive belt
of an electric drill at Colonels garage.
Being Of retiring disposition, it is
said that Schrack went home garbed
In a barrel. blush and a nettled ex-
preston.
Schrack was operating a drill when
his clothing caught in the rapidly
moving belt. The belt pulled in all
directions but one and Schrack pulled
In that one. His socks and shoes
were about the only articles left whole
when the struggle ended.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
Late Withdrawal

During the course of trial small
but aggressive lawyer hurled many op-
probious epithets at counsel on the
other side.
And many times counsel started at
him with right arm drawn back.
But he always escaped punishment,
for the insult by bawling: "I with
draw it"
Finally, however, he was too slow,
the impending blow landed and the
gentleman landed and kissed the car
pet. The attorney with the good right
arm was then called to account.
"You should not have struck that
blow" declared the judge sternly.
81 know it, your honor, withdraw
IT."
Palisadian., 1924-08-01

nothing happens. have the best pos
sible seat. l didn't have any trouble
ABOUT getting it either, and no one
asked me to pay even so much as a
bug for my admission ticket"
HE doesn't seem to move," said the
first boy.
"He is looking at u.s." said the sec
ond boy
There they stand with their tennis
rackets as I've heard them call those
things and they don't move," said the
sparrow.
well, we'd better look for the ball
that went outside and then see if the
bird goes by then" said the first boy.
"Yes, we'd better do that" said the
second boy.
"Then, If he hasn't gone by that
time" the first boy said, I'VE will go
up to him and make him fly away. I
don't want to frighten him when he is
so tame. But If we go. up to him and
send him away without frightening him
it will be all right"
Its strange to think how long he
has been sitting there" said the sec
ond boy.
So the two boys began to hunt for
their tennis ball which had gone out
side and which was hidden in some
long grass
They had quite a time finding 1t but
when they came back the sparrow still
sat upon the tennis net.
"This is very strange" said the spar
row. 1--WE never seen such a dull
game.
Il thought I would see how balls
could fly when helped by those rackets.
II know they can't fly very far or
high but I'd like to see what they can
do. And they're not doing a thing.
The boys spent so long a time just
now in looking for another ball."
"Well, am glad they didn't ask me
to pay bug or anything like that for
my ticket. 1t wouldn't have been
worth the price of bug"
Then the two boys went up to the
sparrow and said:
"Fly off, sparrow, so we can go on
with our game"
The sparrow flew off and perched
himself on a wooden bench which was
quite far at one side of the tennis
court.
Then the boys began to play.
The sparrow watched the balls fly
ing and thought they didn't fly very
well.
But he had a good time watching
what was going On.
Suddenly he thought to himself:
81 was in the way when l perched
myself upon that net. 1t is over that
that the balls go and those balls, while
not being very good flyers, could hit
much too hard to suit me.
Eyes, l was in the way and they
waited for me to move.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01

they taught others how to make it.
BY the Tenth century cheese was an
important item of European commerce
and during the Fifteenth century ex-
elusive cheese markets were estab-
lished in Switzerland Some of these
same markets are In existence today
and are operated in the same way,
practically, as they were in their be-
ginning. One brand of Swiss cheese
has been made in one locality and un-
der the same conditions for more than
ten centuries.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01

Arrived the wedding day, anu Jane,
who had surreptitiously packed her
trunk, stole away for the ceremony
which was to make her Peters.
Il pronounce you man and wifew
Jane heard the words in a daze She
could scarcely credit that so swiftly
she bad become Mrs. Peter Brown.
Then she felt Peter draw her to him
tenderly and presently she found her
self on the way to her father. and
the moment she had dreaded more
than she had admitted had come.
They found him sitting by the fire,
his gaze fixed On the smouldering en-
bers, evidently quite unaware of their
proximity.
With little choke, Jane dashed
forward, fiinging her arms about her
fathers neck. "Oh, pa" she cried.
i've run away and married that dread
full Peter!"
Her father held her to him. but
across her dark head he sought
Peters eyes and held out his free
hand.
Good work, my boy" he said
heartily. "Come, Jane. Did you think
you could hoodwnk your old dad?
Peters father and 1 are old friends.
ana when l saw which way the wind
blew L was mighty glad, and took
prompt measures to see that this thing
went through-same as I've always
done. l got Peter to conspire with
me. and If he's wise he'll profit by
this experience. Let 'em wind you
around their little finger, Peter, and
then pull 'em the way you want 'em
to gol"
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
4O-Pound Wolf Shot

Prairie du Chen, VISA 40-pound
wolf which had been the terror of
small stock and poultry in the town Of
Seneca. was shot by d. B. Ames, Fer
ryville, after lying in wait seven days.
On the first day he captured two
young pups, but the mother hid the
remainder Of her young away in the
woods.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
Gardener Adjuncts

A bed heated from the bottom by
means of pipes, flues or fermenting
organic matter is used for seed ger
mination and plant growing. 1t is
used for short-season vegetables and
for starting garden crops in order to
have them mature early. An unheated
frame is used to carry half-hardy
plants over winter for planting the
next spring or when only slight pro-
lection Is needed.-Washingt Star.
Palisadian., 1924-08-01
WilIie's Perplcxity

willie" said the teacher, "how
much is nine and 'six?"
Thirteen" said Willie.
''No. Try again."
sixteen"
"No."
Seventeen"
"Willie, Willie" said the teacher,
"why couldn't you guess smaller
number-fifteen, say?"
"Oh, no." said Willie. 'Tt couldn't
be fifteen"
"Why couldn't it?" said the teacher.
Because" said Willie. "ten and five
make fifteen"