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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01
RUBY HARRIS.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Will you
please admit an Alabama boy into your
reading The Journai for long, long time,
and IAN truthfuIly say hat I couldn't do
without 1t, 1t Is worth Just much to
me as my bat Is. and you know it is worth
good deal to me, if it is an old one. l
about farm life. I live on a farm and like
II fine. We own our farm and have two
good mules and a good wagon. and a good
Ford truck. and l enjoy life. Who has my
birthday. March Il I have black hair and
blue eyes. The girl who guesses my age I
will send my pic-ure. 1t is between % and
IS. So write to me.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01
Fertilizer for Delta Soils

HEREWITH is given a table show
II ing the results of fertilizer expert
ment on Delta land in Mississippi >Coun-
Nv. Arkansas. J consider this the best
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01
THE QUESTION BOX
FOR EVERYBODY
Rules

All questions must have full
names and addresses signed. If it
is desired that names do not appear
in the paper, add your initials or
some chosen name in addition to your
full name.
.. All questions must be written
on ONE SIDE of the paper only.
8. No legal or medical advice can
be given, either in the Question Box
or by personal letter.
4. All letters requiring personal re-
ply MUST inclose stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelope.
S. Letters for the Question Box
MUST NOT be included in letter for
Aunt Julia's Letter Box. The ques-
tons must be sent separately ana
must be addressed to Aunt Julia S
Question Box. The Atlanta Tri-Week-
ly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Folks: 1t is Certainly in
teresting to have you write me
about "renovating" your homes for
spring. This isn't one bit too early
to begin thinking about it either
and I'm trying to get samples tc
you for cretonne curtains and cush
ions and will say here that I'd sug
gest marquisette or net for under
curtains The latter is so hard t.
hang properly after washing ant
always a good deep hem should be
allowed in case of shrinking.
By the way, the valance across
the top of the window is not sc
much in favor now, in fact some
authorities have dismissed these
valances from the windows. At leas
that will save us bit of cloth anc
work.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01

RlTHolz SPECTACLE CO.. Dept A.f230
i462.64-66 W. Madison ST.. Chicago. III.
Send me pair Of your spectacles on 10
day FREE TRIAL II / Ike them / will
pay S3.9S. II not l win return them and
there will be 10 charge.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01

Dearest Aunt Julia Will you admit two
Tennessee girls into YOUR happy, corner:
We have finished reading the Letter Box
and surely did enjoy the many good letters,
mates and attend the Niche, Consolidated
High school. We study the Aighth grail
We surely do have a grand time together.
and wish each of you cousins could be with
us. We will ask all Of you cousins to write
to US, as we are racing to see which will
receive the most letters, but we will not
promise 10 answer all. We are both fair.
Your new cousins.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25
WHEN LAWBREAKERS
STRIKE BACK
Chicago Daily News)

In the bombing of the Ottawa
Street Methodist Episcopal church
in Joliet presumably are manifest
the gentle practices of bootleggers
and other members of the lawless
brotherhood which the pastor of
that church has so persistently har-
ried. 1t would not be worth the
while OF such gently thus to express
their disapproval of a militant
preacher and his supporters if the
official upholders of the law were
properly keen about the perform
ance of their duties.
Attempted intimidation of citizen
agencies interested in the enforce
ment of law is, in fact, an indict-
ment of official agencies that fail to
function efectually and that live on
terms of mutual accommodation
= with the bootleggers and their
friends.
Any community which is the
scene of such an outrage as that
reported from Joliet should care
fully review the attitude of its pub
lie officials toward the evils against
which citizen agencies have taken
action arousing the resentment of
evil doors.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25
PROHIBITION A SUCCESS,
SAYS BISHOP SUMNER
Chicago Tribune)

Bishop of Oregon Walter T. Sumner
OF the Episcopal church, who was for six
teen years dean of the cathedral in Chi
cago and an investigator of vice and social
conditions on the west side, declared in
his sermon at the Cathedral Shelter. Pc
ORA street and Washington boulevard.
that anyone who says conditions are
worse under prohibition than they were
before is either ignorant or deceitful.
OH say prohibition doesn't work" said
the bishop. eff that is so it is because
you do not see that public officials do
their sworn duty. If you say conditions
are worse under prohibition than before
you are either ignorant or saying what
you know is not true
Some are raising false issue about
beer and light wine. 1t was beer that
caused all the troubles we used to have
when | was in Chicago on the west side.
1t was the powerful breweries that pro-
tected the saloons
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25
HOTEL ZEN FAVOR DRY Law
Chicago Daily Journal)
(By the Associated Pressl

Cleveland, Ohio. July 15.-Hotel pro-
prietors of the United States are three to
one opposed either to the repeal or modi-
fcation of the national prohibition law, ac-
cording to John MeFarlane Howie, chair
man OF the educational committee of the
American Hotel Association, who adj
dressed the national convention of the
organization here today.
The prohibition law raised the hotel
proprietor from the level of safoonkeeper
and placed him on a level with any other
legitimate business man." HOWE declared.
His business today is better than ever
before. Prior to the enactment of the
Eighteenth Amendment he had some
business and lot of trouble.
Last year new hotels costing $25000O,-
600 were built in this country. During
1924 $600000,000 will be spent for new
hotel properties
Action to compel clubs and other pri-
vate organizations which, rent sleeping
and dining rooms to pay the same taxes
and other fees as hotels and restaurants
was taken by the association.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25
FEDERAL COURT MAKES
RECORD
springfield Register)

All liquor cases set for this term
in federal court having been dis
posed of, the government attorneys
turned their attention to sum-
mary of the crusade which sent 63
defendants to the Mclean county
Jail.
A resume of the prosecutions, is
sued by u S. Attorney Williamson,
follows:
Cases tried, 4.
Defendants not guilty, 2.
Total persons convicted, 90.
Committed to Mclean county
jail, 63, of which 43 were from Mad
ison county.
Total Jail sentences, 210 months.
Total fines imposed, $21,310, of
which S15,l50 was against defend
ants from Madison county.
Injunctions made permanent, 20.
Individuals affected by injunc-
tons, $780,
The crusade brought to justice
more defendants than ever before
convicted on liquor charges at a
term of the federal court in this
district, Mr. Williamson said.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

In connection with cleanup drive off
Gals of Kewanee have served notice that
persons found in blind pigs will be ar
rested. Police Captain John Krumtinger
said in statement, "In my opinion the
man who patronizes the blind pig is as
guilty as the bootlegger, because if these
men didn't go to the blind pigs the boot
logger could not exist"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

The village of Cicero, adjacent to Chi
cage, is said to have become the wettest
place in the United States Wet sympa-
thies of local officials and inaction by the
Cook county authorities are attributed as
the cause. Practically the only enforce
ment activities in Cicero have been raids
by the federal forces.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

Sheriff Hoffman's force of deputies
made FIVE raids in Mt. Greenwood, sub
urb of Chicago, recently. His action
against these booze joints came after
committee of two hundred called on him
at the county building and insisted on law
enforcement.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

A Champaign county jury recently ac-
Quilted the defendant in liquor selling
case. But States Attorney Roy Cline
points to the fact that this was the first
criminal case lost in that court in 10
months.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

Lawrence ]. Crowley, sentenced to six
months in the Bridewel at Chicago is
having trouble to raise the ten thousand
dollars also assessed against him. He
was given the reputation of being a mil
lionaire by the newspapers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

The conference drew to Winona Lake
large number of dry leaders from all
parts of the country. Among others on
the program and who delivered addresses
were Bishops Nicholson and Anderson,
and Ella Alexander Boole.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

A complete plant for putting a kick into
near-beer was recently seized at Peoria.
1t was discovered by tracing the shipment
of carload of near-beer from Morris.
Illinois, to the premises of the Peoria
Artificial Ice Co.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

A fine of two hundred dollars and costs
were assessed by Judge Harry Reck
against E. Hotalling, proprietor of sa-
loon at Peru. No Jail sentence was given.
Enforcement conditions in LaSalle county
are not very good
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

The village of Milan in Rock Island
county has adopted dry ordinance fixing
two hundred dollars as the maximum fine
for violations. This will put money into
the village treasury instead of giving it to
the county.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

The Mercer county board of super
visors offers reward of SIS to consta-
bles, police officers and deputy sheriffs for
each bootlegger captured. The board is
well pleased with results.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

Justice ]. B. Adams fined a Kewanee
bootlegger $500 and costs. Kewanee off
Gals are having trouble in their efforts to
enforce the law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25
BOOTLECGERS BOMB PROVES
BOOMERANG AGAINST VIOLATORS
CONTINUED from Page d

AuhhSl anu HlOonSnllleI Is driven OUT OF
Joliet. Chief Corcoran has full authority
to drive out this, element, backed by every
member of the council
Chief Corcoran and his men will con-
tinue to raid every saloon in Joliet sus-
pected of selling illicit liquor. Respect
for law and order must prevail"
Editorial Demands Cleanup
The Joliet Evening Herald-News in a
leading editorial relative to the bombing,
declared that the bootleggers must be
stamped out. The activity of the Rev.
II. L. Rompel, pastor of the church" this
editorial reads. 'in causing the arrest and
conviction OF the bootlegging fraternity
is very substantial support to the theory
that bootleggers placed the bomb or had
it done.
III this was the work of bootleggers,
inspired by the belief that they could in
this way intimidate the enforcement of
law, they have made mistake.
a large class of citizens of high and
low degree have been inclined to view vio-
lations of the prohibitory law lightly and
tolerantly, but they can not view lightly
such attempts at life and property as was
last nights bombing incident.
IF the bomb is to be one of the weap-
ons of the bootlegger, he will be stamped
out.
If public opinion in Joliet has needed
a shock to awaken it to the danger of
tolerating law breaking, it has received it.
To day an outraged sense of justice
that reaches every law-abiding citizen of
the community calls for the apprehension
and punishment of the perpetrators of
last nights crime, and for general clean
up OF all those engaged in law-breaking"
Intended Victims Escape
The bomb which awakened Joliet and
Will county to the peril of permitting law
1essness to thrive, was exploded a few
minutes before midnight on July TO- The
Rev. Fl. L. Rompel, pastor of the church,
who had been active in support of prohibi-
ton enforcement, was absent, having de-
parted several weeks earlier on a trip to
Europe. The story of the bombing, an
eslIndtS OF the damage done ana an &C
count of the narrow escape of Rev. Rom
pel's two sons is given as follows in the
Joliet Herald News:
Samuel Saddler, janitor of the church,
his wife and 20-year-old stepson, Richard
Romano, were sleeping in the basement
of the church within IS feet of the point
where the explosion occurred but we're
uninjured.
Dozens of persons sleeping in nearby
apartments were lifted out of their beds
by the conclusion. Several were show
cred with broken glass when their bed
room windows were blown in, but care
full check today revealed that no one was
injured.
Store Windows Shattered
Store and Office windows for several
blocks were shattered by the blast, which
authorities investigating the case believe
was set off by bootleggers or saloonists
incensed over the Rev. Mr.. Rompels war
against outlaw liquor dealers.
The Methodist minister has directed
federal prohibition agents in several raids
against local bootlegging resorts and in
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

The newspapers report that local
branches of the Association Against Pro-
hibition have been formed at Joliet and at
Springfield.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

persons in the church building when the
explosion occurred.
Victor and Royal Rompel, sons of the
pastor. are staying out in the country this
summer but both boys were in Joliet last
night and had agreed to meet at the par
sonage about II o'clock Victor was late
in keeping the appointment and ROYAL
grew tired of waiting and left about II 30
o'clock. The bomb was exploded about
IL 40.
Estimate Damage at $4,000
An estimate of the property damage
resulting from the blast is given as ap
proximately $4,000 There were 1870 win
dows broken in the Beach Company de-
partment store, including seven large plate
glass display lights approximately 90
windows were broken in the Moose build
ing, including large display window in
the Ford-Graham Furniture COMPANY.
window was broken in the Orpheum The
alter building and above the Enterprise
FURNITURE Company. Windows were also
broken in the Quinn building, the Laugh
ran building, Providence high school the
public library and by an ironic freak of
chance the entire plate glass front of the
building formerly occupied by James
Ward, one of the prominent bootleggers of
the city, was destroyed
The glass front of the G. & G.. restau-
rant, located on Cass street, about so feet
east of the church, was blown out as were
the windows in the house across the alley
from the parsonage, occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank S. Johnston Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnston were literally covered with glass.
but escaped injury"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

It was the tight grip of whisky on its
victims that put prohibition into the Con-
stitution.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25

Four more buildings were recently pad
locked by the federal government in Pc
kin and Peoria for prohibition violations.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT NOTES

news ABOUT the Battle Against Booteggers Cleaned
papers from Various of Illinois
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-25
The Rev. Rompel Away

The Rev. Rompel and his wife left
Joliet two weeks ago for a European tour,
sailing from New York week ago today.
The janitor and his family were the only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23

How many Of your shop-mates read
THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of
them to subscribe today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
Soviet Government
Gives Church Lands
To Jews For Farming

MOSCOW, April 22.-Eight hun
bred thousand acres of the most fer
tile land in Europe, former czarist
estates and church lands in South
ern Ukraine and Northern Crimea,
have been offered to the Jews for
agricultural colonization purposes.
The Ukrainian Soviet government
has recently passed resolutions IA
voring this move.
Many thousands Of Ukrainian Jews
whose business interests have been
destroyed and who have suffered in
the old pogroms are now turning to
the land in a serious endeavor to
become agriculturists. The Soviet
government recognizes the grave
need for assisting this urban Jewish
population to adapt itself to the eco
nomic conditions.
Zionists both in Russia and Anne
RIGA approve the colonization plan.
The Russion zionists appealed to the
American Jews to raise a $1,000,
600 fund for the establishment OF
these colonies in the Ukraine and
Crimea. The Soviet government has
already granted transportation rates
and other privileges to the Jews.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
Moron Kansas City
Censors Play Their
Tricks On Fifth Year
Especial to The Daily wOrker)


KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April a.
Almost the entire film of "The Fifth
Year" was ruled Immoral and OBJ
scene" by the movie censorship
board of morons here; so that this
picture had to be combined with "Po-
likushka" to make an evenings prog
ram.
One of the censors, named Flynn,
backed by Chamber of Commerce
red" spy named Boyle, an illiterate
ex-intelligence officer, ruled Immoral
and obscene:" Lenin, Zinoviev, and
other Soviet officials; the Red Army;
all Russian mass meetings; all meet
ings of the Communist International;
and all Russian factories. All
that was left uncensored was the
scenery and the Russian children.
When the ruling was appealed the
two women from the Parent-Teach-
ers Association and the liberal who
made up the appointed board, un-
animously upheld the censor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
SECRETARY WORK
GIVING AWAY BIG
U, S. COAL FIELDS
Falls Successor Hands
Out $685. 900 Acres.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April a.
Coal land to the extent of 100000
acres in Utah and 100 acres in Cali
fornia and Washington has just been
restored to entry by private interests
by order of the United States Depart
ment Of the Interior, under Secretary
Work. At the same time the Geo.
logical Survey reports that 10 appli
cations for coal-prospecting permits
and 20 applications for coal leases
were answered during the month OF
March. Oil prospecting applications,
under the leasing act of Feb. 25, 1920,
numbered 234 during the month.
More than 10000 acres of public
land in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kan
sas, Montana, South Dakota and Utah
were designated as non-irrigable un-
der the enlarged homestead acts by the
Geological Survey of the Department
of the Interior during the month of
March, 1924, and made subject to en-
try as homesteads Of 800 acres or less.
Over 25O,O0O acres of the public do
main III kIlNOuds OdlllOIuid, OOlOIduO
and Montana were also classified un-
der the stock-raising homestead law
and designated for entry in tracts of
$40 acres or less. Much of the acre
age involved in these designations is
included in original entries or in ap.
plications under the enlarged and
stock-raising homestead acts which
confer a preference right.
About 100000 acres of land in Cali.
fornia were withdrawn as public wa.
ter reserves. Nearly 5000 acres in
California, Colorado, Washington and
Wyoming were classified as power
site lands and little more than 5000
acres in Wyoming previously included
in power-site withdrawal and not val
liable for power were restored to en-
try. The area of land withdrawn as
valuable for power was increased
nearly 1000 acres in Colorado and
decreased nearly 1000 acres in Wash
ington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
DAUGHERTY DIDN'T
SHOW HONESTY WITH
HIS FELLOW THIEVES

WASHINGTON, April 22.-cas-
ton 3. Means, praised by VIM. J.
Burns as zone" Of the best Investi-
gators ever Knew" has given the
Brookhart committee further testi-
mony as to Jess Smiths taking Of
graft from the whisky ring. He
told the senators that on the day
before Jess Smith-"frlend and
bumper" Of Harry Daugherty-
committed suicide in Daugherty's
apartment, Jess told Means that
Daugherty had refused to return
his split Of a big fund which the
whisky ring had paid Jess for re-
movaI permits.
Still more sensational was Means
statement that A. Mitchell Pal
mer was called in by Daugherty,
and went away blocking scared to
DEATH" land that Jess Smith told
him that Daugherty and Burns
had intended at first to indict Pal
mer and Francis P. Caravan, former
alien property custodian, for their
sale of the Bosch Magnetic property
to an alien felon, Kerns. Means
declared Smith informed him that
Daugherty decided to hold Palmer
under blackmaiI, and make him
manipulate the Democrats in con-
gress in accordance with Daugher-
TVS wishes.
George w. Storck, accountant for
the department of justice, testified
outrageous frauds in the sale of
seized German properties in the
Philippines, under Governor Gen.
eraI Harrison. Storck said that for
mer Assistant Attorney General
Grim was blocked in trying to pro-
coed with these and other cases
requiring prosecution, and that in
the Philippine cases no prosecution
ever was started.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
AS WE SEE 1T
o,FIaherty comIna Back


The DAILY WORKER has just re.
ceived letter from reader at Port
Clinton, Ohio, reading in part as fol.
lows:
what has become Of Thomas J.
o'Flaherty's "As We See It" coIumn9
That is the first write-up look for
each day. There is something Iack-
ing without it. Please give US more
of it, and am sure the readers will
enjoy and learn more from it,"
This gives us an opportunity to ass
sure all of our readers that O'Flaherty
will soon be back with us again. Our
columnist was forced to undergo an
operation recently, which we had
hoped would incapacitate him for only
a few days. Instead of being able to
return, however, O'Flaherty was
forced to take a more extended leave
of absence. We are hoping that this
will terminate as soon as possible,
however, and that his CAS- We See 1t"
paragraphs will soon be back again in
in the last column on the last page.
We know that all of our readers will
join us in this very earnest wish.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23

paign for discrediting the Soviet re-
public.
How About U. S. Child Slaves?
Nothing is said by the capitalist
press about the suffering of children
in this country, where there are two
million five hundred thousand child
laborers, more than in any country
in the world.
Recently case has come to light
of an orphan boy in. Canada who was
kept in practical slavery working on
farm from early morning to night
without receiving any wages at all.
He was then sent away penniless and
had to walk for miles to the nearest
city. This is only one case Of cruelty
to child laborers on the farms, and
there are thousands of such cases in
Canada, and in this country. In New
York City children under ten years
Of age in over two thousand families
are doing sweat-shop work in homes
which are novels rather than homes.
But the capitalist press does not
proclaim these facts and only digs
up reports about suffering of children
in Russia and distorts these reports
in its campaign Of Islander. Instead
of suggesting that Soviet Russia be
recognized, the kept press is intensi-
flying its campaign of hatred.