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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-02-06
Enforcing All Laws

Wet fanatics think that the dry forces are interested
only in enforcement of prohibition. But it the
themselves that put prohibition in class by itself
law enforcement problem The drys insisted from the
beginning that when prohibition became law it should
be enforced just the any other law. The liquor
forces however raised great clamor to have prohibition
excepted from the regular operation of enforcement
machinery With prohibition singled for attack by
its enemies necessary for friends of the law
give it special support The dry fight for enforcement
is simply win for prohibition enforcement the
consideration to which all laws entitled.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-02-06
Good q Old Days

A writer familiar with conditions in New York Cit
rom 1895 to 1897 referring to the $4,000 saloons in tina
ty and the fight that closed them Sundays, said:
The total blackmail into millions of dollars
New York was wide open town The big bosses
rolled in wealth, and the corrupt policemen who ran
the force lost all sense of decency and justice.
Nevertheless l wish to insist on the fact that the
honest men the patrol posts, "the with the
night sticks, remained DESTROYS to see honesty OBJ
TAIN although they were losing courage and hope
This was the situation that confronted me when
| came to Mulberry street. The saloon was the
chief of mischief 1t was with the saloon
that had to deal and there was only one way to
deal with it. That to enforce the law The
howl that rose was deafening. The professional
politicians raved The yellow press surpassed
themselves in clamor and mendacity A favorite
assertion was that was enforcing "blue law an
obsolete law that had never been enforced. As a
matter of fact, only enforcing honestly law
that had hitherto been enforced dishonesty. There
very little increase i'll the number of arrests
made for violating the Sunday law. Indeed there
were weeks when the number of arrests went down.
The immediate effect wholly good. l had
been told that it was not possible to close the sa-
looms Sunday and that I could not succeed.
However, I did succeed. The warden of Bellevue
Hospital reported, two three weeks after we had
begun that for the first time in its existence there
had not been due to drunken brawl in the
hospital all Monday. The police courts gave the
same testimony, while savings banks recorded in
creased deposits and pawn shops hard times. The
most touching of all things was the fact that we re-
ceived letters, literally by the hundred, from moth
ers in tenement houses who had never been allowed
to take their children to the country in the wide
open days, and who now found their husbands will
ing to take them and their families for an outing on
Sunday Jake Riis and I spent one Sunday from
morning till night in the tenement district seeing
for ourselves what had happened.
Those who howl about graft when some nsigni6car
prohibition agent goes wrong and wall about the thee
retica profits of less mythical booteggers
apparently too young to remember the old days
BY the way the man who wrote the above was Thee
dore Roosevelt police commissioner of New York Cit
during the period mentioned.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-02-06
Gunner and the Law

The murder of murderers shows what happens when
any class group of disregard the rules
of civilized government Those who break down the
barriers of law erected by government protect all
should expect be protected themselves by the laws
they have broken down. If the gunner refuse to be
bound by the laws against murder they should not
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-02-06

Anyone who would rather drink than obey the law
has an appetite that is pretty strong patriotism that
is pretty weak
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-02-06
Merely a License Fee

news item commenting the amount of fines coll
lected from booteggers in Adams county says that
Of them were pleas of guilty handed county
before Judge Navert who had fixed straight assessment
OF 500 and costs in every case straight assessment
OF definite amount is i'll effect license fee collected
from liquor dealers The old time licensed liquor traffic
operated system OF definite sums collected annually
Tor the liquor selling privilege. The custom of fixing
set amount in the form of fine without further punish
ent is the old license system restored by judicial action
Mere fines justified only when they will be real pun
lshment instead of percentage of lawess liquor profits
Journalists who like to write thrilling yarns about
mysterious far-off seas are invited to
record the adventures of inland bootleg pirates right
here Ill Illinois They be interviewed and photo
graphed at various county jails or at Leavenworth,
Kansas.
Chicago and number of other cities have prohibited
raw oysters because they might typhoid fever.
We are waiting for the raise howl about inter-
terence with their personal liberty drink what
they please.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-02-06

NcT1cE Form notices for OF adj
dress dseontnuance and all unbelievable paper pertaining to
the Illinois Editor 1900 Security Bldg. Chicago Illinois
Evening star., 1925-05-04
Wido,U Loses Fight
To Get HeirIOOnls
OF Robert E. Lee
Had Claimed Husband.
Grandson of General,
Vas Due Share.

Mrs. Mary f.. Lee. widow of Col.
Robert +. Lee, a grandson of the Con
federate general. today lost her suit
in the District Courts to compel a di-
vision of quantity of heirlooms of
the Confederate general and of George
Washington. Justice Van Orsdel of
the Court of Appeals rendered the
opinion uphoIding the action of the
District Supreme Court which denied
her application for ain injunction
against George Boiling Lee of Vir-
ginia, executor of the estate of Mrs.
Mary Tabb Lee, and the National Saw
ingS and Trust Co. which had posses
sion of the trunk containing the heir
looms. y similar case by the widow
of Col. Lee is said te be pending in
the courts of Virginia.
The widow claimed that Mrs. Mary
Tabb Lee. mother of her husband,
had placed the trunk for safe keeping
and had given one-half of its contents
to the husband of the petitioner. The
record disclosed there had never been
any delivery to Col. Robert +. Lee,
and hence his widow could not en-
force the claim.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
ELDR|DGE STATUS
STILL UNSETTLED
Civil Service Commission
and City Heads Discuss
Question.

The status of NJ. o. Eldridge as di-
rector of traffic is not likely to he af-
fected by settlement Of the question of
whether the newly created traffic of
flee comes under civil service. Will
liam G.. Deming, president of the Civil
Service Commission, said today.
As announced in The Star more
than a month ago, the Civil Service
Commission and the Board of District
Commissioners are carrying on nego-
tiatiOns to settle the technical ques-
rion Of whether positions in the traffic
Office are under civil service or merely
subject to control by the city heads.
Commissioner Rudolph has forward
ed To the Civil Service Commission an
opinion by Corporation Counsel
Stephens in which he concludes that
the traffic law did not contemplate
placing the traffic office under civil
service.
Disagreement Technical.
The Civil Service Commission con
tended in the original letter month
ago that the traffic office is part of
the Police Department, and that the
Police Department is under civil
service Mr. stephens holds the view
that the traffic Office is not part of
the Police Department, and therefore
not under civil service.
President Demlng OF the tlNil SefN-
ice Commission said today the issue is
Il technical one and that his commits
sion and the District Commissioners
may confer in the near future with a
view to settling it.
Commissioner Deming said he had a
high regard for Mr.. Eldridge person
ally, and added that if it should be
decided that the traffic office is under
civil service, Mr.. Eldridge probably
would have a reinstatement status,
since he was in the civil service for
many years in the United States Bu-
reau of Public Roads.
Col. I. c. Moller, the engineering as
sistant to the director, came direct to
the traffic office from the Bureau of
Public Roads There are only two
other employees in the traffic office
namely. Fred NJ Seller. administra-
tive assistant, and Miss Mildred Cru
yer, clerk.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
Workers Must Pay
Tolls on Requests
For Further LeuUe

1t won't be so easy in the future
for Il Government employe out in
Kalamazoo to sit down and wire
his chief in Washington that he
wants couple of days more leave
of absence. If he does, he will have
to pay the cost of the telegraph
tolls himself. Heretofore Uncle
Sam has paid the tolls.
Controller General McCarl has
sent notice to department heads
declaring that application for leave
of absence. extension of leave, in
quiry whether leave has been
granted and replies from any such
kilograms are not public dispatches
and payment for them by the
Government is not authorized. His
notices are based on old rulings,
made 80 years ago.
That isn't all by a long way. The
controller generals decision is
retroactive, and a lot of Govern
ment workers are digging down in
their own pockets and putting up
cash for kilograms of this nature
they have sent in the past. Dis
bursting officers and fiscal agents
all over the Government service
are busy making collections from
employees for erroneous payments
when every one thought it was per-
fectly legitimate to send these mes
sageS and let the taxpayer pay the
cost
Evening star., 1925-05-04
SMUGGLERS FACE
PUBLICITY THREAT
Age Old Regulation Barring Publ
cation of Cases to Be Modi-
fed by United States.

The spotlight of publicity is to be
turned on offenders against the GUS
toms laws.
Assistant Secretary Andrews of the
Treasury announced today that the
age old regulation restraining GUS
toms officers from making public the
details OF the operation of agents
against smuggling had been abro-
gated.
The only inhibition hereafter will
be that customs authorities exercise
judgment in issuing public announce
mentS so that the work of agents
working on Il given case shall not
be hampered.
Mr.. Andrews holds that the secrecy
order has shielded smuggling opera
tionS and that publication of the
facts in the newspapers will act as a
deterrent to those who might be in
clined to violate the law. and particu-
larly to tourists. many of whom at
tempt the smuggling of Il few arti-
cles, usually of high intrinsic value.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
PLAN POSTAL HEARINGS.

Hearings looking to permanent
revision of the postal rates to take
care of the SOS, 900 900 increase in
salaries TO postal employees will be
opened by a joint committee of the
Senate and House here on July 20 and
carried forward in half a dozen or
more cities. east, south and west.
The hearings are authorized in the
temporary postal and pay rate in
crease measure passed at the last ses-
sion of Congress.
Chairman Moses of the joint con-
gressional committee announced to-
day that from Washington the com
mittee will go to Atlanta, Ga; Phila-
delphia, New York, Augusta, Me; Buff
falo, Chicago and st. Paul.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
STORE MANAGER BEATEN:
WINDOW WASHER HELD
Youth Accused of Assaulting EN-
ployer With Iron Weight
Says He Was Drunk.

James Smith. 22-year-old manager
of a shoe store at 1114 Seventh street,
was attacked there today and beaten
over the head with a window sash
weight. Thomas w. Byron, 10 years
old, 500 Sixth street, was arrested
and charged with the assault.
As Smith went to the scar door of
the store TO admit Byron, who period
ically washes windows at the estab.
lishment. the police say, he was
struck on the forehead with the
heavy iron weight. Smith grappled
with his assailant, who ran when a
clerk in the store came 10 his aid.
Byron was arrested shortly afterward
at Ninth and NJ streets by Policeman
w. Is. Piper.
Smith was treated at Emergency
Hospitay. His condition is not seri-
Gus. Byron told the police that he
was drunk and unconscious of his act.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
ENGLISH-SPEAKING
UNION TO MEET HERE
Council of National Body Coming
May 13, Upon Invitation of
Local Branch.

The annual meeting Of the National
Council of the English-speaking Union
of the United States will be held here
May Is at the special invitation of
the local branch, whose president is
Col. r. NJ. Thompson.
John w. Davis is national president
of the organization and George w.
Wickersham is chairman of the board
of directors. Both are expected to at
tend. Frederic A. Delano is the rep
resentative of the local chapter on the
national board
Sir ESme Howard, the British AM
bassador, will be among many distin-
guished guests at a dinner to be given
at the Willard Hotel preceding a ses-
sion of business and entertainment.
Arrangements are being made by
Lynch Luquer, honorary secretary
and treasurer of the local organiza-
ton.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
College Viii Make
Church Useless,
Pastor Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 4.-The Rev.
Charles Francis Potter, announc-
ing his resignation, effective in the
Autumn, as pastor of the West
side Unitarian Church, i'll order to
become executive secretary of
Antioch College at Yellow Springs,
Ohio, said yesterday that the work
of the church had become second
ary to that of the college In mod
ern civilization.
II believe that when education
becomes perfected he wrote in
a letter announcing his plans. the
churches will be unnecessary; but
that is a long way off. The work
of the churches has become sec
ondary for a while at least, until
we have established an education
which really prepares for life"
Evening star., 1925-05-04
ESTHONIA TAKES UP
DEBT ISSUE WITH U. S.
Funding Agreement Based Upon
British Plan Likely, With Some
Early Relief Provided.

Negotiations for debt funding
agreement between the United States
anu Estbonia are being carried on
between Treasury and legations of.
ficials.
Esthonia owes the United States
between 40 and so millions of dollars
on advances made as a relief measure
in 1919 and subsequent years.
The British debt settlement forms
the basis of discussion with the mat
ter Of a possible moratorium or re.
duced interest rate for the first years
of payment the immediate question at
issue
Evening star., 1925-05-04
Moses to Defend Senate Rules

Senate rules will be defended from
the attacks of Vice President Dawes
by Senator Moses. Republican, New
Hampshire, in a speech at Syracuse,
y. Y, Friday. Senator Moses is
President pro temporc of the Senate
and as such presdes in the absence
OF the Vice President He also is a
member of the rules committee.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
Bids on Land Asked.

Bids were invited today by the Navy
Department for the sale or lease of
the land, buildings and improvements
on the destroyer and submarine base
at Squantum. Mass. The tenders will
be opened May 27.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
APPEAL is DENIED.
Supreme Court Refuses to Act In
Bribe Attempt Case.

Morris Orsatt of San Francisco, SEN
fenced to 20 years for attempting to
bribe a prohibition agent, will get no
relief from the Supreme Court.
The highest tribunal today refused
to interest itself in his plea that the
sentence was excessive and that a
single oflense had led to his convic-
ton on 81 different counts.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
Death Held Suicide.

Coroner Nevitt today gave a Certifi
cate of suicide in the case of Arthur
Fl. Campbell. employed in the Post
Office Department the past % years,
who was found dead in his apartment
in Tudor Hall, Massachusetts avenue
and Tenth street, last Friday morning.
An analysis of the contents of Camp
bells stomach showed death was due
to poison, Coroner Nevitt reported.
Evening star., 1925-05-04
Named Envoy to Finland.

According to a report, John B. Stet-
son, jr., of Pennsylvania mas been
selected a Minister to Finland
Evening star., 1925-05-04
Unemployment Study Planned.

NEW YORK. May 4.-Methods by
building operations may be spread
over the entire year to avoid
the present alternate periods of in
tenSified activity and wasteful idle
ness will be discussed at the Spring
conference of the American Construc-
ton Council, of which Franklin d.
Roosevelt is president, to be held here
May 8 and 8.
Evening star., 1925-05-04

Argentina and Cuba are the largest
foreign markets for American soft
woods
Evening star., 1925-05-04

Even Alexander did not get the
earth until he was buried.
Evening star., 1925-05-04

of beautiful flowers the sentiments
1t is not however from standpoint of fashion that floral
should
spark of
being if there heart MOTHER,
LOVE
describe the depth of love- should
Evening star., 1925-05-04
On Mothers Day
Sunday, May 10
'SSay 1t With Fzowers %

VERY YEAR, on Mothers Day, millions of people buy
flowers token of their love and for the best
girl in the world This has become universal and
may be said in passing that the Florists of America
the first suggest this fitting tribute The prize
highly. There is nothing which can take the place
The Coconino sun., 1925-07-24
NORTHWEST is INTERESTED
IN ARIZONA SAYS SPILSBURY

Arizona more than equals similarly
situated sections of the northwest and
western Canada in soundness of busi-
ness conditions, diversity of resources
and progress in development, accord
ing to P. G. Salisbury, president Of
the Arizona industrial congress who
has returned from a brief trip to
British Columbia in which sdrvey
was made of economic conditions and
development work as compared with
those here.
Colonization is being given primary
attention by the territories visited.
Mr.. Spilsbury found, and the CONNER
cial centers of the coast, such as
Seattle and Vancouver, are bending
every effort to develop the adjoining
inland regions. This was of particul-
lar interest in that Los Angeles also
is awakening to the need of aiding its
adjoining sections, of which Arizona is
the most important, and is preparing
to cooperate in the development work
of Arizona organizations.
Mercantile establishments of British
Columbia showed much interest in
Arizona citrus fruit and other farm
products, Mr.. Spilsbury reports, and
good markets can be developed there
as acreage in this state. Increases.
Business men Of that province also
were especially interested in the or
ganized program of state development
being carried ON here through the In
dustrial congress, and are preparing
to use many features of the Arizona
plan" in cooperative development eff
forts.
The Industrial congress head de-
clares that Arizona also surpasses the
sections visited in scenic beauty, with
the single exception of having sea-
coast.
The Coconino sun., 1925-07-24
SMALLvILLE WOMAN SEES 1T Is
BETTER To TRADE AT HOME

Once upon time there was GER
tain woman in Smallville who COM
planned that certain article of mer-
chandise cost few. cents more from
the home merchant than from the
merchant in Bigtown. Whereupon the
woman went to Bigtown to make put-
chases.
She found that while she had saved
a few cents here and there, she had
lost many dollars through nFere ex-
pensive purchases, and came home
sadder and poorer, but wiser. What
with transportation expense, innocen,
but costly temptation--the little
things-wl1ich are held out for the
gullible, had she left whereupon to
base any claim for trading away
So it now happens that this good
woman trades at home where sne car
get right down to genuine values and
close business contact with the home
merchant on such matters as refunds,
exchanges, tryons, guarantees and re-
pairs besides. the convenience of
charge accounts and extension of
credit whenever justified and wher-
ever worthy; and plus all this, home
pride and community spirit. s..a
The Coconino sun., 1925-07-24
SUMMER s1oRTs AZ YUMA

Plenty Of excitement was caused at
the Southern Pacific depot Wednesday
evening when toad chased rattle-
snake all around the front porch, scat
tering the passengers right and left.
The toad determined to devour the
snake, which, being a sidewinder, was
not very speedy. One very brave pas
senger killed half the snake, while the
toad finished the rather unpleasant
job with much relish and hoped mer-
rily away.
One by one the more timid passen-
gers came creening hack, cnsting fur
tive glances about before satisfying
themselves that the monster had gone.
The Coconino sun., 1925-07-24
HAS HAD TEN YEARS IN
HOME TOWN NEWSPAPERS

In 1915 there were 2,445, $3.50 auto
mobiles in this country.
1t seemed tremendous number.
Some people were already talking
about the saturation point" being not
far ahead
But if there were some men who
couldn't see the woods for the trees,
there were others whose faith never
faltered
1t took lot of vision for them to
see that the true market for the auto
mobile had hardly been touched.
1t took lot of courage for them
to bank on the ultimate success of
the automobile in that market.
They had both.
Back in 1915, the United States.
Rubber company said "The real future
of the automobile is not in the big.
cities but away fram them.
1t is not in short runs on city
streets but in mile after mile on
country roads, .
So back in 1915 the United States
Rubber company began to prepare for
this movement-and to help it.
In 1915-ten years ago-the first
U. S. tire advertising began to ap-
pear in the ''home town" papers.
Few people saw these papers in
their true dimension.
Few realized the influence they had
on what the people thought and did
and wore and bought. Because few
people realized the place they filled in.
the minds and lives of their dealers.
The United States Rubber company
saw.
As clearly as it saw that the devel-
opment of the automobile would be II
the smaller communities, it saw that
the people in these communities would
have to have tires to measure up to
the service and tire merchants to sell
them.
And it saw that in the home town.
newspapers it had, ready to hand, the
medium to help it put tire merchan-
dising where it would have to be in
the new era of the automobile.
So ten years ago people began to
read the first U. S. tire advertising in
their "home town" paper-over the
name of their ''home town" dealer.
They have been reading it ever
since.
They have seen these home dealers
develop their little "side line of tires"
into real business-always with the
support of ''U. S" advertising in these
local papers.
Today there are 100000 automo-
biles in this country.
Eighty per cent OF them are owned
by men and women on the farms and
in the smaller communities.
Where there was one q. S. tire
dealer in the small towns then there.
are hundreds today-real merchants
What was only vision in 1916 has 4
come true in 1925.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-05-01
oTRAvILA "a PRE- zvADU.

Z = +
Henrietta Milligan, 2O-roena,
otravila sa nedel II vecer v byte
{. 121 N. Phelps st. Ma otazky po.
licie, jej muz John R. Milligan
odpovedal, ze mali rano mal1 iva.
du, ale ze sa udobrili a popoludnl
sa vozili aute. Prijddc domov
on zostal prednej izbe ona sla
do spalne. @ okamzfk pocul w.
kirk, ale 81 no nevsimnul. @ pat
mindt poeul druhy vykrik, a ked
vosiel do spalne, jeho zena uz lie.
zala bez seba. Zavolal ambulanc,
ktory zenu NAL odvien' do nemoc.
nice, ale ia zomrela ma ceste. Man.
zelia sa caste vadievah pre- malie.
kosti. Neboha sa otravila otravou
ktord je.i mllz upotreboval mic.
SAM lestidla ma topanky. Po nebo.
hej ostava 5-mesacna sirotka
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-05-01
sAMOZvANY JEz1s KR1sTUs

z Moskvy. (SEPs) Vo votskej
oblasti jakysi Peter Batujev w.
hlasil sa "a JeziSa Krista, tvrdiac
0 sebe, re sostllpil ma zem, aby
sndil zivych i mrtvych... Neuve-
domele obyvatel 'stvo ma vidieku
v mnohych dedinach samozvant.
mn prorokovi uverilo. Batujev til.
lal sa po dedinach, Dol obklopepy
'apostolmi - a jeho sprievode
bola i "Bohorodica Masa"! Batu.
jev bol povacSine dedinach do.
bre hosteny a skoro vsade kazal
kazal blizkosti "posledneho sti.
du" a ziadal od posluchacov, aby
spalili svoj majetok, neplatili da.
ne podobne. Kazanie obycaine
koncievalo orgiami. Votsky sud
odsldil Batujeva ma 5 rokov a 4
mesiace do vazenia a jeho spolu.
vinnikov "apostolov'' do zalara
ma r0znu dobu, az do 2 rokov
Hlavnym sddom tento vyvrok bol
potvrdeny.