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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-05-01
WHY DON'T DRINK
By John D. Clark
THE MERITS(O OF PROHIBITION
By Arnold James

who have opinions on the matter are
pleased, with either one page or the
other. In this case the abstainer-on
prncple-can get real pleasure from
this drinkers reasons for drinking, he
demonstrates so unwittingly the CO.
ercion, the infringement of personal lib
erty, involved in the alcoholic drinking
custom. For example:
Most of my friends drink and expect it
of their friends. If one attends an
evening party, one is expected to drink
with the rest. . A refusal is con-
strued as a reproof, in these days of
sharp feeling over prohibition. It was
. in the pioneer days of the western from
tier when "the tenderfoot'' was forced at
the point of revolver to accept an in
vitation to drink :. The most inn
portant men in the business community,
as rule, drink moderately; they offer
you a highball, and they are likely to
think there is something queer about
you if you don't accept it. s.. The
same feeling that you are reproving him
if you do not drink at party may in
Auence him in his dealings with you.
And yet he dehes the prohibition law
because he does not like to be dictated
to- If he lived in the South and did not
happen to know that mosquitoes breed
in rainwater barrel, he would probably
leave his uncovered if the health authori-
ties ordered him TO cover it.
He has the same reason for not obey
ing the prohibition law. He does not be-
lieve that alcohol taken moderately IS
harmful, in fact thinks it distinctly BEN
efcial." Obviously he has not assimi-
lated DR.. Lyman Fisk's point of view,
that one of the harmful effects of mod
crate drinking is immoderate drinking.
Not necessarily in all cases. Not every
one who lives near an anopheles mo-
squito infested rainwater barrel has ma
laria or yellow fever.
OF course we must recognize Mr..
James as representing a class, the class
that still thinks, as he does, that prohi-
bition was put across" because they
did not happen to have their earphones
on during the half century when facts
about alcohol were being broadcast
through this land of ours. Whether this
class is as large as it thinks it is, and
whether its opinions will become 'hard-
shelled" before saving knowledge reaches
it, is the question.
Mr. Clark is an abstainer from prin-
ciple, and the principle is original and
interesting:
It is my belief that the average man
drinks for exactly the same reason-be-
cause he wants to get away from the
facts of life, its perplexities or its mo-
notony-for longer or shorter period.
Therefore it seems to me a wholly un-
necessary and essentially cowardly prac-
tice; for life ought ito be enjoyable to
any intelligent person, particularly if
sense of humor goes with intelligence, as
in most cases it does.
Why run away from worry? If one
could do it effectively there might be
reason. But it can't be done by going
to cheerful motion pictures, or by dane
ing all night, or by drinking all night.
Your troubles are there just the same,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-05-01

The article, present Loss in Life and
Health Due to Alcohol" by Cora Frances
Stoddard, reviewed in this column on
April Is, should have been credited to
THE NATIONS HEALTH.
The Washington times., 1925-08-18

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AAS BGEA ~
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FINE YEARS AhN
AAS NEVER TAkEN
Poison Or
5UEO a FtILCloAS-
ARE FOR BREACH
or REofti$G-AR
SAAiTT-IS BEING
qDESTtoAAGN.
The Washington times., 1925-08-18

JONATAAkA 9.
OATMEAL AAs
BEEN MACkIA0
TO WORK. GUERT
6AT FOR THE
LAST E5 YEAR g
AND AA$ NEWER.
BEEN kNockED
GoOOhA eS Ak1
AGTofoBiC
His WlEE Is uAkIN6
THE hEMS eRANeLY.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
'SBODY
To Be TAKEN
HOME
Funeral Train Leaves Tonight
Rites for Late Senator
Wednesday
TIMES sTAEE RHoIQ

The. funeral train which will
carry the body of Senator Selden
P. Spencer of Missouri to st. Louis,
where the funeral viii take place
Wednesday, will leave Union Station
at $50 o'clock tonight. No funeral
services will be held here.
The widow and two sons j.
Brooks Spencer, of Pittsburgh, and
oliver w. Spencer, of ST. Louis,
will accompany the body. A third
son, Selden P. Spencer, jr., is a
missionary on duty in China.
Senators Richard p. Ernst OF
Kentucky; Irvine l.. Lenroot, of
Wisconsin, and James E. Watson.
of Indiana,% are expected to act as
honorary pail bearers.
The funeral services will be held
at 3 o'clock Wednesday, afternoon
in the Second Presbyterian Church
at ST. Louis, by the Reverend
John w. McIvor. Interment will
be in Belle Fountain Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
MEANS CRAM TED
TRIAL DELAY
HERE
Former Agent of Justice De-
partment Seeking New
Hearing in N. Y.

The trial Of CASTOR B. Means.
former agent of the Department of
Justice, recently indicted for
forgery in connection with signing
the name of Smith w. Brookhart,
Senator from Iowa. and chairman
of the Daugherty investigation
committee, to a letter relating to
certain records wanted by the COM
mittee, was today postponed by
Justice Siddons in Criminal Court
No. 1, until May 25, the delay
being granted on request of District
Attorney Gordon and of Attorney
T. Morris Wampler. appearing for
Means.
Attorney Wampler explained to
the court that the mandate Of the
Appellate Court in New York, deny
ing Means a new trial of his con-
viction of conspiracy there, is due
today. Means has wired his New
York counsel to seek a stay of the
mandate in order that he may
apply to the United States Supreme
Court for writ of review. Should
the stay be denied, Attorney
Wampler said, Means will sur
render and go to Atlanta to begin
his two-year penitentiary term. In
that event, it is likely that the
Washington indictment will not be
pressed at this time.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
WASTE ON j. s.
WORKS IS
CHARGED
Associated Contractors Get
Data on Day Labor Sys-
tem-Cases in D. c.


Wastefulness in carrying out
construction programs in Federal,
State and municipal departments.
through the use OF day labor, in
stead of engaging contractors, is to
be shown by facts and figures of
actual cases laid before the execn-
tive board of the Associated Gen
eral Contractors at the Washington
Hotel, where the boards spring
meeting opened, today.
Confidential reports on the day
labor situation are to be made at
the afternoon session, General r..
C. Marshall, jr., general manager
of the association, stated.
The discussion and action on
these reports will occupy the
boards full time during Wednes-
days meeting.
Principal among the items under
consideration in this connection is
that OF the Arlington Memorial
Bridge.
Construction of certain parts of
this project, the association has
learned officially, may Nbe done by
day labor, instead of by contract.
Cases to Be Cited
Numerous cases will be cited in
which the compilers of the data ex'
pect to show that the use Of day
labor resulted in needless expendi-
ture of public funds.
Among the other jobs to be cited
are construction work of the Recla-
nation Service, the Indian Service,
the Mississippi River Commission
American Falls, Monongahela River
Dam No. Z and Guernsey Dam.
Another important subject before
the board is the proposed affiliation
with manufacturers and subcontrac-
tors, as outlined by General Mar
greatest consolidation Of building
interests in the United States.
Safety Code Discussed.
Delegates tomorrow win attend
meetings at the United States
Chamber of Commerce building,
where they intend to boost for the
election of Noble Foster Hoggson,
member Of the A. G. c.. to fill the
"civic development" vacancy on
the chambers board OF directors.
President George B. Walbridge
and General Richards did most of
the talking throughout the morn
ing session, assisted by suggestions
from board members. the meeting
being given over entirely to an out
line of the exhaustive program of
work confronting the board during
its four-day conference.
Typical of the topics to be dis
cussed during the meeting are re-
form of bonding practice. standard
contracts, licenses for contractors,
and adoption of safety code.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
HELPED Nam {
CITY FOR
MILES
Major Newman BorchaTdt,
Formerly Of D. c., Paid
Honor to General

The death Of General Nelson A.
Miles Friday afternoon recalled to
washingtonians today that q for
mer resident of the Capital was
responsible to q large degree in
naming a city after the famous
warrior.
When Miles was assigned as com
mander of the Fifth Infantry at
Fort Keough, Montana, in the sew
enties, he was heartily welcomed by
the settlers. When the name Of
Big Horn county was changed TO
Custer county, in February, 1877,
Major Newman Borchardt, later a
resident of Washington, was ap-
pointed chairman OF the new board
of county commissioners.
The first act of the new board
was to formally organize Miles
City" and name it in honor of the
fighting man with whom Major
Borchardt had seen service Miles
City was designated as the county
seat of Custer county.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
U.S.OPPOS|T|ON
KILLS LEAGUE
PROPOSAL
Plan to Establish Bureau OF
Arms Traffic Control
Defeated
Nv international News Service.


GENEVA, May 18.-The United
States refusal to cooperate with
a League of Nations bureau re-
suited in abandonment today OF
the proposed central bureau Tor
arms traffic control.
The special committee OF the
conference created to find some
compromise suitable to Congress
man Theodore Burton of Ohio,
head of the American delegation,
decided to alter completely the
arms traffic control plan, eliminat-
ing the projected central bureau.
It's members would have been ap-
pointed by the league council.
The subcommittee's solution,
which meets the approval of Burton
and delegates from league-member
nations, provides that each nation
signing the arms control agreement
viii periodically publish uniform
statistics of its arms exports and
imports, making these figures avail
able. to all other nations.
Each nation will pass its own
laws, 1t was agreed, providing for
the licensing of arms manufacturers
and insuring the accuracy OF the
statistics.
CONGRESSMAN Burton suggested
that the statistics should be avail
able every three months. He with
drew his amendment, providing for
publicity, as no longer necessary,
and thanked the subcommittee for
its efforts.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
j, s, PLANS
SURPRISE
ATTAl;K
Continued from First PageJ

Continued from First Page.)
withdrawn for the new offensive.
An inspection of the New York
front disclosed that this section can
be- held by comparatively small
group of speedy vessels. AS each
front" is cleaned up the coast
guard will leave a sufficient force
of men and boats to keep it
cIean,'' officials disclosed.
One of the most serious Snug
Cling situations exists on the Flor
Ida coast. Palm Beach, Miami and
other resorts are centerS for n big
imported liquor market. The boot
leggers already have started filling
their warehouses for next winters
millionaire trade.
Rum Boats Use Canal.
Opposite this sector are the BAHIA
ma. Gun Cay and Bimini islands
In these islands enormous liquor
storage houses form the base OF
supplies for smugglers.
Many of the rum runners driven
off the New York sector headed for
Bahama, the coast guard said.
Increased use of the Panama
Canal for liquor boats was reported
today. This means, officials said,
that smuggling operations are being
transferred to the western coast
and Mexican border. Under inter-
national regulations governing the
use of the canal liquor ships can
move through without interference.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
Baby Bottles

The scientific pick and shovel
men who are excavating in Egypt
have unearthed enough nursing
bottles to prove that some of the
babies of two thousand years ago
took their nourishment as many
babies of today take theirs.
Nothing as yet has been dug
up to enlighten us as to how
baby's milk was kept at the safe
temperature. Some kind of re-
frigerating crock may be uncov-
cred in time, but it won't be -
beautifully sanitary and effective
as the scientifically built refriger-
ator of the present.
There mag be nothing nep
under the sun, bat the modern
refrigerator, American Ice and
American service giue to hoihe
refrigeration the distinctions ~
perfect originality.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
U. S. Is WEALTHlEST
COUNTRY IN WORLD

OTTAWA, Ont. May 18.-Canada
stands seventh among the great
nations of the world in national
wealth, according to official figures
released here. The Dominion g
wealth is reckoned at $22 .095. 900 900
and that cf the United States,
which ranks first, at $500, S03, ,00O,-
900.
Wealth Of the twelve leading
countries is figured as follows:
United States. $500, 500, 900, 900;
United Kingdom. SS3,84O, 600, 900;
France, $67.710, 1000 Germany,
$35, 700 900, 900; Spain, $29,319, ,O0o, 900;
Italy. $25,986, ,O0O, 900; Canada, $22,-
095, ,O00, 900; India, $21, $50, 900, 900;
China, $19,0S7, 900 900; Poland, ST..
000, ,0000 900; Argentina, $13,17S, ,000,-
600; Brazil $4,000, O,0OO,O 900.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT
PASSER IS ARRESTED

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 49,
9ohn Hollis, arrested Saturday by
Federal secret service agents at
Youngstown. was brought here to-
day. Hollis was identified by three
Youngstown men as having passed
bogus so bills on them.
Hollis is alleged by secret service
agents to have been the "passer"
for a gang OF counterfefters work
ing in southern Michigan, especially
Detroit and Pennsylvania. His ar
rest was said to be the first of 4
series.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
DIVORCE FRAUD
PROBE LANDS ).
z IN JAIL
Rhode Island Grand Jury
Studies 100 cases-Horton
and Dougherty Arrested
BY international News Service.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., May 49,
A divorce mill, with headquarters
in New York. that i'sold freedom
to the unhappily wealthy married
and made Rhode Island the "little
Reno" of the United States, was
under investigation by a grand
jury today.
More than 100 divorce cases. al
legged to have been fraudulenly
secured, some involving prominent
persons, were included in the probe.
The assault by Attorney General
Sisson on the divorce mill has
caused CONSERVATION in several
New York families. Granted de-
crees these, men and women have
married again, and with their va
Gated their marriages win become
illegal.
The master mind" in the con-
gpiracy is alleged to oe Judge
Leonard W. Horton, of New York,
who posed. it is alleged, as a re-
tired Rhode Iisland jurist. Horton
and Francis P. Dougherty, local
divorce lawyer and partner Of Hor-
ton. are under arrest.
Horton and DOugherty are
charged with securing fraudulent
divorce DEGREES by means Of forged
depositions and false statements.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
HELD
ON $4,000
BAIL
Maryland Reformatory Treas
urer, Charged With Using
Funds, Given Hearing

ANNAPOLIS. Md May 1s.-
William Armitage. treasurer Of the
Maryland State Reformatory, arrest
ed last Friday on charge Of ap-
propriating funds left in his trust
by prisoners, was given prelimi-
nary hearing today and held in
$20,OOO bail. in default of which
he was remanded to Jail.
Two members of the State audit
ing department testified that their
investigation disclosed that Armi-
tage had been using prisoners
funds for a long periodt of time.
He, has been treasurer of the re-
formatory for about five years.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
BLESSED VIRGIN
IS HONORED
HERE
Thousands in Professions at
Various Catholic Churches
of City

Thousands of Catholic children
and adults took part in May process
sions in honor of the Blessed Vir.
gin throughout Washington yester-
day.
More than 1000 participated in
the ceremony at st. Aloysius'
Church. The Third Sunday Brigade
led the procession from Notre Dame
Academy through the neighborhood
to the church at North Capitol and
streets, where Miss Margaret
Herlihy, Quene of the May, assisted
by Misses Evelyn Schwartz> and
Adele Cavanaugh, crowned a statue
of the Blessed Virgin.
Girl students from the academy +,
boys from the parish school and
men of the Aloysius Club marched.
The sermon at the church was
preached by the Reverend Owen S.
Murphy, S. j., who also gave bene-
diction of the blessed sacrament.
Miss Catherine Sweeney was
queen in the procession at Immacu-
late Conception Church, in which
$50 children marched. The Rev
erend T. l. Skrzynski preached the
sermon, and the Reverend James
E. Connell. pastor Of the church,
celebrated benediction.
A statue of the Virgin Mary was
borne through the streets adjacent
to st. Mary's Church, in that par
ish's procession. The Reverend
Felix M. Firsh, preached. Assisting
were the Reverend Charles J. Tr1nk
haus, pastor: o. M. Cap, Michael
Gallagher, Lewis A. Motry and G. j.
Jordan. The Reverend r. Butinr
Q. S. M. officiated at benedtction.
Other professions, cOlorful with
flowers carried by children dressed
in white, were held at st. Joseph's
st. Anthony's, the Shrine Of the
Sacred Heart and the Church Of the
HOlV Radeemer
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
WAITING
SHIP OFFER
BY FORD
O'Connor Says No Further
Steps Will Be Taken Until
Manufacturer Acts

Until Henry Ford makes formal
cffer for the purchase of surplus
ships from the Government. no
further steps will be taken by the
Shipping Board to dispose Of the
400 vessels which Chairman O'Coui
nor wants to sell, it was announced
today.
Pending advices from Ford,
O'Connor said the board would
mark time in its effort to sell the
ships, either for scrapping or pri-
vate operation.
In the meantime, the chairman
Is seeking to eliminate the 0pposi-
ton among other members of the
board to his plan for placing sur
plus ships on the open market.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
TWO BOYS DROWN AS
SWIMMING SEASON OPENS

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 49,
The river bathing season which
oIaGled Saturday has claimed two
victims in as many days. James
Victor Hancock, sixteen. met his
death today in the muddy waters
of the Tennessee. Joseph Tillery,
sixteen, high school student was
drowned Sunday while in swimming
with a group of boys.
Both of the victims were high
school students.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
Urged as U. S. Judge

Senators Reed and Pepper, Re-
publicans, of Pennsylvania, today
sent a letter to President Coolidge
urging the appointment Of Judge
Albert johnson, OF Lewisburg, as
United States district judge for the
middle district of Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
Fugitive Is Sought

Police are searching today for
Gus Brooks, colored, thirty six, for
merly of 1855 Seventeenth street
northwest, who escaped yesterday
from the District jail A descrip.
ton Of him has been broadcast.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized on Swift G. Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington. ID. c.,
for week ending Saturday. May 16. 1925.
on shipments sold out. ranged from
IL 90 cents to 1900 cents per pound and
averaged 1851 cents per pound
The Washington times., 1925-05-18

A DAYS
WALK
With JIM RING

LINES ON A DAY LIKE THIS.
l do not like to see it rain
Upon a day like this one,
For if the showers come again,
They do not try to miss one.
Such weather tests the harr1ed
wits
OF those who count upon it.
But that is not my reason. It's
That I've a new straw bonnet!
Well, the circus has come and
Cas they say) gone. Worse than
that, it has gone to Newark.
And out on the Camp Meigs
grounds yesterday there were the
BOYS and men who show up after
the circus leaves town. regular as
a Western Union clock, to sift the
ground for lost money and vaiu-
ables.
Saturday night. we visited the
final performance of the big
show. All the circus veterans
from detective headquarters were
out there. AL Graham, the i'm
pressive announcer, and John
Bryce. one of the bosses, chatted
genially while we waited for Lester
Thompson, our guide.
Lester finally came, and we
went in and sat down. Just in
front of us was General Pershing
and his party, George Christian
and friends, including Postmaster
Bill Mooney.
In a little while, along came
Lester in again, with Harold
Lloyd, Jack Connolly and Co.
Harold was looking very serious
and sober as befits a comedian, as
he went to his place. Few recog-
nized him. You'd be surprised
what a lot of difference a pair OF
bone-rimmed spectacles makes.
A few minutes before the show.
Colonel John ft!ngling came
across and was introduced by
George Christian to General
Pershing.
Now, it happens that the gem
eral was as happy as kid. In
his right hand he was holding a
sticky ball of moiasses popcorn,
and in his left a new straw hat.
He was expecting the introduc-
ton.
When George rose and spoke,
the general, with little difficulty
disengaged the adhesive popcorn
from his right hand and squashed
it against his new skinner.
I'm very glad to meet you,
he said to the colonel.
And well bet that John Ring
ling doesn't know yet whether
the. generals handclasp was just
firm or sticky!
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
Local Items.

Doc Ed Silver has been laid up
at home for some time with an
injured muscle or something in
his leg. In his absence at home,
his professional colleagues had
him named examiner for opto
metry in the District. And Doc
can't decide whether it is a great
honor or a case or being taken
at a disadvantage. The former,
say we, for the good of the cause.
Dave Myers and Al Lee have
both sped away from this flour
ishing place, Dave to Florida and
AL to Atlantic City. And maybe
you don't believe it, but both are
gone on business.
The Washington times., 1925-11-06
M

-. ese--tfSN - 49, k1cs5 ~ ~ maj
your muscular system does not
become your weak link.
This happens when from any
cause your muscles cease to have
their full power of contraction.
When this does happen to the
artist, for instance, he cannot
use his brush with his customary
precision The surgeons hand
tends to tremble as he starts to
use his knife. The woodchopper
walbbles his ak and cannot cut
clean chip. The chauffeur is
unsteady in steering and not alert
in seeing dangers. The ballplayer
strikes out. The golfer loses both
direction and distance, playing
from rough to rough. And so on
through all the range of human
activity.
The most frequent cause OF Inn
paired muscular tone Is fatigue.
Fortunately, however, the RENE
dies for this form of fatigue are
generally close at hand and
prompt in action.
They are rest and nourishment.
A little repose in the horizontal
position with voluntary relaxa-
ton Of all the muscles, even for
few minutes, is a great restora-
tive.
The article of diet that gives
the quickest boost is sugar. 1t is
absorbed practically as 1t is with
the minimum Of delay in diges-
ton.
The one thing that does not
restore muscular tone is alcohol.
It for few minutes acceIerates
the hearts action, but its chief
effect is to lessen, not the fatigue,
but the consciousness Of fatigue.
In that way alcohol is a "fooler.,.'
The next great cause Of low
cred muscular tone is not over
activity but under-activity.
The sedentary life incident to
many occupations, still farther
accumulated by motor transit In
all its forms, is a chief cause Of
weak and inefficient muscles.
The logical management of
lowered muscular tone from these
habits is to take up the opposite
habits.
Walking is the most available
alternative. Cross country walk
ing, especially If taken up with
a sport element in it, is the best
for the reason that, unlike walk
ing on pavements, it gives free