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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-03-26

Home Culture Club, April L.
Current topic-Emma Healy
Quebec the province (Cont.)
Gaspe' Shore; Saguenay Ann de
Peaupoe, Montreal.
Leader, Lizzie Davidson.
Hostess, Bertha Standish.
Dancing Party
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Merrill, Mrs.
Leda Merrill and Allen Merrill Of
st. Paul and Mr.. and Mrs. M. r.
Laren, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Foss, Mr..
and Mrs. John Holmes and daughter,
Miss Alice and son, Alden, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Woodhouse, Elmer Peter
son and Paul Laren of Minneapolis,
were entertained at dancing party
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. =.
Wilmot Saturday evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-03-26
South Fork Aid Society,"

South Fork Aid Society,"
The South Fork Ladies' Aid So
ciety will meet at the home of Mrs.
70. P. Sumner Thursday afternoon,
April 2. Mesdames Summer and
Zimmerman win serve.
English Lutheran Aid Society,"
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
English Lutheran church will meet in
the Odd Fellows Hall Thursday,
April 2. Hostesses, Mesdames Kul-
stad, Bragstad, Hagestad and G..
Wiger.
Tuesday Club, March 81
Society Rooms, South Hall Normal,
2:30.
Miss Greene will talk on Pictures
in the Home"
All interested in Miss Greere's talk
are invited.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCE
MENT EXPENSE

No man who breaks the law in order
to satisfy his desire for liquor has any
right to complain of what is spent in the
effort to enforce it.
No newspaper which encourages and
excuses law-breaking on the part OF the
drink buyer and the liquor seller has any
ground for protest against the cost of en-
forcement of prohibition
Let responsibility be fixed where it
justly belongs-on the man who has the
price and the disposition to break the law
We wish it were possible to assess the
whole cost of enforcement against him;
that would be fair. That is not possible,
unfortunately, and, so far as we are COLI
cerned, we are willing to go right on pay
ing our part of the bill in order that the
law may be enforced with increasing cf-
fectiveness.
We believe in the law, and we believe
in obeying the law; but we hope our
neighbor who is making enforcement diff
cult and costly for us will realize his re-
sponsibility as an American citizen and
desist from his lawlessness If he wants
to work honestly and openly for repeal of
the Eighteenth Amendment, that is his
privilege. We shall oppose his efforts,
but we shall respect the fact that he is
going about it in law-abiding and con-
stitutional manner. We can not respect
his connivance at law-breaking and his
support of law-breakers, while his indig-
nant expostulation at the size of the bill
which he is helping to make arouses no
sympathy in our breast-Editorial Rocky
Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
LESS THAN A WEEKS RUN

Liquor has not made any hypocrites
who were not hypocritcs before prohib-
ton.
Prohibition has driven liquor from
main Street" it has taken it from the
best business corners OF the country. A
few excuse their drinking by saying that
prohibition drove them to it. l do not
know man who drinks now who would
not have drunk far more if we did not
have prohibition. l know dozens who
have quit drinking.
"All the increase in bootleg production
would not make weeks run of the ''l
cense" distilleries, the huge breweries of
St. Louis, Milwaukee and New York, the
open liquor producers of 1912.
Just read the old United States Treas
ury reports on liquor production, the hun
dreds of millions of gallons consumed by
American liquor drinkers. Compare the
bulk with the bulk of bootleg" Can you
not see that the old whisky railroad tank
cars, the beer special trains, the wine ship
loads are gone? I doubt if there is one
per cent production now that there was
before northumberland Magazine.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
Editors Discuss Costs and Other Topics
Are They Drinking More? Was Eighteenth Slipped
Over?; Should Police Officers Enforce Prohibition?
A GOOD INVESTMENT

Whatever the cost to the government,
prohibition laws should be strictly en-
forced. And however much the cost may
be it will be mere bagatelle in COMPARE
son TO the amount spent across the bars
of the nation in the days OF the saloon.
When Danville could boast" of her
ninety saloons, more than half million
dollars year went to swell the ranks of
drunkards, OF criminals, of destitute wives
and children, of abandoned and hopeless
human beings. What was true in Dan
vile was true throughout the country,
and should the effective suppression of
war it would be most fruitful invest
ment.-Danville Com.-News.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
somewhere between nickle and nothing
Editor, Issue.
THE SAME OLD CRY

Just now the standard, and long since
stale cry, Prohibition is failure" is be-
ing raised, if possible, in intensified form
by every enemy of the Eighteenth Amend
ment, and the corollary of that PROPOSE
ton is that the amendment must be re-
pealed.
1t may be information to these vocifer-
Gus directors to say that something like
$500 amendments to the Constitution
have been proposed in the last 135 years,
but only 10 have yet been adopted, and
none of the 10 has ever been repealed, and
if The Chronicle may be permitted to
indulge to a small extent in prophecy,
it predicts that none will ever be-
1t takes long process to add an amend
ment to the Constitution. First, public
sentiment must do its work. second, that
sentiment must find expression in con-
gressional action, and, third, what Con-
gress proposes, the Legislatures OF three
fourths of the states must ratify, and that
is impossible unless the people want it
done. 1t took Is years of agitation and
labor and argument and persuasion TO
give life to the Eighteenth Amendment.
1t will be we'll for the enemies of that
amendment TO keep that fact in mind
People are arrested for murder and as
sault to murder and burglary and robbery
and theft and divers other olfenses every
day, but nobody says anything about re-
pealing the statutes against sue, offenses,
J. 1t II,
lator of the prohibition law be caught
cooking his helps brew in cellar, or
hollow of hill, or thicllet, or some
bootlegger be caught with his bottle or
bag of bottles of deadly "hooch,' and the
racous howl goes up, "The Eighteenth
Amendment should be repealed. "-Hous-
ton (Texas) Chronicle.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
AND ALCOHOLIC DEATHS IN CHICAGO

plain that they are put down as alcoholic
deaths if they do or If they don't die with
alcohol in their stomachs if there is any
thing upon which an alcohol verdict can
be based.
Live Babies Better Than Live Buns
The use of figures on alcoholism and
alcoholic deaths in manner tending to
discredit prohibition is unwarranted. AL
coholic deaths represent merely coroner's
cases which is very small proportion of
the total number of deaths The effect of
prohibition upon the general death rate,
particularly infant mortality much more
than compensate for all alcoholic deaths
now, whatever the true number may be.
Live babies are bette. than live buns, i
prohibition forced choice
Prohibition enforcement has driven Dip
somaniacS who eventually appear in the
coroner's records TO the larger centers of
population like Chicago. Increasingly eff
fective enforcement in Chicago has cut off
the supply of slower acting alcohol poi
sons and led 10 the use f quicker setting
poisonous substitutes by hopeless alco-
holes. These drinkers deserve pity for
the weakness developed before prohibition
or contempt for their folly in drinking
after prohibition despite repeated warn
ings such as contained in DIR. Bundesen's
reinstatement of statistics.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
BOMB CITY HALL AT MACOMB;
SEEK BOOTLEGGER GANG
(LaSalle Tribune)

Macomb, Ill, Jan. 2,-UP)-Bootleg-
gers were hunted today in connection
with the bombing of the city hall and the
home of County Judge Henry Miller here
last night Both buildings were badly
damaged, but none of the occupants were
hurt
The city hall was bombed first Sheriff
Ira dickinson and Chief of Police Elmer
Coats and other officers were in the build
ing at the time. Near midnight the Miller
home was bombed. Adjacent homes suf-
fered damage.
Judge Miller and the police force have
been very active in war on bootleggers
and they believe the bombngs were in re-
prisal
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
MAGISTRATE SAYS NO
BOOTLEGGERS IN
WOOD RIVER
(Alton T clegraph)

There are no bootleggers i'll
Wood River as a result of vigor-
Gus campaign made by the present
police force against the illicit sale
of liquor" is the statement of Po-
lice Magistrate Charles Meyers of
Wood River.
Mr.. Meyers said that there were
Is bootleggers doing an active bust
ness i'll Wood River a year ago.
They were occasionally arrested at
that time, and expected to pay small
fines and resume their occupation.
Mr.. Meyers said that under the new
Wood River regime this practice
has been stopped. Federal aid also
came in and number of these
Wood River bootleggers also served
terms in the federal penitentiary on
charges OF bootlegging.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
PROHIBITION EXPENSES

Some critics are making great to do
about the cost of prohibition enforcement,
because of the increased estimate for the
next fiscal year. They are shocked by
the proposal to spend $20,640,000 for that
purpose including the expenses of the new
coast guard fleet operating along the At
lantic scaboard to check the flood of booze
from Europe.
Yes, it is rather large sum of money.
1t amounts to Is cents for everybody i'll
the United States. But there are a good
many citizens who are perfectly willing
to pay their Is cents apiece, or their 90
cents per family, to tighten the laws grip
on the liquor traffic, because they believe
it is worth the money.--Pontiac Leader.
Credit enforcement with fines collected
and put down the net cost per person
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23

Senator w. T. Martin on January IS
introduced bill in the North Dakota
Legislature proposing to abolish state en-
forcement of the Eighteenth Amendment,
placing the burden of enforcement on the
federal government.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
MISUNDERSTANDING
URES on ALCOHOLISM
NOT UNFAVORABLE
to PROHIBITION When
Considered With FULL
KNOWLEDGE OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCES


moonshine given out by Health Commits
sioner Bundesen call for an explanation.
First, it should be noted that Bundle
sens figures are not based on health de-
partment records but are simply a quota
ton of old statistics previously published
giving the number of alcoholic cases at
the Cook County Hospital and the num-
Der of deaths from alcoholism as shown
by the coroner's books. The newspapers
have quoted DR.. Bundescn to the effect
that there are more alcoholics in the Cook
County Hospital than ever in its past his
tory. Before prohibition, few alcoholics
were taken to the Cook County Hospital
at all. a veteran doctor at the hospital
recently said to me, "In the old saloon days
we seldom accepted alcoholics. We said
that SO long as the city is getting the Ii
cense money from the saloons there is no
reason why the county should take care of
the DRINKS, SO we made them take the
alcoholics over to the bridewell"
Cook County Hospital Now Gets Them
All
Shortly after prohibition, the number
OF alcoholics decreased TO such an extent
that the alcoholic ward at the bridewell
was closed as was the Washingtonian
Home and other institutions for the treat
mcnt of alcoholism in the city of Chicago.
This left the Cook County Hospital the
only public institution for the treatment of
alcoholic cases. Next the policy of the
hospital relative to admitting alcoholics
was changed and all are now taken in.
Finally persons picked up by the police
in an intoxicated condition are now sent
to the Cook County Hospital instead of
being placed in police station cells over
night.
More Verdicts but Not More Alcoholism
DR.. Bundescn's figures on alcoholic
deaths are quoted from a statement pre-
viously published by Dr. William D. Nc
Na!ly, coroners chemist. Before prohibi-
ton it was to the political advantage of
county politicians to keep down the rec
ord of alcoholic deaths as much as posi-
bic. Now the situation is exactly re-
N(ASSd dlu Wei pOiitlSldAIo uCNlI IL 10 NC
to their advantage to play up alcoholic
deaths as much as possible.
Formerly if some other cause combined
with alcohol resulted in DEATH the other
cause, Tor instance heart disease, was
named in the verdict of the coroner's jury.
Now when alcohol to any degree is COM
bined with some other cause, alcoholism
is named. There have been cases when
the chemists found traces of alcohol con-
tanned in medicine used in the treatment
of the disease that resulted in death.
This was considered sufficient evidence to
justify a verdict of death by alcoholism.
Recently an assistant chemist reporting
on case to man apparently represent
ing the coroner's office declared that no
trace of alcohol had been found But the
man, presumably representing the cor
oner's Office, insisted that it must have
been alcoholism because the deceased was
la,-a q.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-01-23
A poLIcEMAN,s DUTY

A police officer in not far distant city
is credited by newspaper with remark
Continued on Page y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
RECOVERY SCORED
IN FRENCH BONDS
Upturn in Francs Back of To-
days RaIIy-Other Is
sues Also Firm.
BY GEORGE Il. HUGHES,
atch TO The Star


NEW YORK, December 19.-ACtive
trading in French bonds at moderate
~ higher prices, doubtless In SYM
pathy with the recovery in the franc.
was the feature of tOdaHS market. All
three of the direct obligations of the
French Republic were higher mad so
We're the French Cities IS. which do
not have support of Il sinking fund,
so that the uniform movement could
be aScribed only to Il better feeling
toward the French situation. Poland
SIS rose nearly IL point on the an
nouncement that an American finan-
cial adviser had been asked to assist
in restoring confidence In Polish cur
renCy. The balance of the foreign list
was practically unchanged.
In domestic bonds, Hudson and
Manhattan income 5s made fraction
al gain. rejecting the highly favor
able November earnings statement.
Some Of the Interborough obligations
We're in demand, chiefly the 6 per cent
notes, up one half point. and Brook
lyn Manhattan Transit 6S held firm
Convertible oil issues were active, but
did not make as pronounced gains
as on the day before. Vertientes
Sugar Is reacted after their recent
rise.
In the high-grade group the feature
Was the buying of Baltimore and Ohio
first IS. New York. Chicago and St
Louis J12s were active, but without
much change in price. Liberties were
steady. The weekly statement of the
member banks of the Federal Reserve
system, made public today, showed
that at the date of the statement, De.
cember 3. there was no particular
pressure on the bond from the banks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
TODAY'S GRAIN MARKET.
By the Associated Press

by the Associated PreSS.
CHICAGO, December 19.-With re-
ports at hand that fine weather for
the harvest IS prevailing in Argentina
wheat prices here averaged lower to-
day in the first part of the Board Of
Trade session. Indications that world
shipments would show an increase for
the week tended also to depresS val
ues. On the other hand, new unoffi-
cial advices from Buenos Aires We're
current saying that although the yield
in southern Argentina is expected to
be large, the official figures on total
production are considered half a mil
Lion tons too high
Chicago opening quotations, 81 off
10 Il up, new style, December 1T2 to
1.72A and May 1863 to 1861. were
followed by a moderate general up
turn and then by decline to III for
December and 1915 for May
Corn and oats We're easy on ac-
count of liberal acCeptances on over
night bids for corn to arrive here.
After opening at IS decline to u ad-
vance, May S13s to 50, the corn mar
ket scored slight gains all around. but
then underwent a setback
oats started unchanged to !. lower.
May 449s, and later receded a little
more.
Provisions We're firm, influenced by
SteadlneSS of hog values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
WHEAT IS HIGHER
AND CORN LOWER
Battle of Estimates Has
Brought Wild Price
Changes in Week.


CHICAGO, December I9.-Cnusu-
ally wide and rapid changes in wheat
prices both UP and down this week
have for the time being left the out
come somewhat favoring friends of
higher prices. 1t has been a battle
of estimates, official and unofficial.
regarding the wheat yield this sea
son in Argentina, q contest made
acute by charges of corrupt practice
at Buenos Aires and by assertions
that unless the harvest in southern
Argentina is beyond any previous
record the orld's eXportable surplus
Of wheat IS 81 600, 900 bushels less than
import needs.
Compared with a week ago. wheat
prices this morning in Chicago We're
= to cents a bushel higher. where
a. corn showed 21s TO 3&s cents de
cline with oats 4 10 = cent down
Provisions We're at ii range varying
from 25-cent setback TO l2-cent gain
Excitement III the wheat trade
reached a high pitch when before
issuing a complete crop estimate the
Argentine government issued re-
port showing such severe crop dam
sc in two provinces this season that
the reduction amounted 10 47.oQ0,00O
bushels from last years figures. II
was at this juncture that the shortage
In the world 5 eXportable surplus was
computed by a trade authority here
as being 100000 bushels short.
Confronting the wheat market next
day was a complete official report from
Argentina suggesting an eXportable
surplus there of .oO0. 900 bushels, as
against unofficial estimates of only
90, 600. 900 bushels. Then came scandal
charges, and the market here jumped
in some cases ~ cents a bushel after
an earlier stampede TO sell and a con
Sequent big break in prices. Advances,
however, We're not We'll maintained.
owing in q. great measure to the gen
eral uncertainty as to what are the
real conditions in Argentina and what
the Investigations started will disclose.
Corn prices have given way under
seasonal increase Of commercial stocks
Of new corn. As usual, the oats mar
ket has sympathiZed.
Most deliveries of provisions are
higher, in line with the hog market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO. December 10 lSprCiaIl
In the usual light Saturday live stock
market hogs furnished the one feature
today. Good heavy grades stayed
steady. while light varieties wer" down
d dime and more.
Light hogs. which showed luos; ,1l.
vance recently, today went at SIT 10
sll.25 for choice lots. At this prira
they We're down from Friday. bur
higher than a week ago, when the tn.
was $11. The bulk OF packinG hogs
went over at $3.50 to $3.50. while Iout
pigs sold at $12. The fresh suppiy
was 1000.
No good steers We're on sale. Snal
lots were picked up UNCHANGED com
pared with Fridays weak prices. For
the week best heavy steers closed a.
1895. Medium grade steers were -
| to so cents lower. Cows and heiier~
were off % to 40 cents for the weea
and calves 80 cents.
Sheep trade was nominal, with ~
| fresh lambs. Compared with a week
ago fat lambs We're mostly % cents
| higher, while feeders also gained that
much Prime killing lambs quoted At
! S16.75. Aged sheep were little weak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE. December u tSrc-
poultry-Spring chickens,
pound, 20a27: Leehorns. 20a24; Minor
cas-. 20a22; old hens. 1Sa26: ROSTERS, 6
all: old Leghorns. 1Sa20: ducks, 2Oa2S;
geese, 20a26; young turkeys, 42ai5; old,
3Sa40; poor and crooked breasts, goa
So; pigeons. pair, 25a30: guinea fowls,
each, 35a75. Dressed poultry-Turkeys
young, yound 43a46; old, 30ai2; chick
ems, young. 27a2s; old, 22a26; ducks,
25a30; geese. 22a3G.
Eges-Receipts, 81 cases: native
and nearby firsts, dozen, offered at As;
candled, 50.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery.
pound. 46a5O; prints, 5Oa52; ladies'. So
a37: store packed, 80: dairy prints. 30
ass; process butter, 43a44; rolls, 30a35.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
HUYLER'S HAS FUNDS.

NEW YORK, December 10 LPl.--
No stock of the Huyler's Syndicate
will be offered to the public in the
near future. Rudolf s. lfeCht new
chairman of Huylers board OF direc-
tors. said today. He added that no
public financing of any kind is at
present contemplated and that there
is sufficient capital for building up
and developing Huylers for some time
In the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
NEW FIRM ORGANIZED.

NEW YORK, December 10 P).-
Formation of a Swedish-American in
vestment Corporation, in which Lee,
Higginson and Co., New York bank
ers, will be associated with Swedish
financial interests, was announced yes
terday. While plans have not been
completed it is expected that the new
company will have a capital of about
$50, 900 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
POSTUM CEREAL PLANS
TO INCREASE STOCK

NEW YORK, December 10 LP).-A
plan to increase the capital stock of
the Postum Cereal Co. from 500 900
shares of no par value to .375 600
shares Will be voted on by stockholders
December IS. The shareholders will
also be asked TO vote on a proposed
contract between the Postum Cereal
Co. and the directors and stockholders
of the Jell-O Co. providing for the is
suance of $4,000 shares of common
stock of the Postum Co. in exchange
for all outstanding stock of the JclI-O
Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
STOCKS IRREGULAR
. AS WEEK CLOSES
Some Selling Develops in
Motors-RaiI Shares Are
Again Strong.



NEW YORK, December l9.-PriCe
movements lacked uniformity in to-
days brief session of the stock mar
ket. After opening moderately high
er. the general industrial lists sagged,
when selling pressure was renewed
against the motors and some of the
speCialties, but rallied again later.
when bullish demonstration in Amer
lean Can sent that stock up over 6l2
points.
Chrysler sold down points from
its early high. Dupont 5, and Bald
win, American Smelling, Foundation
60. and International Paper a point
or more.
Rails held firm throughout with
special buying apparent in Pittsburgh
and West Virginia. which was bid
up points and Rock Island and Chi
cago Northwestern which moved up
point or 81.
The closing was irregular Total
sales approXimatcd ZOO. 900 shares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
CHALLENGE CAUSES STIR.

BUENOS AIRES, December 10 up.
The statement Of George Z. Saun-
ders, vice president of the Armour
Grain Co. of Chicago, challenging the
character of the Argentine govern
ment's crop reports. continues to pro-
woke widespread comment by nearly
all the newspapers of Buenos Aires,
including the English language jour
nails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-19
HOLIDAY TRADE LIVELY.
Bradstreet's Reports Sales Under
Earlier Expectations.

NEW YORK, December 19.-Brad.
streets today says:
Holiday influences are more per
ceptible in trade and industry as the
month advances. Retail trade of all
kinds, especially of goods adapted to
the season, has quickened, while
wholesale trade in staples has slowed
down quite swiftly. In jobbing trade.
quick recorder business has been es-
peclaIIy prominent. There is no ques-
ton that holiday buying at retail Is
active, more 50 than for some wears
past, but there are signs that the
lower price of cotton and unsatisfac.
tory conditions in parts Of the corn
oet have rendered to render this buy
Ing of smaller volume than earlier ex-
pected."