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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11
(By Robert Hercod, Europe;


Fyerv year the Belgian total abstinence
societies convoke the Belgian dries to
Congress in one of the principal cities OF
the country; this year it was at Client on
the 23rd and oath of October.
1t is of good omen ror social reformers
to meet in city such as Client for it ap-
pears from the history of the Middle Ages
that it was very turbulent city, ever
fighting for its rights against its Dukes.
Social, and especially temperance REFORM
ers, have to be aggressive and know how
to fight, for only so is victory obtained.
However, the fighting spirit was not very
conspicuous at the Client congress, it was
rather too peaceful in the opinion OF
some Belgian reformers who regularly fol-
low these gatherings. Such dignihed meet
ings where a number of questions are dis
cussed in a truly academic fashion are of
course very good in their way, but it
would be we'll to join to them some more
popular manifestations. l should like the
Belgians to follow the example Of Swift
erand where a congress of dries is al
ways a popular demonstration with pro-
cessions through the streets, bands play
ing and flags waving, much singing and
gaiety, all that can convince the on-look
ers that abstainers are living beings.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11
NOW, LAUGH THAT OFF

In its story of the dinner of the
Economic Club of New York, No
vember 80, the New York Tribune
said:
"The diners laughed derisively
when Gen. Lincoln {. Andrews, As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury, in
charge of prohibition enforcement,
announced that stop had been put
to the illegal distribution of sacra-
mental wine. This demonstration
drew from General Andrews a tart
promise to make it hard to get
drink of real beer next season.
eff that's of any interest to you,
added the dry car grirnly. when the
roar of laughter subsidized"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11

labor leaders and labor papers TO con-
tinue TO spouse the cause of the brewers
and in the name of the workers, to urge
the destruction of the dry law and the re-
turn of beer and wine, which means the
return of the saloon.
This view is sustained by the large pro-
portion OF working men, their wives, and
families.
1t does not require the carefully pre-
pared arguments and statistics of such
eminent economists as Roger Babson and
Prof. Irving Fisher to convince sensible
workers of this fact.
Wages are higher in dry United States
and work more plentiful than in any other
country in the world. The living cond-
tons of workers and their families in dry
America are far better than such condi-
tons in any other country.
Cannot Be Controverted
The claim of Prof. Fisher that prohibit
ton is worth $6,00000O000 annually in
dollars and cents to the people of the
United States has not and cannot be con-
troverted. To great extent the workers
are benefited.
1t is sobriety, not only of the Individual
but of the nation, which makes prosperity
general and wages high.
In saloon days the drink bill of the
United States was estimated at $1,000
100000 a year. Prof. Fisher declares it
now does not exceed 10 per cent of that
sum, possibly not per cent.
This big sum now goes into general
trade. It goes into the purchase of homes
and their furnishings into building ma
terials of all kinds, into furniture, rugs,
pianos and scores of other articles. All
this increases the earning power of mil
lions of workers and with their earning
power increased, their buying power was
also increased This, added to the gen.
eral prosperity.
The money spent in the old days for
beer and whisky aided in a wage way but
small per cent of workers compared
with the aid given millions of workers in
the production of commodities demanded
and paid for by other millions. Every
body benefits when production is big and
wages high.
The workers know this is so. They
know their wet leaders are on the wrong
track and they will not follow such lead
ers. They think more OF their own pros
perity than they do of the prosperity of
the brewer, distiller and saloonkeeper
They know they are benehtting under
conditions which prohibition has helped
to bring about and they are not CON
vinced by the appeals of some of their
leaders to rush to the aid of the brewers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11

eases due to intemperance are now reduc-
ed to about one half what they were be-
fore the war; there is a lso a great
decrease in the number of alcoholics who
have to be treated in special establish
ments.
However, it would be dangerous to be-
lieve that the present situation is an ideal
one In spite of its financial difficulties the
Belgian population spends annually about
two milliards of francs on alcoholic bever-
ages, and the law itself is not always OBJ
served as it ought to be, private clubs, for
are increasing in number, and as there is
a large consumption of spirits in such
clubs, legislation ought to intervene.
Look to the League OF Nations
After the discussion of the Belgian law
of 1919 I had to introduce the discussion
on the League of Nations and the alcohol
question. The Belgian abstainers are sat
ished that there is some hope that the
League of Nations will take UP the alcohol
question but they are not very sanguine
as to the immediate results of this inter-
vention. The esteem in which the alcohol
interests and quite especially the wine in
terests are held in several European coun-
tries preclude the possibility that these
countries will willingly allow any import
ant action against alcohol to be undertake
en- by the League of Nations, of which
they are members. But there are other
powerful factors in the case to neutralize
that of the liquor interests.
Sport and Alcohol
The second meeting of TIE Belgian Con-
sport and alcohol. Several able reports
were read, one of special interest by the
veteran French leader, Dr. Legrain, and
the meeting was unanimously of the opin-
ion that it is the duty of temperance re-
formers to try to use for the furtherance
of our cause the healthy love of the Bel
gian youth for sport. He must learn that
to be true sportsman one must abstain
from alcoholic beverages and the practice
once begun for love of sport may remain
with them for their whole lives.
The congress ended with a short recep-
ton offered by the town authorities in
their beautiful and venerable town hall.
Invited Next international Congress
At a committee meeting which took
place during a recess of the Congress the
Belgians decided to invite the next Inter
national congress against alcoholism to
meet in 1923 at Antwerp, where the first
International congress was held about 40
years ago. The invitation has to be consid-
cred by the Permanent committee of the
International Congresses against Alcohol
ism. If it is accepted it seems that Ant
werp would be an ideal place for the hold
ling of a successful congress, situated as it
is near Great Britain, within easy access
of great part of Europe, and being one
of the gates opening to America.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11

The workers dollars formerly spent for liquor further these times OF pro
limited circulation
side the lines
of dollars
workers wei
include
m dollars by which sobry
productive capacity Science Monitor
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11
HOW The WORKERS PROFIT
UNDER THE DRY REGIME
Wages Higher and Work More
Plentiful in Dry America Than
in Any Other Country
BUYING POWER INCREASED

Money Formerly Spent for Liquor Now
Stimulates All Branches of Legitimate
Industry and Gives Employment
to All Glasses of Workers
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11

To put it mildly, it is unwise for certain
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-09-23

THE only practical way of Keeping
Check" on household expenses is to keep
careful accounts. In this way, thoughtless or
needless spending will be discovered and
checked, and the saving thereby effected may
be diverted into Savings Account for use in
emergency or for investment.
The Combination Check Register and
Household Expense Record, the Bank be-
lieves, will accomplish this result with mini
mum expenditure of time and effort. This
book, originated and compiled by the Banks
officers, combines simple and efficient check
ing account record with practical and accu-
rate method of segregating household ex-
penses.
BY using it, the necessity of keeping check
stubs is eliminated, the bank balance is always
and instantly determinabe, the computation
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-09-23
Section of Page
Shouting method of making entries

of the income tax return is made easier, and
the task of reconciling the monthly bank
statement is simplified. This record is offered
to depositors at actual cost (50c) which is
less than budget books customarily sell for.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-09-23

You are cordially invited to call and exam
inc these three helpful books at the special
counter just inside the entrance to the lobby,
or at any of the officers desks
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1926-09-23

In addition. there are two other new and
different services, both of which the Bank is
offering to depositors free of charge One,
little book called, The Combination Check
Register Balance Book and Pass Book, is
just what the name implies. The other is
smaller, simplfied budget book for those who
manage their households on cash basis.
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
rs SMALL GA.
BANKS CLOSED

ATLANTA. Ga. July 15.-Forty.
nine small state banks in Georgia
were in the hands Of the State
banking department today. with
their doors closed. as d result Of
filtration instituted here against the
Bankers Trust Company. financial
agent for the chain OF small banks.
The closing OF the banks resulted
from the filing OF q suit in superior
court of Fulton county for re-
ownership. brought by the bank Of
Umatilla. Fla. against, the Bankers
Trust Company. and w. d. Manleb.
of Atlanta. its president.
A suit In bankruptcy was also
filed in Federal court AGAINST the
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
A ConlnunIty Enterprise

she parked abreast on Ninth
Street Just below e yesterday
afternoon, your honor. asked
her II she didn't know parking
abreast was againAt the law. She
said she was only going 10 stay
there minute or two ana used
the time making out ticket for
her"
Lady: II was going to meet
my father there, your honor, but
he was late, and I just waited q
little while, thinking some one
might pull out"
you made half = dozen other
cars wait, too.
only q minute Or two, yUur
honor"
''That'li be S."
''I heard q crash over toward
Fifteenth and II, your honor, and
got down there just a. he de-
fepdant was shaking his bumper
loose from . Chevrolet roadster.
He hasn't any permit. :
Boob: came from North
Carolina. We don't nes1 permits
down there
You need one pretty bad here.
How long have you been in Wash
"sIx weeks,
Al Guessing Game
'.And just finding out YOU need
4 permit! Didn't any Of your
friends tell you about II"
Some said / needed 4 permit,
and some said / didn't. Then
read the regulations, and
couldn't, find anything there re-
curing q permit. So thought
1t was the same here a. it Ii In
North Carolina"
''No-tIlere'S quite q difference.
In this case, $40 difference.
az paced him across Anacostia
Bridge at 80 miles an hour this
morning, your honor. This Ii his
second offense. He was fined $40
last September for the same
thing"
Boob: '.I'm going to sen my
''That's q good idea. You'll
need need to sell It, unless you.
have other resources"
I'm going to sell Il the first
chance get"
You'd better get a chance
pretty quick. The Black Maria
leaves in IS minutes and YOU need
$50 to ride home In the street
car"
The Washington times., 1926-07-15

Bankers trust Company. asking for
appointment Of 1 receiver.
The latter action was brought by
four Atlanta concerns. and ALLEGES
that the Bankers Trust Company
committed acts Of bankruptcy in al.
lowing the appointment OF q re-
ceiver in Fulton superior court. and
that it preferred certain creditors.
by retiring debts without the knoWl.
edge Of the plaintiffs.
The Bank of Umatilla, Fla. In Its
receivership suit alleges that II
loaned the Bankers Trust Company
S49I, 500 to be place on call for I'M
yestment. 1t declares that $21S.0O0
OF this money has been placed BY
the defendant concern with banks
In Georgia and Florida. on June II,
the defendant concern paid back
$50, 900 to the Florida bank. leaving
an unpaid balance OF $441, 500.
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
Undermuslins

80 Philippine Envelope Che
mise, in built-up shoulder
style. $3.50 and 1895 CT OK
values. Special at, 1900
DO Envelope Chemise, Of ba-
tiste, trimmed with lace or In
tailored styles. $3.50 CT m
value. Special at. AeVO
80 Costume Slips, Of shadow
batiste and fruit Of the loom,
in colors. s1.95 val CT 40
ue. Special at .... $500
-36 Extra size Dimity Bloom
ers, with elastic at waist and
knee. Pink and peach. Coo
$1.25 value. Special at 49,
Kann'sSecond Floor.
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
Housewares

20 Napanee Tea wagons, fin
ished Ii oak, white or co OK
cray. Special. each eSs0
Is Emory Clothesiine.
1OO.ft. size. Friday Spe- 901p
cial, each .........s
-12 Floor or Ceiling Busters,
Of lambs wool. Long 09P
handled. Special, each. ~
800 Rolls OF Waldorf
Toilet Paper. Friday 70p
Special, doz. .......
l65 PAIRING Knives OF stain
less steel. Friday Spe- C0f
cial. Z for I. .s.....
III Bird Cage Stands Of
wrought iron. Friday 00p
Special, each ....
Kann's-Third Floor.
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
White Goods

PLAIN white wolfe, IS inches
wide. Fine quality with 4
nice soft finish. Res.
ularIy 30c. Special, Sr
yard s.s.s..s .s.sss...
White shifting madras IN
striped patterns. A nice
weight and good quail. 90fe
ity Special, yard 90
Kann Street Floor
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
with the
.AibiArtists.
"A Cross Section d the
Daily Grind in Judge
Schuldts Court
Read EN- and Weep
BY DONALD McDOUGAL
TwO-Edged Alibi

IWOsMUg Gu fAAAWA
Tie ran past my signal at Thi--
teonth and New York Avenue,
your honor. He said he didn't SEE
me"
How tall are you. officer?'
six feet. :
sIow much do you weight"
"A hundred and ninety-.wc.
"A 6O-pound kindergarten pupil
wouldn't stand any chance at AL
with that driver. 9
Boob: 81 ran past, your honor,
hut I came back and told the CT.
ficersI didn't see him. Instead Of
accepting my apology he Got
rough and said l ought to have
seen. him."
..He was right about that.
There's too many polite motorists
driving around town looking
where they're going. They don't
see the traffic officer, they don't
see the signal lights we had one
in here the other day who ran
past d street car and didn't see
Ii. Didn't see isn't 30 much an
abb as II Is q plea Of guilty.
when you confess that you
can't sec uniformed officer
posted in the middle ok the inter
oeOtion, you come dangerously
close to admitting that you're not
entitled to q drivers permit.
when you contend that YOU
didn't see, you re merely charging
yourself with criminal negligence.
nm going to impose fine Of So.
and that's practically the same as
making you present Of $50. AMI
don't come in here again under
that charge, or Ill make you o
much larger present on the same
terms, =
The Washington times., 1926-07-15

The power derived from Niagara
Falls By hydroelectric plants has
been calculated to equal the labor
Of As .OOO, 900 able-bodied men.
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
Day Beds, Etc.

Day Beds, Etc
one Day Bed. Regularly
s2e.e5. Special Fri. e1O 90
day at ...... 49,. $1,000
One Box Couch. Regularly
1895. Special Fri cox On
day at . 1sSsUU
Six WoOd-finfsn Beds. three
quarter size. Regu.
Iarly $14.s5. Special. 90 or
each s..s.s...ss....s
One Couch Bed. Sold as II.
Regularly $500. @1A 02
Special at ...
Eight Cotton Mattresses
Regularly $1o.95. spe- 81 az
cial, each
Kann Third Floor.
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
Summer Unde things
At 70c

AN assortment Of the most desirable undergar-
ments for Summer greatly reduced il price, Some
were bought in special purchase-others
broken lots from our regular stock. Cool, well
made garments Of cotton crepes, voiles, batistes
nainsooks, mnslins and novelty materials. and in
GLIDING IN the observation-disclosures, Slips, Step-ins
- Kann's-second Floor.
The Washington times., 1926-07-15
$1.o5 Beauty !" Sew Simple
Semi-made Dresses, At
$1.OO

am drasses Of beautiful mercerized pongee cloth
WITH effective borders White and colored grounds
ali fast colors. These dresses require only small
amount of work to finish. Get one or more to-
morrow at this low price.
Kann,s-Street Floor.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-01
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
HEAD SCORES MEXICAN
CHURCH REGULATIONS

That the knights of Columbus are
strongly opposed to the policies and
actions of the Mexican government in
connection with religious matters was
learned of through an address made
by Supreme knight James A. Fla
herty before a meeting of national
officers of the organization in chi
cago, according to word receivtd by
local members of the organization.
"President Gales" the supreme
knight said, "is using his persecution
of the Catholic church as a convenient
screen for a project of much greater
concern to the> people of this con-
tinent. We have abundant evidence
that he is allied with representatives
of Bolshevism.
"1lhe regulations by which he mas
made it impossible for the church tc
exist in. Mexico are paralleled only by
the regulations in force in Soviet
Russia. The operations of his bureau
of education, the degrading character.
of the instruction forced upon the
youth of the land, the disrespect Tor
morality, marriage and family life.
that his bureau spreads, reveal his
ccmmunistic sympathies.
IF further proof is needed, the
think ng man need only consider the
appointment of Alexandra Kollontary
as ambassador of Soviet Russia TO.
Mexico. Alexandra Kollontary has
been a revolutionist for % years. Hel
radical activities caused her arres,
III Germany and in Sweden. Durins.
the dark days Of 1915 and 1916, Alex
andra Kellontary was one of the hordea
of foreign agitators that came to this
United States to cause trouble, lec-,
turing from coast to coast.
"In Mexico bullets rule, not bai
lots. Mexican elections have been=
shown tol be farical. Citizens have
no such freedom to express their viii.
as they enjoy in this country. Only
the brave and reckless man votes ac-
cording to his own mind in Mexico.
Assassination is not fnfrequent;y the
penalty for the casting of an honest
vote.
''The church and its institutions ans
the clergy are forbidden TO OWL !,
church real estate or mortgages o.
the same. They are forbidden TO ow !,
church buildings, or any other build
ings, to possess invested funds Or
other productive property. TO man
tain converts, to conduct primary
Schools to direct or administer char
table institutions These provision<
apply not only to the Catholic churc.s
but to every creed that comes under
the head OF Christianity.
'It is unlikely that the total dis
regard for property rights expressed
in these regulations will be satisfied
with the unlawful confiscation or
church property The plundering OF,
oil Wills and mines is more profits
able business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-01
COMMUNITY QUESTIONS
TO BE CONSIDERED, AT
MEETING In CITY HALL

= i
An informal smoker will be given.
by Mayor A--E. Hinton in the council
| chambers at the city hall Thursday
night FOR the purpose Of discussing
-hbatters of community interest with
citizens of Douglas. The directors of
the Douglas Chamber of Commerce ana
Mines, the Borderland Climate clup
members of the water commission an0
members of the city council will at
tend.
The meeting VIII open at p. ut,
Mayor Hinton has been accustomed to
holding such meetings about once eacI
six months for the. discussion or any
problems that may be brought before
the meeting. All citizens who care to
attend are invited to 90 So. The
business men are particularly re-
quested to attend.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-01
CHARLESTON
dam PERMIT
is REQUESTED

An important step toward the real
ization of the Charleston storage and
irrigation project was taken Monday
when John L. Ross, Cochise county
attorney, filed application with the
state water commissioners office at
Phoenix for permit to construct
the dam. The dam is to be located
across the San Pedro river at Charles
ton and will irrigate a large acre.
age in the San Pedro valley.
An irrigation district Ross said,
will be formed next year and an cleo
tion held, probably in July, to float a
bond issue now estimated by him az
$2,00O,000. Carl Cleasant, who is
now building the Lake Pleasant dam
across the Aqua Fria for what has
long been known as the Beardsley
project, has had a party of surveyors
in the field, he said yesterday since
July /, and will be ready when they
have reported, 10 talk definitely on
the amount of water to be inn
puonded, the area to be irrigated and
the dimensions and cost of the pro-
posed dam.
THE district which it is proposed
to sserve,'' said Pleasant, "has been
under partial irrigation from diver
sion dams and by pumping for the
last 35 years, but the storms Of last
September washed out most of the
dams The land lies at an altitude
of about $500. feet, where it enjoys
summer rains which make irrigation
unnecessary during July and August,
the months of heaviest water duty
for other and lower districts.
Apples, the finest in the south
west, pears and other deciduous
fruits have been grown in the San
Pedro valley for years. The first
Valencia, better known as Spanish
onions, grown in the United States,
were raised there. Onion crops yield
ing as much as 10000 pounds to the
acre have been harvested The dam
now proposed has been talked of
for the past five years. I hope our
survey may give us positive foun-
idation for all we hope"
The San Pedro joins the Gila at a
point below. the proposed Coolidge
Gam and the San Carlos reclamation
project of the federal government
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-01
REVERSAL OF CONVICTION
OF BANKERS MEANS NEW TRIA

DENVER, Nov. 80 R.-ReversaI o.
the convictions of Frank L. Bishop
his son, Will F. Bishop, and Herman
F. Gates. all officers of the defunct
Globe National bank, VII mean the
pressing OF additional charges against
them, according to> announcement of
George Stephan, United States dis,
triot attorney. Monday. The effect OF
the decision, according to Stephan
will not mean the release from the
federal peniteniary at Leavenworth,
Kan, on bond, Of Frank Bishop, whit.
left last May for that place to start
serving a sentence of II yearR. The
tr.o were originally convicted of mis-.
application of the funds of the Glove.
National bank, which closed ita doors
on October II year ago &
'tNo Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatchf
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-01

'fNc Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-01
DOUGLAS

Tire Service Shop, Thirteenth and G Avenue
Douglas Auto Supply Co., 531 Ninth
Post Exchange 25th Inf, Camp III. ). Jones
Matthews Grocery, Thirteenth and Avenue
White Garage, Tenth and f Avenue
Viclara Service Station, Rodeo Road
Byron Dieckman, Ford Garage, 1122 G Avenue
Evening star., 1926-12-01


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