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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26
DIR. E. A. MANESs INJURED

Rev. E. A. Maness, PhD, OF Hous-
ton, Texas, who is pastor of the Meth
odst Episcopal Church, South in Hous-
ton, and a member OF the national exec
utive committee of the Anti-Saloon
League, was unable attend the eXecu-
tive committee meeting in Washington,
March 10, because of injuries received in
an accident at a railroad crossing. The
latest report from DR.. Maness is that he
is slowly recovering.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

Every little while there is a furry about
prohibition. 1t would seem 10 be the
Invest and most important question of the
day, if one were to judge by the guam
tity of printers ink given to it 1t would
seem also to be the chief topic OF con-
versation in church, legislature, theater
and university, to rea. the news items of
the daily papers. King Tutankhamen was
almost as alive for a short time recently
and by the same means
When one travels among the people
not the downtown class not the club
class, not the local politicians, nor any
class that judges the American people by
minority of degraded individuals-one
gets quite a different view of the ques
ton. There are probably 100,000000 peo-
pie in the United States who go from
day to day without the slightest con-
seriousness of prohibition as a debatable
problem Certainly it is not the allah
sorbing topic of their conversation.
Liquor may be sensed in the theater, the
Legislature, the newspaper. It is not
sensed at all in the millions of homes
which comprise Our Country.
This false atmosphere of importance is
created by men who live in a limited en-
vironment, who know the crowd" but
not the people" Newspapers are espe-
cially illustrative Of this fact. They are
made downtown, but they are read
out in the residential sections and
in the suburbs, and the difference be-
tween downtown where "the crowd is
and the residence parts where the peO-
pie" are is so great that if editors should
realize it the liquor odor would be as
carefully banished from the printed page
as from the individual breath.
The gap between the people and their
leaders is great in every field and grow
ing greater, but nowhere is it more dis
cernib1e than in this matter OF liquor.
Leaders are still for it and the people
are now, as they ever have been, against
it. When the gap becomes wide enough
the people will put forth new leaders, who
have eyes to see the higher trends of the
new time.
One has the privilege of Withdrawing
from the individual whose conversation,
illusions, jokes, arguments and interest
centers around liquor, We don't have to
listen to him. He lacks an audience ex-
sNpt among those of his kind. But the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

In Madison county recently prohibition
officials made nine raids. The harvest
was II stills, 1850 gallons OF mash, $50
gallons Of whisky and 100 gallons of wine.
All OF which, of course, goes to prove the
contention of the vets that the law can
not be enforced.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

Col. \. V. Smith, the famous states
attorney OF Lake county, in the five years
and three months he has been in office,
has collected total OF $244, 401.l4, con
sisting mostly OF fines imposed on liquor
law violators. He has, in addition, sent
loo men to the county jail to serve from
sixty days. upward. The county and the
state can never pay the debt they owe
that kind of home defender
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26
1.-THE CROWD is NOT 1.-THE PEOPLE, SAYS FORD

The PEOPLE," SAYS FORD
ge.' Mr.. Ford emphasizes a fact which is
per poll being conducted on the question
,e the Crowd is, vainly imagine that the
, are eager to express themselves on this
that, in his opinion, about a hundred mil
lever think OF this prohibition issue at all
lily harping upon it; In other words, IT is
attempt to repeal or modify the Nolstead
newspaper and thcater seem to feoi that
they have special mission TO make the
people listen in public to the kind OF thing
they reject in private. The people will
not submit to this imposition once they
understand how the wires are pulled.
In common decency the liquor genera
ton should be allowed to die in silence.
It's agonies should not be one OF the daily
topics of American journalism. Prohibi-
ton was not intended to save those who
had willfully and gladly sold themselves
to alcohol. 1t was intended to save the
country and generations yet to come.
There are a million boys growing up in
the United States who have never seen
a saloon and who will never know the
handicap of liquor either in themselves
or their relatives AMI this excellent con-
dition will go on spreading itself over
the country when the wet press and the
-
ten dust.
There are, of course, aspects of the
question which will come up for discus
sion in the future, but they will emerge
from dry country, and not, as at pres
ent, from a wet propaganda. There will
occur no concessions whatever as the re-
suit of struggle between wet and dry.
When there shall have ceased to be such
a thing as wet in the liquor sense in
this country then the things that remain
to be done shall be done. There should
be no mistake about that. The abolition
of the commercialized liquor trade in this
country is as final as the abolition of
slavery. These are the two great reforms
to which moral America committed itself
from the beginning of its history
One fact cannot be evaded in this ques-
tion-for the first time the liquor evil is
where it can be controlled This was not
true when it was legalized. The entire
history of the legalized traffic" as it
was once called is a story of attempts
at and failures Of control Protected by
a government license; in partnership, as
it were, with the government OF the
United States; the ally of every harmful
political movement in the country, the
liquor traffic was entirely out of control.
1t could not be made to obey even the
common regulations, such as forbidding
children TO frequent bars.
But under prohibition every one knows
just where the liquor business stands
it is an outlaw. 1t has no more rights
than burglary incendiarsm or any other
crime. There was a time when the peo-
pie Of any neighborhood had to put up
with it. No one has to do that now.
Any neighborhood, any city, can be
cleansed of this blot
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

order under which Sheriff Whitaker de
stroyed nineteen barrels OF wine found
in the home of Nick Bartholomew at
Toluca.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

Sheriff Edwards, of Rock Island
county, recently led raid in which he
captured in Moline a still with a capacity
of 600 gallons per week, More than rs
gallons of liquor, thirty-hve pounds of
mash and choice selection of fancy
bonded" whisky labels were taken with
the still. Three alleged operators OF the
plant were arrested.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

William Goluba, OF Streator, was re-
Gently fined $500 and costs in the county
court at Ottawa for violation of the pro-
hbition law If the judge had added six
months in the county jail he would have
promoted some respect for. the law in the
mind OF the criminal These home de-
stroyers care little for fine alone.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

a law enforcement league was recently
organized at Edwardsville by N. r. John
son, superintendent OF the southern dis
trict for the Anti Saloon League OF Hi
nois. More than 100 people were present
with the determination to assist the
authorities in every possible way in the
enforcement of the law. Edwardsyille is
il Madison county, where Hocllett and
Bake were murdered some weeks ago by
bootleg moonshiners.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

Not long since Judge Adam c. Clife,
of the federal court in Chicago, placed a
permanent injunction on the Oaldel1 cafe,
about three miles east oil Aurora. This
is the resort where the notorious Terry
Drugan became mixed up in a fstic en-
counter on his way to jail few months
ago.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26
FROM ALL over The STATE

Several dozen members of Peoria's
bootleg fraternity took up their residence
in the local jail last November at the
suggestion of Federal Judge Louis Fitz-
Henry. After they had pleaded guilty or
had been convicted the Judge gave each
OF them three months lease on cell
in the county jail, where they could
caln1y ponder the declaration: The way
OF the transgressor is hard He also gave
these scofflaws each fine of $500. 1t is
not difficult to secure respect for the law
with that kind OF a judge on the bench.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

If prohibition increases crime as vets
say, why does the government census
show crime as decreasing under the Eight
zenith Amendment
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

IL tf1rctrUrs were recently is
sued by Judge FitzHenry in the federal
court at Springfield, closing as many
booze joints for one year.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

Sheriff George Brown, of De Kalb
county has put hourishing distillng
plant out OF business near Galva. He
coufscated two stills of 20 gallons each,
$50 gallons of liquor, 40 pounds of mash
and more than ton OF corn sugar. The
law can be enforced wherever officials
rspect their oath of office.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

Judge Homer Barney, of the Marshall
county court at Lacon, recently issued an
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

\ fine OF 81 600 and six months in jail
for violation Of the prohibition law was
given Peter Saniflppo at Rockford a few
days ago by Judge Reynolds. Il the
judges would make it their fixed policy
and give the maximum sentence for the
first offense, as Judge Reynolds did the
bootleggers and blind-pig keepers would
soon become as SARGE as white black
birds
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

William Henderson, a notorious boot
logger and rum-runner, captured near
Flora recently by Sheriff Cogswell and
his deputies, was taken before Judge
Reaugh at Ehingham, and fined $1,000
and sentenced to 120 days in jail.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-03-26

Ostcnsibly furniture warehouse, John
Z. Hufmeyer's four-story building, at
2735 Lincoln avenue, Chicago, was dis
closed, after still exploded recently, as
one of the most gigantic illicit distlling
plants ever found IN Chicago. Sheffield
avenue police found four stills on the
third and fourth floors that were capable
OF turning out 10000 gallons of alcohol
a week. Six watts, containing $4,000 gal
Ions OF mash and $4,000 pounds Of corn
sugar, were likewise destroyed. A hat
and coat were found in the boiler room.
Their owner probably fled after the blast.
He and Hufmeyer are sought. Although
the exploded still was a wreck, little other
damage resulted except broken windows
and skylights. A skylight in the roof was
blown out by the force OF the explosion.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-07

Margaret Schlosser, Mrs. o. Sippola, J. R. Corney, B. vaso, August Hoap- anea, John Wilson, Wm. Carpenter, H. E. Kistrainor, Martin Lien, G. Mil Ter.
 For Cordova-John Larson, Adam Petrich, Mrs. J. England, Mrs. P. Kal-
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ley, Pat Murphy.
 For Latouche- Swan Lierd, Sam Lescih, M. Anderson, B. Nilsson, C., Abrahaman. s. Holm. Thomas Walshl 6
 For Wrangell-A. H. Bryant
 For Valdez-R. B. Hampel. For Ketchikan-Ira Bussard.
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WILL WE GET THE FACTS?

In the trial of former Secretary of the Interior Fall and Edward L. Doheny before jury in the supreme court of the District of Columbia nvsions what appears to be between the of American citizens representing the government of the people, and officials chosen to administer their affairs At the outset 1t would appear that those responsible for the unsavoy conditions at Washington have slight edge the people in the iterockng of interests which compel both Doheny and those alleged be responsible for his actions to cling gether. The fall of one the fall of all.
 Without endeavoring to convict anyone of specific ac may be pointed that the expression the oil octo pus for once has been vindicated There is Secretary Wilbur to Denby, recruited from the oil dis trict of California; RearAdmra Robison who tells that despite the fact that the richest nation in the world he empored Edward Doheny, act of pa triots, to accept the Elk Hills oil lease and build oil storage station at Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Islands, safeguard coasts from ravages of enemy. This revelation of the poverty of the nation is interesting He claims Doheny said there would be profit in the dea yet Doheny testified at the Senate hearing that his pany expected to make hundred millions of dollars out of the transaction.
 It will be recalled that this same Rear-Admral Rob- the who succeeded in placing the crsher up the Alaskan coal fields in cooperation with H. Foster Ban then chief of the Bureau of Mnes also protege of the California oil interests Now we have Secretary Will bur- who would not be Californian he not affected by the oeagnous interests which constitute Cafornias greatest source of wealth.
 Sometimes it requires an intricate and roundabout trail to discover fact but in the revelations in Washing ington one gains some inkng of why Alaska is being throttled On the hand have the stentoran cry coming from Washington to the effect that bg interests endeavorng to steal Alaskas resources and at the time view the modifying spectacle of the same shouers parceng conserved resources favortes of the crown
 The only theft evident in Alaska III accepting the tmeh honored phrase teray-is endeavor the part of those who have laid the foundation for it's civilization trying to ch enough from the bulgng coffers of avarcous government to keep body and soul together
 1t was very thoughtful of Rear Admiral Robison to a from n sion by erecting oil tank in the Hawaiians But the question naturally arises: What is Uncle Sam main be turned over to bonare oil corporations and who is the Government the oil interests the rag tag and bob tail of American plutocratc society.
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It must be awful to think prize fighting brutal and then have get three ribs cracked in football game
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-07

A paris dressrnaker says wonlen's skirts will look longer next year This that the will not look as long as they do this year
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-07

The next award of the Nobel prize should be made to the man who build restaurant counter so that stool baancer may cross his legs without barking his shins.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-12-07

An Eastern spelbinder announces that "Whateve1 that of the politicians are progressing toward a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

The official verdict was that the
crowds couldn't be gotten of the
playing floor. THAT was q mere
cloak.
Officials Of Central High School
stated emphaticaIly after the game
that It was hardly possible 81 play
OF would be arranged. They as.
serted with some heat that Prin-
.cipal Hart, Of Eastern, had showed
decided Discrimination to play Oft
the original tie, and now, with
heavy schedules for both teams.
another game was out Of thegques-
ton.
That, however, was said Ia the.
heat of battle and may mean moth
ing.
Two major squabbles which in.T
volved everything Ia the hall but
the water buckets caused q disagree.
able and disappointing end to the
series. The first break came when
the half had ended or had not
ended, 4 statement that seems II
logical. An Eastern player fouled
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

10 fool anybody who ssOOd well
up i'm the box. / made q long
study or White and finally sOlv-
ed the problem OF hitting him BY
standing far back i'm the batfer's
box so as Ia get hold Of tile ball
after it broke instead Of trying
to hit 1t in front Of the plate.
/ discovered that his drop ball
would travel two feet over the
plate after it dropped. Was
thus able to reach Ii.
Addie Joss, who is dead now,
gave me a lot Of trouble. He was
q smart pitcher with q lot OF stuff.
According to the official records /
did not hit as well against Joss as
/ did against Plank and Walsh.
The figures show that my average
against Joss was .253.
Another very puzzling pitcher to
me and to our whole Detroit club
was Carl Weilman, Of st. Louis.
He also has passed away. APP
parentIy Weilman did not have 30
much stuff as the other pitchers !
have mentioned but. somehow, he
kept us from getting hold OF the
ball.
No one could discuss great pitch.
ers-aces of the game-without
mentioning Bill Donovan. In that
famous Trimming game against the
Philadelphia Athletics in 1907 he
gave one of the greatest exhibitions
of pitching skill and gameness that
I ever saw. 1t so happened that /
was on the team with Donovan dur.
ing his years of real greatness and
/ never knew what it was to bat
against him. My admiration for
him is necessarily limited to the
games / saw him pitch against
others.
One Of the old members of the
New York Giants told me years ago
that playing behind Matty gave the
same sense of security as sitting be.
hind three aces in a poker game.
That very aptly expresses our feel
ings when Bill Donovan went into
the box In an important game. His
very presence inspired confidence.
In addition to his pitching great.
ness Donovan was one of the most
lovable characters In the world.
The veterans swore by him and the
young recruits, so many of whom
he helped along in their early days,
would fight for him. What a man
he was!
ITO BE Continued Saturday,
Copyright. 1925. by The Christy
Walsh Syndicate)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
WHITE SOX TRY
HUNNEF|ELD

CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-Bill Hume.
field, once of the Athletics, il now D,
member OF the White Sox and will
20 South q candidate for q regular
Job beside Manager Collins in the
infield. The White Sox have traded
outfielder Roy Fish and PITCHED
Johnny Mangum to the Portland
Pacific Coast Leaguers for Hume
field, who starred. last season.
Two years ago Hunnefield went
to the Athletics from Newton Mass.
He was farmed out for two seasons
and then released Internationally.
Last fall Portland sold him to Gin
cinnAti, but there was hitch in
the deal and the transfer was re.
called later.
Ever since Ike Davis, the Sox's
regular shoftstop, broke his knee
cap last fall, Eddie Collins has been
searching for infjeld material. En-
forts to land Joe Boley, of Balti-
more, failed, and the Sox secuted
in other sections. Their two lead
ing ehortstop candidates are Moe
Berg. formerly OF Princeton, and
Hunnefield.
HunnefieId is rated the best short.
stop in the Coast League. Besides
being q flaahy fielder he is a neavy
hitter and batted 1893 in 1875 games
last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

d CentraIite Just Is the whistle
blew, or afterward. and there was
terrible wrangle over the ques-
ton. It was finally decided that
the whistle had not blown and the
foul was allowed.
Then. with less than s seconds Of
I'll . playing time LEFT. or with no
playing time left which Is another
peculiar tangIe. Hogarth OF Eastern
let q wild one NY II the general
direction of the basket. The bloom.
sng bali went through with 3 swish
and bedlaT1s. long q peaeeal1le fellow.
broke loose.
For 20 minutes they wrangled
sdst ike the kids do. over whether
that shot was made before or after
the whistle The decisions flew
thick and fast. and finally jeIled
1ewn to this The goal counted anu
the game was tied at ! all.
The cops there were four privatef
and q sargeaflt were called to clear
the floor when suddenly all the
PLAYERS and officials walked from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
Where Big League
Clubs Are Now
Holding Forth
American League

American League
Washington Griffmen, Tampa,
Fla.
New York Yankees. st. Peters
burg. Fla.
Boston Red Sox, New Orleans,
La.
Athletics, Fort Myers, Fla.
Chicago White Sox, Shreveport,
Detroit Tigers, Augusta, Ga.
Cleveland Indians. Lakeland,
Fla.
St. Louis Browns. Tarpon
Springs, Fla.
National League
New York Giants, Sarasota, Fla.
Brooklyn Robins, Clearwater
Boston Braves, st. Petersburg,
Fla.
Phillies, Bradenton, Fla.
Pittsburgh Pirates, Paso Robes,
Call
Cincinnati Reds, Orlando, Fla.
Chicago Cubs, Catalina Island,
Cal.
ST. Louis Cardinals. San An
tonic, Tex.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
TY COBB CALLS ED WALSH
GREATEST PITCHER
~ RI COBB.

considering the suggestions that give my views on the
to nv mind somehow Walsh, Chicago White sOx
has developed greater pitchers than Walsh
confine myself those whom have faced
Nv whole limited the American
played in s., J, 4
And though thoughts first to Ed Walsh the
other baer just asNobserving myself would select
Wadde,
Bin Donovan CT Young Chesbro would add to those
The names of Addie Joss and Doc White.
consecutive
pitching efficiency Walter stands them
am considering however the effectiveness pitcher
d,rrnO hest f
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
FoRESEE HoFF AS VICTOR
OVER HAROLD OSBORNE

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Athletic
experts declared today that Harold
Osborne, Olympic decathIon cham
pion, was doomed to almost certain
defeat If he accepts the program
drafted for his aIl-around duel with
Charley Hoff, of Norway. in the
knights of Columbus games, March
~. The program. already accepted
by Hoff, calls for a 60-yard high
hurdle race. running high Jump,
16-pound shot put, 60.yard dash,
running broad jump, pole vault and
440-yard run.
Barring accidents. 1t was pointed
out, Hoff figured to win the so.
yard dash, the 440-yard run, the
pole vault and running broad jump,
with an almost equal chance of win.
ming the hurdles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
They Sure Had Fun

The ST. Louis Browns hung up a
record in the opening game of the
1925 ball season which, while not
any credit, stood for the
year That was for making the
greatest number of errors. The
Browns erred ten times in a game
against the Cleveland Indians.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

Western High School journeyed
to College Park and lost date
with the, Maryland Freshmen as go
many others have done. 1t is fool
ish to play those boys. Ii the
Frosh get licked. the Sophs licI;l
them again. The score was %
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
OFF n 0 I
ON PROGRAM
Bx ROSS CONKIlTN

The high school principals have
taken their dolIies land gone home.
They don't want to play any more.
It's too rough.
That, today, seemed to he the
first outcome of the bowling sue
cess staged at the Arcade between
Eastern and Central for the play
off to decide the basketball cham.
plonsnip Of the high schools. The
game ended in deadlock. IL to III,
because some one got peevish and
called a halt to the proceedings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
big Three" ALI Set

Lee Fohl's big three" combina-
ton is in line at Boston. 1t seems
rather sudden, this big three"
business, but count EN- Yourself
Howard Ehmke, Fred Wingfield and
Charley Ruffing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

s1sEYE TIMES end nUOvs q
giDe III readsrs more
sports pictures tan dny
other neIDspapsr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
This Is Good

The Hobo Insects challenge the
whole insect world to games. Call
Manager O'Hara, Cleveland 1888.