The Washington times., 1926-04-13

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h,tion :. he added. ST mean where
men were breaking law by getting
drunk"
Cites Richmond Arrests
In Richmond, Va. Shirk said, ar.
rests for drunkenness steadily de-
creased from 1914 to 1919 under
State LIQUOR importation law.
From 1919 TO date, he added, ar
rests steadily Increased until 1879
under national prohibition.
The arrests in 1926 for drunken
ness were double those OF 1913, he
Senator Harreld protested against
shirk listing Oklahoma as wet
State.
State law of 1917 permitted citizens
to personally carry liquor into the
State. He added that prescriptions
were also issued by physicians for
whisky.
be ciassed as q wet State" said
"Wen. you could get a drink"
said Shirk.
sYou can get a drink there now"
Harreld c0untered.
"But you got to tell q lie to the
DOCTOR" Shirk retorted.
Priest Pictures Crime
A fearful picture Of prohibition
destroying the morality of g small
town was given the committee by
rather Francisco Kasaczun, pastor
OF q Holy Family Catholic Church
at Sugar Notch, Pa, near Scranton.
Dr6nkenness is on the increase,
the insane asyIums are crowded
wives are unfaithful and school chill
dren carry TASKS to school, he said.
SALOONS in some larger towns
have been closed but In the smaller
towns I don't recollect any saloons
being closed, % said the priest. None
OF the saloons was closed in my
little home town.
Now they have opened candy
stores, groceries, cigar stores and
pool rooms where hard liquors are
sold.
@You can get It everywhere a.
nearly every home has still and
they sell It for from $3.50 to $3.50
q quart.
'sThe women take care Of the
ati1ls while the husbands are at
work, and the women and even
041lQECM 0G11A 1ks
''I have seen children drink It
and children from II to II drunk. :"
Children Drink IN Schools
Father Kasaczum declared school
children has been found drunk In
schools, one girl of Il drunk on the
street and other school children tax
ing TASKS Of whiskey to school.
Before prohibition" the priest
said. "a man got drunk and may
have beaten his wife. but the chin.
dren were not the victims 30 they
are today under prohibition.
Father Kasaczum also declared
immortality was on the increase to
q "deplorable extent" He told of
wives running away with "star
boarders," of Fatty Arbuckle
parties among youths and Of young
girls going wrong.
Then there are grass widows
who make liquor, sell it and them.
selves at the same time.
There has been an increase OF
immortality everywhere. These
women don't mind putting on
parties at home while their has
bands are in the mines.
Baby Cries for MOOnshine
why I even saw a baby-four
years old-crying for moonshine.
This tot said moonshine. mama,
and ] asked the mother whether
she ever gave it moonshine. She
said that the child might have been
given some at parties.
at has gotten SO that young
girls are ashamed of their parents"
The wave of immortality. he add
cd, also has ruined young girls.
The young girls nowadays HINT
q thrill" the priest said. "They
think prohibition is attractive. They
love to go on a wild party.
"Stx or seven boys will get six
Or seven girls and go out to a
cottage and put on a weekend
party. They have all the liquor
they want and in fact, the girls
won't go unless the boys do get
liquor and they put on Fatty
Arbuckle' parties.
I'm told they wear nothing at
ali at such parties. And in such a
way prohibition Is turning over
young girls to sim"
Senator Harreld questioned the
priest about the number of wide
open saloons"
There are Ii saloons wide open
In my town." the witness said.
The trouble would seem TO be
that the law is not enforced in
your town. said Hhrreld.