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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01
(ChriStian Century, January 3, 1920
HOW PATRIOTIC IS THE
NEWSPAPER?

The wet press is hearing from several
sources the diSapproVal which its course
is calling forth. Even the editors of
Latin America are appealing to them, as
we'll as to the movies and the broadcast
ing stations not to misrepresent the peo-
pie of the United States by continually
presenting only what is coarsest and most
demoralizing in the nations life. They
are asked to let the world know about our
finer, nobler and more idealstic activities.
The Christian Century here cites Prof.
Carver's appeal to the press in his recent
address to the Boston City Club
Don't aid and ahet those who are &C
lively breaking a law which your gov
eminent is actively trying to enforce.
=. Don't encourage anyone TO think
that it is either smart or clever, either
courageous or honorable, TO outwit your
government. Don't excuse the boot
logger or his patron. Don't Willy en-
forcement officers who are trying to do
what the law requires them to do and
what they have sworn to do. If you
want to castigate any of them, try it on
those who are Sinking their duty.
Don't caricature or cast aspersions upon
those private citizens who are not only
obeying the law but trying to help the
government. This will not s,eaken their
determination. 1t will only encourage
1awbreakers and add to the cost of ell
forcement. In short, throw your vast
influence on the side of your govern
ment and not against it.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01
"NEEDLESS TEARS"


conviction fourth editorial follows:
end to the the professional sob quadders
Of
blind pgsut four of the 10 survive
by
illegal practices order family
reliable
apprehended 2earod
Mrs Miller confirmed obstinate
to do o place
the
sold connection
publications speciality
said editorial Grandma Miller made
mistake violating the Eighteenth Amendment in community
punished if they caught
inclined to the belief that the Michigan criminal though
nothing
that perhaps something
harshps obliged
reckless publications nce individuals the
against society is the commission Of crime itself
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01

even when we speak of such instances
of hypocrisy. the hypocri5y may often
be more apparent that real. There ere
many people who from weakness. temp
tation or social custom do things that
in their heart of hearts they do not
approve. There are a great many pco-
pie who. when it comes 10 a showdown.
Will vote Tor prohibition because of an
inner feeling that the law is right even
though they may not have had the
strength of character TO give the law
supremacy in their own lives. =. 1t
is a poor use for moral suasion to advo-
cate it in a way that weakens the power
OF a just law
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01
(BY RICHARD LEE STRouT)

The responsibility OF newspapers and Of
society women for a large part of the
minority attitude toward prohibition of
the liquor traffic is shown in these two
articles.
The attitude of the society women ap-
pears to be that of sheep, where one goes
the others follow blindly. Thus one ma
iron says:
Tom, you know, is one of the con-
sentative old dears. For long time he
insisted on believing that a law was a
law even if it was a monstrosity. It
was getting too embarrassing when every
place we went we drank our share, so
finally I settled him. 1 went around
before one of our dinner parties to Bob
Jackson'S bootlegger and brought home
a whole case of assorted necessities my
self. . . Everybody does it and a
dinner without cocktails is a flop.
Leadership in the opposite direction is
the solution, and it's promotion one of the
most important lines of endeavor
Newspaper responsibility for eXag-
gerated opinion of the extent Of drinking
is shown by answers to one of the in
quiries made in the QUESTIONABLE sent
out by the Young Peoples Department
of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition
and Morals of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, which furnishes the basis of the
second article.
In the answers to the question as to
the source of the prohibition argu-
ments they hear, the figures are enlight-
ening:
TWenty-four of the At groups who
replied to a question under this head
ing listed newspapers" as the source of
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01
PERHAPS PROHIBITION
MAKES HIM THAT WAY

A Chicago newspaper quotes William
Randolph Hearst in his noted papers rs
saying:
Prohibition is opposed by such. tenn
perance influences as the Church Tenn
perar.ce Society of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church and the Hearst newspapers
I m0destly put the Church Temperance
Society of the Protestant Episcopal
Church first"
And this newspaper pertinently asks,
''why the sudden inferiority complex"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01
(Satm dag EDening Post, January s. 1920
T.tHOMAs A. f. fDIsoN). 4 GREAT
NATIONAL ASSET
BY Samuel CRoWTHER

BY SAMUEL CRowTHER
In the report of an interview viii The
nan whose title may be fittingly CHANGED
o The Sage of Menlo Park" he IS rep
esented as saying, on the subject O. p.o-
libition:
The prohibition laws are reasonably
we'll enforced I think We have about 4
90 per cent enforcement, which is rather
higher than the enforcement Ct many
laws. We can never expect a leo per
cent enforcement of the prohibition or
any other laws It should not be diff
cult to raise the enforcement TO so per
cent. IN that case we should have a
sober nation. We have a fairly sober
nation today-So much that the Euro
pean nations which are not sober are
beginning to get very much worried.
They already find that they cannot
compete with us and are taking steps TO
regulate the sale and consumption of
liquor It is a serious problem III Great
Britain.
II we get an 80 per cent enforcement
no country anywhere can compete with
us in anything. Seeing what a sober
nation can do is indeed a noble expert
ment, and one that has never yet been
tried. For there never has been a sober
nation. In these days there are so
many things to do that it is not neces-
sary for an idle man to turn to drink.
We are steadily developing to a point
where drinking will not fit into any of
our programs in or out OF the shops
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01
What the Current Magazines Are Saying About Prohibition
and Law Enforcement
Uoeviewed by 1. Transeau)
(Reviewed by Emma L. TranseaW

control of the supply and police con-
troll of the resources. But the first
thing TO do is to make trial Of real
enforcement.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01

(Harper'S Monthly February. 1920
LADIES AND LAWLESSNESS
(ChriStiGn Herald, January 10, 1920
YOUTH LOOKS At THE LIQUOR
QUESTION
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01

the wet propaganda to the encounter.
Only groups listed schools" while
mentioned the radio"
Turning over the replies, received from
all parts of the Union, it is impressive TO
find newspapers" return again and again
under this question.
Encouragement. especially after the
picture of the society leaders, is found IN
the attitude Of the young people them
selves:
The groups of young people are over
Whelmingly in favor of the dry law.
Out OF some 872 young people, inClud-
ing high school and college students,
who answered this question, only ten
were even doubtful about the value of
the law. The rest supported the act.
Only two of Al groups contained mem
berS who opposed The dry law, and only
5 groups had members who were
doubtful about its value. otherwise
the vote was sWeepngly affirmative.
(The CongregationaIiSt. Jan II, 1920
PROHIBITION AND MORAL SUASION
Editorial
In discussing an article on prohibition
in recent number of the Ne10 Republic,
by Prof. Niebuhr, reference is made TO
that hypocrisy charge so frequently
DlOuguJ d5dlilSU OClCllNlCAo VI Il1C 1iAJ law
The point made by the editor of the Con-
gregdtionaliSt as TO the character and
relative number of such "hypocriteS' is
we'll worth repeating. He says:
We hold in the utmost contempt the
employer of labor who flouts the profi-
bition law in his personal life and prac-
tice, but upholds it as a measure favor
able to prosperity" and the welfare"
of his Worlllnen. We despise in our
hearts the sort of politician or church,
man who gives his outward advocacy
and support to prohibition but purSues
drinking habits, no matter with what
moderation, in his own home or private
circles. But we believe that
among those who uphold prohibition,
these hypocritical supporters of the
measure that is socially valuable and
upheld by the strong conviction and
consistent practice of so vast an army
of right-minded people in America
ought not to be compromised simply
because other people may support it,
just as they might support some other
law or political measure, upon purely
formal grounds.
1t should not be forgotten also that,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
MAY OR CRYER
FILES ACTION
AGAINST SHULER

LOS ANGELES, March 90. U.p)-
His trial ON criminal libel charges
will turn to trial of the admins
tration of Mayor George Cryer, com
planning witness. the Rev. R. P.
Shuler, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church, prophesied when
he was arraigned today.
Talking to newspapermen just af-
ter he was ordered to return next
Tuesday to plead to the accusations
against him, Rev. ShuIer said:
" Mayor Cryer had invited trial of
his term of office and | accept the
invitation.
"Men will take the witness stand
who have been wanting to testify
for years. If | fail to show that
Mayor Cryer's administration was a
laundering administration l shall be
perfectly willing to 90 to jail
The criminal libel counts are based
on articles in Rev. Shuler's maya
zine which intimated the mayor had
come by great riches in an undeter-
mined manner.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Catta Held On
Liquor Charge

Three barrels of wine testing
1870 alcohol repose in the sheriff s
office today as the result Of the
vigilance OF two immigration in
spectors, J. w. Shea and Carl I.
johnson.
Pete Catta, 40, Of Los Angeles is
in custody of the sheriff as the re-
suit of having met the immigration
officers.
Catta pleaded not guilty to a
charge of possession and transporta
tion of Intoxicating liquors before
Judge Maytield this morning and
was remanded to jail in default of
$1,000 bond.
According to Deputy Sheriff
George Young, Cato was transport
ing the wine from Los Angeles to
an unnamed man said to reside in Il
local hotel Cato was stopped at a
desert stop by the immigration Of
ficers but was allowed to proceed to
FL Centre where Young was waiting
for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Murder-Suicide
Verdict Given In
Brawley Tragedy

A verdict of murder and suicide
was returned by the coroner's jury
in session yesterday afternoon at
Brawlcy after listening to the evil
dence in the fatal shooting of An
tonic Moria and the self-inflictcd
death of Ysidro Sigala on the r. L.
Baker ranch tuesday morning.
Evidence submitted to the jury in
dicated that Sigala shot Moria
through the heart after quarrel
with the members of his family and
later, after attempting to kill others
in the house, committed suicide by
blowing off the top of his head with
Il shotgun.
Espcrenza Sigaa. wife of cousin
of the murderer suicide, who was
badly beaten in the melee, is report
ed today as recovering from her
wounds. Her husband, Saturiha ST
gala, who was shot in the right arm
and left leg was also reported to be
recovering.
Ysidro's wife, who is in Los An
geles with a daughter, is expected
to arrive in Brawley sometime today.
She was notified Of the tragedy yes
terday morning.
The two stepsons, Raymond 10 and
Jesus, 6, who were unharmed during
the murderous rampage of Ysidro
were in the keeping of neighbors.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
MEXICAN REVOLT
APPEARS TO BE-
SLOWING DOWN
Rebels Withdrawing To
North From T0rreOn
With Much Loot.
BY G.. F. FINE
GInitnd Press Staff CorreSpondentl


MEXICO CITY, March 20. U.P)-
Three federal columns concentrated
at Torrcon today to continue the
vigorous offensive against rebels in
the state of Chihuahua.
Cavalry forces-4 500 strong-will
lead the pursuit of insurgents in the
north.
The presidencia announced that
the rebel general, j. Gonzales Esco-
bar, had looted the Torreon banks
Of approximately $4,000. Large
quantities of merchandise also were
taken by the fleeing rebels, accord
ing to Il message from Gen Pldtarco
Elias Gales, who has established
headquarters at TOrreon.
National railways offices said
complete restoration of rail and
telegraph communication to all
points in the Canitas, Durango and
Torreon region-all Of which have
beer evacuated by rebels-could be
expected within the next few days.
President Portes Gil predicted
that the rebellion would be ended
within 80 days, his estimate allow
ing federal forces plenty of time to
repair railroad tracks for pursuit.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Extortion Charge
Against Officers

Los ANGELES, March 90 W.P)-
Leslie r. Memmer, 30, and Orion l.,
Elliott, %, Wiltshire division detee-
tivcs, were held in Jail here today
charged with eXtortion.
The police officers are alleged to
have halted "A ear driven by c, ID.
Holland of Beverly Hills, charging
him with driving his machine while
drunk, but offering "to forget y
upon payment of 500.
Holland met the Officers at Eli
OFT s home last night and Assistant
Chief of Police Jack Finlayson and
Lucien Wheeler, district attorney s
investigator watched the proceed
ings through a window and then ar
rested the pair. They denied the
charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Recover Body OF
Floyd Collins

HORSE CAVE, Ky. March 20.
WP)-Fomd by bl0odhounds only
800 yards from it's resting place in
Crystal Cave, the body of Floyd
Collins WAS back on exhibition to-
day.
The body of Collins, who met
death years ago while exploring a
cave he had discovered, was stolen
from its metal and glass casEet
yesterday, Dir. II. b, Thomas, owner
of the Crystal Cave said.
Rloodhounds were called in and,
taking a scent from the coffin,
ran directly to the body on the
bank of the Green river, 500 yards
away.
Considerable speculation was ex-
pressed on the motives of the
ghouls in stealing the body and
then abandoning it so close to the
cave.
That they expected to hold the
gruesome exhibit for ransom was
advanced as possible motive.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Stimson Mum On
State Affairs

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. U.P)
Other than declaring that the dis
tribution of American news through
out the world had an important bear
ing on foreign relations, Henry L.
Stimson, new secretary of state, de-
clined to comment on his new posi-
tion upon arriving here today. The
Stimson party entered San Francis
co harbor this morning aboard the
President Pierce. The vessel was
greeted by Il delegation headed by
Mayor James Rolph Jr., after which
there was a parade up Market street.
Stimson will leave here at 8
o clock tonight, enroute to Washing
ton where he will be sworn in as
secretary of state
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
WILL SET DATE
FOR TRIAL OF
ACCUSED JUDGE
BY HOMER l.. ROBERTS

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)
SACRAMENTO, Calf, March 20.
U.P)-The California state senate to-
dav was to set date for the i'm
peachmcnt trial Of Superior Judge
Carlos s. Hardy Of Los Angeles, and
determine how much, if any, Of the
famous Aimee Semple Mcpherson
KIDNAPPING tale will be recountcd be.
fore that august body.
Judge Hardy lost the first legal
skirmish in his battle to escape re-
moval from office last night, when
the senate unanimously overruled
his objections to four of the five
articles Of impeachment.
The fifth article, accusing the
.jurist OF issuing tickets Of admis-
sion to the murder trial of William
Edward Hickman III Los Angeles,
was stricken out Of the list OF charg-
es by vote of % to H.
The charges upon which the Los
Angeles -jurist will be tried follow:
l. That Judge Hardy practiccd
law by giving legal advice to Aimee
Semple Mcpherson and her mother,
! Mrs Minnie Ma Kennedy, while
at the same time sitting on tile SUI
perior court bench.
2. That he attempted to obstruct
justice in the kidnapping trial OF
Mrs. Mcpherson by employing De-
tectives, counseling with grand
| jurors, csnferring with her attor-
news, making statements to the
press.
3. That he accepted $500
check from Mrs Mcpherson and her
mother for these services, although
the two women assert it was love
gift
4. That lie attempted to intimi
date Wallace Moore, Santa Barbara
newspaper reporter, who partly iden-
! tilted a woman he saw in an auto
mobile with Kenneth Ormiston, An
/ gelus Temple radio operator, as Mrs
! Mcpherson.
First indications that the state
might inject the famous kidnapping
story of Aimee Semple Mcpherson
into the trial were given at the close
of the proceedings yesterday, As
| semblyman Walter Little of Los
/ Angeles asked that the board OF
managers be commissioned to take 6
written testimony Of Mrs. Kennedy
now in Kelso, Wash.
A roll call will be taken mp on the
! motion TODAY.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
FORCER TAKEN
AFTER CLEVER
PRISON CHARGE

LEANENWORTH, Kans., March
20. U.P) The story of how Il univer-
sitv graduate forced his way out of
prison with writ If habeas corpus
and three court orders and then was
returned for raising 10 cent money
order to 90 cents, was revealed here
today.
Hayes Nangorder, master forger,
walked out of Leavpnw0rth federal
prison a free man March ., when
prison officials received the forged
document of Nangorder and another
man in the mail The other man was
G. Noncsch, under sentence from
st. Louis.
Although Vangordcr denied hav-
ing forged the 'abeas corpus, prison
officials were able to-day to outline
each step Yangordtr took in his
escape.
Nangprdcr had heon released tenn
porarilv on writ of habeas corpus
in Sept. 1926 to go to Cape Girar-
deau, Mo, to stand trial on charges
of robbing a post office. Obtaining
two extra certified copies of the
order, Nangordcr mad changed the
case number Of ONE from - to l79
and the date on the copy from Feb
s. 1929 to Feb. 2S, 1929,
With Il blank Ietterhcad that had
the government watemark, VAN
gorder wrote II letter purporting TO
be from FrsI X. Fitzpatrick, I. $.
marshal at Topeka, attesting that
copies were duplicates of those ON
file in the federal district court.
The copies Of the court orders,
two from the L. :. circuit court AZ
Chicago, purported to be orders re-
versing Nangorder 5 convictions
and sentences totaling % years.
These three are believed to have
been forged by Yangorder while he
was in prison.
1t is believed the copies were
placed in the prison mails by
friends outside the prison walls.
Nangorder, who claims to be a
University of Minnesota graduate,
said he had a wife, a daughter and
son living in Minneapolis and tive
sons in Cleveland.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
TEZS0N DENIES
He WILL TAKE
ISLAND OFFICE,

WASHINGTON, March 20. U.R)
Rep. Tilson of "onn., Republican
leader of the house, denied at the
White House today that he is con
sidcring the governor generalship
of the Philippines. It is understood
President Hoover has been CON
sidering Tilson for the post, but is
not known whether it has been
actually offered to the Connecticut
congressman.
Tilson feels his position in the
house offers the best opportunity
for service to the administration,
especially during Ino forthcoming
special session, he said, after con-
ference with the President. Mr.
Hoover apparently agreed with
him.
Col William Donovan is also con
sidered definitely out of the Philip
pines picture folloN,ing luncheon
with the President yesterday He is
resuming private law practice in
New York and Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
THREE MURDERS
BRING CHIC AGO
BACK TO NORMAL

CHICAGO, March 20. UP)-Police
blotters of the metropolitan area
were quenching their thirst for red
ink today after lull caused by the
Moran gang massacre ON St. Nalcn-
tine S day.
Starting slowly with a series of
holdups and robbcries the first of
the week, the crime wave rapidly
swept to climax until today when
three mysterious murders flushed
the crime scene with crimson tints.
The three year old machine gun
murder of Assistant State 5 Attor-
ney William II. McSwiggin was re
called by the staying of William j.
Vercoe, credit expert, while he stood
at the bar of the Pony Inn Cafe in
Cicero. In front of the same saloon
McSwiggin was shot down by beer
runners against whom he had con
ducted telling prosecutions.
On the north Side Stanley Reichel,
an amateur detective, led police to
the Sbody of Michael RybSki, whom
he had beaten to death with a mon
key wrench, because, he said, Rybski
sent threatening letters to his pros
pective father-in-law.
In the suburbs just over the In
diana line the police of Gary were
searching for a hatchot man who
beat Miss Josephine Adorizzi to
death.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Utah Miners To
Receive Increase

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March
20. W.R-Approximately five thou
sand miners engaged in lead and sill
yer production in Utah will receive
a daily wage increase of % cents
effective March 20, it was learned
today.
According to best estimates avail
able, the increase, affecting five
thousand men} will add ST ,250 daily
to the state mine payrolls. The re-
cent advance in the price of lead
fro 7.25 to $50 cents, announced by
the American Smelling and Refin-
ing Company, is believed to have
made the increase possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Byrd Rescues
Missing Trio

NEW YORK, March 20. W.P) -
The New York Times and st. Louis
Post Dispatch announced today that
Commander Richard Z. Byrd had
flown to the rescue of three mem
berS of his Antarctic expedition who
had been forced down ON the ice,
and had found them safe and well.
Larry Gould, Bernt Balchen and
Harold June, who started from the
expedition base for a flight over
the Rockefeller mountains, had en-
countered a severe storm which Grip
Piled their plane. They were unable
to communicate with Byrd by radio
and the rescue flight ives under
taken to determine their plight.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Rank Outsider
Wins Big Race

LINCOLN, England, March 20.
U.P)-Mrs. r. W. Fosters Elton, a
100 to l shot in the betting, won
the great LincoInshire handicap here
today by short head from W. Bar
nett's Athford, which was 3a to !
in the betting, Lord Bcaverhrook's
Miscou, a 100 TO s shot, was third
by length and a half.
The Lincolnshire was the first big
race of the year and was over a
straight mile stretch. Elton carried
100 pounds, Athford l02 and Miscou
50 pounds
Thirty five horses ran, q record
number Of starters for the great
race.
On only one other occasion has
horse won at such odds. In 1926
W. j. Bellerby's King Of Clihs won
the Lincolnshire, also at 100 to |.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Auto Used By
Modern Revere

ATLANTA, Ga, March 20. U.R
Warned by the shouts of Ed
ward H. Calvin, Red Gross work
er, who rode through the Apa-
lachicola valley in an automobile,
the residents Of this rich cotton
farming section were safe from
flood waters today.
Only this warning, according to
Red Cross officials, has prevent
cd death toll in the district.
According to information reach
ing here from the flooded dis
tricts, this new menace from high
waters is a result of the great
drainage of waters of the north
into creeks feeding the Apalachi-
cola and Chattahoochee rivers.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-20
Man Injured By
JolsOn's Auto

LOS ANGELES, March %. up
Lee kim, 80, was confined to the
Hollywood hospital today suffering
from 4 fractured leg and body
bruises, the result of being run
down by an automobile owned by Al
Jolson, last night.
The machine was driven by James
Donnelly, chauffeur for the comedi-
an, who was riding in the car with
Jack Conway, a motion picture di-
rector. Police reported that the ac-
cident was unavoidable. Jolson an
nounced he would pay Kinn's hos
pital bills.