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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16

lowest death rate from alcoholism of any year for
which figures are available: there were just forty
deaths from alcoholism, or about one-seVenth
many for 1913 when we had over eight thou-
sand open saloons And the ratio of deaths from
alcoholism based population has never been
equaled in a single prohibition year since the high
record of 1913 under license. The same is true OF
cirrhoSis of the liver except that this decrease Is
more striking. And it should be noted that these
results achieved in a state where the natural
obstacles to enforcement perhaps as formidable
can be found anywhere.
It is true that the rapid yearly decrease in deaths
from the two diseases here being considered, which
set in Immediately following the adoption of the
years
Failure to continue this great saving of lives was
not due TO prohibition, but to failure to enforce pro
hibition The record of these years of prohibition
prior to the time when the liquor forces through
their publicity bureaus co-conspired against the
public health and the public welfare in their I'M
American campaign of teaching contempt for law,
concuSiVely demonstrates the great worth of prohi
bition as health measure.
PROHIBITION LIFE-SAVER
And taking the country a whole from the
United States census figures just available
find that in 1927 the death rate from alcoholism
40 per million population This is decrease
of per million from the alcoholism death rate Of
the saloon eras last five normal years Q912-191O.
There 1872 alcoholism deaths reported to the
United States Bureau of Census for 1927. Had the
saloon death rate continued in 1927 this figure
would have been 1888 deaths. Prohibition,
imperfectly enforced in eight years saved the lives
of II 257 persons who would have died under the
loon era death rate
With this demonstration of results in health i'm
provement and life saving possible to be attained
by prohibiting beverage alcohol there be little
doubt about where the people of Illinois and the
nation will take their stand this question in the
years ahead
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16
FIRING BACK

1T is undenable that drinking habits have
been taken up by youth raised in homes which
formerly would have been regarded as of sound
parental responsibility. Whether parents have
had their own senSibilities dulled or whether
the children cannot be controlled, it is not GER
tain, but it is sure that youth has been given
new and preposterous desire by very lure OF
prohibited beverages. In the schools OF ten
and fifteen years ago it unthinkabe and
even in the greater maturity Of the colleges
there was SO little drinking that we doubt if it
gave any school authorities any concern''-Cht.
cdgo Tribune
Drinking by youth is new thing. On the con-
trary it has been common as long as living men can
remember. Before prohibition came boys from the
best homes in the community were accustomed to
try the experiment of getting drunk The boy who
had not this experience rather exceptional and
was regarded as possibly trif1e slow. That prohi-
bition has provoked any new and prepoSterouS de-
sire is sheer assumption.
What is the testimony from the schools them
selves? Has the public so soon forgotten the drink
ing to excess that publicly disgraced school func-
lions in some institutions few years ago? One
university president after another has been declar
ing in recent months that there is nothing ap
preaching the amount Of drinking among students
that was observed before prohibition. There may
be exceptions but the evidence seems conclusive
us it not time to stop the circulation of the story
that the present student generation is going to the
dogs because of prohibition? It is not for the story
is useful to the opponents of prohibition as long
anybody can be made to believe it.,-The Baptist.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16
Publicity Department of the League Clearing
House for the Public on Most Important
American Issue
American Issue

With prohibition discussed probably more than
any other question before the public today, the
Publicity Department of the Illinois Anti-SaloOn
League is kept busy replying to requests for infor
nation of every conceivable nature touching prohi
bition. These inquiries come from people in all
walks of life: ministers DOCTORS lawyers, teachers,
students, and writer's The fact that this keen in
terest and seeking for the truth is prevalent
every hand bodies we'll for the future of the
And there never was a time in the history Of the
anti-liquor warfare when it was important that
the friends Of prohibition should meet with ade
quate answers the constant barrage of miSinfornna
ton contained in wet periodicals and newspapers,
and the repetition of such matter by word of mouth
In our Publicity Department we keep topical in
dex covering every phase of the prohibition prob
lem so that the best and latest material is always
available to answer any question which may be
asked. The League promises the fullest cooperation
to the friends of the dry in supplying reliable
down to- the-minute information promptly
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16
Carbohydrates Are Gettin' Our Goat!

Prohibition is running the health of the Amer
lean people, in the opinion of noted foreign
surgeons attending the convention of the Amer
lean College of Surgeons.
Americans eat too much fats and carbon
hydrateS, and drink SO much water with them
that the systemic poiSons are general for lack
of alcohol to burn them up" declared Dr.. Her
bert Schlink of Sydney Australia. = Chicago
Tribune.
Come every loyal native, help this stricken
nation since we've banished booze there's too much
butter in our ration. An NJ D. sounds the alarm"
to save us all from harm. Our gizzardS are all
speckled our kidneys the bum; we are
stepped in starch and fats when what we need is
rum We will all die of diabetes sure as we were
born unless We soak insideS in the juice of yell
low corn Well give the undertaken the job for
which he's lookin' unless we use "hootch" instead
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16
MARCH, 1929
AT Their Old Game

The vets in Illinois Legislature are at their old
game-trying TO repeal the Prohibition Act; trying
to repeal the search and seizure law; trying to pun
sh people who go to Springfield to work for protec-
ton of the public against organized crime in poll
tics; trying to do everything possible TO hinder pro-
hbition success.
We drys must meet these attacks and overcome
them. To sCold about it does good. To try to
ignore the situation is even worse. There is only
one thing to do, that is to fight all such efforts pa
tiently, powerfully and successfully.
Next term must exert ourselves to change the
complexion and put an end to wet dominance in
the lower house.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16
A newspaper headline reads
"ONTARIO NETS $10,O000 900 IN LIQUOR
TRADE. CANADIAN PROVINCE FINDS ITS
CONTROL PLAN PAYS DIVIDENDS"

Quite recently, in Canada, the term misery taxes
has been given to the revenue derived from drink.
The Toronto Globe of March 3, declared that the
$7,7500 900 net revenue expended in 1928 from gov
eminent liquor stores lis tax levied on drinking,
paid to large extent by the very people least able
to clio for it will hardly be disputed that the best
customers Of the government shops are people in
the large centers of population who the verge
of restitution"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16

of Crsco in our cookin' So back TO beer and whis-
ky-drnk all that you can tote, pies and cakes are
taboo-the sweets will get your goat Then line up for
the battle every last mothers son, with your
and your ballbats, put sweet-stufs on the rum get
your jugs and bottles and sally for the fray knock
the bottoms out of flour barrels, throw your Jolly
pops away Smash every candy kitchen, let all the
ice-cream melt fill up on squirrel" whisky, till you
''bust" your new spring BELTS H. c.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16

previous to the adoption of this Eighteenth
Amendment the Legislatures had the power to
regulate the sale Of beverages in accordance
with the will of the people. Now the people are
powerless to enforce their will either through
Congress through their Legislatures. I'LL
noiS Association Opposed to Prohibition.
What ''the will of the people" to the vets in
those days? Illinois fought for nearly twenty years
a most intense struggle for the right of the people
to express their will by local option. Wet leg
islators in both House and Senate, doing the bidding
of their masters the brewers, distilers and saloon
keepers, pigeonholed all bills under which the will
Of the people could be exercised the license ques-
tion, that vote could be taken by the peoples
representatives on the question
THE Declaration of Independence declares:
we hold these truths to be Self-evident and
that all men are created equal; that they are
endowed with certain inalienabe rights; that
among these life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness That to secure these rights gov
ernments are instituted among en"-IllinoiS
Association Opposed to Prohibition.
Right Happiness for the largest possible number
men, women, and children-not for the few to en-
joy by exploiting the weaknesses of their felloWmen.
prohibition still being an experiment only, it
is both unwiSe and unfair to punish in a vim
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16

Form Notices for change of ad-
dress diseonnuanee and all unbelievable papers peanns
ISSUE should be addressed
Illinois Editor 5lo North Dearborn ST. Rooms 5lo-5l2
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-03-16
STATE OFFICERS

President-Bishop Hughes Chicago.
Predeuts-Michael II. Galenaf Alfred T. Capps
Jacksonville Mrs Carrie A. Bahrenberg, Belevile
Secretary-Mrs Root Edwards Pnckneyyile
Treasnrer-Thomas J. Bolger, Evanston
F. Coleman. Chicago Chair
NJ P Boynton Chicago. Secretary John 4 liaueerg
Rock Il Quincy John ludn. chi
cago Dr n Krudson Springfield; Andrew c Zenos. Chi
Elwood Fisher. Normal Thomas j. Bolger
Evan Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, Chicago.
Superintendent-Dr b. Stafford Pho. Chicago
Chicago)ega
Enforcement Joseph IL Collier. Chicago.
scandinavian Deparmen-Carl !. Andreen, Chicago.
w. Ewing, Chicago.
Langley. Chi
J. 4. Little Chicago Fletcher Ioman Chicago East
Chicago Western. p A. Tate. GalesouIS
Springfield Legislative District George H. Yue Chicago -
T.. a. l. Shaier, w H.
CULLEN, C. d. Childs, +. e. Fletcher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05

BOSTON, July 5.-P-The Elsie
Mackay, a 16-foot open boat,
equipped with a secondhand out
board motor, set forth from this
port today for Havre. France. Her
lone occupant, David @. Turner,
23-year-old Norwegian, whose chief
asset appeared to be pluck, was
confident his craft would reach the
other side Of the Atlantic safely in
about two months.
An attempt to get away q few
DAYS ago ended abruptly about a
mile down the harbor when engine
trouble developed.
The boat carried rs gallons of
gasoline which Turner predicted
would suffice until he reached st.
Johns, N. F., where he intends to
refuel. Turner plans to subsist on
canned food. The sky will be his
roof at all times. His bedding con-
sisted Of a few blankets and a strip
Of canvas.
Turner had planned to navigate
without the aid Of a compass but
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05

PRINKIPO, Princes Islands, Tur-
key, July 5.-(P-Leon Trotsky,
exiled bolshevist chieftain, has set
tied down unmysteriously like any
we'll behaved exile, and is writing,
as most eXiles do, his autobiography.
But mystery still plays about the
walled garden and spacious villa
once the property of a Turkish
grand vizier-which the banished
partner of Lenin has rented for the
summer. That mystery is his wife.
What Madame Trotsky is think
ing, what she is doing with her long
days of exile in a strange country,
how she is bearing the separation
from her two daughters and her
younger son, whom she had to leave
back in her lost homeland, nobody
knows.
Madame Trotsky receives nj Wis
itors and grants no interviews. Oc-
casionally she may be glimpsed at
a window of the great villa, of
which she has become mistress pro
tenn, a fair-haired, blue-eyed, rather
rotund little woman clad IN a dress
ing gown.
Occasionally, too, she energies
from the walled garden with her
husband and her son for a drive
through the pine groves Of this
most princely, of the Princes is
lands. But she Is no more approach
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05

able than a Turkish "grande dame"
of the old Ottoman school.
The wife of the great man reads
little, talks little, kitchen gossip
reports. For the most part, she
merely sits. But at the same time,
her servants let it be known. she
is a model bourgeoiSe housewife,
thrifty and exacting.
At last, and at least for the sum-
mer, she has a house to command,
after weeks of virtual Imprisonment
in cramped quarters in the Soviet
consulate and the subsequent brief
sojourns in two rooms of a Pera
hotel, and a three-room flat of a
Greek proprietress.
The one comparatively happy
member of the Trotsky family seems
to be the son, Ivan. Although like
his father he is debarred from any
political activity in Turkey, and
enulates his mother in steadily re-
nouncing the consolation Of unbur-
dening himself to the press, he
seems to be deriving ONE fun from
his exile. Certainly he Is athletic
and healthy.
Trotsky, the father, may be done
for physically and politically, but
soviet Russia and the world at
large yet may have to reckon with
Trotsky, the son
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05

later brought the Russians to the
assistance of the war torn Balkan
state during the Turkish sultan's
drive Of 1876, and the Bulgarians
recognized his services yesterday in
an order by King Boris III that a
wreath be placed upon the monu-
ment over his grave.
McGahan reported the Turkish
advance in the Balkans for the
London Times and the London
News. His accounts of its atroci-
ties brought an investigation by the
British government, which had sta
toned a fleet in the Dardanelles.
They were confirmed and the fleet
was withdrawn as McGahan rode
from town to town, receiving the
acclaim Of thousands whom he urg-
ed to resistance.
He lived to see the northern
armies push the Turks to the Bos-
phorus before illness contracted in
his campaign caused his death a
year after its close in 1878.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05
CITIES SEEK
Ala RATING
Applications of Towns For
High Classification of
Airports Pour In

WASHINGTON, July 5.-(P-
Classification of airport facilities
OF the country under department of
commerce regulations has been
started by the airports section of the
aeronautics branch of the depart
ment under Col. Harry H. Blee.
More than a of cities, proud
OF their airport projects and eager
to be placed on the official air map,
have applied for ratings and the
application forms and instructions
have gone forward. Within a short
time 1t is expected field workers
OF the airports section will be at
work inspecting the various projects
The ALA" rating will be the
highest given by the department
OF commerce, and, it was pointed
out, airports must exactly meet the
regulations laid down by the de-
partment before being so classified.
When an airport applies for an
ALA rating and cannot meet the
requirements, it will be given a
lower rating, If desired, until such
time as the higher requirements
are satisfied.
Just how many cities have air.
ports which can meet the ALA
specifications officials of the air.
ports section are unable to say.
They point out that few of the larg-
er projects in the country have been
completed.
Field facilities, landing area and
night lighting equipment govern
the rating under the airport regu-
iations. The first letter designates
the type of general equipment. The
cation and the second letter the
kind Of lighting equipment.
Hangar facilities. wind indica-
tors, obstruction markings, repair
shop equipment, weather reporting
facilities, including radio for re-
ceiving reports, fire fighting and
first aid equipment, personnel, and
rest room and restaurant facilities
are taken into consideration in the
rating for general equipment.
An effective landing area OF q
500 feet in all directions is necessary
for a 81" rating.
Beacons, boundary lights, lighted
hangers, hangar heating, obstruc-
ton lights, ceiling projectors, land
ing flood lights, time Of operation
and night field personnel govern
the third symbol of the rating.
Pontiac, Mich, was the first Of
the cities to request a rating for
its municipal airport.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05
Heavy Rains July 4
Break Roma Section
Drought of Weeks
Especial to The Herald)

ROMA, July 5.-This town cele-
brated July 4 with more rejoicing
than usual for at midnight it was
ushered in with a gentle rain which
continued to fall all night and is
still falling at this time, inundat-
ing a vast area Of land on both
sides of the Rio Grande that was
badly in need Of Just such a rain. A
long drought was broken. Young
cotton in Mexico had begun to
droop and die, cattle were suffer-
ing for water and grass and even
the people we're facing a grave sit
uation. because Of the severe spell.
The Rio Grande rose seven feet
and eight inches in exactly seven
hours yesterday and then fell back
to nearly normal stage in less than
five hours. 1t was one Of those
mystery rises and must have come
from a heavy rainfall on the up
lands of Mexico between Mier and
Guerrero,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05
Flashes of Life
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press
TORONTO-Hundreds of Amer
lean motor cars were in Ontario to-
day. Border stores we're permitted
to sell only two bottles to a tour
ist. At Coburg sales while the boat
was In were forbidden.
MEXICO CITY-Border authori-
ties were instructed to keep the
bridges across the Rio Grande open
until 5 a. m. this morning and again
tomorrow morning.
NEW YORK-Forty-five feet I'M
der Wall Street 100 bottles Of West
Indian rum 125 years old have been
-unearthed by. sandhogs excavatlng
for a skyscraper. The corks were
petrified. Some of the sandhogs
nearly became so. The excavation
is on the site of an old wharf.
NORTHAMPTON. Mass. - Lee
Ping Guam, chef of the presidential
yacht Mayflower, sent a cake for
Calvin Coolidge's 57th birthday to-
night.
NEW YORK-The cage Of Uncle
Sam. American eagle in Central
Park, was decorated with flags to-
day. The bird was captured near
Palm Beach in April and present.
ed to Mayor Walker. The flight
that ended in a forced landing in
Florida has astonished naturalists.
BUFFALO, N. Y.-The well dress
81 gentleman shall wear braces,
alias ga1luseS. alias suSpenders.
which will hold up high-waisted
trousers with 18 1-2 inch bottoms.
So DEGREES the national convention
of clothing designers.
NEW YORK-Men's clothes are
three times as heavy as women's.
The extension institute weighed the
rainment of a dozen men and a
dozen women. The women's varied
from one pound six ounces to 8 1-2
pounds, the mems from 6 "a
rounds to 10 IA. 1.-THE average
man., comments DIR. Eugene L.
Fisk, els grossly overload"
The clothes Of a girl of 18 weigh
ed in as follows dress 5 ounces;
lingerie 4; hose 2; shoes 8. Total
l pound 6 ounces.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05
WRITER HAILED
BY BULCARIANS
Journalist Said to Have
Brought Liberty To
Europeans

NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio, July 5.
JtR)-Simon Radeff. Bulgarian en-
voy to the United States, hailed
JanuariuS Aloysuis Mccain,
American journalist whose writings
brought liberty to the Bulgars, as
"the symbol Of America" to all Bull
garians, In q speech Thursday at
the tomb of Mccain in the ceme-
terry here.
Radeff, here by royal commission,
placed a wreath on McGahn's
grave at the climax of the cere-
monies attended by several thou
sand people.
McGahan was a romantic figure
who followed campaigns from ST.
IBERIA to the West Indies. He was
decorated by the Russian govern
ment for his stories for the New
York Herald as he followed the
imperial drive to Khiva in 1871. He
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05
LYFORD
PERSONALS

PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Felon and
Jewel Clanton from .Blanchaid,
Okla, arrived here Monday and
will be here during the cotton sea-
son. They are located In the j.. S.
Roberts home.
A baby boy, Jerry Wentz. weigh
ing 10 pounds, arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Adair Baldridge.
Mrs. Charles Harpin and daugh-
ter, Ethel Marie, left Monday morn
ing for Burnet county, Texas, where
they will visit with relatives and
friends.
Rev. "A. Bergman and family are
expected Friday from Kennedy. On
Saturday Rev. Bergman will meet
with the confirmation class Of the
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Craig and
daughter, Janice, and the Misses
Evelyn Redlund and Lillian Soren-
ser attended the picture show In
Harrington Monday night.
Mrs. Chriss Cloninger and two
children left Monday morning for
Hugh Springs, Texas, to visit with
relatives and friends for several
weeks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05
Economic Equality
Is Farmers Right,
Educator Declares

ATLANTA, Ga, July 5-PASec-
rotary Hyde told the National Edu-
cationa association Thursday "a
place OF economic equality and op-
portunity for the American farmer"
must be found. There are, hap
PLY, many thousands Of prosper
Gus farmers" he said, "but agricul-
ture as a whole has had too small
q share of national prosperity. This
nation cannot afford to view with
complacency any inequality among
the old people"
The answer to agricultural prob
lens is not to be found lin any
single scheme of state craft" he
held, but measures such as the tar
if, development of inland water
ways and other cheap transporta-
ton, and research to find new mar
kets and new uses for farm pro-
ducts will be generally beneficial.
Further development Of reclama-
ton projects, he declared, should
await the time when such action is
economically necessary"
TWO DAYS FOR BIGAMY
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05
OFFICERS BELIEVE
MURDER is SOLVED

BATESvILLE, Ark, July 5.-(P)
Authorities today hoped to solve
the mysterious Staying Of Morris
Osborne, well-to-do Cord, Ark,
merchant, with two murder var
rants-one against his widow of
four days, and the other naming j.
p. Baber, 81, Batesville athlete.
The 21-year-old widow, Norma.
has been in jail here since the
young merchant was found slain
Monday night in his home at Cord,
a fe wmiles from Batesville. Bar
a few miles from Botesville. Bar
Der has been missing since the
crime became known.
STEALS AN EGG
OLDHAM, Eng.-George Cotteril,
aged 10, wa sarrested for stealing
an egg for his sick mother.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-05
Free Publicity Is
Attacked by Head
Of Newspaper Body

AsHEvILLE, N. c., July 5.-(P-
Free publicity that has mo ear
marks Of legitimate news" was
criticized by John A. Park, Raj
eigh, N. c., publisher and chairman
of the Southern Newspaper Pub
fishers association board, in his e
port to the annual convention here
Thursday.
"Can we reasonably extend u
efforts to develop new readers and
create new buying power for legiti-
mate advertisers as long as we open
the door for the gate craShers?"
he asked after describing press
agents." public relations men," or
information secretaries" as per-
sons "who get easy pickings" at the
expense Of the newspapers.