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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-11
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-12-01

same person within any period of ten days cannot,
in view of the divergng opinions OF physicians as to
the medicinal value of such liquor be regarded as
arbitrary without reasonable basis, and is an
admissible measure for enforcing the prohibition
ordained by the Eighteenth Amendment to the fed
eral constitution"
1.-The worlds greatest newspaper" with its much
boasted big business enterprise and journalistic
leadership, is far from being up-to-date on this
question of medicinal alcohol Twenty-four of the
forty Eight states prohibit the use of any kind Of
liquor for medical purposes. At the hearing before
the committee Of congress Q922) on the merits OF
the WilliS-Campbel act prohibiting the use OF beer
and limiting the use of wine for medicinal purposes,
testimony showed that not than 25 per cent of
the physicians of the United States held permits to
prescribe liquor for medicinal purposes
Dr. Howard A. Kelly, one OF Americas most noted
surgeons, member of the Johns Hopkins medical
staff, says:
1.-The forward looking doctors, the ethical, inte-
gent doctors, against liquor prescriptions al
most to a man. Except for the occasional perverse
person. such doctors are bound to be against it. All
the evidence condemns it, Science demonstrates
the inadvisability of it. Practice piles up it's tragic
harveStS. The facts of it are becoming widely
understood all the time. Steadily greater limita-
tionS are being made upon it. It is passing"
That 1t is necessary to place restrictions upon the
of intoXicantS by the medical profession in pre-
ScrptionS and otherwise in their practice any per-
son who has had any experience in the enforcement
of prohibition fully appreciates The fact is, the
time is probably not far distant when intoxicating
liquor will not be allowed at all for medicinal pur
poses. It's by certain class of physicians has
been grossly abused And since it has been scientif
cally demonstrated that other drugs may be used
with the beneficial effects and without the bad
effects of alcohol there is every why those
who interested in the enforcement of the law
should work toward greater restriction in this re-
gard and not for more hberality as advocated by
members of the medical profession appearing be-
fore the Hoover crime commission, and the Chicago
Tribune.
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were saved in that state in the first nine years of

were saved in that state in the first nine years OF
prohibition.
Assuming that the same is true of all the other
states (Which it undoubtedly Isl multiplying 50OOO
by 48 gives total of 100000 lives saved by
prohibition in about ten years. In other words,
there are 100000 people living now who would not
be living had it not been for prohibition. That Is II
the saloons had been wide open all over the United
States for the past ten years. those 2O0OO0O people
would be in their graves. Connecticut ranks
twenty ninth in population hence these figures are
conservative
At the time read Professor Fishers book and I
used my pencil to figure out the number OF lives
saved in the United States, and the result got was
100000 rubbed my eyes and thought can that be
right? figured it out agan-yes, it was true. It's
very bgneSS makes think that it cannot be true,
but if Professor Fisher is correct (and he certainly
would not publish book with his name attached to
it unless he sure it was correct) then 100000
lives have been saved by prohibition in the United
States in the last ten years Can you figure it out
any other way? The bigneSs of these figures almost
stuns person, but I am sure they are right.
This fact certainly should be broadcast over the
world
Yours very truly,
(Signed) EDWARD J. EISELE,
1923 North Seeley Avenue,
Chicago Illinois.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-12-01

PROTEST TO PRESIDENTS CRIME COMMISSION AGAINST
RESTRICTIONS AGAINST MEDICINAL LIQUORS THE
FACTS AND THE Law THIS QUESTION
Doctors connected with the American Medical
Association have appeared before the presidents
law enforcement commission to protest against re-
strictionS in the Volstead law limiting the right Of
physicians to prescribe medicinal liquor. The Chi
cago Tribune approves the protests Of these DOCTORS
declaring:
This restriction is a major arrogance of the pro-
hibition enforcement act 1t has warrant in the
Eighteenth Amendment The authority for it is yio
lently derived from a plain statement of contrary
intent The amendment deals with Intoxicating
liquor used for beverage purposes. Fanaticism in
congress undertook to interdict all Of intoXcat
ing liquor, whether the amendment covered the
prohibition not and Interpretation of the law has
permitted it but has not made it sensible"
If any such argument this presented to
President Hoovers commission, it probably would
not get very far The Tribune should know that the
United States supreme court number OF years ago,
decided that these restrictions of the national pro-
hbition law are entirely warranted by the Eight
zenith Amendment and are constitutional and
proper The principle underlying these decisions
has been enuneiated in a number of supreme court
cases since the adoption of the Eighteenth Amend
ment and the Volstead law. For example, in the
case of Lambert YelloWley, 272 u S. $751; the power
of congress to limit the frequency of prescriptions
and the dosage was questioned in cases relating to
spirituous and vinous liquors. Complainant Lam
bert DOCTOR sought to enjon YelloWley, federal
prohibition director, from interfering with his
claimed right to immunity from restrictions as to
the amounts of liquors he could prescribe within
given period. The supreme court held against such
relief The court said:
Restricting prescriptions by physicians of intoXi-
eating liquor to not to exceed pint for use by the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-12-01
MILLIONS OF LIVES SAVED BY PROHIBITION
1923 North Seeley Avenue.
Chicago, Illinois,
December d 1870


ANTI-SALooN LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS,
$40 North Dearborn Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
Gentlemen: wish to call your attention to the
benefits of prohibition which seem to have been
overlooked by all the friends of prohibition. In fact,
apparently its very bigneSS to be the reason
for it's having been overlooked It seems to be amaz
ing, but do not see how it can be otherwise than
true-it is true.
A few days ago I received letter from one of the
most prominent prohibition workers in the United
States, in which she made the statement that over
last ten years. as the direct result of the dinution
of death rates from alcoholism cirrhoSS of the
liver Bright'S disease, etc.
I wrote to the lady saying that according to my
way of thinking 900 lives saved a small part
of the story Inasmuch as alcohol weakens the en-
tire human system, thus making it prey for all
sorts of diseases prohibition has lowered the death
rate in every form of disease including accidents,
diseases of children, infant mortality consumption,
rheumatism, etc, ETC., etc.
These things, of course are not easily computed,
unless we look at them from broad viewpoint In
comparing the death rates under the saloon with
the death rates under prohibition, it would not be
fair to use states or localities which already
wholly or partly under prohibition before the
tonal prohibition law was passed For instance, the
contrast between the saloon and prohibition could
not be fairly shown by using the state of Kansas,
since Kansas already had state prohibition before
we had national prohibition But we must take
state which had prohibition law before the
Eighteenth Amendment was passed.
The state of Connecticut entirely wet before
1920 and that state will show fair comparison of
a wet with dry regime. Professor Irving Fisher in
his book PROHIBITION STILL AT ITS WORST"
by comparing nine years before prohibition with
nine years after prohibition in the state of Con-
necticut shows that the death rate under prohibi-
tion has fallen to such an extent that $4,000 lives
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-12-01
NO MANDATE FOR REPEAL

The popular referendum in the last election sub
mitted to the voters the repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment, the modification of the VoStead act,
and the repeal of the Illinois prohibition act.
In this state are now interested in the last of
the three for since the vets obtained more votes
than the dryS it will naturally be brought before the
next session of the legislature, which convenes in
January This referendum the plan of the vets.
With the aid of many powerful newspapers, much
advertising and the backing of many political lead
ers they concentrated every effort on getting out
the largest possible number of votes for repeal This
done in order to place mandate upon the Hi
noiS legislature to repeal the state prohibition act
The returns show that in this effort they failed sig
nally for their success not measured by COM
pariSOn with the dry vote but by comparison with
the whole number of votes cast in the election. I'm
less they obtained majority of such votes they re-
ceived no mandate from the voters to repeal.
Now that the final returns are at hand it is pos
sble to ascertain the facts, and they contain little
comfort for the vets. Halt the OoterS Of the state
refused to be enticed into voting the wet refer
endum at ALL The vets could not even interest them
in the subject. The total vote in the presidential
election in 1928 3107,504. The total vote the
referendum to repeal the Illinois prohibition act in
1880, both wet and dry, was 1593134, about halt as
can plainly be seen. (See tabulaton below
The vets lost votes in this election since they
received 5,238 fewer votes in 1880 than they did in
1922 eight years ago, when they got their largest
previous referendum VOTE although the state in
creased over million in population in the last
decade. The drys on the other hand, though
fused the referendum, gained ,019 votes over
1922. (See tabuation below
REFERENDUM RETURNS COMPARED WITH
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
1928 Presidential election ............. 3,1O75O4
1880 Total wet vote for repeal of state
prohibition law ........... 100000
Dry vote against repeal ............ 523,130
1855, 1874
1922 Total wet vote NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LOGS 242
Total dry vote NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SPILL
Gain in population of 1880 over 1920
--latest 1880 censuS) ............. 1,145,34
1880 Total vote cast for u S. senator -. 2237104
Total vote necessary for majority. :. 1,118,552
Total wet vote in referendum ....... 1,060,004
Net failure of wet vote ............. 58,548
Total dry vote Observation-Disclosures. 523,139
Not voting Observation-Disclosures. 636036
Studying the returns of the referendum county by
county we find that the drys got more votes than
the vets in SIS counties and the vets got votes
than the drys in At counties; but the basis Of
majority of all votes cast in the election shown by
the vote for candidates for the United States senate
the vets lost 96 counties and carried only Cook
Lake, PEORIA st. Clair, DuPage, and Clinton In all
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-12-01
ANTI-sALooN LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS

Headquarters. $40 n, Dearborn Street, Chicago
President--John II. Hauberg. Rock Island
Presidents-Miehae Ceary. Galena Alfred T. Capps
Jacksonville Rev H. NJ. Bannen. DID, Rockford Mrs. b. e.
Hamlin, Springfield.
Secietary-Mrs. Eta Root Edwards, PinckneyYte
Treasurer-John Rubin. Chicago.
Commiee-Geo Wilson, Chairman, quincy NJ
BoyntOn Chicago Bishop Edwin Holt hughes
Chas L. Coleman Chicago John Rubin Chicago
II. Iauberg Island Dr. T. j. knudson SPRING
Fisher Normal Andrew c. Zenos, Chieago
J. Day, Moline; B. +. Allen Rockford; Wendell T.
Kay.
superintendent Pb.D. D., Chicago
Department-Jos. II. Collier Attorney, Chicago.
business Manager-B. w. Ewing
superintendent of Appointments-John ". Langley 49,
Workers-Cheago District j.
a Little; Eastern, C. L. Pc erson, Chicago Western p A.
Tate Gaesburg Springfield Legislative District George H.
Yue Chicago Northern District, Allison r Clark DID,
Chicago; Southern District, T. Bert Fray, Mt vernon
Field WorkersA L. shafer, " Jerman, f. e. Fletcher
G. l. Dowdel, T. l. Perkins.
National Board OF preetorsGeorge H. Wilson Quincy George
h. Stafford $40 ". Dearborn Street Chicago ~ p Boynton
6529 lngleside Chicago; Chas. e. Coleman 3D. s.
Dearborn Street, Chicago.
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NOTICE Notices OF adj
pertaining to
Illinois should be addressed
TO the Illinois Editor $40 North Dearborn ST. Rooms 5lo5lz
Chicago, III.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-12-01

ANTI SALOON LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS,
$40 North Dearborn Street,
Chicago. Illinois.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-12-01
MEDICINAL LIQUOR

PROTEST TO PRESIDENTS CRIME COMMISSION AGAINST
RESTRICTIONS AGAINST MEDICINAL LIQUORS. THE
FACTS AND THE Law ON THIS QUESTION
The Washington times., 1930-01-07

fiction world marvel. The re-
ception is generous and pro-
longed. Gillette, the actor,
bows stiffly in acknowledge
ment. The play must go on.
For four acts the drug-eaSed
Holmes pursues the Napoleon of
crime. Into the Stepney gas
chamber. The era hing lamp
and black darkness with the
moving cigar for eyes to folluW.
Audiences applauded the third
act climax to the echo a gen.
Grafton ago. They applaud 1t
still. The closing stanza with
the manacled Moriarty on the
way to justice. The tired Sher-
lock Holmes murmuring sadly
Mrs. Watson Home
Love Life =" All Wat
son." The final cleverly con-
trived fade-out with Holmes in
the arms of romance.
What a world of memories
all Of this recalled to the old
timers-those sturdy veterans
who yearn to keep tt.e torch
of the legitimate theater aflame.
What an inspiration to the new
school of theatergoers, that
tradition and reverence for a
lifetime of achievement in the
arts can generate such a
glorius farewell.
Audience appreciation seemed
to be inspirational for the sup
porting cast gave sincere and
convincing assistance where
lines and action permitted.
Wallis Clark, Peg Entwistle,
Roberta Beatty, John Miltern,
Montague Shaw, William Post
ance, Brinslew Shaw, Burford
Hampden and Herbert Wilson.
to single out a group of prin-
cipals worthy of decoration.
The sets were well conceived
and Mr.. Gillette bows to the
march of fashion by constum-
ing his cast in modern dress.
Vociferous demands for be-
tore-the-curtain1 speech brought
huShed attention after the third
act when Mr.. Gillette paid a
gracious. tribute not to the New
Year, If you please, but to 1929
and the months that have gone,
leaving. perhaps, fragrant mem
or1es-to the past, which made
last night, a great night, pos.
sible.
The Washington times., 1930-01-07
When The Feature
Is Shown On Screen

FOX-Victor MacLaglen and
El 'Brendel in "Hot for Paris"
At 1853 q. M, 2:34, 4.38S 7:49
and 9:53.
EARLE-Billie Dove In 1.-THE
Painted Angel" At 11:35 a. m,
LAO, $3.50, 5:35, 7:40 and 9:45
p. m.
PALACE-The Duncan Sisters
in TITS a Great Life" At 1885,
2:14, ASA, 1928 and 9:56 p. m.
R-K.O.KEITH'S-Bebe Daniels
in Love Comes Along" At
1880 a. m.,r lao, $3.50, $40,
1880 and $50 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Ronald Colman
in Condemned" At 11:2O a,
M, 1:20, 3:25, 5:25, 7:3O and
9:35 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-"Show of
Shows" At 10 a. M, 1915,
1882, 4:49, 7:O6 and 9:23 D. M
RIAL "Hell's Heroes"
with Raymond Hatton and
Charles Bickford. At 11,45.
1:45, 3:45. 5:45, 7:45 and GAS
p. m.
The Washington times., 1930-01-07

The atmosphere was elec-
trio with anticipation even be-
fore the curtain assembled. On
the sidewalks gathered lanes Of
the curious to scan the parade
of official, diplomatic and social
Washington as it entered the
playhouse. Flashlights doomed.
The lobby thronged with ermine
and high hats. Late limousine ar
rivals. LorgnetteS raised and
critical inspection of opera
capes and gowns and styles by
the early arrivals. The first
nighters out in full regimentals.
Every seat filled. Standing
room at a premium. The
overture starts. And the play.
Sherlock Holmes" stands
the test Of time better than
most Of the lavender revivals.
The tracking down Of Prof.
Moriarty by the relentless
sSclenCl1lc QeEecLlVe OF an Garner
era still possesses elements of
surprise and suspense and good
dramatic situation, though its
police methods sometimes creak
with venerable pelodramatics.
The interest is for Sherlock
Holiness" the character, and
Gillette, the actor. Here he
is, Straight END gaunt, tired
looking, dominant, secure, walk
ing right in to a hotbed Of
plotting and peril but through
it all keenly obServant, gath
ering up a bunch of clues from
the commonplaces, offering
the deductions which made the
The Washington times., 1930-01-07
First Nighters

Observed at the opening per-
formance Of william Gillette in
Sherlock Holiness" at the Ma
ti0Ral Theater. last night: Mrs.
MediII Mccormick. Mrs. Jean Henry
Large (slster of Mrs. HOOver) and
party, Senator and Mrs. Hiram
Bingham, Mr.. and Mrs. George X,
Mr.. and Mrs. George AkerSon, Rep
reEentative and Mrs. Sol bloom,
Julius Garflnkle, Helen Wardman'
Rev. peter Parker Phlpps, DIR.
Abram Simon, Countess De Ben0ue.
Admiral Joseph Strauss, Mrs,
Thomas II. Walsh, Mrs. Edward u,
Mclean with John, Ned and Emily
Cullen. Mai. Gen. g. G. williams,
DIR. Camp Stanley, Mrs. James Cur,
tlss, Miss Julia Darling strong, Mr..
and Mrs. Dan O'COnnelI, Mr., and
Mrs. Walter BrOwnley, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gheen, Miss Mayme
Wynne Peppard, SpOttIswOOd White,
Mrs. Henry II. Barton, jr., Glenn
Gerson, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson r.
Harrison, Clara Luaz. r! w. BeaII,
Madam FraRcIlOt, Mrs. j. G. Breed
love, Belle Gibson, Maurice II.
Avery. DIR. Frank r. Bunker, Mrs.
j. I. Enes. Mrs. Edward c, Walker,
ID. G. Kingman. MIR. and Mrs.
James Salkeld, Keith Merrill, Mr..
FllipOwiex, the Polish minister,
Mrs. III. ID. Lee, +. HI. Davis, Mrs.
Thomas w. Phillips, jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. j. ClOyd Byars. Dr. Francis
Hagner, Mrs. Edward c. Walker,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hartman
Rapley, Mrs. James q. MupdOck,
Mrs. Price Whitaker, Mason Terry,
Ralph w. Lee, +. +. SkilIman, Mrs.
Frank Hight, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hayes, Peter @. Nyce, Il. j. Hill.
yer, Luke Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs,
Il. ID. Rheem, WllbuHI Hall, Mrs.
Katherine Adams, Hb6ert Barry,
George Elliott, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Bennett, George ROthwelI Brown,
Theodore NOyes, Raymond Clapper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Richie,
ID. l.. Stern, 3. Goldsmith, T. j.
Rowe, II. M. Shapiro. w. C. Miller,
II. J. RObb, A. n. Miller, j. Sheehy,
G. +. NOrment, II. McLachlen, A. l..
Clark, l.. r. West. DIR. X. walker,
X. Y. Sullivan. r. Warren, 8. +.
Harper, G. G. Hill. DIR. Il. r. Cope
land. j. T. Marchand. +. Nevins,
Il. G. GOtt, DIR. SheIIhOFH, j. W.
Brawner. F. w. Siebold, T.. #. Roth,
r. Browning, e. X. WOOdsOn, q. w.
Edwards, B. g. Lennon, X. f.
hammond, b. Myers, j. Haas, b.
Lehman.
The Washington times., 1930-01-07

tried it. Nine out Of ten quit
pronto.
Douglas MacLean and his
wife separated last summer,
Doug, by the by, was last heard
OF when he boarded o train
months ago New York bound.
Janet Gaynor upped and mar.
ried Lydell Peck, youthful Oak
land-ite. Lydell Is now in the
Famous Players scenario de-
partment.
Pola Negri separated from
her husband, Prince Serge MIDI
vani. They got together again
before either could definitely
announce new engagements.
Madge Bellamy and Don
Terry were reported engaged.
The report died with nary an
echo. IT,.
Bebe Daniels made q voice
test In June and thereby cor
raled the lead in "Rio Rita"
Marion Davies was the first
stellar-ite to make a talkie
wherein she used a broken
French accent throughout. The
picture was Marianne"
Wilma Banky and Rod La
ROGUE celebrated their second
wedding anniversary June 26.
Lionel Barrymore divorced
acting and became a director
in 1929.
The James Gleasons' insured
their swimming pool for $780,
600.
Mary Eaton, stage musical
comedy star, married Millard
Webb, celluloid megaphoner.
Chester Conklin completed
his Famous Players contract
and slid out Of the picture
limelight via the "I choose to
retire" list.
Anita Stewart married George
Converse in July.
Evelyn Brent and Harry o.
Edwards celebrated their first
wedding anniversary, Novem-
ber 20.
It's 1880. jood luck. And
That's all.
The Washington times., 1930-01-07
LLAN7 GREET OPERA OPENING
Louis Silvers Has Had
Long Broadway Career

Louis Silvers, who acted as
musical director for the Warner
Bros. sttper-revue "Show of
Shows" now at the Metro
politan Theater, was born and
educated in New York. Work
ing UP from cafes he was for
many seasons with Gus Ed
wards, and for five years musi-
cal director for George M.
Cohan, and for the same time
in a like capacity with AL Jol-
son, for whom he wrote the
musical score Of big Boy" and
a number of songs, one Of
which was the phenomenally
successful April Showers"
Mr.. Silvers directed Harvard
FollieS for seven consecutive
years. Among his creations
was the score for Way Down
East"
The Washington times., 1930-01-07
Similarity Contest
PICTURE NO. 4

Have you been hoping that
Greta Garbo's picture would
appear in the Loew's Festival
Similarity Contest? If so,
your hopes are rewarded with
a picture of the famous star in
this column. Do you think you
look like Greta? If so, send
your picture to the Loew's
Festival Similarity Contest Ed.
itor at Loew's Columbia and if
he thinks you look more like
Greta Garbo than any other
contestant you will receive $5
or, as runner up a pair Of
tickets for one of Loew's
theaterS as a reward.
There must be a great many
Greta Garbo types in Washing
ton and the editor has nothing
to do but look at them, so send
your picture at once.