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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01
VETS SAY PROHIBITION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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the supreme court. But what is a little
matter Of fact like that to these vets?
We can agree with this witness that as
a lawyer versed in constitutional prob
lens, his ideas are literally so simple that
we will have TO be pardoned for expressing
them. 1t is, however, fortunate that the
clergy have at least read the constitution
and found more in it than he did 1t is
also too bad that other people who wish
we'll cannot understand the constitutional
aspect of the subject. The preacher does
not need any of his commentator. With
him, as with many other lawyers, it has
been their hope to attract the attention
of the people from the real issues in
volved, viz: the drunkard and the dram
shop and the gutter, and get the minds
of the people off the curses of liquor and
to follow the fallaeious arguments of the
vets.
But the manifest ignorance or hypoc-
risy of this man is apparent when be COR
rectly quotes from the preamble four Of
the purposes of government, but wholly
onlits the promotion of the general well
fare and the securing of the blessings of
liberty If he knew no more about the pur-
poses of our government than he eX-
pressed, he should have kept still. How
could he see four purposes, not essentially
moral, and overlook two moral purposes,
just as plainly printed as the others, re-
mains for him to explain.
The copies of the constitution in gen.
eral circulation west of the Hudson river
all contain a provision for the promotion
of the general welfare and securing the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our
poSterity.
When asked if, as matter of fact, the
amendment was not really part of the
constitution, Notwithstanding his COM
ments, he said: 1.-THE supreme court has
so decided" But 81 dissent from the opin-
ion of the supreme court in that regard"
Let the court crier answer: God save the
supreme court and these United States"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01
LEST We FORGET

Judiciary
testimony
reported seized Fol-
extract from the
The United States Brewers Association brewing companies and al
without precedent the political history OF this
In UiolGton of the OF the land
In order influence public opinion to their ends they nave
advertising with the that certain amount be e
literary provided the
central office in New York
hostile to their
political interests they have set operation extensive system
merchants railroads other
terests Gin all, some fifty corporations and frns)
which should the federal treasury
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01
EVANGELINE BOOTH VISITS
WESTERVILLE

Westerville, because it is the headquar-
tiers of the Anti-Saloon League of Amer
lea, the World League Against Alcoholism,
the American Issue Publishing Company
and the home of Dr. Howard H. Russell,
was included in the itinerary of Evange-
line Booth, commander of the Salvation
Army, her staff officers, a band and sing
ers. Miss Booth visited Westerville, June
8, in a tour which started at New York
city, June 3, and covered sixty cities. Hills
boro, home of the crusaders, also was hon.
ored by her visitation.
In her address at Westerville she paid
high tribute to Dr. Russell and his asso-
ciates, to the Anti-Saloon League and to
prohibition She was positive IN her as
sertion that manifold blessings have come
to America from the adoption of the pro-
hibition policy.
DR. Russell presided at the meeting,
which was largely attended. Arrangements
for the gathering were made by the West
erville pastors, Otterbein college, the pub
lie schools, the chamber of commerce,
Lions club and business mems organiza-
ton.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01
AS TO PUBLIC WELFARE

4. Some of the vets in their hearings
before the judiciary committee tried TO
keep the public welfare out of view alto
gether. For example, Henry Alan johns
ton (page 800 of the hearings) an attor-
ney of New York city, appeared on be-
half of the Voluntary Committee OF Law
yers Incorporated, for the laudable pur-
pose 'of bringing to the attention of the
bar association of the country the adj
visibility of having bar association in
each locality take a ballot and register
their opinion regarding the Eighteenth
Amendment"
They sent around to the bar associa-
lions in wet cities a sample resolution pre-
pared in Boston reciting that the Eight
zenith Amendment is inconsistent With the
spirit and purposes of the constitution Oh
the United States, and in derogation of
the liberties of the citizen and the rights
of the states as guaranteed by the first
ten amendments thereto" and therefore
the amendment should be repealed.
This witness continued: I'VE have pro-
ceeded upon the theory that the lawyers
of the country by training, education and
experience, are perhaps in a somewhat
better situation to judge of the merits or
dement's, as well as the problems of en-
forcement which have been created by the
Eighteenth Amendment.
Prohibition is purely political ques-
ton It is solely governmental problem,
and it is neither moral nor immoral for
one to either oppose or support the Eight
zenith Amendment These things are SO
simple that will have to ask you to par
don me for mentioning them, but this dis
cussion has been dominated to a very
large extent in this country by the clergy
and by other people who wished we'll but
who do not understand the constitutional
aspect of the subject and, as much as
admire the preacher who breaches to his
CONGREGATION on the morality of temper
ance, I cannot accept his judgment on a
question of constitutional law. Theological
seminaries have not yet included the
study of constitutional law in their cur
riculums. But this is now a constitutional
question. It has been since 1920; and we,
as lawyers, hope in some way to attract
the attention of the people away from the
contemplation of the drunkard and the
dram-shop and the gutter, to considera-
ton of the constitution of the United
States and to the fundamental ideals and
purposes of this republic.
every student of the constitution knows
that the purpose of that great charter of
government was to form a more perfect
union, to establish justice, to insure do
nestle tranquility, and to provide for the
common defense; and to carry out that
great purpose, powers were delegated to
the federal government to legislate on
such matters as might involve the in
tegrity of the union"
ALL DECISIONS AGAINST THEM
In the first place, when they sent out
that Boston resolution, they knew that
every alleged statement of fact contained
in it had been decided against them by
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01
PROHIBITION ISLANDERS
BARRED

According to a special dispatch in the
Chr stan Science Monitor carrying a Hol-
lywo Il, California dateline, poking fun at
PROM ition, political policies or other con-
troversial subjects is barred from theatre
cal productions of Franchon and Marco
under a policy just announced.
More than 1000 persons appearing in
the theaters of thirty metropolitan cities
of the United States are affected by the
order.
This action upon the part of major
vaudeville chain follows the decision made
by the California Federation of Women's
Clubs that it's members would not patron
lie theaters permitting the Eighteenth
Amendment to be openly criticised.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01

submitted and ratified in one of the
methods therein provided. There is no
provision in the federal constitution for a
referendum on a federal law If the vets
want to scold anybody for making them
follow such rocky road to repeal, they
must hunt up the graves of the trainers
of the constitution and abuse their dust.
The drys did not put that cumbersome
provision in the constitution but they did
comply with it in procuring the adoption
of the Eighteenth Amendment One rea-
son why the amendment is so unpopular
with the vets is the difficulty of its repeal
But they must follow the provisions of
the constitution. The only other course
left for them is ugly notification.
AS TO NEW MATTER
A. The vets argued also that the
amendment was new matter, unlike any,
thing else in the constitution and is,
therefore, revolutionary. What if it is new
matter? If new matter can never be in
troduced as an amendment to the consti
tuition, then that document can never
grow nor be made to meet new conditions
as civilization and the problems of gov
eminent develop. Is the original constitu-
ton a petrified thing that can never be
made larger or better? Such was not the
purpose of the trainers of the conStitu-
ton. Article on the subject of amend
mentS contains no limitations as to the
subject matter to which future amend
ments must relate, nor does any other
part of the constitution contain such linn
itation. Tt was expected that amendments
would be made, and methods are provided
for tie manner in which such amend
ments may be made.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01
IT REVOLUTIONARY?

In one aspect the Eighteenth Amend
ment may be called revolutionary. Up to
1920 the constitution permitted the bever-
age liquor traffic. This amendment re-
versed the attitude of the government to-
ward the liquor business and prohibited
the traffic after 140 years of liberation and
protection. But such reversal of policy was
not without precedent. The original con-
stitution, Article w, Sec. 2, Par. 8, pro-
tected slavery. Then came Article XIII,
prohibiting slavery, thus wholly reversing
the constitutional policy on the subject of
slavery. There was no good reason why
the prohibition of slavery was not proper
matter to be placed in the constitution,
even though it was revolutionary. But
the vets may claim that since slavery
was mentioned in the original constitu-
ton, the prohibition of it was not an
"impertinent invasion" of the constitu-
ton. How about the nineteenth amend
ment, providing for equal suffrage? Was
that one of the subjects mentioned in the
original constitution? Is equal suffrage
not an "impertinent invasion?" If not,
why not?
Let not the drys be confused by any of
these arguments of the VETS The personal
liberty of the vets Is not the paramount
issue in this country. The public welfare
is always paramount to these claims of
personal liberty.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-06-01

Many drys are giving a British pro-
nunciation to Mr.. Shouse's name by drop
ping the h."-PGthfnder.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
WRANGELL

Sale of a block of stock in the Wrangell Cold Storage Co.,, wa ordered; no dividends declared for the past year but the year operations showed a net earnino Of 14 per cent. The following of f1cers were chosen to head the corporation next year: Mic Nussbaumer, president, c. q Mundy, vice-president, L. M Campbell, secretary, Leo Me Cormack, treasurer and L. A. Ol- zen, director.
 Benefits to be derived from membership in the All-A]aSka Chamber Of Commerce were n0t commensurate with fees paiC for membership is the genera
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
KETCHEKAN

Mrs Mabel Tolson, wife of Rob Tolson, committed suicide b. shooting herself with a revolver. Marital troubles are attributed for the cause of the deed
 The Ranger x, newest of th } Forest Depa 'tment'S fleet cf yes eells has been completed a"d is now ready for work
 James Wiley, 70-year ol;l pic 1eer of the days of '98, died in tho Ketchikan General Hospital
 D2nny McTague was buried 'ollcW,ng services in the Catho- lie church. He was the nine .year-old son Of MT. and Mrs John McTague.
 The Mary G. II Captain and owner, Otto Bindbage, struck 3 iot of ice in Nichols Bay and had to come in with soft patches or her bow. The ice had cut through her rlanking. When backing out of the ice the craft swung he, stern On 3 reef doing a bit ot damage to her wheel and shaft
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
Tha Open Forum
"WHAT ' KNOW" By "Billy the Logger"

Recently Henry Aitch" told Us through your good paper what he thinks. let me tel Henry Aitch "What I Know"
 What in ditch does he mean when he says there is no timber for the small operator and unless they connect with the small mills which operate intermit- tentIy they had better dig clams." Right now, I can go back over areas I logged back in the early 1900's and get out from three to five million feet of logs with decent logging machine or better yet, with a caterpillar tractor, and make a good living. When I logged, the mill nen threw out any log that did not show enough solid timebr to cut at a prof1t-that was my profit
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
Paddy Duncan of Dalton Pos

Paddy Duncan of Dalton Post is in town on one of his annual visits. He came to town a week ago and plans to stay long enough to get reacquainted with his old friends again. MT. Fun can is the owner of a gold mine at Squaw Creek. A place about 90 miles west of here.
 The soldiers of Chilkoot Ear racks are quarantined from town on account of the flu ere demic, however, it isn't as bad as it sounds. There are only a few mild cases around and the good weather is bound to get t over with real soon.
 The logging crews are gettir g along just fine and MT. Eric Os- lund, the contractor ex:ects to be through by the end of tEe month.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03

opinion of various members ot
 this organization.
 Therell be a hot time in the old town, election day. Bert Tucker, c. P. Kirtland, G. F Diemart, Leo Mccormack and
 Walter Waters all have the may Or bug this year. Just how bad will be demonstrated by the votes they garner in next Tues day. Ernest Campbell, James No- Ian, Harry Coulter. c. c. Mundy Ole Johnson, Walter Waters Robert Hurley, Thomas Dalgity and Chester Worthington have aspirations to direct the city's affairs in council, Somebody is sure going to get elected this time and some of 'em are going 10 be awfully disappointed. At least no one can say that Wran- gell citizens take no interest in their elections.
 Peter Proast, employed at the Sheldon Jackson School, is in Wrangeu to inspect the site fo- he proposed industrial school. Contracts will be let for the pro- rosed buildings this summer and 1t is very probable that the school will not be ready to enroll pupils until 1882.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03

Brotherhood and Sisterhoof Camps she was buried in the local A. N. B. and A. N. s. Gene tery. The funeral was held on the 18th. She was honored as a re- eular member by the Sisterhoot' Camp. Death was due to leakage of the heart which could not be remedied by any of the promi- nent doctors in southeasterr Alaska as Mrs. Brown had con- suited them about Rose but all in vain. The best that could be done for her was to give her rest and that she received up to heT death.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
MILKER GETS KAYOED

Jack Horsfall, Toledo, Oregon high school student, decided to stop his COW switching her tail while he milked her. He tied a brick to her tail. She switched lhe tail anyhow and the brick struck Horsfall behind the ear. He fell unconscious. When he re- covered, he united the brick. The brick tied to the tail is the cause of this short tale.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
Divisional Notes
HAYNES

After a lingering illness cover ing a year, Rose Brown, daugk- Ser of MT. and Mrs. James w. Brown, passed away in her home Cn the evening Of 23rd. Rose was 6 years old and during the Haines Convention of the Native Brotherhood, was the little girl
 that brought in the A. N. B. ban ner for presentation. Since both of her parents were good
 standing members of the local
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
CRAIG

Capt. Arne Wahl has purchas- ed the power troller 'Lindy.'
 A fire was discovered in tht Eawmill on March 20th by Somt small boys The alarm wa promptly answered and the f1r' nXtinguished.
 A baby boy was born to MT md Mrs. Herbert George on thj 18th of March.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03

For fathers: The boy is not likely to break if his father un- bends with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
The EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D G.,

The chairman Of the Program Com
mittee, Mrs. Henry Albers, has desig-
mated this meeting as Club Fellowship
day" and the officers of the club will
be in the receiving line at the social
hour following. Mrs. George Maynard
Minor, former president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
will be the guest of honor The officers
Of the club are: President, Mrs. Bruce
Baird, who will preside at the meeting;
vice presidents. Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel
and Mrs. Merritt o. Chance; recording
secretary, Mrs. r. w. Howell: corre-
spending secretary, Mrs. F. NJ. Shortall;
treasurer, Mrs. William r. Hoefer;
auditor. Mrs. Elma r. Saul; federation
directors, Mrs. George S. Barnes. Mrs.
Nelson P. Webster, Mrs. Frederick T.
..A
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Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Wheat of New
York City are at the Carlton over the
week end, accompanied by their two
sons, George S. Wheat, jr, and John
Wheat.
Col. and Mrs. c. E. Wheat and their
son, Mr. c. E. Wheat, jr.. of West Point,
N. Y, are also in the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Kasehagen were
hosts at a dance and card party Tues
day evening in compliment to their
niece, Miss Rosalie Johnson, and Miss
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washington, and among the past presi-
dents are: Representative w. G. Adams,
Alexander Stephens, former Secretary
of the Interior; former Senator Hoke
Smith, Mr.. Ralph Graves Of the Geo.
graphic Society, Mr.. Moultrie Hit, DR..
S. Gordon Green and Representative
w. w. Larsen.
Miss Clara McQuown will be the
guest speaker at the meeting OF the
Political Study Club tomorrow after
noon in the Washington Club. Miss
McQuown, who is a well known lecturer,
will have as her subject Motoring
Through Palestine and Syria-Pastime
and Politics" Mrs. Charles H. Rair, a
graduate of the Theater Art School,
will give a one-act play, and Mrs. Min
ME Hoch Smith will play several from
bone solos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Georgia State Society to
Give Dance This Evening.
Invitations have been issued by the
Georgia State Society to all Georgians
and their friends to attend the regular
meeting and dance this evening at $3.50
o'clock at 2400 Sixteenth street. In the
absence of the president of the society,
Representative E. E. Cox, the meeting
will be presided over by the first vice
president, Col. Charles L. Dasher.
The entertainment features of the
program are in charge of Capt. Thomas
Jackson. Assisting Mrs. kathleen
Turner. chairman of the Floor Commit
tee, are Mrs. Thomas Camp Mrs. Roy
Curbow, Miss Pauline Harrell Miss An
mabel Matthews and Miss Ina Russell.
This will be the last dance of the
season, and large attendance is ex-
pected. The Georgia State Society is
one Of the Oldest chartered societies in
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SOCIETY
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Connecticut avenue for tomorrow and
Sunday, the exhibition to continue
Monday, Tuesday and wednesday from
2:30 to 6 pm.
Assisting at the tea table tomorrow
will be Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone. Mrs.
Henry Leonard, Mrs. James Carroll
Frazer. Mrs. Charles Warren and Mrs.
Frederic Anterior.
The new portrait for which Justice
Holmes posed and which was exhibited
at the Arts Club will be on view and
the artist will show for the first time
the frescoes painted on wet plaster in
the manner used by the Italian painters
to be used in the dining room Of the
new residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic
Anterior.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Lion of Cincin-
natti Ohio, are passing some time at
the Carlton.
The annual buffet supper of the Mis-
souri, Society at the Hotel Washington
will be held tomorrow evening. The
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Arthur
M HYDE have reserved box and the
list of boxholders also includes Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
w. Badgley, Mr.. and Mrs. U. Bon
Geaslin, DR.. Louise Stanley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Loose will have several guests {;
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley H. Rulings have
made reservations for 20, Col. and Mrs.
John H. Carroll for 10, Mrs. Bessie
Parker Brueggeman for 10. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward D. Hays for 10, Mr.. and Mrs.
Craig l.. Reddish for TO- Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Badgley for 6. and DR.. Louise
Stanley for 6.
The distinguished Danish authority
on rhythmic training, Fru Agnete Ber--
tram, will appear in program and
demonstration of the new ideals and
ideas in gymnastics for women tomor-
row night at o'clock in the big
gymnasium atop the Young Women's
Christian Association Building at Seven
tenth and K streets.
Sponsors for Fru Bertram's appear
ance here are Mrs. Wilson Compton,
Mrs. Joel T. Boone, Mrs Florence Can
non, Mrs John Howard Ford, Mrs.
Harold Fowler, Mrs. Henry Hall, Mrs.
Cecilia Iden. Miss Emma Perley Lin
coin, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mrs.
Walter Masland, Mrs. Robinson E. New
comb, Mrs. Burnett r. Olmsted, Mrs.
Elwood Street and Mrs. George B.
Woods.
While in the city Fru Bertram will
be the recipient of much social atten-
ton Among the parties in her honor
will be one next week at the Danish
legation.
Miss Mary Van Kleeck, director of
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the Russell Sage Foundation in New
York City, is at the Carlton for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs A. NJ Field are at the
Shoreham Hotel, where they will remain
for about 10 days before returning to
their home in Chicago.
Mrs. Alvin G. Leonard of Pittsburgh,
Pa, has arrived in Washington and has
leased an apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel.
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Florence Hutton. The party was car
ried out in the atmosphere OF st. Pat
rick's day and all of the decorations
were in green and white.
Mr.. and Mrs e. M. Alling Of RocheS-
ter, N. Y, have come to Washington to
visit their daughter, Miss Katherine
Alling of Mount Vernon Seminary, who
with her classmate, Miss Katherine
Cobb. will go on motor trip with her
parents to Virginia
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Miss Mary Van Kleeck, director Of
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Indian Burial Sites Found
Near Great Falls

have made a thorough examina-
tiOn.
Mr.. Shoemaker, who has some
reputation as an amateur Indian
ologist, has turned over to the
museum in the past a number
Of interesting relics. found near
the falls.
According to DIR. HOugh, who
is head curator of the depart
ment of anthrOpOl0gy Of the
museum, very little is known re-
garding the tribes that once
lived in and near what is now
the District Of Columbia.
Old One Destroyed
The only burying pile hereto
fore uncovered was destroyed by
its discoveries before the museum
authorities had time to investi'
gate.
Scientists have established the
fact that Great Falls was once
a great fishing station for the
Indian tribes.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
MERCURY At g.,
STILL SOARING

A weather forecast early today
that it would be mot so warm"
has failed to live up to its
promise.
At noon the mercury had
scared to "a degrees, two degrees
higher than at the same time
yesterday. The thermometer rose
eight degrees in one hour from
8 q. m. to 8 a. M, three more de-
grees in the next hour. At IL
a. m. it was 80 degrees.
There is no prospect of rain.
The heat yesterday claimed one
life and sent three victims to hos
pitalS.
Joseph Cyril Noel, chief
draughtsman of the Census Bu-
reau, died yesterday in George
town Hospital, a heat casualty.
Mr. Noel resided at 1915 Law
renee st. N. w.
Three Frustrated men were
taken to Casualty Hospital. Ed.
gar PyleS, q. employed at the
Government farm at Glendale,
Md; Charles ChaneJ, SIS, colored,
of Occoquan, Va, and Porter
Pa1away, 18. also colored, of 3005
Sherman Ave. N. W., were the
victims,