The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 13, 1926 Page: 2 of 28
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Wet Figures Charge Drunkenness Increase
CHILD DRINKING
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STATISTICS
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Witness Tells Senators Dry
Law Has Failed of
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Purpose.
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WASHINGTON. D. C-. April 13.—
p OP)—A phalanx of statistics was
•“znarshslHl before the Senate Pro-
bit ion committee today by the wets
" in an efort to show that drunken-
Fliess has inertaced under the bone
‘"'dry laws.
■ Resumin; their side of the ease
| 'after a day's interlude devoted to dry
»testimony. the wet leaders put on the
* si.md Stanley Shirk research director
the moderation league. who pro-
I» duced scores of charts maps and
‘"xtatislical tables from which he de-
* ducted that in 457 cities and towns
for drunkenness increased from
in the first year of prohibi-
* tion to 565.U26 in 1924. four years
’ later.
later.
MANY ARRESTS.
In 350 places according to these
.. figure*. arrests for drunkenness
totalled 306.737 in 1914. and 495.75”
in ÜB4.
When '.e consider that drunkenness
' generally has already increased in
the pre prohibition level and that
"drunken drivers and drunken children
«ltnve increased far above anythin; ever
-Mtwowa before in this country.'* said
Schirk. "we cannot escape the con-
jfausion that the Volstead act has ut-
tailed to do wbat it was in-
to do. namely promote tern-
>rd sobriety.
** "Moreover since conditions have
worse not better each year
7-airl with the 'next generation* drinks
e-ing as never before there seems to
'b- no hope that the Volstead act in
.’its present drastic form v .11 accom-
pl -b its purpose in the iong run.
FAVOR RESTRICTIVE LAW
• . "From ti r experience before na-
' rional prohibition of the states which
/ had restrictive laws from the expert
. cnee of the whole country during the
'■ restrictive years 1918-1919 and from
" the experience of the Canadian
provinces. we believe that a greater
... degree of temperance ean be attained
by a wiae restrictive law than by a
bone dry law which does not com-
mand the respect of a large part o:
the people. .
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TUESDAY—A
• New Beer Tonic • i
• Up to Moody
: For Decision
: — J
I AUSTIN. April 13.—Gone is I
[ the “little brown jug’’ but there ।
| reposes in the office of Attor- |
J ney General Dan Moody a “lit- |
i tie brown bottle.”
I And is’s up to “Dan ’ whether |
। Texas gets ‘’the little brown (
‘ bottle.” Though the wets say •
• it isn’t a fair exchange in lieu •
! of the ’ jug" it does contain the I
| new beer-tonic from the Pabst ।
| Brewing company recently per- (
’ mitted by the prohibition depart- j
• ment.
I The attorney general is expect- I
! ed to rule Tuesday on the ques- |
| tion of legality of its sale in ;
! Texas. }
tion that such a policy of wise restric-
tion would have the incidental ad-
vantage of eliminating almost entire-
ly the scandalous corruption and bri-
bery of public officials would stop
the growth of the bootlegging million-
aire class would check disrespect for
law. and would in addition produce
a handsome national revenue.”
TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
Julien Codman. counsel for the
wets interrupted to have it noted on
the record that the Moderation League
"is a temperance organization.”
"I assume that is taken for grant-
ed.” said Senator Herreid. Republi-
can. Oklahoma the only member of
the committee present at that time.
Resuming his statement. Mr. Shir;
said that ’’perhaps the moat curious
result of national bone-dryness is the
remarkable increase in the number of
drunken drivers.”
"The police departments of the
principal cities have been interrogated
and manv which classify arrests for
operating a vehicle while intoxicated
have responded to our inquiry. be
added. "These replies show a remarx-
ahle uniformity. The figure. when
plotted on chart? show curves which
sere almost flat before the I olatead
period and thereafter shoot skyward
st an astonishing angle.
ARRESTS INCREASE.
“In New York City the arrests
from 1916 to 1919 averaged 161. In
1920. the first dry year they rose
to 334. dropped slightly in 1921. and
then skyrocketed to 944 in 1924.
“Chicago shows substantially the
same result. Arrests there increased
440 per cent. Washington shows an
increase of 1062 per cent; in Mil-
waukee the rise was 2554 per cent;
Boston 364 per cent; Scranton. Pa..
587 per cent; Providence 244 per
cent; Atlanta 500 per cent; Wor-
cester. Mass.. 448 per cent; New
Haven. 713 per cent; Hartford 378
per cent; and Minneapolis 916 per
cent.”
YOUTHS DRINK.
Shirk said an increase in drinking
among boys and girls had "become
common knowledge.” but added there
was "paucity of authoritative statis-
tics on the subject."
"The police department of Washing-
ton. D. C.. however has kept records
of the arresu of young people for
drunkenness" he continued. “Arrests
of persons under 22 years old average
44 a vear for the four pre-prohibition
years 1914-1917. A bone dry law was
enacted for Washington before na-
tional prohibition became effective and
immediately youthful drunkenness in-
creased. in 1918 it rose to 73 and
by 1924 had reached 282.
ANSWERS HARRELD.
■Arrests for drunkenness of persons
of all ages meanwhile merely rose tn
the pre-prohibition level thus demon-
strating that relatively as well as ab-
solutely drunkenness among young
peope increased enormously. Thia con-
dition in Washington merely confirm?
v bat is known to exist in the rest of
the country."
Replying to Senator Harreld. Shirk
>a.d his organization had obtained its
figures by writing to police chiefs in
all places’ of over 5000 population.
-why did you pick Guthrie and
Lawton in my state?" asked Senator
Harreld.
ONLY TWO REPLY.
"The police chiefs in those towns
were the only ones to reply.”
The witness went on to say that
the survey showed conditions in for-
mer wet states to be about the same
as in 1914. while in states which had
nine form of a stat* prohibition "con-
ditions are worse today under the bone
dry Volstead act than they formerly
were under their own state dry laws."
"Perhaps one reason for this great
inenase in drunkenness in the ’dry’
states” he said "is that most of these
so-called 'dry' states were not really
so—but were in the main merely re-
strictive.”
READS LETTER.
Shirk read a photostat of a letter from
Police Chief Stroebel of Reading Pa.
declaring there had been a great in-
crease in intoxication among youths.
He said be knew of children being
taken from class rooms "dead drunk"
and that hip flasks were carried by
I young folk at most dances and par-
I ties.
I Taking up a challenge of Wayne R
i Wheeler for the wets to point to a
single city where conditions were b t-
I ter under the beer and wine r»gtni>
than under the bone dry law. Shirk
pointed to Atlanta. Arresta for in
toxication there dropped from between
10000 and 7000 in 1907. he said. t<
between 2000 and 3000 in 1917. when
citizen* of Atlanta could import beer
wine and some ardent spirts. Aft“i
the federal law became effective h"
continued the arrest* mounted stead
ily until they reached 8000 in 1925
WANT TEMPERANCE.
“Don’t you think that was due rath
er to a letdown in state enforcement?'
asked Senator Harreld.
“Well. I hardly think so" Shirk r
! plied. "The people want true tempi-:
I ante and will go a long way to g
I it but they do not get it under bon-
I dry laws.”
The witness read u Utter from Mat
Ilia F. Amorous of Marietta an At
lanta suburb telling of changed cun
diucns under the Volstead act.
WOMEN THHOW
0 HAELEN GE TO
AMERICANS '
‘Uphold the Constitution'
Keynote of Washington
Gathering.
WASHINGTON. April 13.—0P>—
Having in no uncertain terms in-
formed the Senate prohibition com-
mittee of their uncompromising oppo-
sition to the modification of the Vol-
stead act. the Woman’s National Com-
mittee for Law Enforcement today is-
sued a challenge to the American peo-
ple to ‘’uphold the Constitution” and
listened to the advice of speakers who
asked them to pound at the job of
building up sentiment for law observ-
ance.
Principal among the speakers was
Mrs. Mabel Walker Williebrandt. who
is in charge of the Department of Jus-
tice liquor prosecution forces. She
said “watchful units of women” can
keep public officials delivering their
best efforts even though such officials
at times be the kind that “unwatched
would slight rhe task in hand.”
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. in a
statement read to the conference asked
■‘why not be honest with ourselves
and admit that our children will not
be the highminded. fine people that we
want and expect them to be unless we
—their parents—set them an example
of being just and law abiding citizens.
ISSUE CHALLENGE.
The political assets and liabilities
commission •of the conference beaded
by Mrs. William Harrison Cole of the
Illinois Federation of Women’s clubs
brought in the challenge for enforce-
ment. It was contained in a report
which listed the assets and liabilities
of the nation as they relate to observ-
ance. Among the assets were good
citizens: intelligent voters and citi-
zens of character willing to stand for
office.
Liabilitie' were listed as corrupt
politicians; the instinct to hide party
sins; indifferent citizens: the system
of political patronage; political ma-
chines: timidity or cowardice in fight-
ing well known eviis. and yielding to
"enemy propaganda.”
"We have a full knowledge that
many of the vital laws of this country
are being flagrantly violated” said an
appended resolution. "Our liabilities
are becoming greater than our assets
which will mean moral bankruptcy.”
ISSUE PLEA.
It wa» added that the citizen of to-
day is not manifesting the interest or
sustaining the rights and privileges of
American citizens and that "not
names on ballots but cardinal prin-
ciples of candidates above reproaeh
must be our standard at the primaries
and elections.”
■We who make our own laws.” the
resolution urged should “directly or
by representation show by our in-
dividual action reverence knowledge
observance obedience and vigilance.”
DEMOCRATS ASSAIL
VOTE TEST PLAN
GEORGETOWN. Tex.. April 13.—
The Democratic Executive committee
of Williamson county in session here
today went on record as opposed to
any resolution or test birring from
the coming primaries those who voted
the Republican ticket and against the
nominees of the Democratic party in
the last general election.
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CINDERELLA BRIDE’S PATH
NEW YORK. April 13.—C*>—Ed-
ward W. Browning wealthy 51-ycar-
old real estate o|>erator and his 15-
y ear-old bride of three days were
back again today tn Cold Spring
N. Y. the scgnc of their marriage
with trouble from a new quarter
threatening.
Special District Attorney Ryder
of Putnam county announces an in-
t estigation will be started to deter-
mine whether they violated a law re-
quiring a six-month legal residence
More obtaining a marriage license.
The bride already is under summons
to appear in the New York Children s
court in an action started by the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children seeking to have her re-
moved from the custody of her
mother.
MAY FILE CHARGES
Mr. Ryder said perjury charges
would be possible if it were found
that Mrs. Browning swore to six
months' residence in the county
whereas she had been there only a
few days before the marriage. The
validity of the marriage also would
be questioned if it should be found
that the six months' residence law
was violated.
Mr. Ryder said he would inspect
the marriage license and also prob-
CHARTER GRANTED
TEXAS CAVALIERS
Charter for the Texas Cavaliers of
San Antonio historical organization
of San Antonio was granted by the
secretary of state at Austin Tuesday.
High ranking army officials of Fort
Sam Houston and prominent civilians
compose the membership.
The charter sets forth that the
staging of pageants and parades in-
volving the use of horses will be one
means of "instructing the people of
Texas in the ancient traditins of their
forebears. - ’ .
Directors of the Cavaliers are Brig-
adier General Paul B. Malone. Colonel
John E. Preston Colonel E. E. Swift
Captain C. Rote Captain V. L.
James Jr.. Lieutenant Harry M. Rop-
er and Lieutenant M. M. Jones all
of Fort Sam Houston and John B-
Carrington F. C. Gross " alter
Steves. T. J. Hart. H. P. Drought
Dick O. Terrell Sterling Burke. R
H. Durkee F. G. Chamberlain and
Lewis Kayton. all of San Antonio.
A. AND M. STUDENTS
INSPECT U. S. FARM
Eight A. and M. students visiting in
San Antonio Tuesday inspected the
government experimental farm and
other points of interest.
After lunch at the Y. M. C. A. the
students were taken to the Olmos
dam site.
NORMAN G. BODET
Agent for All Steamship Lines
•nd Tourist Companies
403 Maverick Bldg. Cr. 1662
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Extra Cost."
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sued it.
The Brownings left this city to-
gether last night by motor for Cold
Spring and their ten-room honeymoon
house specially leased by Browning.
They bad come here by separate
routes yesterday morning.
BRIDE ILL
When they departed last night ac-
companied by the bride's mother they
intended to go to Montreal but
changed their plans at Yonkers when
the bride complained of feeling ill.
Earlier in the day she had visited
a doctor who treated burns from
acid which she said before the
marriage was thrown by an unknown
intruder in her mother's Manhattan
apartment while she was alone.
It has just been revealed that a
few hours before his marriage Brown-
ing had transferred realty valued at
.$162000 to a corporation he controls.
He declined to comment on the mo-
tive for this but his associates point-
ed out that the transfer was merely
in accordance with his real estate
practice. The transfer however
aroused some curiosity as to the ef-
fect on the bride's dower rights.
Browning has applied for renewal
of his pistol permit. He obtained
authority to carry a pistol about s.
year ngo when he alleged a man
had tried to blackmail him.
Ex-wife Wishes
Pair Happiness
By Universal Service.
NEW YORK. April 13.—“1 hope
she will get all she can.”
Such was the comment today of
Mr«. Nellie Adele Browning divorced
wife of Edward W. Browning on the
marriage of her gray-haired former
husband to Frances Heenan his 15-
ycar-old Cinderella.
“This girl is just another toy. But
then he needs something to keep him
interested. I know very well the
match cannot last long though I wish
them happiness."
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national council of religious educa-
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religious education religious.
The concept of the existence of a
personal God is on the defensive the
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“A naturalistic humanism is sweep-
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cational and religious circles” he said.
It was his view that there is a rapid-
ly developing cult of Christian athe-
ists. persons who say they accept the
ethical program of Christ but who
deny the existence of Chiin's God
upon whom that ethical program is
based.
Dr. Athearn contrasted what he
termed the idealism of leading schol-
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