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ae 1 00 MUCH PROHIBITION IS A DANGEROUS THING (LOUISVILLE TIMES) DRY LEADER MAYOR TOOK $ BRIBE, " ELS COURT NOT WANTED AT SESSIONS OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ILLICIT LIQUOR DEALER TESTIFIES BEFORE FEDERAL JUDGE THAT H RECZIVHD PROTECTION FROM OFriCEHS OF "JRY" SEATTLE I T -. OUT ' "'- i i - BOOTLEGGER HIS FALSE CHARGES William Anderson, Superin tendent of New York Saloon League Intimated Liquor Interests Raisod Fund ! to Corrupt Lawmakers and lil. U: OI..H MA tiPnllnrl" ! ttiiuii nib uium iraa uanuu He Failed to Prove it Making charges that tlioy rnnnut provo 1b ft iioiichnnt of Antl Saloon j Loaguo olllclula. Head this, from tho j Now York Morning Telegraph: William II. Anderson, hontl of tho Anti-Saloon League, has boon barred from hoarlngit boforo tho committed considered liquor bills nt Albany. Tito reason glvon 1b that Mr. Anderson failed to ninko good Ills chargou of brlbory or attempted brlbory. Hocont ly Mr. Anderson, iib bond of tho antl liquor forces, Hcnt out an adroitly wordod circular, offorlng $10,000 re ward for ovIdoncoB of brlbory. It nindo no npoelflc chargo against any particular porson Interested In tbo In dustry, or agaltiBt any inombcr of tho utato loglHlaturo, by nnnio. At tho namo timo, tbo implication wau atrong that any niombor opposing tbo "re forms" ndvocatod by tho Anti-Saloon Loaguo would bo undor suspicion. When tho commlttoo mut ho was Hkod to dlvulgo facto Justifying him In drawing a blanket Indictment agalniit tho roprosontutlvos of tba people-, nud ho olther could not or would not do ho. Senator Mills and Assemblyman Me dio threatened to withdraw from the committee If Anderson wcro pormltted to tostlfy, and ho was excluded. It Is a remarkable fact that "ro formorH"' of a certain typo consider thomsolvps privileged to draw fan-, tastlc conclusions based upon nothing moro than n supor-houtcd Imagination, and to present tlieao conclusions in such a way as to discredit thoso who differ from them, and who may bo ar rayed against thorn at election tlmo. Professional politicians do not do this, They play tho gamo In tbo open and in every way show tboniBolvos to bo hot tor sportsmen and bettor men than eomo crusaders. Why 1b It? Is It lm ipossiblo for tbo professional moralist to lay bis cards on tbo top of tho tablo? i Golno Too Far. Undor tho caption, "Dosmlrchlng by Insinuation," tho Now York Hvonlng Sun remarks: Ily going a trlllo too far, for onco, tho Anti-Saloon Loaguo Iuib cnughfta woll-dosorvod reprimand. In connec tion with tbo proceedings ovor tba Optional Prohibition bill at Albany, Mr. William II, Anderson, suporln tondont of tho loaguo, intimated that liquor "IntoroBtH" had raised a roll ot monoy to bo appllod to tbo work ol corrupting tbo leglBlatiuo. It is upon such bitter Insinuations no doubt that tho hatred of thousands of slncoro but mlflluformod pcnplo baB to bo fed. I In this caso, howovor, tbo words that should have oponod tho pocket books of rlghtoouB wrath bad an tin oxpoctod effect. Sonator Mills, a man ot unassalled Btaudlug, thought prop or to perform tho necossnry task ol dealing with Mr. Anderson, who on ap pearing yesterday nt tho committed 'hoarlng on tho bill, was asked to pro dtico facts in support of tho chargo that thoro existed a fund to brlbo tin servants of tho ntato or to dofoat tin tnoasuro In quosllon. 1 This, as It bapponod, Mr. Anderson was unproparod to do. Ilo had prob ably not rcckonod on tho possibility that sotno ono would road IiIb iibhop tlon as a bluff. Ho foil back on bins tor, which, howovor, would not work .when applied to n rospoctablo and rigorous castlgator such as Mr. Mills by a smarting and squirming castl gatoo. It resulted in tho nbjoct and forced refusal of Andorson to supply ifucts in tho faco of a charactorlza tlon which was about ovorytbing thai an attempt to Influouco votes through groundless dofamatlon of loglslaton would desorvo. The earnest and virtuous stipporton ot the Anti-Saloon Loaguo should open their eyes to this affair, Even woro tbo drinking ot alcoholic stimu lants tbo ovll thoy think it, which ws firmly bollova It 1b not, thoro aro still itvorBO things, Ono ot thorn Is tho pop acution and ruining of one's neigh bor by HI founded stories, Another ll tho corruption of legislators, iwbother by appeal to tholr cupidity iwltk money or to tholr timidity ltb tsreaU to their good roputo. When ,an lnstitutjon supported by tho dol lars as well hb tho approval ot tba church element goes too far it ii run Blag i reat risks of a faH. I yfmk ; " SIGH HERE. - Antl- H &Zz2j.- . J sZm I 7 H W YW srWlgotiEl uy opposing tho "bone-dry" law, paid reformers of the Anti-Saloon League are de strating ii. . i protect their jobs, they are against real prohibition. The "bone-dry" Af ill mar la vote as they b Uh . . . "HE cac WHAT WOOLDXK APPM TOW i. 600.000 m&& ,a WHO WOULD THQoxynouTorj ?QOYimniofit n pS WM1L ALOOtl PRESS GIVES A HOWL IT LOSES LIQUOR ADS Monti Dnnn Tl I. f O J J ll ... . I .nciuy lajiuio, uuuuijii rodr, To Prohibition, But Now the Business Office is Being Hit, and It Hurts Tho bowl going up from the press 11 over the country bocatiBo of tho .tovo to doprlvo thorn of "wot" adver ting I? both amusing nud Instructive. lu proposed Russianizing of tho H'cs la merely tho coming homo to oost of that line largo fowl ot fanatl lsm which tho pross nt tho dictation jf tho Antl Saloon Loaguo has helped o raise. This chicken of mngnitlcout proport ions seems to bo crowding tho cash egistor on tho press homo rooit, 'enco the fi untie howls from tho bust u s ot'.lce. Tho press of tho country 'ins been nnd still is subsidized IhiougU foar, nud added to this lack of courngo, this cowardice, has boon he haso and Ignoble Idea that hypo rltlcal pandering to this elemont vould bo pioatablo, f Cencorehlp Is Coming. Tim pi ess lias catered to that cam- italgn to that spirit which has mado . jossibla nnd iuovitablo this move to I IEBIr!fflti2iSzhL k S - jI .- f iWMJMEsmzr r ldm &-i drink. SHOULD WORRY!" r-V-' r - - V.J t BE. bt uf6ue ourrenaerea news ooiumns tako chargo of tho advertising cl umns of tho pross, and this is only a beginning. Tho worst la yot to como and tho pross of tho country may as woll proparo for it. Tho abjoct- ur icndor of tho nows columns of tho pross to thoso propagandists lod as naturally as night follows day to tho assumption that with that surrondor wont a kind of proprietary Intorost lu tho advertising columns also. Tho surrender in ths first instinct had boon so extremoly abjoct, the spirit of toadyism so servile, that It Is not Btrango It tho regulators pre Bumod that no demand they Blight mako Would bo refused. TTnrinr all thn circumstances this nresuniDtloM was both natural and justified. Nw that tho hand out of which the grMt Amer ican press has boon feedln Its news nud editorial columns takes a vigorous slap at tho business offlc, there Is "walling nnd gnashing of teoth" mrouguout all tbo laad. Ohio Valley TImos. non-law IHi'l. - r imiLEK 6L&-' Si LETTHm YsSJ LOOK fog OWER J0B5 OUR CONGRESSIONAL FAL STAFPS. The day may yet arrive when any actor daring to appear as Fa I staff or any other bibulous character on an American stage will bo haled to cpurt in short order and Incarcerat ed In a Federal prison on the charge of corrupting the public morals. As Congress has passed a law pro hlbltlng circulation through the malls of any publication containing an advertisement of alcoholic liquors the next step, logically, will be for It to pin the white ribbon on the theater. And of course Demon Rum will be chased off the movie screen. No more will the comedians, so-called, In baggy breeches and slapstick shoes besmear each other with the wedding cake after having drained the nuptial wine straight from the bottle. Those thrilling scenes from ths Wild Weet fllme In which Red Nose Pete and loezy Bill shoot up the Palace Dance Hall after lm. blblng freely of Its wares will be deleted carefully by the censors. And vlewe ef the mountain moon ehlner In hit remantlc habitat will be barred absolutely, 4 But while all this revising of the morale of the country la going on will the blaek battle In the Cen gresslonal antereeme b drained "bone dry?" That'e the Important question. New Verk Evening tun. MINISTER IS lilffl in THE BK Witness Says Chrgyman Threatened Him With Indictments By Grand Jury Unless h3 Made Full Confession of ileged Transactions Involving Seventeen Persons wau namod Sullivan, wan calloJ in und .told to get the p.iporo. "Ho rcportod lutcr that Sergeant Putnam had them and lofuood to sur render them. Ho vn3 rent back and finally enmo with them." Solllns v.'blaky to ' tbo best pcor-lo' In town and to lcaJinj drug Gtorcs nnd ltoto.3. In wl'o'ojalu lots was tho aulclt turn UU booMcg-ilnj buslnesu toolt ufter hh 'I'orupromlFo" with Major Gill August 0, Logan Lilllngslcy teatl fled. Prominent Mlnlotsr Involved. The namo of Dr. Mark Matthews, prominont mlnlator, was brought into tho to timony whci Dllllngaloy sjated that Dr, M.itthuv.tt knew of tho Gill brlLo, and threatened him with Indict menin by i'io I'cdornl grand Jury If he didn't 'con-.c through" with a confea tlon. Thin explains the subpoena ol tbo 1o:a1 minister earlier in tho week. nirinr.loy testlllc-l that ho warned Gill fid I tho clergyman was "double crons'i s" him, and repeated to Gill tho threat that Matthowa had mado. Clll according to tho w'tnesa, told him lot to worry about tho county grand j..ry becnuso It novor Indicted any of fondora except little ones. Ho was asked why ho had "tola graphed to San Fr.inr.i3cn, nsklng for Dblpmcnt of fifty-gallon barrels Instead of forty gallon barrols. nnd explained that 03 ho was obliged to pay ?10 for each bairol to the water-front deter tlvo aiuad, ho nave 1 raonoy by getting the larger barrels. MlUnqslcy awore that when lo pro posed payment to Ma., or 0111 of a sum of money monthly for protortlon tho mayor did not cara to do buslnoss in that way. "I want mlno In n lump r.uin," Dllilngslcy oworo tho mayor oald. HARK, FROM THE TQMB! noc...ii2ifc. tho fable 'of tho frogs who wcro dissatisfied with Klin L03 and woro punished by having Kin? fitork aot over thoni, nro whining crion from West Virginia, whero n revolt Is bplng organized against tho Imposition of tho hnrah to-nis of tho "bono dry" pto hibltlon amendment voted by congress. After two short years oxpcrlonco with tho prohibition that Is attended by hootloggors, blind tigers nnd other forms of Illicit Balo of intoxicants, tho gonornl assembly voted, to legalize what Is widely known ns "quurt-a-month" prohibition. In other words, tho bibulous West Virginian, whose heart pantoth for strong watcra, wits to bo pcimlttcd to Import one full quart or distilled spirits each lunar and calendar month. This act, grate fully received and lustily choorod, ho comes offcctlvo on May 2. IJut, ulas, on July 1 will como tbo legal onllvrning of tho fodornl lafr, now dormant, and it will becomo a crlmo to Bhip usquebaugh, spirits, corn, brandy or any other form of up setting bovoragos Into tho Mountain State. Tho harassed citizen thorcQf, as will bo scon through simple calcu lation, will got but two quarts when tho fodoral desiccating simoon will bu gln to blow, drying up.tho land nnd shriveling up the soul of tho merry mnkors. It Is not to bo wondered at that thoro Is a turning to minds trnined In tho law to ask whether u mora amendment to a postoulco bill at Washington strides puramount to q rogulnr statuto passed in duo form In tho Statohouse at Charleston. De termined men thoro havo highly re solved that they will fight for tho quart-a-month enactment until the Su premo Couit of tho United States has been reached and appeal mado unto it. Cincinnati Enquiror. LIQUOR RAIDS NECESSITATE MORE COT8 IN W. VA. JAIL m y A dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va., to the Pittsburg Times, saya: Sheriff Howard Hastings placed several cots In the county Jail to accommodate prlsonere who have not been assigned to cells because of the present crowded condition as a result of the numerous raids by prohibition forces yesterday and Saturday. There are 105 prisoners in jail, the largest In the history of the county. The Jail contains but 79 cells. M:tor "III" 0111, of L'cattlo, Wash. und sixteen ottier oflldnK Including tho chief of poilco nnd sheriff aro be lug tried In Fodoral Court on thi charge of receives bribes and protect Ing u bootlogglnj concern. Tbo gOT ornment "star" witness is Logan Dll llugslcy, alleged head ot tho boot loggers. The following dispatch to th Los Angeles Times, describes the sea national court scone In which Hilling ley testlllod ho gave Seattle's prohlbl Hon mayor ?4,U00 to dismiss caste pending against him: s Tl:o chief of polico left hlB office I reached Into my pocket; took out $1,000 in currency nnd laid It on the desk whore tho mayor was sitting He plcl.cd it up and put It into hli packet." Thus did Logan Billingsloy tell the Juiy and a breathless, straining crowd in Fo.lorr.1 Court today that ho bribed Major II. C. 0111 on August 30, 1916, to ri'bmlgfi city cases ponding against him and his brothers and Burrendai Incriminating cvldonco which had been seized July 2G In a police raid on tho Night and Day Drug Store. It wna the big moment in the story t thn government's chief witness la U'o boozo graft conspiracy trial of QUI, T iof Uccklngham, Sheriff Hodge and City Dotectivcs Peyser, Poolman, Doom and McLennan. Ttlotlnr; that for a tlmo threatened to i etch ucrious proportions started In"ho corridors this afternoon when deputy United States marshals, rela fciN'Md by a largo squad ot police, at tempted to forco back a crowd ot sev eral hundred persona eager to hear tho ?.i'ie. 'luff women swoonod and woro car rlo l Into the marshal's oirice. Tolica and deputy n.nrahnls forcibly ejected many pcranns who resisted their ef forti, to pic-i thoni back. Order was not restored until tho court ordered tho donra lIuscJ. Tells Stialght Story, Iilllingsloy told the circumstances of his allege! bribery In t.ho matter-of-f.ict niani.cr and voice ho has used, sin; f his I111II1 tment nnd arres short' ly bofoio Christmas. Ilo loaned forward and talked dl icrtly to Ihe jury. Ho uced tho ,Ih dox finger ot h's right hand to. motion In emphasis ns ho talko.1. "I frit fliiro Hlnco the 7th of. August that my canes with tho rlty would be compromised," ho testified. "My at. toiuey, Gcorgo Vanderveer, had dls. cussed compromise with tho mayor nnd told mc Hint thoy could be conv promlsod. ' I went to San Francisco to arrangt for carload shipments of liquor ns Boon as I got tho casos dismissed. I re turned to Soattlo August 27. Before that I had discussed with my attornoy tho piobnblo cost of gotting tho cases dinpped. In fact ' had agreed to pay ?7,r,00. "I ovon tried to got him to attend to tho details, only bothering mo to pity tho cost. Ilo refused and sa!4 tli.it any such personal expense I would havo to attend to. "rinnlly, whon ho had assured jna that the chances of settling the cane woro g'od I went to tho Washington Annex nnd got 1,000 from the safe thoro and returned nlono between nnd 3 o'clock to tho polico station, Tho mayor was thoro. Wo nlj had a visit. Tho mayor treated mo mighty; decent. lie didn't show any of thej fooling toward mo that tio had shows? , after tho Wocdln shooting. . "Paid Wrong Conductor." "Finnlly, tho chief left tho office. The mayor told mo that he knew I had beon pnylng Dotcctlvo Peyser. 1011 nnvo noon pnylng tho wrong con utictor,' 110 told me. "I can't remember tho exact words I inod, but I gavo him to understand tlint I wanted to know who tho right conductor wns. I took $4,000 In cur rency out of my pocket, laid It on the desk whoro tho mayor eat and bo put Jt in his pocket." Neither Mayor 0111 nor rhinf PitMf. Ingham changed expression or position ai iniH singe or Hillings ev'a recital. "Tho chiof roturned and the mayor ioiu mm that thoy woro going to be my irionus ana for him to ett my papers, The chief told him that there. was a subpoena for tho papers I'Toi neu Willi tlint." tho mavor aald.j " "Tho chief said Prosecutor Lunduv nau asked tor them In a state case. '"To hell With Lundls.' tha marof aid. Then an officer, wko, 1 tUUuv 4 I