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Literary Digest Prohibition Poll 40 Per CentWetrM BryHH^Moist
NEARLY FIVE MILLION
BALLOTS CAST UP TO
FINAL TABULATION
Five States Bone Dry, Five Drip-
ping, and One Gives Plural-
ity for Light Drinks
MODIFICATION IS THE RIDDLE
Both Sides Claim Middle-of-the-
Road Vote Is With Them; 20
Million Forms Sent Out
Forty voters out of ever hundred in
the United States desire the repeal
of the eighteenth amendment, 29 pre
fer modification of the Volstead law,
and 31 stand for strict enforcement,
according to The Literary Digest's
final report on its nation-wide poll,
to be published in tomorrow s issue of
that magazine.
A grand total of 4.806.464 of the
20,000,000 ballots sent out came back
properly marked, as follows:
For enforcement, 1,464,098, or 30.46
per cent.
For modification, 1,399,314, or 29.11
per cent.
For repeal, 1,943,052, or 40.43 per
cents.
“An unparalleled return, this, from
the 20.000,000 blank ballots which be
gan their outflowing pulsations
through the mail routes of the entire
country in the last days of winter and
the first days of spring!” exclaims the
editor.
‘The harvest of votes far exceeds
the fruits of all The Digest’s most fa
mous and disputed presidential polls.
Does not this indicate that the Amer
ican people are more deeply stirred
by the existing prohibition situation
than they were even by the Hoover-
Smith contest, whose astonishing
outcome was so categorically forecast
by our 1928 poll?
“Compare the totals. The Hoover-
Smith poll of some 19,000.000 ballots
brought a return of 2.767.263 votes.
That was unprecedented, but it fades
perceptibly in the presence of our
prohibition-poll harvest of over four
and three-quarter millions out of
twenty millions. ,,
How They Align
Five states— Arkansas, Kansas,
North Carolina, Oklahoma and Ten
nessee-registered a majority vote for
strict enforcement, as previously re
ported; and five gave a majority for
repeal—Connecticut, Louisiana, Ne
vada, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
The two extremes, by the final fig
ures, continue almost neck and neck
—going in opposite directions: Kan
sas, 57.67 per cent dry; Nevada 57.61
per cent wet.
Thirteen states gave over 40 per
cent of their votes for enforcement:
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, lowa,
Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
Eighteen states are more than 40
per cent for repeal: Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Wyoming—
and the District of Columbia.
One Strong for Light Staff
Washington state is the only one to
give even a slightly larger vote for
light wines and beer than for either
enforcement or repeal; but the states
that cast approximately 30 per cent
of their ballots for such modification
include nearly one half of the whole
country—namely: Arizona. Califor
nia, Colorado, Connecticut, District of
Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, lowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ore
go, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont,
Washington, West Virginia and Wis
consin.
A generous portion of The Literary
Digest's editorial comment in this
issue is devoted to thanking the press
of the country and all those on both
sides who have helped to make the
poll a success. It says:
“To The Digest it is a deep satisfac
tion to have grappled successfully
with this immense task. But all our
hard labor and lavish expenditure
would have been of little use without
the eager cooperation of those who
marked and returned their ballots.
To these 4,806,464 public-spirited
Americans of both sexes we proffer
thanks and congratulations. They
are he poll!
“In all fairness The Digest also con
gratulates and thanks those other
thousands who received ho ballots but
were so keen on voting in this sweep
ing expression of the national atti
tude that they besieged us with pleas
for ballots—pleas to Which we were
.OLD GRADUATES
HIRE “DAKOTANS”
Advanced to office managers
with their respective firms', four
former students at Dakota Business
College, Fargo, recently called on
their old school for help. Result:
Alice Netser was sent to Smith
Motor Co.; Hildegard Lindner to
Black’s Department Store; B. G.
Schroeder to North American/
Creamery Co.; Misses Traynor
and Rippley to Hull Insurance Co.
Results prove the worth of AC
TUAL BUSINESS training (copy
righted— at D.B.C. only). “Fol
low the Successful” with Summer
School, June 2-10. Write F. L.
Watkins, Pres., 806 Front St., Fargo,
CULL, BAKKEN,
BRADY and JANZ
Certified Public Accountants
INCOME TAX SPECIALISTS
Dahl Bldg, Bismarck Phone 859
TENTH AND FINAL REPORT OF THE
LITERARY DIGEST PROHIBITION POLL
(From the Literary Diffest. for May 24, 1030)
For For For
State— Enforcement Modification Repeat Total
Alabama 17,187 0,291 9,581 36,059
Arizona .">,l 12 4,813 4,733 14,692
Arkansas 1 4.272 6.1f>9 6.962 27,343
California 8f..302 93,832 107.868 290,002
Colorado 25,753 18,678 15,484 59,915
Connecticut 19,604 33,915 54,514 108,093
Delaware 3.374 1.958 4.653 9.985
District of Columbia 4,477 5.282 7,972 17,731
Florida 15,921 13.716 21.036 60,703
Georgia 14.290 lo.oxo 11,566 35.936
Idaho 9.722 5.441 9,879 25,042
Illinois 62,416 75.051 117.547 255.044
Indiana 51,494 39.949 42,359 133,802
lowa 38.624 - 26,523 27,014 92,161
Kansas 42,301 17,1 48 13,891 73,340
Kentucky 23.477 17,479 27.392 i 8.348
Louisiana 8,487 9,765 19,266 3i,018
Maine 13,237 8.|09 11,685 33,031
Marvland 13,583 1 3.000 25,404 52,047
Massachusetts 57.876 51,362 96.133 205,371
Michigan 63.600 72.995 98,499 235,094
Minnesota 41.917 12.017 65,867 139.501
Mississippi ............... 11,058 5,528 6.243 22,829
Missouri 45,01 1 31,609 62,867 142,487
Montana 10,069 8,748 17,341 30,158
Nebraska 22,481 15,758 14,735 52.974
Nevada 1.145 1.619 3,620 6,284
New Hampshire 7,773 6,630 6,574 20,977
New Jersey 47,747 75,673 125,469 248,889
New Mexico 2,768 2,338 3,036 5.J42
New York 109.586 182,200 283,674 575,480
North Carolina 30,283 15,685 13,806 59,774
North Dakota 9,842 10,024 12,701 32,567
Ohio 94,381 98,953 106,159 299,493
Oklahoma 28,912 14,129 13,714 56,755
Oregon 20,665 JR,842 16,586 56,093
Pennsylvania 147,557 136,233 243,063 526,853
Rhode Island 4,492 5,894 10,390 2(1,776
South Carolina 10.590 6,691 8,058 23,339
South Dakota 9,155 7,501 6,680 23,336
Tennessee 24,495 11*25 12,710 48,630
Texas 55,824 37,565 36,673 '133,062
Utah 9,599 8,526 .8,726 26,851
Vermont 5,71 1 4,519 5,210 15,440
Virginia 23,781 17,389 26,604 67,774
Washington 28,059 29,932 27,724 84,815
West Virginia 18,057 15,494 13,957 47,508
Wisconsin 24.305 31,313 49,205 104,823
Wyoming 3.778 3,180 6,168 13,126
State Unknown 20,858 15,261 12,052 48,171
1,464,098 1,399,314 1,943,052 4,806,464
THE QUESTIONS
1. Do you favor the continuance and strict enforcement- of the
eighteenth amendment and Volstead law?
2. Do you favor a modification of the Volstead law to permit
light wines and beers?
3. Do you favor a repeal of the prohibition amendment? v .
obliged to turn a deaf ear, since the
very essence of our polling system is
the wholly impersonal drafting of the
names and addresses.
“And the letters that have come to
us! One wonders whether on any
previous occasion in history so many
personal letters on a single topic—
letters packed with thought and feel
ing and cemented with anxious sin
cerity—have been delivered to the
same address.”
The Digest comments that the
modification vote is a riddle. Both
sides claim it leans their way.
Last Chick Shipment
For Juniors to Raise
Received by A. of C.
The final installment of baby
chicks to allot to Junior club boys and
girls through the county for raising
was received by the Association of
Commerce, today. There were 975 in
the shipment, which came from Min
neapolis.
When the plan was taken up it was
proposed to allot 2,500. Then the
number was doubled, and with the
shipment today approximately 6.000
chicks will have been given out in
quotas of 25.
Eleven letter men return for foot
ball at Penn State next season.
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Attend Conference
On Proposed Air Tour
Of State by Aviators
A proposal that the flyers of the
state put on a tour of North Dakota,
stopping off in the principal cities
and towns for exhibitions and to give,
passengers air rides, is being consid
ered at Minot, today, by representa
tives called together from various
points in the state.
A party which went to the confer
ence from here consisted of H. P.
Goddard, secretary of the Association
of Commerce, O. W. Roberts, meteor
ologist. Colonel Frayne Baker and
Captain Noyes, from Fort Lincoln.
University Budget
Approved by Board
Grand Forks. N."D„ May 33.— UP)—
The state board of administration ap
proved the university budget and the
program for the coming year at a,
meeting here Thursday, and will in-'
spect the school for feeble minded at
Grafton today.
MILLIONS FOR IOWA ROADS
Dos Moines, lowa—(A*)—This state
expects to spend $30,000,000 on its
road system this year.
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BISMARCK, N. DAK.
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930
BELL OF SPEAKEASY
TELEPHONE STILLED
BV FEDERAL RAIDERS
Advertising Circulars in Apart
ment House Mail Boxes
Lead to Discovery
New York, May 23.— (l P) —The tele
phone at Jack and Al’s hereafter will
ring in vain.
Federal agents raided what they
said was a telephone-speakeasy in
west 49th street after their attention
had been called to circulars placed in
mail boxes of apartment houses and
which read:
“Jack and A 1 announce the open
ing of an up-to-date branch under
the personal supervision of Jack and
Al—well-known distributors of high
grade whoopee beverages at popular
prices. All merchandise is analyzed
and tested and immediate deliveries
are assured. All sorts of wines and
liquors. Gin $1.25 a quart, fine dry;
Scotch, $4 a quart; rye, $2.50 a pint;
day and night service.” A telephone
number was listed.
“Jack and Al”—it seems they’re
four men—were declared by the
agents to be Jack Schwartz, Leo
Meyer. Ralph Richardson and Robert
Russell, Jr., all of whom were held
in jail on charges of conspiracy to
violate the prohibition law.
1 AT THE MOVIES !
PARAMOUNT THEATRE
It is always with a certain amount
of surprise that the busy, work-a-day
American citizen, surrounded with
every mechanical comfort, learns that
there are still regions on this conti
nent that are unexplored—that the
frontier has not yet disappeared. There
was general public amazement when
Lindbergh announced that he had
flown over-a lost Mayan city in Mex
ico. Similarly, there is always an
expression of disbelief when adven
turers or air planes are reported
“lost” in the wilds of the Hudson
Bay country.
“Tiger Rose” deals with the coming
of the railroad to the North woods
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country. Monte Blue and Lupe Velez
are co-starred in this Warner Bros,
and Vltaphone version of the famous
stage melodrama, which comes to the
Paramount Theatre tomorrow. Grant
Withers, Bull Montana, Tully Mar
shall, H. B. Warner, Gaston Glass
and Rin-Tin-Tin are prominent in
the long list of players in the sup
porting cast.
CAPITOL THEATRE
William Boyd is rapidly gaihlng
the reputation of being the screen’s
most formidable champion of the
uniform. In “Officer O’Brien,” a
talking picture in which he Is starred,
Boyd plays a lieutenant of police and
chalks up his seventh part in brass
buttons or olive drab.
Boyd ptarted his military screen
record with “Dress Parade,” as a
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“Officer O’Brien” is an original
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CITY SERVICE
Common Stock
The Board of Directors of Cities Service company authorized the
offering of Rights to Common stockholders of record on May 29,
1930, to purenase at par, $4.00 principal amount of a new issue of
its 5% Convertible Gold'Debenture due 1950, for each share of
Common Stock then held, provided payment is made for same on
or before June 16, 1930.
Through this procedure a melon of forty-three million dollars
is being offered to the holders of Cities Service company common
stock.
We call your attention to the following facts:
1. Cities Servide .Common Stock must be registered in your
name on or before May 29, 1930, to exercise Rights.
2. Rights must be exercised on or before June 16, 1930.
We wish to assist all stockholders in this territory in taking
advantage of their Rights. Please bring your Warrant'specifying the
number of Rights you are entitled to our office. If you are not a
stockholder, now is the time to purchase Cities Service company
common stock.
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Pioneer Investment House
119 Vi Fourth Street BISMARCK, N. DAK. Phone 220
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