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DANISH gjy rt k i w w* jtV W & P| si i *3? V: fes KINO IS REFUSED DRirtK Icelandic Subjects Would Not Give Their Monarch His Needed Snort. Lansing. Mich.—David Ostlund, edi tor of the Ireland!'' weekly papur, Fraekron (Seetlcorn), now visiting in Michigan, tells au interesting story about the prohibition Icelanders re fusing to give their king a drink and then how, later on, the same king ratified their dry law and said that he would be glad to sign the same kind of a law for Denmark. "In 1897 1 was sent from Denmark to Ireland as a missionary," said Mr. Ostlund. "When I reached the coun try prohibition work was In its in fancy. Most of the population were heavy drinkers. Since 1912 the en tire population have been temperate 1 assisted in making Iceland dry and now 1 am in America to do what 1 may In assisting to make this country dry- Editor of Newspaper. "Soon after going to Iceland I be cam* interested in the prohibition movement. Later 1 became editor of the "Fraekorn" and in that capacity I wrote more than any other man in the campaign. Most of our work was accomplished through publicity and through the "Oood Templars." "In liM)6 the prohibition movement k&d become so strong in Iceland that we were able to purchase the largest hotel In the capital city in order to prevent the sale of li|uor over its bar An interesting incident arose #ut of this purchase. King Couldn't Get Snort. "When news came that the Danish Itlng would visit Iceland, it was dis covered that the only suitable place for the entertainment of himself and %l8 suite was the hotel, which we had $nly recently purchased. As the kina as an habitual wine drinker, the Icelandic government asl:ed us to p?r Inlt the use of liquors in the hote' during his visit. We refused the ling had no wine. Nevertheless o".r Committee in charge of the hotel was fctiked to dine with the king ft a state banquet. King Give* Approval. "In 1908 the Icelandic people voted 0 per cent dry. In 1912 the law was |preseuted to the Danish king for his jpignature. He signed it and at the jsaine time said, "I have no greater "wish for my own people in Denmark than that I may sign a similar law •lor them." "The results of prohibition in Ice land have been excellent. Last year, for the first time in the history ot i «the country, a home owned steamer line was established between Reyk javik and the outer world. We have ^progressed, economically and socially luu per cent since the law went into .effect. "I hope to accomplish something for the cause of prohibition in Michi gan I am proud of the standing of -the Scandinavian population in the .northern part of the state. 1 believe I will be able, to bring 80 per cent Jof the Swedes In Michigan over to the 'cause of statewide prohibition.'* THE PROHIBITION STATES. Nineteen States Now Under Dry Plan. 8tx More to Vote This Year. During the present year five states ,jtnd Alaska are to vote on the ques tion of statewide prohibition The •tutes are California. Michigan, Mon tana, Nebraska and South Dakota. All vote at the November elections and a lively campaign has been inaugurated In each state. The following is a list of the states that are now under the statewide dry policy, with the dates that such law 1 was enacted and when their laws went is Into effect: Alabama, passed Jaa. 1, 1915 ef fective July 1. 1915. Arizona, passed Not. I, 1914 effec r' live Jan. 1, 1915. Arkansas, passed -i, 1915 ef fective. Jan. 1. 1916. Colorado, passed N*«f. J, 1914 ef fective. Jan. 1. 191B. Georgia, passed 1907 effective Jan. -, 1. 1908. Idaho, passed Feb. 1915 effective, -Jan 1,1916. Iowa, passed Feb. 1913 effective Jan. 1, 1910. ,, Kansas, passed Nov. 2, 1880 effec tive Nov. 23, 1880. Mississippi, passed Feb. 1908 effec tive, Dec. 31, 1908. North Carolina, passed May M. 1908: effective July 1,1908. North Dakota, passed Oct. 1, 1889 effective Nov. 2, 1889, Oklahoma, passed Mov. 16,1907 ef fective Nov. lti, 19u7. •if Oregon, passed Nov. 8, 1914 effec tive, Jan. 1, 1916. 4 South Carolina, passed Sept. 14, 1915 effective Dec. 31, 1915. it Tennessee, passed Jan. 19W effec ts' tjve, July 1, 1909. Virginia, passed 3ept. 21. 1914 ef fective Nov. 1, 191fi. Washington, passed Nov. 8, 1914 e Jan. 1, 1916. m. Virginia, passed 1912 effec y 1,1914. bad Use* 184C 'i atatiitogf fnMUtim r. s I.' HIGH PRAISE FOR RUSSIAN DRY LAW Petrograd Town Council Reports Beneficent Ettects ol Czars Edict. Boston, Mass.---Copies of the Hritish Journal of Inebriety reaching litis country give the results of an investi gation made by Dr. Alex L. Mendel sou of the Hetrograd town coun. il into the first six months of the dry regime in Russia. According to the report, which is up to .March, 19i.i, the arrests for drunkenness, which in Russia occur only when the person is disorderly, fell ill I'etrograd in the last sit months of 1HH to 12,242 from 29,4tl in the first six mouths before vodka was prohibited, and from H3.830 in the corresponding period in 1913. There was some increase in cases of poisoning due to the use of meth/1 aleohol. but the sale of this spirit has now been placed under very strict control. Cases of mental derangement due to alcohol at the Obukhov hospital for the first three months of the years 191 i, 1914 and 1915, were, respective ly. 114, 117 and 07. with a somewhat higher death rate among these ca.itsg due to the use of poisonous substi tutes. Accident cases, most of them i drunken, decreased from 710 to 237 for the five months, July to November, 1913 and 1914. Suicides in both Petrograd and War-' saw fell oft markedly in the last half of 1914. Small pawn shop loans were ll.'!.3nts, as compared with 177,"8D in the first six months of the year. The savings banks deposits show most remarkable changes. the tin- I e a S a v i n s a n k s e e o o difference for three years was. 1913. an increase of 6,700,000 roubles: 1914, a decrease of 1.200,000: 19ir, an in-! crease of 149,find,000. For the first five months of 1915 the total savings represented a gain of 200,000,000 rou-1 bles,, but even these, says Professor Simpson, do not represent al! the sav ings, as these are partly expressed in better clothing and food DRY LAWS CLOSE BREWERIES Corporations Preying On People lit Various States. Washington, D. C.—The reason why brewery corporations are making such a terrific fight to defeat statewide pro hibition legislation is apparent in the number of these concerns which dry laws have put out of commission. The United States commissioner of internal revenue, under the date of Jan. 1, 1916, reports the closing (the reason is seli-explanatory) of the fol lowing breweries: Little Rock Brewing and Ice com pany, Uttle Rock. Ark. The Capitol Brewing company, N'eef Bros. Brewing company, Tivoli-L'nlon Brewing company and the Ph. Zang Brewing company. Denver Colo The Adolph Coors Brewing and Manufacturing company, Golden, Colo. The Colorado-Columbine Brewing company, Leadville. Colo. Charles Faden, Silverton, Colo. Clemens Wichman, Telluride, Colo. The Pelle Brewing and Ice company, Trinidad, Colo. Ende Beer company, Caspar Heil Brewing company and Mohen Brewing company, Burlington, la. The Mangus Brewing company, Ce dar Rapids, la. Rohde & Vollstedt, Davenport. Ia. Dubuque Brewing and Malting com pany, Dubuque Star Brewing company, Dubuque. Ia. (Jraf Bros, and Iowa Brewing com pany, Iowa City, Ia. Pe-chstein Na«el company, Keo kuk, la. Fritz Staemmele. Magnoketa. la. General Manufacturing company, and Interstate Brewing company, Sioux City. la. Waverly Brewing company, Waver ly, la. Roseburg Brewing and Ice com pany, Roseburg, Oregon. East Tennessee Brewing company (unincorporated), Knoxville, Tenn. Frederick E. Broese, Ellens burg, Wash. North Yakima Brewing and Malting company, North Yakima. Wash. Port Townsend Brewing company, Port Townsend, Wash. Spokane Brewing and Malting com pany. (Henco Brewery), Spokane, Wash. WHO PAID THE BILLST When Miss Clara Busch, daWfcMer Of the millionaire brewer of St 1-ouls. had her "coming out" in Decxiubef. 1914, the dinner that her mother gate the 500 guests cost J14.000, the flow ers $10,000 and the wine 85,000. The Jewelry worn by those present was estimated to have been worth $500, 000. This dinner that for food, flow ers and wine cost nearly $30,000, was paid for by whom? By the beer drinkers of the United States. Thirty thousand dollars for one dinner, while many of the men who drank the An heuser-Busch beer could a»t afford many times 30 cents for a dinner for the wife and kiddles. The "good fellow" In the corner 1aq& hit a iifliTiBt MBUildAft |1 -i 5 f- mechanical CNcrctccfiiNa ocpaiiTMKNT Snc^ricko ScitMTiric S chool IALC UIHIVtKSITf The table furnished 40. 4 i. V' 4f Vs i r" 4 ^tki 1 1 A ~fc-# -s£ Ml Maxwell Wins Test Over 40 Cars Result of the great Yale University Sheffield Scientific School Of the forty automobiles tested at the famous Sheffield Scientific School laboratory the Maxwell stands first in economy of Gasoline consumption. The Biever llotor Car Company, 1079 Chapel Street New Haven, Conn* Gentleman: 1 an enclosing report of test of your lbmrell automobile recently mad* ia our laboratory. I should like to add the following comments* 1. RELIABILITY Op TEST. A preliminary test was made on April 19th, using a new oar *hioh was rather stiff. Tho showing wae so good that we decided to make a second test. This was trade on April 30th, using sane oar. On this test, the oar showed less etlffhess and the performance was bstter than on the flFst oar. Eifi seoend test was supervised aost careful experts, and the results, I teller* to be perfectly reliable. 2. MILEAGJ&. The efficiency of the Maxwell antomobile as indicated by the number of m*lst on a level road, is exceptionally high. This mlleaee reoord Is better than that at one of forty automobiles tested in our labor a to 17 to date* S« MOTOR PERFORMANCE. The efficiency of the motor and carburetor as Indicated by the pounds of Oline used per hour per horse-power at rear tires, is exceedingly good, and Indicate* •ery perfeot carburetor action over the whole range of speed and load* This reacrd like that on alleage par gallon, is the best one that we have had* \T«ry truly yours. by Power and Fuel test made on high gear of Maxwell stock Touring Car on compara* tively level roads by Prof«Mor» E. H. Lockwood and T. Q. Boyer, Sheffield ScMntiiio School, Yale University. 1. Name of r*ar MAXWELL, 1915 Model "25" *2. Owner of car Biever Motor Car Co., Niw Haves 'a. Date of test: April 30th, 1915 4. Weight of car with driver 2,000 lbs. 5. Wind resisting area 20 sq. ft 6. Rolling resistance, declutched, high 36 lbs. 7. Rear »atio, diroct, measured 3.55 to 1 8. Tires, size, front and rear 30 3.5 9 Tires, make, U. S. Non-skid Inflated to 70 lbs. 10. Wheel base 103 inches 11. Cylinders Four, 3 5-8x4 1-2 12. Carburetor K. D. 13. Ignition Battery and Simms Magneto 14. Starter Simms-Huff 15. Gasoline spec. fT«V. 0.72 SPEED DRAWBAR PlflUL HORSEPOWER FUEL Miles per Hour Pounds At Rear Tire* Miles per Gallon 10.2 42. 1.2 33.8 19.8 60. 3.2 33.2 30 1 -,j A Come in and see and ride in one of these Record Breaking MaxweU Wonder Cars. Full S-Passangef Touring Car $55 extra -si. aft Jf write or telephone, and we will put one of our demonstrating can at your IV I e v i 4 i 1 N«Mr MdVIN, CONKtlCTieUT Uay let 1910* ASai^'ANT PR0CP1S33CJR UBGH4ITIC4L EHGIHEERHT0. the Yale Sheffield Scientific School \jy 7.2 23.2 14.1 19.3 •imp) Test. our UK 'JS ,v.: i i Jyj tM- ••v, sr/jsf ...3- y 'T. l-J.