PROHIBITION IS
FACING SUPREME
TEST IN THE U. S.
ABSTRACT OF REPORT ON PRO
HIBITION COMPILED BY RE
SEARCH DEPARTMENT.
Is Unbiased Report
Various Elements, Nof Apparent, Ap
pears to Complicate Matters—
Saloons Are Gone.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 21. (/P)
—A belief that prohibition in the
United States is facing a supreme
test, with the final outcome in doubt
was expressed tonight in a report
compiled after months of investi
gation by the Research and Education
Department of the Federal Council
of Churches.
“No one can say with positiveness
what the ultimate outcome ol. this j
test will be.” said the ropor: "No I
cocksure optimism is warranted, nor J
is pessimism of ‘defeatism’ justified
by the facts. Much seems to depend
upon the development of public opin
ion in the near future.”
An “unfavorable and disquieting” (
trend since 1920 in the social conse- i
i
quences of prohibition was seen by ;
the investigators in statistics gather- j
ed from many sources, but the re-1
port declared no available statistical ;
data could be accepted as conclusive |
and pointed out that the wholesome
effects of prohibition are registered \
in inconspicuous ways which cannot I
be reduced to statistical tabulation. !
Many of the claims made by those '
on both sides of the controversy were
discarded as virtually worthless. Pub
i
licity material circulated with a
view to influencing public opinion i
was declared to have been based
largely on questionable data.
“Prohibition publicity has suffered j
much,” said the report, “from care-1
less and unwarranted inferences, j
Much of the publicity given out by !
the Prohibition Unit in the Treasury |
Department has been of this unfor-’
tunate kind. On the other hand, 1
much unjust and misleading propa-;
ganda has been put out for the pur- j
pose of discrediting prohibition.”
On the question of public senti
ment, the report declared there
could be little doubt as to the mood
of the country when prohibition was
adopted, but that since that time va-ri
ous elements had somewhat com
plicated the situation. On the sub
ject however,—the saloon—the evi
dence appealed more decisive. It
was said that “there seems to be
not the least doubt that the country
has accepted with satisfaction the
passing of the saloon.”
Most of the data compiled in the
investigation was reserved for future
disclosure, but the section of the re
port made public tonight contained
two sets of figures.
One summarized the responses to
a questionaire sent out to members
of the National Conference of Social
Work, a majority of whom reported
! that conditions in the homes of the
! poor had improved in various ways
under prohibition, that children’s de
linquency was decreasing, and that
! liquor was less accessible than for
merly to minors, but that drinking
among young people had increased
as compared to pre-prohibition times
and general respect for law had de
| creased.
I The other tabulation related to in
! temperence as af actor in depen
dency, and was summarized in the
report as showing that altho there
was a “sharp drop” in such cases
(about 1920, there has been “very
! decided and fairly consistent increas
! es since that date,” although “there
is an encouraging number of cities
! that report decreases in 1924.”
The report, other sections of
which are to be made public daily
over the coming week, was prepared
under the direction of the Rev. F.
Ernest Johnson, head of the Federal
Council’s Research and Education
Department. In a foreward, he de
clared the study had been undertaken
in order to give a “fair appraisal,”
unbiased by personal opinion, and
uninfluenced by the great mass of
current literature which had eman
ated from biased sources.
ELBERT'S SON IS RADICAL
POTSDAM. Sept. 21 (/P)—Friedericli
Ebert, son of the late president of
Germany, has become editor of the
Social Democratic Volksblatt, a radi
cal organ. He formerly was editor of
the Social Democratic parliamentary
news service of Berlin.
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NENANA TO NOME
WINTER RACE
PUT TO POETRY
FAMOUS SERUM RACE TO NOME,
FEATURING KASSON AND
BALTO, IN POEM.
Entitled, “The Lay Relay,” the fol
lowing poem of the Nenana-Nome
dipthheria antitoxin, dog race of last
winter, appears in the late number
of the Short Story Magazine. The
poem was written by Henry Her
bert Knibbs, prominent writer. The
editor of the magazine has the fol
lowing to say regarding the poem:
“Just as a personal matter, an
honest glorying in a miracle o.f cour
age, many a reader will cut out the
two pages of Knibbs’ splendid poem
in this issue, and preserve them
among what records he keeps to as
sure himself and others that the
world is good; that life is -well worth
the living and the striving. What
ever the outcome of our reader- edi
torial discussion may be—whether
spiritual, moral, or bluff bull-dog cour
age is deemed the greater—the dog
Balto and his master Kasson will
stand together on their pinnacle.
For in them, in dog and man, was a
fusing of physical and moral cour
age unsurpassed.”
THE LAST RELAY
“Help, or we perish!” The cry went
forth,
From the heart of Nome in the si
lent North,
As a black scourge smote the land.
Terror shadowed each stricken home,
And hope grew wan in the streets of
Nome,
Till the long relay was planned.
Relief! From a snow-girt city, far,
Where shone the light of the Mercy
Star,
And the brave were quick to heed,
The cry of their kindred, leagues
away.
As the taut wire told of the first re
lay,
To answer a peoples’ need.
Then, boring down through the bitter
day,
Sped the straining team of the next
relay,
And the cry, “Mush on! Mush on!”
Again was the priceless freight trans
ferred,
To him who waited a sign, a word,
And the next relay was gone. ■
And so the burden to Kasson came,
And little he dreamed of praise or
fame,
Yet well, too well he knew,
That of no avail was the task begun,
If he faltered once on the final run,
And three-score miles to do.
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His work. And again, "Mush on!
Mush on!”
Till he gained the station of Solo
mon.
“Wait there!” came the terse de- j
cree;
Storm—and forty degrees below,
Landmarks lost in the drift of snow,
Did Kasson wait? Not he!
Ever his desperate course he held, i
While the rage of the blizzard beat j
and swelled,
Till lost in the wild snow-foam,
The huskies turned in their tracks
and stood,
Storm-whipped, shorn of their hardi
hood,
On the last relay to Nome.
Lost! Yet one of that splendid team,
Balto, the block dog, eyes agleam,
Answered his master’s call,
Sprang to the lead and the trail was
found,
And Safety Avon, on the storm-swept
Sound:
Balto, that saved them all!
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Gunnar Kasson has little to say,
Only, “My Balto found the way,
His feet they go pretty sore!”
Yet Balto’s name is in many lands,
And fashioned in rugged bronze, he
stands,
A hero, forever more.
Charles L. Cadwallader, Anchorage
transfer man, who arrived in Sew
ard Sunday on a short trip, during
which time he visited with E. P.
Walker, executive officer of :he Al
aska Game Commission, departed for
home again yesterday morning.
Mrs. C. A. Wagner and Mrs. C. H.
Hoover, who have been spending an
enjoyable visit in Seward for the
past month, departed yesterday morn
ing for Juneau where Mrs. Hoover
will join her husband. Mr. Hoover
has been on a big game hunt in S.E.
Alaska during the time Mrs. Hoover
visited this region of the Territory.
They will return again next summer.
When you think Oxfords, think Ur
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Banker’s Wife Advises
Seward People
"I had stomach trouole so bad ev
erything I ate soured and formed
gas. Was miserame until i tried Ad
lerika. This helped the first day.”
Adlerika helps any case gas on the
stomach unless due to deep-seated
causes. The QUICK action will sur
prise you. Because Adlerika is such
an excellent intestinal evacuant it
is wonderful for constipation—it of
ten works in one hour and never
gripes.—Seward Drug Company.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
STEAMSHIP STARR
STR. STARR SAILS WEST OCTOBER 4.
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON ». SEWARD, ALA8KA
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle—
Sept. 8
Oct. 1.
Arrives at
Seward—
Sept. 15
Oct. 8.
South from
Seward—
Sept. 22,
Oct. 14.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main SI Res., Madison 40
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP i
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct 10.
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 31
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10. i
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 31
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Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in the above schedule will not leave Seward earlier
than MIDNIGHT, sailing date.
Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers, connects with
above steamers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak Is
land points, subject to change without notice.
FLICKINGER, Agent
STEWARD, ALASKA
J. H.
PHONE MAIN 125 stWAKD, ALASKA
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SEE THE INTERIOR
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THE GOLDEN BELT
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understood, and
to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and development; travelers to the
Northland are urged to visit
ALASKA’S “GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the
“Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Turnagain Arm, An
chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, Mt. Me
kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley and Fairbanks, hold
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent;
and a tour through these regions creates a true conr^wi * * 0f the
good things that Alaska has to offer.
For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates hd other in
formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ^
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
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