Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 209, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1926 — Page 13

FRIDAY, JAN. 1, 1926

RIKHOFF SEES NEED FOR DRY f LAW CHANGES Cites Difficulties in Enforcing Prohibition in Indianapolis. By Herman F. Rikhoff, Police Chief The prohibition law, its success or its failure, is one of the most important questions whicfl can be discussed today. During the year 1925 I have tried through this department to cope honestly with the infractions of the law, as I have the three preceding years of my administration. A discussion of prohibition and bootlegging cannot be made for 1925 without considering the previous years of prohibition. * To every fair minded, unprejudiced and clear-thinking person there are salient features of the prohibition law which cannot be escaped. Let us consider them one by one. I am not ip favor of the return of licensed saloons. Nine out of every ten persons who read this will agree With me. If they were questioned, ninety-nine out of every husdred persons would agree with me. There is no denying that home conditions generally, and specifically in the poorer sections of our city, are better since the "corner saloon” has Luckily—or was it guided by SfVovldence? —the saloons left before streets were filled with motor cars. Have you ever stopped to think how safe you would be on the streets if parties of motorists could stop at any corner and buy a round of drinks? In the days of horses and bicycles the speed demon which seems, to infect those who have had "one too many” could not do the damage which it can do now with the high powered automobiles. Rebellious Opinion All citizens in our country are not in sympathy with the' prohibition laW as it now stands. Public sentiment to some extent is rebellious against It. That is evident from the large number who violate this law. Many who would never violate any other law do violate the liquor law. This shows that something is wrong, either with the law or each and every individual who violates it. A law whieh will satisfy the majority of the people, enforced to the letter, will make, in my estimation, prohibition a success. This means concession on both sides. During the year M 25, to the date of Dec. 10, this department made 2,017 arrests for blind tiger. Os that number 621 were convicted in our city court. Just about 31 per cent. There were 2,586 arrests for drunkenness. Os that number 1,963 were convicted, or about 72 per cent.

There were 438 arrests for operating k a motor vehicle under the influence [of liquor—a charge which is on our kfctatute books today as a misJp meanpr-%hen it should be a felony a heavy penalty. Os this number there were 236 convictions, or about 53 per cent. It is entirely too hard for my officers, using their vernacular to “make a case” In court. There are too many legal loop holes. Reader, do you think that a man should be "staggering drunk” before you would consider him unfit to operate a motor vehicle? Cites Canada By way of comparison, our neighboring country to the north, Canada, has practically rid itself of the charge of “drunkenness.” To be arrested on the street or In a public place drunk means one year in jail. Yet government distilled liquor is sold by the government between certain hours of the day. This liquor is sold mainly for medicinal purposes and its use is respected by the citizens. In private, I have had many of the best doctors admit to me that for some sicknesses certain liquor is the best remedy that can be used. In Canada there are no saloons and beer and light wines , are sold in cases and restaurants only when food is ordered. The violations of the liquor law are doing more damage to our boys and girls—the men and women, fathers and mothers of tomorrow. We hear and read so much about “what will become of our younger generation.” Is it beginning to get disgusting to you? Perhaps. The fact that the situation is bad enough to cause so much discussion is reason enough why we men at the head bf our homes, city, county. State and Nation should do something about It. twenty years ago if a young man came to a dance or any other social gathering with liquor on his breath he w'as “put out.” Today the young man with a flask on his hip, even If it is filled with white mule too vile to feed to a dumb animal without violating the Humane Society law, is the popular boy. This is true In all classes from the lowest to the highest—ln the public dance hall or at the formal dances of our high schools and colleges. Youth Not to Blame I cannot say I blame the boys and girls themselves entirely. They are carried along by the ways of the time. “Oh, everybody does it," they say. We cannot expect them to see

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‘Convention Month’ in January mF one person were required to represent each visitor at the forty-three conventions in Indianapolis during January, he would be in attendance sixty-one years, two months and five days, Earl L. Ferguson, ' Chamber of Commerce convention bureau head, estimated today. Total estimated attendance the January meetings is 10,360 with estimated transient attendance Os 22,130. Using $11.25 a day average expenditure computed by International Association of Convention Bureau Managers, visitors for January will spend about $250,000, Ferguson's report to John R. Reynolds, secretary, showed.

through our mature eyes what dangers lie ahead. It Is time for some one to change the style. Perhaps they have wrong examples before them. Father, if you have your own bootlegger or your pre-war private stock, can you blame son for “mooching some off of the old man?” It is not for me to criticise the prohibition law except for the good it may do those who are isot In a position to see the bad side of it as I, in my opinion, have seen.' It is only for me and my department to enforce the law to the best of our ability. No body of prohibition officers has been successful in enforcing the prohibition law In It’s entirety. I am sincerely and deeply interested In the public good. I want the prohibition law to be successful.. I want a law thht will satisfy the majority of the people, with penalties for violation pt the law strong enough to scare every bootlegger out of our country and keep the persons who will drink inside their own homes and away from the wheels of their SLUtomobiles. For the sake of our young men and women I want “white mule,” “alcohol cokes,” “synthetic gin” to go. Can the liquor law be modified enough to quench that desire of human nature to get “that which is forbidden” without crippling the real cause for prohibition?

NATIONAL PRIZE FOR FIRE WORK, PRIDE OF YEAR Indianapolis at Head of All Cities in Prevention Activities. Indianapolis is at the head of all cities in fire prevention work, according to the 1925 annual report of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. The work of the fire prevention committee of the organization resulted in the local chamber being awarded last May the national prize offered by the United States Chamber. Asa result of these and similar accomplishments in the city fire insurance rates are as low in Indianapolis as those of any city in the United States, with the exception of one village not comparable with the Heosier capitol. Fire waste, the report points out, has been reduced to a minimum as a result of the education carried on by and with the cooperation of tha committee, inspections for fire hazards were largely Increased under the capable leadership of Fire' Chief John J. O’Brien. There Is no more Important activity in the Chamber of Commerce than that falling under the jurisdiction of the fire prevention committee, the report sets forth. Its work effects every person who lives in Indianapolis and the business interests of the city are particularly under obligation to the organization for the results which have been obtained and which have saved literally thousands of dollars to Insurance policy holders in the matter of Insurance premiums.

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