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Show FIGHT FOR WORLD WIDE DROUGHT UNDERWAY AntUaloon League Power- ful Foe of Intoxicat- 3 ing Liquors. ) - By Stanley Johngon N. C. A. Staff Correspondent. ' CLEVELAND. Oj, Fw. IS. -The 1 Antisaloon league eepect to 'lryM the 1 world. I It plana a drastic enforcement law to be demanded when the states ratify r th federHramndment and national j prohibition becomes aattTert thtng. The league "plana to make prohibition prohibi-tion a success In America." It favor "any efficient subsiltute for th saloon." Tha leajrua receive and expend yearly tn Ita work more than 11,000.-000. 11,000.-000. It geta Ha money from voluntary contribution of Individ un la, churches ! and temperance societies. ' Started an an Idea In the mind of one man In Ohio In 17. the le.iKii! hue baccaae a national political power. The lge maintains a headquarter 1 In W a hi nr t on . to w ""'. r!f? ' y I I ! on the staff la a clever, experienced j and able lawyer, Willi plenty of asslet- j ance. The league has similar actlvltiea In every state capital. The league's "financial ability la not to he measured fh'dly rv Itr, yearly revenue of approximate!) U.wOu.uuO. Many times it work lb backed pv wealthy men, who come to Ha assist -anre In campion. The league future1 actlvltiea In America w4ll center In efforts to enforce en-force the prohibition law. It a formed and ha long described ita la-burs la-burs hs "emernency work.'' It docs not consider h emereney will he ended with th adaption uf national 1 prohibition. The icatftjc is amWtious to aj; 1 Worldwide war on nil alcoholit: Iwvr-;r'. Iwvr-;r'. The league ta Ketr'nx th opporttim-tie opporttim-tie of the rend ju(ineiit anil r-'-"!i-Mirurtion period, to makf it-rniarv-nt all wartime rep irn-t turn of the Jhju-t I biiftinesM. j The lea cue nns in t h pest favored i "sevt-rh .yid eelsure" lawn and law to I' prohibit Iran-port a' ion f jii"r. I"'1 dT thsr la mm. hi i-erlii'n seel ln. home have hen Invaded, trams, boat I ami sir f tears -earched, traveler I half d and compelled to submit their rirKaffe toTiifpecftonind soft drinks" I r f,.r ti.cir 'lriTiolIr content " ' The b'pn has in preparation a I 1 d-rsi'r enfof prnoni law, to- be de- ' mnd-d of cntiress in the event of j ratification of the state f the federal prohibit inn j'irtendmnt. The eR,ie i exertfn Itself to secure se-cure ratification of the feierH prohibition prohibi-tion amendment by the states. -MWKH'itl.M, lec. 12. The wife! of M indeniKirsr, the f rmnn field . marslui;. Is the 1 ;i nddH uk h tr of 11 ltuswin prinee, nhd 1 n ne. the piMv-r In KufMiii, has restored to the (Jer- man g neral -the estate on the bankl itf thr -l(Tfi whlfh the rrir had ' niN'M i"HMi !?i rirrm" 1 |