PHILADELPHIA'S UGLY WEEK-END.
<Y CABLE—PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGH? NEW YORK, November 20.
Philadelphia reports what is considered a record-breaking week-end of intoxications under prohibition for this the third largest city of America. It shows 300 arrests for disorderly conducts while under the influence of liquor. Two men died from the effects of poisonous liquor, and eight are lying near death, while forty are slowly recovering. ,
One old man, arrested for intoxication, committed suicide in his cell. More than twenty nationalists are represented among those arrested, including a Chinaman and Japanese.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 22 November 1923, Page 6
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88PHILADELPHIA'S UGLY WEEK-END. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 22 November 1923, Page 6
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