Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              VICE RING HERE SMASHED BY JAIL SENTENCES
Wyoming Valley's
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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGR.^PH REPORT TO 3 .\. M. SUNDAY
The W^EATHER
\V»»lilnil.>n.     April    17. — Ea.ifcrn TVnnR:   F-alr In north  and  Incn-n/ilnit
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The Onl>   Sunday N?w»T»T>»r Coverlntt the WsomliiK Vnllty
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1926
ICntered at  W:'l. ILi  M»»cond   Cl.i
PRK i: FKiHT CENTS
MELLON FIGHTS AGAINST OUSTER OF DRY CZAR; EDUCATORS AND BUSINESS MEN JOIN DEFENSE
ONE GIRL IWO MEN TRAPPED
Luring Of Scranton Young Woman To Detroit Leads To Conviction And Prison
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VICTIM RESCUED
One Member Of Group Has Sentence Reduced By Giv¬ ing Confession Of Plot
WHITE SLAVE CASE
Three members of an alleged white slave ring which i,s said to have oper- uted In this region within tho past year, yesterday were aentonced to terms of impri.sonment by United States District Court at Detroit. Mlch- Ifa'an.
Alice Oordon, twenty-four of Noxrn. waa given thirty months in tho Cbi- cjigo House of Correction; Holsrl Whitehall, twenty-flve. also of Noxen. was Hontenccd to serve thirty montlis in Ix^avcnworth penitentiary. The third defendant, Harold Klock, re¬ ceived n term of one year and a day in tho samo prison. His lighter sen- t ence waa due to tho fact that he l)leaded gullly. Sentences were pro¬ nounced by Judgo Hough of Colum¬ bus,   Oblo.
All three took Ethel Boughton. eighteen, of Scranton, to Detroit, whero she was piven Into a life of shorac. According to testimony In tho i-jise the thn-»i defendants induced the Houghton girl to drive with them from Scranton to Detroit.
Upon her arrival she found herself an unwilling Inmate of a di.sopderly house on Kast C.rand Boulovanl, pa¬ tronized by free ^r^ndera f\nd known as one of the most notorious resorts in lhat city until its closing recently when agents of the department of jus¬ tice  mudo  nrrest.s.
According to the Federal officers, the convicted trio belong to a white slave ring which ha.s been working in this city nnd  Scranton.
A representative of the Travelers Aid Society In conjunction with the welfare worker shadowed an nllegeil operator of a white slave ring In this city at various times. Several months ago a stylishly gowned woman had l>een wont to met pas.senger trains at the I^hlgh Valley .station and at dif¬ ferent Intervals had been seen greet¬ ing young girls as they would alight from a train. I.ater the well dressed woman would enter a taxicab. with the girl she had met and soon disappear m thc maze of traffic on Public Square. Kfforts of welfare workers to definitely connect thi**.styllsbly gowned woman with a white slave ring never proved lo be entirely successful; nevertheless they held thc opinion that a ring waa in operation here. The caae in United States District Court at Detroit yester¬ day somewhat confirms the belief held by the local  welfare workers.
Peaches Loses Her Spring Hat
New Tork. April 17—Fifteen year old 'I'eaches' Heenan Browning en¬ joyed another shopping trip to<la>. but the publicity attendant upon her entrances into cxclualvo mil¬ linery llternlly cau.se<l her <lownfall at one time. The bride of t^Iwnrd Urownlnff, millionaire re.-iltor. *pss emerging from a hat store with a nice new cloche model in a ba;: under her arm when a crowd of curiou-s, easily numbering 2,000. swept around her. Thoso In front were pushed forward until *'Peach- es" was knocked down. Two hnsky chauffeurs and tho timely nrrlvnl of poiico saved her from f^erlous in¬ jury, but the hat wns ruined.
"I*caches" was driven off In her motor car to her hushand's office nnd they soon left, prtssumahly for the Bronx ville hotel, wlvro they havo spent the past few day.s. Browning today denied reports that every morning ho tucked a new $1,000 bill under his bride's pillow. "I givo her everything she wants, but not that much", Browning ex¬ postulated.
NECESSITY
OT BRIDGE REVIEWED
Rosser Explains That Stub- bom Opposition Can Be Traced To Money Interests
ANALYZES TRAFFIC
Unfairness Hinted In The At¬ titude Taken By One Of The - Luzerne County Judges
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Breaker Is Destmycd By Fifv: Nine Hundi-ed Are  Thrown idle
.\ conflajrration believed to havo start<>il fn'ni a brush lire liust niRht toUUly destroyed the Alaska breaker of the Philadelphia & Keading Coal & Iron C<)nip;uiy at Mount Camiel. Tlio .structure, one of thc larjri'st in tiio lower •inthr.icitc n-jrion, was left a heap of .sniouldorin}; ruins two liours aftor tlio flairu-s wi-iv first di.scovcriHL I'noiii- cial cstimato.s of the lo.ss place it at $2lM»,(tO(). Nino hun¬ dred and fifty mine workers will be thrown idle.
\ watchman fii-st found the firt^ at 8:;?0 o'clock. Ilo pnt in a call for thc company'.s fire fisjhtinjr o<iuipmont at the mine but the flames were soon boyond control. A summons for more holp wa.s .sent to Mount (\inriol. Wlicn reinforcomont"?'arrived, tho fnimo stmctuiv w.'us alrojidy doomed. Firemen devoted thoir effort.s to preventing the fl.imop, Fpro.Tlinjr to othor buildings.
Tlie bl.azo wai» attributed to bnish fires that hnve been buminpr in the vicinity of Mount Camiol for sovoral days. At ¦various tjjnos those have roaohod moiincinjr proportions. Telophone communication with lhe Philadrlpliia & Kend- inp'a offices ^t that town List nijrht broujrht lho announce¬ ment that »:spark from a locomotive mijrht havo started the fire. Tlie breaker was erected in 188,") and had boen recently improved.
DECLARE VOLSTEAD ACT IS SALVATION OF YOUTH\
UNIVERSITY IN
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CMOFffiST
Valley Police Take Train Rider And He Is Lodged In Prison Without Bail
Thomajs   Ryan,   ftfty-fivti    of    New
' Y'ork  City,   who  t^hlgh   Valloy   poiico
say   is  a  smooth-fingered  fellow,   was
! arraigned     before     Alderman     Prank
Brow n yesterday afternoon on a charge
of larceny.    He  wjis committed to the
county jall  without bail  for a further
, hearing  on  Tuesday.
i     Captain Arihur Keamey of the rail-
Irood police, together with Officers Joo
Mc!>ane and  Andrew Gabriel, arrested
Ryan has been attached lo a string of
nlshoil  with a description of tbe man.
After  he  was  taken   into  custody  the
police communicated with the Nalional
Bureau  of  Identification  nt  Waflhing-
'¦ ton,   also   with   Now   York  and   Phlla-
! delphia poiico and wero informed that
Ryan  iias been attachd to a string of
, larceny   charges.     Ho   ifl   reported   as
having four aliases.
j     Compl.'iiJits   has   been    received   by
I I.rf^hlgh   Vulley   police   t.hnt  a  gang  of
; four   pickpockets   had   been   operating
! between   Scranton   and   this   city.     A
riescrlplion of tho men  wuh fumLshed
by   persons   having   fallen   victlma   to
the   smoolh-finK<'red   artists.
One man who Iwarded a Lehig-h I Valley train at Pittston was relieved iof twenty dollars nfter he arose from \ hla seat to leave the train In thla city. i Another man was relieved of forty- ; five dollars and as a result was stranded wllh his wife In thla city until they secured money from friends.
JOHN   WIIJJAM   HHtNKR
John William, I'-n-mnnth-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hi mer. 116 Dana street, Forty F-orl, dic^l Satur¬ day morning following an illness of complications. P -.'^ide his parents hr- Is Hurvlvwl by one sister. The funeral will be held Monday aftomoon at " oclock. Ser\'lce«( will be conducted at the residence and Interment will be at Evergreen cemetery,  Shavertown.
POLICEMAN'S CHARGE GOES BEFORE MA YOR
Complaints th.->t cortain members of the Wilkes-Uarre hureau of polloo are too offlrtou.s m.ay cryst.Tllize Into for¬ mal nrtlon tomorrow afternoon at a hearlns before Mayor Daniel L. Hart. Tho principal.'! in the hearing will be r.ltrolman Harry Toole antl Jerome A. Walsh. .1 new.spaperm;in of the city. The two men are ln-/olvc(l In a dis¬ pute orlKlnally listed for poUce court hut transferred by Chief of Police Michael Hrown to the mayor'a cham¬ bers. Unusual Interest will be center¬ ed In tho outcome of the hearing, due to Councllmal. Joseph G. Bchuler's un- : .-xpected move yesterday In urgmff upon the m.ayor various cbanECS in. police regulation.
The trouhle between piitrolman i Toole .JiJ Sir. Walsh atarted Thurs¬ day nlffht in a Snuth Main street ball j room durins the progress of a card, party. The »econd chapter of the i wtnry wn« to have been wr-lten Fridaitj mornlnB In police court with Toole | , prcferrlnB a charpe of disonlerly con-i "luct a(rain.''t the newspajiennan. How- , e'ver. cla.ma by WaLsh that the patrol¬ man wa.s Intoxicated caased a audden ¦ turning of the tjibles in the relative • poaltlon  of prosecutor and defendant |
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with the result th.tt Chief Brown In¬ structed both men to appear before Mayor  Hart   tomorrow  afternoon.
A formal report of the caj« made to both tho chief and mayor declares that Futroiman Toole caused a commotion at the I'hursday night card party by ordering men and women to romain out of one section of the ball room becauae the building was unsafe. Con.siderabk' confTL-^ion resulted. Wulsh claims he first tried to intercede with tho poIJc^man at the request of the hall management, Cpon t*eing In¬ formed of the patrolman's reason for clearing part of the auditorium, Wal.-^h saya he next made inquiries as a newspaperman to determine If the building had been actually condemned. Further questioning of the policeman brought u command for the reporter to leave the ^lall.
Reporter Arrrsted
"Walah obeyed and a moment later was surprised to find that Patrolman Toole had followed him outside for the purpose of arre.'Jting him. The patrol was called and tbe newspaperman »-^.de to police headquarters. The drlv- i:T of the patrol upon recogniaang the Continued on Pace 1, Sec 3
OPPOSES BOULEVARD
Speaking lo memt>ors of the Crafts¬ man Club last night In response to a request to explain the bridge contro¬ versy. County Commissioner David M. RosHor explained tho only avenue of relief will come through a tempomry bridge nt Union stieet which wtll bo followed by a sul>stantial and perman¬ ent structure ut  North .street, '
At a recent session of tbe club's for¬ um, a number of questions were di¬ rected toward the county commissioner for hi;; views nnd la-st nlglit he lucidly explained dl.sndvHntuges of ercctln;,- eltlur u lenipornry bridge or perman¬ ent bridge ut any location other than Union and Norih streets.
He pointed out tbRt seventy per cent of the traffic entering the city from the West Side over both bridges trav¬ els between North and Northampton streets, that Ifi per cent of it travcl.s east on South street and the remalnlnc: ir> per cent travels south. He cited this jnirvey to attest necessity of new- bridges   al   Norih  and  Mirket   streets.
A new bridge nt Courtright avemiR would nol be a timely nor economical expenditure at this time; however, the comml.ssioner ndmltted that In the fut¬ ure, say ten of more years, construc¬ tion of a bridge at that point mipht be a requisite. Commls-sioner Uosser stated that a hridgt' at Courtright ave¬ nue wouhl cnat the couniy In the neighborhood of one and one-half mil¬ lion dollars. Ho pointed out that ten years lntere.it on this money, with an¬ nual reductions on the loan which the county would bo obliged to make, fig¬ ured at a rate of 5 per cent, would aggregate one-hulf million dollars, making tho total cost of the expend¬ iture aboul two million dollara. i Temporary  Cost
Cost of n temrxiniry bridge at Union street would not mount to more than $197,000. The commissioner stateil the public has gained the Inrvpresslon that the temporary structure will cost ID.-O.OOO. He said the lutter amount will erect llie bridge nnd alno l»e suf¬ ficient to dismantle It upon comple¬ tion   of tho   North   street   structure.
Mr. Ro-sser related thut although prrmi.ssion has been secured from the city lo erect a lemr>orary bridge at Union street, the commissioners are confronting opposition on the part of a number nf property owners. How¬ ever, he ex.plalned, he felt the court would decide in favor of the com¬ missioners relative to the recent op¬ position.
The speaker r>oInted OTit that the judgea of I.<uzcme county have failed to approve plans for a bridge at North sticel. He said ono of the judges Is Buppo«rd to h:ive stated he w^oald sign papers of approval for a structure at North street If every man In the county appeared before him and made tho  request.
Coal TiLxes Important
"WTio is really responsible for the holdup." the sp'-aker was asked. After considerable cogitation he stated that ho thought the orgajrlzed Interesta wero the real objectora •'What per¬ centage of taxes Ls paid by the coal companies?*' was another question flred at the commissioner. He re¬ joined with the statement, 'T under¬ stand tho coal comj)anles pay about seventy per c'-nt of the taxfa In Lu¬ zeme  county."
FigTires compiled by the Sunday In¬ dependent show the coal companies paying 51 per cent of tho^ taxes In this county. There la a ca-se hanging flre at this time in the courts Insti¬ tuted by the coal companies for the purpose of securlnif a reduction In their as.ses.smcnts. They aro asking* for a 20 per r*nt redu<"»ton.
When it; to tho gr I event   a  p> :
at that  point,  M.-. iU>oa«r related thai
the   plans   cover   an   arrangement   to
grade   and   widen   the   street    which
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WE ARE DEAD; ELEVEN ARE HURI IN MMS HERE
Child Is Fatally Scalded Whiie Motors And IVIincs Run Up A Tragic Toll  .. :
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FLAY BILL VARE FOR ENEMY ACTS
Charged With Defeat Of Mea¬ sure That W^uld Have Bet¬ tered Compenea'iion Law
OVER-EXERTION FATAL        QUESTION CANDIDATES
Three dead nnd eleven injured make up the accident toll In Wyoming Val¬ ley within  the  pa.st forty-eight  hours. Ono man  died  as a   rewult of  Injuries ' received   sevenil   week.s   ngo,   unother succumbed to a heart attack caused by over-exertion and a thtrd a three-year- old boy died from burns.   Three of thti Injured were    victims    of    automobile mishaps whllo eight wore Injured whllo al work In the mine.s. I     Henry  Hurysh,  twenty-two, of Ply- I mouth, dlod In Nesbitt West Kido Hos- pit.ll  yesterday morning as u resuU of ; Injuries    received    s<>veral    wei ka   ngo at  No.  4  Colliery,   Hudson   oCul  Com¬ pany,    He Is survived by his wife and parents,  Mr. and Mr.s.  Frank  Hurysh, ulso by  two    sisters,     Mrs,    Nicholas i Stokes     of     Mllford,   Del..   Jo-eplilne, j and one brother. Clement,   The funeral I will t>c hold from the home of his par- : ent.-!,  SIO Kast Main street,  liymouth, Tije.Mlay morning at 10.80 o'clock.    In¬ terment will be at fit. Mary's cemetery, Plymoulh. I     Prank   Olatz.    63   yenrs   old.   of   92 ! W^alnut street, Kingston,   died .sudden- ! Iy yesterday whilo at work ut tho INd- I trlx)ne    colliery   of   Olen   Alden    Coal i Company. Ho was eng:i+:ed In  unloud- j Ins   lumber   whortly   after      7   o'clock , In   the   momlng   when   stricken.      Ho ' dlod   In   a   few   moments.      Overexer¬ tion  led  to heurt troublo,   It was said, ¦ although the re.sulta of a post mortem examination   performed   yestenlay   af- ! temoon have nol yet Iwen announced. I     Mr. niatz hjul worked at the Petto- I bon   mine   for   forty   years.    He    was bom  at   Wyoming,   January   17.   1863, jand had resided on tho West Ride all I his  life.    He   1.^  survived   by  his   wife and  one daughter,   Mrs.   I>cvl   Harris, lof Kingston:   also a brother,  William, land   a   sister,   Mrs.   Ira   Hepperly   of Altoona.    The  funeral   will   tnke   place I Tuealay   aftemoon   ut   2   o'clock   with burial  m   Forty   Fort  cemetery. HeAli^eid  to  Xh'vUh FalUng Into a tub of boiling water, .Tohn Vljclk, three years, of 734 North Washington street received scujtls that resulted In his death early tciay. The child   was   playing   tn   tbe   kitchen   of his   home   last   evening.    His   mother, had   pLu-ed   a   tub  on   the   fh^ir  while she  w;us   pre[)arlng  supiK-r.    When   hr. stumbled   into   tho   water,   the   victim was entirely submerged and the scalds covered  hla entire  Insly.    His  par^mts carrted   him   to  Wilkes-Barre   General Ho.spllu.1 where ho was admitted %.t 7 fc'cloi k.    Ids doath  occurred al   12:!5 o'clock this  momlng.
Three cars were damaged, one be¬ yond repair, last night at 11 o'clock when John W. Obltz. aged 22. of 160 Woo*l street, traveling north on South Klver street, cnl across the street and stnick two automobiles which were traveling south. The accidents occur¬ red at the InteraecUon of Northamp¬ ton  street.
More   than    200    representatives   of
various   mine   local   unions   and   local
I unions   of   other   lubor   crafts   In   \ax-
' zeme  Couniy   met   in   Union   Hall  last
night   und   appointed   a   commltteo   to
¦ Investlgnta the niertta of the usplrants
¦ tor various offices to be filled nt tlui coming elections nnd to submit a re¬ port   for   en<lorsement8   nl   a   meeting
' to lie held  nn   Haturday nlnlit.  May  1.
I      ninaldo Cjipr>elllnl, prcshlent t»f Ols
; trict   No,   1,   Cnited   Mine   Workers  of
' Amertc'i,   was   mude   chairman   of   the
. meeting nnd  Thonms   Mullen   of   Ash-
' ley. secretary.    After the list cf tuindl-
dates for the various offices bud been
\ n'ud   a   commltten   representing   each
leglslatlvo   district    was    ii|)polnted    to
m-'iko   the   recommendations   for   «n-
I dorsi'mont,
I     James  F.  Marley,  who wa» name<1 I as   representative   of   seventh   legisia- ' tivo   dl.'rtrlct   was   made   chairman   nf the    endorsemr-nt    committee.     Other i membi-rs  of the  commltlee ar© John j Yourlshln   of   Hazleton.   secretary   of I di.strict   N<v  7,   I'nU.-d   Mine   Workers iof   AmertcI^   repn.s.iiMng   first   legis¬ lative  district;   Th'-rrris   I>avt^   repre¬ senting     second     legislative     district; Thomas   Ixjugbrry,   representing  thin! ^ legtdative   district;     Jr»hn   Kmetz   of iNMiitlcoke,   npresenting   fourth   legls- i l;itive    di.strict;      Thomas    Keiitlng   of ' I>.irkHVlllp,  representing fifth district; (Charles   Irfihr of  Kxeter,   representlnif : sixth     leglshLtlve     district;      William r Ijeonanl,  r*'pres«'ntlng P-ulldlng Trades I Council, nnd Charle« W. Civtry, secre- ! tary    of    Intematlonai   Typographical . Union.       repreaentinif     misorllaneous { trudes.
I      Followlnir   the   appointment   of   the
; committees    there    were    several    hot
I dl-sriissinna   on   the   merits  of  various
' cun<Iidates   which   kept   the   del^gutes
In   session   until    12.30   t his   momlng
Pre.'^ldejit   Cappelllnl   made  the  dsHa-
• ratloa    that    men    friendly    to    lai»or '.
: could   be  elf ctr<l  |n   P< nn.sylva/ila and j
{ In I*tKcrTie county If the lat»(>ring men
; would   unite   and   voto   as   units,     He |
I expressed   the   opinion   that   laixniug |
I men had a  wonderful opportunity to
elect   me^   friendly   tr>   t!u  r  cause  at
tho comins- primary el<r-t,,,n.
f>hje4tlnn  To PIrMlwt
Inasmuch  as   Untt«d   Mine  Workers
of   America   hnve   endoraed   flovernor
linchot  for *•        "        ^ •¦    .   . <V;,t#?fi
Senator H -ites
al  Ia.Ht nlr' ^g to
go   along   on    ! ¦ .ou    until
William J.  Kroir 'Menfntlve
of   IJri-wery   ann   .    .:    ,.,.,,«.   Wurkt^m
union,   contended   that   Oovernor  Pin* |
rhnt  h-.d  n'» i^f-n  friendly to labor In
'   ^! I   charged  that  flov- • iii-ti l.u .-.erions had ht-i(K*d to defent  • 1 compen-
'•aMon   law,   the   - hour  law
for women r amend¬
ment.    He ,  (he  iTn-
. t..ii   -..tnMr -., printing
• tit a ujiiuii siiop but that '   three   years   ll   has  been
Plead For Enforcement And Insist That Students Are Proof Of Benefits Gained
FREEDOM ABUSED
'     WH.'<hlnitfon.   April    17.-T«o    men.
' plenile.l before tho Senate prohibition roiiinilitee toilay to keep VolKleaitlam In forw. The one, Alonyo RIbkk. t'ni¬ versity of ttilroKO nllileti.- illri.'tnr. ti.l.l the ronirnlltr' th.it  the  "It. aklin:
, .lown of tho home" aivl the lrrrHi...nMi
; blllty of parenta towanl their ohiljri'n
1 formed tho probletn of lod.iy ¦ not thr VnlHten.l art.
"l'rt)hll)ltlon. eyen In Ifa half heart- e.1 enforrement". h« anl'l. hna lienefll- tol nilllii>ii« of people. A wlila rnnii" nf fn-etlom. he .mllnned. hmi raiiixil c-on.litionH iitio'il whi.h ri>Ik..i of toihiy eoniplnlned. hut he pli-a.livl for folka to "play Hie  (ptiiio" tintl  iiiMe*!:
I     "Ooil   only   knowa   wlmt   conrtltlonn wouM   tM.   along   with    this   enlarfeil fr<-e<lnin  nf RrowInK lioyn and  Klrln.  If the prohibition law were nnl In effect. "The  sl:'' "    '  pmhlhltlon  hne
pro.liir.it   • 'U«»l« J»,^),|i. ul'-
KUt'llty iiti ' '•¦ "
Tha oihcr l.'niverslty msn, Prof~«or Irvlnit Kl.iher of Vale, one of Ilia leail- Inir eduralom of the day. ailmllle.l pro¬ hlhitlon hiul created a d.fiant iitllllldo In llnlvernlly men and there w;ui ron-
i aldenible flrinkUiK thoro but he deemed |
¦ tt generally a siieceaa and held It ahould be retained for eennomlo reaa¬ ona. If for no olher re.iaon.
I ThB ."tatemenl of thnw two Uni¬ versity men maile a profound Imprea¬ slon upon ttui commlttea.
CnnvlnrinK ArgiimcnU
I     Bpeaklnit  wll hmit   [.iiaiilon  and   with
• no attempt at the dnunatln Uiey drove home their arsrmenla wllh an effectlvenea.1 whlrh many wllnewiea In the paat fortnliflil had fulled to achieve.
I Thta teatimony oame durlnir the aftemoon seRaion of tha Banalo pro-
! hibltion committee.
i SliMTR. a fine iipatandlnic mnn, known wherever athletli-a are IndulKfl pictured nn improvement under pro¬ hibilion.
"In my expertene^ of S4 yeam nl the llnlvemlty", 8tajrx aald. "I mn aay wlUi alianlute hmii-Hty that oois rtltlona at the Unlverxlty hava Im¬ proved a im'at deal and therw la not much drtnklnK. an.l very Illlla to ei- ceaa, amonir the atudimlji.
"Tha Unlvenilty hna alwaya tnuirhl airalnnt drlnklnc amonit the atiidinii and we bad fiMiirht with an linnainil deirree of Buet'i-aii even liefore iirntit bltlon. It la not, however, anything like tba problem before prohibition I caina. |
"Furthennore, T am convinced that ; there la not anythlnir like the amount of drlnklnir aniiuiir the  younir»!r gen eratlob  tbat   thara  waa before  prohl- ; ttlUon. j
"We an know tlwt there hnTfi been | tremendoua chanRea alnce  the   war In the    younger    Kenenitlon    but    theae chanirea   have   not   come   about   aa   a i i^ault of prohlbltton. They have come : almiit   IM   a   reauit   of   the   breaklnir down   of   the   home   and   the   ireneni! frtswlom which younir jn'ople Kuve l..i'l slnco the  w.ir. i
Too Much Freeik>m j
•n la my opinion thai, wtth tbe en¬ larged free<lom which young people have. If prohibition were not In ck- I  '   "       " ltd  tm an   Imniearmr-
I'iunt of dninkennefiH 'han there la now. In f.u^t. It la my conviction that It la the greate.'rt aort of tileaslng that prohibi¬ tion haa been a law durtng thlu un- ' etable period when tha youlh of itiei '!,iy l-n- Mi.-h vn.it freadOMi. It l.'< Una' < '.wn  of lha boiiu> und thi*!
>ty on the part of the par- I
' ¦   ¦     -1 their ehlldPen which rre-I
alea the prot>Iem of today, and not the : ¦VoMend  net
Ford And Others Faiytr Dry Laws
Waahlngton, April IT, RpeMkIng tonight by ra.llo, Wayne II, Wheel¬ er. antl-S.iloon I,eiii;uo counm-l, quoted big buKlne.sN i-tiieflalns aa fuvorlng   prohlblliiin   thua:
ll.nry Konl "Our men are wnrk- Inir more, working N'tler, waating ll .".• and ativing more, IVfora pni- hihitlon. 4.000 men failed lo report ench Mon.iay morning N'.'aune ihey t- ¦ I I. er. drinking. Such ubaeiiceM 11.1   l'iu:.r  occur."
l.i'liM. (lary of the TT, S Steel t'.ir|..imli,in 'I havo no hcslintlon In wiylng with emphaala thnt tho Vnlateuil Act haa been very bene¬ ficial lo tha workmen and tbelr fiunlllea,"
John n Rnckefeller, .Tr -There bim lieen great Incn'n.se^ In nnvlnga nn.l iminiiveiiiint In murulo alnco pnililbiii.in."
rniHiiUiit n, H. Srott. neo Motor Oimpany "No difference nnw be¬ tween lhe day after pay day and the day lieforo."
iOeS'SPEECH IN BEER'S FAVOR DEALT IN FACI!
Secretary Of Treasury Sayi None But A Hypocrite Could Have Altered Report
RESIGWATION SOUGHT
STRIP AUCTION PARTY
IS RAIDED BY POLICE
VViLihIngton, April IT.—Secretary of tho Treiuiury Mellon anld tonight Ihut ha would "Imck" hia chief prohibition enfori^emenl omcer. Oenenil Lincoln C. An.lrowB, to the limit, denpite de. in.inda mnde by thoueanda of "drya" in all parta of tho country that th* "dry  raar"   he  miateil   from   nlTloi,
Slnco n,s^l.<ltnnt Recretury of tha Tleaaury Andn-wn made a atatement (lloureater, Miuia, April IT-Rurl |'" "'" "•'•"'•e I>rolilliltiiin ioininlM..n fnrriill'a now famnu.n Uith lub party 1 "'*' '*'" '""' '*"*"l'l I'e eaaler to .n- wna reprmluced with vuilatlona at ii '"'"''" 'f Ught beer wem leguli/.d. locul theatre -and It coat Mut Henna, i **''""" *"" received tbounanda of l.i- managiir of the ahow, %it, In court ' '"'''' '^om iM-mona In nil wulka nf nr.., to-day, I demanding that he dlacharge An.! . \^ .,
The   life   of   tho   party  In   thla   In- j     Andrew'a realgnutlon wn.s deinnn.e.i alance  wua a "atrip miction". ¦ ^'^ Henator    McKellnr.    rvmorriit    of
Vlolu   Iievoni,   blllml  IUI one  of thei'''""""""•••  '" * atatement laaued lat* ten     reaennn     why     you     ahould     aee 1'"''"y-
"Henna and Hla NIftlea", wna atuirl "Andrewa", Ihe McKellnr atatement tioneer. The auction didn't luat longTanld, "hna no a)mpalhy with tho pm. becauae Vlnlu, It wn.i dlacliiae.l In j hibltion la«f|i aa evidenced by hla tea. luln'l   have   much   to   eell   evrn ; llmony    (wMm    fhe
Iirl. at   Ihe   lu'glnnlng.
.Siinate Judiciary Hhe hnd lota leaa "ub-comnijttee, "Ho hua not rven N'cn on when iiollce woman Malxl Cauff- trying lo enforce pmhlblilnn" .Mr- m.in  broke  up  the ahow, Kellar charg^-d.
Kor   two   dollara   VIolu'a   hnt   went '
under tbo hammer, ll.r iln-na lirr.iirhl fourteen dollnra. Police W.HKnn I'.niff man leatiried that a anltor bought Vlola'a gartera for a ten eiiot.
Vtolii'i,  atorklnga,   ahoea   and   llnge rte  all   wera   knocked   down   at   i hulie pricea    It waa at thla rather advancefl atage   tbat   police   womnn   ('aiiffman rung down Iho curtain of cenaorahlp
Mra.   Senna,   wife   of  the   mannrer. aald tho ahow wna alawiluiely hnrmleaa becauae "even when Ihe police womnn Intervened   Vlolu atlll  hnu   hor  bloom era on."
Henna pnld hla f!5 flna.
FAMOUS CAFE CLOSES WITH WET GOODS OUT
-{.naeliam'a
Waabington.    April     IT. a   nationally  fumnua  i— forever tonight.    I'n.I although There la no i.
Wnlln  win   hou.10 a  halHTiLinliery
Thomna II. Mnrehiill. the owner. asId
huvo long eald llmt JII lomr an wei.n |(een the lli|uor tn- lerenla In chnrgYi of enfomement there wnuld tx no efflcienl enforcement of tba law.
¦Tn lb* T»ry natnra of Mr. Mellon'* eltiiatloii. "being no grently Intereated In the liinior bimlneu hlmaelf, no one could renlly eE.pe<:t an efficient en¬ forcement of the hiw frnm him or nny orgnnlrj»tlon un.ler hlm,"
liana ifyiHM'fiay Mellon Willi thai "nn nne h,i( a hypo, crlle" would h.ive nn.iworeil the qne-. lion put to Andrewa by the n,„.,,. commiltee In any olher w-iv n .. Hecretary wild Ihal be and . reiary of  the  Tre.isurer   U i
C.me   over  Iho   ".try  czar*:. .::;.,.>
' v.rv carefully and they were conrtilent .\n.irewH wna not nilvncnilnir nio.linrn- tinn    of    the    prohlM. rio,
Treiiaiiry'a   aland    r. ; ,,.
' veraal  of  poalUon  fr.n ,   aiel
'I'biiraday when iidmlnl.slrMllon epokea- men wero piriiie.i ut lhe ".Iry caiir' aa innklng no aecret of the llkellhiod that
I ho would have to walk the rnrpei.
_ . . .. 1      "Where  could   we  get  another   mun
Mo h^ lir ;, TJ*"" *•";'.° **^ '" "¦- -'• ^«-""' "•""•^»i ^
lie  haa not   left  it  ^nce,  and   ho  re-   .|,.^„^" winHt.m eald fuaea  even   to  try   for  a   laat   gllmpae   ,evi rnl   yrura  fo
"We Innkid for prnctlcal mun to lake charge of the work lieforo An¬ drewa took the Job, Ha h.ia mudo progreaa and we are aulHfled with Illm.
"Our    oonfUenca    In    Oeneral    An-
drowM   la   nol   dertroyed.    In   fact   w«
are  poalllv* lhat ho la alneere In  hla
work nnd doing a good Job.    Andrewa
_        _ ,,. j 'lua  the  full  euppnrt  of  the  Hecretary
Tom Colllna • battle of mugty , of  lho Treaaury ond  mynelf.'
ale, and bunn'iefa.
todny,
"Sn,   I  wnnt  tn  remember  It  aa  It
wna",  the old  man  aal.l.    "Aa  If  waa
memorlea  of   the   4:30   p.   m.
'cocktail hnur- of the old duya with tha
frocked. dlHtlngulahi.l alnlemnen of an
older day Ilrnni  Apple  llloa-
"om IIoHM'a Neck, .... Hil¬ ver Fla.   ....   ain  Itlcky	
"Ilul the iK.it.im ilmpped out of bual- neaM  when prnhiliiil'in came."
M.'imhall continued to ill on bla -throne", on a r^icker chair on a plat¬ form overlook I Ml,- tho pluc". The "men only" rule .-imtinueil to openito and tho prtvate n^itmnint for laillea with aa- corta  wmi con.luctod  np atalra.
Treaaury on.I  my«
Meunllma^ Andrewa, nearly worn out from lha unfnvnnible rcncilon Ihe U'leatlnn of Iho Kenite committee cniieed among "dry ho-ita.'' tnok a •.vcek-end  vacation  In  New  York City,
Defore leaving, he dnifteil a pro. gram to arrange a new treaty wllh fireat    llrlt.iln   In   onler   to   mop   tha
(Continued on  Page S- .Section 1)
BLINDED BY BULLET DEA TH BRINGS RELIEF
HI.I eye.«ight dealrnyed hy a bullet fired with midldal Intent. Prank Pief- fer, 41 yearn old, of 24J Dully'a alley,
Plymn.ilh,   died    ln«t   n,Iflll    In    M-	
Hoapital after four weelu of torn II'     .1' Itll
the atreet and hit tne machlno driven
eoulhward by Clement I>ro»iow«kl of
I3»    Weat    Noble    atre<:t,    .Vantltoke,
Continued On Pj(e 1, Sect, i
the   hJZii ;ui-(:i.nlt;niil..i   i.i til.iatlon   wu« Cootloued on I'as* 1—iiactlun t
with    prohibition    la    not Itaelf, but thnf  It  hne not
not to play it crookt-diy.    11  l.i a  ¦ to cul out their eeiriKhneaa an.l !¦¦
iiiipprovivnit^at  of   Itm   ivocatl.   ecmiui Cuntlnuod on  faco t- 8<ctU>o 1
c'lrred    at    li:JO    o.
' hli family had coiii-
nta to havo  him re-
'' lupae aet theai. plana
1     1 Itlll fomlly lo l.e hur-
I   to  th*   hoapital   to
'h.;  end,
'• r,  who hod llTod In Plymouth rty a quarter of a century, ahot r in the right temple March 1.1. I reiiiened hnme frnrn the Vul- had   re- attempt ,-....     InMtea.l of cuuaiiiK inatont death, I'leffer blind¬ ed hlinaijir.    Tb* bullet  aliuttertjU  Ibu
optio   nervo,    Wben   taken   lo  Memy
Hoapital, tbe aerlouaneaa of the wound
prevenle.l  aurgeona  f-om  proMng  for
the hull..!  nnd It  wna permltte.l to re-
m'l  hea.l.    Cr.i.ltially
ntrength.     Hla  eight
.    .     it It waa believed r«-
iiiovui  home  would help hl.i cr.n.lUlon.
Hla   wife  and   children   arranK'itl   Krt-
  of  the   hospital
set tn. rr.T 1.1 surrlTed by livii cliililren: ^Ittrguret, Jennie, Ituth. Kvelyn and Dunlel; alio by bla f ' - Mn, Owin Wllllama of • '. und tho following ais- • l'>el!.i Chapman, Chicago;
RIi.,, \\ .;iium Jone.i, Mra, Kermall, Mr.i, Harry AndcM, Mra. Dowey CXrr. ull of Wilk.illarre; Mrs. Daniel Pox. Ilun vilte; alao by one brother, EMword ^icffer of this cily.
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