The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1930, Page 2

- By George Clark || ~ PREAGHESSUNDAYS, [SDE tans CLBANSBRTHLEHEM | Trea UP OTHER SIX DAYS Ordained Clergyman Loaned to; Pennsylvania Steel City as Cop by University URGES LIGHT WINE, BEER, ap pei 4 Has Won Respect of People by the Common-Sense Way in Which He Drives Out Vice | ip BY PAUL HARRISON Bethlehem, Pa. Feb. 27.—(NEA)— ‘The citizenry, good, bad and indiffer-| ent, of this city of 68,000 is practicing | what the Rev. Frederick Trafford preaches regarding law observance. {| ‘The reason is a very good one. For| when_Dr. Trafford is not occupying| a pulpit he presides over the police | department of Bethlehem. When Mayor Robert Pfeifle and if the new city government, chosen by | voters weary of vice and departmen- tal corruption, went into office on January 6, Dr. Trafford was appoint- ed superintendent of police. Consid- erable alarm and not'a few protests resulted. The law- breaking gentry of Bethlehem. the men on the force, even the solid citizens were uneasy at this threat of ecclesisasical reform. He Cleaned Up the Town —_— - But they'll tell you now, all of them, years of welfare work in New York, that the superintendent is far from a;and six years in Detroit, he has ob-|riedly left the city. professional goody-goody:; that there served prohibition’s effect on the low-| “Even the slot machine gambling is nothing fanatical about his meth- er classes. Dr. Trafford would modify | devices have been wiped out of count- ods or aims; that he can't be bribed the law to permit the sale of beer and less stores and restaurants. We found or intimidated; and that, as a result, light wines. ithey were taking ss much money from Bethlehem is a far different town “Everywhere I turn,” he declared, customers as they had been spending than it was at the beginning of the “there is evidence of how Prohibition | for liquor.” year. is undermining health and morals.| Nobody took this “trusader” very “All I want to do,” said Dr. Traf- Forty-two nationalities are repre- seriously—at first. But when his; “ford earnestly, “is wipe out the dirty /sented in Bethlehem. Almost every |orders began to be obeyed, the law- Spots that have given the city a wide other one of these homes has been | breakers resorted to the tactics which reputation as a place where liquor,; making some kind of liquor, and from had proven satisfactory to all co. dope and vice could be found by any | the seizures we have made we know |cerned during two previous adminis- seeker after those diversions. it to be of the most abnominable kind. | trations. “I’m not a reformer. I don't like’ Resorts First Requested to Clos | my job. I'd rather help people than “The ‘best’ product commonly a’ punish them. able around here has been selling for be a brand new and costly automo- “We have done a lot in cleaning up $4 @ gallon. Still more poisonous | bile,” said the superintendent. . the town, but a great deal remains to! stuff has been selling for $1.25 a gal-|I told him my little old car was good ) be done. As long as my leave of ab- lon. You can imagine the quality | cnough for me. sence lagts, I'll stick.” | and conditions of manufacture that | Dr. Trafford has been loaned to the | make such prices possible.” EHP EHH ET PR ae “Cuppa coffee.” sold it either are in jail or have hur- Can't Be Bribed ‘One man very thoughtfully offered “T still have a check for $100 that ‘came through the mail. tary of the Lehigh union, an organ- | work under him. That was the first ture of a bribe. ization similar in purpose to the Y./ investigation he made, and the in M.C. A ilar approaches were made, but I just “But | Tt was ac-| city by Lehigh university, where he is; The superintendent well knows the companied by a polite little note as-! an associate of the faculty and secre- | character and worth of the men who |suring me that it was not in the na-/ Several other sim-; genious method employed served the jlaughed them off, and I don't even | He is 43, already gray - haired, smooth-shaven—academic in appear- ance and action. He speaks forceful- | ly but slowly, smokes cigarets and dresses in neat civilian attire even while on duty. There are “too many fancy gadgets” on the police uniform which is rightfully his, | An Ordained Minister | An ordained Moravian minister, he | preaches every Sunday in a church | at Bangor. 30 miles from Bethlehem. ; On the other six days, as a prosecut: ing police official, he appears in the | county and magistrate’s courts in and jdeclared, and the proprietors warned | double purpose of closing scores o! scofflaw resorts and weeding out graft | in the police force. receive threats any more.” |Organization, politicians were startled During the police department re-! [regarding appointments for commis- sions. .Captains, sergeants and de- |tectives were named according to |thetr records, and all were put on two |months probation, to make good or |be demoted. In some cases competi- jtive examinations were held. Now the 71 men swear by their su- |Perintendent. And so do the citizens |—literally. Dr. Trafford is very proud of the way he was mentioned in-a yeonversation he overheard at a club the-other night: “Fred Trafford? | good fellow!” MOTORBUS FREIGHT FIGHT IS EXPANDED! | Battle for Routes in Northeast- ern Section Becomes Big Case for Board He's a hell of a Members of the state railroad board | soon will begin the study of 800 pages | Of testimony taken last week at hear- | ings in Grand Forks and Devils Lake. The question unter consideration is whether motor freight lines should be authorized to operate over certain routes and, if so, which of two com- peting bus lines should be given the permit. Applications of the bus lines were opposed by the railroads affected, be- cause of the cost of this service to the public by reason of damaged roads, jloss of business to the railroads by | Teason of motor competition, payment of heavy taxes by the railroads and comparatively little. by the motor op- \erators, and because motor routes | would offer no worthwhile additional or needed service to the public. | Bus operators contended that the | service would be of value to merchants | along the proposed routes. | The case is of special interest both to prospective motor freight carriers |and to the railroads since it is the most extensive ever held by the board | on such an application and because of the additional complication offered by the fact that two motor freight com: panies are seeking permission to op- erate over the same route. Scores of cases have been heard in which the railroads opposed applica- | tions for permits to operate motor freight lines, but the case involving | freight lines in the northeastern part of the state marks the first time the | railroad board has had to deal cam +. 2 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1930 ’ Minister- lee Cit Enfores iy Tay Bt Favors Moderne duced in exceptionally dry years. Al- falfa and sweet clover tend to stand- ardize the feed production of feed 80 800 LINE SPECIAL ON CLOVER- ALFALFA S COMING SATURDAY | sei. ate cr duce it more economically. Stops for the rest of the week are: Demonstration Cars Meeting) Pee Average Attendance of 200 | Bismarck, Saturday. at Stops Made So Far The Soo Line exhibit cars showing the why and the how of alfalfa and sweet clover has just completed its stops at Oakes, Fullerton, Ransom, | Fredonia, Merricourt and’ Venturia, with an average attendance of 200 per stop, despite the adverse weather and road conditions. ‘The program in these cars is being put on by the members of the Soo Line agricultural department, assisted by county agents and Mr. Barner from the state dairy corhmissioner’s office. It consists of a series of scenes shown in a film strip taken on farms in North Dakota, depicting actual seed- ing, growing, feeding, and the results obtained, on these farms. Also com- parative tests showing the relative feeding value of alfalfa and sweet clover nae age badrrevitt feeds, Po ascertain the experiment sta- tions of the northwest. ‘These resuits | Hfbs with the agony of hoarseness are worked out in chart form and| °F coughing—gargle # spoonful of demonstrated by table exhibits, along ; Mistol quickly! How soon the painful, with a dite woos eget! the | scratchy feeling vanishes as Mistol proper lage metl assure @/ blandi: good stand of these two crops. | s ‘iorrnimes the ‘soreness away! It is an admitted fact that North | nose checks head colds, Dakota is in a fine position from the | too. Doctors use it. Keep Mistol handy standpoint of climate and location for | and play safe. Get a bottle today! the production of livestock, but it has Made by hi Makers of Najol $15.00 stol REC. U.S RAT. OFF. When your whole throat aches and Misses’ Sizes—12 to 20; Style. Without Extravagance BISMARCK, N. DAK. jin been limited in livestock by the vile amount of feed which could be pro- FATHER a JOHNS MED'CINE SOOTHES and HEALS A few days of personal undercover | when Dr. Trafford ignored their hints | work supplied him and Mayor Pfeifle | = with a long list of gin mills, stills, | gambling houses and vice dens. Then an ultimatum was issued to} the policemen. They well know, Dr. | Trafford told then i MaARsHALL-WELLS to cease operations immediately or ot arrested. Mace “Doar Savers” at your near Bethlehem. He carries every! Later, scanning his secret list, ne | case to its finish, and there have been | found that nearly all of the men were ® great many cases since he took | cbeying his orders to the letter. | office. Stopped Gambling “In one week, after our campaign, “We had to deal harshly with the got under way,” he recalled, “we | social evil,” Dr. Trafford said. “Im- | closed 174 speakeasies, more than 20 | morality was an organized trade here, | gambling houses and put 26 disorderly | with the promoters dodging in and \ houses out of business. out from New York and Newark, N. | “We found and destroyed 25 stills: J. We arrested about 30 young wom- ‘and I don’t know how many hundred jen, who have been sent to institu- | gallons of liquor.” tions. That has practically ended | Out of his close study of social | the traffic. problems has grown a conviction that | “The town has been cleaned of ni ‘the eighteenth amendment. as it|cotics. Not long ago, dope was easy | etands, is a failure. During three |to obtain. 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