Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1925, Page 18

THE YEAR FINDS BOOTLEG DEATH 4 DEAD, 20 HURT NEW YEAR TOLL New York’s Celebration Has| Fewest Casualties Since Prohibition Began. Breaking Down Moral Sense of American People, Observers Say. | during the war made und the advance of a set battle ra Il stretch- ralyzing hand across the con- nd with no immediate prom- rt of relief. The bootle o e 1t seeme to have | the poor qualities seized polsoning not alone in | whisky, howe >, but is breaking |t0 @ very gr an apparently | medical ~in umber of person sures at the At w that the ws no bounds. E mpts to corrupt stopped accepting liquor from By the Associated Press. January 2.—Four some of tutions, -up of | ever-ir ; Two | The re mnnl h OF MOoT: hospltals have made no res made from alcohol which ed | cordance with | ¢ flare-up as to the right of the Gc TRAIL ALL OVER COUNTRY Reaches Into Various Sections, Poisoning Bodies and the same manner that field hospltals preparations in Virtually all of the hospitals have the | Federal prohibition forces because of The use of r, has not diminished at ‘extent in the public the | larger hospitals getting a barrel a at- scertain the number’ of hs due to the drinking of mix- has in a Senate yvern- poison liquor which eventu- each an innocent con- eply of the prohibition as been that in a time of ohibition there consumer and man can be > is | tinuing t 1 aled that day deaths have been par- \erous, although th erime Dizzy? Breath Bad? Sick? Upset? You're Bilious! Take a Laxative! OFFICER SHOT TO DEATH. Canadian Lieutenant Is Victim of Accident. A physician de cidental T n r Home of the Worumbo Overcoat You Won’t Need the Money You “Blew”! The Fashion Shop’s Clearance! Qvercoats, Suits, Two-Pants Suits came and put a dent in every bank roll. ar’'s Eve came uun;,:w.md whether or not wine flowed like water— v flew all over town \u\\ here’s the New \mx with new needs—especially in the line of clothes And here’s the Fashion Shop’s Annual Sale—coming just at the time when a dollar saved means more than at any other time during the year! HUNDREDS OF OVERCOATS—At 1, Price and 14 off! Every Overcoat, from those of modest price to the wonderful Worumbos! $100 and $125 Overcoats, including Worumbos, $59.50 and $69.50. HUNDREDS OF % Price and 15 Off! Including all our famous \mu(\m an & Suss }\mln ster Suits. At prices absolutely unheard of in midseason! TUXEDO SUITS—Y Off. Some as low as $26.25 hat and cap departments are oiled during rebuilding operations -most absolutely perfect! DURING THIS SALE—-ALTERATIONS AT COST No charge accounts—but deposits accepted! Hundreds of articles in our furnishing, reduced on the same scale! Some slight some crumpled in the Christmas ru Do w3 st o Sale at Both Stores Tasnionhop Uptown lsthé?G Next to Keith's Downtown th: & At Washington's 42nd and Broadway FRED PELZMAN President Two Stores can be no no harmed by con- ce of making com- unfit for possible bev- Clean the Bowels! EVENING { and organized vice | STAR, WASHINGTON, often have been prated about in m|n|huam-.;ger in the old days were gen- country, but nelther condition really | erally “broke” before they landed In was known in its fullest sense until bootlegging got under way after the National prohibition act. form of law violation has had so much ready money connected with it Some of the bootleggers now in dur ance vile at Atlanta are rated as mil- llonaires, found no means of reaching or con- fiscating thelr ill-gotten wealth. bootleggers are ready to part with their money for special favors, and it is difficult for some officlals parently Criminals of the class of the : 10c __122 Small 12¢ JANUARY 2, OWN VOTE PUTS STEARNS BACK AS POLICE HEAD Indicted Weehawken Town Coun- cilman Re-Elected in Face of Malfeasance Charges. D. €., FRIDAY, 1925. the tolls. The bootlegger both before and after captare flings his money in all | airections, and it is a sad commen- tary on the public mnru)lly to repor( that most of the money “sticks.” It “greases’ the way from Rum Row to the consumer's home. The prohibi- tion authorities belleve there will be no surcease until the people are edu- cated to & higher morality and refuse to patronize the illiclt dealers. z bl T No other but the Government h B A rhe J., January 2.— eéhawken town councilman, yeaterday was ro-clected chairman of the Weehawken police committee by a vote of 4 to 3, In spite of his irdictment and that of nine Of 35,000 visitors to Switzerland last modern | Summer, one-third were Germans. to resist their adva Safe Home Matches The Large No. 500 Size Smoked Hams We are offering these quality smoked hams at a price that gives you fine quality smoked ham at moderate cost. Pick Out One Tomorrow Per 23C “WILBUR’S” Cocoa and Chocolate Quality unexcelled and at a price cut 'way down. Yalb., 17¢ Cocoa .. Chocolate, /5lb., 15¢ A Store Near Your Home “Clean-Up” Sale Limited Qunnfity of Dorsch’s Fruit Cake Will close out at 21b. Size for O C Candy Sale All Dixie Hard Mixed and Eureka Mixed A Small Can Just right for two or three TRUSTY FRIEND Small Sifted Phillip’s Pork Sausage . . . .lb., 35¢ Loffler’s Sliced Bacon .....lb., 38¢ Pure Lard. . .Ib., 19¢ Crisco, Can, Ib.,23c Snowdrift, Can, Ib., 22¢ No. 1 size tin, (A Small Can)... Pure Maple Syrup Mgl Sap - 49c CRACKED Syrup, bottle. . (Pearl) HOMINY Per Lb... c 0ld-Fashioned Brown Sugar, 1Lb.,9¢ Two Exceptional Items The word “Melba” indicates that the pieces are very large and the most select fruit. Del Monte “Melba” Peaches." .. .Can, 30c Del Monte “Melba” Pears.......Can, 35¢ on the labels of these cans Re-Umberto Brand is the Finest Grade of Oil Procurable When you buy and use Re-Umberto you are getting the finest grade of oil it is possible to buy. We have sold this brand for many years and know the satisfaction which it gives. 15 Pint Can, 30c Pint Can, 53¢ Ralston’s Buy Per the large package. w215 \Specials That Mean Money Saving Cream of Wheat, Pkg. . . . 22¢ | Ford’s Strawberry Preserves Wheatena Pure fruit and sugar, the finest strawberry preserves e have ever tasted. We have made this prue \\lthom Quaker Farina, Pkg . . . . Scotch brand Barley, Pkg. Grape Nuts, Pkg. reqard to value—but once you serve family you'll do so always. While this we urge you to buy a whole winter supply. 12c Virginia Sweet Pancake Flour . Silver Label Peas Post Toasties, Pkg. . . . Kellog’s Bran, 10-0z Pillsbury’s Health Bran, Pkg. Sanitary Qats, 55-0z Quaker Qats, Pkg 12¢ Columbia Vegetable Soup Our Famous SANITARY | GREENBAG CATSUP | coFFEE :39e | Post Bran Flakes, Pkg Shredded Wheat, Pkg 12¢| Large 20c cans for 17¢ | Van Camp’s Evaporated Milk3 cans for members of the police force on charges of malfeasance in office in connettion with alleged violations of the liquor act Three of the fused to from the office of sistant di attorner at th quest of Attorney General Stone, saif last night that he expected to be summarily removed, and that he wil seven councilmen | resume his private 1.4 w practice. voted against him and three others ‘fav[lh'in{l R’t‘u‘vun»’ casting the deciding Y TS ballot for himselt % 3 Indirect overtures looking to a full Fifty Homeless in Blaze. confession were received yesterday CAMDEN, N. J, January 2.—Eigh! from two of the nine indicted police- | houses were destroyed and 50 per sons made homeless hen flame: men, Aloysius MecMahon, assistant prosecutor ¢f Hudson County, an-|swept a block on Van Hook stree! MeMahon Hnld he | yesterday. Three persons were over would turn state’t evi- | come by smoke. The blaze was be the coming crials lieved to have beern caused by a overheated stove. nounced. My thought th: dence befo: Walter an Riper, who has re- Nutmargarine Why Pay p., 2 5 More? The above is a facsimile of the certificate of quality packed’/in each carton of Land O’Lakes Butter. Today and tomorrow you can buy this butter at the very special price named below. This price puts this butter within reach of every butter buyer. A special price made to more thoroughly introduce this butter quickly. Land O’Lakes 1. 25¢ Butter Carton Prunes 29c Silver Lake Tomatoes Peaches Ordinary canned tomatoes are Per Can comparatively high in price. If we priced Silver Lake at twen- ty-five cents they would still be good value. Try a can of these extra select solid pack tomatoes and we believe you will buy them regularly. A 2-Ib. carton fancy quality Sunsweet Prunes, A 2-Ib. carton fancy quality Blue R1b|>on 20c lGranulated Sugar, per Lb., Tc FAB For laundering all fine wear- ing apparel. Proctor & Gamble Star Soap. ... ....5¢ Proctor & Gamble White Naphtha. i 5e Crystal White Laundry Soap . =5ic Colgate’s Octagon Laundry .615¢ Kirkman’s Borax . ... . 12¢ pe. . 1 OC Michigan Navy 71/2C White House Head Rice, full Ib. pkg. . . . Comet Rice, 12-0z. £ 25¢ Beans, Ib . Dried Lima Beans, Ib “Ford’s” to the price is effective Pure Buckwheat Flour, 5-lb. bag. .32¢ 40¢ 25¢ Pkg. C 10c 15t D5 |l Beardsley’s PEERLESS LIMA ' BEANS Small Green Ysc Aunt Jemima Pancake, 3 for. . Yellow Spht Peas, 3 Ibs. for. . Lentils, 1-Ib. carton l4c Gron O] 2oc e . IS¢ 12¢ Per Columbia Chili Con Carne, can. . .