Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1926, Page 3

EVANGELIST DEIES STAYING IN GARMEL Her Counsel Answers New Charge That She Was There. With Ormiston. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.—Clues Meveloped at Carmel and Monterey, @outh of here, are believed by Joe Ryan, Los Angeles deputy district at- Yorney, to have solved the Aimee Sem- Iple McPherson kidnaping case. Ryan, who has been at Carmel since Enturday. last night reported to Dis- rict Attorney Asa Keyes that he was atisfied Mrs. McPherson arrived there he day after she disappeared at Ocean Park Beach, accompanied by Kenneth iG. Ormiston, radip operator and friend ©f the evanselist. Ryan’s iInvestigation followed re- orts that a man and woman resem- ling the evangelist and radio opera- | tor arrived at Carmel May 19 and re- matned there for several days. Ryan declared he could produce four wit- s who identified photographs of . McPherson and Ormiston as the couple who had been at Carmel. Ormiston was interviewed by au- thorities a short time after the evan- gelist disappeared, but he dropped from sight after being questioned and was last reported in New York. A let- ter purported to have heen writen by Ormiston was introduced before the grand jury which recently investigated the case, but adjourned without issu- ing any indictments. The letter denied any knowledge of the cas Attorneys for Mrs. McPherson last might denied she had ever been in Carmel. The evangelist continues to | defend the story of her abduction in | sermons at Angelus Temple, maintain- ing she was held captive for nearly | five weeks and escaped to reappear at ‘_\mll'\ Prieta, Mexico, near the Arizona sorder, DRY TORONTO WARS ON BOOTLEGGER AS VIGOROUSLY AS D. C. . (Continued from First Page) _ Quebec beer, than which there is no beerier beer. An_ appeal, financially backed, to any bellboy in any hotel in Toronto will bring the same results that fol- low such an appeal to a Washington bellboy. But an honest bellboy, and there are such things, will tell you | frankly that one cannot depend upon \ the wares they serve. It may be a bottle of home-distilled, stuff that would be safer if used only as plain varnish remover. that has been cut, doctored and sealed with counterfeit government labels. Periodically the police raid places and confiscate large quantities of ma- teriel which bear mute witness to the war of the bootlegger against government mped _liquors. De- spite the proximity of good whisky, the bootlegger makes or doctors his stuff as he does in the United States. On every h: “lay off the stuff”—just as one hears it in Washington. As related in yesterday's letter, medicinal whisky may_ be obtained through a government dispensary on the prescription af a qualified physi- cfan who lives and practices medicine in Ontario. When the law was first enacted much trouble was found with ,the system, not only by the doctors ‘but by the government as well. Doc- tors were issuing prescriptions by the thousands to combat a strange malady that had the whole province in fits grip. The law has since been changed to limit doctors to 30 prescriptions a month. Doctors Wanted Change. The change was brought about as much by the doctors as anything else. Nevertheless, I am told that the usual thing for a citizen of Toronto to do upon the receipt of a telegram an- nouncing the proposed. visit of Cousin Tom from the States is to hie himself to the nearest doctor and obtain a prescription. The availability of such prescriptions depends upon the genu- ine illness or the personal inclinations and friendship of the doctors involved. And preseription liquor is as highl valued here—for it is every bit as ex- pensive—as it is in Washington. 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IRON Bontins, 00,8 Byt When Roofs Go Wrong can_always ol 3 capabl here, he »?nn 1335‘ :&““fin e “on {E",o 5 fers serve you. hooNs Mflnl 110 8rd St. 8.W. Company Phone Main 933 It may be whisky | hand one hears the advice— | tnoae, throat and nervousness of the ‘eet. Other intoxicants which proved won- derful remedies for like diseases were bottle alcohol, canned alcohol (Note— Do not confuse with a heating sub- stance), ale and stout (Bass and Guin- ness), bitters, champagne, liqueurs, port wine, rum, sherry and Irish whisky. I am informed on good au- thority that it is highly proper in the best circles to obtain alcohol on a doc- tor’s prescription and use in with ginger ale in about the same quanti- ties that gin is used in the States by a person of moderate tendencies. This mixture is described as very penetrat- ing and quick-acting. It makes the alcohol last longer. Increase in Liquor Sales. In 1925 the sales.of liquors from dispensaries amounted to $5,065,997.44, which was an increase over the previ- ous year. The number of prescrip- tions issued also advanced over the year before, last year's total being 830,111. As there are approximately 3,000,000 persons in the province of Ontarlo, the proportion of illness re- quiring ' medicinal intoxicants is rather alarming. One of the favorite methods of keeping supplied with good whisky is a business trip to wet Manitoba or wet Quebec. It must be remembered that such trips are expensive, how- ever, and can't be made but just so often, Coming back, it is customary to bring as much whisky as one may safely carry without arousing the sus- picion of officers of the law. Pro- vided the man is otherwise considered as a respectable, law-abiding citizen and his suit case does not bulge nor his conduct attract the attention of an officer, he will not be molested. For one thing, the officers of the law must regard the proprieties and not molest a person without ‘“‘probable cause.” For another reason, although the officer might suspect a search of a_traveler's suit case would reveal a hidden story, he will ignore the mat- Fter on the theory that a man.is not going to do much damage to anybody by bringing home a quart or so of ‘\\h This I learn from the chief ‘:.m enforcement officer of the prov- | ince. | In addition to such methods of pro- | curing whisky, the law in Ontario per- | mits the manufacture and sale of na- {tive wines. The only restrictions are |as to quantity. One must buy whole- sale and for personal use only. This | wine cannot be resold. But a man {may buy from the manufacturer all he wants and get as drunk as he wants to provided he stays at home. Toronto Is Good City. From the things which have been written above, one may be led to assume that the city of dry Toronto |is filled with drunkards, reeling from |one side of fts sidewalks to the other |and generally. messing things up and giving the town a black eye as far as prohibition Is concerned. But nothing could be more erroneous. Toronto is Sometimes known as “To- ronto the Good,” and it deserves the honorable appellation. One may walk the streets of this city after nightfall, or during the daytime, and fail to find the slightest indication that there ever was such a thing as what is sometimes referred to as hootch. One may hang around hotel lobbies or walk their corridors all day and never see or hear a sign of drinking or smell a boozy breath. Toronto is a city of 600,000 people—larger than Washington. And that makes the fol- lowing comparison interesting. Convictions for drunkenness and dis- orderly conduct. | {The " vrohibiiion “Taw " came into eflect in 1916) WASHINGTO! (The figures below are convictions for intoxication. From conversation with police in both cities a fair con- clusion may be drawn that an arrest for intoxication in Washington would include the charge of “‘disorderly con- duct” in Toronto.) Nu 5 pber; ESerowscos! 926 (arrests’ fiscal year) Figures Are Official. These figures are supplied from offi- cial records in both cities. According to statistics furnished by the dry forces here, drunkenness has decreased 43 per cent, while the amount of liquor consumed has been reduced by 95 per cent. This latter figure, however, is to be doubted se- riously. There is no definite way to check up on the amount of liquor consumed, though a figure can be ob- tained by deducting the amount sold after the act went into effect from figures of sales before that time. But from what people say, there is a lot of drinking in Toronto. | The act is enforced by a special | squad of O. T. A. enforcement officers, who correspond in some degree to the prohibition officers in. the United States, and these are assisted by the provineial police and the municipal police. They work hand in hand and have the added backing of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police when occa- sion arises. The enforcement officers are rigid and strict. Even the wets admit that they do their best to en- force the law. One does not hear of bribery and graft in connection with their work. As one man put it, if one policeman tries to protect a bootlegger. he must protect him from three other arms of the law as well as his own police force. Their superiors have drilled into these men the old British tra- ditions of faithfulness to duty, and their task is made easier by the in- herent respect for a uniformed po- liceman on the part of the public which is another characteristic of British origin. Police Inspire Respect. The attitude of the municipal po- lice in this city alone is enough to in- spire respect. The tall, rawboned and tanned officers who stand helmeted on the street do not give the im- pression of being either playful or lenient. Their courteous dignity and their military bearing and discipline somehow set them apart. To watch a traffic policeman here, standing easily at a street intersection, never lifting his voice, using his arms only when absolutely necessary, then turn- ing his semaphore and assuming the position” “at ease” while the traffic moves past him; to watch him stand- ing erect and silent on the curb while the hurrying crowds rush by, and see him spring to attention with a ready oot S ————ee e N? - TABLET S Relieves constipation, biliousness, sick headache +A SAFE, DEPENDABLE LAXATIVE | Peoples Drug Store, Inc. - THE EVENING “sir” when a mere ‘pedestrian asks a question—all this somehow inspires a confidence in their ability to act quickly when the need arises.\, And a mental comparison of their donduct with that of some of the cavorting clowns one sees in Washington car- ries' with it a moral. Inspector D. McKinney of the moral squad of the Toronto police has served on ‘“every patrol in this city” for the past 30 years. He is authority for the statement that he has never seen as little drinking in Toronto as there is today. He laughs at the claims of the wet pro- ponents whe say there is more drinking in Toronto today than be- fore the saloon went out of business. Inspector McKinney had a close-up view of saloons for many years, and he ought to know. His instructions to his men regarding drunkennessare to arrest men who might hurt them- selves or annoy the public. If a man looks like he might navigate homeward without any damage, let him go. If he is known to be car- rying liquor pick him up, no matter who he is. Violators Under Cover. Inspector McKinney said _there were bootleggers, rum holes and bars operating in Toronto. Of this he does not have any doubt. But he further contends that they operate only so long as they can keep.out of sight and knowledge of the police. The Inspector suggested that while the law is strict enough, some of the courts are not. He praised the Brit- ish—and Canadian—system of quick punishment for other crimes, and in the same breath mentioned that while the law provides jail sentences for some offenses against the liquor law, few men ever go to jail. One cannot help but wonder if this is an indication of loss in respect for law because of the law’s unpopularity. The penalties for violation of the law, however, have recently had sharper and more fearsome teeth added. The penalty for illegal “having” liquor in a public place or out of the home is a minimum fine of $50 for the first offense and a maximum of $1,000. The second offense car- ries with it a jail sentence. This “having” liquor applies to the man found carrying half a pint on the street. Having liquor in an automo- bile is not sufficient ground for con- fiscation of the car so long as it cannot be proved that the liquor was for sale. The penalty for the sale of liquor is a minimum fine of $200, a maxi- mum fine of $2,000 and a jail sen- tence of not more than three months. The j&i\ sentence reads “and” and not “or.” The penalty for a second offense of selling is the same as the first, plus three to six months in jail, plus the months involved in the first offense, which must be served all over again. No Joke to Be Caught. Automobiles are confiscated on much the same ground that leads to a similar process in the United States. rials are made speedier because the law does not contemplate trial by jury. Continuances are few, and granted only when there is need for them. From these penalties it may be judged that to be caught in the act of selling liquor is no joke to be laughed off as part of the overhead cost of bootlegging. And while there are bootleggers who do not get caught, there are many others who do. In seeking a true light on the con- ditions in Torento, it must be re- membered that Toronto is a wet city. Like other cities of the province, has voted wet, while the rural dis- tricts, composed of quiet, church- going and law-ablding folk, have voted dry by enough of a majority to keep it 50. One must remember, therefore, that the preponderance of opinion in Toronto is wet. The ma- jority has shown that plain enough, and casual conversations with peo- ple in the street shows the same thing. Why are they wet after 10 years of prohibition? Their arguments are similar to those heard every day in Washing- ton and throughout the United States, as far as that is concerned. They point to the prevalence of the pocket flask as a menace to the younger generation. Drinking, they | | say, is common everywhere. A busi- ness men's convention or banquet is the signal for all the delegates or guests to get uproariously and glori- ously drunk—while a few years ago If It Is Rentable I Can Rent It J. LEO KoLB 923N.Y.Av. 1237 Wis.Av. 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But they be- lieve the correct method to curb illegal drinking is to make it legal if confined to the home, The law cannot be enforced, they declare, and this propaganda, no matter how true or how false, leads everybody to the conclusion that it can't be enforced. My informant, the president of one of the leading wet organizations and a prominent attorney of this city, cited an ex- ample of what he termed the psy- shology of the whole situation. “For some years,” he said, “I have had to go to Winnipeg on business trips. I have some friends there, and we always meet and play bridge. ‘When Winnipeg was dry—like Toronto is today—we played with a decanter resting on the sideboard, and whenever a man was dummy he got up and took several drinks, with the result that before the evening was over we were all more or less tight. Now Winnipeg is wet. I still go there and we still play bridge. But since the town went wet my friend has neglected to put the decanter on the sideboard. Neither he nor his friends think® of taking a drink during the game, although we may later have one all around with a sandwich or something. That just shows how it works. When the town’s dry, like Toronto, it is natural for a man to take every opportunity to take a drink, because he doesn’t know when he'll get another one. Whereas in Winnipeg and Quebec you never see that sort of thing, because they know they can get it when they want it. Nobody wants the saloon back, but e've come to the conclusion that we've got to have some plan here like they have in Quebec. Drys Defend Conditions. But while the wets may picture the unhappy conditions resulting in Toronto from temperance and the in- | abllity of the Government to enforce | the prohibition law, however hard it tries, the drys also are prolific painters of conditions. They are not satisfled with the present law, but they are convinced that it has done much to improve conditions here. 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