Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1930, Page 4

FROM BOTH ANCLES Wets and Drys Making Opti- mistic Predictions for Year 1930. By the Assoclated Press. Bpokesmen for organizations sponsor- ing and opp sing the prohibition laws have entered the current controversy with statements in which both draw encouragement from the events of 1929 and make optimistic predictions for 1930. F. Scott McBride of the Anti-Sa'~on League found a “most hopeful sign” in the discussion of the last fortnight in that “legislative officers, as well as en- forcement administration officials, in- cluding President Hoover, are not side- stepping their responsibility in connec- tion with the enforcement of the law.” Wet Advocate's Views. For the Association Against the Pro- hibition Amendment, Henry H. Curran, its president, sald that while “dry” spokesmen 10 years ago predicted that prohibition would reduce crime by 50 per cent, the actual result had been such that “the President of the United States only a few months ago consider- ed the crime situation so grave that he told assembled publishers of the Assa- clated Press that the dominant issue before the people was law enforcement and law observance.” Neither McBride nor Curran showed any disposition to become parties to the controversy that has arisen in official Washington. Curran did not mention it; but McBride said: e present controversy is not being Gn’teglnn by til';e‘]l;ugue or ;ny of the ODEOS g_organizations, but by various public officials. This has been the ob- Jective of the league since the enact- ment of the eighteenth amendment, and will bring the liquor question up for general consideration,” Tilinols Report Quoted. Curran quoted a report «* the f..- nols Association for Crimina Justice as saying that prohibition was a pivot about which thuggery and racketeering Tevolve because of the enormous rev- enue derived from trafic in Alfett liquor. He asserted that the remedy lay in repealing or amending the eighteenth amendment, in such a way that the States may frame their own liquor laws in accordance with local e« s et srmier eanwhile, a had devel in the bitter exchange of statements which has characterized the recent dispute, and interest continued in the letter on prohibition which Senator Borah, Re- ublican, Idaho, sent to President loover after denouncing “from top to bottom” the personnel of Government enforcement agencies. Rumor Not Confirmed. A report that Mr. Hoover had written & reply to the Idaho Senator could not be confirmed either at the White House or at Borah's office and at the same time the contents of Borah's letter were a grer::llyxzuna,dtsecret 'nator Brookhart, Republican, Towa, has said that when Congress recon- ‘Venes he intends to carry the prohibi. | tion question to the floor of the Senate, which may precipitate a general dis- cussion there. Brookhart yesterday is- sued a reiterated demand for the resig- nation of Secretary Mellon, who, as head of the Treasury, is in charge of the enforcement agencies in that de- t. A similar was made week by Senator Norris, Republi- Responsibility Use : Yellow Cabs and Black and White Cabs Owned and Operated by Brown Bros. PERPETUAL BUILDING | ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% S(e::lni‘-mufly Assets Over $20,000,000 Surplus $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President EDWARD C. BALTZ, Act’g Sec’y nder Supervision U. 8. Treasury §This Bank has made over 38 thousand loans aggregating nearly $ millions of dollars to as- sist persons of character to accomplish some worthy purpose. E}n connection with the an the borrower agrees to make monthly or i-monthly deposits a savings account with which he may pay the loan; thus the rrower forms the bit of saving regus larly. SERGT. FRANK M. ALLIGOOD. ALLIGOOD IS HURT INCARGOLLISON Detective Sergeant Pinned Under Auto Following Crash With Nurse’s Machine. Detective Sergt. Frank M. Alligood, nemesis of automobile thieves, was seriously injured last night when his car overturned and pinned him to the pavement following a collision at North Capitol street and Florida avenue. Alligood was taken to Emergen Hospital, where an examination dis- closed a possible fractured pelvis and injuries to his head and hands. Alligood’s car collided with the ma- chine of Miss Irene C. ns, 20, nurse at Walter Reed Hospital. The impact overturned the detective's machine, pin- ning him underneath. It was several minutes before the car could be lifted from him. Alligood has established a reputation at the Detective Bureau for the number of unusual cases he has made since he was assigned to the automobile squad ‘Time and again he has left the District Building upon receipt of a lookout for a8 man and car and returned within half an hour with his quarry. A recent case of such an arrest oc- curred Sunday night when he took Nat Bistrong, alleged automobile thief, into cus just three minutes after Wash- ington police had been informed that Virginia authorities had lost him as he was heading for this city after a chase all the way from Charlottesville, Va. The detective has been placed under the care of police surgeons and this morning his condition was said to be favorable. G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. POISONING OF FOWL REMAINS MYSTERY Probe Fails to Disclose Cause of lliness in Caylor Home. Source of the arsenic which in some unexplained manner found its way into turkey and dressing at a Christm: dinuer in the home of Mrs. Edith Oa: lor, 723 Fifth street northeast, poiso ing 16 persons, remained a mystery to- cay as police continued an investigation of the case. Headquarters Detective Charles Mans- fleld, assigned to conduct an 1n«1%reyd .| sald today that while he was sat! from his preliminary investigation the polsoning of the family and its guests Wwas accidental, no clue had been found to settle the important question of how the deadly drug entered the food. The police will bend every effort to clear up the mystery without delay, he since there are fears that more of the oison may appear from the same un- nown source. Mrs. Caylor and all the members of the family were greatly surprised to learn of the discovery of arsenic in the turkey and its dressing, ascertalned in an analysis of the food bwunlclghu chemists. No arsenic had been in the house at any time, Mansfleld’ was told. Although the poison seemed to be centered in the turkey dressing, a pe- culiar angle was that this portion was part of a batch prepared at Thanks- glving time and was eaten then without untoward results. Apparently the dress- ing became poisoned since Thanksgiving day, Mansfield said. A search of the premises similar to that conducted successfully by Federal food and drug inspectors at the home of Mrs. J. Bernard Parker of Falls Church, where arsenic-poisoned flour made several families ill and threatened tragedy to many others, will be made. In the Falls Church case, Inspector George P. Larrick of the Department of Agriculture found a small bag in the basement, which had contained calcium arsenate used for spraying, and it is presumed the contents of the bag were | Eim tied into & flour sack by a small d who mistook the white powder for cl flour. Mrs. Parker is recove: from the the poison effects of repeated doses of which she ate in muffins, bread and fruit cake baked from the flour. Nine fruit cakes sold to persons in nearby Virginia were recovered by the Federal officials after a frenzied hunt. National Fellowship Club’s DANCES (INFORMAL) ‘Wed. 9 to 12 - 50c Sat, 9 to 12 - 75¢ PHIL O’BRIEN’S BAND THE CITY CLUB 1320 G 8¢, are very radically reduced for this sale event BANDIT BEATEN BY STORE OWNER Hold-up Man Makes Escape After Grocer Disregards Threatening Pistol. Having demonstrated his contempt for robbers by almost knocking out a hold-up man when he entered his store 1748 Eighth street last night, Isadore Kaplan was halled as a hero today by neighbors. Kaplan was preparing to close his store when an unidentified colored man walked in and pointed a pistol at him and ordered, “Give me your money.” Grocer Puts Up Fight. Instead, Kaplan sf out from be- hind his counter and let go with & hard right to the stomach. He followed through with several hard blows to the ead. The intruder reeled, and finally retaliated with a thrust to Kaplan's forenead with what the grocer sald “looked like a pistol.” 'rhex mm‘ :gen nur‘\l‘tr‘:m the store with Ka purs e ueard on foot. K:pll.fl went to Sibley Hospital and was treated for a scratched head. Police made an unsuccessful search for the intruder. ‘Three unidentified white men, each armed with a revolver, took $4 from the grocery store of Morris Phillips, at 1347 R street. Phillips let them ran- sack his cash register without putting up a fight. Woman Robbed of $57. Later three colored men held up Margie Alphonso, colored, of 2330 Ninth street, and robbed her of $57 at Ninth and Euclid streets. A pocketbook containing $2 was snatched from Blanche M. H ve of 1602 O street in front of her last night, while two colored boys grabbed the purse of Mary Du Bant of 603 C street southwest, near her of Second and R streets of $20 at 420 street. 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