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THE EV Sure Relief '$ You FEEL BETTER™ ) FOR INDIGESTION 25¢ and 75¢ Pkgs.Sold Everywhere F FURNITURE RENTING. .BLUM OFFICE FURNITURE v SPECIAL NOTICE. PURBUANT TO SECTION RTICLE 8, ©of By-Laws, notice 1s hereby given tnat the Annual Mesting of the Btocknoigers ot tne Cal of Directors for the ensuing nd the transaction of such other busi- s may be brought before the meeting Wil be held at the office of the Company, 36th and M Etreets N. Washi E o, O Thursday, January”s, 1930, at i o'clock A.M. The polis will be open from 11 o'clock A.M. unf o'clock noon. H. D. CRAMPTON, Secretary. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. JANUARY 1, 1930. We, the president and the majority'of the trustées of The Columbia Title Insurance Company, of the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that ibe capital stock of company is one hundred ana fitty thousand dollars ($150,000), and is fully paid up ana that there are no debis of said cOmpany ex- ~eS¢ current expenses. JAMES J. BECKER, President. W. J. Flather, Jr., James 1. Nicnoison, H. Glenn Pheip: ) Allen C. Clarx, Edward J. Steliwagen, “sTustees. 1 EDWARD §. McKNEW, treasurer of the Columpia Tutle Insurance 'Company, of ine District of Columoia, o solemniy swear that tne 1acts contained in the Ioregoing certin- ghte ate true Lo the best of my knowledte beliel = EDWARD 8. McKNEW, Treasurer. Subscribed ln-‘d sworn 1{":;“1'9";? me this Notary Public. OFFI( OF THE FI INSURANCE Comcp‘lny of Washington and Georgelown, th and Lo Edgar M. Mayn W. 8. T tne ensuing vear. ana close at 12 m. W. HOWARD. decreta NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE annual meeting of the snarenoiders ot ine s National Bank of Wasninsion, L. na the tra action of such Other Dusiness s may come before he meeting, Wil De neia at tne banking house, 1503 Pennsylvania avenue morthwest, on Tuesday, January 14, 193U The polis 'wiil remain open rom 11 o'ciock .m. until 12 gclock noon. - GEOKGE ©. VASS, Casnier. WASHINGTON, D. C. JANUARY 1, 1930. We. the Dresident and ine malority of the trustées of The Real Estate Titie lnsurance Company, of the District of Columbia, do hereoy certify that the capital stock of said company is $200,000.00 and is fully paid up and that there are no debts of sala company except current expenses. JAMES J. ITON, 53 BECKER. President. M. Mayne, Armstrons. William C. Win. J. Plather, H. ust, Chas.’C. Glover, Jr, Leon Tobriner, Trustees. 1. EDWARD 8_McKNEW, assistant secre- tary of the Real Estate Titlé Insurance Com- 3 of Columbia, ao solemn- he facts contained in the oing certificate ate true to the best of my knowledge an ief. EDWARD §. McKNEW, Assistant Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this second day of January. A.D. 1930. (Seal.) Y F. DARLEY, Notary Public. L MEETING OF THE STOCK- tic Building Company. the office of the co .. Alexandria, Vi 01330, a¢ 11 o'c for the election of ¢ of company busi- ATLANTIC BUILDING CO.. INC. MYRON M. PARKER. Jr., Preside: ROBERT C. 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Of President Hoover he said: “He practices what he preaches.” In the address, which was broadcast locally by Station WMAL, the dry Sen- ator added that he had no knowledge of Mr. Hoover’s attitude toward prohibi- tion before it became a law, but that the Chief Executive’s attitude since that time was “a personal example’ that should be “followed by every good citi- zen in his home, at social gatherings and in business affairs.” In his radio speech, Senator Jones saild that “one of the hardest problems to meet” was that “men in high stand- ing socially, fingncially and officially” do not obey the law. “Instead of en- couraging good citizenship,” he con- tinueg, “they breed the very poorest contempt and the most dangercus type.” So far as members of Congress are concerned, Senator Jones ‘regretted” that “there are some who drink,” but he added that their failure does not excuse any citizen for violating the laws of his country. “In my judgment,” he added, “a far fewer number of Senators and Rep- resentatives drink now than they did /20 or 30 years ago. I have seen far fewer Senators under the influence of liquor during the last 10 years than I did during the preceding 10 years. They will get fewer and fewer as the years go by.” Greeting to Grandchildren. Senator Jones' address follows: Hello, Joanne—Happy New Year! Hello, Junior, Bruce and Roger—Happy New Year! These are my grandchildren, 3,000 miles away. I haven't seen themi for more than a year. I think I hn\'el the right to greet them. Is there any one in my radio audience who would deny me that privilege? I assume not— anyhow, I cannot hear you. I want to tell my radio audience I| am lucky. You are not. A cabinet officer was to speak to you. He had a fine speech ready. Something came up that prevented his speaking and I was asked day before yesterday to do so.| I accepted promptly even if it gave me | no time to prepare—that may be your loss, but it is my gain. I really like | to do this. All you have to do, how- ever, to cut me off is to turn a button and I will not know the difference. I was asked to talk on various phases of prohibition. No more important sub- ject can engage our attention and there is no better time to consider it. At the beginning of the new year we make our good resolutions. Some are kept, some may not be. We are some better for making them at least during the time we stand by them. Prohibition is a part of our funda- mental law. It was made so by the deliberate judgment of our people registered in the way provided by our Constitution and arrived at after more than half a century of study and dis- cussion. It ought to be-the pride of every good citizen to observe and up- hold it, even though he may not believe in its wisdom. The essence of good citizenship in a republic is observance of law. That, of course, does not mean that a citizen cannot point out the objections to it and give reasons for its change or repeal. That is also a fundamental right in a republic. This can be done | in such a way, however, as not to encourage and, in effect, urge fts violation or non-observance. I have no fault to find with the citizen who points out his objections to prohibition, but who earnestly and patriotically urges its observance until repealed in a legal way. I fear that many are afraid that general and individual observance would prove so wonderfully beneficial they would have no hope of repeal. Duty of Citizenship. This is a good time to look within one’s self and see what the duty of a good citizen really is and then resolve to do it. Our acts do not end with ourselves. They are observed by others. The higher our station in life, whether financial or official, the more far- reaching is the example we set for good or bad, and the greater is our duty. One of the hardest propositions to meet is the charge that men in high stand- ing, socially, financially and officially, do not observe the law. Instead of encouraging good citizenship, they breed the very poorest and most dangerous type. I received a letter the other day from a fine citizen in my State, in which he says, among other similar things: “I attended a very swell private club about five months ago, in which there were three bankers present. They were serving the best brand of Scotch whisky and apparently as unconcerned as though they were serving ginger ale.” He further says: “Now in my mind the press of this country (evidently referring to the met- ropolitan press) is responsible for this condition. You cannot have a law-that applies to one class of people and not to another. * * & If you are to have prohibition, the rich "banker, the rich newspaper man and the rich club- man have got to obey that law just as much and just as honestly as the humblest worker on the docks and in the mines and on the streets.” I do not know what the attitude of our President was before prohibition became the law of the land. He sets an example now that every good citizen should be proud to emulate. What he said in his inaugural address cannot be repeated too often: “The duty of citizens to support the laws of the land is coequal with the duty of their Government to enforce the laws which exist. No greater national service can be given by men and women of good will—who, I know, &re not un- mindful of the responsibilities of citi- zenship—than that they should, by their example, assist in stamping out crime | and outlawry by refusing participation { in and condemning all transactions with illegal liquor. Our whole system of self- government will crumble either if offi- cials elect what laws they will enforce or cltizens elect what laws they will support. ‘The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law. For our citizens to patronize the violation of a particular law on the ground that they are opposed to it is | destructive of the very basis of all that protection of life, of homes and prop- erty which they rightly claim under other laws. If citizens do not like a law, their duty as honest men and women is to discourage its violation; their right is openly to work for its repeal.” Patience and Helpfulness. He practices what he preaches. He cannot work out over night the task that confronts him. We must have pa- tience and, instead of hampering, help. His personal example should be fol- lowed by every good citizen in his home, at soclal gatherings and in his business affairs. This is a good day to resolve to do this. If every good citizen will do it and adhere to it to the end of the year there would be more joy, comfort &nd pleasure and less of crime, sadness and heartbreaking in this fair land of ours than ever before. ‘The President makes a clear and concise statement of the rights and duties of American citizens. No hon- est man will deny its truth. It nught' to appeal to the best in every American who believes in, and wants to adhere to, the fundamental idea of this republic. NING STAR RADIO FORUM SPEAKER SENATOR JONES OF WASHINGTON. —Star Staft Photo. This is a Government of law and not of license. This is a Government of lib- erty under law as the expressed will of the majority. ‘We denounce anarchy and condemn bolshevism and, yet, there is more dan- ger to our institutions and our liberties from our disregard of law than from anarchy and bolshevism. That which should now appeal to every good citi~ zen, that which is greater, even, than prohibition, great as that is, is law ohservance. Every good citizen realizes this, knows it, and should not hesitate to stand for it. Americans pride themselves on being good sports. This is the time to show it. The will of the majority has been ex- pressed in no uncertain way. It should be obeyed and observed until it is changed in the way prescribed by our fundamental law. I talked with a Senator a short time ago. He said that before prohibition he had drunk his champagne and his high- balls and enjoyed them, but that since prohibition he had drunk none and would not drink any so long as the law stands. That spirit is the essence of good citizenship. A few years ago we were honored with the presence of Gen. Foch, the commander-in-chief of the armies in the World War. He came from & country whose habits and cus- toms are different from ours. He doubtless had lived according to those customs. He knew of our prohibition law and at the banquets he attended he refused to drink intoxicating liquors. Why? He gave us the reason himself. He sald that so long as he was in the United States he proposed to observe the laws of the United States. This same attitude was taken by a great Itallan general and, also, by a famed Japanese general. What a wonderful example to American citizens! How ;:an?\\'e as good citizens afford to do ess: Shortcomings of Others. It is charged that Senators and Repre- sentatives drink liquor. This is given by many of those opposed to prohibi- tion as an excuse for drinking. There are some Senators and some Repre- sentatives who drink. I regret it. They and those who hold office and have taken a special obligation to obey and maintain the Constitution and the laws of the land should do so. Their failure, however, does not excuse any citizen for violating the laws of his country, In my judgment, a far fewer number of Senators and Representatives drink now than did 20 and 30 years ago. I have seen far fewer Senators under the in- fluence of liquor during the last 10 years than I did during the preceding 10 years. They will get fewer and fewer as the years go by. I have received many letters of late asking if Congressmen are excepted from the laws to enforce prohibition. Of course not. No exceptions whatever are made in the law and no exceptions should be made in its enforcement. Papers opposed to prohibition are prone to gloat over any suggestion of wrongdoing on the part of a Repre- sentative and, especially if he should be charged with violating the prohibition law, they assume him to be guilty. No man. 1o matter what his position may be, should be condemned without a hearing. It is a fundamental principle of our Government that every man, rich or poor, high or low, is presumed innocent untll & jury finds him guilty. It is commonly said by those opposed to prohibition that many Congressmen vote “dry” while they drink liquor. That is no valid argument against pro- hibition. I am sorry that it may be so, but this just emphasizes the strength of the sentiment of the people back home. Instead of showing a weakness in prohi- bition sentiment, strength. Representatives marily, to represent the majority views of their constituents, and that is what many of them do regardless of their personal views. No man, however, no matter what position he may hold un- der the Government, should disregard his solemn oath and violate the law of the land even though the majority sentiment of his district or State may approve such a course. He should set such an example of law observance as | will command the respect of every gen- uine citizen and give no man an excuse by his act to disregard any law of his country, Liqugr Benefits Disputed, Ts it possible that there is good citi- zens who fear that if they and other good citizens would scrupulously obey tha law the benefits would be so great and 50 apparent that there would be no hope of modifying or repealing the law? That was suggested by a promi- nent newspaper writer a short time ago. No man has ever yet pointed out any £00d that liquor does to any one, except, possibly, in some cases of sickness or poisonous snake bite. The majority of go0d and reputable physicians declare against its use as a medicine. That questicn 1s not involved in prohibition, however, because its use as medicine is not prohibited. Good citizens deny themselves nothing of benefit by ob- serving the law. Is it possible that they will set an example of disregard of law for the transient pleasure of drink- ing? One of the big business men of this country publicly declared some time ago that so long as prohibition is the law of the land he propeses to ob- serve it, at least while he is within the jurisdiction of his country, ‘That should be our attitude. I saw a short while ago that a bill had passed the Senate of one of our States, requiring that the evils of alco- hol should be taught in the public schools. That is a wise step. The eighteenth amendment was adopted only after 50 or more years of edu- cating the people of the various States as to the evils of intoxicating liquors; its wastefulness, the poverty it brought, the happiness it destroyed, the sorrow it led to, the criminals it made, the murders it caused, the corruption it en- couraged, the devastation, the degra- dation, the suffering, the evils it wrought to individuals and to society were pointed out and exposed. The ineffec- tiveness of license laws, local option and State-wide prohibition were dem- onstrated and brought national prohi- bition. I am afraid we thought then the work was accomplished and looked solely to the National Government for enforcement. There should be, and there must be, co-operation upon the part of municipal, county and State officials with the national force. The friends of prohibition must concen- trate their influence to bring this about. Then we will see the goal in sight. The same sentiment, the same activity and the same power that brought about the united | it demonstrates its | are, pri- | adoption of the eighteenth amendment will, when properly &irected, lead city, | county and State officials to uphold the | law or put men in who will. The na- tional administration is headed right. It is under the leadership of a man who believes in the supremacy of the law and the duty of every good citizen to observe it. What is needed is co-oper- atlon with the national administration by local and State officials. These offi- cials will give this co-operation when they belleve in it, or when they believe their power and their position depends upon their doing it. Instruction for Young, ‘The greatest ald to prohibition and its enforcement is to instruct our young people in the evils of the liquor traffic.. A new generation that never saw a saloon; that never saw or expe- rienced the horrors of intemperance; that has little knwledge of this nefa- rious traffic; that knows nothing of its evil influences; that is not aware of what it leads to physically or morally, is just coming to maturity. If our temperance organizations will direct their efforts along the lines they fol- lowed that led to the adoption of pro- hibition, enforcement will become less and less difficult as the years go by. ‘The opponents of prohibition are hard put for argument to sustain their position. Crimes committed against the prohibition law are charged to prohibi- tion. Only the thoughtless and prej- udiced will accept . such argument. Crimes committed by bootleggers, mur- ders committed by those violating the law, murders committed by drunken men and deaths and injuries inflicted by those under the influence of liquor are charged to prohibition, when pro- hibition, in fact, seeks to do away with such heinous deeds and does actually prevent many of them. These crimes are committed by those who are against prohibition, not by those for it. They are committed despite prohibition, not by it. One might with as much reason say that thievery is caused by the law against stealing or murder by the law against murder. It is said that prohibition interferes with personal liberty. This was urged not long ago by a prominent United States Senator on the floor of the Sen- ate—he really seemed to think this to be true. On the contrary, prohibition promotes and preserves personal liberty. Those who oppose prohibition seem to take the position that personal liberty gives you and me the right to do as we please regardless of the rights of any one else. ‘There is no such &hing as per- sonal liberty in this country in the sense that one can do as he pleases. We have liberty, personal liberty, but it is liberty under law. You and I can do what we please so long as we do not interfere with the rights of others or violate laws passed for the protection of individual rights. No man has the right in this country to do what the law says shall not be done. There is no more deadly foe to personal liberty than the liquor traffic. It has no regard or respect for the rights and liberties of men, women or children. The drunken man more than any one else interferes with the liberty of oth- ers. How often have you met a drunk- ard staggering along on the sidewalk and felt compelled to step aside rather than have a personal encounter with him. Whose personal liberty is inter- fered with in such a case? Bootleg liquor makes drunken auto drivers who run into peaceable people doing what they have a perfect right to do. Prop- erty is destroyed, men and women are injured, the lives of innocent children are taken. Their personal liberties are taken from them—by whom? Not by prohibition or its supporters, but by the enemies and violators of prohibi- tion. I cannot comprehend the rea- soning of able men who claim to be | for personal liberty and denounce pro- | hibition as taking away one's personal liberty. Such seem to be interested only in the liberty of the drinker and not in the liberty of the sober, inno- cent, peaceable, helpless and law-abid- ing. They seem to be concerned about permitting men to demonize themselves and to have no concern for the inno- cent women and children who may, and often do, become the victims of demonized husbands and fathers. Pro- hibition seeks to preserve the liberty of the innocent and to prevent the demonization of otherwise good and tender-hearted men. You often see in the press that a child has been run down and killed by an automobile driven by a drunken driver. Whose liberty has been invaded and whose rights unjustly taken in this case? It was a common occurrence before pro- hibition to see accounts of drunken husbands striking down innocent wives and dashing out the brains of helpless children. Is that the sort of personal liberty people of this country want? No, the day of that is gone never to return to this country. Appeal of Prohibition. Prohibition should appeal to our peo- ple independently of its effects from a moral standpoint—f{rom a purely busi- ness and selfish standpoint it should have their support. We have developed & wonderful clvilization. It is becom- ing more and more dependent upon mechanics for its support and progress. Machines of great power, delicacy and speed, that contribute to our needs and dally wants and comfort, require the careful guidance of sober operators as never before, not only for the perfec- tion of products, but for the safety of operators, passengers and travelers. There is no place in our national life, whether in business or pleasure where safety, carefulness and efficiency are not imperative today. Efficiene is required of workers and laborers in every phase of our economic life as never before. About 30 years ago the officials of our great railroads ordered that no engineer or fireman should take a drink or even enter a saloon. Why? To save train wrecks, prevent damages and save lives, It worked so well that the rule was eventually ex- tended to all their employes. Soon bank- ing officials issued orders that bank em- ployes should not go into a saloon or drink intoxicating liquors, especially during banking hours. order rested upon & sound business basis and | cut down defalcations, promoted better work and better service for the public. Years ago many of our most noted lawyers after a long, hard case drank to excess. When big business came into existence the noted lawyers who drank and were liable to talk too much were uickly dropped and those who did not grlnk and babble were placed in charge of these large interests. Nobodv professes to want the saloon k. If we have intoxicating llquors WASHINGTON E D. . € they must be sold somewhere. What difference does it make what the place called. If available under law it would be served in some way or an- other along our streets and along our roads where all could get it. More than 20,000,000 automobiles and trucks, and the number is increasing rapidly, every one an engine ef death, would pass by places where liquor would be sold and every drinking driver would be & menace bringing death and injury to countless thousands. They would endanger your life and mine and the lives of our wives and children. Do the employers of the thousands of truck and bus drivers, carrying millions of people, want intoxicants freely at hand along streets and highways? Their business depends largely upon carrying people safely. Are they will- ing to risk ruin by damages resulting from killed and injured passengers and travelers that they may gratify their appetites for something that does them no good physically or otherwise? Do you want to buy an airplane or auto- mobile built or O. K.'d by intoxicated workmen or inspectors? We are all in- terested in that phase of this question, regardless of our personal views on prohibition. Employer and _employe should for his own material benefit seek for economic industry and public safety. The public welfare as well as individual interest demands this. By prohibition no one is depriving any one else of anything of value or that will do him or the country any good, but we are seeking to prevent that which cannot help but injure many directly and indirectly, in the factory or on the roads and streets and permanently in- crease the perils of travel. Money for Better Homes. Most of the millions formerly ex- pended for liquor are now spent for better homes, better schools, higher edu- cation, automobiles and other comforts and luxuries, creating better business, demanding more labor and bringing in- creased happiness to the great mass of the people. The return to liquor selling means less business, fewer and poorer homes, less education, fewer automobiles and more misery, poverty and suffer- ing. Let those who resent the intes ference with what they may term per- sonal liberty reflect upon these things and ask themselves whether their own interest and property, their own money and their own standing in the com- munity will not suffer by the breaking down of the law which they now resent. Some say there is more drunkenness today than ever before. Figures of all sorts can be produced for and against this assertion. This statement cannot be sustained when all the facts are honestly considered. Massachusetts is often cited to show that drunkenness is on the increase. How is it done? Charts are made up showing arrests made for drunkenness in different places. It is easy to take the arrests in a rapidly growing city, and, by not correcting for the growth in population, to show that arrests for drunkenness are increasing. An able gentleman made up a chart from the annual reports of the com- missioner of corrections of Massachu- setts, showing the facts relating to the entire State. This chart shows that, taking the State as a whole, arrests for drunkenness are steadily decreasing. This is another significant fact that fair minded people should consider: While the great dailies gladly publish & full page of charts showing special cases where arrests for drunkenness increased, they refused to publish simi- lar charts showing that in the State as a whole such arrests were decreasing. The great newspapers of the country should be fair to the people in discus- sing a matter of such vital importance as this. To refute the assertion often made, however, I appeal solely to you on personal knowledge and experience. You and I may not go about places where drunks are apt to be, but we go about now as we always have. I know that I do not see one drunken man now where I saw a half-dozen when we had liquor under law. I have been over the country a great deal during the 1hum year and the number of drunks I ‘e seen can be noted on W hands, Sk The Drinking Class, Grant that there is more drinking today than heretofore among a certal class of our people. What c! is it— the extra well-to-do, the class that should be most scrupulous in observing and respecting law. I may be ‘Wrong about it, but many of the fathers and mothers who set their children the example of non-observance will some day greatly regret that they have not set a different example and given their children a different teaching. The young people who drink are not under the influence of prohibition. It can- not justly be blamed for their actions. The influences of the World War, our unexampled ~prosperity, a different mode of living from ever before and & slackening up of proper home in- fluences, in my judgment, account very largely for the conditions that con- front us, and these conditions would be much worse without prohibition. Deaths from alcoholism are sought to be blamed on_ prohibition. This is unwarranted by the facts as well as by reason. The facts are that deaths from alcohol have decreased under prohibi- tion. From 1901 to 1917, deaths from alcoholism averaged 56 for every million of our population. Under national pro- hibition the highest rate in any year has been 39 per million. If the average rate of alcohol deaths from 1912 to 1917 had prevailed during the first seven years of prohibition, there would have been 16,000 more deaths than there were. In 1926 there were fewer deaths from alcohol among our hundred mil- lions of people than there were In 1916 with our 70-odd millions. We have good reason to belleve that a more careful scrutiny of alcohol deaths has been made since prohibition than before. The Joint alcohol death rate in 1926 in 15 former non-prohibition States was 4.8; in 27 former prohibition States it was 2.5 per 100,000 population. Twenty- three States in 1926, With a population of two and one-half times the State of New York, had 545 deaths from alcohol while New York had 788. Twenty of these States had adopted prohibition before national prohibition came. These are a few of the facts given by Cora Frances Stoddard after a careful and impartial study of this situation. She sums up in these words: “It is evident that in general the alco- holism mortality program is most seri- ous in the former wet States; is below ',s!::tlvtrlle in the former prohibition es.” After some additional facts, she says: “It appears, therefore, that both in alcoholism death rates and in death rate increase the problem centers chiefly nl. 1mnnzr wet States and in the great cities.” Listen to this significant summing up by her: ““The centers of serious increase, chief- ly in the States known as ‘wet’ strong- holds and in the great cities, are espe- clally reaping in alcoholic dead the fruits"—note this—“of vociferous sup- port of liquor and the liquor traffic which has encouraged indulgence in alcoholic beverages with the fatal con- sequences observed.” It is urged that the control of the liquor traffic should be left to the States, that those who. want it should have it, and those that do not want it should be permitted to exclude it. We had this system before the eighteenth amendment was adopted. Because of its failure, the eighteenth amendment was necessary. ‘The liquor traffic can never be confined to any one State or any half dozen States. If you permit its manufacture and sale in one State, the liquor interests will invade every other State in the Unjon. If there ever was a question in need of solution by consti- tutional amendment, it is the ouestion of dealing with the liquor traffic. To temporize with it is to continue it. To permit it in one locality is to en- caurage lawlessness and bootlegging everywhere, Truth About Canada. ‘The Canadian system is pointed out as the model way to deal with the liquor question. The liquor boards of the various provinces in Canada are au- thority for the following facts that show the futility of this method from the standpoint of the friends of prohibition: In Canada the liquor traffic controls the government rather than the gov- ernment controlling the liquor traffic. Liquor ix bought, in omm; t the rate of a million gallons a . In Al- , \PRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1930. Senator.on Radio To Discuss Liquor - Greets Children By the Assoclated Press. ‘Words of greeting to his grand- children 3,000 miles away were the first uttered by Senator Jones of Washington, co-author of the Jones-Stalker act, as he stepped in front of a microphone in Wash- ington last night to deliver address on “Prohibition Today. “Hello, Joanne—happy new year! Hello, Junior, Bruce and Roger—happy new year,” Senator Jones began his address. “These are my grandchildren, 3,000 miles away,” he continued. “I haven't seen them for more than a year. I think I have the right to greet them. Is there any one in my radio audience who would deny me that priv- flege? I assume not—anyway, I cannot hear you.” berta 4,000,000 gallons were sold in the second week of ro-called government control. In Queb~-, beer sales increased a million gallons over the preceding year, and in seven provinces, with a population of 10,000,000, $160.000.000 a year was spent for liquor. In British Columbia, the sales of hard liquor in- creased 50 per cent, while in Quebec there was an increase in the sale of hard liquors of over 32,000 gallons, and in Saskatchewan the sale of hard liquor increased 33 per cent in two years. In Alberta 60,000 permits were granted the first year, and two years later over 140,000 permits were granted. In On- tario over 220,000 permits were issued in the first four months. Drunkenness certainly has not been avoided or dimin- ished. Police Commissioner Burton of Manitoba sayse“If all the drunks were arrested, there would be no room for them in jails.” According to the Sas- katchewan liquor bemrd., arrests for drunkenness increased 125 per cent in the first eight months. e Toronto Star says that all records for inebriates were broken when 89 Labor day cele- brants faced Magistrate Cohen. and, according to the Montreal Star, drunk- enness among women increased 53 per cent What about bootlegging? Does gov- ernment control avold that? The Alberta liquor board says, “Our great- est problem is moonshine in the country districts,” and the Saskatchewan liquor board says, “Bootlegging increased 111 per cent the first year.” According to the British Columbia liquor board, as much liquor is sold by bootleggers as is sold in the government storcs. As a matter of fact, instead of the govern ment controlling liquor in Canada, ilquor controls the government. Of course, we would like to stop boot- legging, but the bootlegging of liquor will never be stopped so long as there is any restriction whatever upon the liquor traffic. You know, and I know, and everybody knows, that the liquor interests want no trictions. They will violate all that are made. They always have done 50 and they always will. It is better to have only the boot- legger than to have him and the legal- ized traffic, too. If you make the sale and manufac- ture legal you cannot prevent the buy- ing of it by ane one. You cannot confine its sale to the temperate and affluent. If you seek to do that boot- legging will flourish as never before and the conditions of today will be but a gesture of what they weuld be then. Nothing short of prohibition will ulti- mately reduce this trafic to the minimum, Let me sum it all by this statement: Business efficiency, protection of life and liberty, the happiness of the home, the joy, comfort and safety of women and children; the effectiveness and happiness of labor, the developmen d expansion of business, the public wel- fare and public safety are promoted by prohibition, DU PONT TO RENEW OFFER TO KENTUCKY Assemblyman Asked by Emst to Favor Acceptance of Cum- berland Falls Tract. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, January 3.—The offer of Gen. T. Coleman du Pont, native Kentuckian and former Delaware Sen- ator, to purchase Cumberland Falls and present it to the State of Ken- tucky will be renewed, according to letters mailed yesterday by the Cumber- land Falls Preservation Association to all members of the Kentucky General Assembly, and its acceptance by the Legislature will be asked again at the 1930 session. ‘The letters were signed by former Senator Richard P. Ernst, president of the association; Frederick A. Wallis, vice president, and Dr. T. W. Rainey, executive secretary, Each member of the General Assembly is asked to vote to accept the Du Pont offer to make the falls a public park. ‘The Cumberland Falls tract which Mr. du Pont would donate to the State comprises more than 2,000 acres. ‘The Cumberland Hydro-electric Power Co.'s petition to convert the falls into & power site 16 still pending before the Federal Power Commission, following a visit of the commission members to the site last Summer. Secretary of ‘War Good, a member of the commis- sion that viewed the falls, has since died. . SENTENCE DEFERRED. Former Michigan Bank Employes Will Learn Fate January 20. FLINT, Mich,, January 3 (#).—Sen- tencing of nine former executives and employes of the Union Industrial Bank, who pleaded gullty to charges of em- bezzlement in connection ~with the $3,592,000 defalcation recently revealed, | yesterday was deferred by Judge James : S. Parker in Circuit Court until Jan- uary 20. ‘The delay was made on mo- tion of Charles D. Beagle, prosecuting attorney. ‘Those concerned are Ivan P. Christen- sen, former assistant cashier; Elton D. Graham, former cashler and vice presi- dent; Frank D. Montague, former as- sistant vice president; Milton Pollock, former vice president; Russell A. Run- yon, former discount manager; Mark H. Kelley, former assistant cashier, and A. J. Schlosser, J. W. Barron and C. A. Plumb, former tellers. Will Rogers - Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., January 3.—Result of the gin Interdenomi- national foot ball game, Cal, Meth- odists _(modern), 47; Pittsburgh, Cumberland _ Presbyterians (old school), 14. While 81,000 part-time atheists howled in heathen glee the Methodists believed in the “‘pass. over” and their faith was well found- ed, for seven out of eight passes were touchdowns. It was their greatest day since the Wesley boys, Johnny and Charley, single-handed beat the Church of England. The Right Rev, Russell Saunders was the principal presiding elder called upon to carry or heave, their message, and test, into infidel territory. As darkness en- veloped the field Pittsburgh did bet- ter. The Presbyterians scemed to be carrying out the traditions of their late Senator, Uncle Joe Grundy, they was always “lobbying” when they should have been running. P. 8, :l‘"l:e winner 'u;':'e allowed to ‘e'hecr, they maet Notre Dame. Yours, WILL. ARCRAFT CARRER TRAGEDY PROBED Two Dead and Four Burned When Gasoline Ignites on U. 8. S. Saratoga. By the Assoclated Press. SAN PEDRO, Cali January 3.—A court of inquiry today will convene aboard the U. S. S. Saraloga, giant na- val aircraft carrier, to fix responsibility for a gasoline fire which yesterday brought death to two men, burned four others, three of them seriously; de- stroyed a gig valued at $25000 and caused damage as yet unestimated to the starboard side of the carrier. Comdr. A. C. Reld, senior officer of the Saratoga, said the fire originated in & turpentine pot in a punt alongside the Saratoga, firing the surface of the water, which was covered with residue frem a gasoline compressor pump being cleaned aboard the Saratoga. The cause of the tuelxenttne pot fire had not been determined. The dead: Mathew La Vielle, 22, sea- man, second class, Schenectady, N. Y.. nearest relative, mother; body not re- covered. Vincent Valentine Lalor, 29, engineer, second class, Brooklyn, N. Y.; nearest relative, sister; body not re- covered. Four Are Injured. ‘The injured: George William Febrey, 19, Annapolis, Md., seaman, second class; nearest relative, father; burned on face. Henry Kenfield, 24, Hampton, Conn., seaman, first class; nearest rela- tive, father; seriously burned. Albert Lee Houston, 20, Centralia, Wash., sea- man, second class; nearest relative, George Albert Houston; serolusly burn- ed. B.J. Morton, seaman, second class; slightly burned. ‘The captain's gig, moored alongside the Saratoga, was burned. The flames leaped 20 feet above the carrier's stacks and blackened about two-thirds of the starboard side, but failed to penetrate the interior of the ship. ‘The 1,500 crew members aboard were mustered to fight the fire, and succeed- ed in keeping the flames from a large quantity of combustible material car- ried on the ship. Damage to the huge carrier had not been estimated, but Comdr. Reid sald a preliminary exam- ination indicated that repairs can be made without difficulty while the ship remains at anchorage. Pot Thrown Overboard. La Vielle, who was painting the hull | of thed)unt. called to Febrey when the turpentine pot blazed, and together they threw it overboard into the gasoline- covered water. The flames immediately spread, and all aboard the punt and the glg nearby jumped into the water. La- lor was one of three men aboard the sig. Authorities belleve that Le Vielle and Lalor, coming to the surface, inhaled flames and sank. Morton was burned when he leaped from the Saratoga to save Febrey. He grasped him and, with Kenfleld and Houston, they were picked up Ma- thew Babrick, a water taxi operator, who took them to the port side of the Saratoga. PIONEER AD\;ENTURER DIES ON NEW YEAR DAY “Coolgardie” mith, Gentleman Adventurer on Three Continents, Won and Lost Six Fortunes. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan- uary 3.—Another link in the long chain of Western ploneers snap) in the death here New Year day of A. Ersking Smith, 63, mining broker, soldier of fortune and gentleman adventurer on three continents. In Vancouver he was better known as “Coolgardie” Smith, a soubriquet gained in the gold diggings of Australla. In his lifetime he won and lost a half dozen fortunes. He was worth a quarter of a million dollars at 22. In the early 90's in South Africa he won the amateur light-heavyweight boxing championship in Johannesburg. In 1897 he migrated to Western Can- ada and answered the lure of gold in the Yukon. He was born in Australia, Two Posts for Prince. BUCHAREST, Rumania, January 3 (®).—Prince Nicholas of Rumania has been nominated vice admiral of the fleet and general in the army. %3 HEFLN ANDLOGKE SEEK VINDCATION Banned as Anti-Smith Men, Each Asks Office as Independent. By the Assoclated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., January 3.— Excluded as candidates from the Demo- cratic primary because of their failure to support the party's presidential nomi- nee in 1928, Senator J. Thomas Heflin, who seeks re-election, and Hugh A. Locke, who has announced for governor, will discuss their independent cam- paigns at a mass meeting here tonight. No statement as to whether a com- lete independent ticket would be aunched has been forthcoming, but Locke said "‘K one who wished could participate in his campaign. Heflin Discusses Situation. Commenting on the qualifications pre- scribed for candidates by the State Democratic executive committee, which barred him from the primary, Senator Heflin said, “The committee agreed to let all Democrats vote in the primary, but, like Mussolini, told them for whom they must vote.” He said he would be “pleased” if the committee would rescind its action. 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