Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1931, Page 5

DRY DISCUSSIONS ENLIVEN POLITICS Beer and Referendum Ques- tions Expected to Bring Congress Fight. By the Assoclated Press. { A series of prohibition rumblings | precipitated in the Capital by w of a new Federal beer inquiry appeared | likely teday to echo into 1932. | With the American Legion's vote in favor of & referendum lending fresh | impetus, reaction ranged from praisc: and condemnation to a proposal that | a resubmission plank be placed in the 1932 Democratic platform. Added was a forecest from a dry Senator of a lively beer fight in the coming Congress. | Senator Bulkley, Democratic anti- | prohibitionist from Ohio, suggested that | his party agrc> upon resubmitting the | elghteenth ar--ndment to the. people | rather than ar_ue upon the merits of | prohibition. | Senator Walsh of Montana forecast | agitation for beer legislation in the| next Congress. Known as a_constitu- | tional authority, the Western Democrat, | a dry, gave as his opinion that repeal | or modification of the Volstead act| would not constitute nullification of the eighteenth amendment. | Meantime, there was fresh ferment | in the disclosure by Secretary Hyde | that the effect upon the farmer of legalizing beer would be ascertained. Beer Data Gathered. Legion Head ELECTED BY VETERANS AT DETROIT CONVENTION. AN HE EVE INEW HEAD DENIES LEGION VOTED WET Comment of Commander Stevens Follows Stormy “Detroit Convention. (Continued From First Page.) as to justify the Legion's seeking a iremedy. They attributed what they | termed “gang rule” in some sections to the gighteenth amendment, and main- | tained that the Legion should take the |lead in a campaign for a popular vote. | The preamble of ths resolution declared that .the amendment has “created a condition endangering respect for law and security of American institutions. The Legion’s action brought its after- math of statements, including one from the newly elected commander, Henry L Stevens of Warsaw, N. C. that he does not believe “the Legion has taken the wet side.” The Legion simply “called for full expression of the opin- jon of the citizenry of the country,” he said. Criticism of Wilson. A statement in St. Joseph, Mo, by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, head of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Temper= ance, Prohibition and Public Morals, criticized the conduct of the Legion members in Detroit. He asserted that “numbers of steggering drunks di: graced the uniform and yelled for beer 3 A sharp response was given by Col. Frederick M. Alger of Detroit, chairman of the convention corporation, and Comdr. Stevens said he had “seen fewer drunks at this convention than at any convention.” Col. Alger 53]‘,_‘ that if Dr. Wilson had been here ht would have seen “92,000 sober men’ G STAR, WASHINGTO LEGON WIL HAVE BCENTENNIAL ROLE Convention Votes to Rededi- cate Unknown Soldier’s Tomb on Armistice Day. The American Legion at its Detroit convention vesterday adopted a resolu- tion authorizing the organization’s par- ticipation in an approprizte bicenten- | nial program in the National Capital | on Armistice day next year, the District |of Columbia George Washington Bi- ‘cienrcnninl Commission was advised to- ay. The local commission, whicn had in- | vited the Legion to foster a pilgrimage | of its members to Washington on No- | vember 11, 1932, said adoption of thé resolution at yesterday's session indi- | cates Armistice day will be one of the | memorable events of the entire bicen- | tennial observance here. | To Rededicate Tomb. “ The resolution authorized Legion participation also in the rededication of the Tomb of the Unknown =oldier at ’Ar]mst(m National Cemetery by all de- | partments of the national veterans' | organization. The Legion voted {0 in- | struct the national commander to-ap- | point_a committee to co-operate with | the Disirict Commission and the War | Department in arranging for the cere- | monies on Armistice day. | _Liect. Col. H. Edmund Bullis was | chairman of the committee which ten- dered the resolution of the convention. Other members were Ben S. Fisher, for- mer commander of the Department of d | Oregon; Maj. Gen. Amos Fries, Capt. ‘Willlam N. Morell of the Veterans' Bu. reau, John Thomas Taylor, Washing- D. C., FRIDAY, SEPT EMBER 25, 1931 Wife Held in Georgia Slaying | | 1 | | | present. | been held since Wednesday, at Bowdon, | |in jail. From Detroit, word reached here th POLICE INVESTIGATE HER STORY OF COLORED ASSAILANTS. AIRBURN, Ga., September 25 (#)—Mrs. Charles M. Carran was held as en “accbssory or accomplice” today in the slaying of hgr husband, a Jacksonville, Fla.,, accountant, at the order of a coroner’s Jury which concluded he was killed by a “person or persons unknown. | The inquest came to a close yesterday after a session in the farm- | yard of a little country home six miles northeast of here. Mrs. Carran was not She claims two colored men robbed her husband, beat him to death | and left her with hands and feet tied and her mouth stuffed with cotton. Mrs. Carran and the body of her husband were found in a forest near Fairburn. Deputy Sheriff C. T. McCluge of Campbell County said Mrs. Carran had Ga., by Sheriff Creel and was subjected to almost constant questioning. She was returned here last night and placed at Alfred M. Carran, father of the slain IMKELLAR RENEWS DISPUTE ON TARIFF - 2= lamity Bonds” Are Needed in Michigan. | By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn. September 25.— Reopening his tariff dispute with Sena- tor Vandenberg, Republican, Michigan, Senator K. D. McKellar last night asked the necessity for the issuance of “c2lam. ity bends” at Grand Rapids Hoover-Grundy-Smoct-Hawley 1is doing so much for Michiga In a letter to Gonclor Vandenberg, the Tennessee Democrat inclosed a clipping dealing with the recent ance at Grand Rapids of $650,000 in “calamity bonds” fir rublic ccnstruc- tion under a Michigan . = ¢ ruling that unemployment is a public calamity, for which emergency loans may be made. “It is almost inconceivable that after riff act both the { FOOT =\ fit the Asks Vandenberg Why “Ca-| the | your tariff and a higl T hai went Jooks as if the high standerd and the high tariff have also company.” He added: “What a pity your dearly beloved and valiantly defended tariff act does work, Please accept warmest re- grets over its utter faflure.” SHOW INVITES PUPILS pupils to attend matinees this noon and tomorrow free of charge. If you're accustomed to buying shoes Special features of the matinee per- | formances are itions by ! Westinghouse and General Electric Cos. of electric phenomena. Because they really fit arch and the heel SAVER SHOES foot in motion that fit only man, would leave today to come to Fairburn to complete funeral lr;nngunenu. A Government offizial reported that Photo. some beer data already had been| gathered by the Department of Agri- | culture. These figures, he said, indi- cated that a legalizing of brewing might | do the farmer more harm than good. in that the market for dairy products might be reduced. Data were shown of the increased sale of these products with the coming of prohibition. Moreover, it was the stated opinion of another high Federal executive that talk of legalizing beer—whatever the ton representative of the Legion; F. C. | Fraser, commander of the District n(: Columbia Department, and John Lewis | Smith, national executive committee- | man. rch in the Legion phrade. M The prohibition resolution was adup(/:]cll by a vote of 1,008 to 304 on a Toll cali of the Leglon departments. Many of| the delegations split in the v\‘()Emz. u_‘ the heavy strength of New York, Pevn:t sylvania, Ilinois and many others \\fe | overwhelmingly to the side of the refer- endum. The resolution had been ‘sp- proved by the corvention’s Resolutions | Committee after several sessions in which it considered a varie of prnl- als, including some advocating legal- HENRY L. STEVENS, JR., Of Warsaw, N. C, is the new national | commander of the American Legion. | He was elected at the Detroit conven- —A. P. Photo. Whl!e your fee‘ are in fepose_'hfl new F SAVERS will be a joyful revelation! For these smart shoes cling caressingly to your heel and snugly to your arch in each and every position of your walking foot . . . This perfection of fit and com- fort is made possible by FOOT SAVER'S patent- ed inbuilt construction, MUMMY OF “LINCOLN ASSASSIN™ SHARES DR, WILSON'S DRY FAITH Leader Who Assailed Legion Referendum Text of Resolution. The text of the resolution adopted by | the Legion foilows: “Whereas, the American Legion has | been invited by the George Washington | Bicentennial Commission to participate | in the celebration, in the National | Capital of the United States, of the | conventions instead of Legislatures to| get the question out of partisan poli- tics. De! tes to the conventions would elected on the prohibition issue | alone and the true sentiment of the country would be developed. effect—would never go béyond the con- | versational stage. | Reactions to the American Legion's | referendum® proposal were numerous. | ‘The Anti-Saloon Lezgue said in a state- | ment the vote did “not reflect the senti- ment of the country and probably not | of the Legion itself,” The league con- tended that until the Legion produced a satisfactory alternative to prohibition its resolution “will not be taken seriouslv.” | Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition | Amendment. said in a statement he | believed the Legion's majority vote for | resubmission of the eighteenth amend- ment would be answered by similar ma- | jority of the Nation’s voters “against | any further continuation of the pre- | posterous experiment of national pro- ‘hibition.” Wilson Assails Legion Action. | In St. Joseph, Mo., Dr. Clarence True | Wilson, secretary of the Methodist Epis- copal Board of Temperance, said “num- bers of staggering drunks disgraced the { uniforn and yelled for beer” at the‘ American Leglon Convention. “The Legion has again-taken the wet side,” he said in a statement. “T am | not_surprised. If you have seen the outfit that gathered in Detroit as I did, you would be surprised at 394 men (the number of delegates who | voted against the referendum resolu- tion) could be found who could stand | up for the Constitution and decency | and sobrietv.” Senator Brookhart, Republican, Towa, | condemned the resolution with a re-| mark that “most of those who voted came out of wet States.” Senator Bulkley said he was deulht-| ed and “glad they voted on that instead | of beer.” The resubmission plank, as outlined by the Ohio Democrat, would stipulate that the repeal amendment must be acted upon by State conventions rather than Legislatures. Under this plan, he said. neither the party nor its members would be pledged on the prohibition issue. Democratic Congressmen would be required, as a matter of party loyalty, to vote to submit a repeal amendment to the States, but be free to go to their constituents and work Bulkley said his plan had the suj No substitute for the eighteenth amendment would be offered under Bulkley's plan. He said the amendment should never have been made a part of the Constitution, and, if removed, liquor control would revert to the Etates. He would be willing, however, to place in the Constitution an amend- ment protecting the States in their en- forcement of liquor laws. He said repeal of the eighteenth amendment would not mean going back to the same condition that existed be- fore prohibition, because the amend- ment, whatever else it has done, has broken up the organized legal liquor traffic. Glenn for Referendum. Senator Glenn cf Illincis said today he ‘would vote to resubmit the eight- eenth amendment, as proposed by the American Legion. The Illinois Republican also restated his willingness to vote for legislation to allow sale of beer. Glenn said the prohibition amend- ment was enacted many years ago, and that probably 20 per cent of the voting population today were not voters when it was enacted. The Senator said the attitudes of the Federation of Labor, the American Bar Association, American Medical Associ- ation and the American Legion on pro- hibition will have to be considered, and predicted these would have a great deal of weight. Glenn a<red, however, that he saw little chance for enactment of beer legislation at the next session of Congress. KANE IN KNOXVILLE AWAITING HEARING Goes to University to Make Ar- rangements for Class During His Trial. By the Assoclated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., September 25.— Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, University of ‘Tennessee fessor, charged with ization of beer. { No Beer Proposal. o beer proposal came to a vote dur- | ln? the obnaention, the only official | mention of the subject being a recom- | mendation by the Employment Commis- | sion that consideration be given w“X:gal- ization of the 1%nmy beverage “when rly presented.” pnl)feereyisp the text of the prohibitior m resolution: "{'w:r:u the eighteenth araendment of the constitution of the United States has created a condition endangering re- | spect for law and the security of Ameri- | can institutions, therefore be it resolved that the American Legion in this thir- | teenth anntial convention assembled fa- vors the submission by Congress of the | repeal or modification of the present prohibition laws to the several States with a request that each State Sulbmfl‘ this question to the voters thereof.” The bonus payment resolution, which was contained in a minority report from | the Legislative Comimttee, was defeated, 905 to 507, also on a roll call. A third national issue which came before the Legion’s final session dealt with the revival of the war-time Coun- cil of National Defense. The Legion asked President Hoover in a resolution | to revive this organization as the best medium for handling the various et-} forts to return the couniry to a ncrmal economic condition. The Resolutions Committee had conferred with How- ard Cofin, member of the war-time | body. The Legion outlined and amplified its extensive program of efforts on be- h3lf of the disabled veterans, disabled widows and orphans, child and welfare work outstanding in its legislative rec- ommendations along these lines was a request that pensions or compensa- | tion be paid to widows and orphans | of veterans, regardless of the causé of the former service men's deatbs. Auxiliary Head Elected. Officials of the auxiliary closed their business sessions with the elections of | Mrs. Louise Werele Williams, Tuckahoe, N. Y., as national president to succeed Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal of Douglas, The vice presidents are 5;!. C. F. Snover, for Atkinson, Wyo.; Mrs. Malcom Douglass, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. James Morris, Bismark, N. Dak. 200th anniversary year of the birth of our great military leader and first President, George Washington; and “Whereas, the making of pilgrimages to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the various State Departments is a part of the national program of the American Legion pursuant to the man- date of the Louisville convention; and “Whereas, it is possible for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is now being reconstructed, to be completed during 1932; and “Whereas, the’ American Legion as a body feels that this rededication cere- | mony should take place on November 11, 1932, our national Armistice day, now, therefore, be it “Resolved by the American Legion in convention assembled; That the na- tional commander be authorized and in- structed to appoint a national commit- tee to co-operate with the War Depart- ment and the George Washington Bi- centennial Commission in arrangements for a national Armistice day program in our National Capital on November 11, 1932, the climax of which will be the rededication of the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier by ceremonies in which all departments of the American Legion will be invited to participate.” the prohibition law, had made itself “ridiculous in the eyes of sober and | sober-mined Americans.” He asserted the Leglon’s action “will not in any way seriously affect pro- hibition” end charged the Legion had “done itself more harm than it did prohibition.” “The Leglon,” he said “takes itself a little too seriously in assuming that the people were expecting the Legion to take upon itself leadership in this matter” He charged the organization did not “represent all or even the ma- jority of the American Expeditionary | Forces.” Dr. Barton said that no such pro- cedure as proposed by the Legion reso- lution “is possible under our form of Government.” “If what they ask were done,” he said, “the United States would cease to be. We would have no Federal Gov- ernment, Here is a proposition * * ¢ that would * * * destroy the Consti- tuticn of the United States and take away every semblance of power * * * and make it the puppet of a single re- | Epecial Dispatch to The Star. : | NEW YORK, September 25.—Dr.| | Clarence True Wilson, trigger man for {the drys who volleyed back at the | American Legion before the ink was dry | on its referendum resolution, is gener- ally supposed to be a one-idea man— | | this idea being prohibition. This is un- | |true. He has two impassioned ideas, | the second being a double-riveted, mili- , tant conviction that John Wilkes Booth | was not killed in the Virginia corn crib, | | after he shot Lincoln, but that he es- caped and lived until early in the pres- ent century in Texas and Oklahoma as John St. Helen and David St. George. Confession of Identity. There was once an undertaker in Enid, Okla, who had been a reporter on Dana’s New York Sun. One day he | gathered in David St. George, elderly alccholic. In recurrent sinking spells, | prefacing his end, Mr. St. George re- peatedly affirmed that he was John ‘Wilkes Booth, and told how he had es- caped. The undertaker did two things. He loaded Mr. St. George with sufficient | | embalming fluid to make a durablz leather integument for his clay—still extant. Then he did some old-fash- ioned sun leg work in rounding up the story and publicizing it. In due time Finis L. Bates of Memphis, Tenn., ac- quired the mummy, with the idea of realizing on the $100,000 reward once offered for the capture of Jchn Wilkes Booth. Mr. Bates died and the legacy to his widow included the Oklahoma derelict. It appeared to be a perma-| nent investment. Dr. Wilson was a friend of Mrs. Bates. He acted as agent for the sale of th: mummy to “Idaho” Billy Evans. Down at Ventura, Calif., and cther coast towns, Mr. Evans made a profithble side | show out of the late Mr, St. George— carting him around carnivals and fairs. | In return for his work in this transac- tion, Dr. Wilson acquired various docu- ments and reccrds in support of the theory that St. George was Booth. He became an earnest believer. He gathered | more material, ran down threads of | evidence to their source. wrote a book ! and campaigned bravely to set his- | Vote Fought for Theory John Wilkes Booth Escaped to Die in Southwest. showed this writer his evidence. It locked convincing. Law suits have been won on less evidence. At that time it lcoked as if the itiner- ant West Coist mummy was to provide a career for Dr. Wilson. But he turned aside to answer the bugle call of the drys, and is now their ace battler. Born in” Delaware, Dr. Wilson was educated at the University of Southern California. He served in many pastorates as & Methodist minister, wrote many books against alcohol and became successively president of the Oreg:n Anti-Saloon Leagus and general secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperance, Pro- hibition and Morals. ST. THOMAS BANK FAILS Virgin Islands Institution In- vokes Law on Withdrawals. ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, Sep- tenber 25 (A).—The St. Thomas Sav- ings Bank suspended payments today under the law which authorizes the in- stitution to demand one month’s notice for withdrawals. It was expected pay- ments of 40 to 50 per cent would be made within a few days, but mean: wmll:s the bank will accept no new de- pesits. The bank has 1,400 depositors, with deposits totaling $81,000. Harry Tay- lor, commissioner of industry, who at- tended today’s special meeting of the Board of Trustees, suggested that the b2nk management appeal to Washin ton for temporary assistance. eVERFRESH CITRATE or MAGNESIA BETTER TASTE which flexibly supports the arch, and FOOT SAVER'S unique “Free- Walking lasts, which fit the heel, no matter how narrow. RIC A new Foot Saver model, par- ticularly dressy, worn with the new sheer frocks—deve.oped in black suede with bBlack calf trim, or brown e $12.50 with brown calf trim, at... . HS FST.ATTENTH ® WASHINGTON'S FINEST MEN'S WEAR STORE port of a number of prohibition sup- porters as well as its opponents within the party, He said friends of the eight- calcitrant and ‘rebellious State. The | American people will not follow such | leadership however seriously and cere- | pro drowning his wife in Chesapzake Bay, y straight in this epic drama. The | et Halpton, Ve. ‘was' i Kuoxville| ' ' LVGION ACTION RIDICULED. N BETTER beok found no publisher. university author- eenth .amendment could consistently vote for resubmission and then oppose it in their States. Coming from' a man who has been mentioned as possible Democratic pres- idential .naterial, Bulkley’s plan was| today to meet witl ities and make arrangements for the work of his classes to proceed. Kane, head of the romance jes. department of the university, and his cousin, E. Kent Kane, an attorney of WILMINGTON, N. C., September 25 (®)—Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Barton, chair- man of the Executive Committee of the Anti-Saloon League, in a statement here last night eaid the American Le- glon, by calling for a referendum on moniously assumed by the Lezion.” With the return of long tresses, China’s hair-net exports are increas- !ing. Persists\ Agalnst Critic Willilam C. Shepherd, in Harper's Magazine; Harry Hansen, in the Chi- | | cago Daily News, and others exploded | | bombs under the theory, but Dr. Wil- | |'son persisted. In 1925 Dr. Wilson | EFFECT 25¢ IN CLEAN NEW BOTTLES Bradford, Pa., arrived here last night by automobile from Hampton. They said they planned to return to Hampton late this week for Prof. Kane's preliminary hearing next Wed- nesday. Kane left here almost a month ago to spend two weeks in an officers’ train- ing camp at Fort Bragg, N. C.. from plank, but are doubtful of the political |there he went to Hilton 'Village, Va., Wisdom of the move. | where his wife was visiting her parents, Bulkley believes they can adopt the Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Graham. The sec- lank he is proposing without alienat-|ond day after he arived there Mrs. l’n. the supporters of prohibition. Kane was drowned while she and he He said he propored State action by were swimming. ® 06 060 99 06 0 606 0 0°¢ 10~-Diamond e to reccive serious considera- | tion from Democratic leaders. 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