Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1931, Page 12

A—I2 -RUM RING BROKEN, | RAIDERS DECLARE Seize 22 and Get Warrants, for 15 in Philadelphia. Records Found. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 15.—Sli- multaneous raids on three places in Philadelphia and two in Delaware County yesterday “broke the back,” Federal authorities said, of an alleged Ting of liquor smugglers and distrib- utors. Twenty-two persons, including one woman, were taken into custody. Warrants were out for 15 others, mak- ing 37 in all, accused as members or employes of the ring. Edward W. Wells, United States at- torney for this district, estimated the value of the liquor and equipment seized might total $1,000,000. Two Radio Sets Seized. Among the things selzed were two transmitting radio sets, which, authori- ties said, were used to keep in commu- nication with seven boats the alleged ring operated. Other articles included extensive records with names and ad- dresses of persons to whom liquor had ! Wells Arrives FAMED ENGLISH AUTHOR ON VISIT TO U. 8. . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, D.. C., THURSDAY, TAMMANYITES HEAR SMITH AND WALKER 4,000 Manhattan Democrats Crowd Wigwam in Noisy Campaign Pow-wow. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, October 15.—Tammany | Braves are on the warpath again. Spurred by the oratory of former Gov | Alfred E. Smith—the “happy warrior"— |and by Mayor James J. Walker, 4,000 | Manhattan Democrats croyded the | Tammany wigwam last night in a noisy, demonstratife campaign_pow-wow | The objectives set for Manhattan Democracy were twofold: Election or | re-election of Tammany office-seekers | and vindication from the criticism thaf has grown from the Seabury investiga- tion into city offices. Smith Addresses Sesslon. Former Gov. Smith, who was hailed as “our next President,” want into the qualification of several candidates run- ning for office and warned that this was not an “off-year” election even | though no presidential candidate is to He did not criticize the Seabury investigators, nor did he men- tion natiomal gglll-lns. District Attorney ‘Thomas C. T. Crain, elderly, gray-haired prosecutor, recently absolved of charges of ineffi- clency in office, was chairman of the meeting. He hit at the city investiga- tion by the Hofstadter committee as “aspersions upon the character of our city government that must be an- swered.” Walker Praises Tammany. The city Investigation he called the work of “men unable to meke headway in public life and are venting their spleen on those who can.” Mayor Walker painted Tammany as & great humanitarian_organization, which ! “will see to it this Winter that not one man of necessity will be begging on the streets for something to eat or a place to_sleep.” : Tammany, he said, may stand for pol- itics, but it ‘also stands “for the welfare of the people. SCORE DRIVER IN DEATHS | Coroner’s Jury Holds 4 Killed Through Error in Judgment. | BRANTFORD, Ontario, October 15 (#).—A coroner’s jury last night de- cided an error of judgment by J. H. Behren of Omaha, Neb., driver of an automobile, caused an acident in which four persons, including himself, were killed here last week. His automobile skidded into a truck after cutting in on_another car. David Law, Toronto. driver of the| truck, was commended for his effort to | avoid the crash. HYPHENATED NAME ENDS 20-YEAR COURT ACTION ‘Washington Supreme Court Orders Btation to Be Called Bingen- White Salmon. By the Associated Press, OLYMPIA, Wash, October 15.— Twenty years of court battle ended yes- terday with a Supreme Court decision ordering the use of a hyphenated name on a railroad station. The court controversy started in 1911, after the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway bullt a station at_ Bingen, Wash,, but painted White Salmon on OCTOBER 15, 1931. it. White Salmon, a larger town, s situated on a bluff 385 feet above Bingen. gfim sought to have the name changed to Bingen. White Salmon opposed the move. The State de- partment of public works s a hyphenated name, Bingen-White Salmon, and the- Supreme Court af- firmed the decision, directing a manda- tory order be issued. Biddy Outwits Weasel. How a laying hen outwitted a weasel has just been reported from Carnwath, England. 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The places raided were a_second- | floor office in a building at Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, a third-floor of-| fice at 163¢ Walnut strect. a house at | 1528 Brown street, all in Philadelphia; | a builéing at 114 North State road.| Upper Darby Township. and a large | building at Kirklyn, both in Delaware | County. A large quantity of liquor was | seized at the Kirklyn place. | The raids came after six months of | investigation by a special squad of pro- hibition agents, under William Dunegan, e directed by D. Heywood Hardy, & spe- —_— o cial assistant to the United States At- H. G. WELLS, | —— torney General, and with the co-opera- | Famous English novelist, sociologist and | = tion of Wells. | outliner of history, as he arrived in New | P York yesterday aboard the S. 8. 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