New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1924, Page 1

(——————— ews of the World By Associated Press e ESTABLISHED 1870 HODVER OBJECTSTO e rate; for last year, as compared with 1922, were recorded by the cersus bureau. Statistics made publie today show that the highest birth rate, 4.8 per 1,000 population, was in cities of Wyoming and the low- est 15.6 per 1,000 in rural dis- tricts of Montana.' The highest death rate, per 1,000 was in cities of Mis- sissippi and the lowest, 6.5 per 1,000 in the rural district of Tdaho. Infant mortality rates were generally higher than those of 19 _— SHASH IN SIDEWALK 10 FIGHT BANK FIRE Firemen Resort to Unusual Method at Commercial Trust Blaze Says This Part of Revenue Bill Will Hamper Business WOULD AID BIG CONCERNS Houses Declares Small Business Would Be Put At Mercy of Larger Competitors and Would Benefit Uraudulent Concerns. Washington, May 16, — Secretary Hoover in a formal statement today Jared the provision of the new tax il opening tax returns for inspection small business and merey of larger com- ill jeopardize place it at the petitors, cretary recalled that publie- x returns during the period of 8§72 contributed to “the in- strial and financial chaos of the and charged that the provision new tax bill opens new fields fraudulent concerns. Have No Protection “I am advised that the provision in X bill that tax returns shall be pen to inspection is so worded that ay not even have the very in- protection lies around documents’,” said Mr. proféction of insufficient acter, jeopardy gt Fire in the basement of the Com- mercial Trust company building on Main street last night*caused damage stimated at about $2,500, The blaze was in the front seetion of the base- ment, Tt was impossible for the fir men to get access to it from the door in the rear, and about 20 min- ¢ a man's business may be re. UleS elapsed before the water was Bt et sl B 2 turned onta/the Akmas after hioiea hed throuzh reports to stockholders, and Aldewalk. The damage done by the redibado s irement therefore does not f!ames was nominal as it was praeti- AT ek b publi- cally confined to bales of waste ion would De likely to become: the DOF stored in the hasement, but the basis of credit rating in the smaller | WAter and smoke damage was heavy. wsinesses and the vital factor of | When the fire was discovered and a and reputation will be un- SIgnal sent in from Box 14 at 8:68 ‘clock, the bank le o the tax return of any © 2 by B e Ny i | miohe And 10U DRAe U BipokatEla e J ;| the firemen o6 on -ln‘v;“‘sg”‘l"]‘::“:‘:"‘x ':::;:‘:';:;:T:,) until the windows were broken and tinton at Asgralaan air allowed to circulate, Chief William J, Noble was unable ndangers Small Businons to determine the cause of the fire but "l ““" "”"‘"" ’;‘:’"|‘|"p“‘::‘r‘;”“'."'fl"‘: a further investigation will ba made , take advantage of tempol ’ wndition of smaller concerns, and oh e other hand, fraudulent concerns vould gladly pay a few thousand dols rs a year falsely disguised as profit order to mislead the publie, Peo- wiho with to disguise their wealth be stimulated to further evasion. ran add nothing to revenue returns, It may be well recalled that pub- returng which was re- ing the period of 1867 to 1872 eontributed to the Industrial and financial ¢haos of the time, One erious effect might Le to undermine onfidence in the whola system of axes on incomes, which would be great pity” TAKES HORSE, WAGON AND JEWELRY FOR HIS SKLARY Jandek, With Wages Due From tha public toover, ven the documents’ 1= tial cl publie “We thus have serious of hose arrival fire apparatus and laying of lines attracted a large crowd to the center, and made it imposgible for traffie to travel on West Main street to the north of the park, or up Main street north of Chureh, The police diverted the traf fic to the side streeta and the econ- gestion was relieved after a short time, CLOSE $ MORE CABARETS Piccadilly Rendezvous, Silver Slipper And The Hollywood Added To Broadway Hesorts Under Ban, New York, May 16— Assistant Fed oral Attorney Jolin H, Clark announc- ed today that he would proceed im medlately to obtain padiock injunc- tlons elosing the Piecadilly Rendez- vous, the Silver Slipper and the Holly- Farmer, Decides To Collect In wood, three cabarets in the White ' Tight district of Droadway The first step, Mr, Clark #ald, would be a preliminary injunction against the resorts. Orders padiocking the well Known cabarets were fssued in tederal court on Wednesday, $300 IN CAMP FUND Aley Unusval Mannes of 237 Brook as arrested yesterday after Sergt. George C. Ellinger ned over to State Policeman on & charge of stealing a and wagon and a quantity of ewelry from a Rocky Hill farmer, He as located in A theater after the ywse and wagon had been found in the rear of a Lafayette street bullding. When he was placed under arrest, & was wearing a ring and a bracelet which had been stolen from the farm- ’ According to the story he told » police, he rmer several t received any t Janick, 17, Paln Vorse Tag Day Will Be Conducted Tomor- row in Lffort to Raise Money Vor | Disabled Ex-Scryvicamen, Only 8300 has been realized so far (In the drive for funds to maintain the {disabled veterans camp at Niantic and \With only one more day in whigh to reach the quota of $3,000 Which the local committes has set as its goal, an effort will be made to speed up the soliciting of fund Mayor A. M. Paonessa again tonight at 1) outlining the p went to work for the weeks ago and had pay. e sald that up his mind that if the wrmer didn't pay him, he would take 1 some other way so Wednesday night » took several rings and a bracelet, ed the horse into a wagon and rove to New Britain. 1e put his rig ght In a shed on Gler reet and was ordered out of it yes- day morning. He drove about the ty for a while and when he tired riding, he parked the rig and went the theater He did not vhat he wa with the horse and a made will speak Capitol theater, rposes of the camp, and Attorney Gerard Casale, a member of chatity board, will ,talk’ at the Lyceum theator. Mrs, Effie Kimball is chairman of the committee wuder whose direc. tion & tag day will be conducted ali day tomorrow. Canvassers will be on the streets in the center of the city from early morning until late in the cvening and the Disabled Veterans post hopes to raise a large sum of money Frederick W New Britain Trust Co. the fund. Attempt to Kill Dr. Koo Fails, Servants Injured By The Av s Pres, Pekin, May 16.—A box which an unknown messenger brought today as A gift to Dr. Wellington Koo, Chi- nese foreign minister, exploded and critically Wnjured three servants whom the minister had ordered to open 1. Dr. was In an- other room of his residence, was un. nurt, Actress to Wed But Keeps Name of Her Fiance Secret Los Angelcs. May 16.—Edna Wai- lace Hopper, actress and exponent of rejuvenation, announced today that she would be married to a former British army officer in China next month, the S Angeles Examiner 3 ed to reveal the name of her prospective husban ing that had “already ouple that way.” the t idea to have thg slighte eventually going wagon Dr. Butterfield Accepts Mich. Aggies Presidency Amherst, Mass, May -Dr. Ken n 1. Butterfield today tendered his signation as president of Massachu- tts Agricuitural college to the col- ge trustees in order to mceept idency of Michigan Agricultura ege. The resignation was accept- 1, the trustces passing resolutions of gret and wishing Dr. Butterfield sue- & in his new field. At Michigan col e In East Lansing Dr. Butterfield succeed Dr. David Friday Thwarted Bandits Eight Times; Killed on 9th Visit 'maha, Neb, ¥ 16.—J. 8. Spell grocer, who right times faced of holdup men in his shop time emerged vietorious, his man and routing is assailants on other occasions, <t night wagedehis last fight against obbery. He was found dead behind he counter of his shot His own gun, chambers was ot The cash emptied Macomber of the is treasurer of Koo, who n, 65 store, three nes. teo ploded £he dec il had been ) —_ R~ lost C. E. CONVENTION OPEAS 4, May 16.—About & 500 dele ere today for the 20th CHINESE RADIO STATION Shanghal, May 15-~Regular radio broadeasting has been started by the Shun Pao. first Chinese newspaper to take up wireles Programs are four times daily and compri ures in Chinese and musie. & Connecticut Chris ns iate and 1 this was filled with | to stay in the building NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, DRASTIC PLAN'T0 END RAIL STRIKES Amendment o Howell-Barkley Bill Asks Receivership PRESIDENT GIVEN POWER In Event of Lockout or Strike, Execu- tive Could Order Attormey General To Seek Appointment of Receiver, Washington, May 16.—A railroad strike or lockout threatening a trans- portation emergency would result au- tomatically in suits by the government (1o throw the roads affected into re- celvership under an amendment to the Howell-Barkley bill approved to- day by a senate sub-committee, The bill itself, which provides for abolition of the railroad labor board and substitution of a system of ad- Jjustment tribunals on which hoth the roads and their employes would he represented, then was reported fayvor- ably by the sub-committee to the full interstate commerce committes, A similar bill is to come up in the house early next week, Disinterested Receiver The amendment reported ! sub-committee provides specificaily (that when a strike or lockout results on a rallroad which the president considers may bring a transportation crisis, he shall at once instruct the attorney general to file & suit for re- cefvership and shall seek appoint- ment as receiver of a man “who has by th no financial connection with the rail- | road."” FUNERAL OF J. F. MEEHAN Hundreds Attend Rites At St, Joseph's Church—Six Fratermal Or- ganizations Represented, Several hundred attended the ob- scquies for the late John F. Mechan of 96 Wallace street this morning at 10 o'clock at St. Joseph's church where a solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated. P'rior to the church services, hundreds more called at the home to pay their last respects to the man who was known for his bigness of heart and unbounded generosity. At the mass, Rev, Patrick Daly was celebrant, Rev. J. Leo Sullivan was deacon, Rev. Walter A, McCrann was sub-deacon and Rev, Thomas J, liaden was master of ceremonics, Miss Laura P. Farrell sang “Ple Jesu” at the services and “I Come to Thee" as the body was being borne from the chureh, Delegations of mourners present represented the Loyal Order of Moose, New Britain aerie of liagles, New Britain Jodge of Flks, I'oresters of America, Woodmen of the World and Knights of Columbus, of which fraternal organizations Mr, Meehan was a member, A wreath of floral tributes testified to the esteem and regard with which he was held by relatives and friendes. Interment was In St, Mary's ceme. tery where committal services wore conducted by Rev. l'ather Daly, Me- Crann and Laden. The pall bearers were Matthew Halloran, Registrar Thomas J. $mith, Selectman M., T, Kerwin, William A. | O'Nell, John Sheehan and Joseph J. Woods The flower hearers were George Perokas, George Heleen, Irank Downes, George MeGuire, John MeCartin and John Dwyer, S00UT MEET TCMORROW Boy Scon Expected « to Number of 300 or More n New Britain Tomorrow Afternoon. to Assemble Boy Scouts to the number of 300 or more will assemble in New Britain to- morrow for the annual state mect heh will be held at Walnut Hill park. New Haven, Meri- den, Hartford, Norwich and New Lon- don troops are participating. The annual city mest will be held at the same place on May 31. Plans are being made for the annual en- campment at Job's pond, according te a report submitted to the local Beout couneil evening by Walter O Cook, Mr. Cook’'s report contains & complete record of the training the past six months, afternoon ast executive course for Communist Léader Caught By the German Police Berlin, May 1 The Communist leader Botzen the Pomeranian state's attorney on a charge of treasony and whom the Ber- lin police declarcd they were seeking when they raided the Russian Soviet Trade mission here recently, was ar- rested today in the flat of the Russian trade delegation, it was reported by news agency PIES AT THE WHELL Spottswood, N. J, May 16.—Peter Schweikert, one-time trainer of Bat- tling Nelson, former lightweight world's champion, was found dead in his automobile at South river at mid- night. He died of heart failure. He once conducted a heaith farm here e was 4 NO FEWER BISHOPS Springfield, Mass, May 16.—A mo tion to decrease the number of Meth- odist bishops at the Methodist Episcopal general confer- ence today by a vote of 401 to 344. A report of the committee on the Epis- copacy reducing the Episcopal areas by was adopted by ' ma- was defeated one explain ggority BURGLAR SCARE There was a burglar scare lagt nighl when some one tried the bac door of the residence of Dr. George W. Dunn, at $4 Lincoln street. The nervousness of residents due to the series of burglariex in that gave rise to a suspicion that some one was trying to emter, section ardt, who is wanted by SUSPENDED SENTENCE | I GIVEN MRS. HAYES Prison Terms Held in Abeyance—De- fendant Not Long to Live, ! Doctors Say. New York, May 16.-—Mrs. Myrtie B. 'Hayes, who recently pleaded guilty to attempted foregry of the Charles M. Schwab as endorsement to a $25,000 note, today was given a sus- name o pended sentence of one months to two years and one state’s prison. Judge McIntyre suspended sentence on the provision that Mrs, Hayes re- main on her good hevaior. Judge MeIntyre said that he interviewed several physicians had assured him that Mrs. Hayes had riot long to live. Mrs. Hayes was said to be suffering from tubercular laryn- gitis. Mr. Schwab also appeared in her behalf, He called on Judge MclIntyre before the case was called and urged ‘that clemency be exercisd Mrs. Hayes, formerly of Boston and Brookline, Mass,, was indicted a year ago when Mr. Schwab repudiated his alleged endorsement of her note for $25,000 as a forgery. It later devel- oped that she had obtained large sums of money for investment in a hotel project at Brookline. Sha plead- ed not guilty and went to trial, but changed her plea to guilty before se- lection of the jury had been complet- ed. BARNES UPHOLDS VETO: SEEKING TS SUPPORT Head of Chamber of Com- merce of U, S. Petitions to All Senators year and half in Washington, May 16. — Julius H. Barnes, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States today sent this telegram from New York to all members of the senate: “Thé president has properly vetoed the bonus grant to able bodied vet. orans. His reasons appeal to Ameri- can ideallsm on a foundation of American common sense. No other words could better picture the menace to American opportunity and employ- ment, or more clcarly paint the in- jury to veteran honor itself, “Organized busir s men, wita full mpathy and understanding, many themselves veterans and the @ fathers of veterans, are determined this in- Jjury shall not be done without earnes protest. Without regard to party fillations they honor the courage in clear vision of the president. “The intelligenes and courage now in congress should support the presi dent's leadership and prevent the slackening of business and the widen ing of unemployment,” Washington, May 16 The service men’s anti-bonus league an nounced here today that “world war veterans from ten stat represent- ing the league are making a pil grimage to Washington to personally inform members of congress of their attitude against the bonus bill, wd to urge that President Coolidge's o be sustained NINE FIREMEN OVERCOME Handicap ox Ammonia Fumes Vire Fighters In Providence — Many Lives Are Endangered. Providence, May were overcome by ammonia. fumes, several others w slightly injured and hundreds of lives.were imperilled when the ammonia pipes and tank at the Swift & ('o., Canal ‘street rerrige. rating plant suddenly burst from the heat of an intensivé firé raging in the left wing cooling room of the build- ing. Nearby office buildings and pro duce heavy with ammo ria fumes and workers wére ordered to ok strictest vigilance in re. maining in offices with poor ventila tion Fire damage was slight NO HARRIS ADJOURNMENT, New York, May 16.—Magistrate Oberwager in Tombs court today de- nied a mot to adjourn the hearing of Mrs. E nor Elaine Harris on the charge of forgery made by her hus band, Beverly D. Harris, former vice president of the National City bank. James J. Dooling, an attorney, who was retained last night to assist in defending Mrs. Harris, announced his withdrawal from .the case after the court had denied his request for an extension 16 ——Nine firemen Juges were ve t hh The Herald regrets it finds it necessary (o omit. several col- umne of advertising from to. day’s issue becanse of the vol- ume of copy sent in by mer- chants and the Iateness of fi« arrival. To imsure publication of store announcements on ¥ri days, copy should be n the Herald office by 1 p. m., Thure- a; THE WEATHER e Hartford. May 18. 3 Possihl showers: Saturday fair with pis- ing temperature, L — , MAY 16, 1924, had | who | NEW BRITAIN HERALD HT PAGES Average Daily Circulation ek iadee 10,502 | PRICE THRE CENTS MILLIONAIRE BOOTLEGGER NOW IN - PRISON SAYS HE PAID MORE THAN AUTO RUNS INTO TREE, WESLEYAN MAN KILLED Victim Is Holman Hall, Son of Late Col. W. H. Hall of So. Willington Holyoke, Mass., 16.—Hoiman H. Hall, 20, of Willington, Conn,, a student at Wesley univer- sity, Middletown, Conn,, died today in Providence hospital here as the re- sult of injuries suffered when an auto- mobile containing four young men, all Wesleyan students was overturned or the “Notch road” between this cit and Amherst abput 5:30 o'clock this morning while the party was return- ing to Wesleyan from Amherst, where they had attended a fraternity dance The other members of the party, none of whom was seriously hur were Standish O. Swith, a junior of Philadelphia; Wade W. Dauch of Col- umbus, O, and Paul 8. Dubois of un- known home nddre: The automo- bile got out of control on a hill and struck a tree overturning Hall is the son of the late Col. W H. Hall of South Willington, prom- inent in Connecticut state politios, May South TROOPS GALLED 0UT 10 PROTECT NEGRO SLAYER Attempted Lynching of Wilmington Negress Who Killed Polics Matron Feared, Wilmington, Del,, May 16,~The lo- cal detachment of the national guard was mobllized today in order to be ready in the event that an attempt should be made to lynch Annie Lewls, negress, who killed Mra. Mary G. Da- vis, police matron in a cell last Sun. day night, The negress, who s 23 and was arrested for earrying a pistol, has confessed that she killed the matrom, who was 7, 1\ order to obtain her yo and eseap . «ot did not mean to KAl juor 4 Last night and early crowds assembied near workhouse at Greenbank, but wers dispersed by state highw and city police before any concentration could be effocted! It was helleved by the authorities the crowd was attracted ,by curlosity, there being rumors that a lynching would ba attempted THree men in the crowd were ar- rested and eharged with disorderly conduet, The grand today in special session the case. After beating Mrs. Davis into un- eonsciouness, t negress escaped and waa captured the next day in an cast. side house attired in male elothing. PRISONER IS CONVICTED today small the county jury was called together to consider First Degree Murder Against West- ern Penitentiary Convict Who Fig- ured in Fatal Riot. Pa., May inmate of Pittsburgh lakowski, an penitentiary. was convicted degree murder today for the killing of two guards during a riot In the prison’ on ‘February 11, last Orla kowski, sentenced part in a bank robbery, at Imperial, I'a., a year ago, took part in the dynamiting the prison and the killing of Deputy Warden John Pieper and Sergeant John Coax, was testif ’ Mavatore (Bat Ax tried ment murder. ¥ in the ind last w was co ur i Woman Skipper Says She Is to Jack Up Her Job New 1 1 M 16 I am heim is e ¥ These Jennie the four tin, whi go- ship's port on erday ond voyag papers ir Her & mber co fore Jennie s of th of her Crocker she paper name anr to the Advise Congressional Probe of Federal Judge Was 16 al i federa West Virgir mended by a conducted a p The authorized by Mas Congress argres agair aker of the northern was house committee which iminary inquiry of the investigation, if the house, would be to determine whether grounds exist impeachment Judge Paker as re- quested by district attorney Brown of the northern West Virginia district, who preferred the charges, ingto Tistrict recom- object for of 15 SUICIDES IN TWO DAYS Vie May 16.—The trade depres- sion in Austria has brought about an- Lother wave Six wers re ported on Wednesday night in Vienna ,and nine last might. of suicides | General N BLIND MAN MAKES WILL REMEMBERING FRIENDS doel Smith of Easthampton Leaves . Money For Those Who Aided Him in Afliction, Easthampton, Conn, May 16.—To many fricnds who gave him aid dur- ing the years of his blindness be- quests are made in the will of Joel West Smith, wha died last week from self-inflicted injuries. Mr, blindness did not deter him from do- ing much to educate others similarly affileted. He was one of the first blind persons to use a typewrter, and also did much to tmprove the Braille sys- tem of touch reading The estate is worth about $12,000 From It will be given the foliowing $2,500 to Miss Lizze Nell; $2,000 to the Memorial House for the blind at Worcester. One thousand five hundred each to Congregational church here, Mary y of Colchester, and Mrs, Celinda e of Haddam Neck; $1,000 each lasthampton village improvement society, sthampton publie library, Sarah Stone of Watertown, Mass,, and Connecticut Institute for the blind and to the last mentioned institution books and apparatus for writing Braille; $500 to the Lakeview ceme- tery association, The residue of the estate will go to Clayton Smith eof Bridgeport and Mrs. Eidth Slauter of Westfleld, M nephew and njece and to two sons of the late John I.. Watrous a nephew of Easthampton. The exccutor 1is George Slauter of Westfleld, Mass, GRANTED HALF HOLIDAYS Postinaster General to Permit Satur- day Half Holiday From June 14 1o Sept, 13 Tt Service s Not Curtailed, Washington, May 1¢ Postmaster ¥ In an order being sent to postmasters, authorizes the grant. |1 of Saturday half holidays to postal employes throughout the durins the summer hokween June |4 to ' ptember 18, when ¥ ‘yvolves ny onr Liiment of tha postal services and o cost to the government, | Regulations heretofors have pre vemtsd postmasters from allowing em ployes any interval off duty on Sat urday afternoon during the warm weather but Mr, New says he s un willing that regulations thould present such respites, even though they may l'e very brief and avallable to rela tively few employes, country HOTEL CORPORATION SUES Brings Action to Oollect Balance of Stock Subscriptions Said to Be Dye ~Three Defendants Named, The Rurritt hotel corporation this afternoon brought suit against three residents to eollect the balance of money alleged to be due in stock sub- scriptions. The actions were brought through Attorney Donald Gaftney, The defendants and the sums said to Dr. J. W. Bush, $20; $450; K. J. Charland, writs returnable in Monday in due are N. Volg The court on the first Claims Old Potatoes Are Being Sold for New Ones Austis ®, May 18.—A charge of unfair actices or & Chicago market in the selling of old stock is made by Char state market southern states pot or mar ommis- He ex is acti * aimed “to secure the ag o % in i . ertis ging a to te te a He appealed to t * stock wrketing officials m in an effort nsuming public is no pound for t e “to wee onger Philadelphian Arrested In Plot Against Forbes "hlladeiphi May 16—<aesar Tata, ted today a the mer ing tous Billy Sunday Reported “In Fairly Good Condition” " ater, Minr May 16 t (Blly) & Ro Wit A ist < lergo treaty ailme ast night 1 to his person Kanders said good ere N Lieutenant Governor Felix A of Rhode Tsian appeared 2t the off) today and fited tions. Mra Sorel | gonas sore hers jof 37, Each gave the age George Remus Tells Daugherty Probers of Giving Money To Jess W. Smith— Defended By Atty. General's Assistant. Smith's | Also Declares He Paid From $1.50 to $2.50 Per Case for Permits to Take Whiskey From Distilleries. MEDICINAL WHISKEY A FARCE, HE STATES Washington, May 16,—George Remus, a millionaire hootlegger, now in the Atlanta penitentiary, testified today before the senate Daugherty committee that he paid between $250,000 an d $300,000 to Jess W, Smith for protection. He also declared that James M. Linton, whom he described as “a special assistant to the at- torney general,” helped to “de- fend” him, and was paid about $9,000. He added that Linton refused, however, to “ask fa- vors or consideration” from the department of justice. Also Bonght Permits To Smith, he said, he also puiq from $1.50 to $2.60 per case for per- mits allowing him to take whiskey from a string of distilieries he had purchased just Dbefore prohibition went into « eot. Aw to what Smith 4 with the money. and whether it S split” with others Remus said he never inquired. Met Smith fn 1921 The witness sald he was Introduced 1o Smith in 1921 in New York oity. “What was the occasion of your meeting Smith?” asked Senator Wheeler, the committee prosecutor. From the viewpoint of ohtaining withdrawals of liquor from bonde warchouses for my drug companies, Remus replied. “It is my remem- branee it was at t§e Commodore ho- tel. We discussed with him the per- mits for withdrawanls for the Alps Drug company, the Central Drug company of New York, and others,’ The “demand for liquor wa greater than the " Remus went on law partner of Thomas FKider, was counsel for Itemus, and brought Smith and the liquor man together. 1In conversa- tons with Smith, he explained, the third party would gracefully with. draw.’ The witness went rapidly serles of mieetings with Smith Smith had heard of me as a rea. tonably large whiskey operator,” Re. mus said iat was the reasom for meeting Lim.” $50,000 First Payment What was told you as to Smith's onnection?” asked Senator Wheeler. He was very close to the attorney general,” Remus went on, “He agreed that for a of #0 much the permits, any proseeu over & consideration cet never be at did “1 think it What was the 1 n't “You've Yes, in nt to abe id him first 30,000 agEr remember got ® ay gate 2" exactly ccks? spot, but a secluded 818 im that of that was for they you give that, some 1uch did you pay Jess Smith ggrogate about $256,000 for protection ?” for permits for services in out th rious I was con- in the Ok 000.% liquor, explain the « He told aking whiskey to drug concerns. understanding that » to receive from §1.50 n each lot of whis andled through the Jistribution system. Hart Was Director Metville Sternberger,” collacted the payments In New York, and Hart” was prohibition director permits were jssued, rmit Judg: witness ®aid How did you pay money ™" Chair Brookhart asked In cash always—sometimes in $1,- b or $500 bills* “This firet $50,000 to Jess Smith, yw was that In $1.000 b Was that the largest amount gave him at one time?" Yea™ Wihat was the date” Wheeler. In June, July or August, 1921.° Protected 18 Months “You were protected in distributing the liquor, how long?” put in Chair. man Brookhart. “For a vear and a W “What amount of liguor 44 you | retease 7 “That's a hard thing—1 can’t eves you asked Sen: tor | (Continued on Twenty-Fifth Page) $250,000 FOR LIQUOR PROTECTION