New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1930, Page 2

1 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26, 1930. ELOPERS ARRESTED BY CAPITAL POLICE (Continued From First Page) complained to the police that the young woman had not returned anl he had reason to believe that Johii- son had taken her away. Johnson did not remain at home lcng, and in the light of later de- velopments the police believe went back to Washington, where Miss Zotter was waiting. ‘wrote to her brother, Frank Zotter in this city, telling him she was despondent, and he went to W ington at once, hoping to brin home, but at the address she in her letter was learned that she had moved and her broth was unable to locate her. He wer 16 the Washington police and w advised to communicate with th~ lecal police, which he did Teturning. | he 16 upon S sem A TR Johnny Schiff Dead; Hero During World War Los Angeles, Cal., March 26 () —An irony of fate has brought. death to Johnny hiff, former featherweight boxe and more lately known as southern Califor- nia’s “most popular” fight ref- Schiff, who attracted world wide attention twice during his career, died in a hospital yester- ay from an infection which fol- lowed a blow delivered to hig jaw by an incensed fight fan. ittle is known of the referee's ate life. None of his Los An- S sociates know his birthplace, or carly history In 1912 Schiff's popularity reached its height when he made a bhoxing tone of the world. Dur- ing the World war J as dec- ed personally by the King and by i} resent s of while driving an front line age, o of Italy other bravery shown n ambulance in the Girl Wanted $100 Another letter came to him from his sister a few days ago. v her new address, and th the police iocated the About two hours prior to of the notification of the Frank Zotter receiv from his sister reque IRET forward $100 at once. The polic advised him not send the mon 'y as the arrests were expected mo- mentarily. Johnson's three children rang age from three months to A years. He is well known locally Romance of Kitchen Door Johnson is said to have becon enamored of Miss Zotter whil making deliveries of groceri 10 the home where she worked as a domestic. It is said that afi they became acquainted, they fry quently went for automobile rid in the evening. Mrs. Johnson was asked by a r yorter a week ago whether she hal| heard from her husband, whose | disappearance was rumored about the neighborhood. She said sh had no knowledge of his wher:- about and she was doing her best ¢ to carry on for the sake three children. Johnson returnel home that same day, remained f a few hours and vanished Johnson Refuses to Talk By GEORGE H. MANND (Washington Bureau, N. B. Ilerald) Herman Johnson, 646 Arch strect and Anna Zotter, 248 Chapman street, both of New Britain, we arrested here vesterday by Hea quarters Detective Clarence Tal on receipt of wire froml New Br ain police stating they had war- rants for the couple. Police records here book the 85 a fugitive from her paren while Johnson is listed as a fugitive from justice. Warrants were sworn out by Frank Zotter, father of th: &irl, Johnson is being held at fire(| precinct police station here and Anna at the women's bureau. Sean 1n his cell today Johnson refused to talk to reporters. Both will be held hera until officers arrive from New Britain with warrants 1s way | couple. | arrest | | b POPE TELLS MISSION WORKERS T0 STAY ON/ (Continued From First Pagze) | the W are native and 23 apostolic prefects The pope has his personal represen- tative there—Archbishop Celso Cos- tantini. The movement to place as much | P missionary work as possible in the | It hands of the Chinese themselves has | 17 20 steadily grown. The 11 native bishops are evidence of this fact. About 35,000 Chinese are engaged in teaching. fise Schools Are Scattered | Schools as well as churches ars \ Btrewn throughout the country. The ‘ American efforts are largely expend- | ed in Shenchow, where there are 2§ American priests. In Krounzmoon and adjacent territors, wiierc Maryknoll missionaries, U(E\nm}: N. Y., have 55 fathers, and in Hupeh. ‘,,‘ 'The three Americans who were ed were attached to Shenchow. Among the American orders rep resented are the Socicty of Divin ‘Word, Techny, 1l.; Benedictines of Latrobe, Pa. ncentians, of Ger mantown, Pa.; Passionists of Unior City, N. J.; St. Columban’s Mission Omaha, Neb.; Franciscans of Cin- cinnati, 0.; Dominicans of Washing- ton, D. C.; Maryknoll Missionaries Ossining, N. Y. Among the American are the Sisters of Charit can Missionaries of Mary, dence, R. I.; Hospital Sisters Francis, Springfield, 111 st Divine Providence. St Mary ‘Woode, Ind.; Auxiliatrices | Zatoire, St. Louis Louisville, Ky.; Sister Baden, Pa.; Little Poor, Brooklyn, N Sisters, Ossining, N. Y List Grows Recentl It is only in the last that a list of slain missionar risen in ( he 1900 to 19 quiet, following the res Boxer uprisings. aries share honor: h the of being third in contribut list. The Belgians are eight dead, the Italia four, the Americans With three Reports that come ganda Fidé from the vary considerably as in China. Some missionaries liv serene tranquillity, as as if they were in the Others, in different live in an tary alarm. The Vatican' Inch must be ready responsc por Propaganda Fide teli of ther-reaching efforts Ly slonaries to bring China @haos by plac he individ zen on a different Christianity. kill- | sisterhood: Francis Proy sters 5% Sis United parts of ¢ atmosphere of 1al citi that the 1 ricuiture hed out Recent csthnates of 3 indicat of plant food is of th soil eevry ycar, K livan | Willametz, 0 loski, | Paul Mrs, Domi “rancis street; Carlton of her |C. mir F. John stre ford Hatch street; {817 48 Victoria 1 Rassett strec 45 Andrews st Harwood, Rapelye Roth, instructions |enum | visite Tue ernoon, from station WTIC, u of the hig] Ma | the - NEW BRITAIN GORPS FOR CENSUS CHOSEN (Continued From First Page) James G William 0. s Esther ht street, 178 Jut bert street; 51 Jubilee Johnson, 148 Dwi Gottfried N. Mol t; William H. Laskoski, 23 John A. Swanson 5 Os snue; Louis Ponta, Concord Joseph J. Za- 9 North Burritt stree! Savonis, 11 Dwight cour Leon A. Tinty, A. Baclaski John L. G john nic . zybovw Niesiobodski gworth Leikin Olive I, Smith Mrs. Emma G e Mrs voad; son, 45 Cotter, 7L Roxbury Kolpack, E. O'Neil, enney Rose S. Horwitz /. I'rancis, West Main s Substitutes—Albert . ad: John Esther E. Anderson, et; Mrs, Frances 5 South Main street: Ru ) May street, Barne ; Boleslaus Domurat, 164 Grove Mrs, Nicholas M. Carlozzi irritt street; Stanley J. Ul street; Mrs. A. C. Emily H George ; Esther Middleton, Tutles, M troc 42 Hawley Hamilton s Whiting street. Harney will broadcast of interest both to itors and those who will he during the next 2:30 o'clock aft- street; reet 101 Attorney canvass. sday at in the WO COURTS TRY AN HELD AFTER ACCIDENT! (Continued From First Pa heel on the bo: applied by right front w were or seven feot ry Webster, who case, stated that nd ho able, but glected 1o this particular stretch ich is used by th hool ¢ 1e recommended boy on in crossing the stre er direction d the t stified atter the applied the car did not foct, 1so said RSN er z\‘ frout car s v off in order hoy 1l ired A disc * MAN HIGHS DAUGHTER; - MOTHER RESCUES HER out Berti tmen RECOLETO IN BUENOS AIRES | THe DOUBLE-FOOTED HORSE Quwned by R.VAN WERT — skillful fighter. I BELIEVE IT OR NOT | A GRAVEYARD WITHOUT GRAVES CInCInnaLt, Ohte dressed envelops, Ar. Droof of anything depleted by (Reg. UL (On request, wsent with stamped, Ripley will farateh 8 Pat Om) KORED (O CONSECUTIVE |GOALS ~— BLINDFOLDED € 199 Xtae Festers Synfete, te Great Brmam vigwts et bim). *BY RIPLEY e Jm BoGUE The HERMIT oF LYME ConN. = WILLNOT BUY CLAMS . \ BECAUSE HME CANNOT EAT THE SHELLS | EDITH OLSON —of Meriden, Conn. EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY'S CARTOON Kali, the Patron Goddess of Calcutta—Kali (meaning the dark) wife of the God Siva, is worshipped by the Hindus as the Goddess of death and destruction. | ance is enhanced by a necklace of skulls, corpses as earrings, and a girdle of snakes.” I have seen the statue of the goddess at her shrine in Kalighat (Calcutta) where goats are sacrificed to her on the darkest night in November. The Tinton Slasher, Outweighed 140 Pounds, Fought Freeman 88 Rounds—Freeman was as large a man as Primo Carnera, and his huge size made him a formidable oponent, though he was practically unskilled in the art of boxing. The Tipton Slasher was a small but very He fought Freeman 88 rounds before he was disqualified for going down \\n.hom being hit, and the fight lasted two days. TOMORROW —“Face Value” Attorney Rachlin said he believed Berti was not entirely at fault but Judge Saxe held that the daughter was blameless and the mother had ven the correct picture of condi- mons in the household. However, he | felt U\at matters might be adjusted and that reason he was willing ficaie n»m another chance. He im- | posed a fine of $20 and costs with | 2 suspended jail sentence of 60 days land yplaced him on probation. His next conviction will be followed by |2 long jail term, Judge Saxe said. | Charles Passinisi, | ford avenue, pleaded not guilty to | the charge of non support and the case was continued until next Tues- |day on request of Judge F. B. Hungerford. Samuel Cassile, 24, of 35 Beaver picaded not guilty to the | charze of non support and a con- tinuance until next Tuesday was or- dered on request of Attorney Michael Sexton. GOVERNOR STUDIES - OEVERAL REPORTS . ON'SCHOOL PROBE nued From First Page) street, heing in their Hendrick having had experi- an inquisitor as a member commission on institutions looked into conditions at the oldicrs’” home at Noroton. s commission in its se called about 15 witnesses, lot a hich s rnor ons at school 60 of s Roys Willing Witnesses oungsiers are u oven willing wit r the questions of n put in | gsle terstood 1o sses and comm dly igh they Kly erstood th and clearly some aspects had been made For thi mission’s rej i interesting read g s known of which or cived support reason expected developed : in a period taking of the only compul- s comoe out of 1 | of conjecture toda ions by mmissi ments wer n. bec felt that ived by althougl 100l until d e nei April 1 chool will e Gther atron ave the sc 5 at o chang Leen voluntary the s 2nd Boyd last night said he mor ward S. peeted resignation or dis- missals at this present stage of the inquiry. PILLSBURY Concord, N. H Hobart Pillshury ho carly 1 RELE \~| D March ¢ </P- former sceretary t ye z converted $6.000 in inds 10 his own use, was re- d s minimum scntence l‘m. 4, of 110 Hart-| clement | he gov- | the | besides the school | | anner that they | told their he trustees’ | ¥1" =1 am not giving out ldrudld‘ MAYOR BATTERSON OAYS GRAND JURY TACTICS ‘OUTRAGE (Conlinued From First Page) | the prohibition issue would *find a reflection in the next state election.” | Judge Jentings decided late yes- terday that Batterson and Allen were justified in standing on their constitutional rights and refusing to testify lest their statements tend to incriminate them. The Hartford county —investigating the liquor racket which formed the background of the alleged murder®of Alfonso Min- niti by Sebastian N. Aliano in a speakeasy—had obtained an admis- |sion from Batterson that he pur- chased two lots of liquor, valued at $300 and $500 from a bootlegger through a friend. Ie refused to gisclose the “middle-man.” Allen Called to Testify Believing Allen the friend, the grand jury summoned him for. ques- tioning. Allen refused to testify. The status of the grand jury's in- vestigation was uncertain today as 1esult of the judge's ruling In re- fusing Foreman Ralph O. Wells' re- quest to order Batterson and Allen to answer questions. Judge Jennings opened the way for bootleggers— grand jury | thus far the chief witnesses before | [ the grand jury—to refuse informa- | tion on similar grounds Judge “Jennings' decision |interlocutory ruling, from there is no appeal. | No Comment On Action After the hearing, State's [ new Hugh M. Alcorn was asked ! Batterson and Allen faced the possi | Lility of criminal prosecution. was an which i Grand Jury Meets Monday Hartford, March 26 (®—Undecid a4 whether or not it will continue its probe into Hartford county bo legging and official corruption, the special grand jury will meet (o de- cide its future course next Monday |it wds indicated in a statement L | Foreman Ralph O. Wells this morn- [ ing. | The possibility of criminal pro- | ceedings against Mayor Walter | Batterson and former State ldward N. Allen was sti when Senator ! a matter | State's | Attorney Hugh M. I add anything to a previous state- ment that *you.may speculate all you like oh that.”” 1 indica- tion of present.” said. Mr such a HHH:\“( EH[]P SUEY FANINE my plans at Alcorn’s failure to deny :ourse will be that taken is sig- (Continued Trom First Page) n indoor pastime of pangs of hunger. Business Reported Dull Neighboring busincss men reported the AR\v-.-‘__._—_—-—' - Attor- | E. Alcorn refused to | he | ' THREATENING EITY\ dulling | —_—— 326 —— Her grotesque appear- | that the demand for Leung's cuisine had not been stropg tor some time. Pewér and fewer diners passed through his portals every day. . He was unable to placate the inexorable law of supply and demand. His cred- itors demanded payment but he could not supply the wherewithal,| which is considered essential by oc- cidental custom. Since last Saturday, creditors have climbed the stairs leading to the restaurant in brigades and phalanxes but their journey was terminated by the door giving entrance to the din- ing rooms. It was locked. Repeated knockings failed to bring response. They sadly concluded that Leung had gone away from there. It re- mained for Deputy Sheriff Horwitz to discover today to what extent he had gone. He learned that it is a res- taurant in name only. All that is, left is & player piano, Kitchen equipnent and bare tables, reminiscent of the | | gustatory delights of chow mein,| chop sucy, bird's nest soup and other dishes which the Yankee diner as- sociates with the western fringe of the Pacific ocean. | Vanishes Saturday Night YLeung persisted until late Satur- day night. Until he closed, the player plano ground out its more or less melodious tunes every time a cus- tomer, with a night club comple .decided to blow in another nickel. But when the last visitor had paid| ,m< check to the immobile cashier, Leung decided to leave New Britain for some more hospitable clime where Chinese restaurants — and | Chinese cooking are more appreciat- Vea. When the law, as represented by Deputy Sheriff Horwitz, invaded the | restaurant today, it was to place an attachment in a suit for $50 brought by the Parker-Buckey Baking Co. for bread which had not been paid for. EXPEGT WDONOUGH 10 SOUND HEYNOTE | (Continued From First Page) | taxpayers have found | to do. ‘ Says Future Ts Planned Discussing the statement of his ri- | val, Donald L. Bartlett in which a | promise is made to appoint a com- mission to discuss the city’s financial needs and plan a program looking to the future, Mr. Quigley insisted | there are already enough commi sions, if not too many, and that these boards are planning for the future. Quigley's last factory rally will | take place tomorrow noon at the en- trance to the Stanley Works, the fac- | tory in which his rival for the nom- ‘vnmon is employed. Quigley will rest tonight, but to- \mormu night will be heard at Rialto | hall on Broad street, where he will | conduct his first rally for the fifth ward. While the Quigley campaign is being furthered at Rialto hall, Candidate Bartlett will be speaking at Falcon hall, a short distance away. Attorncy P. . McDonough, the | democratic candidate, will attend a| | gathering at the Stanley school to- night where he will speak to voters | of the Belvidere and Stanley Quarter [ districts. It will be the first demo- it necessary MENTAL AILMENTS ON-THE INCREASE Dr. McCartney Reports 5,000 Now On Gonecticut List Onc person out of every 21 will develop mental troubles during the next year; insanity in onc form or another will make its appearance in one family out of every seven dur- ing the coming year: of all the school children in the United States, one million will haye mental break- downs before they are a year olde according to Dr. J.-L. McCartne: chief of the division of mental h giene of the state health depart- ment, who spoke on “Why Folks IFail,” at a meeting of the Kiwanis club at the Burritt hotel today. Because of the Y. M. C. A. cam- paign for funds in the ball room, the Kiwanis meeting was held in a sample room on the second floor. Dr. McCartney ~told the club members that there are approxi- mately 5,000 mental defectives in the state of Connecticut at the ‘present time, of which 40 per cent or more can be reconditioned. Of the entire number the majority could. have Dbeen saved® by proper corrective methods if mental hygiene had been applied in time, he said. Most Everybody Queer at Times Most everybody can be consider- ed queer at times,” Dr. McCartney pointed out. Failure was one of the indications of a low mentality, according to the speaker, who added: “To be happy and self supporting is the only cri- terion of success.” One of the problems of mental hy- giene is due to the manner in which children are handled, the speaker declared. Stressing a subject which has been the cause of many debates and grgu- ments, Dr. McCartney emphatically stated: “Mental discases are not in- herited.” He dwelt on physical conditions caused by .mental or psychological conditions and pointed out how persons can drive themselves into serious iliness by dwelling upon it. He illustrated by saying that a person by believing that a certain kind of food is bound to make him sick will dwell upon it until he gets indigestion. Fearing gastric ulcer he man continue to worry until it actually is possible to develop a gas- tric ulcer, he explained. Club's Anniversary Tt was the sixth anniversary of the Kiwanis club and a large birthday cake was donated by Charles Hoff- man and later sent to the Day Nur- sery. The six candles surmounting the cake were lighted by Harry H. Howard, one of the charter mem- bers. Rev. T. S. Dunn spoke briefly ur\- on Dr. Henry T. Bray and Dr. E Fromen, both charter members “1\0 have died since the club was organ- izéd. Of the 17 rcmaining charter members out of the original 53, there were 12 present. Dwight Skinner, superintendent of the Bove club and vice president of the club, read a brief history of the Kiwanis club since its organization in which he pointed out some of the accomplishments of the organiza- tion. Enumerating some of the things the club has dong he recalled that in 1324 when the club first organized it placed road signs ¢n most of the city and donated Christmas baskets to needy families. Record in 1925 In 1925 it acted as host to the workers in the community chest drive, gave a Kilarny dance on March 17 for charity purposes, pre- sented the victorious high school football team members with individ- ual gold footballs, had a team of 10 men assisting in a Near East Reliet drive, laid out tennis courts and bas- ketball grounds for the Children’s Home; furnished ‘the Childreu’s Home with a complete outfit for a full baseball team; presented the Boys’ club with a tent for camp pur- poses; presented a radio set to the George Junior Republic: furnished 20 cars to take children to the fresh air camp; presented & cup at the aviation meet held under the aus- picies of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; acted as host to workers in a Chamber of Commerce drive; dis- tributed Thanksgiving baskets; acted as hosts to workers in a Red Cross drive; entertained members of the board of cducation during national cducation week: sent toys to the day rursery and gav abled veterans in government hos- pitals. In 1926 the club entertained community chest workers; held father and son meeting: sponsored a fleld day for the members of the Boys' elub. providing transportation, prizes and food: held a union meet, ing with the Newington Grange; furnished Thanksgiving baskets to sent toys to the day and supplied milk for a widow with eight children. Extended Teld in 1927 In 1927 the club supported sponsored a minstrel show by the Boys' club; paid the exvenses of a basketball team from the Boston club while in this city: raised $100 for underprivileged children; acted as hosts to community chest work- ers: raised $166 for Mississippi river flood rellef: financed a field day for the Boys' club; waged a war on tent caterpillars; purchased a tract of land to be presented to the state for slate park purposes at Barkhani- sted; undertook the support of one boy at the George Junior Republic; took charge of graduation exercises of the Americanization classes: furnished Thanksgiving and Christ- mas baskets to needy famili furnished toys to needy children and to the day nursery and supplied milk te a family of a widow and cight children. In 1928 the eclub held another drive against tent caterpillars; con- tinued to supply milk to the mother of eight; supported a minstrel show given by the Boys' club; furnished an evening of motion pictures and the | entertainment to the Boys' club: sup- plied miscellancous cquipment to the Boys' club; held a dance for the benefit of underpriveleged children; furnished a cup for the city basket- ball tournament for bhoys; furnished | eratic rally in the Belyidere zone, * prominent highways leading into the | $85 to the muni- | cipal home service bureau for dis-| al and | for the day nursery. The 1929 record had not been completed. ANTI-SALOON HEAD SAYS WETS FAIL T0 PROVE POINTS (Continyed From First Page) hotel bedroom. No longer is drink a man’s vice. Women and children are exposed to it. The home is the last place in the world where liquor should be consumed. Crime is in- creasing, drunkenness is increasing, motor accidents are increasing. Whatever the solution of the drink problem may be, is not go\emment control.” H After a week's recess the hear-| ings were resumed by the house| committee, with John J. Lentz of Columbus, O., testifying that 77 in- surance companies had found that the mortality rates had been low- ered under the dry statute. Wants Two More Days Before the hearings got under W I Scott McBride, general su- perintendent of the Anti-Saloon league, announced that the drys would like to have at least two more days in which to complete their case. He said, however, it had not been decided how long Chairman Graham desired the hearings to continue. At the outset Representative Had- ley, republican, Washington, read a telegram into the record from J. J. Donovan of Bellingham, Wash., de- fending the Dollar Steamship line from what he termed charges by Representative LaGuardia, republi- can, New York, that liquor had been dispensed on the line. Donovan wrote he had traveled on the Dollar steamships in differ- ent parts of the world and had not seen liquor served or dispensed aboard them. The telegram also praised Captain Dollar, the 86 year old head of the line, as a valuable citizen of the country. Representative LaGuardia inter- posed he would place into the rec- ord a report of the fines imposed on the Dollar ships for violations of liquor and narcotic laws, at the proper time. “I want to show that men aboard the ships have disregard for the law,” the New Yorker said. Pershing Testimony Cited The testimony of General John J. Pershing before the house mili- tary committee years ago favoring abolition of the liquor dispensing army canteen was injécted into the prohibition hearings by Mr. Len'z, a former member of the house. Lentz said that when he was a member of the military committes years ago, General Pershing, then a young officer, was asked to give his opinion of the canteen. The Ohioan sald Pershing “stated at that time most emphatically and with tha clearness which only persoral ex- perience can give, that he was in favor of the abolition of the army canteen. That sober men made the best soldiers; that it was not neces- sary to have an army saloon to keep the soldiers out of the low dives in whatever territory the2y might be located.” With the abolition of the canteen, Lentz said, Pershing had demon- strated that ung men in the larmy are no more in need of a saloon than young men at home in the peaceful pursuits of life.” Lives of People Lengthened Asserting that since prohibition “'something has happened to lengtii- then the lives of our people,” the former house member said, that |the lower death rate insurance companies had arrived at “means that the llves of liquor drinking, in- sured people, were lengthened as a result of the abolition of the saloon.” Figures which he presented to the committee, he said, show t “the expectancy of life was plainly increased, and if human beings are worth while, it is certainly worth scmething to have them stay out of the cemeteries and remain with their families several years longer. Lentz took his figures on deceas- ed mortality from 77 insurance companies, comparing pre-prohibi- tion with prohibition years. “In the years prior to the effect | of the Eighteenth amendment,” he lwaid. “1914 to 1919 inclusive, the | death rate ranged from 61 to 63 per cent. x x x x While the averag:s for the years 1921 to 1927, inclu- sive, ranged as low as 50, and per cent, and only once did it | reach as high as a point as 54 per | cent. 3 Lentz read from a prepared stato- ment. He contended prohibition had saved the American people millions of dollars, Lentz quoted former Premior Lloyd George about prohibition, in | which the Britisher held: “The abolition of the saloon is in part the cause of America's pro:- | perity.’ . Catholics Against Liquor The witness added that the Methodists and other Protestants had repudiated the saloon and al- coholic beverages while the “Cath- olic church, through some of its most ndble leaders, has spoken against the liquor traffic. “For instance,” he went on, “the world famous Cardinal Mercler, of Belgium, spoke upon the subject in these heroic words: “Univeregal prohibition would | save more lives than general dis- armament.” He also quoted Right Rev. James E. Cassldy, vicar general of the dio- cees of Fall River, as having spokea in ‘“courageous language” in sup- port of prohibition. Lentz presented a digest of re- ports to the committee, which, he said, showed that the death rate of infant children had been lowered since prohibition. Wherever alcohol was used as a beverage, he argued, the death rate was increased from 30 to 70 per cent. Lentz described Patrick Callahan of Louisvilie, Ky., as one of the foremost Catholics in the country port the Eighteenth amendment. Should Not Be Deterred i The Ohioan said because prohl- bition enforcement had its prob- lems and its difficulties should not for a “moment deter us in the on- ward march toward complete so- briety.” “Every argument for more alco- hol is an argument for more drunk- ards,” he contended. Attack Government Dispensaries Washington, March 26 P—From {a general and vigorous defnse of the prohibition laws, the nation's dry leaders today moved into an attack on proposals that the United States adopt a system of government lie quor dispensaries. For ammunition they turned to the operation of such a plan in Can- ada and presented as their principal witness in the house judiciary com- mittee’s hearings on repeal meas- ures a former high official of the Ontario privincial government, E. C. ' Drury. At the conclusion of his testimony they were ready with life insurance statistics, offered as mirroring the effects of prohibition and presented by John J. Lentz, president of the American Insurance Union and a former members of the house from Ohio. ‘With today's session, the drvs passed the time limit originally, placed on their testimony. Seven days were allotted to them, a per- iod equalling that given the wets, but the committee was willing that the prohibitionists have additional time should they desire it. They had given no intimation of how much longer they wanted, but had let it be known that they were near the end of their list of witnesses. Time today permitting, the drys planned to present, in addition te Drury and Lentz the leaders of soms of America’s temperance organiza tions, including F. Scott McBride of the Anti-Saloon league, and also were prepared to present statements from Irving Fisher, Yale economist, and Dr. Clarence True Wilson, gen- cral secretary of the board of tem- perance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church. Executive Session ‘The committee will go into execu- tive session tomorrow for the con- sideration of legislation to carry out the enforcement recommendations made early in the year by the Hoover law enforcement commis- sion. It will return to the prohibi- tion inquiry soon, however, whether or not the drys want more time, an both sides are to present rcbuttal testimony. McBride last night issued a state- ment interpreting the action of the Maine democratic state convention in rejecting a wet plank as indicat- ing a country-wide dry victory at the &lections next fall, provided the old political maxim *“as Maine goes, so goes the nation,” still is valid. “The only hope for the demo- cratic party,” he said, “is to follow the constitution rather than the brewers, the distillers, the bootleg- gers, the moonshiners and Tam- many hall.” EDGERTON URGES HOOVER T0 VETO TARIFF ON 153UE (Continued From First Page) tion which might be acceptable te the Hoover administration. One of Young Guard Vandenberg is onc of the repub- lican young guard, which group is zligned with the administration. He advocated approval of the compro- mise flexible provision as a means of avolding another general revision of the tariff. The senator wrote he was con- vinced that *“our economic structure Dhas become too complex to suffer the inevitable hazard and specula- tion unavoidably incident to gener- al revision in congress. “The greatest insurance,” he con- tinued, “against the need of another general revision is the creation of the greatest possible latitude in pro- visions for serfal flexibility. Regard- less of contemporary rates, I be- lieve this bill's greatest justification and its greatest service lles in its maximum expansion of the princi- ple of flexibility.” Vandenberg said that if forced te choose between the house bill con- tinuing administrative flexibility and the senate measure providing for legislative flexibility, he would choose the former. Would Give Congress Power He proposed administrative flexi- bility for presidential use when con- gress is not in session—and sub- ordinate to subsequent congression- al veto if congress chooses to act. Secondly, legislative flexibility” for congressional use when congress is in session. 'Thus,” he said, “we shall have flexing machinery all the way around the calendar, whether con- gress is or is not in session. Nor- mally congress is in session only ten month out of 24. Therefore, legis- lative flexibility alone is not enough. On the other hand, the house text { does not permit administrative flexi- bility to touch commodities upon the free list. Therefore, adminia- trative flexibility alone also is not enough. “But if the two philosophies are harmonized and joined, we have complete fiexibility 12 months in every year and thus, so far as is humanly possible, we avoid future needs for general tariff revision. This avoidance is the greatest single service which the Smoot-Hawley bill can render to stabilize American prosperity. It can be the bill's com- plete and dominant justification.” FAFNIR BEARING CO. FINANCE STATEMENT (Continued From First Page) Surplus .... 790,904.43 $3,874,7T17.11 In the foregoing statement pre- pared for the stockholders by ths and said he was taking an active part in the prohibition eontroversy. The Kentuckian, he added, was directors. eash is entered at book § figures; other assets show adequate deductions for depreciation and ve- ‘375 worth of playground equipment | mustering the dry Catholics 0 sup- |serves.