New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1930, Page 2

NELS PEAR FOUNDED 0. OF . | (Continued From First Page) | eventually reached his hon\(‘lan(l‘ and branches of the order have been established in Sweden. The suc- cess of Mr. Pearson’s original idea | can be readily seen from that fact that the Order of Vasa now boasts | of about 90,000 members, He retired from active work number of years ago but still takes a great interest in the activities of the order. He has been the honor guest at numerous functions by divisions of the order each year and has al-| ways attended th eral of the order that is held once ev ihree years. At & celebration held York several years ago, Mr. was picked to represent Sweden be- .ause of his semblance to John ricsson, designer of the fa vessel of the Civil War days “Monitor.” Cemparisons of photographs of the two men showed | a remarkable resemblance, BOSTON PATROLMAN WOUNDED BY BANDIT (Continued From First Page) Patrolman Dwyer, but physicians at the hospital held out little hope for the officer. Tnapector James Hennes: ‘homicide squad and James Cougl finger print expert, are assigned the case, They said that they ed the burglar was an addict in search of drugs. A cigar box of pen- nies and small change had been tak- en and the stamp machine in the drug store had been broken open and robbed. A checkup on the dru was impossible until later in the morning. Police were searching for a light sedan, stopped an hour before the shooting in Dorchester for an in- fraction of the headlight laws. The operator of the machine fixed his lights in the presence of the officer who stopped him, so lis name was not taken. Patrolman Dwyer is marricd and ‘has three children, the oldest 4 vea and the youngest 6 weeks. He has been on the police force a little less than 2 wecks. He is 33 years old. TAYLOR MURDER (Continued From First Page) v of the n 1o film executive and the woman. The actress left after a short s Rinaldo sald, after which he enter- ed the Taylor apartment and r monstrated with the director for his actions during the quarrel. Taylor, he said, drew a revolver. In the scuffle that followed, Rinaldo said he gained poscession of the gun'and shot the moving picture dircctor. Since then, Rinaldo said he had heen living in various southern Cali- fornia cities and in Tucson, Ari whers he resided until he returned 1o Los Angeles recently, Inquiry of Tucson police disclosed that Rinal- was known there as a World war veteran suffering from shcll shock. Much to Be Checked Up “Although Rinaldo’s story cides in minute detail with known facts in the case, we are fz from convinced that he is telling the truth,” Detective Joseph Taylor said. “There still remains a lot of investigation and checking to be done before we are sure that we have the actual slayer of Taylor in custody. “We have been working on eral angles of the case for sever: weeks. These phases involved Rir aldo. We have heen looking for him for questioning, but had been unable to locate him until late last night. Shortly after began auestioning him, ha told us that he was the man who shot lor and described in detail circumstances surrounding the crime. We will in- vestigate carefully, however, befoi we are convinced we have the right man.” Mrs. Alice Rinaldo. of Cal., music teacher, cstr of the suspeet, was up details of the confe er husband was erratic and ed from shock received durin war. The Rinaldos have be arated for two years. Most Baffling Case The murder of Taylor in ishly furnished Hollywood low, is regarded by the police most baffling ¢ the annals of Los was found by Henry Peavey Kebruary 2, 10 No clue wa dentity of the ents which follow €ral persons prom jon picture colony. 1t was discove Mabel ay of her aylor on t A handk M. M. as the property of coi; the we G nged able endal wife to cl ion suffer- ase in Angele a on crin His o serva the morning i visited 1 ter, film actr raylor Both Miss Minter were gators, but dispel the notables also 10 no avail. Valet Sands Later a iward F. directo about the time world-wide cate the m The myste weeks went by made. page and the murde the unsolved years various new investigated but non solution Little Tucson. A Known of Man ! April 25 (A Ninaldo. Angel stispe William | mend Taylor, film dirccior, ¢a held in Lo —_— Recluse Barely Gets in On Census Enumeration Cadillac, Mich,, April 23 (P “0ld Jim" Todd, 79 year old'res cluge, was afraid he wouldn’t live to get in the 1930 census but he was counted, with the undertaker as a witness and today he is dead. “Old Jim” lived most of his life in a shack on the outskirts of Cadillac. His 179 years weighing heavy” on him, he told friends, and he wanted, above all things, to be counted among the living in 1930 Then Ed Althouse, a found the old were neighbor man unconecious in his shack. Thinking he was dead, he called the undertaker The undertaker found “Old Jim" alive, but critically il While Althouse and the 1 | aker were preparing to take him | | is taker | | Jim"” Todd || ensus lospital, the c along and “Old was counted the H hospit ous | the | | the Tucson from the Tmperial Valley of { California about two months ago. | He had been living at the home of L. E. LeBlanc. LeBlanc told Captain H. R. West, of the Tucson police department, | that he knew nothing of Rinaldo. other than that he came here ap- | parently for his health. Rinaldo in- formed acquaintances here that he | had been injured during the World | war and was suffering from shell shock. On April 14, LeBlanc said, he lent Rinaldo a small sum of money and the man left for Los Angeles. Since | that time no word has been received | from him here LORENZ SUDDENLY PLEADS GUILTY AT HARTFORD HEARING: (Co HC. MAULSEY 80 YEARS OLD ntinued From First Page) a ruling on the t imony o State’s Attorney Alcorn. A ute recess resulted in an announce- ment that the court would make no | blanket ruling, but would rule on the | offerings of testimony as made. Judge Jennings said in substance | that the court rulc acts subee- quent to the commission of the of- | fense are part of a p conceived hefore the commission of the of- fense, they would be admissible evidence, but in the absence of such proof it woud be inadmissible. “If the accused hung around awhile after the crime, got scared and ran awa ire not interested,” =YET HAS ALL OF HIS OWN ORIGINAL TEETH an archs, ruled Egypt in the 13th Oppression. as we BELIEVE IT OR NOT Bellingham, Wash'. _ © 1990, Kifg Peacerm Eradicats, Inc, Grest Britia righis roweriode (On request, ssnt W CITY OF BINGHAM, v OWEST INTHE WOALD, ISTI':‘I’;A:NKLY ONE STREST WIOE. (PoPULATIEN 3200) ’, 7: =0 1 én;, 7 Py, ™ H [45>‘ Tak FIRST SPEAKEASY WAS A BOOK 1HAS NEVER USED A TOOTHBRUSH OR VISITED A DENTIST IN HIS LIFE HERVEY BOYD - of Oltawa LEFT HIS OVERCOAT ON A HOOK N THE YM.CA- BILLIARD ROOM " LAST SPRING~ AND FOUND IT THERE. THE FOLLOWING WINTER, EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY'S CARTOON Rameses II Had 162 Children—Rameses IT, the most magnificent of the Egyptian mon- He is very likely the Biblical Pharaoh of the At the foot of his colossal sixty-foot statue, from which I have drawn his like- ness on the spot, are the names of 162 of his children, 111 sons and 51 daughters. TOMORROW—No Man’s Island century B. C. with etamped. ad- dressed envelops, Mr. Ripley will furnish proof ef anything depicted by bim). (Reg. U & Pat Off) BY RIPLEY woman, who seems to hgve much to say within those grim walls. She even dictates, at times to Wirden Préston E. Thomas himself. personality of a good looking young SAVINES lN[;REASE partment has been embarrassed by father of many of his routine bur- dens. Amanda was the heroing,of the disastrous fire of Monday night when 318 convicts met death. She took command of the situation in the of- fice, called for police and soldiers, and directed an Assoclated Press representative to send out a general call for doctors, nurses and hospital supplies, and dole out ammunition to guards. Cool Until House Menaced She remaiped cool and calm until the death dealing flames swept tow- ard the Thomas home in the peni- tentiary structure. Then she got a little excited, and ordered some of the family valuables removed. But the flurry® of excitement passed quickly, and Miss Thomas again as- sumed command in the office. Now that Amanda has had time to think over the terrible night, she seems dazed by the extent of the tragedy. She told newspaper men that “we're sitting on top of a living volcano here. There have been rum- blings right along. We had an under- standing with the soldiers and the police that they would come quickly if called. When the cry of fire went up Monday night, and the yard was tilled with that vicious smoke, 1 knevg the volcano was loose.” ‘Within a short time she had sum- moned regular army soldiers, the Ohio National guard, the police and others. Bosses Her Father Amanda is quite a power about the Howard Snook was executed she is- sued the passes to newspaper men would not witness the cxecution be- cause he was not feeling well. Ia ther thought otherwise and started in, but Amanda stopped him and led him back into the residence. ANOTHER PLANET 1§ BELIEVED ON RECORD (Continued From First Page) SWFFy MEINNIS PLAYED 154 GAMeS (First Base) WITHOUT Ar ERROR Beston w2122 than Uranus. | sequently took and Lowell | probable size Planet X. and New Haven, April (®—Dr. Frank Schlesinger, director of Yale observatory who had received a telegram from Ottawa imparting in- Judge Jennings said. “but if he plan- | ned before what he would do after- | ward, then interested.” Question Rtuled Out Alcorn’s questio ruled and he then suzgested a recess ruling may eliminate certain s and shorten the trial. aid the court was ould interfere with Shop, $186; Emma Horwitz, $10; M. T. Kerwin, janitor, A. Schulte, cigars, $36; Building association, rent, $ Iellows association, rent J. Bollman, janitor, $6; Spa, lunches, $43.65; Electric Co., $21.20; the state’s presentation of the case |send, janitor, ne, $3.60; and the court would be glad to grant| American Apostolic church, rent a re tate's attorney to¥20: Harry Neyarian, printing, $10; George H. Smedley, trucking, $9; second | Adkins Printing Co., $45.06; Herald Publishing Co.. advertising, $317.1 Moody Seccretarial school. $76.50; uthern New England Telephone Co., $354.05; Connecticut Light & Power Co., $13.91; school commit- tee, $12; C. H. Irving, supplics, 23; E. J. Danberg, second ward ex- s, $10.30; Charles Sternbery service Svea Publishing Co., advertising, $15: E. T Hyde, adver- tising, $25; Resident Printing Co. $14; Roger Cowles, lunches. $47.35 United Lithuanian society. rent, $1 Bollerer's Posy Shoppe, $10; 1 o Weekly Publishing Co., advertising. $50.50: Hardware City band, $13 New Britain Record, advertising; $292; New Dritain Record, printing, $207.75; S. Jomes, rent, $1 Packard Drug Co., lunches, $26 Miller Electric Co., $4; B. J. Mon- kiewlcz, fifth ward cxpenses, $125.- 75; J. J. Halloway, third ward ex- penses, $13.15; Hartford Courant, advertising, $14.18; M. Cohn, rent, $25; Corricre Del. Conn.. advertising, $20; Cozy Corner Luncheonette, $41.10; total, $3.034.6 Mayor Quigley's Report Mayor George A. Quigley's cam- ign expenses totaled $1.155, or $15 lesa than the _amount con- tributed to his political manager, Ernest N. Humphrey, according to a statement filed today at the office of Town Clerk Alfred L. Thompson Charles Wilens of West Hart- | © myoco te e e pIIOREOnductet s (Lo AN i on bl toworal the "‘m_'\"r_fl"("““'(\‘;f’_‘:] paizn William B, 2 . 2l Joscph Lattagiia and Dr. plzed o | Potts. cach donating $100. Mayor PR (fl;‘u}{m_ personal expenditure w Other donors were $15. Wi Jacob Yung $30, Samuel Schneider , Louis Moh rent, $3; D. Norden was w. witnes Jud afraid its ruling Anderson Fred Town- cess to rearrange his order of proof. the court rccersed the time A said Stua examination Lorenz 1$210 on ) . August A. Bensor t Hart- | ford in his direct examination up to the time of the important ruling on testimony by the court, had testified in brief that he had a wife Laura, and a daughter ibeth, 18, He had known Anderson, hrother of Mrs. Benson. for nine years. He Tad known Lorenz two ye and latterly Lorenz had been a frequent cal t the Benson home. nson said h Lorenz on the ight of March 31. He came to the | house shortly before 10 o'clock and rought some snap-shot pictures. hen came the question about the next day at Cobb's Picture store and the recesses of the court caused by the ruling on admissibility of evi- dence. Court Court resumed testimony by arl Dobmeicr of 7 Rose street at whose home Lorenz boarded. Mr. Dobmeier said he saw Lorenz p. m.. March 31. talking o 1 tele a nguage he not u Lorenz left the house He said Lorenz own- ed an automobile and witness identi- L picture of Lorenz's car. Dobmeier said he never knew “Henry Laure Rose pen rs, saw 04 Resumes Again at 11:34 with at were Rossherg. and room Lorenz sold Monroe Gor Leers ward Pratt James Lac . O. Collomb $3, T. Lero 5. Harry Zevin $10 n 5 i ; netein $5, Dr. N. FOR ELECTION BILLY don Lillian coff $10. Doter iphrey $50, A Anna A. Ahearn Rialto hall rent defeated n primary for the nom- u by % n his fig me Jean Cochrane unsuccessful for the rcpublican nom- own cle S| 1t $190,20, ntributors to her campaign wer At Simball § Mr Bl v $20. E Stephen Hobb 8 nd % A. Buol § A. Gordon 81¢ Thompson Spent $581 A. L. Thompson to wn elerk cost a total ording to the report yor Orson F Curtis, Expenditures During Campaign 5 W, . William first political veteran manager cler town K in quarter of tury Quigley cam- | Joscph H. | bles and chairs, $9; Quality Print|in the primary campaign expended | ¥, Cooper's plan to appoint a com- $250 of his own funds and $131.81 donated by Mr. Curtis, according to the report. Ttems of expenditure 0Odd | were represented almost entirely in|and to enable the governor to sub- Lills for advertising, the only other vy outlay being for postage, 1$105.71. { st RIOTOUS CONVICTS *ABANDON DEFIANCE | (Continued From First Page) tigation of the fire disaster, was not |on duty last night because he “did not feel well.” Other guards said Hall is 71 years old. Because of the disorganized con- dition within the prison, breakfast today was two hours late. When the first squads’ of convicts were or- dered out for breakfast they ran across the prison vard to the dining halls, shouting and laughing. | Prison routine was to be normal today, excepting that the cotton and woolen shops were not to be operat- ed. | Many persons, whose relatives met death in the fire. visited the peniten- tiary this morning asking for per- mission to remove the bodies. Many of the women were crying. All were sent to the horticultrral building on the Ohio state fair grounds where the 318 bodies are laid out. To Finger Print Bodies The Ohio state board of identifi- ion and the penitentiary board of identification today ordercd that all the bodies be finger-printed so as to make certain of identification. As |soon as bodics are positively identi- |fied and claimed, they will be sent to the destinations, named by rela- tives. Until positive identification cstablished, no body will be released. One hundred and forty convic 1 the penitentiary to to relieve overc the prison he One hundred went to the London farm. 20 to the Lima for the insane, and 2 ville brick plant. It was no transfers would be r Junction City brick pla crowded to capacity, owded conditions in to the Rose announced ade to the . which is Seck Columbus that the cau tiary fire would Causc of 0., April Dlace (®—Hope e of the Ohio peniten- be revecled by an inspection of the two cell houscs hat became death traps for 318 prisoners was held by state officials 1s they resumed investigation of the catastrophe today. Decision to cxamine the scene of the fire's origin was reached when e inv ion adjourned last night after a day that elicited only cont ‘tory statements ~ from guards and prisoners who questioned regarding the delay in frecing the prisoner from ' their locked cells Monday evening. Warden P, I3, Thomas, at the re- auest of Attorney General Silbert Ecttman, in charge of the investiga tion, ordered that nothing be touch- ed in the two cell blocks until fur- ther notice, thus making it possible * the officials to sec just how the ures appeared after the fire Monday night. Determination of the disaster's cause is considered necessary in order to fix responsibi ity. Additional guards and prison- ers were summoned for questioning today Steps to Halt Tiecurrence il ps were taken a recurrence of the disaste these was Governor Myer Meanw to Among were or- | dered sent to other state institutions | te hospital | | were | formation of the finding of an ob- ject on photographic plates taken six years ago said today that he could not comment specifically on the basis of that message. “We know now pretty well what the character® of the Lowell object is," said Dr. Schlesinger,” and that it is not the object which aisturbances in the orbit of Uranus mittee of citizens to formulate a program of institutional building to fit the housing needs of penal wards mit such recommendations to the next general assembly. The bodics of the dead convicts were ready’for burial today. Attired in black shrouds, they rested in lplaln coffins . at the temporary morgue at the state fair grounds. | Loved ones of the victims were | spared the ordeal of going to the | prison to make arrangements for | obtaining the bodles. Instead, they | may go direct to the fair grounds. | Besides preparing the bodies for | burial, the state furnished the robes |and caskets and provided transpor- ! tation to thelr homes. | Freed tn/death from the prison walls, the convicts went through a | | final legal gesture when their bodies | were examined for bullet wounds following reports that several shots | were fired during the battle against |the roaring flames and suffocating |smoke, This examination was or- | dered by Welfare Director Hal Gris- | | wold, who said he wished to end | | “wild rumors which invariably fol- | llow a thing such as this.” Griswold | | promised tie most thorough investi- | | gation in the state’s history to fix| | blame for the disaster and to sec | | that the guilty ones, it found, did not | go unpunished. | 51 Not Yet Identified Of the 317 dead, 51 werc not yet identified. Arrival of kinfolk, how |ever. was expected to reveal the| |identity of virtually all of them. | The fire that shocked the nation | President pro tempore, Alderma as the full extent of its ravages hv.‘]alk- who called the meeting came known Monday night failed to | &9¢r 11 thel alRelCaIonN Ryl | interrupt the prison routine for more | fi‘:'{\fg;wm {than a day, and cxcept for nominal | 1S successor, accidental discovery it out to be different object one actually scught. “Well_then, that makes it palpa- ble there are other objects of the same kind and type in the skies and the Lowell object was the one first revezled. Several of us at the ob- servatory here have computed about o the ed and the number is fairly large. this large number. correct guess, for it is nothing more. be Bimilar to that of the astroids. one of which was discovered in 1801 and turned out to be of a very la company, steadily year by year.” GOUNCIL BUSINESS (Continued From First Page) Alderman Nair, afte e | Alderman Nair was clected damage to the two cell blocks and {1 0" Lreside during |the grim reality of the dead hun- e | dreds, might be remembered by the The woesiAart vRs \eiors. ls surviving convicts only as & dread-| ;;cotcq annually to act in the ab ful nightmare. The monetary dam- | age was about $11,000. Besides Attorncy General Bettman those named by Governor Cooper to probe the disaster included Director | Griswold, Earl C. Shively, first as- sistant attorney general and County Prosecutor John J. Chester, Jr, The questioners obtained conflict- ing statements from most of the men who were asked to tell about the fire. Guard Thomas Watkinson, who was suspended pending the in- vestigation, said that Captain John Hall, his superior officer. told him | not to open a door leading to the fire-swept cell houses. Hall, however, testified that he remembered telling Watkinson to | try and get the prisoncrs out. Guards William Baldwin and Thomas F. the until his successor s duly ing. 1 think the facts stantially as follows: “You raised the question meeting of the propricty of M continuing to preside after Mr. Nair clection. Mr. Ialk replied that h | was presiding under an understand ing with Alderman i | that the minority should be informecd it there was an understanding anc what the understanding was. Other. joined in the discussion with the re | sult that Mr. side and the council took no actior as a body. “Alderman Nair did not claim the chair.” If he had and are at the give up the key and unlocked the door. They quoted Watkinson as|Of the subsequent acts of Mr. Fall saying he had orders not to let any- | Would have arisen. This jone cnter the cell houses. jilioeyathioicasty Prisoner Blames Wiring | William Noel, a life term prisoner ¢ | from Cleveland, told the investiga- [ "Ik continuing to act. 1Tt is [tors ho was certain the fire started |UNusual in some organizations to al [from a short circuited wire, which | /0% @ Ppresiding officer to continuc was visible through the smoke. The |'C Preside during the remainder o wire, he said, was on the temporary rafters above the cell blocks. | No trace had been found today of three prisoners who disappeared dur- ing the cxcitement attending the blaze. One of them. Michael Dorn, 32, was known to have escaped. He was believed to have walked through the main gate unnoticed by guards He was sentenced from Wood coun- ty In 1829 for burglary. the chair acquiesced in Aldermar been elected. “The meeting was a regular meet irg of the common council in tha it was held on the third Wednesda | of the month as directed by the or | dinances. Because Mr, Nair did no calim the chair and the commor | council impliedly consented to Falk continuing to preside by nc acting on the matter when it wa brought to their attention, T do no! believe there was any irregularit that would affcct the legality of the | meeting. Daughter Runs Things Columbus. O.. April (P—When one goes into the Ohio penitentiar executive offices. one is impressed by Springtime | the cfficiency and the commanding | Ad time, ia Herald Classified The young lady is no other than Miss Amanda Thomas, daughter of the warden, who seeks to relieve her penitentiary, The night Dr. James and witnesses. She said her father larger than the earth, but smaller Some European astronomers sub- issue with Harvard observatories regarding importance of causes In other words, while it is not a has turnef how many of these are to be expect- | Possibly the Ottawa thing is one of |mcnt and then the history of these objects will UNDER FALK 0. K.D : failed to yleld the chair to |y but con- | Falk You said allk continued to pre- Alderman Little said they forced Watkinson to | Falk refused to give it to him, then | a difterent question as to the legality | was not “Alderman Nair by not claiming no: the meeting after hfs successor has Mr. SINGE DRY ACT IS BELOW AVERAGE (Continued From First Page) which he said showed that per capi- ta savings in this country following prohibition was 14 per cent less than a similar period preceding prohibi- tion. “It will thus be seen from this table,” he sald, “that the total sav- ings deposit: in the United States in- creased 98 jper cent from 1910 to 1919, the n?ne years preceding pro- hibition and only 84 per cent from 1920 to 1920, the ninec years fol- lowing prohibition. Drop in Savings Increases “In other: words, the increase in total savings deposits during tha| nine years preceding prohibition was 14 per cent greater than during the| nine .years following prohibition. * “These statistics refute completely the reiterated assertion that prohi- bition has incrcased saving in the United States.” Du Pont was the next witness. He said no law so thoroughly vio- lated the wishes of the people of the United States as did prohibition. Du Pont told the committee that arguments that prohibition was re sponsible for prosperity were open | to serious question; that certainly the people still were indulging in alcohol ery freely,” and that many respectable citizens, perhaps including some of those who admin- istered and judge the law, were in the ranks of the drinkers. There was so much uncertaint bout the prohibition question sai] Du Pont that no one responsibie should refuse (0 submit the question to the people. Have Right to Change Law “To refuse submission,” he added. | “is to invite reference to that court of last resort referred to in the Declaration of Independence in these words of unmistakable mean- ing— “ ‘Whenever any form of govern- ment becomes destructive of these ends, (the.security of the rights of the people) it is the right of the people to alter or fo abolish it'.” The judiciary committee, he de- clared should report out a bill to 1epeal the Eighteenth Amendment in order to give the people an op- portunity to express themselves. Representative Yates, republican, Illinois, asked Du Pont which bill he favored. “I favor a bill that would direct- ly repeal the 1§th Amendment,” answered the witness. *I stand for direct repeal.” Most of the “upright and respect- ed citizens are in open revoit against the supposed purpose of the | Eighteenth Amendment, Du Pont said today. “Many who pretend to uphold the aw and exalt its benefits,” he added “do not hesitatd to drink when liquor is furnished them. | | government positions, in the legisla- tures, in congress and elsewhere | | continue to use intoxicating liquor | | just as do those in private life. it| | would cause no surprise to find | | drinking even among those admini, | tering the law and judging the law breakers.” Appears For Rebuttal Mr. Du Pont is chairman of the executive committee of the Associa- tion Against the Prohibition Amend- appeared as a rebuttal | witness on mecasures to repeal the “If this should turn out to be the | Bighteenth Amendment. He said that since the Lighteenth Amendment was enacted. a genera- | tion comprising one-third of the voting population had reached a rge | majority and was entitled to a vots | now numbering about 2,-|On the question of prohibition. This, | the conclusion of hearings undertak- 000 and the number is increasingly | Vith the rapidity ~with which the|en by Chairman Graham of the smendment was adopted during the | World War, he said, warranted reporting out the bill now before | this committec so that the will of | the people may be determined after | ten years experience with a law that an boast little of their support or approval either before or after its | passage.” I Tells of Liquor Bills Speaking on the workingman's ide of prohibition, the industrialist said “Today's liquor bill reached t0{$1,600,000,000 but that this was only [two and one-half per cent of the rly income of the people of th2 | United States.” “Wether or'not the efficiency of Te- | the working man has been material- |1y changed through prohibition is a vestion that cannot proved,” Mr. Du Pont asserted. “In sence or inability of the mayor and | qcaling with this part of the subject|in the Hartford isolation lected and no question was raised but that Mr. Falk properly opened the meet- sub- prohibitionists take the attitude that a large percentage of working men censumed liquor to such an extent as to interfere with their d work.” He said that the commitiee of fifty that investigated oblem & a decade before prohi _| bition estimated that not more than five per cent .of the total malz 1| population drank enough to cause 1 | themselves injury | "It is certain | “that under conditions | during the past 11 years they been able to indulge themselves in | aiconol very rreely Probably no : | increased efficiency has been arriv- cd at through curbing of the exces- sive drinkers,” Mr. Du Pont said claims . that | wealth “has increased and savings, {and building and loan insuranc policies have increased. because of prohibition, are founded upon noth ! ing but the coincidence of these in creases with the cxlstence of the prohibition lax | Prohibition Doesn't Exist “We have yet to prove that prohi bition exists to any cxtent in this country. 1If it does, we have no rcason to assume that all happen- | ings of a benaficial nature under | it resulted from the change.” | Discussing the youth of the coun- try and the liquor problem, the wet ivocate said that polls conducted { | at certain colleges showed a major- |ity favored modification, or repeal | of the dry laws. Congress has felt obliged to d regard the constitution on five casions as a result of supreme | court interpretations of the liquor 1|laws. he #aid, while the enforce- }IL'Y\Y division of the exccutive de- continuced, prevailing f v It seems | a general belief that men in high | be definitely | the liquor | hayv. | permitting violations of the law in, a v3in endeavor to carry out duties.” Woman Adds Testimony The clalms of women dry leaders that more than 12,000,000 women its a statement from the Women's Or- ganization for National Prohibition Reform read by Miss Elizobeth Har- ris. The claim was attacked on two grounds, first, the statement said, “the inberent improbability that nearly half the total adult female population of the country was en- rolled on one side of this political question,” and second, “the immedi- ate and widespread protest from women and clubs who denied the views attributed to them.” A long list of names of women reputed to ‘be members of the Na- tional Federation of Women's Clubs who said no poll had been taken on prohibition was read, together with extracts from their comments. No Stand Takes By Clubs “§t is apparent from these brief extracts,” the statement said, “that it has been the settled policy of many clubs formed for a great variety of useful purposes to keep the prohibi- tion question out of the disdssion of opinion among members. And in | spite of this careful and deliberate report—they have been delivered wholesale by certain of their officers to the continuance of a policy ab- horrent to many of them. Wets Offer Rebuttal Washington, April 23 (UP)— While the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment was talking against prohibition at one cnd of the capitol today, its alleged lobby- ing activities were being investigat- ed at the other end. Five wet witnesses headed by Pierre DuPont, the Delaware indus- trial lcader, were brought before th2 house judiciary, committee for the long-delayed wet rebuttal in the pro- hibition hearing. DuPont, director of the Anti-Pro- hibition association, came to refute dry arguments while the president of the organization, Henry H: Cur- ran, was explaining its legislative activities to the senate lobby com- mittee across the capitol plaza. It was Curran’s fifth' day of subjection to searching examination of dry committeemen. Wil Probe Budget The questioning of Curran, ac- cording to his interrogator. Senator Robinson of Indiana, a dry, will center around the million dollar budget the association has set out to raise this year. Curran has tes- tified the association is seeking to elect wet senators and representa- tives. He sald it spent $29,000 in Wisconsin to secure repeal of the state enforcement act. DuPont was armed with a large report prepared by the association’s research bureau answering in detail each of the arguments presented by the drys. He, with W. W. Atterbury, presi- {dent of the Pennsylvania railroal and a director in the association, was the center of the eight day at- tack of the drys. Other wet witnesses of were: William “Big Bil Roper, coach of the Princeton university football team, who came to answer dry ar- guments of his old gridiron foe, Alonzo Stagg of Chicago university: General Clarence R. Edwards of the 26th Yankce division who came to tell about conditions in the A. E. F.: Rep. Robert Clancy, Repn., Mich and Miss Elfzabeth Harris of th. Women's Association Against Na- tional prohibition. Wet leaders say they do not be- lieve they will be able to conclude today and they may ask the com- | mittee for additional time tomor- | row. | The close of their case will fark the day committee in January “to determinc whether there has been any chang: in sentiment regarding prohibition” and to decide the fate of seven modification and repeal measures now before the committee. DUMONT IN QUANDARY O ISOLATION NEEDS (Continued Trom Tirst Page) over until the May meeting. | Acting Mayor Nair this afternoon informed the Hartford health au- |thorities of a patient who should b hospital land was instructed to have the | tient report at the institution | once. {Ice Forms Upon Ponds As Summer Approaches With the advent of daylight ing, generally supposed to inau rate the approach of summer, only four days off, ice formed on pond and pools of water in the city la night when the temperature dropped below freezing point. With predictions by the weather- man that the time for retiring the furnace for the summer had not yel arrived, the mercury started on the | downward path last night, any many | a spare blanket was recalled from | cedar chest and camphor balls oncc | more to do duty last night. By six, o'clock this morning the tempers ure had gone down at 28 and a thin film of ice had formed. Shortly after noon as though to he consistent a | light snow fell, which melted before | it struck the ground. The tempera- | ture did not rise very rapidly during the day, although it hovercd about 36 during the forenoon. = R e p e {700 Fishing Licenses Granted to Children Bad news for the fish in Stanley | Quarter park. More than 700 ybuth- | ful Tzaak Waltons and their sisters [or “girl friends” have been given | permits by the par ‘Hs'v in the pond at the ahove park. Park Superintendent Clyde Elling- | wood declines to state whether there are 700 fish in the pond. more readable Classified Ad are da They dept. getting —Herald favored prohibition was disputed in * because of the admitted diversities . been made that the question will o - department to |