New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press age Daily Circulation For e bniinz ] @ ()OS Dee, 15th — PRICE THREE CENTS EW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, ESTABLISHED 1870 JERSEY COURT TO IGNGRE 8TH AMENDMCNT DECISION CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1930. -TWENTY PAGES Crux of the Prohibition Decision SENATORS DECIDE GUMPLAINANT T[ (:iglES Hflw I.AWYER s OuledUnder Costitation] R SRR TOOK IS $3,060 AND FAILED TO PAY Constitution: UNTIL APPEAL IS SETTLED - Senior Judge Says He Cannot Follow Sensa- | tional Ruling, Much as| He May Respect It— Bound By Supreme Court Findings. Clark Holds Liquor Section of Constitution Never Properly Ratified and Made Part of Documenti —Cites Many Authori- ties. 17 (—An to decision Washington, Dec, appeal” the mediatc the supreme Judge de- ourt from of amendment invalid taken. c decision was reached at th : departme en At nt today after con- cnces be General Mitchell, A Youn atic vark Jones, a prohibition director and other officials The justice department announced hat “at the proper time the court will be requested to set ssc down for carly argument.” torney in charge of Phillip Porman, United su- e Newark, N. J.. Dec. 17 Federal Judge William Clark's de- cision that the 18th amendment had er been legally made a part of constitution ignored toduy in the liquor called in federal court. William N. Runyon, judge of the district bound by the Clar nied a motion to >f possession of liguor against John Yates, of Harrison, N. J. Judge Runyon's decision cam shortly after United States commis- sioners in this a had been ad- vised by District Attorney Philip Forman that the 1Sth amendment and the Volstead law il in force. (rr)— was first case senior federal ref decisi were Moves For 1 counsel, dismissal basis of J Yate moved on the sion “I am not of nece the decision of Juc lecision said yon's dec is that the adoptior I on snendmient conrt ssity bound . Clark,” Run- SNy ot conception ¢ 1sth md losser upon is bind- juris- by the suprc ipon all ju diction. Othe this district ma opin at federal in or may not con- n of Judge Clar! the present time by isions of the court circuit court of appeals of Much as I respect the Judge Clark, 1 can not by it at this time."” Law Still Stands Newark, N. J. Dec. Prohibition enforcement to New d William Clark that its adoption mad judges cur in the I am bound the and the ihis district dec supreme decision of be bLound 17 continued | funct the the (Continued on Page Two) MOTHER EARTH HAS ATTACK OF ‘AfiUE’ Globe’s * ('rust Vibraling Rhythmically for More Than Three Days Cambridge Mother Earth mysteriously < Since Sunday, an inexplicable shaking of the world’s crust has been recorded on the instruments of the Harvard seismograph station. Today the shaking, which reached a climux late yesterday, was still noticeable, | but appeared to be dying out grad- ually Seismograph station authorities reported that the ground moved back and forth rhythmically and constantly, faking about six seconds to complete each swing. While the | ground did not move more than five thousandths of an inch in ecither di rection, they said, * sents tremendous forces Mass., h for Dec been more 17 (UP)— trembling than three at work 1o raaintain such motion for hours ura ! cays.” It was explained that the oscilla- tions of the earth's crust were known as microseisms (microscopic\ shak ings) and that they had been ob- served from time to time by seis- mograph stations the world over. Years of scientific study had failed, however, to explain the causc of the trembling, it was said. Harvard authorities said their sta- tion had recorded the oscillations several times previously but that the current record was the most pro nounced in a long time, . distant earthquake in its effect on the scismograph instruments. tim- | even that repre- | exceeding | | nor prehibited by reserved to the or to the people.” Federal Judge William Cl News J.. in holdir amen invalid said: “If the amendment to be cred is one designed to tr United States powers he the states, or, to the people, the an- be in favor of the con- | | vention method.” | ards tran of Clark held that the | iendment resembling the to the states respective- | it states congress, thirds of both houscs shall dec hall proposc to this constitution cation of the leg ires thirds of the several call a convention for proposing amendments, cither case, shall be tents and pu constitution, when legislatures of three-fourths thercot of the states, or by conver tions in three-fourths thereof, as th ‘or\f or the othcr mode of ratification | a [may be proposed by the con-|was the 13th, the slavery amend- ,;rm Sy {ment, but the 13th did not grant | | power to regulate and prohibit cer- 5 not delegated to the | tain acts. ALFONSD CHEERED | HOUSE COMMITTEE N MADRID STREET, CUTS RELIEF BILL | | whenever two- m it amendments on the appli- of two- hall | urpose of which, n valid to all in-! resc as part of this | b ratified by the SWer T |are 1y, neces: or st WETS HAIL COURT, DRYS FLAY JUDGE Validity of Prohibition Law Un- questionable, Some Say POINT 1§ “FUNDAMENTAL" { Repeal Groups See “Extraordinary” Possibilities the the tofore if the 10868, severa power, only in Decision—Claim \ Reasoning Behind it Sound—En- forcement Officials Silent. New York 17 (UP)—The unexpected decision of the validity jof the 15th amendment by Judge | William Clark in Newark arouscd | King Makes First Public Appear- Lops $30,000,000 OFF $60;- vt exctcment amon. Iraicrs og‘ ance Since Revol t Began 000,000 Proposed Drought Fund BERENGUER _TAK TAKEN ~ SICK 00D LOMN STRIGKEK 0uT Some of their comments (nlluv\‘ Mrs. Llla Boole, president he Women's Christian ["nion, and Rev ames K. Ids, New Jersey superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, agreed in tl statement that “if, Judge Clark | reas the 18th amendment void Partially Responsible For Failure House — Hyde Warns Group of the constitution.” The dry a whole, took the d and were unanimous in their belief that a higher court would soon reverse it | Sees traordinary” Re Daniel F. Cehala forr preme court justice, and | | of t mperance Shic Premier Collapses Under Strain— | Democrats Plan to Carry Fight for €| Disagreement In Insurgent Ranks Original Amount to Floor of from 17 P ition put § . King Alf Madrid tinne rey der martial la out of his palace today 1 an open carriag Fran For Wi Dee. 17 (A—T commitice today oni $60.000,000 to nate drought housc icu 1 voted to Ir']ll‘-. £30,000, the lief loan bill. The vote to report the bill 16 to 1 after the democrats, joi sinee nd droye church ults of san remonics E1- | commemorating achievements U amember | o¢ yh,; South American patriot, Boli- entative er, Tepu of the defense in the predict- | v, o e ed the effect of the decision would} ™ 44 his own order he an cffort to retain the figure. les (B panicd only a skeleton Food Toan Debated | Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, chairman e smiled broadly and The committer: also struck out of the Women's Organization for it the great crowds language authorizing loans to farni- Nutional Prohibition Reform, agreed his pas throu crs for human food the decision raised a “fundamental” i point, but refused to predict its out- Bercogue comc | But General Damaso Bere Other prominent advocates of re- S b ey peal said the decision was “sound,” of ‘care, had' collapsed undsr|i “important,” or “very interesting « The doctors said he had | cver Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, pres- |5 covore % et L of Columb university: It & 5L el shows the courts are coming to their case, was accorn- senat guard, waved hich ind his arm cred streets. cl Democrats on the will carry the fight for tood loans to the floor. tee’s action followed a stormy at which Secretary Hyde approving the food loan hill An unsuc committec worn denied $60,000,000 sen- train. casc ide arent was made er o & illness was ravate - ssful effort aders Gar) ation of the housc bill on when that body convened roul, republics consids floor presentative Hlinois. objected 1 %an the supreme decision lawyer: for the x 1. Steurer no other o appeal cise it Zaora was going on Niceto the revolu- “president of the | cient in pris- nsibili for and expressing a the consequence: be. Igul Maura, anding insurrcctionizt a similar statement of their *“confes- republican and so- | and labor leaders throughout Spain had been planning for months to overthrow the king and establish public. Their mevement o 101 court, must be re Chief M rate Joscph E : “I do not know, without exz the opinion, whether I agree— he supreme court made crror n holdin the 18th amendment valid, i Cano s proclaimed made a s cepting in the revolt ess to take ver they may ou eader, m commiittes 4 3 his | be sufficient of drought-stricken f The sceretary said th partment ws the funds dangerous on n- 7 par willir what Corri ot to take carc mers gricultu s ¥ proposi- vie senat 0- another osal to provide tor for William dent of the Inte Federation, pron f prohibition: I Tt to fii will a vast it 1bstance | Sh peri | Reform Vo Warns of Dole Uly, Hyde i wis confi to corn There f a national sotton crop but v affected Repry ative rent ad- am not ms to o hay no harm 1he t the decision cffort the d pressed desire of the majority 0( the American people.” | Professor Praises Stand Prof. Leslic J. Thompson, of New York University “I regard the decision as the most important since the Dred Scott rul- | . and T think Judge Clark's de- sion very courageous act. his decision will bring about a speedy determination of the entire | prohibition question in the supreme | armed me a desperate reasor some on ous local to reverse L was - wer (< BURGLAR OBTAINS $15 IN MAIN STREET STORE Register of Jones, democrat, asked whether t would use all of the proposed in the senafe reso- , if it were enacted. The Texan vointed out that the resolution was | ely an authorization and that the | department would not be required to expend it f lo: mands were sufficient to require v.[ Secretary Hyde replied “There Is Street acy 3 - 1 (Continued on Page Two) Joseph Tinti, propriete £ ! IN ‘DINER’ ROBBERY chairman of 'o'clock this morning Ih;.v his \((JT‘ of the As- had been entered last night and $15 Prohibition | removed tri the cash drawer. rark Car Found \\lecl\ed — lock | - o9 Three Men Escape in Woods head school, in was a Rifles Electrical Goods s unless Dealer—Jimmy Marks on Park | A Carrie Chapman Catt: “I{ think Judge Clark must be far off in his knowledge of the 18th amend- ment." Pont ittee the du executive comm n Again mendment am sed to hear of the am sure it is sound.” Dudley Field Malone: * and decision, and | found that entrance to the place had been made through a side door. While Patrolman Thomas Lee trying the rear door of th t pharmacy about 1 just ten minu had been closed T he discovered the rear door had with by someone Jimmy on it He reported the r to polic | Brande who are #lso residents of headquarters and Policeman Thomas {that town, according to the terms of | Dolan of the detective burcau was | her will which was admitted to pro- sent to make an inv ation. The | bate court toda proprietor was called and a scarch | The New Britain Trust Co was made of the premis: 1t executor and the will which 1 the room of Ju to have fled a drawn on June 24, 1918, was wit- street yesterday | was wrecked whe Ly Herbert atch and chain & telegraph pole. Malmfeldt to a report filed Police at War G mobile is registercd } While Posses Search Area for Him identitied by Andre of the gunmen, Stove Pipe Wells, alif,, Dec. one worn by the | searching revolver today (Continued on Page Two) strec last Miss Brandegee W llls L Estate to Her S The entirc of Miss F ine Brand of Berlin is left | her two Florence and night, place very much | Sergeant McAvay investigated ttes for th cevidence that heen tampered | estate who had used a| Providence 17 (M — men b cd in a hold-up roadside diner & today have cordon of police guar Greenwood Wl 1rec be implicat- »bbery of a onaug early W00 sisters appar the are id tomobile in, is the was Thieves entere Gross at 86 and removed 4 from ii, accord lat potice | Lake Anna C. Jm.vi Lockwood, EndiR U det g to Yola Wood was victim as being similar to men who pressed a nst his side, Egan said | $50 from the ¢ | register and $7 from his pockets. A | witness to the get told po did not [the men cscaped in an automobile the of- ring Connecticut tion | plates. In addition to the 1 a coat and vest in the with several letters @ license. The letters w ! to Burton K. Wood return indicated t married October 3, mantic, to Leona police said Mrs, son, Burton, had ta terday and was two New York the men took 1y Death Valley, | Valiey in search of health, (P—A tformidable | know he was being ! eported. was demoralized | 17T, TEPOTEC I'm living when a sheriff brought |to pnow,” ti word that its object, Ralph H. Far- |as saying. “My health is greatly im- num, New York theatrical agent, |proved and I intend 1o stay here | was living a life of contentment with | these Piute fellows until I am the Piute Indians of Death Valley. | | fully recovered.” for the New Yorker's safe Farnum did not disclose the na- | |arose Saturday when his pack burro [turc of the illness that caused him stumpled into the little settlement of | to quit city life for a sojourn among Furnace Creek. {the red men of the desert. A scarch begun immediately end- Combed Ranges for Him ed last night when Harry Goper,| The searching party. which in-| {Inyo county sheriff, announced he|cluded three airplanes and a group | |had found ¥arnum of grizzled desert trackers, had been | Says He's “Gone Injun” { combing the Panamint and Funeral | He's safe,” the taciturn peace | Mountain ranges for him of r informed other searchers. | Mr. and Mrs. um left New | “But he's gone Injun.” [ York together for the trip west last Farnum. who forsook Broadway month. She continued on to L carly in November for the perils and | Angeles when headed for furnace-like temperature of Death | Death Valley. 17 sought, registra Rty 1t police found together a marria addressed just the way T went hero officer quoted Farnum | car, + mar Wood was in Willi- | Willimantic | Wood reported her | the car mpanied yes- | acc | men. —The cticut registr uto- | mobile tion pl found wre in Apponaug, listed In the Wood, Willima Jmotor vehicle records, carly today, w Mrs. Yola ording to the Farnum tic, a {of the world court wur pon ctor Won't Consider Move Until Next | December So Reliel Work | Will Not Suller FOREIGN RELATIONS GROUP CASTS YOTE OF 10709 IT BACK, AS CASALE St Joseph’s Sl e Portable Structure Destroyed Vandenberg Says He Voted to save | X b Needl Black E; Court From Neediess Black Eyo| Overheated Furnace Plpc Believed Cause of Fire W huh and to Save Legislative Jam Which | | Damages Building Probably Beyond Repair— 990 Pupils Affected—Firemen Save Church. Threatened by Flames. Would Tmperil Emergency Relief and Annual Appropriations—Fore- | stall Immediate Fight, Washington, foreign r voted to d senate school b today ually d o'clock estimated Nobic as mor eved that th to republica cember. The vote was 10 enator Reed, sylvania, made sone considerati cluding friend joined him almost crats voted unitedly aga Irnace ent. trick Howley rman ra : cor et e ), 1 oppone f nator Gillett, we Penn- the motion to post- Noble 90 Pupils Affected of Massachu Ivocate ¢ 2 to vote against By this m forestalled ssue becoming ins short session which er The Elihu committee Root, form & who helped to draf atutes of the world cot modified in for an JUDGE DISMISOED INDSEY CHARGE ‘Disorderly Gonduct Case Thrown Out of Court BASED ON CHURCH ROW Who Challenged vere GUATEMALA GITY’S SITUATION URAVE e State Department Tnformed Re- yolt at Critical Stage ADVICES ARE INDEFINITE Tor Johnson, ampshire; Capper. Pennsylvania; 1 West Virginia; LaFollette sin; Vandenberg, Robinson of Indi Farmer labor—S§ nesota Against Idaho, and Democrats Pittman, Nevada; 1s; vison, Mississipp Goorgia: Black, Alabwma, an New York he attitude of the who voted for po: 1 I & statc Ohio; Goft. Wiscon- and Legation Reports Army Divided and Ex-Denver Jurist Uncertainty Just Who Insurgents Bishop Manning's Sermon At- Are Rebelling Against—Washing- tacking Him it Have Jaced Just Becognized Leader. second Complaint Robinson, H ssion fro ir ch would ir nual an ¢ 1ppro- islative emerge priations MANNING DISCHARGED AFTER RAID HEARING Judge Traceski Says State Has Failed to Prove Its Ca Orders New Complaint ney LI Manning ub located was arrc Jaw of urday and ch ¢ pol court liquor law Stanley d that the s ¢ Factories to Give Dollar For DO"dl for Johlc AS Tepresente Jud, v Dec. 17 P—W Mangan and t ¢ e o d by sharp til counsel and on points of mission of ¢ LAW COMMISSION WILL REPORT IN THREE WEEKS Study the defense J. G. ‘Woods, tive to the a Enforcement Be Placed Before Hoover in Short told Time By Group club on front of arrived, S still more we A t od of able ir hatido: ough search of the stor ed to di e any evidence O'Mara s Bottles and ound on a casc of soda 1 back room and these were to the court today O'Mara also stated that of an empty ten: nt just club made possible by the ‘, which e alleges was 2 by Ma gallon can of lcohcl and a gallon jug partly vd with what he alleged to be cohol cut with wat At this stage Judgc . Gadget Guides Blmd Fllers Home " While Tuned to Broadcast Bands werd as evidenc abo use cove a five Mang air corps in G. Kruc geles, research engine Air Express, arriv on his way to Wa THE WEATHER his invention a t | Ithe official tests, 1 N York to P! KDKA es 1 (Continued on Page Two) New Britain and vicinity: ville Increasing cloudiness, prob- Hoover, Jr ably followed by snow or rain \ late tonight and Thursday. Slowly rising temperature, . to conf # | strument board W By 35,000 Early Morning Blaze S TRIAL OPENS Biaforte Testifies He Has Received Only $160 of Money Turn- ed Over to Counsel— Denies to Hickey it Was Loaned. 'Embezzlement Case Being Heard in Superior Court Before Judge Brown— Bank Deposit Taken Out Client Was In- volved in Auto Accident. When ment of $3 the case 30 South He was ys Josiah H. Woodhiouse of rown is on. of Britain ate trial as speca take the on and it i ill be ended will tifie he lived New Brita He was serving lived in 1, having actory there for was a con- at 1150 IPafnir North & rete worlk 1 in the rells of Arrest to draw Biaforte done as 1 by the 1 he was CROSS MYS lEWIS’ WORK PRAISEWORTHY Governor- Llcct Sees Au« thor’'s Work as Valu- able Contribution American ularly y by nons acade 1 of Lewis’ literature ockholm read him as y who is s scholar, on of the could not ndards codore so-called As for Ernest oss had little to that he ¥.a