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New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
TF EDITH DOE, aged five
months, is not raving, tear
ing beauty sixteen years from

~
months, is not a raving, tear
ing beauty sixteen years from
now it won. be the fault of
Miss Florence Mckay and the other
nurses in the maternity ward at
Flower Hospital. Some people
might think nurse too busy to care
for the future looks Of baby pa
tients, but a white cap and a print
uniform haven't taken the eternal
feminine out of Miss Mckay. But,
then, she's very pretty herself, and
perhaps that makes difference.
Edith at FIVE months weighs only
eight pounds one ounce, which is
less than many babies weigh at
birth. Miss Mckay says:
"Visitors consider her rather
homely, but we've fused over her
so much that we think she's real
nice looking" She has nice eyes
and an engaging smile when in good
humor, but when crying for her bot
tie she resembles nothing so much
as a young bird, all mouth and a
bone or two. Like so many East
Side babies, she started life under a
handicap. She was brought to
Flower Hospital with her mother,
who was ill and who soon died, leav-
ing the undersized, undernourished
Edith with father who had no way
of caring for her, so perforce she
was kept on in the maternity ward.
For time it seemed as if she must
follow her mother, but the nurses
and doctors made up their minds she
should live, and she did live.
Now, Edith's ears were great
worriment to Miss Mckay. Their
shape was all right, but they be-
trnyed a tendency to stick out at
right angles, and the one she lay on
most got doubled under the wrong
way, so that it almost began to flap
around toward her small pug nose.
| Her devoted nurse saw that that
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
On Can and Will Be Enf0rced. O{ficia1s Saw
Swift and Severe Punishment Is
Promised Violators of
the ''Dry' Law

take the enforcement of something
that' though. written into the law. is
as much beyond its power as the
succession Of the seasons?"
Il do not think so," was the
answer. ut is my firm belief that
tnis law can and will be enforced.
10 my mind the constitutional
amendment and the enforcement
'aw do not run contrary to human
natuse. l do not believe that ages
OF habit or heredity have rooted
necessity for alcoholic drink in the
human constitution. Neither do I
believe that there is in this country
such great mass of inveterate
opposition to prohibition as an en-.
croachment on the rights of man
that despite all our efforts the law
Will become a dead letter. The
human race has been for centuriea
the victim of a great delusion and n
bad habit. The American part OF
the race has now decided to break
It's bonds and reform, just as thou
sands and millions of men have done
for themselves in these last fiftv
years. We can and should rid our
selves of alcohol just as we do with
the narcotics. l know that there
are millions of people who enereeti.
eally hate prohibition, but / know
also that millions of slaves of
whisky welcome prohibition.
ALSO, l know that the overwhelm-
ing majority of the American people
respect the rule of the majority and
are firmly law-abiding. They will
insist on the new departure having a
fair trial. If they consider it is an
experiment, they want it at least to
be a thoroughgoing and honest ex-
pertinent.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
To Finance the Fight

Congress appropriated $4,000, 900
for enforcement of the law by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
and gave the Department Of Justice
an additional 100000 for the ex-
penses of the duties that will be
imposed on it by its work in the
courts. Mr.. Roper created a Fed
eral prohibition division Of his bu-
reau to deal with administration en-
forcement and placed at the head
of it John f. Kramer, of Mansfield,
Ohio, who is known as the Federal
Prohibition Officer. Like Mr.. Roper,
Mr.. Kramer is a believer in prohibi-
ton. He likes his job so we'll that
he almost wonders why he is draw
ing pay for working at it. He sees
no insuperable difficulties in enforc-
ing the law.
"There is no doubt about it,"
said Mr.. Kramer, when / asked him
if he really thought the country
could be made bone dry In fact as
well az In written. law. II am not
going to fool myself into believing
that we can eliminate all the secret
md private stills in the country, or
keep every farmer from letting
sweet cider turn hard. We don't
purpose TO make laughing stocks Of
ourselves or incur the personal
hatred OF people everywhere by
raiding Kitchens, sleuthing cellars,
smelling Of chimneys and looking
for still in every teakettle.
"Neverthcless, the law is going TO
be enforced. There was never be-
fore any law on the statute books
that no massed the law enforcing
gencies of the country behind IT..
The amendment gives the states the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Last Year No Sample

The sort of prohibition enforce
nlent that has existed since war pro-
hlbitiOn became effective last July
must not be taken as a sample of
what is to be in vogue from now on.
In the first place, the enforcement
act was not passed until October %.
Before that time there was no spe-
cial push" behind the enforcement
Of war prohibition. With the pas
sage of the enforcement act, with
it's penalties of fines as high as
$4,000 and Imprisonment up to five
years, the Collector of Internal Rev.
enue was made responsible for pro-
hibition enforcement in cooperation
with the Department of Justice, but
he had no adequate machinery for
so large a job, and the special or
ganization for enforcement was
built up with a view to permanent
prohibition, which became effective
at midnight last Friday night, rather
than to wartime prohibition. Then
the situation was mudded and mud
died by all sorts of litigious disputes
as to what intoxicating liquor was
and by tangle of conflicting court
decisions, and thousands of dealers
were in lawful and unrestrained
possession of large quantities Of
liquor, so that there were countless
sources for the Illicit seepage Of a
supply for bootleggers and other
clandestine distributors.
The desert was at hand, but there
were long peninsulas Of humidity
and only semi-aridity projecting into
it, and oases were frequent and
highly humid. Then, too, the author
tiles, being human and being also
wise, were not overactive, even with
the enforcement agencies they had,
during this last agony Of the great
god Rum.
But it is different now. 1t will
take time to get the enforcement
machine into good running order,
but the country Is fully embarked
on the desert life that is hereafter
to be its permanent fate. BY Fob
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Kitchen Stove Still Will Be I'm.
mune From Raids, but Let
the Moonshiner Beware

sinners are also 70 be hunted and
harried as never before. 1t 10 prob
able that observation airplanes.
equipped with military cameras. will
be brought into this work and will
vie with the eagles IN lowering over
mountain Businesses. 40
Smuggling will return with much .
Of its old-time romantic fascinationss
indeed, it is already here. Snug
cling on gigantic scale has gone on
across "wet-dry" boundaries ever
since prohibition began to break o,,t-'
IN spots, and since war prohibition
went into effect it has become q bic.,
game on the frontiers. The Ber>r
mudas, the Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico,
Canada and the little French islands
Of st. Pierre and Miquelon, in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, are alreadysa
successful smuggling bases. Witkz
whisky worth anywhere from $40 to
500 quart, the temptation is great.
and the rewards enriching. Accord-v-
ing to circumstantial reports,
blockade runners" already appear,
regularly off the Florida coast at.x
preconcerted rendezvous, where they
are met by motor trucks at nightxG
The cargoes are lightered ashoreen
loaded on the trucks, and by dawNSs
thousands of gallons Of whisky are,p
scores of miles away. This is Amer.u
lean whisky that was exported to 4
the Bermudas or other bases at r.
cost of about SO case! ,rs
Only Quebec ''Wet''
~
Canada is all "dry," except tho
Province of Quebec, though inter-.
provincial commerce in liquors is.
still permitted; SO Quepec, which is.;
very conveniently located with re-
spect to New York, is a promisinHt
source of illicit supplies Tor the
northeastern section of the country.
However, the smuggling spectators
regard st. Pierre ard Miquelon al
the ideal bases, especially for foreign"
liquors and wines. The Breton fish,
ermen can bring the stuff out as~A
, ballast from Franee-and Maineo,
has very tortuous coast line. go.
All of this means a new field OF.
activity for the revenue cutters, ana =,
II they are not equal to the job off,
guarding the coasts against booze =
lnfiltration, the enforcement unit.
will likely put out fleet of chasers;
Of its own, which will, of course. bs
Long, low, rakish" and very speedy.
Thus, while the dreamIand ro-,a
nance OF the banquet table, the fes-,,
tai board ard the bar will romance,~ =
no more, for most Americans. boozean
will continue for many a long yearee
to be source of stimulation through ,
the news, not to mention the host of r,
works of fiction that will now have.s
to bring in moonshiners and liouor..-
smugglers before they can intoxica.e.f
the hero or the villain or produce,
the aIluring environment of adven~,..
ture, villainy and crime that they 80
Will otherwise lack in drinkless.
saloonless, diveless land. -.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

ready in operation or being pre-
pared. The home booze factory will
doubtless flourish to the end of time.
Even the drastic prohibition enforce
ment act does not give law officers
the right of free run of every mans
home on the suspicion that he is
making tanglefoot or beer or home
made wine. In some communities
in the country, as well as in urban
centers, whole population groups
will surround and support the illicit
CONNIE ga disssiiisrs, and the job OF
finding them out probably will be as
continuous and as unfailing as
moonshine hunting in the North
Carolina or Georgia mountains. En-
forcement officers who have given
thought to the subject are inclined
to think that illicit stills will be able
to evade them more successfully in
the large cities than in the country.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

future beaus might say If she grew
up with flappy ears.
"And I'm afraid" she said, shat
the child isn't going to have much
hair to hide them." The chances
for Edith's crown of glory, indeed,
are slim at present. She practically
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
Big Crop of Stills


In the country there is the tell
tale smoke of the distillery fire and
the widely carried fumes Of the
alcohol. In the cities smoke and
fumes may blend with the thousand
smokes and odors of congested life
and industrial activity. Little stills
may easily be installed in kitchens.
Revenue agents have already seized
hundreds of them all over the coun-
try. Some are permanently installed
~ plumbers, but others are small,
Light and portable and do not cost
more than few dollars.
A tin pail, some copper tubing,
some ice and a kettle for the mash
will set any man up with a home
outfit. Most of these outfits prob
ably will escape detection so long as
the owner does not undertake to
sell or widely distribute his product.
On the other hand, after the novelty
wears off most of them will be
scrapped. Likewise with the various
home brewing projects, even though
they do not involve much more than
formula and the raw material.
The country will never be "wet"
from the ale, beer and whisky made
at home, and the enforcement Off
GERS are sure that the degree of
humidity will not be perceptibly in
creased by the few commercial stills
that will escape their attention.
The flying squadron Of revenue
agents which has been such a terror
to the mountain moonshiners in re-
cent years, under direction of
Daniel G. Porter, now established in
New York, will be many times mul-
tiplied and the chances are that in
days ahead many a city moonshiner
will have bitter experience of these
tireless, fearless and determined
men. And if any of the gunmen of
New York should engage in moon
shining and bootlegging they will
find that for pulling" first and
shooting quickly and accurately they
are outclassed by the men who have
been trained in the mountains and
swamps. The wilderness moon
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

would never do. Being pretty her.
self, as aforesaid, with big, dancing
eyes fringed with long dark lashes,
and mouth that smiles naturally
and masses of hair curling over
her own small ears, it hurt her
tender heart to think what Edith's
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
ganization on them.
Experts on the Job

Ic clllOIceHleHL agents VIII nave
under them about / 500 officers, who
! will be distributed among the vari-
Gus districts, according 70 their
needs. Many OF these men have had
long experience in enforcing the in
ternal revenue taxation laws and
are very familiar with the ways and
habits of moonshiners and other il
licit dealers. In fact, pretty much
the whole Of the personnel that has
dealt with the enforcement of the
excise laws in the past is now in
the prohibition enforcement unit; SO
you see we are not altogether anna
teurs. We are not lacking in ex-
perienced secret service men, or in
men Of courage, force and resource
fulness.
"The field force will be largely mo-
bile and will be transferred in part
from one district to another, as the
occasion arises. In some sections
very few Of the members of this
flying squadron will be needed. In
other sections the rigid enforcement
Of the law will largely depend on
their efforts"
The Anti-Saloon League, the or
ganization that was chiefly instru-
mental in realizing prohibition, has
not become torpid feeding on vic
tory. 1t is commonly believed that
it has more money to reap the fruits
of victory than it had to attain the
victory. 1t has the law, and now it
purposes to have the men to enforce
the law. With those austere prohibi-
tionists, Messrs. Roper and Kramer,
in charge at national enforcing
headquarters, the league feels that
it's friends are not only at court,
but are the court itself 1t has no
misgivings as to the way in which
it's cooperation will be received
"Anybody who thinks we are
asleep at the switch or that we in
tend to be content with an empty
victory is in grave danger of making
very large mistake" said f. C..
Dinwiddie, legislative agent of the
league. "Thc victory is ours, and
now we are going to see that the
fruits are duly garnered and pro-
tccted. National prohibition gives
US an opportunity for prohibition
that prohibits, and we are right on
the trail Of the opportunity. The
meeting this week of the twenty ma
tional temperance organizations is
the beginning OF big national
movement to awaken the public con-
science and get the law-abiding sense
Of the nation behind national prohi-
bition. After the Supreme Court
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

power to enforce it, and thirty three
sof the states already were dry by
their own act. We will have the
cordial cooperation of their law en-
forcement officers. In fact, believe
that we shall have effective co0pera-
ton everywhere. In some states
the local authorities will look after
prohibition enforcement SO we'll that
we will have very little to do in
them. If weak spots develop we will
concentrate our own enforcement Or
ranizatiOn on them.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
RABY Edith doesn't

BAo Il H1''" ooes" I
care If her ears
do stick out, but the
nurses at Floacer Hos
pitaI knoao 1t aciN
be different sirteen
gears hence, so they
are "bendimg the tavig"
IN time
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
Baseball : Boxing Swimming Golf Amateur Sports
RUTH'S TWO HOMERS
 SET UP NEW RECORD
Circuit Drives So Far Show Yankee Clouter Two
 Months Ahead Now.

In making two home runs at the Polo Grounds yesterday Babe Ruth surpassed his 1919 mark for hitting for the circuit twice in the same af- ternoon. Three times last season, while compiling the total which now stands as the major league record, Ruth got two homers on the same afternoon. The feats were perform ed on July 5, July IS and Aug. "A. Yesterdays performance was the fourth of the current season for the Yankee mau1er. On May II he got home runs off Wilkinson and Kerr of the White Sox. On May 27 Harp CT and Karr of the Red Sox yielded home runs to Babe. On June he hit homers of Zachary and Carlson in the first game of double header with Washington, and for good measure hit another in the second game off Snyder. On this date last year Ruth had made six home runs. He got his twenty-second homer last season on Aug. 24. He is about two months ahead of his 1919 record.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
AMERICAN DOUBLES
 TEAM WINS MATCH
Johnston and Tilden Defeat French Davis Cup Pair with Royalty Witnessing
 Games.

Wimbledon, England. June 26 = William M Johnston of California. and William T. Tilden, 2d., of Phila- delphia, the American Davis Cup pair, defeated Andre Colbert and William M. LanrenE of the French Davis Cup team, in their doubles match yester. day in the British championship tournament The Americans won 6-2, co. 46, 97!
 The greatest interest was centered in this international doubles match. which was expected to provide an in- dex to the Davis Cup tie, to be played off at Eastbourne by the French and American teams. King George, Queen Mary, the Duke of York and Princess Mary again appeared to see the Amer jeans play. The match was held back 20 minutes in order to give the royal group a chance to see the opening. Immediately upon the arrival Of the party, play was started.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
MEXICAN OFFICER SAYS VILLA IS
 FAR FROM HERO

Fl PaSo, Texas, June 26-Honesty of purpose, cooperation of leaders of forces who have taken the field against him and good horses are all that is necessary to capture Pancho Villa, according to General Jose Gonzalo Escobar, who arrived at Juarez oppo-
 site here in search of the good horses. He stated that he had been well sup piled with funds and would purchase 5000 horses if he could find that number suitable for the rough work which would be required of them.
 "I know Villa, and I am what you Americans call wise to him. said
 General Escobar. "Vi1la is not the
 fearless hero he is thought by many
 people. On the contrary, he is only
 a coward1y bandit, who like a cayote
 sulks through the brush at night,
 taking advantage of others when the
 opportunity offers.
 Two attachments of cavalry under General -Amaro,' he continued, twill
 take part in the pursuit of Villa. The government now has in Chihuahua against the bandit. If it becomes necessary-which it will not--50, 900
 more will be sent to Chihuahua This is campaign of cavalry, however, and troops in large numbers will not be effective in gaining results | against Villa. The pursuit can best be accomplished by small detach- ments of picked men, well horsed, who can get over the mountain rapid l ly.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
CAPTAIN PETERS
 FIRST TO FALTER
Yale Leader Drops Three Times From Exhaustion,
 But Keeps His Seat.

New London, June 26-Leading from the initial dip of their oars, Harvards varsity crew defeated Yale in a spectacular four-mile race late yesterday by nearly six lengths, thus completely wiping out the stigma of the double victory of their Eli rivals in the two preliminary races held early in the day.
 Rowing in magnificent form from the very start of the long upstream battle, the oarsmen, coached by Bill Haines, early demonstrated their su- periority both in blade work and sta nina and swept across between the flags 23 minutes and Il seconds af- ter receiving the starting signal, while their ancient Yale rivals traiIed in 35 seconds later in a state of physical exhaustion which was little short of pitiful.
 c. c. Peters of Seattle, the Yale stroke and captain, who, it is report ed, was still suffering from the effects of a recent illness, completely col lapsed in the last eighth mile and thrice dropped. his oar, which was caught and restored to him by Cox swain Carson. Bow B. G. Driscou also went down at the finish while the remainder of the eight had diff ficulty in sitting erect.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
WAR MASK TAKES ] HANOVER HANDICAP
Johnny Dundee's Uncertain | Performer Wins Close De- !. cision at Aqueduct Track.

: Johnny Dp1uee's War Mask which though an uncertain xerforfI1er occa- saonally takes the measure of some real good horses, ran one of his bang up races at AQueduct yesterday and lasted Just long enough to gain a close decision in the Hanover Handt- cap at a mile He got home a neck in front of N. L. Schwartz's Auda- cions, while War Marvel was third, about eight lengths back but still some distance in front of S. C. Hil- dreth's VaIor. an eagerly supported favorite.
 ' It was a rather fortunate victory for War Mask, in spite of the fact that he was in front all through the last half mile of the journey It was fortunate because Audacious happen cd to receive a very badly judged and weak ride from Buxton. who was of no assistance to hls mount whatever With a more vigorous ride Audacious might have led his field home, but Buxton, after running into close quar- yers and then going to the outside, dave his horse practically no help at all in the fnish-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
LATONIA FEATURE
 IS WON BY TWIN
Captures Peter Quince Purse by Strong Drive in the Final
 Furlong.

Latonia, Ky, June 2e.---The Peter Quince Purse at a mile. which was the feature at Latonia yesterday afternoon, was won by B. R. Brad 1ey's Twin, which defeated Fern Handley and Dancing Spray among the seven that went to the post. Twin came from far back. and, making a strong drive through the final fur long, caught Fern Handley and won with a length and a half to spare.
 There was a disqualification in the last race, which was won by Lady Fair Play. This was a test at a mile and a sixteenth. The winner was dis qualified because Merimee. who had the mount, reached out and grabbed the leg of Jockey Wilson as the lat ter came beside him on Arrow Point. The latter would undoubtedly have won but for the interference, and the judges awarded him the victory. Virgo was second and Mugivan third in the final order after the disqua1i- fication.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
MEXICAN AIRMEN WOULD NOT BOMB
 HELPLESS TOWNS

Mexico City, June 26-By ordering the bombardment of defenseless towns held by the Sonora revolutionists, President Carranza lost 40 of his 50 aviators, according to Lieutenant Luis Preciado de la Torre, adjutant of the First F1otilla of the Mexican air ser vice
 "Captain Diez Martinez and I issued a. manifesto at Mexico City, declaring that we would not obey such orders. which would mean the repetition of the aerial barbarities spracticed by Germany upon the towns of Belgium" Lieutenant de Ia Tore said today. The towns we were ordered to bombard were Cuernavaca and Cuaut- la, Morelos, and other places in that region Some of us. including myself did fly over the places indicated, but we dropped our bombs where we knew they would do no harm
 The air strength of the Mexican army consists of about 50 planes. In addition the service has about 55 mo- tors, to be used in planes of Mexican n manufacture A shipload of 15O- horsepower Italian machines are ep route to Mexico, according to Lieu tenant de la Tore.
 The Mexican aviation school, closed by Carranza about two months ago, will reopen shortly, according to the Lieutenant Seven thousand app1ica = tons Tor cnrollme1t have already been received, despite the fact that rigid entrance requirements. tending to make aviation a professions career. have been established.