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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
nv Associatcd Press.l

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.--Maj jor-Gen-
cral Enoch RI. Crowder has sailed for
Havana. Cuba. by direction of Presi-
dent wilson to confer with President
Mcnocal regarding the situation In
Cuba.
General Crowder sailed on the U. S.
s Minnesota. Secretary Tumulty
said his mission was Ito confer with
President Menocal regarding condi-
tions in Cuba"
The moratorium and hnanciai
crisis In Cuba continue" the White
House statement said. the solution
Of which appears more difficult or
account of tho unsettled presidential
election. 4 continuation OF the pres
cut situation would prove most dctri-
mental to the prosperity OF Cuba and
harmful TO the relations between tho
United States and Cuba.
"As this cannot but be a matter OF
the closest concern to this govern
mcnt because OF the special relation:
lex;sting between the two countries
the President has instructed Genera
Crowdcr 10 confer with President Me
nocal as TO the best meant OF remedy
log the situation"
] 6 Dircc. ru>crvls'o, of tho Cuba
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04

That Richmond's teachers are paio
far less than any city approNimatinS
her size in both elementary and high
school grades is shown by Il chart
prepared by a teachers committee.
comncsed of w ". Adams. w. o.
Locker, Il. Ehriich smith and Joseph
~ Saunders. Figures supplied ny
committee take those cities which
are practically the same size Of Rich
mond in California. Colorado. Con-
necticut. Georgia. Illinois, Indiana,
Massachusetts. Michigan, Missouri
Montana. Nebraska, New Jersey, New
York. Pennsylvania. Ohio and Wash
ington.
The public-school teachers OF tho
city arc asking the City Council tc
opprovc the National Education AS
sociation's standard of salaries ant
to provide additional payroll funds
OF approximately s36G.000, or abou
81 day more per teacher. Fifty
two cities OF sixteen States. have al
| ready adopted this standard or bet
ter.
According to the chart, elemcntar
teachers In this city are paid min
imum Of $S11 amaximum of SLAB
and high-school teachers from $8a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
lBy United Ne,vs.i

HOCkAwAi POINT, v. ". Jan.
1-Exccpt for n travel allowance
OF cent, mile, the three n,I,,-
ing United States Navy baIIounist.
VINO landed at MooSc ssc,srx.
Ont, must pny out or their o,.n
sni"ries the cost of mu,b,,r
overland from thnt isolated trad.
Ing post To Mnttice, ont, the
nearest railroad station. Suc,,
hre the regulations OF tho noxx
All three officers wired here fo,
funds to be dispatched To thcm
mt hatticc, which give. the inn
preston that they arc MT con.,d-
ernblc expense To be taken on, ~,
tte fnr country.
Congress alone can rermbu,
them. The S30 which brother
ohicers raised to send I.icuteunn,
Efnn" TO Toronto recently In M
Sist the Canadian go,crnmcn,..
Sehreh cannot he recovered.
her' hnd IL not hccn sub
"cribcd, Evans could moi boy.
been scnt.
All the officers nj tbc .,,,t,
ana their wivc. nrc cntcrInr ,,,,,,
great spirit Into pInn to crle-
"r"tc tue return OF the men with
dinner and dance citsc. ~, ~
aoh or In some New York hotel.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
DISCOVER FIRE IN SAME
STORE CNANyYHERSARY
OF BIG DANRILLE BLAZE
tnmnn c!Ce'e ration NiPped
in In: Nv Il. y. Johns on
WHO Fin s Pare ..ibiuse.
[soocialt TO The Timcs-Dispatch. |

[Spocial to The Times Dispatch.I
DANVILLE. VA. Jan. 81. V.
Johnston. dry goods merchant. casu
ally entering his store tonight. found
the place fun of smoke. ~ hurried
investigation revealed Il rcd-hoi e!ec-
tric iron which had burned through
board and which had reached other
material then smouldering.
Just one year ago tonight fire
originating in the same store burned
ont nearly a block of the business
section. constituting the worst fire
In Danville's history.
The loss was approx $1,000.
600. The fire broke out at 9:3C
o'clock in the basement OF II. v
Johnson's dry goods store; COM
| municatcd with an adjoining thcater
which quickly emptied. and thcr
spread in all directions. finally reach
| ing the Masonic Tempt.
| Eight commercial firms were wipc'
out, and tifty professional men ren
| iercd oGlcclcss. While II has ncTe
been definitely determined where TIL
| lire started, 1t Is understood that
!caking gas meter started the disas
t:ous blaze.
During the past year all OF IN
commercial concerns burned out hav
been rebuilt. The Masonic Tempt
building will be started probabl
carly In the coming snrinC.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
Held Illegal to Enlist Pub.
lie or Other Unions to
Enforce Demands.
DECISION is MADE IN
DUPLEX PRESS CASE
Action of Machinists Not "Nor-
NAL and Legitimate" Aim of
Workers Body.
hf JOHN GLr:IssN:H.
hitrd News Stnn Corrc,pondcnr


WASHINGTON. Jan. An iynunr,
anu principle bearing on the use O.,
'"e injunction and the boycott n,
"eapons IN Industrial warfare va.
established by the Supreme Court /,
It's decision in the suit O, IN. D,,,,a,.
PRINTING Press Company. Of Ro,,I.
Creek. Mich, against the In,erna,lon-
al Association of Machinistg
briehv stated. the Supreme Cour,
hcld. In an opinion handed down IN.
d"y, 'hat ;hc Federal statutes do no,
make IL legal for unions to cnya..
IN secondary boyco,ts." A sccn.,d
AiE boycott Is one in which the unior
hl' tly Involved IN 4 DISPUTE snc,.
|" enforce rs demands by crlIstinp
the a!d OF other unions or the nunIi,.
generally.
The View OF the court. 10 which
six Justices subscribed ana ,-a.
unfarG.aDI, tr-iduvE, ''T. s.'Vu
does an adverse construction OF the
Clayton amendments to the sherman
antitrust Law. Labor hailed ;he Clay
ION act as tho most notable piece OF
social legislation in generations. be-
I!eying II established the broad prin-
cip!c that Federal courts cannot in
tcrvcne in labor disputes bE granting
lnjunctions. II was contcnded that
the injunction was employed To de-
Yea, strikes, and that !ncn We're de-
pr!yed OF constitutional l!bc-tica
through the arbitrary exercise OF
power by judges.
Not Legitimate Aim.
Now, However. the court holds tha:
-.
Duplex case was a secondary boy
cott," and not a part of the normal
and legitimate" aim OF a trade union
and that therefore the action WAS not
justified by the Clayton act. The
cour; said the Immunity clause oi
the Clayton act" cannot be strctche,
70 cover Illegal acts" OF unions. ant
| that Congress had no intention o
authorizing secondary boycotts.
| The union had called a strike in 3!
! effort to force the closed shop in tn
Duplex plant. The company assertc'
that the union cndeavorcd 20 hal, IN
use, hauling. and setting UP OF IL
presses, and argued this was con
spiracy in restraint OF interstat
commerce. II WAS claimed that tn
unions threatened 10 bring abou
strikes wherever the presses OF tn
Duplex company were used or to b
, used.
, The company asked for an injunc
! ton against the machinists. but II
, contention OF the unions was unhel
e in the lower courts. which the s,
y prcme Court reversed.
The defense of the unions was II
4 CLAYTON act. II was pointed out IN;
}. the act WAS passed soon after AT
q -, ,T,-.-, =, ,,.1 on S.copd paycl
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
VIRGINIA EXECUTOR
IS SLAIN IN TEXAS:
WOMAN IS SOUGHT
William j. Coleman Found
With Wound in Stom-
ach at Dallas.
ROBBERY NOT MOTIVE;
S245 FOUND ON BODY
Richmond Attorneys Notified of
Murder by Son of
Dead Man.
[Special to Thr rimns.n,sna..h !

Especial to THE Times Dispatch
DALLAS. TEN. Jan. 3.--Wiiliam ]
Coleman was found Saturday night In
dying condition from a bullet
wound in the pit of his stomach in an
isolated section of North Dallas. by
campers who heard n shot and when
sroaning was heard investigated.
Only one shot was heard, and no
one was found who might he re-
Sponsiblc for the shooting. Robbery
was evidently not the motive. as soI5.
= watch and other valuablcs were
round on the body. He died before
reaching a hospital
Police are searching for woman
IN the case. II was said that he had
promised To buy boarding house for
S2iFffke %2iFffk n w@4in,iEsi, @48i,isi, "a Soush xHuru srrert
Saturday evening and SO far as can he
determined. she was the last one 10
see him before the fatal shooting IN
North Dallas.
The murdered man was the eSecu-
;or for an estate held in trust for
Ills children in Virginia His husi-
mes. is being handled by firm OF
lawyers in Richmond. Tho son wired
the attorneys Sunday afternoon ask
!nc for Information which they mad
that might throw Il light OH the KILL
ing here. No word had been received
from them Monday afternoon.
An autopsy on the body OF Cole
man Sunday morning did not bring
to light the bullet which caused his
death. Police think that the man was
shot with a .25-cnlibcr automatic pis'
toi. such Il weapon as could be car
ricd in woman's mu6 or pocket
| book. Tnc wound in Coleman!
stomach was so small as TO he hard
Inv noticeable. Internal bleeding
| caused the mans death
He came To Dallas little more
than n year ago. He is wdowci
and lived with his son at 1910 Woo'
street He is said 10 have been
one time n Baptist preacher and ;
graduate from Virginia theological
college. He was Il constant chur.'
attendant and man OF eXccllen
character.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
RICHMOND PAYS TEACHERS
LESS THAN ANY CITYHER SIZE
Facts Are Brought Out in Connection With Request
TO Council TO Approve National Education Asso-
caiion Standard, Increasing Salaries $3G6000

to $3.50 Il year. The standard suG-
Eests $1,000 as the minimum salary
for teachers with a normal-schoo!
diploma. 81 400 as Il minimum salary
for teachers with an =. b. degree,
$1,000 as a minimum salary for teach
ers with an 4. NJ. degree. and $1,000
AS the minimum salary for teachers
with the Ih. ID. degree. Due rccoG-
milton is allowed also for experience.
San Francisco. Cal. pays the low
est elementary salary In that state
1t being si.40o to $4,000. and in the
high schools from s1.7oo TO $3.50
bridgeport, Conn. pays from $1,000 tt
$l.&00 in the elementary. and from
$500 to $4,000 in the high school
Atlanta. Ga. pays s1.056 to s1.536 IL
the elementary grades. and from 81.
| 302 to $2,1i2 In the high school. Tn
elementary teachers In Brooklint
Macs. received from 3l,400 to $500
in the elementary. and $500 to $3.50
In the high-school grades. In Lin
cpln. Neb., teachers In the elemcntar
grades are paid from $1,000 to $500
in tho elementary grades, and froi
$1,000 to $4,000 in the high schoo
North Bergen pays the lowest salar
in New Jersey, it being from SILL
a -IN (ContInued on Second r'TrO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
lone DEAD AS FIRE
DESTROYS CAPITOL
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Several 0 t h c r S Injured
When Roof Of Structure
Caves In.
BUILDING COST s4Oo.Ooo
WHEN ERECTED IN 1881
Loss Is Covered Under Five
Million Dollar Blanket
Policy.
tBy Associated Press. I

CHARLESTON. W. VA, Jan. 3-T,.
Capitol Building Of Yves, Wright.
was destroyed by fire late today on,
iaborer was killed. a fireman ;ni,,v.,
seriously and several Others wa,
oad!y hurt when section of roo,
uncer which they were s,,ndi,-
! caFed In The spectacular nature n,
the lire was enhanced when much am
munition. stored on the third floor ot
the building, exploded
Within four hours after the fire was
discovered the Capitol Building. con-
tanning the Governors office. Statc
departments and priceless records.
was nothing but mass OF smoking
ruins.
State officials said that the records
destroyed. upon which no insura nee
was carried. could not be replaced
and that IL was Impossible to estt-
mate their value.
Some State records were saved by
clerks. officials and iircmen. who car
ried them from the burning building.
The Capitol Building. erected in 1881
at 1 cost of more than 100000, was
one OF the few brick capitols In tho
1Hitt StulC oUlCI1lS TO-DAY
said that the building was valued at
approximately sl.25O.0O0.
The fire. started in the loft OF the
Capitol Building. Firemcn soon found
that the point where the blaze orig
mated was inaccessible. and they
turned their attention to other sec
tions O fthc big building. The flames
spread rapidly, and in spite of the
valiant efforts OF the fire. ghters. the
n,as, after blast. which sent showers
Of sparke skyward. marked the prog
ra.s of the nre MS IT burned pain
through the munitions rooms
soon after the fire was discovereu'
clerks in the numerous departments
rusbed from the structure. carrE'nE
ncrsona, nropertv for tn" most n'f -
4 few bore the records OF 'heI'
hr,rchcs of the state government
covcruor John ]. Cornweh was III
his Office WI n the blaze started ou'
be was enc OF the last to ieaNe t"c
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
tBy United Scws.I

CocHHANE. ONT, Jim. a.,
Drive" swiftly along by ringing
"n"hard above snowy wilderness
almost az drso;aic and denJIx ,o
men afoot and unpro,isioncd IN g..
icy 'hstnc>S ns the Polar rc,-fo,.
'"e 'nrcc officers In the navy bnI-
room Ai'"oS played In luck nm
proNimafcIy equivalent to Inn,
"hich would permit n man faI,i,,
from m nirplnnc to land
"arhcd ON n pnhsinE lonJ OF b,x
when they came to earth wilt,
walking distance OF Nous. It,c,,
on James lay.
~" country for hundreds of
"iIe" about Moose Factory fx "a.
"ild' an barren OF inhabitants. mn,
nn deadly i'm winter 10 me, mn,
provided with foods, furs rnd d.,
nv any equivalent section of ,hc
arc'ic "nSic. II the America,
N"'y hcronHuts had landed cvrn
twcntS-nvc or thirty miles a..
tnnt from Moose I.nctory Tn,
lone spot of human habItntion l.,
all the hundreds OF squire mile, n,
"tntcr-bound wilderness thnt sur
rounds the litt!e trading poxt, tber
would inevitably have prrished.
According to the tale brouuh,
out by indian runner. who m,dc
the trip south over the sno,r ,,t,h
n"S teams to Mutticc, Ont, the
nearest telegraph Office, star,Ip,.
iainciihiciy after the ocrou,u,,
reached Moose Factory. nil tb,
""hecrs landed without injury, md
m"ac their wa! To the trading
post after four-dny battle win
the forest and snow. Tho three Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
COURT ORDERS PAYMENT
OF $33,000,00O TO INDIANS.
interior Department Commanded TO
Pay Isonuses From Sale of oil
Lands to OsnEc Heirs.
[By Associated Press. ]

lH5 .fS'VS'NtUu I o"o'I l'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Decrces OF
the District OF Columbia Supreme
Court that Secretary Payne should
pay TO the parents of minor children
OF the Osagc Indians S33,000.000 ac-
cumulated bonuses on the sale OF oil
lands were upheld by the District
of Columbia Court OF Appeals. The
case probably will be appealed to tho
United States Supreme Court. ~
Secretary Payne and tho Depart5
,uent of Interior objected TO making
payment on the grounds that the
FUNDS were bonuses" and not royals
ties. and unlimited payments withouy
accounting to the Indian commissioners
might lead to squanderilg OF th9
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
5000 RETURN TO WORK
At DANVILLE FACTORY
Lsnenial 1n rhc rimcs.pisnatch. !

lSpecial 10 The Times -Dispatch.]
DANVILLE, VA. Jan. S.-Thc Dan
River Mills. which have been closed
since Christmas Eve. resumed opera
lions this morning on full time.
The Christmas holiday. the longest
taken by the mill operatives for
twenty years. and which was prompt
ed by existing conditions in the tex
tile market. has not resulted In any
falling away Of the personnel and
fully 5000 operatives are expected &c
be on hand.
The new year is looked forward tt
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
SENTENCED TO DEATH,
NEGRO WARNS BLACKS
TO PROFIT BY HIS CASE
Corcyn0r Dnpis Is Considering
Con,n,u'nii0n of Penalty
for John II. Williams.
fsncciol 10 The Times-Dlspatch.

Especial to The Times III Spatcn.
LYNCnBURG, VA, Jan. 3.-John
II. Williams. alias Slim. the negro
WHO murdered Police Detective Mann
here last March. was resentcnccd by
Judge Christian, in Corporation Court
today. TO clcctrocution March s.
The negro was brought here early
today. under Supreme Court mandate,
from Richmond. where he has been
confined since last June. The original
sentence was stopped by appeal 10
the supreme Court. which denied n
new trial.
Asked IL he had anything to say,
Williams, addressing himself to nc
| groes assembled in the courtroom
warned them to profit by his expert
encc. and especially not TO carry
| weapons.
Williams is to be returned to Rich
mond, leaving here at O'Clock to-
morrow morning. Governor Davis Il
considering n petition To commute th'
sentence to life prison term.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
NAVY STOPS RECRUITING;
HAS ALL MEN 1T NEEDS
Department Has Reached Authorized
Strength of acknowledgements
May Raise This Figure.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Recruiting
for the navy has been suspended tenn
porarily. 1t was learned at the Navy
Department tonight. All new enlist
ments have been prohibited. and
only re-enlistments Of men now In
the service are authorized.
It was said at the department that
the strength of $4,000 men. reached
several days ago, was the maximum
possible under the appropriation OF
Congress. II the figures fall much
below that mark, recruiting will b,
resumed. 1t was added.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
,uto,,t. rnrown Into IIospisni.

SELMA. ALA. Jan 3.-Projected
literally into the doorway OF a hos
pital when the automobile In which
they were riding jumped the four
teen-inch curb. climbed the foot ana
n half t:rrace and uprooted two
trees. Hugh Mauldin and James
Oglcsby had narrow escape IRON
death todav when the car was total!
wrecked. Their wounds were attor'
cd to at the hospital into which they
were thrown.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
ca.,.o SIN Imnroycs.

NEW YORK. Jan. "a bulletin is
sued today by six doctors attcndinE
Enrico Caruso. famous tenor con-
fined to his apartment here wiz
.pleurisy and empyma. stated that ms
candit!on shows material improve
mont In everS respect"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
Navy Aeronauts Land in Only
Inhabited Spot of Wilderness

hccrs were outnttcd Mt the post.
and, after short rcst. 80, M,
with guides and dog tcnm.. exucct-
ing 10 be able TO mnke the trip to
inc railroad within the space OF
zen days. but the wilderness above
mere has becn noyrd with .torms
LOT days, and the travellers n,ny be
dein!cd on that account.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
u. S. Not Liable for
Cotton Sale in 1866
IHy Acknowledgement

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE
United states is not ilnbIc for
"5-'oo. representing the net pro-
cccds of seventy bales of cotton
rcizcd mud xoid by Federal agents
In iso" near Shreveport, Ln., the
supreme Court held today In nf-
hrninS the Court of Cinim. de-
c'Sion In the snit brought in be-
h"if OF the estate of the late Mary
Il. Pillow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
Ex-Governor Starts
Work in Plivate Life
IBy Associated I,rc,,.I

w" YORK, Jan. 3.-Airrcd r..
smith, retiring Governor OF Nc,,
'or~' ended n twcnty-two-ycnr
career In public lie today when
ne 'hrd HIS hat and coat In the
offices of the United states truck
ihS Corporation md went 10
work ns chairman OF itn board OF
dircctors.
The cx-GoGvcrnor announced
he would never he "a candidate f,-
public office again.
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
Pulling Power

T1mes-Dispatch Want Ads
Haze 1aat Quality.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04

JContinucd on Second Pnseo
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-07-08

Booze and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. X. Bateman and
Mr. and Mrs Robert e. Rucker and
son Carlos spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Kershner of near sparta
Miss Eileen johnson spent Sunday
with Miss Tia Walker of lowering.
Robert Keyes and wife spent the
Fourth with Mr.. Keyes parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Reyes.
John Cochran and family of Marys-
vile and Rev. C. NJ. Gay and family
of Greenwich are spending several
days with Mr.. B. F. Cochran and fam
lily. On the Fourth they enjoyed a
picnic at the creek. r'att
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Pond Of Frcder-
icktown brought picnic dinner and
spent the Fourth with Mr.. l.. L. Bate.
man. Ftft .,s
Miss Elizabeth lowering Of Freder.
icktown spent Tuesday with Miss
Thelma Wertz Mr.. Donley Leedy was
a weekend guest in the Wertz home
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-07-08

Officers Of Knox County
Teachers Institute An
nounce Plans For
Sessions

The officers of the Knox County
Teachers association are planning
one of the best Institutes that the or
ganization has had for some time.
They have engaged for the week two
speakers of national reputation as
institute instructors. Mrs. Julia p.
Leonard of Harcourt seminary, Gam
bier, who Is regarded as an efficient
musical instructor, will again be di-
rector Of music during the week.
Prof. Richard Park, superintendent
Of the Sullivan county schools, Sui
liyan, Ind, will be one of the regular
instructors. Mr. Park has had much
experience as public school teacher
and superintendent. He has splen.
did personality and always makes ef.
fective appeals for the best in teach
ing. His field is pedagogy.
Dr.. Smith Burnham, professor Of
history OF the Western state normal
school at Kalamazoo, Mich, is the
other regular instructor for the week.
DIR. Burnham was formerly professor
Of history in the West Chester state
normal school at West Chester, Pa,
where Drs. Schmucker and Green
who have been such inspiring in
structors at the Knox county insti.
tute. teach. Both report that Prof.
Burnham is one OF the strongest in.
stftute instructors in the field today.
His field Is history and literature.
On Wednesday afternoon of insti-
tute week will occur the annual
eighth grade commencement or Knox
county. Two hundred ninety.two boys
and girls will receive diplomas, the
largest number in the history of the
county.
Every teacher in the county is
urged to arrange his or her plans to
be present during the entire week.
Citizens generally are invited to at
tend the institute. Remember the
date-Aug. 1913.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-07-08
TWO ARRESTED As.
HOO1CH SELLERS.
BY THE SHERIFF.
Colored Men Arrested For
Alleged Violation Of Pro-
hibition Laws
Arrest Comes After Investi-
gation BY Prohibition Com
missioner Pennell

As a result OF visit to the city of
r. J. PenneIi, deputy prohibition COM
missioner, Sam Van Hook and Harry
Tyler, both coiored, were arrested late
Wednesday afternoon by Sheriff Lyle
and Deputy Sheriff Walker on charges
of violating the prohibition laws.
officers claim that Van Hook and
Tyler had alcohol in their possession
and that the alcohol was stolen from
the local Pennsylvania freight station
last spring. Officials claim that both
men have been selling alcohol to
friends in the city and claim to have
several witnesses who purchased the
alcohol.
Van Hook came to Mt. Vernon last
December and has been employed as
a cook in a local restaurant. Tyler
is Mt. Vernon man.
Both men were placed in the coun.
ty Jail Wednesday and it was an.
nounced Thursday that Prosecuting
Attorney Ashbaugh would file an affi-
davit against the two men, changing
them with possessing, transporting
and giving away intoxicating liquor.
1t" was also intimated Thursday
that other arrests are expected here
as a result of Deputy Prohibition
Commissioner Pencils visit to Mt
Vernon.