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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-03
DRY AGENT WHO /
HID BOOZE AIDS !.
IN FINDING It.
Kentuckian Is "Hero" Of
Big Cleanup in Wash
ington.
NINETY ARE ARRESTED
Slick "Dry" Drove Coal
Wagon to Find Where
They Kept 1t.
NINETY ARE ARRESTED

Washington, ID. C., Feb. al. l..
Asher, a revenue agent from the Ken
lucky mountains. who came to Wash
ington three weeks ago and has put in
his time since in guises ranging from
AN ash cart driver to Kentucky col
onel at a fashionable bail, directed more
than 90 capital revenue agents and po-
lice in liquor raids on 60 places, net
ting the arrest of 80 persons, including
twelve women, and the coniiscation oil
more than $40 gallons of intoxicants,
yesterday.
Evidence for the raids, which were
begun in five police precincts, the most
ali-inclusiye campaign conducted in the
city since the advent of prohibition, was
obtained almost entirely by Asher.
Asher first drove into the under
world in quest of the bootleggers' rem
denzyous aboard an ice wagon as a
helper. He then switched to an ash cart
and quickly caught the trail of vic
tins as he picked up the "empties" in
all corners of the city. Then, as
coal wagon driver, he got into the
homes again, assisting in storing away
the coal and modestly accepting pint
bottle rewards. He later appeared as
piano tuner and again as a lawyer.
HELPED Hide the Liquor.
Before long Asher had won the conf
dence of the principal bootleggers in
various sections and, by aiding to store
away the goods in his capacity as a
wagon driver and helper, gained knowl-
edge of numerous and clever hiding
places for the goods.
With this evidence in hand, the raid
ers went quickly to the secret caches,
these including holes in the wall, baby
cribs, planes, Victrolas and chicken
coops. in one home more than ten
gallons Of liquor was found tucked away
behind the wall molding in various
rooms.
So complete was the agents disguise
that, while returning to police head
quarters one day, dressed as tramp
with several quart bottles bullying from
his pockets, he was arrested by his i'm
mediate superior before the officer dis
covered his identity.
BOndsmen Are Busy.
The five precinct stations presented
their busiest appearance in years as
bendsmen FASTENED to gain the release
LOT prisoners, practically all OF whom
t-Afe held for $500 bail, and police and
revenue agents guarded prisoners and
directed the storage of huge supplies of
|corn whiskey, bonded goods and wine
carried in from the raided homes in
goyernment trucks and automobiles.
In only one instance were the raid
ers disappointed by failure to find the
goods described by the Kentuckian.
One woman was reported by Asher TO
be selling liquor in babies nursing bot
|tles. Police confScated more than
|lozen such receptacles, well filled, from
her home.
As a retired Kentucky colonel at a
recent ball, Asher was introduced to sew
eral alleged bootleggers arrested today
is agents preparing TO ship consider
hble whiskey here from Kentucky.
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DISREGARD Of
LAW SEEN AS
BIC PROBLEM
Davidson Attributes Evil TO
World War and FederaIi-
cation of State Affairs.
USE CONVlCTS ON ROADS
Prison System, Highway
System and Mob Law
Called Biggest Questions.

The tendency Of certain class OF
people 10 take the shortest cut 10 cor.
rect an evil without regard for the
due process Of law. the prison system
and the highways of the state are the
three greatest problems confronting
Texas lawmakers at present. LieutPn-
ant Governor w. p. Davidson told the
Rotary Club Friday at the st. Anthony
The lieutenant governor arrived in San
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joined and walked from the courtroom,
clad in a bathrobe OF brilliant hue. and
swathed in bandages, in custody of
deputy United States marshal. Record
was injured recently when a still, which
he is alleged to have been operating. ex-
plOded, scaldins him about the fact and
n a
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-03

New York. Feb. S.-Broadway res
taurants, cabarcts and dance halls in
the white light" district, last night
were without uniformed police guards
for the first time in months, when the
officers were withdrawn upon orders
from Police Commissioner Enrisht. The
cafe owners have pledged their word
of honor" to report any law Tiolations
end 10 eject from their places any such
violatOr. the police announced.
Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery. not a
graveyard, beautiful. well kept burial!
park. Crockett 1GSS.-- Adv
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81 Told You So"

Louisville, KY. Feb. S.-Louisville
|oootleggers last night were geetinG one
bnother with the Il told you so, y
bbrnse. following publication here of
news dispatches from Washington tell
|ng of a huge liquor roundup along a
rail blazcd by Prohibition Agent j. /.
asher. -.
Agent Asher came 10 Louisville a
Ecar ago, a dark horse from an I'M
announced point. Long before his trans
Ter TO Washington about three weeks
|go. he had won the title, Lightning
RAIDER" and bootleggers and moon
|hiners were quoted as referring TO pro-
|1ibition officers as "Asher's men,"
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School Kids Itch

vanishes after few applications of Im-
perial Eczema Remedy. Not greasy Or
bad smelling. Druggists are authUor-
lied TO refund your money il it fails.
(Adv.l
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Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery, not a
graveyard, beautiful, well kept burial
park. Crockett 16SS.-(Adv.)
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Two Hurt in Derailment.

Macon. Ga, Feb. 3.-Engineer I. W.
Hines, Macon. and fireman Henry Mil
ner, negro. we're injured Friday after
noon, when the engine of the Savannah
Birmingham passenger train, which was
in their charge, was derailed near Col
umbus, Ca. according to an official
announcement from the office of the
Central railroad of Georgia railroad
here.
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San Antonio tOpay greater part IN Their prosperity and III Ine
general prosperity of the city, opening Savings Depart
ment
The kind of service that has brought this bank to its
manding position the commercial banking of San Antonio dis
tingushes this new department.
You will like the and in charge of the de-
parment You will find them always ready to consult with
about your financial problems Our ambition far beyond
nsurng the safety your savings afforded by this strong
tona bank and paying 40 interest them We want to be-
come active helpful factors the personal welfare of the
women and children of our community
This is particularly happy time to start Savings Account
with us.
You cordially invited to become charter member of
great banking family Let your pass books first entry read Feb
ruary 5, 1923.
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Phone CT. S177. POI W. Travis st.
Evening star., 1923-10-24

the women do the. sewing and cook
ing. When the expedition Is to cover
a long period of time the question
of sewing is especially important.
preparation of skins and in the max
ing of warm fur garments and water
proof boots, without which the ex.
plorer would be seriously handicap
ped. Why the boys did not take an
Eskimo family 1 do not know. II
The Eskimos of Nome, who have been
in close contact with the whites since
the days of the great gold stampede,
have acquired the white mans COM
mercialism and a thorough apprecia-
ton of the dollar.
Apparently. the boys decided to
compromises, for they took an Eskimo
seamstress, Ada Blackjack.
story OF Ada.
Later, l will let Ada tell her own
story OF her connection with the ex-
pedition. She was twenty-three years
old, and, like most Eskimo women.
was married when she was q mere
child. Already she had had three
children, two Of whom had died. and
had divorced her husband. She had
been brought up in the mission, spoke
and wrote English, and was a Chrs-
tian. She knew little more OF the
life of the Arctic wilds than the boys
themselves. yet It Is undoubtedly true
that without her help they would
have perished before they did.
Mystery shrouded their departure
from Nome. Though they announced
their destination as Wrangel Island,
the wiseheads of Nome either refused
to believe them or were skeptical OF
their chances of success.
The boys purpose on this expedi-
ton was to occupy Wrangel Island in
the name of King George and to run
up the British flag. They had orders
from Stefansson to keep this secret.
Nome, not knowing the real reason
for the expedition. was full OF specu-
lation. Four young men were sailing
north in a boat. ostensibly for one or
the most unlikely spots in the region.
They were not professional trappers.
vet they said they were going to make
their fortune trapping. Nome sur
missed that no one of them had ever
set trap in his life. The pervadtng
opinion was that the boys had got
track of gold mine and would
change their course as soon as they
left the vicinity of Nome.
knights own Story.
1 will let knight tell the story Of
the journey to Wrangel in his own
words. 1 found it typewriter on
piece of yellow paper on box in the
tent in which his body lay.
We'll. we were all set and ready to
start on our 'perilous' journey. So,
taking Vic (the little lady cat we got
we departed from Nome at pm. Sep
tember 9. 1921. I must remark here
that all the old croaks in Nome said
that we would never make it (mean-
ing this isiand).
Two days later we were at East
Evening star., 1923-10-24

sight to anticipate the approaching
emergency.
Maurer was young American from
New Philadelphia, Ohio. He had been
one of the crew of Stefansson's flag
ship Kariuk, which was crushed by
the ice in the Arctic ocean, near
Wrangei Island. in the winter Of 1913.
Maurer had escaped the tragic end
which befen some of his comrades
and subsequently spent six months on
Wrangel Island with the other sur
ViyorS. At that time he had no edu-
cation to speak of, but through asso-
citation with the scientists of the ex-
pedition he had acquired a passion for
learning. Since then he had spent all
his spare hours in study. BY the time
he got chance to go on Stefansson's
expedition of 1921 he considered him
self sufficiently well grounded in arc
tic matters to take up exploration as
career. Poor Maurer had been mar
ried only few days before leaving
on what was to prove his last journey
Then there was enthusiastic young
Milton Gale, a nineteen-year-o boy
from Texas, who had travelled through
the country s Stefansson'S secretary
And here we have the boys in Nome
---enthusiastic, happy, laboring under
the excitement of keeping their Sc
cret. While negotiating for the char
ter of a vessel-the Silver Wave-to
carry them to Wrangel Island, they
purchased dogs and a sled.
Usually Carry Eskimos.
Usually, Arctic explorers take one
or more Eskimo families with them.
The Eskimo men do the hunting and
Evening star., 1923-10-24

est idea how poorly they were equip
ped. 1--WE have a good outAt," Knight
writes on the day following their ar
rival or the island. "The fox tracks
occasional seal some distance out.
We have a dory, but the surf is un-
ceasing, so it is impractical to launch
the boat. / had a shot at a large
walrus. but missed. The Eskimo wom-
an is busy sewing clothing, and she
is doing very nicely. We are now
busy stacking wood and getting quar-
ters ready for the winter"
1t is a small wonder that the boys
thought the stories of an ice-bound
Wrangel Island were grotesque. For
the freak weather of that summer of
1921 still persisted. with the ocean
undotted by single cake of ice and
the breakers rolling in. knight writes
of this In emphatic terms:
"A beautiful day. Maurer. Gale and
cut and stacked wood ali day, in
preparation for hauling on the ar
rival of snow. Crawford built grub
boxes and tool chest Saw a seal
and dozens of seagulls and terms. The
gulls are all flying west, no doubt
turning south at some point farther
on. The surf is still running rather
heavy and no ice in sight. There are
great number of white owls about
and few ravens, but we have not
seen a sign OF ptarmigan."
tool box. Maurer putting supplies in
shape. Crawford getting our meteo-
rological instruments up, and myself
repairing sleds and dog harness. One
seal seen and numerous gulls. A heavy
surf running"
The next entries all picture a busy
life. Knight speaks Of putting in six
teen hours a day. They thought they
were making all necessary prepara-
tions for the winter. Yet, even from
the first, sandwiched in among the
most optimistic comments, I find the
foreshadowing of impending tragedy
set down quite unconsciously.
CONTINUED In The Star TomOrrow.)
Copyright, 1923 in United States and Cnn-
ada by North American Newspaper Alliance.
Copyright, Australia by Melbourne Herald.
Copyright South America by La Nacion. All
Evening star., 1923-10-24
Hired Only One
Eskimo to SaUe
Expenses.
Refused to Buy VAL
rus Boat in Siberia
Because of Price.
BY HAROLD NOICE.
Leader WranEel Island Rescue
Expedition.

Since my return I have studied
every scrap Of writing left by any
of the members. Wherever possible.
I have supplemented these in my
conversations with Ada Blackjack
the sole survivor, and with their
friends at Nome.
Although / realize that there are
gaps in the story-many things which
seem inexplicable-in the main I have
come to see it all as vividly as though
had lived through it.
Though knew personally only one
member of the ill-fated expedition, 1
feel that I have become well ac-
Quainted with them all.
Fired by Romance.
I can imagine just how they felt
when they got to Nome-four young
men bound on the greatest adventure
of their lives. Allan Crawford, COM
mander of the party. had been Sc
lected for his special ability when
still a student in Toronto University.
He was twenty years old. full of en-
thuSiaSm and love of adventure. In
this expedition 1t was the romantic
element which fired him. To be the
leader on a secret journey involving
to feel himself an explorer and scien-
tist, carving out for himself a niche
in arctic history; to look forward to
the thrill of the far north, where he
had never set foot-what could fan
the imagination of an adventurous
young man to a hotter fame? Allan
realized, of course, that his leadership
was purely nominal-that knight was
the real leader of the expedition, by
virtue of his former experience.
have already pictured Lorne
Knight-big, happy-go-lucky fellow
that he was. He was one of those
who never change, never grow up.
Although second in command of the
party, he must have realized his real
leadership. He was determined to
impress on the boys his conception
of the north-that II was such q
friendly place that any one could find
food and shelter there, no matter how
ignorant of conditions. He failed to
realize that no spot on earth can be
called friendly when man is i'll adapt
ed to his environment, or has not the
means or knowledge to adapt himself.
Lorne was to prove too passive. He
was able to stand hardship, but lacked
the foresight and energy to alleviate
that hardship.
Endurance Not Test.
There is a mistaken idea that en-
durance is the real test Of manhood
in the north. Endurance is not
enough. An explorer must have fore
Evening star., 1923-10-24

never make II. Wrange1 Island has a
bad reputation as a place to reach be-
cause of ice. but can't see their ideas,
for we did not see a cake Of ice all
the way over Anyhow, we tried to
buy a large skin boat at East Cape.
but the price was so darned high that
and left"
Poor boys! II they could only have
foreseen what was going to happen
they would have bought that skin
boat IL 1t had taken their last cent.
A more experienced explorer would
have known 1t was cheap at any
price.
Later, they were to bewail again
and again the fact that they had no
umiak. for without it they were al
most powerless in the walrus hunt.
And they needed walrus meat badly.
knights account of the journey
goes on:
Just after leaving this robbers
nest we ran into a gale from the
west. right in our faces. and we were
forced to heave to. Three days later,
Wrangel Island heaved in sight, and
we tried to find Rogers harbor. At
last we thought we had 1t located and
landed our cat and grub in a heavy
sprf. This was on the night of the
the Silver Wave left for Nome with
the mail, which we had hurriedly
written. Before the Silver Wave left
we bought her dory, and it has proven
rather useful.
THE first thing that we did after
the Wave left was to pitch our tent
on the sandspit, for living quarters,
and pitch our two small tents, in
which we put our supplies. We hit a
good place here for driftwood SO we
put up a crude frame of a house of
drift. And as the snow got all right
a few days ago. we covered the whole
thing with snow blocks and moved
into an 8x10 tent and one 10xl2
sewed together, the large one for
living tent and the small one a kitch-
en- and sleeping quarters for the
woman"
The early entries In knights diary
show the boys optimistic and full Of
confidence. Apparently, none OF them
at this time seems to have the faint
Evening star., 1923-10-24

Geo. Athanas d Co., 1900 U st. NV.
Mr. Prettymnn, American Delicates-
sen, $50 10th st. NV.
Brightwood Delicatessen (nHr. Sequi,
prop.), S6O5 Georgia Ave. NV.
Campbell Drug Store, 18th and De-
catur SITS. NV. .
DR.. Fred Campbell, 4730 14th st. NV.
Calvert Delfcatessen, 1867 Calvert
NV. &
Ceas, Samuel, 92O iii ST. NE.
Donahoe's Pharmacy 12O1 N. j. Ave.
NV.
DIR. Davis. 1912 d St. s.w.
Henry's Drug Store, 1850 22nd st.
NV.
Harvest Tnn, 1872 I'D st. S.W.
Highlands Apt. Cafe, California st.
and Connecticut Ave. NV.
Hodges Restaurant, 1910 14th st.
NV. - .4s-s.s.. ~ : = 1z.z.-5
Jafmeaes, Steve, delieatessen, 1103
YsxzaaR1 Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1923-10-24

Cape. where we were boarded by rep
of the soviet government
and forced to give our destination and
plans, much to their amusement. for
their sane opinion was that we would
Evening star., 1923-10-24

X. X. Shop, 4918 Georgia Ave. NV.
Kenaer Drug Store, 17th and @ SITS.
NV.
Kenner Drug Store, 1915 N. III. Ave.
Kenesaw Pharmacy, MT. Pleasant and
Irving SITS.
KapIan, L., deficatessen, 1884 14th St.
Luder. Frederick. 330S Georgia Ave.
NV.
Monterey Cafeteria, 14th and " SITS.
NV.
Morgan Bros, pharmacy, 2162 Cali
fornia st. NV.
MattingIy Bros, $50 Cedar ST.,
Tnkoma Park. ID. O..
Califiorida Fruit Shop (aIr. Mechini) /,
1924 Col. Rd. NV.
MIR. Mccarthy, restaurant 1714 14th
st. NV.
Mejia, Peter, 2S02 18th st. NV.
Evening star., 1923-10-24

Ordnance Cafeteria, 21st and ID SITS.
NV.
Takoma Park. Md. (Mr. Dudley.
Petworth Grocery Store (Mr. Schuck), ,
4213 9th st. NV,
Roller. ID. X, 18th and Michigan Ave.
NE.
Raymond's Delicatessen, 2s20 I4th st.
Sherman, delicatessen, 1901 18th St.
NV.
Taft Pharmacy, wis. Ave. 4 Macomb
ST.
Van sfcl<ler, J. c., 2OOe Florida Ave.
NV.
Yeatman (now Mr.. B. MftcheiI), deli
catessen, Clarendon, Va.
W0lfinger's, COS Pm. Ave. S.E.
Santmeyers, Mrs., grocery and delica-
lessen, 1134 18th st. NV. .4
Tumble Inn, 10th and B SITS. NV.
Thomason, bakery, 1882 LIST st. NV.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-02
Entered at Annapolis Postoffice az
Second Class Matter.
MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1923.
TRAILING THE PROFITEERs

The country should cooperate
intellectually in the investiga-
ton into the rise in the price Of
sugar. There was some criticism
of the government for failing to
inquire into the situation, and,
with justi6able indignation. Sec
rotary Hoover has pointed out
that shrewd agents OF the De
partment OF Commerce have
been hot on the trail OF the mis-
creants.
The chase has been going on
for more than a month, Mr.,
Hoover explains. and the pur-
suers are getting closer and
closer TO those responsible for
doubling the price. 1t is not clear
Just what Mr.. Hoover will do
with the price-boosters when he
catches them, but that is beside
the point.
For the time being, the thing
is to catch them. And the Secre-
tary is assuredly entitled to the
most energetic and intelligent aid
the public can give him. Help
fuI suggestions will no doubt be
gladly received, but tangible as
sistance in locating those respon-
sible for sending the price sky
wards is important. If anyone
possesses an extra copy of the
roll-calI on the Fordney- McCum-
Der tariff, it is the part of pub
lic-spiritedness to send it at once
to the Secretary of Commerce.
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Etfectual statutory regulations
of motor vehicle traffic is admit
tedly difficult problem, But as
it engages the attention of law
makers and the public in virtual
ly all states it may be assumed
that in time satisfactory solu-
ton will be found. One recent
suggestion is that the Federal
government take over the general
control of automobile operation,
paying to the several states
their due proportion of fees col
lected based on the number of
machines owned within their re-
spective borders.
1t is argued that touring and
the reciprocal recognition of one
states license by other states
makes the automobile an inter
state vehicle and that Congress
therefore reasonably may assume
jurisdiction over them all. What
ever merit there may be in this,
IT is outweighed by other con-
siderations. Further extension
OF Federal jurisdiction over mat
tiers that iare peculiarly within
the police powers of the states
is undesirable. But the most
serious objection is that there is
no ground for the belief that
Congress is capable of making
more satisfactory regulations for
the country as a whole than the
states can make each one for it
self.
Many of the state legislatures
now in session are wrestling
with bills designed TO afford adj
ditlonal protection to the public
against dangers flowing from
reckless driving. Some are meri-
torlous while others are of doubt
ful utility. One before the Mas
sachusetts house is wholly com
mendable on general principles.
1t provides that every automo-
bile owner in Massachusetts
shall take out liability insurance
in the sum OF $4,000 or file a
bond of $4,000 with the registrar
of motor vehicle as security to
the public for personal injuries
and property damage caused by
such vehicle.
A Pennsylvania senator has in
troduced bill to prohibit the
sale of automobiles in the Key
stone state that are geared for