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The Washington times., 1924-02-09
SPAIN SIGNS TANGlERS
TREATY WITH FRANCE

PARIS, Feb. 9.-The Spanish pie
nipotentiaries signed the Franco
Spanish Tangiers Treaty and in
doing so formally withdrew the
Spanish reservations made on De-
cember 18, 1928, which prevented
the signature on that date.
They obtained in return certain
notifications Of the convention,
which are not embodied in the doc
uments signed today, but it was
agreed that an Informative ex-
change of letters between the
French and Spanish governments
may be published later. 1t is un-
derstood that Spain has been grant
ed an enlargement Of its role in
the Tangiers administrative ma
ci1inery and the extension Of its
rights Of military occupation at
certain points in the Ceuta and
Melilla territory.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
YOUTH GETS 7 YEARS
FOR SLAYING BROTHER

HUNTINGDON, Pa, Feb. g.
Robert Leight, nineteen, pleaded
guilty in Judge Bailey's court to
homicide in the killing of his
brother, Frank Leight, thirty-one.
near Alexandria December 80, last.
The brothers after indulging in
moonshine whiskey quarreled, and
Frank knocked his brother down.
Robert procured gun and going
to Franks residence shot him. He
died in few hours. The court
sentenced him to seven years min
imum, fourteen years maximum, in
Western Penitentiary.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
35, 900 CANADIAN RAILWAY
WORKERS MAY STRIKE

MONTREAL, Feb. "a threat
that $4,000 maintenance of way men
on Canadian railways will strike un.
less the roads show a more con.
ciliatory spirit in the present wage
dispute was made by F. H. Fiioz.
dal, grand president Of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employees and Railway Shop
Laborers.
He arrived last night from De-
troit to confer with the general
committee Of the Brotherhood.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
BEER IN STEAM PIPES
IS BOOTLECCERS' TRICK

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Terry Drug
gan, super-bootlegger, is accused, in
a bill filed in the Federal Court, Of
pumping beer from his Standard
Brewery through steam-heating
pipes to an unsupported garage
some distance away. There it was
poured into bottles, loaded on
trucks and delivered.
After being baffled for months.
Bruce Armstrong, prohibition agent
finally discovered the trick. He
first noticed there was no heat
anywhere in the brewery. The
steam pipes had been disconnected
ne round one end of the supposed
heating plant tapping the watts. The
otner end he located out in a
remote garage.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
STALLED PASSENGERS EAT
TOWNS CUPBOARD BARE

MILWAUKEE,, Feb. 9.-Resi.
dents Of Reedsville. Wis. "eaten
out Of house and home" by pas
sengers on Chicago & Northwest.
ern railroad trains stalled there
since Monday night, are facing a
serious food shortage. Reports
here are that the town, of 600
population, has been cleaned out Of
staple foods.
A relief train left Kaukauna
last night, but, despite two rotary
snowplows, it was stalled in heavy
drifts, and it is not known whether
1t got through.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
POOR BOX BURGLAR ALARM
TRAPS PAIR IN CHURCH

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Following
several robberies a burglar alarm
was attached to. the poor box in
The Church Of st. John the Baptist,
De La Sale at Stapleton. Staten
Island, and the alarm sounded in
the parish rectory. None Of the
priests was home, but the house
keeper, Mrs. Mary Coy, notified the
police and then hurried out to the
church. She locked all the doors
and waited.
Detective William TIaggerty re-
sponded to the call and in the
church he found Joseph Maroni,
twenty-six, and Attilio Assorini,
twenty-five, who said they were
walters at Briarcliff Lodge, They
were taken before Magistrate sCroak
at Stapleton and held in $1,000 bail.
for further examination Saturday.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
LET'S POETRY STUDENTS
USE BOOKS IN "EXAM''

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. o.
With books under their arms for
ready reference, the students in
Prof. John Livingston Loves
course on the romantic poetry Of
the nineteenth century appeared for
their mid.year examination at Har-
ward.
Prof. Loves said the innovation
was intended to test the students
critical ability and their acuteness
in searching out and applying in
formation.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
D. c. REAL TORS
.PREPAREFOR
PARLEY
II. K. Boss Heads Committee
Arranging Convention of
Realty Boards.

Washington realtors are concen.
trating their efforts in preparing
: for the seventeenth annual con-
vention of the National Associa-
tion Of Real Estate Boards, which
will be held in this city June 4
to June 6. Announcement was
made yesterday by Harry X. Boss,
chairman of the convention COM
mittee of the local real estate
board, that arrangements had been
completed for housing the con-
vention sessions, and that various
committees, appointed to perfect
the details of the convention, are
beginning to function.
VIII Meet at Keith's.
The morning sessions Of the con.
vention, which are considered the
general convention sessions, will be
held in Keith's Theater. In the
afternoon the convention will be
divided into seven groups, all of
which will hold their sessions in
the halls Of the Willard Hotel and
the Washington Hotel.
The National Association. which
comprises over 500 constituent local
real estate boards situated in all
parts Of the country, with mem
bership Of 10000 realtors and thirty
State associations, is divided into
seven special divisions. These divi-
sions pursue intense study and in
vestigation Of the particular sub.
Jects in which they are interested.
AT the annual convention these di.
visional groups hold their annual
meetings, at which practical dis
cussion Of topics studied during the
year are participated in by indi.
vidual realtors from all parts Of
the country.
Realtors Are Trained.
During the course Of the annual
meeting these seven divisions offer
to the realtors Of the country .
post-graduate course in the intensive
study and discussion Of such sub
3ects as housing, taxation, property
management and the general prin.
ciples and practices of real estate.
These groups are divided for spe-
cialized study into the following
subjects: Brokerage, farm lands,
home building. subdivisions, indus
trial properties, mortgage and fl
nance and property management.
Another important phase of the
convention is the annual meeting
of the division composed of secre
taries Of local boards from all over
the country. Specializing in the
study and development Of real es-
tate board organizations, this divi-
sion maintains a clearing house
bureau that functions throughout
the year in furnishing information
and help to secretaries in the oper-
alton of local boards.
Associated with Mr.. Boss, chair
man Of the executive committee in
charge of the coming convention,
are William L. Beale and Jesse H.
Hedges, who are vice chairmen OF
the general convention committee.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
BOARD ACTIVE AGAINST
LICENSE LAW VIOLATIONS

AS its service in the enforcement
Of the State real estate license law
enacted last year the st. Petersburg,
Fla, Real Estate Board reports to
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards that 1t will engage
q lawyer to prosecute all persons
who come to the attention of the
board as engaging in the real estate
business without a license.
The Washington times., 1924-02-09
TURKEY DINNER is GIVEN
TO HONOR CHAMPION COW

SUFFERN, N. Y, Feb. o.
Tranquility Sadie Vale Wane, a
champion seven-year-old Holstein
Friesian COW, was the honor guest
at a turkey dinner given by her
owner, Albert Winter. Of Mahwah,
Bergen county, N. j., to fifty Of
his friends in the northern part of
the State.
The animal ranks seventh in the
world and first in New Jersey. In
the seven days ending yesterday
she was milked and fed four
times a day, producing S61.6
pounds Of milk.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
ESTIMATE 270 VESSELS
IN RUM RUNNING SERVICE

According to dispatch i'll the De-
troit Free Press carrying Norfolk,
Virginia, date line of March 10, hg-
ures just made. public by the coast
guard service at Norfolk showed 20
vessels are engaged in smuggling rum
from foreign ships to America. This
is practically as many ships as there
are listed on the active list OF the
United States navy, and several times
more than all the vessels in the coast
guard service.
Coast guard officials say that while
270 ships are rum runners, there are
probably as many more that are not
known. The ships in the rum Aeet
represent practically every nation on
earth, with vessels flying the British
flag predomnating. Few American
vessels are listed with the rum fleet
but a number of American motor
boats are on the suspicious list tor
having attempted to land whisky from
the ships in rum row" off New York.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
POISON IOoTCH SELLER
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER

On March Is, Mary Wazsniak was
convicted in Judge Frederic De
Young's criminal court, Chicago, on
a charge OF manslaughter resulting
from the sale OF poisoned hootch. She
is said 10 be the first person, man or
woman, to be so convicted in Cook
county. The sale was made one day
last November to George L. Rheau-
tan, who was found dead on a street in
Brookheld the day after he had drunk
Mary's bargain whisky. Testimony
showed that the woman ran a regu-
lar bootleggng business at cut rates.
A hearing for a new trial was set
for March D. If the motion is denied,
sentence will be pronounced on that
date. The woman faces a term Of
from one year in the penitentiary to
life.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
OLD WET TRICK WORKED OVERTIME
Correspondent Calls" Buffalo Express
for Unfair Comparison of Drunk Ar
rests Statistics

The following letter with common
by H. II. Culver OF Collins, \. y, ex
poses 4 trick OF wet newspapers thai
is growing more prevalent with The
passing months. Anything to discour
age enforcement OF the law and ell
courage law violations seems TO be thC
policy of many of the wet newspapers
The Buffalo Express OF Feb. %
snccrs: Read the headline and
be convinced that prohibition is
a success; 1901 DRINKS convicted
in state in 1923. This is 470l more
than the year before " But you
are comparing two prohibition
years, not wet with a dry period.
If that is fair. then this is: Read
the figures and be convinced that
license is a success: 21,727 arrests
for intoxication in New York city
in 1918. This is 1857 more than
the year before Now compare
wet with a dry period, and note
that the 1901 DRINKS convicted
in the entire state in 1928 is less
than the 1856 convictions for
drunkenness in New York city
alone in l9l6, and this notwith-
standing the great increase in
population in seven years. The
average arrests for intoXication i'll
New York city>in the wet period,
l9l0-l9lS, was 1888. The aver
age for l920-l922 was 6,9l7-a de-
crease of o. per cent. put that in
your pipe and smoke it.
And the increase i'll drunken
ness in 1928 should be ascribed,
not to prohibition, but to multi
fcation of the law Repeal of the
Mulan- Gage law gave notice to
bootleggers that they had little
to fear from state officials; SO they
increased in numbers and activity,
and manufactured more DRINKS.
How long will the Express con-
tinue to nnutilate and distort news
to encourage the rumnies, and to
insult the intelligent readers and
all good citizens?
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04

The Langley Kelser dramatic de-
bate itinerary for April includes the
following towns in North Carolina;
April 8, Spencer, Central M. Z.
Church; April 9, Statesville, Court
House; April 10, Taylorsville, Presby-
terrain Church; April IL, Kannapolis,
NJ. Z. Church South; April IS, Con-
cord, Epworth M. E. Church in the
morning, Albemarle, GENITAL M. +.
Church in the afternoon, and Concord,
Forest Hill NJ. E. Church in the even
ing; April IA, China Grove, St. Mark 5
Lutheran Church; April Is, Salisbury,
First Baptist Church; April 10, Nor
wood NJ. f. Church South April IL,
Mt Gilead, NJ. E. Church; April Is,
Troy, First NJ. E, Church South !;
April 10, Marshville, Presbyterian
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
good citizens.

Mrs. O'Neill is a candidate on the
Republican ticket for denomination to
the Illinois House from the 4lst Dis
trict. which comprises the counties OF
Du Page and VIII. She stands squarely
for effective enforcement Of prohibi.
ton and her record in the legislature
is 100 per cent in support of the dry
law. Mrs. O'Neill is the only woman
who has ever served in the legislature
of Illinois. The Legislative Voters
League has made the following report
on her general record in the last ses-
sion:
Mrs. O'Neill possesses in unusual
degree the qualities which are neces-
sary for effective work as legislator
introduced number OF important
measures to promote the social and in
dustrial welfare OF women and chill
dren and showed rare energy and tact
in pushing those measures. Her rec
ord was excellent"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
PHILADELPHIA CITIZENS
ENDORSE CLEANUP MEN

More than 10000 residents of Phil
adelphia, according 20 a report in the
North American OF March Is, had up
to that date lined up actively on the
side OF law enforcement and in sup
port OF the cleanup campaign of
Mayor kendricl and General Butler.
With the Phladelphians who have
gone on record either through signing
declarations of support which have
been presented TO them by their lead
ers in church, business and fraternal
orders, or through their individual
declarations in the form OF kilograms,
letters and postcards, there have
come 10 the mayor and his safety di-
rector from all parts OF the country
Endorsement and encouragement from
good citizens.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04

Mrs. Bessie Harrison Lee Cowie, a
world missionary OF the w. c, T. L.,
shortly will be in America on her way
TO the meeting of the worlds Sunday
School Association convention in Glas-
gov in June. She will visit Los An
gelcs, Chicago, central United States
and New York, and then go on into
Canada, studying the effect of prohi-
bition in America with the purpose Of
taking back to New Zealand with her
much information which will be used
in the campaign in New Zealand
against the saloon. She is ono of the
best informed persons one could meet
OIL the prohibition subject. She will
be in Westcryilc, Ohio, and visit the
headquarters OF the World League
Against Alcoholism, the Anti-Saloon
League and the American Issue Pub
fishing Company.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
DIR. LANDRITH SPEAKING
IN WEST VIRGINIA CITIES

The following is the itinerary OF DIR.
Ira Landrith, who is conducting meet
ings in the interest Of national and
worldwide prohibition, for the latter
part Of April and the first week in
May. DR.. Landrith's campaign for
this period is in West Virginia in the
following towns: Ccredo, April Is,
Baptist Church; April "a, Mounds
vile, First Presbyterian Church;
March 25, Hundred, Meth o.dist
Church; March 81, Wheeling, 500 p.
M, Fourth Street Methodist Church,
in the evening at Elm Grove Presby-
terian Church; April %, Warrington,
First Presbyterian Church; April %,
Fairmont, First Presbyterian Church;
April 80, Fairview, Methodist Episco-
pal Church; May l, Fairmont, Bap-
fist Church, and May 3 Grafton, Bap-
fist Church.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04

Mrs. Goode, candidate for Represen-
tative from the 5th Senatorial District,
was born in Minnesota. At fourteen
years OF age she was in charge of a
country school. At nineteen she grad
uated from the Teachers College at
Moorehead. Minnesota. Her ability
as a teacher advanced her rapidly from
the public schools OF Minnesota to
County Superintendent OF Schools Of
Polk county, and member of state
staff OF instructors in the summer
training schools for teachers, thence to
the public schools Of Brookline, Mass,
and the famous William Penn Charter
School for Boys in Philadelphia. Mrs.
Goode took special work at Radcliffe
College and at the University OF Chi
cage. In 1901 she married DR.. !. Paul
Goodc, at that time Instructor in the
University OF Pennsylvania, now of
the University OF Chicago.
They located in the 5th Senatorial
District in 1908. They have one son,
Kenneth Hancock Goode, who is an
instructor in Chemistry at Carnegie
Institute OF Technology, Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Goodc has for many years tax
en- an active part in the civic life Of
her community. her city and her state.
Few people have wider grasp OF pub
lie questions. She is trained student
of government and teacher of citizen
ship. Seldom has appeared candidate
for the legislature with finer qualifca-
tions--courageous, public-spiri:ed. alb
solutely sincere. Plump your votes
for her.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
LANGLEY KELSER DRAMATIC DEBATE
Being GIVEN IN NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS

Church; April 20, Monroe, North
Monroe Baptist Church in the morn
ing, Central M. Z. Church in the af-
ternoon, and Waxhaw, Baptist Church,
in the evening; April p, Maxton, Pres
byterian Church, April p, Laurin-
burg, Methodist Church; April %,
Hamlet, First Baptist Church; April
p, Lowell, NJ. +. Church South; May
4, Charlotte, Trinity Methodist Church
in the afternoon and Belmont Park NJ.
L. Church in the evening; May 5,
Wadesboro, First E,ptist Church; May
6, Rockingham, First Baptist Church.
This debate is a sentiment builder
for better enforcement of the law
bringing conviction of responsibility
to both public official and private citi-
zen. 1t is not only instructive, but
intensely interesting.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
THREE SHOTS PERSUADE
RUM TUG TO SURRENDER

The sea-going tug Albatross was
towed into the Barge Office. March Is
by the coast guard cutter Hudson,
after having surrendered to the coast
guard cutter Gresham, but not until
after the cutter had fired three shots
from six-pounder at the fleeing
tug. The skipper of the Albatross
and his crew are under arrest. They
are accused of having jettisoned 500
cases of whisky during 55-mile chase,
two of which were picked up by the
coast guard men and brought in by
the Hudson. Two members of the
Albatross crew were recognized at
the Barge Office as men who had been
aboard the Timothy when the vessel
was seized as whisky runner.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
ENTIRE WEEK PASSES BY
WITHOUT A MAJOR CRIME

One of General Buffers ambitions,
to have a. complete week without a
major crime committed in Philadel-
phia. was realized. according to the
North American of March 10, the
week ending Friday, March IA. when
there had not been a crime OF real inn
portance and virtually no loss OF prop
erty for the entire week. The record
was broken on the night of the l4th
when murder was committed in con-
nection with a hold-up. 1t is reported
that murders have averaged about two
a week since General Butler has
headed the Safety Department under
the new administration, as compared
with three week last year.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
Senator from the 18th District is a
candidate for reelection

The dry forces owe some debt or
obligation to those members of the
House and Senate who are candidates
for reelection, who have record dur
ing the years when the Eighteenth
Amendment and enforcement legisla-
ton were shaped. At any rate, we
owe it to the people OF these districts
to let them know whether or not these
men made good records. There has
been no man in the House and Senate
that has made better record than has
Senator Lantz. Without saying any
discouraging word as to the other can
didate (whosc statement as TO position
is satisfactory, yet we feel IT Is our
duty TO let tho people know that Mr..
Lantz has been a Senator who has
given his every cooperation on behalf
OF the measures in which, our constitu.
cncy arc Interested. lie has been an
honor to his district in his service at
Spring 6cld.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN
LAW is NOT A FIT JUROR

A person who does not believe in en-
forcing the law because he does not
approve of the law is not fit to serve
as a juror in an American court, was
the rebuke OF Judge Stearn in quarter
sessions court No. last week to a
Philadelphia jury which showed reluc-
lance in returning verdicts of guilty in
Two liquor cases tried. The Judge be-
came incensed at the jury's delay in re-
turning a verdict He addressed them,
"If | knew which of you jurors was
responsible for the delay | would dis
charge him or her from service as a
juror
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
HOMER DURAND IS AGAIN
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE

c. Homer Durand, Ohio's biennial
wet candidate for Governor, has an
nounced that he is again in the race.
Once more he will lead the outlawed
booze interests and their followers to
glorious defeat. He says that he would
like TO receive the Republican guber-
material nomination, but thinks the
deck is stacked He therefore may
remain out of the primary and enter
the race as an independent.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
WARDELL BACKS UP WHEN
CALLED UPON TO PRODUCE
Owosso. Mich, Resents SANDER
of Head of Modification Outfit
and Calls for Evidence
ADMITS BOOZE PURCHASE
Makes Deal With Bootleggers
and Gets Drink After Long
Wait in Hotel Lobby

Robert d. Wdrdell. secretary OF the
Michigan branch OF the National Asso-
citation Against the Prohibition amend
ment, backed up told Owosso,
Mich, he was sorry and got out of
town, when he was called before a
one-man jury in that city, March II,
to produce evidence in support of his
statement given at the conference of
vets in Washington that Owosso was
the wettest city in Michigan with the
exception of Detroit.
In his statement when called to
Owosso, Wardell denied that he had
called Owosso the "wettest city in
Michigan outside of Detroit and said
that he has been misquoted; that his
remark was to the effect that he had
obtained drink of bootleg in Owosso
the quickest of any city in Michigan.
Wardell is a member of the state
legislature. elected to uphold the laws
and constitution of his state and ma
tion yet on the stand he admitted
violating those laws as well as his oath
of Office and buying and drinking
liquor. In the easiest" city in Mich
igan to do it, he admits lengthy ne
gotiations, wait in hotel lobby, and
finally the getting of service from his
newly-found bootlegger in the lava
tory OF a hotel. And this is the man
who goes around Michigan, spout
ing" about violations of the prohibit
ton law, and tells the people the way
to stop these violations is to legalize
the manufacture and sale OF beer.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
"BANBUG" WINS PRIZE AS
ANTONYM OF "SCOFFLAW"

"Spigot -bigot' has a rival. Joseph
A. French OF Chelmsford, Mass, has
been awarded hundred dollar prize
offered by Mrs. Rose Scott of Sauga-
tuck, Conn, for "a general word to
apply to all persons advocating re
strictons to various rights and priv
leges." "Banbug" was the prize
winning word. Mrs. Scott made the
offer for a word which would be the
antonym of "scofflaw." Thirty thou
sand words were entered in the con-
test.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-04-04
FAILURE TO GET BOOZE
DOESN'T BOOST DRUGS

The Canada Minister OF Health has
published statistics and these statistics
are corroborated by the Social Service
Council of Canada, TO the effect that
failure to obtain liquor does not in
duce the drug habit, but that on the
contrary the unrestricted indulgence
in liquor creates narcotic drug addicts.
Quebec, perhaps the wettest province
of Canada. has the greatest number
of drug addicts in the Dominion. while
British Columbia, another wet prov
ince. is second.