The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-02
Lone w oman Bandit
Fights An Army
Of Mexicans
MEyICO CITY Feb. 2.T'l


fury of woman.
Rebels and the Federal troops
cIashed in short skirrnish near
Autlan.
The Federal troops drove most
of the rebels into retreat but
one lone rebel continued to bat
tie from cover, holding off the
troops for some time. When
finally captured the lone fight
ing' rebel was found to be q
woman.
4S Were present at thu
Hotel Pedelford Thursday night.
That PROPORTION win sound familiar,
probably. to anyone who has tried
TO get meeting together.
Venice was good speaker. With
in three minutes he had gained the
attention OF his audience; In the
next ten he had their confidence.
and in less than a quarter of an
hour he was quoting statistics TO
them and they were still awake.
Then he went on to d more sir
ring topic. One passage Of his re.
marks sounded almost like BIAS:
phemy to me.
eThe bOOtIegger is doing the
same work today that the heroes
Of Lexington and Concord
achieved In IS. We are showing
oppression where il must stop,
just as they did. Suppose the
American people had taken pro-
hibitfOn laying DOWN. suppose
there had been no resistance 20
it--tIaf there had been no boot
Ieggers. What would the next
step be? Compulsory abolition Of
the use Of tobacco was the
Z next feature Of the program.
After that compulsory church at
tendance. Prohibition is the
camel's NOSE (Vence was
Iiteral-minded man and couldn't
understand the ripple Of laughtel'
that went over the rO0Iil.l You've
heard the story, i question:
the camel pOIked his nose Into
Nov il know why the camel is
the badge of reform The man
next to me laughed. He's a
nosey beast. Good boy, Nence, go
TO il"
nose is cold. Let me warm it in
your tent for a. minute The Arab
said all right The next moment
the cameHs face was in the tent,
then the long and scraggy neck.
Then came the whole ungainly form
and the tent collapsed. But the
program of restriction cannot go
beyond the VolsteadA Act. You have
made enforcement too troublesome
and too expensive. Already the tax.
payers are grumba Ag az the cost OF
prohibition. They are not in the
market for any more products OF
that kind.
aGentlemen, at one minute Of IL.
midnight, January Is, 1920, was u
respectable business man--as / had
been for some 20 years preceding.
When the minute hand of my self
winding office clock jumped from
IL to 1891 / automatically became
a criminal. Others in this meeting
probably had a. similar experience.
throughout the United States.
made certain changes in the con
duct of my business to conform
with the new conditions.
Changes Expensive
Those changes were expensive
they were performed on the crum-
bling edge OF bankruptcy. But the
new conditions are profitable. and
/ am glad to say that [ have re
cuperated-and then some. wig
orous applause.) Il would return
10 the year 1919 only with great
reluctance Those days are gone
those good old days of responsibility
and small profits. But the Eight
eenth Amendment is not embedded
IN the Constitution as firmly as We
lad supposed when we made those
costly alterations in our business
We may find 1t necessary to change
back again, and that would be I'M
pleasant"
The remarks sounded almost like
treason to mel had been a boot
logger only a. little over "A week
and still retained my law-abiding
viewpoint. What a crazy conclu.
sion / had arrived at! QuestioninS
the Eighteenth Amendment seemed
Sc much more serious a crime than
breaking it. Inside OF half an hour
-7-about the time he finished quot
ing the statisties-Vence had the
meeting with him solid. He was a
right foxy speaker, was Venice, and
] believe now that he used the sta
tistics more as a test than for in
formation IL they could stand sta
Gstics they could stand anything.