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Evening star., 1926-12-28
.ECONOM|STSBACK
PROHIBITION LAW
None Attending st. Louis
Session Will Attack 1t on
Financial Grounds.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
ST, LOUIS, December 28.-Prof.
irving Fisher of Yale University told
the American Economic Association
convention here today that although
he had made a thorough canvass of
the members he was unable to get any
speaker who would attack prohibition
on purely economic grounds
Pror. Fisher, a dry advocate. who
conducted a round table on prohibi-
tlon, added, however that there are
many economists who oppose prohi-
bltlon on other than economic grounds.
one OF those who spoke in favor of
prohibltion was Henry NJ. Leland of
Detroit, SS-year-old founder of the
Cadillac Motor Car Co
Cites Industrial Benefits.
My very decided views on the dry
law, Leland said, ARE based on my
experience in operating large plants
employing from l 900 to 5000 men. l
am convinced that the open saloon.
the brewery and the distillery are far
ana away the most wasteful, the most
destructive forces in our country.
am also convinced that the
eighteenth amendment has already
been a great blessing to the United
States. that it is largely responsible
for and should be credited with many
Oh the elements of present prosperity" :"
Prof Frank w. Blackmar of the de-
partment of sociology of the Univer-
sity of Kansas took his own State as
the best example of "a continuous
struggle, for more than 40 years. with
all phases OF the liquor problem"
Law Reasonably Obeyed.
There were violations" he said,
but the law WAS ffnal1v and raa CON
abIy obeyed, just as other laws have
been reasonably obeyed by great ma
jority of the people
But what Of the\ present status of
prohibition? No thoughtful person ac-
quainted with the subject would ex-
pect Federal prohibition to be sue
cess Immediately upon the passage of
the law. A long period of trial and
error in administration and an educa-
tional propaganda to build up public
opinion is necessary to make it a sue:
cess.
"One thing is in immediate demand
the Federal Government must learn
to cooperate with local communities
and local government. The Govern
ment must clean its prohibition house
and then give ample support to its Of
ficers."
Prof. T. Nj Carver of Harvard
cited figures showing savings deposits
of $23,134 100000 in 1925, as COM
pared with sS,500, 900 900 in 1913, and
$15,300, 100000 in 1920 and said:
I'VE must bring prohibition into
the picture, as well as the general
advance in wages, in order to ex-
plain the amazing scale on which
people are both saving and spending
money"
Evening star., 1926-12-28
McCa1.l Points Out Faults.

On the other hand, McCarl charges
that one Of the glaring faults of the
present system is that the Secretaries
and directors of big Government de-
partments and establishments CUB
stantially hold the whiphand over
their disbursing officers, compelling
them to make illegal payments,
against the own best Judgment of the
disbursing officers themselves.
''Originally payments were made
only through Treasury warrants and
after audit said Mr.. McCarl. This
was the safe method devised by the
fathers. but as the volume increased
there appeared need for pI'ompter pay
merlts than then was possible under
such safe method, and the present
day disbursing officer came into being
"In the beginning he was~a trusted
representative Of the Treasury, with
adequate bond for faithful accounting,
but gradually there was obtained from
Congress permission to have these
disbursing officers attached to the
spending agencieS-for what reason
it Is difficult to perceive-until now
they are generally so attached as off,
GERS or employees Of the agencies
which pledge the appropriations.
"Such an arrangement, as seems
obvious, tends to weaken control by
law and to encourage disregard OF
limitations and directions given there
in, and, of course, makes moro diff
cult the full accomplishment Of the
duties imposed by law upon the ac-
counting officers"
Evening star., 1926-12-28
TWO DIVORCES ASKED.
Mrs. Marson and L. w. Burch File
Action After Mates Elope.

NEW YORK, December % R.-
Counsel for Capt. Arlando Marson,
whose elopement to San Francisco
with his stepson's wife, was inter-
rupted b. authorities several weeks
ago, yesterday said they had accepted
service in two divorce actions. the
New York American says. Plaintiffs
We're Mrs. Grace w. B. Marson and
Lydon ". Burch, wife and husband of
the other side of the marital tangle.
Mrs. Burch recently returned to
San Francisco, where she and Capt
Marson were arrested under charges
of violating the Mann act
Mr.. Burch several weeks ago de-
clared reconciliation with his wife
never would take place and that she
never would be given custody of the
two children.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
DIET TAKES RECESS.
Votes Sl,500,000 for Expenses OF
Funeral for Late Ruler.

TOXIC. December 2S P).-Em-
peror Hirohito held his first formal
audience today, receiving about 800
court and government officials, to
whom he delivered an imperial mes
sage.
The Diet adjourned this afternoon
after having passed the funeral bud
get of 29S0.000 yen (nearly 800 ,0o0)
which will be spent on rites for the
later Emperor Yoshihito. The Diet
will reassemble January IS.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
CHEMISTS ASSUME COMMAND
IN WAR OF LAW AND THIRSTY
u. S. Experts Try Hard to Make Alcohol
Unfit to Drink, While Bootleg Scien-
fists Labor to Purify 1t.

hOi so nauseatinE to the taste that II
simply cannot he drunk.
Naturally the chemists have been
confronted by the proposition that the
bootleg chemists will be at work i'm
mediately on processes to remove the
taste. The illicit liquor dealers know
full well they cannot sell their STUFF
unless it Is fairly palatable. The new
Government formula is supposed to
he ready for use early in the new
year, but the chemical battle of put
in" and take out" will be renewed as
soon as the distasteful alcohol finds
it's way into bootleg channels.
Government officials do not feel any
responsibility for the holiday deaths
or for the gradually rising percentage
of alcoholic deaths in various sections
of the country. They say they merely
are doing their duty under the law.
In England. il is claimed, the amount
of poison put III denatured alcohol IS
far In excess of the quantities used IN
this country, and in England IL Is
merely "a means of preventing tax
frauds, not the violation of a consti-
tutional law.
1t is common knowledge that very
little good liquor or genuine liquor is
to be bought from the ordinary run-of.
mine bootlegger. The illicit dealer who
obtains a supply OF genuine Scotch or
rye Immediately sets to work to cut
it into four or five times its original
amount
"Cut" Called MisnOmer.
The word "cut" in this connection
is misnomer. The distillers call it
stretching" which is really deScrip-
tive of the process, for a case of genu-
inc liquor is often stretched into five
or six cases, with water and raw al
cohol added, together with coloring
matter and bit of glycerine to make
it smooth" and also to give bead"
when the bottle is shaken.
OF course, there is a steady flow
of genuine ''moonshine" in various
sections of the country. "Moonshine"
always has been a thorn in the Gov
ernment's side, even in the days when
the mountaineer was hunted "for rev.
enue only" A certain amount of
moon" always will be made The
Government is trying to stop the
wholesale distribution Of liquors, gen
uine and otherwise
A sad feature of the alcoholic deaths
is that they are largely among the
poorer classes, showing that bootleg
gers prey upon them with goods
which more discriminating patrons
would not touch. The bootlegger
grades his goods without thought of
the consequences.
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-12-28
PLOT TO KIDNAP FATHER
CHARGED TO AMERICAN
Son of 73-Year-Old Mayonnaise
Manufacturer Is Held in
Mexico City.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, December 2s.-The
police have consigned" young John
C. Howard to the judicial authorities,
who are to decide whether he must
stand trial on a charge of having
planned to kidnap his father. John F.
Howard, 73year-old .mayonnaise man
ufacturer of Haverhill, Mass.
Meanwhile Howard remains i'm Jail
here. He continues to deny all
charges. The police also allege that
he and his companions entered Mexico
under assumed names.
John f. Howard became a resident
Of Mexico City, after obtaining a
divorce from his first wife, and then
married Mrs. Eleanore Brumbach
Philip OF Milwaukee, Wis. who died
last August. He recently married
Sonora Leonard Cardero.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
CITIZENSHIP OR NO JOB,
CLAIMED FACTORY RULE
Canadian Employment Service
Head Says Many Have Left
Companies in u. S.
Rv the Associated Prrss

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO, December 2S.--Cana-
dian mechanics and workmen employ
ed in factories in border cities of the
United States have been told that
they must become United States citi-
zens or lose their jobs. The result of
this mandate from a number of en-
ployers in Detroit, Buffalo and Cleye-
land has been the return to Toronto
within the last month of q number
of young men, according to w. $.
Dobbs, head. of the employment serv-
ice of Canada.
"A general overhaulinC Of factories
in the United States seems to be in
progress" said Mr.. Dobbs. in discuss
ing the situation What is happen
ing is that employers are giving for
eign workmen the opportunity of be-
coming citizens or losing their jobs,
and it appears that there are a num-
Der who would prefer to return to
Canada than live in the United
States
Evening star., 1926-12-28
POLICE TRY NEW GUNS.

CHICAGO, December % CP.-Chi.
cago gangsters will not have a thing
on the police in the little matter of
machine guns.
Profiting by the success with which
the city's beer-runners shoot down
their opponents with Gatling guns.
the police yesterday obtained "a ma.
chine guns firing 100 shots a minute,
and will try them out for a month.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
"a SAILORS POISONED.
Prisoners and Sentries Stricken
After Eating Canned Beef.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, December %
R.-Twenty-one bluejackets confined
aboard the receiving ship Rigel at the
destroyer base awaiting trial for court
martial offenses and three sentries
were taken to the Naval Hospital yes
terday suffering from ptomaine poison
ing. None of the men is said to be
dangerously i'll.
According to Capt. John Church,
commander of the destroyer base, the
men were served canned beef hash
for breakfast yesterday morning. A
few hours later every one of the pris.
oners to whom the food was given be.
came i'll.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
KILLS GIRL AND HERSELF.
Mother Sends Older Daughter
AWAY Before Tragedy.

SOUTH BEND, Ind, December 2S
R.--Mrs. Thomas Martin, 81, shot
her 2-year-old daughter through the
head at her home here yesterday~and
then turned the weapon on herself.
ending her life. Ill health was blamed
for the double tragedy.
A 16-year-old daughter had been
sent to a grocery store in order that
she would be absent when the tragedy
took place. Although the girl return
ed within a short time to find the
bodies, life was extinct in both.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
ELECT CAPT. CUNNINGHAM.
Neptune Association Members
Again Honor U. S. Ship Official.

NEW YORK, December % Gp).-
Capt. Harold A. Cunningham, master
of the George Washington and vice
commodore of the United States Lines,
yesterday was reelected president of
the Neptune Association, a national
organization composed of American
masters, mates and pilots holding
masters certificates. His home is at
Glen Ridge, N. j.
Ballots were sent three months ago
to members in various parts of the
world.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
Gifts Suited to Children.
List of Special Guests.

Among those present besides Nj
Rockefeller's two grandsons were:
Rev. and Mrs. Guy Boyer and
daughter of Daytona Beach, Rev. ami
Mrs. G. NJ. Richmond. Rev. DIR. c
Woelfllin, Mr.. Rockefeller's pastor a.
the Park Avenue Baptist Church in
New York and Mrs. Wolfkin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Laverge Bostrom and children Of
Ormond Beach, Mr.. and Mrs Huber
Price. Mayor George n. Rigby Of
Ormond Beach. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
LANCER and son. New York City; Mr.
and Mrs. Loren X. Johnston and
daughter.
The party was held last night So
that it would not interfere with
Christmas day celebrations of the
guests.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

New books and pamphlets arriving
at the British Museum Library mum
Der about 10000 year. The librar1
has to preserve copies of all books
published in the United Kingdom
says the Dearborn Independent.
Evening star., 1926-12-28
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
SAILING TODAY

Roma.--Horta. Lisbon and Alex
poI,!N sndria -. s:oop.M.
Bremerhaven ...... Midnir hi
Ancon-Cristobal and Port au
;, Prince :;............... 3:0oP.M
Crofton Hali--Buenos Aires :01 p NJ
observation-disclosures Aires ..... ZOO pm
SAILING TOMORROW.
Manuel Arnus-Cadiz and BARGE
President Rooeevelt-Plymouth,
Cherbourg and Bremerhaven IL .OOM
Drotningholm-Goth othenburg IL 90 M
Maracaibo-San Juan Laguayra
Curacao and Maracaibo 12 :oOM.
I1viveS-Kingston. Cristobal Ptl-
erto Colombia and Santa Marta l 100 A M
Msrtinique-Puerto Colombia and
Cartagena .12 DOM
Harry Luckenbach--Cristobai ZOO Pm
Sanblas-Puerto Colombia .I2 200 M.
Kohicki Mikmoto, the multimillion
aire pearl king of Japan, employs SOC
Japanese girls as divers to obtain pearl
oysters.
Evening star., 1926-12-28

Continued from First Page.)
been feeling the pinch of Mr.. McCarl's
decisions holding them strictly to ac.
count for the spending of money. will
make an earnest effort to oppose any
enlargement of the controller gen
erals powers.
Already informal discussion of the
matter in the departments has brought
out the expression on the part OF
some officials that should McCarl get
the disbursing officers under his own
contrG, he would then be in charge
both of spending and disbursing both
Evening star., 1926-12-28
John D. IS SANTA"
TO HOUSE GUESTS
Rockefeller, Sr., Leader in
Gay Christmas Party in His
Florida Home.
BY the Associated Press. :.

By the Associated Press.
ORMOND BEACH. Fla, Decemhe
2S.---John ID. Rockefeller played Santa
Claus to house guests. neighbors and
their children in gay Christina
party at his Winter home here ir
honor of his grandsons. Fowler Nc
CormiCk and David Rockefeller.
The noted finanCier distributed eff
from u tall Christmas tree standing
I'm the center of the spacious living
room, which was decorated profusely
with ferns and flowers from his own
garden. He also presided at a buffet
supper and then led in the singing of
hymns to the accompaniment of Il
pipe organ.
AS his guests bid their adieus To
the echo of the strains of God he
with you till we meet again." Mr.
Rockefeller murmured: "If / hav.
brought contentment to my neighbor
then | am contented, too"
Gifts Suited to Children.
The guests and children assemble
early In the evening and were pr,
sented first with comic paper cap
tiny horns. balloons and other merr,
making devices. Soon Santa Claus. ir
the person of Mr.. Rockefeller. attlred
in formal evening dress. appeared 20
the accompaniment OF shrieks Of de
light from the children and much
aand-clapping. Taking his place q,
the tree, which was brought from hi
New York estate especially for the
occasion. he gave a present to each
Of the so or more guests and mem
bers of his own household. Later the
buffet supper was served while the
children enjoyed their ice cream
candy and toys on the veranda.
An organ concert preceded the sing
ing of HYMNS
Evening star., 1926-12-28
DEPARTMENT HEADS
GRUMBLE AT SHIFTS
PROPOSED BY McCARL

Continued from First Page.I
New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
MURDER INDICTMENTS
 IN CANTON KILLING
Prosecutor in MelIett Case to Use This to Force
 Testimony

Cleveland, Nov. 1 Pl-First de- gree murder charges were filed here today against Ben Nadel and Dan Pfaff, said by police to be boot leggers, in connection with the say- ing of Don R. Mellett, Canton pub fisher.
 The warrants were brought here by Detective Ora Slater special in vestigator in the Mellett murder, and Police Chief Wise, of Canton. The charges were filed to prevent re- lease of the two men on habeas corpus charges, which have been filed in common pleas court.
 The warrants were issued at Can ton and signed by Prosecutor C. B. McClintock of Stark county.
 Filing of the charges against Pfaff and Nadel followed investi gation here by Cleveland police of the "hideout" here of Patrick Eu- gene McDermott, while a nation wide search was being made for him in connection with the murder of Mellett.
 After the filing of the murder charges the habeas corpus action was withdrawn and Nadel and Pfaff were taken to Canton.
 Henry Harter, assistant Stark county prosecutor said the murder charges would be used only as a last resort in case the men refused to talk.
 The men are regarded as material witnesses.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
ROOSEVELT SCHOOL IS
 OPENED TO CHILDREN
Classes Take Up Work in New West End
 Structure

The first of the three school build. ings which have been under con. struction by the school department for the past year, in a movement to eliminate overcrowded conditions. was opened today. The new Roose. welt school said to be the most mag. nilcent of all the buildings under the control of the departm lent. open. cd its doors to elementary children who have been on part time in the Levi o. Smith and Valentine B. Chamberl schools for the past two months.
 This school has been under con. struction for some time and was in. tended to be completed by Septem- Der 1 in time for the fall enroll- ment but unforeseen circumstances arose which held up It's completion for two months. The school is ex- pected to cost close to sS00,ooo when it is completed. Grading of the lot. cutting of a special road through tho grounds, and other unexpected ex- penses have aided in bringing the price higher than 1t was first est. mated. The building itself cost S219.71S.
 The architect was Henry Ludoff of ( cit~ and the contractor was NJ. A. Connors Co.,, of Hartford.
 Principal Edward F. Weeks of the V. B. Chamberlain school will also be the principal of the Roosevelt school Iye announced that an sa. rollment of 56o pupils is bstAR taught by seventeen teanhssA
New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
Mother and Six Children Burned
 to Death In Auto Truck Tragedy
Six Others Injured, Three Possibly Fatally As Two Machines and Interurban Car Crash At
 Dayton, Ohio, Early Today ~

Dayton, O., Nov. PS--A mother and six babies are dead of burns suffered in the wreckage of a truck when an automobile collided with an interurban car and another truck early today. Six persons were in- jured, three possibly fatally
 The dead:
 Mrs. Rose Mary Capozzi, 37, and her four children, William Capozzi, 3; Tony, 4; Georgia, 8; and Joseph, Jr., 1.
 Grace Alb, 8.
 Bernard Alb, infant.
 Critically injured are:
 Mrs. Frances Alb. Joseph Capozzi 29. husband of the dead woman and driver of one of the trucks.
 The accident happened when Jo- seph Capozzi, his entire family and Mrs. Frances Allo and her three
New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
sss s$s n Leaders Fearing Apathy Of fubhc, Urge AN To Cast Ballots;
 Riual Parties Claiming Congress-
New York Campaign Is Major Political Contest in East-Smith Is Con- ceded Gotham and Mills Upstate Vote.

New York, Nov. 1.-P-Several major political contests will be al issue in the North Atlantic states to- morrow for control of congress, with the 1928 presidential election loom ing in the background.
 Perhaps the hottest battle has been in New York state where the republican congressman, Odgen L. Mills, is seeking to remove demo- cratic Alfred E. Smith, from the governorship and list of presidential potentialities.
 State Issues Fight
 The fight between these two has been mainly over state issues, with prohibition sidetracked by declara- tions on the part of both men in favor of modification. Mills has charged the governor with failure to take means within his power to stop the alleged sale of adulterated milk in New York city and Smith has ridiculed his opponent as an advo- cate of false issue through lack of a real one.
 He Suggested Coolidge
 Republican supporters of Senator James ". WadsWorth. Sr., have urged his reelection as an endorse ment of President Coolidge. He has declared in favor of repeal of the eighteenth amendment, but his democratic opponent, Judge Robert r. Wagner, has challenged his sin cerity as wet because he voted for the Volstead act over President Wilson's veto.
 Four Will Vote eYs
 All four of these candidates have said they will vote yes tomorrow on Q referendum calling upon congress to permit the state to determine the alcoholic content of beverages. Franklin W. Cristman running for the senatorship as an independent republican, was put forward by the dry forces and opposes the referen- dunn.
 New York city is conceded to the democrats, and upstate New York to the republicans. Victory depends up- on the size of the pluralties in the tw sections.
 Penn. Contest
 The contest in FeunsylVama. where q United States senator is to be elected, was markedly quiet in conlpari5on to the red-hot republl- can primary struggle. But it had one unusual feature, the invasion Of the state by George w. Norris. repupll- can senator from Nebraska, who took the stump in behalf of the democrat, William B. Wilson, who would wrest the toga from Williams. Ware, republican. The main point of attack was the large amount of money spent in the primary, Tn which Ware won the republican nomination. The election of John $. Fisher. republican candidate for governor, is predicted by his friends over Eugene c. Bonniwell.
 The Mass. Contest
 The only contest in which Presl- dent Coolidge showed a preference
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New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
CONNECTS APPEAL
 TO PARDONS BOARD
Several LiferS Among Those
 Asking for Releases
ONE BECOMES AN EXPERT
Charles Bassett, 40, Tells Board He Has Become An Expert Mathe- matician Behind Bars-Wants To Be Engineer.

Hartford. Nov. 1 P}-Declaring that In his twenty-one years of prison life at the Wethersield state prison he has become an expert mathematician, Charles Bassett, 40, serving a life sentence for second degree murder at Waterbury, asked for pardon at the meeting of the state board Of pardons today.
 Wants To Be Engineer
 His plea was that he wants to become an engineer. Bassett has been acting as purchasing agent for the company that has the clothing manufacturing contract at the pris- on. This company has a factory at kifby, Alabama. which makes 25o,- 900 shirts a year. Bassett told the board of his discovery of his talent as a mathematician while at the prison.
 Because of alterations In con- struction at the regular hearing room, the session was held in the prison chapel.
 Finn Asks Reduction
 The board heard the plea of George A. Finn, 35, former bank examiner who is serving from five to nine years for embezzlement at the Norwich Bankers Trust company, for a reduction of the minimum sen- tence. It was his second appeal.
 His wife asked for clemency in behalf of her self and their four little children.
 Makes Twelfth Appeal
 Percy A. Bishop, 39, of Chelsea Mass. in his twelfth appeal, asked for t4 pardon from his life sentence for second degree murder in Rock vile on December 20, 1906. Simon A. c. Salisbury, who killed two men at Preston and was sentenced on October g, 1918, submitted his twelfth appeal for pardon. States Attorney Brown said he believed Salisbury would not be menace if he was released.
 Vincerzo Sansivero, 63. of Water bury, Tn ms fourteenth plea TOT par don told the board he ,nted 10 be free so that he might go to Italy. He is serving a sentence for second degree murder at Waterbury in drunken brawl on June 30. 1903.
 Harry Robinson, 3S. sentenced in Waterbury on September l2, 1912 for a term of from 20 to 25 years for rape, made his twelfth appeal on the ground that his right arm had become paralyzed.
 Says He Was Framed
 Frank Ustik, 37, of Waterbury sentenced from four to seven years on June 10, 19 5, for rape, protest cd his innocense and said he had
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