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New Britain herald., 1929-06-13
WATER GETS HIM
 UP IN THE WORLD.
3Hln,l Fly, With M Of
 Trasty Chs, Dos Stunts

Daredevil Johnnie Woods paused in mega phoning his advertisements lonr enough to cross himself. He turned to look at the Andrews build- ine. In | few minutes he would start to climb 1t blindfolded. He shudder- ed: then hs again picked up his meeaphone. May God be with me-" ha halt prayed and half shouted.
 People sathered at the corner of Main and Arch streets last night to sss him perform the feat, moved un- easily. Johnnie. after he drank . eiass of water. handed him by one of his associates, got down from the rumble seat of the car he was adver- tising and moved to the side of the building. There the blindfold was ad- iusted and he started to climb.
 Only the clang of street cars and the muhled roar of automobiles, runctured by | few shrill yells from the urchins, broke the silence. With no difficulty he reached the second story of the building.
 Johnnie, after he drank a glass Of water handed to him by one Of his associateE grabbed the mega phone from another and again bel lowed his advertisements. Then he started him climb to the third story which he reached easily.
 Johnnie. after he drank . glass Of water handed to him by one of his associates, again told all who cared to listen of the sterling qualities Of | certain machine. He started his climb to the fourth story, and after thrilling the audience when his foot slipped-perhaps purposely-he made it. with the aid of small iron hook which was placed on the side of the building.
 Johnnie. after he drank a glass of water handed to him by one Of his associates, launched forth on the worth of tbe goods he was bally- hooing. Then came tho difficult part of his climb: up over the cornice. With the aid of knotted rope he made it.
 Johnnie refused the glass of water nAHOe0 tO HUI uy oho VI h's oS~ ciateA He edged over to the center of the building where . we'll known rubber inner tube was hanging. on . knotted rope. Here, he said. he would test its strength. He seated himself in the inner tube and swung his feet. But evidently there had been Doubling Thomases in John nie's ancestry. because he kept hrm hold on the projecting cornice of the building. .
 Again tho bally-hoo. Johnnie as- cended: to the top of the building, where he stood on his head. balan- ced himself on a chair which was placed on another chair standing on the corner of the building, adver- tised . local steeple- jack. and stood on his hands. The last trick in his bag was to stand on one foot on the extreme edge of the structure. Clasping his hands above his head like . fighter proclaiminE himself the victor. Johnnie told the folks that the show was over. They moved away,
New Britain herald., 1929-06-13

Brith and the Zionist District He t sailing on the Aajestic on June Fl. but will leave for New York early next week, in order to make nscAs- sary preparations. He will b. gone for two months.
 The affair last night given In his honor. brought toasts from all prea- ent. l. M. Birnbaum of Highland Terrace acted as toaatmaster. Ar. Birnbaum. the guest of honor. re- sponde4. He stated that to him the rmeeting once again with his parents would be the realization of dream of .t years. He said that he waa happy to say that he is goin with q lighter heart and caimer spirit than when he first came to this country. not knowing what his luck would be after he landed. A group of his relatives presented him with . leather travelling bag. He also received other useful per- sonal gifts. There were guests iron, New York. Boston. Hartford and New Britain. Among those present were:
 MT. and Mrs I. Birnbaum. Mir. and Mrs. M. Birnbaum, Mr. and Mrs. N. Birnbaum. Mir. and Mrs. R. L. Birnbaum and sons. Mrs. J. 3irI- baum. MT. and Mrs. S. Goldberg. Philip Goldberg. Mr. md Mrs. g. Sanders. Mrs. R. Greenman. Mrs. A. Grabowlski. Mir. and Mrs. Lerner, George Birnbaum. L. Temkin. Sid ney Miller. Mir. and Mrs. I. J. Birn- baum, MT. and Mrs. J. Abrahamson Miss Roslyn Birnbaum, MT. and Mrs. l. M. Birnbaum. H. Sanders and B. Sanders.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-13

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New Britain herald., 1929-06-13
LACK OF ENIDENCE

Houston, Texas. June lS.-A two year old liquor case was recently tried here and the defendant was found not guilty. mainly becaus the states two witnesses had died in the meantime. J. s. Thurman, 45, the defendant, was arrested by F.. H. Talley and Carl Green. in 1927. Both dry officers have since died.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-13
YOUTHFUL spENDTHRIFr

Washington, June 13. = Helen Marie Gucker. s. tired Of the routine at home, spied her Mother's pocketbook. borrowed" it and set out for a spending spree. Her ad
 ventures took her to all the candy shops in the neighborhood. hot dog
New Britain herald., 1929-06-13
PROSPEROUS 1uNkMAN

Paris. Jnne 13.-M. Verdier- Du- four is probably Frances wealthiest junkman-or dustbin man. as he is better known. For several years employees of this man have been collecting refuse from dustbins and gutters. taking everything to a ware house, sorting it and storing it away. He sells waste to manufacturers and 1t iS of such quality that the ma- terial is accepted without inspection.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-13

stands. . barber sAep sA1' 1aeoD t1qs.' police station, where e0soess ooe4oe4 her mother. Her aethse c94pe to clain, her and found thst oaly n Of the as in the pockatbook hAA been spent.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-13

Thirty thousand electric light bulbs have been used in one giean- tic sign built by an Oxford Street, London, store.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11

shooting of woman But the fact that
tragedy may attend enforcement effort,
is due almost unqualifiedly to the tactics
of the oracles of booze. in inspiring con-
tempt for law and in giving encourage
ment to lawless. anarchistic impulse.
Newspapers like the Chicago Tribune
have for years been referring to prohi-
bition enforcement officers in terms cal
culated to disparge the function of such
officers and to create the inference that
opposition to the scope of such officers. is
Of conmendable manifestation.
The illicit traffic in booze is largely car
ried on by foreign element and fire.
quently unnaturalized and devoid OF
either comprehension Of, or respect for
law. The Chicago Tribune and other I'M
scrupulously wet newspapers, habtually
refer to prohibition officers as "sleuths,
spoilers, shoppers. spys and sneaks.N
Such purpose to stigmatize the Office
and personnel of prohibition enforcement
factors operates in at least three direc-
lions that may readily occasion violence
in the exercise of enforcement methods
First, in the disparagement Of the serv-
ice to the extent of reflection upon the
character of persons Identified with pro-
hibition enforcement, thereby lol0ering
the morale and the type OF the person.
nel. oeconu, III HtCIeoSdtg "te fe@Su'" "a
performance of duty and necessitating
self protection vigilance that normally
would not and obviously should not en-
gage the function of law enforcement.
Third and most potential in inspiring ig-
norant laWlesS foreigners TO kill enforce
ment officers. Why should a laWlesS, alien
bootlegger not kill a shopping, sneaking,
nnongrel when newspapers like the chi
cago Tribune, constantly imply by lnSlnu-
alton that such course is commendable
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
ANARCHY

Our esteemed friend, the Ogle Cou7ltu
Reporter in its editorial columns deals
very effectively with the leader of the wet
press in an editorial appearing of April 8.
We quote at length from the editorial
as follows.
In five consecutive issues, the Chicago
Tribune devoted its gothic type front
cross page head TO the Aurora booze raid
fatality, in legends like this: DRY Sleuth
Stays Aurora Mother and like this Ask
State Quiz at Aurora, and like this;
Aurora Snooper Flees Quiz and like
this, DRY Spy To Face Victims" and like
this; Aurora Dry Spy Admits Lie
After having n1isled public opinion. by
resort TO jaundiced news mention dur
ing repeated issues. the Tribune of Sun
day introduced its leading editorial, cap
toned, The Massacre in Aurora with
this sentence; I'VE have deliberately re-
Trained from commenting hitherto upon
the killing OF Mrs. Lillian De King by
prohibition raiders in her home near
Aurora and concluded the editorial with
the following sentence; Mrs. De King,
together with hundreds murdered in re-
cent years in this country by prohibition
raiders are our st. Bartholomew victims"
The instance Of the Aurora fatality is
OF regrettable contemplation. The raid
was probably i'll advised and the result
deplorable However, reports presenting
degree OF verify, far above the garbled,
preludiced accounts appearing in the Chi
cago Tribune, indicate the presence of
measurable justification of the course of
the law officers. That they encountered
armed opposition is demonstrated by the
fact that the son of the household shot
and probably fatally wounded one of the
officers No one assumes defense of the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
PROHIBITION And The YOUNG PEOPLE--RECRUITS

stone it looks out upon the boys and girls
of England as its only field for the ex-
ploitation Of alcohol. And to what pur-
pose? That it might prosper politically,
commercially and economically"
And did not the old-time liquor traffic
of the United States look in exactly the
same place for recruits? OF course it did
AS proof 1 quote from an address de-
hVered at a convention in Ohio of the Re-
tail Liquor Dealers Association in the
year 1912:
I'VE must create the appetite for liquor
in the growing boys. Men who drink .
will die, and if there is no new appetite
created, our counters will be empty as
well as our Golfers. The open field for the
creation of appetite is among the boys.
Nickels expended in treats to boys now,
will return in dollars to your tills after
the appetite has been formed"
For concentrated brutality these ex-
cerptS could not be eclipsed in either
pagan or civilized literature. But it has
ever been SO. The thing difficult to I'M
derstand is that SO many good people in
the United States should have so soon
forgotten that it was always thus.-DR.
CLIFFORD GORDON.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11

We hear much about the good old
days" and how much better things were
for the young people back in those days.
Well, have we ever stopped to ask our
selves the simple question: Where did
the liquor traffic in those so-called good
old days look for recruits when the
drunkard passed on?" Did it look to men
and women thirty years of age to begin
drinking? No, it did not. Where, then,
did it look for recruits? 1t looked to
youth. It never had anywhere else to
look, and it has never looked elsewhere
in any land where liquor selling is legal
lied. If you think I am rather too en-
phatic in this assertion, then let me quote
you the British BrelUerS' Journal on the
subject The Journal, on February Is,
1922, said
yearly tens of thousands of alcohol
drinkers die. With the rising generation
and whether or not they take to alcohol,
rests the future of our trade politically,
commercially and economically"
In this brazen admission one can easily
see where the liquor traffic in old Eng
land is looking for recruits 1t is with
the rising generation" With a heart OF
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
WOULD WRECK BUILDING
New York Senator Quoted by Hen
ming AS Saying He Would Wreck
Methodist Building in Capitol
if He Could

United States Senator Copeland, Of
New York, is quoted by Arthur Sears
Henning, Chicago Tribune Washington
correspondent under date of April % as
saying:
Il am a Methodist. love my church
and it grieves me to observe the depths
to which some of its officers have de-
scended in misguided effort to influence
government by methods the church
should condemn.
IF 1 had my way the imposing Metho-
dist building adjoining the capitol
grounds, from which Methodist activities
in influencing legislation are directed,
would be RACED stone by stone II is the
symbol of sinister forces that, if UNI
checked will end in the destruction of
the Methodist church.
Henning designates Copeland as de
vout Methodist" What horrible deed has
the leaders of his church committed that
moves this "devout Methodist" to a de-
sire to wreck the Methodist building?
Answer: The Methodist Board of Tenn
perance, Prohibition and Public Morals
has its offices in this Methodist building.
Copeland is a Democratic Senator from
New York and in order to be Democratic
Senator of course, has the support of
Tammany Hall and Tammany Hall is
for the saloon first, last and all the time.
Keeping this political background of the
New York Senator in mind MethodistS
throughout the nation will not worry
much over his prediction of the "deStruc-
ton of the Methodist church"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
U. S. ATTORNEY DISMISSED
President Hoover Summarily Dis.
misses Dist Atty. of New York
Who Refused to Resign

William A. Degroot United States at
torney for the eastern New York district
has been summary dismissed from Office
by President Hoover. Degroot has repeat
edly refused to resign on request by the
Attorney General He is the third district
attorney forced out of office since Attor-
ney-General Mitchell undertook to comply
with the Presidents desire for increased
efficiency in the government service and
initiated the nationwide survey of prose-
cutting attorneys Offices, which is still in
progress.
The other two. however, submitted their
designations in compliance with requests
from the Attorney General. They were
John Cook, United States attorney for the
southern district of Mississippi, and VIII
liam A. Gober of the southern district Of
Florida.
An Associated Press dispatch carrying
Washington dateline of May . says, acting
on Mitchell's recommendation and his
statement on the situation President Hoo
yer wrote May /, to Degroot:
You are hereby removed from the Office
of United States attorney, eastern els
trict of New York effective immediately
The President thus also rejected Degroot's
request for a public hearing.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11

wife was killed in a raid on the De King
home by Kane county deputy sheriffs.
Immediately after the indictment was
returned before Circuit Judge w. j. New
hall, Fairchild surrendered and was re-
leased on 81 500 bonds.
1t was understood in the courtroom
that there were more than one-half the
grand jurors in favor of indicting De
King for violation of the prohibition law
but States Attorney George D. Carbary
recommended that a no bill be returned
because of the great loss which De King
underwent in the death of his wife.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11

other members are Representatives Rena
Elrod, Michael l. Igoe, Roy JUL and
Henry Sonnenschein, all of Chicago, and
Leroy M Greene, of Rockford, and Will
liam E. Gilmore, of Champaign.
Igoe, Sonnenschein and Gilmore are
Democrats and the others Republicans.
On the Weber-O Grady bill to repeal Illi-
nois prohibition law, Rennick and Elrod
voted dry. The others supported the bill.
Chicago Daily NelOS.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
GRIM EVIDENCE

Loaded with nearly 200 cases of whisky
and possibly containing the body OF It's
driver imprisoned in the cab truck was
located in the bed of the Detroit river 100
yards off the Sandwich shore April IS,
says a Windsor, Ontario, dispatch OF April
&c
Police believe the truck crashed through
the ice several months ago on trip TO
the Michigan side of the river
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
HOUSE NAMES COMMITTEE

Springfield Illinois, May 2.-Speaker
David E. Shanahan to-day appointed the
House committee to investigate the STAY
ing of Mrs Lillian De King by dry agents
at Aurora and to look into liquor condi-
tons in that vicinity, in accordance with
the Mccarthy -Petri resolution adopted
three weeks ago.
Representative Frederick w. Rennick,
ID Buda, was named chairman and the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
DIR. HART SUMMONED

Rev. E. I. Hart, d. d., for years a
prominent temperance worker in Quebec
and secretary of the Quebec League
Against Alcoholism, recently died at his
home in Montreal, according to word re-
ceived by the World League Against Al
coholsm Dr. Harris Office is being taken
care of for the present by Rev. w.
Sanders, of Montreal
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
ASKS INVESTIGATION
House of Representatives Votes to
Investigate De King Case

Springfield, Illinois, April 1.-THE
House Of Representatives to-day decided
by a vote of 81 to so to investigate the
dry raid Staying of Mrs. Lillian De King,
of Aurora.
The resolution was by Representative
Frank A. Mccarthy of Elgin, offered as
substitute for one by Representative John
F. Petit of Batavia.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
YOUNG PEOPLE ASK LAW OBSERVANCE PLEDGE

Peoples Council Launches Educational
n
S
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OF Young Peep
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-05-11
KANE COUNTY JURY ACTS
Kane County Grand Jury Returns
Indictments in De King Case
Chicago Daily NetoS)

Before a crowded courtroom April 20
the Kane county grand jury at Geneva
returned an Indictment naming Eugene
Boyd Fairchild, Aurora prohibition inves-
tigator, for perjury At the same time no
bills were voted against Deputy Sheriff
Roy Smith and Joseph De King, whose
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
ANCERED Man
GIVES HIMSELF
UP TO POLICE
Shooting Takes Place
After Woman Had
Dismissed Man In
Employ IL Years

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Sept. l2.-lP,
Mrs. Barbara Dicbolt Irr. g., heiress
Of the Diebolt brewing fortune.
was shot and killed at her euclid
village home today by q gardener
angered because he had bScn dis
missed. police said.
Michael di Tirro. the gardener,
walked into the village police sta
ton shortly after the killing and
admitted shooting the aged woman.
Employed ~ Years
TIe had been employed at TIC
home fo- IL years prior TO his dis
misSal two weeks age. Servants
said he became dissruntled al his
discharge.
Di Tirro said he went 10 the
home today. found Hrs. Irr seated
at a kitchen table and asked for
his Job again. The woman threat
ened to call police to remove him.
He then shot three times.
Mrs. Irr was the wife OF Joseph
Irr. Of the Cleveland Billiard Sup
ply House. She was a member Of
the Diebolt family which long
owned the Diebold Brewing COM
pany.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
DISCRIMIN NATION
\ = =
OF HEM IN
= - =
PERFUMERY TOLD

CHICAGO. Sept. l2.-P-The
National Barber and Beauty Sup
ply Mems association boldly an
nouncad TODAY the American he
man is secretly very fond Of per-
fumery.
Lilac is the scent that sends
man on his way rejoicing. He
likes ID on his face and his hair.
Its popularity. the association
agreed. Is based or its reputation
IS being "mannish."
The gentle scent Of violet is in
bad cdor with males. the BARRIERS
said. classifying Ii as too dainty"
but rose in hair tonic goes over
big. Men-about-toWn. whatcvc-
they are. have a leaning toward
jasmine: and ordinary fellows.
untutored in the art of personal
p7rfuming. prefer tho potpourri
Of scents provided BIZ bouquet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
$1,000 PLEDGED
FOR ELKS' CLUB
Proposed New Building Will
Await Growth of
Needed Fund

More than s $1,000 toward an Elk
building and site fund was pledged
by a gathering OF some 90 members
Wednesday night at the regular
meeting Of the club.
After a talk by Jesse Denett. IL
was decided to raise a fund before
definite steps were taken toward
obtaining a site for the proposed
club house. twenty-five or 30 sites
are under consideration a tpreseat
but no action will be taken until
the fund attains size sufficient 20
guarantee success or the project.
Methods OF obtaining this fund
we're discussed By bennett. Joe Ce-
laya. Robin Pate and Joe Cobolini.
AT the conclusion OF the talks II
was decided that donations would
be used The Elks present imme-
diately pledged $500.
$40 900 Sought
The site and building committee
composed of Robin Pate. chairman:
Jesse bennett. Joe Celaya. Joe CO.
bilini. Ted Toothman, Sam Perl
and Charles Reid was made a per-
manent organization. They will see
the remainder OF the 200 Elks and
secure donations from them.
Pate stated that he hoped the
committee would be able To raise
$4,000 within the next six months.
II 1t is found that the plan is
not feasible the money will be re-
turned 10 the donors, IL was stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
iTOday'S Markets
STOCK SHOWS
IRRECULARITY
American Machine Foundry
Opens Higher, With u. S.
Steel Yielding

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-P,-Prica
movements were extremely irregu-
lar at the opening of today's stock
market American Machine Foun-
ory opened 5 points higher. West
mghouse Electric 3. American &
Foreign Power 2 IA; Vanadium
steel ] 3-8. and Johns Manville /.
RADIO opened with a block of 10O.-
600 shares at 100 Sd. up I IA.
Simmons Co. dropped 3 "a points.
Allied Chemical 2, and American
Can ] 1-2. u. S. Steel common
yielded fractionally on the first
sale.
Extreme sensitiveness of the mar
ket to unfavorable rumors was in
terpreted by conservative traders as
IN indication Of a weakened tech
nical position. and further selling
developed. Apparent inability OF
copper producers to maintain a
price above 10 cents a pound also
encouraged further liquidation Of
copper stocks. Greene Cananea
breaking 4 IL points and Kenne-
colt and a few others yielding a
point nr so.
Pacific Lighting. International
Telephone and National Cash Reg
lster yielded 2 TO 3 points in early
selling. and International Harves-
ter. Crucible Steel and several 9TH
ers dropped a point OF so.
The market generally gathered
strength az trading progressed.
Commercial Solvents jumped 10 Ia
points TO a new high at 500. Column
bia Gas and Republic Steel also
moved to lev high ground.
Railroad equipment shares were
lnfairl brisk demand.
Foreign exchanges opened steadv.
with cables unchanged at S4.84
t1-l6.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
BUS War CASE
Up NEXT WEEK
Austin Judge Says He Will
Make Ruling In Iniunc-
tion Next Thursday
Special to The Heraldl

AUSTIN. Sept. l2.-D:st. Judge
j. ID. Moore Thursday heard appli-
cation ar Missouri Pacific Trans
portation company for injunction
against Julio Rodriguez. alleging
operation of notorious line without
a state certificate. He dismissel
the case as to w. Nj. Bland. who
was shown to have no connection
with the service. and announced
that the seven injunction suits by
the company against Valley indc-
pendent operators will be acted
upon by him next Thursday. Cases
are all alike. and Rep. Polk Horna-
day Of Harlingen. retained by de-
PENDANT operators. has attacked
the notorious law so far as 1t inter
feres with operations under motor
bus and chauffeu-s licenses for this
year. already sold operators BIZ the
state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
COTTON JUMPS
81 PER BALE
Advance Comes on Buying
Induced BY Weather Re-
ports And Cables

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. i3.-'P-
The cotton market was firm in
early trading advancing apprcxi-
mateIy 81 a bale on buying induced
by unfavorable weather ana higher
cables than due.
First trades showed gains OF IL
TO 16 points and the market con-
tinued the advance under demand
stimulated by indications Of rain
in Louisiana and Arkansas where
there is much open cotton. Octo-
Der traded up to 1859. December
1900 ard January 1905. or 20 to
2l points above yesterdays close.
Towards the end OF the first hour
prices eased OFF 4 TO 5 points. The
undertone continued steady.