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The Washington times., 1929-01-16
HOOVER EXPERT
URGES DRY
COURTS
BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH
international News service

International News service
A complete revision Of the Fed
eral judiciary machinery will be
necessary before prohibition enforce
lnent can be really effective.
Revamping the court structure
would necessarily mean the creation
Of lower tribunal. much in the
nature of the ordinary police court.
before which minor dry cases could
be taken and summarily disposed of.
These statements were given Inter,
national News Service today by an
expert on prohibition affairs who
undoubtedly will be one of the inn
portant witnesses before the COM
mittee to investigate enforcement
expected to be appointed by Hoover
soon after his induction into the
PRESIDENCY.
II 900 Cases Pending
aThere are $1,000 dry cases pend
ing before the Federal courts today,
this authority declared. About two
thirds of them are cases which
under State or municipal laws would
go before a police court or justice
of the peace.
ssThe courts are SO cIogged with
these actions, frequently ending
with fines OF not more than $l0,
that 1t Is sometimes two years be-
fore prohibition matters may COM
plete their course through the tan:
gIed Judicial lanes.
The quickest way to make pro,
hibition effective, under his plan,
IL to slash through the tangles OF
red tape which surruond prosecll-
lion of cases after they are made.
III was pointed out that, regardle less
81 the character of the case, the
offender must be taken before
limited States attorney. investigated,
turned over to a United States COM
missioner for commitment to
grand jury, indicted and then placed
~ court docket to await trial by
jury.
Congressional provision for a.
court before which the minor cases
might be taken and tried with the.
dispatch of municipal police courts
soon would put Federal authorities
IN a position to bring about expedi9
tious trial of conspiracies and other
major cases.
Crime List Grows
ssCongregs in the last 10 or Is.
years has enacted laws setting up
q large number OF new crimes it
was stated. The prohibition laws
increased many time the duties Of
the Federal courts. There were the
Harrison narcotic act. the interstate
motor theft act and others adding
to the volume of the courts Grim
inal work. Other laws increased the
civil duties of the Federal courts.
.'But Congress has not mate
rally expanded the judicial struc-
tHre-only a few more judges have
been added to the bench and they
are trying to handle the vast
amount of work created by these
new laws.
UntiI the judicial machinery is
materially expanded it Is held use
less to Increase the personnel Of the
Prohibition Bureau, which already
Is making so many cases they cam
not be promptly handled In the
courts
This view Is taken by Secretary
Mellon In letter to Senator War
rem R.) Of Wyoming. explaining
why the Treasury did not at this
time desire an additional appropria..
tion Of $4,000. 900 for enforcement
proposed by Senator Harris 3D. of
Georgia.
The appropriation was for specific
purposes and could not be diverted
to use along general lines of pro.
hibition enforcement which are
necessary, according to Melons
letter.
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
PLEADS BANKRUPTCY

Hyman Cohen. trading as the
Manufacturer's Outlet store, 500
block r st. N. W.. filed q petition
in voluntary bankruptcy today. No
schedule Of debts and assets accoaS
panied his petition which was file&
hy Attorney Samuel v, Gusack
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
ALUMNI WILL BANQUET.

st. Johns College Alumni will
hold their annual banquet Tues.
day evening, January 29, at the
Lee House.
Among the speakers will be the
Rev. Francis j. Hurney, assistant
pastor of st. Patriek's Church;
United States Attorney Leo A..
Rover. Dennis r. ConnelI and John
ID. Fitzgerald.
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
FRIENDLY SONS MEET

Ricardo >. Alfaro, minister Of
Panama, win speak on Some Irish
Heroes Of Latin America at the
luncheon of the Friendly Sons Of
st. Patrick at the MayfIower Sat
urday. Milton E. Allies. jr.. and
luncheon.
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
YOUTH FLEEING
DRY AGENT IS
SHOT DEAD

STAIJNTON. Va. Jan. 16.-Act-
Ing on 4 stool pigeons Tip that
q load of liquor would be run into
Staunton Yesterday. State ProIibi-
tion Agent A. Robert Dickson lay
ii wait until willard Monroe. III,
drove up and then followed him
for four miles, finally firing ait the
car and killing Monroe when the
latter failed to halt. The killing
occurred late yesterday afternoon.
Police said that three gallon OF
Tnoonshine liquor were found in the
small coupe which Monroe was
driving.
Shooting AT Tires
Dickson was released on bond
last night. An inquest was i'm.
IilediateIy held BY Coroner j. R.
CatIett, TO whom Dickson il said
to have explained. II was shoot.
ing at the tires, and did not know
/ had hit him until / caught mp
Dickson told Sheriff walter B.
Wilson and Commonwealths At
forney III. III. Kerr that he received
s'informat ton" that a load OF liquor
would be run into Staunton. He
went to q spot about rs miles from
here, where he parked. and from
where he saw Monroe's small coupe
emerge from side road.
Fired Three Shots
According to the dry agents
story, he followed the car for four
miles. during which time he fire.
quently signaled Monroe to halt,
hut Monroe kept his car in the
middle OF the road and blocked
Dickson from passing. Dickson
fired three times and an examina-
ton of the coupe show that one
bullet had gone wild. another struck
the body and was DETECTED. and
the third plowed through the glass
window behind the driver, striking
Monroe behind the right ear and
instantly killing him.
A 16-year-oId passenger In Mon
roe's car, Frank McComb. jr.. who
testified at the inquest that he had
asked Monroe for q lift to this
city, also testified that Monroe
recognized the liquor agent and
was attempting 20 escape.
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
9 Years of Prohibition;
Success or Failure?

Today the ninth anniversary of Constitutional Probi
on The International Neics SerVice asked Senator VIM.
CabeH Bruce of Maryland, of the outstanding foes
of prohibition Senator Morris Sheppard (DJ of Teras,
Of the authors Of the Eighteenth Amendment to cypress
their uiees on this great question nine gears after
The Washington times., 1929-01-16

II Won are looking for an unfurnished
apartment, call Miss Gray Main 5269
and tell her just where y0u want 4,
the number Of rooms and the price ven
want "a pay and ehe will give yo1
Ast Ot Just Slsat SOa are loolEing toE.
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
8 Die, a HURT I'M BLAST

BILBOA, Spain, Jan. is n.N.S,l.--
Three persons were killed and IL in
Rred in a dynamite explosion here.
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
Danger Averted

The submarine was to have been
towed TO Block Island, In Long
Island Sound, yesterday, for seysroI
sUbmergence tests. Just before the
start if was discovered that the
combination hawser and comn0ni.
cation cable running from the DE.
fender to the moter ship had been
partially severed, apparently BY q
sharp instrument. Naval officers
admitted that had the submerslDle
sunk without warning as a result
Of the swapping Of the cable, serious
consequences might have resulted
The men in the Defender would
have been trapped until divers could
rescue them, it was pointed out.
At the conclusion OF the inquiry
the crew of the MalIard were al
lowed a belated shore leave. he
Mallard was to go to New London.
Conn. today preparatory sailing
for Key West, Fla, on Monday.
The Defender remained in Bridge
port today, but Captain Danen-
hover, her commander, went to
Washington with Lieutenant Com
mander Dunbar.
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
Here For Lakes Test

Naval officers had come here to
view the attempt of Simon Lake,
inventor and owner OF the Defender,
to escape from the submarine after
Il had been sunk to the bottom.
Lake and Capt. II. A. Danenhower,
retired naval officer. have invented
a means of escaping from wrecked
submarine. Now the tests have
been postponed indefinitely.
A few strands of the hawser had
been severed when a sailor who
was shoveling snow off. the Nal.
lard's stern accidentally hit the
hawser with his shovel, Lieutenant
Commander Dunbar revealed.
When 1t was discovered that the
hawser had been partially cut, ali
kinds of wild rumors were circu-
lated by civilians on shora. Some
alarmists voiced the beiief thar a
feud existed between tlie members
OF the Mallard's crew and the men
on the Defender.
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
Bruce Claims
Drunkenness
Increasing

BY WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE
Outstanding Wet Leader In the Senate
written Exclusively for International
News Servicel
The Washington times., 1929-01-16
n I
DELAYS
LAKES
TEST

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Jan. 1s
d.N.sl.--A 1purported plot to sink
the privately owned submarine
Defender by cutting hawser at
tachihg the submersible to the naval
rescue ship Mallard was exploded
early today when Lieut.. Comdr.
Paul H. Dunbar, skipper Of the
Mallard. announced that several
strands OF the hawser had been cut
accidentally by a snow shovel and
that no sabotage had been com
mitted.
At the conclusion OF an inquiry
held late last night to determine
whether United States sailors on
board the MalIard had deliberately
cut the strands, Lieutenant Com.
mander Dunbar cleared all members
OF the crew of responsibility. He
caught the. 1912 a. m. train for
Washington to make his report to
the Navy Department.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
BIKE RACE TO START
sixteen Teams Are Entered in tn" Annual NiN-Day Grind Starting tt Madison square Garden.

New York. Nov % Py-SiAlcrn teams are entered iu the annual December siX-day bicycle race starr ing sunday night at Madison Square Garden.
 Heading the list Of l. American and 17 foreign riders is that famou veteran, Reggie McNamara, who tt l.. las ridden in GG races and won Il of them. q record UT beyond th. best any other pcdal-pusher in the @anIc can offer. McNamara is pair. cl with Gactano Bolloni of Italy. Other favored combinations mCluG" the French "Red DevilS." Paul Bro . cardO and Alfred Lctourner; Fred die Spencer of rlaintiold, x. J.. an ! Franz Dculhorg of G"ri any: Fran co GcorgetIi of Italy and Gerard D"haots, Belgium, and WilIi , Grimm, MapIcWood, x. J.. and pay" Lands, Irvington, x. j.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
LOCALS SCORE DECISIVE
 VICTORY OVER BRISTOL
Deadly Shooting and Ironclad Defense Keeps Bell ToWners Under Cover - New Britain Appears to Have Edge at All Times - Hardware City Crew Leads at End of First Half by l5 to 13 Score-Con- roy Is Victim of Numerous FOuIs-Atlas Next

A fast floor game, combined with deadly shooting and an ironclad de fcnse, gave the high flying New Britain basketball team q decisive % to 22 victory over the Bristol Endces last evening at the Bell City armOry. The two bitter rivals battled fiercely from whistle to whistle but the Hardware City rep resentatives held the upper hand and completely outplaycd their rivals to take the first game of the annual series.
 The Lanphermen displayed mid season form while the Endces ap- pcarcd to be in need of practice. The Bristol aggregation kept up d fine passing game from the start but
 its offensive was wOefulIy weak, long shots failing to find their mark. However the Enlccs showed great power that should exert itself fully later in the season and make them u dangerous aggregation.
 New Britain took the offensive on the opening whistle and ran th" f,ndces ragged, maintaining d 12 10 % lead after ten minutes Of playing. Both teams traveled at a fast clip and numerous fouls were called, al- though the battle was not unncccS- sariIy rough. During the last five minutes of the half, the Endocs came back strong through good work al the foul line and the first half whistle found New Britain leading, 15 10 r..
 After ha|tling on even terms for the first min" minutes of the second half, the New Britain offensive broke out in all its fury and Bristol Was soon left far in the rear. The work Of tho locals was pretty 10 watch and the Bristol players were poWor'oSs tO stop the passing attack without fouiing, Conroy was the victim of numerous fouIs during the game by Waterman and Eichtmoycr and near tn" end of the game. Con roy attacked Waterman verbally but no blows resulted
 Bristol found the locals defense absolutely too strong and was abl, to cage but four goals from tho field Both teams displayed great work al tn" foul line. The locals cacod 1a out Of 1 attempts while the Endccs dropped in II out of 19 tries.
 The work of Conroy WAS tnr feature of th" entire game. Hcsidv, playing a great defensive game and holding his opponent yrorplcss from the floor the former x. Y. T.. cap.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Percy Lee of Mississippi College Team suffers Critical Injury to
 His Spine.

Memphis, Nov. -9 IRy-P"gcy Lee of Judlow. Hiss. star of the Miss issippi college football team, who suffered a fractured spine in the game here yesterday with South western. and underwent 10 omer- gency operation today, was m ser ious condition.
 Lee scored his teams only touch down in the first period. In the sec ond quarter he was knocked uncoh- scious and taken to q hospital where an X-ray revealed his spine had been injured. Doctors ordered nm 10 the operating room.
 The shock of losing their star had q bad effect on the ChoctaWS ahd Southwestern cam" from bchlnd 10 defeat them. 20 to :.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

Fred Roberts was the best bal anced guard in the Big Ten, accord ing to the coaches, being equally capable on offense and defense.
 Captain Henry Anderson was a battling type who charged hard and with certainty. 1c was fine block CT when called out to run ahead oi Bcrgherm and the other North. western backs.
 The place at center was a tigh, battle between Mickey Erickson of Northwestern and Ed Kawal of H. linois. Erickson received the yer.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
MEYERS STARS IN GAME
Almost Single eHandcdly, Former College Star Wins Championship of Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 20 UP)-Am ost single handed, Ernie Meyers has wiped out the string of many Chi cago Cardinals defeat and today the professional city football champion ship belonged to the South Side for one of the few times in the history of the game.
 Meyers scored 40 points against the North Side Chicago Bears yes t"rdaY, and that was the total score for the Cards in the annual city championship game. The Bears scored 6 points, Garland Grange brother of the famous rcdhead. gal lopiug G0 wards after taking q pass from Walter Holmer to tally the only North Side touchdown.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
SINGER MEETS NEBO
Winning Streak of Popular New York East Side Lightweight
 Might be Snapped Tonight.

New York. Nov. 29 (Pl-A Sing CTS long winning streak may b" snapped tonight when the popular East Side lightweight battles Pete Ncbo, slaShing fighter from Key West in the feature 1O-round bout at Madison Square Garden.
 The betting fraternity has cstab- lished Singer the favorite at odds Of C ii ,.
 sammy Fuller, of Boston and Johnny Farr. Cleveland. light weights, and sammy Dorfman of the East Side and Lew Massey of Phil ;tdelphia also meet in l0-rolmd"rs.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

dict by one vote. chiefly due to his great work against Illinois. He was a smart defensive player. calling enemy formations for his mates, and in four important games. he inter- cepted forward passes at critical moments. Bovard of Michigan and Barrett of Ohio State were ranked close 10 the two leaders.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

tain caged three beautiful long shots and sank eight points from the foul line. Al" Sloman played his usual fine offensive game Leary was q bear on the defense and the Bristol star. picken, was able 10 cage only one basket on him. The entire New Britain team showed great coordination in inc second half Picllen and l;ichmoycr were BriatoIs best bets. Dunn also played q strong game.
 The summary:
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
VETERAN OF BATTLE DIES

Bockton. Mass. Nov. 70 U'pD-- William II. Donovan. believed ;hc sole surviving American sailor who witnessed the historic battl" be tween the Monitor and the Mcrri- mac, died nt his nome here yeatrr- day in his %Gth year He was aboard the United States flagship Mimnc- sota at the time Of the battle.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
 LOOP STARTS TOMORROW
l our Teams tu Battle at \. NJ. C.. \, Gym at Opening of
 19G9-30 Campaign.

Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday. the annual "Y' Saturday afternoon basketball league opens up it's scu- son with two fust games on tap. In the first game the Corsuirs will cn- deaNor to clip the claws Of the Ti- gers, while the final game will find the Bear Cats and f'authors aaht- ing it out tooth and uaiL on paper all teams line up strong and it does not seem that any one team is very much stronger than the other so far as experience and ability are concerned.
 The Bear Cats will be under the supervision of tn" loN Of the league, Joe I'alcunius, Tigers under Abe Aronson, former basketball star, and steering the course of the Cor sairs with Richard Licuhard at the helm, and finally the new captain of the pauthcrs. T. Terrence Last year the Bear Cats won the series with nine straight wins, quite q feat in these basketball days, but that record of wins will not occur in this present lcaguc il all cap tainS have their way about it.
 First Game Corsairs Tigers l.ienhaid, Franks l.uh, Yawin
 Left Forward Saunders IIorvitz pyrrctta
 Right Forward SaIWorki, ColWick Osbournc
 Center
 MellgoniS ArOnSou. GmsbcrS O'Brirn
 Right Guard .Alyord II. Larson
 Left Guard
 second Game Bear Cats Partners lialcuniGs Terrence
 Left Forward Perretta Gcrhowitz
 Right Forward Davis Wilk
 Center
 SuuiIlacio'o ToIrrllo. Xcigler Carlson,
 Right Guard Ertano, C. McCourt, NochanoWicH Galati
 Left Guard
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
ROBBERS FIGHT POLICE

Singapore, Straits Settlement, Nov. % P>-Hand to hand fighting be. tween a gang Of armed Chinese rob- bers and police at the compound before a wealthy Arabs house to-. day finally was quelled by the po- lice and the entire gang arrested. The Arab occupant of the house was wounded, as were two police and eight Of the robbers.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

Buffalo, N. Y.-Arturo Scheckels, Belgium, outponted Bobby Tracy, Buffalo. G.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

The Tower of Pisa leans 161s feet out Of the perpendicular.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

Whom the New Britain High school team will choose as captain is still in doubt The Delta Ri fra ternity has not decided upon a choice but the choice of the anti Delta Xxi group will probably lie be- tween Edwin kloiber and Joe Lud- Winowicz. Captain Potts and Richi" Fink are members of the Delta Ri fraternity.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29
New Britain

New Britain
 Iahz"Wslii, If ...,..,.. . C Sloman, lg ........... x RostelI!, II ........... 'onfoE' ............ , x II Foley, r% ............ @ Q Lcary. Ig .............. c U c otal@ ..........,...... l@ -J
 Bristol
 Fld. IT, Pjs. llrken. rf ........... II I;ichtmcycr 1T ...,-.. 0 l Dunn. .............. Hayes. rG ............ ? Malcolm, f@ ,......... | Waterman Is ..,..... ! Carney, lg ............ q 0 C Totals ..,.........,. If 22 Score at half time 15-1@, New Britain; referee, Winters; timer, Sauttor; scorer. K Saunders.
 Atlas Here Tomorrow
 With the Atlas quintet of New Haven r"organizcd for the present season. tho New Britain team is olt for another bitter battle tomorrow night when the New Haven crcN makes it's first appearance on th" local floor, Five stalWarts of tho quintet that two seasons ago was among the topnotchcrs in the race for the state title, will be with the New Haven crew here,
 sammy Pito, former Yale star and bitter enemy of New Britain teams, will hook up with Shrimp" i Evans in the front court in an of fort 10 pile mp points for the Elm City crow. Alderman will jump against Conroy at center while 1 "Xolo" Chadys and Wcxlcr will play tn" guards.
 New Britain will send in its reg 1 Elar lincup against this crew. The game will l." preceded by the pre- ljminary which will start at < i o'clock The main contest will gvt under way about o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

More than just an ordinary roller polo outfit was lost when some bag snatcher in Albany thought he was getting the nights receipts by run nlng away with Barney Doherty's suitcase
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

Barncy's outfit was like no other. For more than two years he had worked on the pads and the other apparatus that goes along with the playing paraphernalia, until he had assembled together a conglomera- llon that could well have been pat "nted' His effectiveness on the floor will be hampercd somewhat until Ia can get used to the new outfit he nas assembled.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

Bob Griffiths, center on the roller hockey club, was released last night, according to Manager Frank McDonough for breaking training rules. He failed to put in an ap- pearance for last nights game and today he was handed his passports.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

Barney feels badly about the loss or his playing togs, He nursed them along like a favorite child until he mad reached what he considered was perfection. Then some one came along and stole the entire business, What a surprise the thief will receive when he opens the bag. Probably the kit will be dumped somewhere on the banks of the Wabash far away.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

The PaWnee football team will hold an important practice session tonight at 7:30 o'clock at Ronkettv's store on South street. All members of the team are urged to be on hand to get in shape for possible game next Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

A large crowd of New Britain fol- lowers of the Notre Dame football team are planning to go to New York tomorrow to see the game be- tween Notrc Dame and the Army.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

Among these arc: Frank Arata. Johnny Dudacll, Rev Walter J.. I'yddy. Attorney John Downcs. George and James Daley, Attorney J. Robert Lacey, Attorney and Mrs. Donald Gaffncy, Attorney and Mrs. Cyril Gaffncy, James Walsh, Attor- noy A. A. Greenberg, Thomas Him chcy, Merritt Humason, Judge and Mrs. William Mangan. Philip Pagan, Attorney and Mrs. Harry Ginsburg. and Frank MOrrisscy.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

the Williams team of New Haven 13 o g. The basketball team outscored the Bristol Endees to win by a 29 to - count, while the roller hockey 2Iub reversed itself and snapped its .osing streak at the expense of the
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

It is no wonder that Harvard stopped nim. The Crimson players had to almost murder him to keep him from running wild. He will be in the inIrmary for quite few days more.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

has a rather tough schedule 10 face for the next few weeks. Tomorrow night the team meets the Atlas Con- solidated quintet of New Haven. The following Saturday, tic locals meet the Bristol Endocs in a return game and the Saturday after that, be ccmber 13, the team plays the Brooklyn Nisitations. All three con- tests are scheduled at the Stanley Arena.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

Among the many players that Newell will have 10 build up next years team is Billy Tenche, the player who was on the receiving end of {. touchdown pass from Kenney in the New Britain game. He is extremely fast and is being groom ed for captain. His rival will prob ably be Charley Cunningham, this years captain-clect, who vas out all season because of scholastic diff culties.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

Albic Booth was all but complete ly wrcc,- q in the Harvard game last Saturday. The Yale star is in the iufirmary with two black eyes, a badly bruised nose, his up- per front teeth bashcd in and his body all black and blue from the beating he took.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-29

New Britain joins in congratulat- ing Coach Johnny NeWclrs Hart ford High school football team which defeated Weaver Il.gh school in Hartford's iutra-city series yoS- tcrday. Although i.cWell the coach of New BritainS arch rival team, he has many friends who are happy when he is successful out side of New Britain.