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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-16
How a militant attorney general
is invoking ancient laws in an effort
to clean up "Sin-in-the-Desert
town that is wide opeo> but safe

And wary doormen. guards. have been sta.
toned behind the barbados of two-by-fours,
to inspect would-be customers through peep
holes. sending them on their way or admitting
them through massive doors, as the case may
be.
L'VEN the bartenders have undergone
IL change. Instead Of the genial white
aproned figure. busy with his bottles and mix
ers, the bartender can scarce be recognized from
his customers.
He wears his hat and coat. and engages
with the boys in their pinochle game. His
white apron with the bar towel at its waist has
been thrown out. In his hip pocket he carries
a pint. and if anyone wants chaser. there's
usually water faucet.
So far. the federal agents have been unable
to locate any of the large whisky manufactur-
ing plants. They have searched the hills.
swooped down on small Montana towns. but to
no success. The source continues a mystery.
How the bartender keeps in touch with this
reserve likewise is mystery. Agents on raids
have found poker or pinochle game in prog
ress but no evidence.
Disposing of the hip pocket sup
ply seems relatively simple. Things were L
different few months ago; then no effort 4
was made by bartenders to dispose Of then L
wares in event of raid e
\ RAID used to be something like this Il
"a Hello. Joe. how's tricks2'' Wis L
iting dry agent would inquire of his friend Il
the bootlegger. Z
Pretty fair" the bartender would re h
ply. Flows it with youp' E
Their afable conversation usually end. Z
ed with the bartender's asking the agen,
whether he wanted some evidence The
evidence would be poured out. AID later
Joe would join the semi-annuai parade OF
bootlesgers before United States District
Judge George NJ. Bourquin. noted as an ex-
ponent Of rugged justice.
Judge Bourquin's usual procedure is to in
quire whether the defendant is guilty. If Joe
says he's guilty. so much the better. His fine
light. 1892 by EyeryW eek MaEazine-Printed in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-16

quin with customary dispatch made fresh con-
sisnment to the bootleggers' section of the
county Jail.
The jail where bootlcggers are lodged is very
comfortable. It boasts de luxe cuisine. with
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-16
III: BBdTd
Goes 0ood

will be anywhere from one dollar to the limit.
but more often it is within reason.
If Joe is second or third offender, the fine
will be augmented with sentence of from one
to eleven months in the bootleggers' section of
the Silver Bow county jail at Butte.
TINE whole proceeding is marked with
L speed uncommon in other federal courts.
Judge Bourquin often disposes of Is or 80
booteggers at single sitting. interspersing his
sentences with caustic comment.
Once. apparently disguised with the intri-
cate provisions of the law pertaining to second
and third offenders. Judge Bourquin startled
the courtroom with the opinion that the man
who wrote the Volstead Act must have been
intoxicated at the time.
Attesting to the efficacy of the system. De-
partment of Justice reports show that in the
last fiscal year Montana. with scarcely more
than half million people. had one-6ftcenth as
many liquor cases as the Combined four dis
tricts of New York. Furthermore. Montana led
the list with SO per cent of the cases success
fully" disposed of through conviction.
The Christmas term of court found l55 pro-
hbition cases on the docket. and Judge Bour-
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
MAKES SECOND
SUICIDE TRY

James T. Allen, 48, of the First
block Denwood Ave-, Takoma
Park, Md, was rushed to the
Walter Reed Hospital today when
he was discovered by his wife,
Mrs. Ethel Allen. attempting
suicide by means of Illuminating
gas.
This was Aliens second suicide
attempt in three months. On
September 80 he was found sit
ting in his automobile in a closed
garage. the motor Of the ma
chine running.
Allen formerly was an Army
officer, holding a commission as
captain. He was taken to Walter
Reed by Ear Thomas, town Off
Ger, in a police car.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

Tip toeing MORTON DoWNET
down a hallway, DoWney open
a nursery door. A curly-haired
youngster, clutching d teddy
bear, slept in his crib. Downey
said:
That's Michael O'Brien!
No, he isn't our child. But
we've got him here, and that's
enough for u.s."
Their Downey explained. Ever
since their marriage in 1929.
he and Richard Benefits
daughter had yearned for a
baby. PhySic ans told Mrs.
Downey it was dangerous for
her to become a mother Dow
ney continued:
$50 / brought Michael here.
He was the baby of some friends
of mine. They were up against
1t financially and / offered To
take care of him"
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
PEACE HOPE DIM
SRA|L WAGE
CRISIS HANGS
New Proposal by Brotherhoods
Due Today, But Impasse
Promises No End

CHICAGO, Dec. 21 GNS).
Railroad employers and workers
throughout the nation anxiously
awaited today's crucial session of
the joint wage conference.
The proceedings Of this session
we're expected to culminate in
either success or failure of the
conference.
The delegates of the railway
brotherhoods were ready to pre-
sent another proposal to the man.
agements committee and it was
reported that this proposal was
to be labor's last word in the
deliberations.
The nine-day deadlock per-
sisted firmly and few hopes were
held that labor's new proposal
will incorporate any concessions
which might pave the way to an
agreement.
The conference was called to
consider the management's re.
quest for an extension Of the
present Willard agreement call
ing for 10 per cent reductions in
the workers pay. The Willard
contract expires January 81.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
PLEADS
FORRELEASE
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(COntinued from Page y
Civil Liberties Union; George Cor
don Battle, noted criminal lawyer,
and Roger Baldwin, of the civil
liberties group, will be present to
urge refusal Of the extradition re-
quest.
Reinforcing them will be Mrs.
Catherine Burns, mother of the
fugitive, and the Rev. Vincent
Burns, his brother. Samuel Bern
stein, owner Of the store. in At
lanta which Burns held up, may
also appear.
John I. Kelly, assistant attor-
nuey general of Georgia, prob
ably will direct the case for the
southern commonwealth. With
him will be Warden Harold
Hardy, jr., of the Troup County
prison camp Burns fled; and r.
D. Carter, chief Of Troup county
police.
Burns will be given opportunity
to present his side of the case.
Governor Moore said. The fugi.
tive, under $4,000 bail, will be
brought from the Essex county
Jail in Newark to plead for his
freedom.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Johnson to Push
Loan Embargo Plan

Congress may erect a Federal
embargo against private loans to
any nation defaulting in her gov
ernn1ental obligations as a result
of the war debt defaults.
This, barrier appeared possible
today after Senator johnson (RO
of California announced he would
seek prompt enactment Of three
bills, long pending in the Senate,
proposing curbs on the flotation
Of foreign bond issues.
johnson sponsored the bills last
spring after his inquiry into for
eign bond issues revealed that
American investors had lost hun
dreds of millions of dollars in
these investments.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
POLICEMAN LE 7
OFF, EASILY

The police trial board today
found Policeman J. j. Hunter, of
the Third precinct, guilty of max
ing false statements in his appli-
cation for appointment to the de-
partment six years ago but recon-
mended that he be punished only
by reprimand.
Testimony before the board re-
vealed that Hunter in his applica.
ton said he was born in Port
land. Me-. len he was a native
of Fiume, Austria. He also said
he was a citizen of the United
States.
Hunters defense was that he
had filed his first citizenship
papers and was informed by an
attorney that he was eligible for
t police appointment.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Beer Bill Advocates Win
Test Vote in House

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to have the same ingredients as
milk"
Representative Mccormack CD
of Massachusetts, made a point
of order which the chair over.
ruled.
Mapes said:
There is Just as much logic
in my amendment as In the
O'ConnOr amendment declar-
ing that 4 per cent beer is not
intoxicating"
Beck Asks Time
Representative Beck (R0 of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the
Republican wet group, made a
plea to the House to allow an
hours discussion on the. ques.
"The statement has been
ton of constitutionality. He said:
made repeatedly that anyone
who votes for this bill violates
his oath to uphold the cOnsti-
tuition. / don't think this bill
should go out to the country
without having that point
cleared up.
II believe that this bill is
completely constitutional. But
we cannot afford to pass the
very grave challenge of the
minority reports which raise
this Oint."
Hope For Final Vote
Leaders hoped to keep the
House in session until the bills
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
new RENTS CUT
PLAN OFFERED

The Washin gton Real Estate
Board will meet December %, to
discuss a proposal to have its
members discuss with real estate
owners the prospect of reducing
District rents.
This plan was submitted to the
Senate District subcommittee in
vestigating rents today by Roger
j. Whiteford. counsel for the
board, III response to the sugges-
tion of Senator Royal s. Cope
land CD of New York, who sug-
geSted that the real estate men
work out some plan to bring
about the reduction in present
rentals.
Whiteford reminded the COM
mittee that the agents served as
advisers for owners and that by
taking up individual cases, they
might be able to persuade land
lords to lower prices.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Roosevelt Believed
Ready for Debt Puzzle

ALBANY, Dec. 2 (1N.SJ.-The
methods which guided Governor
Roosevelt, President-elect, in the
administration of New York State
will be followed by him to a
large extent when he goes to the
White House and takes up the
problems of debts. disarmament
and world economics.
This is the conviction of his
friends, who are increasingly posi-
tive he already has turned down
President Hoover's proposal that
he join with the latter in naming
a commission to take up all three
Of those major problems.
Persons close to the governor
say he has hit upon a general
method of attacking these sub
jects and that he will put it into
operation as soon as he reaches
the White House.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
DUNMY' POLICY
. LOAN Barred

CHICAGO, Dec. 81 Q.N.S0-Ef-
forts will be launched to recover
more than 5000, 900 for the Illinois
Life Insurance Company on an
Accommodation" not believed to
have been signed for Raymond w.
Stevens by a dummy" borrower
Gen. Abel Davis. receiver for
the $3.50. 100000 company. said
today that the sfgner of the note.
George L. Douglas. will be re-
quested to pay the difference be-
tween the amount still due on
the loan. originally for $400.0 900,
and the price the collateral will
bring on the open market.
The receivers auditors learned
that the loan was first negotiated
in 1927 with a note bearing the
signature of John w. Douglas,
broker, and father of George L.
Douglas. In March. 1881. the
original note was withdrawn and
another substituted, bearing the
signature of the younger Douglas.
Collateral for the loan were
securities of the La Sale Hotel,
which is also in receiverShip. The
securities we're issued to Raymond
W. Stevens. president of the
Illinois Life.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
REPEAL GUARD
IS DRAF TED

A tentative draft Of a consti-
tutional amendment repeating pro-
hibition, protecting dry States,
and giving Congress power to ban
saloons was drawn today by, a
Senate judiciary. subcommittee.
The subcommittee did not
adopt the draft officially because
Of a dispute over the issue of CIV
ing Congress power to ban sa-
looms. The members agreed, how
ever, on the language to be used
If the subcommittee later votes
for such ban.
The tentative draft provides
among other things:
Section E. The tranSpOrta-
ton or Importation into any
State territory or pOSSsessiOR Of
the United States for delivery
or use therein Of intoxicating
liquors in violation Of the laws
thereof Is hereby prohibited"
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Negotiation Plans
Dodued in Commons

LONDON, Dec 81 QN.S).
Despite definite announcement
by the Foreign Office that
Britain was ready to send war
debt negotiation commission to
the United States. government
Spokesmen lodged the issue in
the House of Commons today.
Thomas Levy, Conservative,
asked when the debt negotiations
might be launched and what
form they might take. He asked
particularly whether British rep
resentatives would go to Wash.
lngotn.
Leslie Hore-Belisha, parliament
ary secretary to the board of
trade, replied:
II am not in a position to
make a statement"
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

fate is decided, but. the time Of
final vote Is problematical.
Some amendments included:
Prohibition of the saloon.
granting of permits for sale Of
liquor, and a provision that the
permit be revoked if hard liquor
Is sold with it.
Issuance of licenses instead of
permits to brewers, legislative
declaration that the beer is nom
intoxicating, prohibition of i'm
por1ation of ingredients of beer,
and increase in tax from SIS to
$3.50.
Restrictions upon the measure
becoming effective pending legiS-
lative action providing methods
of sale by placing responsibility
upon the governor or legislature.
Abolition of restrictions upon
shipment of beer into dry States
on the ground 1t is non-intoxi-
eating.
Removal of maximum years
imprisonment Tor second Of1snSe
of importation of a bottle OF
beer into dry State.
Opposition From South
Debate on the bill disclosed
strong opposition from many
Southern Democrats, some oi
whom voted to submit the Eigh
teenth Amendment to the States
There is a vast difference
between submission and nullifi-
cation"
Thus declared Representative
Whiting CD of Mississippi. HI
added:
Il voted for submission but 1
won't vote for notification"
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

ology, social
science, and
p sy h ology
S h o Id b e
b la m e d for
any "taint of
materialiSm "
in our pres
ent day pow
er age" DR..
Michael I. Pu.
pin, the SCI
enlist, t oil d
members and
friends of the
A m eric a n
Wonan'S AS
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
LEADERS VOICE
OPPOSITION IN
BOTHPARTIES
Feeling Grows That Problem
Should Be SheIved for
Roosevelt to Solve
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important part which American
money and supplies played in the
war. He said:
81 was Minister of Supplies
during the war;. / know how
American material saved the
day. can't forget that. What
would the dead of France, Brit
ain and America say II I failed
to defend my stand"
Herriot concluded:
81 fought for France, Eng
land and the United States in
unison, so lift my glass, hop
ing that their difficulties are
merely passing"
Mr.. Hoover's war debt message
to Congress, in which he pro-
posed re-examination Of the prob
lem by a commission, stood con-
demned by the French press to-
day.
Objecting particularly to the
connection drawn between war
debts and disarmament, the semi
official newspaper Temps termed
it "disillusioning,"
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

h We S h o t
that porcu-
pine. But the
leech did, and
the bounding
hero Of the
t ! | c k e r s
flinched so
he missed the
pore u pi ne
and shot a
deer.
1t all hap
p e n e d in
Indo China,
Doug recount
ed, when he
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
D { B 7 DEFAULT.
.RECALLSPAR|S
ASSURANCES
France Denied She Was Party
to Any Plan to Reapportion
War Obligations

Frances default on her $l9.-
O0O, 900 debt payment has set Of.
ficials here poring over the vol
luminous correspondence that &C
companied the American loans to
France and they are finding some
interesting exchanges in the light
of present developments.
For one thing, the correspond
ence discloseS that France was
advanced $500, 100000 in cash
after March 18, 1919, only after
she had been warned that no
further advances would be made
If there was amy uncertainty as
to due repayment" to the United
States Treasury.
Not Party To Plan
France got the money only after
official assurances that she was
not q party to any plan to re
apportion or consolidate" war
debts.
On March Is, 1919, while the
Peace Conference was in progress
at Paris, Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury Rathbone wrote to
M. Debility, deputy French high
commissioner in Washington,
stating he had been Informed
that one of the allied govern
ments had proposed "reapportion-
ment and consolidation Of war
debts" and that this proposal
was strongly supported by the
representatives of your govern
ment, M. KlotZ (F'rench minister
of Finance) taking the position
that this question must be dis
cussed while the delegates of all
the powers are in Paris.
Expresses Surprise
Rathbone'S Letter continued:
II need not dwell upon my
surprise ut the position taken
by Mr.. KlOtz on behalf Of your
government.
"YOu will appreciate also
that the Treasury cannot con-
template continuance of ad-
vances to any allied govern
ment which is lending its sup
port to any plan which would
create uncertainty as to its due
repayment of advances made
to it by the United States
Treasury"
M. Debility acknowledged the
letter on March 10 and advised
he was transmitting it to his
government. ,.,
Eight days later, on March IS,
he. eplied to Rathbone, stating
on the authority of M. Klotz
that the proposal had been ad-
| vanced by an Italian delegate,
and denying the French govern
ment yer made any declara-
ton favoring either the Italian
proposition or any other similar
proposition"
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

While t h e
former B a r.
bara Bennett
h e ! d Z u
pound Nor
ton, jr., in her
arms at the
Harbor Sani-
tariunl, t h e
ra dio singer
was found at
his home. He
said:
Well, little
Michael has q
p | ay m a t e
now"
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Christmas Carols
Feature PrOgrGnl

The second annual community
sing sponsored by the students
Of Miner Teachers College was
held last night in the auditorium
Of the school.
Christmas carols were a feature
Of the program. under the direc.
ton Of Miss Marie c. James,
instructor OF music. Participating
in the sing were r A. Lord. vio-
liniSt and instructor of French: :
the Amphion Glee Club and sew
eral ehoirs Of the city.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
TuInaud TOrahWO WOnlen
Dance

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Congregation Talmud Torah will
give a. Chanukah dance next
Tuesday night in the AlmaS
Temple. Thirteenth and K Streets
Northwest.
Mrs. S. Reines. secretary. heads
the committee on arrangements.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Pay Cuts Declared
No Prosperity Aid
BY A. F. WHITNEY

By A. +. WHITNEY
Chairman Of the Railway Labor Execu-
tives' Association, who herein ont
lines the BrOtherhoOds' attitude ON
the necessity for maintaining the pres
ent basic wage scale in current negO-
tiatiODs with the manaGements.
Written for and Copyright by Inter
national News Service. 1899.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21 GN.sJ.
Wage reductions are not the :
propriate means to restore pros
perity. We cannot believe that
the public welfare is advanced by
reducing the purchasing power Of
labor.
Such was the statement Of rail
road labor a year ago, and I see
absolutely no reasonn why it
should moGified now. The appall-
ing downward spiral Of the depres
sion since January has demon.
lorated that we were right.
Not only have more than 11O, 900
railway workers lost their jobs in
the last year. with several hun
dred thousand working only part
time, but all industry has been
sliding down hill.
AS We predicted. new cycle Of
wage cutting followed our action
With further great losses of pur-
chasing power resulting in furthe;
declines of business and railroad
traffic.
Now we are observing some
signs Of economic recovery. No
measure today could be more
harmful to the whole nation than
new drive to begin a new cycle
of wage cutting.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

CdI-lG III WIUIl "WOU EEH1NbANNN
a party of friends, Hollywood
bound for Christmas, on the
French liner Champlain.
He did manage to get two
tigers on his hunting trip, and
their hides, he figures, will make
a marvellous coat
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
BOttling Firm Head
Dies of Gas Fumes

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec. 21.
Albert E. Draper, so. proprietor
of a bottling establishment in Lee
Street, HagerStown. was found
dead beside a truck in his garage
at 7 O'Clock this morning
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

oOSloGlOIl dI q
luncheon here. He said:
IF there Is q taint of mate
rialiSm in this power age, don't
charge 1t against the sciences
which have discovered the va
riOus forms of power and de
velOped them for mankind.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Doug, Back From Orient,
Recounts Hunting Tales

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 G.N.S).
If a leech hadn't bitten him
right when he was pulling the
trigger, Doug Fairbanks might
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Morton Downeys Have
Adopted Child, Too

NEW YORK. Dec. alt
isn't one baby-but two-in the
Morton Downey household.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Thomas Fee Named
Bv Postal Workers

The Postoffice Department Lodge
Of the American Federation of
Government Employees electe d
Thomas o. Fee president at
meeting yesterday. A. Paul Hines
is to be vice president, Frank
Gorely, secretary; William Lock
name. treasurer, and T. Mahoney,
guard.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
Mankind Unprepared
For Benefits of Science

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Not
the physical sciences but the
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

"f at first you don't succeed. try,
try again." An age-Old saying. but
ever true. IL yOu haven't been able to
locate the apartment YOU want, read
the Timely selection offered daily In the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21

BABY PAULINE FITZHARRIS AND AUNT
BORN THROUGH a Caesarian operation and kept
alive in incubator in Chicago hospital until she
attained normal size this child has gone to the home
of her father j. A. Ftzharrs The child, wearing
miniature nurses uniform made for her by hospital
attendants is shown with her aunt, Betty FtzhaTis
who will for her. Photo by International News
Photographic Service.
The Washington times., 1932-12-21
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of Decem-
ber 10. $636,340,171.35 Expendi-
lures, $27, 1854, ,82427; Customs Re-
ceipts, $14.3O5, 1886.
CLEARINGS
Richmond $751; .O45. .85
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-26
Was Hurt GrievousIy
by Unjust Criticism
Aimed at Father.

BIZ Scripps-HoaoGrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Behind
the senate's confirmation of Justice
Benjamin N. Cardozo of New York
to the United States supreme court
lies a human story of a sons
twenty-year fight to clear the fam
lily name of criticism heaped upon
it in an era of story political
passions.
The newest member-to-b of the
highest tribunal is a son of the late
Albert Cardozo, supreme court
judge in New York for NAM years.
During investigation of the Tweed
ring in the seventies, the elder Car
dozo was required to consider many
legal matters arising from that
scandal.
Popular indignation ran high, and
the father was assailed frequently
and bitterly by political enemies.
The son, a sensitive youngster, felt
these criticisms deeply as he grew
to manhood and began practice of
law. He lived an aloof life, passing
from the law court to his study in
almost religious routine.
The lines and pallor of his face re-
fleet his devotion to Blackstone by
day and candles by night. He took