St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 16, 1929

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PEG Vs PAT OFF TODAY an we > ~~ ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service Closing ‘Stoc } __ (Tables in Part Ill, Pages 28 and 29) ** | aiaka al Market | FINAL Prices—Complete Sales A. : , a pe g ~*~ ——=s FF ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1929, —36 PAGES. Fyoi. 81. NO. 132. = ‘JLLSTREET e ; ahd iT OF ie HE ; at SAIN tai WELL - ay | THE Bet HMENT ae: . ED | sd | mE U.S. STEEL INTE IN nce of More Than 7 Points Brings Price to @ 3 Fraction of Its Record ‘ToHEMICAL SHARES ~ MAKE WIDE GAINS 4 Uses A'so Prominent in| Day's Price Movements Renewal Rate 8 Per Cent. it the Associated Press. . "NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—The jock s:arket moved forward today, bier the leadership of U. S. Steel, | uatich sose more than 7 points to | Seek, Within a fraction of its Teed ho 6a. Chemical and Public shares made wide gains. Al- Chemical and Mathieson Alkali up about 18 and 15 points, re- PARENTS OF EIGHT WILL SERVE JAIL TERMS IN TURN One of Booitlegging Pair Will Thus Stay Home to Car¢ for Children. Mrs. Frances Fresch of Lenz- burg, Ill., and her husband, Henry, the parents of eight children, in- cluding two sets of twins, pleade:} guilty before Federal Judge Wham at East St. Louis today to violation of the national prohibition act. Fresch, who was fined $350 and sentenced to four months in jail. will be permitted to complete his sentence before Mrs. Fresch is sent to jail for 60 days. Thus, it was explained, one of the parents will remain at home to take care of the children, who range in age from one to 18 years. The Fresches were charged. with sale and possession of liquor, and the maintenance of a common nuisance. In addition to her jail sentence, Mrs. Fresch was fined $150. Lenzburg is in the southern nart of St. Clair County, south of Belleville. GIPL’S DEATH INVESTIGATED, ‘TWILIGHT SLEEP” WAS GIVEN She and Five Other Inmates of Welfare Home _ Disciplined After Trying Escape. By the Associated Prvss. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Jan. 16.—A Coroner’s jury” here has opened an investigation into the death of Helen Haskew, 18 years old, of Portales, at the New Mex- ico Girls’ Welrare Home, allegedly after an injection of ‘twilight sleep” said to have been given to six girls who had been captured tively, to mew record prices. Commonwealth Power and roit Edison achieved new high in gains of 7 and 9 points. 208.6, 20 134.1 and to 200.7. rose from 205.8 to Miilroads from °133,9 to utilities from 196.8 Some irrcgularity developed at opening as a result of selling ed on the recent stiffening in Ball mor y, bul oiferings were well sorbed, @ Arrangements were made today for the sale of a New York Stock | a increase of $15.000 from the preceding sale, and a new high) record. Call money renewed at 8 per cent | ind held steady throughout ly trading at that figure. de- pte the calling of about $15,000,- | Yin lofns. Time money wis in | i deinand at the reeent high ees, 2rd the supply was not very | | wndant. New York banks ap | omerent'y are making a determined | Veort to either reduce their loans we securities collate®l hold } or | There was not much in the day's ide news to imfluence the pric rement. The weekly steel trade Wifws showed Little change in t industry. Lron Ave revorted t “the iron and steel market is Tt a trouch between buying move- B its, but thet production has Bde further slight gains.” It also Ms ont “if producers have any The average price of 50 indus- | Pixchange membership at $615,000, | | injure ' mmto their present limits. after escaping from the institution. | Fay Graves, one of the six charged all had received the injection after | they were returned to the home. |and were then placed in solitary confinement on a bread-and water diet. Other companions of Miss Haskew said she had seemed in health when thev were | tured last Friday, but that i} them were sick and sleepy ithe injection.” The gir! o iginalls Was reported to have died of heart | rood Ail failure, but an inquiry tnto death was started at the instiga tion of her father. Miss Bertha Lips, superintend ent of the home, testified at the in- quest yesterday that the girls were given “twilight sleep’ injections at the order of Dr. Evelyn ; i when HUGE WAVE KILLS. MERGER WOULD POOK ON LINER AND MARE NEW BANK DAMAGES VESSEL Part of Majestic’s Cargo Ruined by Water and Quarters of 289 Passen- gers Flooded. FURNITURE BROKEN, GIRDERS TWISTED cis Members of Crew Im- prisoned When Heavy Sea Smashes Hatch, but Swim to Safcty. By the Associatcd Press, NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—A cook i'was killed and several other mem- were injured: by a gigantic wave that surged over the bow of the White Star Liner Majestic on the crossing completed the ship docked here today. wave twisted. steel bulk- bers of the crew The | heads, wet the mail, ruined part of ithe i | oe cargo and necessitated the re- moval of the 289 third-class pas- sengers to other quarters. The wave hit the vessel Monday afternoon. Lenardo Iliorini, 54-year-old as- sistant cook in the _ third . class, stepped out of the galley at 3:20 p.m. He saw the huge wave curl- ing over thg bow and hanging above him. He attempted to re- ruin the galley. but was overtaken wend thrown against a stanchion. H:s neck was broken. He was at sea. The wave smashed cap- | of | “after the. swam buried in a fo.ward hatch, ‘imprisoning eight menibers of the crew who were in their bunks in the fore- castle. The wattr was eight feet deep there and the trapped seamen until th:y found break in 1, wooden bulkhead through which to safety, several of them suffering from abrasions, Vater in Passenger )uarters, The water broke down the doors they crawled Frisbie,| Of the third class passenger quar- had disturbed “the whole institu- | time of @ay most of the passengers | tion and it was feared they might KONSAS CITY AIRPORT HIRES’ HISTESS AT $100 A WEEX y Haviland, 20-Year-O'd Flyer Makes Busvness of Greciing Visifeors, Rut | | ricks, were on deck. There were some instances of hysteria but no gen- eral panic. A few of the passen- gers were trapped pelow decks by the broken doors and had to be freed with axes. All, equipment forward, including two giant der the forward ventiiators and , the bell standard, was carried away Dy the Associated Press, IK ANSAS CIT Mo., Jan. 16.—| ; Ruth Haviland, 20-ycear-o.d flyer is hostess at Fairfax airport It is her duty to welcome | De reons who arrive at the landing , field, and for her work she celves $100 a week, Miss Haviland has a large motor car for conveying airplane passen ree os ; Use for coneern, it is because pping orders for certain prod ’ ’ a Se So &, particularly automobile steels, P lacging.” GETHER B. Advance in Chemicals. |Merger and diviaend rumors ac- : Mpanied the advance in the Seeemical issues, Allied Chemical. ch broke 14 points yesterday | Was one of the weakest stocks the list, soared 18 points today a new high record of 280 on of an early stock split-up Hhieson Alkali soared nearly 15 mis to a new high at 195 to the mpaniment of rumors that Du’ t interests were accumulating Stock. Borden's, which is also mored slated for a stock split-up. ‘Pring, jumped 9 points to a Be hich at 196. 8 Officiats of BE. TI. Du Pont de S ours & Co. today denied the any had purchased any stock the Mathieson Alkali Works of ara Falls, N. Y., or that any tations were pending for hase of the company. | oa Oss'a” Insurance, Vanadium | ¥ General Electric, Continen- P Motors, Union Carbide, A, M rs. Liquid Carbonic and Com- a wealth Power all sold 4 to 9% ts higher, and U. 8, Steel com. ev aien Pacific, American Tel. ®, International Telephone, American Band American In- MAtional were among the many ‘ an 3 points or more “ait erday’s final quotations, ‘ Aeronautical turned . . a an early outburst of j . ropping from 281 to 272. | tig Over Money Flurry. “Mission house letters eX- reel Sagem over the unex- urry in call money yester- gers to their destination in the city. An airplane also is provided for her to fly. “She won this job,” explains Guy E. Stanley, president of the airport company, “because of her charm- ing personality and courteous re- ception of transient and commer: cial plane passengers.” Miss Haviland is a licensed air- plane pilot. YOUTH AND GIRL FOUND DEAD Special to the Post-Dispatch. WHEELING, W. Va., Jan. 16.— The Sheriff of Ohio County was advised today that the bodies of an Elm Grove girl and boy had been found in an automobile at Dreggsville, 12 miles from here. The bodies were identified as those of Elisabeth Ayres, 16 years old, and Edward Price, 16, who went riding last night. First re- ports were that it was a case of murder and suicide a suicide pact, SNOW AND SLEET, WARMER, TCNIGHT AND TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. or Ente hoavy midmonth de *0r funds were a factor in ‘I also was reported that a oere Were disinclined to} _ Situation by increasing | : 3 rowings at the Federai SO asional in character Pools he ei in marking u ‘lalties to new high Short felling also has berree ume. as evident from | ME demand for stocks i j he Close of the market each ' m f | rading has heen large- | j } pa ree. | — ee Clog om Mock prices with ‘Ss and market news found on the tinan- Oe eee ~aae et mn In- | will be about 22. Missouri: Snow probable in north portion, and snow 1 or rain in” south portion tonight and tomorrow. slowly rising tem- perature, Illinois: Snow probable in north and central por- tions, and rain or snow in extreme south portion to- night and tomorrow; slowly rising temperature. Sunset 6:04, sunrise (tomorrow) 7:18, | ali | j ond et ea eg a 14 ee ee 2” ~ a, m, 16 10 a. m, 22 ee ss 6 0% ) gee | a ed 24 4 i ee hoon 6 eae pe i Se Sapte 19 2 Spee KL ee 20 . WO... o> a ee ee 20 St 2 ee . aM i a . i ee 27 esterdayv's hich. 2% i> 0. » F \ 6? ts a. m.). : eS a - Official forecast E OlL BARONS! for St. Louis and FIGHT BY vicinty: Snow) PROXY. and sicet tonight and tomorrow ; slowly rising tem. | perature; the lowest tonight by the wave. The third class department .goked, when the ship docked to- day, as if it had been. bombed. bulkheads were sniashed in, berths begzage were wrecked, and -urniture was broken. The 18-by- -0 foot cover of the hatch, through which the water poured into the forecastle, was broken in two and the steel girders below it were twisted as though they were made of rubber. Under the wreckage of the hatch cover and girders could be seen two smashed automobiles, and be- low them was sodden cargo. 289 Passengers Moved. There were 148 men, 95 women and 46 children in the third-classg, and it took three-quarters of an hour to transfer them to the tour- ist quarters, the delay being oc- casioned by the insistence of many to attempt to salvage their be- longings from the swamped berths. The Majestic was steaming at knots in an attempt to reach port by last night when the great wave dropped on the vessel. Speed was reducéd and the ship proceced- ed with tarpaulins stretched over the broken hatches. 99 Passengers who were seated in the smoking room aft, 92 fet ibove the water, said they :ad been watching the high waves and admiring the way in which the ship went through them when ther. was a “‘terrific concussion” as the monster wave lifted above the deck and crashed down in it. They said the ship trembled under the blow from stem to stern. FIGHT SENDS STANDARD OIL UP —_—_—— - ~~ Large Market Turnover. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—-Furious bidding for stock of the Standard Mil Co. of Indiana on the New York Curb Market today marked the fight for control of the com- pany between John D. Rockefeller Jr.. and the Stewart interests. -Rockefeller is trying to oust Rob- ert W. Stewart from his post as chairman of the board, and the of- ficers and large Western stockhold- ers are backing Stewart. The stock of the company jumped six points to $103 a share today. with a turnover of nearly 75.000 shares in the _§ first four hours. At the end of that period there was a rush to sell by stock traders who had sensed the fight from afar and were ready to take nrofits on the stock they had bought earlier in the week. Stand- ard of Indiana then declined te $100 a share, where, fust. before the day's close, it was still eicht points above the price quoted for the stock when tre fight started Monday. Lehman's closing out piano stock to enter redio buelnese— a°* recductions— convenient terms. 12101 Olve—Ady, eee ae + eee LARGEST IN CITY Mercantile Trust and Bank of Commerce Directors Vote to Put Consolidation Up to Stockholders. NEWS RESULTS IN RISE IN STOCKS Mercantile Jumps 44 Point: Overnight to $624 Share and Commerce Is Up $13 to $210. - Stockholders of the National Bank of Commerce and the Mer- cantile Trust Co. will vote on the merger of the two institutions, pro- posed by the directors, into a new pank with $17,500,000 capital sur- plus and undivided profits, As told in late editions of yesterday's Post- Dispatch, total resources of $164,- 965,696 will make the new bank the largest in St. Louis. Its name is still to be selected. and its roster of officers has not been announced. Mercantile Trust stock, listed yesterday at $580 a share, sold to- day as high as $624, 103 shares being, sold at that price and other prices ranging down to $617. The sales of Bank of Commerce stock were 499 shares, ranging from $20 to $210, yesterday's close having been $197. The present Mercantile Building at Eighth and stfects, to be increased in from three to five stories, house the new ing to announcements. of Commerce Building, Broadway and Olive street, Federal Com- merce Trust Building at Broadway and Pine, and the buflding now connecting the two, the three lin- ing the east side of Broadway from Olfve to Pine, will belong to the new bank and “will be retained for the present,” it is announced. Approval ‘by the two boards cof the Mercantile-Bank of Commerce merger follows by a few weexs similar action Valley Trust Co. Trust Locust height will The Bank and the Mer- chants-Laclede National Bank. The | VMerecantile-Commerce merger is ‘he largest on recordin St.“ Louis, che largest hitherto having been that of the Third National and M+- chaniecs-American Banks and St. Louis Urion Trust Co., to form the present First National Bank. Lonsdale May Be President. In banking circles, it is expect- ‘d that John G. Lonsdale, president of the Bank of Commerce. will be | , president active head of the new institution, and that George WW. Wilson, president of the Mer- cantile since the death of Festus J. Wade, will be chainman of the board. The vote of stockholders will be taken probably next month, and completion of the merger may take five months. The capital of the Bank of Com- merce is $10,000,000, and its sur- plus and undivided profits, includ- ing investment in the Federal Commerce Trust Co., amount to $5,304,628.81. Mercantile Trust has a capital of $3,000,000 and surplus and undivided profits of $9.234,- 870.43. The stock of Commerce ‘s 100.000 shares, that of Mercantile 30,000 shares. The stock of the new bank, 100,- 000 shares, is to be divided equally between stockholders of the two component institutions. The allot- ment of 50,000 shares to Commerce stockholders will give them one- half share of the new stock for ev- ery Share, of Commerce stock now held. The Mercantile stockholders will receive one and two-thirds shares of the new stock for every share of Mercantile. In addition, the Commerce stock- holders will receive $55 a share in cash on their present holdings, and the Mercantile stockholders $143 u share of their present holders. The and cash distribution, as announced, will be $5,500,000 to Commerce stockholders and $4,312,500 to those of the Mercantile, a total of $9,812,500. Contributions of the two banks to the $17,600,000 capital, surplus and undivided profits of the new bank are: Mercantile, $7,687,590. Subtraction of these amounts from the present capital .and surplus of the two banks gives the amount of cash to be divided among the stockholders Capital May Be Increased. “The capital of the new bank may be increased,” the directors statement said, “but the contribut- ing ratio remains the same.” Un legs there is such an increase, ther will be no additional stock for al lotment to stockholders or others, as the present plan of distributio: provides for the entire new issue. Book value of Mercantile stock figured by dividing the capita! ana surplus shown in the latest Clear- ing House report by the number of SWANSON URGES URUISER BILL AS MEANS TO PEACE Opens Senate Debate on $274,000,000 Program by Calling It Obj-ct Les- son to Britain. COOLIDGE STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF PLAN Lineup Differs From Treaty Fight—Bo:ah Opposes Measure, and Reed Is Staunch Advocate. By CHARLES G. ROSS, Chief Washington Correspondent of The Post-Dispatch. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—With the Kellogg peace pact out of the way, the Senate this afternoon be- gan consideration of the cruiser bill, about which there is likely to center the liveliest fight of the session. The bill would authorize the construction of 15 10,000-ton cruisers of the most modern type and one airplane carrier, at total cost of $274.000,.000. It was passed by the House in the last session by a vote of 287 to 5% after the House Conimiittee on Na- val Affairs had rejected the ad- ministration’s call for a much larger expansion program, institution, accord- | of the Mississippi | ' Commerce, $9,812,500; | fijibuster bill in in the Senate by the orainst the Boulder Dam the closing hours of the last s«s- sion, the bill went over to the present session and now comes U}: for final action under an ordet !making it the unfinished Coolidge Strong!y Vor Biil. The full force of the adminis. tration is back of the building pro rram, though President Coolidge has recommended that it be modl- fied te omit tHe time limit, As it now stands, the bill provides that the cruisers shail be aid down in three groups of five each modification. that no greater strain than neces sary should be placed on the ,; tional Treasury in the immediate future and he may have | also that the bargaining power Ol; a ' Prevented from coring to a vote business. | | | : | ' in the fiscal years 1929, 1930 and 1931. The President did not make clear just why he desired this) Presumably, he felt : Na- | rensoned | ithe United States in any arms limi- | itation eonference would fective if the snips were | authorized for an indefinite as if they were in or stese of actual construction, be merely being of the “big navy" group and some others as well are opposed to the removal of the tim: limit. There is similar opposition in the House. President should be accepted bv the Senate, the House would still be in a position to block it. New Lincup of Scnators. The cruiser bill brings about an alignment of Senators different from that which marked the contest over the peace treaty administration by Senator Borah, Borah is now rangeé with those who believe that the ship authori- zation should be whittled down. On the other hand. Senator Reed of Missouri, who headed the de- mand for an official American in- strongly for'the cruiser bill. The Missourian, indeed, would like to see an even greater building pro- gram. It is no secret that one of the objects of Reed and some of the others who fought unqualified acceptance of the pact was to make votes for the cruiser bill. Their aim was to show that the treaty could not be expected to bring on a wariless millennium, and that therefore the United States should keep itself tn a state of naval preparedness, It is the be- lief of this group that the speeches in disparagement of the treaty will help materially in putting the cruiser bill through. Chureh Groups Oppose Bill. Vigorous antagonism to the cru'ser bill has been expressed by various church groups and peace societies. A large meeting of pro- test addressed by notable speaker- was held recently in Washington. ‘Delegates attending its session: descended individually and in squads upon Senators and urged them to vote against the bill. Sen ators Norris of Nebraska and King of Utah are among the leadmsg cpponents. Both are able debaters and shrewd parliamentarians. If the fight to kill the entire 15-cruiser authorization ix seen to be futile—as apparently it will b»« —an effort wlil be made to reduce the number to five, and if this fails, to 16. Senator Borah among others has said that 10 ships woul:! © ample. There will also be 2 strong drive to omit the construc- tion time limit. Swa Opens Fight. Opening the fight for the bill. Senator Swanson of Virginia, rank- —_ Continued on Page 2, Column 5. Continued on Page 2, Column 2. strongly | If the recommendation of the altogether The treaty fight was led for the terpretation of the Kellogg pact, is as @le ; date | near the Senators commonly described as’ —_- HOOVER TO APPOINT PRICE 2 CENTS 2 ee ee SPECIAL BOARD FOR | Woman Tennis Champion Betrothed _ ome ee ee | ee --- 1-STORY OFFICE ee 3 . BUILDING PLANED ruc‘ure, Tallest’ in City, to le Erected at Elevenin ~* ‘ P 4 J and Cywesinui. eee ee Pinns have been drawn for a &7- story office building, to be the tail- est in the city, at the southeast corner of Eleventh and Ciestnut across from the new Civil Courts Building, The cost would be approximately $2.500,000, in- cluding the site, which is virtually a quarter block. The site is owned and occupied by the Albert Wenzlick Realty Co.., which is planning the new struc- ture. Pending a check on certain structural details, officials of the company declined today to talk about their plans. It became known, however, that an architect has. designed a struc ture 405 feet hich, nine feet highe> than the Bell Telephone Building. now the city’s highest. The site, 106 feet on Chestnut and 104 on Eleventh, formed part of a block under consideration by the Govern- ment as a location for the new Federal Building. Wenzlick Tower Building is the name tentatively selected. The tower would have a beacon for aviators. THREE STREETS IN SUBURBS RESERVED FOR COASTERS Thoroughfares in R.chmond Heights Closed to Traffic for . Seven Hours Daily. Three hilly streets in R,.chmond strects, Heights were ordered closed to’ traffic today between the hours of 4 and 11 p. m. in order to perniit coasting on the ice-covered pave. ments and to ‘prevent possible ac- cidents as a result of coasting on other streets. Ethel avenu@® between Bellevue avenue and Big Bend road, will be closed, as will a five block stretch of Williams avenue, and Ralph ter- race from Wise avenue to Brook- lyn drive. Coasting will not be permitted on other streets, but per- sons living outside of Richmond Heights are invitec to coast on the closed streets. The closing order will be in effect every day from 1 to 11 p. m. as long as the pave- ments remain icy. BAR ASSOCIATION FAVORS — PLAZA SITE BY LARGE VOTE Count of the ballots cast by mem- bers of the St. Louls Bar Associa. tion today showed the lawyers fa- vored Twelfth boulevard and Mar- ket street, on the piaga, as the site for the new Federal uBilding. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the plaza site. a ° MISS HELEN WILLS. PROHIBITION INQUIRY COURT PROCEDURE ALSO TO BE PART OF INVESTIGATION Commission to Be Appoint- ed After March 4 Will Be Asked to Study General Law Violations. | TO SEEK FUNDS AT EXTRA SESSION | While Enforcement Will Be Basis of Action, Presi- dent-Elect Wants Inquiry Extended to Volstead Law ~—International Photo. HFLEN WILLS ENGAGED ~ TO SON OF CAPITALIST ee i ‘ ‘Woman Tennis Champion to Wed Frederick S. Moody Jr. of San Francisco. Special to the Post-Dispaich, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 16. —Dr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Wills, of' Berkeley, formally announced yesterday the betrothal of their ra- mous daughter, Helen, women's world tennis champion to Freder- ick Shander Moody Jr., of Sana lrrancisco. Announcement of the engaze- ment came in the form of brief notes mailed to friends of the young pair by the parents of Miss Wills. Miss Wills will not wed “for probably a year,” her mother said today. And the wedding will not interfere with her tennis career, Mrs. Wills added. “Helen expects to play tennis for many years yet,” Mrs. Wills said, “and wouldn't give up the game for anything. Moody's interest in tennis up toa year ago appeared to be only cas- ual, but about then he began to take lessons at the California Ten- nis Club’s courts in San Francisco. He gave a “dub” performance when he started, but after a year of les-. sons he now plays a ‘fair’ game. Helen says that as a tennis player Moody isn't so good. Frederick Moody. father of the bridegroom-elect, is a San Fran- leisco capitalist and member of the California State Highway Commis- sion. Moody is 27 years old and is an employe in the stock brokerage firm of William Cavalier & Co. He |bodasts some achievements of his own. A graduate of the Potter School, he turned down college for a life before the mast. He sailed on the four-masted bark Falls of Clyde as a seaman, making two voyages to Honolulu, and then the trip around Cape Horn to Copen- hagen, Denmark, and back to Gal- veston, Tex. Upon recejving his officer’s H- cense, Moody served as third, sec- ond and finally first officer on various vessels of the Matson Line, quitting the sen a few years ago to enter the brokerage business. Moody's family has been prom- inent locally for years, He is a grandson of the late John lL. Moody. milllonaire, of the early Callfortta days. He is a nephew of Mra. Claremont LAvingston Beat, Mrs. Beverl MacMonigle and Mrs. Douglass Watson, and a cousin of Mrs. Herbert Hoover Jr. Loudon Newspaper ‘Phones’ Miss Wills About Engagement. Ry the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 16.—News of Helen Wills’ engagement to Fred- | Continued on Page 8, Colume 7. By the Associated Presa. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Pres- t}ident-elect Hoover is to appoint # {special commission soon after | March 4 to investigate prohibition ,and general law violations, as w: |! -as court procedure and to make reconimendations locking to im- provement of the whole situation. This developed today after a conference between Hoover and Senators Jones of Washington and Edge of New Jersey, respective leaderg of the Senate dry and wet forces, who advised the next Presi- dent of their decizion to abandon their resolutions to authorize a prohibition inquiry. Appropriation Necessary. The Senators said Hoover ugrecd with them that legislation was un- necessary at this time and that ai! that would be required, in any event, would be a measure appro. priating money for the expenses c! the commission ‘This wili be of- fered at the special session of the new Congresg to be cailed ta the early spies. ¢ The Jones resolution would have ordered a congressional § inquiry, while that by Edge would have directed the President to appoint a commission to conduct the tn- vestigation, Enforcement conditions will be the fundamental basis of the presi- dential commission's inquiry, but the President-elect hag Stated thai the investigation should extend to the Volstead taw itself, so as tc determine whether alleged abuses in enforcement are inherent in the act. ———— ee oe - Problems for Inquiry. Whether distegard of the dry law in some sections is hurting thu observance of other laws would be another concérn of the commis. sion, aS would the necessity for set. ting up additional court machinery to take care of dry law vioiation# and relieve existing congestion. Hoover stated during his cam- | paign that general reforms in court procedure were desirable, but it is not clear that the special commbs- sion wouli go Into that subject !m- mediately, as it is recugnized that this field is one which would re- quire years of study before com- prehensive recommendations for consideration of Congress could be formulated, : Country Going Abead Under Dry Law, Prohibition Bureau Says. Py the Assoiate! Press. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The Prohibition Bureau today, on the tenth anniversary of the ratifies. tion of the prohibition amendment, issued a statement taking stock of the situation and giving prohibition credit for improvement in general conditions, “The country is going forward with prohibition, not backward with it,” said the statement. “We are not willing to lose the advances made industrially, economically, socially and hygienically as the re- sult of the passnge of the eight- eenth amendment.” “The evidence is sufficient to show that the sources of supply of illicit liquor are gradually but surely being closed. Controlling the sources Of supply of illicit liquor and at the same time fce- tering and controlling legitimate industry using industrial alcoho! and regtiating the lawful use of medicinal Mquors are the primary functions of the Prohibition Bu- renu. “The small type cases are 4a nuisance condition In each com- munity which the citizens can help or hinder, for in the last analysis the citizens of any locality through their vote, are responsible for the local officials, whether they be strong or lax in their program of law enforcement. Much its te be gained from educational move- ments by civic organizations, for drinking cannot survive without new recruits and reeruite are ob-. tion."* fatnad from the youth of the na. be cetine ~ i pe A ot nat é s “ ‘ . ere pt me eh NR a > A Wide St oe Oe ees . wens fern! iw 4 Sty a - Es vse Oe. ha Sed Galeeme’ oe oN acacia tne GON a me ai ~ nO ee ts te ‘ ; , | 3 52 _ i . 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