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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1933
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Calamitous Picture. Painted
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18th Amendment
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the committee to reason together
but "not with fanatics." These,
he said, are foes "of religion as
well as individual liberty."
"No law can ever be enforced
that is destructive of right and
Individual liberty!" he exclaimed.
"What opportunity has .there
been for the conscientious oppon
ents of prohibition to be heard?
These hearings will open the
doors to let them present their
side of the question folly."
In his testimony Liggett said
there were 700 speak-eales in
Washington, D. C, and not less
. than 4,000 bootleggers and that
he had come to the conclusion
that there were not less than 1,
600,000 gallons of hard liquor
consumed here each year. He
added that arrests for drunkeness
in Washington had trebled dar
ing the prohibition decade, even
considering the increase of popu
lation. Conditions In Boston
pewibed by Witness
k Asserting that he had made a
painstaking investigation of Bos
ton he said there were at least
4,000 open speakeasies there and
15,000 people who purveyed li
quor illegally in that city.
"I want to say," he said, "that
(he police of Boston and the state
jpolice of Massachusetts are very
largely corrupted as a result of
this prohibition act. I have pos
itive evidence in affidavit' form,
jand affidavits substantiated by
'several persons in each case, that
!ot only are the police corrupted
'but even ex-governors and their
'secretaries and commissioners of
:publlc safety have been illegally
selling liquor on a wholesale
'scale."
Later Liggett was interrogated
:ty Representative Stobbs, repub
lican, Massachusetts, as to wheth
er he referred to the plural In
'speaking of ex-governors and
.commissioners of public safety.
The witness replied that he meant
;only one of each.
The witness testified that a
.f'vhite slave ring of international
iscope" was operating in Massa
chusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylva
nia and Michigan.. He also said
there was 122,000,000 a year be
,ing spent for drugs in Detroit,
and blamed a growth of the drug
traffic on prohibition,
jlhjuor Plentiful
lift Kansas, Claim
.:-vTurning to Kansas, where, he
lesid, they recently celebrated the
'frtith. anniversary of state-wide
prohibition, he declared he could
IgQ into any town as a total stran
ige'r and get a very good drink of
; liquor within 15 minutes after ar
riving. Within five minutes af-
:er entering a hotel in Topeka, he
laaid, a bellboy offered to sell him
pint of alcohol. In 16 coun
ties in Kansas, he declared he had
ifotand similar conditions.
: ; "Wichita is wide open, Liggett
isa'id. "I went into one of the
; classiest roadhouses in Wichita;
jit: compared very favorably ia
. ;.ied with the better class of road
;Jhuse9 in New York and it was
ixunning wide open; gambling go
ing on upstairs with the roof the
limit, and 76 people were playing
las I watched the game and stakes
jy; Although praising Detroit for
J wiiiat he called "mas3 produc
piba." Liggett said that "mass
j xyodnction in crime is also com
ing into Us f sliest flower in the
Netty of Detroit,"
fJFWsner Mayor and
X'oUoe Chief Quoted
: : "I have it on the authority of
ifce ex-mayor and also the nree-
feht chief of police," the maga-
I'aane writer continued, "that there
,jare today 200,000 speakeasies in
jrifae city of Detroit,"
jU--' Asserting that arrests for drun
j';icenness in Detroit had almost
'doubled in the last ten years, Lig
klgfllt said the city was "in the grip
.'t,t a bunch of gangsters, racket
i;.:ef?rs, crooked policemen and graf
j'ting politicians." " .
U He described a "very wild par
("'. where the liquor was donated
V-pf one of the principal gamblers
l.uf Detroit," as follows:
.;?;. "There were at that drunken
, revel at the Grand Avenue road-j-
house the governor of Michigan,
" ; the chief of police of Detroit, the
j; thief of the state police, politic!-
.ans, ciuomen, gamblers, crimln
r ls, bootleggers, all three fratern
izing in the spirit- of the most
perfect equality under the god
!acchus.'
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2'Judges of the circuit court of Mi
chigan were at the party, explain
ng later, however, that three of
j' the Judges had not at that time
'.-.assumed their positions. Asked
'. .tr Representative Tucker, demo
crat, Virginia, if he was at the
u.iij, me witness repuea: i was
GRAND THEATRE
Last Times Today
"BOZO" SINGER '
With the
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"SPUTTERS"
It's a Rede at Pun, Songs,
Dances, Specialties
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The All pialogr Dramatic
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Secret Service men sarronnding the car of -f Service men are warning the -photographer,
President Herbert Hoover, when the latter I not to make pictures; with no results, as'
visited William Howard Taft. The Secret 1 usual.
not. I am more careful of my
assocates."
Andience Applauds as
Liggett Makes Boast
Representative Michener asked
Liggett if he would present proof
of this if called noon. The writ
er replied that he had the proof,
bjjt doubt I will be called upon to
do so."
This statement was londlv ap
plauded by the audience.
Liggett chanted that there
were "beer farms" and "beer
flats" in the home state and
"rieht nnder the nose" of fiirmor
Representative Andrew Volstead of
Minnesota, author of the dry act,
who he -said was connselor for
the prohibition administrator
there.
"There is not a decent sneak-
easy in the city of Minneapolis,"
Liggett said, adding that most of
the drinking was done in 3,000
oeer nais ' run Dy gins.
"They also haTe beer farms In
the state of Minnesota," he said.
"That is one reason why you have
not heard so much about farm
relief. A good many of the farm
era, there are making home brew
and the more excellent brands of
bootleg booze, and a considerable
portion of them are throwing
their houses open to men and wo
men and boys and girls who drive
out from the city because they
think they are in no danger of
arrest there."
Conditions Claimed Worse
Than Before Prohibition
He added that there was more
liquor drinking .in. Minnesota to
day than there was before prohi-
Diuon.
The Judiciary committee decid
ed at an executive meeting late
today to authorize Chairman Rr-
ham to consult leaders of both
supporters and opponents of the
18th amendment before settinr
a limit on the time the commit
tee will allow for taking testi
mony.
It was also arranged that af
ter tomorrow's session the com
mittee would adjourn until next
weanesaay. a
Witnesses said tomorrow will
include former Senator Bruce of
Maryland, Representative Mary T.
Norton, democrat. New Jersey,
and Mrs. Charles A. Sebin, of the
women's committee for repeal of
the 18th amendment. .
Liggett said there were atllla ha.
ing set up in nearly all the rural
regions in the middle west and
specifically named Minnesota.
iNonn uaaota, iowa, Kansas and
Wisconsin. He said that in Kan
sas, the governor was not satis
fied with the "bone dry act" and
the Volstead act and had Indnred
the legislature to grant him a spe
cial fund of $40,000 to hire a
"squad of snoopers extraordin
ary." He said he had no donbt
that the members of the gover
nor's squaa were bootlegging and
that gverr one of them was efth.
er'an ex-bootlegger or an ex-con
vict."
Liggett said that out In former
Representative Volstead' district
there were only 59 enforcement
onicers ana that tney covered an
area of about 200,000 square
miies wnicn had a population of
50,000.000 neople. At least two
thirds of these enforcement offi
cers, he added, were guilty of of
fences against the law.
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HOLLYWOOD
North Capitol street. North Salem
Today "Anybody Here
Seen Kelley?" with Bessie
Love and Tom Moore. Man-
hattan players.
Friday "The Greyhound
Limited" with Monte Blue.
GRAND
North High between Conrt and StU
Today "Her Private Af-
fair" with Ann Harding. Col-
lins and Singer.
Friday Dick Barthelmess
In "Young Nowheres."
BLIGH'S CAPITOL
State between High und Church
Today "Disraeli."
Friday "Nix on Dames"
with Mae Clark.
Sunday "Romance of Rio
Grande."
FOX ELS IN ORE
South Hixh between State and Ferry
Today Maurice Cheval-
ier in "The Love Parade."
Saturday "The Vagabond
Lover." with Rudy Vallee
and Fanchon and Marco.
Here is a bit of gossip that
should interest the screen fans
three decided "types" wilt appear
In the next picture made by Ra
mon Novarro, "The Singer of Ser
ville." These "types" are Marie
Dressier, Ernest Torrence and Ra
mon himself. It is hard to Ima
gine what there will be In com
mon between Ramon and his co
partners, but it 4a easy to see that
Marie Dressier and, Ernest Tor
rence, should have plenty of
things In common to work upon.
Just to remember Torrence In
"Untamed" and Marie in the Hol
lywood Review is to get a good
laugh.
Many folk hare been interested
in "what happened to Alma Rue
bens?" The answer makes a
good human interest story. After
a year spent in a hospital fighting
the drug habit, acquired she says
over a period of four years
through a prescription given her
by a doctor to quiet a minor ail
ment . j
Now that she Is ready to work
again, the folk QX Hollywood are
lending a real hand not charity
bat offer of work and she is
coming back again. Edward Ev
erett Horton, that king of comedy
of the screen, who is also direct
ing his own films, was the first
to plaee Miss Rubens and there
are others who will follow suit.
The last picture in which Miss
Rubens appeared was & small
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know that Rlcardo Cortes U her
husband and that he has given
attentive support to her recoveryt
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but more especially when made in
such places and by a man in Mr.
LIvesley's position which would
give the matter national recogni
tion as there will be some ""who
will believe this statement ta ren-:
resent the sentiments of the peo
ple of Oregon and especially of
saiem.
"We, residents of Salem, manv
of us mothers of families and all
of us vitally Interested in the
welfare of our citizens hold that
the moral interests of our citizens
are and should be superior to any
business interests and that any
attempt to restore the liquor traf
fice is a step to lower the morals
and we resent the attempt on
the part of our mayor to give the
impression that the citizens of Sa
lem have any such desire.
Therefore be it resolved: That
we, members of the Woman.
Home Missionary society and tha
L,aaies Aia society ol the Leslie
Memorial church, do hereby go on
record as ODDOSfnr nr attamnt
toward attempt toward restoring
me liquor iraiiic m any way."
POLISH n IS
EASY MILE WIKKER
NEW YORK. Feb. If. (AP)
Stanislaw Petkiewics, Polish
conqueror of Paavo Nurmi, won
an easy victory in the invitation
mile run at Osceola club Indoor
track meet at the Seventh Regi
ment armory tonight.
The Polish diplomatic courier
led all through the race to beat
Lorlng McMillan, former Union
college mller. Frank Bayley of the
New York A. C, was third. Pet
kiewics ran the mile In 4:28 1-5.
The heavy running but speedy
Petkiewics too the lead at the
start of the race and held it until
the finish. He moved steadily
ahead until he had a lead of about
SO yards on the last lap, then
sprinted to break the tape 40
yards ahead of McMillan. The
time of 4:23 4-5 was fast for a
race run on a flat board track.
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DAYTON. Feb. 12 Miss Ve
lene Goodrich Is the new clerk
at the Allen drug store. She will
be helping out afternoons for a
couple of weeks. The place wai
formerly filled i by Mrs. D. L.
Young.
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Today and Tharsdajr
ON THE SCREEN
"ANYBODY HERB
SEEN KELLY"
Starring BESSIE LOVE and
TOM MOORE
Also Talking Comedy
Patbe Review
On the Stage
The Manhattan Flayers
Present
"MAMMY LOU"
A Comedy Drama of tha
- Old South in Three Acta
Manhattan, Player go on at
Nine o'clock
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Failure to Purchase Salem
Plant Costs Local Folk
Immense Amount
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to nay. And If the city had. say
in 1927, purchased the water sys
tem, its bonds undoubtedly would
not have borne more than 5 per
cent Interest.
That leaves 2.6 percent above
this Item for interest, and it fig
ures out to I31.SI4.90 as stated
That amount the city would have
had to apply .toward retirement
of the principal. But the story is
not yet all told.
Redaction in Interest
Estimated at 92,000
With so much of the principal
retired In 1929, and assuming the
same costs and expenses, the in
terest charge would ba reduced
approximately 22,000, and there
wonld be that much more to use
in retiring more of the principal;
and in short, it would work out
so that the entlra bond debt of
the city for the water plant' would
ba retired In about 20 years, at
which time the city wonld be a
little over a million dollars richer
for having operated the water
utility.
It's true that someone would
have had to pay the taxes that
tha city escaped paying; bat only
a portion of those would be paid
In Salem. Part would be paid all
over the county, part all over the
state; Salem 'property owners
right now are paying higher taxes
than they would It McMlnnvIIle,
Corvallis, Bend, Eugene, Ashland,
Astoria, Baker, LaGrande, Mea-
ford, Pendleton and St. Helens
didn't "own their own" water
systems.
In short, according to Mr. Cup
per, the city is losing money every
day It delays purchasii the water
system. It lost money when It fail
ed to Install a plant In the first
place; it lost when it failed to
purchase the utility for 2600,000,
and again when it could have had
it for $722,000.
The longer the city delays tak
ing the plant over, the more It will
cost, says Mr. Cupper; but It Is
not jet too late to taie it over
and make a profit for the citizens
and taxpayers. .
At the end of 20 years, with
the plant entirely paid for, ac
cording to the theoretical calcu
lations just made on a basis that
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sumer la two;- that undoubtedly
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PIISTOII'S STOLEN
MONMOUTH, Feb. 12 L. H
Willard, pastor of the local Evan
gelical church has received word
that his car which was stolen on
Sunday evening from the curbing
in front of the church, has been
located in Marshfield.
According to the message re
ceived from the Marshfield chief
of police the car is in a garage at
Marshfield and unharmed. The
thieves, were pursued by the po
nce Dut escaped capture. The
General Motors Exchange will re
turn the car to Mr. Willard on
Saturday.
Two Monmouth boys who are
missing from their homes are ho
llered to have stolen the car but
no clue as to their present where
abouts has 'been obtained.
John Brooks Is
Taken by Death
Early Yesterday
John Winfield Bronka. fathar
of Edward M. Brooks of Salem,
died yesterday morning at the
home of his son, Charles H., at
the Wigrich ranch near Indepen
dence, where he had lived since
1925. He had lived near Gervais
since 1864 prior to moving to the
Wigrich ranch. Ha was a natlva of
Kentucky and 81 years old.
Besides the two sons mentioned
he leaves other children: John T.
of Independence; Louts N. of
Corvallis. Montana: Mr v nr
Herring of Portland; Robert H.
of Bay City; and William A. of
Gervais. Funeral, will be held at
the Rlgdon chapel here Friday at
1:80 o'clock. Interment to be
made at Gervais.
WASHINGTON, Feh. 12.
(AP) Postmaster General
Brown today recommended the
principle of an eight-hour day for
all federal employes ta both the
field and departmental services.
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UIICOII PRAISED in
ROTARY TALK HERE
"Born in squalor and poverty.
yet he bad the characteristics of
a nobleman by birth. Untrained
in military affairs, yet a wise
councellor and advisor to the gen
erals of the north. Having no ad
vantages of early schooling, yet
his Cettylburg address is one of
America's finest contributions to
English literature. Untutored in
statesmanship, yet easily the mas
ter of his cabinet and confreres
in statesmanship and diplomacy.".
Thus did W. Carlton Smith, lo
cal physician who was the Lincoln
day speaker at the Rotary" club
luncheon Wednesday, epitomize
the' exceptional qualities of the
martyred president. He added in
concluding his evaluation of Lin
coln: "Soldier, scholar and states
man, whose motto in life was:
'With malice toward none, with
charity toward all, with firmness
in the right as God gives us to see
the right;' he fell a martyr to his
life's work, but lived to see his
ideals triumph and died with a
prayer on his-lips that all men
might be free."
A brief outline of Lincoln's
career and of the historical
events connected with the slavery
problem were included In Mr.
Smith's address.
Connie Mack Is
Given $10,000
As Bok Award
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12
(AP) Cornelius McGilllcuddy,
better known through the coun
try as Connie Mack, -manager of
the world's chamnion Philadel
phia athletics, tonight received
tne sio.ooo Edward W. Bok
award for 1929 for '"having ren
dered the most outstanding oniv.
cess to' Philadelnhia dnrinr th
year." The award in the form of
a check, was accompanied by a
medal and scroll.
The presentation was marin nrf.
vately tonight after a dinner at a
downtown hotel attended by the
Bok award committee anil
number of prominent citizens. In
other years the Dresentation was
made a public affair, but the us-
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Eielson Helmet
Is Found After
Much Searching
MOTORSHIP NANUK. North
Cape, Siberia, Feb. 12 (AP)
The recovery today of the helmet
worn by Pilot Car Ben Eielson,
American aviator lost November
9 in the wreckage of his plane 90
miles southeast of here spurred
searchers to renewed activity, Pi
lot Joe Crosson reported after his
return from tha scene of tha
wreck.
Crosson said that the workers
also found a part of the cockpit
today and that they expected ta
clear the Ice and frozen snow
away from'-all parts of the wreck
within three days. He expressed
confidence that the bodies of
Eielson and Ms mechanic. Earl
Borland, would be located soon.
TRAIN KILLS HORSES
GERVAIS. Feb. 12 An acci
dent in which two horses were
killed and two men and im nth..
horses narrowly escaped occurred
on me uregon uieciric crossing tt
Concomly. 4 miles southwest of
Gervais, Saturday morning. Road
Patrolmen R, Patterson and Peter
Kalinaki were working with four
horses hitched abreast to a grader.
They drove onto the crossing, not
seeing an oncoming train la ths
foggy morning. Both horses were
the property of Mr. Patterson.
ORIX SANDBURG DIES
8ILVERTON, Feb. 12 Fun
eral services for Orln Sandhur.
the little four-year-old son of
Mrs. Elsie Sandburg, were held at
the Evan's Valley cemetery Wed
nesday afternoon.
Orln died Mondav momln? fol
lowing an illness of one week.
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