The Courier-Express from Dubois, Pennsylvania • Page 1

'-V NEWS REPCHTS Of TtfE WITED PBESS DUBOtS, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1930 WETS IN CONGRESS ATTACK DRY LAWS AT BIG HEARINGS Charged By Cirtifretiinen With Re- iponiibaHy For Demor- afitation of Law Bf.Bftftfiftftt LITTLE Staff Correspondent) Feb. LEARNS OF DRY LAW, LESSON $50 Feb. cost Charles Young, 61-year-old ne- rro, $50 today to learn that there is a prohibition law U. S. Will NOT MATCHRODNEY, IS INDICATED Wifl Not Scrap Moniter and U.

S. Will Blasts, Fire Sink Ocean Liner "You having or prohibition opened congressional Eighteenth Anfend- operation today by charging ot the amendment with rMponslbllity fot bribery, tloo.of the cltitenry, disrespect for law, and bootlegging." Graham, 79-year-old of the Bouse Judiciary opened the committee's hearings With a forthright critique the amendment and the federal en foteement laws, tested, he Mid, fo ten yeaw, "without lattefactory re suite." Graham outlined federal prohibi fcion's actaal resnlte as "most deplorable and depressing to every patriot," It WM his first official public state- went on the although he has been known heretofore as a wet. The committee predominantly dry. Graham called members of who have Introduced the various for amending tfhe Constitution in the direction of moderation or liberalizing the present strict lawt. Rep.

Sabath, 111., sipmsor of a measure for government dispensaries, emphasized the of prohibition ae Graham had, and called Walter.W Liggett, 'a magaxtne writer, -who 'n course of work has personally investigated liquor conditions in Boston, Detroit, the States of Minesota and Kansas. told the committee that 35 of the 69 federal prohibition under 1 Andrew Volstead Minnesota wore crooked; that a governoi 'uf Masmchusette has profited from tho sale of confiscated liquor, well as the secretary to another nor-, that the; preeenb of mean there's a law aftainit liquor?" Young, a Pullmnn porter, incredulously asked the court. He was charged with possessing a pint "I didn't know ntxthlng about that. But, Judge, If a law I sure am guilty. "I Just can't keep up with them new laws.

My work keeps me too busy to read CLEVER JEWEL fc THEFT SOLVED BY U. S. AGENTS South Bend, Feb. (U. story of a clever diamond roll- bery bore eight months ago in which the United States mall Was looted ol (8,000 In unset stones sent by a Chicago wholesaler to a South Bend re taller a fake order, came to tonight as Postal Inspector J.

Toole left for Holland, to tlon Chester Jessup, 28-year-old Elkhart watch repairman. Jessup was arrested Tuesday niitht and 80 diamonds found concealed in the lining of- his clothes. Until throe weeks ago he worked as a watch repairman for Sons, jewelers here. Nolsom was the firm wliose name was used in thu fake order obtaining the jewels from the Chicago firm. Nolsom disclosed that whoever engineered the foko order, also dispatched a telegram from Chicago to him, purporting to come "from the wholesaler.

The wire directed that jewels be reshipped to a La Force, address; There the operator of the scheme collected diamonds by himself i con- ed in Conference By RAYMOND CLAPPER (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Feb. Anglo- American battleship parity agreement reached will leave the British with the world's greatest worship and the United States without tae rlRht bo duplicate it, it appeared likely tonight. The suggestion had been made thai in scrapping five British and three American battleships to achieve parity, United States should be privileged to replace an additional old battleship with a super-dreadnought like Britain's Kodney, the largest and most up-to-date war vessel In existence. developments, however, seemed to Indicate little hope for such a proposal. The American delegation was astonished and somewhat dismayed by the attack made on the suggestion by Chairman Borah of the powerful Senate foreign relations -om- mlttce, which must pass on any treaty signed at the five-power conference.

It was denied that the Idea had been abandoned, but there wns crowing doubt among the delegates as the' wisdom of the move. Some im portant members of the delegation had opposed the Idea, yielding only under pressure from' tho others, lleved the hostile reaction justified their skepticism. British opposition to tho scheme was believed likely to end tho matter, with Secretary of State Henry li. Stimson shedding few if any tears. Albert V.

Alexander, first lord of the Admiralty, told a questioner in the House of that the ish government' docs not intend to ucroip cither tho Kodney'or its second reatest battleship, tho Nelson, to achieve parity. He left unanswered a further question ns to whether tho government MERGERS MUST MOTOR CLUB CONFORM WITH PLANOFLC.C TT signee. four state circuit judges, attended a bacchanalian revel given at Detroit witJv liquor'provided by racketeers last November; that the governor of Kansae organized a $40,000 snooper-squad made up of er convicts and ex-bootleggers. Liggett charged Assietant Secretary of. Treasury Lowman refused to open up charges of corruption against former Internal Revenue Collector Dolly, at Duluth, because he hpd realigned.

Dolly and other officiate who Liggett bald were getting $1 a case graft on wholesale importations of liquor from Canada were subsequently indicted and Dolly is now threatening to tell 1 the whole story in the face of re-i so far has resulted in the deaths of quests that he "took the rap," accord- one Filipino and one Mexican and tha injury of hundreds of Other persons. The situation was tenso in Stockton CALIFORNIA HAS CRISIS IN CHEAP LABORQUESTION San Francisco, Feb. Fighting in all parts of California between Filipinos, Japanese, Chinese, Mexicans and United States citizens weeks brought the "cheap labor" to a head tonight. Three new racial disturbances climaxed tho continued brawling which was considering the American poefll which Borah attacked. This pro View of the North German Lloyd liner Munchen snapped blazing at her pier in tho North river, Now York) just before sinking lifter tlu-oo explosions rippod through tho hull of the ship causing one death and injuring five.

Throo firemen were reported missing. The Munchen had just arrived from Bremen and had discharged hor passengers. Valuable Financial Facts Are Revealed Extensive Survey survey was of the posal, said, would give As for the tentative alternate suggestion that Britain scrap eome of Its newer class, battleships, such as tne Royal Sovereign or Queen Elizabeth types, Premier J. Ramsay MacDonnld told a questioner that no delegation had mnde any proposal. Alexander was asked if the estimate of American naval strength took Into account the number of warships under control of the Treasury but not appearing on the navy lists.

To that obviously referring to Coast Guard vessels used against rum runners, Alexander replied in the affirmative. ing to Liggett. Dry committee members from Mas- lieachusette and Michigan took issue! wWre Japanese and Filipinos boycot- Liggett, but he stuck to his' asserting "I know I am crlw- Each of the 2,000 or move who attend tho public) schols of DuBois 'i getting their education at responsible for libel, unless i every word I true, but I don't they will come after me." He 'Axpressed willingness to. appear be(Continued from Page Six) The islanders would from Japanese mer- Japanese not Money Lent If Russia Got Really Mad We Still Seek Witches Sugar and Yeast Make Whisky By Arthur Brisbane '(Copyright, 1930, King Feature Syndicate. ted each other.

not buy goods chants and the enrploy Filipinos. Authorities at Laverce, in southern California, watched the Mexican and Filipino sections where last night one Mexican was stabbed and Wallaro Raley, 19-year-old white youth, was shot in the foot. The controversy started when Mexicans taunted rhe Islanders for attending school. Raley was walking nearby and shot by accident. A Chinese, Wong Sung, wss in jail at Sacramento for shooting and killing a Mexican settionhand.

They quarreled because Chinese cooks for section gang refused to feed friends of Jose Espinosa, tho Mexican. The Stockton crisis developed when Sadki Stapia, a married 4 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12. The New York Chase National Bank ia to be congratulated on making a Joaai of eighty million dollars, to the Cuban government. Our nation lent Mlliooa to European nations, uting the money to kill each other.

It is fortunate that we have private bank ors sufficiently intelligent and 'pro srresiive to help finance near neighbor and good friend, that will use the money constructively. It a good loam. Cuba ie an immensely and her people arc honorable. Mexico Britain, raiding 'private of the government in Mexico-City, seizing papexa etc. Af in the case of British ing, Ruesla violently against "uatpeakable violation of diplo rattle rights." i At protest is no important.

later tying machine devsJopwmt might maty important I Continued on Page Ten.) WALTON LEAGUERS' ANNUAL MEETING ON BILL TONIGHT BRING ROCKTON WIFE DESERTER FROM MICHIGAN Ralph Luce, formerly of Rockton, and one of the fugitives whose name was on the list in the clean-up drive recently inaugurated by District At- F. Cortcz Bell, was brought back to Clearfield County by Detective Couscr Tuesday and lodged in the County jail to await the action of the court on a charge of desertion and non-support of his wife. Luce informed the District Attorney's office, last Saturday morning that her husban-d was located in Lansing, Michigan. The county authorities immediately wired the police in Lansing to arrest the man and hold him until an officer arrived. A telegram arrived Saturday afternoon stating that the man had been arrested and placed in jail there.

County Detective Couser left that night for Michigan armed with extradition papers and arrived back in Clearileld Tuesday with his man, who was lodged in the county jail mi default of bond to await action of the county court. exhaustive surrey -mi school of fifteeji cities of the -DdBois clnes In Western Pen.neylvania,- which has made by City Superintendont C. Al- clorfer, of the local, schools and was submitted to the school board at its regular meeting on Wednesday ovonig. Tho data was developed through lengthy research and study during which school finances in all of their phases were studied by the superintendent and the results of his survey have been tabulated and placed on file for further reference by tho members of the school board or anjX" others interested. Tho survey deals with assessment valuations, taxation millngo rates, revenues, budgets, expenditures, costs and other departments of financ te, going deeply into tho ramifications of each department and bringing forth valuable information for tho use of the district's school There was a full meeting of the joard on Wednesday evening, and the superintendent's report on.

his finan- that were given consideration. Reports from 1 various and all of the Ucmi The attendance officer reported that tho attendance for December and January covering tho period that usually marked by the lowest attendance of the entire year, shows that the at- tcnda.nce',for 'Hie entire school district was 90 per dent. report of tTie school physician slioweid, among other things that con- siderable'good work is being accomplished in improving: all defects among tho students, vnrioun and rharitnblfl organizations making It possible for of Improvements to be carried out. dents were receiving milk daily. It also dents were roclvlng milk dally.

It also showed that two students for whom had suggested, but whose parents were, unable to provide the glasses, had been properly equipped through the Junior Red Cross. It further showed that children Sanctioning of Piecemeal Combinations in Accord. ante With General Plan Guaranteed It fe quite evident that the state Commerce Commission rery decided views relative to the propo-ed mergers of eatttrn trunk lines and that any proposed on ol the railroads must, to Urge conform with these ideas, it Is ther evident that nra going to be worked out by piecemeal is the various steps wilt be tafcen one at a time, sach as the poitd taking over of the Buffalo A by the Baltimore A Ohio. When such proposed ilfrpi up with this ptanl of the commission then rofftble action may be expected oh the pairt of that body. feature of propwwd consolidation of material interest to section, because that Is Jutt What Is being undertaken by the Baltimore A Ohio Railroad with lines of tlon.

In speaking of the adopted by the commission, a financial writer of Washington the Ing to offer; The Interstate Commerce today Mt about clearing uncertainties surrounding the problem of railroad consolidations In the ed States with the announcement of a definite schedule of vo be followed by the carriers In filing merger In the commlssicm'i latest ruling the roads filing merger applications are required to state the definite price they Intend to pay for the they would acquire, how the Is to be financed and the extent, of control to be aver the acquired it provided that must bo mode of any rohitlonnhlps already, existing through hol'ding companies or of curltles, Plans not In harmony with the Porter plan must be amended in that roipoct. Approval of. stockhold' or far plan bo stated. This step ii am FOR NEW ME! FIND LOST GRAVE STONES IN "FRAT" Udtolder, (V. Eleven tombstones, which had bstn from a tftday on the ejwltwwe Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Lawn, automobiles were taken from fraternity houses and mod to train- port the itonet during dead ttl night.

Around the monument! en a section of a picket were Uksn by police and will be pared with then of all Inl- tlates of frattmltles at the tlnlvenay of Colorado. Stale HtiuSt Ml trait A tended Club IMPROVEMENT OF J. R. OSBURN 1SCONTINUED I. B.

Osfcorn wss reported on Wednesday to be continuing hit recuperation from the effteti an ovefdew of ofr a cold Mondaf afternoon, fte able to take Inhment for the first time at hit home on Wcet ScHbnar avenue, and 'alto with of his family and friends about hit bedside. In light of continued improvement, tlnuous vigil ait his although WBlittalnlg eloie touch with his situation, time expected to required before IK hu thoronilily re- rtaU Uritt'l ww oat i in i of of ttti Kedwatlon, er of thM'i of Mortal' WTl Mt of theVli covered from the but attending physlolafta a Improvement, until he will returned to normal health. VICTIM OF SLED CRASH REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS mort seriously i Tuesday eywtep, reported to.be taking nicely on Thi! youth recalvwJ a bithjp uixm the hood and condition to be lor A time, but regataed ftt fl ton Injured, and imp-wed twrlly the day. AM ot Hurt in tho ucoldenft were ablo (Continued from page 0) ANDREW CHASE 0. PERMITTED JUDGED INSANE, TO BUY SHARES OF STUDY BURKES R.

P. RUMOR Sportsmen of this city, and cape ciaUy those who are members of thi Izaak Walton League, are taking na little in the annual meetine of that club, which is to be held on Thursday in the Hibner Hoover Building. New officers ere to be elected, tho annual business transacted and probably outline of the activities for the ensuing year will be taken up, cause of these important items on the "agenda" a large attendance is expected. The Waltone-rs have been carrying on considerable activity in numerous ORRIN G. HUNTER, ACTIVE EARLY RESIDENT, DIES work in thu past few years field dav i-vents liavu come to be among the biggest of their kind in section.

It is likely that the program for the ensuing year will include a duplication of most of the program of the past with jn certain lines to take care of the needs and conditions of vicinity. Orrin G. Hunter, for the paH SO years a resident of DuBois, died Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, following an illness that had extended over a period of tho past five weeks. His came as the result of an attack of 'pneumonia. For a number of years after coming to DuHoio.be wat in the employ of the DuBois and Van Tannery, being one of the skilled workmen of that establishment.

At that time he was also member Their! th Van Tassel llote Company and February i Andrew Chase, of DuBois, who has in the county jail for tho past days on a charRe of carrying weapons, wns ortjudKcd insane and irresponsible for the act by a sanity commission, composed of Attorney Kd Kelly, Dr. John W. Gordon, and J. Paul KranU, who held hearing yesterday in tho Arbitration Room of the Court House determine thi; man's mental condition. Tho coiurnls- sion recommended that he IK) confined to institution for tho insane.

The commission also held a hearing determine tbe condition of Anthony iurkus, aho of Dullois, who has bt-cn irrestcd several times on charges of arceny and now in the county Jail awaiting trial on a charge, lowever the in the case were wlthcld until additional information concerning tbe man's pant life it procured and studied by the commission. Another hearing wili br held next Saturday. was the first member of the old Vol untetor band, which was organized in 1895. For the 18 yean, Mr. Hunter had been an employee the Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Station.

He was a member of the Odd Fcl Lodge, the Knights of Malta and on Considerable intercut was in DuDois on, ovenint; when radio hcarrl one of the larger stations broadcasting sue tho that the Intcrntuto Crimmerco Commission had grarifed the Baltimore Ohio Railroad the rit'ht to acquire the ntock of the Uuf- Rochester rittfi'ljurgii Railroad, for which tho Baltimore Ohio hnH bean, angllnf? for Bomo time. Tbe information that cnmo over the air was not verified by similar information in the news reports. It it possible, however, that a step was taken, for it has been generally believed for somo timn that tlio Inter- blnte Commerce Coniminelon would take such a step, ami if it eventually out that there has not been finy action to that effect, It bclieveJ that it will be forthcoming in tho near future. fte, director or tho ffnanie division o' tho the' Battl more Ohio, the Cbcsapoako tho Wabash and DsMware A Hudson to withdraw, their merger applici- or amend them, to conform tho plan. The commission in announcing the I'ortcr plan indicated that It had no finality.

The commission stated "Section 5 provides thai after wo have adopted a plan, as we hero do, we may either upon our own motion or upon application reopen tha matter for such along njuoly and weire changes of modifications in our jabtemd in judgment will promote tho public In-! Whllo tho accident wlsuted in torest. Such a.p.pllcaiUons will afford closing of Scrlboer coaft- opportunity for further consideration upon adequate end rocont records of the various of the In tho same vein, Commissioner Eastman In a concurring opinion stated: "I concur in the adoption of tho consolidation plan abovo outlined because it has many good foAturei, because it Is under the law to adopt some plan, and because It is not very Important after cM whether or not It Is tho best plan that cou.ld bo devised. "Wo may modify id at tlmo hereafter, and no consolidation for which It provides can be accomplished until wo hove found after full hearing that the public Interest will bo promoted thereby. There in, I think, much misunderstanding on this point, Tbo plan is very little moro than procedural step. There nothing compulsory about It, nor evan any surnnco "that authority will he sought and, t.

Mo ing, it potwted out thftt closing Is not permanent, but ww only dOeM- od upon for Tuesday evening botftuw (Continued on Fago MN LN'S BIUTHDAY PARITY AT BIUIDLEV HOME Mrs. Thomas of tbe Cal'n- hun was roe hostess to an unusually chaining Wednesday evening, the oceaBioil being an observance of the birthday of Mr. who happdns have been Irani the sums day of the month us Great Four tatiles ot bridge were efjoyei, with a muni of pleacurc being in evidence at all times. At tha of tha play'nu the hoftess a that in keeping iwlth tbe Birthday of fcelng appropriate- COLDER WEATHER MAY BE EXPECTED AFTER THURSDAY On good authority can be stated that If there is to be any real winter weather during tho so-called regime, of Hr'er Groundhosr, who wos reported to have ventured from bis winter headquarters un i predicted six weeks more of winter wwither, it will after Thursday. This given on no an authority than John of the Courier-Express, a weather of many yoa'rs.

The prudlctlon based on the fact that the moon etiAirgn Thursday night, SUN CLEANS OUT NEARLY ALL SNOW OF PAST FEW DAYS Old Man Sunshine inflicted (mother serious wound in the ground hog's prophesy of "six weeks more winter," on Wednesday when clear busy rays lifted theTritometewi well above Uie thawing mark omd ated a lot of the that foil earlier thja week. Streets were made and the ice-film that had covered lotue of the highways entirely removed wherever the could fctrlka It. Only the of the snow whoo Old Sol went to work prevon the day from being springlah in every particular. The snow did have the This evident about the city whom WM i (Continued on Pago Ten) SHAKESPEARE IS AWARDED $2,756 BY JURY VERDICT 1 What Is believed to bo term of civil court in the ol this county, came to a close Cleai- fleld Wednesday when the Jury In the case of Shakespeare Vance, returned a verdict finding fot Mr. Shakespeare, Eighteen cases woro listed tot at tho term of court which opontd on Monday of last week, but the list wai cut down by and ments until were only tWu that went to actual trial, one lmt woek and one this week.

Mr. Shakespeare, who on Knurr street, this city, sued to for injuries and he claimed to have sustained when auwjno- bile was struck by a trailer attached to one of the big trucks of the: in tb.t the line of ed the 29,000,00 network Off each In than 77 rematoteg the bun oa Pago queutly the that snow melted ami waiter was running on tbe sunny side of live while the snow on shady side held mometers down to low as 85 greee, A of 18 or 20 between readingi on the sumny of those in the ww to on 10) MRS. HENRY PENTZ DIES SUDDENLY NEAR ROCKTON i Mrs. Klltaketh relict of Hen. ry one of Brsdy beat known of a of century ago, and herself eer of that section, died at Wednesday at home Rockton, as result of ft apoplexy the Tuesday ing.

Death came in year, Pentz having hut. birthday oa 4. fihe WM Vo in Brady TowniiWp, within short dif wat education' in ting the tance of the ploco cvrred, and htr life lit. ing in ifeat'towB Henry it by J. for to tioa thai tbwfe tixia fifth of no why A 1.