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la la in drys drys in or a 7" alcohol a 0 0 0 a I I I I I THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIY 14, 1926 525,000,000 PLAN IS SUBMITTED FOR CROSSTOWN ROUTE Guider Gets Commerce Chamber Scheme for Through Traffic Artery. The City Plan Committee of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce today laid before Boro President Joseph A. Guider las $25,000,000 plan for the construction of a new threemile crosstown roadway linking 4th ave. with Greenpoint ave. and giving to the boro a thorough motor traffic artery from Bay Ridge to Williamsburg, Greenpoint, upper Manhattan, the Bronx and points north.

Mr. Guider told the delegation, headed by Frank H. Quinby, chairman of the committee, that he would have the city's engineers make a study of the proposal. He Indicated that his own staff is now working on ways to secure a similar through cellent one if we can find the mney it," Guider declared. "But it entails endemnation of hundreds houses an dthe outlay of a great deal of capital.

We will study It and, if we can find the money, we might adopt it." The plan provides for the construction of a crestown roadway through the central part of Broklyn and the Williamsburg section, which would link up 4th ave. to Greenpoint ave. The distance is slightly more than three miles. Such a road would have to be cut "cross country" through existing homes and business roadway but at a smaller cost. Must Find Funds For It.

"The committee's plan is an ex- plants. To Avoid Manhattan. Its purpose is to furnish the bustnessmen, and the pleasure motorists as well, means of motor travel from south to north Brooklyn, Long Island City, upper Manhattan and the Bronx. without the necessity, as present, of having to enter the congested bottle neck of Manhattan. The plan calls for this road ultimately to be lined with Staten Island by a vehicular tunnel with upper Manhatan and by the proposed tri-boro bridge or the East River- vehicular tunnel.

MOVE TO REPEAL 18TH AMENDMENT STARTS IN ALBANY Continued from Page 1, Phelps beer and wine referendum bill 18 to pass the Republican Assembly. He must either force the Rules Committee to report the bill out, in nich event there are ample votes to insure its passage, or he must enlist enough strength on the floor to carry a motion that will discharge the Rules Committee from further consideration of the bill. The latter course is the one that is more be followed. The Rules Committee is bone dry and has no intention of reporting the bill. Unless orders come from Wadsworth the Republican Assembly majority cannot be expected to vote with the Democrats or with Mr.

Phelps on a motion to discharge. Wadsworth Must Crack Whip. In a sense, Mr. Wadsworth's leadership in the balance. He has permitted every one to understand that he favors the beer and wine referendum as provided in the Karle bill.

Every indication is that he wants to see the bill passed and the wet question submitted to the voters on Election Day when he himself is on the ticket as a wet candidate for re-election. If the dry influence in the Assembly succeeds in defeating the Karle-Phelps bill, Mr. Wadsworth'9 leadership will have suffered immeasurably. Last week every assurance was given that the Karle-Phelps bill would reported from the Assembly Rules Committee promptly on its coming from the Senate. Democratic Leader Bloch was so sure the bill would come out of rules that he suspended all wet activities on the minority side and forbade his colleagues to make any motion that might embarrass the G.

O. P. leaders until they were ready to report the bill. MeGinnies Stands in Way. Suddenly Speaker McGinnies found that Rules WAR not prepared to report the referendum bill.

This came to light last night. McGinnies 1s dry. He was never enthusiastic about the proposed referendum, but nevertheless no one credited him with being opposed to it of a mind to prevent its passage. He has refused thus far, however, to release the bill from the Rules Committee, over which he presides. Democratic Leader Bloch in convinced that Rules will never voluntarily report the bill and was last night preparing move to discharge at the earliest possible moment.

He sald he would move today if there were any hopes of success. He must act quickly, because Assemblyman Michael Reilly of Kings is returning home to undergo an operation. Every vote counts on this wet-dry issue. The Jenks bill carried today without a single vote to spare. Speedy Action Neerssary.

Bloch is already minus a vote on necount of the illness of J. A. LivIngaton. also of Kings. With Livingston and Reilly both out his chances for carrying a motion to discharge will be considerably lessened.

Assemblyman Phelps, with Karle of the referendum bill, is planning 4 to discharge next Monday night. That is, of course, un less Senator Wadaworth should In the meantime send word to the Rules Commitee that it must report the measure favozably, While some regard Speaker MeGinnies' refusal to report the Karle bill in the light of a challenge to Mr. Wadeworth's leadership, it 18 more readily believed that McGinnien in simply playing clever politics and attempting to make it appear that the G. o. P.

organization as repre vented in the Rules Committee does not want to take the Initiative on a wet measure. In other words, if Rules reports the bill the can condemn the Republican orgarveation. If motion to discharge Rules in made and carried, the will have to place the blame not upon the organization upon the Individuals who voted for, the motin. difficult to imagine Mr. MoGinnies the rote of an opponent of Mr.

Wadsworth, despite the fact that he now holding in committee an important bill that Wadsworth wants out of committee. Passnge of the Jenka dry enforcecertain amount of ment indicates dry strength the Assembly but not enough to defeat the Karle bill If it comes out of committee by voluntary report after orders from Wadsworth to carry a motion to discharge. The Jenks bill now goes, over to the Senate, where it doubtless the fate of its companion piece, Wales bill. The Wales bill went 20wn to defeat several days ago. Woman Brings 16,000 Dry Petitions Scores of women crowded the Senate eager to testify against any modification.

cott, State President of New Jersey Law brought a petition with 16,000 names. She speaker of the day, when she disowned Jersey, saying that he was "two-faced." Lippincott with the petition against any law ANDREWS ASKS BEER LAW TO CURB VAST DRY ACT VIOLATION Continued from Page 1. Ing to the United States Marine Corps. Senator Reed declared that an old marine had shown him a "great little system." Thrust at Butler Tickled Crowd. "And," he said, pointing at Andrews, "you had better pay attention to this because it will be good for you when you get back in the service and there is no 'smelly butler' around." The audience roared.

Julian Codman, Boston attorney who has marshaled the wet forces, read a newspaper clipping from an Ohio paper which quoted the Federal administrator for Ohio and Michigan AS admitting that men with criminal records are employed in his district as enforcement agents. In defense of this statement this administrator took the position that "you can't catch bootleggers with Sunday school teachers." Admits Hiring Thugs. General Andrews admitted that this is sometimes so, but declared that the article gave the wrong impression. "We sometimes hire men of the underworld to give us tips and we pay them according to the information given." "You mean they are on the payroll?" asked Reed. "No, not that, but we do pay for information 1 1f It 1s sound after checking up." He then explained how the checking up was done.

Vast Jump in Stills Cited. Mr. Codman read into the record some figures showing the increase in the number of stills captured from 1921 to 1925. This list showed an increase of from 95,933 stills captured by agents in the entire country in 1921 to 172,537 in 1925. "Is this list a fair inference that the number of stills is increasing?" Codman asked the witness.

"I don't know whether it is or whether it shows increased activity part of my men," General Andrews' replied. Andrews Champions Modification. Washington, April 14 (A)-Frankly conceding that home manufacture intoxicants "seriously injurist, to the nation's moral fiber, Assistant Secretary Andrewa, In charge of prohibition enforcement, told the Senate Prohibition Committoday that In his opinion entorcement would be easier if Government manufacture and sale cf nonintoxicating liquors were legalized. Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, the only wet on the committee, took General Andrew through an intricate discussion of stills and distilling. The Senator took New England as an example and drew from the witness an estimate that Government agents get one in ten of the stills that operate in that section.

Vast Home Distilling Admitted. "The cold truth about this matter," continued Iteed, that there was practically no manufacture of beers or whisky in the homes of the people before Prohibition, but that the people have gone Into the manufacture of intoxicants In their homes. Doesn't this have a tendency to bring the families and children of the American home Into direct and inttmate contact with liquor?" "Of course it does," replied General Andrews. "Ian't it promoting the ultimate destruction of the morals of the fam?" Ilies when this goes on seriously injurious to their morals," Andrews said. Newspaper Poll Submitted.

Documentary evidence of various kinds was submitted by the wet counsel during the session and went Into the record along with General Andrews' description of his troubles with the Illicit distiller and other lawbreakers. Among the documents placed In evidence was compilation of the resuits of the poll conducted recently by number of newspapers, showing a 2.145.848 votes for modification of the Volstead Act, and 697,083 for Prohibition. Alcoholics Increase in Boston. A sworn statement from Dr. William Robey, senior physician of the Boston City Hospital, showed an Increase in the number of admissions alcoholic patients in the recent years under Prohitition.

A statement of like import from Dr. High B. Gray, superintendent of the Washington Home for Inebriates, also was admitted to the record. Most. Seizures in Dry States.

observe that the bulk of weigures of stilla were in the so-called dry Julian Codman of ton, counsel for the weta, said. notice that in Georgia In 1925 the stills seized totaled 31,031 as against 19,526 in Codman made it a matter of reeord that seizures were large in other Southern States--North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina and Oklahoma. "There are practically no Industrial plants in those States?" Codman asked, "That is right," Andrewa replied. "Where the Industrial alcohol diversion is cut off, do stills grow up "Yes, steadily, to All in the gap of supply." Reed Jollies Andrews. The presence of the still in the committee room WAR referred to then for the fret time, and it developed that General Andrews had loaned it to the committee.

"You thus made sure it would not be used illegally, observed Henator Reed. Democrat, Missouri, and spectators and committeemen laughed. General Andrews told the commit- SOLONS DEMAND McCOOEY PASS OUT COURT PATRONAGE Continued from Page 1. ice to the party. The men who serve in the Legislature for $1,500 a year, often letting their business go to the dogs, believe themselves entitled to extra compensation and want to get it through court patronage.

The complaint is an cid one. It is understood that some of the judges have lists of names from which they select receivers, special guardians and other temporary officers of the court. These lists are said to contain the names of men little known in political life. Comparatively few Assemblymen are on the lists. Today the Assemblymen demanded recognition.

So anxious were they to present a solid front to McCooey at breakfast that they are understood to have disturbed two of their colleagues--Howard and Reillywere at breakfast at Keeler's and made them come up to the TenEyck, McCooey Says "Door Is Open." McCooey made a speech. He assured the Assemblymen he was anxious to co-operate with them in every way. He told them his door always open and that it they wanted anything they ought to tell him about it. The chief pointed out he was not a mind reader and that if the Assemblymen had complaints they should bring them to his ear. The Senators were not invited to the breakfast.

Early reports at the Capitol were that McCooey had invited the Assemblymen and not the Senators to dine with him, and there speculation about primary reprisals. Three of the SenatorsHiggins and Hastings--opposed McCooey in the primary fight last fall. Wins Pay Boost For Wingate. Some of the Senators were indignant when they first learned of the breakfast party, thinking McCooey had slighted them. But when they were assured the party had been or.

ganized by Assemblymen for the purpose of asking McCooey why he couldn't throw a little more court patronage in their direction, they calmed down and enjoyed good laugh. Mr. McCooey left for home on the 12:25 train. He visited the Executive chamber but did not see Governor Smith. He talked with George Graves, the Governor's secretary and is understood to have received assurances that the Evans bill, increasing the salary of Surrogate Albert Wingate would be signed.

NAVY MAKES NEW OFFER TO CITY FOR RIIS SEASIDE PARK Now Asks Part of Rockaway Site for Air Station-Robinson Confers With Mayor. The Federal Government get a part of the Jacob A. Rids Memorial Park, in the Rockaways, for its projected naval air station. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Douglas Robinson, in a conference with Mayor Walker in the City Hal! today, offered the city an amended proposal by which the Government would take over by lease about a quarter of the area of the Rids Park. facing Jamaica Bay, for the air station.

Large Sum May Be Spent Here. Mr. Robinson, in the conference, stressed the increased aerial appropriation by Congress, and stated that probably a great deal of the 000 a year to be spent on aviation by the Government will be spent in New York City If the desired air atation site is leased. He also pointed out that the proposed station would afford New York and Long Island substantial protection in event of war or attack. The conference lasted about half an hour.

Mr. Robinson appeared optimistic as he left the Mayor's office. "I can't make any statement now because haven't looked into the whole the Mayor stated. "I will have to take the subject up with the Boro President of Queens, but I asked that the Government submit Its new application in writing to the Sinking Fund Commission. Refused by Hylan Regime.

During the eight years of the HyIan administration, the Government unsuccessfully sought to get the city's permission to occupy the park for air purposes. The Government, however, wanted the use of the entire park, comprising 97 acres, facing both the ocean and Jamaica Bay, and the opposition of playground and civic associations, together with that of Boro President Connolly, caused Mayor Hylan to turn down the application. The War Department used the park as a naval base during the war, and constructed hangars valued at $5,000,000 that are still there. COOLIDGE BLAMED FOR OVERTHROW OF SENATOR McKINLEY Continued from Page 1. Democratic chieftain and an avowed wet.

who distanced his two rivals by an overwhelming vote. Senator McKinley's vote for AmerIcan adherence to the World Court was made the chief issue of Colonel Smith's campaign and the latter's aids attributed his victory to his stand against the measure. It WAS the first opportunity voters have had to register their feelings toward proposal singe anti- World Court forces started their campaign to defent Senatora who voted for adherence. Boxing Bill Wins. The Statewide primary yesterday, which was marked by the death of six persona in riots in Herrin, 111., and by considerable shooting and disorder in Chicago, saw victory for a boxing bill in this city and in several municipalities.

Chicago also approved bond issues totaling nearly $20,000,000, one of which provides for a zoological park. Without boxing for a quarter of century the vietory may mean the holding of the Dempsey- heavyweight title match here next tember. With more than half of the precincta of the State counted early day Colonel Smith WAR leading his opponent by 75,000 votes. In the latest tabulation Brennan had polled 108,917 votes against 15,964 for James T. McDermott, Chicago, him nearest competitor.

Nominees for Congressmen -atlarge were Richard Yates and John Rathbone, Republican Incumbenta, and Charles Karch, East 8t. Louis, and Frank J. Wise, Jollet, Democrats. WILLS PROBATED Jane A. Ingraham.

ICtiza C. Kilm, Charles Place, Virginia M. Owens, James MeLarne, William A. Doyle, John Belts. BILLS BY KINDRED WOULD END GRAFT AGAINST VETERANS House Quiz Shows Insane Service Men's Guardians Are Fattening Off Fees.

Eagle Bureau, 901 Colorado Building. By JOHN BILLINGS Jr. Washington, April 14-The most acute problem relative to the Government's care of disabled veterans, now before Congress, is the tion of "legalized graft" by professional guardians of the estates of insane ex-service men. The whole miserable system has been thrown into high relief here by the charges of Representative Blanton of Texas against District Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning, who, it is alleged, has amassed a fortune of more than $100,000 by his practice as guardian for insane veterans placed in St.

Elizabeth's Hospital here. Representative Kindred of Queens just entered the fight with certain legislative proposals whereby he hopes to correct this evil situation. House Orders Probe. The House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation has ordered an investigation of guardianship conditions among incompetent World War veterans. Hearings will begin on Thursday of this week.

Under the present laws, veterans are declared insane by the courts, and the judges name guardians or committees to administer their estates at such a tremendous profit that the poor beneficiaries of the Government's ald receive next to nothing, it is charged. Dr. Kindred's bill would eliminate the profit to be derived from such guardianships, thereby reducing their desirability among the unscrupluous of the legal fraternity. Guardian for One Hundred. Representative Blanton has focused public attention here and elsewhere upon the present system by his charges against Fenning, who is a lawyer as well as District Commissioner, one of the three "managers" of the city of Washington.

According to these Congressional charges, Fenning got himself appointed by the District Court as guardian for than 100 insane paid the maximum fee-10 percent ex-service 'men motor which he was of the total estate plug 10 percent of all income from investments. Blanton told the House that Fenning received $722,855 as the total estates of his Insane wards and that he drew down A commission, by court records, of $109,070. Blanton also alleges that a ring exists here between the District Court, Fenning and Dr. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's, whereby Dr.

White advises the Court In each insane veteran case to appoint Fenning guardian. Blanton also recited CASES in which he charged Fenning had graspingly neld on to a guardianship, in spite of the fact that the Insane veteran's own parents wanted to take over this job. Attack Is Against Law. It is generally conceded that Fenning has kept within the law in this practice and therefore the attack is leveled chiefly against the law which permits such things, with Fenning'8 activities also serving as "the horrible example" of what happens under Its operation. Official Washington is locally aroused by these disclosures Inasmuch as Fenning 19 a commissioner, appointed by President Coolidge with the tacit understanding that he might continue his guardianship practice which has netted him such handsome profits.

Representative Kindred's two measures provide that the Veterans Bureau itself shall administer these estates of insane veterans and thus do away with the necessity of getting outside or professional guardlans appointed by the courts. This would cut out the large fee system on which Kindred charges "political hangers-on around courts are Ing fat." He explains that judges generally have certain friends they want to help, either relatives or political allies, and that when an estate of an insane veteran comes before them, they name one of these as guardian. This bill has the approval of the Veterans Bureau which has found Itself, under existing law, powerless to cope with the situation. Goodrich Bill Passed Fixing Prison Terms (Special by Ingle Staff Correspondent) Albany, April 14- -The Goodrich bill, providing that no convict shall earn any time either by compensation or commutation off a sentence of one year or less, and that imprisonment in a State prison shall in all cases be at least for one year, an irreducible minimum, passed the Senate today and is now on Its way to Governor Smith. This was followed by the introduetion of Goodrich's new bill abolishing compensation and commutation off all minimum sentences.

This Is the bill The Eagle has been advocating for two years. It will keep conviets in jail for at least the minimum period of their Indeterminate sentences. It also reduces the time allowed off determinate sentences from three months a year to two months a year. The Assembly today passed another of the Baumes Crims Commission bills, providing for immediate payment of forfeited bail. H.

A. 8. Borah Bill Puts Radio Under Commission Control Washington, April 14 (P)--A new radio bill, under which radio communications would be placed under the control of a national commission of three persons appointed by the President, has been introduced by Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho. The bill would divide the United States Into five radio zones and the commission would have for power to lasue and suspend licenses cause. Appeal could be taken from its de- of cision to the Court of Appeals the District of Columbia, The measure woul dreaffirm the applicability to and the radio of Federal the Trade AntiTrust Commission Act.

CAPT. A. M. DEANS DIES Fire Capt. Alexander M.

Deans of 3410 Farragut died of pneumonia at his home yesterday. He was in command of Engine Co. No. 14 In Manhattan and was in the Fire Department for sixteen years. He 18 survived by his wife, Elizabeth E.

Deans, and two sons, William L. and John A. Deans, Funeral services will be held in the Lenox Road Baptist Church Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. "School for Jurors" Draws Judge McLaughlin's Fire The action of a judge in making an ignorant juror "go to school" by ordering him to attend court and study practices, was criticized last County Judge Alonzo C. court, McLaughlin as an "unfriendly and ungentlemanly" procedure, in an address to the Men's Club of Beth Sholom Peoples Temple, Bay Parkway and Benson ave.

It was assumed that Judge McLaughlin referred to Judge W. Bernard Vause who, on Monday, directed a prospective juror to come back to court next day and study the proceedings after the man had pleaded ignorance of jury duty as an excuse not to serve. "This prospective juror has been made a buffoon and laughing stock," said Judge McLaughlin, "as a reward for honesty and modestly admititng that he feared he was not qualifled and not sufficiently acquainted with court practices to act intelligently on a jury. "That judge should have taken that man in a friendly way and aided him toward a better understanding of court woirk. GEN.

BOOTH, HERE ON OLYMPIC, DENIES BREAK WITH SISTER Won't Remove Her From Command Now -Salvation Army Officers Cannot Be Masons. Gen. W. Bramwell Booth, head of the Salvation Army and brother to Commander Evangeline Booth, head of the Army in America, upon arrival today on the White Star liner Olympic, declared that he is against drink and that he could wish for nothing better for the British Empire than that it could adopt Prohibition. On the question of whether the Salvation Army countenanced its members being connected with secret orders, he said: "Members of the Salvation Army may be identified with secret order, if they choose, but officers may not.

Our officers must free of worldly influences, and secret socieparticularly in Europe, are political." Won't Remove Sister. Gen. Booth allayed for the time the persistent rumor that he will seek to remove Commander Booth from command of the American branch of the Salvation Army. He let It be understood, when this question was broached indirectly, that he had no such objective in mind for the present. He added: "It 19 one of our guiding rules that officers are retired after a certain perlod." He produced a letter from sister, couched in affectionate to terms.

"Do you contemplate any changes in the American personnel of the Army?" Booth was asked. "I know what is in your mind," he replied. "You mean Evangeline, I do not think of any such thing in that direction." "WIll See How Things Are." "But there is rumor of a change," was suggested. "Oh, well," he shrugged, "I am coming over. I shall see how things are." He explained that the Salvation Army does not reverse its traditions for any members, and that if it should come to a time when a devision relative to any officer is nevesgary the Salvation Army will come before the individual.

He did not use the name of his sister during the explanation. The question of whether Salvation Army members might be members of secret orders was put to the General as being a potential issue in splitting the Salvation Army in the United States. He was told that a number of unsigned letters had been gent to the newspapers, prior to his arrival, suggesting that he be asked whether a Salvation Army worker might also be a. Mason. After replying a8 above he made light of the idea that the question was causing schism in the Army, branding such talk "a lot of moonshine." The Salvation Army head, now in his 70th year, walks erect and talks with fine precision.

He wears a miniature of his father, Gen. Willlam Booth, upon his left breast. He outlined plans for intensive, Army work in northern Rhodesia and in southern and northern China. General Booth will remain in New York several days and then go to Chicago. He will be in the United States until April 30 or May 5.

Others on the Olymple were John Hays Hammond, mining engineer; his daughter, Miss Natalie Hays Hammond, and Isaac Marcosson, magazine writer and world traveler, who described Premier Mussolini of Italy as "Not a man, but a syndicate uf men." BUTLER'S ACHING TEETH WILLIAMS' DEFENSE IN TRIAL Marine Base, San Diego, April 14 (P)- The dental troubles of Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler have become the first line of defense In the court-martial trial here of Col. Alexander S.

Williams of the Marines on the general's charge that Williams was drunk in A public place. Bad Teeth Cause "Visions." At yesterday's session of the colonel's trial the defense called two dental surgeons to the witness stand to tell how bad teeth can corrupt a man's whole outlook on life, how "dental lesions" can impair the functions of organs far removed from the jawbones of the toothache victim and how they often cause a man to "see visions," or jump confusedly to erroneous conclusions. Both of the dental surgeons, Lt. L. G.

Conditt and Lt. Commander Frank 8. Tichy, recalled on the stand that General Butler had been having plenty of trouble with hia teeth just before the eventful dinner at Colonel Williams' home. The judge advocate of the court, Capt. Leo Hermie, led the dental perts into admitting that most of their testimony was hypothetical.

Should the toothache defense fall another avenue of defense may be explored by the colonel's counsel In necordance with intimations of detense attorneys. These intimations involved the question of whether or not General Butler attempted to his subordinates into submitting written statemente supporting his charge. MRA. MANY K. HEALY, 36 years old, of 400 Hicks a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, died yesterday, She 18 survived by her husband, Joseph; A son, Joseph, and her father, Frederick Ponton.

The funeral will be held from the funeral parlors at 384 Henry at. tomorrow morning at 9:30 followed by a mass of requiem In 8t. Peter's R. C. Church.

Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, DEATH OF PASSAIC STRIKER IS LAID TO BEATING BY POLICE "A judge feels that he is mighty and often actst ttactctordingly. A judge should have an appreciation of the man of affairs who gives up his business, family or social obligations to attend to a civic duty and he should aid, honor, comfort und co-0 with him to the fullest extent. Should Be Gentleman. "Every judge should be a gentleman and every juror should be a gentleman. If judges would adopt a gentlemanly attitude toward men of the jury, conditions would be materially bettered." When these remarks were repeated today to Judge Vause, he said: "This man made a feeble attempt to escape jury duty and I took him at his word and told him to come back to court, 80 that he might learn how do things here.

"If someone laughed at him, I am sorry, but I see no reason why he should be allowed to escape his duty by declaring that he knew nothing about the court and was too busy to serve. No man has a right to accept the protection of the law without doing his part to uphold it." Col. E. J. Williams Named Commanding 30th Southern Division COL.

EZEKIEL COZ WILLIAMS Col. Ezekiel Williams, U. S. who is well known to the National Guard as executive officer at the Militia Bureau, War Department, Washington, has been assigned in Army orders as Instructor of the National Guard, 30th Division, comprising the State forces of Tennessee, North and South Carolina and Georgia. The Governors of these States have agreed upon the appointment of Colonel Wiliams a8 major general commanding the 30th Division, and they will ask the War Department to extend Federal recognition to him as such.

This will be the Arst instance where an active officer of the Regular Army has been appointed as major general, commanding a National Guard Division in time of peace. Colonel Williams is a Georgian, and was appointed to the Regular Army from civil life at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. He was Chief of Staff of the 36th Division in the World War, winning the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptional services at this time, and is a graduate, twice, of the Army War College, and of the Army Staff College. The colonel is listed upon the initial General Staff eligible list of the Army. INDEPENDENT MILK DEALERS ORGANIZE BOARD OF COMMERCE The Independent milk dealers of the city have organized what they call the Chamber of Commerce of Independent Milk Dealers, Health Commissioner Dr.

Louis I. Harris announced today. He said these dealerg believed that the loss of public confidence has hurt their business, and in order to overcome these conditions and also to prevent the introduction of unfair competitive methods which will once again introduce evils which they desire to eliminate, they have formed the organization. According to Dr. Harris, practically all the independent dealers in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, in forming the organization, have pledged themselves to strict conformity the to the rules and regulations of Health Department.

They also have made a pledge to Dr. Harris that they will at once report any member in their ranks or any one else engaged in the milk business who is carrying on practices which impair the quality or the safety of the milk supply, so that such offenders may be promptly dealt with in the interest of public health. "In view of the fact that there are other potential Danzigers in the milk fleld who wish to assert their power over the milk dealers by intimidation, "threats and extortion under one pretext or another, or by dishonest competitive said Dr. Harris, "I will insist that this Chamber of Commerce of Independent Milk Dealers shall establish a simple, uniform basis of dues which shall make impossible the levying of tribute. I will be glad to assist these dealers if they are well intentioned and give them every opportunity to cleanse their own Business Bodies Urge Speed on Transit Relief Representatives of 19 commercial organizations yesterday afternoon failed to pass a resolution againat municipal subway operation.

They met at the Bankers Manhat tan, under the auspices of the Merchants Association. Those at the meeting anid the resolution had been shelved a matter not of immedinte necessity. However, the following declarations of principle were made: are in accord to the necessity of the earliest possible construction of transit facilities to give the quickest possible relief. "The ideal to be aimed at is unifeation of operations so far as poselble. "The Mayor in commended upon his announced intention of appointing an advisory committee on city transit." Los Angeles Starts Another Test Flight Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.

April 14-The Naval dirigible Los Angeles left its mast here at 2:12 o'clock this afternoon for a test flight in the immediate neighborhood of the air station. The big airship headed eastward into a light wind in the bright sunshine. Her crew consisted of 40 officers and men, in charge of Capt. George W. Steelen and also on board were five student officers and three civilian passengers.

Textile Mill Men Refute Charge--Sheriff Ready, to Enforce Riot Act. dry hearing April 12 Mrs. A. Haines LippinEnforcement Committee, was the most interesting Senator Edge of New The picture shows Mrs. modification.

tee that under the provisions of the pending bill allowing search of private homes, he intended to reach commercial stills only. Bootleggers are taking advantage of the present law, he said, by setting up stills in private houses. Don't Want Family Stills. "Then you do not want to reach small family stills?" asked Codman. "I did not have that in mind at all," the General said, adding that if his agents went into private homes for family stills they would be vlolating instructions.

"We are positively now concentrating on the sources of supply," the witness continued. "Of course I don't deny that it's the agent to prevent violations of the law. I have discharged one man for doing trifling work." Senator Reed pressed for information whether dry agents raid homes without search warrants. "An officer doesn't need a warrant to go into a place for a murderer," put in Senator Harreld, Republican, Oklahoma. "But there's a difference between a felony and replied Senator Reed.

"Then we ought to make It a felony," said Harreld. "Why not get out the old Magna Charta and the Constitution and burn them both," retorted Reed. Buckner's Figures Disputed. General Andrews told the committee that the figures of District Attorney Buckner of New York that 60,000,000 gallons of alcohol is diverted into the bootleg trade annually were too high. "Our best figures are that from 13,000,000 to 15,000,000 were diverted last year," he said.

In the course of one of his lesIons in distilling, Senator Reed called Mr. Williams, custodian of seized stills for the Treasury, to help explain the intricacies of the process. Williams said that by the use of corn sugar distilling, there was no residue and practically no odor. Corn Sugar Increases Difficulties. "So the use of corn sugar has increased your difficulties?" Reed suggested.

The witness nodded, and added that corn sugar was a commercial commodity, and its presence in the home could not be a cause for investigation. The average still will produce 40 gallons of liquor a day, Williams said. Senator Reed then figured out that there were 1,720,000 stills operating last year, with a production ot 68.800,000 gallons of "moonshine" day. Asked if it would not take 50,000 men to enforce Prohibition disagreed, saying his solution was a tightening up of the law and tha making of illicit liquor trade a penal offense. Williams Would Jail All.

"You would put a man in jail for selling a glass of beer?" the Senator asked. Again Williams nodded. "Let's get your nods into the record," said Reed, and that was done. "DO you think it would be a greater crime to take a man from his family and put him in prison stripes in penitentiary than it would be for him to sell a glass of beer "No; I don't agree with that." just wanted to see how casehardened you were," said Reed. think it 18 time the people of this country understood that law can he more criminal than the crime it punishes." Coolidge O.

K's 3 Million Move for Enforcement Washington, April 14 additional appropriation for prohibition enforcement next year to take care of Assistant Secretary Andrews' reorganization program, was approved today by PresIdent Coolidge. This would supplement the 000,000 already voted by Congress for next year. In addition about $10,000,000 also has been appropriated for the Coast Guard, which is defending the borders from sInugglers. The $3,000,000 would be used principally in meeting the cost of additional forces which Mr. drews proposed to employ on the border patrol and in the specialized squada which he has recently organized.

Boy, 12, Kills Sister, 4, With Father's Revolver Newark, April 14-A small, frightened boy, awaiting trip from the Parental Home to the prosecutor's office, today asked repeatedly his little sister that he shot yesterday would get better soon. He bad not been told that she was dead. He WAR taken to the home after he was discovered walking the streets. The lad Joseph Cocuzza, 12, of 176 Newton at. He fatally wounded his four-year-old sister Kate, while demonstrating to playmates that his father's revolver was "a real pistol." No charges were preferred against him, but he was to be questioned today.

300 Delegates Open Electro Convention Here Three hundred delegates from all parts of the world met today for the opening of the International ElectroTechnical Convention at the Hotel Commodore. Prof. Michael R. Pupin, president of the Amerlean Electro-Technical Commission, made the addresa of welcome, saying that he wished members of Cangress could be present to apprecint how feeling of amity between nations can be fosterey by such international assemblages. Passaic, April 14 (P)-Death today of Frank Gido, a textile striker of Garfield, was laid by the United Front Committee of Textile Workerg to a severe beating Gido was al-: leged to have received yesterday afternoon when a crowd of strikers attempted to break into Belmont Park, Garfield.

Mill representatives, on the other hand, denied this, asserting that Gido died from natural causes. A patrolman stationed in front of the house prevented newspapermen from communicating with survivors. County Physician Ogden has ordered an autopsy. Says Ribs Were Broken. The committee, in a statement, charged that Gido's death resulted from several broken ribs received in the fracas.

A further investigation of Gido's death revealed that he was in apparent good health when his wife went to a store near by. He WaS dead when she returned, it was said. Spectators of the fight yesterday afternoon at Belmont Park, Garfleld, asserted they saw no clubs in use and that Gido could not have been injured so severely in the melee. Those who denied allegations of the United Front Committee asserted that heart failure had caused his death. In Battle With Negroes.

Eight strikers were arrested at Lodi today during a battle with negro employees of the United Piece Dye Works whose homes they had attemped to picket. The negroes swarmed from their homes with sticks, clubs, stones. bricks and weapons of every description and the strikers were getting the worst of it when Lodi police appeared. Mariano Leone of Lodi, a striker, received a dangerous wound when hit on the back of the head with a brick. Differences of opinion on the operation of the Riot Act brought 8.

statement today from Prosecutor Hart of Bergen County that Sheriff Nimmo was in full charge and would continue so until he felt there was no further need for his deputies. Sheriff Making Plans. At Paterson Sheriff Morgan spend a part of the day swearing in deputies and assembling equipment in preparation for taking charge of the Passaic situation late today. Arthur Garfield Hayes, New York attorney, today asserted that the act must be read each time by the Sheriff contemplating proceeding under its provisions. He also averred that the power of government was being used tyrannically to break a strike rather than to enforce law and order, Mayor Rides at 6 A.M.; Show Ring for Horse The frost was still on the shrubs in Central Park when, at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, Mayor Walker trotted into the park astride his handsome gelding, Cedar King, and broke into a 20-minute canter.

The Mayor appeared at home in the saddle and handled his mount skillfully, To prepare for yesterday's canter he canceled his usual Monday night dinner engagement, remained at home and retired early, The Mayor was 80 pleased with Cedar King's form and behavior that he announced he would enter him in many of the spring horse shows. Entry blanks for Cedar King have been made out for the Brooklyn show, to be held from April 20 to 24, inclusive. Two Fliers Killed In Virginia Crash Newport News, April 14 (P)- Two men were killed in an airplane crash near King and Queen Courthouse today. The victims were Sergeants Neil W. Abbott, of Rochester, N.

Clarence W. Mix of Durand, attached to the Marine base at Quantico, Va. Motorist a Suicide After Fatal Accident to Woman Newcastle, April 14 (AP)- After his motor-truck had struck and killed a friend, Mra. Mollie Harria, here, late last night, Frank Robl, 64, wealthy merchant, drove to an 1s- olated country road and committed suicide. His body, with a bullet In the head, was found today.

Moses Harris, 68, husband of the victim, was injured seriously by the truck. HELD AS HOLDUP MAN Frederick Hermann, 30, a chautfeur of 333 E. 36th Manhattan, was held in $15,000 bail by Magistrate Short in the 5th Avenue Court today on a charge of assault and robbery in connection with the holdup of Burns Brothers Coal foot of 524 on March 25th. About $2,000 In cash and revolver were taken. Detective John Keefe, of the 4th Avenue Station, arrested Hermann in the Flushing Court yesterday 1m- mediately after he was discharged on a vagrancy complaint.

PASTOR URGES Y. M. C. A. BOYS TO ACHIEVEMENT, The "Spirit of Achievement" was the subject of the address made last night by Rev.

Timothy Tinsley, pastor of the Ridgewood Church of Christ, at the annual dinner of the boys department of the Eastern Disat trict 179 Y. M. C. in the building Marcy 300 boys attending. 0.

C. Bergmann, secretary of the department, acted as toastmaster and Harold Barron as chairman of arrangements. Boys who had done good work for the last five years received E. D. pins, and those who were good 'in their work last year got an "1" to wear on their sweaters, the awards being made by Frank J.

Slater. Charles Pittman, assistant secretary of the department for a number of years, was presented with a fountain pen and regret expressed by the speakers that he is severing his connection with the Eastern District SENT TO ATLANTA FOR FORGING $10 P. O. ORDER Harry Bernstein, 20, of 5 W. 111th Manhattan, was sentenced to one year and a day in the Federal Penttentiary at Atlanta, when he plended guilty today before Federal Judge Grover M.

Moscowitz to forg1pg a $10 postal money order two years ago. He had just completed 10 months sentence for petty ceny, served at Welfare Island..