’ claw could be enforced in my dis-
h
with he added. and there is no say-
. ing what the hunt result. will be.
’ thing prohibition ever had.” he said
tCoutlnued from Page One.)
The only
way I can vis-
uallu thst so.-
ooq.ooo gallons
to you is in
terms of boot-
leg liquor." Mr.
Buckner ex-
plained. "Tok-
ing the formula
for 'splitting‘
whisky given
by General An-
'drows. and.
placing the
price at 85 a
bottle. you get
the astounding
W m total of 83.600,-
. I. 000.000.
"it's $10 a bottle out in my
country." said Senator Reed.
“You ought to know." cut in Ben-
ator Means.
"I do." returned Senator Reed.
and the crowd which jamme‘hs
committee roomhowled. ‘
"isn't some of that alcohol con-
l'lscnttd mui destroyed?" asked
Senator llnrrcld. ltep'ubiicun. of
Oklahoma.
Mr. Btu-tutor thought the percent-
our destroyed was very small.
Since lilo ulrohol squad was sent
to New York last September. he
said. diversion had decreased. but
he calculated the total amount the
squad had kept off the market
would make about “16.000.0‘00
worth of bootleg liquor.
The District Attorney said his
shcmtsts round traces of poison in
ml per cont. of the bootleg liquor
seized.
"The condition of it depends on
the conscience and technique of the
bootlcgger." he added, and the
crowd laughed again.
L'nder the old enforcement policy.
llr. Buckner said. distillers sold
pure alcohol to bootieggors and
marked the sale on" the books as
that of denatured alcoohol and the
‘tgcnts inspected the books and let
i 1:0 at that.
480.000 Gallons in Stores.
“Tire inspection force was so in-
adequate." he said. "that the sales
could not be run down." ‘
Turning to "bootleg druggiats."
the district attorney suid investiga-
tion had shown that the drug stores
in New York city drew out 480.000
gallons of liquor a. year. whereas
the total amount for which doctors
could legally issue prescriptions was
only 240,000 gallons.
"This illegal business." he said.
"u as on u retail price of 38 a. quart.
'Cut' only once. you find therein a
total business of $15,600,000. There
are Sixtct-ll ucents to inspect the
drug stores illitl check up on the
phytflgirlns.”
Now Probing Druggists
Senator Iinrrcld protested that
Mr. Buckner was indicting the en-
tire drugglst trade by inferring that
all of them "cut“ the whiskey they
sold. '
"Do you think a druggist who
would sell whisky illegally would
hesitate to put n. little water in it?"
Sumter Reed asked. .
"There are no Chambers of Com-
merce in the underworld." said Mr.V
Buckner, "and there are no ethics
among bootleggcrs.”
Two hundred hnd fifty of the 1500
drug stores in New York city now
are under examination. the witness
sold. This work is only two mont
Seizures of ships around New
York ere decreasing. the witness
sold. but "dry" linited States is eke
porting bootleg industrial alcohol
into Canada to help the Canadian
booticggers bout the. Canadian GOV-
t:rnmcut out of taxes."
A word of praise for General An-
drews, the .prohibition chief. was
spoken by Mr. Buckner just before
the committee recessed until to—
night.
"General Andrews is the best
"I regard the prohibition law as
a?» declaration of war on the liquor
ironic, said District Attorney Buck-
ner at the outset of his testimony.
"It seems to me too many people
regard it as a treaty of peace.
-“1 have no doubt the prohibition
trlct if we had the right kind of
machinery. It never has been tried
either by the State or Federal Gov.
ornment, because with the kind of
Federal courts we have. where jury
trials are necessary. police law can-
not. be enforced in such a congested
district as New York city."
Describing conditions in New
York when he took office. Buckner
said Sonic and Federal oflicerswere
arresting 50,000 persons a year for
violation of the liquor law.
"I found .ho' Federal building a
seething mass of bartenders. ped-
dlers. waiters. fixers. and the like."
Mr. Buckner said. "The United
'trrarrfi/‘rrr'rr'rn u r, ..
1;: c.1741": 1/1471»;th uu'
We are now 10ch at
our new ones i:
31 Frankiht Street.
Our phone number
\‘ is 1354 ‘i i
.ani, Ram-d.
new til-letting had onlyhsd-it
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VlSll‘; “lttutt
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Possibility “E x is t s of
Having First Class
C o 11 no.1 l of Boys’
Order Locally.
Herold Converse of Boston. re-
gional executive of the Boy Scouts.
will address the members of the
Norwslk Boy Scout council in the
near future on the advisibillty of
forming a first class scout council
in Norwalk. Mr. Converse was
scheduled to visit here some time
ago but was unable to attend on ac-
count of a death in his family. No
date has been set for his visit.
Norwalk's present council. is made
upof‘prominent business men who
devote a share of their time free
of ohsrge‘to the work. A first class
council. would mean that officials
would receive- salaries for the work
and thus could devote their entire
time to the scout movement. The
plan will be discussed and voted
upon by the members of the coun-
cil which includes about 60 men.
States commissioner told me he
threw out so to 90 per cent of the
ches, for lack of evidence.
“Federal judge- told me the
whole atmosphere of the Federal
building was onset-collusion. At-
tempts were“ made to bribe jurymen
even in the building."
Before , General Andrews
charge. Ur. Buckner said. prohibi-
tion agents were rated by the num-
ber of arrests they made.
“I found 90 per cent for more of
the arrests were of petty cues." he
added. “They‘wert not getting the
men who were making the money.
but subordinates.
“The New York City Police Com.
missioncr told me he received 180.-
000 complaints 3 year. Of course.
they came from speakeusies. It
was then I suggestcd'padlocklng.
' Dom Judges Needed
. y position with respect to potty
arrests has been misunderstood."
continued the district attorney.
"There have been petty arrests. but
my plan has beento get the proprie-
tor and issue padlock injunctions.
rather than arrest a waiter 9‘ .r
clerk."
Mr. Buckner testified his othco
cooperated with the city police in
efforts to‘breok up dens of thieves
and other crooks.
"Those criminals gather in then).
places." he said. “They den't hold
each other up there; they aren't
violating any state low. if the po-
lice tlnd liquor there. they make ur-
rests and they are entitled to have
Federal trials. We don't convict all
of them. but atleast they are put to
the trouble of a defense in court.
“Prohibition isn't going going to
be enforced until people begin to go
to jail in large numbers. It would
take one judge one your trying two
cases a. day to dispose. of the cases
that. the city police bring in during
one month."
"Then it would take twelve
judges. sitting all the time. to keep
abreast of'thc calendar?" suggested
Senator liarreid.
"Yes. to take care of the city po-
lice cnscs. Then there are the al-
0 o h at diversions—smuggling and
the like."
The thousands the police arrest
are only a. small fraction of those
who violate the law. are they not?"
asked Senator Reed.
"Probably." .Itir.. Buckner said.
“As a. matter of fact. there are
millions of violations in New York
city every year." suggested Senator
took ,
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PAGE FIVE
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L szstqttsuru
'Les 3. Johnson. of UHL‘QIHlit‘, was:
flood :25 and com in the rim Dis-i
trict court this morning by Judge
Nehemiah Concise on I charge ot.’
reckless driving. Johnson was or» |
rested April :3 by Motorcycle l'oltco-i
man Martin Lcugyel attcr s citsso'
along the Post hood and “Wet rue-i
nue.
Johnson pleaded not guilty to
the charge. Officer Lengyrl ttwtl-t
find that he first noticed the John-3
son car speeding over tlm brow of
Jnmcs' hill. while he was doing truf-f
to: duty near Cedar strret. ilu told
Judge t.‘ondco that the pupils from
the Washington school. “on: cross-l
ing the Post [loud for thcir noon to. .
cons. '
Police-man Lengyci started in pur-
sutt of the Johnson cur. Ulil't’l ‘
Lengyei said he held up a mortal
processlor. and did not ou‘rtakt;
Johnson until he rcunhcd the foot
of the armory hill. There he t'lorkml
Johnson ['13 West ovcpun to \\':til
4;—
uvcraged 40 miles on hour.
versin l -dent and “as on his \\ ii)
to I’nmtdence. R. l.
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countrymen: "I WILL LIVE
Quickly recovering from the shock of a bullet shot
through his nose by an erratic woman in Rome yesterday.
the Italian dictator shouted to his admiring and awestruck
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Johnson said he is a. Y.tlr t‘ul-'
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' A IMOst Eventful Career
ROME, April N.~—l~'li‘iov‘u yours
ago the authorities of northr-ru italy
iwcro greatly exercised over the ac-
tivities of a. wild young Mu'iulist
agitator.
He had n. grunt i‘oiimvlng and tour-
ed nothing. lie was it rndicul oi tin:
“rcddcst” type. \IiOll’lit'U “us. a. tum
Jor item on his program or social
reform. »
The ltnhmt police \\'t'i't‘ not tilt.-
only ones who “'H‘v nwuro of his
e'xlstcncr. Police in Switzerland and
France knew hint. too: had urrrstml
him. indeed. for ultrn~rotllcttt iit"li\'-
itirvs.
All in all. it was quite agreed that
this‘ young mun. by nmnr: lenito
Mussolini. was it dangerous revolu-
tiunar)’.
Louder of Alum-racy.
’i‘iint. was i'lltet‘ll worn nun. 'i'otluy
Mussolini stands its chief protagon-
ist of lilo fort-vs ot’ antocrucy, louder
of the fees of liberalism—dictator
of the Italians, Fpil‘iilllii successor of
the first. of the Cursors. put there
by the force 01’ his own indomitable
will.
The wild radical of prc-wnr duys
has mounted to tho seats of the
nlifilltb'. ill illt‘ list‘. liin riddle of
radicalism has been sloughml off like
on outworn garment.
lie is the most picturesque clmrur-
ter in the world today.
And there is drama in the st
Mussolini.
He was born in 1883 in the moon-
ory of
tainouu district. of llmnngnn. “is
father was a blacksmith. and n wilti-
cycd. radical one, to boot; his
mother had been :1 school teacher.
Reed. ‘ iThc family lived in poverty.
"1 will not commit myself on.
that." Mr. Buckner retortcd. 1
"Commissioner McLaughlin is co-'
operating'with us fully." Mr. Buck-
ner said. referring “to the police
commissioner of New York city. '
, JudgcsAPraised Highly
The district attorney put a new
value On Federal judges in his dis-
trict. ‘ .
. “’l‘hey are worth their weight lnl
platinum to us." he said. ~
Mr. Buckner said he did not want
toutake up the Judges' time trying
old cases \in. which the principal
witnesses-for the Government were
former prohibition agents. . whose
testimony. had been repudiated by
Juries in the past.
"Are Juries in Nethorkdlsposed
to.let offenders go on .tllmsy ex-
cuses?’ 'asked Senator Welsh; Dom-
ocrat. of Montana. lending dry on
the committee- . -
“Our best, judgment. after, six or
eight-months." Buckner replied. "is
that probably. a pnohibitiou. convic-
tion'in Ndw York is more dihlcult
thsnltmsy be in Texas. We think
the strongest. element which causes
ucquittoi is where the defendant. is
a ' subordinatefi The juryrnen 'will
say: ' . -
' “ 'Get the fellow higher up. He's
probably paying" for and getting
protection‘."
Americanchewtng-gum was ex-
hib'lted- for. the , first time at.the
14919318. Germany. “it lut .month.
and no doubtiyoung German thinks
during the 'wsr, it would have con-
stituted s..perfect~‘terssts' 'for foods.
not. Momma—-
Reliememlndigestion
Every bottle .9! .ABSO-DIGEBT
Getting on Education.
Through sacrifices on the part of
his parents. young Mussolini nttcntl-
ed such schools as were available.
getting about. what would he, cqui~
vaient in this country to a high
school education. Then he flung
himself into the socialist cause. llut
before he could settle down in his
home town he most satisfy the rest-
.loss urge that demanded that he
travel.
small slim from t]. friend and so out.
By the. time he reached the Swiss
border the money was gone. llc
dvent on afoot. sleeping whcro he
could and getting odd jobs here and
there to keep from starving.
He stayed two months in Switzer-
land. studyingond using his eyes.
gripping his youthful theories or so-
cial upheaval and reform more and
more closely. He led laborers in
strikes and riots. for it was impos-
clblé for Mussolini to believe a thing
without acting on it; accordingly. he
soon landed in jail. and on his re-
lease‘ he found. himself constantly
shadowed by detectives. _
Boston by poverty, unable to get
work. he drifted back home. - There
he subsisted for a. time an odds and
ends of literary work. translating the
works of the‘German‘Heh-le. for ex-
empts. for some live dollars Or so.
trying unsuccessfully to secure a
town clerkship. touching school for
n time in s. countrytown—and al-
ways taking an active part in the
doingslof the socialists in his neigh-
borhood.
The police 'doggod his footsteps
continually. Disgusted, he went to
France.‘ There too he gained no-
toriety as a radical ultator. He led
Strikes. participated in riots. felt the
bonds of the police 'on his shoulders.
and eventually was deported. H
took refuge in Switzerland.‘ ‘
He stayed inSwitzer-land for seven
years. He studied constantly. doinx
odd jobs imply for his books and
lodgings. and aims dipping into the
activities of the radical element. At
length his nary advocacy of socialism
[0t him into trouble again. and the
Evin deported him. Again he went
back to Rename.
bombs-had left home to
’. sack-summitsana ouch-time-hs
bedcomsbaokpeuuilsssaud in bad
repute. - “inauspicious-test. per.
hops? It mam seemed» lithe
time. particularly,” hiaonghcld
moor. “0‘1”” hhnwto. contest
’ himself with». With'sllfo. ‘
‘ ‘ meson-unitsommmrm the
tumult! Glut“! newness:- work,
lliussoilni )Il‘t‘i‘t‘l‘l‘t’d action to .words.‘
gt‘tuno stronger and ever stronger.
So. curly in 1003. he’ltorrmr d 0'
.
:otllt-ini socialist organ. Amnli. And
’illf'il the. “or lrruktl out.
i Mussolini For War. ,
l ”PM came Mussolini‘s break with:
‘ilit' soriniistr. 'l‘hr: socialist psrtyt
' was all for neutrality. Mussolini}
t‘i‘lt'ti loudly tor entrnncn in the “on;
on the solo or the allies. lie was:
{1‘pr ilt'li from the sovinlist party: he
'tontlnurd to shout. this time through
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:tlu- t'tvllllllil.‘ ot thi- hiilou paper. Po-,
ipolo d'itullzt. of which hr- become.
cdltol‘. l
1 Holy linnily l‘llit‘l'P'i iii" wur. Mus"
'r'olllri's .tgitutiotl tut-i ilwlpvtl. And.
i “hon \\‘:.tl' was (ll‘t‘ltil‘F‘t'l Mussolini
‘\\:t8 (Hit: of the tlrsl to \oluutcor. i
lie saw uctlm semi": “llil thc‘
'lzrrmgllcrc, helm: wound-“d twicei
hunt morning it safe. heiuml-the-iinesf
jolt thut it. politician ntl‘rrt-tl lum. lie :
uus tint‘fll‘ilitli for l‘l‘ulfl')‘. ‘
SiOVC.
even surface wi
contents.
.\i‘tvl- the “or “1' w: nt line]: to his"
newspaper. “Ollt' wcm hm sot-luilstlo
liconings. The tide of conununiem ‘
shelf above the s
[hogan to run high among italtltn \
i workt'rs. .‘lliFNOiihl scowlml. Ten 3
”cars prm lonely he \t‘buld hm;- ?
l
{choc-rod.
i Strikes became almost daily e\ entr.
{Tlll' KtA't‘l‘llll‘tf‘lli seemed powrricsru
finduslry was paralyzed. And Mus-i
‘tnoilnl bonded together ll few dozt‘u
friends, sturdy young “or microns.
’utto a biaclvsllirtcd organization that‘
guns in become known throughout.
‘thu \xorltl—otllo Foscisti. f
f Gaining Power.
l 'l‘ht' l‘nscisti
. t
. slowly t: ;i t n e tit
islrrngtll. They drilled. 'l‘hcy bc-f
{rutun it ‘I'fllllrlllt‘l unit. \t-c'itlccl to-l .
l
tR’Hht‘t' by pi'l'fl‘t‘i discipline and b) ‘
‘u. unanimous regard for Mussolini.‘
31in: lender. 'i‘hcir mover. at first wen: i
isporndlow-directed ngainst u entail-V .
itoun strike here. u. minor rrtdlt-n‘.
iwm-kly newspaper there. As always. 'h
so the lv‘ascisti used clubs and re\'0l\'- l
crs rather than pamphlets. j ’
The reaction to tho war-born rmii- '
call In that had swept Italy was set-
tingiin. More and more people flock-
ed to the l-‘asclsti. The body 11c.
Then run the climax. A huntin-
\vido strike. was called in the sum.
mer of 1022. While the government .
stood powerless Mussolini and hie-I
Fitscistl put it down. Then. in il'l-
umph. tho block‘shirts moved on
Home. “captured" it, turned states-
men out of office—mud Mussolini ht:-
cntne premier.
From then on the isle is familiar.
Bit lty hit Mussolini gathered pOwcr.
such as no ordinary premier ever‘
held. into his hands. One by one the
constitutional limitations were swept i .
away. The Foscisti. nominally “state 1
police” and “nationalguards.” be-i
came the army. answerable only to:
Mussolini. Opposition newspapers.
were suppressed; Tho'parliunenti
became a collection of‘puppe‘ts. mov-
ing in obedience to tho scowling dic- i
tutor who pulled, the strings with:
only opulence at. . cealment. t .
Mussolini's word cw in Italy: it ‘
hasbeovslnee he became premier.
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