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000 gallons of corn whiskey, 10,000
pounds of sugar and a 300 gallon sti!ll in
an apartment house near the Capitol.—
Ibid.
. TOTHELY &8 1060 ''DRY.”
Man Who Brewed 15 Gallons A Week
At Home.
’ Mrs. Elizabeth Mullin, a Clayton le-
Moors weaver, was granted a separa
tion order and 8s a week st Church, Ac
crington, Lancashire, where she sum
moned her husband for desertion.
After 10 years unhappiness owing to
her husband’s drinking habits, she said
ge persuaded him to go with her to the
nited States in 1923 because of the
‘prohibition law there.
" But, she alleged, her husbard set up a
"brewing plant in his home .there with
a capacity of 15 gallons, which amount
of beer he brewed and drank every
week.
. He lost his work through taking drink
“into the miil and, the experiment in pro
hibition having thus failed, they re
sturned to England.—London Daily Mail.
;;i‘: FIGHT FOR LEAGUE SEATS.
: Britain And A French Campaign.
A private meeting of the League of
Nuations here this afterncon summoned
the Assembly to meet on March 8 to ad
mit Germauny to the League.
The Assembiy will alco discuss the
question of increasing the number of
permanent seats on the Council. [ learn
‘that Spain is almost generally supported
in her candidature for a seat. Her ap
phication is based primarily on the argu
ment that the permanent seats are en:
tir<ly in the hands of the former belli
gerents, and this she regards as eon
trary to the idea of the universality of
the League.
Britain and Italy are opposed in prin
“ciple to the French campaien in favour
®f Poland, and Brazil is opposed to giv
g Poland a seat it she herself is not
Iven one. South American Statesfare
Prvosed to making Brazil the permanent
E¥opresentative of that continent.
fThere is also a movement, originated
. By the Littie Entente, to crcate a perma
ent seat which would go in rotation to
oland, Rumania, Jugo Slavia, and Cze
ho-Slovakia.—lbid.
S CANADA OR BRAZIL.,
".Sir A. Chamberlain And Question Os A
. Seat.
t Sir Austin Chamberlain, the Foreign
=Secretary, stated in the House of Com
mons that the Government were in com
- munication with the Dominions with re
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gard to the possible admission of Ger
many and other nations to permanent
membership of the Council and other
matters.
Colonel Wedgwood (Soc., Newecastle
under-Lyme) asked whether the Foreign
Secretary did not think that the repre
sentafion of Canada on the Council of
the League was as important to the fu
ture pe:ce of the world as the represen
tation of Brazil.
Sir Austin Chamberlain replied that he
deprecated invidius comparisons, but the
sympathy of the British Government
was always with the desires and aspira
tions of the Dominions. —lbid.
WOMAN LEADS NARCOTIC FIGHT
ON IN'R. |
Mrs. Isabel Ahearn O’Neil Sponsors Bill
That Would Wipe Out The Drug Traflic.
Providence, Mareh 10.—A drive to
clean drugs out of Rhode [sland and
hzlt the narcotic traffic is under way,
with a bill giving unlimited powers in
the apprehension and conviction of ad
dicts and pedlars to be voted om in a few
days by the General Assembly.
Mrs. Isabel Ahearn O’Neil, a repre
sentative, sponsors the bill, pattern:d
after the Sherwood Act, which gives po
lice authority to prosecute violators of
the Prohibition Act.
To such an exient has the drug traffie
expanded in Rhode Islind that few deny
the need of drastic and elastic laws
in the fight against the evil.
Federal agents, who hLave a large dis
trict to cover, are not alwavs on hand
when the police learn that trafiie in
drugs, and to make the raiad and seizure
their presence is requied under present
laws, Therefore the pilice have been
bandicapped
““The present law governing the pro
secution of dope cases has been entively
inadequate,”” said Superintendent of Po
lice William F. O’Neil today. *“The
police are almost powerless to act in such
matters.
“*We may know that in a certain house
there is a large quantity of narcotic
drugs, but we cannot muke a rzid or
swear out a search warrant. Neither
can we get one from the Federal aatho
rities until we have a saie on the ven
dor. A law that wou'd campower the
police to swear out search warrants for
drugs, as we can illicit hquor, will aid
immensely in wiping out the trulie.
"*A new law which would broaden the
powers of the police in breaking up the
drug traffic is greatly to be desired and
I hope it will be passed as quickly as
possible.”’
The Legislation Committee of the Gen
eral Assembly has held several hearings
on the proposed new law and while many
have spoken for it no word has been
dxttercd against it —Boston Post.
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RUM SHIPS NOW USED AS DECOYS.
Atlantic City, Mar. 3 ——To snare liquor
runners, the federal dry navy in this and
other sections, according to reports, is
impersonating rum smugglers by using
ships captured in that trade.
It is said seized rum fboats are being
manned by federal Jagents and taken to
sea, where they wait for unwary rum
runne’s ‘o come along-side Jbid.
FORSALE.
Une Essex Six 5 Passenger Touring Car
in perfect running order.
Apply to
ERIK R. STAKEMANN.
NOTICE.
AS Savings Bank Book No. 16469
with the National Bank of the
Danish West Indies, Christiansted,
has been reported lost or stolen, the
holder of same is hereby requested
to present the book to the above
named Bank within twelve weeks
from date, and prove his rights to
same, as it will otherwise be can
celled, and a new book issued.
Christiansted, 23rd March 1926.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF
THE DANISH WEST INDIES.
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AT
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Stakemann’s Store.
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Alemite Gascolaters,
(GASOLINE(FILTERS),
instal’ one today and avoid clogged gaso
line pipes, dirty Vacuum Tanks, and
water in the Carburetor.
Wit ove of these the Gasoline goes
to the cerburetor free of all dirt and
water,
E. & G. STAKE) ANN.
Sole Ageni:.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
THE PROPEKTY No. 17 Churel
Street in Christiansted recentl:
occuried by Municipal Hospital.
Apply to :
A. E. STAKEMANN,