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The Blyth Standard, 1930-01-23, Page 7The Reign of Terro In United Stat west coast, subdivided lalo throe r great rings, with headquarters in x1111 the lower East and West sides, es Revlon, the '!'11003 Square Dislri'et, New York City, and operating con on Nailed factorie0 in New Jersey, A mind' line of forcing tribute from the stage 13 reported in 1110 01)01)0 of prof faring gangster "protection" to actors and actronses against wreekiug crows of gnnnice, for prices ranging up to $3,000! meantime sharp controvosy rages in the Chicago preen over alleged in efficiencies of the Cook County Cram Mal Courts, voiced by President Frank J. Lepel' of the Chicago Crhno COM ntissioll who resigned as special Prosecutor on the staff of the State's Attorney. Aftee x kilter exchange of 00 personal criticism- with a judge pre- sidiug in the case he brought against nine 1)1011 five of then, members of the Police Deportmeet accused of com- plicity. in the slaying of a negro at the 1926 preliminaries lir. 1,00sch quit the cause and resigned 1113 o(llee, alleging partizanship and o(Ilcier see. port of crime. 'l'o other criticisms by the Crime Commission charging de- layed trio lo and indifferent adhlhlis- tratiou, judges of the bench reply that the Commission has degenerated Into a mere taunt -fading, scolding body, and that the court conditions "will compare more than favorably with those in nay jurisdiction in the civilized world." The Cidcago Journal of Commerce rewrite that "Chicago still has vital- ity enough to yell whou fC In rob- bed, New York takes its crime 0s a nater of course," Various Meetings With Smuts e • Views of American Papers a Situation Which We in Canada Can't Under- stand THE RACKETEERS When Chicago pollee bullets rid- .dl0d to death three gangsters seeking to extort $10,000 L1.11)11i0 from the president of the 'Piro and Rubber Workers' Union, Chicago, rep00101 explained that the racketeers were out for this new line of business be- cause "bootlegging has grown t hazardous," and revenues from gamh• ling and vies have been limited, Police tapping of wires leadlug from the headquarters of the "Sur- face Al" Capone, "Bugs" Moran, and other gangs, had 00119111 conversa- tions which are said to have royealed Mote to unlet business organizations of millions of dollars, and both New York nil Chicago police forces plan co-operative mamma against the gangsters who link up for working oar principal. cities. The fatal mistake of the Chicago gll0100)0 who fell into the police trap gave a dramatic news -story revela- tion to the public of the latest extor- tion game, and further emphasized the import of rho conference Met then'beiughteld between Police Com- missioner Grover A. Whalen of New York and Police Comntlssionnr Wil- liam Mussell In Chicago. Following repeated throttle to take President Powers 'Tor a ride" if his Rubber Workers' Union 1111 not come, across 111th $10,000, Powers notified the p dice department of the arrival of th first of three gunmen at his office to collect, and 090011 fire shot them all to lentil—Willian (Dinky) Quun, ex - bartender, William Wilson, 0x-pug11- ist, and William Ryan, a former beer - 111111.1C1'. "Chioago pollee are 1101 often can- (lidale0 for praise," remarks .the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "but they did a. good (lay's work; they 1011000 to the racketeers in the only language they uudeestand—lend bullets" And rho Chicago Daily NOw0 moralizes: "Racketeering flourishes only where 50(11r11005, timidity, 11151 lack of ef- fectivo co-operation between the vic- tints and the agencies of law make It relatively safe. Pito way to fight the racketeer is to resist him intelligent- ly, to make no compromise with him, to inform the State's attorney and the commniesioner of police of any threat or lawless overture." Nevertheless, here is only ono in- cident that entails further revelations of the terrifying racketeering situa- tion to which the press given much space. Chicago Pollee Department information is said to 111010(10 a list of metro than thirty labor unions from 10111011 059 gang planned to coiled -- thus extending the common method of gouging tailoring establishments, laundries, restaurants, etc., by gang leaders who intend to "n11100le in" for control of bigger organizations aftl businesses to flecm'e a share of the receipts. Tho secretary of theChicago Employees' Association estnnitc that gangster preying on legitimate 1)0011(000 already 11013 $110,000,000 a year, and the fact that the Chicago Coal Merchants' Association refuses to aegoti010 a new contract with the Coal Teamsters' Union, 00 long as an • alleged thug and ex -convict continues to bo the Union's business agent, brings up another concrete racketeer - fug issue, Soya the Chicago Tribune: "It 10 1d the credit of the coal mete clients that they have dared to raise the issue and defy the racketeer; theirs is tine first step toward fteolog the community of the plague of viol- ence ani blackmail which has made Chicago notorious the world over" Police Conunissloner Whalen is Quoted in the press as saying that he expects far-reaching results from his conferences with Comnhissiooe' Rus- sell, and pledges unprecedented co- operation from the New Yo]c Depart- ment. Exchange of special squads of detectives and of evidence fu racket - curing en000 wail he pitted against the pooling of gunmen by gangsters of the two cities. Cooperation in the use of bn1110tic5 to identify weapons, as well as linger -prints to identify the 01'iminal.%, 1s promised. Commission - or Whalen adds: "Tho greatest flaw 1)1 the American legal system is pardoning judges, long (delays, and suspensions of Sen. teilce, where the (defendants are 11)10011 to be hardened criminals, "'Racketeering' is the 111051 vital of our 1101100 problems. Business then are losing millions. Most of them won't fight their own battles, but pay tribute to avoid trouble, 'rine system also leads the gangsters to fight among thomsolvoo; they are covetous of the spoils of the 'rockets,' and they kill their competitors. The prospects of a greater Inter- city gang war, according to news- paper reports from Chicago, will in- crease as soon as Capone, dictator of Chicago's underworld, is released front jell it Philadelphia. Ponce and court authorities are represented as convinced that the Moran gangsters. aspire to dominate Chicago rackets and thirst to revenge the massacre of seven of their men on last St. Val- entine's Day, It is further declared that, through evidence obtained by a Chicago woman, Federal narcotic agents have found the trail of the world's largest drug empire—a sYndl- (ate extending frown New York to the I got a hint of what Smuts 500 up against the moment I arrived, I had cabled him of my coming and he sent an orderly to the 01001000 with a note of welcome and inviting me to lunch with hint at the Houso of Parliament the next day, hl the bettor, among other tlliuge, he said; "You will find this a really interesting country, full of curious problems." flow curious they were I was soon to find out. I called for him at his modest book. Rued office in a street behind the Parliament Buildings and Ire walked together to the House. Heretofore i had only seen Ilial 10 the uniform of GENERAL SMUTS Csnada'o recent illustrive guest 08 he appeared at Toronto University to re- ceive his L.L.D. degree. a Lieutenant General in the British Army. Now he wore a loose -lilting loengo suit and a slouch hat was Jammed down 011 his head, in the change from khaki to mufti—and few men can stand up muter tills trans!. tion without losing some of the char- acter of their pers0001 appearance,— he remained a striking figure, There is something wistful in hie face—an indescribable loot( that projects itself not only through you but beyond. 11. is not exactly pro -occupation but a highly developed concentration. Thie look seemed to bo eohanced by the ordeal through which the was then passing, In bis springy walk was a sugeslion of pugnacity, Hie whole manner was that of a Mal in action and talus exults in 1t. Roosevelt had the sante (lutrOcteristic but he dis- played it -with muck more animation and strenuosity. We sat down in the crowded dining room of tho 1 -louse of Parliament where the Ih'inle Minister had invited a group of Cabinet Ministers - and leading Mistress men of Capetown. Around us 000(11ed a noisy swirl Where Modern Methods and Modernistic Art Unite. New U.S.-Canada A REMARKABLE PHOTO 09 THE NEW AIR GIANT Britain's 110(0 giant dirigible, 11.100, discharging water ballast as it 03) M101103 mooring after trial flight, countries. I can see them before me in my mind's eye." One night at dinner at Groote Senium we had sweat potatoes. T1e asked me if they -were commit in Amain. I replied that down In 1{en- tncily, where I was born, one of the favorite Negro dishes was "'possum and sweet potatoes." lie took mo (1p at once, saying: "Oh, yes, 1 have read about "poi - 0111r1 pie' In Joel Chandler Harris' books." Thou he proceeded to tel] 1)10 what a groat Institution "Tir'0r Rabbit" was. We touched on German poetry and I quoted two lines that I considered beautiful. When I remarked that I thought Heine was the author he cnr- (meted nut by proving that they were written by Schilloc.—Isaac h', llar- cusson, in ":1n African Adrenlnre." Empire Bonds Trade Between West Indies and Canada Shows Im- mense Growth Toronto. --In •",0 years ,lie total tsadc, imports mid exports, between Canada and the West Indies, has in. creased frena $2,500,000 to $14,000,000, according to Col, J. C. Brown, assts. tont to the president ,if the Canadian National Steamships, in an address Lenore the athuuht convention of the Ilactern ('!nada Fruit 011d Vegetable ,robbers here. '1'he total value of tropical fruits, cocoanuts and "out of season" lege- tildes imported into Canada for the year ending November 30, 1923, am. minted to $31,600,000, he said. Five Canadian National ve00e1.8 maintained a weekly freight and passenger ser- vice between Canadian porta and the islands. Prior to the inauguration of this service, he stated, there were no ban- anas coming into Canada from the Indies except in small quantities by Tway of the 0111(0d States. During seven months of direct importation Canada has received 2,500,00C steals. of bananas. Colonel Brown spoke of the rapidly increasing development of citrus fruit culture in the 1',ritish West Indies anal 1.1.e advantages Canada aright have by buying oranges and grapefruit from that part of the umpire. He declared the West Indies produced for export aUenC 000,900 bushels 0f fresh "out of season" vegetables a scent, "To use n newly coined phrase," he said, "the West Indies are becoming Canada -minded, and I believe that Canada is becoming West India -mind. ed, Our products and theirs aro abso- lutely complementary and there is no competition whatsoever between our- selves and then(," "Fashion follows the figure as trade follows the flag,"—Jacques Worth. THE SCHOOL -BOY KING little Kang Michael of .Roumania seen in the gardens 01 Cotrocont Palace, DUTY Duty is fa' more th: a love. 1t is the upholding law through which the weakest become strong, without. which all strength le unstable as water, No character, however harmoniously framed and gloriously gifted, can be complete without this abiding princi• ple; it 1s the cement which binds the whole moral edifice, together, without which all power, goodness, intellect, truth, happiness, novo itself, can have no permanence, but all the fabric of existence crumbles away from under us, and leaves its at last sitting in the midst of ruin, astonished at our own desolation.—shy, Jameson, PERSECUTION No mat ever did a work in spite of persecution that ho might not have done ten thousand times better if he a had been encu d Saving Humanity The Work of the Childrens Aid Society is Building for the Future It 13 a mistake to suppose that the Society's Shelter is a public institute for the training of neglected children. 1t is not in any sense a •permanent home. It is much better that that. A more charitable and a far more en- lightened method 10 !Molted than herding young. children in a public in- stitution, with legal restraints, where 'all their ate0Deiates are of their own 'class and wlher0'1110y are without the kindly personal attention of a mother, The children are not detained any longer than is necessary to instil good Iodate turd 10 secure foster homes for ;them. But finding ]tomes is not the 'only work undertaken by the Society, The main object is not to remove the ohild but to seek by every !leans pos- Isible. to induce parents to train their children properly and treat them kindly, When neglect or cruelty is 'reported, the Suporintndent visits the .parents, reasons with them, urging ;them to do better, If after repeated !visits no improvement is shown, they inns summoned before the court and 'warned that unless tidy reform, their children will be taken from them, If !the case seems hopeless, the court will '.1t once commit the children 118 wards Iof the Society. There is nothing spec- itacular in all this, as there would bo in housing a large number 111 a public :institution. Ilut there is mucin truer philanthropy, resulting in fan' sleeper and more abiding good. I CONSECRATED LIVES God's sun shines 0101 110; the day !is 01110, Shake off the 011adows of the night. Look at the dead yesterdays only to se their final meaning as they lie 0011 in the pitiless white fight of the irrevocable. But linen turn to today; and make every sit and every agony an 0((1001100, lake. the past up into the spirit, 011 offer the one atonement—consecrated living now.-- Edward Howard Griggs. A BEGINNING Let every dawn of morning be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting Dun 1)0 to yon as its close; then let every one of these short lives leave its sere record of seine ];Indly thingdone for others, some goodly strength or knowledge gad0ed for yourselves—Muskhn. "Prohibito;h has raised the ridic- ulous to the sublime and dragged the sublime to the rldlculou.s,'-Rupert Hughes. Bridge Projected Arnold N. Smith, M.P., Says Private Company Will Seek Powees Guava. --11'hile Canadian nuihr1. ties might not be averse to the con- struction of a privately owned bridge to span the St. Lawrence river near Cornwall, New Yolk Stale aulhori• ties would probably hall the project, according to opinion ]lore, In this connection it is recalled that Govern- or Itoosovelt on two ncea0lons had vetoed schemes for the coustructiol w of privately Oned toll bridges on the ground that such 01100luree should be publicly owned and free of tolls, 'file latest project for an tutenta- tiotal bridge across the St. Lawrence River is advanced by Arnold N. Smith, 91.P., of Cornwall, and is con• t0lned in a letter farwar 151 to the Cornwall Board of !'rade, embodyhag particulars of the scheme, which ho declares will he laid before Parlia- ment at tho forthcoming session, An original pian for a bridge in the environs of ,Cornwall called for a series of three bridges, one from the town of Cornwall to Cornwall Island with a roadway to the foot of the 1s. land, another front Cornwall Island to St. !legis Island and a 1111Pd from St. Reels Island to St. Regis village, Oh. joction was taken to the scheme how- 80er by Deep Waterways Eugineera who declared that no piers would be allowed in the St, Lawrence River near Cornwall on account of interfere once with ice in the river, when 111e new power houses are built. A 090011 11 plan was then put for- ward by which it was proposed to lo• tato the Canadian approach to the bridge 001710 distance east of Cornwall at a point opposdo the Cornwall Golf and Country Club, From the n0rt1i bank of the river the bridge would proceed to Colgohonn's Island, thence with 0 span of 1.60 foot clearance over the mala channel of the river to St. Regis Island and there pickup the route of the original plan, With these plans in mind a bill will be presented in parliament at 111e costing session, 110. Smith informed the Board of Trade, by which ince', aeration will be sought for a company to he known as the Cornwall Bridge Company, The estimate, cost of the project is fixed at $0,000,000 and would require at least two years for co pleti0l, New Zealand and Samoa Mandate No Chance of Turning Job Over to U.S.A.—Britain Does Not Enter into Deal at all London—The 1Ionolule report in (ha American press that the renewal of rioting in "British Samoa may cause Groat Britain to withdraw and to permit the United Stapes to con.. soltdate the area with American Samoa" has been received in London with mingled surprise and incredulity. In ill° first place it is Now Zea- land and not Great Britain that has the mandato for western Samoa; sec. 011111Y, III the unlikely event of New Zealand belug anxious to rid itself of Rs responsibility to the League of Nations because its ward has proven somewhat refractory In talo past now years, it would nevertheless he un. able 10 do so until permitted by the unaulinens vote of the League C1o1m- Nih 1t may he taken for granted that Germany, which lost this territory as a rc.ault of the war, would he a Arcing candidate for taking up New Zeit.land's mantle should there be 0117 Possibility of the latter's discarding it. No credence is attached to the re port in the New Zealand High ('o!. ml0siouer's office here. Speaking in the New Zealand Par- liament. recently, Sir-;piran0 Ngala. Native Minister in the New Zealand Government, declared that the man- Wbol ought to bo cheap this year n n view of tiro large mutter of lambs til ate must never be given 1)p. "it lay be necessary to alter or adjust 1)e method of government, but let it o British all the time," he deetarea, Sir Joseph Ward, Primo Minis:. ea IQ during the same debate: "11'0 shall be careful to insure that the services required of us by mandate and our trusteeship are 1101 ahaudon- ed or unduly restricted" The lead- er of the opposition concurred. Tho trouble In western Samoaarose from a well-intentioned attempt on. the. part of the mandatory to 01)10110 better prices for copra, the staple product of the island. The attlorities undertook to market the copra pro- duced by the natives and to band over the whole of the proceeds. In pursuance of this policy, sego• lations were introduced with a view of improving the quality of tho na. five product. Resentment of local and European trader's at the Administra- tion's invasion of their domain, coupled with native dislike to inter. formic° with the long-established methods of cultivation produced seri- 01/9 unrest. It is estimated that the Mau, av Samoan society for resisting the Go emine t s scheme, includes at least 50 per cent, of native territory. Ment. bers have come into collision with the police on several occasions, while the authorities have also deemed it necessary to deport a number of traders, 'l mage , fleeced which reflected the turmoil of the An Idea Can Be Formed From This Picture of sa the Trade on the Great Lakes b South African political situation. The luncheon was the first of vari- ous meetings with Smuts. Some were amid the tumult of debate or in the shadowof the legislative halls, others out in the country at Grotto Schuur, the Prime Minister's residence, where we walked amid the 'gardens that Cecil Rhodes loved, or sat in the roofs . whore the 4!olossus "thought in terms of continents.' It was a liberal education. Of all his Boer contemporaries he 1 is the most cosmopolitan. Nor 13 this dile entirely to the fact that he went j to Cambridge where 110 left a record for scholarship, and smite English with a decided accent. It is because he has what 1519111 be called world MN. Smuts is one of the best: read men I have met. Ile seems to know some- thing about everything. He ranges from Joseph Conrad to Kant, front Booker Washington to Tolstoi. His- tory, fiction, travel, biography, have alt come within hie ken. I told him I proposed to go front Capetown to the Congo and possibly to Angola. Elis face lighted tap. "Ah, yes," ho said, "I have read all about these NEW GREAT LAKES DOCK ON SUPERIOR'S SHORES Coal dock at Michipicoten harbor on Lake Superior, recently built by Algoma Central Railway.