THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1921.
Legalization of
Beer as Medicine
Draws Drys' Ire
"I.m Dtff ruible Than at Any
- Other Time, Derlum
Anti-Saloon League
Counsel. '
Washington. Oct. 25. Beer n a
medicine, enjoy a full legal tatu
today, through th unexpected ac
tion of the treasury department in
promulgating regulation! permitting
hi ue tor mat purpose, itiuea in
accordance with an opinion ud
mitied bv Former Attorney General
I'almer last March J, holding the
medicinal use of beer to be legal
under the prohibition lawi and alter
Being witnnria uncc inrn, in biuici
patiott of early action by congreit
on the pending anti-beer meaaure
announrcmrnt of the hcer reguia
tiom came at a complete mrprise to
prohibition leaders.
Scored by Wheiler.
Predicting an immediate reaction
to the treasury' announcement in
the direction of increased pressure
to effect enactment of the anti-beer
bill dry advocates, in and out of
fttongreit uia not conceal ineir uis
Vaouroval of the departments action,
Wayne Wheeler, general counsel for
the Anti-saloon league, ciescrmea u
at "less defensible than at any other
time."
While the new rules covering the
use of wine and spirituous liquors
as medicines as well as beer fix a
limit of two and a half gallons, the
equivalent of a case, on the amount
of beer that may be prescribed to
the same person at one time, no arbi
trary limit is placed on the number
of prescriptions one person may ov
tain within a given period. Except
that the amount for a single pre
scription is limited to two quarts,
the wine regulations are the same,
while spirituous i liquors are limited
to one pint within any 10-day period.
Won't Help Chicagoans..
Chicago, Oct. 25. There may be
beer in Chicago, but its citizens can
not drink it. Attorney General
Brundaee asserted today in com
mcnting on the new Treasury de
partment rules permitting physicians
to prescribe Deer ana wine, ni
thoueh Chicaco has several million
v gallons of real beer on hand, the Illi
nois search and seizure law specifi
cally bans beer and wine as medi
cines, said Attorney uenerai crun
dage. No Beer in Iowa.
Des Moines, Oct. 25. "There can
be no beer sold in Iowa for any pur
pose," Attorney General Ben J. Gib
son declared today on commenting
on the United States Treasury de-
' partment's ruling giving beer as a
medicine full legal status under fed-
' eral laws. Iowa statutes, the attorney
general pointed out, provides for the
sale of liquor for medicinal purposes,
but it specifically excludes malt bev-
erages.
Cement Monopoly in State
Of Nebraska IV Alleged
Washington, Oct. 25. Institution
of anti-trust proceedings in Kansas
City, Mo., againest the Norcros
Audit bureau and several large ce
ment manufacturers, was reported
today to the Commerce department.
" The bureau, department officiate
said, acted as a clearing house for
trade information for cement manu
facturers operating in Iowa, Ne
braska, Kansas," Missouri and QKr
lahoma. The governments suit, of
ficials said, was filed in an effort to
break up an alleged cement monop
oly. Similar proceedings have been
instituted recently in New York and
Chicago. ' i ,
Broken Bow Church Choir
Sings Gaul's ''Holy City"
Broken Bow, Neb.,,Oct. .(Spe
cial.) The choir of St. Johns Episco
pal church, assisted by other singers
of the citfy, gave a rendition, of
Gaul's oratorio,, "The Holy City"
The affair$vas given in the auditor
ium of . the church under the direc
tion of Mrs, C. L. Gutterson. The
singers were assisted by an orches
tra. The women of St. Johns Guild
served a luncheon at the rectory to
' those participating in the oratorio,
Columbus Dentists Will
Start "Better Teeth" Drive
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 25. (Spit
cial.) Beginning in November, the
dentists of Columbus,' co-opera'ting
with their national association," will
commence the distribution of. cards
. to homes in this section, giving " the
association's latest advice to parents
for the care of the teeth.. .Each
month, for a year, will convey dif
ferent suggestions and recommenda
tions, and will be confined to local and
common sense care of the mouth and
teeth. .. f
Hastings Asks Bids on Bonds
To Erect City Auditorium
Hastings, Neb., Oct, 25. (Special
Telegram.) The Hastings city
council has called for bids on an is
sue of $175,000 of bonds for the
purchase of a downtown park site
' and the erection of an Auduorium.
These bonds were authorized more
than a year ago, but so far no par
bids have been offered. Recent in
quiries have led the city officials to
believe the bonds may now be sold
at par or above.
Baby Elk Day Celebrated
- By: Lodge at Hastings
Hastings, ! Neb., Oct 25. Special
Telegram.) The Hastings Elks cele
brated Baby Elk day with the inita
tion of a class of 56 candidates. The
black hand was in charge, and the
emergency "hoosegow" erected at
the main intersection did. a .rushing
business all day.'. The Hastings Elks'
band led the Elks' parade.- - ' - -
Regional Conference of . -i
Red Cross Held in Hastings
Hastings, Neb:, Oct 25. (Special
Telegram.) A regional conference
of the Red Cross was held here to
plan future work. Walter Davidson
of Chicago, director for central divi
sion, told the conference that drastic
economy must be practiced in Red
Cross operations, - --tf '
Hunting Season on, But '
Not for Maine Governor
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iuonueu moves
To Expel Blanton
From Congress
G. 0. P. Leader Introduces
Resolution Following Pul
lieation of Alleged Obscene
Affidavit in Record.
Washington, Oct 25. Expulsion
from the house of representative of
Thomas L Planton, democrat, Texas,
wa railed for in a resolution intro
duced today by Representative Mon
dcll. the republican leader. '
The ground for the move was pub
lication in the Congressional Record
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Augusta, Me., Oct. 29. The hunting season is on.
The rrfmrod goeth afield with his dog to seek luscious birds and other
game. J here is one erstwhile mm rod who will not shoulder a gun.
Once an ardent sportsman. Gov. Percival P. Baxter of Maine ha
quit the chase.
1 here was a time when the governor was one of the first to take to
the woods in autumn, but now he will shoot neither bird nor beast. This
despite the fact that Maine is a veritable snortsman s naradice. In aHdi.
to a wide variety of small jrame. deer and moose are olentiful.
uovernor Baxter maintains a kennel of Irish setters as hiehlv blooded
as any in the state. He has had the same family of setters for years, since
the time he used them for bird shooting. He does not pretend that the
aogs nave .experienced tnc same cnange ot heart as he.
the governor is having erected a monument to. all the does he has
owned since childhood that' have since died. His reoutation for kindness
to animais, Dotn domestic ana wild, is widely known
at part of an extension of remark
by UUntoii of an affidavit relating to
row at the government printing of
fice, which affidavit was tharacteriied
by some house members at obscene
and unlit for transmission through
the mails.
In Planton' absence consideration
of the resolution was deferred until
Thursday.
Woman and Child Thrown
From Auto Escape Injury
Beatrice. Neb., Oct. 25. (Special
TtlegranO A lourimj car belong
ing to Harold Kechtey was badly
smashed when a machine in charge
of Guy Miller crashed into it wet!
of Ucatrice while Kechtey was mak
ing repair on hit car. He escaped
bv jumping. Two women and a
child in the Miller car were thrown
out hut were only slightly hurt.
Keclilcy nay he left hit light
burning while working on the car.
Stolen Coal Sells
Readily in Fremont
Fremont, Neb., Oct. 25. (Special.)
Mark Chritte nten, floater, tried out
a new way to defeat the coal trust.
He admit stealing sackful of coal
irom the railroad yard and then
peddling hi ware through the resi
dential district. For 15 cent a bag,
hi talc met with ready response
among the poorer section, until lie
was caught in the act of appropriat
ing a bag of the black diamond.
Chriteiucn ttated it w an easy
way to make a living, with no invest
ment or overhead to worry about.
He wat fined $1 in police court and
ordered to leave town. He laid he
wai discharged from the jail at Lin
coln a few month ago.
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Nebraska's Woman
Deputy State Sheriff
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This is Mrs. Gertrude Thompson,
State Sheriff Gus Hyers' "efficiency
expert," and only woman deputy
state sheriff in Nebraska.
Gus' strong point is chasing big,
bad, bold burglars, bandits and
booze bugs. He doesn't like to be
bothered by ' little details. That's
where Mrs. Thompson comes in.
When there s a bank robbery, she
is the one who, by telephone, road
maps and other means, draws the net
tight wmje Ous rushes out m his
high-powered car and does the rough
work.
And she keeps the office running
smootniy an tne time.
Auto Thief Escapes From
County Jail at Columbus
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 25. (Spe
cial.) Earl Rhine escaped from the
county jail here. Help from the out
side and the expert picking of a
lock is reported to be the means em
ployed. Khine was awaiting trans
portation to the state penitentiary
when there wpuld be room for him
there. He was to serve a term of
one year on conviction of the theft
of an auto from C. D. French.
merchant of Columbus, whose car
had been stolen one year ago, found
in Wyoming. .
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