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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1919)
THE OMAHA, SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 5, 1919. 7 A BIG TASK FACES G. HYEfiS. STATE BOOZE AGENT Former Lancaster County Sheriff Serves Notice That Bootlegging Must Stop in Douglas County. (Continued From Page On.) His predecessors and all the ma chinery of the law have heretofore failed to make a "bone dry" Omaha or a "bone dry" Nebraska, yet he fV it can and will be done, using Inethods which he has devised and put into practice in Lancaster county. Bad Luck to Sample Goods. During the last 18 months there have been cases where adventurous bootleggers of the Jess Eckford type who have com to grief and have abandoned the traffic, not Muough successful police methods ! so much as to lack of discretion on ! tne part of the bootleggers and an j overindulgence in the merchandise they peddled, which has caused ac - :idents that have brought them' into the limelight of notoriety and has proved their undoing. Prosecutions, under the law, are confined mainly to the unfortunate stranger within our gates, who (rings in a few flasks of, whisky in grips or suit cases and are caught by the members of the morals squad at the depots. The majority of these ire not peddlers. 4 It is true that some bootleggers. iv hose work was so coarse and lack . ing in finesse as to suggest the cun ning of the ostrich, which imagines . its whole body concealed when it hides its head in the sand, have been captured and put out of business. Tfien, too, there have been fortuitous ., and accidental circumstances which . have revealed the clever cunning of . expert bootleggers. , The cleverest of these have never ; been identified, although they have tost valuabl cargoes. There is the case of a bootlegger who shipped in over a thousand gal lons of fine whisky and brandy, all of which was contained in five and 10-gallon kegs, concealed- in barre's of macaConi. The spirits and mac aroni were seized by the police and the liquor- went to the miiitary hos pitals of Omaha, while the food ' product uvas sold for the benefit of the police relief fund. Neither the owner nor consignee was ever identified. Curious Discoveries. "Most of the shipments of whisky by freight -Jiave resulted in grief because of the vigilance of the Western Weighing association, a traffic organization maintained here for -the classification of freight for the benefit of shippers. It is not a police organization in any sense of the word. In its activities it has occasion to investigate packages f freight to see that the contents are in accord'' with the classifications of the freight bills. Overweight of the , contents , may cause suspicion and lead to investigation. Some cur ons discoveries have been made. - Liq 'uors, cordials, fine wines and whiskies have been found concealtd within the plump abdomens of gi gantic Teddy Bears, toy Newfound land dogs, mounted oh wheels, and large enough for a child to ride. '' Kegs of whisky have been found in large cans of lard, in boxes of starch and even in cases containing shipments- of Bible and other re ligious books. These are reported to the federal authorities. Most of these ship r ments have been for private con , ; sumption and not for trafficking. I " Human nature is the one big thing that Mr. Hyers and his co-laborers in the moral vineyard will have to cope with. Ia most every instance they will find themselves working alone for it is seldom that intorma tion or help is volunteered by disin terested parties that will lead to the detection and prosecution of this class of crifne. Men who are, in all pther respects, law abiding and law enforcing ctti zens. Guard closelv and sacredlv the secrets of thtrbootlegger. They may know the routes and the means-the whisky bandits employ in delivering and 'distributing theft contraband Thev may have the telephone num bers of the whisky runners, but they never cheep to the ofheers of the law. It is the txception to the rule that the drunkard brought up in police court will "peach" on a bootlegger and tell where lie got his liquor, even though the law guarantees him immunity from fne or jail sentence if he gives this information. - InvJ8 months there have been onljd two cases in the Omaha police court ' where such information has been given out of the hundreds of cases tried. Hard to Get Evidence;! In the north part of Omaha there is a certain establishment that has been under police suspicion for many months. Police know that large volume of contraband liquor is sold at the olace dailv. The mor als squad has made raid 'alter raid on the place but have never yet pro cured a particle of evidence. They were at the place New Year night when dozens of thirsty and disap pointed customers lined up outside the doors waiting until the raid was ever and the police came out empty handed. It is related when the coast V became clear that the disappoint- vinent of the gang was converted into , mental and liquid joy. ; V On account of its bulk the drink- public is deprived of beer for there tsno pront to tne Dootiegger v. for smuggling it in. Occasionally, though, favored patrons art sup plied vitha case or two, although there is now complaint of the quality f customers saying it is no more potent than, the near beers, and not ; near so palatable. '- The other day a passenger got-on a Missouri Pacific train at Kansas '. City. He had a huge sack in his hand and was pale and nervous. He attracted the attention of Jack Hallr- veteran conductor, who thought the man was sick, especially vas he made frequent trips to the water cooler and every time he took ;a drink sucked away 'at a lemon ,W 1111.11 UC VUfiV HUlli mv Jack got a pillow for the . man and in other way showed his solici- tude for the fellow. jr . When -tne- train arrived at ifie NEWLY CHOSEN BOOZE AGENT FOR NEBRASKA Union station in , Omaha the man in descending from the train, his sack still comfortably filled with lemons, handed a specimen of the fruit ,in a playful manner to Coii ductor Hall, who smilingly put the lemon in his pocket. An hour or so later, when Hall was at his hotel, some friends called attention to a damp spot in the re gion of one of his trousers pockets and also to a suspicious odor eman ating from him. The conductor put his hand in his pocket, drew out the lemon which had been given him by his passenger and found that the lemon was leaking whisky, it developed that the passenger was bringing into Omaha, contrary to law, his own lemon sours, au naturel. One dav last spring members of the state squad were at the Burling ton station to meet a train in trom St. Joseph. When the passeiTgers came into the lobby two agents picked out a rosy cheeked rustic, about 23 years old. as a suspect. Thev compelled him to open his suitcase and they partially investi gated tfte contents. In his "nightie" they found something suspicious. The garment was unfolded and there ro.led out on the floor tour or five jars of strawberry jam and preserves. Spectators kiddett the agents and the passenger. "Say!" exclaimed Une red-nosed fellow, with a sus- pic'ously heavy grip and a breath redolent with the aroma of St." Joe thirst parlors, they ve picked you out for a bootlegger." "Yes. answered the rustic, and I notice you fellows who have the goods on you are getting by all right." Later in a street car the rustic, who proved tcube not so green as he looked, confided in several of the passengers, who had witnessed the scene at the depot that the jam and preserves were all camouflage. They had been packed m a garment at the top; of ?th suitcase and he figured on -just -an ine'dent as occurred; to throw ridicule on the officers and prevent them from making a further search. - In the bottom of the same suitcase there were numerous pint bottles. In Hot Water Bottles. Ardent spirits are introduced into the city in hoi water bottles worn beneath the clothing of women. Babies have also been used as a means of smuggling for no oflv'er would be so hardy as to search a heav'ly swaddled and peacefully sleeping innocent infantile carrier of booze. In South Omaha the police have captured walking bars. Several ne groes were found with elaborate harnesses to which were fastened pockets stored with pint bottles of liquor. The bulky proportions of the body of one of these human sa loons, surmounted by a head too small for such an anatomy, led to detection. Then there is the-case of a minor politician. Accident compels him to wear a wooden leg. The stump of the artificial luAb had been fol lowed out sotas fo conceal a quan tity of liquor. The owner carried a few small whisky classes and regaled the init'ated with drinks at 25 cents apiece in alleyways and other" retired places until on one peaceful day, too free patronage of his own bar caused the fellow to be caught flagrante delicto. While the law prohibits the man ufacture of malt or spirituous liquor in Nebraska, beer and wine is being made in large quantities. Lovers of the malt beverage have their own recipes for making home made beer, and during: the warm days of last summer many of them won a more than local reputation for the excellence of their brews. liter parties were frequenf and hos pitality on the part of the amateur brewers was lavish. One Secret They Kept. Do you think that , any of the recipients of this hosptality shouted their secret from the housetops so that the officers of the law would be apprised? Not on your lifel If would have been the unaprdonable crime! There are thousands of natives of sunny Italy, especially of Sicily, in the city. There are also Armenians and Syrians, all of whom regard wine as one of the staple necessaries of I'fe. They are making wine. They make it out of grapes, raisins, the latter forming the base of the fa mous "Dago red," and also out of wild grapes, wild an dtame cherries, elderberries and rhubarb. They fur ther evolve a delicious wine out of the despised and lowly dandelion. It was a frequent sight last spring to see women and children of this race busy with knife and basket gathering dandelions, not for greens, but for the making of eau de vie. If the nractice continues it may prove to be a solution of the dande lion pest Out in the state farmers and or- rharrlUt ire making hard cider and brandy out of apples, peaches and plums, the wild goose and other native plums producing biuu wuu an pxtra "kick" to it. Under the law the manufacturer nf these dnmestic iov promoters are as culpable as the bootlegger who flourishes in the large cities. It will be the duty of Mr. Hyers to detect and prosecute them. Like the fabled monster of old the making and distributing of con traband hauor in Nebraska is nyora headed and as soon as one head is "smtrhed" a dozen more arise to taU-p its nlace. There are men like Noah. It is rplateH that the first thing he did nftpr leaving the ark. with its 40 days and nights of monotonous shower, was to make himself some wine and get soused. In fact, there are so many of them in Douglas county and the state of Nebraska that it will take a real army of state agents and police officers of every description to enforce the law, many believe. He may have done won ders in Lancaster, though there are some naughty folk who say the "holv citv is not a desert by any means. When it comes to cleaning up Douglas county and Nebraska he i . ,1,A nas a super-man jw, i " least, all agree. Delay in Pay of Returning UYS. Soldiers is Denied Washington, Jan. 4. Despite ser ious difficulties owing to lost records and insufficient data payments are being made to troops as they ar rive from overseas and "no casual or other enlisted men from overseas who have a legitimate claim for pay need go without funds," said a state ment today by the finance division of the quartermaster corps. It has been charged in congress and else where that soldiers were being re turned to this country ar.! dis charged without having been given their pay British Troops in Demand for Early Demobilization London, Jau. 4. The Folkestone correspondent of the Evening News says that several thousand soldiers marched yesterday in a body from three rest camps to the Folkestone to-vn hall to protest against the de laV in demobilization. Hereford Breeders Are to Hold Their Convention Here The Nebraska Polled Hereford Breeders' association will hold its annua! meeting in Omaha at the Hotel Castle at 7:30 p. m. on Jan uary 28. F.. HGifTon! of Lewiston, Neb will preside. Boyd C. Radford of Newark, Neb., is secretary. Ad dresses will be made by B. O. Gan non of Dcs Moines, secretary of the National Polled Hereford Breed- ers' association, ahd by Hayes Walker, publisher of the American Hereford Journal of Kansas City. To Look.Into' Contracts. Washington, Jan. 4. 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THE above question goe9 straight to the root of one of the largest items of motor ing expenditure. For tires cost money how much money depends largely 'on whether your car is or is not easy on tires. The average car (on the right) heavy, or rigidly built, or both to go 10,000 miles, needs an extra set of tires, or eight tires in all. The Franklin Car (on the left) to go the same distance and further needs onjy the four tires on the car, or half as many as the other. There could be no clearer illustration of the splendid economy, of the Franklin America's ; First Light Weight Fine Car ; nor a more direct i indictment of unnecessary motor, car weight. Heavy Weight Pounds Out Tires It is excess weight that prevents the average heavy and rigid car from equaling the publicly-known Franklin tire-mileage. The action of the weight of an automobile on its tires is similar to a hammer blow and the heavjer the hammer,, the harder and more destructive the blow. Heavy weight pounds out tires prema turely. And the heavy car owner, accustomed to paying for tire-mileage he doesn't get, accepts it as part of the game until he irfeetsa Franklin owner. For Franklin owners in every part of the country, get a consistent delivery of 10,000 miles and more to the set of tires. The reason lies in the sixteen-year old Franklin principle of Scientific Light Weight and Flexible Construction. The. Franklin weighs 2445 pounds the right weight for a full-size five passenger car. Moreover, it car ries the minimum unsprung weight weight below the springs, that contributes to the pound and shock tires must meet. Franklin Flexible Construction full ellip tic springs, instead of the usual.jcompromise -type; chassis frame of tough, resilient ash in stead of unyielding steel is still another reason why tires on the Franklin get every opportun ity to deliver the full mileage that is m them. This flexible construction reduces toad-shocks on tires. There are no torque bars or strut rods to cause the rigidity that leaves tires unprotected. Light Weight Also Means Gasoline Economy These facts of Franklin construction affect the whole performance of the car. Because of Scientific Light Weight, because of Flexible Construction, the Franklin is not only economi cal in tires, but also gives a day-by-day delivery to its owners of 20 miles to the gallon of gaso line instead of the usual 10, besides remarkable riding-comfort and ease of handling. -Think of these things and decide that aiiy car that combines fineness with motoring economy such as this, is worth your imme 4iate inspection. I For, any way you look at it,' your motdr ing satisfaction in 1919 is going to depend on whether or not you have a car that will give you efficient transportation, with the utmost comfort, safety and reliability at the least expense." J mil accept Liberty Bonds at par Jor one-half the purchase price of a car. 11. 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