THE OMAHA, SUNDAY BEE:
JANUARY 5,
1919.
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BIG TASK FACES
G. HYEfiS. STATE
BOOZE AGENT
Former Lancaster County
Sheriff Serves Notice That
Bootlegging Must Stop
in Douglas County.
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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
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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
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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. An investi
gation by the senate naval commit
tee of the awarding of contracts to
the Ford Motor cornpany for-' the
construction of Eagle boats and Into
the character and construction of
those bouts was proposed in a reso
lution introduced yesterday by Sen
ator Lodge of-Massachusetts. '
Allied Investigators Find 1
Food Shortage in Vien
London, Jan. 4. (via MontrraW
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commission for revictuiling Aust
has arrived at Vienna. It has b
found that thelood shortage in Ai
tria and esoeciallv in Vienna, is l
tremely serious and that pr,obai
much more extensive arrange men
than origirfally anticipated ttnj
have to be made for Iccdiiiir1j
population.
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How Many Tires
Does Your Car Need To Go
10,000 Miles?
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.
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It is excess weight that prevents the
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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.
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ries the minimum unsprung weight weight
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These facts of Franklin construction affect
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