RIEF
BRIGHT
. REEZY
BITS OF NEWS
WINDOW WASHERS
DEMAND $48 WEEKLY.
Chicago. Jan. 29. Window wash
ers in Chicago have gone on strike
demanding -$48 a week for expe
rienced washers who work on exten
sion ladders and $44 a week for ap
prenticesmen who have served
less than six months in the busi
ness. -
The washers demand pay for 44
x hours a week regardless of whether
or not work is done. ,
PUBLIC KISSING
BARRED IN NIPPON.
Tokio, Jan. '29. You mustn't kiss
in public anywhere in the island of
Nippon, not even on a moving pic
ture screen, under pain of fine and
imprisonment. No less than 2,630
movie screens have been cut out of
. European and American films dis
played in the past yearTJecause of
the Japanese law with respect to'
public osculation. The censor sini
ply won't let a kissing scene, through
the lens of a Nipponese kinctoscope.
OLD-TIME WALTZ
REGAINING FAVOR.
London, Jan. 29. Fostered by
Lady 'Diana Codper, daughter - of
the duke of Rutland, the waltz has
again been received into, favor by
exclusive English society.
The ball rooms of Mayfair are
drifting away from the fox trot
and tango, while specimens of the
"shimmy" as revealed by profes
sional exponents at afternoon teas
have frightened hostesses into a
reversion to the old-time waltz.
SMOKING ROOM FOR
Chicago, Jan. 29. A- handsome
smoking room for women, costing
$10,000, has been added to the
Woods theater. No other show
house in the countrycan boast of
having anything like it. Expensive
- marble covers its floor; heavy rugs,
deep-upho!stered chairs finished in
red Russian leather, handsome
. lounges and cigarets furnish it.
"Women smoke more cigarets
than the men," said J. J. Rosenthal,
owner of the theater.
EXPLOSIVE SILK
, WORN BY WOMEN.
Washington, Jan. 29. Here's a
sartorial bombshell.
New York women are wearing
silk garments made of the bags usd
. by the army "to hold the explosive
charges used in firing heavy ar
tillery," it was announced at the
v" War department.
TJie cloth referred to was an
all-silk product, but was gummed
and oiled until it looked like bur
lap. The ordinance salvage board,
however, by its processess, got rid
of the foreign material and got the
bags into shape as desirable silk.
$5S0 PER FAMILY
TAXES FOR 1921.
Washington, Jail. 29. Government
taxes during 1921 will amount to
approximately $550 for every family
in the United States, Repcesenta-
j Jive Luee, republican, Massachusetts?
declared in the house. Criticizing
the federal reserve board for issu-
- ing $3,000,000,000 in notes, Mr. Luce
said there was an impending "finan
cial menace." '...
The. federal reserve system, he
&aid has "never stood any test."
i Representative Heflin, democrat,
Alabama, replied that the reserve act
was'the best piece of legislation
devised to break the Wall street
monopoly." . ' -
rpntoit A r.ruTC T3TTQV
SEIZING KITCHEN STILLS.
New York, Jan. 29. The wide
spread distribution of "'kitchen
stills" with which many New York
- ers are reported to be making modn-
, shine beverages at home has been
traced to Binghamton. Prohibition
agents said the stills,- which were
crudely made of tin pans, were de
livered by parcel post.
The 180 federal agents"Vho are
nowengaged in searching , the, city
for intoxicating beverages have
seized three more of the home-made
moonshine "plants." One of them
was in full operation on a kitchen
.gas stove. '
HOTTENTOT ANKLETS AND
CHEEK PLUMES THE LATEST.
Paris,. Jan. 29. Cheek plumes are
the latest thing in feminine adorn
ment here. They are ordinarily
worn with the hat, but certain de
votees of oneinahty in dress hav
conceived the idea, of wearing one
or two "cheek plumes" with evening
dress as earrings. r
v The cheek plume is an. astrich tip
or. a bird of paradise spray loosely
attached to the head band of the
hat by a silken cord or chain of
, platinum. It falls straight down,
. close to the face, covering ears and
rheelr and sweeping across the
shoulder. It is invariably dyed the
".most brilliant hue.
Concurrent iith the adoption of
"check plumes" as Parisian society's
latest darling, have appeared "hot
tentot anklets."! These are circlets
of highly colored ostrjeh tips at
tached to silken bands of contrast
ing color, whith are buckled tightly
about the ankle with clasps of pre
cious stones. Wristlets of similar
design are also being worn. ,
STARVATION THREATENS
NEWFOUNDLAND PERSONS.
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 29. Inhabi
tants of southwestern Newfound
land are threatened with starvation
on account of the -terrible wintry
fonditrons along the route of the
Reid Newfoundland railway, accord
ing to Captain Pettipas and Captain
Shaw, two weather-beaten mariners,
who reached their homes here
Thursday. Their schooners, the
Itasca and the Cecil L. Beck, were
frozen in at North Bay, N. F and
in order to reach Port-Aux-Basqucs I
to get a steamer ior syaney, w.-a.,
. they were obliged to traveK174
miles of the ice-bound, railway by
foot 'and sled. Both vmen bore
' marks of their battle with the ele
ments. "
Towns and villages between
North Bay and Port-Aux-Basques
V are running out of provisions.they
said, and there is an extreme short
age of flour.. Possibility of having"
the suoply replenished was remote,
they declared, because the railway
is so completely blocked with ice
and snow, and it will be many weeks
before traffic can ie resumed.' They
described conditions as "appalling.?
'"THE
The'
VOL. 49 NO. 194.
SPENT WITH
OUIJA BOARD
Gordon Fawcett Hamby, Mur
. derer, Bank Robber and Train
Bandit, Electrocuted in Sing
Sing Pcjson in Night.
EATS LOBSTEiTbEFORE
- GOING T0JHE CHAIR
Maintains Rigid Composure
Up to Last Moment, Even
v Refusing Aid of Clergy 'in
His Trip to Eternity.
Ossining N. Y., Jan. 29. Gordon
Fawcett Tfamby, murderer, bank
robber' and train bandit, whose
crime record reached from coast
to coast and culminated in the
murder of two Brooklyn bank em
ployes in December, 1918, was
electrocuted in Sing Sing prison to
night. Hamby maintained to the last the
iron composure which marked his
demeanor from the hour of his ar
rest in .Tacoma, Wash., last June.
He refused the offer of the Pro
testant and Roman Catholic chap
lains to accompany him to the chair
and walked to, his death unaided
and with a firm step. After he had
seated himself he turned to Warden
Lawes and asked permission to
make a statement. In a clear voice
which betrayed not the slightest
symptoms of emotion, he said:
Cave All Good Chance.
"I want to say that any one who
had the misfortune, for indeed it
was misfortune, to come in front
of J. B. Allan's gsn, had a chance
and a good chance. That's all. Go
ahead boys."
From the time of his trial, Hamby
had insisted that his right name was
Jay B-Allaaa"''f'.i" 1 11 r v.-t.&
Hamby spent his last day in tne
death foouse writing letters in his
cell, reading newspapers and "talk
ing" with the ouija board. He ex
pressed relief when he learned that
an 11th hour effort to get Governor
Smith to give him a reprieve had
failed. " .'
Last Supper of Lobster.
When asked what he wanted for
supper, - Hamby ordered lobster
safcrd, of which he ate heartily. He"
then' proceeded to enjoy some of
the. cigars and candy which his
companions in the death house had
furnished him.
- Father William E. Cashin, the
Roman Catholic chaplain, this after
noon spent, a half-hour with the
condemned man, who did not actu
ally refuse spiritual consolation, but
requested the priest and Rev. Dr.
A. .N. Peterson, the Protestant
chaplain, not ,to accompany him in
his walk to the hair.
When asked by Father Cashin if
he. had any message for the youth
of the country Hamby said: "I
don't wish to appear in the light
of a moralist, but you can'tell them
for me never to tart doing wrong.
Qnce you get started in crime you
can never stop."
Arrested After Killing.
Hamby was arrested in Tacoma,
Wash., last June under the name of
"Tav B. Allan." after killing a man
there in a revolver fight. He was
ater identified as one of the two
robbers, who, on December 23, 1918,
held up the East Brooklyn Savings
bank and, after killing two of its
cmplovcs, tscaped in an' automobile
with $1.3,000.
Extradited to New York and tried
for this crime, Hamby stood re
ve.iled as a self-confessed participant
in the robbery of 13 banks and two
trains and many killings. He.stead,
ily refused to tell anything about
his family. He said he preferred to
be known as "Allan" and that he
was born in 1893 in Alberta, Canada.
He declared his parents were dead
and that he had two brothers whom
he had no seen for five years. He
said he was a colfcge graduate and
had specialized in psychology.
Attorney Appeals Case.
After Hamby's conviction here
his attorney, against the prisoner's
wishes, appealed his case. ; He ob
tained the .appointment of a com
mission to determine the bandit's
sanity, but the higher court affirmed
the verdict and he was also found to
be "normal." He freely admitted his
crimes and said he was wanted in
Chicago, San Francisco and other
places. After the Brooklyn robbery
Hamby said he met a girl in New
York and that they went successive
ly to Boston,, Philadelphia, Balti
more, .Pittsburgh, Chicago, Califor
nia and Tacoma.
"I was surprised the California
police did not get me," he said
shortly - after being brought east
"When ii Tacoma I got in that po
litical row 'with 'Bob' Davis and
killed him. 'Bob' was a game fellow
and J'm sorry I shot him, but I was
afraid he was going to get me. After
that I was all ready to beat it to
Shanghai, China, and now here I
am." .
- . Partner an Amateur.
"I expected to get $50,000 out of
the Brooklyn 'job,'" he confided,
"and I was greatly disappointed at
the little we did get.1. This was be-
AST
HOURS
(CtlM4 m ran Colusa -Tw.
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VELVET HAMMER"
KnUni awii4-riMt Mtttr May 2. IMS. at
Oaths P. 0. Mtr.t Mh 3. 187,
NEBRASKA DEALERS
TO FACE FEDERAL
CHARGES IF UNFAIR
State Economy Campaign Will
Be Waged in Co-Operation
With Government."'-"
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29, (Special.)
Mrs. Charles G. Ryan, state econ
omy director, told members of the
Knife and Fork club here Thurs
day that unfair dealers placing ex
cessive margins on necessities of
life will face federal prosecution
in Nebraska under the organiza
tion of the Nebraska economy cam
paign, co-operating with the United
States Department of justice. These
necessities will not only be limited
to food, but will include fuel, wear
ing apparel and machinery.
Nebraska will be divided into two
districts eastern and western, for
the administration of the campaign,
Omaha as a possible center for the
Eastern and Grand Island for the
western district.
. A special campaign among high
school pupils to encourage economy
is recommended by Mrs. Ryan in
a-buliettin of instructions sent out
to county--chairmen. According to
Mrs. Ryan people at the rate of
10,000 a day are selling Liberty
bonds and spending the money on
nonessentials.
During the first week of Febru
ary, the opening week of the cam
paign, merchants are asked to ad
vertise only medium priced, prac
tical goods.
WAR HEROES AND
BRIDES PLAN TO
FIGHT HIGH COST
Bluffs Couples Will Live To
gether in Cottage and
' Share Expense. , '
Two young Council Bluffs war
heroes yesterday married their
school day sweethearts and after a
joint honeymoon will endeavor to
combat the H. C. of L. by living to
getheirMt ra&watag1e
a block from the high school where
they met and wooed their brides.
They are Harold M. Ross, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dillon Ross, 300 Fifth
avenue, and Pusey McGee, son of
Mrs. Kate McGee, 218 Third Avenue.
Mr. Ross married Miss Faye Sel
lers, daughter of Mrs. Jennie Sel
lers, 1731 Avenue B, at the St. Paul
Episcopal church at 3:30 yesterday
afternoon. At the same, hour Mr.
McGee became the husband of Miss
Helen Robinson at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Robin
son, 406 Qlen avenue.
Mr. Ross and Miss Sellers grad
uated "together from the Council
Bluffs High . school in 1915. The
class prophecy, published in the an
nual class book, predicted their mar
riage. -Both were popular members
of the younger set and played prom
inent parts in high school activities.
Their romance continued to pro
gress following- their graduation
until Mr. Ross was called into active
service with Unit K, the Council
Bluffs hospital unit, under command
of Col.' Donald Macrae, which made
a splendid record in France. His
pretty sweetheart sent him to war
with a patriotic spirit and optimisti
cally promised to wait for his re
turn. He came back safely and re
assumed his duties with the H. W.
Binder SxCo. real estate firm. Their
marriage yesterday was the culmi
nation of the interesting courtship.
Rev. W. E. Mann, rector of the St.
Paul Episcopal church, performed
the ceremony. The young couple was
attended only by Lewis W. Ross,
brother of the groom, and Walter
Sellers, brother of the Sbride.
The wedding of Mr. McGee and
Miss Robinson was just as quiet and
simple. Rev. 'J. E. Van Orden, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church,
officiated and only the relatives were
present. -
Pusey McGee enlisted in the air
(Continued on Page Two. Column Three.)
Use Sledge Hammer
In Effort to Break
Into Vault of Bank
Des Moines, la., Jan. 29. (Spe
cial.) Yeggmen last -aiight broke
into the. bank at Roland, a small
town north of this city, some time
last night, but apparently were
frightened away before securing any
loot, according to word received
here this morning.
The robbers gained access to hc
bank by breaking in a rear door and
then attempted to break open the
vault by means of a sledge hammer.
They broke the handle off the com
bination and otherwise broke the
door so that officials of the bank
today were unable to open it to as
certain whether any of the securi
ties are missing.' Until the vault is
opened it cannot be learned whether
the men secured any lo5t.
Hill Quits Great Northern.
St Paul, Minn., Jan. 29. Louis W.
Hill,' chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Great Northern rail
road, and son of the late James J.
Hill, announces that he will retire
from jctive management of the road
shortly after it is restored to prir
vate ownership. Hill stated that
Ralph Budd would direct tbe Inan
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JAPS (THE FADS AND, FOIBLES OF, OUR OWN WELL-KNOWNS.
OMAHA, FRIDAY,
ImJ
WAR WASTE
BLAMED FOR
LIVING COST
Congressman From Nebraska
Charges Foodstuffs Valued
At Millions of Dollars Delib
erately Permitted to Spoil.
KANSAS REPUBLICANS
EAIJ0Y REAVIS' SPEECH
Talk Devoted Largely to At
tack Upon Present Adminis
.tration, Which He Assails for
"Gross Extravagance."
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 29. The an
nual "love feast" of Kansas republi
cans culminated Thursday night in
the Kansas Day club banquet. Rep
resentative C. Frank Reavis jpf Ne
braska was the principal speaker.
His speech was devoted largely to
an attack upon the present adminis
tration, which he assailed for "gross
extravagance."
The state central committee se
lected Salina as the state convention
city, fixing the date of the conven
tion on March 31.
Throughout the day politicians
discussed the qualifications of the
various men mentioned as candi
dates for the republican nomination
for the presidency. Leaders stated
that there was considerable senti
ment here in favor of both Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood and Gov. Frank
Lowden of Illinois.
Wastefulness Charged.
Congressman Reavis in his ad
dress expressed the belief that to "a
large degree" the present high cost
of living is flue to' 'Vhe waste of. the
War department and the forwarding
shiploads ot goods to France."
He charged that foodstuffs valued
at "millions of dollars" were "de
liberately permitted to spoil," while
npTo'ads'ijf- StrpptierlJOnghl lii'this'
country at peak market 'pjices
were sold abroad at "astounding dis
counts." Cites Case in Point
"It may interest you to know," he
said, "that 20 odd million dollars'
worth of food was taken from a Bal
timore warehouse at government ex
pense, shipped to the docks at New
York with this government paying
the freight, transported to "France
with this government paying the
bill, unloaded and shipped to ware
houses where we (had $200,000,000
worth of the same food supply and
no army to eat it
"The loss the government suffered
through deterioratfon will never be
known."
JEFFERIS CLAIMS.
WAR DEPARTMENT
GUILTY OF WASTE
Congressman Reports Extrava-pitmiced
gant Destruction of Property
At Nitrate Plants.
By E. C. SNYDER.
Washington Correspondent of The Bee.
'Washington, Jan. 29. Congress
man Jefferis who returned from a 10
day tour of investigation with a spe
cial committee of congress, charged
to investigate the extravagances of
the War department in connection
with the nitrate plants in Tennessee
and Alabama, the port terminals at
Charleston, 2s. C, and the nitro
works in West Virginia is firmly
convinced that the wanton, wilful
destruction of property purchased
by the- money of the taxpayers of
the country transcends anything of
a similar character in the history of
tneywond.
'" His account of the utter wasteful
ness practiced at Nitro, "W. Va., as
shown on the witness stand is almost
unbelievable. He tells a story of
an acre of lumber being piled on the
side of a sloping, bank at Nitro, 10
feet high, that was removed and the
entire pile burned to make an audi
torium for Secretary Baker when he
visited the place during the last
Liberty loan drive.
Two great incineration piles were
(Continued on Page Tiro, Column Seven.)
Foreign Seamen May Drink
Liquor in American Ports
Washington, Jan. 29. Foreign
seamen hereafter may have their
liquor with their meals while their
ships are docked in American ports,
according to announcement by As
sistant Secretary Shouse of the
treasury, after numerous foreign
governments had protested against
the order sealing stocks of liquors
on ships in American ports.
American Aviators Will ,
Bring Back Held Fellows
McAllen, Tex., Jan. 29. A group
of aviators of the English aero
Isquadron left here for Guerror, Mex
ico, accompanied . by a Mexican
army officer, to bring back to the
United States the two . aviators,
Lieutenants Davis and Grimes, who
were, forced to land in Mexico when
their gasoline supply was exhausted.
Dai
JANUARY. 30, 1920.
I WANT TO KNOW
ALL ABOUT J.THE..
Gobs -of money
SQUANDERED IM,
THOSE NITRATE
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SAYS RAILROADS
PLAN TO REDUCE
SCALE OF WAGES
Acting Head vof Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen De
nounces Cummins Bill.
New York, Jan. 29. Direct
charges that "certain railroads" were
planning to reduce wages as soon as
the roads were returned to private
ownership were made by1 Timothy
Shea, acting president of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen, speaking at the 20th an
nual meeting of the National Civic
the Cummins bill, now be-
tore tne senate, and joined with
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of LaboV, in
an attack on compulsory arbitration.
Denying the statement of a
speaker at the opening session, that
the railroad men were the highest
paid class of workers in the country
and that one engineer had received
$250 monthly, Mr. Shea declared that
the man might , have received this
amount, but that he would have had
to work 14 hours a day, 30 days a
month, to get -it Wages have in
creased approximately 45 per cent
for this class of workers, he said,
whereas the cost of living has in
creased about 90 per cent.
Mr. Gompers, defending organized
labor, asserted' the unions had done
more to prevent strikes than any
other agency.
Speaking of the proposal for a na
tional board -of adjustment, supple
mented by regional boards, as sug
gested at the president's second in
dustrial conference in Washington,
Mr. Gompers said that political
changes would have so great an ef
fect upon these boards that their
worth would be destroyed.
Nebraska Prohibitionists
To Nominate State Ticket
Lincoln, Jan. 29. The Nebraska
prohibition executive committee at
a meeting here today decided to
hold a state convention this year
and pu,t a full ticket in the field.
The committee declared this ac
tion was because of the fear that the
other political parties will not be
aggressive enough in enforcement of
the prohibition law.
The convention will be held
probably about the time of the na
tional prohibition- convention which
convenes in Lincoln, July 21. The
executive committee voted to, ex
pend $5,000 for necessary expenses
connected with the national conven
tion. -
Mother Gives Life to Save
Young Son From Death
Scranton, Pa, Tan. 29. Mrs. Julia
Debro gave her life that her 7-year-old
son might live when she threw
herself in-front of a train on the
Delaware & Hudson railroad in or
der to push the child -to safety.. She
Iwas instantly killed.
ly B:
Mill (I y.r), 0Jly. M.0O! Sunday. KMt ''fWO 'flENTR
Dally and Sua.. t.MToutilda Nab. (oataaa antra. A VVV jjV J.D.
. ' ' ' ; ,
Trying to Keep the Lid On
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EASTERN PAPERS
AGAIN DISCUSS
PERSHING'S RISE
Revive Story of Promotion
Which Roosevelt Branded as
False General Popular
In Colorado.
By. E. C. SNYDER.
Washington Correspondent of The Uee.
Washington, D. C.Jan. 29. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Certain eastern
newspapers, promoted in all proba
bility by self-seeking politicians, are
again discussing the promotion of
General Pershing from captain to
brigadier general as a mark of ap
preciation for the splendid work
he did against the Moros and are
endeavoring to fix the responsibility
for that promotion on Senator
Warren of Wyoming, General
Pershing's father-in-law.
-As a matter ofvsimple justice to
the distinguished senator rom
Wyoming it might be stated once
for all that Senator Warren, had
no more to do with, that promotion
than "the king of Timbucktoo. Gen
eral Pcrshmg. when his promotion
was announced by President Roose
velt, had just been introduced to
Senator Warren's daughter. Their
engagement was not made public
until some time after the country
was made acquainted with the de
termination of the president to
(Continued on Pare Two. Column Four,)
Rich , Nebraska Stock
Man Dies Attending
Denver Horse Show
- . i
Denver, Jan. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) Bud R. Latta, wealthy stock
breeder and horseman of Tekamah,
Neb', died here Thursday afternoon
at the Metropole hotel after an ill
ness of nme days. Latta came to
Denver to attend Ihe National West
ern stock show and was taken ill
on the dav of his arrival. ,
Shortly before his death a delega
tion of Masons from Tekamah ar
rixed at Latta's bedside and were
present when death came. They
were W. M. Hopewell, E. W. Bur
diet,' O. M. Anderson, James Wil
liams, Dr. I. Lukens and C. D. Hous
ton. Latta was widely known amorig
horsemen and stock breeders. He
Was a regular exhibitor ' at horse
shows throughout the cpuntry and
owned many race horses.
He is survived by two children,
Edith, 16, attending Liqcoln school,
Providence, R. I., and William S.
Latta. 19. attending the Princeton
preparatory school, Lawienccville,
N. J. The body was takcB to Tcka
malj Thursday nighj, , x'
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DONE To .
BLUFF CHILI
OMAHA UNION MEN
WANT RAISE FOR
COMMON LABOR
Building Contractors Are Ex
pected to Oppose Plea
For an Increase.
Union building laborers of Omaha
have demanded that their wages be
increased to 70 cents and 87j4 cents
an hour, depending on the type of
common labor performed. The pro
posed increase is to become effective
April 1. V '
Common labor is receiving from
50 cents to 60 cents an hour now.
The demands provided that all mor
tar fixers, plaster tenders, mortar
wheelers, men transporting mortar
by rope, pulley or other devices, men
in charge of concrete mixing ma
chines or men mixing concrete by
hand, plumbers' helpers, tile and
marble setters' helpers and scaffold
builders shall receive 70 cents per
hour; caisson workers, $1 an hour,
and all other common labor 60 cents
an hour.
Some opposition to this raise is
expected from building contractors
and other employers of common
laborers.-" Employers met .Wednes
day night at the Building Trades'
headquarters', 1818 Harney street,
and took preliminary steps to or
ganize into a body which they "say
will act as an "economic stabilizer.','
Wage increase demands were not
discussed, Contractors, said, but some
definite actions will be taken on the
matter in a short time.
Former Service Men
May Reinstate War
Risk Term Insurance
Washington, Jan. 29. Former
scrvicee men may reinstate their
war risk insurance at any time be
fore July 1, 1920, under a new rul
ing of the bureau of war risk in
surance, announced by Director
Cholmeley-Jones.
Applicants will be reinstated re
gardless of how long their policies
have lapsd, or how long the for
mer service men have been dis
charged, provided the monthly pre
miums accompany the application
and the applicant is in as good
health as he was when his policy was
issued. ;
Harry S. New Sentenced
From 10 Years to Life
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 29 Harry
S. New, convicted here of murder
in the second degree for shooting
Miss Freda Ltsser, was denied a
new trial today. He was immed
iately sentenced to serve not less
than 10 years, with a maximum of
life imprisonment at-San Quentin
prison
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p. (n.r....... .51
t i. m... ...... .49
8 p. m.,........4.S
CANTCHARGE
EXORBITANT
PRICE FOR IT
Methods by Which Intoxicants
May Be Obtained Made Pub
lic by the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, . m
SYSTEM OF PERMITS
WILL GOVERN SALES
Doctors May Prescribe and
Authorized Apothecaries Will
Then. Be Permitted to Dis
pense Strong Beverages-
Washington, Jan. 29. Methods by
which intoxicating liquors may be
obtained for medicinal purposes and
detailed regulations governing' their,
sale were made public tonight by the
bureau of internal revenue. . An.
nounccment also was made that the
bureau had compiled a system of
permits, providing a"' definite and
fixed channel through which all in
toxicating liquors must move and by
which hereafter the government will
know the location of every gallon of
distilled liquor within the nation's
boundaries, except that stored In pri
vate homes.
In setting forth the way In which
liquor may be procured, Commis-
sinnr T?nnpr tnlr ftrraeinn in icenp,
a warding against profiteering in its 1,
saie. ine commissioner oectarea
that exorbitant charges for liquor for
medicinal purposes "certainly places
the dispenser thereof in the class
with profiteers and they will be in
vestigated." ;
' To Sell Seized Liquor,
Mr. Roper 'also announced that all
tiquor'seized under federal law prior
to last October 28. unless claimeA
under the 60-day ruling, would ke
sold by Order of the conrt ondyrwS?;Jj
jurisdiction of which it is held. It I
must be sold, however, to a" holder I
of a permit to use it either for me- J
dicmal or non-beverage purposes.
Both the physicians who prescribe
and the pharmacist who sells liquor,
the regulations provide, must have a
permit which may be obtained from
the federal prohibition director
Other details of the method by
which liquor for medicinal purposes
may be purchased follow:
"Any physician duly licensed to
practice medicine .and actively en
gaged in the practice of such pro
fession may obtain a permit to pre
scribe intoxicating liquor and may
then issue prescriptions for distilled
spirits, wines or certain alcoholic
medicinal preparations for medical
purposes for persons upon whom he
is in attendance in cases jwhere he
believes that the use of liquor as a
medicine is necessary. In no case
may spiritous liquor be prescribed
by one or more physicians in excess
of one pint for the same person with
in any period of ten days.
"All prescriptions for intoxicating
liquors are required to be written on
prescription blanks provided by. the
bureau, except that in emergency
cases physicians niay use their regu- Vj
lar prescription blanks. ,
Can Buy Intoxicants.
''Prescriptions for intoxicating li
quor may be filled only by registered
pharmacists who hold permits au
thorizing them to. do so or who are
employed by retail druggists holding,
such permits. Pharmacists and
druggists holding such permits will;
procure their supplies of intoxicat
ing liquor from manufacturers or
other persons holding permits au
thorizing them to sell liquor.
"Persons to whom prescriptions
for intoxicating liquor are issued by
physicians may procure the liquor
prescribed -through pharmacists' or
druggists holding permits without
obtaining; a permit.
"Physicians may also obtain per
mits entitling them to procure not
more than six quarts of distilled
spirits, wines or certain alcoholic
preparations during any calendar
year for administration to their pa
tients in emergency cases where de-
(Continaed en Pane Two, Column Sir.) ,
Drops 2,500 Feet From
Plane With Parachute
' Arid Lands Unharmed
One of the most sensational aeri
al feats ever 'performed in Omaha
was accomplished yesterday after
noon at the aviation field on the
West Center street road, when Art
Bluto dropped 2,500 feet from an
airplane piloted by A. J. Nielsen
and traveling about SO miles an
hour.
The plane made several trips in
the air during the afternoon, car
rying passengers and a dummy was
dropped to determine the velocity
of the wind.
At 5 o'clock Bluto went up, rid-
frg in the frftlU seat, harnessed to
a-parachute which was hung nnder
the fusilage of the plane. When the
men reached an altitude of 2,500
feet directly over the Ashmussen .
manufacturing plant, Bluto jumped
out and alighted safely in the north
cast corner of the aviation field.
This was the first time that Bhito
ever attempted to drop from an air
plane, ' J
