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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1920)
4 II t kS THE BEE: QMAHA, TUESDAY, MAjtCH 2, 1920 MANUFACTURE OF .2.75 BEER UPHELD in Wisconsin Federal Judge Grants Injunc tion to Brewery to Halt En forcement of Volstead Dry Law. , Milwaukee, Wi., March l.Man--Wacture and sale of 2.5 beer in Wis onsiirwas legalized in a decision handed down today b Federal Judge Geiger in the test case brought by the Manitowoc Products company for an injunction to halt enforcement of the Volstead act V ? hii dec5sion Judge Geiger up- held the Multberger Taw. thus as suming that 'state prohibition laws ' precedence over federal regu lation. The decision resulted from the fil ing of an injunction suit by the Manitowoc Products company, a consolidation of three breweries at Manitowoc, to restrain enforcement pftprohibition legislation insofar as U interferes with the manufacture of beer containing 2ft per cent alco Jaol. A It is claimed by counsel for the company that congress acted illegal ly in limiting alcoholic content of liquor which cau be sold under the constitutional amendment to- an amount less than half of 1 per cent. It was also urged that the Mult berger law, permitting salcvoj 2i . per, cent beer in Wisconsin has precedence over later federal limi tations. Scheduled Wage demand of - j Teamsters Is Not Filed Here , Demands for an increase.d'wage for union teamsters, chauffeurs, and other employes of the American Railway Express company iu Oma ha were tiot made here. G. D. Patterson, superintendent, said: "I do not believe that such a demand will be filed, as com pany officials and the men recently came to what seemed to be a per manent agreement, but if such a demand, should be filed it would doubtless be tiled in Chicago and lP'Jio an citiesss ot the country. AMUSEMENTS. WORKING BY MUSIC INCREASES PRODUCTION BRITISH FIND As an experiment a large chocolate manufacturing concern in Lon don installed pianos and music boxes throughout its plant It was found that the music added greatly to the amount of production and kept the employes in a happy frame of mind throughout the working day. , , , , I I TOMORROW, ad U..I WEDNESDAY MATINEE PRICES Wed. Mat. 80s to $1.50 Night. . . . '. 50o to $2.00 1 hree Day, Starting Thursday, .. 1 March 4th i i 1 1 1 mi - - Night, 25c to $150; Matinee, 25c to $1 Flvo NifhU, 'Starting Next Sunday 'IT'S BIRD OF A SHOW Ctts DiuuifMM's wsKAt ComcvSrwa "THE CANARY" 209LE & DIXON W MWK EBUKNE rmous KMjry chows-wotum 'jwmcs' Seat Sal Thursday NfaU Order Now -TWO-SHOWS IN'ONE" GALLETTI'S, MONKS "Monkey' Day at th Clrcu" VINCENT & RAYMOND "Name Don't Count" WILL MORRIS Fantmlmiat Clown RONAIR WARD Singing and Talking Photoplay Attraction Win. Foa PreenU - Shirley Maioa . in -"Her Elephant Man" lrW)'S C med""" I 'yjjSrf? Supplement I Subscription Dinner Dance WELLINGTON INN CAFE Tuesday Evening, March 2nd Admit Mr. .., and Lady Dinner 7:30 Lunch 11:30 DANCING ; $5.00 per Couple Apply far Sofcaeriptkm Card at Cafe purposely tOOKED I OMAHA'S FUN "TENTER" f " Dairy Mat. 15-25 -50e I f.. : SS-SO-75C. Si i to AUTO SHOW WCEK Second anty te the Bfr Auto Shew irwlf. Th Gaaoliae Cemediaa, Frank Hunter, and nearly fifty other .need Beauty , chora or Joy-Ridera. Meat Fun l-Tewy MATINEE DAILY AT 111 5 -lat Mat. a Wee "HI. Ml. Heeray i u .Jt2ift (& Fifty I 1 1 yi7iioaf.u4Km. If Anti-Saloon Counsel Warns Lawmakers Against Wet Plank ; Washington, March '.'lA(By Chi cago Tribur.e-Omaha Bee teased Wire.) Every vote pledged in favor f light wines and beer will serve to encourage lawlessness, and. any political party that puts a plank into its platform to repeal a part of the constitution with this backing will meet with overwhelming defeat, ac cording to Wayne B. Wheeler, coun sel for the Anti-Saloon league. Transport Will Brian Crew of Wrecked Ship New York, March I. The trans port Northern Pacific, duff to arrive here tomorrow from Antwerp, has 41 members of the crew of the wrecked steamer West Aleta on board, according to radio advices received here today. .The West Aleta, from Seattle for Rotterdam, was wrecked off Terschelling island, in the North Sea, last month l'HOTO-PLAYS. Tuic increase pictttcTv. MIDDLE WESTERN BUSINESS MEN TO FIGHT RADICALISM Commercial Federation of America Organized With End in View. St. Louis, March 1. The Com mercial Federation of America was organized today by representative business men of the middle western states to fight radicalism. H. M. Haldeman of Los Angeles was chosen permanent chairman, ile announced a meeting would be held in New York shortly to nationalize the organization. Speakers asserted the organization must work in the political campaign to prevent such organizations as the American Federation of Labor, the Nonpartisan league, the People's league and the committee of 48 from gaining control of congress. Organized Labor Assailed. S. II. Halstead of Pasadena in an address assailed organized labor. "You can play with organized labor," he declared, "but if you do so you must give everything and ex pect nothing. "The American Federation of La bor today is the most dangerous- force in American politics and we want this organization to become large enough and strong enough to combat the- American- Federation Of Labor.";:..:-.' u ' ."v Says "Rascals" in Colleges. Other speakers included G. W. Cartwright and E. F. Trefz. both of Los Angeles. , v Charges that the. faculties of many American colleges were "filled with rascals" were made by Mr. Halde man, "It is imperative," he asserted, "that we launch an active campaign to eradicate from the' schools and colleges professors and teachers who are advocting dangerous bodies ot radicalism. Jhese men are a men ace to our country." Ihe conference ends tomorrow. Wealthy Widow to Be Bride of an Archduke Geneva, March 1. (By Mail.) A telegram from Salsburg, in the Tyrol, states tthat the Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, brother of the notorious Leopold Wolfling, will shortly marry, at Salsburg, Frau Rosa Jockel, a wealthy woman, who is the divorced wife of an Austrian lieutenant. The bride's father made a large fortune by speculations in real estate. The archduke, who commanded several army corps during the war, was retired after the battle of Luisk owing to incapacity. He was the first of the Hapsburgs to renounce royal rights after the revolution. He lives at Salsburg as a gentleman farmer. " , Georgie Youth Going Into Vaudeville to Get Music Out of a Saw Thomasvifle, Ga., March 1. In a recent issue of a national hardware journal young Sam Moore, jr., formerly of Monticello, Fla., and whose father was a lhomasville man, is shown playing on a saw as an instrument of music. The Moore family has always been noted for. its musical talent, and when young Moore went to work in a factory where he used a saw he was in the habit when-standing with the saw in his hand and not at work of hitting tunes on it. Finally, he began playing tupies on' the teeth with the bow of his violin and found he could make good music that way. He has signed an engagement to go with a show troupe, where he will fe featured in his role of draw ing music from a common saw. Sudan Grass Poisons Cow Abilene, Kan., March I. Al though very few cases of Sudan grass poisoning are known to have occurred in the United States, one case was brought to the attention of the-Kansas state experiment station recently by a farmer living near here. A herd of 10 cows was turned loose on an acre patcfeof the grass after a second cutting. Within 10 minutes two of the animals were seen to fall. The herd was im mediately driven out of the patch, but the two stricken cows died with- ifin an hour. . Army Orders. Washington, March 1. (Special Tele, gram.) Colonel Ralph B. Parrott, adju tant general' department, U relieved from duty In the office of the adjutant general cjSihe army, and will proceed to CImp Zlodge. Captain Ieroy . Miller, Veterinary corpt, 1 relieved from duty at Camp Dodge and will proceed to Camp Funsten, Kan. . NOW PLAYING Stops Thursday Night Jesse LasKyrM WALLACE mm DOUBLE SPEED A brMgyUU.of a mil JL lionair who became a chauffeur to win (a girl - Innocently took the- name of a notorious crook Wa forced to pose . as his real self. A romance of love and motor cars, r " Chart o4 with thrill; spurting with-sur-t prises; going . two miles a minute! With Wanda Hawley and Theodore Rob erts. i And the Comedy is AL. ST. JOHN IN "SPEED" , , H I mOTO-PLAYS. . PHOTO-PLATS. I-,. . - n Well-there were two he's vi , HI ' ? i - Moon. Well say so . xJlS 3 W Vr5qf., iiaiimoiiy ,IW O - , I ( MfllDS t WHICH. ONE -V ij m.noTeUgUhtiS Flooded Rivers One V (X War's Bequests ; s To Stricken France i - Parts, March 1. One of the most curious and at the same time disas trous consequences of the war in France is the unusual frequency and extent of floods in all rivers passing through the shelled areas. 1 French weather and geogrophical experts, studying the causes .pi the recent high wa,ter n the Seine and Marne rivers, which threatened a repetition of the disastrous Paris floods of. 1910 and swamped scores of village's in the Marne valley, de stroying millions ot dollars worm of property, were struck with the . t . t. :i t- arauoxicai iaci mai : wuuc . inc fonne river, farther south, received a heavier raintaii tnan tne Marne, the Marne surpassed its 1910 record this year, while the Yonne scarcely overflowed its banks. The official explanation ' of the paradox is that the Marne now flows through a stretch of war-stricken country denuded of all trees and heavy undergrowth, while the Yonne does not drain any aevasiaiea area whatever ' V UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT MADE TO KILL LORD ACTON British Minister to Finland, On Way to Market, Escapes Death at Assassin's ; ;s ' ' - Hand. London, March 1. It is authori tatively learned that an unsuccessfu. attempt has been made to assassin ate Lord Acton, the British minister to' Finland, at Helsingfors. Lord Acton, who formerly was British consul general at Zurich, was ap pointed minister to Finland on Sep tember 2, last. He began his career in the foreign office in 1884. Great 'Britain recognized the in dependence of. Finland on May 6 of last year. Similar action was taken by the United States May 7. The minister was driving to the PHOTO-PLATS. PHOTO-PLAYS. market place in the early morning when shots were tired at him, but he was not struck. No arrests have been made. The motive for the at tack has not been learned. ' Slayer Who Saved Brother Is Free After 20 Years Ossinging. N. Y., March I. Ta.nes McCauley, who surrendered himself and unflinchingly risked go ing td the electrie chair in order to liberate his innocent brother, arrest ed for the crime James committed in Brooklvn. has completed a 20- year sentence and was freed. He killed Mrs, Julia Deegan. He pleaded self-defense.. His hair has turned gray since he began a life sentence for second de gree murder. When the law was changed, making this penalty 20 years to life,, he received the benefit of te change. ' ,',', ,', PHOTO-PLAYS. rilOTO-PlVS. ess SB Farnam at 34th Flrrt' aketrla I Omaha "Poor Relations" A Men el the aeth aat ihe tarn . tut Chatter "Blaot Secret" V. r a A t Playing ERT S LYTELLt la Sir Gilbert ParktrV . , Matter Romance "THE RIGHT OF WAY" O Q A.H. Blank. Enterprisre e otter- II Stoiy ofjusrt olain every xolks Trn-nnr r PI r3??. ; laterpretedby a special Grifltitkcast headed by Lillian. Gish andTInclulih.rf ROBERT. ' HARRON GEORGE FAVGBTT Today 7X0 Thursday During prsetitafidh!;, -r oT, -mis picttir' " special spiritixa,Lv : . s cicfitorislratioas njiII : leactin spiritual l-ists oFjOmaka, in? ; -clitdia Dr.Maarreil, , On Maasoa and Kv Mitinie"Vamla Hicks' . ' ; "... . . Today and Thursday liflernooris. seancos; "vili b'e helct ' bx Ladies only1 . :' . ' Short demonstration of. pir- itualistic phenomena at even ' ' ( ing performances. Trumpet reading, table work. -etc., matinee :, performance , only : . LMMaH'f l'tMt If MM t j ' hi j y,: . . I tl i "A DanV lafiH. Matinee , re e v 2:18 Bee BARE? 18 "Tt8 H ES - I 1ST 1L - man linn l vv.i aj eat! f . , tl rr. ; : : : '
