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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1920. DRY AMENDMENT : IS HELD VALID BY V SUPREME COURT 'last Hope of Wets Goes f Glimmering When High Trib- una! Affirms Constitu j ' tionality of Act. ' ! Washineton. Tune 7. The orohi fbition amendment and the enforce- ment act were neia consmunuini uy J the supreme court today in a unni mous decision. While attorneys for the interests attacking the two measures were granted permission to file motion-for prehearings, the decision was re garded generally as striking a death . blow to the hopes of the wets. ; The court's opinion, rendered by Justice Van Devanter, was sweep ling. It held that the amendment I not only came within the amending powers conferred by the federal con stitution, but was lawfully proposed and now was law. While recogniz ing congress has limitations as to Sthe enforcement of laws regarding J beverages, the court held those lim- its were not transcended in the en- actment of the enforcement act re J stricting alcoholic content of intoxi- cants to one-half per cent. Invalidates Other Laws. While New York, New Jersey and I Wisconsin acts permitting manufac J ture of beverages of more than one- half per cent alcohol content were not directly involved, the decision was interpreted as invalidating them. The court said the first section of I the amendment of its own force "in- validates any legislative act- whether by congress, by a state leg J islature or by a territorial assembly f which authorirzes or sanctions 4 what the section prohibits." J Concurrent power granted by the amendment to federal and state gov- err.ments to enforce prohibition, the ; court further held, "does not enable congress or the several states to de- feat or thwart prohibition, but only to enforce it by appropriate means." J The decision was set forth in 11 conclusions covering seven proceed t irgs. These proceedings included J original suits brought by Rhode Island, directly attacking the con ' stitutionality of the amendment. Decision Is Unanimous. While agreeing as to the validity J of the amendment and enforcement act, Justices McKenna and Clark J dissented from the majority inter J pt station pf the concurrent power of federal and state governments to J enforce prohibition. Chief Tustice J White held that the court should set 5 forth the reasoning for its decision. J He did ' this in a supplemental m ftnintAti ' . Justice McRcynolds, in a state ment, declared he was of the opinion that it was impossible to say now what construction should be given ( to the amendment. He added that because "of the bewilderment which , the amendment creates," he pre ferred to remain free to consider the questions which will "inevitably ar'.sS and demand solution." The decisions set at rest, conten- 111' II 9 taiu UWIUI V- llll. court that the amendment could not affect alcoholic liquors manufactured prior to ' January 16, when the amendment became effective. The court held that the amendment ap plied io such liquors the same as ' to any produced after that time. Referendum Not Necessary: Regarding arguments that a state having constitutional referendum provisions could not have been said to have ratified the amendment un til it had been submitted to the voters, the court cited its opinion rendered last Monday in the Ohio referendum cases in which it held such referendum provisions do not apply to federal amendments. Only one prohibition case of im 'portance remains undecided. It is an appeal from New York involving , the constitutionality of portions of , the enforcement act prohibiting storage in warehouses of intoxicat- ing liquors designed for personal use. 'This case, with the court's ad- ' journment today for the summer, cannot be decided before October "at the earliest. New York, June 7. In Wall street . interest today centered cm the deci sions, but they produced no great effect on the market except in the rp rif TTnitpt Sitatpa Tnnctfl A1- cohol company and United States - Food Products company shares, di rectly affected. These stocks , slumped slightly. W; H. Hirst, attorney for the New York Brewers' association, declared "the supreme court has said the final word and the only thing we can do avis to lookto the future with the hope congress may place a more liberal interpretation of the term 'intoxicat , ing liquors'." Corn prices broke about 3 cents a bushel in the late afternoon.' It was believed that the demand would be considered restricted in consequence 'of the partial withdrawal of distil . lers, although much of this will be made up, probably through increased use of corn in breakfast food. Still .Ready to Fight. The association opposed to na .,tional prohibition declared it stood ready to welcome and assist any movement to organize a league hav J ing for its object the defense of the constitution as it stands, with the X exception of the eighteenth amend- ment. All legislation, calculated to interfere with the personal habits, J "such as smoking or tea and coffee drinking," it was stated, "would be 2 onoosed." - f The: decision of the Volstead act was characterized by the association as a menace that violates every prin ciple for which soldiers of the revo lution fought Sure i Relief 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief ;E LL-ANS FOR INBIGBSTION k-i Hays to Drop WILL H. HAYS. As head of the party organization of the country, Chairman Hays will call to order the republican national convention in the Coliseum at Chicago on June 8. Mr. Hays has been chairman of the committee since February 18, 1918, and since then has devoted his whole time to organiza tion work, with the result that the party is admittedly in better shape than .ever before at convention time in a presidential year. Whoever the nominee, it is taken for granted that .Chairman Hays will manage the cam paign, as all of the candidates have so announced. Women Favor Mc Cormick For Permanent Chairman Oppose Lodge on Ground That He Was Against Suf frage in Earjy Career Sentiment Growing in Favor of Sproul as Republican Nominee. By LEOLA ALLARD. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, June 7. The women are expressing preference for 'Medill McCormick for permanent chairman of the convention, instead of Henry Cabot Lodge. Their argument is that Lodge, in the early days of his career, was against suffrage. Mary Garrett Hay, national chairman of the women's organization, says she is hot in favor of the permanent chairman for temporary chairman. "And I've heard tyfedill McCormick mentioned favorably," she added. "The women would like to have him." There are 30 delegates to the con vention ' from Michigan, counting those at large, and it was told with much amusement today that while Michigan is instructed for Johnson, there are among the 30 only two active Johnson workers. The senti ment, it is said, is for Gov. Lowden. There is only one anti-suffrage district in Illinois, and that is the East St. Louis district. The anti suffrage district is the only "one that has a woman alternate. There is not a woman among the other .district delegates. It was Congressman W. A. Rodenberg, who remarked the fact. Compares Johnson-Bryan Booms. Congressman Frank Mondell, re publican floor leader, met an old frie'nd today when he arrived in the city and in his conversation with him had this to say: "The Johnson boom is the same noisy kind that Bryai had a few years ago. But where did it get him? The first person I met when I got to headquarters was a man who at the last convention was a very prominent democrat, and he was working for Johnson. Must be a rea son or some great expectations." Mrs. Robert Ldson, one of- the most preeminent of the California women in the city, ''when asked what offices she thought the republicans would grant the women, declared: Well, do they want the vote, of the republican women? It's some thing to be thought of. At the last convention tne republicans lost a great number of votes because they didn't do anything for the women. .Convention Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, June 7.-i;"Remember Uncle Tom's Cabin? Well, I'm the prototype," observed Israel T. Mont gomery of Mount Bayou Miss. "Finally they put me on the auc tion block and sold me to Jefferson Davis. He was a good master." Mr. Montgomery has been chosen by the Mississippi delegation as its member on the committee of reso lutions, one of the important com mittees of the convention. The dark horse has been found. It was carried by Charles L. Bur rell, former state treasurer of Mas sachusetts. It was an equine and arcund its neck it wore a purple ribbon with the legend: "I'm the dark horse: Governor Coolidge." When ye scribe visited the suite of Henry Cabot Lodge at the Black stone he observed the senator's "dogs" were encased in a pair of last year's oxfords. "Yes," he ex plained, "I make them do, by having them half-soled and reheeld. It's remarkable what one may accom plish with a pair of shoes or trous ers by proper patching." With a score of governors on hand 'it might be appropos to in troduce Charles E. Morrow, of Kentucky. He's not governor of anything, but he's a twin brother of Col. Edward P. Morrow, who is republican governor of Kentucky. He is also a colonel. They are the only twin colonels in captivity, Governor. Morrow said. "I'm going to tell you the name of the republican presidential nom inee," said the man with the black Stetson, the $20 gold piece watch charm, and the sunflower in his lapel. "After the balloting skir mish is ended, they will decide upon Governor Henry T. Allen, of Kan sas." The speaker was W. P. Flee- Gavel Today I wonder if they want'.to lose them now, when they need them most." Miss Mary Stewart of Washing ton, D. C, executive secretary of the women's committee of the national republican congressional committee, and formerly a member of the fac ulty of Montana university, declared she is nonpartisan, but when some one said that the rumor among the women was that Governor Sprcul of Pennsylvania was doing some wonderful effective work, she winked knowingly and said: "Watch Governor Sproul." Straw Vote for Wood. Mrs. John O. Miller of Pittsburgh, head of the Pennsylvania women's league of women voters, six months old, and numbering 2G.000, said women of the state took a straw vote some time ago and was almost unanimously for General Wood. "But," she added, "Governor Sproul is gaining. He is not shooting his arrow too soon. He it waiting until he sees the whites of his enemies' eyes. The best way to work," she added, "is to quietly get delegates and not tell your enemy what you are doing. Governor Lowden is working that way. It is the wisest way." t Mrs. Nicholas Longwofth and Theodoe Rosevelt's sister, Mrs. Gorinne Robinson, both spoke today at' the afternoon session of the re publican women. That is, Mrs. Rob inson spoke, Mrs. Longworth said one in the family was enough for one program. Mrs. Robinson. Mary Garrett Hay and other prominent speakers all urged the women to work for what ever republican candidate was. se lected regardless of any small preju-. dices. Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston of California, president of the N. E. A., asked that the women urge a plat form providing for'a representative iiJ the president's cabinet, at the head of an educational department She said the waf brought out the fact that there were 5,000,000 in this country who can't read and write, and 4,000,000 of them are Americans. Out of 700,000 teachers in the United States, 140,000 quit last year to earn salaried they could live on, she told them. 1 Sidelights man of Wichita, a sergcant-at-arms at the Coliseum, who has attended seven conventions. "We need 50,000 cowaoys', and I invite any of these young city fel lows who really want to live to come to Wyoming," said George E. Brimmer, delegate from Rawlins, who arrived yesterday. "A joyride in a taxicab. isn't one, two, three with a gallop on a snorting cayuse." Mr. Brimmer and Senator Pat Sul; livan were hosts of the late Theo dore Roosevelt at a wolf roundup in 1908. Senator Reed Smoot of Utah is challenging hot weather. He swears he will continue to wear his six-inch choker collar no matter how high the mercury may go. Among those mourning . the ab sence of Senator Boies Penrose are the palm Jcaf fan venders. The Pennsylvania senator has always been a leading exponent of conven tion usage of the palm leaf cooler. Republican governors are here in ever-increasing numbers. One of he most conspicuous is Tom (not Thomas) Campbell of Arizona. He wears, a sombrero the brim of which is slightly under 12 inches. LABOR LEADERS DEMAND ENGLAND SET IRISH FREE Although on British Soil American Federation Dele gates Denounce Mili tary Rule. Montreal, June 7. Although they are on British soil, certain delegates to the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor to day launched their fight to get the federation to reaffirm its endorse ment of the Irish republic and de mand that the military forces of oc cupation be withdrawn by the Eng lish government. . P. J. Brady of New York, repre senting the allied printing trades, headed delegates presenting a reso lution on the Irish question, pre pared after a caucus today. With several hundred others it was re ferred to the committees. An Effort to Destroy. The resolution charged that the English government is seeking to "destroy through military forces the republican form of government es tablished by the Irish people" and urged "that the Irish people be al lowed to guide their destinies and that all possible aid be rendered to the people of Ireland." Dan P. McKillop of the Pacific coast delegation, and other dele gates sponsoring the resolution, de clared they would not be deterred from denouncing the English gov ernment and its Irish policy because they were in Canada. "We intend to thrash this matter out and help our friends across the sea, without fear of the conse quences, he said. Ampng other resolutions present ed wis one from the garment work ers' delegation from New York, asking the convention to demand that the blockade against soviet Russia be lifted and that trade be resumed. Resolutions dealing with Ameri can political, industrial and labor problems also were presented. When the convention adjourned today, Samuel Gompers, president, and Matthew Woll, vice president, left for Chicago, where Mr. Gom pers plans to appear before the plat fcim committee of the republican national convention to present la-: bor's demands. He expects to re turn Thursday or Friday. Work of organization had been completed tonight and the presenta tion of resolutions was under way. Plan Labor Party. The movement to create in the United States an American labor party, backed by the federation, took more definite form today when the plan was submitted to the resolu tions committee. It is understood the resolution was presented by the Pacific coast progressive wing lead ers. "The suggestion is now in the hands of the resolutions committee and I cannot venture any prediction as to what will develop,'' said Cyrus Grow of" Los Angeles, a supporter of the third party proposal. "It may, however, never come before the convention." Abraham Lefkowitz, of .New York, a member of the executive committee of the American Labor party, now in the field, served, no tice on the supporters of the new movement that any aftempt to bring the proposal before the con vention would be vigorously fought Tom Moore, president of the Canadian Trade congress, declared that the trade unions were gaining strength in the dominion despite opposition of "the big interests, de-" structionists and radicals." He ap pealed for close co-operation Jbe tween the United States and Can ada. Unpledged Delegates Will Rule Convention (Continued From Firt Pace.) or any old night since preconvention politics began to bloom. What drift there was apparently was to ward Governor Lowden. Lowden Gaining. Of the "big three" candidates, the belief among the veterans was that Lowden is looming larger and lar ger. The episode of Mayor Thompson and his ccreech against the governor upon pulling out of the "no compromise" fight which Low den started against Thumpson ap parently continued to strengthen the Illinois executive. A continuous stream of delegates traveled up to Lowden's rooms at the Blackstone to look him over. They slapped him on the back for his fight, "while the governor made plain to them the genesis of the local situation. It was a day of visiting and dele gates ' swarmed into the Wood Elizabethian room, the Johnson parlor floor, the Lowden go'.d room, the' Harding Florentine room, the Hoover breakfast room, the Sproul pink room, the Poindexter blue room and the Butler pastel suite, collecting buttons, and badges and rooster feathers at every step and carefully if an unpledged delegate stuffing the same in a pocket be fore striking the next port of call. The candidates themselves went in for an exchange of amenities among themselves. Lowden start ed to call on all the other candi dates, and this led to a series of visits in which everybody dropped in to say "howdy" to everybody else. The touching of gloves before the boxing bout . Balloting on the nominee for president is expected to start on Thursday or Friday, depending upon Select Your Peonie Roots Now for fall delivery. They are In full bloom, the finest in this part of the United Btatee.- Flowers for sale, tl.25 per doien. delivered; $1.00 per doien if youfet them at GATE CITY NURSERY Fifty-first and Burdette or Phone Douglas 2050. , - how much time is consumed in many nominating and. seconding speeches, and in doing the carpentry work on the olatform. As the delegates milled around, the guess grew that .the convention will probably end this week and will not be so protracted as at first looked for. General opinion seems to be that the third ballot will see the start of the shifting. Wood is ex pected to have the largest vote on the first ballot and the impression arrows that Johnson, instead of Wood, will be the first of the "big three whose poll will start waning. This is based on the quite preva lent belief that Johnson's instructed delegates are tied to him less tightly than is the case with Wood or Low den." Oregon, for instance, is in structed for Johnson, but the dele gation is not pro-Johnson. Nebraska has a batch with Johnson instruc tions whose real sympathies arc somewhere else The same with Michigan the whole 20 are . in structed for Johnson, but six of them are wearing Lowden buttons, and when the break comes Johnson will lose the bulk of the delegates. Thev are to stick so Iouk as John son has a "reasonable chance" of swinging the prize. How many ballots constitute a "reasonable chance" is as open a question as what percentage of al cohol makes beer an Intoxicant. Glad of Liquor Decision. The decision of the supreme court, by the way, holding national prohibition and the Volstead act constitutional, led most delegates to say they were glad it was settled one way or the other. Leaders said no possibility had existed of injecting the liquor issue into the platform, and the court action, they said, put it out of the way for a long time. If they should break on the tlurd ballot, some would go to Wood and some to Lowden, and if this hap pens, some of the wiseacres look for Wood to poll his highest vote on the third ballot. A maximum of 300 to 350 is what they give him, although Frank Hitchcock and Col. Procter are confident the gen eral will land the nomination. Naturally enough, more "dark horse" talk appeared during the day. Old rumors were revive that Will Hays might have a shew if a pro tracted deadlock ensues. Senator Borah spoke of Hughes. But there was little response the delegates generally seemed, to fancy the po litical graveyard is not the place to look for a candidate. . Somewhere, someone, mentioned Col. Du Pont, who got a handful of votes last time. Friends of Senator Watson, too, spread reports that when the break comes, Watson will get 200 the reason why Hays and others are not anxious to have Watson chairman of the platform committee. But it was nothing but dope, dope, dope. Watson has been regarded as a reactionary, and he platform this time, it is recognized, must be progressive and literal, if it is to hit the voters in the eye. It appears that the real crystal lizing on a candidate will not start until after the first few ballots, when the season will open for the "2 a. m. caucuses" of which the Har ding manager spoke some months ago, only to draw an irate rebuke from the Johnson camp. Striking Shipyard Workers To Picket Demo Convention San Francisco, June 7. -Striking shipyard workers here are to picket the national democratic convention because they are "convinced that the present administration is tesponsi ble for their difficulties and the con vention can remedy the situation," M. J. McGuire, vice president of the San Francisco Bay District Metal Trades Council, announced todav. lililli liiliiliiliiMli.liili. I. Iiilul.:l s You May Burdens of With a Simplex Electric Ironing Machine These machines will be demonstrated by f a factory expert in our downstairs depart- ment this week, Come Wednesday. the fine work, they do and the time they save will be a revelation to all who attend.. I Sixteenth and '5iiaiinaiiaaaiianaiisi'aiieiii'iaNa.isiiei!SnaL.Si:anaisiaiisiinalailsiisuiiBiii'eiai.a:iii.ii'ai'S:aiii.siiiiLi!S.t.it;jtita.ii-eiia V nbossed Delegates With 'Colds Besiege Doctors for 'Nightcaps' Chicago, June 7. Many un bossed delegates accustomed to an eye-opener, or a nightcap came prepared with a stack of "prescriptions" from their home doctor. Federal prohibition Di rector Howard, however, today notified druggists they must not fill them. The -result is varying. A tired man with a husky voice rapped on his hotel doctor s door today and to the inquiry said: "Doctor, I have a cold." "Do you want a cold treated, or do you want a prescription?" shot back the doctor. "Whaddaya mean?" demanded the patient. ' i "I mean," continued the doctor, "have you a cold or do you merely want a drink?" "This is an honest-to-goodness cold." returned the1 man. "Very well, come in," responded the doctor. "So many people have come to that door today with that story I decided to take the short course and ask everybody the direct question. It takes less time." Shippers Weaken in Fight on Proposed Freight Rate. Advances Washington, June 7. Opposition to the general freight rate increases asked by the railroads weakened perceptibly at the resumption of the hearings before the Interstate Com merce commission Monday, when W. E. Lamb, chairman of the ship pers' committee, announced shippers had decided to forego detailed cross examination of the statictical evi dence introduced by the carriers. Shippers' plans originally called for attacks on exhibits presented by roads by which the estimated aggre gate book value of over $20,000,000, 000 was placed on the properties. This would form the basis for the 6 per cent return which the carriers claim will necessitate an added in come of more than $1,000,000,000 annually. Galveston Is Under Martial Law to Keep Order During Strike Austin, Tex., June ' 7. State troops tonight were arriving at Gal veston, placed under martial law to day by Gov. W. P. Hobby. His action was brought about by the reported serio-us congestion of' freight shipments there as a result of "a strike of longshoremen. It was stated that 1,000 troops would arrive by tomorrow. The situation was reported quiet. In a statement late today Gov. Hobby said he regretted the neces sity of sending troops, ' ut added that the freight congestion had reached the point where it was a question whether the best interests of the state should be "subordinSt ed to a local xontroversy." Mayo Given Medal. " Chicago, June 7. Dr. C H. Mayo of Rochester, Minn., received the distinguished service medal. It was pinned on him by Maj. Gen. Wood. Announcement of the award of this medal to Dr. Mayo was made some time ago. Phone Tyler 3000""""""l:!i""",""l"ll""""l:""",ii Lighten the Laundry Day Howard Streets "Sky-Low" Thrills First Nighters at Ak-Sar-Ben (Contindfd From First Pace.) Brown Brothers, who are the big feature with Fred Stone's show. Ttr Brown was there to assist Dr. H. A. Waggenor's great saxophone octet on the opening night. Tom traveled all the way from Broadway to be here. Doc Waggenor's saxo phone octet is a great favorite, even without Tom Brown. With him, it was a riot. Gus Renze him self presented Tom with a gigantic bouquet of peonies. The initiation stunts this year kept the crowd iji a continual roar for 45 minutes before the 20-piece orches tra struck up the opening air of "Sky-Low." Henry Dunn, E C. Page, William Wappich, Ben Thom as and Arthur Rosenblum officiated ably as head men of the initiation crew. Record-Breakjng Crowd. Young Howard R. Norton, as a dancing girl, made a big hit. He is a newcomer to the Ak-Sar-Ben show, but he took his place easily beside the other stars. The opening -night crowd was a record-breaker. Half an hour before time all the automobile parking space in the large vacant acreage adjoining the "den" was taken as well as space in the nearby streets. Cars were left blocks from the "den." It was estimated that the mem bership reached the 3,600 mark, thcugh complete figures were not tabulated last night. The hustling committee under W. R. Wood spent all day yesterday and brought in several hundred new members to the fold. Nearly 100 more came in under the wire at the "den," making an opening night total nearly 400 greater than last year. Performances of the melodious and mirthful "SkyrLow" evesy Monday night this summer, except that next week's performance will be on Tuesday night to accommo date conventions of the state bankers and pharmacists, whose members are just "rarin"' to see the show. British Government to Run Down Criminals in Ireland London, June 7. The government intends to act to bring to justice all persons associated with crime in Ire land, Premier Lloyd George declared in the commons today. He added that the government was reorganiz ing the Irish executive and strength ening the police, naval and military forces in Ireland. Lighting Fixtures Eurgess Gran don Co Adv. AMI SEMEXT8. Summer Vaudeville VaitrinviHe Photoplays Popular Prices, including War Tax ICpAfternoonaOC- flC-NightsCn,, . and &fb and UUb Continuous Every Day, 2:15 to 11:15 MONTGOMERY & ALLEN BERK A SAWN TEDD & MAY ERNIE ROUBLE SIMS 'THE CHAMPION' Sinograms Topics of the Day Photoplay Attraction EUGENE O'BRIEN IN "HIS WIFE'S MONEY" TWO SHOWS IN ONE SIX VENETIAN GYPSIES Frolicking in a Gypiy Camp PORTER WHITE & COMPANY "The Visitor," Sketch BURNS & LYNN Tickle & Taps, Dancing ANDRUS & MILLER "Two Nuts From Brazil" Comedy Singing and Talking. Photoplay Attraction Wm. Fox Presents Shirley Maion in "Love's Harvest" Sterling Comedy Pathe Weekly KRUG PARK the home of refined amusement. THE HOME OF PICNICS Dancing Every Evening and Sunday Afternoons Select a date NOW for your Outing and Picnic. PHONE WALNUT 5580. JIGGS AND THE MS Advertising Men Declare Churches Should Advertise Indianapolis, June 7. Delegates to the convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the M'orld to- its centennial with a parade depirt irig the growth of the city. Sectional meetings were held this afternoon. One of'the largest attend ed was on church advertising. Merle Sidener of Indianapolis said the big lault of the church today is that it is not sufficiently aggressive. "It has the 'goods,' but it has never told the world about them," he dclared. rilOTO-PI.AVS. ETH E L CLAYTON la cfl Cadg inove' J& &ammowtj!)rkraflQidu& NOW PLAYING It's a Scream! A First National Attraction Farnam at 24th Corinne Griffith In O. Henry' Great Human Drama of the Foollight ''The Garter Girl" Steed's Syncopated Septette The Original Jazz Fiend Jack London's Cyclonic Drama of the Yukon , "Burning Daylight" Republican Convention Movies Comedy "Millionaire Paupers" MOON NEWS MOON TOPICS APOLLO 29th and Leavenworth NORMA TALMADCE in "SHE LOVES AND LIES" News and Comedy. a I Now "OLD LADY 31"- end the comedy feast of the Season 400 Not a Cartoon m m v Mm am i v -r I 11 v mm I- . v nTi jkmiJ m I ,'g ' Ij liiiiin 1 ' 'Q 1 1 11 1 ' . t ..
