Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-14
BEER SEIZURE ILLEGAL
MASON CITY LOSES IN EFFORTS
TO STOP SALES TO FOR
E,eNERs.
ONE CARLOAD SEIZED
MUST De RETURNED
Court Holds That Liquor Was Con-
sianed to individuals For Personal
Use and Officers Can Not Interfere
Lid Comes OF in Northern Iowa
Metropolis.

Metropolis.
Mason City, Aug. 14-Justice KIM
ball issued the order yesterday for the
return of the beer 10 the Milwaukee
freight depot, by the police. The YER
dict of the jury in the case of the
state against the Milwaukee, Wednes-
day, in which the defendant was WIN
ner, grants the Milwaukee the right
10 receive shipments of beer and dis
tribute il according to the law when it
is for personal use only.
Lid to Be Taken OF.
BY Unanimous vote OF the jury the
which the shipment OF beer to foreign
districts Of the city was the bone of
contention, was heard before Justice
KimbalL A solution of this situation
has been hanging fire since the city
commissioners ordered the delivery OF
beer shipments discontinued to for
eigners on account Of the riots and
murders which its use "a found TO have
caused. For a time, beginning in jan
larry, the lid has been on the city. beer
tight. All liquor was returned 10 the
breweries regardless Of the responsible
I iry OF the person TO whom 1t was as
signed. Then discrimination was
made. The police kept vigilant watch
on the express Offices and freight
Sa-a al
dressed TO foreign districts or people
whom the police believed were making
unlawful use OF the liquor Freight
agents co-operated with the police
The evidence in the recent case showed
! that the police were allowed TO inspect
4 all beer received at the Milwaukee
depot until the interstate commerce
commission inte-ferred and declared
that il was unlawful.
| Black List Prohibited.
I ". E. Harrison, the Milwaukee agent
/ says that he asked the police for black
list. It was not given TO him, Chief
Saider says. because he is prohibited
from compiling such Est. The liquor
problem, according 10 the chief Of pa
lice, has been kept under good control
until lately. He investigated the cause
and found that beer was being shipped
into the city by the carload.
On July 50 Capt. Frank Campbell
seized a car Of beer that had arrived
from Austin the night before. The car
had been opened hut was not on the
/, proper track for unloading. II is not
considered 10 be delivered until the
contents are in the freight house This
!, was one Of the weakest points in the
: prosecution Campbell unloadeCi it and
took it to the court house where the
fifty five barrels and the one case Of
beer were stored in the lower hall The
vaults were already full.
Police Face Great Problem.
Thirty foreigners TO whom the liouo,
was addressed fled claims and ap.
peared in court. The case is an i'm.
portant one and means a turning poin,
in police methods. A new solution te
the problem of maintaining satisfac.
tory law and order with an made
,, quate force. must now be found Chic
.. Snider said Wednesday afternoon tina
he would make harder attempt thar
ever to do his duty. but he feels tina
! he IS facing an enormous problem. Be
cause the jury was unanimously il
favor OF the liquor side of the question
. Chief Snider feels that it Is the gen
eral attitude of the people of the city
He has a strong campaign agains
!. crime. Men were shooting and stab
bing each other. Mason City was fair
" written IN blood in the newspaper
of the state. Snider investigated an
!, found that the foreigners were as a ruI
. peaceable enough except when thei
: naturally hot and inapetuous nature
: were fred by liquor. He attempted
take away the cause of crime.
Test Is Made.
! For many months test case ha
: been threatening The test has bee
= made. Foreigners will nov receiv
7, their liquor The police only hope the
d former conditions in the city will NJ
!. be resumed. The railroad officials an
y agents are merely part of a gre;
d com pany and are held TO their duty &
/! firmly as are the police. Tecfnicai;ie
II of the law make the friction in tt
II geers that prevent smoothly runnir
II city government.
= Sympathy From Cosson.
s Attorney General Cosson, who
t spending an outing at Clear Lake W;
e in Mason City Wednesday and in II
s, ply to question put him concernir
1t the beer allowance per cottage in t,
st foreign districts, which is reported
y be two barrels each week per fifteen
1t more men, said that in his opinion tn
= was entirely too much beer Mr.. Co
y son states the supreme court evads
n the issue of the Webb-Kenyon law r.
It garding beer for private and individu
Re use He synpathizes heartily with Il
,e endeavors to keep it out of foreis
d. quarters in Mason City, where Il
,e harvest is reaped in disorder and rio,
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