Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-16
Nation Goes Bone Dry at
Midnight; Features of Law

Constitutional prohibition. effective
ut midnight tonight, and tho enforce
ment lesisiation. enacted by congress-
make the following provisions:
Declare unlawful the manufacture
or sale Of any beverage containing
one half Of per cent or more OF a.
cohol. =,
Declare places whore liquor Is sold
IN violation of law to DO common null
sances, abatable as suca.
Search and seizure powers given
prohibition enforcsment officers, OK
cent for tho search of private dwell
lnEs unless used for tho unlawful sale
OF tntoxtcants or In part as places OF
business.
LIQUOR seised 60 be destroyed, We.
hicles and other property to be SOLO
and proceeds paid into United states
treasury.
Advertising Of liquor by any msthod
prohibited.
Permit manufacture at homo TOT
personal use Of nom Intoxicating elders
ana fruit Juices. While "non-intoxi-
eating u not defined specifically. the
term Intoxicating" Ia construed pY
law to mean oue-half Of per cent q
moro Of alcohol
Permit nnanufacture OF alcohoiin
LIQUORS for saoramental and medicinal
uses, under restrictions.
Permit manufacture OF alcohol TOT
industrial and scientific uses.
Permit possession Of liquor IN home
II purchased before prohibition De-
came effective
Physicians prohibited from prescrio-
ing alcoholic liquor for patient unless
in good faith they believe It will az
ford relief from ailment. Not more
than one pint can be prescribed IN any
month for one person.
Complete records OF sales. inciuuns
names Of persons obtaining liquors, re-
ouired of manufacturers and drug
gists. s
Various penalties for violation fixed
tho most severe being $4,000 fine and
two years imprisonment
washington. Jan. 10-Constitution-
al prohibition becomes effective AT
midnight tonight.
From 1s:01 a. m, the manufactures
sale or transportation Of Intoxicating
l,ouors within, the importation there
a, into. or the expectation thereof from
the United States and oil territory SUD-
tect to the Jurisdiction thereof Tor
beverage purposes" is prohibited by
the Eighteenth amendment to the con-
stitutiori, and the United States De-
comes the first nation Of the world o
make such a provision part Of It's ba-
sic law. Congress has defined an IN
toxicating liquor as any beverage con-
tanning one-half OF per cent, or
more, Of alcohol.
Actually, the advent Of constitution
al prohibition will make little differ
ence IN the daily life Of the people OF
this country, as they have been living
under the nation wide wartime ban
on alcoholic drinks since last July
There have besn eager hopes enter
tanned by the Thirsty. by distillers and
by speculators holding large quaint
ties Of whisky for higher prices. that
war time prohibition would be lifted
before today in accordanoe with tne
Recommendation Of President Wilson
70 congress-, but congress refused to &c
80 and the arid spell now about to be-
gin under authority Of the nation's
constitution, which prohibitionists de-
clare will continue in effect for al
time tnasmuch as 1t could be revoked
only in the same manner in which II
came into existence. will permit no
opportunity for the replenishment o.
private cellars or the unloading OF IN
vestment stocks. There are two cases
pending in the supreme court, how
ever, attacking constitutional prohi-
bition, one by the state Of Rhode Is
land. the other on behalf Of the retail
liquor dealers association Of New Jer'
sey. ~ -.
Thousands Of gallons of whisky re.
main in bonded warehouses with nc
chance to be sold at prevailing high
prices. The liquor can be taken ou'
only for medicinal and scientific usei
with the bureau Of internal revenue
|exerting extreme precautions TO see
that none Of it is used in violation o.
the law. During the last two months
many owners Of alcoholic liquors, fore
seeing no opportunity for sale IN thu
country, have endeavorsd to rush the
surplus to other countries. Lack Of
shipping space prevented more than
fraction being exported. Cuba ano
the Bahamas have received most Of
what was sent abroad. There were TO-
ooo. 900 GALLONS on hand when war
time prohibition went into effect. the
amount exported Is not known but Is
probably less than 100000 gallons
Attacks on constitutional prohibition
begun in several states appareAtly are
not viewed with alarm by the reform
forces. After the supreme court up
held the constitutionality of wartime
prohibition and the measures to en-.
force it, Wayne B. Wheeler. genera
counsel OF the Anti-Saloon Leasue OF
America, announced that the only
question left on which the wets could
mako q fight was whether prohibition
was q proper subject for constitutional
action ana whether the amendment
had been adopted legally. He contend"
ed there was no doubt On the subject,
New Jersey officials, who searched
state department records Of tho raein.
cation Of the amendment announced
they had found no variations IN Ian
s~uasa ~,hioh x,o11ld warrant attacking