The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-16
Prohibition
IS IN EFFECT
AT MIDNIGHT
New York's White Way Paint
ed a Somber Red as Revell-
ers Take Last Drinks Before
Nation Goes Dry.
CLAMPS ARE ON TIGHT
(By Associated Press)


hotels along the White Way, put on
its deepest mourning today in prepare
tion for the final obsequies at mid
night.
Statisticians were silent as to the
exact. shrinkage in the liquor supply
here SO the result of last nights we'll
: attended preliminary services, but it
| was admitted that there was enough
| remaining to provide for all today, no
| matter how firm the determination
might be to leave not drop undrunk
upon the dawn of the dryers.
The revelry in the fashionable hotels
/ and restaurants last night was declar-
ed to have put to shame all previous
| celebrations of a similar nature in
New York. But said to the Associated
Press that last nights affair was only
Ia tuning up" process for the last
farewell tonight. Liquor brought al
most unbelievable high prices, but this
apparently was the least of the wor-
ries of the day.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Constitu-
tional prohibition, effective at mid
night tonight, and the enforcement
legislation enacted by congress, make
the following provisions:
Declares unlawful the manufacture
or sale of any beverage containing
one-half Of one per cent or more of
alcohol.
Declares places where liquor is sold
in violation of law to be common
nuisances, abatable as such.
Search and seizure powers given
prohibition enforcement officers, ex-
cept for the search of private dwell
ings unless used for the unlawful sale
Of intoxicants or in part as places of
business.
Liquor seized to be destroyed, We
hicles and other property to be sold
| and proceeds paid into United States
| treasury.
Advertising Of liquor by any method
prohibited.
Permit manufacture at home for per-
sonal use of Misunderstanding ciders
and fruit juices. While on-fntOxicaE
ing in construed by law to mean one
half of one per cent or more Of alcohol.
Permit manufacture OF alcoholic
| liquors for sacran1ental and medicinal
uses, under restrictions. - u
! Permit manufacture of alcohol for
industrial and scientific uses. =
Permit possession of liquor in home
| If purchased before prohibition be-
came effective. ..-. e.
| Physicians prohibited from prescrib-
| ing alcoholic LIQUOR for patient unless
in good faith they believe it will af-
ford relief from ailment. Not more
than one pint can be prescribed in
any month for one person.
Complete records of sales, including
names OF persons obtaining liquors,
required of manufacturers and drug
gists.
Various penalties for violation fixed,
| the most severe being $4,000 fine and
| two years imprisonment.
Constitutional prohibition, becomes
effective at midnight tonight.
From 1901 a. M, the "manufacture,
sale or transportation Of intoxicating
liquors within, the importation thereof
into, or the expectation thereof from
the United States and all territory
subject to the jurisdiction thereof for
Leverage purposes" is prohibited by
the 18th amendment to the constitu-
ton, and the United States becomes
the first nation of the world to make
such a provision part Of its basic law.
Congress has defined an intoxicating
! liquor as any beverage containing one
| half of one 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 nationwide wartime ban
on alcoholic drinks since last July.
There have been eager hopes enter
tanned by the thirsty, by distillers and
by spectators holding large quantities
of whiskey for higher prices, that war
| %i,,,o Y,roJ,i hitioo would ho lifted hofnro
today in accordance with the recon.
mendation of President Wilson to Con-
gress. but Congress refused to do so
and the arid spell now about to begin
under authority Of the nations con-
stitution, which prohibitionists declare
will continue in effect for all time in
asmuch as 1t would be revoked only
in the same manner in which it came
into existence, will permit no oppor.
tunity for the replenishment of private
cellars or the unloading Of investment
stocks.
Many Gallons in Bond.
Thousands of gallons Of whiskey re.
main in bonded warehouses with no
chance to be sold at prevailing high
prices. The liquor can be taken out
Only for medicinal and scientific uses
with the Bureau Of Internal Revenue
exerting extreme precautions to see
that none Of it is used in violation OF
the law. During the last two months
many owners of alcoholic liquors
/ foreseeing no opportunity for sale in
this country, have endeavored to rush
the surplus to other countries. Lack
of shipping space prevented more than
fraction being exported. Cuba and
the Bahamas have received most oi
what was sent abroad. There were
100000 gallons on hand when war
time prohibition went into effect. The
amount exported is not known but is
probably less than 20,0O0,0O0 gallons
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 16.- A cam
paign Of education, explaining the
eighteenth amendment to the consti
tuition of the United States, together
with the National Enforcement act
which becomes effective at midnight