Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-15
DOCTORS PETITION
/. LIQUOR Law CHANGE
One Hundred and One New Castle
County Physicians Sign Paper
to Legislators.

A petition, asking the members Of the
Delaware Legislature to act favorably on
the Kair law amendment, which would
permit doctors to prescribe liquor for
their patients, has been forwarded to the
Capitol. The paper is signed by 1Ol OF
the approximately l25 physicians in New
Castle county. The petition follows:
To the members of the Delaware State
Legislature:
We, the undersigned, legally qualified
physicians of this State, hereby petition
your honorable body to act favorably
upon the bill now before you so amending
the Klair law as to grant to us the privilege
of prescribing alcohol and its derivatives
for medicinal purposes:
Julian Adair, Olin Allen. b. n. lien,
b. +. Armstrong, A. J. Bertran, w. T..
Bird, c. II. Boehm, Ii. G. BuclSmaster,
+. q. Bullock, John Ball, J. w. Bastian,
II. W. Briggs, H. NJ Barsky, G. A. Beck,
b. H. Beeler, b. B. G. Blackstone, Ira
Burns, S. A. Bonnafon, T. ID. Cook, l.. |.
Chapman, J. w. Crossan, J. A. Draper,
ID. II. Davitch, r. II. Davies, J. A. Ellie
good, X. Il. Ellegood, :. G.. Ebert, Geo.
Foulk. J. l.. France, s. H. Frederick, G..
w X Forrest, l. NJ. Finn, H. NJ First,
A. L. Frantz, A. j. Gross. w H. Howell,
A. Halprin M. y. Hoszman, g. Nj. Han
by. b. A. Jenkin, +. l.. Jones. J.. ]. Jones,
A. ley, J. S. Keyser, W. III. Kramer.
W. O. LaMotte, l.. III. Iendcrman, G. B.
Leone, j. T. Lukens. a. King Lotz, G
c. McElfatrick. H. $. Miller, w Z. Miller
T. ~ Milliken, II. A. Murray, John II
Mullin, w. V. Marshall. y. !. McConey
t. r. Mayerburg, Victor Nah Eli Nichols,
l.. T. Ncgendank, John Palmer. w. f.
Postles. s. B. Paulikowski. b. Il. Peters,
f. T. Pierson, S. G.. Rumford. A. Robin.
7. A. NJ Rovitti. ]. y Rutherford, A. T.
Ransone, ID. Rossman. d. A. Smith
NJ |. Samuel, w L. Sherwood, 7. !.
Smith. J. G.. Spackman. w II. Specr,
W Springer II. NJ Springer, J NJ Stadter
II. J. stubbs, W II. Stocks, s S. Scypkow-
ski, ]. Is. Stubbs, III G. Stevens, r. W
Tomlinson, T. Nirdin, n. w Voss, l..
Naccaro, G. w Vaughan, J T. Wales,
V ID. Washburn, W. Wcrtcnbaker. G. i.
White, II n. Willis, b. NJ Wroblewski,
II. f. Wonders, l.. B. Yerger, s. NJ. Zion
According to an announcement made
by Rev. l.. G. Prettyman, superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League, last night, DIR.
Howard Kelley, of the Johns Hopkins
Hospital, will be in Dover tomorrow after
noon to speak against the doctors bill. =
Members Of the Delaware State Dental
Society went on record favoring the I<lair
law amendment at their regular meeting
last night IN the offices Of DIR. William f..
Harris, oil West Tenth street, when n
resolution endorsing the proposed amend
ment in the State Legislature was
unanimously passed. The text Of the res
olution provides for endorsement Of the
Klair law amendment, by which the pro-
fcssion retain their privilege of preserving
drugs, including alcoholic stimulants
Members Of the society authorized that
committee attend the session of the
Legislature when the proposed amend
ment is given hearing. They will be
appointed by the president, DIR. Philip
G. Southland Announcement was made
that the committee of the New Castle
County Medical Society would attend
the session OF the Legislature on Friday
and it is expected that n committee from
the State Dental Society may attend on
the same day.