Evening journal., 1920-01-13
FRIDAY SEEES
ENDOF BOOZE
Gloom Day To Be UShered
in at the Midnight
Hour
HEAVY PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATING LAW

Next Friday viii be known through
out the country as Gloom Day 90
liquor dealers and lovers OF wet goods.
Immediately after The stroke V mid
night January i6. the National prohi-
4 billion Amendment TO the Constitution
I viii become effective. Liquor WI then
/ pass out OF business so far as It's legal
manufacture, sale and possession Is
concerned.
For The purpose OF clearing up GER
tain phases OF The law that has caused
I confusion In the minds OF thousands
Of persons in the United states some
/ OF the things YOU can do and cannot
| do under the law are given herewith.
! The only place YOU can have liquor
In your own home. 70 must be ones
private dwelling and occupied and used
! by him as such only.
/ The liquor therein can be used only
] for the po~r.-~' "s"mm'on OF he
ner and his family residing In such
yelling or his bona fde guests when
entertained by him.
/ Furthermore, n sny action should
be taken against you for the posses
} sion Of such liquor the burden OF proof
Is upon YOU 10 show thar such liquor
was lawfully acquired, possessed and
used.
! II YOU have bOarders. you will not
be permitted 10 supply them with The
/ liquor Such ac'ion will be construed
Z as a sale, because boarders are assumed
to pay for beverages when they pay
board.
( You cannot even keep The booze" in
your garage wOodshed. barn, or any
/ other place outside your dwelling
n your boarder has o private stock
in his room. he Is not allowed 10 re-
move 10 iherefrom. lie can. however,
invite you 10 his apartment as his guest
and then let you have a llllle nip"
Rooms used and occupied. not tram
sienlly. but solely rs a residence IN an
apartment house or hotel are cOnald-
cred ones private dwelling. Theirs
fore, such occupant Is permitted 10
have liquor in them.
A person who lives permanently IN
a hotel cannot bring liquor TO the hotel
dining room table, neither can he take
IL with him II he Is going on a visit or
take 1t TO the room Of a fellow bOarder.
A man who resides IN his club Is
permitted 10 have II In his room. but
not any place else on the club prem
ises. Club members who reside out
side the club cannot keep a supply IN
their lockers.
While the word "club" IS not in
cluded in the language OF the Eighteenth
Amendment, and II the language Is
strictly construed, Il will be unlawful
TO have liquor in ones room at a club
even II one makes that room his home
However. In the absence OF more def
mite Instructions on the matter Of the
club-hOme, prohibition enforcement
agents Will treat the modern club the
same as a hotel.
The only way liquor can be legally
procured IS by a physicians prescrip-
tion, and then only pint can be pre-
scribed FOR use by the same person
within any period Of ten days.
Physicians and pharmacists are re-
quired, under the law, TO provide them
selves with permits 10 prescribe and
sell any distilled spirits.
The language OF the Act specifically
states that no person shall on or after
the date the Eighteenth Amendment
goes into effect, manufacture, sell, bar |
ter, transport import, export, deliver, |
furnish or possess any intoxicating IL /
quor except as authorized by the Act. |
Liquor cannot be advertised anywhere /
in the United States. All the old IA
miliar signs such as pure Rye Whisky" |
Export Lager" Wines and Liquors"
Book Beer must come down. Not
even the price Of these commodities is
permitted TO be displayed.
Wnft tnrfrr not 40 a11otrfnH - D. ava In I
your possession or sell any compound, /
tablet, substance, formula, direction or
recipe advertised designed. or intended /
for use In the unllwful manufacture OF
intoxicating liquor.
II you are caught Transporting in
tOxicanls by means Of wagon. buggy,
motor ear, boat, airplane or any other
vehicle you are subject TO arrest. Also
II you carry 70 on your hip.
One OF the important sections OF the
act provides that any person who shall
he injured by any intoxicated person
shall have the right 30 recover dam
ages. Action can also be brought
against the person Who unlawfully sold
procured the liquor for the intoxi-
Gated perso"
ow come the penalties FOR violations
of the law.
For illegally manufacturing or sell
ing liquors a fine OF not more than
$1,000 or Imprisonment not exceeding
six months is provided FOR the first Of
fense.
For The second and subsequent Of
fenses the fine is not less than 500
nor more than $1,000 and the term OF
not less than one month
nor more than five years.
Here Is what will happen to you II
Won meet a friend on the street or
mayhap. i'm some quiet nook outside OF
your own home, and slip him draughi
from the flask In your hip pocket:
For the frst offense a fine OF mol
more than $500. For the second Of
fense a fine Of not less than 10 nor
more than $1,000 or imprisonh MT Tor
not more than ninety days. For any
subsequent offense the fine will be not
less than $500 and Imprisonment not
less than three months nor more than
two years.
OREGON RATIFIES SUFFRAGE.
SALEM. Ore. Jan. i3.-The oregon
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