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Evening star., 1933-11-12
ALAbAMAUNMOVED
AS REPEAL PASSES
State Has Strict Prohibition
LaW-Administration
Supports 1t.
BY J. F. ROTHERMEL.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, November IL
Although Alabama was the first State
in the deep South to record its con-
viction that the eighteenth amendment
should be repealed, the news that SO
States had assured repeal Of the amend
ment was received calmly.
For the passing of the noble expert
ment" Will mean little for some time to
Alabama The State is under q strict
State prohibition law and has an ad-
ministration heartily committed to
stern enforcement.
The present State dry law became
effective at the beginning Of 1915. It
forbids the manufacture, transporta-
ton, distribution, sale, possession and
consumption of anything that looks
like, tastes like and acts like beer, wine
or any other alcoholic beverage.
The law will be enforced, declares
Gov. B. M. Miller, confirmed and de-
termined prohibitionist for all Of his 10
years. II local authorities are lenient
about enforcing the State prohibition
statutes, he has intimated, he will re-
vive the State Law Enforcement De-
partment, eliminated at the beginning
Of sso1s his adrninitration as an economy
Evening star., 1933-11-12
RHODE ISLAND ACTS
AS REPEAL LEADER
Little State Has Never Rati-
fled Prohibition Amend
ment.
BY JAMES S. HART.

CpeCldl OlspdtCn 10 Inc star.
PROVIDENCE, r. T., November IL
1t is fair to say that the rest of the
country has caught up with Rhode
Island in its repeal of the eighteenth
amendment.
This State-and Connecticut-never
ratified the prohibition amendment, and
in the early days sent its attorney gen.
eral TO test its constitutionality before
the Supreme Court.
Rhode Island legalized per cent beer
a year before Congress legalized 80 per
cent, although 1t was only a gesture, and
in the same piece of legislation also
legalized possession and transportation
of liquor as long as 1t was purely for
home consumption.
Action by the last States necessary for
repeal passed almost unnoticed here as
far as celebration was concerned, but
the State continued the job of prepar-
ing for legal sale when ratification
materialiZes.
Rhode Island is ready for repeal.
When beer was legaliZed the law was
drafted to care for the possibility of
repeal.
Law Already Set Up.
The law set up the State Alcoholic
Beverage Commission, empowered it to
license brewers, distillers and whole
salers, and gave towns and cities au-
thority TO license beer saloons, retail
liquor dealers, and to give clubs,
restaurants and hotels the right to sell
alcoholic beverages It set up the tax
and license fees, and made ALLEGATION
of the revenue between State and
municipalities.
With repeal, the license fees auto
matically double, except for the saloon,
which can sell only beer. There is great
agitation for an amendment in this
respect. and it will undoubtedly pre-
cipitate battle in the Legislature next
January AS the law now stands, hard
liquor may be bought from retail dealers
in packages, after repeal; saloons may
sell only 80 beer; restaurants and clubs
may serve beer and wines Of whatever
alcoholic content, and hotels alone may
serve hard liquor with food. 1t is evident
that the saloon cannot continue to exist
after repeal under these conditions.
Evening star., 1933-11-12
BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
vACRCONuTIE Eua No,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, November
11.-F1orida, while rejoicing in
the repeal OF the eighteenth
~ amendment, having few weeks
ago voted four to one for 81 dele
gates who will meet in Tallahassee
November IA to unanimously record
ratification, is not expecting to actually
be the better of for some time to come.
The State Legislature, last Spring,
adopting resolutions providing for the
convention, also provided for repeal of
the next regular election-if the people
shall be so minded. The election is to
be held In November, 1884.
Gov. SholtZ recently asked about the
situation and prospects In Florida, fol-
lowing repeal, is quoted as saying Re
peal will have no important effect in
Florida. There is a State constitutional
amendment which cannot be changed
for year, and regulatory action is not
contemplated before 1885 by the Legis-
lature, which is apparently not worried
about Winter guests, although the fash
ionable Palm Beach County, playground
of the wealthy, voted wet nine to one"
Package Law Becomes Effective.
When and if the State of Florida
votes to repeal its prohibition amend
ment to the Constitution next Novem-
Der. the so-called Davis package law,
which sets up local option in the coun-
ties. will become Immediately effective.
This statute provided for elections in
the counties and five voted for it, with
the privilege of sale of liquor In pack
ages not less than one-hah pint or
more than quart not to be drunk on
the premises.
Florida, with her 1900 miles of ocean
and Gulf coast and thousands of miles
of forests and comparatively small pop
ulation, is not worrying a great deal
over not being able to secure the imme-
diate benefits of liquor control after
repeal. There is little doubt regarding
the ability of those who want liquor to
get it-there has never been a time
before national prohibition or since
when 1t was very difficult to buy what
one desired to drink, in this State. In
the fastness of the swamps and forests
there are many distilleries, and corn
liquor, white and colored, sells for less
than the government tax will be I'M
mediately after the eighteenth amend
ment goes by the board.
Naturally there is a regular wave of
Evening star., 1933-11-12
New Orleans Harks Back
To Day of Tasty Cocktails
Bortenders Brush Up on Long-Forgotten
Recipes and Predict Nations Return to
Safe and Sane Drinking Habits.

open" when the eighteenth amendment
was voted out of the Constitution Tues
day.
Louisiana received reports of the vote
calmly. The principal difference that
the vote effected here was the more
open serving in glorifed speakeasies
and cafes of drinks that made old New
Orleans famous.
Thousands Take to Cups.
While thousands Of New Orleanians
were wondering Wednesday morning
Just when the repeal of prohibition will
become effective" other thousands
found that they already could tickle
their palates with drinks they used to
love.
So far as Louisiana is concerned, re-
peal of prohibition has sounded the
death-knen Of straight-liquor drinking,
in the opinion Of veteran bartenders and
connoisseurs of whisky.
Before the Volstead era, veteran resi-
dents Of the city explain, New Orleans
was never a city for straight Liquor
drinking. As a matter of fact, many of
the New Orleans drinks which had ad-
mirers throughout the Nation contained
little alcohol. The fame Of New Orleans
as city whose drinkers were epicures,
after Pickering for a number of years,
is being rekindled.
Times Due to Change.
People since 1920 have been drink
ing for stimulation only" a veteran
bartender explained today. They drank
strong liquor and even in cocktails re-
quired too much alcohol Now that 1t
is possible and practicable to mix good
drinks, they soon will begin to appre-
ciate again the taste and will not ask
for so much whisky.
There are many ingredients In the
famous old drinks Comparatively little
whisky will be required once drinking is
brought back to normalcy"
Prices being charged for cocktails,
fizzes and other tasty drinks being pre-
pared here by bartenders who are
brushing up" on their old recipes
range from Is to rs cents per glass, de-
pending upon where the drink is pur-
chased.
Louisiana no longer has a State pro-
hibition law, and there is no provision
in the statutes for the control Of the
manufacture, importing or distribution
of intoxicating liquors
Evening star., 1933-11-12
DRY TENNESSEE
WILL REMAIN SO
DESPITE REPEAL
State EmphaticaHy
Arid in Spite of De-
cisiOn in June.
BY THOMAS FAUNTLEROY.
specfal Dispatch In the Star


MEMPHIS, Tenn, November H.
Tuesdays elections, sounding the doom
of the eighteenth amendment, will have
no effect on the prohibition situation
in Tennessee until the next meeting OF
the Legislature in January. 1885; and
not then, unless successful and popu-
lar method of liquor control Is put into
effect in the meantime by one of the
States now studying the problem.
Since June 80. 1909, Tennessee has
been theoretically dry. On that date the
four-mile law became effective. This
was the outgrowth of law passed in
1878, the first prohibition Law, In Ten
nessee, providing that liquor could not
be sold within four miles Of q school
house in an unincorporated town. It
was passed to protect the boys at the
University of the South, an Episcopal
school at Sewanee. In time cities came
under it, and in 1909 1t was applied to
the entire State.
Memphis. Nashville and Chattanooga
disregarded the law, and there was no
prohibition until the eighteenth amend
ment. However. during the intervening
years the Legislature passed many In
forcement acts with the result that to-
day Tennessee Is about as bone dry as
Maine ever was.
Prescription Rum Banned.
It is a violation Of the law to make or
sell it. Possession Is against the law.
and drug stores cannot handle 1t. There
Is no such thing as prescription liquor
in Tennessee.
The narrow margin of 5000 votes by
which Tennessee ratified the repeal
amendment last July has convinced the
wet leaders that 1t is useless to urge
upon the Governor special session Of
troll. Gov. McAhster Is set against any
special session on general principles.
Moreover, there Is no particular de-
mand for such q session.
Evening star., 1933-11-12
BONE DRY LAW
LIKELY TO STAY
IN ARKANSAS
Those Lining Along
Borders May Oh
tain Liquor. =
BY THOMAS J. BRANsFoRD.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, November IL
There was little cause for rejoicing in
Central Arkansas when the eighteenth
amendment was voted out Tuesday.
But towns along the Missouri border on
the north and the Louisiana border on
the south will lose portion of their
population temporarily in the rush to
sample the once forbidden whisky when
it is legalized formally. Arkansas still
has its bone dry law and there Is little
chance of it being repealed before 1885.
Arkansas will face the same PROPOSE
ton that it did before the legalization
Of 80 beer and wine, that Of seeing
much needed revenue going into States
that have legalized the sale of whisky
Gov. j. Marion Futren has said he will
not call a special session of the Legis-
lature to legalize the sale Of whisky, and
the regular session of the Legislature
will not be held until 1885.
Referendum Probable.
When the General Assembly does
meet, it is believed the initiative and
referendum will be put into effect and
the voters OF the State given chance
to decide whether they want whisky.
Because the churches and Anti-Saloon
League have such strong organizations
in the State, most legislators are afraid
of running their chances of reelection
by coming out openly for repeal of the
State bone dry law. Because of this
it seems certain the Legislature will put
it up to the people rather than take
action itself.
Arkansas was one of the first States
TO vote a bone dry law and the first
crack in the solid wall presented by the
drys was made by the special session Of
the General Assembly this Summer
when 80 beer and wine was legalized.
Six months before the matter was voted
on, it was generally predicted that Ar
but when the voters had a chance to
express themselves they voted three to
one in favor of it.
Evening star., 1933-11-12
Florida Governor Says Repeal
VIII Haze No Effect in State
Points to Fact Legislature Cannot Act
Before 1935-Davis Package La,O to
Become Operative Once Bill Is Passed.

imports, some Of 1t excellent, and other
not so good. Motor ships, sailing ships,
steamships and airships bring In the
goods from Binlini, Havana, from Mas
sau and St Pierre. Whether by rail.
highway or boat. or air, quite great
deal offered In Florida also is stamped,
labeled and canned" as coming from
Canada. No one believes that repeal
will interfere at this time with the
usual supplies.
In Florida cities the people are
drinking q great deal Of beer-it Is
supposed to be 80 and not over 4 per
cent by volume-and the taxes received
for its sale are found useful, in school
funds and other ways.
Evening star., 1933-11-12
NEW HAMPSHIRE DRY Law ALLOWS
SALE OF SIX PER CENT BEER ONLY

especially in the cities, for a repeal Of
the State dry law.
Alvin A. Lucier was elected mayor Of
Nashua over Mayor william F. Sullivan,
seeking his fourth term Nashpa's elec-
ton was non-partisan. Both candidates,
however, are Democrats.
In Concord, John W. StorTs, former
chairman of the State Public Service
Commission. was elected mayor by a
margin of 1872 over U. S. Commissioner
John w. Stanley.
Armistice day was observed in Man.
chester by one Of the largest parades
ever witnessed In the Queen City. Be-
sides serving as Q memorial to the
World War dead. the parade was also
tribute TO N r. A. Military, patriotic.
civic and Industrial gr6ups were In line.
Evening star., 1933-11-12
MISSOURI LIQUOR
ACT TO Be READY
Legislature Is Working on
Control Statutes and
JobIess Relief.
BY JAMES F. KING.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

OkCSioA 14apctSAi " Ait OldI
KANSAS CITY, Mo, November IL
Laws to regulate the sale and consump-
tion of liquor in Missouri will be ready
for operation when repeal of the eigh-
teenth amendment is formally ratified
by the last State conventions next
month.
A special session of the State Legis-
lature now Is working on the control
statutes, called by Gov. Guy B. Park
for that purpose and also to consider
unemployment relief. In framing the
legislation the General Assembly will
have the benefit of report of a spe-
cial commission, headed by DR.. Walter
Williams, president Of the University of
Missouri. named by the Governor to
study the subject.
Control Law Seen.
Missouri's vote last August was over
whelmingly wet on a State wide basis
although 81 of the ia counties re-
turned small dry majorities. These dry
counties were in the rural sections
Regardless Of this showing, the Legis-
lature Is expected to pass a control law
which will abandon the local option
! features incorporated into regulation be-
fore prohibition.
Evening star., 1933-11-12
BY ]. ]. MCCARTHY.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANCHESTER, N. H., November Il.
Six per cent beer can be legally sold
in New Hampshire on and after De-
cember 5, the day on which the eight
zenith amendment will officially be re-
pealed. Hard liquor cannot be manu-
featured or distributed in New Hamp-
shire after December S. for the Lewis
dry law is still on the statute books.
Tii- State will remain dry" until the
1885 session Of the Legislature, unless q
special session Is called for the purpose
of permitting hard liquor to be made
or sold. There is much sentiment here,
Evening star., 1933-11-12
BY GEORGE HEALY, JR.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
n YEW ORLEANS, La, November
nj lI.-Repeal is bringing the
v renaissance Of old drinks which
made New Orleans famous
round the world in the pre-
Volstead era.
Technically, serving Of Sazerac cock
tails, Ramos fizzes and the other drinks
which have graced many a Louisiana
table and bar won't be legal until after
December 5, but many New Orleans
cafes brought these drinks "out in the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-03
Miners IN
STATEBE|NG ASKED
T0ORGAMZE union
Arntson Says Several Locals
Already Established; 9th
ers Being Formed

Miners in the Ignite coal industry
in North Dakota are being organized
by representatives Of the United Mine
Workers Of America, with several To-
cal unions established and other be-
ing formed, Roy G. Arntson, deputy
commissioner OF agriculture and labor
reported Thursday.
The ignite coal industry In the
state. Arntson said, has shown q SUBJ
atantial increase In tonnage for 1892
with nearly 100000 tons produced
In only three years Of the last Is has
there been a greater tonnage pro-
duced, Arntson said, 1929 being the
peak year when nearly 1000, 900 tons
were taken from commercial mines.
Ignite sold for less money last year
but wages also hit the lowest level in
the history of the industry in North
Dakota, according to Arntson.
He added that present scales of
wages are so low that this reduction
Of purchasing power has left a de-
moralizing effect upon business condi-
lions in mining areas Of the state"
This is unfortunate" Arntson said,
for the reason that Ignite coal min
ing has held great promise of becom-
ing a substantial industry, employing
much labor in state that is primar-
lily agricultural.
Representatives of the United
Mine Workers are reported to be in
the state now organizing unions and
1t is hoped this work on their part,
together with the effects of the ma
tional recovery act, may be the means
Of remedying this condition"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-03
FEDERAL AGENT IS
HELD UNDER BOND
IN FARGO SCANDAL
Is Ordered to Jail Pending Out
come Of Inquest Into
Woman's Death - Il

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 3.-(R)-D. F.
Ellsworth, federal narcotics agent in
whose apartment the body Of Mrs
Hilda Gray, Winnipeg, was found
early Wednesday, was ordered COM
mitted to jail In default of $4,000 as
material witness pending the out
come of an inquest to be conducted
Thursday.
Meanwhile the investigation was
being continued by city and county
officials.
States Attorney A. r. Bergeson
said his inquiry had failed to develop
any evidence which could point to
foul play.
Finding Of the body in a pool of
blood beside bed in Ellsworth's
apartment was the sequel to a party
the previous night in which two mar
ried couples from Moorhead partici-
pated. The couples left the apart
ment about 2:30 a. M, they said, with
Mrs. Gray remaining.
Death, according to DR.. Carl E.
Elofson, county coroner, was caused
by a fractured skull, presumably
caused by q fall down the stairs of
the apartment building.
The body of Mrs. Gray was taken
from Fargo to her home Thursday
for burial.
j. B. Gray, husband Of the dead
woman. who arrived by plane from
Winnipeg, Wednesday night, early
Thursday returned to Winnipeg by
plane, taking with him Mrs. Leonard
Miller, Moorhead, mother OF the dead
woman, and Gray's two small daugh-
tiers.
Gray refused to testify at the in
quest as did Mrs. Miller. The hus-
band left Fargo without consulting
officials in charge of the investiga-
ton.
States Attorney A. r. Bergesen said
late Wednesday night that after ques-
tioning all available witnesses, he had
been unable to uncover any evidence
Of foul play.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-03
Kidnapers Threaten
Wife of O'COnnell

Albany, N. Y, Aug. 3.-(P)-Threats
to kidnap the wife of Edward j. o.
Cornell. prominent Democratic lead
sr. or one of the three O'Connell
brothers, uncles of the ransomed John
J. O'Connell, Jr., were reported Thurs
day to have been received by the fam
lily.
The threats were said to have been
responsible for the heavy guard MAIN
tained at the mountain camp Of Dan
O'Connell, where several members of
the family are staying.
Police and private guards patrol
the O'Connell camp, 20 miles from the
city. Young Butch" was returned to
the camp Sunday morning after q
24-day captivity in New York City.
1t was the police theory that the
kidnapers, now aware they had been
given marked money and that the
OConnell's worked with the author
tiles, sought to silence the youth and
his uncles with threatening letters.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-03
Campbell Released
From 25-Year Term

Prison gates swung open Wednes-
day for Robert Campbell, better
known as Goldie Benton, Fargo, as he
was freed from a 25-year term he be-
gan serving last Feb. Is for robbery
of bank at Hunter, N. D.
Benton was released after Judge
Daniel B. Holt at Fargo granted new
trial and then granted motion to
dismiss the case against Benton, made
by A. r. Bergesen, Cass county states
attorney.
Bergesen, in moving for the new
trial and then dismissal of the case,
informed Judge Holt that from in
vestigations made by himself and the
Cass county sheriffs department he
is convinced Benton Is not one Of
the four persons who robbed the Hun
ter bank last Sept. 3.
The states attorney informed the
court that Matt Clockson, Mime
apolis, held there In connection with
other robberies, and Esther Kim,
Lakeville, Mimi, had confessed to the
Hunter robbery and named Robert
Moore, alias Jack Ryan, and his wife
as the other two robbers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-03
DENVER IS FLOODED
WHEN CREEK RISES
AFTER CL0UDBURST
Two Bridges Washed Out and
Roaring Waters Pour Over
Concrete Walls

Denver, Aug. 3-(P)-At least two
persons were drowned, 5000 Denver
residents were driven from their
homes and property was damaged to
the extent Of several hundred thou
sand dollars Thursday by flood wa
tiers that swept down upon Denver in
the wake OF torrential rains that
burst Castlewood dam.
Several persons were reported miss
Ing, most Of them miners who had
been panning gold In Wildcat canon
just below the dam, 80 miles south
east OF here. Mrs. Claude Hill, So
drowned In another cloudburst that
hit near Mateson. 49, -
The body OF Tom Casey, 80. was
found in a deep hole at the rear OF
his residence. James Boyd, who lives
at the same address, said Casey fell
in the flood waters and drowned
when he went to survey the damage
The body Of Mrs. Bertha Catlin
81, employed on ranch at Frank
ton, was found floating in swollen
creek. She rode horseback to inspect
the flood damage on the ranch and
was believed to have been thrown
off her horse into the creek.
The flood, result Of cloudburst
Wednesday night southeast Of here,
swept into town shortly before a. m.
took out the wooden Colorado Boule-
ward bridge and broke down the steel
and concrete structure spanning the
creek at Logan street.
The first crest, four feet high, was
soon swelled to such proportions 1t
swept out of the retaining walls and
began to spread.
The Castlewood Dam. feared as a
flood menace for several years, broke
at a. M, and sent It's 5000 acre feet
Of water after the first flood which
had gone before.
Police, forwarned, raced through
Denver districts liable to be flooded
and routed out the residents. In the
agricultural area between Denver and
Castlewood Dam, 40 miles away. tele-
phone operators and volunteers warn
ed the residents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-03
Heat Plaques East;
More Than 100 Dead

New York, Aug. 3.-tR-More than
100 persons have died In the eastern
heat wave that has continued since
last Saturday, but early Thursday
clouds and stirring breezes gave
promise Of some relief to millions.
The heat killed 20 persons Wednes.
day in the metropolitan area of New
York and New Jersey, bringing the
death list for, this section to Sc In
five days.
Ninety-five degree heat that felled
human beings and horses as If by
sledge-hammer blows combined with
high humidity to make New York
miserable.
In Elizabeth, N. j., the mercury
reached 100 and the suns rays, pour
ing through a glass skylight, set a
house afire.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-03
Vote Full Publicity
On Capitol Actions

A motion directing Secretary Frank
Anders to furnish the press with any
information desired was passed un-
animously by the state capitol COM
mission Wednesday.
The motion, introduced by Super
intendent of Public Instruction Arth-
ur e. Thompson, directs Anders to
make available to newspapermen in
formation on activities Of the COM
mission and especially the monthly
financial statement. Commissioner Of
Agriculture and Labor John HUSKY
seconded the motion, with Nelson Sau-
vain, and r. M. Rishworth, chairman,
approving. The fifth member, Mrs.
Jennie ulsrud, was absent on account
Of sickness.