The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 1

Solve Puzzle of "When Is Beer Legally 13 1 Perplexing' Question Is Tn PI Due To brewers IUUU To Use More Alcohol. -r i Raitl Oil Dl3XUl6 -BOOKS Begun By Attorneys, mi Pii-r-c- Vhose Views 11 I UIH Ii of Manufacturers Differ. Government Co-Operation Re-j quested in Suit To Test War-Time Prohibition Act, in New York. Waahinetxn 18. Anawer he question of beer legally to is aer and it may contain two' nd three per cent of alcohol vlthout onViaMy b-inB considered to I pe intoxicatir; was sought to-day by I Internal Hrveniie LSureau officials in I existing; staius.

I'otirt decisions and administrative regulation but with no definite con Iti.iion. Tending: decision by the lesal di-'i ion of th? bureau and an opinion i reciAj. DirT a to tbs axqetase. HUlsboro. Ohio, March JS.

WKh the Mv ot Mr- Homer Barnes. 43 years old found b3" neighbors to-day in a room In her nome ha home here. Her husband. Homer Barn. rs old.

proprietor of a picture thea- haa been arrested. Ha la beta held on suspicion. The finding of the body of Mr. Barnes led omefn to charge that- Flarnea also murdered John Moses, merchant, who mutilated body waa (found in his store I here last Tuesday. The rear of Mom'i rear of the Barnes store adjoined she i When arrested Barnes found un-I der a haystack near; the edge of town.

i attempted to arown htmseir, but evidently lost hi. nerve and swam out or the pond. Bloodhounds have arrived from Ioveland, Ohio. They will be held here until Barnes reveals his actions for the hours preceding the murder. Fjnrnes was arrested by-Deputy Sheriff 8ehwelnsberger and taken to the office of Marshal Walker.

He refuses to dis- cuss the murder. 1 Official believe Mrs. Barnes was mur-: dercd about II o'clock this morn'm. Her husband was found at 1 p. m.

Neighbors It.ti that Kl rm Urn w-m 1 4 only a short time before she was mur dered No motiv; for the killing- of Moses or Mrs. Barnei ha been found, but it la Buckeye Boys Sail For Home; Cincinnati Companies Listed Among Units Due March 23 Attorney-General Palmer. Commis-! Department to-day as having; sailed (er, Iloper declined to say what he from France on four, transports and jld do in case Xw lork brewtra the cruiser Montana. out their announced intention to The troop of Uo Th'rtietU iviaia are ima manufacture and sal of beer en rouwto' XevrjwrJ Ke- and wiii It VOiirtr under Wllsoa'sf mobilisation. Tl Thirty-seventh Is er.

(rtt order rrolttlng the- nuklnt of route' to Camp Bhennao. J-l. -ar beer." i Tha transport Vn Steuban. dua at New hternal Revenue Bureau oracials a number of conferences to-day, which the subject was discussed. Leg.l Experts Called.

Legal expert argue that all prece- ts of acta of Congress and of iter- a Bureau praoticeSolnt to the rule 1 If beer contains one half of one i cent or more of alcohol it la in- icating- and is taxable aa real beer. prinka to be "soft." "nonintoxicat- and nonalcoholic must contain than one half of one per cent fchol. they said. Therefore, it was ued, that the President's order of September 1C forbade the use of or omer xooo. pnraucu in man-beer with one harf of one per or more of alcohol, omroiastoner Roper, however, de- Jld to fortify himself fully and ar-1 to call on the Department of Justice for an opinion.

Officials said the manufacture of beer -vith more than one half per cent alco- ol wa prohibited after' May 1 under! food conervation- provision of the of November 21. 191S. It was un 4 a n. I siwu lUfti new i wiiv vrcvciB, nuw i did not agree' with this view. Numerous Laws Cited.

farioua provisions of recent revenue a. were cited by bureau omcials in I port of the contention that one half cent is the maximum for non-in-icatingr beverages. he revenue act of 1917 provided a of $1 (0 a barrel on beer and er fermented malt liquors "contain- on half per cent or more of alco-' It also placed a special tax on drinks. Including- "fermented kiors eontainln-r less than one half cent of alcohol." Revenue act passed by the last Con; fcsa lncreaaee to a barrel the tax beer "containing- one half of one cent or mora of alcohol." It also videa for administrative regulations kerning- production of "non-alcoholic nea containing less than one half of per cent of alcohol." Soft drinks this act are described aa those "con ning less than one half of one per 'it Of alcohol." i Brewers iCust Qualify. lerenue Bureau regulations promul-ed February provide that after May roducera of near-beer will have to Iffy, as "industrial distillers.

since business of brewing-, it waa said, can-be recognised the act of No-ber 21. 1918, forbidding use of grain, i-als, fruits or other food products in I production of fermented malt liquors ir that date. nder this regulation, makers of near- would be considered technically as' i a Washington. March 18. I'nits of the Thirty-seventh (Ohio National Guard) and Thirtieth (Yennessee.

North Caro lina and South Carolina) Divisions comprise the majority of 370 officers and 10,000 men announced by the War ora aiarcn ia, oruigs ine ie an sua Headquarters. 8upply and Machine Gun Companies, First and Second Battalion Headquarters and 'Companiea L. E. V. il and H.

of tho One Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry Thlrtr-aev-enth Division). (These companies Include approximately S00 Cincinnati men.) A detachment of the Headquarters of the Thirty-seventh Division Is Included, nd the Headquarters troop of that divl- sion. the Fifty-fourth Infantry Brigrade Headquarters, casual companies of Michigan. Texas. Washing-ton, New York and Ohio troops, and four casual officers.

The cruiser Montana, due at New York March ST. haa on board the One Hundred and Twelfth Sanitary Train complete. One Hundred and Twelfth Military Po RELEASE Captives Demanded. Mexicas Geversmest Ts Be Kresest-cd Ts Prsteet Prspertj ia Dislriet 'Raided 'Bf Budits. Washington.

D. March It. Tha American Embassy at Mexico City waa Instructed to-day by the State Department to request the Mexican Government to take every possible step to In- ur lne xens in the territory in ui incr Ico, where Viliista bands axaln have be come active. Mexican authoritlea al will be re-auested to '-obtain th release of James E. Wbetten.

an American, who, with Joseph a Bishop of the. Mormon Church and a naturalised Mexican, was captured by Villa forces near Las Crucea. Chihuahua, aome daya afro. Information that Wbetten was In the hands of the bandits reached the department only a short time before a telegram was received from Representative Edward Hamilton, of Michigan, who said he had ben informed that employees at a ranch at Oiitoa, Chihuahua, were held by Martin Lopes, Villa leader. who demaaded ft.

000 ransom each under the threat of killing the prisoners and destroying- the ranch. The tnessag-e said tha foreman of the ranch waa endeavoring to ralae the. money. in connection aviio, mia case me- ae- Department ahowa that the bandit bave been active for at least IS days. 1 1 ducers of alcohol with the beverage partment diocloaed that two days ago fa by-product.

it directed the Embassy at thb Mex- capital to requea tha Mexican ew Tork March 18. Cotnrident with decision of the Interna Revenue Government to extend the proper pro-. Ireau to ask the Department of Ploe" erty at OJltos. ce whether It had authority to en- information In the hands of tha State coirrijrtrED thxrd page, believed that Barnes was worried over financial affairs. He frequently bad com.

plained that he was losing money due to- war conditions sjid the prevailing epl demic oS Influenza, Several theorlea 'had been advanced, owing to' the fact that Moses was KwS.T discredited by authorities. i Crowds gathered In' tha streets to- night, and It la feared that if Bannes confesses having murdered his wife he will be lynched. When the body of Moses was found last Tumliv Detect 1 William Nlmmo and Harry Barnes, of Cincinnati, were placed the 'Detective Barnes stated that upon ex-. smlnlng tha store of Moses he noted, footprints leading- from the rear of thej store to the rear of the adjoining theater. but that when he took the matter up with local authorities his clew waa disapproved -tin Influence Charged To upon the ground that Barnes waa a prominent buslnesa roan and would have no reason to commit the crime.

Another motive advanced for the np ftf 1 i der of Mbses was. robbery, aa the cash.1 rlBUMIiri Ol IM.l ill 1 1 1 regmUT hsd been rifled. This motive has 'been discredited by many, however, ow'cig- to the fact that 90.Z3 in money was found on Moses's body, and liberty bonds and fl.H in war saving stamps that "were in the atove had not been taken. Authorities refuse to comment on the killing of Mrs. Barnes until a detailed) (atemnt can be obtained from Barnes.

1 lice. One Hundred and Twelfth Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop. One Hundred ano Twelfth Train Headquarters and One Hundred and Engineer Train. practically all for Camp Sherman. The Montana also is bringing- casual corn- ranlea for Texas, New York and Califor-1 mm, iw vovtMsVi viuixra.

(The One Hundred and Twelfth ilili-1 tary Polle. ia a Cincinnati unit, com MjaciDntii ante, com- I Cinnatl oBlcerOr -fj-Ouupwd with' KW.t. rch 2 i Field IHa atory wooltf Third fiatallon. aad toldJ la a circular letter seat toj Cincinnati aad mended, by about VUrch Second Coru panic K. f.

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and M. of tha Three' Hnndi-ed and Forty-sixth In-i Dlx. i i The Itoma Is due at New York about March 3J with 18 casual companies or furloughed and diecharged men and cat- I uaJ units of Kama aad West Virginia troops and 18 casual offlcera. 1 r. i i.iFvittiviii March 25 with about 1.600 ick.

wound- ed and casual. Includinr 84 offlcen and 1.150 men 'of the 'Bordeaux convalescent detachment and casual companies for Massachusetts and Vew Tork. The Manchuria is due at New Tork March 27 with Air Service Squadrons No. C3S, 3T3. 14 S.

142. 9, a. 182 and HI. the Three Hundred and Fourth I Tranch Mortar Batten-. Ro Hnit.l CONTINXrED ON SECOUD PAGE.

GOVERNMENT May Buy Wright Plant. Mersiae City raet Is' Csasidered is Wasfaisgtes as Cntrr sf Aers- iintieal Actirities. arSCML DYSTATCV TO TBS BXQCIBCB. Dayton. Ohio, March II.

It Is reported bre that the purchase of the Dayton Wright Airplane 'Company's plant and a larg-e acreage at Moraine City, just south af the city, where the factory is located, will be announced follower meeting of Government air service officials being- held In Washington. The' transfer plan also includes the entire equipment of McCook Field, which will be replaced at the Moraine City plant and the establishment of aeronautical activities of the Government at that Consummation of the project, as reported, involves an actual expenditure of several mill loni. supplementary to the' transfer of more than SI 0. 000.900 worth of Go-rnnrtBt property new located at McCook Field. General' Menoher.

Director of -the United" States' Air called the meeting- in Colonel T. Bane, commanding; officer o'f McCook Field, left for Washington yesterday. I i I ijoionei fcamra reeds, or Dayton. who identified with, the aircraft pro-i duction of th Government, is aald to bepresent at the eonferenc. Sale of the Dayton Wright Airplane Plant alone wW Involve the aura of I fS.sse.OOS.

The company was incorpar- i ated In 1917 with a capital of ISO0.0OO. entries r. ivetteriing, who is Interested in th genterprisa, stated thia. evening (hat he' had not been advid of th purchase, but- that the tran-fer had been considered lift July. Ohio G.

0. P. Leaders. -V- 'Solicitation of Bribe in Capitol Is Alleged. 'A TJireat Of E-XPOSUre Salts I To Have Been Hurled, 14 With Circular Letters Offered as Method.

Starts House Fight. Senate Resolution, Namingi Members To Conduct Inquiry, Passes Lower House Aft- er Heated Discussion. .1 SrBClAL P1.PATCB Ttf tub snocissa. Columbua Ohio. March IS.

Attentat- ed bribery In the hall is or legislation a jand lobbying; by officials of the 'publican state organlxation are said to' be mixed Inextricably In Oi sensa-' tional developments that are appear Ing upon the surface of affairs la tha Assembly. Members of a limited medical pro- fMlon have gone to tha Prosecuting: Attorney of Franklin County with a 1 report of a demand of them for $3,500 and have asked tbmt the trrand Jury be advised of the faets-'fr vry member of the Assembly. Tha Joint Invesrtxatlns; Committee wTilttemore. Republican, of Akron, mi Jorlty leader, as Chairman, and Repre- sentatlv K. J.

Hoppla. -Democrat, of Clevelsnd. minority leader, aa Secretary. Kearintrs Beirin Thursdar. Vs)w-BtMnsTiv AAraenrtnfant at a a Ka Mtij th.

first hearin. which i to Thursday morning. It waa announced to-nltrht. Inasmuch aa there haa been in-! 1 stance on publicity It Is stated that all sessions will ba open to the public Attomey-Ofmeral John O. Prfce will be requested by trie committee to furnish a representative to aid is the inquiry, and Prosecuting Attorney Hugo N.

Schlcssln ger, of Franklin County, haa requested to P-nted and furnUhed with copy of all evidence. -ao immunity patn win given to any person for the sake of obtaining- testi mony alone." Chairman Whlttemore said. Ko person will permitted to teatlf before the committee voluntarily If It is believed that he Is seeking Immunity, he stated, before all avenues to obtain the facta from other aourcea have been exhausted. "It ia not tho Intention' of tbia committee to whitewash' any person. No difference who he is, the committee will recommend prosecution if It 'deems the evidence to be aufllcicnt to warrant it." all auch caaea the matter will be presented to the grand Jury.

Chairman Whftte-more ststed. i House Follows Senate, The House, at nrst refused to accept Senate' leadership In naming- the committee investigators, but later retraced its steps, snd ag-reed' after a KepuDiican caucus. Whether1 or not Republican State Chairman Edward M. Fullington -waa there to drive In this particular instance' was -not disclosed by th secretive session. The resolution, which.

It now is charajed, was prepared at Republican headquarters yesterday, ia said to liava been, drafted in th form in which it passed the Senate in order that Lieu-- tenant' Governor Clarence Crown I vt. vav.uuw uui naininaT tne members for that body. It la no secrev! that this official is being criticised as being responsible for rumor concerning, the lobbyhn, of party organization leaders, 'Ignoring this action. the House demanded Its character- i izing the resolution as an Insult to its presiding officer. WhJI ostensibly aimed at newspaper correspondents the "muclc-raklna" 1 rnvmiiva icw.i urive af mem bers of a faction not friendly to the a taction not niendly to the r' the lieutenant i "Factional Fisht Seen.

Their fierce retort to-day waa that it the resolution, by naming ctruiii mem-. bers, waa an effort-to -bring about im-' munlty to offenders who might be trapped. Out of this wrangle came the chargo 'hat the Lieutenant-Governor I i I ly in th I 17. lc READY FOR 1 1 i 1 Final arrangements h.Ta been completed for the debate to-night between Senator Lodg-a and "Lowell. Preaident of Harvard, on the subject of the Laue of KatloBs.

Th debate will, take place. In Boston. -n. CiJXMfri V'. W'fVUWlj v' Of War Risks Indorsed.

Glass Sees Aid To Soldiers in New Insurance Plan." V- v. POllCieS SOOn TO Be Distributed Premiums Lower Than in Prt-. vate Agencies. Washington. March H.

Secretary Glass to-day approved regulations governing- conversion of soldiers and sailors' war-time insurance to standard forms' of -Government life insurance. The policies will be ready for Issuance soon, and the -work of issuing -and ma'a-taininsr the policies 1 expected to make the "War Risk Bureau the largest life insurance agency In the A Treasury-announcement explained that the forma of 'policies which may be obtained at 'option exchaase for term insurance of -war-time arej Ordinary 'j ta-enty-payruent life, thirty-payment twenty-year endowment, thirty-year and endowment 2 Tears old "The premium rat aa or these converted1 policies are "lower than those charged by private insurance1' com. panics," jatd In prevlbua announcement it was said the rates' would be 30 per cent lower. "Tho policies contain exceedingly liberal' privileges." continued the an nouncament, for- cash and loan -raloea, paid up- apd extended in-aurancei-and- further, provldinaT that the insured will be paid for lif a morrlbly Income la the ''event" that he becomes totally, and permanently' disabled. "Premiums -on trie new forms or Gov.

erriment Mfe Jnsuraace are payable but may be paid annually. setnlannually or JThe month premiums. due -the first of each month, may ce-paia at any ume ounng VMV 11 Secretary Glass expressed the opinion that the, "usual values and lfberal pro- ef the new forms "should en courage all holders of war-time term Insurance to convert as rapidly as their financial circumstances will permit, and any, event to continue without fall largest possible proporton of their present An "opinion -by. Attorney-General Palmer that Insurance mijrht be paid to the estates of -deceased persona to-day re- oo.ia.cie usance TUDCC Ifll 1 tfi DY TD AIM rii.i-w i- i. iiiAin.

Two Others Seriously Injured Wb-en Automobile Is Struck. sraciAi. ptsPATca to res uonsca. Mt. -Vernon.

Ohio. March IS. Mrs. Roe Mclntire. 4S years old: Edison Mc- Wim-m Melntin.

year old, killed to-day when Pennsylvania train struck their auo 1 ...11. oou rusch wre seriously The ma chine w-w cai-ried 40t) yard by the DEBATE ON PEACE LEAGUE To Block Action on League, Opponent Washington, March 1. If-President Wilson docs not negotiate peace treaty satisfactory to the Senate. Senator Irvine W. lenroot.

of Wisconsin. Republican, said In an addreaa on the League of Nations before the Washington Commercial Club hero to-night. Congreas may pax a Joint resolution summarily ending' the wsr with Germany without a 'treaty, leaving American participation In "the "League, of Nations to future "Senator Lenroot declared he. favored the general plan of the league as but "would not be coerced' Into voting for' the constitution as now drawn without amendment. Asserting that the United States today is In a "most critical situation," with Ameilcan principles ideals endangered by the plana for the leag-ue.

Senator Ltsroot continued: "We are told that the President will not permit; peace, with. Germany unless there is made as part of the peace GRATITUDE" Of Americans Invoked. Fth at.Treyis That Germaay Sf at Fssd Ta U. S. Daring CivU War.

jcxMut xaa Berlin, Mart appeal to-the conscience' of America by reminding her of the 'American-famine 'conditions In th veara 18-185. At that time it waa Germany who sprang to America's aid and steadied her, sending bar not only money, but-clothea. shoes and machinery, as well, thus making it. ble, for the United States to recuperate This bid Tor sympathy was contained in. Dr.

Math la Ersbergers personal to Marshal Foch at Treves. The Chairman- of th German Armistice Commission centinued? "To-day after a half century the sit uation is reversed. Germany needs American wheat, fats, meats, gasoline. cottn copper. Grroanya -credit i If America to-day stood by Germany aa Germany stood by America SO -year ago.

she eonld furnish us foodstuffs "and raw materials against German credits and thus help ua to work ourselves. aut of debtand. make money In- do ing so. "The'Germsil people cannot" live on the promises they are- g-etting. The dragsrtnjr negotiations' in'whkrh more or less- biff- flir-jrea are inmn do not A.

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78 TAIt.T AJCtS 8CTOAr EXQCTItER XSTEBED AT-C1-UNXATI P08TOTJCE AS KKCONIkCLAU MATTKB, WEDNESDAY MOItXIN.G, CII 19, 1919 PKICE FIVE CENTS TIT! solomon" HUlsboro Woman Iilurdered; Husband Held on Suspicion After He Tries To End Life TRACKS: WWW- He! Needed in Capital Of Labby Are Seen pliajIiK Hawaii IlVIIIIW JLL NillilillilWp Ee Dismaraled. a 1 4 til i 'i 1. taaf "aadt-sst of Plan Asserts treaty the constitution of the league as drawn In large part by Great Britain. We are told that this will be done to force the Senate to accept without amendment the British- constitution, revolutionising our Government and its foreign and domestic policies. other.

words, the Senate is to be coerced to do something which It. otherwise would not do. and public opinion In America ia 'thus to be coerced demanding ratification. "In my Judgment President. once more haa misjudged the temper ol American people ana inc.

I will not be coerced Into voting: for the .01 ilia niiiae win ue ronuunea i constitution of the league and I ami sure the Senate will not be. The commission, the peace Conference posed cemsUtution wUronsldered Commission on the International upon, its merits. regardQeeaSIljether Regime of Ports. Railways and Water- it ia coupiea wmi-ine peace ireaiy not. "If the constitution should not be CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.

ACESIFEE Is $10,000 a Week. Americaa Fliers Refuse $6,000 Offer, Ta Pilot Gerraaa Plaaes ia Yie-v U17 Lata Camaaia. raciAi. diwatcs to raa bqoibicb. Washington.

March 18. -Fourteen German airplanes, 'captured by American fliers in France, arrived at Baltimore to-day. They are to be used in the victory loan advertising campaign. Five will be sent to Mlneola. five to San Diego.

and the remaining four to New Orleans. The Treasury Department is experiencing- -difficulty in obtaining aiers to pilot the machines. It was desired to obtain the services of American aces who achieved distinction over the battlefields of France. The fee asked by the fliers, however, is almost prohibitive, being 10,000 a week in some cases. When the promoters of the victory loan conceived the Idea of ualng th German machines as a means of stimulating interest in the campaign, several of the "aces" who had returned from abroad were approached wltnt offer to pilot the plan- They were offered 11,000 a day or J6.000 a week for their This offer was refused and a counter propo sition of- 810.000 a week was ub- ALL SHIPS May Use Kiel GanaL Supreme Council To End Dispute Over Cables.

A merica Aims To Block British Monopoly. Neutrals Ask For Larger Share in League Compact May Be Appended To Treaty, In Order To Deny Huns Voice in Alliance. Sweden Accepts Invitation To Attend World Conference, i But Demands That Plan Be Made Universal. Parte. Mare-h IS (By the Asse slated- Preas) Aaaeaneesaest was aaaae at the ele ef a eatazVscae t-day a-.

PresMesit WUm DenrM Uaydl Ike Ststttefc rvtsa) SltalMer. Cmaeaeeaa. the' Freaeh Pre ail the stain ejsestiens ijr-' the 'peae eaafereaee aad-' MM fc (he swvtlsg kadi Swva' eattrely aatlalaetary. aad that tkwra had bee a ta change la the plans pre-vlsly anaenaeed. which eaateasplate the eapletiaa the ptan treaty wlthta tha aeat tww jweeks.

taelaatasj the Iasrtse af Katlaask The eanfereaea lasted frasa e'elaek la the afteraaan aatll a'eleek this evenlaa. Part. March 18 I (By Saaaelated rt) Lnl Rafcerti Ceell after a eaafereaee with Presaler Uayd declared t-algat la behalf ef the DritUb- delegatlea that the Leagae at Natlaaa Mresast, ia the aplalaa af the delraatlsa. he laearpaeatedl la the prelisalaary peaee treaty. I Paris.

March Future navigation ways decided to-day. Tba eammlMioa will replace the German-Holland Com- mission of before the war. Fortifications on the: Island of. Her- formidable base in the North Sea. most be dismantled.

Tbia i decision was reached to-day by the Supreme Allied War Council, It waa decided also that the Kiel Canal should be Internationalised aad' made available to the tlons on even terms. ships of all na- Tolls will be collected to pay for the maintenance of the canaL Germaay probably will retain, aovereignty of the waterway. Mar Be Fort of He fugs. The Council has under consideration the question of maintaining Helgoland, as a port of refuge for peaceful craft. The' British delegation to the peace conference has consented to refer ib-tbe Supreme Council the Question ef the future ownership of the German cablea to America All parties interest-, ed In the question are preparing; brlefa.

American delegates to the peace conference were endeavoring to make a strong presentation of their case concern Ing the captured Gerraaa cables, aa it was realised that if Great Britain's claims to the cables should be sustained it would give the British a virtual snoa-opoly of cable communication. Disposition of German war ships is not likely to be Included in the treaty of peace, according to the vlw of the American peace delegation. Germany, however, will be required to surrender, title to the ships. The ultimate ownership will be determined later. Invitation Is Aacepted.

In announcing Sweden'a acceptance of the invitation to attend a conference In Paris on the subject of tba League of Nations. Premier Eden' aald to-day that the Government had confide Jfiw dish representation to a.