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If i' j. i1 1 7 f'T 7 7 7 4 tM V'-1 A''" T'-''' THE WEATHER GOVERNMENT FORECAST: FAIR TUESDAY AND PROBABLY WEDNESDAY; LOCAL FROSTS TUESDAY MORNING; LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS. mm 7- 41 Today is supposed to be marked by the formal repeal of the FORTIETH YEAR Two Sections -20 Pages; TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1933 HEWS By pc.k mw 1 i -wr mm I I III I I I I I WZSSX Our Part mtwm tmm mmw tL eighteenth amendment and yet, cm it) and yet. 5 5 2 Three stales are presumed dur-1 ing today to add their approval to that of 33 other states, and thus complete the required 36 states by which the constitution of the United States can be amended. The three states scheduled to take action to-, day are Pennsylvania, Ohio and Utah, with the difference In time making it probable that Utah will be the thirty-sixth state to officially voice its action In favor of repeal.

If developments proceed normally, Utah will be the last state to so act, and upon the message being wired from Salt Lake to Washington, President Roosevelt is prepared to add his signature to' the proclamation already prepared, notifying all and sundry that the eighteenth amendment to the constitution has been legally and formally repealed by the twenty-first amendment, and of course the effect of that would be to cancel the ban on the sale of intoxicating liquor In states where otherwise It might be legally sold, which now means In 23 states. S5 TR 0 INDICTED LONG DYNASTY FOR RUBBERY FACING BLAST OF MOEST OF OPPOSITION Columbia Accepts as Rose Bowl Opponent Of Stanford's Team Eastern Contestant Has Record With Lone Defeat Administered By Princeton Lindberghs Lighten Plane's Load Again As Calm Balks Hop Favorable Wind Needed to Help Raise Huge Craft From Surface of African Harbor (By Associated Press) BATHURST, Gambia, Dec. 4. Their big red monoplane held in the Gambia river by an almost dead calm, Col. and Mrs.

Charles A. Lindbergh waited tonight for the first fresh wind to lift them on a flight to South America. IN 23 STATES Formal Repeal Expected TUi Evening When Convention In Utah Records Yote TWENTY-FIVE STATES DRY Emergency Control Plan Pushed Nationally; States Torn Away from Old-Time Bar (By Associated Press) Under the watchful eyes of state and Federal officials, plans went forward last, night for, reviving the legal sale of liquor in 23 states of the union. The formal ratification by three additional states, transmission by them of word to the state department that they had approved repeal of the eighteenth amendment, Forces Opposing Election Today Grant Court Injunctions To Prevent Balloting ADMINISTRATION IS FIRM Effigies of Senator, Chairman Of Democratic Committee Are Hanged by Throng (By Associated Press) BATON ROUGE, Dec. 4.

Senator Huey P. Long's political dynasty in Louisiana ran up against open revolution in the sixth congressional district tonight as the state administration ordered a proposed district election to proceed tomorrow and forces opposing the election secured court injunctions to prevent the balloting. Seven days of citizens' demonstrations reached a crescendo in Hammond this afternoon when a laughing, hooting crowd hanged effigies of Senator Long and Chairman Lee Ponder of the district Democratic committee on the courthouse square and then burned the figures at the stake. Judge Swears In, Special Deputies (three parishes of the district a district judge swore in 300 special deputies to see that the court's or der against the holding of the election was not violated. Earlier in the day the town of Hammond, with others in the area, had defied the state by seizing and burning ballots prepared for tomorrow's election, in which the administration hoped to send Mrs.

Bolivar E. Kemp, Senator Long's candidate, to Congress without opposition and without a party primary. Administration Is Assailed By Judge Today's effigy demonstration followed an order handed down to citizens by Judge Nat Tycer, making absolute an injunction to prevent the election supervisors of Tangipahoa, Livingston and St. Helena parishes from- distributing the ballots to the polls. Judge Tycer followed up his ruling by swearing in 300 men as special deputies (Continued on Page Two) Missouri Publisher Is Taken by Death (Bv Associated Press) HANNIBAL, Dec.

4. John Biggs Jeffries, 71, publisher of the Hannibal Courier-Post, and presi dent of the Missouri Associated Press association, died In a hospital here today following a paralytic stroke last Tuesday night. fo) All-American Money Policy To Be Sought By G. D. SEYMOUR (Associated Press Foreign Staff) MONTEVIDEO, Dec.

4. A proposal for an inter-American system of money and banking and a plea for the recognition of the Cuban government were heard by delegates to the seventh Pan-American conference today. Dr. Jose M. Puig-Casauranc, foreign minister of Mexico, offered the radical suggestion of a Pan-Ameri can banking institution in an amendment to the conference agenda which was concerned with silver and monetary problems.

The Mexican diplomat suggested a central banking be estab lished which would have supervision over a series of central banks. He advocated the establishment of a Pan-American currency, backed in part by silver, and established on the basis of commodity price levels. At the same time he disclosed the intention of Mexico to sponsor a six-to-ten-year ail-American mora torium on public and private debts. Shortly after his suggestion was made to the steering committee of the conference, Dr. Carlos Saavedra-Lamas, the foreign minister of Argentina, said unofficially that a Pan-American economic conference, to be held as soon as possible, will be sponored with the support of Cordell Hull, United States secretary or sate and leader of the American delegation to the present parley.

Factor Ordered Back to Britain (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. John (Jake the Barker) Factor must go back to England from Chicago for trial on a charge of participating in an $8,000,000 swindle. Refuge in the United States was denied him today by the Supreme Court, which upheld the action of the seventh circuit court of appeals directing his extradition. The court divided 6 to 3 In holding the extradition treaty with Great Britain covered the offense charged receiving money with knowledge that it was fraudulently obtained.

(By United Press) SACRAMENTO, Dec. 4 Drunken driving will not be tolerated on the state's highways, Theodore J. Roche, director of the California department of motor vehicles, warned today when he expressed the hope that California drivers "will use their new liberties with sanity and wisdom." Highway patrolmen have been Instructed to arrest any person caught violating the law by driving at excessive speeds and in a dangerous manner, Roche said. Repeal of prohibition was expected to be heralded by considerable celebration, with accompanying reckless driving, he feared. "There are more than three times ai many motor vehicles in California now as there were in 1920 when prohibition became effective," he pointed out.

"Records show there were some 604,000 in the state at the end' of 1919, and We estimate there are 2,080,000 operating in the state now. "This enormous increase has more than tripled our traffic problem. We hope repeal will be ushered in quietly and without tendency on the part of the people to celebrate by excesses." fin DRUNK DRIVING WILL BE TABDD and the proclamation by President Roosevelt of the adoption of the repealing amendment were the legal steps that remained to be taken today to break down national prohibition. Quick Action For Two Conventions Twenty-f Iva states, however, will remain dry under state Jaws, al- though some of these permit the importation of whisky from their states. In Pennsylvania, Ohio and Utah the three states that hold ratifying conventions today plans were made for quickly going through the formality of disposing of prohibition.

All three voted on Nov. 7 to repeal the eighteenth amendment. Utah convention delegate decided last night to defer meeting for final action until 7 p. m. (mountain standard time), thus delaying still more than hour when a legal drink could be obtained.

Saloon Banned By Most Of States In the states permitting Immediate sale, the tendency was away from the old fashioned, brass-railed bar with leanings generally toward sale with food In eating places or In unbroken packages. Washington and Oregon wera two of the few states that stood without restrictive laws regarding the sale of liquor on the eve of repeal. In Washington, the legislature met in special session yesterday to formulate legislation. la Oregon, that legislature was working on a bill. Whether liquor could be sold legally in Indiana was doubtful.

Proclamation By President Planned Another barrier to repeal was threatened late yesterday. Canon William Sheafe Chase, president of the International Reform, federation, who already has pending la the District of Columbia supreme court a petition seeking to prevent Striking Actress and Manager Appear Before Grand Jury And Describe Holdup ARREST OF TWO IS ASKED Los Angeles Police Chief Says One of Accused Men Gave Confession to Crime (Bv Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 4 Harry Voil-er, Chicago theatrical agent who was indicted with two others on a charge of robbing Mae West, film actress, of $20,400 in money and jewels, was arrested tonight at his theatrical agency In the loop. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4.

One In dictment charging Harry Voiler, Morris Cohen and Edward H. Friedman, who police said were eastern racketeers, with robbing Mae West, film actress, of $20,400 in money and jewels more than one year ago was retured today by the county grand jury. The indictment, charging robbery, was returned after the striking Miss West and her manager, James Timony, appeared be fore, the grand Jury, and told of the September, 1932, in in which the actress tossed from an automobile a purse containing S3, 400 in cash and jewels she valued at $17,000. -One Reported To Have Confessed Just before the actress and Timony went before the grand jury after visiting the district attorney's office where, Police Chief James E. Davis said, she identified Friedman as one of the three men who robbed her, he announced that Friedman had confessed his part in the holdup and had involved Voiler and Cohen.

Police in Chicago and Detroit, have been asked by Chief Davis to arrest Voiler and Cohen. Voiler is believed to be in Chicago and Cohen in Detroit. Says Voiler Made Robbery Proposal Friedman claimed in his confession, Chief Davis said, that he and Cohen met Voiler the morning of Sept. 28, 1932, on a downtown corner and Voiler proposed they rob Miss West. Friedman said Voiler told them that if they would be in front of Miss West's apartment at a certain time that night she would be there in her car.

The two men kept the appointment, Chief Davis said, and found (Continued on Page Two) 4 Robbers Take Jewels While Woman Dines (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4. Jewelrs which C. Parnell Turner, tire and rubber company president, valued at $8,000 were stripped from the hands and dress of Mrs. Turner tonight by two robbers who entered the Turner home through the kitchen while the family was at dinner.

The robbers took $50 from Turner's wallet. BEVERLY HILLS, Dec. 4. (To the Editor:) Talked to the Philippine delegation going through here on their way to Washington. Missed seeing Manuel Quezon, their very able leader.

They will be a unique delegation in Washington, and one that I believe the President will welcome, for they are asking for liberty and not money. A thing like that is unheard of. Why can't we set the Philippines free nowTWe kept 'em for years just on account of their sugar. When they take you off liquor, you crave sugar and sweets. Well, today we go back on a liquor diet, to they can take us off sugar.

That automatically, sets the Philippines free. Yours, WILL ROGERS. ROGERS 'says: finish. Of course, in making the selection, Stanford took into consideration the scholastic standing of its possible opponents and thought Columbia was above reproach." Masters, who arrived here early today to be greeted by reports Columbia had been approached, stood pat with his statement which had been repeated throughout the week: First Trip To Bowl For New Yorkers "I have nothing to say." When the story broke that the Columbia athletic board had gone into session he still stood his ground and declined to comment on the situation except to say he hoped to have an announcement "about 3 p. At seven minutes after three the telephone of his hotel room rang.

"Columbia," he said, and the newspapermen rushed for telephones. D. S. McDaniels, member of the Rose tournament football commit tee was present at the time, but had insisted the situation was en- (Continued on Page Fourteen) ST nTRETflGR EED (By Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, Dec. 4.

Brewery and winery representatives agreed with the state board of equalization here today to a two cent per gallon tax on all wines and to not sell draft beer stronger than 3.2 per cent alcoholic content. Importers, winery and brewery representatives met with the board to air certain objections they had in mind and to hear the board's explanation of the new liquor control act to become effective when the repeal of the eighteenth amendment is completed tomorrow. Emund A. Rossi, president of the Italian-Swiss colony, which operates wineries In Sonoma county, told the board that the wine men "had only themselves to blame" for objectionable features In the control act because they failed to watch It while the 1933 legislature was drafting it. One objection stressed by Rosst was to the act's definition of a winery.

He said the act Imposed a hardship on the wineries because it compelled them to bottle wines in establishments' separate from manufacturing plants. Rossi also objected to provisions prohibiting a winery to sell retail. prietors are unable or unwilling to pay the license fees demanded by city officials. Many of the managers declared that they would continue to operate as speakeasies, with barred doors and all the accoutrements of prohibition days, rather than pay the $800 annual license fee. In addition, they claim, more than 100 entertainers, bartenders and others will lose their jobs.

Police Chief J. M. Klrkley, however, was ready to force all bars to abide by the city's license laws. He prepared to arm a special raiding squad with sledge hammers with which to break down barred doors of those who attempt to continue business without licenses. The more swanky places were ready to open their doors and operate as saloons or restaurants, content to pay the license fee.

Oper ators explain the high fee would discourage wholesale establishment of saloons. Despite the fee, prices were expected to remain at the present scale. A straight shot of whiskey will cost 25 cents, mixed drinks 50 cents and more. Reno bartenders are frankly dubious about the amount of business they will do after repeal. They don't expect receipts to be larger than those during the past 18 dry years By PAUL ZIMMERMAN (Associated Press Sports Writer) PASADENA, Dec.

4. The East answered the Rose Bowl call today for the tenth time in the 18 years of the annual New Year's day classic when Columbia announced to Stanford's representative here, Al Masters, graduate manager, that It had accepted the Rose Bowl tournament football bid. Rumored in New York circles since late yesterday, the acceptance came as no great surprise, but with some shaking of heads. There was considerable of second guessing to the effect Stanford could have done better. Critics Rate Lions Really Great Team But not In the mind of Masters, who had spent a week since Stanford's acceptance of the Rose tournament committee's invitation to represent the West, In digging up a suitable opponent.

"Football critics have Informed us," said Masters after' the announcement, "that despite the early season defeat by Princeton, Columbia has really a great team. were impressed by its great I TOGETHER (By Associated Press) BEVERLY HILLS, Dec. 4. Sidney Lazarus, writer, and his wife Maud held a romantic rendezvous with death at their attractive home here. Their tryst was like the scenes he had written for fiction stories and for the screen, but none had the tragic ending of this real life episode.

His arm embracing her, and her head nestled on his shoulders, they settled in the comfortable back seat of their big car, in the garage of their home, and rode together Into eternity on the fumes of a poisonous gas from the exhaust of their motionless automobile. That is what police found today. Police went to the garage after receiving a telephone call from a friend and neighbor of the Laz-aruses that he had received a letter jointly signed by the couple asking him to send the palice to look in the garage. A suicide pact, the police reported, on finding a tube leading into the closed sedan leading from the exhaust pipe of the vehicle. Lazarus was 43 years of age.

The age of his wife was not disclosed. Friends said that both had been in ill health, and despondent. Effectiveness of the ordinance was questioned. Opponents said firms would not subscribe the requested fee for something which may be voided by state law within a week. This would preclude Immediate widespread sale of bonded goods.

Klamath Falls, Is opposed against the state taking over the liquor business, and the city will license private liquor dealers. "Keep out of Klamath Falls," was the warning of Willis E. Ma-honey to the state. In Seattle the city council decided the city would add the liquor business to municipal enterprises already Including power, water and street cars. When the bill was finally drawn up it failed to mention where the money was coming from to stock the city with the liquor it intends to sell.

By GALE D. WALLACE (United Press Correspondent) RENO, Dec. 4. Advent of repeal tomorrow is expected to result In darkness for more than a score of colorful establishments that helped this divorce center live up to its reputation as "the biggest little city." At least 35 speakeasies where members of the gay divorce colony met will close because their pro WRITER IT fir But two attacks on repeal are to be made or at least decided today. A last-minute effort to block repeal was made in the District of Columbia supreme court yesterday, and a decision is promised to be handed down today from the bench, determining the issues raised.

Counsel argued the conventions In the etates did not have authority to ratify repeal, and the lawyers ought an order restraining the secretary of state from issuing a repeal proclamation. At the same time, over in Pennsylvania a legal effort will be made this morning to restrain the Pennsylvania constitutional convention from ratifying repeal. flj Whether either of these legal at-tacks will be successful will remain for the judges to announce, but all through the history of the country it has been observed that where there have been legal efforts to stir up court difficulties contrary to the expressed popular will, the caurts have not been prone to approve them. In other words, where there has been such popular sentiment as has been expressed opposing prohibition, the courts have not been likely to go In the face of It and merely occasion delay to what the majority of the people want. The popular majority against the eighteenth amendment is so overwhelming, measured by the votes cast in 37 states, that it need not occasion surprise if the courts decline to permit technical objections to get In the way of the popu lar will.

In other words, It need occasion no great surprise If these efforts to halt prohibition repeal shall fail, so that before this day hag passed, the eighteenth amendment will have been officially proclaimed as done for. 3 Under that theory, it becomes of Interest to study the situation that will then develop, for In 23 states there will be no law against the sale of liquor. In 25 states, however, conditions will still be "dry" under state laws, although In one them, Ohio, that condition will change on Thursday when the Buckeye state's new legislation on the subject becomes effective. That would seem to leave 24 states wet and 24 states dry, although the population of the former is three or four times as great as that of the other 24 states which will have dry statutes. It will perhaps occasion surprise when it Is stated that Washington and Oregon are two of the few states that stand without restrictive laws regarding the sale of liquor, on the eve of the expected reneal of prohibition.

In most of the states permitting immediate sale of liquor the tendency has been awav from the old-fashioned brass-railed bar, and the leanings generally are toward the sale of liquor with food in eating places, or in unbroken packages, to be taken away from the place of sale before being broken. The Associated Press reports that while some confusion still exists over New York state's regulations, one thing is clear there shall be no drinking of anything but beer at bars. But the same news service also reports that the Broadway that drank a farewell toast to "Old John Barleytorn" 14 years ago was last night being redecorated to hail repeal, and while many of the old-time places will not be there for the welcome, it is reported that 3,500 licenses have been granted in New York, with 1,500 more on file that may not be passed on when and If Utah sounds the gong this afternoon, and none of the court processes serve to delay the return of the flowing bowl. JIT Here In California one of the rather surprising developments is the statement of Fred E. Stewart, of the state board of equalization, to the effect that copies of the 1933 (Continued on Page Two) How long the calm will continue could only be guessed at.

That such conditions often last for many days along the west African coast Is known to the sorrow of many mari- Surface Tension On Pontoons Is Great Repeatedly Colonel Lindbergh has tried to lift the heavy plane from the unruffled surface of the lower river. With a load of fuel sufficient to carry them across nearly 1900 miles of open sea the craft refused to rise. Surface tension held the pontoons as in a groove. The colonel spent the morning overhauling the big monoplane after failure of repeated attempts to take off last night. Mrs.

Lindbergh helped him. she slept for a short time while additional gasoline was jettisoned to lighten the load. Fuel, Baggage Put Out To Lessen Load Previously 40 gallons of fuel and considerable baggage was unloaded but the craft still was too heavy to overcome a lack of headwind for a takeoff. Far from, appearing discouraged after two days of unsuccessful attempts to raise the craft from the smooth surface of the Bathurst harbor with its transatlantic load, the Lindberghs appeared in the best of spirits today as they made their large plane shipshape for what both hope will be the actual start of their flight. Roosevelt Back To Face Tasks (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec.

4 President Roosevelt returned to his desk today to check over the liquor control organization that will start operating tomorrow after repeal of prohibition. Joseph H. Choate the administrator of the newly organized Federal alcohol control board, informed the President he was ready to begin operations. They discussed methods of speeding up the allotments and quotas on Imported liquor. Secretaries Wallace and Roper also discussed the liquor control problem with the President.

All the cabinet officers in the city called at various times at the White House after the arrival of Mr. Roosevelt from his Warm Springs, home. (By United Press) SACRAMENTO, Dec. 4. Cooperation of local officials In checking places obtaining liquor licenses will be sought by the state board of equalization, Fred Stewart, member of the board, revealed today.

Permits are being Issued rapidly to all applicants whose requests are In good order and whose moral character Is attested to by five property owners and the board will provide cities with lists of the permit holders. City officials will be asked to check suspicious establishments and send any complaints to the board, which then will investigate on its own behalf. This system, to be adopted "as soon as possible," was expected to result in undesirable places being eliminated from the lists of those holding on sale wine and beer permits, off-sale liquor permits or other forms of liquor licenses. Numerous city officials wanted to scrutinize lists of applicants before permits were Issued, but this process would cause too much delay, Stewart said. Issuance of permits advanced to high speed today and will continue until all applications have been handled.

I HOISTED FOR LICENSING I Pacific- Northwest Facing Shortage Of Bonded Liquors as Repeal Nears the acting secretary of state from proclaiming repeal, said he would bring action tomorrow In Pennsylvania to keep that state from ratifying repeal. 9 WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Repeal eve found President Roosevelt ready to affix his signature to a proclamation that will strike prohibition from the constitution upon (Continued on Page Two) Lawyers Rapped By Indian's Wile (Bv Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4.

Charges that lawyers have looted the estate: of her 80-year-old husband, Jackson Barnett, Creek Indian, were marie today by Mrs. Anna Laura Barnett as she filed a petition In Federal court stating that "no one has au- thority to represent Mr. Barnett or! me In any legal capacity." "We have no counsel, nor Ao we desire any," the millionaire IndiAo'ft white wife stated In a lengthy do-j cument that criticized both Govern- ment and private lawyers. The case here is closed." The case Mrs. Barnett referred to is the Government's suit to havs Mrs.

Barnett ousted as guardian for her husband. It was tried several months ago and wss taken, under Hviummt bv United StaUs Dis trict Judga WUllam P. James. By GAIL FOWLE'R (United Press Correspondent) PORTLAND, Dec. 4.

The Pacific Northwest will see a shortage of bonded liquor when its sale becomes legal tomorrow. Controversy existed in Washington and Oregon legislatures over control measures. Whisky known as "prescription grade" was quoted here at $2.75 a pint and it was Intimated that there wasn't must to be had. On the other hand, large quantities of moonshine and gin were reported available at 75 cents a pint. In Seattle illicit liquor was offered at $1.00 a quart.

Dealers hesitated to open up their stores until the state legislatures of Oregon and Washington acted on control measures laid before them. Cities attempted to fill in with "stop-gap" regulation measures that appeared to meet much opposition. The state senate In Oregon had before It a plan for state liquor stores that had tied up the lower house in controversy for two weeks. In Washington the special legislative session to draft a control plan convened today. The Portland city council passed an ordinance requiring wholesalers and manufacturers to pay an annual tax of $2,500, with grocers and rcstauranteurs charged from $250 to $500 for licenses.

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