THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Wednesday, January 21. 1M1
PAGE SIX
Submit Plan for
Modification of
National Dry Act
Six of Eleven Members of Wickersham
Commission Outline Amendment Placing
Liquor Control With Congress
OF CITIZENS
IS REQUESTED
Interest Mutual Declares
Executive Vice Prei ident
' "" Of Organization
' llj II. K. aitchksov
Katiirnl Corp- ' Oregon
We are definitely and rerma-
lTlrir. 0r. Washington. Jan. 21 (AP)-iierc is the st of
row. onr Interest are mutini. Uj,e pan for modification of the prohibition amendment
Ve cannot exud without you and I ' , ,
fuel also without us and lib-1 proposed by Homy .. Anderson, and recommended for
I consideration by Law Enforcement Commissioners Ken-
' r. ' ' '"i'von, Loesch. Mackintosh, McCormick and Pound:
14 . i! -It is proposed that as soon as practicable, by appro-
i priate action of congress and of the states, the eighteenth
j ! amendment be modified or revised as follows:
The connr.ss shall havo.
: ,. I ; 4 :
-T" " regulate or to prohibit , invested
'-the manufacture, traftlr in or '
: 1 transportation of Intoxicating 1 1 ' ' " , . , ,
i I liquors within, the Importation I --hould be required by taw
' . . . ,RU .. I....I...1I.. li. ,., h,v.
thereof Into, and tne exportation i ..,..
Iherof trora the Inlled Slates i cuae. medicinal or saoramental
and all territory subject to thel Purposes of over one-half of one
Jurisdiction thereof, lor beverage! lM'r cent alcoholic content by vol-
Ulllf I IHH 111111111)11. Iliuupiiiui
purposes ,
manufactured
ex port ed . t m niHi rt ed
in interstate commerce, or sola
solely tiv the nat ton til cor-
conferring power upon congress; I. ' . . h
cr to prescribe the nlcvholio oon
lent of the various kinds ami
..A.iltsil a mtohl 1...
tf,A amanrMiMnt tm. ,.,frtrn,f.-l Imported.
with the traditional principles of.
our system of government. By J '
it would (rive to the amendment
the necessary flexibility. 1 he
itren to the end that' if the pro-i 6ra,1,-s ot
IS. K. A1TCHESOV i posed modification Is adopted! "AH alcoholic liquor so
the national prohibition act, quiri or pronmea nimm
- but ga the convenience; that
. are known to tbe modern world
.would have been denied to you.
We want tbe co-operation of
" the chamber of commerce, the
service clubs and the people of
; the community generally, lake
all human a sendee. we are
likely to make errors In the rush
of getting this ureal project tin
. tier way, but they will be quick
ly corrected If yon will bear with
us and if yon will call our at
tention to anything in which we
can better aid in our mutual op-
. building.
The company will become bet
- ter acquainted with yon all as
time coca on. There is nothing
that builds u pa friendship as
rloso association In a common
problem, and this association we
.will have.
be
Federal Dry
Head Will Be
Transferred
PORTLAND. Jan. 21. (API
Jesse Flanders, who succeeded
Wilbur K. Newell as assistant
administrator for Oregon, last
Sept. 1, will be transferred to
San Francisco Feb. 1 as special
arent in the intelligence unit of
the Internal Revenue Bureau.
The announcement was made
bv Amos W. W. Woodcock, na
tional director of prohibition.
The change was made at Fland
ers' request. Before taking the
Oregon job he was in the intel
ligence department seven years.
Commissioner Woodcock inti
mated a California man may suc
ceed Flanders, although the Ore
gon congressional delegation sug
gested an Oregon man.
Examinations for the job were
token here recently. Among
those who took tbe examination
was George Alexander, state pro
hibition director.
Good "Get Rich'
Quick Plan" Says
. Prominent Doctor
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 21. fAP)
V-Dr. Jabee N. Jackson, former
President of the American Medi
cal association, says that the
Wickersham commission's recom
mendations to remove reitric
tions on the number of liquor
prescriptions a physician may
write "would make doctors rich
oulcklj."
'It would turn the ooolleg
kers' business over to the medi
cal profession," he asserted.
' WASHINGTON he wholesale
(laughter of whales for commer
rial purposes which Is killing off
this huge animal win cease If a
bill presented to the league of
nations Is passed, according to a
report from the U. S. department
nf state. It is hoped that by iu
Mitutlng a partially "closed" sea
son on whales, similar to that in
stituted by the United States on
heals, the number of the former
will greatly increase In tbe next
few years.
would continue in force thereun- promptly placed in bonded wurt
der until concress enacted some I houses of the corporation. . . .
other plan, thus avoiding any; "The corporation should only
break in the system of control allowed to mnke sales and
and preventing the restoration shipment of such liquors in any
of the saloon anywhere in the state to a corporate agency crea
I'nited States. j i,y such state. similar in
"I'nder the proposed amend-, KPneral character to the nation
tnent as modified. concress i ,-orporation. for the purpose
would have mil power (II to of purchase and distribution'
continue the present system ot : .t11r local sale of such liquors
absolute national prohibition, within Ihe stale if and to the
or lit to remit the matter In I tent permitted by the laws
wnoie or in part to tne siaies. thereof.
or 131 to adopt any system of
effective control. Sime greater
flexibility is one of the outstand
ing needs of the present system.
this modification would be made
even if the policy of ahsolute na
tional prohibition is to be con
tinued. '
"That congress should then
create a bi-partisan national
commission on liquor control,
which should have full power
under such laws as congress
might enact to regulate and con
trol the manufacture, importa
tion, exportation. iransportaion
in interstate commerce, and also
the sale, as and to the extent
hereinafter stated, or intoxicat
ing liquors of more than one
half ot one perrentum alcoholic
content, for beverage p-poses:
and to exercise similar regula
tion and control over alcoholic
It the state at its optW,n,treasur.
elected not to adopt the system
it could establish or continue
prohibition, in which event u
-m,i.i have to enfoivo its own
la.-, wtihin the stale, but tho
f..H.,rr,l law would net permit
sales or shipments into that state
by the national corporation ex-
cent through the state in roaa
Kverv aspect of the operations
,..ii,.cH would be subject to the
raninl and regulation of the
ission and appropriate pen
alties would be prescribed tor
violations of the law or oi sucu
regulations.
"The price at which the vari
ous llqnors should be sold by
the national corporation should
be fixed or approved by the
..nmniission after hearing in
proper cases
The prices
should be based primarily upon
liquors for other purposes, and;,,,. H..,d unward on the basis
M Inilncl.i. I al,.n).nt n .I, . .
of alcoholic content. me lower
prices on low alcoholic content
of industrial alcohol, to the full!
extent necessary to render the
system of control of such liquors
for beverage purposes effective.
"The powers of the commis
sion as to the regulation and
control of the traffic indicated
and of the agencies created for
the purposes thereof should be
fully as complete as those of the
interstate commerce commission
over railroads and should in
every respect lie adequate for
the purposes of the plan. j
'That congress should create
a national corporation for the
liiiunrs such aa lighi wine and
beer, and the highest prices
nractirable on high alcoholic
content liquors, such as whis
kies and brandies.
"The prices should be such as
on the one hand to limit the
nsp and. on the other hand, not
high enough to permit the illeg
al traffic in or sale of such li
quors. . . . The price should be
us nearly uniform as possible
throughout the country.
'The national corporation
purposes of the plan, all of glionld sell and transport only to
slock of which should bo pri
vately owned, or In its discretion
a number of such corporations,
such as one for each judicial
circuit. . . .
"It should be vested with the
exclusive right and power to be
exercised under' Ihe control and
regulations of the national com
mission) of manufacture, impor
tation, exportation and tran-por-tation
in interstate commerce.
state agencies created lor me
purposes of local distribution
and sale within the slate. This
would be entirely optional with
the state. If any stale desired
in establish or continue prohibi
tion it could do so. In that i
event it would have to enforce
Its own law within the state,
hut would be protected by the
federal government trom pi?"
i
questions they would bo subject
entirely to slate control and
could easily be adapted to the
varied social and economic con
ditions within the slate.
"Matters of price, return and
other financial and operallng
details within the state would
be controlled by the state com
mission along the same lines i
already discussed, and the sur
plus revenues from operations
within the slate would go Into
the state treasury as a special
fund to be disposed of by the
legislature of Ihe slate. . , .
"The stale could permit local
option as lo the establishment of
a sales agency In any given com
munity. These agencies should
he In buildings wheie no other
commercial activity is carried on.
should be open onlv at certain
hours of the day. on such business
days as might be proscribed by
state law or regulation.
. . . "Sales should be limited lo
persons holding license books, I
which should he issued by the!
state agency nearest the fixed
abode or voting place of the hold
er under regulations of the com
mission. The holder should be
required to sign an agreement In
this book to account fer Ihe pur-
L-hases made thereunder at any
time on request, and to Ihe satis
faction of the state corporation or
state commission. . .'.
The amount of wine and beer
below an alcoholic content to he
fixed from lime lo time by the ap
propriate commission might or
might not be limited lo u reason
able quantity In any month, hav
ing a retard to the proposed use
by the purchaser with a view lo
limiting the use and preventing
punhases for for illegitimate pur
poses. . . ,
"I'pon conviction for violation
of the law, lor drunkenness or
other cause provided hy law. the!
book should be cancelled for snch
time as might be prescribed. All I
state and national regulations:
should seek to restrict sales and ,
use as far as mav be done, with )
out leaving a possible demand
which could be supplied at a
profit by bootlegging . . . No ad-1
vertiseinenl of aliohollc liquors
or solicitations of purchases I
should be permitted j
"The excess revenues from ihe
operation of Ihe naitonJl cornoi-;
ation would go Into the lcdi-r.ii
treasury, and those trom thoopei
atlons ot state corporation and Us
franchises would go intu t lie state
These revenues, whlcn
now go entirely lo the lawless and
criminal classes, would undotit't
edly he very large. Tiiey would
be subject lo disposition by con
gress and Ihe state legislature re
spectively. They should bo set
aside as special fund? in the
respective treasuries, and ued
for educational purposes, especial
ly as to the evil resulting from
the use of alcoholic beverages and
for the eradication and prevention
of those conditions which cause
excessive drinking, or which tend
to create a demand for intoxicat
ing beverages."
MEET T
BASKETBALL
LEAG U E WILL
T
A ppecUil meet. nic uf thi Kla
math Fall laketlmli LeuKUtt If
tailed tor Wednesday uikIU h(
the Klamath Spot linn Coodn
company at K : :tti. The purpofte
of I lie meeting will l to Ret
cVervthtiiK in Miapo for the
spelling of the leujc no's pchoditlo
hit h will Marl Ihe following
HH'k at the American Legion
hall.
Thu playinn floor Itaa been ne
cured trom the Lealon houne
committee and thai conuutUe 1m
h.-vviiiK the basket a relocated and
the Hue repainted previous to
the opening of the er!en. lu
addition to thin they are. koImk
to oil the floor and put every
thing In readinoNt for the teams
and the team followers.
To Nuino riMverN
1 n t e re.-1 in ba k el b.i li in at n
greater pitch than ever before
in the city and thu I .tun uro un
ioii9 for the leasee to set Mart-1
ed. The delay ha a been due to,
the lack of kmiik whore team
could orKanUe und condition
their team tor a playlim M-anou
The names ir all placer mut
he in at the mefttni; Wednesday I
nUht. A limit ot 10 player a
team has been et by the league
officials and not bs t han mv
following; Wednesday iiikIu any
pl.ier Malted hy u t am will n '
he aide to play until his name
has been filed with the ;inue
sec re I a ry. Ten days i t he tunc
in ea-e of tranf-iH fr.m omv
tCi lo nuoiher.
Si IVane rntctv.
The forfeit fee of Mo ami a
j::.ro w tirk lue fee inul tie pa hi
to the treasurer at Hits mefMiitj
befot t a schedule can be di a u !
up. At thi-t meeting any othei I
"Look Aloft!" Motorists Advised
v. r t r.tti
Iiiiiii Ihe bourd of nniirul. This
houid will sellle all disp s mid
iciriiliito the play duiliis Hio
season.
II Is Ihe wish of lite hague.
thai Ibis oiiiiiuliiitloii will .in ir
on from nr lo eur and inn
t (nils o have a luskelluill league
fuiicilonlng In Mm i liv or Klam
ath Kails.
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Mere n the flint "airplane crosltm" slu in be ihm h-d ua the
Tacit ic oast. At lileudale. I ill., tit the eUe f the HhiioI
Central Air Termlual. many pluttes iouh loomiui: uii-r the
roadwav each day at IukIi peedi. To ke p moim tt f i iih
heiux tartled at the nIkIh of a huiie phnu overhead, iiiiiiukik
of l he an port have erected l he nbovt if,ii pointed out bv Minn
Klicu Ib-pkinv
proup lhiiic to enter a team I
t an luake i4ppli ullixi. Al 'i e-i -1
:ii l)i i uie hi leu ins Mi.n t ,
.ind ready to ko and oiu- te.nu,
I eaily to eiltef. HKikltm sevrti '
leiin-, An eifihth team would '
lit wel. oini'd 1
The folio a nit ! a ins n i row
in rill bet K t.f the le:c:te ' Mac - J
Mat r's Store-. 'c et luni-i-r,
K
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lletiif.ilw.
I'llltl
Tiie
llbtillt
mori'
No-IM.ity
ii il it the l.aWNim
l.lfvhouud N.llpte)
n utiv lo etitt r und
teini In di -iretl
The b ttj ue of lb la N hi e 1'ov
Vat (indole, president . 11 1 M J l'
Hn. v. -e pi. -.i,.-m, imd Kd Ar
thur, m'i ret ir v -i m - it i ti . ttlUfi",
Kent .ml W.iKii vit'i Hieubtiti
Coloring of Oleo
Is Cause of Suit
In Federal Court
rOHTI.ANIt. Jan. -1 . I T -Ctdoi
luu of (ileomarnai lite In ihe
llkeiie-H of butler U deleiided 1U
an atta k 111 it on the On koii
taw lu fedeial distit Kt iuuiI lieiw
bv I hi i kee Ka iiioun Koodx. n .
The milt ue. k lo lelnnii Him
slato dali v ami ftiod eoinml'otloti
r from enrorcliiK the lu pro
hibition mauutat lut o and nale of
OlenUtai KUI the aillbally eololed
to lllillalH bullet
Namluii Mm own piodm t. I to
HllllolN ol ptnal n drtldlen Hit-
word "UleomaiKarlne ' lt pilnlid
111 bittdface lel'eiK nil the pin k n;
and t iintemU ihU Ik mitri b in lo
let Ihe cons-unier know the uaiuia
of (lie prodliet
lit) I. I H "
HI' 111. IN - Ireland nenU a tii;
tier ,u" to pitde.l Km Inher
men fiinu the tin.iNioiiN of outl.iw
flrthenneii on Ihelr Kroumh KiU
el men i outeml that with a h te
Slate Nuvv thin would not happen.
At present there U but on boat
prole. tlUI the Whole lettlll of
lieliiiiil oiihI, and It c.inii-n do
Mie (oh udt'iiuatelv. ti hoiea--nl
"na y " would a I no r dti
MtntiKitlttiK. tt U ald.
loo lllsKV
lehell' tnelaltitid Ml M-ek.
ten wife 'I it in at a lo-a to un
dei Miami vniii i ondu t w lo-u a
piirli-d. I ralil K""d b.o ami whr
didn't you r-pl
' I wan Jil"l ubMlil lo do Hell
rietia. but I t he kd iiivjh If. I
m a I raid miu w on 1.1 in . if".- ma
of lrlitr In have Die l.i I w.tfd.'
I Un
..lu tt-nm ntltsiHp If a STate
and of sale as and to the exienti el.,f"d to ro Into the national
hereafter stated, of all alcoholic I jlvm t would create a state
liquors for beverage, as well as (.;,mmi,ion ani a stale corpora
tor medicinal and sacramental ,jon ,imiiar in character and
purposes In, within or from the ,,tru(.tur(. 0 the mill al agen
terrltory of the United States or' ... ,iisui,..d. with similar pow
ers and functions within the
state.
subject to the jurisdiction there
of. .. .
''The financial plan of the cor
poration, lo he fixed In its char
ter and in operation subject to
the control of the ' commission,
should provide for an issue of
stock of only one class to be
sold at par. to be entitled to
cumulative dividends limited to
such rate upon the actual capital
invested as might be determined
by congress, or with its author
ity by the commission. A rate
of not less than 6 per cent nor
more than 7 per cent is suggest
ed. "The corporation should be
permitted to retain from its
earnings not exceeding 2 per
The stale agencies would
have to conform in general out
line to a plan prescribed by the
national commission in order to
Insure uniformity throughout the
country as to matters of general
consequence, hut as to local
Peiican Boys
Beat Lamm's
By 53-46 Score
Pelican school basketball team
last niRht defeated th La mm
Lumber company team in
game played at Pelican City. 5 rt
to 4 6. The Pelican boys took
the lead at the outset of the
fame and were nevnr headed.
Mello of Pelican City - hiuh
man of the cam with 21 point
while Johnny Pastexa was rlo
behind with 16. Preo wan hiRh
point man for Larniu'a with 14
pointn.
The Pelican Hchool will play
the Itoosevelt school at the Fre
mont school at 4 p. tn. on Janu
ary 27.
TO IMCNS KHINK
PARIS A propo-iil to barn".
the power of ih Rhine river be
tween !ale and Strasbourg, a
distance of S" miles, in heins con
sidered In Kra tie--. The project
as proposed will include eight hydro-electric
plant h and a lateral
canal to accommodate) river trat-fu-.
An annual production of
5. oOO. 0. Of kilowatt hours is
planued. . .
IIKRK'S WHAT'S COMING
UK KLIN Berlin 1 netting a
fa pace for Kuropean fashion
lately, und the latt fad to ap
pear on the Htr1! hero In u fur
trimmed apat. Kur of a color to
mau li th. hue of the sii.t$ them
selves boldly flaunt itself to the
public from underneath the trous
er c.uffn of weli-drespd gentlo
nien. The style li wide-prad in
(Jfimany, it U paid.
Chair Vote Breaks Deadlock
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When Ihe i tnh state legislature was deadlocked recently in elec
tion of It president. H look the vote of Senator John M. Knight,
Iteptibllran, to decide the Issut. Senator Knight was uu'ilcr doctor's
care for Injuries received In an automobile accident, but a wheel
chair was pressed Into service lo bring the senator lu legislature,
ilia vole turned Ihe lid and Senator Kay K. JJilllugliniu was elected.
We Congratulate
Natural Gas
Corporation
of Oregon
upon the completion of gas service
et
Pacific Meter
Works
American Meter Co., Inc.
Cas measurement Engineers and Manufacturers of gus in ters,
(as apparatus, control devices
493 Eleventh Street
San Franti.tco
2118 Atlantic Street
Los AnKclea
to. eset wfosf
when iou
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