Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 5, 1916, Page 27

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I'OLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT, POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT, THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 5, POLITICAL ADYERTISEMENT. POLITICAL _ADVERTISEMENT, POLITICAL 1916, -41—B e} ADVERTISEMENT, POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT, ~ A PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER $90000 BOOIE TELL WHY FAMOUS AUTHORS HAVE WRITTEN THE STAR THE REASONS-WHY THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT ‘WILSON'S RE-ELECTION. THE FIRST AUTHOR QUOTED IS RAY STANNARD BAK- ER. HIS REASON IS AT THE TOP OF PAGE'S. VOLUME 19. The SeattleStar * : THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS ¢ ONE CENT SEATTLE, WASH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1916. NOON EDITION IT'® GETTING PRETTY WARM FOR SOME OF THE FELLOWS WHO HAVE BEEN BUSILY .BOOT LEGGING. BUT WEATHERMAN EALISBURY PRE- DICTS COOLER TIMES, AND THUSLY HE VOCIF- ERATES: “TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. FAIR; COOLER THIS AFTERNOON."” ON TRAINS A\n NEWN STANDS, | Police Know About 300 Joints, Says | Putnam, Head of City’s Dry S Squad HODGE BOOZE e g TOWN OPENS UP WIDE I CASETO GO TO " GRAND JURORS B A grand jury investigation of the disappearance of large quantities or liquor held by Sheriff Hodge and said by him to have been destroyed- without a court order, was being planned Wednesday by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Palmer. An -investigation started by Deputy . Prosecutor|. Palmer of the alleged destruction. of 116 cases and eight barrels of whisky brought out a failure on the part of memtbers of the sheriff's office to account for. the liquor|. before. Justice Brinker, who late Tuesday recammended & grand juty prebe. Palmer scoured the tide flats where the ligiior was supposed to have been destroyed and instead ‘of. 1,392 bottle tops and eight barrels, less than 200 bottie tops - weré found. Justice Brinker said that it was evident that the case was so serious as to demand further investigation. “This court can do nothing.”, Palmer was the only witness in Brinker said. “so I believe that it!the case. He explained to the should be turned over to the grand (court the finding n! the broken Jjury. which meets early fn Novem- fbottles. ber * It was ‘intimated that tie Mil- Palmer said immediately after|Waukee railroad would bring suit the hearing that he would push the “33‘““ Sheriff Hodge personally case to the end for the d!ulrucuon of the llqunr Prosecutor Lundin, however, sald that he didn't agree with Justice Brinker; and that, unless lie found s v grand jury There is no doubt in my mind (e that the liquor was returned to the| ‘rade channels, and it possible I 4 am gomg to trace the liquor,” said Palmer i move evidence. the Hodge case would: not be presented, to the e - SN NN N DN I TR RO prohibition January £ Ex- Policenian Margett, Arrested in Eaily-Morning Bootlegging -Rald B I USRS el M. SR e St i MARGETT, INTROUBLE BEFORE, RESIGNS JOB: Ex-Policeman Margett was ul he had heard rumors that Margett lowed to resign trom the polics de “'“"h{{"g "’U’I'I"O{P‘;"l':'n ik ge! as a lof G s in partuneat afler Sergt. ‘Putnam of the department.” Beckiugham said:] the dry equad ehprged him With)e[ don't doubt but what some of trying to tip oft & rald on Clapepoe |them are playing with him. Tne Gerald's cafe, last spring. Job 1s to. get the goods on them.” When the dty squad ‘investigat-| Sergt. Putnam and his men have ors, in plain clothes, entered the(been ambitious to land Margett place, Margett was llnndlnl near Cache Across Lak the front entrance. He (g alleged .. “He's too clever to Mo caught to have given 2 algnal, which was wn,h the goods." Officer Petersdn! followed by n electrie bell byzzer, |has answered several times, when which warned empioyes of the pres- 'asked how Margett kept out of ence of police. trouble. i Dry squad ofticers clalmed to| It was common. knowledge ihat have seen Margett, and grappled Margett and his confederates were with hfm, taking u..ferry boat across lake *on, from Ledchi park, reg Shorm Bob Hodgo WOMAN BARES LOVE TO WIN Tells Court thh Owner of | Property Offered Marrise- Polls Will Be Open Tlll 8 P. M. 1, 1916 $40,000 BALM SIX WEEKS,; EX-COP IS ARRESTED IN EARLY RAII) | That graft of from $50,000 to 880.000 a month in prohctlon money paid by bootleggers, gamblers and _rooming house tors will be exposed if the dry squad is again given a free h follow up the arrest of ox-Pohcemun Margett, made in a early Wednesday at 5500 I-' irst dve. S. was the statement of Sn- geant Putnam. “At least 300 hotels, rooming houses, soft drink establishs ments, negro c lubs and gambling houses are operating in defiancé of the law,” he declnred Wednesda month and 8 h all'mflnegrymdhdthlimrdm tlon pretty woll in hand. “Today, with all these places running, it is certain that the po- lice, or at least members of the department, Imow about them and are not trying to suppress them. “Any citizen can figure out what amount of protection paid by theu 300, or more, places must be if only as little as $100 a month dpmd by each. Twenty-five dollars a week is not excessive, con- ering the high price of booze. , “If the dry squad had not been hampered in almost every con- ceivable way, its raids tipped off, its telephone tapped, and threats of personal violence clrculnted-—many of these from within the de- partment—conditions couldn’t have become as thoroly rotten as they are now.” Edward Margett, forme: police, Beckingham and his men went to U. S. MAY END SUB WAR OFF ificer, was locked In solitary con-|raid the place, finement at the city jall Wednes:| When they started breaking in day, facing ap open charge, the doors, some one yelled, “What He was arrested at 5500 First|{do you want?" 2 8. where the old First Ave | The door was opened. There mmndey ballding had been utilized | they found Margett and the 150 “an police|cases of “whfaky. v hour If Prohlbltlon Carries CAN OMAHA HOPE TO ESCAPE THE APPALLING CONDITIONS Prevailing in Seattle? 'MR. VOTER, THINK! Seattle is the metropolis of the State of Washington. The people of that State adopted

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