Nevada Judge Calls
For Modification of
18th Amendment
RENO, Nevada. Mar. 3.—Frank
H. Norcross, former chief justice of
the Nevada supreme court, author of
a resolution in the state legislature
calling on Congress to assemble a na
tional constitutional convention to
amend the eigtheenth amendment, de
clares that universal contempt of the
law is being instilled in the minds of
tlie country’s citizenship. He believes
that the eighteenth amendment to the
federal constitution should be substi
tuted by a provision empowering
Congress to prohibit or regulate the
importation, manufacture and sale of
liquor, thereby placing the entire
question in the hands of the nation
al legislature.
With such a modification of the
eighteenth amendment, in his opin
ion, Congress would feel free to en
act moderate liquor legislation that
would command the respect and sup
port of the country at large. Such
legislation, he considers, should not
permit tlie return of the saloon, but
probably should allow the sale of li
quor under some such system as that
prevailing in several provinces of
Canada.
Explaining his position, Judge
Norcross says: "I voted for the Ne
vada prohibition act and supported
the eithteenth amendment. But I
am convinced that they have failed.
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As a consequence we are living un
der a national law and state statutes
that are being openly flouted by mil
ions of people.
“Congress can never have a free
hand to deal with the situation until
we return to the correct principle of
making the constitution the reposi
tory of congressional power and not
; itself a penal code.
“To radical legislation has always
failed to accomplish desired results.
Natural laws control penal laws, and
there are fixed limits beyond which
penal statutes cannot go and be gen
erally respected. There are extrem
ists who believe that even the mod
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On the other hand, a large portion
of the population believes that their
moderate use is not wrong. For a
minority of even a majority of a free
people to impose their particular
i ideas upon a large portion of the
population having radically differ
ent views has never yet been suc
cessfully accomplished.”
Judge Norross added that if the
j states themselves called a constitu
tional convention, the question could
be removed from politics and solved.
This would not be possible, he said,
by any other method, as Congress,
even though a majority of its mem
bers were opposed to the eighteenth
amendment, would never initiate a
resolution for its revision.
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DALLAS, Tex., Mar. 3.—What is
believed to be the first freight ter
minal building in the United States
in which freight trains come into
the heart of the business district of
the city by underground tunnel, is
rapidly nearing completion here.
The Santa Fe terminal building is
composed of four units, each of which
is in reality a separate building.
The second unit, already completed,
is occupied by a warehouse and for
warding company. The first unit,
made up of a 19 story main building
and a ten story annex, will be com
pleted next. This unit is to be used
for offices. The second section of
the first unit, a ten story building,
will be occupied largely with sales
display rooms.
The third unit of the terminal, an
other ten story structure, is desig
nated as the cold storage section.
Perishable goods shipped to this sec
tion will be stored here by packing
house company patrons of the road.
The fourth unit, also ten stories
in height, is to be a general ware
house.
The arrangement by which trains
enter the terminal traveling by sub
way under the business district is
somewhat similar to the Brooklyn
terminal in New York, but here
feight trains also will enter.
Five tracks run under the four
sections and *lead to a point beneath
the tower building of the terminal.
Individual loading docks in the units
of the freight terminal 'for each of
the tenant companies in the build
ings are provided. The structure
when completed will cost $5,000,
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of William Jennings Bryan, who lost
her American citizenship by, marrying
Major Owen of the British army,
wants it restored, as she and her hus
bank are now living in Miami, Fla.
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Bandits Notch
Steering Wheel
In 160 Robberies
JNDIAN0POLIS. Mar. 3.—Bandits
.vho proclaim their criminal accom
plishments by notching the handles
of their guns are being superceded
by a different type of desperado who
cuts a notch in the steering wheel of
his automobile.
And while the picturesque bad man
| of the west was supposed to record
! only killings, the modern bandit takes
note of each felonious “job” by add
ing a notch to the wheel.
This was the discovery of local po
lice who recently apprehended a trio
; of motor car bandits and found the
steering wheen adorned by nearly 100
j such notches.
One of the three was comely May
Conrad, 21-year-old bobbed-haired ban
dit and the mother of two children.
She was arrested acting as lookout
for Charles and George Maggard, 22
and 19, respectively, while they loot
’ ed a house.
All were tried before Criminal Court
: Judge Collins and sentenced to from
| two to fourteen years’ imprisonment.
They admitted, according to police,
that they had staged nearly 100 rob
beries in eight states. Notches on the
steering wheel adorned by nearly 100
bore mute evidence of the fact.
When Judge Collins pronounced sen
tence the girl bandit burst into tears.
“I’ll never go wrong again if you will
let me off,” she sobbed. The Judge
refused to modify the sentence.
Mrs. Conrad said she was mother
of a girl, 18 months old, and a boy of
4 years. The children, she said, are
being cared for by her mother in Riv
erview. Pa.
Evil influences, rather than a quest
for thrills, were responsible for her
starting upon a life of crime when
she was 20. the girl told the police.
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