Morning Oregonian., March 21, 1919, Page 5, Image 5

THE 3IOICM'm; OKE(U)51AX. J iJiDAV, M.VKCH 21. 1919.
PEACE TO SEE TEST
Brewers Plan Suit After War
Is Declared to Be Over.
The Big Double Bill
REFERENDUM IS AWAITED
Judicial Action Is to Be Withheld
Pending Outcome of Elections
In Thirteen Slates.
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ON FEDERAL DRY LAW
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NEW YORK. March tA The commit
tt- of distillers of the United States
representing the entire distilling in
dustry announced tonight that steps
were bema; t&Un to attack the con
stitutionality or the federal prohibition
amendment and the war-time prohi
bition act.
I-evy Mayer of Chicago, counsel for
the organization, was instructed to ar-
Tanire for a suit to test the emergency
prohibition law after the treaty of
.eace had been sixned. Action to bring
aoout a judicial review of the ISth
amendment, it was Mated, would await
.ne outcome of referendum election?
in 13 states where petitions calling for
popular vote on the "hone dry" en --tnirfu
have been filed or are in cir
culation.
Mr. Mayer advised the committee
that In xtHtesj hain referendum laws
ind wh !; legislatures have ratified
th arn.-iiilr.irnl the ratification would
have no efft unless a majority of i
the vot-. ast in the elections favored i
the amendment.
The attorney msu gave an opinion1
mat it the war-tirne prohibition act is
uru-onntH ulionnl. manufacture of dis
tilled pirlist. forbidden by the presi-
int under the food conservation law,
could be lawfully resumed as soon as
the war is ended.
In their discussion of measures to
nullify the federal amendment, the dts
tillers named California. Washington,
regon, Nevada. Idaho. I tab. New
Mexico. Colorado. Michigan. Ohio. Mis
souri. Maine and Nebraska as states
where referendum petitions have been
circulated. As 4-"i state legislatures
ratified the amendment, nine more
than the necessary three-fourths, the
distillers) annoum-ed plan of action
co u hi not bi carried out if the people
of more than four stairs approved the
decisions of their legislative bodies.
Ihini mt IVaee Awaited.
The distillers attack on the war-iime
prohibition follows the lines laid down
by counsel for I he brewers in their
tst suit filed here yesterday alleging
that the law. having been enacted after
the signing of the armistice, went be
yond the pow er of i-ongress to adopt
measures for the national security and
ef ense.
Membeis of the distillers' committee
declared (hat decision to withhold their
litigation until the completion of peace
negotiations was based on a desire to
lriK-eed only after the war emergency
was formally declared a matter of his
tory. It was said the suit would be
brought against the collector of In
ternal revenue and the federal district
attorney "in some appropriate dis
tricts."
"While no distilled beverages have
hecn manufactured since July 1. liU7.
under the fuod conservation reg Ja
t ions no ba n has been placed on
marketing of stocks except that in the
;tr-time prohibition act. which for
bids sales a nd all withdrawals from
bond except for export purposes after
June. 30 next until the demobilization
Of the war-time military forces."
The distillers committee with Oeorge
Y. Dieterle of Cincinnati, as secretary.
has been in conference for the past
two days with members present from
all sections of the country.
PHONE RATE SCHEDULE CUT
JJurlcMn' Prices KcducI 25 to 50
Cent a Month for Spokane.
OLYMP1A. Wash.. March 20. (Spe
cial.) By formal order today the pub
lic service commission reduced from 2&
to 50 cents a month the postmaster-
general's schedule of increased tele
phone rates for t he city of Spokane,
As the new scale is m adoption of a
compromise offered the city by the
company and is presumably agreeable
to city officials, ft is believed there
will be no successful objection to the
increase becoming effective April 1. a?
ordered today.
The new commission findings in
crease individual business-line service
from $ti to $T.5M. individual residence
service to I'JIIj and two-party lines to
$2.5i. with 2o cents additional for desk
phones. This is J 1 less than Seattle
business-line charges and 50 cents
higher thun the Tacoma rate, with lit
tle difference in respective residence
rates.
WHISKY STILL IS SEIZED
Ccnlrulia Chief of INIi-e Confiscates
Complete Outfit.
CKNTRAM A. Wash.. March 20.
(Special.) Chief of Police A. C. Hughes
recently raided a house in the south
western part of Centralia and con
fiscated one of the most complete
whisky slnls ever found in Lewis
county. The jtilL which is on exhibi
tion at the police' station, is said to
have been operated by .lack Piatt, who
was sentenced in Seattle to 18 months'
Imprisonment following his arrest on
a charge of shipping R00 pints of
whisky from San Krancisco to Seattle
as "dry cell batteries."
Chief Hughes, since he took office
In December, has worked ceaselessly in
tracing violators of the liquor laws.
Three still. two in the city and one
on Fords Prairie have been located
through his efforts and several arrests
on bootlegging - charges have been
made by county officials on informa
tion he has furnished.
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THE BELL-DELL SLEEVE IS NOT ONL V A DESIRABLE
BUT A NECESSARY PART OF A PRACTICAL BUSINESS
OR SPORT JACKET. IT ASSURES ABSOLUTE COMFORT
AND IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE FASHION
PARK DESIGNING ROOMS. FROM THE STYLE ANGLE, '
THE TRAPLEY NORFOLK, SKETCHED, HAS AN
ALL 'ROUND ROBO WAIST SEAM, A STRAIGHT- UP
ENGLISH SHOULDER FRONT AND A RAGLAN BACK:
CUSTOM SERVICE WITHOUT'
THE ANNOYANCE OF A TRY -ON
READY- TO-PUT- ON
TAILORED AT FASHION PARK
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The Fashion Park design in g rooms were commandeered by the
Government when it decided to put style into the uniform.
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'DRY' PETITION IS REFUSED
S.POXSOK OF REFERENDUM TO
FORCE TEST CASE.
Why such strong
talk about
POST
TOASTIES
They're differenrt
from other
corn flakes
more deicousf
Why. I could
fairly LIVE
on them
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Wayliinstoirs RaHrication of Amend
ment May Be Held Up Pentl
Ins Election of 1920.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. March 20. Attempt
today by John F. . Murphy of Seattle
to file a petition for a referendum at
the next jteneral election on the action
o' the recent legislature in ratifying
the national prohibition amenameni,
met today with refusal by the assistant
secretary of state to accept the peti
tion. Court action to force acceptance
of the petition will follow.
Grant Hinkle. the assistant secretary,
made his decision after a conference
with Ira Honefinger. chief of the elec
tion division. Murphy was then re
ferred to Attorney-General Thompson
where arrangements for a test sun in
the courts were made. This will take
the form of mar.damus proceedings to
force Secretary of State I. M. Howell
to accept the petition.
If the court orders the referendum
petition filed. Washington' s ratification
of the national prohibition amendment
will be held up pending submission of
the Question to popular vote in No
vember, 1920.
rector of the northwest division of the
Red Cross, who has had charge of the
local school, leaves tomorrow for Port
land, where she will supervise field
work in the home service institute to
be held in Portland for- ten . weeks.
Last nit'ht Mrs. Buell was an honor
guest at a dinner.-
One of the latest duties of the local
home service section is to assist the
representative at Camp Lewis of the
veterans' welfare commission In secur
ing information of benefit to men about
to be discharged from service.
Training of Disabled Assured.
WASHINGTON", March 19. Through
several large donations to a "gift
fund" authorized by Congress the fed
eral board for vocational education
announced today it was now able to
"and Whenlou Wake in the Morning
Complexion is Rosy.
All Headache Gone.
Breath Right. Tongue Clean.
Stomach, Liver and Bowels
Regular So Convenient!
HOME SERVICE IS TAUGHT
Direetor of Sohool at Centralia De
parts Today for Portland.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 20. (Spe
cial.) Today marked the close of a
home service school that has been held
in Centralia during ihe past two weeks
under the auspices of the home service
section of the local Red Cross chapter.
Mrs. Carrie Bur II, chapter course dl-
offer vocational retraining to American
citizens who were disabled while serv
ing in the armies of the allied nations.
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