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THE 3IORXLXG OREGONTAX, TUESDAY, JULY t, 1919.
PROHIBITION IS ON, I
WITH RFSFHTIfl
J llllli 1 1 a.w all I II I s w I a
Vendors of Mild Beverages
Jake Gambler's Chance.
amendment waa Intended to apply gen
erally and to prevent the sale of any
liquor that will make anybody drank.
It is not only intoxication that this
amendment seeks to prohibit, but the
useless waste as well of the uncounted
millions in money that should go to
nrnvtri ItiTiiriai pnmfnrti anri pon-
reniences in the home."
The general enforcement bill, as re
ported out by the committee last Fri
day, was split into three parts, each
separate and distinct, with the war
time section as part one. The report
of the committee on the bill as reported
today explained that the war-time act
itself provided no machinery for its
enforcement, merely prescribing a pen
alty for the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating beverages. It was brought
out that Attorney-General Palmer said,
when war-time prohibition went into
effect, "some legislation for its en
forcement would seem to be necessary."
I The secretary of the treasury also rec-
ommended additional legislation and in
connection with this the report said a
law prohibiting traffic in intoxicating
liquors that could not be enforced was
"worse than no law."
The reports said that so far as the
committee was advised there was no
reason for the assertions, often heard,
that war-time prohibition would be ter
minated in the near future.
"It would seem." the report added.
caused ove with little consideration. that there is a fair chance that war
in .itniit rivtn out Saturday Prohibition may last until constitu
COURT DECISION AWAITED
tlrong Drink Wholly Barred Xew
Action by Congress on Law En
forcement Sow Expected.
'Continued From Fl-st Pare
l.ght wines and beers, but this was
PRESIDENT EXPECTS
TO
Party Likely to Proceed to
Washington on Arrival.
TRIP PROVES ENJOYABLE
Intervention Suspends Rales and
Score of French War Brides
Are Aboard Big Ship.
nicht the prescient announced be was
without authority to suspend opera
tions of the act at the time, but that
lie would do so as soon as the army was
demobilized. .
This confusion extended even Into
official quarters. Early today officials
of the department of justice said the
Jaw prohibited the sale of 2i per cent
ber and lipht wines and then on the
heels of this the district attorney at
Baltimore stated that he had received
instructions from Washinuton not to
interfere with such sales for the pnes
rut. After the issuance of the at
torney-genral's statement officials
dismissed the whole subject with the
explanation that the department had
"reversed '.tself.
The at-.omey - reneral's statement
aid:
"After today it will be unlawful to
ell for beverage purposes any dis
tilled fcpirit and any beer, wine or other
intoxicatinr malt or vinous liquor, ex
cept for export. This prohibition will
continue under the terms of the law
"until the conclusion of the present
war and thereafter until the termina
tion of demobilisation. As long: as the
law thus remains in force, it must be
obeyed and I intend that the depart
ment of Justice shall do its utmost to
perform the duty which the congress
has placed upon it.
Law Held Coastitatloaal.
'This lav has been held to be con
cltutlonal and valid by the circuit
court of anneals, sitting in New York
It plainly makes unlawful the sale of
hisky. rrandy and other distilled
pirits and wine.
"The only controversy that has arisen
Is as to whether the sale of beer containing-
so little alcohol as not to be in
fact intoxicating is prohibited. The
goveramert's contention has been that
the act prohibits the manufacture and
eale of beer containing as much as one
lmlf of 1 per cent of alcohol, but the
interpret Jon of the act is not free
from difficulty and I am endeavoring
to have the question settled by the
courts at .he earliest possible moment.
My course with respect to beer con
taining leje than Z per cent of alco
hol which it is claimed is not intoxi
cating will depend upon the ruling
which will soon be made by the district
courts In which cases are now pending
or in which other cases may be
brought.
Ne Anintj la rosalble.
"1 have no power to grant amnesty
to any who may see fit to manufacture
or sell beer pending an authoritative
Judicial construction of the law. and 1
am sure that brewers and dealers gen
erally understand that the pendency of
litigation will be no protection against
prosecution for offenses under the law.
"But with respect to whisky, brandy
and other distilled spirits, wine and
beer containing more than -z per cent
of alcohol, and other intoxicating malt
or vinous linquors the prohibition i
beyond controversy, and but one course
in open to the department of justice.
AH persons found selling such liquors
must be arrested and prosecuted. The
district attorneys will cause warrants
to be issued for all offenders as to
whom evidence is furnished by the
bureau of investigation, the agents of
the internal revenue bureau of the
treasury department, local officers or
ot hers, and the marshals and their
deputies will promptly serve such war
rants.
Fall iooperat.on I rged.
"With the eo-operation of local au
thorities, it s believed that the law
can be made effective. For this reason
1 call attention to the fact that it is
the duty of local arresting officers to
make arrests for offenses committed in
their presence whether the offense be
against the laws of the state or the
laws of the L'nited States, I confidently ,
expect the kearty co-operation of local
municipal authorities and earnestly re
quest mai an ponce onicers nc in- i
strutted to arrest persons tound sell
ing in ioUlion of the war prohibition
and to take such persons before a
Vnited States commissioner, when the
IiMrict attorney will cause warrants to
9uc. LoI officers .should also re
port to the United Slates attorneys evi
dence of offjnses not committed in their
presence."
NEW VOi:K. June 3. Upon his ar
rival in New York President Wilson
bill be met by a delegation represent
ing all of tne international labor unions
f New Yoik. mho will present him with
demand that a referendum vote be
taken on the constitutional amendment
making national prohibition a law.
This announcement was made today by
K. K. Hantah. president of the Central
derated union, which has a member
ht of 35 it) 00.
Mr. Haitian stated that the prohibi
tion law as playing directly into the
hands of the radical element of organ
ized labor'
tional prohibition takes effect in Janu
ary of next year, which is only a little
more than six months off."
"From the standpoint of those who
believe In prohibition this is desirable
and will, no doubt, meet the wishes of
the vast majority of our people.
Answering the argument of anti-pro
hibitionists that under the constitution
al amendment they were given a year
in which to dispose of their business
and that an act to shorten that period
was a breach of good faith, "is not at
all persuasive the committee held.
Congress, it said, made no promise, and
added:
"This charge, stripped of its base
less accusations against congress, is
simply a plea that the saloon should
have a year in which to unload on the
public its stock of liquors, a common
duty that the nation with singular
unanimity has branded as inimical to
its welfare." The report deals ex
tensively with the three-headed bill,
wartime enforcement, constitutional
enforcement and regulations affecting
the manufacture and use of alcohol.
With respect to constitutional prohibi
tion, it said this was the culmination
of a bitter and persistent struggle, that
had been going on for years against
the liquor traffic. In describing some
of the provisions to make that law ef
fective the committee said no one who
supported the constitutional amend
ments had In mind that there could
be any question as to the meaning
of Intoxicating' liquors.
"It meant to them as it meant to all
the people," the report added, "that all
the liquor that has been treated and
tested as intoxicating should forever
be banished, and they are asking con
gress to carry out In good faith what
everybody understood was the man
date written into the constitution."
With respect to the bill's provisions
for medicines, toilet articles and flavor
ing extracts, the committee contended
that the restrictions were not so severe
as those in force in many states and
were as liberal as it was believed safe
to make them.
CHEYENXK SALOONS CROWDED
Seizure of Left-Over Liquor Stock?
at Midnight Ordered.
CHEYENNE, June 30. While the
calcbration marking the approach of
state-wide prohibition was at its height
here early tonight Governor Carey
ued orders to the newly-created state
prohibition department to seize at mid
night all liquor left in the hands of
saloonists throughout the state. The
same orders were issued to prosecuting
attorneys and sheriffs in all counties.
In nearly all saloons here early to
night the stocks of whisky and other
liquors had become so low as to make
it improbable that a large amount
would be left at midnight. The beer
supply was exhausted. The citizens
were joined by many from Colorado and
western Nebraska in today's celebra
tion. Saloons were crowded through
out the afternoon and night. There
had been no marked disorder up to an
early hour tonight.
WETS IX KANSAS CITY PACSE
Farewell to Barleycorn Halted by
News From Capital.
KANSAS CTTY. Mo.. June 30. Wet
celebrants In Kansas City paused a mo
ment and pondered early tonight over
the news from Washington that a tern
porary respite had been granted light
wines and beer, and then decided the
ceremony could be carried on either as
a funeral rite or to observe an elev
enth-hour reprieve for the liquor business
Francis M. Wilson. United States dis
trict attorney, declared he had re
ceived no instructions to permit the
sale of wine and beer and that until
such instructions were received per
sons who sold beverages after mid
night tonight which did not comply
with the letter of the law would be
prosecuted.
(OIRT AUTHORITY Is DENIED
Committee
fa
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on Inloicunt.
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WASHINGTON". June 3n. Contending
that no court may say. as a, matter ot
la. wkat percentage of alcohol in!
liquor siake it Intoxicat inc. the ju-
di.-iar y committee, in a report today 10
the hois on prohibit ion -enforcement j
It'UiMation. declared this was a ques- j
Hon of fact and not law and as such
asi clearly within the province of
irtncre.. I
The committee held the right of con- j
gress to define "intoxicating liquor" as'
beveraae containing more than S of ,
I per cent alcohol was in full accord
with its constitutional powers and that I
rf ry state, in deallnc with alcoholic.
liquors, had named products of that '
percentage as intoxicating and had
cither prohibited use of such liquors or!
subjected them to heavy tax. I
"To define what is intoxicating does !
rot trespass on the province of the I
court.' satd the majority report pre
pared by Chairman Volstead. "No court '
i say. as a matter of law. w hat per-
centace ef alcohol in liquor makes It 1
Intoxicating, nor what toxic effect is i
intoxication. These are questions of 1
fact and not law. and as such are
clearly within the province of congress, j
An equal quantity of the same liquor
make one person dead drunk and i
out slightly affect another.
"As some contend, there may be per
who have wcomc so tolerant of
-ohl that they cannot get drunk on
lie it containing 2 per rent of al.-ohol
b weight, which, by the way. contains
only i, of 1 per cent of alcohol less
than the ordinary beer. Hut we are
not legislating for a special class. This
BARTENDERS WEAR MOURNING
l irrors in St. Louis Saloons Are
I'otooned With Crepe.
ST. LOUIS. June 30. War-time pro
hibition will be enforced to the letter
in St. Louis unless official instructions
are received to the contrary, federal
officials here announced late today. All
policemen were ordered to report vio
lators to the federal authorities.
More than 5000 persons were served
at cafes tonight, it was estimated. In
the downtown saloons all bartenders
wore black neckties and mourning
bands and the mirrors were festooned
with crepe.
NUKATA TEA. A perfect blend.
Ceylon-Indian-Java teas. Closset A
Ievers. Portland Adv.
OS BOARD THE TJ. S. S. GEORGE
WASHINGTON, June 30. (By wirelecs
to the Associated Press.) President
W ilson was 3o7 miles out at noon to
day. The George Washington was
running 16 knots an hour, which indi
cates her arrival in port about Mon
day noon.
It is expected the presidential party
without stopping at New York and the
president's official utterance tn Amer
ica is likely to be when he in person
will present before congress a detailed
statement of the proceedings of the
peace conference. He carries with
him copies of the treaty. (
President and Mrs. Wilson are en
joying the balmy air and sunny breeze
of an ideal passage. They spent much
of the day on the upper deck. The
president wore his customary tweed
cap and Mrs. W ilson a blue tarn
o'shanter.
At 11 o'clock in the morning the
alarm sounded for boat drill, and the
president went through the maneuvers
with the rest, taking a place with his
wife and the others in a lifeboat. The
president complimented Captain Mc-
Cauley on the smartness of his crew in
manning; the boats and having every
thing prepared.
Several thousand returning American
soldiers and a score of pretty French
war brides are on board the presidential
ship on its voyage to the United States.
A number of the soldiers who were
members of the guard at the Paris
White House and the Hotel te Crillon,
headquarters of the American delega
tion, were married during their so
journ in Paris.
The regulations provided no means
for the brides to accompany their hus
bands- aboard the George Washington
and for a while it seemed that they
might be left behind. A tearful joint
dispatch from the brides to President
Wilson, however, led to the making of
arrangements for their accommodation
and they are one of the happiest nov
elties of the voyage, which so far has
been in perfect weather and on a calm
sea.
Farewell messages were received by
President Wilson from King George of
England. King Alfonso of Spain and
the emperor of Japan. The one from
King George makes allusion to "the
American and British people, brothers
in arms, who will continue ever in
peace."
War Objects Now Clearer.
The reply of the president to the mes
sage of King George was as follows:
"It gives me deep pleasure to ex
press to you my conviction of the truth
of your generous message concerning
the great ends which have been at
tained by the present peace and the
new ties which have been created be
tween your own great people and ours.
We are on the eve of realizing, more
than We could realize them at the time,
the real objects of the great war.
"The free peoples of the world, united
to defeat the enemies of liberty and
justice, have through their representa
tives wrought out a plan by which
they may remain united in a free
partnership of intimate council to pro
mote the cause of justice and of free
dom through the beneficent process
of peace and the accord of a liberal
policy. It is within the choice of
thoughtful men of every nation to cn
rich the peace by their counsel. I am
happy to echo your greetings at this
momentous time of renewed vision and
confident hope."
Message Cornea From Japan.
Emperor Yjoshihito of Japan, in con
gratulating the president, said:
It gives me heartfelt pleasure to
congratulate you and the great friendly
people whose first magistrate you
on the definite termination of the war
in which you and they did so much to
achieve final victory. Accept my warm
est felicitations on this magnificent
triumph, which I firmly believe is the
forerunner of a great new era of the
world s history, eclipsing all that have
gone before in the general diffusion of
happiness and security."
The president replied:
"Your majesty's message of felicita
tions is received with the greatest
gratification. It has been a privilege
to co-operate with the very able repre
sentatives of Japan in developing the
terms of peace which inevitably in
volved the interests of the whole world.
1 Deiteve with your majesty that the
results achieved forecast a new era in
the world's history, because they give
promise of a peace in which iustice I
will not be imperiled by selfish initia
te on tne part of any single nation.
aiajr i express my best wishes for
the security and happiness of your
people."
King Alfonso la Hopeful.
King Alfonso of Spain sent this mes
sage:
'On the occasion of the signinir of
the peace in which yon have in con-
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