The evening world. Newspaper, November 11, 1919, Page 20

Department of Justice - Haste in 2.75 Beer : Prohibition Act. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 _ t have opinions on the 2.75 the Wartime Prohibition Goneral, asked the co ‘Warehouse Company, in wi in violation of the Const! Th asking the court jo adv: Mr. King said that wu @anmy decision of this case 4n hdministering the law.” je distillers and brewers ive in the courts. We advised therm th o Act ik unc jot be enforced exprei Wart Jast ten duys. Bhe case of the Eastern Hotel " * ation, whose property may | ae act. [RUBSBELS, Monday, Nov. inlature museums, ided upon by the the two er belong! eed in th: opriate 'd to the DRY LAW DECISION SUPREME CURT LED FOR STO Botion on the liquor cases brought to ahe Supreme Court to test the valld- Ny of Prohibition laws is looked for. ‘The Department of Justice would like josition and the constitutionality liciter King, representing the At- y ‘to advance for hearing the ap- brought by the Government in case of Edward Hamilton, Inter- Revenue Collector of Kentucky, inst the Kentucky Distillers and tucky court held that the seizure Of |whiskey owned by the Feabhed there was danger of variant edisions, “creating great confusion Their attorneys {tutional and nited States We Oxy «1 doubt on the Corstitutionality of that law within interest is manifested here in public nuisance under | HEROINES’ CELLS MUSEUMS. led by Edith Cavell and Petit previous to their ex, Urges | and | 1.—Early per cont Act. ourt yos- ‘hich the distillers | stution. {Only Bourgeois stew ne| Riche Make could bey play of Pricel Budge, and Revenue Men are very ime Pro. Beans, I¢ anybody though of the ex-topers of Corp. announcement that be “corkage"—he can ment sicuths amou: 1.—The beans,” ‘§ Fourth Avenue, Heh A ae Sar the hotels for women, jerved on thélr Cee cette [nak their at Supreme Peaches GOING OUT TO DINE) PREPARED. if They’re Worth a Hill of} begun to put a $1 head-tax on gox- tlemen who bring their own liquor into dining rooms—the hotels cali It for a blow. Tie ex- & hoot in Hoboken about tt. ,“It the Internal Revenue Depart- President Fessenden J, For- ush of the ex-Drinkers’ League for a ww constitution, said to-day at No, wing the budge to hotel men don't believe this, let them ‘torneys. “I could get 1,000 or 10,000 men to make just such a demonstration Heo RT RAR a Mb THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 191% Ex-Drinkers’ League Cares Not a Hoot For Grab-All Hotel Men’s $1 ‘‘Corkage’’ { psi! A000 ——— WAIT A ' MINUTE; war RESTAURANT ‘three cheers shopping without bread ask, eat cake?’ Nouveau Vulgar Dis- less Quarts of Anyhow _ the Will Stop It for ‘corkage’ rador.” t to got a rise out this town by the the hotels have prepare himself topers don’t care against these hotels as other pa- triots made against German opera But what's the use? What good would it do? What the dash do we care! int to @ hill of service men. “{ know something about hotel merry time is expec'sd. | Among a and I know the small number | tne mill be Ned Wayburn's Demi- headquarters of cheap calibre of the nouveau |T eview from the Capitol. George ey can get after|riche who would ostentatiously lug |Cohan and Sam Harris will be among a pint into a dining room. “The men are of the type that used to light cigars with five-dollar bills They are the kind who eay that one dollar a day is enough for the work- ingm: At banquets they propose premises. If the and Lionel France, for the poor!’ dames they travel around with go with diamond tiaras on, and if anybody tells ‘em the poor are fect. Unless some such law is put on| near-beers must take all respon- 4-Plece Period Bedroom Suites, in the statute books the State Excise sibility for their character, Bird’s-Eye Maple, Golden Oak, $. Department will go out of businoss| In other words, at your own risk. American Walnut or Mahogany, $175 to 45 ‘why don’t they | when its appropriation gives out early| ‘The question has been a burning Fueerny OO Ervey Welans de¥2 evry LO ae next year, one in Brooklyn, and was put up to “The League for a New Constitu- wants good old Jack Barleycorn back. ‘put ants ‘him back ‘right.’ | ship, development of the State's water And we'll get him back. The move- ment is growing by leaps and bounds. “Between you and me, booze is s0°/ scarce and so precious that those who| have it are not lugging it out to pub- lic view. All that the hotels colloct wouldn't boots for the canary birds of Lab- “ A THEATRICAL CELEBRATION. Broadway Celebrities to Take Part im Rankin Drow Observance. §, Rankin Drew Post of the American Legion will have a buffet supper to-night ‘at 11 o'clock In Keén's Chop House at No, 107 Weat 44th Street, at whioh near- ly all theatrical Broadway will be pres- ent. Rankin Drew Post is the only the- atrical post of the Legion, being made up of members of the profegsion who were ere will be no end of entertainment the entertainers as will be Hy Mayer, Roy Atwell, Raymond Hitchcoek, John Cumberland, Rennold Wolf and John rymore, uncles of 8. Ran- kin Drew for whom the post is and who made the supreme sacrifice in . 4 agent. 'sam demands oh all such nohaeniag {3 At the office of the Collector of In-j is the sale tax, uch as fs pald © ternal Revenue it was admitted thas| lee n dod, "a u _—— NO BALM IN’GILEAD FOR NEAR-BEER ‘SELLERS If They Sell Stuff Without License They Do It af Their Own Risk. Liquor dealers who would like to return their licenses to the State Ex- cise Department and draw down $250 for the unexpired portion of the year —feeling that no license fee is neces- sary for the distant relation of the Barleycorns now being peddled under ‘been against Prohibition, and when | the name of “beer"—are not likely to asked to-day about the dry pro-/ set much assistapre from the opinion gramme curtly declared that he didn’t | Which comes dewn from the depart- know anything about it. feade Gx eer. The official dictum The Governor would not discuss the| Replying to your inquiry question as to whether he will tn-| whether near-beer falls within | clude a recommendation for Prohi-| {he meaning ofthe word “liquors bition enforcement in his annual |message. The opinion-is widely ex-|, we beg to advise you that the © leaal een has no definite pressed here that he will take the . Raise postion a Goveecloct Hidwards| ,,.everugen sold under ehis name of New Jersey, that the carrying out} meaning of the term “liquors,’ of Federal Prohibition is not a State| 4nd it is in all cases a question of function. In any event,‘it is not believed that a Prohibition enforcement act could fact. Most of the so-called “near- be passed before Jan. 16, the date the Federal dry amendment goes into ef- SMITH TO STEER CLEAR OF FEDERAL DRY LAW Prohibitionists Are Not Likely to Get Any Aid at | Albany. | ALBANY, Nov. 11.—Although Pro- hibition enforcement will be one of the principal tasues to come before the next session of the Legislature, | measures along this line are not likely to get much encouragement from Gov. Smith. He has always @ man cah sell near-beer or any other! So, ‘many of the boys. Now Wht drink containing less than one-haif! old gustomers: «re giving! thé ple af 1 per cent. of alcohol without a! the go-by and eyery nickél cous Federal license, Tho only tax Uncle| may take a Brodly Ny + SETS ELLY C° 263 Sixth Avenue ,;) Reliable Credit Easy Payments Every Article Marked in Plain Figures. ear h Bt, beers” are probably malt liquors. The question, however, cannot be |{ answered as a question of law, and any person selling so-called The § 263 Sixth Avenue Near 17th St. [T. KELLY CO. cys, ‘Out 0° town deliveries made by our own motor trucks, Other legislation the Governor said Albany after Excise Commissioner ‘he will favor are municipal owner- D, Harry Ralston had faced it from ten to thirty times a day, by letter, telephone or persona) interview, ove: & period of two weeks. | Brooklyn dealers are) said to have receive. their inspiration from a’ brewery power, encouragement of aviation, anti-rent and food profitecring and regulation of the price and distribu. tion of milk. buy rubber named yy YAN M Cull like the rich fla- vor of these peaches. All Morris Supreme canned fruits bear the yellow and black label. Look for it. 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