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Show Villi UUUIJL Hi ! mnoT nrpisip udiiili uLuWiUii i Liquor May E2 Carried Through 'Dry' State, ; Tribunal . Rules. Prohibition May Become 3s-! 3s-! sue at Special Session of Congress. 1 V.WSI I IX' 1T i.Y. Aju'Il ii. Tnii.iii- i 1 11 "j ii , t. j.;Ll : i:lc i Iniiur.-: for b:vtr:: 0 j I'M'-'o, thmi.h u dry i-'iatt. i.1-- not. l-iu- iobi:. -1 uml-r t!..;- Kro'l pp'iiiVUun I l-lfii. Ml."' S'lIV!iJ fjWVZ KcUl t'- t il.'.v in .in oj-'l- r i i, l i-rj -ret i lt tii.'t. ru't. Tl.r oj.j;. i i;i v;a.s n-:i'k'i -! in I j i' '. d- j i:r.;s i.-.-uithi r-nm Hit anv:'t of Ih-M.-r ; f.wh..-r .u l.yuchr,;:ri?. u:idt-r tin: law, ; V. rEN; .-ii routt: o;i a ;i:-M.-!ii;'..-r I'll i ! I from I J:;iliiin.iv lo A!;.-viile. X. C. Tin- fr.U-rcil (ii-Uiic'. court dismiss':' On.- indictment ; list him. Iv.ldi.'iy in o fleet that, j ilioiiL;!! r:irri-wl juto-hs a Male, In tox ii'ii nts I ii'.t. "Irn nsimrtt-d into" the state if j iliiir nlLimntc dvst: nation is a point be- o?irt (ii-; limits of that state.- .'I'll-- court ;n a unaniirmu. opinion, ren-' ren-' '--. Mi by I'hi.-f j-.jti'-e "Whit-. h.-)l that I 1 h'-i i v. .t:-. no gnuiM'i for hoidin "that 1 ', peoi ibit i.jii of the statute against : ' r: 1 1 1 s ; m 1 1' ; 1 1 1 lt honor in i::t.-rstal cni- , i ! -r. 'l ;m' t;u-' or U-rr.tory tin laws "f width prohibit tile mar.uEi'.'tu;'.-.' t't.-., i-n-lnfli s tin- n,nv''pir-nt hi interstate ciV,,r.rcc tii:nuk.-h such ;t sliite into an- Elucidation Not Needed. ''No e'-u-idit i'lji of i r h e tt-xt." said the 'hiet uisti.'f'. "-is npe''h-d to add cL-en.-v i-i " this itiain im-aniiiS", whi'di would. JiDV.-.'Vfi', be rcinforc-d hv the context if tli.M.- v.er,- in '-d to resort to it, since the ro:itet ma'-. s dear that the word 'into' as nsrd in t lie statute refer rr-d to the. , M:"tc of d i v i -i;it ion and not t' the means by.wlE'.'h that end is reaehod. tin movement move-ment through one state as a im-iv irci-0e irci-0e nt of. t ;-.!, vp',rta lion to the state into ; v.-jEi-h it is siiij;ied, i 'The s'.u-'e- :-iifii) made in nrtrument that. ;i h V 'V.'- h t lie personal carriage of htjiii.i- t hrou.;ii oi'i; state as a means of .irrymV it le-vom.l into another state vio-'itrs vio-'itrs ti"- stature, jr d'es not nee.-s-s.irijy fnllow (.--at transportation by common com-mon c:irrb-r lhr-iui:li a stnte for a like ) urposo wuld be such viohainn because i ' C t!:.- riK-ie i'aeiie oj'portu'ii'.y in the one is-' trv.n in tiu other for vP.bitm'-r the l.'.w "' tne state r li rutrli vhieh the lirjuor is eu rried. is wit h"Ut meet. In the last a .'K'i i vsis ir out invites, not a construetion f-r the sta'to'" as.etiaeted, but an enni't-!-H nt li- "'''f,sfr,ietifn of a new and dif- l'.-r.-iit statu'.e." In d's-iiosintr of Tu-peedinr.s involving n ri int .'i-pretation of ihe Georgia state prnhihitioii the supreme court in -f- -t tod;iv he'd, that possession of inroxi-ca'inf inroxi-ca'inf linuor in excess of The amount pernp'ted by statute, even thonch law- j fullv .'tetiuired iiefore its enactment, is nrohiUtrd under Hie law. I l-ei,';i! aovjsers (if povcrnnmnt agencies ; i n i i-1 : c ' 1 in iiii;jr retitilations examined statu:'-.-' and executive orders today without with-out finding- specifie i al ant iiority hy wJiieli U;e internal revenue bureau might i-ni"n-e wartime iroh;h. t ion after July 1. j l'r..'s.d.-iR W'dson under t)ie veriiian j a'. t. givunr him power to transfer timc-t!"n.s timc-t!"n.s from i.m; depart nii-nt to anulher, 1 niiL-ht (-l.-.ite the authority tt tlie reve-j reve-j nue bureau, ome la-eis ueC;ared. Mow-oe", Mow-oe", this still v.'uiild" U. ave the bureau witJKuit adequate funds to pny the ce.-"ts of maintaining a large federal poiice f.-rce. Su&rost ions received today did not ehane materially the air of uncertainty over the question of how jjidiihit ion is to be enfore.-d as caused by Internal Rev-i Rev-i eiiue i.'onimissioner Koi-er's announce- m-nt that his bureau had not the au- thority nor ijie funds to carry out Llie i eiiforepment measures properly. .Many j teb'trrams received today reflected keen 1 interest by individuals and organizations I throughout t!ie country iu the status of I wartime prohibition. Mr. Jioper added ' nothing to h is state men' in replying to I th'-se queries, it was .said. ; Recall Executive Order. I Leal advisers of other agencies today j dis ..V'-red rhat an executive order of tiie i president, dated Sejitember 2, 1017. is-1 is-1 ued under authority f the Overman , net, d.-Tated to the revenue huieau and :the customs diviaion the en foreemeiit cf (the r;"ov.sio:i ot the fond conservation act j of August 10. l'J, which, prohibited the ! use of fund materia Is in production of whisky and paved, the way fur restriction i of beer brewing. These aemdes. acting j tinder Die treasury, were aut horiz..d to I -ntjdoy such additional assistants for : this work as the secretary of the trea.s-; trea.s-; ury it tieem nect-.-ssary. I The amendment to the atrri'-ultural on- pr"-priat:on ret of Xovemher i.'!. 10 IS. by I which wartime prohibition effective July I 1 was es'ablishc-d, dai nr.t become law un-i un-i til Iruig after that executive order was jissued, and consequently the order would I not appiy to the prohibition measure. j Provisions of Act. ; The act of ?Covernr.er -1, 102'. provided ithcit "jjfter June 30. 1010, until the con-' con-' elusiu.'i of the present war and thereafter j until the tcrminatiun of demobilization. the date of which, shail be determined and pro'-'a:me-d by the president of the i Tinted S'.ates it ha:l be umawful j to se.i iV,r heverage purposes any dis-; dis-; tilb'-d spirits The act also speci- i fies that in this time "no b'-er, wine or ! other intoxicating mait or vinous Ikpuor .-haU be soid for beverage purpuSri.s ex-'. ex-'. c-pt for ex.nort." I The distinction between th:s act and ! other wartime linuor restrictions, as ; pointed out today by officials, is that it ' relates to the sale of liquor, whereas the '"th'-rs related to manufacture. 'or.se-! 'or.se-! qu'-ntly it wis evpiained tliat the re-venue , I bureau v iil not ha e power to take ac- : ;tion srainst illicit sale, but will retain! I its present powers to prevent illegal pro- ! i dueuon of bqv.or. |