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Show X Drastic Ruling by Court. v PITTSBURG, -July 16. The sale of beer " containing less than one-half of one per cent alcohol or any other percentage of alcohol In the western Pennsylvania d!s- trict covered by the federal authorities' here will be considered a violation of tho - wartime prohibition act, accordiug to an-nouncement an-nouncement made tonight by United States Attorney XI. L. Crawford. The opinion of Attorney Crawford was obtained following the decision yesterday of Judge W. H. S. Thomson, in which he dismissed demurrers of officials of the Pittsburg and Independent Brewing com-':' com-':' panics to charges of violation of the act i' in that they sold beer containing 2.75 per r cent alcohol. "When evidence is brought to me that beer containing any alcohol .; whatever is manufactured or is being T eold," said the attorney, "prosecution will V be entered just as has been done upon the evidence heretofore secured." |