Show ret T Tea T ea r an rot d a C Coffee 0 ff e Classed as Booze NEW YORK TOnIC Feb 13 Hudson Hud Hudson on Maxim scientist and Inventor In be believes believes believes be- be tea and coffee to be Intoxicants Intoxicants intoxicants cants within the tho meaning of ot the act and threatens to bring suit to close e cafes in which these beverages are are served unless enforcement authorities do something something something some some- thing about it He told the Free Thinkers' Thinkers so- so clety last night that he first would ask the federal authorities to act against the sellers of oC tea and cot cot- fee Should they fall fail to do so he said he would begin an action such sucha a as he would have a right to do against which the authorIties authorities authorities author author- would not raid and close eI e. e I have consulted man many of ot the most eminent legal authorities In Inthe Inthe inthe the country he s said and I speak with their authority when I tell teU you that If It all manner of oC alcoholic liquors were served at this dinner the provisions of ot the eighteenth amendment would not be violated or disrespected one whit more than It Is violated here tonight In servIng serving serving ing us coffee |