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Show loons was "surprisingly good." eon-aidertnsT eon-aidertnsT H newness, and was the a irons eat ha had aver tasted. U Judged Its aioohoUe strength at M per ceat. ' Though a total abstains!-, he says, "t have sipped Intoxicating drinks before, be-fore, and I was given whisky when Ul. I approve of the prohibition law, but evan If I did not approve of It I would fight for Its enforoame&L Mr. Tabor from his church pulpit named ten aaloona Where h had bought whiaky. . IMatrtct Attorney Woodcock and United Statea Commissioner Bupplee Immediately urged him to swear out aearcS warrants and follow up Ma campaign against speakeasies. But the eJerarvrnaa refused. "Kvldeaos Is so easy to set, aald Mr. Tabor. "It would be foUy for me to neglect my church duties to act the pole of prosecutor, . "To get booae in Baltimore H Is not necessary to know the ropes. AU comers are served. 'Knforoement authorities are de-l de-l liberal ly Wind to liquor violations." 1 I Another result of the Tabor sermon was an Interview with Folic Commissioner Com-missioner Oalther. 1 The paator aays the commissioner promised more active coopermtlon of tha pollc da-part da-part men t deaplt a recent ruling et Attorney General Armtrong that the pollc have no Jurisdiction la tha mat- j ter; I Commissioner Oalther admitted, Mr. I Tabor aays, that It Is almost impee-1 atble to obtain convictions when liquor violators are arrested by uniformed patrolmen. - Mr. Tabor Is not content with ttie reaults of his probe. He got Into communication com-munication with Prohibition Comrala-lonr Comrala-lonr Haynes In Washington and la preparing data for a aermon to be delivered de-livered In the fall that wiU be even more sensational. In the meantime an avalanche of Information has been pouring through the mail a to District Attomev Wood-,Jk'e Wood-,Jk'e -evf flo a4 aaaajr .. "near hear'-' . saloons have closed thalr doors. " PASTOH TAKES ; OPENSALOflNS " Churchgoer. Decidedly f Split as to Ethic of BaI-timore BaI-timore Minuter9! Evi-j : denco Gathering . Stunt, -. - - i - v BALTTMORC, Md, Auff. 11 (Byj ?BA).ThU mtntatsr vial ted s dosen saloon. . He bought hlm.alf drinks and stood at th bar and drank them.-1 them.-1 He drank whiaky and beer. Then he went back to bis putplt and told h! congregation all about bla leohello adventure In a scathing sermon denouncing lawbreakers. Rev. Edward Taoor Is the mlnlrrter. He Is paator of the Hampden Baptlat church. - HI spectacular performance has stirred Baltimore from Its placid attitude toward prohibition enforcement, enforce-ment, and has at art ad a controversy within church circles here and In other oth-er ettte over th "thlcs? of his m-sad. m-sad. "Jesus tasted light w'nt," says Mr. i Tabor, "and I see no alo . in sipping V light wirt and beer. Only fans t tea On X. tee liquor queetlon would find fault m with my feaving sampled the stuff.' i Church authorities have not critl aisia ihalr ate toe ariakiag. beer and whiaky. His crusade was inaugurated inaug-urated after It waa agreed at a meeting meet-ing of deaoons and cruiteea of the Hampden Baptlat church that existing exist-ing conditions should be expoaed. The ciano man said th whisky he drank on his tour of Baltimore aa- |