Show fEDERAL JUDGE LAYS DDN FE fEW DRY COMMENTS Bourquin Declares Possession Possession Possession Posses Posses- sion of Lit Little le Liquor Not Gross Felony Will Not Send Women to Jail SAN FRANCISCO Feb 5 Fed Fed Federal eral Judge Geor George e M. M Bourquin who was was' bro brought here from Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana to assist in clearing the criminal criminal crim crim- inal calendar of ot this district provided provided pro pro- vided spectators and attaches of or his court with a diversion yesterday yesterday yester yester- day with c comments on the act and its enforcement as he disposed disposed dis dis- dis- dis Ipos posed d of various cases Possession of ot a little liquor he saId said while hearing one case is not a gross felony Even repeated violations of ot the liquor act should not constitute a felony telony BLAMES THE MEN I Interspersing the the testimony of another case Judge Bourquin said Prohibition will be a complete success only when another generation generation generation genera genera- tion has grown up and public opinion opinIon opinion ion approves Other c comments throughout the hearings yesterday by by bythe the Jurist included included- No woman will be sent to Jail by me for violating the national prohibition law until all the men have been sent up first There Is too much Inclination of ot otmen men to hide behind skirts of ot women women women wo wo- men and women will not be permitted permitted permitted per per- to plead guilty when the themen themen themen men are the tho real culprits A bootlegger may make money but he can have no peace of mind and he must mUt realize that he is not complying with the laws of ot de decency decency decency de- de in engaging in the tho traffic EVIDENCE ESSENTIAL No r matter how hard It Is for forthe forthe forthe the government to get evidence It must do so before a case can be presented in this court The drinker dreams of tho the day when whisky will return to this land as the Indian dreams of Ot the return of ot the bu buffalo aio One will re return return return re- re turn as soon as the other It was reported today that more pleas of ot guilty were entered than had been noted by the federal court clerks during the past six months CARSON CITY Nev Feb 5 By U. U P P.-A P. A resolution proposing a constitutional convention to consider consider consider con con- sider an amendment to the federal constitution to permit the sale of I liquor under government regulation was Introduced into the state senate yesterday by A. A L. L Scott Copies of the resolution will be besent besent besent sent to other state legislatures inan inan in inan an endeavor to start a movement for a form of ot liquor control more moie moderate than the the present law |