Show OPEN SALES Al OF f ll LIQUOR U RESUMED UM Distilleries Base Action on Decision of Court Granting Wet Injunction Injunction Injunction tion Upon the Law NEW YORK Nov Federal 14 Judge Learned Learne l Hand refused today to grand injunctions restraining enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment prohibition act o Jacobx Jacobi J ob Ruppert A Co Co b brewers ew ri f for r whom Elihu Root was counsel sought an injunction so that sale of percent per percent er cent beer might be resumed Plumb Co in another proceeding sought to remove distilled spirits from bond LOUISVILLE r Ky Nov 14 i Two local distilleries sold whisky openly in Louisville today today today to to- day at 75 a case regardless of the walt wartime m prohibition law i The sales were resumed after the granting of ot an Injunction to the dIstilleries distilleries distilleries dis dIs- yesterday esterday by Federal Judge I Evans restraining the tho government from interfering with the sale of ot nearly nearly nearly near near- ly a a. million gallons of ot floor stock whisky Wright Taylor and the Brown Brown- Forman companies which received the temporary injunctions made their sales with the knowledge that they are liable to prosecution according to District District District Dis Dis- Attorney W. W V. V Gregory if the federal supreme court reverses Judge Evans In a decision itIs expected to tomake tomake make November 20 DECISIONS DISREGARDED WASHINGTON V Nov 14 Attorney H.-Attorney Attorney General Palmers Palmer's position with respect to enforcement of ot wartime prohibition has in no way be been n altered by court decisions in Rhode Island and Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky it was officially stated today at the department of ot Justice The governments government's contention that the wartime wartime wartime war war- time law is valid it was added willbe will willbe willbe be vigorously defended until final de decision decision decision de- de has has' been handed down by the United States supreme court While enforcement of the law is estopped stopped in the two states United States district attorneys acting on prior instructions will proceed with prosecutions of violators in other com com- communities communities communities I officials declared Department officials differed as to the results of ot the injunction Some held that during the life ute of ot the restraining re restraining re- re straining order there was nothing to prevent open sale of ot all aU intoxicants as I covered by the order Others did not agree with this belief beliet OI OtilO RESULT TOLD With regard to the effect on the constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- amendment by the Ohio referendum overturning the legislatures legislature's legislatures legislature's legislatures legislature's legis legis- lature's action the attorney generals general's view was said to be that action by th the Ohio electorate would not change the date on which the prohibition amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment to the constitution goes into ef ef- et- et teet Until the number of ot states ratifying ratifying ratifying rati rati- tho the amendment falls taUs below thir thir- ty six the department will not concern concern con con- con I cern Itself with the changes In their Identity according to the opinion ex expressed expressed ex- ex i pressed by the tho officials of Mr l Palmers Palmer's Palmers Palmer's Palmers Palmer's Pal Pal- mers mer's staff start AWAIT SETTLEMENT PITTSBURG Kan Nov 14 Local Local unions of the coal coat miners of ot Kansas have begun adopting resolutions announcing an anI announcing an- an I the determination of ot the men not to return to their wor kin tho the mines until a settlement of ot their de demands demands demands e de- I mands has been made August Dorchy dl district vice president of ot the miners I said this morning I MINES CLOSED MALESTER OUIa Olda Nov 14 Not 14 Not a union mine in Oklahoma is working today according to reports received by J. J B. B Wilson Vilson commissioner for tor the Oklahoma Coal Operators' Operators association SALOONS REOPEN PROVIDENCE R. R I Nov The H.-The 14 The police commission today decided to act under the preliminary Injun Injunction granted by Federal JUdge Arthur Arlhur ArthurJ J Continued on page 2 2 f OPEN SALES Continued from page pase 1 1 Brown Drown against enforcement enforcement of the wartime wartime wartime war war- time prohibition act and to allow the saloons saloon to sell malt beverages be containing contain contain- containing ing not more than 4 per cent alcohol without interference Interference This Thi attitude was taken upon advice ice of the city so solicitor so- so Upon the announcement of the commissions commission's commissions commission's com corn missions mission's decision nearly all the saloons saloons saloons sa- sa loons opened opener again Ilg-aln today |