Show Railroads Reject Booze Shipments Railroad agents and railroad attorneys attorneys attorneys are said to be having a warm discussion over the wires concerning the recent decision decision- of the supreme court of the United States regarding the effect of the Webb-Kenyon Webb law lawas as it applies to interstate shipments into dry territory of intoxicating liquors for personal use As soon as copies of the newspapers containing the decision of the supreme supreme supreme su su- preme court of the United States in the case of the Adams Express company against Kentucky were re received received received re- re efforts were made at Evanston to make shipments into Utah dry territory The agent refused the shipment shipments shipments ship ship- ments ment and when consignors insisted that they we were re acting in accord with I the supreme courts court's decision the agents wired their legal departments The Denver Rio Grande the Oregon Oregon Oregon Or Or- egon Short Line the Southern Pacific Pacific Pacific ic and the W Western stern Pacific all of 1 which run run through h wet territory were offered shipments of liquors rs for transportation into Utah The agents refused refuse d the shipments and pointed to provisions of the Funk law prohibiting prohibit prohibit- ing the delivery of intoxicating liquors liquors liquors into Utah dry territory AtI Attorneys At At- I torn ys for all the railroads were appealed appealed appealed ap ap- ap- ap pealed to by agents but the attorneys attorneys attorneys take the position that the supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme court of the United States had hadnot hadnot hadnot not decided that that- the Funk law was affected and that the railroads sh should uld refuse to accept such shipments until untila a test case i is had on the Utah law Herald Republican |