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Show CARS AND 'HOOChT FALL INTO REVENUERS' HANDS WASHINQTOX. Keb. 3. Mote than 230.000 (ra lions of vvhlsky, ami atltomo-blles atltomo-blles worth 11,000,000 an- now In the possession of th government, aa result re-sult of Ita campaign against the Illicit commerce n liquor, according to Wayne i Whealeri cOuneel for the Anti-Saloon league. To guard this and other propertv seized by the Kovernmcnt In on force -ment of prohibition, the sundry civil appropriation bill, reported to tin n-ate, n-ate, set aside Jl'f'O.tMtU as rniuested by Mi. Wheelcc The seized liquor and autombblh-s, according to teatltnohy of Mr. WbeeM i . before the aenute committee, m.ulc public today, are to he sold by the Kov ii niiii-nt. In some las'.s. Mr. Wheeler told the committee, federal marahala bave refused to t iki care of (III OllfUl .111 ll . idflK That prohibition enforcement has been ".tO pe4- cent effective In some : places.' was stated bv Mr. he, . , tb the committee. He said that no I fc-ood reason had yr t br.-n fmnid fori tranefering prohibition enforcement from the treasury department to the department of justice. |