Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-05
CROSS EXAMINATION.

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@. And are You in any way familili
with the woak of its agents? y. Yes.
sir.
@. How recently have any of your
agents visited Bath for the purpose If
making an actual examination of con-
| dltions there" y. / will say within
| two weeks.
g. What agent visited Bath With
| in two weeks \. The superintcn-
| dent.
@. viii YOU Ei9e his name a.. Or.
w. T. Perry, ana also Mr.. Emery
g. Ed. IL. Emery? A. Ed. II. EN-
cry.
q. Do you know what report if any
| they made of the conditions in Bath
| after they made their visit there two
weeks ago? A. do not.
q. Have You had no conversation
with either Of them i'll regard to it?
| a. No, sir. | think not.
@. And YOU have not any knowIedga
as 10 how they found conditions there7
a. In Il general way; | have heard
them talking amens themselves.
q. Can YOU without going into de-
tails ef the conversation. give the sub
stance Of the result of their examinl-
, ton at Bath, two weeks ago? y.
| Why, anything ! would give would
| be of any value. Those men can be
| called up to give their own statements.
@. As a matter of fact did not Mr..
| Emery or Mr.. Berry, or both of them,
| make trip To Bath Within two or
! three weeks and in a general way re-
! port that the conditions were good
/ there? a. l never heard them re-
| port that conditions were good there.
9. What did they say about it? A.
AS | remember their conversation, the
openness was not such as it had been
previously, on account of a certain
| local stir that there was.
| q. Whether it was on account of
one thing or another, the impression
| they gave you was that they found
| Bath reasonably we'll closed up, was
/ it not? A. | do not think they rep
resented ii in that way, but that there
| were certain conditions that made Ii
| impossible for them TO do what the5
| could do in other cities.
Q. Have you personally visited
| Bath this year? a. l have.
Q. And how far back in the year,
at what time? \. l have since the
beginning of the year; spent a sun
dav there. | could tell by referring ia
my note book. Possibly it was before
the beginning of this year. No, it was
on the 18th day of February
Q. OF this year? a. Yes, sir.
@. Were any of your associates
with YOU at that time? A. We We're
all there.
4 tlprrN
Ir. Emery. We spent Sunday, there
| Q. Is it since then that Mr.. Berry
and Mr.. Emery have been there A
Yes, sir.
@. Since that time? \. Yes, sir
! o. They are both here? \. They
| are. =,
| O. Do YOU know how many OF the
| licenses which you found credited ~
| Bath are held by druggists? \. 10
| not know. There are only seven drug
| gists in the town. | looked that up
| this morning. think some of the
druggists do not hold Il certificate.
@. Do you know how many are heid
| hv people who have not any connec-
ton with the liquor business? A.
cannot conceive of any of them hold
! ing retail tax.
| q Cannot YOU conceive of drug
store having a United States license
and not being in the liquor business
| 4. excluded them. ! thought you
meant all the other persons besides
! druggist.
O. Is it not true that other per
! cons other than druggists and liquor
| dealers hold malt liquor licenses? "a
| | do not know OF any.
O DO not the dealers in soft beer,
| Irno beer, etc, have to hold onltea
states license? \. They are IN the
liauor business, / suppose.
@. But not in the contrahand II
ouor business, but cases where peop'e
are selling a form of beer that is not
hold Ia he contraband under the Maine
| law and YOU find these people hold
! ING come sort of a United States IL
conseo A. The malt liquor tax is re
| ouired of course of persons who sen
even one per cent. beer but 'hihN
| wee rarely find people holding ihuie
liu,,or tax who do not sell more than
three per cent. beer :.
O. You are more familiar win /.
than | am, but is it not fact ina.
there are in Maine people that 90 Dus-
mess openly without complaint, Will
out anybody pretending that they are
in an illegal business, who hoiu .
limited states license? A. | think SO.
O. Are there any such licenses 80
far as YOU know among those you req"
as held in Path? A. There are two
bottling houses in Bath. Each pay
malt liquor lax. one is retailer anu
the other a wholesaler.
@. What office do you occupy IN ths
civic League, Mr.. owen? A. MY tltie
is known as secretary.
Q. And do you have charge IN Il large
measure of the correspondence Oh the
League? A. The superintendent at
tends to the correspondence more large
ly than l do.
c. Have you since the first OF jan
uary yourself or do you know or any
of the officials of the League having
since the first of January made any com
plant of the conditions in Bath TO Sher-
if Ballou? a. l think not. dofl
know of any.
O. Or any request in any respect re-
gardinG an enforcement there? A. That
is not our function.