The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-07
GRAPE JUICE IS
UNDER THE BAN
In the Federal Navy and May
Have to Be Cut 0utin West
Virginia.
CONTAINS MORE ALCOHOL
Than Beer Does Declares a
Congressman from aNoted
Beer-Making City.

WASHINGTON. D. c., July q
No more grape juice. No more gin,
ger ale. These refreshing beverages
will have to be placed under the bar
in West Virginia along with the mint
juleps. the cocktails and the beer, Il
the same Interpretation is placed
on the law In that state which has
been placed on the order Of Secretary
Daniels for dry" navy. According
to navy officers these hitherto con.
sidered harmless drinks contain q
sufficient quantity Of alcohol to bring
them within the scope Of the prohi-
bition law OF West Virginia and they
must therefore be abandoned as arti-
cles Of commerce, along with the dis
titled spirits, malt liquors, essences
.cordials and vinous products.
1t has not been very long since DR..
Richard Bartholdt, congressman from
one Of the st. Louis districts, caused
CONSERVATION in prohibition circles
by asserting upon the authority OF
an eminent chemist, who had made
an analysis. that the common grape
juice contains more alcohol thar
beer, the quantity amounting, ac-
cording to his analysis, to about sew
en- per cent. This is a much higher
percentage than the West Virgins
prohibition law authorizes, and any
drink containing that percentage Of
alcohol would be prohibited from
entering into the commerce Of the
state, by whatever name 1t might be
called. While disagreeing as to the
exact percentage of alcohol contained
In grape juice, navy officials have
felt constrained to omit 1t from their
list Of supplies because of the order
Of Secretary Daniels that hereafter
no intoSicants can be kept on board
any vessel Of the navy.
7 According to information which
comes from Philadelphia, party OF
congressman numbering more than q
score, were the first to feel the ef-
fects Of the order for dry" navy.
The party, which included Governor
Goldsborough, of Maryland, visited
the Michigan at Philadelphia a few
days ago and were escorted over the
vessel by Captain Albert p. Niblack
Upon showing them his personal
quarters, the captain said he was
sorry but he could not entertain them
in the customary way and would
have to forego Offering them drink,
because of the order OF the secretary
Of the navy forbidding the taking OF
intoxicants on board ship. One OF
the members of Congress was thirsty
and said "but how about some gin.
ger ale?" Ginger ale has six per
cent alcohol in its composition" said
the captain, "and therefore we do
not permit It to come aboard" With
parched lips the congressman said
How about grape juice?" Grape
juice" said the captain, contains
two per cent of alcohol and no alco-
hol for drinking purposes is permit
ted aboard the ship" So the gov
ernor and the congressman had to
go ashore to quench their thirst. II
1t Is true that grape juice contains
seven or even two per cent OF alco-
hol and that ginger ale contains siz
per cent or anything approximatine
that percentage, both would come
under the ban In West Virginia, as
nothing like two per cent alcohol IL
permitted in any drink which may lie.
gally be sold in the state under the
new law.