The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-13
SINGLE BlESSfONESs
HAS MUCH OF Won
Now Comes Captain Berkeley. WHh
Declaration That Bachelors Who
Ordered Quarts lie Ordered.
NEWPORT NEWS Is AGOG.
And, Besides Bachelors All Boarding
House and Hotel Dwclicrs, save
Pruprietors, May, Too, Re Held FOT
Violation.

The Newport News Daily Press OF
yesterday carries the following story
of great interest to all bachelors and
all persons who are guests at board
ing houses and hotels:
Bachelors of this city who have
been 'quartin" instead of courtins
need have no fears. at least for the
present, Commemorative Attorney
Berkeley having stated that they will
not be Immediately proceeded against.
This statement was made by Captain
Berkeley yesterday as n supplement
to his previous announcement that
prosecution would be started against
all of the celibates who had received
a quart per- since the drouth started.
Appearing in yesterdays issue OF
the Daily Press, the announcement
was the paramount topic of conversa-
ton throughout the city, as it is esti-
mated that some 1000 men would
be affected
Married men, residing in boarding
houses or hotels, may also incur PEN
alties for procuring liquor Captain
Berkeley says however that there
are other phases of the prohibition
law which are now occupying his time
and the bachelors and married men
living in hotels will not come In for
attention until later date.
The Commemorative attorneys
statement Is printed herewith:
My statement to you simply con.
cerned bachelors. or course, the ruI-
ing of the Acknowledgement as to all
people who are guests of hotels and
boarding houses is bound to include
bachelors, as we'll as married men
and / concur in the Attorney-Gen.
erals opinion as to this.
There may be some isolated cases
of married men making good faith.
homes in hotels and boarding houses
with their families, but they are very
very rare, and to excuse them would
require o very liberal construction OF
the law in their behalf, which might
not occur.
Too Busy Now. e.
81 am too busy now to take up
the matter Of ardent spirits already
ordered and received by the bachelors
and this class OF married men, and
1t may be some time before l shall dc
so, as there are many other classes OF
violations of the law which are now
consuming my entire time.
However. as I said, according &c
the ruling OF the Attorney Generai.
In which / concur. the stated class of
persons cannot order and receive ar.
dent spirits without violating the law
and they are liable as all other
violators to prosecution therefor.
THE officers of the law can only
enforce 1t and have no opinion in
the matter
The above statement of Captain
Berkeley came as the result OF ques-
ton whether or not Mr.. Pollard's ruiz
ing did not say that all persons living
in hotels and boarding houses violat-
ed the law in having in their possess
sion liquor. Captain Berkeley said
that he believed 1t did: and replied in
the affirmative when asked IL he
meant that 1t naturally followed that
il man could not have liquor in pos
session he could not order it.
THE Commemorative Attorney
yesterday issued the following state
ment relative to the prosecution OF
bachelors who have violated the law:
TITS clear enough. as stated by
Attorney-Generai John Garland Pol
lard last week, that no bachelor liv-
ing in a boarding house or hotel Is
entitled to order and receive in any
manner any quantity of ardent spirits,
and those so doing violate the law.
Those who have done so have already
violated the law and will be prose-
cuted .