The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-17
I0RE ARE USING OLD
MEDICINAL EXCUSE !.
TO PROCURE LIQUOR
rcacral Government WIN Prosecute
Where Persons swear Falsely to-
Obtain Drink.
SHIPMENTS ABOUT oNE-THIRD
THOSE PRIOR TO JULY
increase Noted Since October 1, sale
of Stamps First Half of Month BE-
ine SOCIAL on Nine-Fenths
: FYrsf Bone-Dry Month.

While there Was tremendous fall"
arg of in the receipt OF intoxicating
Honor in Virginia when the Reed law
became effective on July 4, the ship
rnents for the month of July being APP
uroxfnately one-tenth Of those for
merly prevailing there has been con
siderable increase recently, especially
noticeable this month.
Roughly speaking, the Shipment on
uauor INTO Virginia by methods nav
ing the guise OF Legality are ohe-thiF"
now What they were before July J.
This is shown by the sale of stamps
nv the department OF prohibition be
tor. July / the sales were averaging
about S. 900 month. These stamps
are affixed to each package, one quart
or under. lawfully brought into the
stA&r. under the quart month Prov
sion of the Mapp law,
In July the sales fell 70 six hundred
dollars and for the months Of August
and September they Appropriated
seven hundred dollars each
Increase Shown This Month.
However, for the first half of cc-
toher the stamp sales. covering he
state have gone to $80o. and are in
creasing. The small amount Of form
Atty required under the Reed law ia
having shipments made for "medtci-
mar PURPOSES Is held responsible for
the increase So long as user of
licuor does not purchase more than
one quart a month he has not violated
the state law, provided he obeys the
other provisions OF the law. Then II
he satisfies the federal requtr ement
that the liquor ordered il for medici-
nal purposes. under the common in
depreciation of the Reed law, he IL
beyond prosecution.
The express com panies are accept
ing liquor shipments for dry territory
when labeled for scientific, sacrament
al. medicinaI or mechanical purposes.
When such shipments arrived the
express companies require the CON
Eignees TO make affidavit that they are
to be used for the purposes indicated
by the label, their oath including that
thu shipments have been made on
their written order and for their per
sonal use.
Indictments to Follow.
But here is where q great many
psrsons may be storing up trouble for
themselves In large goos. While me
d5canal use lis an elastic term there
= such a thing al working IA free
horse to death. Takes Portsmouth for
instance. Some people have worked
khis gag 10 hard that the federal gov
eminent either already has or Will
shortly have several persons indicted.
Notorious booze artists have been
keeping themselves supplied on the
medicinal use plea. Now the fed
ersi government proposes TO go to the
bottom of the medicinal use matter
And IL ii establishes that q person has
been making affidavit that he has beer
receiving liquor for medicinal pur-
poses and he has been using IL for
the purpose Of accommodating old
fashioned jags there may be grave de-
ge1opments.
Much sickness Here.
In Richmond there ia now being re-
ceived Tor medicinal" purposes some
thing like one thousand quarts week.
This Is reduction from the figures
obtaining before July Of approx
mately fifteen hundred quarts a week
:& fsssntrarg-to this X sEaa siYsI,yessl On
the Mapp law does not provide for the
manner In which a person may pur-
chase liquor for medicinal purposes
1t does very stringently provide how
. druggist licensed TO sell liquor may
DO so and fo- what purposes. includ-
lnE medicinal purposes
1t was the idea of the one-a quart
provision of the law that II would
population.
Many cities, including Richmond
wers exempted from the operation OF
the druggists license at the request oi
the druggists. and there is no estab-
ltshment In Richmond where liquor
may be sold even for medicinal use,