Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-01
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TO AWAIT DECISION
Of PENDING CASE|
America Dry at Midnight(
Stroke Under Wartime
Prohibition.
LIGHT BEER DEALERS
| SELL AT THEIR OWN RISi
Prosecutions Will Follow Shorl
Federal Courts Decide
Against Brewers.
CONGRESS PLANS TO AC]
Lawmakers Declared to BE Dete,
mined on Straight-Ou Law
Enforcement.
CONGRESS PLANS TO AG|
Lawmakers Declared to BE Deter
mined on Straight-Out Law
Enforcement.
LRv Associated Press

NAStlNI IoN. June 30.-As WA
time prohibition took effect tonight I'll
Department OF Justice announced tn.
its agents throughout the count1
would not attempt tomorrow to stJ
the sale of 2A per cent beer.
This clcventh-h hour development.sl
Nat reversal of an earlier ruling.tssI
by the department., was due to MI
certainty as to how the Fedora
trict Court of New York mielj
on pending claim by brewers sthI
beer containing that much alcohol "
not Intoxicating.
But while this uncertainty existedsi
to beer of lighter alcoholic percensaI
thnn t,m that sold generally heretq
iull warning was given that witt
spect to whisky and all beveragcSsI
whose Intoxicating powers Their
no d9nbt, every governmental H n
Wouid De set to work I'm a dete& ~
sale. -
Congress >Mny Act. o.
How Ions the sale of %.
peer might continue would
Reconsideration the speed of tIl
out Congress meanwhile will
the front In an effort to com
EsaetIy what Il they 'ls naye Haef ref
tofore TO do. prohibition rhefnbe
OF straight. clear-cut bill for
forcement OF wartime prohibition
when word spread tonight that
Atlorney General. by his ruling.
permitted beer saloons and brew
10 remain In operation. members oi
Judiciary Committee counted noseN
nhu a sufhcient number ready to RusN
the front to demand separatfon4of5
enforcement measures so asfAtns
through at once a bill that would
the sale of all beer containing
than one half of ] per cent alcoho
Rcfuse TO Abandon Recess Plan.
Congressional leaders, it was 1sa
refused TO abandon plans for a .rece
beginning probably tomorrow in ord
TO put the bill through as an emer
cncy measure. and the whole SquestL
OF prohibition will be- held 1up sS1
next Monday. at the earliest. ~
were indications tonight that a
fight would be made in behalf
amendment to be offered by RepA
%.nTe whieb is0e;; Mn,,;a Democrat Of
set aside the wartime act i'll so
( II relates to light wines and bed
While the Attorney Generals
was was wrestling with the auestiq
me judiciary Committee sent
House its report in which thd
aSseFtHn aneshaIf was VIZ made nis thar anythip
Intoxicating within the purview
general law, and that ConEresj
not the court, should fix the aILrJ
percentage OF all beverages. falS
! utes. 'i'4- s41 u u u sslS 4stS
:, But. while the milder brew of bas
IKE some notable, was accorded III
usual ,nnt honor by the joyful throng,
tonight at midnight and blotted q,
or existence mans legal right to bl
or sell liquor. Sale of these intox
cants will be legal with demobiIizafin
nf irl, ,,.i y l.l,
| termined by the President and uni
January l6, 1920. nt which time it wi
s,; ou prom o,ted Tor many daH-bylc2
stitutional amendment
! Make Merry Until Midnight.
In every city where the saloon IislI
/ blaZed for perhaps the lnst Tine
merrymakins kept up until the to,iN
"i thS midnight hour, The finger thH
noveu Was, across the map from East
closins warning at Roston, the fox
! drink &C i'ours
Attorney-Gcneral Palmer ,n
statement as to the policy or the Il
partmcnt. called attention TO tia ssfsN
ina, the authorities in every citv n
1tn,osi ntn,o had neen requestred to give
enforcing ''ra,ina ali fnnIn,, IN the natter
s, tms war. Time law. The temporaryNr}
iusal not 10 proceed against these,sss
hesrIs ims l%T i,b",Sn nna 'nh,rfGSe,auarser per
/ ,,;I, tN'uence against 5tfY
VIII be obtained with t view TO h
! prosecution in the event the cof,
cided against the brewers--Sls
mean that persons Offering -
IN territory heretofore dr.k<
empt from arrest and. pr0Ss@ 49,
Saloons selling 23-i pery
take gamblers chance and
al their own risk, ii was e,n,
me bureau OF internal reyenl
the bulky SHOULDERS of which
much OF the great task Of
/ up liquor selling, today issued
tions governing the sale of aicd
nediclnal purposes These rep,i
are so strict that it will DE .nf
imposs!bie. bureau agents said.
man {" obtain .whisky for r
arink'nS. because at most he
nave more than one quart
and ne cannot get it then unles,
III and II S prescribed m an ef
restore him to health.
Way Use Own stored LID
There is no restriction. hou
mans riSht to use, the lIo,l
in his nome, nor ara goyernmd
authorized to obtain IS warr
seize his stock SO long as
offered for sale. ~ =
From the very INCEPTION Of
time law there has been the
confusion regarding It's ~
President Wilson. In q messa
present congress. recommend
of the law in so far as H. n
light vines and beers. but
passed over witht littis cor
In statement lksued ia