The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-04-26
MILLER LAYS IN
STOCK OF BOOZE
Du|uth's Former Representative
Provides For Long Drouth
" In Washington City.

The unselfish quality Of the vote
that imposed a prohibition consti-
tutionaI amendment on the United
States is illustrated by the records
of importations of liquor into the
District of Columbia in the weeks
preceding the application Of the Reed
amendment to the Capital, says the
New York World.
At least a dozen of the men who
voted to make the nation bone-dry
can point to their names on the list
of the provident to show that how
ever concerned they are with keep
ing the rest of the country from the
wine cup, they have no hesitancy in
daring the demon rum on their own
account.
Capitol Well Stocked Up.
Express office ardent spirits
shipment receipts, placed on public
record today in the District Of Co.
;Iumbia License Bureau indicate that
the Senate and House office buildings
are sufficiently stocked to dispel
Congressional thirst for quite while.
Congressman, despite the dry era
they have voted upon the country,
will be able to take it or leave 1t
alone, just as they have done in the
past.
The law requires that express ship
ment receipts shall be filed, along
with affidavits certifying to liquor
orders. The receipts are usually al
most undecipherable and frequently
made out to dummies" Thousands
of the papers searched, show that
Congress took part in the rush OF
the last few weeks before the bone
dry" law went into effect.
Among the Senators voting 'dry"
on August 1, 1917, but who received
shipments of ardent spirits In the
last few weeks before the Reed
amendment took effect were Sena-
tors Philander c. Knox, of Pennsyl.
vania, and John Sharpe Williams OF
Mississippi. The record shows two
shipments to J. S. Williams, Senate
Office Building, and one to P. G.
Knox, at No. 1927 X street, which is
the address of Senator Knox.
"Drys' Got "Wet" Goods.
Congressman Clarence B. Miller OF
Minnesota was among the "dry" vot-
ing Congressmen on December II,
1917. The record shows two ship
ments of ardent spirits during the
last rush to C. B. Miller, 1921
street, which is the address of Con-
gresham Clarence B. Miller. Other
"drys" receiving shipments, includ-
ed Congressman D. R. Anthony OF
Kansas, who had three shipments:
T. M. Bell of Georgia. F. Clarke OF
Florida, Loren E. Wheeler Of I'LL
nois, Carl Vinson of Georgia, and ~.
Shouse" of Stoneleigh Court. For.
mer Congressman Jouett Shouse OF
Kansas, whose term expired March
4, lives at the apartment named.
One J. G. Anderson received a
shipment at room 377, House Office
building, which is the office of Con-
gresham Ben Johnson Of Kentucky
who voted "dry." Congressman AL
len Treadway of Massachusetts also
voted "dry" and H. B. Hart re-
ceived liquor in his office room 306
House Office building. Consignments
were also received by W. ]. Shanks
and w. D. Akin in the offices, respec-
lively of Congressman Gould of New
York and Lever of South Carolina,
both of whom voted for the Constitu-
tional amendment. H. J. Spurway,
in the office of Congressman Wheel
er, already mentioned, also received
shipment.
Clerks Getting 1t, Too.
Members of some of the Senate
committees may be able to live
through meetings as dry as the Dis
trict is supposed to be, if they apply
to their committee clerks. Senate
committee clerks receiving liquor
shipments by express include J. Ray
Adams, of the Committee on Coast
Defenses; J. B. Moore, Of the Com
mittee on Territories; M. V. Rich
ardson, of the Committee on Expen-
ditures in the Department OF Agri-
culture; w. H. Sault, of the Commit
tee on Forest Reservations; c. o.
Bessley. of the Postoffice Committee.
and G. P. Swope, of the Committee
on Additional Accommodations for
the Library of Congress.
Senators with no supplies Of their
own but who need a bracer to carry
them through future filibusters
should make note of shipments that
have been received by the following
in the Senate Office building, or in
care of the United States Senate; G.
A. Congdon. G. c. Zepps, L. D. Davis,
J. D. Sullivan, j. D. Allen, j. B. Ar
cher, F. M. Farrar, J. L. Smith, 0. j.
Ricketts,, M. J. Gallagher, w. c. Wor-
thington and H. F. Thrift. These
men hold various positions not list
ed in the Congressional Directory.