Evening journal., 1919-02-08
GLASS BILL WOULD
KEEP NATION dry
Drastic Penalties Are Pro-
yided for Any Violations
of Law
EVEN AUTO MAY
Be. LIBELED

WASHINGTON. Feb. s-Prohibitior
which will prohibit. clearly Is the aim
OF the national administration, which
Yesterday took a hand In shaping The
legal machinery designed TO enforce the
war prohibition act effective July
next. Since the country. by the terms
of the wartime act. viii be dry Ions
before the national prohibition amend
meut becomes operative next year. II
is the proposal OF the administration
TO made Il dry, from July 1. on, In the
strictest sense Of the term.
All this became apparent when Mr.
Glass. Secretary Of.the Treasury. yes
terday sent TO the House Judiciary Com
mittee what virtually amounts 10 q
substitute for the Barkley bill, proyid-
vldns means for carrying out the pro-
visions Of the act And the Glass sub
stltute. which the committee has under
consideration and probably Will ACT
upon favorably, provides a number OF
novel and drastic expedienis 10 check
mate attempts 10 sell. give away and,
IN some instances, even consume liquor.
BY the terms Of the Glass bill, as IL Is
being called, an automobile used as q
conveyance for liquor may be seized
and destroyed.
Under the bill the procedure AGAINST
an automobile owner Is that OF libel In
exactly the manner admiralty courts
bring libel against a snip.
Another striking feature would give
wife deprived OF means OF support or
injured IN any way by an Intoxicated
husband grounds for a suit against the
person furnishing her husband with
liquor. Should the wife be awarded
the Judgment and collect the damages,
she Is. under the terms OF the bill. en-
titled 10 retain the money as an un-
married woman.
The "scarch and seizure" provision
Of the proposed enforcement legislation
is not OF the drastic character proposed
in some OF the State Legislatures. but
merely prescribes the usual procedure
OF search by warrant issued by duly
authorized officials on the submission
OF Information under oath sufficient 10
warrant the issuance.
Sections Of the bill carrying these
tirasiice provisions read as followss
"All houses. buildings. boats. struc-
lures or places OF any kind where any
distilled spirits. beer, wine or other In
received. kept for sale or by means OF
any device whatsoever sold for beyer-
age purposes In violation OF the war
prohibition act. shall be held, taken and
deemed common and public nulsances
and shall be abaied and closed up.
ANY automobile or other vehicle
employed or used In the conveyance
or transportation OF any such liquor.
with Intent to use or sell the same In
violation OF said act, shall be seized
and delivered 10 the proper officers and
shall be proceeded against by libel IN
the proper court and forfeited.
Every wife. child, parent guardian,
employer or any other person who
shall be insured In person or property
or means OF support by any intoxicat-
ed person or IN consequence OF lntoxi-
cation. habitual or otherwise, OF any
person, shall have right OF action in |
lis own or her own name against any /
person who shall be selling 10 another 1
my liquor. contrary TO the provisions
" the act. causing the intoxication Of
iuch person, for all damages actually
sustained. as well as for exemplary
damages: and a married woman shall
have the right TO brRs suit. prosecute
and control The SAND and the amount
recovered the same as II unmarried,
and all damages recovered by a minor
under this section shall be paid either
TO such minor OF his parent. guardian
or next friend as the court shall direct,
and all suits for damages under this
section shsl be by civil action In any
court having jurisdiction"