Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-07-03
PROHIBITION
ACCOMPLISHED
FACT TODAY
Much Comment On Probable
Effect Of Recent Ruling.
<By the Associated Press)

Washington, July 1.-The whole
nation awoke today to the realization
of prohibition. The Punishment of
the "eye-opener" at the bar, long
ago forgotten in many parts of the
country, was all embracing. Only
those who had been provident
enough to 'stock up" in advance for
the long drought or could take So
lace in two and three-fourths per
cent brew we're able to carry out the
time-honored custom of stating the
day with an early morning bracer.
Exemption of beer from the list
of prohibited drinks came as re-
suit of an eleventh hour announce
ment by the department of justice
that pending decisions in present
legislation to determine whether
brewing of two and three-fourths
per cent alcohol is Intoxicating, no
action will be taken by officials
toward stopping the sale of beer con-
tanning no more than that amount.
Thus, pending court decisions or
action by congress defining intoxi-
eating beverages, sales of the light
er drinks will be permitted in states
in which there are no regulatory
laws and will be permitted until
January 16, when constitutional pro-
hibition will become effective. Other
than this. the only ray of comfort
left the anti-prohibitionists is the
coming of the time when President
Wilson will declare the demobiliza-
tion of the army complete, which au-
tomatically would suspend operation
of the wartime act until January l6.
Celebrations of the passing of the
saloons in many cities lasted thru
out the night, although the actual
sales of liquor stopped at midnight.
Have Large Surplus.
Louisville, KY, July 1.-Notwith-
standing, the large, whiskey sales in
the last week, Kentucky dealers to-
day claimed to have surplus of 49,
100000 gallons. How to dispose Of
this is undetermined.
Pamphlet Admitted.
Jackson, Mimi, July 1.-The war
program of the Nonpartisan league
drawn up nearly two years ago in
St. Paul, was introduced as evidence
this forenoon at the trial of A. C.
Townley and Joseph Gilbert.
The Minnesota supreme court
some time ago decided that the
words used in the pamphlet which
had been distributed by the Non
partizan league were not in them
selves disloyal. The prosecution in
the case announced that they would
attempt to show that this pamphlet
was one method used by the league
to discourage aggressive participa-
ton in the war. Judge Dean ruled
after the attorneys fol. the defense
objected to the Introduction of the
pamphlet that the document had
been referred at the trial and that
lit might be admitted as state ex-
hibit. Two of the paragraphs of
the pamphlet are as follows:
"'The contributory causes Of the
present are various, but above the
horrible slaughter looms the ugly in
citings of an economic system based
upon explorations. It is a large
convulsive effort on the part Of
adroit rulers Of the warning nations
for control of the constantly dimin-
ishing market. Rival groups of
monopolists are playing a deadly
game for commercial supremacy.
Private monopolies must be supplant-
ed by the public administration Of
credits, finances and natural re-
sources.
For Country Always.
eve declare unequivocally that we
stand for our country, right or
wrong as against foreign govern
ments with whom we are actually
Cu6d6Ou Al wal w 9 AOAu IAuL WACA
we believe our country is in the
wrong we should endeavor to set
her right" !" '3ss
After the pamphlet was introduced
in evidence the state called j. A.
sayles, a Lakefield farmer, who tes-
titled regarding the speech Gilbert
made at Lakefield on January %,
1918. His testimony was about the
same as that Of q half dozen other
state witnesses who previously testi-
fed regarding the same meeting.
Shortly before 9 recess was taken
until o 8. n. tomorrow, Prosecuting
Attorney g.. j Nicholas announced
that the state expected to complete
its direct testimony tomorrow fore
noon. Nicholas announced that the
'atate viii close Its case with the