The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-01
Attorney General
Palmer Rules in Fa-
vor of "a Per Cent.
COURTS MUST DECIDE
Pending Decision of De-
gree of Intoxication
Action Waits.
NATION DRY AT MIDNIGHT
Liquor Prohibited With
Advent of July l Un-
til Army DiSbands.
FRISCO IS LAST TO CLOSE
Joyful Throngs Drink 3
Hours Longer Than
Do Fasteners.
NATION DRY AT MIDNIGHT
FRISCO is LAST TO CLOSE


WASHINGTON June aO--As war
time prohihitlon took effect tonight
tho department of Justice announced
that Ia agents throughout the coun"
try would not attempt tomorrow 10
Htop the sale ~ ~ per cent heer
This eleventh hour development
A flat reversal OF an earlier ruling
today by the department, was due 10
the unccrtatniy ~ to how the te i
rrnl district court OF New YORK
might rule on pending claim by
brewers hat beer containing thar
much alcohol was not intoxicating
But while this uncertainty existed
ns to beer of lighter alcoholic per
ccntage than that sold generally
heretofore. full warning was given
that with respect 10 whisky and all
beverages as 10 whose Intoxicating
powers there was no doubt every
governmental agency would be set
10 work In n determined effort 10
prevent their manufacture and SAFE.
Congress May Act.
How long the sale OF ~ per cent
beer may continue will depend ordI-
nnrily upon the speed OF the courts,
but congress- meanwhile will step TO
tho front IN an effort TO complete
the effectiveness OF the wartime law.
Exactly what they have refused
heretofore 20 do, prohibition mem
hers of the house now will attempt
passagr Of a straight, clear,cut vii
Tor enforcement OF wartime prohibit
ton
when word spread tonight that
the attorney genera, by his rullng
had permitted beer saloons and
brewerios to remain In operauon'
members Of the judiciary committee
counted noHca 10 find sufficient
number ready 10 go 10 the front 20
demand separation Of the enforce
ment measures 40 as 10 get through
al once bill that would stop the
sale of all beer OF more man one
half OF ] per cent OF alcohol
Congressional leaders. II was SAID
refused to abandon plans for a recess
IN order 10 put the bill through as an
emergency measure. and the whole
auestIon Of prohibition viii be held
IN until next Monday az the earliest
There were no Indications tonight
that a hard fight would be made In
behalf OF an amendment 20 be Of
fercl by Representative lEoe. demo-
crat OF Missouri which would per
NIT tho president to set aside the
wartime act, Insofar as 70 relates 10
light wines and beers
While the attorney generaIs starr
was wrestling with the question OF
intoxicating and mountaineering
beer. the judiciary committee sent 10
the house It's report In which the
bold assertion was made that any
thing over one-half Of one per cent
alcohol was Intoxicating within the
purVicw OF the general law and that
congress And not the court should
fir tho alcoholic percentages or al
beverages. sale NJ which ls roAtrleteo
by prohibition statutes.
LIQUOR sale Stops
But while the milder brew OF peer
ike some notable, was accorded un-
usual honor by the Joyful thrbng,
long. dry finger moved across the
map tonight At midnight and bloited
out OF existence a mans leEal rlkht
to buy or sell liquor Sale o. these
irioNlcants again will he legal win
dcmobliration of the army, date OF
which will be determined by tho
president and until Jan 10, 1920, at
which umo Il will he prohibited hy
constitutional amendment
In every city whore saloon lighs
blnzrd forth for perhaps the last
time. the merry making kept up unlh
tho touing OF the midnight hour. Inc
finger then moved across tho map
from east TO west and when tho heNs
sounded the closing warning at hos.
ron. the folk "a, san Francisco SIM
had three hours 10 drink =,
Attorney General Palmer IN ms
statement as to tho policy of ne d"-
pprtmcut. called attention to the tlet
that the authorities in every Guy
and state had hrcn requested to give
o b. Dol. O.