New Britain herald., 1919-06-26
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 a June 50, f919%will be robbeds of M uehzsof it's prophested, glamour and Du1y1 of it's regrets by the decision4of seaioon keepers in New Britain and |elge9heke to keep open their. places of Business after July 1, notwithSanding Ethe war tsaee prohibition. sifeasssFe Eupon this date. The celebrat twho shasaa been looking forward to :ah eA- Rcuse for imbibing heavily will not be fable to detail tale of woe to Friend sins in +5un 5ply ! not |os's be so's>to |pIead the. last tinfe" as an excuse. It will be:.snonss. }. The saloon keepers undoubtedly have sexpert advice. on the matter of closing.s They haves almost unani- moush decided not to- The was time proh Sbition act, as it is in force, is an intangfble proposition at best, There isSe no adoubt of there having been an @dictsto fhe effect that the dispensing of hard drinks nssthbe discontinued A fssEss Jsslses and pntil such time as the ssss s etioh of troops is conn., aao1e fa W sh he sM9tlor interests, in the le- IgaIaf5gl1t which is to come if any of thenSSge arrested, will plead that the term irrgtion af @sfe war has..made the law ina6tives Ehey saxssesod sr#nds for an aggursent there. War sneasures 5 a,se flo l3ngef in ofaeg andyrohiot.ion, Tar Athis Year at lesss is a war meas .itFIn thfS ltgat, despite an unrs- sponsive Congress, and not..even Eat feh pts to prosecute. There is also the extreme possibility that the Presdent Mlf4 declare the Jaw Inactive. '
 9rRe ehforcenSspt of. .thessr, if it is tJtaFehforceds fwtll }n the hands of ahe ebastmeht of Justice ana not state or town officials. Argument has been advanced that this deparAllent waiI not attempt sto make arrests, paat8H because it has not the staff.p por org anizatiop for the wholesale snf6se-:
 sgs sisfs, Itsmay atteaspt to make attest asls : a. one tr stwo instances and al-
 slse remainder o4sthe salooas~.to easaass openfuntA aheSase has hap sfsaea At any rate the. barl1eeper not yet disappssf inH complete 6bivfa He will still presane in back Hbf the brass rail and mahogany counter. ,kX
 The status of tas liquor owHer under the Eighteenth Amendment, which calls for complete prohibition next. year was cons ssderably cleared at B. recent meeting of the House. Judi 7 sayaEap,nmittee whf9h is now consid- .efings the amepdmsnt. Under the guidance of sthe Anti Saloon. .yLeague the Xo1steadsssll. oH prohibition act, had ss sns,lsade so severe that= it would hava been crime had a man taken drink in his own home. It would have been improper to have aquor in the cellar. The teeth were drawn from this bill before time for #sts submission to Congress in the com- # raaittee rooms and as it now reads it is not as restrictive as, heretofore, # The amended clause naw reads
 What no person shall on or after < the date when the Eighteenth Amend x meat to the Constitution of the
 Jrfted States goes into effect, nor < while the War Prohibition. Act shall # be in foEees manufacture, sell, barter, # give away, transport, import, export, x s1ehyer, furnish, receive or possess
 Rmy intoxicating liquor except as < anthorfEed in this act (section .a9), E and ali the provisions of this act x #sha1lspe literally construed to the
 end eepat.l ptoxicating liquor as a @ beverage nay be prohibited. Liquor < sor non bexerage purposes and gins Ie N for sacran1-atal purposes may be F B shased, sold, transported and used @ as2 herein provided, ~a
 Part of the zbill Will alss read, in
 his dwsfHhgsapd tfssst he nesa .pot re-
 port such ltquor ssRere csh -be nc
 search q private dwelling fer other x than vsky good cause. We call atten-
 tfbn to the fact tfsH fse restrictions
 on the giving away of liquor are
 stringent Ones friends must not be
 treated, we assume. sThere is nothing HS said about giving them the key to the @ cellar thaugh.
 # As far as the above act goes it docs
 rot yet affect war time, prohibition |A as it has not been adopted. Wherf il N tesfhere may be greater risk in keep S kfigs open a place of business for the