The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16
Capital To Celebrate To-day
 Funeral Of John Barleycorn
National Refor mAssocia- tions Plan Great Jubilee Meetings to Watch Ad- vent of Constitutional Prohibition At 12:01 A. M., Saturday Morning
sy A.ssoi.,ea Pres,

Washington January 15.-TnauguraIion of the nations first saloonless year wip be celebrated widely tomorrow nlGht II, Washing ton.
 National reform associations hol Has jubilee conventions here, win hold i4. merous meetings throughout the day anu will watch the advent of eoustitutiou'J prohibition at l.:01 a. m. Saturday with a dinner at which officers of theassocia- tions will tell of the progress of the re- form work. Attorney General Palmer wih be another speaker.
 lighter side to the watch-nisht ccIe- bratons will he portrayed at tho Ma tional Press Club, with the chief featu N of the evening skt, written and pro duced by Washington correspondents. eu~ titled Water, Water Evcrywhere."
 Prohibition Commissioner kroner has virtually comoeted tlre organization. scattered throughout every state which will enforce constitutional prohib'tioii He and Commissioner Roper of the ,n- ternaI revenue bureau. charged Ni i carrying out the law. have appealed t. all law-ahidns citizens to support ths change in the basic law of the nation expressing confidence that co-operstia. will pc received from them and frof states and mualcipal authorities
 NATION BECOMES DESERT New York. January Endorsement f natioa-wide prohibition. which beeonies the law of the land tomorrow will p' begin until ,12s9l q. m. on January 1i il was announced here today at the si- flee If Cot Daniel L. Porter of tho United Sta tes internal revenue service.
 After that hour it was said ''not barrel of intoxicating liquor, a case cd wine Or seg of beer can he iea#liN manufactured, sold CT transported 1 beverage purposes anywhere in the United States it's territories or insular posses sions."
 There will be no searching of homes or consideration of intoxcants, the federli authorities declare, the law providing fp seizure only in event that liquors are sold or in case a home is clearly show,i to be public resort. Possession cf private still by means of which Hh,a'S may be made, however. is held to he tn. lawful 4 certain amount of "bootleS. ging'' is expected to be carried on Cor some time, local officials say. but evers effort of the government will be exerted to discourage violations
 While it has teen announced thu t''e .drys are to raise fund of s59,Cfl to cont ,nue thsir fight. prohibition lead CTS here say most of the money will le used in "edueating'' the public as to tl'r injurious effects of alcohol. They intii mate that they will take no radical steps but that federation and patience will be exercised toward any man who is honesi on the question and who believes thai intoxieatsng drink is necessary to h's well-hct;g,"
 Cider mills and grape juice plarte meanwhile, have been working overtime of late in New York state. it was said. and the price of apples and grape fruit has heer affected by an increased de manl Fermented sacramentsl wae Ffe' nlanuiactured and sold as usual, but with new federal restrictions Sale of hare cider and grape juice with "kiciS m them. e. course. arc now taboo.
 177,7s0 SALOONS AFFECTED K Tates. internal revenue statistics show that t,,r constitutional ''dry'' amendment puts out of business or compels change to othe- forms of industry. of 2ss distiiier- les. i05a breweries and 177,I9o saloons ana other rlaces selling intoxicants in he continental United States.
 The familiar ditty:
 .'Therr little barroon, don't you cry.
 Youil be drug store. bye and byc$ has nor proved true. at least in Nc* Yor'S Most saloons the owners of which saving of s40,09o annually, because Of the recent decrease in occuDants..
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