Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-16
!. s. TO OFFICIALLY
 BECOME DRy NATION
 AT TWELVE TONIGHT
After That Hour Intoxicants Can't be Sold, Made or
 Shipped
SALOONS TO
 GO OUT OF BUSINESS
ehration, Both of Vets and Drys To-
 night

New York, Jan. 15.- Enforcement of nation-w wide prohibition which be- comes the law of the land tomorrow, will not begin until l2:01 q. m. on January IT, it was announced here today at the office of Col. Daniel l.. Porter of the United States internal revenue service.
 "After that hour" it was said mot barrei of intoxicating liquor, a case of wine or keg of beer can be legally manufactured, sold or transported for beverage purposes anywhere in the United States, it's territories or insular possessions"
 There will be no searching of homes or confiscation of intoXicanrs, the federal authorities declare, the law providing for seizure only in event that liquors are sold or in case a "home" is clearly shown to be a public resort. Possession of pri- vate still by means of which whiskey may be made, however, is held to be unlawful. A certain amount of "bootlegging" is expected to be carried on for some time, local off cials say, but every effort of the government will be exerted to dis courage violations.
 While it has been announced that the "drys" are to raise a fund o, $50,000,000 to continue their fight, prohibition leaders here say most of the money will be used in "edu- eating" the public as to the injur- ious effects of alcohol. They inti- mate that they will take no radical steps but that "to1eration and pat fence will be exercised toward any man who is honest on the question and who believes that intoxicating drink is necessary to his we'll being"
 Cider mills and grape juice plants meanwhile, have been working over time of late in New York state, it was said, and the price of apples and grape fruit has been affected by an increased demand. Fermented sacramental wine for exclusively religious purposes will be manufac- tured and sold as usual but with new federal restrictions. Sale of hard cider and grape juice with a "kick" in them, of course, arc now taboo
 Latest internal revenue statistics show that the constitutional "dry' amendment puts out of business or compels a change to other forms of industry, of 236 distilleries, 1,O92 breweries and 177,790 saloons and other places selling intoxicants in the continetal United States.
 The familiar ditty:
 "There, little barroom, don't you
 cry,
 "You'll be drugstore, bye and bye!" has not proved true, at least in New York. Most saloons, the owners of which have decided to remain in business, have been transformed into restaurants or candy stores.
 Distilleries, elsewhere, it is said, are being utilized for making dena- tured alcohol for fuel,' for use in the mechanical arts and for other legal purposes. Some are now creameries and cheese factories.
 Washington, Jan. 15.-Inaugura- tion cf the nations first saloonless year will be celebrated widely to- morrow night in Washington.
 The National Reform association, will hold numerous meetings throughout the day and will await the advent of constitutional pro- hibition at midnight with dinner at which association officers will tell of the progress of reform work. Attorney General Palmer will be a speaker.
 A lighter side to the watch night celebration will be portrayed at the National Press club, with the chief feature of the eveing, "skit" writ ten and produced by Washington correspondents. entitled "Water, Water Everywhere"
 Prohibition Commissioner Kremer has virtually completed the organ ization, scattered throughout every state, which will enforce. constitu-