Evening journal., 1921-06-02
DRYS' TO RUSH
THROUGH BILL
Leaders Hope TO Enact Law
Before Beer Order Can
Be Made Effective
HARD BLOW AT
SOME PHYSICIANS

WASHINGTON. June 2.-The Vol
stead bill, designed to prevent the
use Of medical beer has been agreed
upon by the House judiciary Com
mittee.
Prohibition leaders declared there
were votes enough to put II through
before the Bureau Of Internal Reve-
nue. could make effective proposed
regulations by which beer could be
prescribed for the ailing under a
ruling Of A. Mitchell Palmer, for
merly attorney general.
Although the measure as a whole
would make the Prohibition En-
forcement Act more drastic. repre-
sentatives of the drug and iiavoring
extract trades won their fight against
a section requiring the medicating
or denaturing OF alcohol prior to its
withdrawal from warehouses and
distilleries for manufacturing pur-
poses. Those and other trades de-
clared such restrictions would work
a hardship on legitimate industries
whose products were not for drink
ing.
Chairman ' N0lrNtduf hN NAAfANANN VI
the committee. introduced yesterday
a redraft Of his bill. slightly modi-
fed in some particulars.
The section relating to doctors.
which was virtually rewritten, fol-
lows:
NO physician shall prescribe nor
shall any person sell or furnish on
any prescription. any vinous liquor
that contains more than "a per
centum of alcohol by volume, nor
shall any one prescribe or sell or
furnish on any prescription more
than one-fourth of one gallon OF
vinous or any liquor that contains
more than one-half pint Of alcohol
for use by any person within any
period Of ten days.
NO physician shall be furnished
with more than 100 prescription
blanks for use in any period OF 90
days. nor shall any physician issue
more than that number Of prescrip-
tions within any such period unless
on application therefore he shall
make II clearly apparent TO the com
missioner that for some extraordi.
nary reason a larger number Is nee.
essary. whereupon the necessary ad.
ditional blanks may be furnished
him"
The bill also would extend the drY
law TO Hawaii and the Virgin Islands
but not TO the Philippines.
WASHINGTON. June 2.-variou
internal revenue laws enacted prio
70 adoption Of the Eighteenth
Amendment and designed to cove
Illicit distilling have been super
seeded and annulled by the amend
ment and the Nolstead Act, the Su
preme Court held yesterday.
The court sustained the Unite
States District Court in Oregon q
quashing an indictment, under tn
old statutes against Boze Yuginovic
and cousin. Boze Yuginovich. on IN
the ground that no offense had bee
charged under the Volstead Act.
Miss Annette Adams, assistant dis
trict attorney general, who appeare
for the government in arguing tn
case before the Supreme Court. sal
the effect Of the decision would be {
abate prosecution in a number O
cases in which no indictments wer
similarly based. and possibly caus
the remittance Of fines imposed i
cases already decided contrary {
today's ruling.
on the other hand. Wayne T
Wheeler, counsel for the Anti-Sa
loon League Of America, took tn
stand tonight that the decisio
would serve as further support 10
the dry forces. In the course of il
opinion. the court agreed with tn