The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-26
PUT DRY LID
Down TIGHTER
VOLSTEAD PRESENTS
MORE STRICT MEASURE
Would Danish Sale of Beer On
Prescriptions of Doctors

Washington. APR. 2J--.ta tho fir$t step
Of the night in congress. TO tighten up
the Nolstcad prohibition enforcement
law. Il bill designed 10 prohibit the sale
Of beer to the sick on doctors pre-
Scription, was introduced in tho house
today by Chairman NolStead OF the juL-
ic!ary committee.
The measure would not prohibit use
Of wine for medicinal purposes. but
would take more specific and stringent
the regulations on this subject
Frankly declaring there was no real
necessity for beer as 4 medicine MT.
Volstcad announced that his bill, dcS-
crtbed as supplemental 10 the national!
| prohibition act was put forward 1T TINS
time to meet the situation created by
! the opinion Of former Attorney General
! Palmer, that beer and wine under the
VolStead act could be prescribed for the
a!linE.
In tentative regulations announced
last week By Prohibition toE rn!S$loner
Kramer, but which must HWait approval
BY David II. Blair tn "ncW commis-
Sioner of internal revenue. 'u :roltriry
limit of AZ gallons OF beer ana three
Lallon8 OF V%ine Was !iA"d as the maxi
mum that Nigh; II" prescribed by
physician At any one time. Mr.. Ialmcr
had ruled that the law lt%Ct no limit
Regardless Of what Commissioner
Blair may rule, Mr.. NOlStcad indicated
that the prohibition forces IN the house
were prcpnrcd to take tn. beer bull by
tho horns and let the world know that
there will be no beer. TIL" bail Will be
referred to Mr. NolStcadS committee for
hearing and report. Members opposed to
any modification of the dry law said
tonight 1t would probably ID reported
; TO the house substantially as drawn.
There were predictions from mAnE urE
quarters that its Passage was certain
After counting noses Oh the commit
tee. Mr. NolSt"ad IS strongly or the
opinion. he said. that th"r" would be no
turn back on the question OF prohlpi-
ton.
Close Import Dates
: After turning thumbs down on beer
and putting extra safeguards around
the medicinal use of wine. h'nc made
or imported, the - No.Strau Dill!
would close the gates I" importation
Of liquur and shut down diStil"rIrs I'M
I'll the present stock has been exhausted
MIR. NolStead said there II" SENSE III
allowing large quantities I" b" imported
or manufactured while there was SO
much on hand.
The bill also would impose certain au-
ditional restrictions on the manufacture
of alcohulir preparations "naSaucraa-
ing" as medicine and tonlcS, when pro-
hlb!iion leaders assert are dTink;toi". III
suppurt Of this provision Mr.. N"!Ste:'d
said thr bootleg trad" WAS being sup
plicd through Withdrawals "St"nSioiF
for the manufactur" "t th"S" products
Consult Attorney General
Stii another Tightening up section
would meet tho demand from some
Quarters that the attorney genera!
should have 4 more direct share in the
enforcement of the law. AS explained
by Mr.. VnlStcad. 1t requires that the at
tornry general shall have notice or all
applications for permits 10 Sc. "T man
ufucturc liquor or alcoholic m"dir'nal
urrI.araiions. and that public notice or
tho :I,pilcutionS shall ho posted 50 thAt
,hc attorney general or any person "ho
ma. have :;nuwlrdgc 81 ANY '!ni2tonS
on the pLrI 90 the applicant may object
To the ;rrnl; h,nr granted.
Permits IT present. tn" judiciary r"m-
;n;ticn ,h.trn!:.n s.,ii are granted with
,,ut AN. nn::r" :" ~" attorney general
and H.. h.,>, l." opportunity :" object ("
th,ir ;S>l.ar.. rnr Nj, would give III"
attorney genera. p'w"- :" cancel per-
m!rs for In" say. r..,SnD ih!; III" COM
missunr. IF iu'"rnai !'rchu' iS author
i2cd 70 ,an'c'.