Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-17
BREW
IS LOCALIZED
Manufacture Of Own Liquor
Permitted Unless Sale
Is Intended.
DWELLINGS
Change In Prohibition Law Is Sup
ported By Tolstead-"Juggernaut
Says Walsh.

Washington. Aug. 17.-Thirsty IN
dividuals who brew their own will be
more or less protected by the latest
amendment to the Willis Campbell
Beer bill. which was approved to-
day by the House. They must, how
ever. operate their stills for their
private consumption, as under tie
amendment warrants for searching
a home may not be issued unless
there is reason to believe sucn dwell
uor il manufactured for sale or
ling is used as Il place in which liQ-
sold"
Before approving the Judiciary
Committees course in emasculaJlng
the Stanley amendment the House
concurred in a number of minor
Senate amendments. The debate
which was unusually spirited, oro-
duced the charge by Representative
Walsh, Republican, Of ,Massachu-
sets that the Anti-Saloon League
operates as a juggernaut. riding over
Congress at its will.
The Stanley amendment as ofigi
nally drawn prohibited revenue ag-
ents searching, without first procur-
ing a search warrant. the person.
baggage, property and homes Of in
dividua!s suspected OF violating the
National Prohibition law. The House
modification applies only to private
dwellings," and agents may search
baggage, automobiles and other
property without obtaining a war
rant.
The House modification provided
that search warrants for privas>
dwellings may be obtained only
when there was reason to believe
that it was used as place in which
LIQUOR is manufactured for sale or
Sold
However. the House. either through
intent not to be too hard on the
"home brewers or through disa-
ereement with the viewpoint of Rep-
rcsentative Fields, defeated his
amendment by a vote of 96 to ID.
The vote on adopting the House
substitute amendment for the Stan
ley search and seizure amendment
was 100 TO 50. less than half of the
membership being present.
REPRESENTATIVE Volstead claimed
that the Stanley amendment would
practically nullify the Prohibition
act.
Representative Bourke Cockrrn
of New York. contended that IN
der the Constitution. any search or
"A mans person or property without
a search warrant is Illegal and un-
constitutional.
4 At the outset of the debate today
Representative Stafford. of Wlscon>
sin. said It had been announced BY
the kLuubiican floor leader that the
War Finance Corporation bill would
take precedence over the Anti-neer
bill in the House. "Why had mcm-
bcr., been misinformcd?' he in
quired.
Unfortunately. the gentleman
was not member Of the last Con
grcSs." said Representative Walsh.
of Mas sachusetts. If he had been
he would know that anything touch
ing prohibition takes precedence over
ANYTHING else in Congress a"a that
everybody else mus give way hon
the juggelnaut operated ny NJ
Wayne 3. Wheeler. Of the An.:~Sa-
loon League. is to be put in opsra-
ton ="
Representative John Philip lI;lI,
of Maryland, aided IN the fight
agaisn. the Anti-bcer bill. bat s
efforts were unavailing. He told
the House that the search and seiz-
urc proposed. as well as the ukase
against the use Of hccr as MEDICINE.
was unconstitutional and ne had no
doubt wo;la b. - |!cc!a ID evcntn-
allv by the courts.
Detroit, Aug. l7.-Statc police.
men today contirCci t>cjr efforts to
hiatt inc flow of liquor frcm Ontario
,iatn Michigan as Canadian oItlclals
took definite :tep in an attempt
to plug the leak IN the border. Act
ing on orders of n. NJ. Mosseau,
Windsor License Inspector, provln-
cial authorities began to prepare
new test case on rum shipments:
following the seizure yesterday oil
Euuor in Windsor.
Word from Toronto was to the ef-
feet that W. f. Rancy. Attorney
General FOR Ontario, was not salts
fled with a recent Windsor court
ruling that provincial authorities
could not interfere with shipments
of liquor from the province into out
side territory.