Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09
MOVE TO STOP BOOZE
TrafTic-DoOrs OF Every Distillcry
and Bonded Warehouse Closed.

Washington, Feb. 2-Doors Of dis
tillories and bonded warehouses in
every state in the Union, Hawaii and
Porto Rico were ordered indefinitely
closed against liquor withdrawals
to-day by Prohibition Commissioner
Kramer, and at the same time whole
sale liquor dealers were ruled out Of
further participation in the sale Of
intoxicating beverages by Attorney
General Palmer.
Commissioner Kramcr's drastic or
der stopped the flow Of liquor from
storage, and the attorney generals
Interpretation Of the Volstead Act,
prohibition officials said, means the
elimination OF the wholesale liquor
dealers and makes possible the pre-
vcntion OF "bootlcgging" through
forged permits and illegal disposal
OF intoxicantS
Stoppagc Of liquor Withdrawals all
over the country and in two Of the
territories was an extension OF the
order Of last week putting ban on
removals In New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland. massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island and New Jersey.
Tho order does not apply to with
drawals Of industrial alcohol or rea-
sonable quantities Of sacramental
wine, and makes an exception in the
case OF retail druggists, who are per-
mittcd to make withdrawals up to
five cases Of liquor at time.
Warnings Arc Issued.
tain whiskey despite tho nation
wide ban were sent out by Commits
sioner Kramer, who directed all own
ers OF distilleries and warehouses not
to honor permits for whiskcy with
drawals "purporting to be issued by
any State director, irrespective Of
the date such permits Issued or ap-
proved by the director" No such ap-
plications are being approvcd, he
said, adding that failure to comply
with the notice would deprive own
ers Of their license to hold their stock
still in storage.
Mr.. Palmer's opinion was made
public by Internal Revenue Commits
sioner Williams, and was said by
revenue bureau officials to constitute
the authority upon which the sweep
ing clo8ug orders were issued
Wholesale i0u0r dealers, tre al
tocn2y general hrId, are entitled to
dispose OK JhNir warehouse receipts
for I4UU. stored III bonded ware
houses, to manufacturers and whole
sale druggists, "but the right .to
withdraw said liquors from bonded
warehouses Is granted to manufac-
turers and wholesale druggists only"
On the question Of the authority
of the prohibition commission to is
sue permits to sell liquor in whole
sale quantities the attorney gene1 Il
held that power was limited to man
utacturcrs and Wholesale druggists.
Will ACT Against Iscrgdoll'S Helper.
Indianapolis, Ind. Feb =. - The
American Legion will take steps to
seek out the man who is reported to
have aided Grover c. Bergdoll to es-
cape from Canada into Germany, so
Lemuel Bollcs, national adjutant,
said to-day. Mr.. Bolles said that the
newspaper reports carried the state
ment that Department Of Justice
agents who investigated the case
claimed that Bergdoll obtained his
passport In Winnipeg by using an
American Legion button and the
army discharge papers Of legion
naire.
The national adjutant has written
the Attorney General to ascertain the
facts in the case. II It is found that
n member Of the legion aided Berg
dolls escape the organization will
make every effort to apprehend the
man and cause his speedy trial, Mr.
Bolles said.