The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-19
WA SHINGTOM NEWS
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House asking the government
where i. gets its booze for It's
Shipping Board vessels bars, and
the same day he man who made
st. Louis famous and wrote Wash
ington from Europe that the bar
on tn u S. S. George Washington
was as good as any he had ever
rested an elbow on, and its service.
absolute perfection, Mr.. August
A. Busch. was in town en- route
home from New York where he had
landed a few days before. He came
home on the same ship and had
nothing but praise for the liquors.
wines and beers dispensed on the
homeward journey.
Said Mr.. Busch: Quite NUM-
Der OF the George Washington pas
sengers discussed the proposition
of buying a quantity of liquor from
the government on board the
steamship. taking a government re
CENT for it and then inviting th.o
government to arrest and prose
cute them when they came ashore.
It might bring up an interesting
legal issue as to whether the gov
eminent could buy liquor win
money taken out of the treasury of
the United States, sell this liquor
at profit to- an American citizen
and then prosecute him for having
possession of property the govern
ment had sold him.
When Busch wrote from Europe
about the bar business on Shipping
Board vessels. Chairman Lasker OF
that board didn't deny it. but said
it was necessary If merican ships
got any passenger business tHow-
ever, he showed iderable anger.
in attacking Busch. Busch now re-
plies to that:
"The chairman of the Shipping
Board. Mr. Lasker, apparently
sought to confuse the issue by say
ing was inspired by motives to
aid in upbui1ding German enter
prises, and to leave the Impression,
at least, that during the war.
was in sympathy with the German
cause He also caused to be print
ed all over the United States that
my father. the late ,Ado1phus Busch
was the most intimate American
friend Of the German Kaiser.
1.-THE. truth is that my father
never knew the Kaiser. It is equal
| 1y, as we'll known in business circles
that my father bougt the American
rights for the Diesel engine ami
that am president of the Busch
Sulzer Brothers Diesel Engine Co.
of st. Louis During the war, upon
my Instructions, this company can
ce1led all of its commercial con-
tracts and devoted it's entire manu- I1
featuring facilities to the construc-
ton Of the very highest type OF
Diesel engines for the submarines
of the United States Navy
! But these be extraneous matters
| The testtfs a very simple one. Call.
when it is convenient. at the first
Shipping Board ticket office and
| make the satisfying OF your thirst
with something more authoritative
than 2.75. percent a condition OF
your booking passage. and see what
| answer you'll get No need to
]patronize foreign ships-yet.
wholly false and untrust-
worthy James X. Vardman-so
/ characterized by Woodrow Wilson
won the first round in Mis- issip-
4 pi.. He lead his two opponents,
ireceiving plurality but not ma
iority. Therefore, under the Mis-
siss1ppi law there must be second
and final round. Vardman has
4 many friends among the Demo
Gratis in Washington and they are
pulling for him to win The con-
4 test in Mississippi has created In
/ tense interest throughout the
| capital. Vardman's near-victory
coming so close on the heels OF
i the complete victory. Of Reed N
missouri over the ex-President. has
stirred political gossip in a lively
way here
Tomatoes are said to rtpen best
/ Ivy the Ii sht Of the N Don.