Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-19
Woman Lures | 18th Victim
To Death in Gunner Feud
MAY QUIZ ANDREWS
AGAIN THIS WEEK ON
beer STATEMENT

Washington, April 1S.-(P)-The
drys will train their heaviest artillery
on the. vets this week as they conclude
presentation of their case before the
Senate prohibition committee.
Chief among their witnesses will be
General Lincoln C. Andrews, in charge
of prohibition enforcement, who has
become center of fire because Of his
statement before the committee that
government sale of Notwithstanding
. . beer might aid in making the dry laws
! more effective.
They also will call Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, assistant attor-
ney general in charge of liquor pros
ecutions, who repeatedly has urged the
women of the nation to exercise their
right of suffrage in putting into office
men who will insist that there be
rigid enforcement of the prohibition
law, Among others the drys will call
Archbishop James Cannon. Jr., chair
man of the executive committee of the
Anti-Saloon League; Wayne B. Wheel
| err, general counsel of the league, and
DR.. Clarence True Wilson, general sec
| rotary of the Methodist board of tenn
perance, prohibition and public morals.
| The case for the drys will be con-
cluded Thursday. leaving Friday for
| the summing up of counsel on the TWO
sides of the controversy.
General Andrews. who was before
the committee twice during the pre-
sentation of the case for the vets. will
| return to the witness stand at his own
request His purpose is to explain in
of the admins
| tration bill designed to tighten up the
| Volstead act, especially with reference
! to brewing and commercial distilling
| in the home.
| Although dry leaders were silent on
the subject tonight it was regarded as
| certain that General Andrews would
| be questioned as to his previous
| statement with respect to the sale by
! the government of Notwithstanding
beer for consumption in the home or
| in bonafide hotels with meals.
This statement has brought demands
| from number of dry leaders that
| General Andrews resign, but the legis-
| lative committee of the Ant1-Saioon
| League, which is conducting the dry
| case before the Senate committee, has
| taken no action.
| After considering the subject for an
| hour Yesterday the IeBiSEatlHC NSi'h'''N
| tee announced that 1t has authorized
| no statement and would have none to
make at this time. 1t was under
stood that decision would be withheld
until General Andrews had had fur
! Their opportunity to voice his views
{ Meantime officials of the treasury let
! Il be known that Secretary = Mellon
/ would stand behind his dry law en-
forcement chief no matter from what
! quarter criticisms might come. Mr.
| Mellon has examined carefully the Of
! fetal record of the Senate committee
| and is understood to take the position
that General Andrews did not in any
way advocate any change in the ex-
| listing law.
| Some of the drys agree with the
| conclusions of the treasury secretary,
but others take the position that In
| giving an affirmative answer to the
| hypothetical question propounded to
| him General Andrews gave the impress
sion that he favored modification OF
| the law which it is his duty to en-
| force.