Evening star., 1926-04-15
VETS CLOSE CASE
WITH EXHIBITION Of
LIQUOR UTENSILS
Stills, Chared Kegs and Raw
Materials for Manufacture
Shown at Hearing.
VALUE FOR COMMERCIAL
USE DOUBTED BY EXPERTS
Drys to Get Hearing Tomorrow.
Hill Says 60 Representatives
Will Hit Prohibition.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

-Nn exhibit of cooking utensils which
may he converted into stills, of cans
OF corn, of corn sugar and malt eX-
tract from which liquor may be dis
Tiled and of ilaVoring extracts to give
whisky rye" or bourbon" taste
and OF charred kegs to improve and
Rse the homemade liquor featured
the closing hearing of the "wets" be
lore the Senate judiciary subcom
mittee considering legislation to
modify or to strengthen the prohibi-
tion laws.
Senator Reed of Missouri produced
the utensils and other materials used
in making illicit liquor and closely
questioned, James NJ. Doran, a chem
ist in the employ of the prohibition
unit. and Gerald p. Murphy Of the
enforcement squad here in Washing
ton as to their use.
Mr.. Doran admitted that these
utensils and materials might be used
to make liquor. but denied that they
We're used to produce liquor in
commercial quantities" Mr.. Muir
ply also said they might be used.
but said he had not found many
such improvised stills here.
Hill Heads Dry Foes.
Headed by Representative Hill of
Maryland, a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for the Senate
on a ''wringing wet" platform. a
large group of congressman filed
statements declaring that prohibition
had brought about worse conditions
in their districts. Mr.. Hill an
nounced that so members of the
House would file these statements.
Co 10 rIi
of the Carnegie Institute of Pitts
burg, with some 5000 students
testified that conditions SO far as
drinking is concerned had become
vastly worse since prohibition was
enacted into law. The hip flask was
responsible. he said.
Senator Reed, the wet" member Of
the Senate committee, and Senator
Harreld of Oklahoma, dry" the
only members of the committee in
attendance at the hearings today,
clashed over procedure. It was finally
decided there would be no session this
afternoon. and that the "drys" would
be given their innings tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. The vets.
Julien Goldman. their attorney. said,
have completed their testimony, al
though they still have about 2la
hours of time remaining of the "a
Goldman wishes to use this time in
argument, following the completion OF
the dry testimony, provided the COM
mittee will agree to this. Such an
agreement was entered into with Sen
ator Harreld before Senator Reed en-
tered the committee room, but when
Senator Reed insisted upon continuing
and completing his examination OF
Gen. Lincoln c. Andrews, begun yes
terday, the agreement went by the
board, and Senator Harreld insisted
that the "wets" must use up their
time now or not at all.
Hill First Witness.
Representative Hill was the first
witness for the "wets' today. He
told the committee that the Volstead
act permits and legalizes cider and
wine containing possibly from 2.7 to
H. 68 per cent of alcohol
Today" he said, Congress has the
power to permit and legalize similar
beverages to be sold under proper
restrictions for use in the home. Con-
gresS has the power to pass such
legislation in 10 minutes il it desires"
Mr.. Hill cited his own case in Balti-
more when he was indicted and
charged with unlawfully manufac-
turing 25 gallons of wine and 80 gal
Ions of cider. His right to make these
beverages in his own home, contain
ing the percentages of alcohol indi-
Gated was sustained by the court and
the matter has never been carried
to the Supreme Court.