Evening star., 1926-04-15

quantities for the manufacture of
liquor Doran said that he didn't know
Of any case OF its being used for dis
titled liquors.
"It couldb used" insisted Senator
Reed.
"0f course" was the reply.
Mr.. Doran said that he believed that
malt was being used for making fer.
mented liquors rather than distilled.
Andrews Promises Data.
Several small bottles containing es.
sences for fiavoring were offered by
Senator Reed. 'Here Is one labeled
rye and another labeled Holland
said Senator Reed, land still another
labeled Bourbon 1t doesn't say
good old Bourbon but imagine it
is to give the same favor as Bourbon
whisky"
Senator Reed said that these es-
sences were sold openly on the mar
ket and he asked IL they were not
used by the bootleggers to flavor the
so-called whisky which they sell.
'They may be so used, but doubt
II there IS a very large use for such
purposes" said Mr.. Doran.
isn't the whisky sold by the boot
leggers doctored UP to taste like
whisky?" asked Senator Reed.
yes, was the answer.
Senator Reed obtained from Cen.
Andrews a promise to provide the
committee with figures showing the
production Of grapes now and before
prohibition In this country, and also
the number of people killed or wound
ed by prohibition agents and the
Coast Guard and the actual amount
Of liuuor seized by the Coast Guard
and the prohibition unit.
Admits Buying Information.
"You said Yesterday, Gen. Andrews,
that you frequently bought informa-
ton from persons connected with the
underworld" said Senator Reed. "If
anv one who did not have a criminal
record offered to sell you information,
would you buy IT"
tYes." said Gen. Andrews.
You have 'snitchers' who get in
with the criminal element and who
learn who is making liquor, don't
your" asked Senator Reed.
Gen. Andrews replied that such
persons were employed only here and
there. He said that on going into
city like New York they must have
some way Of getting information.
You have never resorted to the
practice Of having neighbor spy on
neiYhbor. have you?" asked Senator
Reed.
Denies Urging Women to Spy.
"I certainly have not" replied Gen.
Andrews. II thought had made it
clear that the purpose of national en-
forcement was bigger. than that"
Senator Reed read from a news
paper article stating that Thomas b.
Jarvis, Anti-Saloon League official in
\ NJ rxrnV n
act as spies upon their acquaintances,
saying that the more "nosey" the
women were the better results they
would obtain, and be able to get tnfor-
nation that could be used against vto-
lators Of the liquSr law.
"IIave you resorted to that method?"
asked Senator Reed.
"Senator, you know have not"
said Gen. Andrews.
Mrs. Norton Speaks.
"As an officer and a gentleman you
would not resort to that policy" said
senator Reed. II congratulate YOU"
Representative Mary r. Norton Of
New Jersey, who testified she had
been a welfare worker for is years in
New Jersey and had gone into the
homes of the people, told the commit
fee that she had not been able to find
any Improvement in conditions at all
since prohibition.
she said that in many instances she
had found that men who formerly
drank liquor now used drugs.
zone woman told me-" she said.
"fhat formerly she had a drunken
husband and now she had an insane
one" She said that she had investi-
gated and turned up q number Of
such cases.
"Have the morals OF the people inn
proved with prohibitioT?" asked Seha.
ut has ruined a great many OF our
Young people," replied Mrs. Norton.
'"rhey carry hip TASKS to parties.
If / thought that prohibition would
do what II was hoped would be here
today supporting 1t and not opposing
it."
Mrs. Norton read extracts from a
letter she said she had received which
charged that bootleg whisky had been
introduced into hospital for the war
veterans and had caused the death
of some of the patients. The letter
said that men had been caught with
the goods, but that the commanding
ofIicer had failed to report them.
Representative Kindred OF New
York, who said that he had been q
practicing physician for 81 years, tes-
tif1ed that 2.75 per cent beer was not
intoxicating; that he had made expert
ments on his own person and others
with 2.75 per cent beer. He said that