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control should be that a majority
Of its members appears to be
glad to recommend revision" Of
the Eighteenth Amendment by
Congress.
The commission does not, how.
Sever, make any recommendations
to Congress as to specific details
of what a constructive program
for the future should be, with
the single exception of Henry w.
Anderson.
He outlines a plan of liquor
control based upon the Swedish
system, with a private corporation
handling both manufacture and
sale of all Intoxicating beverages.
The report upon present-day
conditions is so sensational that
1t will be hailed by the enemies
of prohibition as full justification
for their present campaign.
The Federal courts have been
brought into diSrepute by the ma
chinatiOnS of bootleg interests
buttressed by crooked politics.
Corruption is rampant in vir-
tualIy all sections, especially in
the industrial centerS.
Organized distribution of liquor
has outstripped organized enforce
ment, and is able to cope with
and outwit the latter at any
time, the report asserts.
Smuggling Increases
Smuggling of liquor along the
Canada border and the Eastern
Seaboard has increased rapi 1ly
despite the fact that the Coast
Guard now has a largely aug.
mented force and the strengthened
immigration patrol has been made
stricter than ever.
Judge william S. Kenyon, one
Of the outstanding dry members
of the commission, is eloquent in
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LAWS Emf ORCENENT
GIVEN No DEFENSE

his denunciation of what condi-
tions under prohibition have de-
veloped in the United Stated.
He draws a picture of the boot
Logging industry organized on
such a scale that it can deposit
S11, ,OOO,0 in the banks of a
single city, that it can indulge in
wholesale corruption not only of
enforcement officials, but even of
ranking members of the judiciary
and of legislatures.
Judge Kenyon describes the
complete paralysis and enforce
ment breakdown that is revealed
in many cities because Of the
financial power Of bootleg gangs
and their spokeSmen in official
life.
Ask More Men, Money
The commissions report also
dwells upon the fact that temper
ance by education has given way
to prohibition by coercion.
Having set forth this sOrdid
picture of what current prOhibi-
ton is, the commission then rec
ommendS greater appropriations,
more Federal agents, and more
equipment with which to try to
enforce the law, which majority
of its members individually con-
slider unenfOrceable.
This is only one of the many
strange features and anomalies
contained in the 75,000-word re-
port, which took year and a
half and the expenditure Of $780,
000 to complete.
Congress today was amused and
cynical over its many conflicting
features. The vets displayed real
interest in its description of pres.
ent-day condition. The dryS were
encouraged because little Senti-
ment for outright repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment is con-
taincd in it.
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Highlights of Boards Report

out the GctiOe cooperation of the
States, and Without a great deal
more public support than has
hitherto been giUen to it.
Sample Amendment
The commission went so far as
to propose a sample amendment
if and when it becomes advisable
to knock out the existing Eigh-
teenth Amendment.
"AlI the commission agreed"
said the report, "that if the
amendment is revised it should
be made read substantially as
follows:
"'SectiOn /. The Congress
shall have power to regulate or
to prohibit the manufacture,
traffic in or transportation of
intoxicating liquors within, the
importation thereof into and
the expectation thereof from the
United States and all territory
subject to the jurisdiction there
of for beverages purposes
The practical effect of such a
substitute would be to throw the
whole question back into the di-
rect control of Congress.
Thus if a dry Congress elected
to keep the cOuntr-- dry it could
do SO by legislative enactment; !;
conversely, if a wet Congress de-
cided to permit the sale of liquo-
under strict Government super
vision and regulation it could also
do so by mere legislative enact
ment.
0ublic Would, Rule
The principal advantage to this
scheme, as stressed by its indors-
erS, would be to remove a police
statute from the Constitution, and
afford a flexibility of control of
the liquor question that would al
ways reflect public opinion.
AS pointed out by Colonel An
derSon:
under the proposed amend
ment Congress would have full
power (D to continue the
present system of absolute ma
tiOnal prohibition, or ~ to re-
NIT the matter in whole or in
part to the States, or (3) to
adopt any system of effective
control.
"Since greater flexibility is
one of the outstanding needs
of the present system, this
modification should be made
even if the policy of absolute
national prohibition is to be
continued"
Lemann Does Not Sign
The commissions report con
sisted of IL .parts-the main body
which presented the recommenda
tions and an appalling picture
of present day conditions, which
was signed by 10 of the IL mem
bers Gall with reservations and
then II individual statements re
flecting the views of the various
members.
The only member who refrained
from signing the report was
Monte H. Lemann, the Tulane
University law professor.
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J MEMBERS OF COMMISSION FAVOR REPEAL; FOR M0DIFECA
Blaine Introduces
Amendment TO
ReUiSe Law

Within a few minutes after
the report of the Wickersham
Commission was laid before
Congress today, Senator Blaine
r. of Wisconsin, a member of
the wet bloc" introduced a
Constitutional amendment de-
signed to carry out, in part,
the recommendation of the
Commission for revising the
Eighteenth Amendment.
Blaine took the text of the
amendment proposed in the
Commissions conclusions, and
erased three words "or to pro
hibit," making the proposed
amendment read:
Section l. The Congress
shall have the power to regu-
late Tor to prOhibit) (deleted)
the manufacture, traffic in or
transportation of intoxicating
liquors within, the importation
thereof into and the expectation
thereof from the United States
and all Territory subject to the
jurisdiction thereof for bever-
age purposes"
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reasonable profit has been made
by the corporation, would go into
the Federal Treasury.
Mr.. Anderson, in conclusion,
says:
I'VE must not lose what has
been gained by the abolition
of the saloon. We can neither
ignore the appalling conditions
which this commission has
found to exist, and to be stead.
lily growing worse, nor submit
to their continuance. The
time has arrived when we
should lay aside theories and
emotions, free our minds from
the binding influence of preju-
dice and meet the problem as
it exists"
This plan is recommended for
consideration by Commissioners
Kenyon, Loesch, Macintosh, NC
Cormick and Pound.
The commission starts it's re-
port with a discussion. of the
scope of its inquiry, saying: 1--WE
have felt bound to go into the
whole subject of enforcement of
the Eighteenth Amendment and
the national prohibition act; the
present condition as to observ-
ance and enforcement of that
act and it's causes; whether and
how far the amendments in it's
present form is enforceable;
whether it should be retained,
or repealed, or revised, and a
constructive program of improve
ment."
Materials used by the commits
sion in its work are outlined,
and the entire problem of liquor
control is discussed from a his
torical standpoint, the report
pointing out that laws against
drunkenness are to be found
very generally in antiquity"
Saloon ASsailed
Despite the many control laws
cited, however, the commission
points out that settled habits
and social customs do not yield
readily to legislative flats.
Discussing the history of liquor
control before. the Eighteenth
Amendment, the report asserts
that probably the institution
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is a clear showing that the
home is being used as a place
for the sale of liquor or the
manufacture for sale"
At another point Judge Ken
yon says:
"The profits in the unlawful
making and vending of intOxi-
eating liquors have been so
enormous that the funds to in
vest in protection have been
large, and the temptation to
many men in the service on
small salaries has been diff
ficult to withstand.
Evidence before us by those
accurately acquainted with the
workings of prohibition in the
great cities shows that in many
of them the supposed en-,
fOrcement has been reeking
with corruption, and has been
a complete fiaScO.
"The grand jury investigation
at Philadelphia in 1928 dis
closed that some of the police
force were depOsiting more in
the bank than their salaries
amounted to. BOOtleggerS' &C
counts running UP to S11,OOO,-
600 were deposited in a certain
bank, and the officers of the
bank testified that they did
not know any of the parties
SO depOSiting.
witnesses have presented to
us evidence showing that brew
cries have been operated in the
heart of a great city with
the knowledge of prohibition
agents, in some of which as
much as 100000 was invested
in the plant"
Anderson'S Plan
The plan of liquor control pro
posed by Henry w. Anderson and
embodied in a supplemental re
port of the commission, is based
partly upon the system now used
in Sweden, Canada and other
countries.
Bri-fly, it calls for the creation
of a bipartisan national commits
sion on liquor control, which
should have full power to "regu
late and control" the manufac
tureI Importation, expectation
transportation in interstate com
merce, and also the sale of intoxi
eating liquor, and also of indus
trial alcohol.
All of the stock in this commits,
sion is to be privately owned, anc
it should have the usual powers
OF a commercial corporation. This
commission shall have the exclu
sive right and power to manufac.
ture and sell liquor.
Optional With States
The national corporation should
sell and transport only to State
agencies created for the purpose
of local distribution. This would
be entirely optional with the State
If any State desired to establish
or to continue prohibition it could
do so.
The excess revenues, after g
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Wartime Passage
Of Prohibition
LGw Noted

The commission, in its re-
port, calls attention to the
passing of the dry laws in a
time of great emotional ex-
citement. 1t says:
"The' Eighteenth amend
ment was submitted and
ratified during a great war.
The National Prohibition
Act was passed Immediately
thereafter. These periods
are always characterized by
a certain amount of emo
tiOnalism. This was eSpeci-
ally true of the World War"
The report continues with
this theme, saying that rati-
fication was made by legis-
latures, which in the main
had been elected without
any campaign reference to
the subject of prohibition.
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Opposes Beer, Wines

Opposes Beer, wines
Principal features Of the report
include:
1. The commission opposes all
proposals to modify the VolSteGd
law to permit beers and light
fpines, on the ground such action
Dould be Intellectual in reaching
the root of the problem.
2. The commission opposes the
return of the saloon in any form
3. 1t recommends that all re-
StrictionS upon the issuance OF
prescriptions by physicians De
forthwith abolished.
4. 1t hits the rapidly grot0tno
grape pe-concentrGte business by
Recommending that the anomalous
provisions of Section 20, OF the
VolsteGd act, be rentoOed, in order
to put tDine-n1Gking and beer
making in the home on the same
basis.
Under the present interpretG-
ton of the lGtD, it is legal to make
tDine in the home, but illegal to
make beer.
Two Recommend Repeal
S. Three members of the COM
mission, Judge William S. Ken
non, Judge Paul J. Mccormick,
and Roscoe Pound, dean OF Hdr-
Vard Law School, suggest the de-
STABILITY of submitting the repeal
OF the amendment to State con-
stitutiondI conventions elected to
consider the subject.
6. TiDo members OF the COM
mission, Ne1Dton D. Baker, er-
Secretary of War, and Monte H.
LemGnn, la1D professor at Tulane
University, recommend the out
right repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment.
z. Four members of the COM
mission, Henry W. Anderson, Vtr-
Cinia lapyer; Ada L. ComStocE,
dean of Radcliffe College, the
only aDoman member; Frank J.
Loesch, Chicago lGtOyer, and Dean
Pound, propose reDiSion OF the
amendment, so as to tEro1O the
iDhole question back upon Con-
oreSS for determination.
Five Ask Further Trial
8. FiUe members of the COM
mission, Judges William, I. Grubb,
, OF Alabama; Kenyon, Mcintosh,
Mccormick, and chair m a n
WicEerShGn, himself, recommend
"turther trial" of the existing pro-
hibition Set-up under the reforms
and Improvement instituted
during the past three gears, tOtth
the proUiSo that, If material i'm,
prouement is not forthcoming
after "a fair trial." then serious
attention be giDen to reDiSion OF
the amendment.
8. All of the members are OF
the opinion that the amendment
should be repealed or reviSed
rather than to permit it to sink
into a state OF notification, such
as has happened in the case OF
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments.
10. All are agreed, too, that pro
hibttion cannot be enforced tOith
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Passing the Buck to Congress

which have been used recently.
Judge Kenyon says:
Government IawIeSSness in
law enforcement is an abhOr-
rent proposition. The Fourth
and Fifth amendments to the
Constitution safeguarding the
rights of citizens are fully as
important as the Eighteenth
Amendment. Let the homes
alone should be the policy of
enforcing officials, unless there
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1926, there was growing dissat,
isfactiOn with the results Of
the administration of the law
and increasing complaints
against the service. These led
to the introduction in Congress
Of a large variety of bills pro-
posing amendments to the
Eighteenth Amendment or to
the national prohibition act
and finally to demands for an
investigation into the workings
of the law"
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M. M. Lemann points out, with
some sarcasm, that the commits
sion is merely passing the buck"
to Congress in sponsoring a re-
vision of the Eighteenth Amend,
ment which will enable it to legis,
late upon the subject, without at
the same time outlining a pro-
gram of what this legislation
should be.
Even the strong drys on the
commission denounced certain
forms Of enforcement methods
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Jan. 16, 1920, to March 30,
1925, 14S inspectors, attorneys,
clerks, etc, except narcotic Of.
ficerS were convicted on charges
Of Criminality including drunk
enneSS and diSOrderly conduct.
"WhiIe the number of con-
victiOnS had in the Federal
courts for violation Of prOvi-
SionS of the act increased from
1852 in the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1921, to 37,O18 in
the fiscal year ending June 80,
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Authorities Made Poor
Guess, in This Instance

3 The hundredth anniversary of the
death Of Bolivar, the great liberator
Of South America from Spanish rule,
uncovered a number of amusing yarns
concerning this famous character.
The story goes that on one occasion
Bolivar sent messenger ahead to a
small town where he and his party
were to spend the night. In 1t the lib
orator directed the town authorities to
have food and quarters ready for his
men and horses and added that there
should be for himself shelter, food,
etc., ETC., etc.
The town authorities promptly got
everything ready except the three
etc.'s, which troubled them consider
ably. what" they asked, did the
great liberator mean?''
Finally one Of them, aware of Boil
vars reputation with the ladies', de.
clded he had solved the problem.
1t happened, however, that he was
wrong and three Of the towns pretti-
est girls were sent home at the direc-
ton of. the highly amused Bolivar
Los Angeles Times.
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Origin Of Strange Oath

1t is supposed that "by the great
horn spoon" originally referred to the
large horn spoons common a couple of
centuries ago, says Pathfinder Maya
zine. Spoons made of the horns of
cattle and sheep were common in Scot
land until late In the Nineteenth cen
fury and such utensils were common
In colonial America. The Scotch of
q former generation ate their porrldge
with huge horn spoons while the col
onlsts in the New world used similar
spoons with which to ladle soft soap
and apple butter. Even the American
Indians made spoons from the horns
Of buffalo. by the great horn spoon"
seems to be Of American origin and
there Is something about 1t which
suggests that 1t may have originated
among seafaring people.
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Timepieces That Are
Marvels Of Precision

The most accurate precision time
pieces now available are the Short
clocks made in England. The United
States naval observatory has three Of
them. So sensitive are they that the
mere temperature Of the body Is
enough to render them inaccurate as
standard timepieces, and so it was de-
cided to install them in a vault in the
ground below the frost line.
There are really two vaults, one
within the other. An air space of is
inches between the vaults serves as an
insulator and also makes it possible
to inspect and clean the inner vault.
1t Is almost a holy rite to enter the
sacred inner vault. Since the time
pieces must not be exposed to atmos-
pheric changes the privileged enter
the inner vault only through an air.
lock. Electric lamps are SO mounted
that they can be changed and cleaned
without the necessity of entering the
inner chamber.
Visitors to Washington who want
to see how the nation keeps It's time
must crafty their curiosity through
periscope.
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Co. Operation of Body Makes
Successful Iron Shots
By H. B. Martin =

THE average golfer is not able to
4 handle an iron club and get the
distance that the pro obtains, or the
low handicap amateur. Most players
force the iron. Slicing is fatal to nny
Iron shot unless, Of course, It is the
Intentional fadeaway which is con.
trolled and useful In long approaches.
In all successful iron shots the body
must help the arms, but there must
be no suspicion Of fnlse timing. The
body does It's work just at the impact.
The head Is still down at this instant
IL tho shot is not one of tremendous
distance. In this case, the head turns
gradually with the club movement In
order to permit the right shoulder to
do It's work.
(copyright.)
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Maury Church Services.


NJ E. Meyer.
Let every one interested in His work
attend one or all of our Sunday SER
vices.
Sunday school at 2 p. m.
Church services at p. m.
Rev. E. G. Randall breaches the
first Sunday in each month. Rev. E,
E. Duley. will preach the remaining
Sundays.
Christian Science Society
Branch of The Mother Church, The
First Church Of Christ, Scientist, of
Boston, Mass. Services at Center, II
a. M; Sunday School, 9:45 a. M; We'd
nesday evening meetings held second
week of each month at 8 o'clock, in
cludes testimonies of healing.
The subject of the lesson sermon of
August 2, Love"
Full Gospel Mission
Full Gospel Services are being held
on Sunday evenings, and Bible study
and prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at 8 p. M, vashon Community
Hall. T. G. Evetts in charge.
Island Community Church.
Rev. Halsey Carstens, minister.
No services daring the month of
August. All services and active work
resumed first Sunday in September.
Vashon Lutheran Church.
Rev. H. H. Hottie, pastor.
Services in the Norwegian language,
Sunday. July %, at p. m.
Burton Community Church.
Rev. E. E. Duley, pastor, Burton,
Wash, phone Red 1852.
A cordial invitation is extended to
residents of Burton and vicinity to
worship with U.s. We are glad to well
come so many summer residents and
invite you to worship with us.
1918 a. M, the church learning.
11:o0 a. M, the church worshipping
Sermon topic, 1.-THE Christians
Bible"
700 p. M, 1.-THE Church In Train
ing" A service conducted by the
young people.
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LIsABEULA ITEMS

DR.. and Mrs. R. j. Wyckoff of Los
Angeles, Calf, spent several days re-
Gently at Olympic View, the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Maloney. While here
Mrs. Maloney and Marion accompan-
led them on delightful trip to Mt.
Rainier. DR.. Wyckoff is Mrs. Ma
loneys uncle and spends a portion Of
each summer in our beautiful North
west. They are enroute to Yellowstone
Park.
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Presbyterian Church.

Presbyterian Church.
Sunday School 1000 a. m.
Morning Worship II 100 a. m.
Endeavor meeting 6:15 p. m.
Tuesday evening, 800, Young Peo-
pies Forum.
Wednesday, 800. Prayer and Bible
study.
No evening services during the sum
mer.
E. G. Randall, Minister.
ColvOs Luthern Free Church.
Sunday school and Bible class every
Sunday at 9:45 a. m.
Services Sunday, July 10, at II a. m.
o. I. Raaum, Pastor. y
VashOn Luthern Church.
Rev. H. H. Holte, pastor.
Services in the Norwegian language
Sunday June 2lst at 2 p. m.
Vashon Methodist Episcopal Church.
Edwin M. Randall, pastor. Resi-
dence, Sylvan Beach, phone, Red 1924.
1000 a. M, Sunday school.
HOO a. NJ, Morning worship. The
pastor will preach. Topic, Goodness
for Profit"
No evening service.
Everybody is made welcome and at
home.
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DocKToN NEWS

Mr.. L. Turnbull of Burton and Mr.
L. R. Turnbrll and family Of Olympia
looked over their property here this
last weekend.
Miss Bernice Halsan of Yakima is
visiting with Mrs. K. Danielson for a
week.
A. G. Stuckey is in the Martha
Washington hospital with a poisoned
knee but is getting better after the
operation.
Mrs. L. Danielson and family are
renting cabin up at Paradise Valley
for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Collins of Seattle
was week end visitor with Mr.. and
Mrs A. j. Stuckey.
Mr.. Fred Iverson Of Seattle is stay
ing on his ranch for couple OF
weeks,
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z y I.
QUOTATIONS FROM
AMERICAN HISTORY
Can you name the authors?

y r. E. Stafford. \
/. Bring, me my old American
uniform; the uniform in which ]
fought my battles. God forgive me TO,
putting on any other
2. II propose to fight it out on this
line If it takes all summer"
8. "IIl water my horse in the Ten
nessee river or I'll water him in hell. !
4. "The Indians may brighten the
Continental troops, but they can make
no impression on the Kings regulars
S. ITO arms, General Washing
ton has out-generaled us. Let us fly
to the rescue at Princeton"
6. "He has taken more lives in that
naked country than I did for the
murder Of my father"
7. II rejoice that America has re-
sisted"
8. "This meeting can do nothing
more to save the country
9. "a house divided against itself
cannot stand"
10. mo terms except unconditional
and immediate surrender can be ac-
cepted."
ANSWERS on page sikh
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A number of exchanges Of real
estate have taken place in Beulah
Park recently A. Wicklund has pur-
chased the cottage belonging to Mr..
Virgins, of Ballard. Mrs. @. Aug.
Peterson has purchased Mrs. Hecler's
cottage in the Park. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hans Abrahamsen have sold their
cottage in the Park to a Mr.. Knutsen,
who came to the Island last winter
to make his home
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AT The ISLAND CHURCHES
81. PatrIck,s catholic church.

81. Patrick's Catholic Church.
There will be mass at st. Patrick's
Church at Dockton at 1890 a. m. on
the LIST and Ord Sundays Of the month.
Rev. Father Robert Kreutz.
Cove Methodist Church.
The meetings for Cove Methodist
Church will be in Beulah Park Sun
day. August 2.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
English service at II o. NJ
Bring your lunch and spend the day
In the park,
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Mrs. steinforth had as guest re-
Gently, Mrs. Roth Of Tacoma. Mrs.
Steinforth accompanied her on her re-
turn home, hoping to visit with Mrs.
Page, but her condition at present is
such that no visitors are allowed.