ORGGIES OF "DRY" M.P.'S.
WIIiSKY AND HAN AX AS. XF.AV YORK Januar.v 12. \ suit for divorce I.rollout against 1 1 is wife liv one. ol' t i■<' momhcrs for Aliehigan in Congress, -Mr Frank D. Scott, has .suddenly developed into a tirst-elass political sensation owing to wholesale allcoat,ions made, hy .Mrs Scott of heavy drinking hy 1 fy; i- 1 n tors wlu) vote “Dry.’’ In defending herself Alls Scott gave a lurid dos. ri | tion of gambling parties held hy mem hors of Congress on an otficiid t'iu to lainama and to manoeuvre.-; practised hy come of them in
-iituggling liquor into the Fiiited Stale? In gr ss vinlatiaii of the law the offender: themselves had enacted. li. ( lie pa-.-ogc Airs Scott related how a member of C-mgres* piled hanaiias on ton of a trunk that was full of hollies of whisky which was landed without i live tignt inn by the Customs cllioiaD hoc;:ithe was a legislator.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1925, Page 1
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159ORGGIES OF "DRY" M.P.'S. Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1925, Page 1
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