PROHIBITION FIGHT

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1929, Page 8

PROHIBITION FIGHT

BISHOP AND SHOT-BOOTLEGGEB

NEW YuKK,

April 20,

jn one ol : tiie last interviews which the late Loi<l NortJidilfe gave to the American press ne told them that Proaihition was ...cir "‘great news story.’ His suggestion remains true nearij ten years after lie made it. The •‘drys” and the “weLs” in Congress are showing such heated excitement chat Prohibition threatens to supplant iarin relief and tariff legislation in the ;|.ecial session, cal.ed to settle agrietlilire’s difficulties.

'file shooting of a young alleged bootlegger by a policeman m Washington mst week has stirred the capital, especially as it was followed by an extrandinary scene in the House of Hepre.entati.es, where the “drys” exultantly anp.auded a member who narrated the incident for their benefit. Now .Senator .Jones, author of the law that makes transportation of liquor a felony carrying a penalty of L years’ imprisonment and a £2,QUO line, is determined that the law slmli be enforced against all tourists who carry liquor across the Canadian border. BISHOP HECKLEU. When 'Bishop. Cannon, of the Aletliodisi Episcopal C’liurch, South, was informed of the death of the young Washington hmi logger lie said the .hooting was “one of Llie healthiest Tidies 1 ions I have heard of in a long time.” i.c is now being severely hock ed because lie roeonl Iv returned from England in the \\ li.le Star liner Olympic, ind liis reply is. “Other ma ters bo--ides ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ enter into lln■hoice ;..f the sliip in which one sails” . The .‘•lalement I y Police Commission s>r Whalen that there are 30,000 “speak vis-'es” in New Yon< has brought the reply from a “diy” citizen that the olice are inking graft up to £-1,0.0,- )'< a year lo shield those illegal liars. More than 200 writers, cartoonists, nd il uxl ralors have formed a com mil tee to fight Prohibition, and they •ire represented in twenty Stales.