ONE CENTALL EDITIONS

AII the TimeVOLUME 19.

The Seattle StarTHE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS

SEATTLE. WASH.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2H. 1017. ONE cENT^iv^v-r

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jj (hi LAST EDmoN

' Weather forecast today: RainV

?tonight and Thursday.

' Storm signals for amall crafthave been ordered displayed.

GILL DEFENSE IS COMPLETEBETTORS THINK THAT JURY WILL DISAGREEM'RAE SAYS HESAW TOM TRACYFIRE FROM BOAT

Sheriff Denies Saying HeHoped All on Verona

Would Be Killed

WAS AT BEVERLY PARK

"Didn't you tell me. whenwe were talking about thiscase. that you were sorry thespring line didn't hold so you

and your deputies could haveshot svery man on the Ve-

rona T" shouted George F. Van-derveer, one of the attorneys

for Thamaa H Tracy, defend-ant in the I. W. W trial, at

former Sheriff Donald Mcßae,

state's witrtess whom he wascross - examining Wednesdaymorning.

"No. I didn't tell you anysuch thing! I told you it waa acrime the line didn't hold ardtip 'em all in the bay; that'swhat I told you," respondedtha sheriff, quite a* loudly.

Mcßae as sheriff of Snohom-ish county, was at the head of

a company of citizen deputies

who met an incoming boatloadof I. W. W.'a at Everett Now.5. Tracy, with 73 co-defend-ants. is charged with the mur-der of one of the deputies. Jeffereon Beard.Tuesday afternoon be ti ilifU>l"Yes, I *aw the defendant on the

Verona ?that man stums rich'over there He was shooting from

the second or third c*i>lu window

In my direction "

If wm the first evidence to con-nect Tracy directly with the case

\*ke<f sboiit the 41 men who *eretaken from an incoming boat onOctober 30 to Beverly park, where

the defense claims they were beat-

en and injured, the sheriff said theboat was met by 35 or 40 deputies,and as the captain was not going?« make the return trip to Seattle,

the men were put In automobilesard taken to Heterly park, wherea hey were released and told to go

back to Seattle"Dtd yon go?"

I did. I took one man out Inmy automobile and told him to go

to Seattle and tell his friends Ifthey dljn't lav off <Jf Kvere't I

would get a rock pile and put themon It. Then 1 went back

"Did you go back to Bevrrlyagain that evening?"

"No: 1 went home and put on

FOUR GUARD UNITSIN EAST CALLED OUT

WASHINGTON, March 28.?Four more National Guard reg-iment! were called to the col-ors today. They are the FirstWert Virginia, Seventy-fourthNew York infantry, SecondConnecticut infantry and theSecond New Jersey infantry.

AUTO HITS 2 WOMENTwo women, Mrs. M Count.

2914 Burke ars. and Mrs. A. HSandell, 1714 X 39th ave, were inJured early Wednesday morning

when they were knocked down byan automobile driven by J. P. Totten. of fi.~>4 New York block. Theaccident occurred at Pike st andfourth ave.

T*e dying wi»h of Mn. Errma C.Van Sickle, of I.a ('route. Win., wa*

that she might be burled In herprivate > emetery, be*ide her fivehusband*.

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VETERAN URGESBOYS TO ENLIST

Cot. E. C. McDowell

Col. Mrtliiti'll Is Itr from \u25a0 dodduring old man III* back is a*straight a* a youth's. an<l each

i morning he walks 20 Murks fromtils home downtown, and returns at

I aipht It's my r*»rci»e !» sa- *

Since t!.« civil war th* colonelha* !>«?«? 11 a student of war, but h?-Is not the kind that talks of tlxglory of battle llp nsallres, h<

i>says, tba' It I" a business, and tha:soldiers are tradesmen.

Railed Artillery CompanyCol. MoOowell rwrlod the tit!«»

of colonel a* the head of the Tennrites state lit 11itlw. hut when tiiejwar hroke out ht> rals«d a coiupan,*

of heavy artillery ami was made; lieutenant.

ll* served thruoul the «ar, taking'! part In some of Its bloodic t i nragcroctjtf Then lor years he nrai

tired law in various Southern c|tlo*

He accepted a captain's commissionIn the Spanish American war. and

; was depot quart »>rmn*ter, both Inthis country and In t'uha. lip cameto Seattle soon after the » ar, andhas lived here since.

CONGRESS ASKSSPECIFIC REASON

FOR WAR MOVEBY ROBERT J. BENDER

Cnited Press K'aff Correspondent

WASHINGTON. March 2*President Wilson will have to bepositive, ileflnlte and specific in('stall to 'net what he wants fr»mcormreta. This Is the impressiontoday fin the hill

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A vast majority of the 40 percent of the new eongresx hereready for the Monday opening feelthat way ahout It. They nay thatIf the president shows any Inclina-tion In his coming "war message"

to he too general ur "timidly suggtstivd" of what he wants differrnce of opinion will result andp< rhaps disastrous delay in a realprogram.

BURGLARS TAP DRUGSTORE'S WHISKY

Th<* t'apitol HID pharmacy, 16thave N and K. Republican «t . vasentered la-it night by thieves, whostole a 52 gallon barrel of "Ken-tucky Ki*serve" whisky and srvf-nquarts of ".-tag Hock" whisky. Kntrance was gained by breaking inthe roar door.

DYNAMITE P. 0. SAFEAT REDMOND; GET $25

An unknown robber or robber*dynamited (lie postoffbe safeTuesday night. at Redmond aridinured $25. according to report*

at the *hf riff's office No trareban been fonnd of tbe culprit*.I eputy Sheriff* Joe Mill and ScottMalone arc Investigating

A similar robbery was pullr-<i offIn December.

CANNED MILK TOCOST MORE SOON

PORTLAND, March 28. "Canlied cow" will no longer sell for10 cents 1 tin. All of the leadingbrand* of condensed milk manufactored 'n the Northwest advanc-ed 30 cents a case wholesale to-day, putting It entirely out of the!0-c«nt retail cla»*.

IOWA WOMEN MAYVOTE ON SUFFRAGE

REBEL VET, 81,WOULD ENLIST;BOYS ARE SLOW

Col. McDowell Says Youthof Nation Should Enlist

Rapidly

HE CAN DO MIS B! 1

"I can't dig a trench or leada charge, but, sah. I can throwink while the young men throwbombs."

This it the sentiment of Col.E. C. McDowell, 81, Confederateveteran and Spanish Americanwar survivor, who yesterday of- ,

fered Uncle Sam's quartermaster corps his services In case ofwar. Col. McDowell lives withhis daughter, Mrs G. N. Wjl

dron. MM 17th ave. N."We are woefully short at men."

declare* the colonel, and if *ar Isdeclared, they'll have to make theregulars the oftlcers of volunteertroops That's where I come in Iwas a depot <)uartertiias:er fur threeyears in the Spanish nur, and Ihaven't forgollen what I learnedIf Ihey put us old fellow's behind thelines and seed the )ouug blo«d toth« front we'll have a *trooferarmy."

Should Storm Recruiting OfficesOne reason Col, M< IMwell ha#

volunteered is as an exam pie tomen of military age

"They should be storming therecruiting offices," he ssys."But, sah, that's what the youngrren of today lack. They don'tknow what obedience and atten-tion are. Obedience to dutywould make them eager toserve the nation, and attentionto duty would make them itsefficient servants."

Walks 40 Blocks Daily

DKH MOINKH, March 2b. \ refrrenduni vote by women exclusive1) on the equal suffrage question

is a possibility for lowa The state? mate today, without n word ofdebate and by a vote of 31 to 7,passed a Joint resolution for sucha referendum.

DOG SHOW BEGINSIN SEATTLE THUR.Bow wow*, from the mighty

St. Bernard to the little Chinesetoy, will come Into their ownThursday, when Seattle's an-nual canine exhibition will getunder way, at 10 a. m? in Koller's rink. First and Seneca.

ADVICE COST ROBERTZINN HIS SPOUSE

"If toii contemplate marriage. tinup your property so >'<jnr wife can'ttouch It," was the advice of AlvaKbei-t* to Robert 7.lnn. salesmanfor Mclaughlin-Taylor ('

Zitin 1* alleged to bavi carriedout the plan.

Hl* wife, Mabel Zlnn, sued hltnfor divorce and **I;ed division ofcommunity property, udge Itnlstnngranted both. Tuesday.

TOO OLD TO CHANGEHABIT; JURY FREESJohn Parham, <'?<». charged with

the manufacture of whisky In astill near the Hnohomlsh countyline, was acquitted by a jury InJudge Alston'* court Wednesdaymorning. The jury rendered avealed verdict Tuesday night andreported In the morning.

Juror* said afterward;! that theythought Parham, who had madewhisky In hi* youth, had simplyfound It hard to tin a! the habit.

U. S. TO TAKE OYERDANISH WEST INDIESWashington, March 2* The

Danish West Indies will lie formalIv taken over by the l ulled Stain*?!;'!iird» . when the Danish flag willbe hauled down and the Amcil .tn

flan raised o\«r St. Thomas.

"Noise It Around!"' you realise you, wiio trc going,

as usual, to your ilailv work, or sit

ting ai home complacently with your fant-i!v that the United is virtually\T W \R with the second greatest mili

tary and naval |x>wer in the world?Do you realize that this technical war

will, next week, become a grim actuality?

The Star proposes that the gteat massof the people themselves?those who be-long to none of the commercial and civicorganisations, whose voice will be heardin Washington?have their say. too.

DO Yen* BKLIKVK IN* THKI 111 < »RV tIF C< )MPI'LS< »RY MILI-

TARY TRAINING FOR ALL OUR\BLK BODIKD YOUTH

THAT GEN. LEONARD WOOD,

t>l'R \BLEST SOLDIER. HAS BEENTRANSFERRED To THE MEXICANBORDER. I'RESUM\BI.Y To RE I'ELTHE GERMAN" - LED HORDESWHICH W XSHINC.TON FEARS MAYATTACK US FROM THAT POINT?

And that these young men. whom youhave seen about Seattle streets in uniformduring the last day or two. are soon to

be put under orders for service?some-where in Seattle? The voluntary censor-ship which the government has placedUpon the newspapers will forbid them totell you where these voting men YOURIm»_\s, Y< M R husbands, Vol R sweet-hearts are. going.

Ye*, it is war.\nd the United .Slates, in the words

of Krur \dmiral Fr ke, still i- "the femaleamong the nations, depending for safetyupon the absence of any foe. deservingto be known as 'Aunt Elizabeth,' ratherthan 'Uncle Sam.'"

We still are lamentably unpreparedThe Stat pioneered among Northwestnewspapers in demanding adequate preparcdi»e*s. Later on. The Star took upthe fiyht for compulsory military trainingThe Star saw. and still sees, in this methodthe only real solution of our problem ofnational defense.

Within the last 24 hours, word hasreached Seattle that congress, in specialsession next week, may attempt to sub-stitute i voluntary training plan for o*ll-

- training \ committee fromthe Northwest -Business Men's TrainingCamp a ?ociat'.on, consisting of PresidentHarry Whitney Treat. \ ice President

? >ltert M. Smith, and Lieut. II V. Hopkm*, has entered upon the ta«k of placingtin* -tate of Washington unequivocal!)upon record as favoring universal training\ll state organization* have been asked to

petition congrcs «>n the subject.

IF YOU DO. THEN "NOISE ITAROUND!" 11l Y«>UR RKPRISENTATIV ES IN CONGRESS KNOW\BOUT II! LETS TELL THEM.O.NCK AND FOR ALL, Will RE WI-ST WD!

THK RICH AS WELL AS THEI'OOK. THK HICH AS WILL ASTHK LOWLY. THK INFLUENTIAL\S WKLI. AS THK HUMBLE, MI 'STBEAK \UMS, Kyi'ALLY, FOR THEDEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY.Till lit MI'ST UK N< > DISTINCTION.

That's what the universal military ser-vice law, recommended by the mili-tary affairs committee of thr senate,

mean* That is what this great democ-racy of ours must insist on. We musthave a democratic army, in whichI V FRY able-bodied man, within certainage limits, upon whom there is no nearkm dependent for a liseliho<.<l. i tu < iveequal service.

W rite to Senators Polndexter andJunes of this state. \\ rite t" Crtiiffress"man John K. Miller, of this district, to

? ongressnicti lladley. La!*<Tlctte, Johnsonand Dill, in the other districts of thisstate.

Write Unlay! ( lip the following cou-pon, and send it to your representatives:

Booze-Graft CaseNears End; Mayor

Is Good WitnessWithout warning, the booze-graft case

swept toward an abrupt close Wednesday.The fate of Mayor Gill, Chief Becking

ham and Detectives Peyser, Poolman, Mc'Lennan and Doom, accused of conspiring tosecretly aid the Billingsley bootlegging syn-dicate, willbe in the hands of the jury latetonight or some time tomorrow.

First public intimation that the de*fendants had played their last card came at11a. m., when Attorney Frederick Ba us mansuddenly announced: "The defendant, Gill,rests."

HonBecause, in a democratic country,

army organisation should also be dem-ocratic, and because universal serviceplaces the burden of service equallyupon all. rich or poor, ! urge %?>>u t<support the Chamberlain bill, recom-mended by the senate committee, andhope you will do your utmost to

secure its passage at the social ses-sion of congress.

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A Whole Courtroom Watched Mrs. Gill,but Only a Few Saw Mayor's Love PatBY MABEL ABBOTT

Mayor Gill testified in hitown behalf Tuesday in theliquor graft case.

Lean, cartoonab'e, lisping,with one lank leg hooked overthe other, he leaned forward inthe witness chair, a serio comicbut deadly earnest figure, tell-ing hi* version of the often andvariouily told story that haa re-duced Seattle to helplet.s be-wilderment.

He had a man * size job onhie hand*. If he wai tellingthe truth, he had a barbed wireentanglement of lie* to con.quer; If he was telling a lie. hehad to tell one that would holdtogether against the terribleforce of truth.

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Recess Interrupted the may-or's testimony. The long-suf-fering jury and the insatiableaudience took breath.

And then Judge Bausmancalled?"Mrs. Gill!" And themayor's wife followed the mar-shal thru the craning crowd.

It was the first time most ofthem had ever seen her, prob-ably. Mrs Gill I* as littleknown as her husband It wellknown.

She faced them quietly, apleasant picture in her prettyhat of the new mustard yellow,and her brown furs that fellapart to show a modest trinketdangling at her throat.

it was a simple, tho importantthing that she was to testify to?merely whether her husbandhad had any telephone call attheir home on Christmas eve.

Logan Blllingsley has claimedh« called the mayor at hithouse that night; and In tellingof the call, he said the telephone was answered by awoman's voice.

NO FEAR OF GERMANSIN MEXICO FELT

WASHINGTON. March 28 ?

H'hlU realizing ponlblUtles of trou-

ble from Germans gathering In Me*-Ico, authorities declared today the

rinvernment Is prepared to cope

with that situation. Sporadic out-lit oaks and border raids are iheino-i to be guarded against. Judi-cal lons are against any r<»al lilli-tniy danger.

Iteporia lo Hie government nhowconclusively that a groHt many Ger-\u25a0nans have been and still are flee-

ing "i Mexico. Reports Indicateconcentration at Torreon.

SLAV ADMIRALISREPORTED KILLED

HKIIfiIN, March 2S. Arrests of

high ItUMil.in officials continue, ac-cording to Stockholm Informal ion

from l'etroi;rnd. published by Iheofficial preo. bureau today. Admi-ral Vlren bus been killed, it wasstaled.

The bureau stld lien WojeJl.owpropose') lo open all fronlti and letthe Hermans enter, but the czai replied I bat be could not betray Itus-sla.

LOCAL SCHOONERIS IN RAO PUGHT

The power schooner, llenderBros., noted Arctic vessel, boundfrom Alaska points for Seattle, isreported to be In distress off PortCrescent, Just Inside Cape Flattery,according to word received al the

Merchants' Kxchange Wednesday.The vessel lost Its pro pallor 400miles from Tatooih Island, and then

used Us sails How ever, Inside I lieptralts the wind was unfavorableand the boat Is drifting toward thesea.

The I'nited StHtes coast guardcutter. Snohomish, left Port Ange-les at I p. m. for ihe distressedboat. It is not known whetherthere are passengers aboard.

DEMOCRACY GETTINGCHANCE IN GERMANY

BKRIiIN. March ChancellorVon Hethmann-Hollweg may declde to grant electoral reforms InGermany, looking toward Increaseddemocracy In the empire before theend of Hie war, according to a slg

iilflciuit hint contained in llio Co-logne Oaaette today.

Judge Bausman questionedMrs. Gill. Had there been anysuch call? Was there anyother woman in the house butherself? At what time had themayor gone to bed? How didshe know these things?

She answered simply?a littlenervously, her furs rlting andfalling with quick breaths be-tween her word*?but clearly.

"There was no such call.There was no other woman inthe house; I had let the maid gohome because it was Christmas? ve.

"We have three telephones inthe house. The one in our roomis on my side of the bed. and Ialways answer it, because Mr.Gill's hearing is very defective,and he cannot hear it. Hecould not hear it more than 20or 25 feet away, even if It rangloudly, and It is muffled, so he

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ARMED TONGMAN ISCAUGHT NEAR COURT

The near-long war Invaded Hiecourthouse Wednesday for the sec-ond l Imp recently \h Fook wasarrc I nil by Deputy Sheriff FrankHrewater and charged with carry -

InK concealed weapons. Ah Fookand several of his countrymen wereloitering near the park entrance lothe eouithouse. and, according lodeputies, were acting a- iho lookingfur (ho approach of an enemy. TheChinese fled thru the building andwere al! captured. No weaponswere found on any except Ah Kook.

ASK LID ON THALIASuit lo canccj the lease of the

I bulla lo Its location, Second .uidI'nlon. was begun before JudgeTallman Wednesday morning bythe \\ 11 Hutchinson InvestmentCo. II is charged thai the cafe Isa nuisance.

The action Is brought againstWilliam I lodge. It B Van Noslniniand others, but It held thaiHodge sold bis Interest In the <.ifeto C V. (iriiv.

North Dakota and Mis»i*sipplhave nearly ulue-teutliß countnfolk.

Kive minute* later, Attorney'

Walter i'ulton made the same uut'OUtirenie.it In respect to ChiefI'e-klnciiam. and was Immediatelyfollowed by counsel* for the de-

' tectlrea.Government Ready to Finish

Next In order came the govern-i ''tit re initial. Witnesses were? i lied In quirk succession to teari i'ttn minor points of defeime ten

, Umony or plug up hoi en in thej government case. At noon U. S

I Attorney Reames said the rebuttal* ould l<e completed in short orderduring the afternoon.

! That meant that the srirument*jto the Jury would start this after-

| t'f 08. Whether or not they wouldl>e completed and the cane go tothe jury tonight depended upon a

\u25a0in cision to he made late In theday b> Judge Neterer

If the rush program Ik adopted,tie case will go to the Jury after

j a night session. Otherwise the arguments

'guments will no doubt he complet-ed tomorrow

Bets Favor "Hung Jury"Rets> around town today favored

;a. "hung jury." which is a disa-i ' ecmrnl Thin would permit the?o> eminent to try the case again

If it pleased. If a verdict of- lllty" if returned, the defend-

ants can appeal If they are ac-I quitted, the case is ended.I Heated exrhanßcs between Gilland I'. S Attorney Reames mark-

?\u25a0(i the closing moments of theshort but sharp cross-examinationjof the mayor Wedne-day morning,

j The mnyor charged that he tin ned

, ner evidence to the government], v hereby 11,000,000 In fines could'h. ve been collected from the Jesse

; Moore Hunt t'o but the govern-!tuent metelv confiscated the ship-

I n.etit,

$5,C00 Note Sprung"I could have done that in half

i.n hour," ho saidThen, In an effort to show that

'the mayor was "hard up" at theI time of his compromise with the

j I'tllingsleys, be was handed a| *".000 not.*, which he admitted hadI t en signed in 1 The note has

I not yet been paid.Ex-Sheriff Robert Hodge was |

j called its a defense witness, to give

the lie to l.ogau Hlllingsley's testi-mony that he had paid Hodge $500 ione day at the county jail.

I wasn't In town then." saidI iodge

Quizzed on Firm's BusinessThe cross-examination of Mayor

jt.lll was resumed promptly when]I < ourt convened at 9:30 a. m. Weil ,| rcsday.

"Did you know the firm of Hill, 1Hoyt A: Kr>e was engaged byliquor firms shipping liquor into j

; this territory?" asked Realties"No, I don't know any more

nl out that firm's law business jthan you do?I haven't even a desk ?

I down there."He was handed a letter, showing i

that a liquor lirni in Montana hadengaged (Sill, Hoyt & Krye regard- !ing tbe diversion of a barrel ofliquor to Seattle.

Asked Frye to Explain"I saw this letter in the news-

paper," said QUI, "and 1 askedMr. Krye here to explain It theother day."

The mayor s.tld lie had retainedhis name in the law firm of QUI,hoyt K- Frye "because no man.elected mayor, likes to become ills-iHoclated from his profession,"!and cited how former Mayors iHumes. Miller, Itonald and Miller Ihad retained their firm names.

Tucker Stops QuestionsAttorney \\ ilmoti Tucker, of]

GUl's counsel staff, objected to the jI'ne of questions.

"We're not trying the witnessi i ethics," said Tucker.

Tbe objection wns sustained.Reames Immediately inunched

questions loncprnlnc the lilllings-

tl< . paper-- sein-d by the |«>l(ce ati 'l.i' l»ay and hunt drug store, andjieturned to Logan liillingsley

] August 30 the da? he says lie11 ;ld the $4,000 bril>e to Mayor('.ill.

The mayor insisted that thereI was no correspondence to or fromI Ijigsn Hiring .lev ;.niong the pa-i i-ers he returned.

Questioned About Letter*"Will you \u25a0«!)? positively

were uo letters from the Jesse ,Moore Hni.t Co to KVed Ac am* orJoe Rush?"

"No." aw-wered Gill."Were there any letters relaO*# -J

to paying protectkJn money?"

"Are yon pofitlve?"

"Did yon know that Charles |Young was an axent for the Jesse

| Moore Hunt Co?""I had 1 eard so."Wouldn't Have Considered 'Em

i He was handed a series of lei» :j ters addressed to "Adams," "Bush"

| and "Young," and asked if they :were among the seized papers.

| "1 don't think these letters werejrmong them." said the mayor,

I mid if they were I wouldn't havelaid much attention to them. I

j I.new. from months of experience,how the Rlllingsleys were operat-ing." '"iSS

"Was there anything in the cor-tisiKindence which should cob- ji li.sively show their plan of oper-ations?"

"Oh?1 knew in general, yes.Hut I couldn't have proved It Inany court

"

He Was Vigilance CommitteeAt one time Gill answered: "T J

filed the courthouse full of proof 1bitter than that stuff tthe seisedpapers), and the proscming attor- jney threw up his hands and saidl>e couldn't get anywhere unlessthere was a vigilance committee tocope with the Hillingsieys. 1 wentahead with the vigilance."

Reames propounded question

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BRIGHT SPOTS INGILL'S TESTIMONY"Dr. Matthews got the rumor

resulting in the indictmentfrom John Evans, an ex-con*vict. reporter for the Times."

"There was some criticism InThe Star about the agreement? (the compromise with Bill-ingsley)?but I thought it wasa good thing, regardless of thecriticism."

"I don't know any more aboutthe law business of the firm ofGill, Hoyt & Frye than you (As-sistant Attorney GeneralReames) do?l haven't even adesk down there."

"I filled the courthouse fullof proof better than that stuff(some of the Billingsley pa-pers). and the prosecuting at-torney threw up his hands andsaid he couldn't get anywherewithout a vigilance committee.I gave him the vigilancesquad."

"I turned over 15.000 quartsof beer to the treasury depart-ment that would have made Mr.Hunt, of the Jesse Moore HuptCo., subject to a million-dollarfine."

"More false than hell everthought of being" (referring tothe Billingsley bribe story).

"Tucker (Gill's own attorneynow) was largely responsiblefor my recall in 1911."

"Never took a drop since No-vember, 1910."

"Prohibition law inherentlyweak because druggists are psftmitted to sell alcohol."