LIQUOR, Dry Legislator Charged With Importing Intoxicants Neco, serctat SeRvice Washington, Mar. 30
Two officials of the Customs service in New York submitted an' official report to-day charging Mr. William M. Morgan, Republican of Newark, Ohio, with bringing four bottles of liquor into the United States illegally.
Mr. Morgan is a member of the House of Representatives and has been noted as a leader of "dry" forees in the Congress.
The Customs report says he arrived last Sunday from Panama and that the four bottles of liquor were found in his baggage. Customs agents attempted to confiseate it, in accordance with the law, but said' that Mr. Morgan threatened them with official action and that they returned it to him. Mr. Morgan denies the charge, asserting he never drank in his life.
The affair has created a sensation prohibition circles and "dry"Con-pressmen have announced that they will investigate the extent to which the "privileges" granted members. of Congress in ports of entry are abused. It is stated there is no law Which exempts congressmen from the Customs search—United Press.
To Investigate Allegations New York, Mar. 31.
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