The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-23
PUPILS TAUGHT
TO MAKE LIQUOR
Instructors Arrested For violat-
ing Revenue Laws.
SCHOOL IN HEART OF CHICAGO
--A
ONE OF THE PRISONERS A U. S.
OFFICIAL.
SCHOOL IN HEART OF CHICAGO

Chicago. Dec. 22.-Chargea with OBJ
Grating in the center Of the fashion
able shopping district of Chicago a
oisiliery contrary TO government regu-
i-bohs, hFe officers and instructors Of
the columbus laboratories were today
arrested Dy United States deputy mar
snals. one OF the five prisoners was
United States Commissioner Salomon.
The laboratories are located In a sky
sciaper Office building I'm State street
at the corner of Washington. The ar
rests were made on complaint Of United
states Revenue Agent Levi G.. Mutt.
the technical charge being displaying
the sign of a distiller and making a
mash ut for distulation IN q place
cther than a duly authorized distl-
lery- Those arrested were Charles
& Norton, practical distiller and recti-
ner' j. A Weisner. Pm. c.. NJ D., chem
ist. a. Gehrmaun. NJ. d. and A. D..
Solomon, United States Commissioner
northern district, lecturer in the la
boratories.
Probable Suit For Damages.
Today's arrests are doubtless the
outgrowth of a bin for injunction fled
recently in the United States district
court against DR. Evans. DR.. Gehr-
mann. former city chemist. United
others. charging them with conduct
ing school wherein pupils were taught
20 manufacture limitations Of various
liquors and cordials a suit for $4,000
damages, III was said, would follow the
injunction proceedings.
In the annual catalogue OF the Ia
boratories. fl is said that pupils are
taught how TO manufacture gins. runs.
Dflndies, bitters, cOrdials and specials
In fac-, every kind of liquor here Is
in the market. How to make the es-
sence and all the ingredients used in
the manufacture Of the same. how to
Initiate imported liquors and straight
WHISTLES, how TO give new WHISTLES ar
uhcial age, how TO give low proof
goods strength.
Aim Of the School
Charles Norton. who is at the head
az The academy, and one OF those ar
rested, said:
"Our processes are perfectly legiti-
mate. 7 don't think we have violated
the distllling laws. We aim in our
academy TO teach the compromising,
rectifying and distilling of all liquors
and spirits. BY this we mean all such
specific brands"
Commissioner Solomon is named in
the catalogue Of the school as instruc-
tor in government laws and regula-
tions, pure food laws and the keeping
of government books
United States Commissioner FOOte
gave an Immediate hearing to the five
persons arrested today. At the re-
quest of the defendants he continued
the hearing until Dec. 90 All the de-
PENDANTS were released on bond.
Later. Professor Norton said:
'Today's developments were no sur
prise TO us. We had contemplated that
IN nlaHf nn In be- "a rrH ras 20
perfectly willing. AS a matter of fact.
we have technically violated a law We
DO make mash in our academy. That
ie against the law. But eve were told by
i1e authorities fin washington that we
wight make a mash under the Circum-
stances, but not TO use It. We do not
use the mash.
III the revenue agents were 60 hap
pen Go drop i'm at almost any college or
even at the city laboratory they would
find the same kind of a violation OF the
mash law as they did here"