The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-12
City, County and Federal
Authorities Agree to Co.
Operate in Move
MANY EMISSIONS
LAWS ARE ALLEGED
Effort Be Made to
Strictly Apply The
Federal Regulation

City, county and federal authori-
ties have agreed to cooperate in the
enforcement of federal regulations
concerning the sale of liquor to mem
bers Of the military forces of the
United States in uniform, ana at a
meeting of the executive committee
of the Law Enforcement League nd
yesterday morning in the feG~rSl
court room, plans were made Tor the
carrying out of the work.
The meeting was called with this
particular purpose in view, and in ad-
dition to the members of the commit
tee, Major Hughes, commanding, c..
A. c., Fort Barrancas; Captain J. l..
Jayne, commandant, navy yard. and
Ensign Eley, representing the cap
tain of the Huntington, were present
Sheriff Van Pelt, Mayor Johnson, ard
Commissioners Sanders and Hinrichs
were also in attendance.
The evasions Of the law which are
being practiced were subjects of
lengthy discussion and the general
opinion was that every effort should
be made to stop the sale. of liquor
either directly or indirectly to sailors
and soldiers.
1t was stated that at present liquor
may be ordered from any Ct tbs
dealers, to be delivered to houses in
several sections of the city and that
the dealer may make delivery, and
the sailors or soldiers get the supply
from the, house. To stop this, it is
Suggested that ali persons who either
knowingly or uhkno-,9inely permit
liquor to be sent to their premises
for sailors or soldiers be arrested and
charged with conspiracy to violate
the law, or aiding and abettng in
the violation of the law.
If this is done, it will make it prac-
tically impossible for the sailors and
soldiers to procure liquor as the re-
cent regulations concerning wearing
the uniform, prevents them assuming
any other attire to evade the law.
Though it was not one of the rea-
sons for calling the meeting, the sub
ject of the abolition of the restricted
district was brought up and discuss
ed. The point was made that there
is not now any federal regulation on
the subject, and while both Secretary
Daniels and Secretary Baker have
expressed themselves as against the
existence OF Ine UlSIElCGS near CdIH pS'
it was thought best to deal with one
subject at a time, and to stamp out
the liquor law violations before any
thing is done in the other matter.
The attitude of the meeting yes
terday toward the movement OF
stamping out the district is under
stood to have met with great disap-
proval among those members of TE
league who are anxious to abolish the
district, and those members will
probably take some action. The meet
ing Yesterday, it is stated, was called
as a conference between the various
officers. and not the request of II
committee which was appointed at
the mass meeting Monday.
1t is further claimed that members
of the League who are in favor of
abolisAing the district attempted to
have the executive committee call a
meeting for a general public discus
sion, but that this was refused. When
the meeting was called yesterdE-
morning, other members of the
league were present, and it was an
nounced that the meeting was Tct
open to the public and that thos~
who were not members of the execu-
tive committee proper, would be re-
ouested to withdraw.