Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-20

feres with the prosecution of the
war, booze should go. I'm win
the government. no matter what it
wants
District Attorney Knots said
that he will spend four days a week
here indefinitely.
III stay until the situation is
thoroughly and completely cleaned
up said Knots. Peoria will get
half a day a week and | will spend
my weekend in Springfield. The
Reed amendment prohibits the
transportation of lntOxiCants across
the Mississippi to Iowa. The SAFE
of liquor within the half-mile dry
zone is forbidden.
Searches Are Made.
at is unlawful to have any
liquor in ones possession on the
arsenal property, which includes
the government bridge by which
automobiles and street cars travel
over to Davenport. For each there
is a maximum penalty Of I'VE years
Imprisonment and $4,000 fine or
| both. We have been searching ev-
cry grip on each ferry and in each
automobile and street car.
7 1T is unlawful for a saloon in
permitted territory TO sell to a
person who takes it to government
property or to Iowa. It's us to
the barkeep to know the bootleg
gers. This bartender here now is
charged with aiding and abettins
the transfer of liquor across the
island
Wet Fringe Dripping Wet
In catching offenders, Marshal
Dallman has met with considerable
success, He and the police chief
asserted that the dry zone is so
dry it's dusty. The wet fringe,
however, is so wet it's dripping.
/ The government Lalf-mile zone
does not prevent the 10000 worK-
men at the arsenal from getting
all the liquor they want. They
only are forced to ride a trifie far
/ Their on the street car.
Government Plan Fails.
/ Two men of reputation in Rock
! Island, one a minister, said that a
government agent told them and
IA others that the government is
paying for six days of work a week
and that the drinking men EN-
/ ployed were then working only
! three and half and four days.
/ If the liquor situation is so serious,
the government haIf-mile zone has
/ little improved conditions. In 4
word, the government plan is in
effective
The saloons were crowded at 10
o'clock this morning in the neigh
/ borhOod of Seventeenth street. The
/ bars of some have been extended
and more bartenders have been
employed. At Seventeenth street
and Third avenue the front of one
saloon extends about eight feet
over the half-mile circle So the
eight feet have been partitioned off
and the rear entrance made the
main gateway. Across the street
/ five feet of the side OF a saloon eX-
I tends in prohibition territory
/ There a wire fence lathing keeps
I the thirsty on wet flooring. Only
/ one hotel in the town has a bar
/ Women are not admitted to its cafe
! and rooms are rented only to men
Twenty-Three in Jail.
! men AldTSnal DdIlmdn returned
here yesterday % persons were
awaiting him in the Jail and po-
J lice cells. Most of hem had been
trapped on the government bridge.
! From two automobiles deputies
took rs dozen pints Of beer. 100
( quarts. two suit cases full of pin;s
4 and one gallon of whisky. These
two automobiles employed a decoy
taxi to travel ahead, but were
/ caught on the island, between
( bases. deputies ahead and deputies
behind. And they passed their sig
mails back and forth over a phone
/ wire.
/ A few nights previous a larger
number of automobiles were caught
in the act.
I Local business men say they dc
not believe that Secretary of Wa:
Baker will discontinue work at tie
! arsenal here. They point out that
last year about SS,000,0O0 was
spent on new buildings and an ex-
penditure nearly as large is con-
templated for this year The new
storage house has a ground area
! of 20 acres and 60 miles north al
( Savanna are important proving
grounds. But the business men
want to comply with the govern
ment's wishes on patriotic
grounds" as they put it.