Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-27
KANE IS SKEPTICAL
OF FLASK SALE BAN
Federal District Attorney
Fears Liquor Dealers Action
Won't End Bootlegging
DRY ZONE YET POSSIBLE
Cratiticd ut Attitude Of Saloonmcn.
but Warns Of Possible Further
Embargo

Ecllowing the decision of the Retail
,iouor Dealers Association to eliminate
+bo sale of whisky in pints and half
c,u,s over the bars, United States Dis
,rict Attorney Kane today expressed
himself as skeptical of the efficacy ~
.hls method of attack upon bootleg
ring" TO men in uniform.
4 while the District Attorney expresses
himself as being pleased with the de-
clsIon and attitude Of the liquor men.
be issued warning today that there
was no agreement between himself and
the dealers and that the establishment
of a dry zone in this city is still Il pos
sibility
And Mr.. Kane adds that he had re-
suested the liquor men 10 prohibit the
sale of either beer or liquor in any shape
Sor consumption outside the place where
Il is sold.
"I have not as yet made any decision
about the dry zone" he said today.
"StilI. the possibility of establishing
dry zone cannot be made public at this
,lme, for the reason that my actions
will be governed br local conditions in
the Immediate future. IT they warrant
a dry zone It will be established.
~ ME 'lll SidNiitu happy
oyer the dicision of the liquor men.
had asked that no beer or liquor Ia
nny form be sold for outside consump-
tion. H-must warn that | have no
agreement with the liquor men and
that my hands are free in the matter
% do as | see fit and as seems best.
"If violations of the order prohibiting
+. the sale of liquor to men in uniform con-
,inue. there shall continue the arrests
ma they have been made in the past. J.
seems to me that we are unable to get
it through the heads of lot of men in
Philadelphia that they are doing the
Z Government an immeasurahle injury
when they sell liquor to soldiers and
sailors And their action acts as Il
boomerang, for it will result seriously
for them"
Wholesale liquor dealers will follow
fhe lead of the Philadelphia Retail
LIQUOR Dealers Association in restrict
ing the sale of liquor in bottles, In an
effort to stamp out "bootlegging" among
soldiers and sailors.
Beginning Monday. the sale OF pint
and half-pint TASKS over the bar will
he discontinued, and purchasers of
quart bottles from saloonkeepers or
!, wholesalers, will be required to register
their name and address.
by passing TINS rule ana employing
ten of our investigators to SEQ that II
Is enforced" said Neil Bonner, presi-
dent of the retailers. I'VE feel that we
can give effective aid to the Government
in stopping tn bootleggers."
He told the dealers that Frank Carr
president of the wholesale liquor deal
ers. had pledged that branch of the trade
to cooperate with the retailers in help
ing to end the bootleggers.
"The wholesalers will begin at the
same time that we do to register all pur-
chases made through them. Every bottle
will carry the label. containing the name
a. and address of the dealer, and every
saloonkeeper is to register the name and
address of every purchaser of a quart
The records thus obtained will be open
). 10 Government and municipal authori-
ties"
IN In explaining this plan Bonner said
the records will enable the Government
authorities to trace the bootlegger and
the speakeasy.