The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-13
Thirty Thousand Prohibition
Officials VIII Fall In Monday.
John f. Kramer VIII Take
Command in Big Battle.
WAR ON THE BOOTLEGGER
Flying SquadrOns VIII Be
Ready To Swoop Down.
Commissioners VIII Be Named
for Each State.

Washington, Nov. 13.-An army of
more than 10000 officials will spring
to attention Monday when John f.
Kramer, newly appointed federal pro-
hibitiOn commissioner, takes charge of
the battle to make the country alcohol
tight under the enforcement act for
wartime and constitutional prohibi-
ton.
More than 500 arrests already have
been made under the act. 1t was unof-
ficially estimated today, but few for
NAL reports have yet been received by
the internal revenue bureau.
Today officials were in the midst of
the last minute rush of perfecting the
temporary machinery that was set up
November 5 when the enforcement
went into effect over the presidents
| veto.
Deputy Commissioner Gaylord
| planned to name nine department
commissioners before night. They will
be the chief neutenants of General
Kramer.
The 48 state commissioners will be
named from day to day.
It also is planned to add to the per-
| sonnel of the already big force of in
| spectors of dry law detectives" who
will be organized into flying squad
rons with headquarters in each of the
nine departments.
! Under tactics now mapped out for
! the prohibition army the flying
squadrons will be held in readiness to
swoop down upon any sector where
bootleggers are operating.
The "army'' is backed by $4,000, 900
| appropriated by congress to enforce
the first year of national prohibition
| Prohibition officials understand that
the law now is being violated openly
| in many sections of the country, where
they are told liquor is being sold in
| ice cream parlors That bootleggers
r. ncf nj fHd n
! many sections. also Is admitted.
| The machine for enforcement is or
| ganized in this way:
| Federal forces@Commissio Kra-
| mer and more than 100 federal execu-
| tives; 50 internal revenue collectors
and 800. deputy collectors; 800 federal
| district attorneys and their assistants
who will conduct prosecutions.
Local officials = 5000 county
sheriffs. 5000 state detectives, attor-
| and $4,000 city police and rural con-
| stables. All must cooperate in help
ing the, federal government screw
down the dry lid to stay, the internal
| revenue commissioner holds.
Vets Win Another Point.
| Louisville, KY, Nov. ia tempo
| rary Injunction preventing the federal
government from interfering with dis
posal of their floor stocks" of tax
paid whisky. was granted today to
Wright & Taylor and the Brown
| Forman companies, distillers. by
Judge Walter Evans in United States
district court here today. The injunc-
| ton temporarily frees the two distili-
| ing firms from operation of certain
| sections of the war time prohibition
| act
| Attempts by other companies to dis
pose of stocks will carry peril of prose-
cution, w. V. Gregory, district attor-
| ney, said, outlining the policy of the
government to proceed individually
against all offenders.
| eff the supreme court upholds
| Judge Evans it will be the policy of
| the government to proceed against all
| other Violations said Gregory. mo
| one but Wright & Taylor and the
| Brown-Forman company is entitled to
relief under the injunction.
| eff the supreme court reverses
Judge Evans, they themselves will be
subject to prosecution