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New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Social Effects of
Prohibition Slight

Prohibition has caused no chance
in the habits of the public. as oh
served by social workers and settle
ment house experts of New York.
About the same number of intoxicated
persons come to their notice as be-
lore prohibition went into effect. and
aoout the same amount of intoxicat-
ing llquor seems to- be sold in the
tenement house districts, according to
those interviewed yesterday.
w. Carter, of the Salvation Armv
Hotel, 225 Bowery, said:
we have to put out just as MANY
men under the influence of liquor as
ever before: put out three this
morning. This hotel is run for decent,
Ih,ard-working men, and they object to
mest me presence re 81, of disorderly characters.
Most of them who come here regularly
drink a little, but they do it with dis
cretlon. They are very indignant with
the government for forbidding heir
reasonable indulgence in beer.
"Last Spree Still Continues
The Bowery has seen great deal
or drunkenness since the coming of
prohlbltlon, due to the fact that men
VINO mad reformed felt they must have
one last spree, and they overdid it
and have been drinking heavily ever
SINCE. This state of affairs will not
last. of course. In six months or q
year we may see some very definite re-
suits, but you can't shut down the
business IN great city like New York
IN one month
another reason for the large amount
W urunkenness this summer, in spite
.i oI me hlgh cost of intoXicants, is that
'he men have too much money. Wages
are high, and the men down here Are
not accustomed to spending much
money on clothes and the refnements
o, OF lite. When they have big wages
they they spend it on having a good time,
Inc 2.75 stuff does not interest them
much, but they have no difficulty in OBJ
tanning the real stuff"
MISS Sparks, worker in the Union
Settlement House at 237 East 1O4tb
Street, said:
Only one saloon in this neighbor-
mood has closed since the cominr Of
prohibition. In the others no wh;ssev
is SOLO, but strong wines take it's place
and just as much beer as ever is sold
we notice no difference in the behavior
of the people.
Survey Is Unsatisfactory
Recently we made survey Of a
typical block, to ascertain what amount
OF drunkenness existed We got no
deiinlte results. however, as it was a
delicate question and we had to infer
a great deal. All we could ask about a
man was is he good father?' and
then wait hopefully for the answer
trusting that some details as to his
nahlts would be vouchsafed Naturally.
the results We're rather vague, and we
are unwilling to publish the figures
Vincent T. Pisarri, of the Society for
The Prevention Of Cruelty to Children,
said:
There have been just as many COM
plants to the effect that parents are
drunk from morning until night and
that children are in need of the care
OF our society," The number of these
cases is from two to five each day, and
we have noticed no difference at all
since prohibition went into effect. We
are very much surprised and have com
mented on this circumstance MANY
tunes. The people seem to be able to
get drink just as easily as before, or
else this 2.71 stuff is much more po-
tent than the prohibition experts
imagine.'
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Effect of First Dry Month Summarized

tiea are for the most part agreed that
this is inevitable.
"A month is short period to Judge
by, but we have had several new pa-
tients who stated in filling in their
registration cards that they previously
were alcoholics. would not 90 so far
as to say the difference is conspicuous
yet, but believe it will become more
and more noticeable as time goes on"
No Increase in Addicts
Or. B. r. Tinker, head of the Op
penheimer Institute for Inebriates and
Drug Addicts, said at present the ma
jority of his patients are inebriatas
and that the number of drug addict
patients has not increased within the
last month.
We quite expect the effects of pro-
hibition will be noticeable in this di-
rection before long. though" said DR..
Tinker We find many of the addicts
who come here in the ordinary course
of events have been alcoholics who
have begun to use narcotics for ad-
ditonal stimulation. With alcohol
withdrawn altogether the systems of
such as these will demand greater
quantities of drugs"
DR.. Henry Reiss said it was his
impression that instead of turning to
drugs the alcoholics would be more
likely to make an effort to get liquor
through illicit means. He had not
to turn from drink to drugs.
The psychopathic department ut
Bellevue HospitaI reported that pro-
hibltlon had had no appreciable ef-
feet on it's activities one way or the
other.
A canvass made among twenty-five
representative physicians and surgeons
throughout the city revealed that only
one physician prescribed whiskey for
patient during the first month of pro-
hibition. He was Dr. A. L. Barrett, of
Fordham. and his patient was an old
woman sufficiently indisposed to just-
ty the measure.
Little Liquor Prescribed
Il know there are many hard drink
ers in this section" said DR.. Barrett,
but this is the only time l have been
called upon to prescribe liquor"
liquor during the month";" said DR..
William Colin, of The Bronx. But
this is not the time of year when it
is absolutely necessary. l wouldn t
want to be without it through the win
ter, when pneumonia is prevalent.
have 1000 people dependent on me for
medical assistance and I dread the
thought of not being able to prescribe
whiskey for some of them in the cold
weather."
DR.. William Y. Finch, of Brooklyn,
said: 1T seems strange. but | haven't
been called upon to prescribe even
blackberry brandy. l suppose my pa
tients must have supply in their
homes. l certainly don't think Brook
lyn is bone dry The lack of calls for
prescr ptions for either brand. or
whiskey seems unnatural"
People don't need physicians 70
prescribe for them" declared DR.. Jo-
seph ". Babcock, of sos East 120th
Street. 81 think they are getting all
they want without prescriptions |
have $500 people coming to NE for
treatment, and | haven't had to pre-
scribe an ounce of liquor during July"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Marriage and Diuorce
Both Shoe July Boom
Officials Declare, Houerer, That
Prohibition Had Nothing to
DO y ifh the Situation

Marriage license figures for July
show large increase over the figures
Of July. 1918. Although prohibition
IS assigned by some as reason for
the advance in the number of mar
rlages, Chief Clerk Scully, in charge
Of the Marriage License Bureau. secuted
TINS theory yesterday.
Il honestly believe" said Mr.. Scully.
that prohibition has nothing to do
with 1t. The war and various every
day reasons account for the increase >
Manhattan shows the largest numeri-
cal advance in the number of licenses
issued, but the Borough of Richmond
shows the greatest percentage of in
crease. The latter issued more than
40 per cent more licenses in July,
1919. than in July 1913.
The Borough of Manhattan issued
3,l49 licenses this July. 541 more than
IN the spending month of last
year. Brooklyn shows an increase y,
269. the figures being 532 for this
year and l,2G3 for last, In The Bronx
the number jumped from 439 to 55l.
while in Queens and Richmond the
increases were 81 and 2S respectively.
from 23f to 3lS in the former and
from 64 to 92 in the latter
Actions for divorce filed in the of
flee Of the County Clerk also show an
advance this July Forty-seven ac-
tons were filed in July last year.
against II this year In July, 1918,
complaint was brought by the woman
IN twenty-siX cases, while in July this
year forty seven actions for divorce
were filed by women.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Rents Easier, Say
Real Estate Men

West Side real estate men, from
Thirty fourth to Fifty-ninth streets,
found it difficult yesterday to describe
the effects of the first month Of .prohi-
biton because, in their opinion, there
is no prohibition in the district. They
were unanimous in saying that all
varieties of liquor are beng sold open
ly in the saloons and family liquor
stores which dot the neighborhood.
y. j. Foss, Of 495 Ninth Avenue, said
people are spending as much for liquor
were drinking less, because of the
greatly increased cost. Tenants are
paying their rent more promptly. he
said, but this is due rather to good
economic conditions and higher wages
than because prohibition is helping
them to save money. During July sew
eral saloons were closed and Mr..
Foss found better paying tenants, who
are proving more satisfactory than the
former occupants, he said. One saloon
corner was taken over by butcher,
another was transformed into a millin-
ers shop, and third has become a
five, nine and nineteen cent store.
Many Italians are leaving because
they want to be sure of obtaining beer
and wine in the future, Mr.. Foss said.
John J. Hoeckh, of 656 Ninth Avenue,
and Chris Schierioh, of 776 Ninth Ave
nue., agreed with Mr.. Foss that rents
are coming in better, not on account OF
prohibition, but on account OF the god
times which exist Both men think it
will not be difficult to rent saloon cor
ners of they become empty gradually,
but there may be some delay in secur-
ing new tenants if they are all closed
at once.
"Prohibition. such as it is," said Mr..
Schierloh, "hasn't harmed the real es-
tate men in this district and will prove
real benefit to them as time
goes on"
Six out of every ten tenants dispos-
sessed previously. Mr.. Schierloh ex-
planned. were dispossessed because they
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Cuban Minister Sails on
First Vacation in 5 Years
Bound for France on La Lor.
raine; Marquis de Chambrun
Also q PASSENGER

Crowded to capacity. the French
liner La Lorraine sailed at 3 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon for Havre. Among
the passengers was Carlos NJ. De Ces-
pedes, the Cuban Minister in Washing
ton, accompanied by his wife and niece.
He said he was going abroad on the
first holiday he had enjoyed in five
years, having made previously only
official trips to Cuba.
Other passengers included the Mar
quis Charles de Chambrun, counsellor
of the French Embassy at Washington.
and Charge d'Afaires during the seven
months absence of Ambassador Jusse-
rand. With him travelled Viscount Rob-
ert de Dampierre, secretary of the
French Legation in Toxic The Prin-
cess Murat, the Rev Pierre Blom-
maert, chief Protestant Chaplain of
the Belgian army; Mrs. F. S. Grmsley
of Chicago, with her two children, also
sailed
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Crinstead Says Many
L. S. Soldiers Deserted
Executions Would Have Been
Necessary if War Had Con-
tinued. He Asserts

PHOENIX, Ariz., July 31.-Further
defence of Lieutenant Frank H. ("Hard
Boiled') Smith, in his conduct of Pris-
on Farm No. 2, at Challes. France, and
assertions that large numbers of Amer
lean army desertions made drastic ac-
ton necessary were contained in a
formal statement made public to-day
by Colonel Edgar P Grinstead. men
tloned in testimony Tuesday before
the Congressional committee in New
York as one of the men responsible
Tor alleged prison cruelties in the
American Expeditionary Forces.
Colonel Grlnstead said:
Everybody that was soldier in
France knew thousands of our men
were running away from the front lines.
and had the war continued many exc
cutions would have been necessary be-
fore these desertions could have been
stopped.'
He characterized as "absurd" init
nations that he had made scape-
goat of Lieutenant Smith, or had been
a party to such action. 81 don't be-
lleve and never did believe that Lieu
tenant Smith did anything but his duty
at Farm No. % he said.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Dr0uH Creates No
Boost in Suuings

The first month of prohibition has
had no effect on savings deposits, it
was said yesterday by officers Of saw
ings banks. There was a considerable
increase in deposits early in the month.
they said, which was offset by with
drawals toward the end Of the month.
Even the temporary boost of de-
posits, the savings bank men were
convinced, had no connection with the
advent of prohibition. Deposits began
to draw interest from July 10. they
pointed out, and it was only natural
Tor depositors to ban early in the
month ali the money they could spare.
The second Victory Loan payment
which fell due early in July was re-
sponslble for some of the Withdrawals
during the month. bank officers thought.
The others could be accounted Tor.
they said. in normal fashion. being
either the measure OF depositors' super
optimism or the price OF unforeseen
necessities:
six months OF real prohibition might
tell different story was the opinion
OF one man, "but q months drouth
scarcely would be reflected in savings
accounts"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Dry Era Has Not
Aided Soda Sales

survey among mineral water. car
bonc gas, candy and ice cream soda
selling concerns yesterday disclosed an
coming Of prohibition had had little or
no apparent effect on their business.
Those questioned said it was too
early to be able to tell just what effect
prohibition was having and that even
II an increase in sales could be dis
cerned IL was probably due to the hot
weather.
At the Offices of c. B. seeley, Inc, at
80 West Fifteenth Street, it was said
noticed. The sales for June. before
prohibition went into effect, were 500,
600 bottles, and an equal number was
sold during the month Of July.
J. ". Joseph, sales n anager Of the
Liquid Carbonic Company, 624 First
Avenue. said: There can be no ques-
ton that prohibition helped materially
and Will continue TO help gain q steady
increase in the sale of our commodity.
But it must not be forgotten that the
not weather, too, has q great deal to
do with any increase OF sales. | do
not think that it can be said the
increase has been extraordinary since
the coming Of prohibition.'
N~lltN Iidliul UIclS anu ice cream
soda establishments were equally
doubtful about the effect that prohi-
bitlon was having.
Leon Loft, of Lofts, at Broome and
Centre streets, said: "There has been
10 greet increase il our sales since
prohibition, or ice cream sodas, for
people are buying candy because of
prohibition or ice cream sodas, for
that matter. On hot days we sell
more sodas and on cool days we sell
more candy"
William A. Simon, of the Mirror
Company, 431 Hudson Street: 1--WE
never took much stock in the theory
that prohibition would have any effec-
on our busine $, and l think l can say
otfhand that prohibition has not in
creased our sales. We must increase
them ourselves"
AT Huyler's, 1876 East Eighteenth
Street, it was said that no increase
due to prohibition had been noticed
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Coll for Narcotics
Increases Slightly

TIE first month Of prohibition has
produced slight increase in the de-
l'si msnd tor narcotics. This is chiefly no
tlceaole among the addicts for whom
the city is caring at the clinic on
worth Street Physicians with private
practices agre- that within their
knowledge persons addicted to drink
nave not shown any particular inclina-
uon to turn toward drugs as sub
SIltute But Dr.. Royal S. Copeland.
heaith Commissioner, who is looking
alIer several thousand fairly repre-
sentative addicts, said yesterday he be-
lleved there was an appreciable aug
men'atlon Of the craving for drugs as
q result of the withdrawal of liquor
from the market
We are having a repetition of what
happened IN the Southern states when
promotion was first introduced there"
ne sald. Numbers OF heavy drinkers
Immediately started to still their
craving for stimulation by taking to
hefoin and morphine, Medical authori-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Drug Addict
Survey Made
By Copeland
Statistics Here Show Men
Under 80 Are Numerous
i'll Victims of Narcotics
City to Open Hospital
Mayor to Confer With Off.
cials on Plan to Take
Care Many Unfortunates

statistical analysis of the nation
al'ty, age, sex and occupation of tn,
drug addicts who have registered al
l2S Prince Street since the bureau
opened July II reveals the following
More than 80 per cent are Amer
lean born.
That twenty-six to thirty years
is the commonest period of addic-
ton.
That men outnumber women ex-
ccpt in addicts over sixty years.
That transportation occupations,
the home and the stage claim the
greatest number of addicts.
The survey was mada by the Board
of Health and is based on the records
of more than 1000 registrants. |,
shows that three men registered to
one woman Between the ages of le
and 20 there were Is male and fe-
male addicts; between Il and 25, 25O
male and 40 female; between 26 and
80. 240 male and "a female; between
81 and 35, 139 male and 81 female
between 36 and 4O 50 male and 81
female; between Al and so, 46 male
and % female; between 81 and so, Ii
male and 3 female; over so, 2 male
and female.
Negro Addicts Are Few
The small number of negroes who
registered was remarked yesterday by
DR.. Royal S. Copeland. There were
$50 white persons as compared with
78 black and Indians.
American born led all other nation
aities, with a total of 904 out of
1880 Italy came next, with So. Rus
sla had ii, and there were only G
Hebrews.
Many ON Stage Are Addicts
The occupational rating is as fol-
feurs, l3; clerks, 66 drivers, 113;
electricians, l6; elevator operators
-; factory workers, 81; housewives
127; janitors, 10; l journalist; labor
ers, 100; laundry workers, II; long
shoremen. IS; machinists, 23; maids
20 painters, 10; plumbers, 10; porters,
23; printers, 10; statesmen. 48; steam
filters, Z; students. 8; tai,ors. i; tin
smiths, a; ushers, 7; vender, 23 wait
ers, 81
Dr.. Robert J. Wilson, director of the
Bureau of Hospitals, and he man who
IS to be in charge of the Pelham Bay
Hospital. submitted to DR.. Copeland an
estimate of what the city will have to
pay for the equipment and immediate
maintenance of its new ACQUISITION
The sum asked for is S99,O 900. The
Mayor will lay the matter before the
Board Of Estimate at special meet
ing called for next week The Mayor
DR.. Copeland Admiral James H. Glen
non and Corporation Counsel Bur,
VIII hold conference to-day to per.
feet details for taking over the hos
pital.
The chief items of expense in tax
ing over the twenty-eight buildings
now available for the use of the Board
of Health will be the heating plant
and food. A new plant has to be in
buildings in readiness for patients
and DR.. Copeland hopes to begin fill
ing them by the middle of August.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01

responding period last year. The de-
crease becomes more appreciable when
comparison is made with other months
Of 1918, the records showing 5S6 cases
Tor August. 7s5 for Septem Der. 72S for
October. s29 for November and 795 for
December, with an average of twenty
four day.
Crimes Is Per Cent Less
While the police could give no de-
tailed figures of the effect OF prob BIZ
ton on crimes, ii was the general
opinion among officials and heads of
detective agencies that there has been
p drop OF at least Is per cent in the
number Of eases reported. If the
syerage da ~ decrease continues, as
they believe it Will. they expect q
.irther drop OF so per cent within six
lonths.
The decrease, they pointed out. af-
iected for the most part major cases
such as homicide and rape, and has
considerably lessened the number of
rifebeaters and pickpocHets.
Harry Dougherty, Of the Dougnerty
Detective Bureau, said Yesterday that
=: Coney Island. where they were for
merry called upon to arrest fifteen
drunken men on Saturday night.
hey now arrest one or two, while very
few Of the pickpockets, who usually
could be seen. are now about the place.
We are having greater difficulty,
aoweyer," said Dougherty, "in appre-
lending certain classes Of criminals
whom we could usually catch around
saloons. Il they are taking to drugs,
IS We have reason TO believe they are,
they develop certain cunning and
Sharpness that makes their capture
more difficult than heretofore. The
arrests we are making now include
drug addicts rather than those given
TO drink. From my own observation,
however, we have heretofore had to
deal mostly with drinking criminals.
I'VE shall probably. from now on.
have to deal with types growing out Of
their environment and breeding, or
with llliterates who have not received
sufficient mental training TO enable
them to compete Cor living with the
average person. In view of the pro
portion Of criminals in this class
would be safe in predicting d fall in
crime generally Of about 80 per cent
IN the ecXt SIX or seven months.'
Nal O'Farrel, Of the agency of that
name, also reported drop Of 10 per
cent from the usual number Of Grim
ma cases which his agency has been
called upon to investigates He said,
however, that many criminals, espe-
eiaLy among women, who were pre-
vlously addicted to drink are now re
sorting to other stimulants, such IS
drugs and coognes.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01

is brand-new set of sleeping and
rising hours for New York, according
to Nat d. Jacoby. vice president of the
Black and White Taxicab Company.
There is less night riding; that is,
a. M, and the receipts have registered
slight decrease, | think it is due to a
reorganization of the schedule. which
will gradually adjust itself to different
hours"
in the morning, and they have more
money to spend now that they don't
use it for liquor. l think the taxcab
will come into greater use, because you
can't keep the New Yorker off the
streets. even if he is going to bed
earlier"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01

.ne lIonists announce, and foresees an
susplclous launching Of the Jewish
tions. "
Justice Brandeis and his party,
which included Professor Alfred Zim,
mern, Of the University of Wales. were
received with the utmost cordiality
publlc holidays being declared on the
occasion of their visit in each CITY.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
BiU Extends Dry Lac
To Il. S. Citizens abroad

WASHINGTON. July 31,-American
citizens resident in foreign countries
where treaties grant territorial
rights to the United States would be
punished for violating the prohibition
constitutional amendment under a bill
lntroduced to-day by Representative
Randall, Prohibitionist, of California.
Mr.. Randall said he understood Cali
f!rnia concern was erecting a s. 0O0, 900
brewery in China.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01
Justice Brandeis Ends
His Tour Of Palest;,e

Justice Louis Braateis, Of the United
states Supreme Court, honorary presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization Of
America. is on his way to Paris. having
completed tour of Palestine, accord
ing to messages made public here yes
terday. He found the Jewish colonies
IN Palestine in hourshing condition.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01

nings, both laden with oil, collided at
night when within fifteen miles Of
their destination. Gas generated by
oil in the O. B. Jennings was said 70
have been ignited when the two yes
sells met and the flames enveloped the
War knight with drifting in pool
OF flaming oil, struck a mine and was
blown up.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-01

spent their rent money on drink.
Tenants are still being dspossessed
ior the same reason, he said, but he
looks for the number to decrease as
enforcement of prohibition bcomes
more rigid.