New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
Police Helping
Federal Agents
Make City Dry.
Two Bartenders Arrested by
Them Are Taken Before
us. Commissioner Hitch
cock and Held for Trial
More Warrants Are Issued
Broadway SaIoonkeepers
Now Refusing to Serve
Whiskey to Best Friend

The Federal District Attorneys Of
that the entire power Of the Federal
government here would be used to
make the city dry Twelve men sand to
be armed with lists Of places wfHre
drinks have been sold freely secured
Broadway and the whise light district
bearing john Doe warrants 10 be served
on the waiter, bartender and manager
Of any place that hiled orders for
whiskey straight or the mixed driaks
fer which whiskey forms the foanda-
tion.
Moreover. it was announced that jail
sentences would follow any conviction
of men known 70 have repeated" their
offence. Zen a Matthews, assistant
United States attorney for th;s dis
trict. said he had beard Of sch la
Grant offenders yesterday. ard said cx-
amp-e would De made of them in shs
event they were found.
The result was that every proprietor
Of the Big places that have been selling
drinks openly gave orders that no more
drinks Of greater alcoholic content
than war beer should be served until
the present crusade is over. Nr
all. Hence the discouraged attitude of
the dispensers Of strong drink
Police Get in Game
Meanwhile. the police made il evi-
dent that they would cooperate with
the Federal authorities by making two
arrests during the day. Philip Clark
and Michael Smith, bartenders n up-
town saloons, we're arrested in me
morning. arGaigned before Commits
sioner Hitchcock and aeld IN 81 o0e bail
each.
All Of the men thus far arrestea on
J Ohm Doe warrants By the Federal on-
e-atives had been arraiened before
Commissioner Hitchcock by noon The
owners Of tae saloons wee he'd in
$1,000 bail ard practically all OF their
employees were permitted TO 90 under
half of that sum
1t Is expected that the defendants
VIXEN called for q hearing to-da - viii
ask fcr jury trials, since they aye er-
titled 20 such hearings and it is popu-
larly supposed that Jurors VIII prove
more lenient with sellers q strong
drink than Judges. In that event sew
eIal weeks Will be consumed by the
eases.
An evidence Of the growing difficulty
in obtaining drinks in the ci.v vas
found in me morning mail Of the pros
ecutor John L. Joyce. an Assistant
District Attorney, received an anony-
nous postal card on which he was
threatened with political ruin i he
continued to prosecute sellers Of
whiskey.
/ "A man who wants drink has the
right to buy i, and you are making
it impossible for him to do so Take
this as q warning" were the conclud-
ing words OF the card.
Busy in New Jersey
NEWARK, \. j., Aug 28-Agents Of
the Department of Jus~ice were busy
+ here today in an effort 10 make New
Jersey dry. Newark saloons and road
houses along the coast were visited az
the beginning Of 4 general roundup
! throughout the state.
he Federal agents thought their
work entirely unknown to the saloon
! men until, according to one Of then
he was stopped by three men and
forced Ho draw q revolver to persuade
them TO al ow him to peacefully pur-
sue his way Samples OF liqusi-s
served IN various places we're taken
and Viii he analyzed for their alco-
holic content
Agents OF the Anti-saloon Leagues
under the direction Of the Rev sam
uel Wilson, visited many places IL
Essex and Hudson Counties and. ac-
. cordiag to Mr. Wilson, found ,nany vio-
lations, which they reported TO the
United States District Attorneys Of