The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-07-03
BEER GETS WEAKER
AS SOME IS FOUND
WITHEETRA kick"
New York Must Be Content
With as Brew-New
Jersey Dealer Arrested.

orOuohy litus ed New Yort after
two days Of the -tApsring on cure.
came downtown with touChy nerves
to-day. kicked the brass rail and or
dored 275.
Worse than over.
Tor overnight. acting on n sudden
''hunch," the water dealers who used
70 DO liquor dealers had dealt another
blow to the brow. which Is weaker
now--alrost dead.
Reasons Late last night some Fed
eral agents got a tip that there are
beers and beers and that some OF the
pale consolation suds 20 DO found
heroabouts contained moro than ais
per cent. Of cheer. Hitherto there
had been n tacit understanding that
beer was beer and that none OF Il
was good enough TO be illegal
But these agents. looking about for
a cihch case. went over 20 Jersey
City aut arrested carmine Dorrne.
~ ~ AARgoAEM AVENUE
"AlI sold was beer" he proteated.
TOO much kick in it." was the
answer. and thoy'ro arraignlnR him
to-day bofors the United States Com-
missioner ..
The news spread, and that accounts
for The difference between to-day's
beer in New York and yesterdays.
OF course the difference Is not 20 be
found In all saloonA Some OF them
are stin selling any old beer that they
happen 10 have in stock, ana some
are selling such Eight wines" "A IA
per cant. eiaret and Rhine wine ana
even Dubonnet But the New Yorker
who has not In the happier mast
taken the trouble to laarn HIS bar
tenders first name generally had no
such luck. And an increasing num-
Der dlsgusted with what they could
get went out and bought lemon phos.
phate
Anywhere In broadway you could
/ nnd men who whispered that tb.v
knew where" And soma or them
aid. But the ones who did were. "a a
rule veteran booze hounds" The
more temperate you have been in the
past the hhrder II is to get a high
ball now.
Department OF Justice agents. act
ing on complaints OF the dry force
leaders in Brooklyn. invaded :hat
borough to-day and obtained evidence
OF the sais-of wines that acted like
something better than cts. Mrs. Ella
A. Boole. head OF the Broollyn w. c.
I. u. said her organlEatio would de-
mand enforcement and intlmated
that trouble might 10 made for lax
ofiieialM
! Two Brooklyn men were arrairned
Tor alleged conspiracy TO smuKele
liquor into Georgia. a dry State. The
prisoners we're Louis Elnsidier. No.
SS' jackson Avenue. and jacob II.
Middleman. No. ass jackson Avenue.
4 rhsy were held in 5000 ball each. II
is alleged that their plan was TO .hip
the goods 10 sultcasos in Pullman car
compartments. a number OF arrests
have been made In Georgia in connec-
tion with tho alleged conspiracy.
Uniformed policemen have been
told 70 enforce the State excise law
In the same manner as heretofore.
regardless of, war time prohibition
and TO see that all bars were exposed
to view from the street after the
closing hour at A. NJ The patrol
men wore instructed not to enter a
saloon for any purpose except on
complaint involving their regular po-
lice duties such as n fight. They were
/, told not 70 make arrests unless they
a personally saw violations OF the Fed
. eral law. There was no explanation
OF what constitutes violation Of the
h. Federal law"