The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-20
BONE DRY CITY, WITH
COPS AID, is PLAN


Continued from First Pd0e. "A
ingness Of city authorities to considsc a
new deal I'm the enforcement of prohibit
ton. in which they would share a part
of the responsibility, was based upp4
apprehension that they might be called
to account by the incoming Administr&-
ton for not having done so already.
Word circulated among the saloon
proprietors and barkeepers Of the city
Thursday night that q tremendous as
sault was soon to be launched against
them. BY noon yesterday liquor for sale
was reported to be the scarcest COM
modify In town. even in those places
where It Is ordinarily necessary Ito be
known" ~
Leroy w. Ross United States Alto
ney in Brooklyn. believes that only 20
the adoption of some such plan as tha
one under consideration can the prohibia
ton situation in this city be solved II
MS opinion a policeman is just as much
obligated by duty to administer tho law
in the case OF saloon which is vio-
lating the Federal statute as he ie In
the case OF an attempted robbery OF the
United States malls. also a Federal
offence.
In Brooklyn alone Mr.. Ross said. at
least 1900 saloons are selling liquor IN
defiance of the law. And to handle tha
job which that situation creates" ne
added, I'VE have exactly twenty-six Fec
eral enforcement agents. Aside from
the very smallness of this force, thereris
the added handicap that these men
soon become known to every bartender
who is doing Illegal business. Accurate
descriptions Of these men are circulated
among the saloons OF the city.
Danger to U. s. in Law FIoutfng.
Prohibition enforcement in its pres
ent condition leaves the Government
open to grave dangers. The discop-
tented classes, the men who believe our
system OF Government is wrong are not
going to be led to any greater respect
for the principles of that Government
by seeing a law reduced to the level of
a joke.
1.-TWO things are absolutely necessary
IL the law is to be enforced-the CO.
operation OF the police and of the State
authorities. together with the coopera-
! ton of bodies of unknown citizens. Well
meaning persons call up all the tins
to tell us that liquor is being sold In
such and such a place. OF course 1t is.
| If they would only go one step further
and obtain evidence upon which we
could act. they would be performing a
real service. We'd get somewhere thed"
!
| hibition enforcement In New York Grey
| was given yesterday when for the NTH
| time In recent months enforcement
| agents raided the same saloon--a place
In Park place, near Broadway. Thex-
arrested Michael Kean. the proprietVhty
and Timothy Lyons. bartender. wAsa
We're held In $1,000 bail each. Assista ~ ~
District Attorney Mildeberg said tTA.
raid was made in consequence of n let's
ta,- "
here from Commissioner Kramer ZIP
Washington, in which the Commissioner
! stated that many complaints had beoul
| received concerning the saloon, anT
asked that II be put out of business. ~ q;
On suspicion that they were core
nected with the theft of $4,000 worth
of whiskey from freight cars in New
ark last Sunday--worth about $500. 900,
as illegally sold-Frederick Bauries of
| New Brunswick and David Moon OF
! Somerville. N. J.. were arrested yester-
day and arraigned before John A. Mat
thews. United States Commissioner.
They pleaded not guilty. A farmer
! from Clyde testified that last Sunday.
these men rented his barn for $50. that,
| they placed several truckloads OF bar-l
rels and boxes In the barn, and that
for the next two days many touring,
cars stopped at the barn. ,c.a
4
30 SaIoonists Up in Newark. ~
Thirty-nine saloonkeepers and bar.
| tenders were arraigned in Newark yes2'
terday on charges of selling liquot'
without a license. Five were held for
/ the Grand Jury and the cases OF the
/ others were postponed. 80
Carmine Lizenziata, wholesale grocer
| of the lower East Side, who was charged
| with grand larceny and the receipt OF
| stolen goods in the second of BrooNyp'A
| wood alcohol cases, was acquitted OF
| both charges In the Supreme Court there
| yesterday. 1t is alleged that the alcohol
| bought by Llzenbiata for $4,000 from
| John Romanelli, the convicted under
! taken and Others subsequently killed
more than 100 persons in New Eng
/ land.
! Justice Kapper dismissed the grepd
! larceny charge and the jury found him
! innocent Of the other, but he Will be
! tried next week for manslaughter In
! the first degree. on the charge that ne
| sold the wood alcohol for beverage pur-
| poses.
Some OF the crew OF the steamship
| Santa Ana, in from South America.
! gave the Brooklyn waterfront the I'M
| preston yesterday morning that they
were supenormally happy. A G. no
| henson. customs inspector. looked into
| the matter, and upon a survey OF tho
| crews quarters discovered and seized
| 100 bottle of hootch that the hilarious
| 800 nod savnn1ad lfberally. 900