New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-07

an parts OF the city. We have at
. $3.50 HVe men in each inspection dis
nm meir duties require that they make
~ q ,eo' Wherever a violation is found,
and any action they take ;s not IN he
understood as going over Tho head ~
any Inspector because theirs is a row
ing commission. We make hatwaen
oou and oUo arrests each month.
four men handled the raid On
s1ei restaurant and it was simply a
part Oh their routine duties. There
meie no men on the outside and
patrons of the place were M au,.r
tha- arrests were being made Tbe &C.,
men entered the restaurant and two -
( them ordered and received dr;nt.
winch they took as evidence against tn -
/ proprietor VIC
Henry Makes Statement
Ponce Inspector Dominick Henry. in
whose district all the places mentioned
in DR.. Stratons sermon are si .t1lar.ed
MADE a statement yesterday in which
/ ne declared that the enforcement of the
ilQuoS law was no longer the duty Of
the 'fouce Department. Dr.. Straton's
statement that he was morally certain
these resorts are operating under
police protection was called to In
spector Henry's attention.
me enforcement of the Eighteenth
Amendment is entirely unaer the
jurisdiction and control of the Federal
authorities, said the inspector. The
Police Department steps in only when
requested to do so by the Federal gov
eminent. | make this explanation in
order that the public may know that
the enforcement of the liquor tax law
is no longer up to the police"
When asked about the raid on Peters
restaurant, Inspector Henry said:
had three of my men observing
conditions in Peters restaurant at the
same time that Inspector McDonald's
men were there. His men made the
arrest because they were fortunate
enough to have been served with drinks
hrst. | also had under observation
Healy's restaurant, the St. Nicholas
dance hall, and other places mentioned
by Or. Straton IN his sermon.
nave yet to get one complaint
against these places. Most of them are
patronized by mixed crowd accom-
modatlng between 1000 and 5000 in a
night. These resorts, for the most
part, are we'll managed.
AS TO the 'undress' of the women
Irequenting those places, which DR..
Straton calls shocking, | have nothing
to say. Neither do / know ANYTHING
haps he does. If so, think it is his
duty S good citizen to lay his facts
before the grand jury"
Juries to Get Facts
Commissioner OF Accounts David
Hirshtield wrote to DR.. Straton yester-
Cay and said he intended to make a
thorough Investigation into the condi-
tions revealed in Sundays sermon, and
asked the pastor to call on him at his
office with the men who had accom-
panied him on his Summing tour.
In speaking of the Hirshheld letter,
Dr. Straton said he did not consider it
his duty to call on the commissioner,
as he considered his testimony to be
given to-day before the Federal grand
Jury and on Thursday before the re-
ular grand jury would be sufficient.
~ want it clearly pointed out" said
DR.. Straton, chat I am not taking any
partisan side between officials and am
not entering into any fractional fight
or political controversy. I am going
to give my facts to the grand juries
and I Will not be interrupted or an
noyed by innuendo or sarcasm from
any source"
Commissioner Hrschheld told re-