The New York herald., 1921-04-18
HOURLY CALLS NET
FEW WET ARRESTS
Police Practically Camp in
Cabarets and Cafes All
of Sunday.
TOWN NEVER SO DRY
Shifting Squad Busy in Res
taurants and Gets One
Silver Flask.
100 ARRANGEMENTS MADE
200 Saloons Closed for Good in
Drive Which Has Made
900 Prisoners.
100 ARRAIGNMENTS MADE

1t was more difficult to buy drink
of liquor in New York city yesterday
than last Sunday. which was considered
the dryest Sabbath since 1896. when
Theodore Roosevelt then Police Com
missioner, closed down for one day every
intoxicating drink place known to the
police at that time.
Beginning Saturday. and continuing
up to closing time early this morning
uniformed patrolmen made hourly visits
during tours OF duty to most of the caba-
rets, restaurants. grill rooms and the
few saloons that We're open and where
there was the slightest suspicion liquor
was being drunk on the premises.
Proprietors, ooormen and walters
warned customers who came in for meals
not to bring any intoxicants. as they
might be detected by the police and find
themselves locked up for the night. With
Few exceptions the warming was needed
and few arrests were made.
This did not affect the vigilance of
patrolmen and a small number Of plain
clothes men. who upon visiting" well
known places would go up to tables and
sniff into every glass that had a sus-
were rudely interrupted in the course of
their meals by the shifting method.
As exclusively published in THE New
YORK HERALD Yesterday, Police Commits
sioner Enright has sent out orders that
every uniformed patrolman on duty will
be held responsible for the existence of
any wet spots on his post and that until
further directed future rounds of duty
include hourly inspection of every saloon
af1 f1a tab, win ha az.in -
Ing the dry laws.
Thirty Held in Bonds.
There will soon be an anti-breathing
law" declared Magistrate Corrigan, in
Jefferson Market Court, where thirty
men were held in $500 bail each charged
with either selling or having liquor In
their possession.
Il could never bring myself to believe
people would elect legislators who would
pass such fool laws" Magistrate Corri-
gan said. Now that these laws are on
the statute book l believe in enforcing
them.
1T certainly is a terrible situation.
They'll soon be arresting people caught
breathing near a cologne bottle II the
perfume contains more alcoholic content
than the present laws allow"
Henry Playless. an English turfman.
West Seventy-seventh street, was held
in $500 bail by Magistrate Simns In
West Side Court. charged with having a
silver flask of whislSey in his possession
while dining with friends In a restaurant
i'm West Fifty-tifth street on Saturday
night
Mr.. Playless. who was wounded in the
war while serving as an officer In the
British army. vigorously protested
III lN.k,. l,nfI IL lo1
which he characterized as an outrage
against personal privilege. He furnished
cash bail.
Extra plain clothes men and pntrol-
men with regular uniformed officers
combed Coney Island yesterday and ar
rested six alleged violators found with
LIQUOR in their possession in rostaur ,9ts
Iso2 dance halls. While the rum sleuths
did not taste drinks as was done last
Sunday. they picked UP glasses ana
smelled of the contents even remotely
resembling liquor.
Mrs Lucia Capelongo Of 80 Cherry
street, with thirteen men defendants. were
held in $500 bail yesterday by Magistrate
George W. Simpson sitting In the Tombs
court The woman was charged with
having two bottles OF wine IN her possess
sion when walking on the street.
Joseph Duma of 4is East Fifteenth
street was held in $1,000 bail by Magis-
trate Simms on charge of illegal possess
sion and also OF destroying evidence BY
emptying bottle OF whiskey into a sink
in a saloon at 961 Ninth avenue.
victims of Booze Fumes.
Detectives went into the home Of ia
cob Rothenstein. in Hackett street ia
maica. early yesterday and found Roth
enstein, Samuel Goldberg OF 224 Cherry
street and Isidor Slomkey OF III Monroe
street, unconscious on a bed. In the
same room the police found a wash
boiler, connected by pipes with a gas
stove, some sour mash and several bot
ties OF liquor Physicians said the men
had been made unconscious by the fumes
of the liquor which the detectives say
they had been manufacturing. They
were gent to st. Mary's Hospital as pris-
oners
Emilio Clemente OF 900 Montana ave-
nue.. Union Course and his brother, Eu-
gene. OF 39i7 jerome avenue. Wood
haven. were arrested BY Patrolman WILL
lam Smith yesterday Police say they
found q still in a barn behind the house.
Approximately 900 arrests have been
made since the police started enforcing
the Mullan-Gage State laws a week ago
last Thursday, and yesterday more
than 100 alleged offenders were ar
raIgned and held In either $500 or 81 900
ball About $ano 0oo worth Of All sorts
OF liquor has been seized In the police
raids.
At Police Headquarters Il was stated
that more than 200 saloons had closed
for good during the last ten days
STOLEN CAR RECLAIMED