New-York tribune., 1921-01-01
White Lights From 34th
Street to Circle Laugh
at Prohibition: Bring
Your Own. l. Order
DRY Agents Raid
Lower East Side
Vet Goods Checked in
Hotels and Cafes Keep
Diuers i'm Merry Mood

From Thirtyfourth Street to tAe
'ircle last night Broadway was the
ame old registering, dazzling carnival
tree. that has welcomed the infant
yea, since the eclipse of Madison
Sq1sre. Public dining rooms, thea
s.s and sidewalks were filled to the
AIT square foot.
So were many Of the celebrants.
broadway laughed at prohibition. It
arried it's drink under its arm, or
lnder its belt, and roared and hic-
oughed its approval of the year that
ras dying and the year that was to
ome.
John Wilson, seventy-ive years old,
f 66 West 10th Street, collapsed in
he Franklin Street station of the
lest Side subway and was taken to
bellevue Hospital, where he died
rom alcoholism. Daniel Cavanagh
ollapsed from the same cause in the
irand Central subway station aAd was
AIKEN to Bellevue Hospital. He lives
t 104 West Eightieth Street.
Horns, rattles, bells and confetti
very appurtenance of the old-fash-
oned New Years Eve throne, was
resent, and in addition there were
ne thousands upon thousands of bulg
rs hip pockets, of parcels whose wrap
lngs failed to concea. the outline o.
iottles and OF grips and suitcases that
linked and gurgled as they were swung
through the street
First Aid Stations
Hotel check rooms were piled to the
ceilings with these holiday burdens,
the congestion being even more marked
in many places than last year, nen the
tustem F.as instituted. Diners were con
elnually leaving their tables t. make
Ger -aia tc4t The art cies they mad
checked were safe. and 1t was evident
10 the temporary custodians of the
property that each inspection left the
checked article lighter than before and
spondinsly iignlened the gloom af
It's owner
Several Of the hotels installed frs.
aid stations for the evening, with
nurses and physicians in attendance.
rearing, perhaps, that wood a.cohol
might claim some victims.
NO such fear was apparent amonc
those who were out to celebrate the
coming OF the New Year. Thev drank
WAT they mad when they wanted it.,
a.'d seemed TO be in no doubt as to
wA<re to go for more. Even early
'a the evening subway trains were
iiied with generous sous supplied with
from one to four bottles each. who
nited the bottle and then Hospitality
passed 1t up and down among the pas
sengers or tn sides OF the car.
Dsnlel j. Chaplin, the new Federal
pf.i-- uon sup tvisor, had made elabo-
rate arrangements to clamp the lid
Up N New Yoyh this New Years Ev.
AM had let it become known that
s.hange and incorruptible a. nts from
Fa..@qe phlas from the western part
N This state and from New Eng.an
ssases would be on hand to nip in the
Dud any alcoholic festivty.
Raids in Third Avenue
They were on hand and sailed forth
sssllantly from the supervisors of
nee az intervals throughout the evening
u y, automobiles. They went up ano down
lard Avenue and through the side
streets of the East Side and prowled
among the purlieus Of Chatham
siaare. pouncing upon bartenders and
'sgckdrlvers and making goodly haul.
Broadway heard of their activities,
ianghed again and went 10 the cnecn-
pom TO see that the valuables left
.aere we're safe. 1t was wet evening
% broadway, wickedly wet.
fatroimen we're stationed several to
sas snas block between Fortieth Street and
soirmous Circle. and reserves were
asio ready for instant duty in all the
s'ation houses in the vicinity. The
sssanding instructions Of the police to
isI me prohibition enforcement agents
asndls the enforcement Of the Volstead
''sSi were not changed for the evening,
ssaanou2n there we're reports earlier in
sss day that Commissioner Enrioht
aad telephoned to the State Excise De-
fdftnent and that new orders might
De issued.
ihe patrolmen shunted the drunks
s3 y. tae slde streets with grins and
90 sneir best 70 keep the crowd NOV
'ng. Ihe street was 80 full that a re-
ehuFfi;ng kind Of wax was the
ssSr speed any one afeot could hope TO
msNe, and when yehicular traffic on {
s.ae street rad the right Of way n
'soie block q humanity marked time.
me crowd war az big as ever it was,
according 10 policemen with years Of
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