The New York herald., 1921-12-19
YELLOWLEY STARTS
FOR NEW WET AREA
Enforcement Organization in
New York Said to Be in
Good Order.

L. c. Yeilowley, chief of the ma
tional staff of general prohibition
agents, has completed his work in New
York and returned yesterday to Wash
ington in company with Roy A.
Haynes, Federal Prohibition Commits
sioner. The agents brought here by
Mr.. Yellowley when he arrived last
August to undertake a complete re-
organization of enforcement machin-
cry and personnel in this State will
follow him within few days.
1t is known that the Anti-Saloon
League has been extremely reluctant
to see Mr.. Yellowley leave. because Of
his expert equipment for the work he
has been doing and the unfiagging
activity which he displayed during his
four months at the New York head
quarters.
William II. Anderson. State super
irtendent of the league, denied last
night that the league had requested
Washington TO keep the Chief General
Agent here even longer, but he stated
that assurance had been received from
Washington that a member of Mr.. yell
lowley's staff, capable of giving expert
assistance to those responsible for en-
forcement in this city, would be re-
tanned, and that there would be no let
down in activity.
Mr.. Anderson said the league had no
lack of confidence in Director Day and
the other permanent appointees but that
1t was realized they were not expert, and
hot Nv oil laxyf- n
valuable to them.
1t was learned that Mr.. Yellowley
probably would go South from Washing
ton and then to California. cleaning up
those sections in which enforcement is
at low ebb.
Whether there will be an arrest in
connection with the shooting of two
men in West Orange Friday night hy
Green Miller general agent on Mr.. Yel-
lowley's staff, will not be decided until
the question of jurisdiction has been
settled. it was stated yesterday by Pros
ecutor Harrison of Essex county. The
shooting occurred directly after a raid
By Agent Miller and two other Federal
men on a grocery store. The agents
were attacked by ten or twelve men
just as they were about to board a
street car with a case of gin they had
seized
Prosecutor Harrison said there would
be a conference between Federal Off
cials and himself in Newark to-day, when
1t will be determined whether the case
is one for the State or the Government.
Mr. Harrison believes the case should
be handled by his office the same as
any other, but he will not make any ar
rest Until the matter has been threshed
out.
The two men shot James Mcfarland
of East Orange and William Stanton
of West Orange, were employees of S.
l.. Dowd, whose grocery store was
raided
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1s.-Nothng Is
known here of any plans to reorganize
the prohibition enforcement bureaus in
the State. but for several days rumors
have been current that e. G. Yellowley
would be sent to California to make an
investigation of prohibition enforcement
The rumors are believed to have
sprung from a report made by Federal
Judge B. +. Bledsoe of Los Angeles as a
citizen and not as Judge TO the United
States Attorney there that he had heard
of offers made to supply all OF the liquor
desired ant protection" at the rate Of
5000 a barrel.
The offers, it is rumored. were made
by a San Francisco man, a relative of
former United States official. So far
as has been announced no definite action
on the report made by Judge Bledsoe has
been taken by Federal officials In Cali
fornie.