Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-05
THE LAW CAN BE ENFORCED.

The conviction OF Michael Zabkar proprietor OF La
Sale soft drink paror for violation OF the eighteenth amend
men coupled with the closing such notorious saloons IN Chicago
as Tim OIearvs famous dive and others almost equally
bad and consequently heretofore immune demonstrates that
is possible to put almost any place where liquor sold OF bus
ness authorities their endayo and really
do the Job OF the Chicago the report SAYS he
action supplementary the decision OF the Circuit Court ="
Appeals last week when 500 closing nuncons issued by Judge
Lands were declared legal The Court OF Appeals decision
when attorneys Ike Lewo former saoonkeeper at 40 SO
Wabash avenue filed OF before the court after
LNsohn had been sentenced in jail and to pay tine tor
selling liquor his place had been closed by nds injunction
The writ alleged none but chemical analyst competent say
whether whisky whisky The held that any person Is
competent to judge whether beverage whisky not Certain
portions of the Vosead act claimed be unconstitutional in the
writ upheld by the In the decision supporting Judge
Lands nuncons prohibition agents claim to have means OF
discriminating the dry spots in the city Saloons
cabare caesa places which have been cheating and laughing
at the mpoency of the law face prospects OF being closed
indefinitely District Attorney Charles f. Cyn believes that
dry Chicago will become reality the future lie SAID that
all that needed strange hold places openly violating
the law and that furnished by Court OF Appeals
decision"
If the lob can be done in Chicago be done in Ottawa
and the other larger cities of the county and the people begin
ming to demand shall be done The time rapidly passing
when they going to look upon the pulling OF an occasionally
"FTmny Joint or going the bushes and bringing in some
obscure still enforcement of the law These cases are well
enough as far as they GO but the influence morally and IN
dcaon that the law is not farce little when is well
known there number places the city that are almost
openly violating the law and getting by undStred 1t up
to the authorities get of the notorious pacepaces that
we'll known that almost boy in Ottawa can name three
of them Rrmors current on the streets that these
places IMMUNE because they have someone fixed and Will not
he interered with This may not true and probably not
but te have been allowed exist because It known that they
will put fight and that will be mans Job to close them
Evidence that will convict be little hard to get but from
numerous indications OF violations into almost daily
for say that evidence cannot be secured ridiculous
If places like Oearys and Lewlsohn in Chicago can be wiped
saying that places almost in the shadow OF
the house must be permitted to continue selling booze almost
openly because lack OF evidence Does anyone presume to tell
intelligent that all the soft drink paors IN Ottawa are
supported and produce almost pncey incomes from the sales of
little lunch gum candy and pop Give the average man credit
for having almost human intelligence If he IS favor OF
dry