New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
Chief of All Dry Squads
Looks Upon This City as
Center of Entire Coun.
try's Traffic in Liquor
Will Have Aid of
All Departments
Postoffice and Financial
Inquiries Ordered in
Effort to Stop Frauds

All government civil forces in this
city are to be enlisted in the supreme
effort to enforce prohibition which will
start tomorrow under the direction OF
Commissioner Roy A. Haynes, national
head Of prohibition enforcement,
agencies.
Elaborate preparations have beer
made for the campaign. Attorney Gen
eral Harry M. Daugherty, the Treasury
Department and Chief Justice Taft OF
the United States Supreme Court are
among those who are said to have been
consulted.
Chief Justice Taft is said to be exert
ing himself to obtain the appointment
of additional Federal judges in this dis
trict to handle the thousands of addi-
tional cases of liquor law violations
which will be placed on the court cal
endars as a result Of Commissioner
Haynes's activities
Attorney General Daugherty has
been interested to the extent that the
local bureau of investigation of the
Department of Justice and the office of
the United States Attorney have placed
their entire resources at the disposal
of Commissioner Haynes. He is to
have also the assistance of the Secret
Service and of customs employees.
Financial Backers Sought
Besides all these existing agencies
and the regular enforcement forces of
the city, he will nave the services of a
special squad sent to New York from
Washington under command of E. c.
Yellowley, who ranks during his as
slgnnent here as assistant to H, L.
Hart, State Director of Prohibition En-
forcement.
Investigation Of the situation in New
York has convinced Commissioner
Haynes, it is said, not only that New
7 ork is the center of trouble in the
East, but that men of vast wealth are
backing the bootlegging industry here.
the bankers will be sought in the en-
deavor to discover the identity of these
bootlegging financiers.
Postoffice officials also may be called
upon to assist in the anti-liouor CAM
paign, as reports have been current
for some time that employees of the
postoffice had been bribed to assist law
breakers here.
1t is estimated by prohibition en-
forcement officials that in spite of pro-
hibition New York is getting almost
its beforc-prohibition supply of liquor
and this supply is almost incredibly
vast. Prior to prohibition, it is said,
half dozen trainloads of liquor, hav-
ing precedence on the railroads over
everything except the mails, arrived in
New York daily.
These huge daily shipments OF
liquor sufficed to maintain the supply
The city's daily consumption of liquor
was half dozen trainloads.
Regular Rations" Obtained
Prohibition enforcement officers say
that New York still gets its regular
daily rations Of liquor. They estimate
that every day half a dozen trainloads
Of illicit intoxicants are consumed
here. 1t comes from Canada by motor
truck, it is supplied by schooners and
small steamers which sell it beyond the
three mile limit to boats putting out
from shore, and vast quantities have
been released from Maryland and
Kentucky warehouses on fraudulent
permits.
1t is believed that in many instances
officials were cognizant of
the fraud and that they have been re-
stocking rom Illicit sources in order
to keep their records clear
One OF the assignments Of the invad-
ing force Of government agents, it was
said yesterday, will be to account for
New Ne York City's daily supply of liquor.
This supply is so enormous it has been
beyond high Federal officers to explain
the ability of New York to obtain even
a small part Of the liquor reported to
be consumed here each day. Records
OF manufacturers do not account for it,
nor do port records nor any other regu-
lar source of information. This has
been the basis for the open charge
that large part of the beverages Eek
way back To this supply can be added
the synthetic liquors manufactured in
myriad of cellars and hidden places.