The New York herald., 1921-10-22
JUDGE CLOSES PORT
TO LIQUOR EXPORTS
Mayors Decision Stops All
Trans-shipmepts of Booze
Through This City.
LEAKAGE HERE GREAT
Ruling, if 1t Stands, Will
Affect Principal Supply
of the State.
PERMITS WITHDRAWN
Another Enforcement Agent
Is Dropped Here, Making
a Total of 81.
PERMITS WITHDRAWN

A principal source of New York's
flegitimate liquor supply is threat
ened with destruction by a decision
rendered yesterday by Judge julius
NJ. Mayer in the United States Dis
trict Court. Judge Mayer, in a suit
of the Anchor Steamship Line to re-
strain customs officials from inter-
fering with the transshipment Of in
toxicating liquors through the port Of
New York, decided in favor Of the
Government. In similar suit brought
In Detroit the Government was de-
feated, and so the case undoubtedly
will go to the United States Supreme
Court.
Large quantities of whiskey, gin
and wine shipped from England or
the Continent or from Canada by rail
TO New York have been reloaded here
into the holds of vessels bound for
Cuba or Bermuda, and it is the con-
tention of the Federal authorities that
nothing in the Volstead act permits
this transshipment. Much of this
liquor has been diverted before reach
Ing its ultimate destination.
John Holley Clark, Chief Assistant
United States Attorney, who conducted
tho case for the Government. declared
that within the last two years no fewer
than 100000 bottles have been stolen
from docks, lighters and trucks in New
cgf ,1~ II
account for s75o.oo0 worth of the city's
illegal supply. and by no means repre-
sent the total leakage. which 1t is csti-
mated would reach several times that
amount.
Judge Mayors decision had to do spe-
cifcally with the seizure by the GUS
toms authorities of shipment OF five
cases of whiskey from Glasgow, con-
signed to a firm in Bermuda. The
Anchor Line officials contended that in
esmuch as the liquor was shipped from
q point outside the United States and
was destined for foreign port the
United States liquor laws did not apply
10 It.
Major Clark said that pending the
disposition of this suit liquors have beer,
allowed to pass through the United
States, and that he had been informed
Rt the customs office that a trainload
n week has come into New York from
Canada to be shipped by boat to Cuba
and other points. Some OF this high
grade Canadian whiskey, he was in
formed. has not found its place behind
the bars of Havana.
The Volstcad act, Ma jor Clark stated,
while providing method for the trans
shipment of non-beverage liquors within
the United States, makes no provision
for booze. II Judge Mayors decision
etands. the port of New York will be
closed to all expectation of liquor.
z. G. Yellowley, Acting State Pronlpi-
tion Director. announced yesterday ne
had sent an agent to Baltimore to in
vestigate the office records OF Samuel
Albrecht, broker in that city who was
arrested here charged with attempting
10 bribe Director Yellowley and Agent
Green Miller with an offer Of 10000
Albrecht claimed to represent nine dis
tilleries, and IL the investigation fur
nishes evidence connecting the distil-
leries with Albrecht's alleged negotia-
tions here, Director Yellowley will take
action to seize them and all their con-
tents.
The names of the dstilleries are not
known to the prohibition authorities, but
IL they are good sized plants their prop
erty value would probably run into
1t was reported from Baltimore last
night that Mr.. Yellowley's agent had
visited Albrecht's office ard confiscated
several sets of papers.
The dismissal of one moro enforce
rnent agent was announced yesterday,
making total Of thirty-one since the
end of August, together with the revo-
cation of four more liquor permits. The
permits were held by r. Cucio whole
sale liquor dealer, 3i1 North Seventh
street. Brooklyn; Biazza Brothers, III
Boerum street, Brooklyn: vincenzo Ga
latl. 2oS Third avenue, Brooklyn, and
DIR. John j. O'Sullivan of 201 West 107th
street. DR.. O'Sullivans permit was re-
voked when he failed to appear for a
hearing on the charge of using other
than the authorized prescription blanks.
Mr.. Yellowley said little liquor was
being released from the warehouses and
dlstilleries. and that an effort was being
made to hold down the withdrawals to
those made for strictly medicinal pur-