The New York herald., 1921-12-28
ANTS NOT AIMING
AT CHURCH WINES
Anderson's Organization Says
1t Will Not Support Laws
for Ban.
$4,000 SHIPMENT SEIZED
Whisky Consigned to Newark
Firm Arouses Suspicious
of Dry Sleuths.

The Anti-Saloon League, following a
meeting of its board OF direcors at SOC
Broadway yesterday, made known
through William II. Anderson, State
superintendent, it's position in regard
TO the use of fermented wines for
sacramental purposes. AS set forth in
Mr.. Anderson's statement. the leagues
position is one of absolute opposition to
any attempt at interference with re-
lieious preferences in this matter
"The Anti Saloon League, it declares,
"has never proposed and will never sup
Pert any legislation which does not make
full and fair provision for the obtaining
OF sacramental wine by the accredited
representatives of any church which uses
II for sacramental purposes, subject only
to reasonable regulations which will pre-
vent the provision for sacramental wine
heing used by others as cloak to cover
traffic for beverage purposes. The anti
Saloon League viii joint with the Cath
clio Church or any other church in re-
sisting any attempt in the name of
Prohibition to impose any degree of
coercion or to interfere in any degree
with absolute religious liberty upon this
question.
I'VE have been advised by Catholic
clergymen. whom we have reason to
believe are quite as well informed as
any OF those who are unduly disturbed
over this matter, that the Pope could,
II he wished, make the. use of unfer-
mented wine perfectely proper in Cath
olic churches. Our attention has further
been called by Catholic priests to the
fact that in the Roman Catholic Church
the wine is taken not by the people. as
is the case in the Protestant churches,
but by the priests only
hn oh y,
eating wine for sacramental purposes
could see their way clear to adopt
something else 1t would facilitate the
carrying out of the policy adopted by
the nation. and would help prevent vio-
latlon of the law by unprincipled per-
sons who seek shelter behind some re-
ligious rite"
Three Raids by Dry Agents.
Three raids were made yesterday
afternoon by enforcement agents. in two
of WHICH arrests were made. A sum-
mons was served on the third alleged Of
fender. At the candy store of Paola
vicitta at 23S East Forty-fifth street the
agents said they purchased whisky.
They contended they had three drinks
at Thomas Howly's saloon at TIA Third
avenue and reported finding consider
able quantity of liquor in a private
house in East Forty y-sixth street, where
they left a summons on Edward Nc
Carthy.
A carload of Old Crow whisky, valued
at bootleg prices at about $4,000, was
seized by agents yesterday at the Broad
.Street yards OF the Lackawanna Rail-
road in Newark. n. ]. The shipment,
consisting OF 500 cases, was consigned
10 the Alexander Seidler Company,
wholesale druggists at Orange street,
Newark, by w. A. Gaines & Co, dis
tillers in Kentucky.
The Newark firm has been under IN
vestigation for several days by Direc-
tor Brown of New Jersey. who ordered
yesterday that any shipments in the
company's name be seized. Officials of
the company stated that permits had
been received for the shipment and
maintained Il was doing too large a
drug business to risk a bootlegging en-
terprise William Brinton. head pro-
hibition agent for northern New Jer-
sey, visited the company's offices last
week. it is said. and seized there four
permits alleged to have been forged, on
which 1,735 cases OF whisky had been
withdrawn.