The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-19
"HIGHER-UPS" ARE TAKEN ON CHARGE:
J. Harry Foley, Former Secre-
 tary Of Senator Edwards, Among Those Rounded Up
 In Big New York Hotel S84,500 IS CONFISCATED BY GOVERNMENT AGENTS
Money Alleged To Have Been
 Used To Keep Real Beer Flowing Into Gotham And To Block Penn. Brewers

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-(By Associ- ated Press.)-The federal government today fired a double-barreled charge into wet forces alleged to be drench- ing New York and New Jersey with illicit liquor.
 With one charge federal agents. working under direct orders from Washington, brought down a bag of eleven conspirators, rounded up in the Hotel Pennsylvania and else where, who are alleged to have been using $50, 900 to bride prohibition agents not to stop the brewing of real beer in New Jersey; not to in- terfere with the converting of indus trial alcohol into liquor, and to bloc. the flooding of New York and New Jersey with beer from rival Vats in Pennsylvania
 With the other barrel the govern ment fired a broadside into the first of several thousand saloon keepers alleged to be running wide open in New York city since the repeal of the state prohibition enforcement law. Fifty-four suits were filed in federal court to paddock these all legged speak -easies'' under provisions of the Volstead act and States Attorney Hayward, adde more actions would be broug as soon as complaints could be written.
 Accepted S4,5OO Bribc.
 It was stated that a weekly of s4,500 was accepted by one he agents before making the af ts today.
 The men arrested are J. liar ley. former secretary to Senatf wards of New Jersey, when Il far rrac crouarYof, T. sas~rl--ys.rsxts7 eli perintendeut of weights and
 ures; Herbert Katz of the Pa
 Brewing and Mailing companv Ea ward Buffer of-sstife Peter
 Brewing company of Elizabeth
 Harry Mullen of the Hygeia Rree ing company Passaic, N. J.; Seeber of the Rising Sun Brew company Elizabeth, N. J.. Harry .t, Greenfield a prohibition agelts. Emanuel Elfenbein, a trucSmaa and warehouse man; Harry J. Col 3man, Theodore l. Schwartsman of llo bol1en., and pr. Leo Zakaroff
 All were charged with cons1 ing to give bribes to influence the con duct of prohibition agents Specific charges against Goldman, Schwarts man, Elfenbeiu, Greenfield, l,atnau and Sakartff involved giving noney to permit the transportation and sale of alcohol to be rectified into whisky and other alcoholic beVer- ages.
 It was explained that denatured alcohol was redistilled into grain 9l- cohol and used for manufacture cr whisky; that grain alcohol gn.ch was tC have been denatured stead used to make whisky sn7 l money was paid to permit h practices, and to protect those Car rying them out.
 C e Sought to Block Penn Beer.
 The charge against Foley and the four officials of breweries a''5~oA that they had paid bribes t t eral agents to permit them to a New York and New Jersey wit CT If high alcoholic content. The in accepting the bribes, it Fts stated agreed to permit the n.alu- facture and sale of New Jerse neer and on the other hand promi to use their best efforts to preve che sale in New Jersey of beer ma in Pennsylvania.
 With the s4.500 received b, ad- eral agents today, the total of ar oes seized by the government forces 1Ne was $S4,500. accord Cd United States Attorney Hay who estimated the total give u briges since the conspiracy pcig mated was about S700000.
 MT. Hayward said barring alleged conspiracy reveale shocking and sensational sta oi affairs in New Jersey and poss-nlj PennsylVania." State and other Qlii- cials, politicians and persons hiTn social standing, he said, were league with the bootleg conspir 7ta