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Seven Chicago
Police to Face !
Bootleg Charge
BBgh Officiais Are Involved,
and Chief Saya He Will
Dismiss Half of Force
if It Proves Necessary
To Get Blacklist To-day
Fed?era! Prosecutor to Name
Alleged Whisky Ring arc!
Ask for ? n d i c ? in e n I s
Special Pirre:'-h f? The Trrbu-.e
CTTICAGO. ?ept. 23. -At least seven
indictments of members of the Police
Departtnont in connection with Boot?
legging, it wa? stated to-day, while ?it
the same time Chief Charles C '.' tz
ir.orris prcdicU'd that wholesale dismis?
sals of poiircmen and police official s
vtuld ho mode. A number of higher
officials in the Police Department aro
understood to he implicated in the
revelations, which wen made yesterday
by the polic? chief himself.
Federal officials to-day started a
far-reaching inquiry into the police
phase of the liquor traffic and the
chief will be provided on Monday with
a complete 'ist cf nil tie men on the
? lrct who have fallen under Federal
investigation in connection with whisky
:anrjing. "shake downs" in lw.ei? booze
?..eala and bootlegging.
Clyne Preparing List
The list of names will go to the
chief from Districr Attorney Charles
F. Clyne in the form of a letter wh ch
the lattf.r is preparing. Mr. Clyne re
ted to di?7*u::-e just wh.:t the letter
would contain, but admitted that in it
~..culd bu much information concern?
ing perores of all?e .??! crooked ; '?.c
men and their activities in whisky
oeals. lie indicated the list of name.- .
v-ill he part of it.
Told of this, the chief announced
that he would prefer charges immedi-I
ately reinst any r.7*>d all men impli
cated v.he?i any evidence ?gainst th<
\, 2s nlacd in i' is \. ?>'.!? j
"There's not a m-.-i en the forre, in?
cluding myself, whosa place could not
be filled on five minutes' notice," said
the chief. "I have u wonderful eligibl?
;;st of men waiting for the shoes of any
id all men who are th>\, fit to be on the
force."
"fr'nppose," it wan ft-rgtreR.'ed. "that it
should become ne<scssary ? discharge a
large numher of men at once?experi?
enced men -?-ho sre good polic ?me: but
who are implicated in booz? de
Ready tt> Dismiss ?* i;
**No good policeman is ii ipl ???? led in a j
booze deal/* the chief replied. I don't :
? ire how many men i l?ve to dr.-i
charge. I'm going to divorce *hc police :
force from illicit booze 11 i have to dis?
charge hr:!f the force."
The chief stated that tiis eiTorts must
not be constrced aa s?. ?tt^mpt to en-;
force prohibition in Cl icago.
"??y policy t. ,s been to lid the Fed- '
eral authorities in every v. ? _?." ! <?
"but tire police cannot be expected to
enforce prohibition Th vt i. a matter
iar the Federal pot :
"Another il.ir.rr I want to say is that
the police are n.;t the only body ; n? !i
rated in violations of the prohibition
law in Chicar.-.i. There is rju >\ us ???? - \
sreentage of men implicated :r: all
other la?.'; enforcement bodies ar.d in
ether bu.siney.7es. Our investigati in an i
. lag o?' charges may bring out s<
: tings that a lot of persons not con?
nected with the Police Department
' ??id Tike to have covered up."
Schoolboy Rescues Two
In Atlantic City Suri ?
Unidentified Men Disappear
While Crowd Applauds lUr.
Youilif*-} Life S.'tver
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept 25.---Leonard !
Blair, -sixteen years old, a freshman at
the Atlantic City high school, become
vie hero of the report to day when ,; ?
rescued two men from drowning in u
treachovoQs su if this afternoon whil?
thousands 0/ boardwalk strollers
looked on.
The rescue was performed of Vir?
ginia Avenue at *? :i hour when no life
?guards were about, H-iir and the two
'jTi, one about fifty years old ?..?.?'
the otho-r thirty, ai d whose names w< re
not learned, were the or.ly bal ei on
tl.e beach, when the n en entered t- ?
Water ?;i,(i began to swim el recti; 0 t
W'icn the live were ' . .. 1 1
yards Crem the sn?-. 1 ?^. u'laii saw t; !
they had been ct.ught ir. a .'. ?-..,'
shore curre!? 1 and wer* 1 ??! ..? ,. rri? 1
out to 8? ,.. W ithout ?/? ;r I 1 ."
for ?assistance, the boj pick id ap 1
1 fe saver's can buoy which was lying
o,\ the beach and plunged into I te surf
While Blair was making his way to
the two men, Jeff Johnson, a negro
? air pusher of the walk, nh 1 te i to
) ?ward Shoemaker, who tend? beach
< ' airs, and together they rushed ?,p a
life boat which had been pulled far
up on the suud for the night. Other
v lunteei? came i.o their ii? -, ce,
and thd heavy boat w:..s launched < th
8? me difiiculty.
When the lifeboat reached the spot
\ h.ere iihiir was strrrggliny with the
t an, all the rescurers wcro close tu
collapse. The trio were hauled into
the boat. On the beach the ir torest
centered around young Blair and the
two rescued men disappeared in the
crowd.
?? ??'-?? ?? ?.' ?.
fVhi. Socialist Foes Quit
Boar<3 of Rand School
/.etron Folio***-? Adoption of
HesolutioTi '?'???? ... Reoo*3mi
?ion to 'Thicr! En?ei-nn! U>oi?i ?;
The board of directors of the \.i orl
r,",n Socialist Rocicty, the go-?
l-ody of the Rand .??.?' ?' ? :?: ,? ,,?
)vetely reorgnn eed ? . '
r<;on, after the re '
ben beeause of the pa ? 1 , ?
lutio'i affirrnii ?* the > sad
to the Socialist part;, ? ?! ??- ref
to recognize the ". rnatisi
After the passage ' 1 ion
En gene Schoen, Alexander "?<?:. ? ti
^?rg, Augusta Rol ai : .'. b i ? ? ,
3: ?se Weiner iu>.? Benj; n n
publicly announced thcii resi 1
: vera) of theai hnvin? previoua'- i -
C?nred their o?ion hcstilit? to '
cinlist party ?i".i? their ad!
< .?mniuni-it party aboul to l formed.
Foorteen other inembei who 1 ? e <
i is resolution indor ed ti a sta d of
tl e fOfiety and the < , ?alii t pari ai d
remained to aid in th< ; a ????-. :??'' a,
S. John Bio;!', Max Schon erg, M ?r
j-i'j lii'lqnit nnd ?'.It rris Berman were
elected to fill the vacancies in the
board of directors.
Police Compel Jack Johnson
To AKim?on S?age Sketch
FA7.T, RIVER, Jtfas.?., Sept. T' -.1
Johnron, former wc!:!'s heavyweight
I '*?ing champion, was Tor."! by ;-u
Pclice Board last night to abandon
Jiia flr.nl performance of the woek with
a theatrical company.
Police Commissioner John T. Swift
?aid '.lie boar?! took action because of
y otesti which had characteri*ed John?
son a?* an unde*irablfl person nnd as a
''? no-thne fugitiva from im "ice and a .
tarisavietfi scan vndar the ilana ast,"
Balloonist" s Back Brokern-,
Parachute Didn't Open'
i?iTort to Escapo Fron. Leaking
Craft Causes Accident Be?
fore Newark Crowd
NEWARK, Sert.:1.-.- John KamBChite,
thirty-three years old, im aeronaut, liv?
ing at 413 Garden Street, Union Hill,
broke his hack yesterday who i he tried
to descend from a leaky balloon while
making nn exhibition ascent ?it Hillside
Par! , using a parachute which failed to
open.
ICarnschiti was substituting for
Heni-v Wuruing, the regular exhibitor.
The ballooi was nol r ore than two
hundred feet in the air, being observed
1 v a large crowd of ami ?on.I seekers,
when the pilo, discovered a large rent
fro*.? which gag was
Karnscl './. was confronted
with the problem of whether to jump
it ? ' and trust to a m ? ?"? es ?in
g *r of ; i? p.i ; ? chul .* i r remain in the
? in dai-.gei < ? being suiTocated by
escaping gas. He jumped and struck
the : roui J before the parachuto had
fully opened.
\\ liile the gas bag was being inflated
it blew against two guideposts, one of
which toro a hole in it. This remained
unnoticed until too late.
Trace on Beer Bill
Schedule il To Be
Announced To-day
Drys Count on Withholding
of Regulations for I*r?>
ecriptions W?iilc Trea?
ties and Tax Are Settled
WASHINGTON, 2>e**rt, H5.?Formal
declaration of a truce in the Senate
fight over the anti-beer bill and its I
search and seizure clause is expected
to-morrow. Suspension of hostilities
i?i to last a few weeks, according to
the present outlook, or until the Senate
disposes of the tax revision bill and |
the German, Austrian and Hungarian
peace treaties.
When ihe tax bill is called up to-mor- ;
row. Senator Sterling, Republican, of
South Dakota, in charge* of the anti
beer measure, plans to give way with j
an announcement of his understanding
that the "dry" bill shall be given right
of way after action on the tax measure
and fcne ti -atica. Meanwhile, the Treas?
ury Department is counted on by dry ,
leaders to withold r gulations permit-1
ting manufacture and physicians' pre-;
script] ??:?. of i eer.
Poslpoument of consideration of the1
be- r bill is not discouraging to the drys, I
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of j
the Anti-Saloon League declared, i
No Weakening, Pays Wheeler
?'The delay in the adoption of the con?
ference committee report on the beer
bill until r i tax bill is disposed of j
does not mi : n anj weakening among
the i'rri'r.rr.s of the measure, eith? r in
-? . * 01 out: ide oi i ! ?? R ?'?
W'heeler said. "The opponents of the :
: ave been afraid to loi it come to
a test vole any time with n the six
weeks the report has been pending in
S : ue, A filibuat? r ci ac
n, but it en mi p? t'y ??c feat
the passage of a bill which is fav id
by a large majority.
"I do not : eii? ve that any beer
? r wil be i is led in ' e face
if this filibuster. Tin i ? is every r? a
. .. ;" ?>? wit olding th 'se regn ations
? ? w that obtained wl . the vot< '
?'? luyod by rire formel fiii!
fcru the reedss. If the wets think
th y aro : i ? ' i . ; headway with the
; eople by ! sor ?? ; r . 1 lies s tact ics
' In arc w eleome to it.
"The constant rci --ration by Sen-*.
? oi Stanley that tl ? pending bill v io
latca i;- ' i otn th An en Iment doc ? not
rhange Ihe fad that '?'.. : measure g'vc<
no right of search, either wi ? :
without a warrant. And, in addition,
it penalizes any officer who makes
?, Bearch without a warrant as au h r*
????.?ri ru; :-.*; - -? sti g laws which have
been ? u t' - statute books for d rcades,
?r sue! cfiicci makes the search with?
out prol ble cause and maliciously.
if ?he officer makes the search through
a 'i In n st or ? ; of judg! i M he may,
in cert. ?nsl inces, be subject to a
civil damage suit or a forfeiture cf
his bond, just as ho always has been
i de r ?: t exi st ing laws."
Dryan Defends T7*<-*nsnre
Discus ing th? filibuster against the
'beer bill, William Jennings Bryan
;;.???? out the following statement:
"Th-: conference report on the anti
be< r bill m ts the ait nation. The up
? ? of cnfoi cemen ! do not des il e
ke th? laws ?my more strict than
. c ? '?.;> to ccmp?il obodience. A pri
-.u'< r? ?idenco is a permanent bu lding
an ! it i unti rely pi oper I o req aii a
rani for scorch. This might even
? ? tided tr permit any bona fide
resident to p iteet his home from
search without warrant by making af?
fidavit that he has no liquor unlaw?
fully concealed therein. But it is dif?
ferent with automobiles. To require
a warrant befo ?? searching d suspected
nuto \v -L-."ci practically nullify the I w.
The auto could get into another ci cinty
before n warrant could be : cured. It
?a inconceivable that any 'dry' Senator
i can bo deceived by the mock heroics
of th ? -wets.'
'i. b? i"v to disobey the law is not
lered : ac -ud by any lar re per?
cent rage of t ie A moi ca i people.
"A filibuster by a minority to pre?
vent th?! * u rcc-T nt of a r? r
i tional pr ?. n is about as i mo
i era tic a pr ??-? lire as could be
I imu-rined, e -. in .. '. :y a const itu on !
.????. ? .:? which out laws a criminal
. i ali'ic."
'' ?? [i (?a j-,:-7 Pe'?OW
Ret?s* PH ne union
Svcci ti D ? at ??: '? The '" ' une
. Sept 25. ' - ptain
I Wi n ; . Estes, o ''??.. Vori;, who
in prison i ? ? ' for u year,
3 to this cit
? i .-1 ?.'-.:. ?te i.'. \
" a il . . : pr n for ten
i, and to thank he;- for
.
'.' . ? ?v.,, j | ? .. *.* ' . *
y h?d often 1 in
. ' hrough
c'lanrteis'' v,
"???..'? -
ol 1rs. II i i . .
?*?
Captain E ! tl ?' ? ' ! ? ?son
ally for the food
' ? r
: . ' i un
. . -ve bis own ? when I ? I
vas < ' iced be for?
In : opin 'i Mrs. flarrison r ? e :
I ? "?; by E ' : ' :
d.
?TL, _. tri , ? r? ?
hvo bra bi! I r*r I r ion
? RAST V :W, N. V., - ept. 2 -Otto
? ar..! I! ?? i losing, brot!
I s ' ? ? ? r ? C?
derly house, will be re
-? ? . t? nomnv with
by ?gardening during the eight months
they have been in tire priao . They
won the prison prize for ma ket gar
!g during th? ir . rron.
Prison '. uro permitted to cultivate
small gardens on their own ace?
The Sch had the best garden
and sold their produce advantagieously.
Corrcctiona Commissioner V. liver,!.
Rlacy said yesterday that the individual
gardon plan had improved morale;
Aaaioag prisoners*
Flooded With
s Illicit Liquor
(Continued fr?m p-ir-o ?no)
fen'o?, but admit it will talco time and
constant driving,
Chief of Police Ffttr. morris is out?
spoken ?ton his belief that prohibition
; lready i * a dead letter.
"Pro'hil ition :s not a fact but a fal?
l?''?:.', and viii'i applies not only to Chica?
go, bti I to every city of which 1 have
knowledge.-' said the chief. IIo has
in--', bei un .' drive to divorce illicit
liquor trafile from the Police Depart
lii. : r.
"In Chicago fl'tero ia more drunken?
ness than there ever was?more deaths
fr? i liquor than boforo prohibition.
more of ?'very o\-\ ' attributable to tho
oso of liquor," i\ ?ntinued the Chief,
"and all this nvft itates against the
efficiency of the Pa ?cc Department.
"From reports 1 h :wp received I nm
convinced that 60 per coin of the
membership of the P olice Department
is involved seriously ?n the iiler;al
sale or transportation ?f liquor.
"As for supplies, ?,iy quantity of
any port of liquor mny readily be oh
tained if one has tin' price. Cood
quality whisky can be? had at $11 n
quart and bonded poods a t $1.1 n quart.
Over the bars bonded v.-Jv isky polis al
75 rents n drirtk, while hootch, the
home made stuff, may be had _for 25
cents a drink. Beer sells vit 25 cents
n glass and 85 cents to ?"? ' cents a
Stein. Gin, branded stuff fcfrat prob
ably is made on tire le/wer East Side
of New York, sells at $4.?W a P'nt?
but excellent port wine ma V ho nad
at $3.50 a quart. Some dk??t'ibutors
are selling n fair grade of v. "hlsky at
$85 a case of twelve quart?. This is
moonshine stuff, hut has sot ie age.
Canadian whiskies are rhiofh* used
here and there is little difficulty igct
ling them over the border. The bncw
erios heve nm] in Milwaukee are run?
ning constantly and there is abun?
dant real beer to be had everywhere."
New En plana Is Flooded
With Bootleggers' Liquor)
Special Dispatch to The Trihttve
BOSTON, Sept. th-..?Bootlegging lias,1
riot, been so prevalent throughout New ?
England, with the exception of th? ?
lirst few months after the prohibition ;
amendment went into effect, as it is to- j
day. j
Liquor can be had almost for the ?
asking and seemingly everywhere. It
i.: even delivered to the home on case I
orders and that, too, subject, to sam?
pling on the nnrt of the purchaser.
Scotch whisky apparently has first!
cail in the demand and finds a ready j
market at $10 to $15 a quart. Rye;
whisky is bringing $S to $12 a quart,!
There appear.-, to be no limit to the i
amount one may purchase. I
Selling over the bar is more or loss
limited, but a patron who is known :
c? 'i obtain anything ho wishes in many !
of the near-beer saloons. The usual
saloon price for whisky is 50 and 70 ;
CCtlt:'..
Local prohibition agents admit that j
tho number of enforcement agents
their financial appropriation permits
them to hire is altogether too meager
to c">pe sucessfully with the situation.
Public sentiment appears generally I
apathetic toward the entire matter and;
n Strong public demand is heard for
stricter enforcement.
Competition Forces Drop
In Philadelphia Prices',
Special Dispatch 1o 'The. Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25.?The pro- ?
hibition situ: tion in Philadelphia as1
compared with six months ago seems
to l.o unchanged in so Ear as consump?
tion is concerned. The price of liquor, ;
however, has dropped considerably, the i
reason being given that "there are tool
many making their own." There is very ?
1 ttle label d goods on the market and I
? i being sold is straight home dis?
tilled, with the price running from $10
a gallon up. A former saloonkeeper j
said to-day the prie.', of liquor has ?onc. j
down -'or the same reason that the price !
cf other commodities has fallen, the
econo lie conditions of the country not |
permitting the high prices prevalent,
heretofore,
Public sentiment is very apathetic'
toward enforcement of prohibition. Ef- !
forts of prohibition officers have been j
? f no avail and the illicit traffic in liquor ?
has increased rather than diminished. '
There are fewer intoxicated persons to I
be seen on the streets and the public)
seems to be satisfied with the situation ;
as it stands. There is a general belief]
that the prohibition act has served its
purpose in driving liquor from the pub-'
, lie saloons into private homes, where it,
will die a natural death.
Literal Enforcement Found \
Impossible, in Maryland ?
Special Disparen to The Tribune
BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.?Complete,'
literal enforcement of the prohibition
iwa is n t possible in Maryland, Pro?
hibition Director Edmund Budnita said ,
to-day in an interview.
"It is perfectly plain to everybody ?
that the prohibition law is being vio- i
lated r every turn," he declared. "A
force of eight men is, of course, totally
inadequate to detect lawbreakers in ar-i
city of nearly a million persons. I.
must admit, as everybody else must, j
that the law is unpopular. Men make i
no bones about telling me, the prohibi
tion director, that they drink more
now than they ever did, and that they ;
get it by means that arc illegal under
-?? \ ilstead act. They are proud of j
it rather than ashamed of it.
"Prohibition will be completely ef?
fective, and the law will be properly
abserved only when ??.copie cease to
ivant to drink liquor."
"When do you think that will be?"
. Mr. Bu lnitz v. as asked.
"Not as long as the earth lasts, I'm
afraid," replied tine director.
"It is repeating what everybody
know ." Mr. Budnitz went on. "to say
that if prohibition were to be voted
. ? m in Baltimore city again there
would be a bigger wet majority than
the e was the last (hue. People are
? rii of s irts with tire law, and seem de
termined to circumvent it at every
ipportu nity."
v, y of a fair grade is obtainable
?re 'i' 50 cents. Prices by the bot
le run as low as ?10 a quart.
Thousand Ceses a Day
Brought into Detroit
?? rial Dispatch to The Tribune
DE I ROrj . Si pt. 2 i, Che prohibition
v m 'ou a Detroit?the most, im?
portant bonder city in the United
States?has shown but little, if any
improvement since last spring. Boot
B :s being carried on with suc- i
losa qui ? sa'?s?actory to the smug-;
. *rs, and a th ?usand cases of Canadian
- ? r, it is estimated, comes ?cross the
rder every tvrenty-four hours in the I
?;/ of Detroit. Practically all of I
this ii brought over in small motor;
rril officers assert that liquor?
the northwest point of Lake Superior,!
| > distance of about 1,500 miles. But
most of it is i rought in across Detroit1
River. This steady flow is opposed by a;
colossal army of eighteen Federal offi
, cera.
?i ;?? prices quoted at the present time :
ranges from $8 to $12 per quart, the
Canadian brands commanding the
' 1 igher price. Fifty cents per drink is
, th i average price.
Public sentiment tor or against the
? enforcement of the prohibition law is !
is being brought into the state any-1
I where irtm the southwest corner toi
divided. Official? c! im an election at
the presont time would place the city
! in the "dry" column regardless of the
I fact that nt the last election on the
question the citv went "wet' by well
1 over 40.000. Others arc firm in their
'b?lier that the city would show n
greater "wet" vote than was ever cast
here. .,?, . ?
Drunkenness is common. \\ eta
argue that those who want liquor will
got it even if of an inferior, man-kill?
ing quality, whereas were the city to go
wet at least a vastly better quality
would be obtainable.
Allied organizations fighting for pro?
hibition are showing mor?; activity than
they were si.x months ago. The "wetB
are equally busy with the result that
each ride is about holding their own
Federal officials express belief that
the city can bo 'dried up almost in
"about two years."
Smuggling liquor is a science, an?
the organization of smugglers in and
near Detroit, is admittedly one oi the
best, working machines in the world.
Cleveland ?a Drying Up,
j Prohibition Afrenta Assert
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
CLEVELAND, Sept. 25.?Is Cleve
! land "(Irving up"? Yes. says Chief Fed
! oral Prohibition Agent I red Counts,
? and Chief of Police. Frank W. Smith
and police court judges add their
voices.
"No!" comes a chorus from a varied
assemblage of liberals and here and
there an anti-Saloon league official.
One still buys whisky in Cleveland
from a largo number of places. Gin,
pood wines and brandy arc much moro
scarce, but are still available.
Whisky claimed to bo "bonded" is
retailing for between $10 and $24 a
quart. Corn whisky, chiefly from the
mountains of West Virginia, but also
from a large; number of stills around
northern and central Ohio farms, sells
for $8 or $10. Both can be bought, at
certain establishments scattered all
over Clevand and its suburbs, by the
quart or by the drink.
Highest prices arc- being paid around
the more fashionable hotels and clnbs.
The claim of the Federal prohibition
agents that the. city and other north?
ern Ohio communities are on the road
to dryness is based on the following
assertions:
First?That the Federal and police
? officials have succeeded in stopping
:',much of the source of supply.
Second ?That the Federal court sen?
tences of bootleggers, said to be among
,y o most severe in any United States
i ?urt, have created a "considerable
d i ?taste" in the minds of the mass of
th? ' people for taking the chance of
g*ei ling caught.
T bird?That Ohio was one of the so
calli "tl early dry states, and that even
thou, tih Cleveland be a metropolis it
clings' '? the original Ohio traditions
agains t strong drink.
Foui th?That to the powers of two
duly ct Vistituted enforcement systems
?the p ?.dice and Federal?have been
added a oity-wide espionage system by
the Cuya i'oga County (Cleveland) Dry
Maintena. *cc Leagufl and the northern
Ohio braiat? of the Ohio Anti-Saloon
League,
The dry .leaders claim to have at
least one re feresentative in each of the
city's 800--voting precincts, whose busi?
ness is to fii vl out whether residents
are coming hiivne at night intoxicated
and whether ; l'y stores in that com
munity have be en selling alcoholic bev
e rage ?.
From th? tip f furnished by those
unofficial detecti\ x.""? Federal prohibition
agent Counts and Chief cf Police Smith
claim to have made* hundreds of arrests
and successful cas**, s- They offer in
support of their l?'.tenient that the
source of supply i s gradually being
lessened, the record txf numerous huge
raids in recent weckr-v.
The fact remains, .Viowever, that li?
quor is ?till obtainab! v.
Cincinnati Dotted* With
"Soft Drink"' Saloons
Special Dispatch to Tlic Tribune
CINCINNATI, Sept. 25.- -?-It is com?
mon knowledge that Cincir.tnati is dry
only to those people of Cincinnati who
do not wish to drimi or are .strangers.
The city is dotted with .so-called
soft drink saloons. Their .regular
patrons are supplied with wlrisky of
a. kind and at a price and with beer of
a more or less Intoxicating qu;?i.ty.
Robert E. Flora, chief F?d?rai pro?
hibition enforcement agent for Cin?
cinnati, said to-day that the price .of
bootleg whisky in case lots in thia cr-iy
fluctuated between $S0 and 5J00, de?
pending upon quality, with individu_l
one-ounco drinks retailing generally
at 50 cents over the bar, the top price?
being 75 cents Some of the whisky*!
sold here is the real stuff, mostly
brought over from Kentucky ware?
houses, but according to Mr. Flora,
much of it must be listed under the !
head of concoctions.
Mr. Flora said ho believed there
wa3 less liquor available now than six '
months ago. There is a very large
consumption here of moonshine,
brought over from Kentnc?-ry, which
retails at from $3.50 a quart to $4, in-j
dividual drinks selling for "25 cents.
There is also a large consumption of
homo brewed beer.
Judging from the attitude of the
newspapers and the comment heard
?lay by day from citizens, public-senti?
ment is distinctly wet.
Mr. Flora refused to commit him?
self as to whether the prohibition
forces expected to make the,city bone
dry.
Stf. Louis Bootleggers
Are Bold and Active
Special Dispatch to The- Tribune
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25.?More whisky
and beer are being sold in St, Louis
now than was sold six months ago,
recording to those familiar with the
traffic. The state and Federal authori?
ties apparently are unable to suppress
the flow and it has assumed wide pro?
portions.
The Federal authorities are handi?
capped by an insufficient number of en?
forcement officers, while the police,
owing to strong local sentiment against
prohibition, are in some sections of the
city indifferent and inactive.
Bootleggers ?ire bold and active. A
telephone call from those in the "know"
'.-.ill ?prickly produce cither a quart of
line or of bonded goods.
A large number of saloons are selling
Loth whisky and beer. Moonshine or
bonded whisky nray be had by the
initiated at most of the burs and
brewery bottled beer or keg beer may
be had ?t some of the saloons. Home
brew beer also is sold at many places.
Keg beer retails at 30 cents a stein,
i Dttled beer at 50 cents a pint, home
i.i?? at from I'U to 50 cents a pint,
moonshine whisky at from 25 to 50
cents a drink, bonde i whisky at from
50 to 75 cents a drink.
Bonded whisky sells at prices ranjr
ing between ?10 and S30 a quart, de?
pending upon how badly it is wanted
and who wants it. The supply seems
plentiful.
Volstead Law Violation
Flagrant in ISeic Orleans
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 25. ?Com-1
pared with six months ago the prohibi?
tion situation in this city might be >
said to be unchangod.
Mr. Volstead's law is being violated'
right and left, everywhere, on every,
side. Liquor can be bought in Canal,
St. Charles, Royal or any other street,
provided, of course, that you are i
known. Drink prices in the saloons
are CO. cents fair whisky, 75 cents for;
absinthe and from 50 cents to $1 for;
:*. cocktail.
Public sentiment here is divided on I
the prohibition question. One side
wants light wines and beer. Even the
Rociety women have como out for this.
The ministers opposo the aale of any
intoxicants and aro now trying to have
passed by the Legislature a law which
will compel the police to enforce the
provisions of the VolRtead law under
the guise of a state law. However, the
majority seems to bo against prohibi?
tion here.
The following is the price scale:
Now Six rims ?if-ro
Quart Quart
Whisky. ?7-00 11*00
Overnl-rht whisky..., ???O" 7.<*nr(I110.00
Claret wlno . *:!t''0 , '[>?? ?B
Shorry win- . "*no 4.oo?pr, 00
?II,. ....4.6O05.OO 7.60<8 10.00
?Gallon.
Whisky Sells in Denver
Foras Low as $3 a Gallon
From The. Tribune's Wanhinaton Bureau
DENVER, Sept. 25.?The only change
in the prohibition situation in Colo?
rado in recent months has been that
bootleg liquor has become more easily
'. obtainable. Despite a vigorous anti
liquor campaign conducted by two
I newspapers here public sentiment has,
| not been noticeably aroused, nor has
' (here been an appreciable decrease in
! the wholesale and retail liquor busi
' ness.
i District Attorney Van Cisc- recently
| announced that it appeared impossible
to get convictions from iuries in Den
I ver in bootleg cases, and the enforce
| ment problem seemed hopeless until
j there was a change in public senti?
ment.
E. IT. McLcnnahan, district Federal
prohibition director, declared last night
j that the state was not 25 per cent wet,
! and that trafficing in liquor has not in
I creased but really decreased within the
I last three months. He said the state
- ould be made dry if there were euf
1 ticient funds appropriated to put
| enough men on the job.
The price of bootleg liquor of the
? higher grailes averages about $12 a
? gallon, or $2 a single pint. Bootleg
I stuff, which leaves the drinker alivtr
I afterward, is sold as low as $5 and in
I some cases $3 a gallon. Bonded
liquors are rarely ?seen here now, ex?
cept in the cellars of the rich.
Arbuckle Scandal Helps
Fight to Dry Californio
Special Di.-rpatch to The Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.?Prohi?
bition conditions aro gradually but
slowly improving here- according to E.
F. Mitchell, prohibition director, who
declares that arrests and convictions
under the Volstead act are growing
every month. This is due, he believes,
not to more illicit trading, but to the
activity of prohibition agents.
"The Roscoe Arbuckle scandal," said
iDrector Mitchell yesterday, "has had
one good effect. It has brought to the
people a realization of the evils of
liquor and given the government the
cordial support of thousands of citi?
zens who heretofore have apparently
not cared whether the Volstead act was
enforced or not. Women's organiza?
tions and civic bodies have concluded
that the sooner the liquor evil is
stamped out the quicker will a deal of
other crime cease.
"I have in the last few days received
many letters to this effect from per?
sons who have been up to now only
lukewarm toward prohibition. They
have decided that it is up to the people
of the community to aid the govern?
ment in enforcing the Eighteenth
Amendment. Tips about bootleggers,
i "blind pigs" and moonshine stills have
i been much more numerous of late than
heretofore. Public sentiment is swing?
ing around toward prohibition enforce
i ment. If it docs not waiver, I predict
| that in a few months the state will be
j almost dried up."
Prices for liquor coming under the
I prohibition ban and Volstead enforce
j ment act vary. What ?3 called "first
I class stuff," whisky, can be obtained at
? from $50 to ?55 a gallon in bulk. Case
goods range from $160 to ?1S0 a case
of one dozen quarts. Gin brings $15
i a gallon. "Moonshine" li?*uor is from
: $15 to $20 a gallon.
j 38 Seized as Nigbt Riders
I Masked Miners Aeeused of Plot
to Blow Up Non-Union Shaft
CLARKSVDLLE, Ark., Sept. 25.?
j Thirty-eight coal miner who, officers
i declare, were* gathering, armed and
; masked, in an old field about a mile
from Spadra, late last night, were ar
! rested and brought to the county jail
Jiiere charged with night riding.
According to Sheriff D. B. Bartlett.
?ho with four deputies made the ar?
rests, ho was informed of the gathering
:txtd told that the men planned to
iB?vrch to the Spadra mine, where non?
union labor is employed, and blow up
the machinery there.
Ail but seven of those arrested have
been released on $1,000 bond each.
-?
Pfeil Issued for Constant
Moving of Refrigerator Cars
& nccial Dispatch to The. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.?Shippers,
carriers and receivers were urged to?
day by the Federal Department of
Agricultme to make the most efficient
use of ail refrigerator cars and equip?
ment in ?mvler to help meet the need
of 20,000 additional fruit and vegetable
cars requite*! to move the large vol?
ume oi" p ?mhable farm crops now
ready for marVret.
Investigations show that many re?
ceivers are holding refrigerator cars
as cold storc-ger warehouses instead of
unloading thxeivi promptly and per?
mitting their' return movement to
producing socl?o\"is.
The result i\* that there are thou?
sands of idle ro\ rigerator cars at a
timo when raflrauls ara Unding it
particularly difficult to pr?vido suf
ticient shipping apiree for perishable
products.
Cardinal Gibfoo-t?tfs Ret? ?Tat
Now Hangi iif* in Cathedral
Special Dispatch tot The-Tribune
BALTIMORE, Sept. ?.5.?The red hat
of the late Cardinal Gi\ibons was hung
to-day in the cathedral. The hat hangs
in the arch to the left*, of the archi?
?piscopal throne ami .immediately in
front of the altar of t!rr*e* Blessed Vir?
gin.
For a time the priests < f the cathe?
dral were unahle to loca.t- a suitable
place for it and the ccnter-i-f the dome
was contemplated. It is understood
that its present location w.ia the sug?
gestion of Bishop Owen B. Corrigan,
coadjutor of the archdiocttie. The
bishop's reason was that it n.**.is adja?
cent to the throne always oci?tf-pied by
the Cardinal on Sunday.- an,i festive
occasions and close to the altttr where
he said his daily mass. Fartlietmofre,
the confessional in which the (.'?atdinal
sat is at the rail at the left oC this
altar.
irieh Republic Field Day To?
De Held in Yonkers Sund ay
The Irish Republic field day, to sluow
approval of Eamon de Valera in his
demands for the recognition of tine
Irish Republic, will be held next Su-n*
day by the American Association f ?r
the Recognition of the Irish Republ 'a;
councils at Empire racetrack, Yonkers..
The principal speaker will be Frank..,
P. Walsh, counsel to the so-called Irish j
Republic in America, who is now re- j
turning from Ireland. '
Woman Accuser
Of Arbuckle i?ocs
On Stand To-day
Mrs. Bambina Del moni ,Wlio
First Blamed Comedian
for Miss Rappe's Drails.
Will Testify at Hearing
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26. Rfcscoe
("Fatty") Arbuckle, film com? .Yian,
chargod with the slaying of Miss ^Vir?
ginia Pappe, motion picture actress,
passed a quiet Sunday in jail, why?
the District Attorney prepared a list %'f
witnesses for examination when t i ? '
police court hearing is resumed to?
morrow. At buckle was visited by*
relatives. Under his attorney's orders ?
he refused to discuss the charge against
him.
The first complete story of the party
in Arbuckle's suite in the Hotel St. '
Francis on Labor Day, which, vas fol?
lowed by the death of Miss Rappe four
days later, is expected to be told at
;the hearing to-morrow, when the
! prosecution calls Mrs. Bambina Maude
Delmont, who preferred the char'.:''
against Arbuckle, Miss Alice Blake and
?Miss Ze Pr?vost, who attended the
party. The order in which the wit?
nesses will be called Was not an?
nounced.
The defense has not indicated how
it is to combat the testimony so far
offered. The only witness who has
I been cross-examined, and he only
j briefly, was Alfred Semnacher, who
yesterday testified for the prosecution,
but as a "hostile witness." according to
the police judge. The police judge is
to decide whether Arbuckle is to be
held for the superior court, and if so
whether on the murder charge or on j
the grand jury indictment which j
charges manslaughter.
The defense had made no attempt to |
check the prosecution in the question?
ing of witnesses, taking advantage, it ?
was said, of the opportunity to learn j
'the state's case against Arbuckle af- !
I forded by the hearing.
Girl Fails to Patch Up
Quarrel; Takes Poison
_
Visits Former Fiance on Fruit-1
loss Mission, Then Attempts
Suicide on Station Platform
May Farley, twenty-three years old,
of 453 Lafayette Avenue. Brooklyn,
attempted to commit suicide last night,
according to the police, on the Nor,-:
trand Avenue platform of the Longj
Island Railroad by swallowing the
1 contents of a bottle marked "lysol."
Just after alighting from a Long '
j Island train, accompanied by Herman \
\ Stark, twenty-three years old. of 1710
Himrod Street, Brooklyn, the young
woman bent down, ostensibly to lace
her shoe. When she straightened up
she had the lysol bottle in her hand.
"I cannot live without Eddie," she I
screamed, and raised, the bottle to i
her lips. The next minute she had I
collapsed at the feet of her companion.1
She was removed to St. John".; Hospi- ;
? tal when' lier condition was reported .
: a:; serious.
Detectives who were sent to the I
hospital to investigate the incident,
! learned that Miss Farley had been on
I gaged to marry Edward Powers, of
! Broad Channel, but that they had
quarreled a short, time afiro. The youn -
1 woman said that she went to Broad
! Channel yesterday with Stark to effect
j a reconciliation with Powers but had j
; been unsuccessful.
'Court Holds Accnsed Kisser
I Advocates Curfew Law Affcr
Girl Tells of Flirting
i Samuel Krinsky, twenty-six years old,
: was held in $300 bail by 1"
Brown in Gate.; Avenue Court yester?
day on a charge of disorderly conduct, '
the complaintant hmn? Miss Yetta
Meyers, twenty-two years old, of 1292
St. John's Place. Brooklyn, who said
) Krinsky had flirted with her,
i Accord i nr: to Miss Meyers's statement
? in court, she met Krinsky at a : of
garden picture show Saturday night and
?was introduced to him. Later, she tid,
he escorted her to a cabaret, and later
to her home, where they arrived about
2 a. m. While they were standing in
the vestibule of the apartment, she said,
Krinsky tried to kiss her. She screamed ;
and Patrolman Stack arrested Krinsky.
Magistrate Brown told Miss Meyers!
i she ought to have been in bed at 11 ?
] o'clock, and Krinsky that he oughl not
; to have been up later than midnight.
; "What we need in this town is a cur?
few law," said the magistrate,, in con- j
j elusion.
Man Killed by Son-in-Law
Accident Season's FirstHimtmg
Fatality at Saranac Lake
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Sept. 25.
Henry Manley, of Salmon Liver, was!
j shot accidentally and instantly ki
| by his son-in-law, Elmer L. Shelters,
: also of Salmon River, r ite y
The body was brought here to await
. the arrival of relat ives
The accident was the first hunting
fatality in this section this season.
The men had returned from a da .
hunting and were engaged in target
I pract ice when John -,. se n of the :
I victim, cleaned the rifle and hand? I
to Shelters, who unlocked the magaz ?
and a moment later, in turning to se
an object to which his father-in : .
had called his attention, discharged the
; firearm, 'the I uck Manley in
i the right temple. Coroner J. A. Far
roll, of Saranac Lake, decided that the
shooting was an accident.
Fight Non-Picketing Order
I Leather Workers Will Formu?
late Pians To-day
The Fancy Leather (?cods Workers'
: Union announce i yesterday that a con- ?
i ference of labor leaders would be held
at the Civic Club t is afternoon to
formulate plan* for opposing the in?
junction issued by Justice Selah B.
Strong, of the Kings County Supreme
Court, restraining the uni n from pick?
eting the factor"- of the A. L. Reed
Company, of Richmond Hill.
The ex< cutive c< mmittee of the < en
: tral Trade ? and Labor C incil will ; ike
up the matter of .1 rong's de
l cisi?n at its meet iiv- to-night. Accord
, ing to William F. Kehoe secretary of
the council, definite instructions will
be issued to all affiliated unions with
! reference to trie decision and Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, will ; ? requ ?? d
* to issue a reply on behalf of organized
labor to Judge Strong's comment on
! ur.ion labor in his decision.
j Prospective Sale of Hamon'g
Texas Railway is Reported :
Special Dispatch to !T7i.e I'l ! ?????
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 25.? '
? It is reported here oa v hat app i r
to be good authority that the Ti i
: Railroad of the Jake L. Hamon esl
i ; about to be sob! to 1 it :3go, Bock
Island and Gulf Railway C impapy.
The presence in Oklahoma and Texas :
of John T. King, of Hartford, Conn.,
! Republican national cornmitteeman of !
that state, president of the railro d
i company and formerly b ?od?
?ate of iinmon in oil enterprises, lead? i
^color to the report.
U. S. Ships Drop Aliens
To Give Americans Work
Commander of Hoard's Fleet
Tied Up at Norfolk Acts on
Legion's Suggestion
Special Ditpatch lo 'The Tribuna
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 25.?One hun
? dretl aliens manning the Shipping
! Board's fleet laid tip at Camp Eustls
were discharged Friday and their places
1 will be taken by American citizens. Ex
service men will bo civen the prefer
ence,
An investigation Btarted by th<?
American Legion is the direct, cause of
the change in the policy of the board.
A fleet of B20 vessels is tied up at the
; Camp Eustis wharfs] in units of ten.
Each unit has ?hoard a skeleton crpw.
A Legion committee, headed by M. A.
Butler, found 100 aliens were included
in these crews. Orders were issued
Friday by Captain J. N, A. Godwin,
commander of the Meet personnel, dis?
charging ail of these aliens except a
few cooks, who cannot be replaced im?
mediately.
< optain Godwin says the fleet soon
W>.ill be augmented by another 300 ships,
am d that the personnel required virtu?
al!, y will be doubled.
Woman's ?20,000 Diamonds
A [ysteriously Missing in Hotel
Special Dispaich to The Tribune
PCITSBURGH, Sept. 25. ? City de
tectitscs to-night are trying to clear
up tie mystery that surrounds the
disap asarance of diamonds valued at
?20,00?i and owned by Mrs. George Car
son, v v. ait I,y divorcee, who lives at a
hotel lyre.
When', not wearing the diamonds Mrs.
Carson .hubitually carried them in a
small ch? mois bag in her purse. Late
la I niglr.t she went to her room and
,'? visited another room in the hotel.
When si*, returned she missed her
purse. Directives believe she, dropped
it in the hall and some one walked
away with it. Mrs. Carson is well
known soc silly here.
Shriners U? KE-egin $8,000.000
Hospital Campaign at Once
ST. LOUIS'?, Sept. 2."^?Authority to
launch imme.r&'ately an '$3,000,000 hos
piti 1 building? campaign was given at
a meeting of" the hospital committee
of the Imperial Council of th? RW.
here to-day. " onR?e
It was announced that the e#nt?.,
hospital, to cost npprorimatelv S?r.ru-T
000, will be located her?,, with iSf
??diaries in San Francisco, Shreve_V*
La.; Portland, Ore.; Minneapolis orV
Paul and Montreal, Catada. J' *
fro*_7.00 A.M
to 7.00 I'. M. (?.
wpt 9-00 A.M.. *;.-,,-,
M. and 1.00 p. fc*M
i -*G> l ?/?. il1 II ?*?"?*?*.
LtrlMfllu
from Liberty Street
(Trains also at 10.00 P.M.
and 12.10 midnight.
15 minuters earlier from
a?3rd Street. 18. lOn
train from Liberty St on]?.
Sleeping cars en laMo-ajj.
j| night, train may be oixu
j pic~d from 10.00 P. M ??
7.CJ-* A. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS
Leave Liberty Street 11 .?V)
A. M., 3.00 P. M., 4.00
P. M., 5.00 P. Ma, 7.IX)
P. M., 8.00 P. M., 9.00
P. M., 12.10 midnight.
15 minutes earlier from
e?>rd St. 1-2.10 midnight
train from Liberty St.only
thanfaoh
the train
oars
on
for here and there
In this 'attractive Department one
may find many interesting articles ?j
for gift purposes or for falling In odd
nooks amid corners about the nowse. ?
There are, for exanup?e:
i
Un?suaU desks for the (boudoir or writ?
j
in g room; tea wagons; taMes of many
persuasions, for as many purposes;
sewing tables of the CoSonial influence ;
convenient stands for books and imag=
} az?nes; smokers' utilities; clocks for
hau!, living room and library; and a
\ Earge and varied assortiment of
French Gilt Mirrors
I
(Fourth Floor)
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The Aetarnnio Importations
of
Paris Gowos
are dnspllayed in the Szilsns of the
special Cosfamnies Department
on the TlhnFd Floor
Inspection is invited
Copies or adaptations of these r
.marvellous creations wilS _e mi
to special order at reasonable prices.
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