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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1919
Page
9
Wartime prohibition looms as midnight approaches in New York City with dry leaders optimistic and saloons closing. Officials promise no action until prompted by federal authorities as penalties loom for violations.
War time prohibition creators debate how much liquor remains in government bonds and barrels. Officials estimate billions in value tied to whiskey held for export only, with peacetime risk of losses for distillers. Monday will see urgent conferences among liquor groups as protests grow, including Daisy Day demonstrations and talks on legal rights for restaurateurs. New York reports 7,069 bars with $7.6 million city revenue and $2.54 million state revenue from licenses, valid until September 1 with rebates for early surrender.
The committee led by Chairman Volstead could not finish a report expected to rebut claims the wartime prohibition act is unconstitutional. The minority report will argue Congress lacks authority to label beverages with 0.5 percent alcohol as intoxicating, and that enforcement rests with the states after ratification. Early vote against enforcement next week seems likely as many lawmakers prepare for the July Fourth recess and a possible adjournment before voting.
Syracuse and eight city legal advisers met to decide not to enforce war time prohibition unless federal instructions clarify methods. Mayors urged only federal action can close bars, with local police acting only on federal direction. Officials from Buffalo Troy Geneva Rome Beacon Dunkirk Utica attended led by Mayor Stone.
Albany officials will maintain neutrality in enforcing wartime prohibition from July 1. Mayor James R. Watt said enforcement rests with Federal authorities, noting Albany has no jurisdiction. State officials Newton and Simon echoed Federal control, and local officials declined enforcement responsibility.
Broadway crowds filled the streets with no major disorder as police and patrolmen kept order. Bars cafes and cabarets overflowed while prohibition talk dominated discussion. Just before midnight a news flash lifted the ban on light wines and beer prompting a renewed celebration as people packed into theaters and restaurants.
Public School 11 teacher Frances Wilson faced manslaughter charges over a slap to Dominick Bernardo aged thirteen during a classroom altercation. The case arose from a dispute at Flatbush police court where Wilson was discharged by magistrate s. Belmont.
Briefs note Americans of Italian descent forming the Peter Pocarn Post of the American Legion in Brooklyn in memory of a fallen soldier. Soldiers of Polish descent organize a post in Buffalo. An Interborough request to abandon service on the Randall Avenue line and part of 18th Street in The Bronx will be heard July 24. June figures show marriages up from the previous year. Lerner Waist Company reports 2,822 total for June.
The Single Tax Party of the United States opens its first national convention at 210 West Fourteenth Street with anti Bolshevik resolutions. Delegates from fifteen states back a program to run full Presidential and Congressional tickets in 1920. They condemn efforts to alter government structure for reform and favor ballot-based change. Aimed at soldiers, they urge opening idle lands to occupancy under non-speculative terms and condemn income and excess profits taxes as immoral.
In Evanston, Leo DP Bienlich owns a bulldog Rex of aristocratic line. Thomas J. Quenston has a goat of unclassified ancestry nicknamed Bolshevik for butting in neighborhood affairs. The two animals clash and Rex is dying as authorities pursue the goat’s owner with a warrant. The goat’s nose is badly injured.
Sixteen striking telegraphers were arrested by federal agents, two women among them, on a charge of conspiring to obstruct government business on the wires in Oklahoma City. United States Attorney John A. Fain directed the operation.
Boston dispatch reports a ten cent fare will begin July first on the Bay State Street Railway system. The system covers about 900 miles of lines across eastern and southeastern Massachusetts and parts of southern New Hampshire feeding into Rhode Island.
Berlin May 28 European power project to be built in Bavaria by five largest German electric companies with completion targeted in 1921. Finance Committee approves 50,000,000 marks as first instalment of total cost. Described as Bavaria’s first socialization scheme.
The Highfliers Club abandoned its wake cabaret and aviators benefit at Madison Square Garden in tribute to John Barleycorn. Promoters notified box holders that funds would be refunded after New York Life Insurance Company refused building use due to objections from a nearby force.
Jackson Minn June 28 After a short court session the trial of A A Townley national president and Joseph Gilbert organizer of the Nonpartisan League on charges of conspiring to teach disloyalty was adjourned with Monday Townley would testify Monday if not for stenographic notes and witnesses from Colone Mareh Minnesota Public Safety Commission The defense notes that Townley will take the stand and that Borah and Creel will not be called as witnesses observers expect Townley to be acquitted and the league to gain strength
The Paris report objecting to Henry Morgenthau joining the American Commission to Poland was denied by Morris Rothenberg of the American Zionist executive committee. He called the objection absurd, suggesting anti Semitic bias drives the stance since Morgenthau is Jewish and a Zionist.
The War Department announces surplus platinum valued at 103 dollars an ounce and iridium at 200 dollars an ounce will be sold through the New York Army Office. Bids start at ten ounces, with a 1000 ounce limit per buyer unless special permission is given.
Lieutenant Commander Alfred Read recounts the near wreck in fog and the moment of sighting land during the NC-4 transatlantic flight from Rockaway to Halifax. He explains engine issues, fuel concerns, and the decision to persevere, noting crew endurance and lessons for the Navy.
Mrs. Henry Surut, a widow? No, Mrs. Birdie L Surut, claims cruel treatment and slovenly habits by her husband Henry Surut, woollen merchant, at 670 Broadway. He counters that Mrs. Surut’s dormitory window flirtations with Columbia University students at 600 West 115th Street caused the trouble. Supreme Court judge Hendrick granted $450 a month alimony pending trial while the couple fights over alleged threats and a separation order.
Washington reports that through bills of lading for export traffic suspended in January 2018 due to wartime disruption will be stored for transit through Pacific ports when tariffs are published. The Rail Road Administration says most Pacific Coast steamship lines will cover demurrage or storage charges from rail to ship transfers. Talks ongoing with South Atlantic and Gulf lines. North Atlantic talks have not succeeded.
Public records show New York City uses about 659 million gallons daily with a water bill over 43000. Water sources travel up to 125 miles to the Silver Lake reservoir on Staten Island, then flow by gravity through Croton and Catskill systems. Some Staten Island areas sit 413 feet above sea level, affecting distribution.
Mayor Hylan issues a second treatise on crime detection prevention and punishment in a letter to Police Commissioner Enright. He urges a sterner policy toward dangerous criminals while stressing limits on jailing the innocent and questions the handling of soliciting arrests involving respectable women. He also suggests courts and prosecutors cooperate to reduce leniency and proposes defense counsel to support women arrested for soliciting.
Newark man William Duhne of 5180 Hudson Boulevard West New York seeks to restrain New Jersey District Attorney Lynch from enforcing the war time prohibition act. The filing, announced by attorney Edward Hollander, anticipates a further brief after news of a peace treaty signing.
Police pursue a theory that the man found dead in a downtown hotel suitcase was poisoned, possibly of Oriental origin. Clues include gold dental bridgework, the initials I N A on the luggage tag and hotel register from December 1, 1915, and a missing persons file. Investigators seek to identify the victim, estimated about forty years old, five feet three inches tall, with no sign of how the poison was manufactured.
Galvin, president of C. W. Galvin & Co, asserts no raid occurred at his brokerage. A request was made for a firm member to explain a Dr. Meyer complaint about a $100 payment to a salesman. The salesman denied receipt. issue settled between Meyer and the salesman. firm secretary Bloom offered records to prove legitimate operations.
Chicago laborers and Nodcarriers walk out demanding 2 000 a year. Ten thousand building laborers quit over 150 structures affected. Police and firemenback the lift with 2 000 annual pay as leaders announce strike votes to be held tomorrow.
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