DRY LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1924, Page 1

DRY LAW ENFORCEMENT

U'STUALIAN AND X. 7 .. CABLE ASSOCIATION

SHOOTING OF SENATOR. WASHINGTON, Fob. 17. Solicitor Green’s condition lias boooiiH' extreniely serious, alter an operation performed to remove a splinter of liono pressing against the brain, as the result of the shooting oil Satimlay. He suffered a severe relapse. President. Coolidgo immediately lanneliod a separate enquiry into the incident through the A\ asliington Chief of Police and the Prohibition Commissioner Hayes. It is understood the President intends to lake active measures to suppress the bootlegging traffic in Washington. and to stop the open war between the authorities and the violators resulting in shooting affrays. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The Department of .Justices, in a report to President Coolidgo, on the past four rears’ enforcement of prohibition si lows that a total in excess of Ho.ollo of criminal cases were prosecuted under the Volstead Act. HI these 80 per cent, resulted in convictions, with lines exceeding fifteen million dollars. Seven times as many cases were prosecuted in 10:13 as in ]{)•?() and eight times as many convictions were secured. Hum running still continues one of the major problems Vessels are now hovering 15 miles off the shore. So far 354 vessels have I>eeu seized. whereof 230 were American and the others foreign, British l,oats comprising the largest portion of the latter. The report concludes with these observations: Larger liquor violation eases arc now coming before flic Department. The prosecution of violators is growing prompter, and heavier penalties are being secured, thus indicating a stricter enforcement, inspiring a more wholesome- respect for law and order.