Show JE te f. f Of IF f. f It it Illicit Whisky Plentiful in Philadelphia I Ie E 0 t NO CAMOUflAGE NECESSARY ARY WHEN HEN HENIN IN OPEN SALOON Writer Finds H Hundreds in Every Walk of Life Engaged Engaged Engaged En En- in Booze Trade in Third Largest City By NEWTON A. A NOYES NOVES United Press Staff Correspondent PHILADELPHIA Oct 29 Philadel Philadel Philadelphia phia third largest city of the United States Is surpassed surpassed by few In Illicit booze trade Liquor mostly r rye e and bourbon whisky whisky whisky whis whis- ky withdrawn rawn o oh on fr fraudulent permits from government warehouses warehouse Is easily obtained here It w was s brought t out In tn a recent investigation gation It that tat a mo more more-ithan a million and a half halt dollar dollar- worth orth of booze was brought here by the bootleggers bootleggers' bootleggers bootleggers' bootleggers bootleggers' boot boot- ring In collusion with crooked dr dry officials r Perhaps the places where whisky can be obtained with the least difficulty are the saloons where It Its itis s s sold openly over oyer the bar And a customer doesn't have to call It by a camouflaged name either He Just steps up to the barkeep and says a whisky and It itis Is Is I I Immediately produced Next come the restaurants and ho hotels ho- ho Choice liquors Including champagne champagne cham chain I gin vermouth brandy and othera others others oth oth- ers era can be purchased at these places as well as whisky Bellhops can furnish hotel patrons with any ariy quantity or quality of whisky desired c. c Some fashionable clubs with prominent prominent I nent men as members have their own pr private vate stocks and In s some some me case concealed con con- led bars con I That taxicab drivers are ara In league l with the bootleggers was apparent when the correspondent hailed a cab and asked the driver to convey him to toa a drink of liquor Within a few minutes minutes minutes' min mm- utes utes' the cab drew up before a cafe where liquor was bein being dispensed openly Some of the bootleggers ha have hae e regular routes mostly In districts where wealthy people live In these cases a s small bell tinkled by the vendor calls the head of ot the house to the door The order for tor the liquor liquor- Is given iven and Is immediately filled Prices for whiskY range from a quart upward When purchased over the bar at saloons It costs 50 cents a drink At restaurants liquor can be bought from 1 up for a drink Bootleggers have agents ever everywhere where A young man approached the correspondent correspondent corre corre- In an office building yeSterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day and asked if he wanted to buy a aQuart aquart aquart quart or more of good bonded whisky He lIe offered to produce a sample about two drinks to prove that it was good stuff sturt In another Instance Jt It was revealed that elevator men In office buildings s sare are also In the business One ele ele- ele- ele I vator man showed a handful of ot prescriptions prescriptions pre pre- each bach calling for tor a quart pre of whisky and then produced a pint Bottle with government stamp and label of a awell awell awell well known old make Assistant Associate Prohibition Di Director Dl- Dl rector Harvey L. L Duncan said that this will not last long however for great I headway Is being made on the investigation Investigation tI- tI gation gatlon of ot conditions conditions' here and that something is going g to b break fak soon soon |