VICE STRICKEN CITY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10106, 7 May 1924, Page 5

VICE STRICKEN CITY.

CLEANING-UP CAMPAIGN.

NEED IN UNITED STATES.

ALLEGATIONS OP GBAITT. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, May 5. A telegram from Albany says : Emulating Philadelphia's .example, this • city has engaged a military officer to : clean up the municipality, which is charged to be vice-stricken. Albany is the capital of New York State, and when the Legislature ended its session last week it is alleged that the legislators indulged in a lastmoment orgy, in which liquor flowed freely in roulette, faro, and pool rooms, where racetrack betting .occurred within a few squares of the Capitol building. The so-called "red light" district is also within the neighbourhood, and special hotels for legislators .are veniently located. The Mayor, Mr Hackett, declared that the police were inefficient and corrupt, and the force will be thoroughly reformed," and bootleggers driven 1 out of the city. Numerous arrests have been made already, and bootleggers who operate; from the Canadian border, making' Albany the centre of their activities,; have been warned to stay outside the. city .limits. j

PROHIBITION LAWS.

METHODISTS' SUGGESTIONS,

NEW

YORK, May 5

The Springfield Methodist Conference is considering a resolution asking Congress to defeat the 59 Identical Beer Bills and to strengthen enforcements of the law by placing Prohibition agents under the Civil Service ._ The resolution aroused little objection, and ifr regarded as certain of adoption. Further suggestions included -the deportation of aliens and the disfranchisement of American citizens who persistently violate Hie Prohibition and , narcotic laws. i