PROHIBITION SCANDAL
OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY ENFORCEMENT TO BE TIGHTENED Press Association —By Telegraph-Copyright. ' NEW YORK, July 26. (Received July 27, at 9.25 a.m.) Major Percy Owen, Federal Prohibition Director of Chicago district, has j been indicted, with' ten others, includ- • ing his predecessor in office, on charges lof conspiracy to extort money from sacramental wine-dealers who made j allegedly 1,000,000d0l profit from ili legally-withdrawn wines. It is stated that the officials organised imaginary Jewish congregations, and forged fictitious names to permits. Upon President Coolidge’s special instructions, the entire Prohibition enforcement machinery is undergoing a nation-wide reorganisation. There will /he an army of new tested and tried officials, led by twenty-four administrators, with regional directors in eacli city and country.—Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19003, 27 July 1925, Page 5
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122PROHIBITION SCANDAL Evening Star, Issue 19003, 27 July 1925, Page 5
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