U.S. PROHIBITION LAWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18679, 8 April 1924, Page 7

U.S. PROHIBITION LAWS.

RAIDS IN WASHINGTON. LARGE NUMBERS ARRESTED. A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON, April €. Acting Tinder the orders of the President, Mr. Calvin Coolidge, and as part of the campaign to clean trp the capital, the police conducted a series of spectacular raids. These resulted in the arrests .of 150 persona for illegally possessing" and selling or manufacturing alcoholic beverages. The police confiscated thousands of gallons of liquor. The raid disclosed the fact that Washington is probably the "wettest" city in America in proportion to the population. This accords with charges made recently by Admiral Plunkett, of the United States Navy. The raid covered every part of the city. Detectives for the past fortnight have been making secret investigations, and purchasing liquor in various places. They used the evidence thus obtained to secure search warrants for hotels, storage structures, and private homes. So many prisoner!} have been taken that the police station cells have overflowed, and many have been lodged in the corridors under a guard. A large-number of negroes are included among those apprehended. The authorities declare the raids will be continued until something approaching obedience to . the prohibition law in secured. : /■