STRICKEN WITH VICE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 59, 7 May 1924, Page 8

STRICKEN WITH VICE

ALBANY TO BE CLEANED UP. LIQUOR FROM ‘CANADA, I, New York;, May d. A telegram from Albany, says that, emulating Philadelphia's example, this, city has engaged a .military, officer to clean up the municipality; which is alleged to be .stricken withvice. Albany , is the capital of New York State, and when the Legislature ended its session last week it is alleged •chut the. legislators indulged in a last moment orgy i.i which liquor tinned freely in lor.Ltte, faro and pool rooms, while race track betting i, c.imd within ;t few squares of the capital building in the so-callel “red light’’ district. WithC the neighbourhood also speenu hotels tor legislators are conveniently located. The Mavoi 'Mr I-Tackett) declared that the police were, inefficient) and corrupt, and th.> force will be thoroughly reformed and ho Alcggei'n driven oiit of the .city, 'Numerous arrests have already ‘decutrod ami bootleggers. who"operat 1 from the Canadian r border>. makum Albany the centre of their activities have been warned to stay outside the city HmitH. ■’ ■J ' ; _ A METHODIST RESOLUTION. Now York. May o. The Springfield Methodist conference « - s considering a resolution' asking Congress to defeat the (ift,y-miie id>nti(dheer bins and strengthen the enforcement of the liquor laws by placihg' prohibition agmts under' the civil service. The resolution aroused little objection and its adoption' is regarded as certain. Further suggestions included the deportation of aliens and thy ■'disfranchisement of Aineric.ni citizens who persistently vio’aU* the prohibition ami narcotic laws.