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DOES THE BOOTLEGGER OBTAIN HIS
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R UM-R UNNERS USE DARING R USES TO EVADE
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Ingenuity, 'Nerve and Persistence De
manded in Ring That Cevers Whole
Country T reach cry , Murder and
the'6 Double-cress" Alark Dealings
BOATS, STEAMSHIPS, TRUCKS,
AUTOS AND RAILWAYS USED
IN BIG SMUGGLING SYSTEM
Liquor Disguised as Fruit Is Shipped
Frem Florid a in Iced Refrigerator Cars.
Six Routes Keep Supply Moving Frem
New Yerk Canada Shipments Less
ITH bootleggers en cer liaiul,
w
i .. .. n.i t,,iim,r limim- in
pint te hundred-ban el or theusatid-easC lets Mr. Average Citizen, cv-n
if a surreptitious consumer himself, 1- puzzled te knew "Hew de they
The boetleKPei" enthusiastically faer prohibition, 'lhey hope it will
last forever. Modification cf the law, letting down the bais for 1 .lit
wines and beer.- i- the last thing they want te see. Fer their trade would
then be gene.
With an amendment te the United States Cen.-t tutien in oiled and
with national and State enfei cement laws in theoretical operation te
prevent the manufactuie. trans-peit and sale of li.pier. theie is -mall
wonder that folk are unable te cempiehend hew bootleggers can thrive.
Clergymen, law and order organ
izatiens, Judges and even the nd c
and enforcement efiieeis maivel at
the qinr.tities of alleged liquor
available. Every raid and i-ei.ure
noted in the new-papers is merely
fragmentaiy evidence of fortune
made and making.
The explanation of tin- wholesale
violation of the proh.bitien law.-,
net only m Pennsylvania, which i
one of the great liquor States of
the East, but thiougheut the Natien.
lies in the enormous profits earned
by bootlegger-. If this v-eie elim
inated toil prohibition would become
largely effective at once. Th is
the opinion of Federal officers in
close touch with every phase of the
bootlegging industrv.
Vlnlmlne T Kpnnks,. II TrOaSUlV .1
. ,i
agent at Philadelphia, wne-e special
concern is. te catch -mugglcrs ei
real liquor, said:
"Bootleggers of all descriptions,
and there are scores of varieties-,
are in the bu.-ines simply te make a
let of 'ta-y' money. Even the
smaller fty are making mere mene.
with a comparatively tmall degree
of effort, than they ever made
before.
"As far as the Government is con
cerned, the evils of bootlegging,
especially when it takes the form of
smuggling liquor into the country,
go far outside of lum itself. Con
scientious levenue officer- ate mere
than eager te -tauin out whisky
smuggling fn.ni thr We-t Indie-,
Mexico, Canada and Europe for
ether reasons than meie prohibition
enforcement.
Smugglers of Rum Turn
te Smuggling cf Cents
"The truth is that .successful
smugglers of liquor aie rapidly
learning hew te smugg'e ether
articles, such as diamond-, opium
and fine silks, se you can readily sec
what successful rum-running irean
cventually te our Government.
"Bootleggers ne n the game for
money, and for nothing else. Many
of the king-pins would never think
of touching a drop of even the gen
uine liquor which they handle. The
are business men. 'I hey de business
with bankers and ether 'responsible'
men of affair-. If thy find they can
make as much 01 nieie money smug
gling something el-e, thev will
tackle the something else. That i
what we have te j-uuid again -t, and
I de net mind sn; ing that it is a lug
problem."
The bootleggers form a great clan
spreading from one en I of the coun
try te the ether. A jargon of the
trade has sprung mfi ei-tence by
which one bootlegger may be 1 newn
te anetner. While they work to
gether, the nie.-t elaborate precau
tions are taken against "double
crossing." Many men in the trade, especially
the undei lings and ge-betweens in
"big deals," aie alien- with small
knowledge of or lespect for Amer
ican law. Other.-, aie Known te the
police as gunmen or ' gat mob-" who
go constantly armed and who de net
hesitate te kill.
Knewing they aie engaged in a
traffic outside the law , and that they
have no ledress in case they are
swindled, these desperate men tul.e
tlie law into their own hands.
Tile -unices of -upuU of llnuer dis
tributed iii riiiliiilclii'im are Mill nu
merous, allheiuh smuggling eier ilie
S'eiV .lersej line i'n.1 Iv 1 um-riinimi,'
ilnetN tlltll ferni'rli belilU epeialeil up
(lie Deliiwni" ha- bie.i liugili .-.ii"".
hi I'lllll'.l Hllll s -cli"il" el'iceis
'Bliiuggllllg I'eillil I" cir-ctuii'li -imped
nt I'liilllilelnl iu it I- -t.it.'d if tl"'i"
were nn iineiiiial" Inspi'ilien lone in I
if fat power bouts wen available l.enil
$& Hcetclt whlt-ky etlll euiiies in b) fr igh'ers
S', Mul trnmn csscIh that buy the hfM
J'V unnUB iu tngiatiu or oceimuu iur fi.mi
plying their trade in almost eveiy nook
nnv minntitv from a drum 01 nail
,i .1 mi r and '-U 't along-
siib-
f-ri
maiii times tli.it iiiii.'iint.
.Iiiiik.-i--." -em.- of whom li.iv. '1 ir-t-nii'.-
nti-heur iii"ier erafl. Ii:iv in
..t.ii ... i.ti-n mi the hill Hi. "1
nun ill junk. . c-pting in I'M
iiiuii. in...... -
utli. i.'in
llll.llltltl te Mil CI
tl
lunils of w lii-Kv
tln- nun te
l.i' k
v.-i-i - - 1 . - ..I II
wharves.
Pnc'lsh sqippr- of tiami's luue p'i"l
i pr .tit.ibl" n i.le in pi 'in- Scotch Inpiur
.li.,...li il.psi. ltinl,. is IU pre-an-ans-
m. nt. niiii -"in. iiiii.-s through
,,,.!.- ' thei advise ui si.lv IIIU'I'
II. I.
lif tin -II
iniv il t tun and th' '
"mill." tli.'V liiiv. te
dashes aleii.'-i I'1. 'I""
llil Ml 111 I'.l'i- 'in.' lli
". iiice iitm ei
11. '1 III' jimk.-i-irun
i- ilieipi.
lniiiu Ii. 'I'll' '!"
. In . ki-il e
i nml p. iv in nt mil. I.', i ' "
the -lnp ."in.- "ii
ii-. ter ii.-.Miii .in. i
. n-tein- lll-I
, ti. ui in .1 "'- a ' "!1" '""
,.t lii.iltli
"Scotch" Seized en Ship Gels
te Hospital as Sea Water
,1 ,rll..lll.irll illllZ. lit 11 .-ins. t . H !'
.-Olltl.V -0l7P(l ti 'iii.irt lull til
b. .11 HIh
.........r.l lir.n.li I. smil'M
tl.l '
I llll'l... '. ,
found in n
nil). I nil .1 in ... '
II.-
nirI11,i ti,Pm
in at tli" Vtetn- I leu.
l.ntn- a iiespiisii w" i i.iui.i--I--
n-Mul-Ui.'ii tin -em" li'l'i-'r '"' "'lV,ll
111., inn but tie- of Sl'Ot.'ll
. 1 ... I IU 1 ililll IH1I1I 111.11 II-
Wlien til.- llh-i. l.Hl- .U ''''' '' 'v
.it.il
. ,,! tlu. Inli.-N mill I'll 'U-ll
-taiii"- "ii
thi het tl's tli.'V riinail
-VV..11 linn. t ull vi'
....I 111 lllll-ell'
Ii.im an.' il-"'
.-l.i-
Si- it. Il lilS'll .1 I ""
..until. I- fill In -1 I'l'l'l '"l '
. i i ... .. . i .. t
1
ami
a fun ill for .i .'eikscii-w.
i-i... .1.. .,,rk w.l- llllll.'.l ."id .1 'I'-1"'
p,ir.-.l. tli" bettl.-. ,;t vv.i- '
,.,..,1 .en sviitrt. Ill" tl.m '
. -il...l.
.li-.ii.i-
,.r e!li. .r had 1'""" liavms '
with ilie .ust.uii- In-p" ter.
In boetliv-'in-' ' ir'l's it i
.i rt.. .t.iniiii r billies 111
hub tun
rell.-filcl
flnlll t.'ll
i.. .1 li.in.lr.Ml iiise- of whl-kv .1.
i, -.,nnl-ll!lll'!lt fill re III'!", u is
.I....1 1 t,, In- iiiii.es.ibb- te wat.-li iv
I I
.loam, r At ('n.-t'T then
1
dill- . II-..IH.-ll.lU
inin. iiiiiii in urn """
mil... ..I wan i f 'nt in
lii ,111.1 .lav l loin
'.II. I In .""IH ''II-' s
,f lll-lll-.ll llllllel . 11
..inl ,ir.
Cllll' 1 J tllleilK-l ' '
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lliii-lv
t"s
k I
1 1 IP c I niiii" i..'i
. lit) nn ll llll'l 4H" -t-'I'll.'
Il-Ulll moil'
. at
i.l
. riam I
appre, i
ci ill no ne
Wlii ii lb-
ll. . .enil'llllllj
like ill
bcllbev lias ,im
ltd oil.
. liiss-U" "I
ie- a lel-
I., brins i. "
bell be v ?. Is
t!i.
j.iin ns.uiinu. in- i.
l.i r ti
II. ai-e 1- u-h..
i i.. . i,
......... till, iirnu ii i . in
w ,i , .-i .... .' -..- .
.uiein.r .b.llar up ""T"" V '. ' ,
tun i- M-mleil te in. bid" a dellm "P
!, tin- Pt.-lniiK el wntliiK P-ipr "
.em.. i. ill.".- trill"
Menu mi" tin- bi-llbev' niuilal
lum. lii'.-n n-Ui'C lum-
pi "C
Wi i'
I ,r,. i. ,i l.n- ..in Wi'n "ii" '" "'
. it;.
Tie tl.ir-iv -r'i'-t sin t.li"- .Hi'l -ui,
li. .ii! in .1 ' lum a tl" '" ! '"
fii..c. about ! b.ini if aiivtl'i'i- ' N
i. i..pnr".l , ,
I in all in ll.nl a li.u i l-'v
I run I." "V. '.tuns lb" Kiii-I "'! '
u.i ...ti. lie v .ii" chilli".- t"i -.nn
i 'mil pun or -e I len i in n.l '
pi n r- ll-I f.'i'l a- tlieiuh I i" -" "
- muz
Tl..
liiince-
nt i- that il" I i "
le..', the In.
and rcpli .
one" -.plat, in .
"Sur. I 1
w liar he . .111
see w hat 1 1 .1 1 H"
In if se dl-pn-. '1 I-
i U
- ith-
( lent.
He 1- .1 -I i"'d jinl-.'e "f hum.. 11 I- 1
.mil if I make- a liii-tnl." it u-ii.i.1
nn the -ub of . mis. rial.- .1
( Ithi'i -em. is of fei' n ' li.i.n - 1
1 ! .ir.- 1 '..11a. l.i. .Mi-aI. 1 lu lV.il in -
1 in 1 ( uliii 1 un. id .111 It pi.r - inu'i'ni.'
,i. h . 11 gr. ill Iv i-' 'lu. . il, hi t go. 1
I .pi Illl l.'.l.-li- - N. w "lk I' 'I-
In. Ill pet I. 1 - lull" I" ' " knew .1 '.. . 01-
1 .-ni . eii-i.lcr.ibb .pi mt 1 1 h. 1 r '
lln 11 . in- and km 1 tn M it 1.1 1 1
l lie . ll-lnllH'l - -'I ll 1- lllllillli nlll-
1.1I-. and nl- i" pi"f. --K.ii.i I b. "i -
III..'. -s Willi l hlgl ' lli-s ell. III. I. . 'lie
Iit.f S.nteli bl-Ulg. .sir.ll In M'nll i ( I I
Irem pin.it" . u-ieiii. i's 1 I1.1 de net Ini.--'h
im-i prici -.
Mi'Mni -lids III -dine I" I 0 ll.n.'lg'
ml -.. -iiu-l ip. Mm li ni ii I1.1- I" i'
bn ug 1 1, ue. t In I'lnl nb lln .1 1 1 "i
lniir.i. ,11 . ni dm,: in I'iihi.iI .1,.'. 1 1
in hi.. .. . .1 l.il Inn. Inl-
Lif uer as Flerida Fruit
Reaches Here by Carloads
I'll. Ill lie I! llllllll 1-. I i,' -Mill el '
. si Ini'iiiii i-liiin1-' li'P . 1 1- -mug.' I
li-her. 11I0.12 tin- I'll. rid. 1 I nii-t 'I'l.i-....I-l
Is -tlldileil With llii.il-iiiuls of l.'et.
and inlet, and n"f- iliiiigeieu- in b mi
ll, en 11nf11111il1.il with th.'i.i Tl.i mak.
III.' Ill's! of h If 1 1 m ' phn 1 - Tin 1. in.
hniituien and In nil inniheis 'ilm kin.w
eieri inch of tlie-i' watei- ami who (,m
hud their win ulncii in iliem 111 .ill
w.nlhi'is.
The-e ex ii 1 1 In ill I nn 11 in. 1 1 i' I'll 111 I'll in
runnels and ii'innle nliin.-t iiltleiil a
-I'liblance of inii-rfcruii e r.iuirelliiig
llll'l 11 1. llllllll..1 I 1" .1-1(1 h lllian 1 llll'l pn-e
b .- 11 c ui il e Mill mill iib-t ( e.
'lie cult I- ihut Sieich whiski is
iheanir 111 I'ter .'a ihau in am elhcr
phn c 111 1 lie I iiite.i Slntes Tin. I'lurida ,
iiiiieiishinrrs ceiiiilniii that they cannot
compete iigaiiibt the flood of Scotch
aVniliilile iu their regten at ?5 a quart,
1 1 . .Ma , i m i ! ft iU . ,L H.Z., .C J. ..f.?.". . . ,t.tJL .., . . . .Vl, ?iiI iiiiheiiimi fttm ?&dt " - - wJUfi 'i tf"a ti, aa
I I I
Kevenue agents unloading
. -in- i HP
III n iitlv
A .,...
! i- be. ii
w In n
ii 2im.i1 i.ii.ir, Mif
n"i .
l. ll el
, kills It
tll.-
. V,l
riot i.i.i liipH
int.. I'lnlail
pin i
i n. I
1 rii 1 1
111 ii ti I--I int.-r . in- plop. 1 1 i. -ii
pill. IO .-.lit. Illl I loll. 1. 1 fl.'-ll
mi.! i "(-tables, ."sin li n i in livnl
-. it il l lln
I'llllOlltlC-
eiilv a t. u VSI'f-k-
'I In s. .tcin i. te -hip -inli n i.-iik"
u ii li ..1! . b.it a lb i I. lnclmlins i" m
A- T 'it celli. 'Ill- ui" -lppe-."l in b"
hislib p"i i-h.ibb- c.n.lui pieilllt". th"
...n-icii.c j. pieluptl iielltl.d of tli"
ai-nvnl of ih" en. .iM.I ih" i liiirjcs an-
lulb-ctcil and tin- ...nu-nt- ib-livrn
I.-lin; and in lain nin.uniis in nb nit $(!00
a . ar.
1 -u-ilh a ui inin p. i.-i nil, it'.- of trim
.urn .j. t.iblis iici iiiiiiiiiii" tli" li.pier.
liciiu j.I.icimI in tient ui" the car doeis.
The Iniin-i- i- ciisrniii.il il li.u k"l anil
lui'i-1 'ii limt li.iM's II. . iiincli ..I ir
cenn- in.. I'l ll.i.lclplii.i In this in in
u.'i i- . enj.. iiirnl. .is tin- pioliibitlen
.nt nt . in. nt efh. . i-s li.uc nn inailabb
tisuris. but a 2i"-it m.'iiv n triKi-i.iter
irn it . .11- len-taiHlv ariH.
at the l'lnla-
Iciplu.i triniii.ils, anil it l-
dltll. -ult te
w.it.-h lln1 iliiuiuilinv' el
r- i-l oil.' of
tli"in
Hi id.'cpei t and "tlnr towns In Con Cen
t i i-t n lit aleiitf the fiiin.l lire Inieii."
.nd.'. mi- I'm ruin-i ii'in.'i ilciltin; in
.pi..i- fi"ii Kujl.inil and tl,.- W. -i Iu
ilics . s- ,. ill'lllll'-s nt in li.ivi
-k.iI l. iiicrl(jii .l.-lillni.' nil. i.-i
HI ill. I, 11 . ll . I IilUli l'i mi in I-
l.i . n lituls it - -n b.i. k In
I iim. d Si. it. - in - I. ..em i - .Hid .
...i.i.iu -tciiiu-i- that Ir.ui-fci it
l,ii i. in ., ...ilbe.it. ei lilit. i -.
..in( i-l "I in-.. 111111 . ii.'ii. an.l p r.
sht.n. . I .no b'.ii di-ldnjed In r ,H'
I 1 He piehls aie lug mid lln ll.U He '.? JH ft iR- ! M, i
W ti 1 BaBMH'"iHiPlllPBLK- A J'A'Jk&fFWK'j rl,e Gr-ce nd lldnu, captured by the "hooch destroyer" Halm. T
Vi 1 "WVWWB sS?;jSy-7syyilA liy ; Wjt'Sf'jFMk &PW ua'' saul " llave -mm caBl's ('1 Uquer, allied at $200,000, abe
Sl V l? Sh "SWSn tjWlK'y, 2V ; !4jYjyjWLlBy. takt-'" ni" '' J"" ' the former hubmarlne chaner
111 tyY WirliXI'IV- ?&mmi!$&Jffi'i'jEZ?V ''ll'-'rvSSKSKnKvy '"',-- 1,' "uiIiir.mi- hoetlecRci usuiill.i '
IH'aF li tSlGi'wfe y5u 4Br-r 37(-?JwSa'!?y'i" ' '2Xi'W V'-!ySnBmB9x '- ni'ennuiiileil by one or two weiniu
XSKa siiV 'f&&llX0!&,Z hvtfafe Jj&rjfc"'- 'iM&ir&EsSQ&Py' l,!"1 " t,lil(1- ,0 "'''", " le"K ,,!" '
W0B j jS?s-'c'' jVMnflfni ffrff V wmrwtri 'y'Sntt'''-- '!&L&mfte!jfr iiluisine euiiu, and the) aie infre-
3tlZr7zL -Sf&K 5j&v9i JWMUBLzr 'W'lmmS 'ri rcii'VVfcS I'ladlcilh all "Impeited ' feie.v-n .1
Ws'H?' 5ft I ll t jf sty fimtKJEF- mKJ.. J Inpiur. fmu whatcier niiinr, 1-, "ein"
mil 7& VV I If ' sis((RMEKk- 'jSlfKm'J ry s-lini pl . d. pcndmi; upon l'i" fmllllie-.
mmitKiSkl&i I If V. y 03T)OuuIHRdm! jMvJ9lm&F'&f!S' S ""d avaiiie ul the individual iiliuli-.ile,
WmLl&Bl ll gmmlrJSKlSWJf '...elleyser.
fSS2Z&l II .&rm& llfSiRy jfflBHite Ta rWmSSffi "ne 'Plan of Semch, or a fifth of a.
r v?"Iy jr f IaJvAJw raSglHJaf rtf '&&, '-Jvl ir.illen betile, is made Inte two, tlu.-i!
Xii , ftftKvM 'IwssAl'i' i? 7fHf V'ASe ;' 1' "'c" f"r times the iiliiulil) bv tli-
liquor seized in a Philadelphia raid
i nun i. in t lit last (iahti'cn months.
II" piehls an- bi2 and lln- ilsk lie
in ue with the p.-nph with wllnin ihc.v
.1" hii.lue.. he bnetleiiicls tlinii w'tli
1,1V Peiihi cliis.Jii" .nn stc-ilini.' I
"l ft. r it has been -old and ddiv- I
. i .1 nn- ... .million i li.tt the booties- I
.-I. u-i,,ill icieit w It 'i aiitiiiiiatlc re- ,
le'iers hi In In, in death traps for,
tie ii- belli s. .
.Main -i i nd lu. beeii in-i ituieil lj a
ln.eii'2i;er i" "set eii'ii" with smiie one
vihn mis iiniie" li ini. si with nian.v '
.In ui" vplainid iiiiinler.
Five Liquor Routes Between
Xcw Yerk and Philadelphia
iipn r i mm I eiuiei ticin ,uid New
i is -Ull I- bieuirlit di ui 1I11..112I1 New
.lu-ei ni .New ei, bj Inc leuti-s 11, In
I'liiladelphia in teniin- iais imiiI Junier-tniik-.
nltheii2li 1 lie unci; irallic has
b. en 211. nli diniini-licl thieuyli lln n--t.uti
- el i.'i.'ii.ic a,;cnts. Llijiier it,
.allied in tuiiiiii (.11- in -aek-. it i
dithiult, liuwi'Ki', in handle iiieie than
( lyiu or leu i'ii-cs at a till"' 111 lln. in.in-
b. .11 inr-ri"i rMfjnp n H.
. .mi mm&mmszmmmmmzm
ssv''kje3b V3 '
I Mil. . I
"i '"M V t 3 S - l
,7 : SGsa-.j
- ms m. & -aBi.-
SSS.MNS?S.i)!i5!.f. ." Bifll) illWiKBHBf,
fiS'SKfciSSlriBlBSHelfBiRSHS-?
II I i 11 III mill HIMIM 111' III III IMIIll liMIP II I 1 I
Ncw Yerk State police examining liquor from u ruin-iuiining airplane Hint crashed at Creten, X. ,
PffnillBIHft(rffttttttttttfftttcttttfl meilBE- -sif!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH.i('A'' rfrfffffBHw
wfBKKKK9tKRMBKfKii3M4eJ'Kk) . i -wm
L ,t, ' SV- -'g Turf ilflt,3Blllll i' J bBS ' ?g..f-iP!l
nnec-making apparatus operated by Ihree
the place when the odor of
,. ; 1 1 v. , te &?: . r
. 1if UR V.a i I
wlfr m W !
- m 14 i'V
.- m 1- i '.'.l 'J
Ylt t WK Aft V Is Jk '
' rJ'4 k I IwwnlrtltBII
i'IJ I K iH ' llCl i trJt--"V-fPl
men in the basement of 1323 Christian street,
the mash was carried te them through a drain
boetk'KKer. who 1ms cMn hollies, al
most perfect labels and revenue stamp
te deceive the customer. The lliiuei is
cut with a iniWiiie of 2111I11 nlrohel,
distilled water, and ilavurini; and iolor ielor ioler
ins inntli'i-.
After helne thus adiilleiated, it -t ill
tastes like Scotch, but has a pcctilltu
raw tliimr. which the boetlcKsei- ex
plains bv v.i.viiiR:
"IVell. this lel is mil quite mi old us
the last. We have te take what we
cm get. "1011 ought te be glad .1011 can
gel this, for the Huff is getting mighty
Miirre."
I.iiilnr Is alwa.vs -e.irre with a boot
legger and it Is with the air of doing
011 11 distinct favor that he "lets you in
011 nil) thing. "
If one insists upon t!ie old, honest honest
te -goodness "pic-war stuff" the boot
legger will pes.lbly agree te supply a
few bottles but at 11 price te make one
gasp. Tin lhpier even I Ik 11 nia.v have
leen ( iletetl. Ilim ,-rnlli iim ti li.n... ,1
Hint
in I'lilliiUi'lplila anil throughout the
(eitiiir.v is mauiifactiticH dope that Ih
uglily poisonous, ami will kill or de-
stiey the lieultli of the drinker if con-
he bloei)
ard when
sinned wlili legul.iui). lis cuinulaliie
cffecis, pioliibltieii authorities have
pieied through cliuuM, and ph.i.sb lans,
nre i .main.
Tremendous tiiuntitics of i.iw moon
line whiski. niad" of im-'ieper 111,1 1 r--
mils in lilt 1 1 -lills under in-uulliii..
sinieuiidliigs, hi.e been imide and -nld
111 I'hihiileli hia. Il is a joke Willi the,,
aiiiatciir distillers tli.il the) "make ll in
11 g.nnge and belile it in a b.itlitub."
'1 here Is a icgular cinb market fet
this kind of Ibpier In Seuth i'hiladd-
Detectives raided
phla, whcie the prices nie cnnirellci
This sort of "liquor" brlU for aiuunj
!,!4 11 ((iinrt.
Anether Mini costlier ri-.kIc of polven
is the "r.ve" put up in old time bottle'
with labels and i'lilted Stiitrx lcicam
stamp) I lint are perfect lmitiiliiini.-AU
the slitnips Im-i: aie tin pi-(i,ier t-ertal
iiiiiiibcr-i. The most expcn-iie part of
ibis business is piuvidhi", the labels anil
ceunicifelt Ntiimps. The Mi-calleil iiM.
ky Is n mixture of second -guile alw
hoi. water, flavoring extract anil color
iiu; inalter. Seiuct lines the-e inlxturfj
are armii laity used with an cleitrlc
het point, wljidi H supiie-nl te Impart
one )ear of ag" for eierv inlmitc thf
nilxttire is near boiling point.
Ruses Used by Distilleries
te Release Grain Alcohol
Certain alcohol dNtillciips ninitnge te
release alcohol for this purpose. Re
tricndlv "pull" with otte of the bit? ' K-nMnB irr.-Uii aloeliol en permits for ci-
M.eth ggeri te get simeu nine pre-war , pert haslbenn work-ed with v.irvtns de
lhliier from eyer-rai. 4l Krre-i of success. Ilj this nirllied greit
If il ii ditliciiit te grt geed Scotch .... , , . . . . .
or Irish, it is almost hopeless te try te Tmntltles of alcohol In bixtyjallea
obtain genuine aged-in-thc-woed r.ve or drums are leaded utien old sailing craft
bem bun whisky. True, miiiiu of it Is or .strainers that later are "le-t nt 6f."
!:r:u;e,,ndui;;!;,!n,li.!!;,,;;,;a,,!:in ir " - h .. ier,.cp, ,i: ,
tain a sle.idy supply. . 1 remove the nlcohel te smaller crift,
Neaili all of the alleged r.ve whisky which smuggle it buck.
In one instance the customs efficilll
lieic frir.trated an effort te ship !KW
drums of nlcohel te Liberia In an an
cient barkentine. Permit was refused
unless the alcohol was shipped in 1
high-grade steamship. Application wis
iiiadu later for a permit te ship 100
drums te (Jreece for the manufacture of
munitions, although no munitions hid
been made in (Jreece for scleral )cars.
In another instance 1000 drtimi of
alcohol were shipped te I'lilluilclphh
from a Middle Vest distillery en the
supposition that it was te be exported.
When the shipment reached here, horn
eier. the drums were found te contain
water. The missing alcohol was suffi
cient te make ."00,000 quarts of lioetrh.
There is plenty of tir-t-dass. Mtb
grade whisk) in Philadelphia wnre-lieiir-es,
whisky that 1- aged in 100d
and would bring big prices, but It is In
(!ei eminent bended wnieheu-i's. In
one warehouse ju IMdlngteii alone re-pe-e
"."(1(1 luu roll of pre-war rje
whisk), which I- improving lu quality
every day, and there nie thousands of
ether bnrrels elsewhere. j
Seme whisky is lelensed oecn'lenallj
en "medicinal" permits. It gees te the
w helcsnle drug houses. The dl-llllcrlM,
tee, niaiiufni'tiiie for "medhiiuil rur
poses," The rssult Is that very In
different whisky is net diflimlt te oi ei
tain at a stiff price through the fly-by-night
drug stores. This i- why hos
pitals that reall) icipiire geed uhlsl;
for medicinal niirpiisei iipi.li lu tie
lievernment authorities fur il.
There weie twenty -two L'liH'U of
renlly geed gauged whs, nimcil un
penult into a most illliipid.itdl down
town warehouse net long .130. The
(ieiernmei't inspectors s.iiinteii'il.iieimd
te see what Ih' llipier deput looked
like. It w.is found le he tun ildiig but
burglar pir of ns even the window panel
weie knocked out. Se the lnspccterl
set a watch and asked that the liquor
he moved te a less well-ienlilatcd ware-
llOIIS".
I.ven then they watched Then ibej
inspccteij the place and found mnity mnity
twe nddltienal mpt.v harnN, rubber
he-e and a siphon and pl.iciii Ike wliele
outfit iu a beiide(l waieliiuis"
When a prohibition inspei'lur tlicjl
days s;i)s. geed Ibpier Is ceinparatliely
scarce in Plillndelphlu he i idling the
truth. Hut theie is nil) (ii.iatitv et
compound whisky, nioeii-liliio vil.lW
and .svnthetle gin. the hist two varie
ties of hooch being falrl) nuxleratc W
price. Of seveial ciils, the fj nthet.C
(,'ln is (he least delelctieiis in effect.
Bootleggers' Convention
Discusses Run Problems '
Thcre nre a htilf-der.en grenps c'
hoetlegKcrs ia Philadelphia that work
in various territories and classes 01
trade. The bigger mea In the group)
leek after the "sources of s-uppl)" nl1
the smaller fiy attend (0 snles nesetlf
liens and deliveries. They held a gen
tial convention net long age t cen'
Mr.nl hotel and dl-ciis-ed their husineji
problems and hew te handle tne ni"'
people."
Philadelphia i-i in the main strcani or
current of national bootlegging nctw
lies Pennsylvania was known as
gieat .libtillcry Statu and Plillade pb
vns famed for the excellence. "
whiskies. Twe )ear.s and a half op J
drink of fair quality rje could W M
In many barrceniN for ten cents, w
aeily 1J10 sum llipier today com '
wliolewile quantities at least SI a driw.
The great boellegglnB Stales of WJ
country are Connecticut ami 'JS
Yerk. Maine, Pennsylvania, He;
Mlchlgnit, Illinois and Missouri. ,
of boetlegslng lilies nie Norfolk. '
iiu.i... New Oilcans, fiiielnimti,
l.euls, 111 Pase, l.es Angeles "'',
KiaiiclM'e. Theie is plenty U,Xi.
of serta selii llirougiieui u " ,y
but the nbove States niid cities ate ,
sources and cnejiuciu xer jujukwi
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