The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-04-08

state.
Three unknown men with three
wagons and a buggy operated the
theft Of a carload Of liquor recently
in Oklahoma City. They drove to the
Santa Fe freight station on Reno
street, before daylight and removed
the whisky and beer from the cars
which were going 10 parties IN
Texas. Then the thieves took the
entire contents of one car and open
ed two others in their search for
more liquor. II is supposed that boot
leggors made away with the GOODS
None Of The men was ever 'ourd
An innovation in the name of
selling intoxicating liquor was discov-
cred during the past week in Oklaho-
ma City. when Deputy Sheriff Jake
Armstrong stopped an apparently
harmless bread g on Main street
and found II to be a moving saloon
instead. The stock Of liquor was con
fiscated. but the driver was not ar
rested for the reason that the liquor
was not consigned TO any person and
under the law therefore he could
not be handled.
In making raids on buildings whore
liquor is sold the officials not only
confiscatc the liquor but also an
the bar fixtures and other equipment
in the room. In making n raid at
Tulsa, Rev. y. J.. Waugh. who is
Governor Haskolrs main prohibition
detective. confiscated along with q
lot of small bottles and other wc-
goods a $4,000 plate glass. lie also
secured a still larger wall bar. a
half dozen pool and billiard tables.
several hundred bottles Of bee- ana
other drinks.
Rev. Waugh. however, is not al
ways so successful in making his
raids. Standing on Oklahoma avenue,
in Guthrie. several days ago. he no.
ticed a small boy running along the
street holding "A suspicious package
under his arm. Waugh believed that
the boy was carrying a bottle of
beer and gave chase, only to find
that the lad was carrying three bot
ties Of liquid blucing to his mother
for wash day.
In response TO the instructions by
the %postoffice authorities i'm Wash
ington. Miss Alice VI. Robertson. post.
mistress at Muskogce. recently scour
ed that city for several days in
search Of al rug store in which to
establish a sub-' alton. and has f.
naly given up the job in disgust.
Miss Robertson. who is an ardent
prohibitionist. reports an impossible.
~ to find n drug store without a
saloon adjunct and run in defiance
of the Oklahoma statutes. Because
the government forhids the estab-
lishment of a. p%ostoffice in rooms in
which intoxicating liquors are sold,
Miss Robertson appealed for further
instructions from the Washington au-
thorities.
The story also comes from Musko.
gee of bogus labels being found on
whisky bottles. the latter being used
to fool the u%nsuspeoting in Okla
homa. This plan also d%eprivos the
United States of its revenue Some.
one conceived the idea of beating
the government out of its revenue
by printed bogus labels which are
placed over the top of whiskcy bot
ties and palmed off as the govern
mont seal. 1t is understood that the
scheme has beer traced to a whole
sale liquor house in one of the larger
cities. W. s. Irwin, government rev.
enue inspector, has in his possession
sixteen cases Of whiskey put up in
printed bottles, which contain these
bogus labels.
Not only are men engaged In the
liquor business I'm Oklahoma. but on
several occasions omc have been
arrested for handling liquor in vi
olation Of law. During the past week
Mrs. NJ X. Elliott, formerly Mrs. NJ.
\. Lent, was arrested at Usage
Junction on a charge of taking wills
key into the Usage Indian country, a
violation of the federal s%tatrtos. She
was brought TO Guthrie and placed
in the federal Jail, but has since
now that Mrs. Elliott, or Lentz, was
tho first woman I'm oklahoma TO be
admitted to the practice Of law.
having been one Of the first city at
tornevs for the city Of shawnee.
Federal officers of the Usage IA.
ton have suspected for some time