Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-23
Seizure Made on
Appledore Island,
The Daily Kennebec Journal:

AS the yachtsmen came eastward to
the Maine coast their first stopping
place in our State is Appledore is
land in the beautiful Isles of Shoals
group. 10 miles off the mainland OPP
posite the Kittery navy yard. This en-
tire island of $50 acres, the largest OF
the group of seven. is owned by the
Edward 7. Harrington Co. of Boston,
which lets the large Appledore hotel
to Frederick H. Nunns, who is also
proprietor, of the Falmouth hotel in
Portland.
In other states the non-enforcement
of our prohibitory liquor law furnishes
material for much levity and joking.
Last month we met one of Pres. Taft's
sOrs On a tour in Maine and when he
learned our occupation he said: Mr..
Pringle, can you tell me why we are
able to get liquor in nearly every place
where we test your prohibitory liquor
law" Mr.. Taft and his companion adj
mittcd that they had seen no open bars,
but expressed surprise that intoxicants
are sold so generally for beverage pur-
poses in Maine
Last Monday night I was a guest at
the Applcdore hotel When the dane
ing began at O'Clock in, the evening,
went to the large barroom in the
basement where 1 saw as many as
half score of men at a time drinking
various Intoxicating liquors at the bar
and tables. The night Waterman said
that their best day was Sunday, but
yesterday row started and the bar
was closed right up until the excursion
boat left l also saw liquors served
to many persons in the dining room.
Thursday we revisited the Shoals
with a sea-going motor boat and two
deputy sheriffs. Two "fiers' from the
Champernowne and from Portsmouth
raced us across the 10-mile channel.
but that was unnecessary. as others
had sent the warning by cable. We
found the barroom deserted, the wine
bins filled with straw wrappers and on
lly Apollonaris and Poland water in the
three refrgerators. which held Rnd-
weiser and Sehlitz an hour before John
Samuel Glynn, the professional bar
tender from Boston. appeared as calm
as Socrates the night before he drank
the hemlock.
Labor omnia vincit'' and after tiiret
hours of diligpnt searching by five Off
GERS and aids, Mr.. Emery of the Civic
League found under the hotel piazza
| a barrel of SchlitZ, which in some way
got separated from the large lot OF
Iiuuors which we believe were hastily
removed to an island just across tho
New Hampshire line. This barrel o.
beer, 100 glasses from the BARRON
shelves, great assortment of emp
ties" and Sam were hustled into the
motor boat, while Mr.. Nunns (havins
real estate in Maine) was left behind
on his promise to be present at cour'
in the morning.
| A liouor price list taken from the wal
of the Appledore barroom was present
cd as evidence at the trial next day. l
| contained the prices for "a varieties o
Ewhiskey. gin, brandy, cocktail, highball
wine, beer, ale and stout. 1t was writ
ten on Falmouth hotel stationery ant
NAV have been adapted to the liquo
trade at both of Mr.. Nunns hotels. Mr.
Nunns was fined 500 and costs TO
seizure and a nuisance case was start
1 ed against him. His bartender default
ed $500 cash bond and disappeared. Th'
Influence of this respondent appear
from the difficulties we encountered
several points in our proceedings AM
lin his ability to suppress from tn
newspapers all notice of the raid ant
tfial.
We give, these facts to shew the veal
lplaces in the administration of the lia
Iuor law in Maine. Influential seller
are in little danger of Imprisonment
and many of them sell liquor for year
without any official disturbance. 1t i
i the small dealer, or uninfiuential, VIII
is often fined and sometimes imprison
ed. Discrimination and leniency are no