Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
SCHEMES ADOPTED
TO QUENcH THIRST
Washington Liquor Dealers Do
Rushing Business, Due to
Virginia Dry Law.
MANY BLOCKADE RUNNERS

He may receive one quart of distilled
liquor in a single coltainer. or three
gallons of beer, or one gallon Of wine not
oftener than once month"; is pro-
vision of the Virginia prohibition law.
Judging from the large shipments and
the number of packages carried from this
city into the Old Dominion during the
city's guardians, there must be many
hes in the state that borders the south
side of the Potomac.
Persons in the so-called mail order
business. it is stated, reaped a harvest
in Virginia supplying the holiday liquor
trade. Much of the express companies
trouble. it is stated. was due to the large
shipments of liquor to Virginia and other
dry states. and it was due to the thou
sands of packages presented for imme-
diate delivery that clogged the service.
MANY Virginians had to delay their
egsnog and apple toddy parties. re-
marked man familiar with the popular
Christmas beverages in that state.
"Belated arrivals. however. will enable
them TO celebrate the new year he
press packages before the last Of the
old year"
Schemes of Blockade Runners"
Blockade runners are devsng all
sorts OF schemes to defeat the prohibit
ton law in Virginia and get supplies of
liquor into the state which only few
months ago voted to join the dry col
nf
across the river for "bootlegging" pur-
poses, while others. anxious to take more
than the legal quantity for their own
use, are taking the risk of running into
the clutches of the law.
Policemen on duty at steam and electric
railway stations and others in the shop
ping district have observed many inter-
esting and amusing incidents in connec-
ton with the enforcement of the dry laws
in Virginia. Only a few days ago the
young colored men with consignment
OF ''firewater'' they had bought with
which. it was presumed. to bootleg in
Virginia
white man. they told the police. He
lives in Culpeper. and he's going to sell
it to them dry people down there"
One of the custodians of the six gal
Ions of whiskey told the police of the
instructions he had received as to how
to bring the liquor home.
Il was going over to Alexandria on
the electric cars he said, walk to
Cameron run, board a steam railroad
train and go to Culpeper. When |
reached the outskirts of the town /
was going to jump fl with the whisky"
They succeeded in inducing the deal
err from whom the liquor was purchas-
ed to take back the supply and return
them their money.
A party of Virginians from a nearby
county were in the city making pur-
chaseS one night shortly before Christ
mas. They had patronized a number of
places and Were anxious to
take home supplies of liquor in large
enough quantities to be able to keep
open house"
"All I'm going to take across the
river" suggested one of the men, lis
what's in me, and that's enough"
Bottles Disguised as Dolls.
One of his companions made a pur-
chase of several bottles, fastened
heads of dolls to them and wrapped
them SO as to make them appear as IL
they really were dolls Then he start
ed down the street singing a lullaby
A resident in the valley town of Ber-
ryville is given credit for adopting an
ingenious method of CARRYING the for
hidden fluid into his home town. and
the chief of police was omewhat sur
prised when he unearthed the scheme
1t is related that when the resident.
who had provided himself with a sup
ply of turntables. returned home from
this city he appeared to have on many
additional pounds of flesh. Even that
change in his persoHal appearance
would have aroused no suspicion. it is
stated, but some person. possibly one
to whom he had told his secret. gave
the police official a quiet tip that all
was not WELL
His examination of the returned tray
eler revealed a hot-water bag filled
with liquor fastened about his stom-
ach. Its possessor had made no COM
plant of having been attacked by ILL
ness that REQUIRED the application of
hot water. and. it is reported, he had
to 'fess up" and surrender his supply
1t is reported that there are many
points along the Potomac from Harpers
Ferry to the mouth of the river where
1t is possible for boot -leggers'' to
in supplies. and the fact that
4 number of arrests have been made in
nearby counties. it is stated by prohi-
bitionists. shows there are persons who
ire willing to violate the law.