The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-08
.ARDM0RE1S
DUE FOR LONG
DRY SEASON
DRASTIC LIQUOR LAW WILL
HAVE EFFECT OF PUTTING THE
6OOTLEGGERS ENTIRELY OUT
OF BUSINESS.

any description IN your nome today,
and United States officer should
swoop down on your domicie and
contiscate it, under the strict letter
of the law the federal Judge could
sentence you to term at Leaven-
worth or any other federal prison
or impose a Jail sentence instead,
with fine attached.
United States Attorney d. Hayden
Limbaugh has given orders to all
federal officers to begin operations,
and this morning Dow Bra2lel who
, has been attending court at McAles-
ter stated that the local officers had
received their orders and were pre-
pared to do their duty.
Heretofore the government had to
catch the whiskey runner In the very
act of crossing the line with the
wet goods before he could establish
a case in court. Now the finding of
it in business house or private resi-
dence is all that is necessary to
make a case stick
A broader conception of the law
has been interpreted to mean that
this will apply only to those who
are known to be bootleggers or who
are under suspicion of handling wet
goods. 1t will not be necessary for
the officers to, show just where the
| liquor was introduced into the for
| bidden territory, but the simple fact
of possession will be all the evidence
required for the officers to make the
arrest
The clause covering this act reads
as follows:
THE provision of sections 2140 and
2141 of the revised statutes of the
| United States shall also apply to
beer and other intoxicating liquors
| named in the act of January 80,
1897, go stat l.. page 500 and the
possession by person of intoxicating
liquors in the country where the in
! PRODUCTION is prohibited by treaty or
federal statute shall be prima facie
evidence of unlawful introduction. y
President Wilson approved the
measure May IS, and it is now in
effect Mr. Lnebaugh has issued his
orders to the many deputy marshals
and special enforcement officers
| throughout the old Indian territory
| from this distance that drought
will soon set in and continue pro
tractedly until all provisions of trea-
ties and the enabling act are fully
complied with
Henceforth any citizen living in
| the Indian Territory side of the state
who desires cold bottle, or stun
a little more ardent, will either
have to indulge in a vision of the
good old days, or else purchase a
ticket to Oklahoma City or some
other place without the pale, and
there hunt up one of the fraternity"
for proper directions of procedure
Ardmore thirsty ones will be com
PEELED to journey all the way to Ok
lahoma City at cost of four dollars
for railroad fare, pay for room at
some of the well known hotels that
have never been famous for their
aridness, call the porter, who, after
his proper duties, expects a generous
tip. and then the chances are have
few friends drop in on him just
as he was about to pull the cork
because they "heard he was in town.
The result of this order will prob
ably be that all liquor cases from
now on will be tried in the federal
courts, and with the chances of the
| Leavenworth penitentiary staring
them in the face it is more than
probable that the ones engaged IN
the business at present will hang up
the shutters and quit business.
1--WE do not expect that absolute
prohibition can be accomplished
remarked an officer this morning
fbut it is a cinch that joints viii
have to go out of business because
no matter how well hidden their
plants are, they are inevitably dis
covered. and when they are, the
matter is all off with the offender
There will be 'hippers' as long as
whiskey is made, and this class is
the hardest to land. but even these
will have a hard time getting by
with it."
There wa1 CONSERVATION in the
camps o. the fraternity" when this
order Was made public, and many a
familiar figure will no doubt vanish
to other and more promising fields.
because. no matter how bold and
law-defying liquor dealer may be-
he has no desire to be on the inside
,ooL,ing ont at Ieavenworth.