Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-18
i ederal Agents Seek t, to Dam
 Isy p;ver of Whiskey Flow ! '''i ing to Camp Pike.
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 PINE BLUFFIANS
,.,. Service Men Seize Books and ,ooounts of Monroe QLa.) Wholesalers in Seek
 ing Evidence.

Hundreds of Arkansas men, lnclud- number of Pine Bluffians. are d to be involved in an antl-booze npagn being conducted by fedora thorities to check a river of whiskey |winc into Camp Pike, from Louls- Ia points particularly Monroe. idence already collected, it is said inrs to huge conspiracy to sell iskey in Arkansas.
 Federal officers have seized the ks accounts and orders of several olesale liquor houses in Monroe, in ding those of Charles A. Green lmerly of Pine Bluff and Camden E. L. Webb, and will turn them r to the federal grand jury at Lit Rock fer Investigation.
 Attorney H. K. Toney of Pine If has been retained by Green and bb to represent them at a hearing 5 week following the seizure of ir books.
 Score of U. s. Agents at Work.
 score of federal secret service are said to have been working on alleged conspiracy for months eral of them obtained employment bartenders in the saloons at Mon and are said to have kept a care record fthe number of every au. hcblle with an Arkansas license hauled whiskey away, and the hes of the men who bought the skey.
 hese records, it is said, along with wholesalers orders will be sent tc federal grand jury at Little Rock n the cases are considered, and it lcted that wholesale indictments be returned
 lnce Arkansas went dry Monroe oeen the nearest oasis, and it is mat calvaacade of autos may be any day or night going and com. to U and from Monroe from Arkan. The autos have been utilized be. se Or the danger of shipment by n. It is absolutely necessary te oulage shipment of whiskey be. all possible Identification before eSpress snprts company will accept it fo, 1l tivil Officers May Be Involved.
 'tefal M officers also are investigat '4e "..! negligence of county ano officials of several counties ir s4ern na,a,l arkansas who, it is claimed .,pe permitted hundreds of "booze '"ns o,s to pass thru their territor, +Vas v l mollestation. It is even hintee ;~,1;l humoer of officials are or vii I,pl1;a!ea ph;s;.e Tn the conspiracy tt h, h",alsKey into Arkansas. and tha, of "a'e "',p parposely ignored the pas Is VI hsn1l hwa1lskey-lc loaded automobiles.
 r ma Ou1As Ua and accounts of variou, ed ed 1tn0lesale tn ss; liquor men are ex nst rs 4s lo give concrete evidenc, 'ls basn sne men in Arkansians wht Ins vssa regularly engaged in boot rsI lssslore regardless of whether tn, Iinp '1s Tsa are ignorant of the boot Q 'si siort inc }, order books are expect (e and 1 ,ho .aeir names in black an, e 1rd ya1na 'ae .s amount they purchased |foldA ldA'te ta M or this evidence will b, D ~a to Ho to the government. M It vii il bsy1 ,v l'ght the names of the s me, ma, the thn man been selling the whiske, eto Area.wNh aIa who have been bringin, ,,k' Route Via Pine Bluff.
 Via rsuis Hsh'lr fo rthe whiskey autos ba
 to Littla pg to Pine Bluff an, e a near nave we been arrested but no no ''sea in the traffic, it is "Is be d d Ii lSonaay mss federal officials ar fans, nsa, msn' Ss several of them nlS pin a' loaded dedaf ri4s Hamburg, travelling ii i s were eu fon1, With whiskey and a bee, only iVur autos. This is sa;
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 $ si9fii i9fiess ss in Arkansas sa number ha}M>e line, which the the Louisiana bour when eh thehir the ne. bootleggers dra,
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