Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-24

DOUGLAS. Jan. 2S.-M H. Merk,
 who runs a hotel at ROdeo. was ar rested by Deputy Sheriff Rowden yes terday morning at S:15 when he
 stepped off the Golden State Limited.
 Merk was placed in jail on charge of transporting liquor He had a suit case full of booze and several bottles on his person when arrested He
 stayed in jail only a few hours, then
 put up $500 cash for a bond
 Douglas customs men are making energetic efforts to make effective the regulations governing the expOrta-
 tiOns of food commodities. such as lard. sugar and four lt is the gen eral impression that larger quantities of these articles are going across the line than the rules permit. Although stores are not supposed to sell to con sumerS in Agua Prieta more than five pounds of lard or flour. there Is nOth- ing to hinder the purchaser from re- beating such purchases at various Douglas stores. IL is easy to get the goods. and if they can be smuggled across the line. there will be no fur ther trouble to be encountered.
 The new Ss.OOO army Y. M. c. A.. building at Camp Harry J. Jones will be completed by Saturday, and will be occupied one day next week, Paul. n. Marvin, secretary. said this morning. The building will be formally dedieat- ed in about two weeks Secretary Marvin has been doing all he can 10. hurry the equipment. C. A. Berk. who will have charge of the physical work. is expected in Douglas Monday. !. Gordon Vaughn. assistant secretary, has been actively carrying on the work of the army Y. M. c. A. for several days. He was especially busy while Secretary Marvin was in San Antonio.
 While scouting around last night 70 see what they could find. Deputy Sheriff Percy Bowden and Special Police Officer Kirkpatrick entered the hole-in-the-wall cold drink stand in the 900 block on c. avenue. It was pretty cold and while shaking his feet 10 keep warm. Deputy Sheriff Bowden happened to kick the baSeboard. It sounded hollow. He kicked it again and he was sure it sounded hollow and he saw it give in a little. Then he slid the board back and found seven bottles of whisky cOmpactiy stored away in compartments. Neither J. B. Merk nor E. B. Duval who were in the place would claim to be proprie- tor. so Duvall was arrested and a charge filed against him for having whisky in his possession. Merk and Duvan together put up $500 cash bond and Duval was turned loose
 Frank Peters, 9, who says he kS a twice parOled convict. who was sr- rested Saturday on charges of burg lary. is in the jail waiting for con venieRt time for officers to take him to Florence. Peters admitted taking a suit of clothes from the Fl Progress, room and also a pistol from the same room. it is said Peters says . e was convicted of burglary in 1911 and given from one to 15 years. and vas released June ,. 1917. He is willing to go back and finish his sentence. he told the officers. He was pickel up by Policeman Reynolds Saturday and taken to the department of justice office and formally arrested by Spec ial Agent TOmpkins. Federal officers wanted him on charges of being deserter. but Officer Tompkins re- leased him from this charge when he found out Peters was a Daroled co0- vict and could not be enlisted in the United States army.
 Some one has a goOdly supply of wines. ligucrs. beer. whisky and other choice spirits the sheriff and police departments would like 10 locate. Of all burglaries ever commit ted in Douglas the one called the limit was put over last night. Some one robbed the old county jail and stole all the evidence booze stored . away there, In the lot was 90 cases of whiskey. The county jail On Seventh street is used only as store house for booze. The burglars last niFht pried open three locks on the three doors 10 get the booze. sacked it all up and carried it away in an automobile. leaving tracks too faint io trace. It was a surprised deputy this morning when Charlie Cross went down to the old jail to leave more evidence. Cross hurried the news of the robbery 70 Percy Bow den. deputy sheriff. who confessed it was enc on him. Then a search fer Inc burglars began. It is thought that the whisky was stolen so there would be no evidence against the bOotles- gers and transporters who are out on bond or in jail. but a bOOtleg chaser Is too wise 10 let his evidence be de- strOyed. From every case Of booze -onfiscated one bottle is taken ana the name of its owner and the time lf arrest written on it. and the bottles placed in a safe elsewhere,
 No bOOtlegger will he set free due To lack of evidence on account of the the deputy sheriffs and police say.
 FUP BIDDING ACTIVE.