Arizona republican., 1920-12-12
Paige Car Performs We'll In Capture of
 Canadian HootcherS

The fight ag~nt bootlegging and | rum-running on the Canadian border has developed a new variety of war fare--a conflict which is nothing more nor less than a battle between auto | mobiles. Unlike the battles of the World war, l in which the motor vehicles called into | service were of the armored type, the | present conflict is between standard passenger automobiles-cars the same 1 in every respect as those which. in | peaceful pursuits, daily travel the pub | lie highways.
 | The rum-runner of today has chosen | the automobile as his principal weapon | in the conduct of his illicit trade prob ably for the very obvious reason that it affords the quickest means of convey ing his wares to their illegal market and, by the same token, offers the | greatest chances for carrying through his venture successfully In this con- nection, it is worthy of note that rum runners, almost without exception, use the most expensive makes of motor cars-cars that will sustain speed of 60 miles an hour. and upwards.
 Not to be outdone by the law viola tcrs in the choice of weapons of war fare. the strong arm of the law has likewise adopted the automobile as the
 
 And the activities of the revenue lagents are not confined to counter at
 tacks alone. In fact, it is by conduct.
 ing an offensive rather than defen-
 sive that the officers of the law have
 been most successful in frustrating the
 plans of the liquor traffickers. t The general plan of offensive fol-
 lowed by the law enforcers in Ontario, , especially along the Essex border. IS well illustrated by the nightly activi- ties of the famous Hallam Strong-Arm
 Squad. This squad of five ''he-men."
 captained by Rev. J. O. SprackliR, the two listed parson of Sandwich, Ont, is giving the liquor outlaws real run for their money, or, as more accurately expressed, a real run for their liquor The adventures of the Strong Arm
 Squad read like story from the pages ' of fiction.
 Tn the dead of the night the squads big six touring car. a powerful Paige ! Lakewood, purchased by the govern J ment especially for this work, capable
 of travelling 75 miles per hour stands II poised at the side of an apparently de - serted road, ready for action. In it slt the five strong-arm~ men of the law n ostensibly at ease, but actually witt - every sense alert. The cars lights are y out The man at the wheel. S. NJ. Hal T lam, a husky six-footer, is an expert 1T e the handling of a motor car. He is, il - fact an automobile racing driver. Al ' five are powerful men-men of grea e physical strength, and hence men wh' know no fear.
 throb of a distant engine filteri I through the heavy night air A car l. N approaching from the rear at higi \ sreed. The strong arm squad prepare \ for action. Automatics are shifted t' N convenient positions, ready for the at \ tack when the proper moment arrives The approaching rum-runners ar X within two hundred feet of the way \ layers when suddenly the road is il \ luminated by the headlights of the ca N lying in wait The driver of the rum x running car sets his teeth, pushes tn \ ' accelerator to the floor board and run
 the gauntlet of the light barrage. Shot \ directed at tho waylayers, ring out a \ the outlaw car wheezes past. Returl
 shots ring out aimed at the tires of tn E passing car. The big Paige is in mo \ ton the moment the outlaw gives evi \ dence that he will chance the passag \ of the light barrier. The chase is or HI Away goes the outlaw at his topmos
 speed. Sixty miles an hour is nothin El-for a risk of death is better than \ certainty of prison. But behind come car which is gradually speeding u N to seventy-five. The dividing dis tance slowly diminishes.
 Revolvers crack ominously, but fin
 ally cease. The outlaws ammunitio
 is exhausted-but still the cars race ol Now they are abreast. An officer ( the pursuing car climbs ou the run N ning-b board and then changes cars wit a delft leap. The battle of automobile \ is won.
 The foregoing is not figment of th imagination. 1t is a story of what occurring daily, or rather nightly. C the public highways of our sister ns ton.
 The battle with liquor outlaws h; simmered down to a battle betwee } automobiles. It is a battle which knov no code of honor, save one-the SUI
 vival of the fittest. In short, 1t is not
 ing more nor less than supreme te
 of the speed and endurance of u \ modern passenger car.