The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-08

and extra tanks on machines. stand
ard prices: Moonshine. 81. bonded
goods from the bahamas. SIS. Many
are making fortunes In the bootleg
ging business. Ono man says he
made $50 600 In three months. Ships
bring liquor from island Of BimIni
TO three. mile limit Smaller boats
bring u Into harisors at night. stnk'
ing Il In shallow water.
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA. April s--fd.
quor In plentiful at 81 a quart. Trade
iH solicited regularly and fairly open.
~. over the bar drinks are so cents.
II you're known or properly intro
duccd. Much diluted and doctorcd
whisky Is being sold. Federal off.
Gals are making n record number Of
arrests. but can't keep pace with
the supply.
BOSTON
BOSTON. April s.--canadian bour.
bon and moonshine are plentiful at
$3.50 a case. Canadian bootlcgEera
ship u over the border by auto. One
whlsky.runner employed n shipment
OF radiators. filled them with whisky
and plugged the ends. In shipping
II II the custom to withdraw one bar.
rel from a druggists stock. replacing
u with moonshine. and 10 mix this
barrel with a barrel OF cologne spirits
and much coiored water. making
three or four barrels. Sour mash
stills are being discovered daily.
NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS. April s.-Hun.
dreds Of gallons Of booze are sold
here daily. Prices range from 81 for
moonshine TO SIS for best bonded.
BootlegRers use thermos bottles with
section above false bottom filled with
coffee. Others operate nip bars
at 30 cents a drink Some barber
shops keep whisky in tonic-bottlcs on
their shelves. Women make deliv.
cries for some bootleggers.
MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE,. April s.--Deaiing
In pure alcohol instead OF whisky
attains popularity here. More kick"
in smaller volume. bootleggers say.
Smuggling autos go in pairs In case
OF breakdown. Bar prices continue
at so 10 10 cents "A drink. altho the
quality Of liquor has declined
Whisky by the quart In $40. Moon.
shine Is 81 10 So "A quart.
DENVER
DENVER. April s.-Tnis city
spends more than $1,000 daily for
bootleg whisky. Detective Pitt esti.
mates at least 1000 bootloggers In
the vicinity. Stills have been found
in farmers goat barn. cowshed and
cesspool. with entrances thru tun-
nels. Price war on among bootleg.
gers owing to the Cutting OF the
market. Booze dropped from 81 10
81 IA pint. Two 10 seven bootleggers
being arrested daily.
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, April s.--Bandits
are stealing whisky here from boot.
leggcrs. Gun battles between them
are frequent. Hip bars" get 80 to
10 tfnfE - uilllhs IHfJ dft common.
Case whisky costs from SS5 10 $3.50.
Some purchasers fin dafter they buy
a case that only two bottles are
whisky and 10 are oolorcd water.
DOUGLAS
DOUGLAS. Ariz.. April s.-Boot.
legRcrs are at war among them.
selves here. Liquor is stolen and
often restolen after being brought
over the border. The bootleggers
fight dry agents openly. -Four pro-
hibition sleuths have been shot To
death in the last few days. Moon.
shine Is 81: bonded goods So n pint.
Three drinks OF mule" make n man
think he Is Marshal Foch. Women
deliver booze. Cripple carried liquor
In n hallowed wooden leg. A woman
was found with pint tied to each
airing of her t.uraef