The New York herald., 1921-08-13
700 LIQUOR TRUCKS
LOAD BOATS TAKING
BOOZE NTODETRO|T
Canadian Ruling Starts
Rush of Whiskey to
United States.
TROOPERS ON WATCH
Motor Boats to Be Used
With State Officers Car
rying Rifles.
SMUGGLING PICKING UP
Customs Collector Unable to
Prevent Vessels Leaving
Port at Night.
SMUGGLING PICKING UP

DETROIT, Aug. 12.-Seven hundred
trucks loaded with whiskey were
counted on the municipal docks at
Sandwich, Ont, this morning. and
later the whiskey was placed aboard
launches which headed for Detroit.
At one of the Windsor breweries in
quiries brought the announcement that
eight or ten truck;oads would be leay-
ing tonight with beer consigned to
Detroit by way of small river boats.
Late tonight seventy five troopers
of the Michigan State Constabulary
pau, Detroit representative of the
Michigan Public Safety Commission.
The detachment will be divided into
patrols operating along the American
side Of the Detroit River and portions
of Lake st. Clair for the purpose of
suppressing the wholesale influx OF
liquor.
Mr.. Campau declared Friday night
thai he intended 10 "get every bottle
Of beer and whiskey that is brought
over from Canada. Three high pow
cred motor boats will be pressed into
service Saturday morning manned by
State troopers armed with rifles
Reports Are Questioned.
While all this was going on as a re-
suit Of ruling by Magistrate Gundy
Of Windsor that Canadian customs Off
ffn1 hun riC M ct ~
ments to the United States. A. c. Gra-
ham, Federal Prohibition Director, an
nounced that reports Of the amount Of
liquor being cloarcs for the United
States from Canada were greatly exag-
gerated.''
The attitude that IL was up to the
United States to nab rum runners on it's
side Of the border without the aid OF
Canadian officials was taken to-day BY
Dominion authorities after the ruling
that the Ontario temperance act did not
ban the expectation of liquor to a for
eign country.
Magistrate Gundy expressed the
opinion that the United States was big
enough to take care of its own laws.
He added that 1t would not be diplomacy
for Canadian officials to offer CO.
operation because some time a situation
might arise In which they might be ac-
cused OF 'butting In"
Can Run nj Nights.
A. r. Montreuil. Collector Of Gus
toms, said that simply because the
Canadian customs act specified the hours
between sunrise and sunset for issuing
clearance papers to any craft liquor
laden or otherwise. he could not prevent
s..t~
shore to Michigan at night as speed
boats could depart any time they wished
after getting their papers. He already
had stated that he could not refuse such
documents to boats carrying liquor, as
this was perfectly legal from the Cana
dian point of view.
Rum running, which was nearly
stopped when Ontario went dry July Is.
has not only been resumed but Is as
suming greater proportions than ever
The Canadian customs officers are
issuing clearance papers to any one
who asks for them covering shipments
Of all sizes. There was a tremendous
increase in applicants Thursday and
Friday. Canadian customs men said.
Their statements were corroborated bv
broad smiles and signs of humming in
dustry in Ecorse and wyandotte. cen
tres Of the liquor smuggling trade on
the American side.
The hum of fast speed boats and the
put-put-put of little launches crossing
ard recrosaing the river. temporarily
stilled. now Is heard once again. The
price of good liquor. which had SCARED
In the case OF Irish whiskey TO SIS a
quart, and was from SIS to $40 for ca
madam liquor. Is headed downward.
a hearing on the temporary iniunc-
tion restraining Federal authorities
from interfering with shipments by
Walker Brothers. Ltd. OF LIQUOR In bond
through the United States for EXPORT
will be begun here Monday.