Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-12
SMUGGLING OF =
LIQUOR DONE
ON BIG SCALE
Alcohol Shipped. to Canada,
"Doctored," and Boot
legged Back to U. S.
Fake Drug Concerns Work.
international Wholesale
Smuggling Business.

Regina Sask.. !. .Noy. t12s-.F.rom
eyery nfeTanee In Canada to : every
! state bordering on boundary line,
bootlesgers are working certain secret
routes with all secrecy OF Ku-Klux-
Klan. g.
! Take companies are formed in
Canada, which are called drug con-
Germs. AS such they receive permits
for impo rtatton OF alcoholic mixtures,
but more frequently pure alcohol. II
"Once that alcohol is on this side
Of, border. a booze doctor adds ex-
tracts and ingredients to make the
finished article. Then the doctored
mixture is smusgled across the line
by ,bootleggers." r.
This sensational statement was
made, here by DR.. r. C. Matthews
prohibition commissioner at Washing
ton. D. c.. for United States govern
lnent at an international conference
ths week attended by representatives
Of the four western Canadian prov
! inces, Ontario and the United States.
Reciprocity to BesAsked.
As a result of the conference the
governments in Canada and the Unit
ed States will be asked to supplement
each others liquor laws; the Amen-
can authorities will be asked not to
grant permits for shipment of liquor
into. Canada except by consent Of the
provincial governments and the do
minion governments will be asked not
! to release liquor from bond to be
shipped across the line.
Members Of the Saskatchewan
! liquor commission told the conference
that there were at present $4,000 gal
Ions of hard liquor in the province in
warehouses; 125.O00 gallons in bond
ed warehouses. and 10000 gallons of
alcohol held in bond by five com
panies. One instance was cited where
/ car was shipped from Kentucky to
| Winnipeg. The shipper. Canadian.
| made arrangements to have the car
robbed in Minneapolis.
/ During, the framed robbery. one
man was shot and killed. the con
slknee arrested and, after being lib
! Grated on bail. sent the car to a
Regina liquor firm. and after it was
! doctored here it was handed out IT,
! smugglers. In order to give the doc
genuine article fake labels are at
tached and fake excise stamps af.
fixed.
- Shipped by Carloads.
At the conference sensational dis.
closures of the rum tranic were
brought to. light 1t was stated that
! not only are carloads OF liquor coming
into Canada from the United Suites
but that whole trainloads are being
1 shipped northward into the dominion
!; These huge shipments are apparently
! quite legal for they are being shipped
| across under United States permit.
and ostensibly for medical purposes
This liquor later returns to the Unit.
ed States in the form of bootleggers
stock. One remarkable feature of the
illicit operations is that Canada does
not get the benefit of exchange on the
I American currency paid by bootleg.
! gers for this American whiskey. OF
doctored whiskey made from Ameri
can alcohol. Vast sums in American
! funds paid by un-runners from the
south are transmitted tp Chicago and
ttother points by express to pay fol
alcoholic imnortations.
! It is even stated that a recent hold
up OF railway express messenger
near Moosejaw, Sask., and the rob
berry OF the express car were perpre
Itrated by one Of the internationa
crooks looking for the shipment o
such currency.
za / Fake Labels Printed.
\ Police officials from Minot. N d.
on recent visit to Regina declaret
that they had seen forged American
revenue labels being printed in
Regina establishment. S,