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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-22
THE WEATHER TODAY

Pensacola and yiciaity-Cloudy Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Winds-East Gulf: French strong north
winds, cloudy weather, probably rain over
extreme east portion Tuesday.
West Gulf. Fresh northeast and east
winds; fair Tuesday.
u. S. WEATHER REPORT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-22

Sunrise .....8:20 q m.
Sunset ....4.50 p.m-
Moonrise ...
AfoOnset 1916 pm.
Next place OF the
moon. last quarter
Nov. p.
Next high tide. about
4 am.
Next low tide, about
2 pm. (23rd)
Yesterdays Weather
Ten1peratuFe
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09

grandest stuff I ever tried and speak from
long experience. You can buy it for So to ST
a Quart on this side of the line-the American
side-and YOU can make three or four quarts
out of that and then you have hooch with .
real kick and literally, there isn't head
ache in a barrel Of it,
Everybody along the border speaks highly
Of high wine. Even revenue officers testified
to its purity, and agreed that man with an
ordinary American stomach could get up
roariousy full on it, and if he did not kill
himself or get killed while under its influence,
he was pretty certain to emerge from its ntoxi-
eating effects with reasonably clear head
and comparatively unspoiled appetite. I
did not hear that il possessed any positive
virtues, except that it is undoubtedly a handy
and inexpensive liquor. If you are busy
man and canrot afford to devote much time
TO carousng you can get b'ilin' drunk on di-
luted high wine in about half an hour, and
when you wake up you don't swear at your
breakfast and you 60 to work without
any excessive groaning.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
The CoTored Porter Looks
Blacker in the Dark

ooh bunk" spoke a mans voice from
within one Of the nearby curtains Sam
knows all right. all right what happened to
the Hghts There was a raid between Sher-
brook and Newport"
"And what in thunder has raid TO do
with putting the lights on the blink?' asked
the man in the aisle.
well. sir" answered the voice from be-
yond the curtains, "after months of expert
ence, some of our brightest Pullman servitors
have discovered that it is more difficult to find
booze and porters in the dark than in the glare
Of electric lights. Now there is some differ
ence OF opinion as to the efficacy Of this meas
ure Of plunging whole passenger train into
complete darkness when the hooch hounds OF
Uncle Sam are on the war-path for the rev.
enue bows have electric torches and it makes
them MAD to have the lights pat out, and they
are apt to make their search more complete.
But, on the other hand, the simplest and
crudest measures are often the most Efficient
"Did they bag anything tonight" The
camper was Interested in catches of all kinds.
"Only one runner and six bottles OF booze"
was the reply. "Then one of the porters got
at the switchboard, and out went the lights.
Il was just one little act in our Great Interna-
tional Comedy" and the voice behind the por-
teres ceased.
"Great international Comedy is right" was
my comment when the Memphremagog camp
er told me this tale on his return from New
York few days later. And am in position
70 know something about the subject, for 1
nave been occupying what might be called
seat in the front row at this same Great In
ternational Comedy, which is running day and
night without the slightest interruption all
the way from the northeastern corner of
Maine to the northwestern corner Of the State
Of WASHINGTON.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
Answering the Question,
Where Is the Ex-Borkeep?

haven't seen all OF this marvellous, virtu-
ally uncensored pageant, this Greatest Show
on Earth. I have just witnessed The lively
sketches which keep the small force of United
States customs officials at New port and
Derby.ine busy enough twcnty-four hours
day not TO have much time left to worry about
their personal affairs The program is the
sane from Maine to Washington State with
occasional Innovations, and the company is
'he came, Of the same type. The star
players are ez-convicts, ex~saloon keepers, ex-
1afleHdefs and al Of them gunner and
al d them are piling up the oasieHt money
mat any crook ever was able to gather
naFc not mentioned in the 4b9ve Ill Pullman
porter, dinlne room attendants and conduct
ors, because they Hardly count. The dis
oohest in these classes are mere chorus men
hnugging a few quarts Of liquor and adding
lev dollars weekly TO their regular income
''om 1alary and tips.
sti the chorus men-and sometimes there
are chorus glrls-add considerable color to
~'s Great International Comedy. For in
s1@Nee, fen weeks arc a woman occupying
n~ef berth in a Montrcal-Ncw York sleep
'' fased awful hullabaloo one night,
S'''u''ng that She waa being drowned by some
-, .-e smelling LIQUID. She made so much fuss
1'4' tos P9ilman conductor came along to
f1e' het, and, luat as luck would have IT, a
s41'o'ns ;, officer followed. II vas near tho
0'.le9 n[ 1tate-s-Canadian boundary line
-, "hif' SniN" eaid or rather did the
''~''D9s revenue agent, and in Il second he
@s,a srap onearthed another smuggling plot
h.. gst
J.. "''D0ddY." replied the dark-skinned por-
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09

r II o'clock Saturday night, August
~ 20 last, middle aged gentleman
4 q with gray hair and choleric coun-
.,ance climbed into a Pullman sleeper on the
Boston 4 Maine Railroad at Newport, Ver-
mont. lie was cross enough to chew ten
nepnv nails because he had been summoned
by telegram to New York City, and he had
+o leave his camp on lake Memphremagog
and his campaign against the black bass and
salmon trout RIGHT in the middle Of his vaca-
non. In the Vestibue Of the darkened Pull
man he saw the outline of mans figure.
The man appeared to be dressed in white
Jacket, 50 the passenger Judged that he would
answer to the name of Sam.
"Turn on the lights, SAM" commanded the
Newport passenger.
lights all out, sir" replied the man in the
white Jacket, fumblng for the passengers
bao He lit q match to look at the berth
ticket and led the way down coal black
aisle between drawn Pullman curtains.
The darkened sleeper and the prospects OF
climbing into an upper and undressing with
out ray of Light did not improve the tenn
per Of the Memphremagog camper.
"Vhat'n T. has happened to the
lights he blurted out
"Don't know, sir replied Sam - or the
man generally called Sam. "An went out
bout an hour ago. Try to get you candle,
sir"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09

has eleven revenue officers. This thin band
has to inspect all incoming trains. the lake
front and eight or ten roads on both sides
of the city, and the roads have to be patroed
night and day One revenue officer estimated
that there were about twenty active snug
glers to every revenue officer operating along
the roads around the town, so the reader can
draw his own conclusion as to the percentage
OF snlugglers caught. What can eleven m4r
do working against more than two hundredr
There is scarcely an interruption in the tiow
Of illicit booze passing over the line The
huge stock piled up in the basement Of tho
Newport Postoffice Building is but a tiny
percentage of the stuff which passes weekly
over the line in the Newport district alone
The Newport front is less than twenty miles
vide, and there is just as mitch booze flowing
over the border along every other stretch Of
twenty miles all the way from Maine to
Washington, and still there are persons in this
country who wonder why this country is not
altogether bone dry.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
Smuggling in Merchandise
An Abandoned Game

The booze adventurers along the Vermont
Quebec border have another great advantage
besides superior numbers and friendly or IN
tmdated residents along the roads. They are
experienced, or they can command the services
of experienced lawbreakers. Smuggling be-
tween the United States and Canada is no new
venture. It has been going on ever since there
was United States Canadian boundary line
Formerly the trade was in merchandise
Sugar, horses. cattle and various raw products
were surreptitiously shipped into Canada,
while cutlery, leather goods jewelry and other
manufactured products were shipped into this
country. Lake Memphremagog is sprinkled
with beautiful little islands, ard some Of these
were headquarters for the early smugglers. 1t
is said that one of the most notorious Of the
old smuggers had his hiding place in d cave
on Long Island, north Of the line. This proved
to be the case for late one spring Canadian
revenue officers found the body of this snug
gler in the cave, with large quantity Of su-
gar which he has cached in this retreat short
ly before death overlook him.
Then, of course, smuggling Chinese into
the United States has always been lucra-
tive trade. The Chinese were generally hauled
across the border in loads of hay or straw.
The gentlemen who used to engage in these
peaceful pursuits in pre-war days now
the proprietors and supervisors of hooch snug
Cling routes There is not much doing IN
Chinese these days. The old law Of supply
and demand looks after that. Ihe demand
for Chinese IN the United STATES is light;
the demand By Chinese g.. - .issiol av an
derground or hagr.ci, route- also .ei, ha5
thc demand for booze Is ina\4, a,,i t'-o ,4,.e,s
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
Revenr,e EgeF, ExpEctn
Why They Fail

asked several revenae officers along the
border towns how tfeg ever expected to en-
force prohibition he replies ! received were
substantially the same: "Wew never be able
to stop rum-runn.ng unless some radical
changes are put through"
One revenue officer put It this way:
We are short Of meA. We have asked for
reinforcements and were turned down. To
make any effective resistance against the
rum runners unecr present conditions, we need
at least twenty more deputies to patrol the
back roads. But even With our limited force
we could stop smuggling altogether if the
courts would send a few Of the offenders 70
Loa,enworth instead Of imposing the maxi
mum fines CT $500 and costs. The fines some
times reach totsl Of $1,000 or $500 in
singc cases, for the Noistead act provides that
a maximum ane Of 800 may be imposed on
person convicted Of transporting or importing
liquor or having liquor in his possession. Here
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
Liquor Put for Safety
In ReUenue Mans Coat

The sad fact is that the whole Eighteenth
Amendment, with the Volstead enforcement
act is a joke and it is so regarded by nine
persons out of ten wherever smuggling exists.
If you don't believe. it test it for yourself.
The next time you hear good smuggling
story try it your friends and neighbors
and see if they don't smile, or even laugh.
Well, people do not laugh at stories Of nlur-
der, larceny, forgery, arson but they do
laugh when they hear that the Constitution
of the United States has been cracked and
manhandled in its eighteenth Joint That is
good joke
Smuggling of liquor is Il joke and always
Will be joke SO long as the Nostead act
is braced by no stronger props than at pres.
ent. 1t is even something Of Joke to the
revenue officers themselves, whether they are
engaged in bloody and running battle with
real smugglers in high-powered automobiles
playing hide and seek with passengers and
Pullman porters the international express
trains Last spring Newport revenue officer
hung up his big overcoat in the smoking COM
partment Of Pullman car while he was
going through the train. A man in the COM
partment Immediately left for his seat and
brought back a black satche IL opened /.
and took out SIX quarts Of Scotch which be
tucked into the various pockets Of the revenue
officers coat. When the officer came around
he examined the passengers black bag ard
everybody else's luggage, but it never oc-
Cured to him to examine his own overcoal
When he had left the ear to inspect 1he next
the booze was transferred t0 the black
bag which already had been exara ned THAT
was real joke the Eighteenth Amend
ment, the Volstead act and the United States
government.
Only the other day force u revenue
officers the police Of half q dozen Vermont
villages and deputy sherias enoaged il a run
ning battle with snugelers winch began at
the border and did not end til forty miles
south CT the border. Two or three men we're
wounded, two suspects were caught, but no.
body was killed. That battle was GREAT Joke,
and if you doubt + consider the fact that the
two fugitives one an ex-convict, were released
on bail Of $500 each, after tie revenue Off
GERS had discovered that the two arrested men
appeared to be engaged in 4 game far moro
serious than whisky running There was no
booze found in their automobile, On which the
license number had been changed. But the
eX-convict was known to have had in his pos
session small vaiise which disappeared be-
fore he was arrested. The revenue officers
are morally convinced that the ex-convict was
smuggling drugs, not booze. His record
showed that he had been sentenced to life i'm
prisonment Massachusetts, and had been
pardoned a<ser serving several years. He had
been convic.oa Ct burglary and Of shooting
and seriously w-Und.ag tie man whose home
he had robbed. !. wiz probably be considered
a joke Il It's nan fo1zeits lis $500 bah and
does net ar9ear for trial.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09

Mass, and other towns where many French
Canadians are employed. | am sorry can
only offer secondhand testimony in regard to
high wine. ! have seen vast quantities of it
in the storeroom Of the Newport customs Of
ice and I have even smced the stuff, but
my curiosity in this colorless, almost odor-
less and otherwise virtuous booze was never
strong enough to induce me to buy a bottle
when [ journeyed to the nearest Canadian bar
not as long as l could spend my money on
wholesome British ale.
But while there was more of high wine
than any other liquor in the booze collection
of the customs Office, there were present vast
supplies of other liquors, such as gin, whisky,
bitters and a few TASKS of cordals. In fact
there was enough booze in that room on the
second floor Of the Newport Federal Building
to stock any Broadway barroom, "and the
basement is chock full remarked the revenue
officer who showed me the second floor col
lection. Would you like to visit the base
ment? It's the same size as the building"
"No, thanks.'
Then the revenue officer just began to tell
me about the great quantities Of liquor al
ready destroyed. The stock then on hand was
waiting the trial of it's former owners.
When l left the building - the Newport
Postoffce-1 looked back at the structure
with great interest. Newport is charming
little city of about 5000 population, with
beautifully kept lawns and homeike homes
Of simple New England architecture. But
when you consider the size of Newport and
the size of its postofice, you know immedi-
ately that at some time in the past Newport
elected Congressman who certainly brought
home the bacon The postofice is a large
building, and its basement 'is the same size
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09

not conducted along any such clever lines.
The real smugglers who operate along the
Vermont border are in dead earnest They
are not monkeying with accordions or hiding
a few bottles in Pullman seepers. They
work with considerable money and on an
extensive scale, and they depend on superior
numbers and on constant operation for the
success Of their drives. They outnumber the
United States revenue inspectors about twen-
ty to one, and they know this as we'll as they
know the fact that few of their hirengs and
associates will be caught occasionally. The
great bulk of their contraband is brought
across the border in fivvers and second hand
autos or trucks with dependable motors. They
follow the back roads, always avoiding the
main highways. They know that the prohibi-
ton law is unpopular and that there are only
few farmers and townspeople along the
boundary line who will voluntarily inform the
authorities.
The Newport revenue agents told me that
they could not depend any of the farmers
in the neighborhood to furnish information.
In one instance farmer had telephoned the
authorities that cargo of liquor had passed
his home The day following his report TO
the Federal officers the farmer was informed
that he had better keep his mouth shut in the
future unless he wanted his residence and big
rcd barn to catch fire some night That
farmer has never seen a smuggler since He
became smuggler-blin on the spot
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
"High Wine" q Favoyife
With Smuggling Cre.D

The lady, who had brought several gallons
OF this fiery stuff across the line, took her
arrest, trial and conviction calmly, paid her
fine and departed. They are all good pay,
these smugglers. They pay their attorneys
we'll, and in acknowledgements they don't
pay at all--and they pay their fines without
nurmur
There is probably more smuggling in high
wines across the New England border than
any other liquor. Most of this booze finds
ready market in the industrial cities of
Lowell, Lawrence, Pittsfeld and Haverhll,
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
An Account Written From a House
Which StraddIed The Boundary,
Where One Might Drink BothLegaIlv
and Illegally Under the Same Roof

according to the Gus
toms officer, and It's
full of booze. Gosh!
Most of this huge
quantity has been
seized in big raids in
which truckloads or
automobile loads were
taken. ] had the pre-
conceived idea that a
good share of the
smuggling was done
along Lake Memphre-
magog, which is thirty
miles long from north
to south and most Of
which lies in Canada.
But I was mistaken.
There is undoubtedly
some smuggling by
water, but l heard
Of one case only.
Revenue agents ar
rested a man who was
making frequent trips
back and forth along
the lake in a motor
boat. They found
nothing aboard to in
terest them except an
enormous gasoline
tank. On examina-
ton they found the
tank to be double
barreled. 1t had two
c 0 m p a T t m e n t s,
a small one contain
ing gasoline and a big
one full Of booze.
The real smuggling
that is, the bulk of
the smuggling is
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09

Incident, Anecdote end Foct Con-
cerning the Liquor Traffic Betweez,
Eastern Canada end the United
States, on, International Comedy Hit

"Then why is it
made up?'
"Somebuddy might
come on. Don't want
to disturb the passen-
gers making up berths
at night -
BY this time the
revenue officer had
found out that the
upper berth was not
unoccupied. In fact it
was well occupied. In
it reposed exactly 1856
Of John Barleycorn's
children of quart size.
Unfortunately one Of
them had become
+ e s t ] G S s and had
broken its neck, and
its precious contents
had leaked down on
the passengers.
The 1856 bottles had
been packed between
the springs and the
mattress. The rev
enue officer conhscat-
ed all this liquor and
arrested the porter.
1t looked like a clear
case against the col
cred gentleman, but
by the time the coun-
sci for the defendant
had pointed out to the
jury that there were
several other persons
in the coach, any one
of whom might have
owned the liquor, that
the Pullman conduct
Evening star., 1921-06-15

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in all the best colors and patterns of
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Brown and Dark Heather effects.
Excellently tailored; both patch and
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Boys Bell Blouses-Of Woven Mad
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khaki, in both collar-attached and
sport styles; all sizes, 6 to 16 OSc
years., At
Other Boys Blouses and Shirts at
75c, $l.2S to $1.75.
Palnis Roy.l-TltrR 11oox.
Evening star., 1921-06-15

Boys S. and 81 Wash Suits-Ma-
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Galateas, Repps, Ajax and Invincible
Cloths. Well made and trimmed. In
solid colors and color combinations.
Oliver Twist and MILDLY styles. The
product of one Of the best makers.
Sizes 2 to 10 years. =, CT OF
, At
Boys Summer Suits-Made of tan,
sand, gray and white cotton suiting, in
Norfolk style. Well made throughout.
They are easily laundered and COM
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Sizes Ito IA years. At ~O'/O
Evening star., 1921-06-15

dispatch mail
of
Royal Order Department
Evening star., 1921-06-15

Boys Real Irish Linen and Genuine
Palm Beach kniskers, ITO S2.75
18 years, at ~ :-,t4
Boys Khaki Khieleees, Q5c
at ~,
Boys White Army Duck 81 OK
KnicIeers, best grade, at
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: Khaki Knickers at s1.45 81 Q5
and
s. Bathing Suits-For little and big
boys. The popular one-pieee skirt
style, in a great variety of handsome
patterns, in cotton and fine all-wool
worsted-
95c to $3.95 .
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-19

QBut advancement in the art of illumination
has come only through years OF toll
through the adoption by electric lighting
companies of every Improvement devised
by the worlds best branby the expenditure OF large
sums of money to make this service available to you
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
Boys Mackinaws
$7.95 to $9.75

Stylish models very appropriate for
school and regular wear. Made
OF all wool materials in pIaids and
mixtures Lined throughout with
the new Leatherette lining. Very
warm and serViceable, ages 6 to IS
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

city government in Davenport from
aldermanie 70 managerial.
Owing to the absence Of three of
its members, the committee Of 10
designated to devise ways and
means OF providing work for job
less members of the federation, did
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4. Ferniand addition South Moline.
81
Charles d. and Marie Negus to
Charles Brady. lot Z, block 5, Old
Town Rock Island, 81.
Anne E. Hubbard to Alfred Ven
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der vennet and Emil Eaurraert. lot
17-1s. A. E. Hubbards First addition
Moline. 81.
Stanislaus, to Richard Hopkins.
lot and IS. block 15s. East Mo-
line, 81
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

Lawrence. E1s lot 10, Peter Hays
addition Rock Island, $240.
William and Kathryne Memeyer
to c. B. Thompson, lot 6, block .,
Highland addition Moline, 81.
Robert G. and Anna Anderson to
Hugo and Elizabeth Anderson, lot
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

not give it's report The unemploy-
ed situation was discussed, how
ever, and the sentiment of the
meeting was that the federation
stands ready to cooperate with any
civic organization in an attempt to
relieve the situation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

to Carl o. Motzer. lot IL, McCabe's
First addition Rock Island. $4,000.
Minnie Furber and Frank Furber
and husband to Evelyn Morris and
Elizabeth Day, part lot II, Orlando
Childs Second addition Moline. 81.
Wilhelmiua Staasen to SADIE
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Daily News OF Store Going Forwar
Kayser's Gloves
For Particular Women

Strap Wrist Chamoisette Gloves, self and
contrasting stitching. In all the wanted col
ors and sizes. Every pair. exceptionally well
made and regular $125 value. Special o.
Saturday only at pair ..........-... Wv
16-button Chamoisette Gloves, fine suede fin
ish in brown, beaver, mastic, pongee, gray and
white, all sizes and very special at Ct On
a PAIR W N sO/
Main
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High School and Junior Boys OVercoats with distfnc
tive class al of their Patch pockets Raglan shou
ders beted and in all eolors an wool materials Club
Clothes, made by NJ Vile & Co.
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| On County Records

Carl d and Katherine Wayne to
C. III. Wayne, lot 45x150 in Village
of Reynolds, 81.
State Savings Bank & Trust Co.
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dANAGER PLAN
TO BE OPPOSED
BY LABOR MEN

me Tri-City Federation OF La
BIZ, IN session last evening, oppos-
h proposal to change the form OF
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Youths Overcoats
$11.50 to $3.50

The Overcoats shown in this lot
are exceptional values and quail
ity IS the keynote throughout. An
wool materials, well lined to give
greatest warmth and wear. Belted
models and cieveriy designed.
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