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The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Watching the Booze Cars
Roar Through Malone

The scout car leads the way, its horn
machine gun Through the main street
of Malone the pilot roadster flew. The
street had cleared The startled citizenry
had taken to the sidewalks much as folks
used to take TO the cyclone cellars out Kan
sas way-by instinct The roadster was
making fifty miles anyway. having slowed
up trifle for traffic's sake. Behind her,
hanging on like hounds after rabbit,
came the booze carrers-a Pierce Arrow,
u Packard and Il Cadillac-each weighted
down with forty cases Of whlskey and gin,
ard maybe little champagne. Sixty-six
hundred pounds on each set Of wheels
travelling south and west mt fifty miles an
hour through the centre Of n law abiding
village And well back, far in the rear.
the customs car laundering in the alcoholic
wake with men precariously hanging on the
running board. pistols ready to open fire
when the open country Is reached-provided
rhe bandits haven't run ont Of gun range.
But that's DEPRESSING too far. Besides,
It's somewhat misleading. Most Of the
booze running Is still done ut night. But
the amateur has stepped out Of the game.
It's no longer game; It's an industry.
Rough citizens pilot the cars these days
and nights They're the sort Of men who
make good avlators or drive taxicabs in
Paris.
But It's time to get going to the Mary
Reilly road.
We took the Constable road There We're
three cars-the Sherifrs and two huge
Packards that the customs men had seized
from unlucky rum runners who either
hadn't run fast enough or who weren't
familiar with the roads or who lacked the
nerve that the successful smuggler must
have. We Skirted Bare Hill, deSolate
roll Of chalky dirt. crumbling sandstone
and bleak spruce trees that appear to be
protesting against their loneliness we'll
cloudcd sky dimmed the moonlight. II
was clear enough 10 see forms on the road
fifty yards away.
Past Mabel's Farm, a place full OF remi.
niscence for Skd Metcalf. who drove the
Sheriffs car. Past the Beaver Pines and
Cascancts 10 Trout River we drove and
nothing happened Charlie Cantwell. the
customs man NJ Trout River. assured us
that traffic was dull.
"Four cars went up but none has come
down vet" he said "Eyerything's straight
enough 50 far tonight"
Back ~ Constable. whore VIC took 70
road which challenges the worst road on
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Y asst Stores in Canada
Await Transport
Into New York and
Other Bound arv
States---Even Wom-
en- Have Entered the
Illicit Trade
"Runnin' hootch ~

"Runnin hootch?'
"Runnn' hootch:" roared Wilson. "If
you say Pierce Arrow with forty-two
cases of Scotch aboard Is hootch you're
right They can't redeem their car tonight
and we're turnin them over to the women
folks to make comfortable til mornin'."
II must be explained here that the Cana
dian law differs from the American in that
the captured booze car is not confiscated
by the Government, provided the owner or
driver thereof can produce instantly the
monetary value of the ear. The capturing
customs man assesses the value, and If the
captive can produce the money at once he
or she Is permitted To retain the car But
the booze is confiscated. On this side OF
the line everything is confiscated-the car.
the booze and the drver-provided, OF
course. the outfit is captured.
That's n new one-girlS driving hootch-
amt it," demanded Maury Lee, the SYRIA
cuse reporter, who had come on in the
third car.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Firsthand Story of How
Eighteenth Amend
ment Is Flouted by
Professional Bootleg
gers and Vast Stream
Of Liquor Pours
Across Border
Across Border

~ United States, especially across the
New York State line, has made the Eigh-
teenth Amendment Joke to thousands of
citizens otherwise perfectly Iawabiding.
The whiskey smugglers are SO bold in
their extensive operations that conditions
are unparalleled. To ascertain the actual
facts and present to its readers pen pic
ture THE NEW YORK HERALD sent
one of its staff men to the border. He
was out both day and, night with officials
in the United States and Canada, and the
facts he presents furnish thrilling story
seldom seen in actual news reporting
Possibly the only like smuggling Incl
dents in history might be the brandy
smuggling across the English Channel
early in the nineteenth century or the
cotton blockade runners of civil war
dayS.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
By w. A. DAVENPORT.

~ ETWBEN Fort Covington. y. l., and
X the desperate collection Of wheel
ruts that connects Tundee and st.
Agnes, Quebec, runs the Mary Reilly road.
1t IS entirely proper to refer to the Mary
Reilly road as running. Speed and vigor
are its chief characteristics. 1t cuts sec
ton Of the border country so barren that,
taking 1t from the natives themselves, mi
gratory crows have learned to carry lunch
when compelled to traverse it.
1t comes by Its name from its once tri-
,.saphant goddess who now has passed into
his.ory-Mary Reilly, whose road house,
iIsected by the Canadian-United States
boundary line, was almost everything ex-
cept church Only the foundations of
Mary Relly's remain. The place simply
blew up one night an ambitious young
literary man will one day write the history
Of Mary Reilly's AMI thereby make himself
famous. The chapter he devotes to the last
night OF Mary Reilly's will make him. Three
murders before midnight was too much
entirely too much No house could stand
that. SO Mary Relllys blew up, burned
down and all that remained was the ghost
of the pace-a he-ghost that sits upon the
crumbling walls drunk and defiant and re
iocing in the fact that to-day the Mary
Reilly road is lawlcss and wild.
II was for the Mary Reilly road we set
forth much as one goes fishing or deer
hunting We knew that the game was there
and knew that we'd hear and probably see
IT, The idea was to bag It.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

The trap was set and we lay beside the
ruins Of Mary Reily's The Sheriff had
Winchester The others had pistols.
Suppose Walter johnson or Grover Alex
ander decided TO heave bricks at your head
and each brick, carrying everything that
either gentleman could put on It, grazed
your ears! The writer hereof thought of
Just that when those rum-runners passed
MS on the Mary Reilly road. There were
three cars in that train And those three
cars were loaded TO their tops. They car
ried no lights. Their horn. were bowling
like dissolute banshees The left fork was
blocked. but those alcoholic Nalkyrie had
no intention of taking that left fork. They
rounded the turn to the right before the
other official car had time to get under
way 1t was just as well. Had the right
fork been blocked by car there would
have been chaos The leading booze car
took the tiny turn without slackening and
1t passed Mary Reiiiy's at forty miles an
hour.
Good God :" screamed Skid as he saw
the turn made Barney Odfeld's driving
that"
A better man than Eddie Rickenbacker
must have been driving the second car. for
the hoy at the wheel of that juggernaut de-
cide,l 10 run for IT, He gave his car every
thing he could muster and she fairly hur-
died the bowlder that made the turn In the
road dangerous
And the third car followed suit
There were fewer than ten feet between
them The Sheriff's Winchester began
cracking The customs mems automatics
Joined in the refrain. If any one or rhose
cars was hit we didn't discover II.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

good talking to about noise and permitted
to 90.
But then there was plenty OF liquor In
the States We didn't need to ask Canada
for whiskey. You could buy your favorite
brand in your favorite place at little more
than your favorite price. The Eighteenth
Amendment was nothing but an amendment
and had nothing to do with mans liquor.
Naturally enough we drank all that and
finding our thirst unquenched struck out
for more. So nowadays when liquor comes
across the border 1t comes in automobile
trains three. four and five huge touring
cars roaring down from Montreal night and
day, forty, fifty sixty miles an hohr They
come down n hundred yards between cars.
Left to themselves they take to and keep
the side roads. eschewing the larger towns.
But bedeviled by customs men, Volsteaders
and sheriffs. they hang 10 the hardest and
smoothest roads, the shortest routes. and
may God protect the tourist. 1t used to be
that they travelled at Enthusiastically,
fearfully Now they travel when they get
q carful. he it noon or midnight.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
CHASING RJJM-RJNNERS ON THE BORDER
Thrilling Battles Day and Night With

vhiskey smuggled the United States by
New York Herald each
with fory of whs back,
laundering the alcoholic wake with
ously hangin running board, pistols ready.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

Continued on Fouoptn0 Page.
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

. ETWEEN Fort Covington. y. I., and
the desperate collection Of wheel
ruts that connects Tundee and ST.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-22

fed and how she had placed eighty
thousand dollars Of alleged stolen
onds in his care.
He declared he had taken the bonds
rom the woman, as from friend he
I'D known since her girlhood, whom
he wished to help in hel great distress
Of mind, which ho declared was evil
dent to him when he met her in Chi
cago five days after the robbery. He
denied that revenge was his motive for
appearing as a witness.
Frasers questions brought out that
Father Gorck was no longer pastor Of
tho Polish Parish at New Chicago, In
diana. He declared he gave up his
charge when arrested May II IN con-
nection with the alleged conspiracy.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-22

can, Iowa, one of the leaders, that re-
turn to absentees would furnish
enough votes to put the committee bill
through.
Failing to do so, the packer regula-
ton leaders will attempt to obtain
passage OF the new Sterling bill, which
prescrbes much the same restriction
for the packing business as the agri-
culture bll, but would lodge the ad-
ministration in the federal trade COM
mission instead Of in a live stock COM
missioner as provided in the latter
measure. Should the Sterling bill fail
the house bill would then be before the
senate.
The thirty seven senator's voting to
reject the agriculture committee bill
included thirty-three republicans and
four democrats The bill was sup
ported by thirteen republicans and
twenty-one democrats.
Final on the legislation was evenly
divided between proponents and op-
pOncnts Of Packer regulation. Senator
McC Cormick, republican. Illinois, at
tackled the bill on the ground that It
conferred wide and discretionary pow
crs on a single government official.
| Senator Kenyon. makig the final state
ment for proponents. attacked the big
packers and defended the federal trade
commissions investigation of packing
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-22
To Stop a Cough Qufck

take HAYES HEALING HONEY,
cough medicine which stops the cough by
healing the inflamed and irritatcd tissues.
A box of GROVES O-PEN-rRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and
Group is enclosed with evory bottle Of
HAYES HEALING HONEY. The salve
should be rubbed on the chest and throat
of children suffering from a Cold or Group.
The healing effect Of Hayes Healing Honey In.
sido the throat combined with tho healing ELECT OF
Groves O-Pen-Tratc Salve through tho pores OF
the skin soon stops q cough.
Both remedies orc packed In one carton and tho
cost Of the combined treatment Is sc.
Just ask your druggist for HAYES
HEALING HONEY.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-22
LIFE THREATENED,
PRIEST SW1ElARS
Father Gorek on Stasd for One Whole
Day and Two Hours Of Another.

Day and Two Hours of Another.
Toledo, Ohio, June 16.-Threats to
-give him a pill" while in the county
Jail were made against Rev. Anthony
Gorek, Catholic priest at New Chica-
go, Indiana, if he testified against de-
PENDANTS on trial in connection with
the million dollar postofiice robbery
here February II, the priest testified
in federal court today.
Father Gorek is one OF more than
a score indicted for alleged conspiracy
in the robbery, but he is not on trial
because the government IS using him
as a witess.
The witness declared he had been
ordered not to testify against Wanda
Urbaytis, one Of the defendants ana
a former parshioncr OF his while he
was located here moro than ten years
ago
Father Gorek finished the story OF
his life as parish priest late today al
ter occupying the stand for one whole
day and two hours OF another.
He spent all day today replying tc
questions Of Harold Fraser, counsel
for Joe and Wanda urbayts. about tho
girls alleged connection With the con
spiracy OF which the priest had testi
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-22
PACKER BILL REJECTED.
1874 IN THE SENATE

Measure Recommended by Agricul.
tural Committee Killed in Upper
MOuSe.
washington, June l6.-By vote Of
"a tU24 the senate today rejected the
Packer regulation bill recommended
by its agricultural committee and
then adjourned until tomorrow with
ahe regulatory bill recently passed by
The house and a new measure submit
led by Senator Sterling, republican,
South Dakota, pending before it.
Defeat Of the agriculture committee
Hlll. generally described as more dras-
3ic than the house measure, and intro
duction OF a new bill by Senator Ster-
ling threw the Packer regulation fore
'es into momentary confusion \ reso-
.utton to adjourn out of respect for
Representative Mason, Of Illinois. who
died lljev in the day, thereupon was
approved Without dissent.
i4cuders ii the nzht FOR strict rcgu
iation OF the packing industry held a
ronrcrencc Immediately upon adjourn
ment, &nd decided 70 request tomorrow
a recpnA.leration OF today's vote which
rejected the agriculture committee bill
by margin Of three. Confidence was
expressed b. Senator Kenyon. rcpubli-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-22
FIGHT TO FINISH
BY MOUNTAIN MEN
Unusual Story from Oconee County
Comes to Light With Arrest OF John
SwOfforI

Unusual Story from Oconee County
Comes to Light With Arrest OF John
SwOHOrd.
Walhalla, June 16.-A killing which
in its horrible details equals any in
the history of the mountain section OF
OcOnee county, has come to light with
the arrest OF John Swofford. 35, who
! is held for the death Of S. p. Adams,
%, both Of the Unity section.
But little information in regard to
the death of Adams has been obtain
ed except from Swofford himself, who,
according to information obtained
here has made a statement TO county
officials in which he claimed that he
and Adams had quarrel, Swofford be-
F, leving that Adams had carried reports
Of him to the revenue officers.
The two men met in lonely spot
| near Swoford's home, officers state,
and in the fight that followed Swof-
ford is said TO have struck Adams
over tho head With tho double tree
Of wagon. The younger man was
rendered Unconscious by the blow. Be
coming frightened, Swoford is said
to have carried the body to his own
home where it was concealed from
/ Tuesday Of last week until the follow
ing Friday. A search for Adams was
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-22

made but the body was not found, nor
was any evidence discovered which
pointed to the occurrence that had be-
fallen him.
For several days Adams Is said to
have lived In semi-conscious condi-
tion and Swofford, while going about
his farm work, carried the man to
and from the field with him. Adams
is said to have revived slightly on sew
eral occasions, but never fully re-
gained consciousness.
Seeing that the man might live In
definitely, Swofford is said to have
taken Adams back to his home. He
died on the following day from the
blow on the head, which had caused
the bursting Of several large arteries
Adams died last Saturday and the
Coroners jury, after obtaining all in
formation available, held Swofford for
the deth Of his neighbor. He is now
in the Oconce county jail
1t is said that had Adams been Civ
Ell medical attention at once he would
have had a chance for recovery, but
the delay Of three days during which
nothing was done for him, made med.
ical and surgical aid Of no avail.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-22

Coad9 Cause Grip and influenza
LAXATIVE BRoMo QunlINE Tablets remove tho
cause. There is only ono "Bromo Quininc.
{. W. GROVES signature Oh box. 2Qc.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-26
U. s. DETERMINED
 TO GET BERGD0LL
No Statute of Limitations Will Be Recognized in
 His Case, Says Weeks.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-''We are going to get Grover Bergdoll if it is possibleto get him and l don | believe we will recognize any sta tute of limitations in his case even if one exists Secretary of War John w. Weeks said today in dis cussing the case of the wealthy Philadelphian, convicted of draft evasion, who escaped to Germany last summer and has since applied for German citizenship.
 Secretary Weeks declined to say what steps would be taken to se- cure Bergdoll's return to the United States but formally announced that overtures had been made to the German Goyernmentto secure par don for Carl Neuf and Franz Zim- mer, American soldiers, recently convicted of attempted abduction of Bergdoll from German soil and sen tencod to Jail terms of fifteen and six months respectively.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-26
GERMAN COMMUNISTS LOSE BATTLE; NEW UPRISING IN SOVIET RUSSIA
Cole Brings Question Capitol Building Up in Memorial

The question of construction of a capitol building in this city was brought up3Sin the House of Representatives this morning in memorial intro duced by Representative Cash Cole in which immediate con- struction is urged. The mem- orial was referred to the Com mtte on Judiciary and Federal Relations.
 Among the reasons advanced by MT. Cole, in his memorial why the construction work should be pushed as rapidly as possible, it is stated "an appro- priation is now and for a long time has been available for the erection of the necessary pub lie building in the City of Jul neau," the fact that the Gov ernment owns a site suitable for such building and that it is needed for housing the many Government officec now scattered in rented quarters in various sections of the town. The memorial urges that constructs tion be commenced without de- lay and be pushed to compile tion as soon as possible.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-26
ROBERTSON WILL
 BE CANDIDATE TO
 SUCCEED HIMSELF
Announces He Will Seek Re- Election as Mayor-Coun-
 cilmanic Ticket.

R. k. Robertson, present Mayor of Juneau, will be a candidate for reelection according to statement made by him this afternoon.
 Harley J. Turner. elected two years ago as Councilman for two year term, will be candidate for reelection, this time for the one year. Mr. Turner made this state ment this afternoon.
 Three others have also practical ly announced their candidates for the Council for the three year terms, so it is quite certain that one ticket is in the field, and to come before the voters at the city election to be held on Tuesday, April 5, will be as follows:
 For Mayor R. E. Robertson, present incumbent,
 For Council--H. J. Turner, pres ent incumbent, for 1 year term; J. J. Woodland, w. R. Barnes and T. J. McCaul, for two year term.
 Mr Robertson nas been very re- luctant to become candidate for reelection, owing to pressure of his own business, and believing there should i, be others who, he states, ought to come. forth and take their turn at managaing the affairs Of the city in an executive capacity NIT. Robertson has only consented to be a candidate upon the earnest solicitation of many prominent citizens.
 Citizens have been quietly at work during the past few days se- lecting timber for Councilmanic honors The time is growing short to election and as there seemed to be no concerted action, various resi- dents began seeking candidates whom it is thought will be agree able to the voters. The above ticket, as announced this afternoon, is the result of individual and then col- lective persuasions
 J. J Woodland Is well known in Juneau 'and is now employed by Marshall and Newman. w. R. Barnes is the President of the Ju- neau Electric Company. T, J. Mo Caul is one of the pioneers of Ju- neau, now an automobile agent.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-26
Allies Refuse to Accept German Reply to Entente Note Demanding Payment of Twelve Billion Gold Marks
 Before May l on Pain of Further Penalties

PARIS, March 26. - The Allied Preparations Commission today re- fused to accept Germany's reply to the Allied note, sent Thursday, warning Germany that additional penalties would be inflicted unless 12.000, 1000, 900 gold marks, the bal ance on the 20,000,0 900 due, are paid on Germany's reparation debt to the Allies before May I in ac- cordance with Article 235 of the Versailles Peace Treaty
 Germany has agreed to draft an other reply but it is understood this will not be ready for submission to the Allies before next week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-26
REPORT APPROVES GRANT OF MONEY SCHOOL OF MINES.
First Appropriation Bill, For Alaska College, Recom-
 mended for Passage.
MINING STATION WANTED
House Passes Jury Bill Senate Session Brief
 5. B. No. 26 Amended

After amending the Alaska Agri- cultural College and School of Mines appropriation bill so that not in excess of $S,000 may be expended for the construction of necessary aditional buildings, the House Com mittee on Territorial Institutions this morning reported favorably on the measure, which carries a total of $41,000 for the next biennium The report was adopted and the bill placed on the regular calendar. Final action by the House l. an- ticipated early next week.
 Representative Paul J. Rickert, author of the measure believes that there will be no difficulty in get ting the measure through the Sen ate in it's regular order. Several of the Senators, it is stated. have com mented favorably on the measure and the moderate size of the appro- priation which is being sought ~ Mining Station Wanted
 House Memorial No. 8, by MT. Brown. of the Second Division, asks Secretary of Interior A. B. Fall for the establishment of mining ex- pertinent station of the Bureau of Mines similar to the one now in operation at Fairbanks and cites the work at the latter station in connection with the mining industry as an example of what Seward Pen in SIl1oi nnoHc hriyu oh fo, development of the mining industry there.
 Jury Bill Passed
 House Bill No. ,, reported en- crossed by the Committee on En- grossment and Enrolment, was read for the third time and passed, MT Murray and MT Ross voting mo-" MT. Getchell present and not vot- ing and 12 members voting "aye." 7" The bill provides for the manner of drawing juries for justice courts in incorporated cities of the first class. Mir. Ross and Mrr Murray spoke briefly against it, while MT. Cochran advocated it's passage, de- claring it to be step in the right direction. Mir. Hunter also advo. cated it's passage.
 House Proceedings
 At the request of Mir. Cochran Speaker Nerland extended the cour- tesy of the House to James L. ,Foz- ard. Speaker Nerland announced that he had received notification that franking privileges had been ex- tended to members of the House by the War Department over the
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-26
Cows Precipitate Near War Legionnaries, Farmers Row

SCOTLAND, South Dakota, March 2G-Armed fighting between 300 men. said to be members of Ameri can Legion posts, and about an equal number of Hutchinson County farmers at Kaylor. near here, was narrowly averted last night.
 Verbal hostilities, starting when the legionnaries attempted to pre- vent Hutchinson County residents from collecting cows for shipment to Germany. apparently were about to be followed by a pitched battle when the former service men drew of after they found they had less than thirty guns. whereas members of opposing forces all had rifles or shOteuns