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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18

an apparently earnest but absurdly
Inadequate enforcement Hold force OF
100 men In 0reutor Now York Is
running around In circles trying to
copo with tho thirst. tho ingenuity
and the wealth OF q wet community
OF 100000 souls.
Police Forco ineffective.
The metropolitan police force num-
bers 10000 or $4,000 mon. but ex-
cept on intermittent raidinE occa-
sions the cooperation they render to
the Federal prohibition service Is
considered Ineffective to tho point or
noneXistence. There Is n fleet OF ten
or II dozen New York police patrol
boats that would be capable OF aid
Ing valiantly in apprehension OF
| rum runners. hut their catches arc
| described as far between.
More than 200 miles OF coast line
| in and around Greater New York re-
| uuire TO he guarded against liquor
| smuEelcrs. The force available for
| dealing with them. Federal and local,
| is so grotcsQuely insufficient that
one is stampeded Into the convic-
| ton that somewhere. somehow. there
is no genuine 100 per cent desire To
sec prohibition enforced.
One would consume endless time
| and limitless space II one attempted
| TO recount the multifarious details OF
| hootlcGEinE activity current in New
| York There is general consensus
that tn" big town is. at least for the
initiated, wide open. Nearly every
body has acQuaintanccs, and some
| times friends. who have become rich
during the last wear or two from
| Bookkeeping.
\ Wall street magnate encountered
| this week a lad who was WORKING
for him AT 500 week in 1921 Tin
n b2otlcgEcr now the youth con
tossed. not without visible prid"
and making $500 n week" Ills
Limousine at the curb certainly he
spoke so5.00O income. He told hi:
former employer that in addition I,
his own car he ran feet of trucks
OGicr buildings CnnvnaScd.
The towering Office buildings II
downtown New York arc regularl,
Canvasscd hv bootlcGGcrs agent:
who sell from a miucoGraphch pric'
list including everything from rca
beer to French champagne. The!
carry samples. which may be tested
and goods are delivered c. Q. D.. pay
mcnt tolbc made only after tho Gus
toner is satisfied they are IN Il
sample.
1t is tho smuggling fleets that rid
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18
Look far Early Warehouse Opening

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.
NEW CANTON, VA. Aug lit
is expected that ordtts viii shortly
he given to take over the New Can
ton warehouse here for the recep
tion OF leaf tobacco for the Co
operative Marketing Association.
Both W. Scott Garrett, director for
the thirticth district. and T. u. VIII
liams. general manager Of dark to-
bacco. have definitely promised The
growers receiving warehouse at
this point. ono OF the most promi .
ucnt producing points for steiumin,;
tobacco in the state This ware
hous" Will draw tobacco from large
portions Of Buckingham. FIuvanna
and Cum bertrand Counties AZ soon
as tho officials give definite instruc-
lions tho warehouse Will bn turned
over TO tho association by tho owner
here.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18
Many Arc Ncw Arrivals.

For the most part tho alien boot
logger is Il newcomer to our Euilcless
shoes. dawn hithcr by the Arabian
Night tales OF easy fortunes from
liGuor lawlcssncss. In hundreds OF
cases he makes his Illicit pile and,
caparisoncd with more ready money
than he ever saw before. sncaks
back in afiiucnce TO his native heath
before tho oVcrworked arm OF the
American law can reach him. New
York IL no inaptlv pilloricd by the
principal prohibition officer of the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18

categorical charge that tho latest
crime now laid at tho door OF high
finance" is that Some of It's captains
are operating. directly or indirectly.
in Illicit liquor Just as they always
have been accustomed to dabble In
oils, rails. coppers or other centuries
requiring capital and promising vast
| rewards.
! The bookkeeping game attracts be-
cause it's profits are quick. certain and
fabulous. 1t Is strictly Il cash bust
ness. The danger OF detection Is
counted as insignificant compared to
the financial possibilities OF the In
hus,ry. Bootleg operations within
the metropolitan area run into tons
of thousands Of dollars Il day, and
into many millions "a month
At tho present skyrockct rate there
ought soon TO be In New York as
many bootleg nillionaircs as there
are motion picture plutocrais. An
Italian fruit vendor Of yesterday Is
bootleg magnate of today. with a
$1,000. 900 estate In WcstchcStei
County. The Lower East Side. once
sordid with the trappinEs OF poverty
now rumbl.s day and night Will
high powered motorCars of the sam,
type that speed through upper Fiftr
Avenue. BooticE profits are turning
the foreign quarter Of New York into
one OF the Federal income tax divi
sion's happiest hunting grounds.
1t Is from the citys gigantic alier
population. richly supplemented h!
, the native American community o
. prof ssional cgco<s. tlr;lt the bootleg
, EinE fratorniay is overwhelmingly re
cruitcd. Scvcnty-hve per cent OF I
is believed to be foreign born. Ital
ians prcdominatc. with low-class Jew
, from Russia. Poland and Galicia
| close second.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18
land as that hotbed of un-Amor-

land as chat hotbed OF un-Amer-
icunism."
Moro nordid and far moro serious
than ocular or statistical evidence
OF the ramifications OF the Now York
bootlegginB situation Is the reason
advanced for the prevailing orgy OF
law defiance. Graft-wholesalo. ram
pant and lavish--is said by both off,
Gals and bootleggers to explain why
New. York reeks with Illicit drink
from the Battery to the Bronx. Money
is passing VIGOROUSLY and apparently
| In all directions. protection" Is
bought and sold.
The profits OF the bootlegSer are
! limited only by his overhead" In
the shape OF subsidies to men who
would otherwise be stumbling blocks.
An enforcement agent or inspector
or policeman or any other official
guardian of tho law can almost any
hour Of any day clean up" on n
bootleg transaction countless times
as much as his weekly or monthly
| wage. 'or even his annual Income. He
has to be man of iron to resist the
seductive temptations that are offer
ed.
Politics is nj once the curse OF r-o-
htbition enforcement in New York
and tho seemingly insurmOuntaisi,
obstacle. With tho exception of tht
higher ranking ofiicials-and not al
ways with those, as recent events
proved--thc enforcement service ha:
boon loaded up with men whose only
claim to their jobs was political pun
Prohibition jobs today are eagerly
sought because their possibilities
are !imitless.
Must TnIlc Men That Are Sent.
Political leaders of exalted position
are subjected to iuCcSsaut pressure
from the lowcr-downs to put Tom
Dick and Harry on tho prohibition
pay roll. Few. II any, Federal pro
hibition directors are enabled 20 SC
lcct their own enforcement STATS
, They must take the riffraff that tin
patronage controllers send them
but 1t il iillinE up the service wiu
. far too many of tho other kind.
: Thus IL has come about THAI poll
l. tics and graft have locked arms Will
ropular complacency In Greater Ncv
$ York to turn prohibition Into = joke
a To a casual observer the wonder /
. not that so few lawbrcakcrS ar
V caught The marvel is that any ar
c nabbed Mt all. There is. at any rate
e nothing mysterious in the fact tina
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18
GOTHAM 4 GUSHING OASIS
IN A PROHIBITION DESERT
While Spring CUISINES, Metropolis Cuzzles-Bounded
East by Hoo,ch West by Moonshinc. North by
Beer. South by All Three, Writer Says.

other l., hon,,,on Guns ,.a cum.
or by ;he mint or halt-pint bottle
u,,r, L. r,,,,,.,,a.
bootiesEetS IN ''re'ter NeW 'oih
arr c"""'e" III c"s ot
hun'P'"h 'ofe'he' i"'pof'c"'
c"iieu III usE's's' sa'"ohNccpc, sol,
urn" .'t''"""'e' prot ie'"ii
e,s ano 'he,r agents, M','ErS. o.r oers
On" uic"' D. pt'' hOPS anu 50 .e'S
OIL Al! rahhs' ,he 'netFopo!',ah poo,ieS
ger n''Enuo Is eSIi'''''c" 't any 'h''S
up . ,''''""' u"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18

blisufully at anchor eightoon or
twonty miles out on tho Atlantic
from which tho bulk Of Now Sork's
booze Ia coming. Figures as to tho
amount thus derived range from I'm
official suess OF 5000 to 10000 cases
say tho aggregate probably 10 nearer
$4,000.
There are always eight. ten. a
dozen or fifteen ships beyond tho
three limit and the twelve .la
customs line waiting to unload their
cargoes to bootlegger motorboats.
packets or fishing smacks from the
New York or Jersey coasts. The
smuggler squadrons are usually
three mastcd or four-masted schoon-
ers and sometimes sizable vessels
carrying as much as 10000 cases OF
spirits.
Their origin Is most commonly tho
Bahamas. tho Bcrmudas or Cubr
Spirits originating in Canada are
thought not to be reaching New York
in anything like old-timc quantities
BootlcGGcrs calculate that II thoy
can land tho contents of three out
| OF five boatloads OF stun they can
| easily afford TO lose the other two
| The potential profits are so imme.
| diate. certain and immense that they
can thus comfortably carry their
tWu insurance..
| Prohibition Nnry powcricss.
| All around Long Island. Staten Is
| land and the Narrows. in "a multi
| tude OF covcs and inlots. there arc
myriads OF possible landing places. II
! would take all the units Of the United
| States Navy to set mn an alright
control OF the smuggling operations
| in New York waters. The 'prohit( {
ton navy" and the police patrol iloct
are virtually powcrlcss to CHECK
them. even IL corruption were no.
! rampant.
Violation OF the prohibition laws
have become SO common In New Yori
that there mas grown up what i
known as the liquor bar" "a grouI
OF lawyers who now specialize In de
| tending liquor cases. Some of thu
most cmiucn: criminal lawyers IL
the city give tho hulk OF their time
To that work. Tho Income ~ OH,
OF these lawyers last year IS cs;i
mated TO have been between $4,000
and Si.oOO.o00. All important liquo
violation cases now eventual.
reach these specialists.
One Of the most promincn, OF then
is George l.. Donucllan, who recent
Is formed a partnership with Charlie
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18

| either IN bouiliou cups. tea cups
| or hy :he mint or halt-pint bottle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18

Downright 1922 by The Newspaper Syndicate.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-18

tThie Is the NTH Of n aSuics
~ articles which picture coodt-
tons which the bootlcgging in
dustry has brought upon the
Country.-Editor's note
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
MIRACLE MAN.
SCHLATTER DIES
His Wife Says Aged Healer
Was the Victim Of
Foul Play
ST. LOUIS POLICE
SEEKING NURSE
Death Certificate Withheld
Till Coroner's Jury
Reports

ST. Louis, Mo. Oct ls,--A women said
to have been in attendance at the
death Of Francis Schlatter, who became
nationally known quarter Of a
century ago through his claim of power
to heal. was sought to-day by police,
and q coroner's inquest was ordered to
determine whether mystery was in
volyed or hemorrhage induced by
pneumonia was responsible for death.
Schlatter died in rooming house here
Monday night The woman told a
physician she was the aged healer's
nurse and that she was leaving to Wis
it a spiritualist in St. Louis county.
Mrs. Agnes Schlatter, lecturer for
church publication, came here from
Kansas City, Mo-, last night and de-
clared she believed her husband had
met with foul play.
A death certificate was withheld
until the coroner's jury could determine
cause of death.
Schlatter is said to have attracted
wide attention by "curesp at Denver,
Colo, in 1895 and became known as
miracle man. and king Of healers"
Once he was given national publicity as
the man who cured Mrs. Mckinley,
mother of President Mckinley.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
PRAYING COLONIES
Start FOR CAMBRIDGE
Squad of IS Players Unframed at Dan
vile, KY, This Morn

Danville, KY, Oct. ls.The Praying
Colonels Of, Centre college entrained
here early to-day for their trip to the
Harvard stadium, where next Satur-
day, the third annual Harvard Centre
football game will be played Twenty
five players, Coaches Moran and Bond,
DR.. c. e. Allen, faculty representatives.
and Student Manager Bergman made
up the party
Coach Moran's schedule called for
arrival of the party at Boston Thurs
day noon, practice by the squad on
Thursday afterrNo. at the stadium or
Braves field, and the final workout in
the stadium Friday morning.
Players selected to make the trip
were Roberts Captain, Gregor, Cow
ington, Lemon, Bartlett, Hudgins,
Tanner, Green, snowday, johnson Lig-
gett, Hunter, Thomson, Kimball, Ru-
barts, Wood, Kubale, Lynch. G. Jones,
G. Jones, Cecil, Coombs, Rowland, Cor
dy and Shadoan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead OF
taking tonics, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause of the ailment -clogged liver
and disordered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in a soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per-
forming their natural functions, away
goes indigestion and stomach troubles.
Have you bad taste, coated tongue.
poor appetite, lazy. don't-care feeling,
no ambition or energy, trouble with
undigested foods? Take Olive Tablets
the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You viii know them by their
olive color. They do the work without
gripping. cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief. Eat what you like. l5c and 30c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
SOUTH RANDOLPH

perlev GRAY visited here last week
having finished work for Everett Cor
win in Tunbridge. He is working nov
for Iva Rogers in East Randolph.
Everett Smith has finished the las
block Job and is in Goshen as teamstel
for the same company on lumber
job.
Mrs. George Howard and little sor
| arrived home last week
| II. H. Stearns of South Royalton
agent for Chamberlin n Burnham, has
sold the farm he purchased of Mrs, Du-
charme to Mr. Packard of Rutland
They have taken possession.
olan Vaughn Of Lowell. Mass, and
| friend and Mr.. Roys Of Boston were al
Il. D. Camps last week.
Most every family here attended the
fair at Tunbridge and report fine
time, the best ever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Peck and Miss
Nellie Billings were at }. G Billings
the first Of the week. Miss Nellie win
remain for while with friends here.
Ira kenney and family from Keene,
N. H., visited his sister, Mrs. Jennie
Judd, last week.
George Hyde and r, s Hall each lost
valuable dog last week. Hyde's was
run over by an automobile near the j..
&c. Greene farm and Halls dog was shot
by someone.
Parties were here from Connecticut
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
GLASS OF SALTS
CLEARS KIDNEYS
If Your Back Hurts OF Bladder Both
ers You, Drink Lots of
Water.

When your kidneys hurt and youl
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract
Keep your kidneys clean like You keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
with mild, harmless salts which helps
to remove the body's urinous waste
and stimulate them to their normal
activity, The function OF the kidneys
is to filter the blood In "a hours they
strain from it 500 grains Of acid and
waste, so we can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharma-
cist about four ounces Of Jad Salts;
take tablespoonful in glass of water
before breakfast each morning for a
few days and your kidneys may then
act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid Of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia. and has
been used for generations to clean and
stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neu-
tralize the acids in urine SO it i no
longer source Of irritation, thus often
ending bladder weakness
lad Salts is inexpensive;' cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescept
lithia water drink, which everyone
should take now and then to help keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this; also keep up the water drink
ing, and no doubt you win wonder what
became Of your kidney trouble and
backache. adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
M4RSHFIELD BUTTER
MAKER HIGHEST
C. M. LilIey Had Final Score Of o4.6o
in the September
Contest.

The educational butter scoring fol
this month was held Thursday, Sept
IS. at the Marshfeld creamery. The us
ual number of entries were made and
about fifty from number of different
plants attended the scoring. Mr.. Lilley,
the manager, arranged to have a gem
erous dinner served TO everyone and all
felt that they spent profitable and en-
ioyable day
The entries as whole were quite
uniform, much more so then when these
regular monthly scorings were started.
The improvement in workmanship has
been very noticeable. However, mum
Der Of makers are still inclined to stop
working too soon or at too high a tenn
peraturc leaving the butter slightly
leaky and sometimes notified. If the
quality of cream had improved as much
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
NEW SWIMMING RECORDS.
Were Made at Honolulu Last Night in
Trials.

Honolulu, Oct. is tBy the Associ-
ated Press More worlds record were
smashed here last night, the second Of
the swimming trials in the 0utrigger
club tank
Warren Kealoha broke his own rec
ord for the 100 metre backstroke by
swimming it in one minute, y 3-5 sec
onds. His former record was l:l4
Switha Shaud of New Zealand
swan the 440-yard free style in six
minutes Ia 2-5 seconds, thus lettering
Sybil Bauer's record of 6:l6.
Mariechen Wehselau made new
American record when she swan so
yards free Style in 2S As seconds.
The previous record was 20 fiat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
VERMONT TEAM CRIPPLED.
In Far from Good Shape to Meet Dart
mouth Saturday.

Burlington, Oct. 1s.-Coach Tom
Ready Of the University of Vermont
football team is getting his men in
shape for the hardest game which
Vermont has on its schedule this year,
that with Dartmouth at Hanover next
Saturday. Coach Ready is not at all
satisfied with the lineup as he had it
last Saturday when Boston university
was defeated by a lone touchdown.
The Green and Gold grid mentor will
probably make several shifts in the
personnel of the eleven this week, al
though 1t is hard to say just what
these will be.
On the varsity lineup in practice
the first three DAYS of this week. Hor-
rigan and Ed Johnson. the latter who
was shifted from center last week,
have both been tried out for one of the
end berths, while Eastburn and 0'Con--
nell are being tried at the other wing
Which of these four men viii start
the game Saturday is not known, al
though it is likely that Horrigan and
Eastburn win be the pair. Injuries
of more or less serious nature have
developed this week which makes it
all the more difficult to form any esti-
nation of Saturdays lineup.
Captain "Swede" johnson is not at
all likely to take care Of his old po-
sition at fullback, as he has not en-
tirely recovered from an injured knee
which he received in the Springfield
contest two weeks ago. Several Of
the regular linesmen are out, although
Coach Ready seems TO be well
stocked with line material. IN the
backfeld, il appears that Coach
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
NORTH MONTPELIER

Mrs. Ralph st. cyr is working in
the Little Wooden mill Office.
Paul Lyford has blood poisoning in
his hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Templeton are
visiting their son, Cary Templeton,
in Franklin, n. H.. this week.
DIR. and Mrs. Moves have returned
70 their home in Washington, d. c.,
after visiting at Mrs. c. P. Spauld
ing's and other relatives in the vicin-
lify.
Frank Colson Of Waterbury was a
Sunday visitor in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Foss Of North
Hyde Park were the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Emery Sunday.
Miss Elsie Clark Is visiting Jane
and Abbie Clark in Plainfield.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Btzzell Of White
River junction were weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Little.
Ii was reported last week that
Charles Ainsworth had finished work
for Miss Hattie Siblev, but he has not.
Frank Bentley Of Claremont. \. H..
called on friends here Sunday.
Edith Little and friend, Dorothy
Carter. were at Miss Titles. home
over the week end from L. V. NJ.
Warner Ball Of Nashua. y. H.. Wis
tied his sister. Mrs Russell Collins.
last week.
Dorothea Ainsworth Of South Wood
bury was the guest Of Sylvia Daley
last week.
AIR and Mrs.. Elwin Daley Of North
Calais werr az Perley Fifeld's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Laplant and
daughter Of Wolcott we're Sunday vis-
ifors az John Emcry's
Mrs. Frances Byron visited her sis-
ter, Mrs. Thomas Iawless. Of Barre
SATURDAY.
Mrs. George Kelion and Ruth KEEL
ton went to Boston and vicinity on
THURSDAY fer q visit with relatiyes
and friends
Mrs John Walker j. keeping
house for George KFiton while his wife
and daugkfer are sway.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
BOSTON MARKET REPORTS.
Jobbing Prices on Butter, Cheese and
Eggs Are Unchanged.

Boston, Oct. Is. NO changes in local
iobbing prices on butter cheese and eggs
were made by the trade. The prices fol
low:
Butter--Northern creamery, in tubs
46is @47c; in boxes 46H @49Ac; in
prints 1870 4o1sc; Western creamery,
in tubs, fancy 45@451ac, good to choice
43m44c, fair to good 40@42c.
Cheese New York twins, fancy 26@
R61sc pound, fair to good h@25c;
young America, 26@27.
Eggs Hennery, 74a75c dozen;
Eastern, choice 60@70c; Western, ex-
tras $50 64c, prime frsts 52@ 55c, firsts
47@5Oc; storage, extras 36@3sc; firsts
32@35c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18
JOHN N. COLE
| DIED TO-DAY
| Was Massachusetts, Com
missioner Of Public
Works
FORMER SPEAKER
OF STATE HOUSE
Mr.. Cole Had Been Patient
in Boston a Few
Days

Boston, Oct. Estate Commissioner
of Public Works John NJ Cole died
here to-day after short illness.
He had been patient in hospital
here for several days and hope was
held out for his recovery until yester-
day when his condition grew worse.
Members of his family were present
at his bedside when the end came at
six o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Cole, who was born in Andover
in 1860, had been manager and treas
urer Of the ndover Townsman,
weekly paper, since 1887 and at one
time was publisher of the Lawrence
Telegram. He was speaker Of the state
House of Representatives for three
years and was chairman Of the state
commission on waterways and public
lands for three years before assuming
his post as commissioner of public
works in 1920
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18

Monday looking over the J. G. Greene
farm with intentions to purchase II for
home.
Mrs. j. c. Wells is considered more
comfortable but not able to sit up.
People here are digging and eating
dandelions greens, tender and with as
good flavor as when dug in April or
May.
T.. d. Camp raised the champion beet
of the blood turnip variety that bal
anccd the scales at nine pounds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-18

To British Proposal for Moratorium
for Germany.

Paris, Oct. II tBy the Associated
Press The French reply to the plar
recently placed before the repararions
commission by Sir John Bradbury fol-
Great Britain, proposing in effect, a
five year moratorium for Germany, will
be presented to the PREPARATIONS com
mission next Saturday and is expected
to make it essential that the proposed
conference at Brussels on PREPARATIONS
and inter allied debts shall be held