The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-17
FEAR ENFORCES LAWS
CHASTITY Toll of False-Label
Shots" Makes "Teetotalers"
of Many "Old Soaks"
MEAN STUFF SOLD AS GIN
Alcohol, Stolen From Medical
College Vat, Peddled as
Good Drinkin' Liquor
by RoscuM n. TlMMoNs.

Worlds Washington Correspondent,
WASHINGTUN, sept. g. Moral
breakdown, responsibility physical
decay. and even lasting insanity
where death does not ensue from use
Of poisonous compounds sold under
Guise of once popular alcoholic
drinks, are reducing the number OF
those whose Indulgence has hitherto
kept the ranks OF bootleggers flour
ishng, since Uncle Sam put a stop
to use OF whisky for beverage use.
Amateurs Laying or Too.
Even amateur drinkers, who In a
spirit Of bravado aud smart-aleck-
ness. kept the bootlegging business
flourishing long after "old soaks'
had learned to become law
abiding volsteadians. are beginning
90 shy away from the available prod
uOts, since their nature and deadli-
ness are becoming known. via the
Coroner's inquest, and registration
lists OF hospitals and jails.
This is not only alleged by agents
of the prohibition upit, but evidence
of its truth is offered in the daily
reports OF state directors and field
agents.
The claim IS not advanced that H.
Holt dealing in intoxicating liduor
has ceased altogether. or has reached
even the vanishing point, but eVi-
dence Is offered which tends to SHOW
that only the irresponsible, weak
willed and careless ore any longer
being victimized: and because of this
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
thinks the hoped-for end or pracu-
cal prohibition has been reached.
"Tndcrtakirg Fluid" IN Fact.
THE recent drive Of government
agents against moonshiners has been
doubly effective, II Is said, because
OF the educational campaign which
has been carried - In connection
herewith. II was shown, for eN-
annie, that tho noonshine on the
market was unwholesome from every
viewpoint: that it was .unclcan ana
even poisonous. Pronerly fcrme' ca
corn and rye was found to be MADE
IN siC Cbles whore otfal, ana even
dead carcaesas OF animals ahounded
Also II was found that the villainois
taste of raw liquor was an easy
cloak for wOrse compounds made o'
alcohol extracted from rubh'nf
compounds and OF wood alcohol
favored with crcosote. There wa
one case reported In which aicoho
taken from watts OF medical colleEe'
whore bodies had been "pickled' foi
dissection. had been stolen and solc
Tor drinking,
A
lowing estigatious IN Ohio, In
diana and Michigan, II was tounr
that the principal outlet for doctoref
rubbing compounds had been unde
guise of Canadian rye, Scotch am
gin. though into tho latter mucn urui
rarv wood alcohol and denature'
alcohol found its wav, because an
foreign or urpalatahle taste wa
covered in blending and tavorln'
mi. IL rrfN
ready eale because II W. I9nE
drink" and because Of The ccse o
mixing II with innocent soft drink
Of any sort or compound.
After a personal survey or IN
middle wcs'ern states where lhN
violation had been particularly rlt'
Prohibition Commissioners Favne
says he is convinced the stna''o
Is clearing and that the heat on
forcement agent is the gond sense
the peonle them selves,
poono"gera Convinced.
"'The bootleg element is convince
that the government is In earne'
Rni that flaornnt violation of la-
will not he tolerated" said Hayne
on hia return "I am particular
grati'ied at conditions In Chicag'
There IL scarcely any real li3u'
available. ard the product BEN
peddlcd is ~ such character lHi
even those. hereto fore unntrnid, no
dread 10 drink II, 7 learned 'h'
there has heen an alarming rate
deaths in Chicago and elsewhere :
reported by physicians, caused =
llpuor rcd!stilled from so-oa1'
BODY runs and put up favored
gin Scotch or other recognize
hipher-power beverage.
TN experienced operators IN 2
tennis - withdraw poisonous u
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