Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 1, 1920, Page 2

IQUOR. FLOWS " AGROSS BORDER. Northern Section of Maine Being " Flooded - With Whisky From Canada. LAWFUL SEZURES ARE FEW | Lomes Across' Line in ‘All Forms Into State Which Was Pioneer in “Dry” . }-|* Laws+-Many Ways of Fool-. ing the Sleuths.”’ ".Bangor, Me.—The rate at which Ca- nadian and Scotch whiskies are flowing | over the northern.border into Maine proves that enforcement of the federal prohibition law hasn’t got into its stride as yet, for never in all the his- tory of theoretical droughts have oases " ‘been greener, more numerous or closer together in this pioneer dry state than right now, when there is more law than ever before, twice as many “enfoxcers” and increased penalties. . Trainnten who come down say that whisky of all grades and oceans of ‘pure grain alcohol are flowing over the border at a hundred places, #nd that at four principal points the alcoholic in- vasion amounts to a flaod. These four " points are Van Buren, opposite :the *Wew Brunswick town of St. Leonards, on the St. John river ; Fort Kent, which has easy access to the Canadian village of Clare via a suspension-footbridge; Fort Fairfield, which is but nine miles distant from the New Brunswick town iof Andover, and Houlton, which is a ‘near neighbor of the provincial town of ‘Woodstock. i Only Occasional Seizures. Occasionally the, revenue officers seize a wagon or sled load of whisky coming over the international bridge from St. Leonards or over the. ice at *gome more obscure iocnllty, ut noth- “ing is sald about the great number of r“pooze” chariots that get by the gov- ernment’s lookouts and which keep the ispeakeasies of Aroostook or the bar- ;rooms of Bangor supplied: Also, the St. John river being frozen good and asold for its entire length, men and “teams can cross anywhere in the river’s *100-mile stretch along the horder, so" *that, as the revenue men themselves jadmit, a standing army with sentinels’ severy fifty feet would be required to fshut out the flood. , There is so_much more money to be amade in bringing in “booze,” .even a few bottles at a time, that. hundreds of woodsmen have quit swamping roads and chopping trees for the rum-running business, and ninety-nine’ In 100 of them, knowing the country thoroughly, get by with their goods. » - b . Price of Canadian Whisky. * Canadian whiskies that can be hought at $3 a “short quart” on the New Brunstwick side of the line sell.in Aroostook county at and in "Bangor _.at $8, while genuine Scotch i« $4 in New Brunswick, $8 in Aroostook and $12 to $13 in. Bangor. Pure grain aleb- hol, to be had in New Brunswick at $4 a quart, is “split” with water on_thiz kide of the line, so that every quart yields about $16. With the addition of a little prune juice and burnt sugar, this alcoliol ix tinnsformed,into “Amer- jean rye)” supposed to’ have been brought in from Boston or New York “before the lid went on.” Wi n;)'e-r the outcome of the war on 1“hooze."! the enforcement of the daw will be hardest in Maine, both on ac- count of the state being cheek by jowl with "Canada and on account of the seventy years' experience that the peo- ple here have hadin devising witys and theans of fooling the sleuths, REGENERATE' NORTH FRANCE Large Sums Have Been Advanced to Restore Industries and Agri- culture. Lille.—Deiceptible progress toward the regeneration of northern France is xhown in reports just made public hiere.. From Ieb. 1 to Dec. 1, 1919, 1,250,000,000 franes were advanced to manufacturers, and nearly. 2,000,000, 000 francs whre paid as compensation for war damages. Seed costing ‘18,- 500,000 frs wmd fertilizers worth 22,000,000 fr were hought for farmers, who in addition received 18, 000 hiead of horses. % ' ~ & Lighthouse Keeper i Usés_ Motorcy/cle A QT South Norwalk, Conn.—Per- forming a feat without prece- dent in government annals here, Capt. Richard G. Hendricks, su- pervisor of United States lights in this portion of Long Island sound, has -been gking his rounds for the last, few days on his ‘motorcycle, taking a' supply of oil in the. side car. The ice has been so thick that he could not get to them with a boat, nor could he, on foot, car- ry a sumgient supply -of oil. It is the first time in this state that a motorcycle has been used for'such a purpose. ° 3 ‘ Tabbies in Fine Fix. © “7Toledo, O.—The advertisement of & local cogpany for black-cat skips at | 50 cents each has caused a reduction in the visible and audible supply. Pet owners -have appealed to the police for feline protection. \ Q& . ) \ " SWEET, OF THE NEW' YORK ASSEMBLY Thaddeus C. Sweet, spefker of the New York assembly and the man. responsible for the suspension. and “trial”; of the five Socialist members, entered a long defense of his attitude at a New York eity publi¢' banquet. M Sweet not ‘only’ condemned ““the Socialists and defended the action | of the_assembly, but.he referved to . the action of -Charles. E, Hughes in I ' the .early stages of the case: as “hasty. and' illadvised.” He sajd. there was | no room in this country for “traitors” and .#hat he could find ‘no ‘difference Between the Socialist party and the Communist party, and referred to the Socialists as “these five undesirables.” He also contended that, the proceed- ings ‘at ‘Albany had beeh misrepre- . sented to the people. Speaker Sweet | in part said: “I have always held to the belief that the time to smash a riot. is at 3 its inception. ~Americans have always | done themselves great harm through their leniency. It is a national failing. | “There has come a time when these splendid qualifications can no longer 1 be permitted to form a part of a mational program in dealing with: our ene- _mies. Support of \this understanding is found in the.action of the assembly of thisystate whose position a few weeks ‘ago, in joint party.declaration, resulted in the suspension of five assemblymen, members of the. Sociallstic } party, accused of acts as individuals and:{n conjunction with their organiza- tion which were. felt, to be Inimical to -the best interests of the state and federal government.” : ’ ; 'in‘the oil'business. - It is the.guest for ideparture OKLAHOMAN STARTS - . SEARCH OF SOUTH _ AMERICA'S FOR OIL Ponca. City Millionaire Qil Pro- ‘ducer-Secks Treasure ©' ~ of Petroleum i P (United Press Correspondent) . Tampico, Yexico, Feb. 15. (By Mail.)—Romance and .big -business need, not be strangers. - -+ o] And there has always been rnm\(nce hidden treasure—backed oy.-the be- lief that”America must’ explore the four ends ‘of the world if she is to maintain her position in the inmt national struggle for that treasu thdt ‘explains the ocean eruise of E; W. Marland, million oil producer of Ponca City; Okla., and-Pitt#burgh, Pa., Wead’ of the ‘Marland Refining Company and other interests, Petroleum is ‘the hidden treasure that prompted the voyage. of . the steam yacht\f"fOneida.” Traveling on his own. private yacht, ‘Marland and several of his associates lifted anchor here this. week bound for the tropical waters-of Latin America. Before his from. Tampico, - Marland had spent a month in Mexico, inves- tigating the oil resources of this country with a view of entering the field. -, : Yo - The “Oneida’ will first call at Panama, where - Marland . will take abroadvfour geologists of his organi- zation. These men, headed by F. P: (‘Spit’)Geyer, 'fermer star fullback on the University of Oklahoma eleven HOTEL LADEN WITH SPOILS OF WAR f Chinaman Who Worked With Allied Forces In France a Wonderful Sight. When He Returns. Pick and spade heroes of the Chi- nese republic, who soldiered so hard in France for an allied victory, are re- turning to the homeland with the choice pieckings of the salvage pile’s of Europe on their backs. The Home Sector gives this picture of the re- turning coolie sports: “There are two obvious signs which make it plain that greaf. things are sflrrlug in these hitherto unstifred parts. One of them literally smites the eye as soon as the returned warrior steps down the gang- plank of the coolie transport at Tsing- tau or Shanghgi. Dizzily arrayed in the sartorial pickings of all the earth, they are a fearsome wonder to behold. American overseas caps and Scottish kilts, French shoes, swagger sticks, a cyusseur hat set rakishly on.the ear atd a bird cage in hand in the mdn- ner of the natide teahouse, sometimes \even a’ Sam. Brown belt—it is a wild cubist melange of the costumery and nlppurtenances of all the world and .all times. . “The Httle children'run before them- in terror, the aged resign themselves to the coming of the long-forboded evil spirits wreaking vengeance for the joss stick left to go out before the village god.” Making Study of Genetics. | In order to learn more about inher- Itance In cattle and other animals, in- formation’ 18 wanted by L. J. Cole, of the genetics department of the ‘Wis- consin college of agriculture, about the similarity of the duplicate parts of. double ‘monsters, such as double- " headed calves, or calves with one head and two-bodies. This will help in a study of twinning and other related | phetiomena. This Infdrmation can best be ob- tained, says e Cole, from specimens wlflj white markings, where a.compar- ison can be made of the extent and slmpe]bf the two parts. These freaks |, are often mounted or preserved and the ‘genetics department would appre- ciite information as to where photo- graphs or sketches can be obtained. This material will help toward an un- dvrsta‘dlng of some problems in !n- heritance in cattle and other animals. Out to Pasture. wGive you $10 for. this old auto, colonel.” y “It 13 not for sale.” “But this junk is merely clutteriyg 7;) the yard.” L “Out of my sight. 1 used to turn a faithful alil horse out to pasture.” Why should i think less: of my faithful oud - ? 3 DVANCED methods ‘aTe used by us upon all | occasions. We have [ all that a modern science has to offer in the knowledge and equipment. | -companies, works. out at’ something {who served on Pershing’s staff and » |have spent. the past ‘several weeks ———— |searching. Central American regions g for evidences of oil formations. From WHY SIGN BEFORE YOU-READ? |Panama the yacht will steam 'to \ > o —_— - |Caracas, Venezuela, where a couple Too Many Seem Pleased to:Alix Th’cir of weeks will be §pent .in ‘exploring‘ Signatures to Anything Put the Lake, Maracaibo district.” The Before Them. next call=—with~eil still the o-jective s __will be at Colombian ports, and e : further. time will ‘be spent in a tour va‘;g.g-; AI::IOD T.' Wright said at a |of jpvest?gation up the Oronoco river. | ) anquet ,in Cincinnatiz'| After inspecting the oil resources Sign. bere, please”’ Gentlemeh,. it's |of Vehezuela and Colombia, .ae expe- astonishing how, these three simple 'dition will return northward, pass words hypnotize thousands of people, | Westward through the Panama. Canal causing them to affix their signatures |{and resume its hunt for the earths to contracts and agreements that they riches in Salva.do_r and Nicaragua. will repent-all their liyes. Lgaving th.e tropics, the ‘Omeida” weg signed the paper without read- will carry -its owper up the west ing it 4 witness said to me one.day. | °25¢ of .Mexico. " - ‘Mr. Blank told me what its contents Marland has deep faith in the oil were and I, naturally, thought that I possibilities of the Mexican states ot could trust him.’ Sonora and Sinoloa—faith so deep “'Yes, said I, ‘but you should have | that in these states hé-plans to estab- remember lish two or three geology camps, com- etnbered.haf, when o, personcasks prising about 200 men, of whom 2» yon t? slg‘l{: something he, forhis part, or 50 will be expert geologists. Here doesn’t trust your word—he Insists on | . a5ce and adventure again appear having it In black and white. Well, upon’ the screen, for.in'Sonora the then, why should you take his word {phunt for petroleum will b¢ made par- when he won’t take yours?'” _ Itially in country that is infested with : = i bands ‘of 'Yaqui-Indians, one of the What _the Sun Gives ‘Us. wildest and_fiercest ng_htingulfndialn * “Th fribes alive today. Lower ‘California 6-cost:of IIght per ounce: Has & may also be included within: the zone. 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