New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1919, Page 10

fThe Teed "bone-dary”’ amendment, s alfopted Congress in on a ihited ernal Reve v v personal use wkable A moonshine outfit in action. It might aptly be captioned: “Moonshine, music and muskets” of picked f: e and sale of liquor was pro- not enjo 1 led 8 'he amendment had the the that moonshin d qu 1 2 e a ofitable ente No troo ¢ lost his monopoly ‘i - wer dra room niceties 2lorous 1 L icit “still” Competition ap- about the work of tI ing squad- s brav The peared in the lowlands. e new can- ron [ v s ase of whe 2 B 4 < Four members of a “flying squadron” that has been in action for months iduously didates admission to romance's ‘got a J ¢ N unearthing illicit stills in the South t to avoid hall ame were drawn from the forced fo employ i war % lov ¥y riminals. The negro the hill countries. When on the trail g 3 able that his bureau may be intrusted stills were found in one city, In size apter of “war entered the lists. of a “still” they had to creep throus \ A with enforcement of the law. and shape they resembled the ordinary n than is re i United States went to war. thickets, knowin ryn i : % < Prohibition leaders ts ice cream freezer. the “flying t southern State rew fifteen of o hal g ¢ . oluntecr force g It is obvious that in cities the de- get nearer the thirty-two National Guardand Na- steadsy 3 i il \ S uret o i »f tection of illicit distilling is more missioner tional Army training cam South yifle, w : o AT i A 5 rk with th ¢ lifficult than in the country, where the Porter—he Carolina, Georgia and Texas each had of a bush, tI L o - - ¢ {he su 1 distinctive odor generated by the el Porter, lLiree; 2 two, and Oklahoma, excuse fo 1 - 5 " 1o other s devised, ar endent moonshiner’s plant is most skilifully and North Car ers parted bu Fontn tirely lic timent with re- concealed. And, of course, there ia e soldiers sent to ing expect e i i G t cnfo nent. For Jacking that thin line of smoke mount- Stuart, of camps were drawn from many tion and the long ba “ & COLONEL DANIEL PORTER. U. S. A nple, of wk ¢ would be the g to the moon from the fireplace of Do less & S E suEnR GGl S rifle. The man who drew first and of the Revenue Departnient’s wmost fearless leaders in prosecution of 1 i B G il cause Oof majority, werre used to drinki It fired quickest had e e i moonshine) Z 1 ¥ in N > work of the “flying squad- r than generals in was hard to make army regulations further combat. 1If a cabir e oo lelphi licago, if T of tomorrow will not be so much en encountered greater check lination. Moonshiners objective, the raide: S ; i ey e T ‘bile dpinion did not them a-innt: the mountain paths of the in ¥ ce, and “boc multiplied exnose himselt o L S Ll RR oS B R R e js South, but in the broad thorough- It appeared impossible to restrain window or s el Seed e : ; e 3 Honier 3 aple s of the cities. Detection of illlelt expect to wear the indivi oldier, but Daniel Por- to get the dircet 1 £ th 5 T e R P S e e proc R ¥ 1 ffort g iation will not be its only fune- e that gave ter thought of attacking the trafic gation of still S i i 3 ST e ave been mai sel @ titchen tion, it 1s pointed out here, as an ington did on thov SR ¢ I alarming increase in the use of drugs to have their from the other angle. He believed the W = : = - roll of the moonshiner could be reduced to a Fights Whea Cornered of other ma Gl s () is anticipated by men familiar with o the ways of the whisky drinker. factor, if mot exterminated To understand the adventure in 1 > s worked out his plan and laid it mountain or country regions it is onlv rioonsainer re Commissioner Roper. That of- necessary to know what happencd i 2 lie ir 1 paper, not a single reporter, violated 15 compe f fourteen men the abound in Washi t «ome of Enforcing the Law force was sed later. It became L Scptember, Coionel Po e them be mbers Prohibition cannot be successtul of Con N for tho submis ypjesg Jaw is enforced, and the law sion of the I umendment. NoU - canngt he enforced if public sentl is therc any i on to discuss the miny goes not approve it. The risks i ' bovond - of the men intrusted with the enforce far removed agents of the South. He picked out of : R ment of the law cannot be overes- " nd organized them. He always fights wi nered \ g RE ) {2 ¥ vised § cnacted M ! timated. The: be forced to match called » assistant United States dis- case of } ot 1 | e S i s il 1 17 d T and skill against the canny trict attorneys, who were familiar with Atlanta c s a further sic r S 3 St At o indl 1S tH such ar s € y i A 1 reakers of the big cities. They e shinelhd , and the “flying the scope of r than , Loy % e 5 i facturers s por encounter a resourceful class squadron” was instructed in the rules 200 illicit “stills ed tha ¢ e iiinto act 3 1 to : £ . lings to the “personal liberty” idence, that thefr cases might city and about 10 [ . A Rasis = - e Srewiae 3 on of such stils without ge heory and is determined that the gov- n court. Colonel Porter divided Approximately 0.00 Al f . ) ' e ; g T nt sanction or t shall not deprive it of habits {arritory into divisions, each em- moonshine whisky and b iy AP e ] me offi ' e tobit i is o videspr year: On the purely commercial ng two States, and operatea his property used in the : 1 3 : i T b 5 for £ 10,000 ‘3 to defe poses the consti- side, the temptation to market moon- a body in one division. After ture were con 5 In s e . b S 1 amendment, < shine is apparent. Right now whisky ng squadron” ‘“cleaned up" Not long « ¢ ] ; > 4 : % y 3 S oo 4 | W I tupe is selling for $12 a quart in many + considerabio } wh a rescrve officer, was calie Ne na 1 to the colors. He hecame a major in to why the 5 Tho s o { he holds today heard - hi yin \ o bbons of previous eightec rsons. A moorshin - i x pointin moon- ficial saw its possibilities and told Col- cities and towns. The official cecords s today onel Porter to go ahead. of the Treasury Departmient show that temove from Porter went to Nashville, Tenn. He in the city of Atlanta the opsrations ion the p 8 there the cream of the revenue of the squadror Ited in the deaths merits division it moved on to another, b ter’s sguadron was 1 1 ! 1 late R it | : i u is 1t that even E States patrol was left to cover the terr was asked about ¥ with the v o o . = if the nation is o na there ST n ng in the mour Commissioner Roper cherishes no There were supervisors t 1 moonshiners and ta number of g n” was related )y su ary’ force as big as ) tains than Du g illusions about the size of the task ca the patrols. “sh 5 Heo stated that it was 3 1 prosceution of the war. Th 1 France at the signing of the armi- the month of December, 1918 involved in strict enforcement of na- Sncaker : said recently that “s the moonshiner who invariably we \ t was determined to have 1 stice will be none too large. It is illicit stills were seized by Fede tional prohibition. However, there man born wucky and reared (n sible; that he was prepared for 'my, and the necessity that the likely that the Commissioner of In gents in Chicago. This was not due can be no hesitaney in saying that Missol 7 of the devi fizht and never hesitated a moment to o e ah nue will be urged to form to prohibition, but to the mounting he is given the job he will do it thor the novelists used to admit pimscif.’ nel Torter’s men did “plug” & revenue agent iminated as a “war measure” was the organization and it is not improb- cost of whisky. More than 100 such oughly.