The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 17, 1922, Page 2

her Atherican Homes Burcau: for Netter American Homen” SALE: HEATERS— ~—-heaters—real good heaters—exactly as pictured— that will give absolute satisfaction and many years of service—at greatly reduced prices. Your choice for only $1— down—pay the bal- ance in small weekly or month- ly payments. $3950 has heavy cast iron fire box and extra large grate space. Hot blast linings. Nickel trimmed. Height to top of urn 48 in.; width of body 1344 in.; diameter fire pot inside 21 in.; floor space 21x26 in. “Caution” Industry in Seattle, BY JOHN that trembling. He doesn't. sametimes. hibition, modest. One thing I know “joints” Seattle in the Whe bottle-bootleggers jake into consideration you realize that it isn't so hasard ous, after all j 1, for instance, have never been arrested—and never expect to be. And there are hundreds more lke me in town, In fact, | T'think I" may say. that the average bootleggers In Seattle has never been in custody. “How do we get away with it?” te the Inevitable question. Well, there's just one answer —caution. You know the old warntng— “It you can’t be good, be care ful” Obviously we “can't be good” — otherwise wo woukin't be engaged in the bootlegging business, But we are careful— and so we aren't all gray-haired, The biggest item mn our caution te the selection of our oustomers—and it's also the biggest hazard; because, no matter how careful one is, it's always possible to make a mistake and sell « bettie to the wrong man. | —very attractive de- sign. Patented draft bakes and cokes the coal and burns the gas. Nickel trimmed, as pictured. Height to top of urn 52 in.; width of body 16 in.; floor space As we can. The retail bootlegger has his “list” INDIGESTION 1! STOMACH UPSET, ATE. T00 MUCH Instantly! Stop Gas, Sourness, Heartburn, Stomach Misery —large swing feed cover permits using large chunks of wood. Heavy blue steel body, nickel trimmed. Height to top of urn 41 in.; width 22 in.; diam- eter of fire pot in- side 18 in.; floor space 18x24 in. “TACOMA Chew a few pleasant, harmless tab. lote of “Fape'a Diapepsin” and your distressed stomach will feel fine once. Correct your digestion and ease your stomach for a few cents. Don't let your stomach keep you miserable! Druggists recommend Advertisement the men yesterday, upon motien by W. W. Cases Are _| ‘Pe men ve Dropped by Court} ‘The indicted were: Thomas Nich- MONTESANO, Oct. ome lecn Matt Reco, Gust Valtlakis, that I. W. W. literature introduced | Fred Miller, Jack Conners, Gust (RB evidence by Prosecuting Attor-| Tsoostes, Vaino Aho, Ernest Erick- Rey George Acret, in the trial here|son, Richard Skoglund, Alex Ajaul- ‘of 14 admitted members and alleged | ka, Salomon Anoinen, John John- organizers of the I. W. W., was|%% 4nd Claude McAlpine, Published before the men became! yonpon.—Col. Sir Arthur David _L W. W., Judge George D. Abel | son, K, C. B., 65, Boer war veteran, Giamiased the state's case against | dies here. be JUN HM, vUGH GRADUAT: OPTOMETRIST ition Ly as pertect nd yenee "ed coperin — mee can Don’t Experiment with your Baby’s Food ORDEN’S EagleBrandMilk Eagle Brand 1s not « “pre- Gi -00 ) is the standard infant food. pared food et all. It fe milb— asses $5 ee tent, comin methcr, Singeneer enero |/GLOBE OPTICAL CO, mothers pure sugar. It cen be pur- ha found thet Mont a chased wherever you are. 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(Editor's Note: This ts the sixth of o series of articles on the bootlegging Tt ts not » fanciful eb ey Faq] pia (As Related to Robert Bastien Bermann) I have, in earlier articles, dealt at some length element of risk in the bootlegging business. tirely proper, because, as in any other form of law reaking, risk is no smal] item. The reader should not think, however, the bootlegger goes about To wome that statement sounds, “highest” far-fetched, no doubt, but I am con-|harder to get your name onto that vinced that it ts, if anything, too/list than it ts to break into @ Diack there] Bay aro more than five times as many|bottie of whisky from me, and in} not as there were saloons/aily vouched for by an old eur | the enormous extent of the business, apparently perfect recomr THE SEATTLE STAR statement as made to a reporter for The Star by one of the principal! “retailers” in Seattle, The reader must bear in mind that It ts the story of careful estimate of tne value of the the bootlegger, told from his own viewpoint, and that The Star does not in| phone any way subscribe to many of his views) eee DOE, M. D. much of one as many men in lawful occupations, Lots ef bootleggers are arrested—a dozen in a single day, } tor yo) But this is due to the tremendous number in |tercsts in the event that he ix ar the business more than to the high degree of risk. It is impossible, of course, to make up an accurate census, but, in my opinion, it would be conservative to estimate that | who can realy deliver there are twice as many men in the bootlegging business | « today as there were in the saloon business here before pro- of recommendations, t's cub, No man can get & if he'w my list, unless he is person tomer in good standing And even if he comes t me with ndations I don’t sell to him until I have made @ personal investigation For instance, ag te frequently the case, I may get a card, something Uke this: “This will introduce Mr. John Blank, who's ©, K. Treat him right.” It will be signed by one of my best cliente. You might think that I'd sell him anything he wanted on the strength of that—but 1 don't. He can’t do any business with me until I've gone to the phous, called up the man whe vouched for him and assured myself that everything was all right—be- cause, in tho first place, the card might be @ forgery, aed, secondly, it might have fallen into the hands ef someone other than the man to whem it was originally issued. Some bootieggere—the “Joints,” tn particular—aren't as careful abour this ax Tam, But it's pretty safe | But we guard againgt this as weil/t© bet that all of them spend 8/to take action in self defense period each year in the hoosegow. The good, conservative ‘bootie —and, unless you have tho very) #*F ls a wholes lot more chary about | atti, which has been fumous—or in. | accepting a new customer than the avernge department store ts about extending credit. PW ng Ace yf em gyn Be vn y followed, makes it almost im- pone for a bootlegger to sali Uquor te officers or s#toolpigeons, Pa ene o ae lerease of the Pacific Telephon’ | Telegraph company, |eounsel's office Tuesday forwarded elves ti @ith the! the standard protection This was en- | boot! Prepare Evidence for Phone Baitle Requesting the department of pub Ye utilities to gather evidence to support the city of Seattle's caso againet the proposed phone rate in- | nd the corporation & formal complaint to the state de- partment ef public works at Olym-| City experts who have made company’s Seattle annots, will report to representatives of the corporation counsel's and pablic uUlities beensehd ‘Tuesday, -| utmost caution and pays rate, the oti) runs a certain risk, he must make adequate for wh revisions fo all really sound bootleggers in constant fear and |have @ friend in court—which costs He runs a risk—but not nearly aa|4 h'tle romething more ie “friend” ts uw i a mont ally « lawyer, y retaining fea, the bootlegger’s tn- afte rested. © for ball and so on. This retaining fee is regulated by the Ability of the lawyer—and the beye| arrang: the goods! charge pretty high In other instances, the “friend” is an influential politician, who can usually be depended on to “fix” the arresting officer or else diwpose of the case with only « fine. The politician is more valu able than the beat lawyer—and, better still, he rarely takes his fee in the form of either money or Hquor, The bootlegger, you see, If he has a good business, is usually just as influential po- litieally on the old-fashioned bar. tender was—and, In exchange for the politician's services, he agrees to try to deliver a certain vote to any designated candidate when required. In fustiog to the various lawen forcement officers, 1 should aay that, ance they have accepted protection Money, ft le very rare thet they vio. | Inte the trust that the bootlegger hus | confided tn them. When they do @oublecrose ts 35c""Danderine”’Saves Your | well, there ian't much thet we can do, but they usually don’t last any long er than the “knockover kings” do. You see, it's not only bad for the bootlonger tat they've betrayed. but tt hearts business for thetr brother of: flcere am, naturally, it's harder to get Protection money if a lot of bootleg. fore get pinched after they've “fixed” things. As a rule, tho, it's the hootlerser’s own fault if he's arrested by a man who's supposed to protect him. It's umually @ cane of the bootlegger talk ing too much and forcing the officer For instance, I remember the re cont case of a certain “Joint” tn fe- | famoue—tor tte open manner ot} operation. Practically anyone was! Admitted to this establishment, with. | out the slightest sign of credentials, and ite character was made apparent & DdDlock away by the loud singing so talking that went on night and hile making e| Obvioudty ft was hot by any mere copper on the beat, gone the greatest dither, because an ordinary patro} the cache ts located ie invartably “fixed.” Fifty dollars a month ia| #@rtly had the proprietress get out the usual amount paid for this king| Of Jal! before it was raided again of protection If it's handed out tn wo then again and Again, TOF) with « bottle of delightful Danderine. the form of cash—two bottien « week, if wet payments are made. Of ‘course, this {9 the amount|°D@"* began to get a little wor paid only by hottieretatiern. Other| Tt. Ve knew that this woman |classes of hootieggers—the “joints|™Wt have been paying five or): and the wholesalere—have to pay & lot more. Possibly I have done an tn Justice to the Seattle police force in this connection. In Justice to the force, I should say that there may be some Patrolmen In town who can't be fixed. But, If there are, i've never had the pleasure of meet ing them—and I can sey with assurance that none of them are pounding beats in bootleg: sing districts, As for the prevalence of this pro- tection aystem, I may say there te one beat in Seattle—the bootleggers’ “ourb exchange"—-which is worth several thousand dollars a month to the patroimen who have it. Al policeman who is lucky enough to be| assigned to this district can easily clean up in a couple of weeks as |much as his eclty pay amounts to in @ year—so ts it any wonder that he falls? Thin high cost of protection has brought about one rather amusing situation. When a patrolman on such @ lucrative beat ts mhifted else. where—on the commendable theory that such changes make it Imponsl- |ble for the officers to be “fixed” jhe goen to his successor and says: | “Look here, now. This is a nice | beat—but you don't know the ropes. And, unless I show you the ropes, a | lot of cheap bootleggers will try to | keep from coming thru until you get onte them—and you'll lone a couple of grand or so, But if you'll split on the first month's income I'll take you around and introduce you to the trad And so we have the ridiculous pic ture of @ policeman actually selling his beat to a man who has been officially ordered to that terrttor: To get back—oven tho he ex | operation, anaesthetic, pain and confinement. I have mo Ar sae Sy balm of Piles in the history of m erry ied pr oe fly 3 by obtaining the long list of Prominent Northwest people whom I have treated. I remove all doubt a0 to resus by edtocing to refend your foo WI fall te cure your Piles. Write or call to- dey for my FREE booklet. DR. eas. J. DEAN Yet, one day the piace was raided. |' ipvervecee Gown on the curb ex t six times as much protection asl; even the biggest wholesalers alone!) the row—and we wondered gated. Well, we found out. This woman, it seems, was Inclined to drink with her cus tomers—and once she got @ couple of drinks inside her she'd start to talk, can't get me,” she taed to boast. “Kay, I've got the finest protection in this man's town. Federal prohibt Yon officer, sheriffs office, Prosecuting atterney’s office, police—say, I've got ‘em all fixed. I do what I please.” That kind of talk can't go on jtong without getting around—and| when {t got to the ears of the! men that were protecting her there! | was only one thing that they could! § “NEVERF AIL” ¢ veehed 06 awen, O80 on poultry and # TO REPRESENT | , eanization will hold its but jto a clone with a general resume of the drinking public, FOOLISH TO LET ve head started with just « few falling " of the 4 going on unless he hae ord = ep RR wei cs meetin Tg So the patroman on the beat where | * £974 deat higher up. quickly correct all such hair trouble reets olly, dandrufty, and helps the hair to grow long, store SEATTLE PORT Cotterill and Lamping to Go| to San Francisco To prepresont the Port of Seattle) at the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities, George F. Cotterill, and George Lamping of the Seattle Port Comminsion will leave Monday for San Francisco, where the or vention, October 26, 27 Cotterill will also represent the WE HAVE The Best People in Town Trading Here Northwest Rivers and Harbors oon- serene at meetings. “The purpose of the convention ts to gt port officials an opportunity to gether and discuss condition their respective ports,” said Cot terill, in discussing the convention ‘Tuesday “The Seattle Port Comminsion has not been notified of any definite Program, but the conventions in pre vious years have been very bene ficial to all pert authorities and 1 believe that this year it will influ ence changes of system in several) verte on the Pacific Coust.” } E A s Y fo. ‘They just raided hen and raided her, and kept on raiding her until she realized that she didn’t have half as much protection aus she thought. / Of course, It’s all fixed up now. | Bhe's running wide open again—| she's keeping her mouth closed, and she's paying a good deal) stiffer price than she was before. | Tomorrow 1 will bring this series bootlegeing wholesome situation—and # advice to the | tittle HAIR-FALL OUT VALUES! charge for credit! 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