The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 18, 1923, Page 7

DAY, MILLER PICKED Bootleggers Operating FOR BANK JOB Openly in Large Cities Will Leave University for)50me Send Price List and § JULY PAGE 7 FOR A LIMITED TIME Sales Letters to Institute Work Customers Stephen dean of the ministra ton, der 1, to accept the position of al director of the of Bankir Which hgwas ole Mutter’ Surprise to his have kept in touch with *ment to have him George Allen, who re ago Six delegates chapter of the In dean's candidacy, th Main of the Kalitor's Note: ¢ au ther of the following article, mber of this paper's Washington talt, Me was ass several weeks out how prohibition is ort the of bus n, Univers ¢ Washing has announced that he his resignation on or at stitute American siz dl election to t 00 salary Mor {fice BY ©. A, RANDAU In this rapid age, about the thing that has not been move-|is time—an hour is still 60 minute Une and months, But signed two years | hold tampering with is b is hy only who speeded up succeed A year is still 12 moonshis whisky five time in wood years in as are reports which have George ed treasury bank, charged Reynolds of nik ot elzed by C, Bryant of the Wa. n Mutual | forts are being made to Savings, W. A. He tank of ne of electricity California and C. 1 he First ting with some succes: National Dean Miller had be banking for few " president of the wus liquor Et and experi with ¢ prohibition whi by sare n In th means meantime, the most effective that has been found for cheat the manufacture of orting to aeration open . and n lecturing on the kk ing time in whisky Pum Tallman of Ri on: ard BE. Hill mon ed to have Cart mond, Va New York respective it in at f the th lcohol evaporates very rapidly tures militat t the popularity of Hill and 7 und its use is chiefly ably impressed n fow “high-class” t work that they the urge porters of Miller It and wat educations A The d in ba ESTIMATE 100,000 has been meteor NOW IN BUSINESS his friends say Prohibition “8 He graduated from Michigan in |and o 1894, with . L. B, In| tion have estimated 1898 he took the degree of A. B, ut | pootleggers in the the Leland Stanford univer Seeking a broader education, Mi decided to go to Germany for fur ther study, This he did, taking a two-year graduate course at University of Heidelberg, from 1 to 1902 He came to the Washington in 1 transportation assumed the px rector of the colle, ministration. In year he took over office, ® Parker. uiner rapid oxidat The duces aging ar i to became artintic for the 1 refuse ell c er whisky an’s rise offic the situa ure 100,000 ement tale ers in ‘touch with re ed States to- These from mil Honaire bootle erson to jaintors ers, and from « ained chem ists to iterate xismen, The liquor they have for sale varies from the best wines and whiskies to denatu alcohol flavored with ben: xine and wood alcohol. During the past talked to boo gers states. The first bricklayer who boot He ts not a rich man, been bootlegging for over a year, he | doesn't own a Royce, He is netting, so he told me, about $100 each week from his liguor sale: is banking this money and cori & to live on his regular wage FIRST BOOTL gers vr rs and. political hang treet clean: Ke back woe University of as professor of April 1918, he of acting di © of business ad y of the same reing of the Carleton 1920 he was appo jon week I of these was a m on the side. and tho he has In Rol! west el This year vice president o ma, national commerce hi the Chicago convent He is to be the 1924 choice for Dean X in. Cle present, and motor ac so said fent ig ein , to my arrey himself as a and spoke of man from whom supplies—as “the the latter pe @ telegram rec ieee. When Miller takes over his new fes, his headquarters will be in of Ju ed Mrs. Miller | his principal he ot bons I bought a bottle of gin and a bot tle of Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky For the gin he charged me $4, and fot the whisky Later I found that he pays boss” $23 a case for the gin and $55 a case for the whisky. This means that he made profit of $1.67 on the bottle of gin nd $4.40 on the bottle of whisky, In conversation with the agent I efrained from referring to his occu bootlegging,” and stuck the general designation, “business.” I found that my con ern on this point was unnecessary, s he frequently spoke of “we boot Famed is the hostess who sorves - $9. pation as to more To my surprise I found that he has ulready mapped out his bootlegging program for the next five years. He nd his principals have somehow come to the conclusion that within five years some steps will have been taken, either in law modification or in more rigid enforcement, and that they will then be dr: t of bust HOPES TO MAKE A BIG CLEANUP For the present, hov gards bootlegging as an established business, and hopes to clear from $4,000 to $5,000 a year from it. He manifested the greatest interest in ting regular customers. When I d him I intended to have the gi: and whisky analyzed by he immediately asked me to inform him of the result. He said ho re 1 that he couldn't afford to test every case he handled, but that he must rely on the “honesty” of the boss. This opportunity to check up on “the boss” he welcomed, especially as it would cost him nothing From the chemist to whom I took my liquor for a test, I learned that 1800000 cups wore SOrVEM | the whisky wan “apparently genuine, st the PANAMA-DPACIFIC | gountiens unadulterated Scotch whis Perorcetineat EXPOSITION: | iy, tho of uncertain age.” The gin “OHARA +. it F; IY twit a | sai often influences the choice of vacation places. When rugged ness is brought close to comfort and recreational diversity, de- cision comes quickly Eight Bungalow Camps, each different, bring unequaled Can ‘an Pacific service into the heart of the bigness of the Cana..an Pacific Rockies. ‘They transform an ordinary holiday period into one never to be forgotten. In the snappy freshness of mountain altitudes you may hike, ride, fish, swim, go boating or canoeing in glorious daytime: rest in the glow of campfires at dusk, or dance in gay sociableness at the camp clubhouse ~in comfort Prices, $s 0 per da By the wee! Bungalow Camps at Late Wapta Moraine Lake Lake O'Hara Yoho Valley Emerald Lake Vermilion River Sinclair Hot American plan X for less For further information, address the Canadian Pacific Railway E. P. L. STURDEE, General Agent #® SECOND AVE. Main 5587) SEATTLE Canada welcomes United States tourists - Lake Windermere are open from June 15 to September 18 CANAOIAN, PACIFIC passports not required. half a dozen | a chemist, | Thru the Mails dd, was blended had it been wh | Gordon Dry Gin I inf unfave rm able It's O ton the K., they une informed 1 asked him where bottle and label BASY TO } LABELS FOR WHISKY That's easy 1 can take you to a they with everything right in bootle branded corks, all,” place where can supply you need to start labels, and you stamps he said, When I requested him to do so, he grew reluctant, but said he would ask the boss if it would be all right. Next day he came to my office with sev freshly painted labels aved stamps of the Que Liquor Commission, but sald the had vetoed the plan of a personally-con ducted tour eral 1 en I had been instructed te with which archased in a number I was told to ha determine intventigate cane quor could be of testa ma t the stuff whethe ity Washington, Newark and Detroit 1 I was able to estab! eKer contact only tance, and the incinnatt whatever in Clevela boot thru a quai same wigs true in ¢ Of the nino bottles of 1 or from # wufficient four liquor I pur which 1 obtain for testing pur | poses, passed muster as whisky.” All of the others were | classed ax “new stuff,” mado with and chemicals to give the proper and taste-——but none of them tained any dangerous elements such jas ether or wood | BOOTLEGGERS WORK WITH OPENNESS Perhaps the most surprising of my experienpes was the openness with which bootlegging is conducted, In stead of countering mysterious es and signal that customers chas sam ood grain alcohol, water various color alcohol cod systems, a rule te r and or calling » number hone to or name particular of whisky in plain English Likewise |business, £ cks with make dell r times ective bootleggera in soliciting their are prepared equently them ¢ they br or buyers detaile carry mail to » price at was given me in a New York office. sent thru the ma up by a salesman, who came to book the order. With tho prices came this ter enclosed list of unusually ft Scotch, Irish and rye whiskies, together with the three highest qual ity vintage champagnes and a large and r assortment of the mat popular liquers is now our customers at prices which, when the quality of the liquors is consid: will be found PRICES OF SRENT BRANDS quite reasonable this: opp in a stock of thelr favorite brané ful when a chance like this will pre vent itself in the future “We make de es to anywhere 50 miles of New York.” followed ea whisky, from r Old Scotch’ go Rye on nine “Wm. at $88 t $105 a Gr caso to case. from | Vintage, Cordon F $115 a iquors w bottle, Cointreau $11.50 per bottle, Cognac” at $11 “Peninsula Sherry—Very at $50 a case, to “Mumm's juge 1911 Champagne” at Among the 11 kinda of nedictine at $12.5 “Triple and “Hennessy's On June pounced retirement, the firm wa still taking orders, Apparently the bad merely adopted the ‘fire sal | methods #0 long familiar in dry goods | nd clothing lines. The bootlegging in the building where, I obtained this price list is handied by the same man who con Gucts the cigar stand in the corridor on the first floor. One day a rival gent” started jciting in the building, but a prospect, who was fully satisfied with the service | wa ting from the cigar 4 a he} aleaman, Victor, Brunswick, Bush { VICTROLA BRUNSWICK I found); price | | | It had been | i was followed | | VICTROLA avaliable to| ts doubt. | | There were five kinds of wine | ol | 0 per BRUNSWICK 12 days after their an. LABOR OUTLOOK 1S: PROMISING /Short Pleased With Condi- tions in Washington notified the latter of the competitor's | rresence. Post-haste, the clgar coun ter was entrusted to by and the trespassing bootleg hunt ed down and ejected from the build ing on threat of arrest if he ever again entered the premiseg. b ‘The testing of liquor hemists Detroit and elsewhere, that a number of taboratories haye taken up this as a specialty. The ged for making an analysis var jeg from $5 to $10. Druggists, als frequently called upon to make tests, especially for regular patrons, oan price are and for this service a chatge of $5 is) usually n | TESTING MAK BOOTL Ga REFUL The quantity of liquor requested by chemists ranges from two ounces |to six ounces, Those calling for more than three ounces usually do #0 lin order to retain a small sample as proof of the accuracy of the analysis, should other bottles in the same case If more than four ounces is requested it assumed that the chemist is either * or wishes with a lit THE | | |? prove to be poisonous {desirous of “playing safe’ |1o intersperse his labor’? tle “nip.” The growth of this practice of | checking up on the statements of bootleggers has made many of the latter more careful as to the liquor |they handle. Its this desire of bootleggers, at least of those who into direct contact with their to sell only good Nquor, 4 way win regular patrons caused the smuggling of from the United States |for purposes of reentry. ‘That ts | done to give the finicky boot! a chance to see the liquor actually come in from the deep. | come customers, Jand in th | that has | new liquor that the | gaining Presi } With the a labor movement was slowly headway thruout the country, dent William M. Short, of the Washington State Federation of | Labor, was at His desk in the May |nard building Wednesday after a ten-day absence in Bellingham, the of the state labor vention Short on scene con: stated that the worker and the employer re working in per fect harmony, no serious strikes having been started during the past year wi from both within losing y membership increase with but that of the mine who have been on an un-| two-year strike.” | red that all indications | point raise in wages for the | workers of the state | | “In spite of three months of cam: | |paigning for different poltileal po sitions, our. treasury is in more| flourishing condition now than it} has ever been,” sald Short | | “The extremists, | without,.. are sald, “Our steady exception, ana caste, | Short hown a has jone | workers, successful Short to a Bishop in Favor | of a Modern Wife! 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