BORDER BOOTLEGGERS HAVE BUSY YEAR
Running Gauntlet An Easy latter
BUT PATROLS WILL DIMINISH 1926 PLOW [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Friday, 8 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Treasury officials estimate that bootleggers smuggled over one hundred million dollars’ worth of liquor across the Mexican and Canadian borders during 1925, Including over 300,000 gallons of Canadian ale and about 400,000 quarts of genuine whisky. Meanwhile, over 100,000 quarts of Tequilla, which Is a white spirit made from th e cactus, crossed the Mexican border, with 1000 gallons of other intoxicants. Th e officials admit the smugglers had little dllllcuity jh running the gauntlet in J 925, but claim that the flow has slightly diminished since the establishment of border patrols. BAY RUM INTERNALLY. REACTS INFERNALLY. \ " (Received Friday, 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 4. A message from Honolulu states that six enlisted men of the United States Army died and sixteen were admitted to hospital from Schofield barracks on Thursday, as the result of drinking bay rum.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3264, 6 February 1926, Page 9
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170BORDER BOOTLEGGERS HAVE BUSY YEAR Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3264, 6 February 1926, Page 9
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