PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR
DIFFICULTIES IN STATES. ALDERMEN SENT TO GAOL. (United Prew Association.) (By Electric Telegraph- -Copyright.) VANCOUVER, January 3. A curious phase of the liquor problem is apparent in the Idaho towns of Mulland and Shoshone. Recently tho mayor, aldermen, and chief of police of Mulland were indicted and stiffly sentenced for breaking the prohibition laws. The district is a mining centre with a sparse population, and a floating community which pays ro taxes. The aldermen believed that the only way to get money to build highways and schools was to license a number of saloons and " speak-easies," which the police allowed to operate so long as they paid for the privilege. This scheme worked well enough until Federal agents invaded the territory and finally sent to gaol all the municipal authorities. The latest development is that the citizens are raising a fund o get their leaders out of prison, and a petition, widely signed, is being sent to Whito House for pardons. OFFICIALS ARRESTED. NEW YORK, January 4. (Received Jan. 5, at 11.30 p,m.) A message from New London (Connecticut) states that 24 coastguardsmen have been court-martialled and charged with intoxication and the theft of liquors after the recent capture of a rum runner.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20917, 6 January 1930, Page 7
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