Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — MICHIGAN RUM RUNNERS CONTINUE WILD FLIGHT [ARTICLE]

MICHIGAN RUM RUNNERS CONTINUE WILD FLIGHT

Detroit, Mich., Feb. 21,—Armed with a blanket injunction, the state constabulary today waged mere drastic war than ever on the rum -runner, and 350 mounted police are now patrolling the southern border of the state, in an effort to turn back smugglers from Ohio and Illinois. The injunction, according to Attorney General Groesbeck, was in the nature of a riot procedure designed to fit the emergency created by the overthrow of the Damion act by the Supreme court Tuesday. Copies of the notice are posted at various points along the border, and persons who violate them will be arrested for contempt of court and their liquor confiscated. Those who choose to abide by the injunction have no choice but to abandon their liquor before CTOgsing the tine. * In spite of the activity of federal agents in Toledo and the police in Detroit, thirsty Detroiters today continued their pilgrimage to the Ohio city. News of arrests in Ohio seemed not to affect the faithful, although the Toledo bound cars were not so congested as they were Thursday. A conservative estimate places the value of liquor carried openly across the Ohio-Michigan border during the last three days at $1,500,000. An official estimate made today placed the number of people traveling over steam and electric lines between Toledo and Detroit Thursday at 15,800. Automobiles were estimated at an average of seventy-five an hour, both day and night, that made the 120 mile round trip.

Toledo Cupboard Grow* Bare. Toledo, 0., Feb. 21.—Federal officials in their efforts to stamp out smuggling of liquor to Michigan arrested thirty persons and seized four barrels, 309 cases, 20 gunnysacks, 25 suitcases, 68 jugs, and 150 bottles of whisky. Hundreds of Michigan visitors, unable, to get home last night, spent the night here in doorways, in railway stations, and in hotels. Early cars and trains from Michigan pointe today brought hundreds of persons with suitcases and traveling bags. Several of Toledo’s largest saloons and wholesale houses were closed today, their shelves bare. Double Croa* Booxer*. - Montgomery, Mb., Felb. 21.—-Boot-leggers played a new game on crowds at the Fulton stock sales by clandestinely selling bottles filled with vinegar instead of liquor. This is dry territory, but it is lawful to sell vinegar.