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l USE GLASSES I DRY RAID BUT THEY WEREN'T THOSE YOU DRINK FROM JUST BINOCULARS Colorado Police Prohibition Squad, Pooring Through Them From Afar, See Men Unlaw fully Delivering Liquor-Two Japs Arrested At Another Placo Tlio "Dry" law la mill working lnl ly out In C'olonulo, according to tho Denver TltncH, wlilcli relates Hold glasses wuro addod to tlio equipment of tlio police prohibition nquad jostordii and resulted In the nrrcHt of 1M Tiiyinnn, III 27 Liiwrenco ntroot, for lolatIon of tlio dry law and tho filing of tho additional charge of pcijury. (Sun Mosconl, of Twentj first and Market streets, wan alHo ar ruHtod on tlio samo charge. Detectives Cook, Kloln and Schnol dor iiBHort that both Tanian and Mosconl perjured themselves bj sign ing falHU nnnios to liquor HhlppliiK n.f lldalta. Tho produce tho a(lldalt8 as proof of this usscitlon. Tho oIlkoiH s.ij thoy had boon cer tain for hoomi1 dnja that Tajmnn waa lulnlltiK Ui 1 ' tx. c!oor ninnnor and MiHpected that ho waa.rerolvlng lilt) llipior Hhiptiieuts under auothor nauio. Field Glasses Aid Them. Thoy aocmod iooiuh at tho Claton hotel yoatord.iy und fot aovoial hours hopt watch on the outiauco to tho Tajnian plain with Hold Klaaio .. K orj puruou who enlered and o.ery o lilelo which ntopjiod in front woro cIohoI) Hcnuucd through tho concenlod i;Iiihhos. When a dollory wagon drew up boforo tho placo and conuuonced un loading HUHpli'lniiH appoarliiK caaea tho odliois mado their entry on tho bcoho and arroated Tn niiui as ho waa hIku Iuk tho allhhnltH Acconlluj; to tho nhlpphiK receipt, Taj man wm rciohhiK liquor under the uuuo of I i Smith, which ho nworo -i 1 rwii Ho waa placed miter urroiit rud soor.il caaos of liijUcr, which wc o bohiK dollvorod, Aero conftornlc 1. Tactlra tfLnnVln,'; thono uaod In tho Taj man ta-o wcro brought Into pluj In tho ar o;l of Mosconl. MoEconl wan aluo aircatod aa ho waa hIkuIiik auuthor namo to ahlpplng allhhnlta, It la nald In hla dealltiKH, tho olllcora ehaiKO, ho used tho iinmo or It r llloom l)otei.tlea Cook, Kloln and Sclinol dor, in all, made llo aolurea of liq uor and arrested the alleged doulcra, while Olllcora Johuaoii and Armatrong made two aireata jeuterdaj Two Japaneae, K Toniora and K. Karata, woro inkon In custody at Twentieth and Lai liner atieeta and hoomI caaea of liquor aelzcd. Juga filled with a goldou colored liquid wore found. HINDSIGHT AND FORESIGHT In an editorial labollcd "Illndatght in Duliith," tho Duffalo inquirer chortlei gleofuly hecauao as it ropro Hcnta the people of Dtiluth, halng abolished the aalooua, are at Iorh to know- whoro to ralao tho $170,000 which lias boon sacrllleod in llconao monojfl Tho Hnqulrer aajs tho char tor limit on tho tax loj muat bo raiaod in louaoquento of tho cltj'a lack of foresight in doing awaj with tho saloon "The wisdom of the poo plo sometimes nmkis strango demon titrations," biijs tho Knqulror Ilughes h.ijs tht country can't be Kawnl bj lettlnu It drift. Tliut'x w tiers ho and V. Wllaon differ. Washington reports that a new apol ogy has been sent to Tlrnt Chief Car ranza. Looks hl.o a hublt. Mr. Hi j an la mistaken when he says Hughes Is "vitriolic." The candidate is morel) applying the acid test. A messenger of President Wilson found out that Colorado women were for the administration. No messenger, of course, cuu b blamed for maUlug good. ' Political opponents are beginning to find that why Mr. Hughes kept silence ho long wasn't because he hud lost Ids tonguo. Another encouraging feature about our new navy Is that when it Is com pleted, Mr. DanleU will not be Secre tary of it. IInIns discovered that tho Demo crats don't like what ho is sajlng. Mr. Hughes doubtless is convinced that lu la ou tho right truck. THE FUNNY SIDE OF PROHIBITION HOW DRY IT 19 IN KANSAS. IHnlliiu (ICiih ) I'tilon 'I lio thought Iihh reached tlio stage In tills section whoro tho nh appear ut thu farmhouses asking fur n drink. ADDING INSULT TO INJURY. iciiiiili hIiiii Niuh and Courlor.J It In H ild that Mr. llryan la going to bet ome a cltlen of North Carolina. And poor old Noith Carolina haan't tt reioered from those awful flooda. IN DRY IOWA. t)rn MoIiiih Trllniiif. It wiim an unlucky bunch of drunka tint lined tho prlHoncr'a bench in mu nicipal lourt today 'Ihlrteon bloarj ..t.ii imuinivi.il iiuiivltiiiiitu nnuvwir.ii to the balllffa court roll. . KANSAS GENEROSITY. ICIiIciiri) Trllnino LiMwmworth, Kaa. (Special) A heavenwoith policeman wont to thiinh one day. It waa tho flrat tlmo lu hla life ho had ever attended aorv- lees and when they paaaed tho plato the oldi er dlsplayod hla star. TAKE THAT, WILLYUMI M'I.H...Ielpl,l.i inquirer. "The Itopubllcana mado a mistake In not nomlniitlng Hilly Sunday." CliarloBlon News and Com lor Dont worry, anxious one Tho Uo- ....MI....W vUll llmUmnnunv In flnntirn i"1" their lampalgu without resorting to desperate methods. WHO INVENTED REFORMERS? lulu Mcl.uki. ''Uiclnimll KiiqulrT Hund.ij waa intendou as a day of woiship rest and recreation. A space uns dovoieti to woianip or tno urou tor A spin o was devoted to rest. And a spine was devoted to recreation, after the sl u.ijH or ton. our ratners liked to see Sunday riimo aiound. Hut vhm tie Uefoniiors got through tin- kei'nrf with Sunday they will fix things so people win nato to boo the daj come around. CHARGE CHIEF OF POLICED CONDUCTED A "BLIND PIG IllUIIHIIIIIUJIIiIIIIlIIllEllIIllIIlII!IIIIIIIllIlHIillllIIIIIlIlIIEIllIlIIIlllIIIIllIlIllllllIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIlB Deputy Sheriff and Others Also Caught in Prohibition North" CHARI Fc E HUGHES Dakota One Defendant Alleges That State's Attorney Who . Caused Arrests, Helped to Form Drinking Club lllllllllllllllllllllilil)lllilllil!ilillliil!l!!llli!l!!lini!!ll!!!!i!liiil!il!lllllll!!:!li:!l!lllllllllllllllllllll Prom .M.uitlan. In "dry" North Da kota. comes tho following ttoij to the Vallej Cltj (X I)) TimoiKccotd. State's Attorney Langor today caused the anost of Chief of Polleo Mike Knoll. John Khrot, Deputy Shei Ifl Cube r. Wroth and August Uasell man. t barging them with tho conduct of a blind pig The ihlef Is furthor chained with aiding and abetting the maintenance of a common nuisance. Chrot and Knoll are fut titer alleged to have sold memberships lu tho (Sorman Kultur Soi iotj at K then charged members with drinks, and then split tho prollts between themselves with no return to tint unrliiti Pf.lrrntli fi fill ITuunllmnlt .' ... ...;.: i were iiiigiuaii) oirecior aim secieiury of the organization, boforo Knoll, tieasuier. and I'hrot, presidont, nro said to have seized It for their per sonal pi nut On June 1 State's Attorney Lnnger tabled the Wlub.iuei hotel, vvhoio it th alleged the hoi iety held forth, but at That time failed to Und any evldenco It Is then alleeil that tho Gorman Kill tin Socletv of the ninet-Knoll com bine seemed looms In tho old Hadger .t vViivman building To Seat the Law. It is furthi'i alleged that inembor hips wero sold foi Jfi each, and that full) loo members wero secured, in I'ludlng maiiv from tho sunouudtng ountij as well as In Mandan. Tho Ktiites uttoinny claims that ho has positive proof that the nlllclal recolv- .i and paid for 01! gallons of whisky and SO tasks of beor; that tho wills PMI6IT1 PIT! IS IFF THE TICKET "Drys" Fail to Qualify in West ViQinia and Massa chusetts Tl e strango, not to say, startling, piodlciuueut of tho Prohibition Party I 'ailing to put up a ticket in a "Dry" state Is hotebj told In an Associated Prtis dispatch from Charleston (W. 'u ) to tho St Paul (Minn.) Pioneer i rcfiv The Prohliltlon party I not a po ItlcUl pirtj In West Virginia mid has to legal tlpht to have Its nominees for presld. ttUl e'ectora ceitUled by tho becrctarj of skte, according lb t JloiitTcal Jottings. t &&V " '" M,, " I lhe Houhton 1'obt reasons that it wns ouslcr for Its own btloved De mocracy to endow the President' Mexican policy than to define it. , While ho wan about It bTuator JrIiich Hutiitlton Lewis also mlcht haf explained that the Rome that was "too proud to fight" died a rather disastrous death. "In nil falrnrs," asks the Boston Transcript, "shouldn't the expense of financlnr Cnrranzabe borne, by the Democratic cuinpalgn committee?" DeVnocrnts really .haven't any' ob jection to bli: appropriation for army und navy and Internal Imnrovomrntu T,lt' expect the Republicans to rustle the revenue to foot the bills for the next four years. fTughei ' says he wonld like six .months to Investigate the Admlnlstra- tloh, but the Administration flgurea he's doing very "well as It In. a Yes, and ihe snme.pollcles that hare Jilei:T"dCe m& and others with n,nZT 5,,nmc' ' 'l" SCnt tnanjr other mcrlcn'" ,0 nves. -,. . , , A . f "Mldfnt has chnnred his mind' ; wnillnjr mow troops to the bor- aM' t,,,,S nnlng true to form. When Tom Tuggart talks economy to them, It Is time the Democrata stopped their extravagance. The Hughes smile Is beginning t attract favorable attention. President Entertains Five Progres ives..nenullne. Others he simply amuses " Democratic pnpers .chide II riches cnlise he snjf he Is 100 per cent. candidate." The Wilson nnners nrall prefer a flftj-llfty candldat kj v.. ik sold for 15 cents a d Ink and tl.o beer at 25 couiu a bottle; that tho membeia woro by their membership 'arils pormltted to resort. to the place for the purposo of drinking, and that they paid cash for thoir t,Yluka. Lang or alleges that Chief of Polfu) Knoll Installed his cousin, Mntt Knoll, as custodian of the placo, aid that whllo originally started as a society, tho placo dovoloped Into a ..blind pig in which affalis woro vvhollj controlled bj'' the chief of polleo and John Uhrot. What happened to tho dofbuda'nts ts thus told bj tho Hlsmafck IN. D.) Tribune: Gets Back at Langer. J August Ussolmau, ono of tho do fondants, fired back at State's Attor ney Willinm Lunger, who cnuscd his nirest, by charging that Mr.' Langer hnd assisted in tho organization of tho club, known as tho Gorman Culture Society, and that It had boon used to fuithor his candidacy. Mr. I'ssclraau said that ho had been told by Mlko Knoll, Gnbo Hckroth and John Hhret, also defendants, that tho prosecuting attornoj had given his pcrmlsblon to tho sale of liquor and that he had said that if any complaints woro mado tho club would bo warned before any action would be takon. Mfko and Matt Knoll and John Ehr et were bound over to tho district court, whllo Kckroth and Ussolmnn woro roleaaod from custody because It was shown that Ussolman had ro slgnod as secrotary and thnt Kckroth was only a truatco and had nothing to do wlththo management. opinion rendered bj Attoruoj General Lilly hero todaj. Tho attorney gonoral hold that tho Prohibition part) failed to poll for its candidates at least tlvo por cent of tho entire vote at the last gonoral olectlons Tho lioston iVanscrlpt details a similar happening in Massachusetts: Thy fnlluro of the Prohibition party to'fllo papors for va' complete state ticket was the featuro of tho last day for filing nomination papors. Tho Prohibition party at' tho tlmo of clos ing, ( p, ), yosiorda)', according to tho election dvson of the secrotary'ti office, hud pot- mado any nomination for United States soiioior, am) had failed to Bocure a sufficient numbor of signatures to put their candidate! on the state tlckqt below lloutenant gov ernor ou the ballot. No papers whatever, according to the secretarj's office, woro filed for Eugene N. Poss as a candidate on any j 0 tJ,e iickota fyr Uultcd'Sttttoa sana t'er, ""' m - . .. rsAiXf'aKiytrLtj.Tii?jcv.!i-i-ji,'i '.?auv . sj i t i jreS'CVCO Vmi'&i ' ' JRKSW&TX 1J3!MiWg be. jbrhkso: vis r ? M&x& sssssfiras-sy r nnf. 8VttMto2J3V. r"?fcraaBfc35SffiJCr3 ' '.L. .. . 's?&W3to i r-isssasgggKrssrx "i ' f Ww)vivAJ'' i1 p zxzjS Aviv j2fwulrAIIIJ yy:i r : 'sissiSB . Xn v ' THESE PIPING TIMES OF PEACE CARRANZA and WILSON The Expert, '' - - - ieaeemtMBvrarrr .;