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Show INTERNATIONAL RUMRUNNERS ACTIVEJN 1925 More Than $100,000,0000 Worth of Liquors Smutfled Across Borders TREASURY OFFICIALS ESTIMATE AMOUNTS ii.r Flow of Candian Rum Came Through North Dakota . WAsur.Mrrox. Vi-u. .i.m lit 'nt IfUL't rs snuiu''U'd mure tljjin siun.noH mm wm-th nf liquors ncrnss I in- Mrxirrm :ml ';nim!i;in bonier I:; si :(r. tri'iisnry offirinls csli- m:ihil tnil;iy. Thirsiy Anicrii-nns nM : jticri jiml !dr;ink nnin Ilmu .'KUt.lWMi pitlons of 'rr:il ( ':in:ili;m Iumt, si'Vn'.l luilidriMl ! ihiiusMiids (if ';iTi:idi:ni Jlh. and ;ilnut -)'Hi.O(M) qiuirl.S "nf pt-nuiiie wlrsky, iiivi's(i;i(ini,s in:id hy pro-hi pro-hi ion sleuths showoil. Across the .Mexican border there l rickled more than ItHMtoo qmiria if tequilla ;md tliousnnds of pal-Inns pal-Inns of oi her in toxicants. Liquor sin Haulers in 11125 had litile difficulty in running the prohibition pro-hibition iraunltlet atl taking the ennt raliaud supplies to distributing distrib-uting centers, officials Admitted. Since t he est ahlishmenl of border ' patmls. lmwever, the flow of rum , has diminished slightly, Tlie big flow of Canadian rum came south through North Pakotn, lit. w;:s said. That houmlnry liiu jwas practically unguarded the first nine months of the year and smug- - glers used that entrance for wot I goods that were shipjHMl hy trucks to mid -west urn points, j Intoxicants from Mexico .supply I Texas. Southern California. Arizona. Ari-zona. New Mexico, and Lousiana. ;The other southern states had to de- pend on bootleggers supplies from j Cuba and the Bahamas if genuine j liquors were used. Tlie Pacific coast obtained its real intoxicant from Canada. Some of the rum was brought in across the border but the greater quantity was smuggled in the country by boats, engaged in rum running. |