Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-08-26
Government Boat Made a Raid
on the Kills and Staten
Island Sound.
NYVIOLATIONSFOUND
Offenders Let Off With Some Ad-
vice and a Copy Of the Laws
and Regulations.

The customs cruiser Dalzelline
abandoned yesterday the pursuit Of
deep sea law violators and the whale
fishery and went sleuthing in the
shadows of Staten Island sound, in
the search for power boat violators Of
the law. The craft went past this
place, but as far as known, no local
boats were interfered with.
General James S. Clarkson, survey
or of the port of New York; Vice ADJ
miral Matt Coneys and other talent
of the cruising service, sitting as q
board of strategy, decided last week
to surprise the power boat violators
hailing from New Jersey ports. Vice
Admiral Coneys advocated the sim-
pie plan of blockading the Kill voD
kull in the neighborhood of Port
Richmond, opposite Bayonne.
The result was that sixty-ttree mo
tor boats were held up. Nearly
per cent. of these were not pr6
equipped, not equipped at all, or
without licenses. Some tried to
the blockade, refusing to heed tt
warning blasts of the cruiser to STOP
Most of these were overhauled and
lectured. A few got away.
At one time five boats, summoned
by megaphone and whistle, were
alongside the Dalzelline, and the pro-
tests, explanations and remarks.
sometimes inspired by something
drawn from the wood, of the skip
pers, crews and passengers tangled
the log of acting Deputy Surveyor
Smythe, who did the literary work or
the expedition, assisted by Col. Love
ell Jerome.
Given Copy OF Laws.
Every boat that halted got a copy
of the laws and regulations in re-
gard to power craft. which some or
the shippers had heard of and none
had ever read. The substance of Ad-
miral Clarkson's talk to the power
boat folk was: Now, as you know
the law, see that you do nor T3Slxl
it.' - = Z:
The experts on the cruiser u9y
had supposed that the Kill Won KuIf
was so crowded a gateway to the bay
and sea and that so many Jersey fish
ing and nautical associations were in
existence as they ran across yester-
day. Vice Admiral Coneys said there
tor boat manufacturing, judging from
thS liCCl uC iCi0 up anu Illdl W Hull A9
saw in the distance.
The Galena, a twenty-foot power
boat, of Bath Beach, which had been
-aising in Jersey waters, didn't have
single life preserver aboard. She
carried seventeen persons. Her own
er was told, although he declared
that his passengers were merely his
friends and had paid nothing for the
trip, that he must get life preservers.
Some of the boats boarded had no
names, and others had the names
painted in the same color as that of
the boat, so they were undecipherabla
except close by.
The Lizzie B., of Elizabethport,
had no lights, no life preservers and
no license, and her skipper was deaf
and dumb. His mate promised to
report at the customs house and do
anything that might be required of
him. Towing any one of the motor
raft to New York was out of the
question, as in the absence of the
cruiser scores would have gotten
away. All that could be done to the
Lizzie B. was to give her advice and
a copy of the regulations.
The Bay Side, of Bayonne, ground
ed in her effort to elude the cruiser.
Her skipper was somewhat incoher-
ent. In response to the question
question How long is your boatsy
he said Five feet eight inches" He
thought Vice Admiral Coneys was
talking about height
Railway Boat All Right.
A boat called The Yap, of Railway,
fulfilled the regulations; also, she
had aboard a bevy of handsome
young women who persuaded Colonel
Jerome and Vice Admiral Coneys to
pose for their photographs.
Thomas c. Perkins, of Port Rich
mond, had a brand new swift boat
name. He said he didn't
know anything about the law in re-
gard to motor boats, but was willing
to do whatever was right He had
selected name and would have it
painted all over the boat if necessary.
1t was that of his best girl, Anna
Maria. He declined, although urged
% do so. to tell her surname.
The Caprice, of New York, was
naughty. She is owned by Frank F.
Jollyer. Her skipper kept right on
and on when the sDalzelline footed.
After chase of two miles the Ca
orice was overhauled. She said she
vas not q passenger craft, but she
Rad no name on her stern and no
lie preservers, although there were
'ix persons aboard her.
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