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New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
u. S. Unable to
Cope With Rum
nuggggling e Ring g
Large Illegal Traffic i'm 9th
er Commodities Accom-
panies Illicit Importation
Of Liquors Along Coast
Federal Guard Too Small
Customs Services i'm Need
of Many More Men to
Curb Evil, Says Shouse

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (By The As
soclated Press) Liquor smuggling
into the United States has reached SUCH
proportions that it has brought in its
wake large illegal traffic in other
commodities. it was learned to-day at
the Treasury Department. officials are
considering rearrangement of the
governments coastal criminal chasing
arms with view to concentrating on
what they described as menacinp
situation.
The customs service has found itself
wholly inadequate" to meet the situa-
ton, according to Assistant Secretary
Shouse Of the Treasury, who is head of
that branch. He said the officials were
handicapped both in men and in money
because of a refusal by the last Con-
gress to appropriate additional funds
with which the service could be ex-
panded"
1t would require a small army to
patrol the coast and border territories.
Mr.. Shouse said, but he believed such
a plan was the only solution He
argued also that as the stock Of LIQUOR
in this country decreased the work of
the customs service increased proper
tionately
Mr.. Shouse declared vast quantities
of liquor had been coming in, although
customs officers had confiscated thou
sands upon thousands of dollars
worth from ships which attempt to
conceal LIQUOR stocks on entering GUS
toms ports"
The larger supplies which officials
believe have been smuggled in, how
ever, have come not through ports, but
by landings of launches and small boats
in secluded spots along the Atlantic
coast. Information tended to show that
immense amounts, and in some cases
shipments of other commodities, had
been obtained from seagoing vessels
lying outside of the three-mile limit.
The Canadian border traffic, while
admittedly large, was declared not to
compare with the smuggling along the
Atlantic, and, with reference ID liquor,
particularly between the West Indies
and the Florida shores. Typographical
conditions favor the smugglers in that
section.
Bureau Of Internal Revenue officials
said they had been able to confscate
much liquor that had been smuggled
through.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Commercial Credit

Restricted borrowing capacity Of
mercantile firms continues to keep the
volume OF business within narrow
limits. With money high and difficult
TO obtain all factors in trade are try
ing to conserve expenditures, with the
result that payments on old accounts
are delayed and buyers entering into
new accounts are restricted in their
operations by the financial mentors of
their houses. and also demand jas long
terms as possible from sellers. Where
collections are slow. some houses have
had to resort to commercial borrowing
TO finance current operations.
Commercial paper yesterday showed
no change in rates. per cent being the
rate for best known paper and SA for
that not So we'll known. Bankers ac-
ceptanees also continued on their. for
mer high levels. Open market rates
quoted yesterday by the American Ac-
ceptance Council were:
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10

Nufhcient orders are on the books
= Sl the large manufacturers of leather
oelting to enable them to continue
present production for many weeks,
o9' new orders are lacking and some
~ tne manufacturers assert that a
snutdown 81 is not impossible. The cur
tailment in the textile industries has
resulted in great drop in demand
Tor betting from that quarter. Some
orders are being placed by manufac
eurers OF electrical equipment, whose
product is in as strong demand as
ever. The slowing up in the betting
INDUSTRY Is reflected in the leather
market in an extremely slack demand
Tor betting butts, quotations on which
are are now little more than nominal. Sell
Iers are quoting top grades at $1.16
to SllS, but it is understood that these
prices can be bettered on actual con-
tracts.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
aint i'm Demand

demand for paints, particularly for
outdoor work, remains strong despite
estimates of curtailment of building
operations during July amounting to
demand are being sustained at a pitch
whlch promises to keep paint manu-
1acturers busy for some months to
come Railroad congestion, it is said
IN the trade, has piled up supplies in
some centers. leading to a slight soft
e1n'ng of prices on some paints, but
ehese SOFT spots are few. Manufactur-
ers Of colors in oil are watching the
drop IN linseed oil prices with view
to making them effective in new price
Asts for their own product. It is
pointed out, however, the lower prices
lor hnseed oil are effective only for
dellverles later than October /, and
mat therefore there is small likelihood
that date
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Mother Recognizes Son She
Left as Baby I3 Years Ago
Woman's Persistent Search at Immigrant Station
Saves Child From Deportation; Toiled Long
to Bring Lad Here and Provide for His Education

Anna Hanchek has been in this coun-
try thirteen years. Her sole object in
coming here from Prague, when it was
the capital of Bohemia, was to earn
enough money to send her son through
an American college.
She did not like her own country and
was attracted by the high wages wom-
en- could earn in America, so she de-
cided to leave in the keeping of her
mother her eleven baby.
Money did not come as fast in the
United States as she had anticipated,
and 1t took her seven years to stow away
the sum needed to educate her baby.
At last she was prepared to receive
him and sent word back to Bohemia
to put him aboard ship in the care
Of stewardess. The child was ready
to start in famous August, 1914 The
great war made him a prisoner on the
Continent, and all effort to get him
here was abandoned.
Mrs. Hanchek made another effort
to regain her son in June last, and the
boy was taken to Havre by his grand
mother and put aboard the French
liner Rochambeau. A letter was sent
ahead advising the mother of the plans
and she came to New York from New
Salem, Pa. The boys name did not ap-
pear on the ships manifest, however
and the immigration officials said that
the child. now a lad, was not pas
senger.
Disheartened, Mrs. Hanchek went
back to New Salem after cabling her
disappointment to her mother in
Prague. An answer came within a
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Market i'm Cotton
Goods lis Weaker
Than 2 Years AGO
Unsettled Conditions Said
To Be Worse Than Those
Following the Armistice;
Opinion Evenly Divided

Conditions In the cotton goods trade,
according to number of leaders In
various branches of the industry, are
more lacking in development toward
snv definite trend than were those
following the signing of the armistice
Sentiment in the trade Is about even
Iv divided on the optimistic and pessi-
mistic sides. Sellers of heavy goods.
such as denims, ticklngs. etc, are not
worried about the present situation,
as they have firm orders that will keep
,be mills they represent running for
some months, many as late as Novem-
Der.
On the other hand, some of the New
England mills which produce the finer
qualities OF goods, chiefly in the gray
or unfinished state, are known to be in
need Of business, and during the last
few days have shown more of will
;nrness 70 reduce their prices in keep
INK with the low levels that have been
reached in secondhand trading in New
York However. the mills are willing
to quote the lower prices only for a
short time. They are not, except in
rare cases, accepting orders for de-
livery far into the future
What the future holds forth is any
ones guess. and the larger the operator
the more positive he Is regarding his
ability 10 Judge the future course of
the market.
In pessimistic quarters of the trade
much is made of the fact that retailers
sre getting their normal volume Of
business only by shading prices and
that goods at retail have never shown
the high prices paid for goods at whole
sale. Many Of these high-nriced goods
ordered early in the year are just be-
ing delivered to retailers, and some be-
lieve that it viii be impossible to run
them into consumptive channels at
s reasonable profit over cost.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10

week saying that the son had sailed
on the liner mentioned. Again the dis
tracted mother sought the island !;
again the records were gone over care
fully, but the name of her son was not
among those on any French liner arriv-
ing here on or after July ID.
MAY look over all the children on
the island :" she pleaded yesterday
Certainly" replied an inspector
"but you will never recognize him
after an absence of thirteen years"
Her eyes swept quickly over some
twenty children. There was nothing
about any Of the faces to make her
pause.
At last, with shrek of 10y. she
threw her arms around a bow that had
been detained on the island since July
IA, when he arrived on the Rocham-
beau.
"This is my child, my darling boy
she sobbed. "Know him? Yes, among
million children"
The child thought it strange to hear
his mother speaking English to the in
spectors--a language he did not under
stand. But presently in his native
tongue his mother talked with him
He told her about grandma and the
old home in Prague, and the identifies
tlon was assured.
The spelling Of his name on his
ticket and on the Rochambeau's mani
fest was nothing like Hanchek, and
he would probably have been deported
had not his mother returned to find
him.
Friends Of Mrs. Hanchek were sur
prised that she had not been taken to
see the boy when she first came to New
York, inasmuch as her son was the
only child of fourteen who had crossed
on the Rochambeau unaccompanied.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Coffee Market Rallies
after Sharp Decline
Current Year


prices ago.
Coffee, Rio, No. /. 8 1915 2sl4
Coffee, Santos No. 1925 C @237sc soc @3OA c
Coffee Future-The coffee market
started off with a downward rush,
prices breaking into new ground
at every sale, call prices showing a
break of So to SO points The decline
caught stop loss orders in September,
which weakened the entire list
The decided weakness in Santos over
the holidays was responsible for the
early decline here, but prices quickly
snapped back later in the day on
cables reporting a partial recovery at
Santos together with q frmer market
at Rio. There was also fair Euro
pean demand, and this, with short COW
ering, soon sent prices above the pre-
vious close, final quotations being to
is points net higher.
Firm offers from Brazil averaged q
little above those here at the close Of
last week There were also rumors
that an American importer had bought
about 100000 bags of Brazil's valoriza-
tion coffee which shows that the gov
ernment there is willing to sell at pres
ent levels.
The local spot demand continues
dull.
Tha range of nrices follows.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Unarmed, Two Arrest Four
Detectives on Way to Station
Run Into a Hot Fight

Patrolmen McEvoy and Cleary. Of the
West Forty-seventh Street police sta-
tion, unarmed and in civilian clotr-s.
were on their way to the station house
about 3 q. m. yesterday when they
heard the crash of broken glass and
screams coming from house in tha
block of all nations" Fifty third
Street, between Ninth and Tenth aye-
nues.
They seized David Howard, a negzns
Of SAG West Fifty-third Street, as ne y4n
from the house and were attacked By
several of his friends welding razQxE
Although their clothes were slashedsi9
the fight which followed, the patrolnSeu
added William Richardson and HerraaG
Osgood. negroes, and Robert Boschs
white, to their list of prisoners and
reached the police station with them
Howard and Richardson were he'd
for the grand jury in West Side police
court on charges of felonious assault
and the other two were fined SIS each
for disorderiy conduct.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Suit for Children Dropped
Actor Accuses Hoboken Court
of Treating Case as Joke s.

Robert John Beattie. of sol West
Fifty-frst Street, an actor who started
habeas corpus proceedings in Chancery
Court, Jersey City, to recover his two
children from his divorced wife. in
formed his counsel by letter yesterday
before the case was called that he
wasn't going to appear because he
thought the Hoboken court treated his
case as a joke. Vice Chancellor Ste
venson dismissed the case, saying that
Beattie relinquished all his parental
rights by his letter. In it he wrote:
Il have decided TO let the case drop
where it is. I feel it mas been hugo
jake, as in the Hoboken police court
to-dae I'll they do is to look at the
case and laugh, just as though it were
party. l shall not come over Mons
day, but you can go in and tell th .
Chancery Court they can do as thex
please in regard to the children"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Business Troubles
Petitions In BankruDtcy

Petitions in bankruptcy filed yesterday in
the United States District Court were as
follows.
AMERICAN MACHINERY SYNDICATE.
INCs[lnvoluntary petition against the
aasaalers. IS West. 3sth street. liabilities
) y 600 assets $3.50 Dwight w. De-
Motte. so Church Street is attorney for
the three creditors petitioning.
SIEGLER, NOWAk & NEWMAN
Involuntary petition against Morris Sieg-
Ter. Jacob Nowak and lsadore Newman,
of children's clothing. trad
ing Siegler, NowaK C Newman. esq
Broadway. Liabilities $4,000; assets s25.-
COO Robert T. Lewis, AZ Broadway. Is at
torNey Tor the three petitioning creditors
Receiver in Bankruptcy
The following receiver in bankruptcy
was appointed Yesterday in the United
state District Court:
SIEGLER. NOWAK & NEWMAN
Judge AUG ustus \. Hand appointed Hen
~ H. Kaufman receiver for Morris Sieg-
Ter, Jacob Nowak and Isadore Newman
lnanufacturers of chldren's clothing, trad
ing Siegler Nowak & Newman, $50
Broadway, with a bond of $1,000.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10

M. Hagan, women's ready to wear: 432
Fourth Avenue.
WAsHINGTON--c. King & Sons; II. King
dry goods and women's ready to wear;
wATERvILLE Me.-Mrs. Ida r. Herson.
wemen.s apecialties; Park Avenue.
ready to wear and millinery; rs West
Thirty-third Street.
wHEELJNG III v; va-,George oo.ss E. Site stifsl
wTIK Es-BARRE Wilkes Barre Dry
Goods G. Go. Co.; I; I; Jones, piece goods: "a
Co. w X. Raker, womens ready tc
wear; Marlborough.
Mrs. Cora B. Holden corsets petticoats
Miss II. Crumpar, representative; 12C
wy VEST Thirty ri py5 second Street. .
Co r "a 4 Harvey dry goods @ 5'arHiy and no- q
tons; William Mauk, representative
wII,MiMGroN, II N. &C. Dannenbaum
G. Dannenbauln, suits. dresses; 1851
viNcENNEs, Ind.-Lyon Shop; j. D
Siegel, knit underwear and hosiery; 1l7o
WoONsOCKET, r. MAX Abramson
VIII vmmnillinery nIy j. II, lIeraId Square.
Miss f. Burbach, notions, art embroi
derry; Miss c. Silk. gloves, laces. muslin
underwear and neckwear; 4O4 Fourth
Avenue
YORK, Pal P wiest's Sons; Miss L. P
Culbertson. coats, suits. dresses; East
YOUNGsToWN, Ohio-strouss- Hirschbers
Co. Co. Miss Miss, NJ. c. Meeker, dresses; l10'
YOUNGsTOwN. Ohio-George L. Fordyct
Co; E. L. Morgan, manager; Miss Eber
no,tan nardt repre- siprssentatve; j. A. Connolly
Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
First Aerial Express Flying
Boat Is Here From Detroit

A large twin-engined flying boat
landed at the foot of West Eighty
second Street, in the North River, yes
terday at the end of it's initial flight
from Detroit. inaugurating the aerial
service of the United States Aerial
Express Company. The machine was
pfloted by Lieutenant Thomas F. Dunn,
president of the concern.
The boat will fly back to Detroit in
few days. When the new company
is fully established it will have nine
teen flying boats in various services.
Each is capable of carrying two tons
Of freight or accommodation for
twenty passengers in three inclosed
cabins,
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Decline in Phonograpl1s

Demand for phonograph motors and
records, according to an official of one
Of the largest concerns supplying these
items to manufacturers of talking ma
chimes, has shown a decided falling off
in the past month Prices are still
firm and the motormaker is expecting
business to pick up in the fall, es-
pecially with the approach of the holi-
daN SEASON
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Vivid CoIors i'm IexveIrv

Vivid coloring is shown in some of
the novelty jewelry importations from
france. Among the new articles of
Jewelry or accessories are painted or
enameled celluloid or imitation ivory
bracelets and neckchains studded with
colored stones. Beaded hand bags and
gold and SILVER mesh bags are being
pushed for fail use harder than the
leather bags, which heretofore have
been the big sellers in the fall. Some of
the new leather purses are hand fooled
and studded with colored stones.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
b u inc IS N e VS.

enl, nH 20 iorce sales at present Statesmen
how th "a sne'r trade periodically to see
now Things are developing and seldom
unge the purchase of more goods. Buy
"a are not entirely absent in the
m,iarset' l,ia' put they arc sounding out con
", ulslohs far more than they are pur-
s,nasing' Some business is going on.
pue y Is mostly for small lots of mer,
chanaise needed for Immediate Use
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10

Sugar-The market for raw sugar was
reported weak at the close yesterday with
a declining tendency There were sales of
Cubas, shipment before August 20. at
II q c. and f., and aioat Cubas later sold
al IA soc c. and f., showing a decline
of &c.
There was also a sale of 400 IONS Brazil
ian whites in port prompt position at
lac, C. i. Z. supposed TO be off color lot.
these sales being for refiners' account. At
the close of the day Cubas offered at 141ac
c. and I. found buyers
In refined sugar the demand continued
dull. list prices unchanged and rehners
practically withdrawn from the raw mar
ket until granulated moves more freely.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10

BALT1MORE-Danie Miller Co; Charles
Hogendorp jr.. silks; Imperial; expected
August /.
CHARLESTON. w va-stein's; NJ. Stein,
suits and furs; 90 West Thirty fifth
Street; care of Gevertz Manufacturing
Co.; expected August 1s.
CHESTER. Pa. Rachlin Clothes Shop
Inc; Dan M. Rachlin, ladies' suits. coats
etc; McAlpin; expected August II.
HERKIMER, N. Y.-Barrett & KENYON
Mr.. Barrett and Mr.. Kenyon. suits
coats, dresses. waists, petticoats, neck
wear and hosiery; The Annex; expected
August 6.
LANSING. Mich-Mills Dry Goods Co.: E.
e. Mills, representing; Prince George
expected August 49,
LANSING, Mich.--Mills Dry Goods Co. ;
Miss A. Craig. coats, suits, dresses
waists, etc; Miss w. Brumm. ribbons
leather goods. neckwear, notions; Prince
George; expected August 10.
ORLANDO, a,-Yowell- Drew Co.. Mrs
f. Cunningham, art goods. novelties in
fants' wear, etc; Miss P. Chapman. mil
linery, etc. % West Thirty-third Street;
expected August H.
WILMINGTON. Del. - Rachlin Clothes
Shop. Inc; Dan NJ. Rachlin. ladies
coats, suits, ETC.; McAlpin, expected
August IL.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
SILK Trade Steady

While some in the silk trade profess
to see an improvement in the situa-
ton, most of the sellers agree that con-
ditions are unchanged and are likely
to continue so for several weeks. The
large producers and jobbers are not try
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Dies of Wood Alcohol

John Collins. thirty-ninc, of cots
Mohegan Avenue, the Bronx. died
Sunday in Lebanon Hospital, from what
physicians believe was wood alcohet
poisoning. He was taken to the hospi4
tai Saturday morning by his wife, who
said he had been drinking heavily. and
complained Of pain.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
ANDREW J. MCCORMACK Auctioneer.
ADRIAN II. MULLER & SON
Will sell at auction on
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1920,
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NOS. II AND l6 VESEY STREET.
For Account of Whom 1t May Concern:
~ Bills OF Lading. dated August 14th,
1913, issued by the Nova Scotia Trans
portation Co. Ltd. to Lied. Inc, and
purporung 90 cover merchandise con-
sisting prime pally of shipbuildtng ma
terial shipped by the vessel "Delecnac." ="
from the Port of Harbor Grace. New
foundland. and bound for Tromsoe,
endorsed in blank by said Lied. Inc. ;
marine certificates of Insurance covering
me foregoing merchandise. issued by
The following named Com panics. bearing
ths numbers and for the amounts re-
specuyely as follows: ScandiuaviAn-
american Asso. Corpn.. Ltd. no. 25 ,3s4
Tor $4,000. Scandinavian- American
Assurance Corpn. Ltd. No. $3.50, for
$4,000 The Automobile Ins. Co OF
hartford, Conn. No. Mlol124. for
sSo,oao; The Washington Marine lns
Merchants < Shippers Ins Co. no. a57
lor 80 GEO., City Of New York Ins. CO.
ana Baitica lns. Co, Ltd. No M26,o0s
4of $1,000. Ciy of New York Ins- Co
ana Baltica Ins. Co. Ltd. No. WI0l T67.
LOT $1,000, Camden Fire Insurance
;esso No. F5.J6S. for $4,000 Second
,.sussslan insurance Co, NO. 1886. for
s1'oyV, Washington Marine Ins. Co. Of
y l. No. Wl,142. for $40, 600.
@HI FIRST NATIONAL pANK OF
n A,SIuht Carroll. located at Mount Carroll.
ts,.ne .ne state or Illinois, IL closing it's az
Of =. an note holders and other creditors
fs.s &sociation are therefore hereby no
80 80 present the notes and other
-'ihs Tor payment
n... VIM. IL wILDEY. President.
C@teC June 20 1QCn
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10


infants and children's wear; Miss J.
Jones. millinery; 1l64 Broadway.
DECATUR; HlnLinn & scruggs Dry Goods Good
wear. laces, embroideries etc; 1i64
Broadway.
DENvER-Josin Dry Goods Co; 4. ~
gloves; f H. Gilman, jewelry, silver
ware and leather goods; e. II. Collins
MERCHANDISE manager; 23 East Twenty
DIES MONIES, Iowa.-Harrs. Emery Co..
: Miss l.. Farnum. laces embroidery and
- trimmings: Miss II. Janney, neckwear;
$50 Fourth Avenue
DETROfT-springdalc Department Store;
N. Stone. ladies' ready to wear; 1882
DETROITZCrowley Miner & Co. Miss A
Goldng, waists Alfred Fantl, 116 West
Thirty. second Street.
DETROIT-Newcomb Endicott Co; e. L.
Oppenheim, fancy goods; zoo Fifth Ave-
DETRO1T-J L. Hudson Co.; H. L. Bart
lett, basement dresses; 225 Fifth Avenue
EAsTON, Pa.-The Orr Co; D. M. Lati-
mer, ladies' garments. Hyman's. 35
EAGLE PASS. Tex-M Riskind. mems
clothing, dry goods furniture; Alcazar
Miss T Lenenkuge linens. domestics
EAU Ci.AiRE, wis-R Jacobs women's
ready to wear and childrens wear; Great
Northern
EAU CLAIRE, wis-o. Reistal. general
line; Great Northern.
ELLWOOD CITY, Pa.--G L. Reynolds,
dry goods; Grand.
ERIE. Pa.-Trask. Prescott & Richardson: /:
Joseph Reath, upholstery and draperies; !;
West Thirty second Street.
EVANSVILLE. Ing. Max De Jong, general
line: 1a6 West Thirty second Street.
FLINT. Mich.-WarriclS Bros; w. s. Carr
general nldse.; Miss keeltzew, suits; Miss
Rutherford. blouses, muslin underwear
and childrens wear; 1164 Broadway.
GASTON1A, n. CA. S. Karesh, dry
goods: York.
GoLDsBORo, n. c.-H. Well & Bros. :
Leslie We'll, coats, suits and dresses:
Miss Griswold. waists and children's
GRAND RAPIDS, Niich.-Wurzburg Dry
Goods Co; l. Schumacher. art goods B.
Hendricks. infants wear; l. Marshall.
embroideres and trimmings; c. Mclean.
piece goods; C. w Cox. notions 1o5
Grand Street.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.-Charles Trankla
Co; Mrs. e r. klaase. notions. iewelry,
toilet articles; 432 Fourth Avenue.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Charles Trankla
Co. S. w. Wendland. ladies' ready to
wear; II. Tully, millinery; Mrs. E. r.
klassee, leather goods, j ewelry and toilet
goods: 432 Fourth Avenue.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.-Charles Trankfa
Co.. Miss G. p. Schneider, hosiery; Mrs
r. Van Bochre, ladies' ready TO wear; 432
Fourth Avenue.
GREENw GOD. S. C.--J. w. Duckett Co
J. w. Duckett. women's wear and dry
goods: Aberdeen.
HARLAN. Ky.-wender Bros; Mr.. Wen
der. women's ready to wear rs West
Thirty third Street
HARR1soNBURG. Val. Nsy Co { Il. Neg.