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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
ALL ELECTRIC SHIP IS TESTED.

The steamship Cuba. first all electric
passenger vessel. left the Morse Dry
Dock, foot of Fifty-fourth street,
Brooklyn. at noon yesterday on her
trial trip. She was put through vari-
Gus tests on a spin to Scotland light
ship. Several prominent marine engi-
neers were on board.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
ORCHESTRA FOR HARDING.

WARRINGTON. Nov. IA picked or
chestra from this city will accompany
President-elect Harding on his forth
coming trip to Panama. It was an
nounced here to-day. The orchestra
played for the Prince of Wales during
his recent visit to Washington.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

group. and It was good wnlslxey, too. as
whiskey goes. Smooth old Irish. And
the price Just 81 a quart, and the
bottles were imperial quarts. which
hold considerably more than the Ameri-
can standard
one day some twelve or fourteen
years ago a profteer. with n shrivelled
soul. raised the price 70 S1.25 quart,
and the howl that went up might have
been heard I'm Nassau. The supply was
limited In those days and the risk not
inconsiderable. One brought 1t over gen
orally In gunnysacll and when the
customs inspectors We're about to- go
on board his vessel dropped the bag
overheard until they left. OF course
there was a string tied to the bag and
made fast to some convenient and stable
article.
The Dcoze Laden Fleet.
But now there are boats, and many
of them. which do nothing but bring
booze from Bimni. Fishing boats re-
turning from an ostensible search for
whale or what not and slipping into
some little blight along the shore under
cover of darkness. An automobile or
truck, a few minutes time for trans
ferring the load. and both boat and auto
mobile leave, one 10 chuS-chuG unCOn-
cernedly to a wharf and the other 20
deliver the goods
Miami is not the only point along the
Florida coast receiving booze from BIZ
mini nor is Biminl the only place from
which IL is being sent to Miami or else
where along the lower peninsula. But
these two towns. one of populat ton of
about 500 mostly in the traffic. and the
other city OF 10000. are the principal
centres of activity.
When one approaches Bimini he sees
irst the imposing clubhouse erected this
year by the Bimini Bay Rod and Gun
Club. an organization including on It's
roster some of the wealthest and most
influential men in the United States.
Then he sees a long. low building near
the shore and few cottages scattered
here and there.
There are also tarpaulins and tents
near the long. low building. and 1t and
they are all filled TO OVERLOOKING. The
long. low building is a warehouse. and
in II is whiskey and other intoxicants.
1t is full to the rafters and overfows
into the tents and beneath the tarpar-
Inns. All these thousands OF cases &C
liquor are intended for shipment 70 the
United States ard much o. t will And
its way through Miami.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

ably $40 TO s75 case, as much Of the
whiskey. in fact the most OF II. is Scotch
and Irish. both high priced.
Cosnac Is Plentiful.
Cognac comes In In fairly large guam
titles and there is some rum and little
gin. The tognac comes from Cuba aud
sometimes &C mes direct or is landed on
The lower keys and transshipped to
Miami, hut the greater part of It comes
by way of Bimini. Much of the Amerl-
can whiskey seen here comes by way of
Cuba and is sometimes relayed to
Bimini.
The average price Of Irish and Scotch
WHISTLES in $40 quart retail. Ameri-
can whisRey sells for Sc to So and
cognac for SIS. all subject. however, TO
the law OF supply and demand Whole
salers obtain $40 to S45 for cognac.
American WHISTLES about the same and
Scotch and Irish are around $50 now
adays.
Preparations are being made by the
whiskey runners for big winter bust
Eess when the tourists arrive. and 1t is
said that one man contemplates operat-
ing five additional boats. OF course
when the tourist season reaches it's
height many times 1000 cases will be
shipped in weekly.
Palsied efforts are made to stop this
traffic and occasional arrests are made.
principally OF the local manufacturers.
who are Jailed and their stills seized
These are mostly negroes. who make
nearly all thu "moonshine" whiskey
which is aboutS per cent. of the entire
supply
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

sas, 1850. The estimated appropriation
for 1921 IS SO, $1,000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

The price of raisins has not materially
Increased and there is no unusual de-
mand for them. nor Is there a greatly
increased sale OF yeast. There Is no oc-
casion for the cultivation of the home
brewing habit with boats. trucks and
pleasure cars devoted to the traffic and
hundreds of persons engaged in It,
AS stated. there are arrests. but it Is
said that while some officials are hon
est and probably some of the prohibit
ton agents and Fedora! spies also are.
on the other hand many are not. and in
stances have come 70 light OF men mas
querading as Federal agents Selling
liquor for their own use or to sell.
The traffic is openly winked at and
Il is quite generally understood that
some of Miamrs prominent business men
are engaged IN It as wholesalers. and
that there is quite an army OF bootleg
gers. crooks and spies gathered here to
fatten ard some OF them ostensibly
to prevent the bringing In OF intoxicat-
ing liquors from Binini.
II is impossible to form an estimate
Of the vast amount o. liquor that has
poured into Florida from the Bahamas
and Cuba since prohibition became eff
fective, or even to estimate how much
has come into Miami. 1t is known
though. that hundreds of thousands o.
cases have been landed in Miami alone
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

Time was, and not so very long since,
when dealers were demanding (and get
ting) from $50 to $3.50 a case for the
wet goods. but with the increase Of the
fleets which operate between Miami and
Bimini the price is now considerably
less than this. although very much
higher than in antediluvian times.
Nowadays one sometimes hears his
telephone tingllng and answers only TO
be asked II he would like a case Of rare
old Irish. and member of the boot
logging fraternity frequently stops men
Oh the street TO ask about the chances
for sale, quoting rock bottom figuers.
The other day business man had
telephone conversation with n bootlegger.
one. Of the larger fry and perhaps en-
titled to more distinguished title than
"aootlegger." Tor he deals in wholesale
lots
Say, John" he called. i've got
eighty-nve cases Of old Irsh-imperial
quarts--and thought ] would give you
q chance at Il before look elsewhere.
How about it?'
John demurred: said he couldn't han
die It and might get caught trying. II
wasn't safe to fool with Il when there
are 80 many Federal officials State and
county officers vying with each other.
"Oh. that's all right" responded the
knowing one. You are IN danger only
when you arc on the outside. Every
things fixed for this stuff - slide along
smoothly"
Said John afterward: What do you
,..,vJ about that? Calling "A business
man up on the telephone 20 sell him
vhiskey. Next thing we know they'll
be sending their statesmen around with
samples"
Legal Fender In Miami"
Recently a Republican candidate told
his fellows IN the county convention.
81 lille speaking OF the enormous booze
business between Bim.ni and Miami:
'Why, It's become legal tender in this
town. a fellow offered me ninety cases
tho other day in payment for ona Of
those lots In the subdivision I am just
i.utting on the market"
And so IL goes. They trade IN Il as
corn is traded In by farmers in the corn
belt OF cotton IN the cotton felt. SO
many eases buys a lot IN g suburb: 50
lany buys n business property. Boot
'ggers peddllng out email parcels, pins
nd quarts. are IN evidence at all times
following the customary Sinking meth
OBS of the trade, but bode. than in
many places.
Tho big fo,i~Ws. on the other hand.
- s.. -i',ss al, weh creased before they
Undertake to unload their boats and
cart the stuff through town. and
seem % have no fear Of apprehension.
Of course there are arrests. but IL is said
The persons Jailed are outside the ring
and are being taught lesson. Possibly
ono spucaed and that's what got him
in bad with the rest Of the gang and the
nauthopities"
Away back so long ago that the mind
of man runneth not TO the contrary
'"hlskey was smuegled in from Nassau.
y. the capital Of the Bahama Islands
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
MANY CITIES HARD
HIT BY CRIME WAVE

Continued from First Page.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

Special Despatch to TIE New YoRK HE2ALD.
MIAMI. Fla, Nov. 13.-About orc
hours run from Miami in fast boat.
and much less when one travels by air.
Is a little island that until few years
ago had not broken prominently into
he prints or held great space in
s,ories or in conversations. but which
is now much in the hmelight Of puo-
licity.
OF course the fishing in that vicinity,
in common with the whole lower Flor
ida coast, is excellent and many vari-
cites of fish abound there. but it is
not the fishing that has attracted at
tention to this small island, which is
only seven miles long and two wide.
Bimini is it's name 1t is the nearest
10 the United States of all the Bahama
Islands, and these are British terri
tory.
But what has that to do with pro-
hibition? 2" one uninitiated might well
ask
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
BOOZE is USED
IN MIAMI AS
LEGAL TENDER
Traded I'm as Farmers
Trade in Corn and Cot
tOn Belts.
DIMINI THE SOURCE
Warehouse on Island Has
Million Dollars Worth
Awaiting Shipment.
OPEN TRAFFIC WINkED AT
BDIINI THE SOURCE
OPEN TRAFFIC WINKED AT
Vast Amount Of Liquor Has
Been Pouring Into Florida
for Months.

Here,cith is published the concluding
article setting forth the results OF an
Investigation OF echolesdle liquor
smuggling across the border, made 6y
a staff correspondent OF THE New
YORK HERALD, acho travelled along both
the Canadian and Mexican borders and
to Florida for the purpose Of making
this investigation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
The Isle Of Delight.

Merely that Bimini. Isle OF Delight, Is
rot dry ard the United States is. or
would be were IL not for few Biminis
around it's skirts. B!mni is a sort OF
Olynpian outpost from which flows a
continuous and ever increasing stream of
the purest nectar. the kind that makes
prohibitonists run round in circles and
brings Joy and gladness into the midst
Of the ordinary individual. especially
when he hasn't had drink In a long
time.
Residents of Miami know this nectar
varously by the names Irish. American
rye, Canadian. Scotch, cognac. and there
is, of course. sprinkling of rum and
sin, Just about as It was in the good
old days before the drys slipped that
s>nendment thing over on the Consttu-
.ion Of the United States for the good OF
the constitutions of it's citizens. as they
said.
But there is one great difference be-
tween the nectar one drinks nowadays
and then There Is no brass railing, and
th-r, is none of the good fellowship that
prevailed IN those days. One has 20 be
mora or less of a sneak to obtain a
drink, although there is 80 much Of 1t IN
Miami that Il has almost become legal
tender
Then. too. the price IS a shining ex-
ample to profteers of what they might
do If they only were stony hearted and
forced the traffic In other things to
carry all II would bear. But even high
as IL Is. whiskey Is cheaper than II was
before the Illicit dealers began putting
things in 1t and before the supply
enualled the demand.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

ably $40 10 S75 a case, as much Of the
whiskey. in fact the most OF II. is Scotch
and Irish. both high priced.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
LURE TO THE ADVENTUROUS
Through All the Ages Man Has Dared
Every Danger in the Search for
Beautiful Things.

Now. thing of beauty that Is rare
and difficult TO obtain seems ever to
have exercised in irresistible lure TO
adventurous man. To possess it he
will suffer the hardships of the high
est mountain climb, or risk the al
most certain dangers of disease in
tropic zones He will dare death at
the hands of savage enemies and pur-
sue his quest far into the regions Of
unknown wilds.
Into the depths of shark-infested
seas he dives with the hope of secur-
ing q ustrouS pearl Then TO the top
most Alpine peak he climbs for rare
specimen Of the edelWeiss. 4 glitter
ing jewel In an IDOLS head may tempt
him TO invade the sacred precincts of
an Indian temple or beautiful flow
er lure him far into the primeval for
eSts of Brazil, Colombia or Peru.
To this spirit the civilized world
owes not only its greatest geographic
discoveries and important additions
to scientific knowledge, but to it is
also due the discovery of many of
natures choicest things of beauty,
things whose practical value may be
but slight, hut whose appeal is to the
artistic and esthetic sense.-National
Geographic Society Bulletin.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
PROVED CURVATURE OF EARTH
Scientist Settled Disputed Question,
But Loser Proved Himself to Be
"Poor Sport"

1t will scarcely be believed that the
question of the shape of the earth
could ever have disturbed the peace
full atmosphere of the law courts Yet
in 1879 the question. indirectly. indeed
did come before three learned Judges,
and the case excited deal of inter
est and amazement. The circumstances
were as follows:
The plaintiff, one Hampden, enter
tanned the opinion that the world was
not round ana issued an advertise
ment in paper challenging philoso-
pliers, dlvineS and scientific professors
to prove contrary from Scripture, rea-
son or fact. He deposited $500 in a
bank, to be forfeited to anyone who
could prove to the satisfaction of any
intelligent referee that there was such
thing as a convex railway, canal or
lake.
The challenge was taken up by no
less person than the late Prof. Alfred
Russell Wallace. who proved to the
satisfaction of the referee the curva-
ture to and fro of the Berford level
canal between Whitney bridge and
Welsh's dam (six mles) to the extent
of five feet, more or less, and me 81
500 was paid over TO him.
But he did not keep it. The plain
tiff apparently began TO see that he
was making a fool of himself. and
brought an action and recovered back
his deposit on the ground that the
whole affair was a wager, and there
fore llegal.-Springfield Republican.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
EVcrY-DaY EelloWnen.

There are few prophets In the
world, few heroes. | cannot af-
ford TO give all my reverence to such
rarities; | want great deal of those
feelings for my everyday fellowmen,
especially for the few In the fore
ground of the great multitude, whose
faces | know, whose hands | touch. for
whom | have to make way with kindly
courtesy. . . | herewith discharge
my conscience and declare that | have
had quite enthusiastic movements of
admiration toward gentlemen who
spoke the worst English, who were
occasionally fretful in thier temper,
and who had never moved in a higher
sphere of influence than that of parish
overseer; and that the way in which
| have come to the conclusion that
human nature is lovable-the way /
have learnt something of its deep
pathos, its sublime mysteries-has
been by living great deal among peo-
pie more or less commonplace and
vulgar, of whom you would perhaps
hear nothing very surprising if you
were to inquire about them In the
neighbOrhOods where they dwelt-
George Eliot.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
PHANTOM GAVE GOOD ADVICE
Apparition That Appeared to French
Shepherd Was Possibly Some Re-
ation to the Leprechaun.

Every Irishman can tell you about
dresses in red with peaked cap, and
lives in the bitches. Only one person
can see him at time and if he does
catch sight of him, must never take
his eyes off for single moment.
Watching him carefully. he must run
and catch him. and if he succeeds in
doing so the Leprechaun will ransom
himself by leading his captor TO II
creek of buried gold At least, so runs
the legend.
Some years ago French shepherd
of Aveyron lost two sheep. The fol-
lowing evening a figure in a black robe
and with tonSured head appeared to
him, and told him to look for the lost
members of his flock in a cave near
Altes, adding that he would there find
more than sheep"
The next day the shepherd found
the cave mouth exactly as described.
Inside We're his two sheep. Beyond,
he came upon a chapel carved in the
rock and containing chalices, censers.
and candIe-sticks all made of solid
silver, and of very considerable value.
A letter found in a msSal showed that
the place had been used as place of
1888 The shepherd took the orna-
ments to his parish priest and was
well rewarded for his find.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
Facts About LIGHTNING.

We see in the papers after severe
storm that "a thunderbolt" has fallen.
This and another popular superstition
namely. that there Is a protected
space under lightning conductor
were finally dispelled by the lightning
research committees report.
We now know that the so-called
"thunderbolt" is a very powerful flash,
which disturbs the ground like burst
ing shell. The action Of lightning
stroke on an insufficiently protected
building may be compared TO the eff
feet of very heavy rainfall on house
which has insufficient cutters and
rainwater pipes. The water before 1t
can escape, will probably flood the
building. \ single lightning rod, fixed
to the chimney-shaft, will do its part
by receiving some of the flash.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
Japanese Masks of Shame.

One of the most unusual features Of
"A Japanese court to II stranger is the
fact that each prisoner has his head
covered by a wicker mask, more like
an inverted waste-basket than any
thing else, the object of which is TO
prevent recognition of the prisoner, TO
permit him 10 hide his shame under
the disguise and, very possibly to pre-
vent him from making a bolt for lib
erty.
The sight Of prisoner 80 arrayed is
CHASTITY. The mask bringing up the sug-
gestion of the hangman's cap.
Once in the prisoners box, how
ever, the masks are removed, while
the prisoners sit with deeply bowed
heads in an attitude Of the utmost hui
mility.-BoStOn Post.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
How Asbe stos Is Produced.

The finest asbestos. and the great
er part of the worlds supply, comes
from Quebec. Asbestos is tibrous
mineral that can be spun and woven
into fabrics as fine as silk, which are
unaffected by temperatures of from
1000 to 1900 degrees f. 1t is found
in layers filing assures in certain SER
pentine rocks. 1t is believed that,
when the rock was forming and still
hot, water penetrated the assures. wild
ened them and dissolved some of the
silica and magnesia. On drying these
crystallized as a hydrated silicate of
magnesia, forming threadlike crystals
building up from opposite walls re the
assures and meeting in the middle.
No one has yet discovered how fine
~ asbestos fibers can be split. A
microscope magnifyng 900 diameters
revealed fibers that are estimated to
be five one-milionths Of an inch thick.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
AFTER SLEEP OF CENTURIES
EecIesiastio May Be Said to Have Re-
turned to Earth for a Few
Brief Moments.

There was little gathering In the
green graveyard of an old priory
church. There was the rector and an
old antiquary in rusty black. few
neighboring Squires the county police
sergeant, the sexton and laborer or
TWO, while an ancient stone coffin. re-
Gently unearthed, lay on the ground.
no do you suppose it is, profes.
sor?" inquired the rector.
The old man in black polished his
glasses and adjusted them carefully.
1t must be Thomas DeBoehms." he
said. Thomas who was prior here in
the time of Henry III, about 1920. But
we shall see"
A hush fell on the group as the men
set to work with hammer and chisel.
All ready" the sexton reported
presently. They took off their hats and
the policeman removed his helmet. The
ponderous lid was slowly pushed aside
and they were gazing at the calm,
strong face of an ecclesiastic in rich
silk vestments, wrapped in his 700
years sleep.
Yes it's Thomas" murmured the
professor, with the air of one recog
nizing an old friend. VERY like the
contemporary portrait on the vellum."
AS they continued to gaze, spell
bound, weird thing happened. The
vestments gradually lost their color
ing and then all that the coffin con
mere handful of ashes.
Dust to dust" whispered the rec
tor.
Very subdued and silent the little
company dispersed.-LOndon Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
Novel Stunt in ADVERTISING.

They are not so slow in Russia as
many of MS imagine. An American re-
Iates that while IN Moscow before the
war he one day saw crowd gathered
around little fellow who was bawl-
ing at the top of his lungs. Many
asked him what the trouble was, but
he kept on crying. and the crowd In
creased then all of sudden he stop
ped and said In a clear, loud voice: IL
am lost. VIII somebody please take
me home To Ivan Tobinsky, the cham
pion clothier Of Moscow, who has a
full supply of autumn oyercoats. suits,
neekties. shirts, hats and umbrellas,
which he will sell cheaper than anyone
else IN the city" Boston Transcript
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23

The story of New York woman
who a number of years ago remarked,
upon seeing three automobiles on
Broadway in a single afternoon. that
she "dld not know what pass we are
coming to-" is paraleled by the fol-
lowing paragraph, taken from Call
fornia Desert Trails" S. Smeaton
ChGse's book:
"The cowboys liking for unlimited
range was illustrated by NY friends
complaint that newcomers were
crowding him ont. A neighbor mile
away In one direction and another
four miles off In the other were me
grounds of objection and the road was
getting to be durn boulevard there
we're two fellows went by yesterday.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-23
l. o. o. l.. NOTICE
BAPTIST CHURCH

Inc little church downtown. on
PARADISE street, opposite the flour
MIL. Sunday services: Bible class
at s'45 a M; morning preaching
service at HOO; b. Y. P. u. at els
p NJ; evening preaching service at
''0V. Thursday prayer and social
9er'lce at 1880 p. m. Rev. ). c..
austin, acting pastor. If