The daily Alaskan., 1922-05-30

h 4uG Capldlu OA bAlC DNhNSiS@ NNS+N .sd to make 6 race for the open sea. The ship was under way before the csmmandeE of the Tampa realized what was up She gathered speed. and the Tamps. was after her. All commands to stop were ignored by the schooner. The little six pOunder On the forward deck of the Tampa banged. awaFS Tho skipper of the schooner knew that the next one would not be blank The schooner, slowed down. She came to anchor and was lowed into Boston. What was left ofcthe original $T5,OO0 cargo of whisky was seized, 50 was the ship. The end of the story will come when the United States courts finish the case.
 Here, is anOther little story from the coast guard iles.- It..happened a few weskAs ago. The place was the PheIfc cOastl near Westportf wash. The name of the rum-runner was The bfilk Maid. a fast gasoline launch. The MIX Maid was bound from Vancouver, I;ritishr Columbia, for San Francisco, and tucked away in her narrow little .compartments was whisky, which sub seQuently the custGms authorities es'' timated to be, worth, at prevailing mar ket prices, about s2o,O00.
 Washed Up by Wassss
 Tine morning of last June 8, fisher men and coast guard ufe-sREers- were surprised to And tho coast near Vest port for a., distance of about two mIles, strewnl with bottles of rye whisky. There was no other wreck age AS sthe surf beat its-w way In, 1t would leave As 1t reeeded another bot tie or two on the shore. Strange to cay, most of the bottles were un- broken. and the sealsrt secured the BtOppeFsvwere intact.
 An investigation WAS promptly set Rtoot, and after some hours the coast guard, men found the answer. It was that A, battered, and smashed launch. had been, hurled inshore and against the rocks. In the wreckage was found. the bodies of two men who had been the crew of the launch. Suose- quent developments proved, that the launch when 1t left Vancouver had On board -lS4 cases of liquor.
 At,abOut the same time as the West port tragedy there sailed Into the har' Dor of Miami, Fla. R schooner called tho Witch. She4was, according to the records In the case, about the most ln- nocent. looking craft that ever came to. anchor, In Florida waters.
 The. papers of the Witch disclosed mat her cargo. consisted entirely of tomatoeS-1.OO .OOO crates of them. Flor ida Is the land of tomatoes, but eYl- dently. somebody ln Nassau, w. l., had an idea. there was tomato shortage lnl the state, and so the Witch sailed away with a cargo to meet the to maIO emergency.
 The coast guard cutter Vldette was OR Miami ss the Witch sailed SerenelS into the harbor of Miami. The VI detts's skipper WAS suspicious. He could not exactly understand why SC many tomatoes were coming into state where tomatoes are so plentiful and where they grow the year round, So the,skipper investigated and found IA: small fisskG of whisky, private stock and belonging to the crew of the Witch The skipper of the Witch murmured: "I told you so," and In timated that he considered the inspec ton of hls ship anything but com plIment.
 The skipper of the Yidette got in touch with the customs authorities and the latter decided 10 make Sec' 0Rd Inspection of the Witch.
 There are entirely too many tOma- toes on that craft" said customs In BpectOF.
 The customs men ransacked the schooner from stem to stern, but not q drop of whisky did they find.
 SI stilI maintain, these tomatoes are GusplciousP said the ocicial In charge of the customs sleuths as he climbed back into his launch.
 They Found WhlSty.
 third inspection was ordered. This time the customB men tapped the walls with tack. hammers. There at first werO,nU hollow" sounds.I At last they reached the bulkheadR, and one of them was hollow. The bulEhead was opened, up and $50 quart bottles of whisky came t0 light.
 , A few weeks ago powerful motor launch flying the American flag was speeding down the Pacific coast The launch was south Of Seattle, and the night was dark when the navigator of the launch sighted what he thought was . lighthouse It was not, and as a result, .Of,hls unfamlliarity with the cOurae the .launch was driven inshore. and against the rocks The coast guard hurried to the rescue.- The life 7 savers 6ound the two men who manned the craft -uninjured. The launch was badly smashed but the $I5,0O0i cargo' of whIGky wac intact, The7launch had taken the whisky on board at Van cOuyer and was 'en route to San Pedro: