Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-08

during the past year have been ia
vorable to the government"
The report made no comment on
the railroad injunction case and
merely noted the legal situation arts.
ing out Of enforcement of the pro-
hibition statutes outside the CONT
mental limits of the United States.
''Since the 18th amendment of the
Constitution and Title Two OF the
National Prohibition Act became eff
fective," it said. rum running yes
sells of American and foreign regis
try, carrying liquor from foreign
ports to our shores. have swarmed
along our seaboards. smuggling IL
quors into the United States in VIC
lation of our laws.
Eighteen vessels of foreign regis
try and II of American registry with
their cargoes of liquors have been
seized. No American owned vessel
can transport beverage liquors. For
eign registered vessels can not trans
port beverage liquors within Ameri-
can territorial waters. OF the is
foreign registered vessels seized, 10
were found Transporting and SNUG
Cling liquors within the Smile limit
of our shores. The remaining eight
foreign vessels were lowering off our
shores beyond the Smile limit, but
within the 4-ieague zone of our
shore line and unloading their car
goes to other boats to be brought
ashore in violation of our statutes
known rs the lowering acts.
THE lowering statues (Rcv. Stat.
2S67 and others) provide that no
vessel bound to our ports shall un-
load merchandise within 4 leagues
OF our shores. unless by a permit.
without mourning penalty against
the captain, to satisfy which the YES
sci may be subjected to forfeiture,
Foreign governments protest
seizures of their vessels thus yiolat-
ing our revenue laws and smuggling
liquors to our shores. cause inter
national law does not recognize our
towering acts as valid outside the
o-mile limit. except as they may be
applicable to our own nationals"
The Attorney General then called
attention to the litigation over seiz-
ure on which the courts have ruled.
or which are now pending.
Only general reference also was
made TO litigation involving patents
seized by the Alien Property Gus
todian, such as the Bosch Magnetic
ano Chemical Foundation suits. "a
number Of suits" have been flee
the report said, to determine title to
these patents and to decide the own
ersAip OF the funds which have &C =
muiated from use of patent rights.
Postwar espionage by unnamed
foreign governments was limited at
in the report submitted by the de-
partment's bureau of investigation.
The attention OF the bureau has
been directed" Director w. ]. B,rnS
reported. ito Investigations OF sew
eral individuals who have posed as
representatives of foreign govern
ments, resulting in the apprehension
OF the persons under investigation.
attorney General Daugherty rec
commended legislation making it a
crime to kill an officer of the United
States while executing a process.
lie called attention that while it is
now seemed q crime to assault or
wound an officer engaged in such
duty, there is no law dealing with
his killing. Need was cited also OF
q statute making it a crime for a
single individual to defraud or at.
tempt to defraud the United States
IN any manner and for any pnr-
pose"
Mr.. Daugherty said work was he.
Ing pushed on the war contract in
yestigation of the department and
that action was being taken, as war
ranted, with the completion OF the
audit of each project.