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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
BY JANE STEPHENSON.

HAVANA, Cuba, January Z.
I IMPORTS Of liquor from Europe have
fallen OF here IS per cent during
the past six months. The American
Sahara has proved to be a mirage.
Is related Of liquor smuggling activities
than can be found in bootleggers' bot
ties. Princely fortunes visualized by
the enterprising adventures engaging
in liquor smuggling have gone a-glim-
mering. Overhead expenses have pros
trated the business.
How the overhead expenses have been
run up makes an interesting story To
understand 1t one must go over local
liquor history for the past year. This
can be epitomized, however, in a few
short paragraphs.
To begin with, when the plaintive
wall Of thousands Of disconsolate pro-
testers in the American Sahara was
flashed in by cable, following the en-
forcement of national prohibition, hun
dreds Of men suddenly discovered in
spring possibilities in the coming ex-
pansion of the liquor business and they
were quick to get in on the ground
floor. There followed widespread
stampede in securing agencies repre-
senting European liquor shippers. and
liberal hurry-up orders were scattered
broa dcast. Within very Snort time
the flood started. 1t continued to come
swelling in for several months.
Other men saw golden opportunities
in the developing situation. They were
tho longheads who took stock of storage
facilities and acquired vast areas Of
warehouse space under lease 1t was
about that time that the liquor, rushed
out of the United States during the last
hours of grace, began arriving. The
warehouse men" took it in at storage
rates, tnsuring handsome profit. Since
then the bulk Of it has remained in
storage. where, fguratively speaking,
'it has been eating its head Off" a big
factor in swelling the liquor stock on
hand.
WHILE those interested in the
liquor business were engaged
in these activities they lost sight,
seemingly. of the determining factor
on which the final success Of their
venture depended-the smugglers' in
terest The question of how and
where the enormous stock Of wet
goods could be and would be dis
posed Of never intruded itself seri-
ousiy on their attention. BY general
consent It was agreed that the vast
and ever-increasing number Of "thirst
victims"-the by-product Of national
prohibition In the United States-pro-
vided a consumers market which
would absorb all of. the spirituous
moisture that could be barreled and
bottled within easy shipping dis
tance It has been the general and
placid eccsDtanee Of this concluston
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Englishman, once well known in
London sporting circles and in re-
cent years identified with amuse-
Americas was one Of the men who
saw short cut to fortune" by leas-
ing warehouse space Yesterday he
admitted to me casually that he was
carrying number of. stocks Of Amer
ican-owned liquor on which storage
charges had piled up during the past
three months. On one lot more than
$1,400 was due for storage and in
surance he stated, with the prospects
of liquidation growing DINNER each
day. In fact, he admitted it had been
more than three months since he had
been in communication with the own
erS agents. What to do with the
liquor, he confessed, had him guess
ing. Half Of the $1.400 was needed
in carrying out his lease contract
with the warehouse owners. In addi-
ton to the abandoned stocks" he
assured me he saw unmistakabie in
dications that several other lots he
was storing were inclined to list
themselves in the same class. He
would have no hesitancy, he confessed,
in selling several hundred barrels Of
the stored liquor to collect back stor-
age charges and settle his own LA
bility under his lease-only he could
find no buyer. The nglishnan's
confession was really pathetic I
know Of several others in the same
position There Is everything in the
situation to suggest they will go
broke.
Like others. the Englishman de-
pended on the American Sahara pro-
yiding an outlet through which the
owners Of the stored liquor would be
able to dispose Of their stocks and
pay him his 100 Per cent profit on
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dress bills down to so low a figure
is by utilizing her pre-war costumes.
some of which she has altered and
others dyed, to avoid the expense of
queens only daughter. has practiced
similar economy as regards dress.
She has ordered only six new gowns
since the armistice.
+ X
g A Nd King George actually has bad
no new clothes since then. His
extensive wardrobe was renewed not
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on dress amounted, roughly speaking,
to $4,000 a year. which means. Of
course. that her majesty was one of
the most inexpensively attired of Eu-
ropean queens. Today the queens
dress bills amount to $500. equiva-
lent to an expenditure of about $500
a year in pre-war days. Her majestys
state gowns cost at least $1,000, SO
that on her ordinary attire she is not
spending, at the moment, more than
$500 a year at pre-war figures.
The way her majesty keeps her
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long before the outbreak Of the war,
and as he lived mainly in khaki
while the fighting lasted, he is even
now fairly supplied with wearing ap-
parel. But he has long ceased to
set the fashions for men.
EVERY other item Of the kings
and queens personal expenditure is
figured as carefully. For instance,
the breakfast, lunch and dinner
menus at the royal table have been
vigorously cut down. In pre-war
DAYS the dinner menu at Bucking-
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expenses, costs Of new automobiles.
etc, etc.
But today the increase in expenses
Of the royal establishment not only
wipes out this sum of $250,000, but
compels the king to dig up hefty
sum out of his own pocket to meet
the current expenses Of the royal
household. 1t is this necessity that
has compelled the king and queen to
make the most drastic economies in
their present expenditure.
"In 1914 Queen Mary's expenditure
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storage. Unfortunately for the plans
of these men and their associates, 1t
has been impossible to develop the
required irrigating system
Thus the situation facing the Eek
porter and his smuggling skipper be-
comes an expensive one. In buying
liquor they must pay a price which
will liquidate the accumulated over
head expenses Of the owner, who
must satisfy the claims Of the stor-
age agent besides making a liberal
profit These are the factors which
are responsible for the ever-increas-
ing cost of liquor to the American
consumer who procures his stock from
smugglers' agents.
Then the American government has
shown that it is determined to end
liquor smuggling. Tho smuggler
now realizes that there are scores Of
American agents being maintained
here and at other island ports whose
sole mission is to tab him. Once he
is tagged by them and the chances
of successful run are about one
in a thousand. If he lands his cargo
he is almost certain to lose his ship.
He feels somebody must pay for the
nine hundred and ninety-nine failures
and the only person against whom
the assessment can be made is the
consuming buyer.
+ + = \
ITO add to the perplexities Of the
contrabandista, local and Cuban
authorities are against him! It has
dawned on them that it is more
profitable for the American drinker
to come here for his eye-openers than
to create few millionaire liquor
running interests Visiting Amert.
cans s}re good spendsrs and e theee
Continued Cd Sixth Rasal
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"AMERICAN SAHARA is A MYTH" Wall
THE STRONG DRINK SMUGGLERS OF CUBA


" the United States
Government Is a Big
Factor in Causing Bank
ruptcy Among Til o Sc
Who Hold Big Stocks of
WET Goods on the Isle.
Smusslers Are Unable to
Move Stocks and Ware
house Charges Gather
No Moss.
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BANNING Of smugglers' activities
I by the American authorities re-
acted In another way. Tho situation
os m EngliahmAn illustrates Il. Tho
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ST. J0SEPH'S PREP
IN BIG GAME TODAY
Will Go Against Brooklyn Prep
in Annual Game in
Flatbush
COMMUNICATION OUT OF tilt

Heinie Millcr's ST. Joscph's Prep
team. tit,obo,ders in tho Catholic
80. ' ' ~ ~,
League Tor the Inst two seasons. Will
20 against Brooklyn Prep at Flatbush
today. This is tho annual game be.
tuoon +ho 5000 o,ovo,. Th. e. nomo
t"''' '"' 'W' .,esen'' Ahe "f'' s".''
was played in 1913 in this city and the
visitors won by three touchdowns. The
following year St Josenh's travelled 70
p.,.,-
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BY PAUL PREP
TERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.

4 NfNMAN NloN ~ lihI SSAIcoL,
" outweIghed by almost ten pounds
to man, will stack up against West
Philadelphia High in the opening game
of the Interscholastic League this aft :
crnoon Mt Tabor Field. Seventh street
and Tabor road. The contest will start
at $3.50.
This marks the tenth year of the
Interscholnstic Football League under
the Supervisory Board. This organiza-
ton was started in 1912.
The West Philadelphia eleven is the
favoritc for today's contest. due to the
record which it has made to date and
also because there are more veterans
on the eleven than on the Germantown
team.
In addition to these advantages, the
Specdboys, on an average, weigh close
to 17J pounds TO the ClivedenS' 100.
Both teams wound up their long
practice drills in preparation for tho
big contest yesterday afternoon. Coach
Delaplaine took the Westerners out to
Swarthmore for secret practice.
The Clivedens spcn! the afternoon
at their usual practice place ut Tabor
Field.
10th Teams Ready
Neither team has played regular
contest for tw" weeks. the coaches
having devoted all their time to rnt
their men in shape for today's big bat
tie
Germantown High played Coatesville
High Inst Friday, but in this contest
Coach Miller used but one regular, Sc
we'll. The result was severe trounc-
ing by the upstate aggregation.
To date West Philadelphia High has
participated in two battles.
The first game resulted in an over
whclming win over Darby High and
the other was scCreleSS tie with Stan
Cofall's Catholic High School team.
The deadlock with Catholic did not
lower the SpeedbOy colors any as the
Purple and Gold has one Of the strong
est clcvcns in recent years.
Germantown High on the other hand
has not been quite as successful. In
the first game Radnor High won by
one touchdown and In the next Camden
High was beaten by a 1870 score.
Gordon Out Of Game
One captain will be missing from the
game. He Is Hughey Gordon. the
Germantown leader. He was injured
in the Camden High fuss and Is still
on the Idelines.2 His place will be
filled by Saurman, a promising tackle,
who has shown up we'll in practice.
The Speedboys will depend on
Bergman, their husky fullback. Berg
man was one Of the stars of the league
manner In the Darby game. He was
crippled for the Catholic game. but
played gamcly.
The veterans on tho SDcpdbOy team
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BARRETT SURPRISES,
DEFEATING TZPLITZ
Ohio State-Michigan
TNssLe DraIUs $4,000

Columbus, O.. Oct. 10.-Almost
frantic appeals for tickets to the
Ohio state Michigan gridiron contest
here Saturday, when the new Ohio
stadium will be formally dedicated.
are being answered by athletic Of
ficials to take chances in the line
Saturday morning, when 5000 stand
ing room pasteboartls will be issued.
Approximately $1,000 tickets already
have been sold. Saturday afternoon
has been proclaimed n half holiday
in Columbus by Mayor Thomas.
One of the biggest problems con-
fronting the city today Is how to care
for the out -of.town visitors. All
hotel accommodations \ were ex-
hausted >weeks ago and the Cham
ber of Commerce has obtained res
crvations for. several thousands in
private homes, stiil hundreds are
yet to be cared for.
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mon aggregation is entirely new 70 Penn
State In athletics. The game this week
will mark the first meeting between
teams of the two institutions, and
while the name of Middlebhry is not so
we'll known on Pennsylvania gridirons.
Penn State coaches and players alike
are anticipating a hard game. Hinkie
HaineS watched their game with Dart
mouth last week and reports them to be
a powerful aggregation.
HAVERFORD-Wit stiff breeze
blowing across Walton field the var
sity lined up against the second tenn
for snappy three. quarter hour scrim-
mage yesterday. In the first quarter.
hour the regulars had crossed the scrub
continued to have done so il Harman
had not called the runner back when
such an event seemed likely.
The coaches had their eyes glued on
the possibilities in the scrub eleven.
Andy Lewis, at fullback, showed speed
and hit the line hard every time the
center passed him the pigskin. Merle
Miller played center for the first time
since his ankles have recovered from
strain received in the first week of
practice. Miller is still handicapped,
Uut mas BreuI posSiDilltleS.
VILLANOVA - Dummy tackling
running down punts and light scrim =
mage featured yesterdays workout for
the husky Nillanova gridiron warriors.
Coaches Little and McGrady tutored
the varsity and scrub line in the proper
way to run down under punts and
also gave the men q few points in
tacklinR.
Head Coach Miller drilled the back
field men in throwing forward passes.
Villanova has used but very few passes
against its opponents this year ant
Miller is anxious to perfect first class
aerial attack which will be used in
tho games that have yet TO be played.
st. Joseph's---Coach johnny LAWN
Of the st. Joseph's College football
team. has been holding some stiff prac.
tice session every day this week TO fit
the Stiles street colleginns for the com =
ing battle with Lebanon Valley College,
Saturday. at Annville.
The backfeld will be weakened by the
absence of Jimmy Woods. the regular
quarterback. and Frank McCauley, who
has been playing regularly at the right
halfback position. Both Of these men
were injured in the J. NJ. G. game last
Saturday and have not donned a uni
form since.
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SWARTHMOREG|RLS
ARE HOCKEY STARS
Have Scored Three Consecutive
Victories, Getting 20 Goals
to Nothing
MEET CHELTENHAM TODAY

Ate; runnine roughshod over its
opponents last year, winning eleven
games and tying two, the swarthmors
High Schools girls' field hockey team
has started out to make another good
record this year.
Already three games have been played
and ench resulted in victory. The
first win was registered over the Ger
mantown Friends girls, who. were the
champions Of the Philadelphia Inter
scholastic Girls Field Hockey League
last season, by the score Of 9 goals
to 0.
Darby High proved no match for
the Garnet players, being downed by
the overwhelming score Of IL TO 0. The
third victory was nnde against Ians-
downe High, the score standing at the
finish of the suburban game. 9 to 0.
Therefore, in three contests TO date
Swarthmore has made twenty eight
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goals TO none for it's opponents. The
main ambition Of the tenn ID 70 20
through the season undefeated.
There are FIVE veterans back from
last years eleven. Peter Wattereon,
who coached the tear. In 1921, again 10
looking after the interests Of the girls.
lie contributes the success Of I. the
eleven to teamwork at all stages q
tho game.
"There ia no individual star on the
team" said Watterson ;"they are all
hard workers and perform like q ma
chine. And this makes for winning
combination in any sport
The big game Of the season for the
school will be staged this afternoon.
when Cheltenham High School will be
played at Palmer field.
Great Rivals
These teams have met for the past
three years. Great rivalry exists be.
tween the eleven, and splendid battles
are the result when they clash.
Last year in two games Swarthmors
played with Cheltenham 1t won one
and tied the other. The deadlock was
staged on the Cheltenham field, while
a 81 victory resulted in the contest
played on Palmer field.
Swarthmorcs lineup for today's
game follows:
Misses II. Turreli. right inside: =. STAFF.
risht wing, r. shsrpisss, center forward;
hslfbaok p. Allison. left haifback: -.
Hardest. risht fuliback. and Turrell. goal.
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INDOOR POLO TEAM FROM
FRANCE MAY PLAY HERE
National Association Holds Annual
Meeting and Elects Officers

New York. Oct. 13.--Fifteen clubs
were represented at the annual meeting
Of the National Indoor Polo Associa :
tion held at the Hotel Biltmore last
evening. President George G. Sherman
presiding. Officers were re- elected for
the ensuing year as follows:
President. George c. Sherman; vice
president, Robert A. Grannis; treas
urer. Archie W. Kinney; secretary.
Charles Lang.
The National Association, which rer. l..
resents about 1000 players of indoor
polo, is planning the most extensive
season ever arranged. with tourna /.
ments at Philadelphia. New York, New
Haven. Princeton and the Virginia Nil
itary Institute.
Secretary Lang is a. present In
France. where he is endeavoring TO ar.
range with the French polo organiza -
ton 10 have a team Of indoor players
come to this country for a series of
matches with n picked team Of Ameri.
can players.
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CATHOLIC ANNEX LEAGUE
TO START PLAY MONDAY
Eight Teams In Two Sections Rep.
resent Every School In CItx

4
The Catholic High Annex Football
League. which was inaugurated last
year is again in the field on much
larger scale. Two new schools have
been added so that every annex in the
city will be represented in the league,
which consists of eight teams.
There will be two sections, four in
the Northern and the same number in
the Southern. The season will open on
Monday afternoon.
Stf Thomas, st. Teresa st. Ga
briels and Cathedral are in the down.
town section. Nativity. st. Bonavcn-
t,ire. Visitation and St. COLUMBIA are
the uptowners.
Each team will play twice before the
elimination starts. On November IS,
IA, 10 and 10, the first, second. thiri
and fourth finishers of the two sections
will clash.
This will bring the number down to
four teams and they nlaet the following
week. The date for the championship
is set for November %.
All games will be played on Cahill
Field. and only one game will be played
each afternoon. All contests will start
at 3 z. NJ. ''
The league produced many good men
last year, most prominent of these
being Johnny Shober. who has clinched
the quarterback post on the regular
Catholic High team and Mackel who
Is substitute.
October 23--Natly!ty vs., St, Bonnven.
ture.
October 2t--St Tereso VS. Cathedral
4S,oSsr 4S,oSsr 33A s3S-ys!aicn V. -. Columbia
October 3o,-Na.Ivlty vs. ST. Columbia.
ton. "
November o-st. Thomas vs.. Cathedral
Normeber C-St Bonaventuro vs.. ST. Co
lumba.
November s-v!si,ation vs.. Natiyi'y.
November 13-FIrsst plncers in Southern
Division meet first placers In Southern Dl-
vision.
November l4--second placers of each di-
vision meet.
November l5--rhird placers OF each d..
Vision meet.
November lG-Fourth placers Of each dl-
Vision meet
Novemb"r So--Ftrst and SECOND placers
of each division.
November 21--Th!rd and fourth rlacers
OF each division.
November 23-Final game between the
remaining tcames.
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BIG SHIFT is MADE
IN LINEUP OF NAVY
Colgate and Dartmouth
Practice in SnOlUsfOrn,

While the first snowfall Of the sea-
son lent tuneless accompaniment.
the Colgate and Dartmouth football
teams went through practice sessions
yesterday for their respective en-
gagements nextssaturday. At Ham
ilton, N. Y, the home Of the Ma
room, the players drilled in make
believe blizzard, while at Hanover,
N. H., the worst they had to contend
with was one OF those November
snows' famed in rhyme--and the
Green regulars dashed through the
crystal faxed atmosphere and the
scrubs for Ave touchdowns.
Colgate spent an hour correcting
its weak points, catching and rum
ming back punts, and perfecting a
tighter defense for the hard tussle
with Cornell.
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SOCCER LEAGUE OPENS
Two Games on Card for Opening
Day Of Private Schools

The Private Schools Soccer League
will get under way this afternoon with
two games on the card. Penn Charter
will meet Washington Friends on the
latter field and Haverford School will
clash with Friends Select.
Penn Charter is the only member Of
the league that has seen any action TO
mantown High the little Quakers
showed great promise in walloping the
Clivedens by 4-to-1 score.
Germantown Friends. the champion
of the league for the last three sea
sons, will not play until November :.
The Friends school has been hard
hit by graduation Is not expected to cut
SO large a figure as this year.
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COLLEGE HOCKEY STARTS
swarthmore W. Temple Girls In Biz
Game

The Swarthmore College and Temple
College. girls field hockey teams mcrt
this afternoon Oh Cunningham field,
Swarthmore. in one of the big hockrv
games Of the season. Both elevens hive
had the advantage Of being coached Ly
Miss Gertrude East. the English inter :
nationalist, end each is looking fer.
ward to q victory.
Temple has been the victor during the
last two seasons, but prior to that
Swarthmore was consistent winner
The victor in this contest will take n
big step toward the championship of
the district.
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Wrestling Matches Here

The nrst OF a series Of wrestling shows
% be held In Philadelphia is scheduled next
Allegheny avenue and Edsemont street,
Audrey. Acton. heavywcight champion Of
Ensland. and Joe Polk. German-Amer.
bout, Mike Ksntrus. L!thuani champion.
T. to take on Einar Johansen and Steve
Olsen, the Swede, Prof, Hermann and
Mike Dorisas will be the referees.
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Racetrack Betting Falls or

Toronto. Oct. 1o.-.Public betting ct race
courses in Ontario this year fell to s44. 900
900 or $lo 900, 900 less than in 1921. II was
officially announced here. The Provincial
receipts from the : per cent levy on racing
bets amounted to $2212.22O in addition to
the daily TO Of $500 received from each
course.
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Cline and CLANCY In Great Bout

n hug surprise in the windup at the Bijou
Theatre last n,sht. bv Eivins Young Is Q.
the finish. Chaney.. because of a knockdown
in the fourth round. was entieled to the vic
tory. cline. however made a big hit with
the fans Buster Brown outpointed Tiny
Goodwin and George Tuly won from Babe
Ruth
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WeIch Named Harvard Soccer coac

CambridEe, Mass. Oct. l9.-William r.
Welch. Of Boston. former English player
and referee. has been appointed coach Of the
Harvard soccer team. He IL at present
Association.
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Delaney Signs to Meet Grsb
St. Psul. Mimi, Oct: 70. Jimmy ps-
has Sssn ssnsd to se;
america. In ten-round decision hghS q
oklahoma CITY. November H.
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1aeouv Wants Game

| The Tacony football team is without a
lAcmf for Sunday. due to . mix-up In the
senedvis 81 the Warrington team Phone