Evening star., 1923-04-20
SAYS GUN IS CURE
FOR rum FLEET
Federal Dry Official, Visiting
Gases Off Jersey Shore,
Talks With "BuzzardS."
ny the Ass6cia ted Press.

NEW DIRK. April 2O.-A govern
ment expedition. sent from New York
to discover the Isles of Rum, re-
turned successful. with six oases Of
f1cialfy chartered off the Jersey
brose channel
When the Associated Press several
months ago first reported extensive
liquor smuggling off Highlands. fed
eral prohibition officials were in
clined to scoff at the presence of a
sizaoie liquor fleet. Palmer Can
feld. new federal prohibition director
Ter New York, decided to get first
hand Information and took a band of
newspaper men with him down the
harbor on the coast guard cutter
Manhattan.
:Canfeld critically inspected the
ffet. which had shrunk from seven
teen vessels to six; declined an invi-
tation to board the flagship IStar. was
saSScd' by one of her officers and on
the way home frankly denounced the
rum craft as ocean buzzardS plucking
al the heart Of the nation. He held
lin rhs net h. acc"pntab,e m ia de for the Smug
d year. and declared that to combat
the smuEglers it was absolutely nee
pa1roi s9nplamenind hame nd ahnequats hx cis Waser
land force.
II expect to use the information
obtained" he said. "as basis for
formulating a practical plan of oper-
eting to eliminate liquor smuggling
or reduce 1t to the same minimum as
smuggling of Chinese or narcotics.
have an abiding faith that the present
situation Will be met ultimately in an
aggressive and combative manner and
that the real job of stopping SNUG
CLING VIII be delegated to some agen-
cy of the government. and that proper
equipment for water operations sup
plemented with land force will be
provided.
Snys Gun Is Remedy.
There is only one thing that will
stop smuggling. That is a gun. There
Is only one thing that will stop it any
quicker. That Is two guns.
An intfmation that the British gov
ernment was becoming interested in
the operations of the British steamer
1star. formerly the Robert Goelet
yacht Nahma. was conveyed to her
commander by Capt. Byron l.. Reed.
heading coast guard forces in New
oFk. who made the trip on the Man
haitian today.
Hailing the Istar. he asked how
long she intended to remain at her
two days, he called out:
:".Don't go away for couple of
days. The British consul wants to
come down and see YOU
VERY good sir" replied the British
captain.
Mr. Garfield. accompanied by San
ford II. Cohen. assistant United States
attorney. found score Of newspaper
men awaiting him when he boarded
the Manhattan. AS the cutter steamed
down the bay she passed another
government boat towing two dories
which had been captured.
The rum fleet finally was sighted.
The crews displayed no anxiety and
little curiosity as the cutter. power
less under International law to board
was the first craft visited. Her crew
and officers-the latter in uniform.
the former giving indications of
strict discipline-lined the rails and
waved affably to the Manhattan.
:. "Queen Among BeEgars."
From a distance. the Istar with her
graceful lines stood out as queen
approached. those aboard the cutter
could see that the black paint had
been chiSeled off the Istar's sides by
the waves. The fundamental red
ing the craft a pock-marked appear
ance. Her superstructure was a dingy
gray. her bowsprit was gone and al
together she looked as dismal as d
summer camp In winter.
The Manhattan passed under the Is
taT's stern and came next to the
schooner Catherine NJ, of Yarmouth.
n. S. Alongside her was a Sandy
Hook motor boat labeled k-1220S.
The cutters skipper, Lieut.. Com
n.ander M. ]. Ryan. sharply inquired
what the American craft was doing
Two men In the launch-which was
equipped with an engine capable of
twenty knots an hour-replied that
they had broken down outside .hc
hook last night and that the wind had
blown them out twelve miles along
side the Catherine NJ
odd wind" commented Commander
Ryan, but. standing in the Manhat.
tan's bow. he could see that the
open boat had no liquor and there
was nothing to be done.
The Catherine Mary of Nassau. an
other schooner. was the next craft
encountered. She was a sorry look