The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-26
ENJOYS CLOSE
LEAKS Of
RUM
Servants, Blamed, Will Be Dis.
missed-Exports Are
RigidIy Guarded.
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who have been investigating the
alleged diversion of embassy liquor
into the hands of boofeggers, will
make their report today to Read,
who will send the data through the
regular channels to Acting Prohibi-
ton Commissioner James d. Jones.
Commissioner Jones is waiting
for the report before taking further
official action, but he is already
acquainted with the details of the
probe.
He said today that latest de-
velopments would make it 1nadv1sa-
BILE for the prohibition unit to take
up the case Immediately with the
Cuban legation, from whose cellars,
according TO the affidavit of an
alleged bootlegger, considerable inn
ported liquor found it's way into
the wet" market.
The prohibition unit today is
seeking to supply a missing link
between the two pints OF Scotch
Whiskey said to have been pur-
chased by agents from John Lynch,
who made the affidavit accusing a
Cuban legation servant, and the
large quantities of homemade and
"doctored" liquor taken by agents
in the raid on Lynch's apartment
Monday
That domestic moonshine is being
sold in Washington as real i'm
ported goods from embassies, a
statement made exclusively in The
| Washington Times on Wednesday,
is applicable to the present case,
according to prohibition officials.
will Probe to Limit.
All of the liquor seized in the
Lynch apartment has not yet been
analysed. it was said at prohibition
headquarters today, but the samples
taken and subjected to analysis are
sufficient to give Commissioner
Jones an idea Of the general quail
ity of the liquor in the raid.
The attitude OF Commissioner
Jones, Read and other officials to-
day was that the investigation,
which at its present stage only
| partially involves a legation servant,
will proceed to the furthest possible
limit.
Should the case, as stated by
| Lynch, be proven, the charge
against the servant will be taken
directly to the Cuban legation.
|. IF it is shown that a person in
the diplomatic corps is guilty"
said Commissioner Jones. 1.-The mat
ter win be taken UP with the State
Department, which would get in
touch with the authorities of that
officials country, and he undoubted-
ly would be recalled. That is the
usual procedure"
Exports Safeguarded.
Unusual safeguards are placed
around the expectation of liquor
from the United States, sworn en-
ployes of the national prohibition
unit frequently accompanying such
shipments from the point Of ex-
portation in this country to its
final destination abroad, it was
stated today.
while comparatively little liquor
| is being exported from the United
States at this time such shipments
as are made are surrounded with
every possible safeguard to insure
it reaching final destination in
TACT" Acting Prohibition Commits
sioner J. e. Jones declared. The
first requirement in the case Of an
| intended shipment abroad is the Sc
curing of permit, he pointed out.
| The name of the conSignee abroad
must be stated and this name is
promptly submitted to the United
, States consul at the place where
| the intended shipment is going to
ascertain the legitimacy of the
name and the standing of the con-
signee.
Einers Held Blameless.
IF the consul makes a favorable
report the permit is granted" said
Jones. TN some cases, however,
we have found it expedient to SEND
one of our trusted men along with
the shipment to prevent any leaks
in transit"
Commissioner Jones declared that
reports of exported liquors from this
country being transhipped beyond
the three-mile limit and then SNUG
gled back into the country were
| .baseless.
ut is absurd to think that an
ocean liner would stop beyond the
three-mile limit and unload even