The Washington times., 1923-07-28
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Revenue Officials Have Evil
dence Undersea Craft En-
gagged in Rum Traffic.

running fleet on the Atlantic
coast are declared the newest
development in marine bootleg
cling activities.
Revenue cutter officers learn
ed more than a month ago, it
Is understood, of the presence
Of the latest recruit enlisted in
overseas smuggling of liquor.
Load i'm Bahamas.
The underseas boats, it is said,
load in the Bahamas and deliver
their cargoes in the shallow waters
Of unfrequented bays along the Long
Island coast as well as the Virginia
and South Carolina seaboards.
Presence of the submersible was
detected. it is stated, when coast
guards patroIing little used inlets
and bays discovered signs of oil and
oily waste along the shores. No
similar waste was to be found on the
waters off the adjacent coast. 1t was
noted that the quantity of oily vast
found in the sequestrated inlets was
too small, and too fresh, to lend
strength to the suggestion it had
been washed in from ocean courses.
Additional evidence that the SNUG
glers had adopted a new method In
transporting contraband liquor was
discovered in stocks of liquor seized,
known to be of West Indies origin,
which bore unquestionable marks of
recent delivery.
These stocks, it is declared, could
not have been landed from the rum
fleet off the coast as the style OF
package was one adopted after the
ships in the fleet had taken on
cargoes and sailed for American
waters.
While small deliveries of struggled
liquor are being effected by the
fleet, revenue officers and enforce
ment agents insist they are all out
or proportion to the indicated stocks
taken over. Together the various
facts prov ed conclusively, it is in
sisted, that the liquor smugglers
were using a new method in running
in contraband spirits and the con
clusion was reached that some of the
weather. smuggling interests had
secured possession, or use, of one or
more submarines.
Easy to Acquire.
Revenue officers declare it not
difficult to obtain crafts of that
kind If the purchasers have the
money to pay for them. Several of
the smaller governments are known
to be friendly to the smuggling
interests, it is pointed out, and
through such agencies private in.
terests, properly financed, can pro.
cure them.
Operating costs of such crafts, ii
ID said, is lower than that of the
ordinary coasting steamer with its
crew of from a dozen to thirty men.
The speed of the submarine ia also
In its favor while no expense would
be incurred through the necessity
OF lying off shore awaiting an CD,
pOrtuntty to discharge cargo
Liquor stocks located on the Long
Island coast, 1t is said, have un.
questionobly been landed by sub
mersibles. In one instance such a
stock, it is understood. was found
on the Sound side of the island in
the vicinity of Cold Spring Harbor
opposite Stamford. Conn.
The run from West Indies ports
to the American coast is COMPARE.
lively short and the appearance OF
do d rum runner
makes feasible the use of many OF
the smaller bays and even back
waters stretching from Long Island
Sound to Florida, while such boats
can slip into any of the larger
ports unseen.
Submersibles of the smaller tyne
are known to have a CARRYING ca
paclty accommodating from zoo
TO 1000 cases of liquor without en-
dangering successful operation OF
the craft. Quick transfer of cargo
70 motor boats, it is pointed out
Is assured as it can be effected ir
waters unlikely to be visited By
coast patrols or revenue crafts.
May Use Bombs.
Plans to combat the submersibl,
bootlegger, 1t is understood, are re
ceiving the attention of revenu,
cutter officers, enforcement agent,
and coast patrol representatives. I
has already been suggested tina
depth bombs may be used to de
stroy them in American waters
There is also the likelihood, ii /,
intimated, of increasing the fore,
of coast guards until it will b,
practical to keep the unfrequentec
sections of the coast under survey
Orders to increase batteries or
revenue cutters are being carried
out. One of the cutters is beine
fitted with eight additional rifles a.
4hA BROOKLYN NAVY Ward