New Britain herald., 1925-07-18
UNCLE SAM OPENS NEW RUM CAMPAIGN
Liquor Forces Line Up With
 Counter Offensive
MORE ACTIVITY ON LAKE

Get Orders to Use GlnS-Btg
 sbakeup tn Dry Forces At Hand
 --Booze Sold By Trunkfun.
 New York. July IS P>-Uncle Sam has started an intensive mid-surn- mcr drive against rum. and the H. ouor forces are making several counter moves.
 Tn today's news there figured, on the side of prohibition enforcement:
 1-E,ight arrests in New York as the result of heavy shipments of H. ouor to inland points In trunks.
 2-Tour of Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury Andrews to Canadian border points to repair leaks in the roof.
 S-Reports of warnings to Can adan rum runners that they will be fired upon in American waters on the Great Lakes.
 4-Completion of formaltttes on treaty between the United States and Canada regarding smuggling
 5-Impending shakeup under which all prohibition agents Will lose their jobs and many will De hired over again.
 In behalf of the vets there de- veioped these moves:
 t-Reappearance of a rum fleet of the north shore of Massachusetts.
 2-Efforts to hold up salary or Prohibition Commissioner Haynes because of his employment of a won'- BIT lecturer on prohibition.
 Booze By Trunkfull
 A sales organization that retailed liuuor at the rate of 80 trunktuls g day to 10000 customers throughout the country has been smashed in New York. One woman and seven men comprising the head office wore arrested yesterday.
 Customers, upon receiving H. ouor consignment, forwarded pay nent here. Keys were then mailed Co open the trunks. The customers shipped the trunks back here. field force of 40 men worked the mid west. Federal prohibition Of frers late yesterday raided the suite Of offices here.
 Federal Attorney Buckner descrtb- cd the organization as "the biggest bootleg ring uncovered since 1he prosecution of Mamie Kessler."
 Kesler was on his way 10 his home here today from the Atlanta penl- tentiary after serving two years and paying a $1o,ooo fine for the Illegal withdrawal of more than s5oo,o0O worth of liquor from bonded ware houses.
 Andrews Making Survey
 Mir Andrews, determined to check the flow of liquor at it's source, is travelling through Vermont on his way to the Canadian border, There he will confer with his field men re- sarding the flow of contraband linuor over the international houn- diary, It is expected that he will be aided in this work by the ratitica- tion yesterday of four treaties be- tD cen the United States and Canada one of which deals with smuggling.
 Today's Toronto Globe says that rum runners operating out of Port Colorne on Lake Ontario, will be fired on by American rum chasers If th>v attempt 70 escape into Ameri can waters. Harry Smith. collector of customs of the port of Buffalo, the Globe says, issued the warning after conforring with officials in Toronto.
 Shakeup 1mpends
 Visiting New York yesterday pro- hilition Commissioner Haynes de- scrihed plans for big shake-up of his forces. All agents are 10 be dis charged but some will be rcappoint- ed The entire dry organization will bt redistributed in unfamiliar terri tory, including, presumably, lazy Tnstein, picturesque New York raid CT. who has operated under many disGuscs,
 The association against the rrohl- hifion amendment has addressed a letter to Comptroller General MCCarl requesting him 10 withhold the sal ary of Commissioner Haynes until the treasury has reco' cred about Slt.25O paid 10 Miss Georgia Hone lev. The association charged that Miss Hopeley, who recently resigned, had been employed as prohibition officer but had hcon assigned 10 touring the country occurring on prohibition.
 Three rum ships driven off New Encland's rum row hy the recent dry blockade have returned with fresh supplies and four dcstreyPrs sup p'cmcnted by fotilla of smaller craft have swung into action. The latest arrivals are far al sea off the north shore of SsaChusetts, con- sid"rahe distance from the summer White House.