New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
COAST GUARD HAS
 INTRICATE SYSTEM
Communication Methods Aid in
 Dispensing Rum Row

~' '''hi Ah"iNl b "f-- lB tA- change of intelligence, once used OK. )enslvely by liquor smugglcrs 10 make safe their violations of the law is now used by the coast guard to diSpcrse Rum Row.
 Because Of the governments high ly developed system Of communities ilon, 1t b now almost impossible for rum ship to enter tho loo, ,o0o square mile area between Virginia and Maine without discovery.
 If 'rumlnio' succeeds in getting by the three dcsrroyers which patrol the outer edges of this once popular nrea. it is likely to bu picked up by inc coast guard hydro -airplune which operates from q hasC on an island near Gloucester, Mass.
 Once 1t is discovered. a remark able chain of modern communica- ton is placed in operation. The de- stroyer or airplane immediately gets in touch with it's base or other coast guard vessels through radio or the wireless telephone. Tho location and course of the rum ship is then broadcast in code. Daily thereafter ila position is plotted on the secret charts of 'he coast guard until it ia either caught violating the laws and jakcn in custody, or leaves the vii unity of the United States.
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 As ihc "rImmic" gets closer to ~nore, it is met by coast guard watch dog" These watch dogs" ar" 1oo-foot boats which act as mother ships to the smaller patrol boats. When tho rum ship anchors hem immediately anchors alongside, !Is patrol boats then start cruising around tho rum ship 10 intercept any speed boat from ashore that at tenlptS 10 make contact.
 As result of this system Of bot ting" Up'' the Illicit liquor at its source. only two rum ships recently lvrrc on Rum Row, as compared with about eighty last year.
 Time was when inc bootlcggcrs' information organization were of considerable scope and aided them lhatorially iu evadmg the coast "unrd vessels On" Sluuggler main tAinrd q fleet Of three 1irplanes near Bu1zard's Bay which he used for locating the coast guard ships and delivering orders from big Nc" York Guuor Syndicatcs to incoming rum ships.
 These airploncs would 'spot' tht coast guard boats and then "arI ,h, rum ships. Later they would fly back and drop metal cylinders con 1quin- all sorts of information. Th' lua ship captains often knew a' ulHra about the coast gu"rJ ships a' ih. service did l'HeN.
 NoH the coast guard shippers col Irft q tch.phuue receiver and talk '' g,tu.r ships through the air. ThrougI a..y>t,ni of storaE" batteries, eve, h. smallest patrol boats "an talk 4%runtagc of this s,stsn Of rom uuuicaton. And th" code prevents tu,ir lnrsapgcs from being un1er stood hT .h smuggl' rS,
 Ir.rn,lv the cutter S"minul" pick .., up a speed boat off the JcrS", .ca%t. When inc vessel refused l. .irp. tn, seminole opened fire. 'h. Srur time il got into Honlnunl ,.tjon With th~ sandy HOoH Nas and other patrol boats ill th" Vl"ini tv. Tn" rhaS" lasted for tW"nt nil.s and the speed boa, would hay escaped but for the circle of coaS .uard boats that was closing aroun 1t, Finally it ran into rang" Of ,ntrol boat from Staten JslanG When the patrol boat put trace 1nllrt near it's gasoline tank. th .p,I boat put up the white flag.
 Although there was no liquor O board when the boat WaS cAptur"G l, Was held for violation of the naNi S4tiun laws for covering ifs nam and resisting arrest. l. WAS typica ,Numpla of lh" not SmnggI"r ha jo go through 10 lauI his contra band.
 Durinr .hr last year the coas nuard bearded more than S'."o laEsrls. or one every l5 minute Many of them were pleasure boat because much of tho smuggling wa done in pl,asurr boats, No innc cent person was injured.
 Added systems
 In addition 10 tho anti-smuGglin rc,iyitics of the coast guard it's sy' tom of communication applies to t1 hundreds of miles of coast line fro %orrolh to Maine in the matter lI'r saving and helping distress" ,nirs. The area mentioned is pe naps 'nc hardest worked "front' rny section in in" coast guard jurisdiction.
 Tn the last tiI. years the Coa guard las saved S2oi ,ono,"oo wort of ships Nhjl" fighting th" rum rni nors. r. has made 1"ooo assis and saved l5,a"n lives official re- oris disclose.
 II maintains one airplano has" Nor"hcad City, \. C., which coi .ress authorized in l9l6 but pr yiicd no funds for airplan>s. Nir other air stations were authorize hut they are still on paper, accor' ing to Lieutenant Commander E. N,. ndle, aid to Rear Admiral F. i'lara, the "oInmGndan'.
 ast year. in carrying ou' duties. the coast guard spe ag.h0n. .NoO more than was autho ;,.1 Inv rorrr.ss