New Britain herald., 1929-06-22
Liquor Smuggling l. Challenge
 To Authority That Government
 Cannot Overlook, bowman Says
Defiance of Law Will Not Be Tolerated-Ruln Run- ners Who Fired on Gus toms Boat Face Attempt cd Murder Charges.

Warrington. June 2s (uP)-Ex- tensive smuggling of liquor into this country aeross the Canadian border line by International criminals" constitutes direct challenge to this governments integrity which tho United States cannot overlook. As sistant Treasury Secretary Seymour bowman said today.
 Defiance of the United States sov- ernment, and not the amount of N- quor brought in under cover of darkness by rum runners. is the real reason for the administration pres ent anti-smuggling drive in the De- troit sector. he said.
 While it is true most of the good liquor consumed in this country comes from Canada. the total amount smuEgled is insignificant when compared with the total illicit ly manufactured and transported within our borders" Lowman said.
 bowman said liquor brought in across the northern boundary last year was valued at about S?4,0O0,000 or an equivalent of less than . gill for each of the 120.000,e00 persons in the United States. The fact that smuggling has increased steadily in recent years presents the adminis- tration with . major problem in prohibition enforcement regardless of the amount involved, he added.
 Pushed" By BOotlezgers
 Newspaper publicity and the fact that ''bootleggers were pushing us pretty hard" were given credit by bowman for the treasury decision to initiate its present enforcement of- fensive against liquor smugglers. Forces are being concentrated at Detroit, he said. because about s5 per cent of the smuggled liquor comes in through that port
 While it is too early to have definite figures, our drive 50 far has resulted in materially decreasing smuggling. reports indicate" Low man said. He repeated previous as- sertions that the government will cx- tent it's campaign along the border wherever bootleggers are found in large numbers.
 Spectacular enforcement episodes recently have concentrated public attention on the border situation, but Lowman emphasized the treasury is not abating one bit its domestic en- forcement efforts. With the extra ec,7oO.000 appropriation provided by congress at it's last regular ses- sion, the treasury is employing addi- tional agents for all parts of the country, he said.
 Oedensburg, N. Y., June 22-Two Of the principal witneases and their superior officer. sought for days by sheriffs with subpoenas demanding their appearance at Plattsburg Mcn- day at . hearing into the shooting . week ago of Arthur Gordon, alleg- ed beer runner. were served late last night.
 The men were John C. Tulloch. collector of customs. and Border Pa trolmen Weldon J. Cheatham and F. L. Coveney. Cheatham has admitted to Tulloch that he fatally wounded Gordon, who he said was trying to escape after being trapped with a load of beer, but explained the shooting was accidental.
 At the hearing Monday the dis trict attorney will introduce as a "surprise witness Davidson Pratt of of Mooers. who county officials say. has told them he saw everything that took place last Saturday morn ing when Gordon was shot near the border up to the time Gordon jump ed from his automobile and started back for the boundary.
 Face Serious Charge
 Windsor, Ont. June 22 R)-Re- enforcement of the waterfront pa trol and search of rum craft for