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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1936)
PA'GE ETGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBU1TE. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRED AT, AUGUST 28. 1936. Many As Hundred Boats Formerly Stood Off New York Coast Waiting To Land Illicit Liquor Cargo. By sionin AJINE. . WASHINGTON (AP) Two sails shot up the mants of a schooner In tho azure-blue harbor of a little Mexican Island. Wind bellied her sails and she nosed north. That afternoon coast fruard head quarters in Washington was messaged thst the "OeorKe and Karl" was headed toward American porta. And the "George and Earl" was on the coaat guard's black list of rum-run ners. For days messages came In from coast guard cuttera and planes that she had been sighted, still going north, Then she was lost. Finally the New York coaat guard was warned she was headed Into that harbor. They searched the miles of New York wharves, and finally cus tom agents spotted her sliding up the East river. She was boarded and seized. She held 33,000 gallons of alcohol. Coast guard Intelligence here mark ed another boat off their list of sus pects. Oone With Snenle-F.aT. At times during the prohibition era as many as a hundred such boats have been reported In a single day lying In "Rum row" outside the 12 mlle limit. But for several weeks now no such boat has been reported. Rum row seems to have gone the way of the spoak-easy. In 1024 Rum row was In It hey day. From the Canadian border to the Virginia capes there Idled schoon ers and small, englned craft waiting for American speed boats to relieve them of their csrgo of contraband liquor. Rum running became so great along the coaat that congress voted the coast guard more money for cut ters. The new boats could move more swiftly than the rum schooners they were trailing, so there finally came a month In 1039 when the schoonera had practically disappeared. New Fleet Elusive, But In their stead came a new hoveling fleet that was more difficult to defeat. Bootleggers had bought low-lying, englned boats which were difficult to see and catch. Their numbers rose again until March, 1033, the month of the bank holiday, when the rum fleet dropped again. Perhaps, says the coast guard, there was leas money for liquor. Then came repeal. The fleet fell off farther. But then the proprietors thought of a new cargo. For the most part, the runners had carried Scotch whiskey during prohibition. Now they turned to 100 proof alcohol. By August, 1934, the cosst guard was again trailing and watching night and day. Secretary Morgenthau, of the treasury, under whose direction the coast guard works, decided to wipe out Rum row. He called a con ference of all bis law enforcement units, and out of it worked plan to co-ordinate coast guard, customs agents and the alcohol tx unit A small land-sea army of detec tives was pitted against the alcohol runners, coast guard trailed the boats off-ahore and seized them when they could. Customs and alcohol tax men gathered evidence ashore, and patrolled the favorite dumping apots. The past few peaceful weeka seem to say that Rum row at last admit de feat. ' Legion Leader Of Baker Succumbs BAKER, Aug. 38. (AP) Roy W. Cook, well known Baker resident, died In a hospital Thursday follow ing a major operation performed Sunday. Cook,, who waa born In South Haven, Mich., November 31, 1893, was a past commander of the American Legion and a past chancellor com mander of the Knights of Pythias lodge in Baker, He was also a past chef de gare of the "40 et 8" society. He served as a lieutenant of Infantry during the world war. COMMITTEE SPLIT ON F.JUPES Majority Members Claim New Deal Recognizes No Obligations to Protect Rights , of Individuals BOSTON, Aug. 28. (AP) Members of the American Bar association's special committee to study legisla tion affecting the righto of citizens spilt sharply today over their report on the policies of the Roosevelt ad ministration. In a report prepared for consider ation by the association's annual con vention as a whole, four majority members declared, "there Is no Indi cation that the (Roosevelt) adminis tration recognises any obligations whatever to the individual citizen In his constitutional rights." The three minority members, how ever, recommended that the commit tee be discharged on the grounds that they believe further consideration served "no useful purpose In giving citizens any light on constitutional questions In addition to that already supplied by the opinions of the supreme court." The minority asserted that because this was a presidential election year, further consideration would "result Jn embroiling the American Bar as sociation, whether willingly or not. In bitter partisan political dtscuulon. and Internal dissensions." Said majority members of the com mittee: "One who would preserve our con stitutional system must deplore the action of President Roosevelt in rec ommending that members of congiess set aside any doubts they might havo about the validity of proposed legis lation. Not even the court can com pel congressmen and senators to de velop a responsibility to recognize and protect the constitution." NEW YORK-PARIS RACE ON LINDY ANNIVERSARY PARIS, Aug. 38. (AP) Air Minis ter Pierre Cot, In a telegram to the convention of the International Aero. nautlo Federation at Warsaw, today announced plans for an air race 4 from New York to Paris on the loth annlveraary of Col. Charles A.-Lindbergh's famous flight May 31, 1937. Use Mall Tribune want ada SdhllUng- Coffee is fortunate in its friendsThey attract newriends. n rrom irienu id incim i coffee rlc SchilHng Coffee On kind for Percolator Another on for Drip croes this L o friend it hjin flavor. 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