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.
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