Show rf j n CASES RUM lANDED IN 1 II MONTH ClAIM M Appropriations A S u b tom tom- e Allots Addition Addition- Additional Ii I j al to Put wn Liquor Smuggling c I. I W WASHINGTON March 1 One I.-One One Onehundred q hundred undred thousand cases of ot liquor g fere I smuggled Into the United States Stales I Ii m monthly b by rum ruin runners off ft the Atlantic At At- antic lantic and ad Gulf coa coas s. s according according- to roast coast guard officials charged with the traffic I N C. C t I This estimate was given cm to the I house appropriations subcommittee which vIch drafted the tho deficiency bill r re reported t ported today allotting an additional I It S. S for the coast guard se- se vice p J In testimony before the February 55 25 5 Commander If toot Root of or the service who had made a. a special investigation of ot rum running running running run run- ning activities said The smugglers' smugglers high sea for forces ores es at p. consists of ot fourteen and vessels ranging steamers In n size om f.-om thirty five tons tOne to C fons ons Some of ot these vessels are areC C Capable pable pable of ot speeds up to 19 knots majority fly foreign flags The lIa crafts for tor making shore a contacts consist of or several hundred driven craft about 30 pe peU pe pe- U cent of which are good for tor 25 knots force during duringS With our present the he pint past two two twenty months weave wo we S have Java ave been bero able to put out of ot bual- bual 15 by capture or otherwise 4 Vessels We Yo have o captured the thea a equivalent of ot cases of liquor and caused to be Jettisoned under I fire an amount estimated estimated at cases caseR The so-called so Rum row cow off oft NewTone New New- NewYork NewYork York Tone is maintained ostensibly as a good business proposition but T prin prin- principally a as a diversion to hold to that point the attention of as many coast coastguard coastguard guard vessels as possible Commander Hoot said the smugglers smuggles smuggles smug smug- maintained advance stations at St. St Johns Newfoundland St. St Pierre Miquelon the Azores Bermuda Bermuda Ber ller- muda and the Bahamas The smugglers maintain a bribery bribery ery cry fund he added and have ha a ashore ashore ashore shore organization for obtaining supplies and making contacts Comm Commander Root said a a. report from Havana showed that from to cases of liquor were shipped weekly to Baltimore and New York concealed in cargoes of ot sugar Extensive lIng activities activities activities activities' ties ties' also exist in the P Puget Fuget ge Sound country he said adding Not only Is the traffic increasing ing but also the audacity skill and courage of ot the enemy |