Show Drivers Hauling l Legation Liquor Held in Capital I Officers However Unload Unload Un- Un load Choice Shipment ShipmentS S for Siamese Envoy Seize Truck I I WASHINGTON March 13 lAP AP The Siamese legation tod today s 1 in full and possession legal of its H. annual arnual supply of sixty cas cases s of choice liquor and wines Prohibition authorities are ale In possession pos pos- session of a ton five Baltimore pos pos-I truck which n It tn On d ton Ington an I 1 spent the night stuck In Inthe inthe the moist soil solI of the legations o back backard 1 yard ard DistrIct of Columbia law enforcement enforce enforce- ment authorities are In possession of the bonds of the truck driver and I his assistant who are charged wIth illegal transportation or of the legally Imported liquor But they have none of time the liquor Just what is to be done about it remain to be worked out What ever the outcome may be It is 18 expected ex- ex to clarify und understanding or of orthe the tho police departments department's ton ion of the Jones law as It affects i the transportation of diplomatic liquor supplies which are are- Immune to search and seizure POLICE RULE The trucking concerns which have been patronized by the foreign cm- cm bassil's and legations to bring theIr from rom ports or of entry were ere notified recently that privately dris en conveyances carrying liquor were subject to seizure and drivers lacking lack lack- lag ing diplomatic credentials subject to penalties under the Jones Jaw W StrIving to te comply with the wishes of time the District authorities the diplomats promptly adopted the practice of haYing having accredited members mem- mem hers bers of their staffs drIve or at least rIde In the trucks hired to transport their liquor Several shipments have hae been brought in since then without mol Th The Siamese shipment was halted near the legation yesterday however how how- ever eve I and ordered to the nearest Police poUce stat on where the drivers were confined that the liquor belonged belonged be- be longed to the legation ProhibItion Agent Quinn antI a policeman then drove drove the truck to tIle the doon doo- of its its' wine cellar OFFICERS UNLOAD LIQUOR There the question of unloading arOse Polite Siamese shrugged their shoulders That was the truck crews crew's j job b. b under the arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment with the Baltimore concern But the truck crew was In jail so QuInn and the policeman did it themselves Then came th the problem of getting the truck out of the legations legation's yard ard ardIt It takes a lot of truck driving experience ex- ex to back bacle a a. big closed van down a a. narrow driveway and that was something QuInn didn't feel up to So he decided to turn It the Idea of out He sot ot it around but h he didn't get jt It out That's where yesterdays yesterday's proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- ings ended leavIng a a. number of questions open for the consideration today of trained truck trouble troubleshooters shooters Siamese diplomats state stale department officials prohibition authorIties au- au time the district attorneys attorney's offIce or- or flee fIce and Washington police |