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Show BOOZE FLEET IS METBYAHMOREO MOTORVESSELS Rum Schooners Off Jersey Coast Prevented From Landing '"Wet" Cargo by Prohibition Nary at Sea FEABRK3HT. K. J., Auir. 4 (By U. P.) Armond motor boU supplement In th Atlantic coaat "dry fleet" wer rushed to the aid of two prohibition subchasers tody whan the latter wera reported standing off a fleet of rurn j schooners, twenty miles off Mr Inland. Three veeaels of the Invading "wet" fleet, which carried tha larfeat stnjrls shipment of liquor ever brought to tha New Tork-New Jersey coast, were t driven to saa before tha dry reinforce- ments arrtvad. according to wireless reports. t Tha Hahn, "flagship of tha federal navy, crossed tha b-jws of a fourth and observed on board canes of liquor piled high above the gunwales. Tha Hahn and tha Hansen, which went to ; her assistance, stood by to prevent tha ! Turn runner from approaching; closer to ' I ah ore. Tha vessels, which withdrew to j , ae before tha threat of the prohlbl- ' tton subchasers, wera believed to be ' flying foreign flags. I |