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Show RUM RUNNERS USE FORMER SUB CHASER NEW y UK. April 2-1. A'boot- legglng eheme whereby lirnioi was smuggled irtto this country from Her- j muds and Cuba on former submarine chasers commanded by officers Wtar-J ing bheiniform of the united states navy, lias been unearthed. It was an-inounced an-inounced today at the customs hOUSl The former chaser 101, renamed FlbtlS has been seized with her commander and crew of seven, the announcement st.itc-d. Customs officials claimed to have .received from the crew a story to ihe effect that pirates held up the cbOSOr 20 miles off lO ng Island, boarded the craft with drawn revolvers, hound tbe commander to tho mast, and seized the chaser's cargo of liquor. |