Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 338, Hammond, Lake County, 13 April 1922 — Page 7

Thursday, April 13 1922. THE TIMES

;, Plans Made To Nab Rum

Runners On South Coast

I Federal Agents Laying I . Traps for Smaal Boats, i Plyingat Night. MIAMI, Flat, April Elscayne j Bay. oft Miami, and the Florida coast south, for so 'long- the success

ful stamping grounds of the Illicit whiskey cmugrgrlers, who's muffled boats ply nightly between the Bahama Islands and the Florida shores unloading: thousands of cases of prohibited liquors, will woon be the scene of their Waterloo when elaborate plans being formulated here ere put into action (by federal authorities. Already, while the smugglers con-

J'ingr squadron of the United

States secret service In charge of ihe federal prohibition enforcement , re gathering in Miami and along :he southern coast. Working quiet- - iy and secretly, scree'.n.g ail their Movements and their identities, the federal agents are marshalling their forces for what they, hope will be the final drive to eliminate the smugglers. WILL COMB OIT SMIGGLERS. If apparently well-founded reKrts are to be bellved. the final f Woop of the liquor enforcement. ' sger.cies of the government will be v n a larger scale than has ever

4 jeen attempted Detore. ana the en- ... '.Ire coast of Florida will be combed ' f the illicit traders. Preparations for calling into the ' service in the anti-liquor war of .he 'eyes of the navy" are being Had?, it has been learned, and ac:ording to apparently reliable re- ., ports, one of the huge seaplanes from the Pensacola Field has al- , ready arrived in Miami, with at east two others and possi.bly more : be delivered here within a few " lays, with their crews and all the : necessary j ara phernalia to make r iheir use effective. . While the government agents al--e(iy on the ground are secretive :o the fuperlatjre degree for fear

that ('iwlousure of their plans and

methods of operation may become the property of the liq-uor runners and the prey escape, it is reported

that the seaplanes will be used along the coast In connection with the submarine chasers, which, it Is said, will be available within a short time. SHIP MQtOH AT NIGHT. Nightly, while the Illicit trade goes on and scores or fishing smacks and other craft continue to p!- the waters between Nassau and Himini, in the Bahama Islands, and

Florida, loaded with the unlawful cargoes of liquor, which they cache along: the coast and in Its waters until such time as they find a market for It, the skeins In the net being spread for their destruction by the federal government tighten.

Moving steadily, yet without undue

haste, the agents of the prohibition enforcement squads are tightening

ARTISTS DUEL AT DAWN WITH FISTS

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Left. Mrs. Harry Leon Wilson, the cidm; center. Theodore M. Oiley, th victor; Berry Leoa Wilson. th

anquis&ea, bghuns race and pose.

Harry Leon Wilson, novelist, decided i'at Theodore M. Crile was putting to much pep into a kiss ne called upon to be

stow oa Mr. Wilson in a home talent production. He challenred him to a fistic duel, trained for three months and then war

knocked down , by Criley and knocked out four times in fifteen minutes. Thet Wilson said he would try again.

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Number 2 in a series of statements by the Illinois Bell Telephone' Company How much of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company's plant in Hammond, Indiana, do you and other subscribers see? Just about 3. And it takes the other 97, which you do NOT see, to make the 3 effective and useful to you. In other words, it is the 5,858 telephone instruments, in homes, stores, offices and shops, that this Company's subscribers SEE each day. These 5,858 telephones represent about 3 of the plant. And behind them is the BIG "invisible" plant that furnishes the actual service.

To illustrate this"invisible" plant, a few figures will be interesting. The plant operated by the Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Hammond embraces about 4,016 poles, which are required to distribute the wires to our individual subscribers. These poles, end on end, would make one pole 1,142 times as high as the cupola on the Court House of the Superior Court. They carry on their cross-arms many miles of open wire. And, in addition, there is the cable-enclosed wire, both above and underground, covering nearly 22.82 square miles of territory. Wherever it rs practicable, underground construction is used, and approximately

62.6 of the total wire in Hammond is underground. To provide for the under-N ground cables, there are in Hammond 7.76 miles of underground conduit containing 28.57 miles of duct. These figures will surprise' some folks and yet the figures' 'have dealt with only the physical equipment. They have not j taken into consideration the switchboards, machinery and other apparatus, or buildings, etc., which are a necessary part of the telephone plant. Later on, more in detail will be said of the 68 operators who serve you, of the other departments, such as power, repair, trouble, construction, purchasing, commercial all of which are necessary.

Here, in a general way, have been suggested the factors that make up 97 of the Illinois Bell Telephone system in Hammond the 97 that you do NOT see. And, without this 97, your telephone would not be as useful to you as t'he inkwell on your desk. At any minute you choose, and as often as you choose, this plant is at your command. Have you ever figured what telephone service is worth to you or have, you ever wondered how such a service could possibly be furnished at the price you are paying?

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their nets.

It ia believed that the seaplanes

expected to be used In the cam

paign, equipped -with powerful search I lffhts; will follow the liquor

smugglers from the Bahama Islands where they load their precious cargoes, and. sweeping the Intervening waters with rays of light from

which the liquor 'boats cannot es

cape, will signal their wheerabouts to the chasing government boats, ensibling them to swoop down upon

the illicit traders and catch them redhasded before they are enabled to slip Into tie protection of Inlets and coves which abound along; the

coast, and unloading tehir cargoes,

scatter them to tie four winds.

DinnerStories

A man who -it was said had become moderately rich s a result of a couple of not very unfortunate fires, contemplated the purchase of

ft nmall cinema in the Midlands.

"Do you think it will go?" he eked a friend. "Why shouldn't it?" said the

friend. "It's all wood."

A little girl was entertaining: a

cauer untu ner mother should appear. She noticed the caller's eye

wanaer to a switch on the mantel. "We keep that switch for our little dog," volunteered the child. "Really, and where is your little

aof7 inquired the visitor. "We haven't bought it yet," the

lime gin answered.

Many employers believe that a workman can vivifv th rmifi-na .

his labor by visualizing the com

plete contnoution to civilization mad nnssihl hv him ...mmfrlv un

important task. To illustrate the

pirn wnicn tney are trying to dedevelop, E. K. Hall, vice president of the American Telephone anc Telegraph Company, recently told

me Acaaemy 01 political science the story of the third stone cutter a story old, but timely just at present. Three stone cutters were working on a stone. A stranger asked the first what he was dointr.

ne reDlied.

"And you?" the stranger asked the second. "I'm cutting this stone," growled

xne laDorer. "When the auestion wi tint to

the third stone cutter, he answer

ed, "I'm tmiiding a cathedral." It Never Fails To Bring

The Babies Back To Health

A Mother's Praise of

Father John's Medicine for Body Building

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"Whenever" my children have colds or are run down I give them Father John's Medicine and it never fails to bring them right back to health. My little girl was all run down, but after taking Father John"s Medicine for a little while, nhe became a strong, ruggred, healthy girl. (Signed) Mrs. Arthur T. Hall, Hazel Street, Uxbrldse, Mass. For over 65 years Father John's Medicine has been the standard medicine for all the family. No alcohol or dangerous drugs. Try It today. Adv.

Miami Is said to be the fountain head of the liquor-smuggling traffic. Located within seventy-five miles of the British We-st Indies, from which the whiskey Is obtained. It is said to be the mo t convenient point along the entire Florida, coast for the running in of liquor.

Destruction of th m)i h,..t.

and breaking .Up their part In the

,t IB oeiieved, will practicaly eliminate the

as this vicinity is concerned, as the

'(,t .ooais go around to New Orans or Mobile, or funh. ,. .v.-

. - - - , hi v north coast.

Contrary to th iIImoiIa. i c

vannah and Jacksonville, ruw runners near Miami haw n,MiMn,.

no competition from the home-distilled liquor

Georgia and north Plorlrt t ,.!,..

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k. ib seated by federal agents here that very little. rfltmi I

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uquor goe. on and that prac-

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i ..quur ooiainable in and around Miami is that run in from the Bahamas. While Miami In .i,t u.

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.rouse of its close prox

Imlty by water to the" Bahammas.

local icderal prohibition agents

claim that there is more liquor run direct to West Palm Beach than to Miami. Wherever it goes, the fact is admitted that the rum smuggling: Is a huge and lucrative business In which there are men with brains biff enough to s-uccessf ully manage better undertakings and that their system Is well night perfect.

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of Mrs. Abraham's folks, Mr. and

Mrs. Frank. Ianslng now has a c"w fire hoe.

A squirting demonstration was held i

Wednesday in front of the Lucas tonsorlal emporium. Butch and

Pepper held the nozzle while officer I

Tckstein turned on the water. Mr. Hoffman traded his bull dog to Mr. Auld for his biack Sooner Do ; and 2 bushels of grass seed.

From the presses of the -"Vr.Hcil' States are issued n.250,00.00(-toii of daily newspapers ann-isJtvf'' ,

In Memoriam

Mildred Bock of Oak Glen, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gust Bock who underwent an operation for appendicitis is getting Blong nicely and expects to come home Wednesday. The Young People's Society of Oak Glen Lutheran Church, will hold an entertainment, April 21 and 23 at Hoppe's hall at 7:45. Everybody welcome. .. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Abraham and family left for BelvJdere, III., to spend a week's vacation at the home

In loving memory of our mother, Mrs. Katherlne Llston Schorn: Every day brings back sweet mem orles, Every memory brings a tear. Peep into our hearts we carry Thoughts of you we loved so dear. Time may dry hte bursting tears, Calm and ease the pain; But love will keep your memory dear, Until we meet again. Your children,

John, Mae, Millie, Anna and Sadie. 4:13

FRECKLE-FACE

Sun and Wind Bring Out Vgly Spot. How to Remove l1ally.

Here's a chance, Miss Freckleface, to try a remedy for iwkiix with the guarantee of a iCab n concern that it will not cost you a penny unless it removes the freckles; while if it does give you a elo-ir complexion the expense is trifllr.K Simply get an ounce of Otbl-ie double strength from r,y druggist and a few applications shcu. 1 show you how easy it is to ri-i jourself of the homely freckles ani get, a "beautiful complexion. Rarfly U more than one ounce needed for the worst case. Be sura to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine as this strength is sold under guarantee money back if it fails to remove freckles. Adv.

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