Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1923, Page 10

CLEVELAND Baesa = caarouinieas=] TOURING SEDAN 995 F. l).sl. Factory $1295 Warrington Motor Car 1800 14th St. N.W. RUM PIRATES TAKE 600 CASES OFF SHIP Schooner Eddie James Puts in Halifax and Reports She Was Boarded. SUPERCARGO IS KIDNAPED Reports of Numerous Aots of Piracy Off Jersey. By the Associated Press. HALIFAX, N. S, March 12.—When the Yarmouth schooner Eddie James which recently sailed from here to the Jersey coast with 600 cases of liquor, docked here, she was minus her cargo, but the crew accounted for this with startling tale of daring, pirates and gunmen encountered while the ship peacefully rocked at anchor off the New Jersey coast, near Highland light on March 2. Armed with pistols, the rum pirates boarded the schooner at dusk, the crew said, and fired a volley of shots, wounding supercargo Phillip Knowles then at the point of pistols, they looted the ship of the 600 cases of whisky, $8,000 In cash and escaped, tak them the wounded super- cargo. With the cargo gone, the schooner made back to its home port to report the piracy and the kid- naping of Knowles OTHER RAIDS SUSPECTED. Customs Officials Recall Reported Activitles of Rum Pirates. NEW YORK, March 12.—Customs |officlals recalled that on March 3, the day after the reported looting of the schooner Eddie James, the schooner Victor was found adrift without a crew southeast of Ambrose Lightship. Rum pirates were belleved to have looted the vessel and forced the crew ashore or to have impressed them on their own crafts. The Victor, a seventy-seven-ton vessel, was in the rum trade, but no trace of the crew of nine men has since been found. Fifteen vessels were in Rum row at the time the Eddie James was re- ported to have been looted. For sev- eral da; activities of rum pirates had been ‘rumored and crews of the rum fleet were observed practicing marksmanship with pistols and rifles. The fleet dwindled as the ships un- loaded cargoes to smaller craft, or put off to other ports because of bad weather, The fleet. however, has grown within the last few days, a number of arrivals belng reported from England. SPINAL MALADY GROWING. Meningitis Reported Epidemic in Cities of Mexico. MEXICO CITY, March 12—Four new cases of spinal meningitis were reported Saturday from Oaxaca City, bringing the total to thirty-two cases. There have been sixteen deaths there from the disease. No new cases of !hB mahdy have been reported from early week that Mexico City had been invaded by meningitis seems to have been un- founded. There has been only one victim kere. Tho scare of the New York Customs Officials Recall Italy’s Air Force Is Raised to Rank Of Armyand Navy By the Associated Press, ROME, March 12.—Premier Mus- solini has created a new military body, “the Royal Aeronautic,” which, as the Itallan air service, will hold a position equal in im- portance to the army and navy. The officers and soldiers in the alr service will receive the same pay as for corresponding ranks in the army, with the addition of 900 lire monthly for active service in all ranks, the government holding that the life of a soldier is of the same value as the life of an officer. The post of aeronautic attache will be re-established in the Ital- fan diplomatic service and will be intrusted solely to aeronautic offi- cers. At first only four attaches will be appointed—at Washington, London, Parfs and Berlin. Lieut. Col. Alesandro _Guidoni, acting naval attache at Washing- ton, will be assigned to aerial con- struction, being replaced in his present post. “DRYS” SEEK $100,000 FOR “FREEDOM FUND” Anderson Launches Drive to Get Money and Win Independence “From Rockefellers.” By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 12.—A cam- paign for contributions to a $100,000 “freedom fund” with which the anti- saloon league of this state proposes to make itself independent of John D. Rockefeller, sr., and jr., was launched last night by Willlam H. Anderson, superintendent of the league. Mr. Andersoh sald he intended to pour the prospective $100,000 into that pocket of the league's treasury, which has been depleted by the with- drawal of the support, “real and mythical” of the Rockefellers. When the $100,000 shall have been obtained Mr." Anderson expressed a conviction that his organization would be “effectively and permanently independent of the hostile hired men of the philanthropically inclined friends of law and order.” Persons who have not heretofore contributed to the lesgue will be asked to enlist in the “dry” army, and those who dropped out because they thought the fight was over will be asked to re-enlist. —_— At the age of ninty-nine years Mrs. Arena Thompson of Alabama claims to be the oidest woman politi- cal campaigner in the country. The only cap with flap attached. these little-courtesies FREE WAR CRIMINALS, SENATOR BORAH PLEADS CHURCH “OVER THE TOP.” Million-Dollar Endowment Raised for Episcopal Theological School. Imprisoned I. W. W.s Not }efiev- ot ers in Insupportable Doc- tnnu, He Says. lly the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 12.—Denounc- ing war-time espionage laws as “un- Just and unreasonable,” United States Senator Borah yesterday pleaded for the release from federal prisons of fifty-three men convicted for viola- tion of the laws. He spoke at a meeting held under the ausploes of ‘World War Veterans, contending that, a® the laws had been repealed, con- victed offenders should\now be re- leased. "Evar{ other nation has released its polit] ml prllontrl." Senator Borah deol of these convicted men m mbem of the Industrial ‘Workers of the World, but I do not concede they are believers in insup- portable doctrines. They were not Sent to prison for violence or sabo- tage, but for the offering of their opinions upon the war and activi- ties of the government in prosecu- tion of the war." Samuel Scarlett, recently released {rom a federal prison, preceded Sena- or was an L 28 to be that organization. A resolution, Harding to_pardon the Imprisoned offenders of war-time laws, was adopted, and a collection of $300 was taken up for their families. Senator Borah cut short his address in ordbr to catch a train for Wash- asking President Caglilac design will protect voor ability to use it and be frend of it for an indefinite time. Spece 25, Auto Shew The Washington Cadillac Company 1138-1140 Cennecticut Ave. Borah, and trankly admitted he | | W. H de- | | ported, he nld, for hl. defense of | I§| Cambridge, announced that tho objective Of the sum of $1,010,000, the nouncement sald, '088 000 is in cash and securit! and the remal nder in the pledges of five years or less. In addition to this total $39,000 was glven before the campaign by five persons to meet the expenses of the drive, and part of this amount re- mains unexpended. A further amount of ‘34 000 has been written in be- qu 'l'ha ease, speed and cordial spirit |t £ the vo ov!“nu '-Iut EouSrninaT Suppo; "’fl‘ better trained bod: ministers, e are WIH{\III leaders,” WILL MAKE CIGARETTES. German Prince, ex-Ambassador, to G Earn His Living. ° GENEVA, March 12.—Prince Charles Max Lichnowsky, who was German ambassador to Great Britain at the outdbreak of the world war, has ac- cepted employment as th- igarette factory at Ba according to & dispatch Teceived here. The prince {s sald to have lost mon of his largo fortune since the end of the “The Ideal Domestic Fuel” Price of Coke Reduced $2.00 per ton, Effective March 12, 1923 Immediate Delivery—Any Quantity J. MAURY DOVE COMPANY PRINCIPAL OFFICE 1408 H Street BRANCH SALES OFFICES: 1301 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. 21st and Eye Sts. N.W. 619 H St. N.E The line of new Nash models at the Show has never been " equaled in their field Nash Leads the World in Motor Car Value wnd |40 CASES OF RUM SEIZED. and forty two cases of llquor selzed together with the truck. The boat disappeared after forty cases of liquor had been thrown overboard No one was injured. The six prison- ers were released on 5500 bond each for examination March 1: —_.__ The Mongols and many Polynesians and negroes do not kiss. Instead of kIAulng rubbing noses, called “hon- is the Malay and Polynesian sub- smule The negroes of Central Af- rica are entirely ignorant of kissing. Police Surprise Landing of Wet Cargo on Riverside Drive. NEW YORK, March 12—Residents of Riverside drive near 122d street were aroused early yesterday when police exchanged shots with six men he officers surprised transferring a Bu"o of liquor from a motor launch to & truck. SIx men were arrested “RICE IS RELIABL 3 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS SERVICE THAT IS RIGHT Geo.C.Rice AutoCo. 1517 Conn. Ave. and 17th at Pa. Ave. N. W, MAIN 754 sion expressed by the sxmple phrase, “-My ” i3 not only felt by Marmon owners but one—particularly by that grow- ing number who have defmitely decided upon the Marmon their next car. T. V. T. MOTORS CORP. 1909 M Street Main 7767—7768 e TR Accustomed to the conveniences and refinements of herown home the average woman is keenly ap- preciative of the “little” courtesies that Baltimore and Ohio employees tender her. These many little acts of courtesy and hospitality that are extended to women travelers, little atten- - tions in themselves, to be sure, all contribute toward making them appreciative of a service de- signed to make their experience on the Baltimore and Ohio thoroughly enjoyable. All Baltimore and Ohio employes are instructed to pay special attention to the ease, comfort and convenience of women; to assist them graciously and in every way they can, throughout the trip. » 1A ...,||! “America’s First Railroa Established 1827/ Th{ef spm%al:esfote - table w!fd‘ b efitlf::; staff to a that suggests the excefiy:nut senm:eo cooking of your own You will find the service on the Baltimore and Oluoallthat could be desired—and often more expweed. Thinqfintof:enlmslylooldng s contentment is just another expreuionof Raflroadsm to make “Every Passenger A Guest. ‘Whenever and w oing to travel, call Main 556 and ask "K“ngel Bureau” for any information you may want, may be obtsined at the Ticket Ofiu:.lSthmdPSneeu,N. . mf!:z Union Station,