Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1929, Page 27

‘SMUGBENG ‘RING FGHT IS DROPPE Government Concentrates on Small Groups to Combat lllicit Gem Traffic. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 1.—Uncle Sam 1s now waging guerilla warfare against Jewel smugglers, instead of looking for the head and front of some vast inter- national conspiracy. Starting Monday, the trial of John T. McIntyre, Morris Landau and James T. Steel will reveal | the Government striking whenever and wherever possible against small, bush- whacking groups of diamond runners. When Florent Lariont was trapped a year and a half ago with a consign- ment of diamonds in the heel of his shoe, his arrest was heralded as pos- sibly uncovering a ring of diamond smugglers doing a business of $50,000,- 000 a year. Small Groups Sought. When Meclntyre, a_handsome police- man, and Landau, a New York jeweler, were arrested last November, with Wil- liam Ballyn, the singing waiter, there was talk of a “$10,000,000 jewel smug- gling ring” centering in Amsterdam. When Albert K. C. La Haye, petty of- ficer of the Red Star liner Belgenland, and Leo Ginsberg, New York jeweler, were arrested December 16, the inter- national ring had faded out of the pic- ture. John Roberts, head of the dia- mond unit of the Treasury Department, sald the Government agents were no longer working on the theory of a single world conspiracy, but that, undoubtedly, the smuggling was being carried on by small, isolated groups. It is agreed, howevey, by Government representatives that most of the smug- glers probably have their headquar- | ters in Antwerp, Belgium. It is true that several big rings were at work | five or six years ago, but they have | broken up into small groups, and it is they who have worked up the custom of bribing steamship employes to carry Jjewels. This breaking up into small units has complicated the work of the Government, as, in the days of | larger operations, an arrest was apt to lead to the sources of other operations. It is said here that many of the large scale operators of a few years ago have gone into bootlegging and other safer and more profitable rackets. The combined task of guarding long thore lines against both illicit jewels and rum is giving the Treasury Department a hard run and Government representa- tives have confessed the virtual impos- i s A A RO ——+ sibility of stopping diamond smuggling. Aml:‘y K. Sylvester, assistant United States attorney, who will appear for the Government in the trial of McIn- tyre and the others Monday, said that “the most vigorous police work in the world is made ineffective by the innu- merable ways of concealing a jewel.” The American Jewelers’ Protective As- sociation is joining with the Govern- ment in fighting the smugglers, charg- ing that its members are victimized to the oxtent of many millions of dollars every year by the bootleg jewel traffic, but so far both the jewelers and the Government are admittedly fighting a losing fight. With America so big and a diamond so small, the smugglers seem to get most of the “breaks.” The smug- glers profit by the 20 per cent duty on diamonds and it is on this margin that they are working. The jewelers have seriously considered a move in Congress for the abolition of jewel tariffs_in order to make the business unprofitable. According to the evidence which the Government will submit Monaay. McIn- tyre, the policeman, received only $200 for his alleged participation in bring- ing in $50.000 worth of diamonds. Bal- Iyn, the waiter, is said to have received $100. Ballyn’s takings are said to have been only $1,000 in two or three years. In view of these slim percentages, the Government agents are perplexed as to how the Antwerp smugglers can get dependable allies. In the trial, the Government will spring a surprise in the testimony of a forelgn buyer, brought to this coun- try to appear against McIntyre. His name is withheld. (Copyrisht, 1920.) o Chicago Tribune cable says Moscow schools run in two and three shifts daily. CLASSES IN ADVERTISING YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND AS OUR GUEST THE OPENING CLASS Tuesday, April 2 At 7:30 P.M. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JAMES ROTTO Advertising Manager THE HECHT CO. Southern Brothers Business University 1333 F STREET N.V. —_————— “THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. 0. MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1929. 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