Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1929, Page 20

20 CUSTOMS OFFICERS ABANDON GURPLAY 5 % “Rather Lose Prisoner Than Take Life,” Says Hume, in Vermont Rum War. faced n their efforts to BY LEMUEL F. PARTON, Special Correspondent of The Star. ST. JOHNSBURY, Va., June 28—Col. F. M. Hume, collector of customs for Maine and New Hampshire, and Harry C. Whitehill, collector for Vermont, at a meeting near the border here agreed that so far as their districts are con-| jhg i cerned there will be no gunplay in the chasing of rum-runners. “I would rather lose a prisoner sny day than see a loss of life,” said Mr. can uphold the law without | ng the law.” said Mr. Whitehill. | haven't killed anybody, and we Furthermore, we won't resort to | entire To , both land hore we have 32 men—I18 on land ves could close up the border. had prohibition for 50 or so before the Volstead law was en- acted, and there are a lot of old families who have grown the business. We, like the other collectors, work under the cust law and not under the prohibition law, and we aren’t out to kill rum runners any mote than potato runners. It's all in the day's work with us. “The Government has got to get us some powerful motor equipment, too, if we are ever going to do this job. The rum runners along our stretch are get- ting tired of losing fine new cars an they are Investing in old rattle traps, tuned up so they can hop when they have to, but they don't last long. We find when we get one of them that we haven't got much. “We find that the large scale rum running now is confined mostly to big owerful gangs, with headquarters in ghlllde]phlt New York and Boston. They recruit home talent to quite an extent in making the dash across the border, but the bosses down in the big towns have plenty of money and and they have built up a regular Hin- denburg line, which keeps on shov- (Copyright. 1920.) —_— e Wales Cheered at Dover. DOVER, England, June 28 (P .— | Thousands of residents and visitors gave | the Prince of Wales a rousing reception on his arrival for the trooping of the colors of the Seaforth Highlanders Reg- N ST T TR aa o oo i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 28 1929. the | ‘PORKER’ IN RECORD SWIM Prodigal Hog Paddles Self Across Mississippi River. NAUVOO, Il (#).~—There is & new swimming champion who makes long- distance dips on his own lard. One day John L. Johnson missed & :, hog from his farm. He trailed the . | porker to the banks of the Mississippi River and gave him up as 3 ) a farmer on the other side found the 3 . He claims a long-distance swimming title for his shoat. | FORSAKES PARLIAMENT FOR CAREER ON STAGE English Woman Answers Lure of Footlights in London play. LONDON (#).—An ironical story of London’s theatrical district concerns the r actress who forsook a place in Parliament to return to the stage, where her first role was as the private secre- tary of & politictan. Mrs. ton of the 10 women in is the Success as & o b on program as Mal us- , the name by which she is known on the stage. ‘The play is described as a “comedy of the soeiology of politics,” and is the latest effort of John Galsworthy, Severe Quake Recorded. NEW YORK, June 28 (#).—The sels- mograph station at Fordham University es! 2 earthq , York in an undetermined direction. The ocks b.llr!l at 8:01 am. Eastern GINGER TIGER A% NONE BETTER A. G. HERRMANN 750 Seventh St. S.E. Phone Lincoln 1981-1982 oth Sides of Seventh at K Street—The Dependable Sm.——-—-—-—____f GOLDENEERG A o aneanunel 4 Flattered by Imitations, the Unapproachable Our Famous ORIGINAL “Two-for-One” Dress Events Always Keep Them Far in Advance of All Imitators! ups, camouflage or disguises. Our | ijment, of which he is colonel in chief. men will continue to wear uniforms,and | The prince was welcomed by the they will work in the open. They assist | mayor and drove through beflagged autoists rather than annoy them, and |streets to the accompaniment of heavy they make the border safe for law- | cheers. abiding citizens.” Customs Men Present. At this border conference there were [ ¥® also in attendance F. R. Reed, chief|five eggs dt customs patrol inspector, and W.E. Bar- [~ Tows, assistant collector, both of the Maine and New Hampshire district, and Morrison Walsh, assistant collector, and M. M. Tucker, deputy inspector of the Vermont district. They are all soft- spoken men, and here amid the timothy fields, splashed with the deep orange of the wild paint brush, they seemed more like a group of college professors on a botany expedition than the border man- hunters which the headlines have been picturing. But these pastoral hillsides, green in the mellow sunlight, shade into deep forests and & jumble of mountains, lakes and rivers and at nightfall in this dark wilderness, the genial con- ferces will be deploying men and cars in the never-ending battle against the invaders, The conventional picture of the hard- boiled boundary sleuth is wrenched out of perspective. ~ Mr. Whitehill, who was a country editor for 30 years, is the double of the suave and genial Judge Harry Olsen of Chicago. Col. Hume _— = ‘The :mr hen under adverse weather conditions will produce only ggs during the Winter months. Charming Summer Hats $5.00 $1().00 ARGE and Medium Brim Hats fashioned of Sheer Hair, Milan and Fancy Straw, attractively trim- med by our expert milliners to suit the discrimi- nating taste of the modern Miss, young Woman and Matron. Many hats of the smart, youthful mode are embraced in this collection. 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