The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 1, 1920, Page 4

AGE 4 SMUGGLERS OUTWITTED BY SLUETHS Chances of Eluding U.S. Customs Men Regarded as Rather Small + BY PAUL N. WILSON i SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1L—Sup- : pose YOU were approaching the! it American shore from the Orient im =] tending to smuggle a fortune in { Mictt drugs thru the U, 8. custome 4 line—where would you hide it/ Aboard ship to bafMe the searching Officers? |Spanish Duke Weds in London LONDON, Sept. 25.—(Ry mail.)— One of the most important Spanish alliances for many years waa con summated bere when the Duke of Alba was married to the Marquesa San Vincente de! Barco, only daugh- ter of the Duke and Duchess of Allaga and ‘granddaughter of the Duke of Tarifa. ‘The ceremony, which took place at |the handsome Spanish embassy on Grosvenor gardens, was strictly pri vate, owing to the bridegroom being in mourning for his aunt, the late ex Fompress Eugenie, Ambassador Mer. Fy del Val represented King Alfonso jand acted as one of the “sponsors” usual in Spanish marriages of high rank, while the Duchess of Santona, sister of the bridegroom, was the other “sponsor.” The Duke of Alba ts well known and popular in England as « sports Iman. The guests included the Duke MOTHER SAVED BY HER TWINS Was to Have Been Executed for Killing OTTAWA» Ont, Oct. 1.—Twin babies of Mra. Marie Anne Houde Gagnon saved their mother from the death penalty yesterday, when the cabinet counell found that the death | of the convicted murderess would Jeopardize the life of her babies, Mra, Gagnon was to have been exe outed today. Her sentence was com muted to life imprisogment. ews ees wife of the Apantsh ambassador, The Duke of Alba also pomneanes the British title of Duke of Berwick @ut bas no #eat in the house of lords) and ie very wealthy, The bride, who ts a grandee of Spain in her own If you know ehtpe and conte and Duchess of Aliagn, the Duke of| right, traces her descent from the Plate the problem for a moment, 2 @nd ceaseless game of hide-and-seek | played by “dope” runners, crooked-} i est of crooks, and Uncle Sam's ‘ shrewdest detectives. ; A little packet of opium, valued 5 @t maybe $50,000—to be concealed fp a ship as big and complex as a ' Block of city homes and offices! a ‘Thousands try. Very few succeed, i STAKE IS QUICK 4 WEALTH OR JAIL The game is played on nearly @ery ship arriving on the Pacific @rast from the Orient. The stake ww quick wealth—or arrest, for Prices on narcotics have soared to @ fabulous figure, and the United States custom men, with years of @xperience, are more than a match for the keenest smugglers. From Bow to stern the customs officers Immow every inch of every ship put ting into Seattle, as you knew your @wn home. With the docking of a ship they @warm over the side, complete the baggage examination and start their Runt. Every screw, every panel is examined; every cushion and mat- tress probed; every bundie and pack- age opened, every corner ransacked @nd every dark crevice lighted, for the slightest evidence of tampering. DOPE FOUND OFTEN; SMUGGLER ESCAPES adele i j ‘The smugglers they face are sel- 7 @orm amateurs, Screws are care iy fully withdrawn, panels taken out i @nd the valuable narcotics bidder from sight in the most unlikely | Blaces, after which the place is @gain painted and varnished. The job is never done. Upon her Mext arrival the ship is-as care al Snes te fully searched, the crew ts thoroly 18> examined. But, while the drugs are Rearly always found, the smuggler ig seldom caught. Among hundreds im the crew it is impossible to single ut the one who hid the niorphine Under.20 tons of bunker coal, or Who put the optum behind the sounding board of the deck piano. And the smugglers, lured by the slim prospect of wealth, never quit, mever lose hope: Each trip new Dlaces are devised, maybe Gecorations of the dining Feom ceiling, or in hollowed legs of the dining tabies, Often, at night, small boats creep dongsice Oftental ships, and smal! Packages are thrown out. oy usually follows quickly, $$ Carlyon Road Bill Raked Over Coals Features of the Carlyon road bill at the luncheon of the members’ council of the Cham- ber of Commerce, held in the Ma- sonic club rooms, Friday noon. E. F. Biaine, president of the I Irrt- gation Institute of Washington, headed the opposition to the bill, while C. H. Shields, chairman of the campaign committee for the bill had charge of the defense argument Grapo Grabbed by * Police in 2 Raids Five-gallon keg of grapo was seized when Gry squadders raided the room of Mrs. Marian McCarthy, 23, in the Alexander hotel, 2200% First ave., ‘Thursday night. R. H. Twist, hatter, 510 Olive st.. was charged with pos. session of three gallons of grapo as a result of another raid 67 Polish to Come This Month Sixty-one Polish refugee orphans from Siberia will arrive here Oc tober 11 onthe transpacific liner Fushima Maru. “Gets-It” --Painless Corn Remover This Corn Remover Is Guaranteed ‘Throw away that dangerous razor and plaster. Don't waste your time simply “treating” that pestiferous, | aching corn! Get rid of it with “Gets-It” Remove it. aan elie ml oaeineG tina aaenaa pak —— "uel two oF three drops te 4 your pain forever. nye! ightful relief from corn mim Penaranda, the Duke and Duchess of ducal house of Medinacell, one of the You can comprehend the dangerous Montellano and Mme. Merry del ve, oldest In Spain. CHE SEATTLE Former Seattle Bank Man Dies at Yakima Funeral services for Ted A. Post, 31, long connected with the National Bank of Commerce and the National City Bank, here, will be held! in Yakima neat Tuesday. Boptember 2%, according to word just received here, He'll Tell of Talk With Irish “Prexy” At @ meeting of the Freeman Press club to be held in the Wood men of the World hall at Fourth ave, and Marion at, Friday night, Ndward J. Coon will tell of hin re cent conference with Kamon De Va- lora, president of the “Irish Reput> ie” Ask Board for New Entrance to Park Request for a new entrance to Roosevelt park will be made by reat. dents of the district before the board of park commissioners Friday after. noon. The board will alto be usked to provide new trails thru the park. Pont died on! NAB 10 CHINESE | _INDOPE ARREST $13,000 Drugs Seized a Frisco Raid SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.—Ten Chinese are under arrest and au thorities are holding narcotics valued | at $13,800 following @ spectacular raid late yesterday by detectives and federal agents on a Chinatown “den.” ‘Three doors had to be battered down | before admission was gained. | Fong Wee, said to be the owner of the drugs, held and federal agents may they suspect he is travel ing agent for a “ring” which amug-| gles narcotics into the United States thru Seattle and San Francisca, NEW YORK—-In addition to 600 soldiers returning from duty in Ger- many, transport Antigine brings 700 bodies of American dead. Severn! members of Olymple team return, also. Henry | right! 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