RUM RUNNING
IN MYSTERY BOATS. SUBMARINE CRAFT. CAPTURED BY AUTHORITIES. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 10.40 a.m. to-day. _ NEW YORK, Nov. 14. A message from St. Alban’s. A er•rnont, says that an undersea rum-run-ning craft, described by the customs authorities as a. submarine without motors .has been seized in Lake Chainplain with 4800' bottles of ale on board, board. , IV . The .seizure was made by the I\byai Canadian Mounted. Police for the American authorities in Canadian boundary waters. The customs officials pointed out that the bootleggers had been using every known method of conveyance to run contraband liquor from .Canada to United States —automobiles, motor boats, airplanes, and submarines. The latter had been known as mystery boats. . , ~ c These .submarines have a length or 28 feet, with a device for submerging, and rising to the surface. They arc without propelling mechanism, being towed by 170 foot hawsers. A ision is obtained by the periscopes. The authorities say that these vessels are extremely expensive, but have successfully conveyed so much liquor m the past that they quickly paid for themselves. „ Tlie co-operation of the Canadian and American authorities is believed to have been solely responsible for the discovery of the mystery boats.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 November 1926, Page 5
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200RUM RUNNING Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 November 1926, Page 5
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