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LONDON. May tar-(United Press)
-—Voluntoers from all parts or tag-
land's underworld are flocking to the
skull-and-crossbohes oi the pirate
fleet.
These pirates prey on the rum run-
ners that are found along the U. 8.
Atlantic coast. The plrat. eke so
strong that it is making romancing
almost as bad as being honest.‘
Reports here are that the liquor
pirates now operating o8 Long Is-
land Bound are mainly from Britnh
ports—the stock that in other can
manaed the bucaaeering ships which
took toil trom the .world's merchant-
men.
And there are other reports that
the “morehantmen”—-the bootleggers
--s.re doing what their forerunners
did-reigning on crews who can fight
0nd making it worth their while to
meet machine-gun with machine-gun.
It is declared here that. thoush the
first run: pirates operated from. the
United States. moir- onlstenee was due
to an ambitious plan termed in Lon-
don to sell bootleg liquor in the United
States without going to the trouble oi
taking“. all the way across the Atlan-
tic—or paying for it.
The pirate fleet is decalre'dtto be
well-organised. with the usual mystert
est living from the 'honest" rum-run-
ners. as their turbauned ancestors did
iii-om honest merchantman.
The organising genius of the pirate
iieet operating from England. and
controlling most of those operating
from the States— there are few ama-
teurs—do believed to" be the former
chief steward of an Atlantic liner.
It is the safest form of piracy even
known. The ships that engage in it
can obtain clearance papers in the
ordinary way. as fishermen or tramps.
They prey on an illegal tradic. It
does the bootleggers no good‘ to
"squeal'h-even when they have the
chance. for it they put up a fight the
odds are against them. A complaint
to United States authorities that a
cargo of illicit whiskey had been stolen
would do them no good. even if it did
them no harm.
The bootlsgging game‘ has grown to
large proportions here. There is no
way British authorities can prevent
ships from taking abroad perfectly
legal cargoes of spirtis.
Any day in the cafes and restau-
rants or the West End of London
there may be seen Americans, pros-
pe’roua and idle. who are engaged in
the traffic. There are others. idle but
not prosperous. who have come over
here on a "shoestring." to sell their
knowledge of the game to speculative
Britishero.
Those who come over here with
the money buy stocks of whiskey and
gin themselves. Tho others raise the
money from gamblers or bookmakers
willing to take a chance. In any
event the "goods" are soon safe or
board the ship that is to take them
to the States—— a schooner. a trawler
or an old Ramp steamer.
Then comes the anxious part. The
snonled agents sit around buying
drinks and the unmoncyed once just
drinking them. whining away the
’ foitnight or month or two or three
. that may elapse before a carefully
worded cable‘s-am comes informing
them that the “goods"havn arrived
at an American port. or have been
sold at sea.
It means profit or from 810.000
to ”00.000 to be split up among those
who financed the trip and those who
4 It used to work almost too easily.
Occasionally a ship would get care.
less and would be picked by revenue
men and there would be no cable-
gram.
But now there are many disappoint-
ments. It was not until recently that
the real reason was found—phi".
It began to leak out that there was
a new variation of the double cross at
work. and that there was a three-
milo limit to honor among thieves. as
Vrall as to the activities of revenue
men. .
It was found that more and more
booseless bootleggers were starting
outn— strong ships, large crews. but
no cargo aboard.
neotloggors. need small crews oi
honest seamen for their work. who
can be depended upon not to murder
the skipper and sail oi! with the pro-
ceeds and who will be content with
a. modest “split."
The new crews were made up of
ticketlesa mates. berthless and upper.
thable seamen from dockland "pubs."
and thugs and gunmen from the slums
and tenderloins of the great ports.
They are the ones who form the
crews of the pirate fleet. They loin
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lamps and Nobody Will Know. .
The use of flags and Sulphur for
restoring faded. gray hair to its natur-
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time. sheuseditto keepher hair
beautifully dark. glossy and attrac-
ious men higher up. and a firm. if un- ,
feeling intention ot making a dishon- '
steer their integrity as
photos has been established. may a.
amignod to join up on selected boot.
leg ships and. at the proper time. drop
anareoverboordosasignalincaga
awaiting pirateshipfailb tonnd
them.
There is even more money la )1”
than in bootlegging. All the capital
required is for the ship and the crew
and the fuel and food for an. urge
trip. There is only the risk that the
crew will go Bolshevik arter a haul.
All this means huge losses to a.
men who put up the indie? («the
“legitimate" bootlegging trade. It
means being broke in a strange econ.
try tor the "shoestring" men. and it
means also being suspected or having
put over something on the financiers.
Some or the shoestring men. acacia.
ing to report. have turned punts
themselves, ngurins that with~
dependable
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be chaining 81.000 a trip
andaflmyvithabonua fora
good catch.
"But the bootlugers are planning
moanstorestorethe gametoitsrorm.
er simplicity. Some of them have be-
to rumoruaaers which make for the
resins coast. The others are perpar-
ing to agar m _
Just as some of the bootlegging
crews have turned pirate. some of the
piraest armheginning to reform—to
tom: the nucleus or a beetleggers’
l‘ascieti.
Safeguarding Health‘ , ‘
0! Working Children
mm ltates now require the
examination ot every child
asflfllg use an employment certifi-
mwfl, ingtothenowlyre ed
«than of a bulletin on "P cal
News for Wei-lung Children." is-
fledbytheu.l. Devonian“
use: through the Children's Bureau.
The bulletin can the “common-4
dotioes of a committee or physicians
who were appointed by the Bureau to
prepare a standard form as use in
blame they may as ”it have
should go with it. . " -‘t’
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for wear after the wedding,
Crepe georgette
beaded, are unusually lov
White silk
Lovely modes of heavy
silk-«some rcdl plain
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Bridal Eugene
Newest hges’ are in-
defifibatleillgmlggely -— me
In em. ced—Ja'
ese kim0nas,pand Mandm
coats and delicate shimmer-
ing creations of wondrous
crepe do chines, $3.95 to
$37.50.
Silk underw _ e do
chine-Radium and so.
tailored and lace trimmed-
flesh, white,- orchid, and
honeydew.
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Beautiful Bridal
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Spanish lace over tto, skirt linln
accordion pleated-rich an More. 8
with lace everso dainty—sonic richly embroidered with
straight line gowns with girdle cf-‘l
feet caught with big bead and crystal buckle, $25. ,
lees“ door. center
Bridal veils made to order, in the newest s les f
tulle, trimmed with orange-blossoms, $6 to'sls. ty ’. 0
Second loos. host
wanes of children seeking to
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gowns are specially designed 1
also.
beautifully made and crystal
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white crepe de chine—some
Bridal corsets
Many rich models are
here for the Bride’s choos—
ing. Featured is
A handsome silk brocade
corset with elastic to
long hip—flesh colon— es
en ribbon trim with silk
elastic hose supporters, $5
and “.leoond door. rear
Gifts of .
silver
gun to operate from Japan-trans- -
' shipping llsuor at a Japanese port
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enter employment;
.Sinco the publication of the first
edition of the'bulletiu. two years ago.
a considerabe number of changes have
been made in the various State laws
with reference to such examinations.
and the summary or legal provisions
which it contains has now been
brought up to data. One State. Vir-
ginia. is said to have advanced in
thisrespecttoanagsbeyond-thatof 8000 yeauagoaud still preservedin
the other States. in that it new re- the British museum. contain us.
quires the examination of evory-ygork- threads to the inch.
Queen of Siam is mid to have
most valuable thlmble in the world-—
one made or pure gold and studded
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Inwonderful assortments, in practically
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Lace mitts, l6 button lengflis. in 0415.8“ m
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Gloves for the
$850White kid one strap pumps with Baby Louis heel.
White kid one strap pumps with Cuban heel and
white leather soles and heels, $7.50.
White “Rei ” or linen one strap pumps with
covered Cuban heels, $7.
Kain door. rear
Gifts that - For men of
she’ll like the party
white, $1.25.
a
Fine new Libby cut glass For the the bet.
--bon-bons, vases, bowls, man, the cab here are a
etc, $2.25 up to $19.50. few suggestions that may
Imported .and domestic help:
colored glassware -,- fruit Cuff links, $1 to $2.
bowls, vases, baskets, flow~ Kurd-apart links, $1 to -
er centers, eta, 95c, $1.50, $5.
$250 to 4510-75 - Watch chains—gold tilled
Gold and silver encrusted —-both yellow and green
lassvgareb—‘btglsfi tficsndy gold, $2 to $3.50.
are on- one - e etc. Sterlin silver ‘tte
sebtoes. ’ ' ’cases,$73to$9. am
Cut glass flower vases, Sterling silver belt
buckles, $1.50 to $3.50.
10. e a , \pr. ~ 1.2108“ cut glass water sets, tiled—gold fill and celln<
Vaseafifictofl. e1 41.50.132.95,me Mammoth-$5.25.
Baskets, .0 to $10. up- Men’s watches, gold filled
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