Rum Runners and
Officers Battle;
Many Shots Fired
Federal Authorities Make
Plans to Mop Up Long Is
land—Armed Patrols
Convoy Tucks.
By Assnrlnted Press.
New York. June 20.—Federal pro
hibition enforcement authorities, elec
trified by two of the wildest bootleg
ging stories that have yet reached
their ears, last night began planning
a campaign to mop up Long Island,
which It was disclosed had been
ldopted as the newest scene of opera
tions of runners plying to and from
the offshore rum fleet.
The wildest of the stories, vouched
for by Sheriff Amza Biggs of Suffolk
county, involved a pitched battle be
tween eight deputy sheriffs and some
80 or 60 rum runners and New York
gunmen, in which the deputies fin
ally were driven to cover, while arm
ed patrols convoyed a fleet of trucks
with nearly 600 cases of liquor to
New York. This encounter took
place at Greenport.
Bootleggers In Row.
The other story, vouched for by
police, was the story of a battle at
Baldwin between two contending fac
tions of bootleggers for possession of
, 1,000 sacks of whisky from the rum
fleet, in which the police, acting as
armed mediators, captured the liquor
and four men.
The fight at Greenport, according
to Sheriff Biggs, was the culmina
tion of two jays of skirmishing,
which started when an unidentified
*r»ssel slipped into Greenport early
**Sur'-.ay morning and unloaded its
liquid cargo onto waiting trucks.
The sheriff, advised of the landing
—but too late to get men on the spot
—sent his deputies out to find some
traces of the liquor. It remained for
Sidney Smith, a citizen, however, to
discover the cache, and he paid for it.
by the loss of an ear, which was shot
off as he stood before the house in
which it had been stored. A warrant
charging Captain Fred Davis, a fish
erman. with the shooting has been
Issued.
Ear Shot Off.
Smith, who lives near Captain
Davis' house, heard suspicious sounds
Sunday afternoon and set out to do
a fcit of sleuthing. As he neared the
house, a woman opened the door,
emitted a scream and banged it shut
again. A moment later the door was
thrown open again and a man, whom
Smith identified as .Captain Davis,
fired at horn with a shotgun.
As soon as he had his ear treated.
Smith notified Sheriff Biggs, and the
latter rushed four deputies to the
house. Lying in the grass, they ob
served several men loading cases on
a truck. They ran down the road,
ambushed themselves and halted the
truck as it came by.
They arrested the driver and two
men who accompanied him. and seized
^ne truck, containing 60 cases of
liquor.
Gunmen Summoned.
Word of the seizure quickly reached
the whisky runners' garrison and, as
the sheriff learned later, a hurry call
was telephoned to New York for rein
forcements. Ten gunmen arrived that
evening on a Long island train and
were whisked from the station to
Captain Davis' house in an automo
bile.
Meanwhile, the sheriff had sent his
available force of eight men out with
orders to capture the stronghold.
They advanced about dusk, but were
quickly driven to cover by a volley
from the house.
When they advanced again, shortly
before midnight, they found the be
leagured rum runners 4iad thrown
out outposts, and there were several
lively exchanges of shots, the dep
uties again taking cover.
A half hour later, a big touring
car roared down the road toward the
house. Two of the deputies attempted
to halt it, but it passed them at high
speed and as it flashed by the dep
uties got a glimpse of g'lnting gun
barrels and grim-faced men. This
car also pulled up at the Davis house
and soon a counter attack was be
gun. which sent the deputies scurry
ing from the neighborhood. '
Stock Is Removed.
Then the rum runners loaded their
stock Into trucks and, using tour
ing cars for convoys, escorted the
caravan at breakneck speed toward
New York. Deputies who tried to
head off one truck with their auto
mobile were crowded out by a con
voy car which almost sent them Into
the ditch, while leveled pistols and
shotguns warned them It was advis
able to abandon thoughts of a cap
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
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By THORNTON W. BURGERS.
Danger lurks where l*ast suspected.
And threatens when 'tis least expected.
—Mrs. Grouse.
A Startling Interruption.
A proud but fussy little mother
was Mrs. Grouse as she led her 12
brown, downy babies down the Lone
Little Path. Now and then she turn
ed aside to scratch amongst the dead
leaves, while the children gathered
around, eager to pick up any food
she might uncover. Peter Rabbit
hopped along with them. Mrs. Grouse
was an old, old friend of his, and it
was so long since Peter had seen her
that he wanted to make the most of
his opportunity for gossip. You see.
Mrs. Grouse knewhwst of what was
going on in the Green Forst.
So, while she scratched away the
leaves to look for food for her big
family, she told Peter all the news.
But most of all she liked to talk
about her children. That is the way
with mothers. And, though those 12
youngsters were running about this
way and that way, and never were
still an Instant, she somehow man
aged to keep her eyes on all of them.
So they moved slowly along the
Lone Little Path, stopping often, for
the baby Grouse were too tiny to
travel far at a time. Suddenly Mrs.
Grouse stopped in the midst of
Lazily shuffling along the Ix>ne Little
Path, Mother Bear was just romlng
into sight.
scratching over the leaves, and. stand
ing very straight, cocked her head a
trifle to one side to listen. Peter had
heard nothing, but when he saw that
Mrs. Grouse had heard something he
sat up and listened. He heard it
then. Some one was coming along
the Lone Little Path, but still some
distance away. Who could it be?
"Woof!" It seemed to Peter that
his heart skipped a beat at that
sound. Then peter heard the rustling
of dry leaves as small feet scampered
about. He knew then who was com
ing. It was the Bear family! It was
Mother Bear and her cubs. Peter
looked around hurriedly for a hiding
place that would be really safe. He
duln't think of Mrs. Grouse or of her
rabies His whole thought was for
himself.
Just a short distance to one side
was a hole in the ground under a big
stump. Peter knew all about it. He
had found safety in there before. "It
is lucky for me that that hole is
handy." thought Peter as he turned
toward it. Just as he started for It,
llpperty-llpperty-llp, he heard Mis.
Grouse tell the babies to hide, and,
looking back, he was Just in time to
see them scattering In all directions.
Even while he looked they disap
peared.
It didn't take Peter hut a moment
or two to reach that hole under the
big stump. Just outside it he stopped,
and sat up to see what would hap
pen. Mrs. Grouse was right where
he had left her in the middle of the
Lone Little Path. Not one of the
babies was to be seen. Peter was
not at all worried about Mrs. Grouse,
for he knew that her stout wings
would take her out of danger.
Then he looked down the Lone Lit
tle Path. Lazily shuffling along the
Lone Little Path Mother Bear was
just coming into sight. Behind her
were three lively little cubs. They
didn't stay in the Lone Little Path,
but were continually running off to
one side or the other, investigating
everything near with their inquisitive
little noses.
(Copyright, 1923.)
The next story: "A Brave and
Clever Little Mother."
Windsor, England, Fears
Royal Ghost Visitation
Windsor, Eng., June 20.—Is a
royal ghost, out of the ages, to blame
for recent nightly disturbances re
ported from the riverside folks of
Datchet on Thames?
The question is exciting Windsor
and surrounding villages.
Strange apparitions are reported in
the dead of night near an old monas
tery connected with St. Helen's. Sub
terranean passages run from the ruins
of the monastery to unexplored
depths, but it is stated that there is
one passage which leads to Windsor
castle.
Ernest Scian declares that he re
cently saw the ghostly form of a
woman hovering about the monastery
ruins, and when he approached the
figure disappeared with a hissing
sound.
Other residents report that they
have seen apparitions and heard the
sounds of beautiful singing coming
from the monastery at night.
Gompers Urges
Farmers’ Union
Organization Will Gain Ade
quate Income, Labor
Head Declares.
By International NeJra Berries.
Chicago, June 20.—Let the farmers
organize and work out thetc own sal
vation, independent of the law mak
era.
This was the advice of Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, given in a
speech before the National Wheat
Conference here today.
The problem of the farmer, who
fijnds himself bankrupt because of the
low price of wheat, is linked with the
question of wages for industrial la
bor. Gompers asserted.
"You will not induce the people to
rat more wheat if you threaten the
income out of which they buy wheat,"
he said "The Income of the farmer
can never he greater in industrial
wages are either to stand still or go
down. The products of the farm is
largely bought by the populations of
the cities and the populations of the
cities are composed mostly of wage
earners.
An Kconnmlc Maladjustment.
"The state of the farmer may be
described as an economic maladjust
ment, and, that being the case, can
be righted. It seems easy to rush to
the lawmakers and ask for law. Let
me assure you, out of a long and
economic experience, that there is no
great magic in a law. You will not
stop the economic machine and re
verse its operation by the enactment
of a law Neither congress nor state
legislatures can build the body of our
effort or shape our course."
Pointing out that, although the
farm population has not increased in
the last 10 years, the farms have'in
creased production to take care of
an additional 14.000,000 of population,
hut have not received an adequate re
turn in income, he advised the farm
ers to take a leaf from the notebook
of the industrial worker, whose pro
duction also has Increased.
"do Thou and Do Likewise."
"The industrial workers have found
a way to command for themselves a
standard of living that has progressed
somewhat in accord with and In re
latlon to the Increase in volume pro
duction,” he went on. "If the wage
earners of our country had not the
sense and the courage to organise
nobody would have much sympathy
for them and nobody would take their
complaints very seriously. The
temptation to say 'Go thou and do
likewise' Is almost beyond my power
to resist. Farmers know more about
farm problems than any one else.
Why do farmers think they must run
to legislators to learn of the thlnga
about which they themselves are the
best experts?
"There is no force In our social or
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“Lion of the Argonne”
Will Visit America
New York, June 20.—General Gour
ard of the French army, "the lion of
the Argnnne," will arrive on the
France, June 30, to be the guest of
the Rainbow division during a six
weeks tour of the United States.
He will be the guest of honor at
the convention of the Rainbow veter
ans at Indianapolis July 13 to 15,
marking the fifth anniversary of the
Champagne defense in July, 1918, in
which the Rainbow division fought
with the fourth French army under
General Gourard. successfully cheek
ing the German advance on Pari*
General Gourard will be welcomed
by Brig Gen. Henry Reilly and a
special committee of 42d division
men. He will visit Baltimore, Kan
sas City, Dee Moines, Dallas, Apple
ton, Wig,, Minneapolis, Log Angeles,
Macon, Ga., Cincinnati, Dayton, and
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Human Eves Mav
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Restoration of Sight for Blind
Possible, Specialists
Declare.
Colorado Springs. Colo., June 20 —
Transferring a human eye into the
eye socket of a blind person may
become a reality soon, according to
members of the American Ophthal
mologies! society, in annual session
here. The methods of Dr. Theodore
Koppanyl of Vienna, now In America,
wera discussed at yea'erday's ses
sion Dr. Koppanyl haa succeeded la
transplanting the eye of a rabbit Into
the eye socket of a dog and restored
'he dog's sight.
The dog. after the operation was
performed, it wag said at the clinic
today, had lost the sight of both eyes
by acid. Since the transplantation. It
was said, his nature has been changed
and he is more mild and docUe than
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Dr. W. H. Milmer, Washington. Is
president of the society. About 60
specialists are In attendance.
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