Word: rum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proposal without a good measure of hope for success. The agreement to publish the terms of treaties does not preclude the use of diplomatic feelers and without the latter a nation may only too easily make itself ridiculous. If the proposal should be accepted and the hazards of the rum-runner increased by nine miles of water, the prohibitionists would be justified in claiming a large feather for their...
...United States "prohibition navy" is rapidly undergoing evolution to fit it for the task of catching rum runners on the Atlantic. It is soon to consist of twelve vessels; four revenue cutters, the Seneca, Seminole, Gresham and Manhattan, and eight speed boats now on the ways which will act as scouts...
...revenue cutters are capable of about 15 knots, which is insufficient to catch the speedier rum runners in a tail chase, but the speed boats, capable of 30 knots, will be more than a match for the outlaws...
...addition all the ships are being armed with cannon varying from one-pounders to four-inch guns. Sanction has at last been given to fire directly on the rum runners, with solid shot, and not merely across their bows...
...Gerberviller is listed by Lloyd's Register as 1,400-ton, five-masted auxiliary schooner owned by the French Government. If the report is true, this is the first time a French ship has joined the seven other vessels on rum...