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NTRY mu t Point, N. y,, Thursday,,Amk No, 6* tipt to Smuggle Ale in isit Can Meets with Failure : •atives of the Special Agen- rtment of the XJ. B. Cu»- service, working: under the ion «f K. , N. Norwood, agent in charf e In tWa dte» and assisted fcy oftlcera: of custom house staff, re- uncovered an original meth- introducing Canadian \wet itfl S into the Unite* States in the bud the operation* of smuggler* by which every reason to believe supply the U. S. raar- 1th imported liquors. In con- ation of the custom* laws with a very slight .. of detecUon and kjee, [Friday of last we**; special : Norwood and Henry, of the sburg headquarter* staff, a. freight car loaded v wtth [than 18,000 bottle* of Dawes the local railroad yards, A quantity of baled hay was the car and this had been -IBHv was in burlap bag*, lbs [ been shipped from Helena, and was billed through jtoe St. Lawrence county* vfl- |to Jersey City, If, ; JU; over N. Ry. and routed through At Fort- Oovington, N. . Customs trajurft seals | placed on the car before it the Dominion. At some [ in Canada it is betaved the fastenings of the car door very cleverly removed and or opened without removing Items -seals and the beer in the car. The fastenings I then replaced and the car tats the United State* at the of Rouses Point where the ' was made. [the ordinary' course thffi car, owsanda of others . shipped Canada in transit to States destination*, would one through TrtOout any notice being taken of It, era at border port* (imply the custom*.. seal* when cars arrive to the United . As they are loaded tin this 1 the border line and as they while they are in the oion they ordinarily require ectioa on their arrival on n§£i L ' •*&•'••!\'*': George Remus, self-styled Icing of bootleggers, who killed Vi .wife and then convinced a jury of his insanity, was liberated from the Ohio asylum by the court of appeals- However, thi State prosecutor* are bitterly fighting for a reversal of the lodgment If definitely freed, Remus declared' he would, return to Cincinnati, settle his financial affairs, and start a wotld-widi' u? agajnj$ prohibition, i More Than Forty People Coming Blackface Entertainment of the liner Informaton ping this car wai received Norwood, however, shortly ft was loaded and he and ft Henry together with local waiting for it when at Houses Point. Three 5&rs, also loaded «t' Betas* Wpped, through Canada to ations in th* United States mi already passed border ordered held fejr'£i!$ contents examined. V* Sftlft that.: a variation of has been used frontier. **** detected *o \mm* officers \°*« \ beta . What promises to be the and best miniatrel show ever stag- ed in. Northern Clinton county booked torCouture'a Opera Hot»e in Rolses Point on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, April 3t.lth and 12th, when the Knights of Colum- bus ilinstrels hold, clown the boards for a two night engage- ment. The show Is being put on uhdej.- the direction of J. C.Sa- bourln and John F. Nolan, who have staged many affairs' of the kind and who are conceded to be Among the'beet directors of black faae theatrical* In the North Coun- try. The cast is made up of more than' forty people. and ' includes: tooth men and \women. The full the future is believed to have ef- fectively stopped its use, The selaed ale and the hay con- turned over Crescent orchestra win play throughout the entertainments during txrth performances. And just to insure beyond ques- tion the superiority of the coming attraction; the management Is bill- ing Messrs. Meliu* and Foley, the \'Bwo Black Crows\ of the well known Delaware A Hudson Co., Glee dub Minstrels who have made audiences In Albany, Hew York, Boston and other large cities roar with laughter whenever they have appeared.. George Ducbarme and Johnnie Rfgney axe the end mm and when George sings his first soag, \Kant * Watermelon on y Grave and &et the Julee Sogfc Through^' 'the peopte in the aud- ience will all he holding- their sides, Raymond Moore and Eldred Bombard are down on the program for tea. old time, darky clof danee and It Is said that the opera bouse management has. reinforced the stage floor with double planking and steel beams for the occasion, Each, of these boys shake a wick- ed foot and wfth. $*e two of t»ew on one stage at the mam time Wll- dettyj, J gad with To»y e y f, and lead by the W«ck im« comed- ian, Johnnie Rigney, ii said to be * jKtemb mi\mfo~>ai the *e«t !«•.-• ture» on the bill. The inimitable . was aestwyed at' the j dumplnf f rounds, , $ .. „ | (Cdottaued on Page Four) uses Point-Alburj idge Measure Now Goes to U. S. Senate Ea*t Alburg-West Swanton Bill Ix Still lit The Lower House \* . Favorable Action Expected In . *< • .• 0ongre*i • • - 1* '\• 'tt»*. 'iA ., '\\\\\'' • '* •* ••'•*' X'wttgfcssman Snell's bill which provides for the construc- tion of a vehicular bridge to span .Lake Chantplattt between Rouses Point and Aiburg has been passed by the House oi Representatives in Washington and now goes to the- Senate. A similar bill introduced by Senator Brigham of Vermont and covering the erection of a bridge between E. Alburg and W. Swanton, Vt., is still in the HatiSrJJut is expected to be acted upon favorably at this session- of Congress. Both bills would give Gulf Coast Properties, Inc., a Florida, corporation, con- struction and operating privileges of the bridges. While B0NAZZ1PROMOTE TO NEWPORT, I Local Border Patrol Chief Made Aatiatant Supt. • of Diat. No. I Antonio Bonaszi, chief patrol inspector of the. Immigration bor- der patrol for aub-diatrict No. S for several' years, has been pro* moted to assistant superintendent of district No. l,. which extends from Eastport, Me., to Cape Vin- cent, N. Y., with headquarters to Newport, Vt, The new appoint- ment became effective on April .1, and Mr. Bonazzi expect* to move his family to Newport wltbia a short time. The office of assistant superin- tendent Jias just recently been created by the Department ©f %A* fcor and Mr. Bonasal's appoint* ment-to the new post Is in recog- nition of many years of efficient service in the immigration depart\ meat. He will hawe supervision over the immigration border pa* trol unit* of district No, 1, 4n which are included sutHfiatrJIcts t, \2, z and 4. About 60 patrolmen comprise these units. it waa in committee th« Rouse* Point-Alburg bridge hill was amended with a provision that no span could be constructed at a point' on the Lake where it would Interfere with the cable* or landing* of the Rouses Polnt- Alburg ferry. The measure baa the approval of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of Agricul- ture. The Rouses Point Chamber of Commerce, with the active assis- tance and co-operation of civic - bodies throughout Northern New York and Northern Vermont, has. worked hard to secure the provl« sion of these bridges aad they are urgently needed to provide vehicu- lar eonuaunicaUott between the two states <Juritj|r the entire year mA tot » constantly increasing tourist traffic. Congressman Swell has taken a deep- interest la-thft matter from the etart *w4 W* wry effective work kj getting; the*»e» cessary legirtatioa through the house at this aewrion 1* ttctivfng the waoltfteartea praise of the. people of the Hortii 0o«ntry, Comrmtsioner The new assistant dent Ms been to the supermten- govetnment service since 1914 and is a native of MoatpeMer, r Vt, He c«m« to B Point ou October 2, 1920, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, as an immigration Inspector assigned to tt loeat office, He tuw feeett «hief Inspector oi the i No, 3 since th Inftuguratlon of Immigration border patrcl service several years ago, As an immigration inspector lie made ft repfttatlon fen? feffeettw m tbe prevention w the _ of «tten» into toe Unit- State* -firoift Caoada. and to In- stigations, of immigration cases tlie l^fpart«ient, Ai chief pa* Irol toipectoriBe mnit* of rab-disr. icome atoong the most t efficient in the entire service un-j 4«e MM mxptKvtdm aja* fee. m$ his men, have been instrumental \ breaking up gome of the most notorious fangs of alien smug- operating «» HM* ifeanlltr, • - . . , •. Ira E. Robinson (above) is the 'IMwTf id df () j appointed radfo com- wiwioner who' succeeds the 6 Admiral IMlaxd, JRobin- •on f| ihown here after his Tilit to President Cooltdge at jSVittlflKttk ' ' ;
