11,800 Vessels Seized in a Year by Prohibition Agents Washington, Dec. 4.
American vessels numbering 1,319} were seized in the past year for, attempting to introduce intoxicating Jiquor to the United States. Of these, 320 carried liquor, the remainder being without cargo, 2ccording to the annual report mad Mrs, Mabel Willebrandt, Asstant Attorney-General in charge of the Prohibition Division, which adds that 330 American vessels with contraband liquor were captured the! previous year, The report records that bootleggers are continually building better and speedier boats, Whose operations. are more efficient and whose capture is more dificult Tt anys that the seizure of foreign vessels continued about the same in previous years, The more stringent regulations enforced by the Canadian Govern ment caused a decrease in illegal operations from Canadian ports.
It mentions that the decision of the Supreme Court in April with regard to the legality of the seizure. of the British steamship Quandra in the Pacific as "settling many hitheto doubtful questions respecting the interpretation of the Convention between Great Britain and the United States on the subject of extra-territorial seizure, Approximately $6,000,000 in Fed-7 erals judgments, fines and penalties were imposed and "there was Gefinite increase in the percentage
substantial ner ease in civil court fies colated"" There waa business but a notable decrease in)
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