Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-08
USUAL MOANING
Of THE BAR AS
OCEAN STEAMERS
PUT OUT TO SEA
Number of Passengers Re-
fuse to Sail Until They
Are Assured That Liquor
viii be Sold as Usual.
INCOMING SHIPS FEEL
EFFECTS OF NEW RULE
Each Vessel, on Arriving in
Port, Is Boarded by Gus
toms Officials Bars Are
Locked and Sealed.

New York, Oct. (by the Asso-
ciated Press) There was the usual
"moaning OF the bar" upon liners
putting out to sea today, despite
Attorney General Dausherty's rul-
ing on high seas liquor and the
announcement of Chairman Lasl<er
at Washington that all shipping
board craft had been ordered to
travel dry.
Incoming vessels were first to
feel the effects Of the attorney gem
erals ruling. On arriving in port,
each vessel, irrespective of the flag
she flew, was boarded by customs
officials, who locked and sealed
all bars, liquor stores and even the
private supplies of ships officers
and seamen.
Confronted by the possibility OF
a parched voyage across the At
lantic, a score of passengers sched-
uled for the shipping board craft
America, threatened to leave the
ship at the last minute. Only when
officers of the United American
lines who manage the vessel as
sured the thirsty ones that sin
the absence OF definite instructions
from Washington the bars would
open as usual was the ship able
to depart with her fun sailing list.
There was proviso, however,
which skeptics eyed with misgiv-
ing. orders might come, said the
officials, in time to be transmitted
to the America by wireless, in
which case the bars might be sealed
in mid ocean.
Majestic Also Sails
The Majestic, Mastodon Of the
seas, likewise sailed without inter-
ference from customs authorities,
her $4,000 supply of liquor ready
for the expected onslaught beyond
the three mile limit. White Star
line chiefs declined to discuss Mr..
Daugherty's ruling. except to say,
at APPARENTLY won't hit the Majes-
tic this time"
The absence Of customs officials
also lent spirits to the departure
OF the Guilo Cesases~ which sailed
for Genoa and Naples with we'll
stocked lockers She not only car
ried O. supply for passengers but
several hundred gallons of wine
for her Italian crew, hired in Ma
pies under the usual contract stip-
ulating wine with each meal.
Even the barkeeper was ousted
from his quarters, so thorough was
the job of the customs officials in
sealing up her liquor supply when
the Stockholm locked today. The
private stock of the captain and
the crew who came into port un-
q n /, .nV-t.r Ia nI.t
sealed tight.
But while they looked on in
grieved silence, there was one eX-
ultant passenger, Mrs. Lydia john
son of Pierre, S, D., who cheered
the officials in their task. She is
a prohibition worker, just returned
from an unsuccessful campaign to
make Norway and Sweden dry.
orders to turn the spigots and
seal the bars were received at the
North German Lloyd ship, Han
over, while she still was some dis
lance out, according to passengers.
Not understanding the order, they
said, the ship officials closed the
bars long before the three-mile
limit was reached.
Backed by Preccdents
The general opinion of local
steamship men and experts in ad-
miralty law was that Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty's position was
backed by numerous presidents,
SEINE dating back more than loO
years. In some quarters, the be-
lief was expressed that by prohibit
ing all ships from bringing liquor
into American ports, shipping
board chaft would be placed upon
a more even competitive basis with
foreign-owned vessels.
Transatlantic passengers Will
shun dry vessels, however, was the
opinion Of other shipping men and |
may result in some of the foreign
companies docking at Canadian
ports instead Of those of the United
States. Still others declared 1T
would be possible for large ships,
such as the Majestic and Mature
tania, to establish regular booze,
lighters outside the three-mile |
limit zone, where they would leave
supplies on entering and pick them |
up on sailing away.
1t also was pointed out that
America would in no case De able
10 prevent ships bringing liquor
from Europe, as long as supplies
were disposed of before they
touched the three mile limit.