Evening star., 1922-10-08
PRESIDENT GRANTS
SHIP BARS DESPITE
UNTIL OCTOBER IL
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a score Of passengers scheduled for
the Shipping Board craft America
threatened to leave the ship at the
last minute. Only when officers OF
the United American Lines, who man.
ones that, 'in the absence Of definite
instructions from Washington the
bars would open as usual" was the
ship able to depart with her full
sailing list
Fear Wireless Order.
There was a prpviso, however
which skeptics eyed with misgiving.
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. The Majestic, mastodan of
the seas, likewise sailed without in
terference from customs authorities.
her $4,000 supply of liquor ready
for the expected onslaught beyond
Line chiefs declined to discuss Mr..
apparently wouldn't hit the Majestic
this time
The absence Of customs officials
also lent spirit to the departure OF
the Giulio Cesare. which sailed for
Genoa and Naples with we'll stocked
lockers. She not only carried a sup
ply for passengers. but several hum
dred gallons Of wine for her Italian
crew. hired in Naples. under the
usual contract 'stipulating wine with
each meal
Even the barkeeper was ousted
the job Of the customs officials in
sealing up her liquor supply when
the Stockholm docked today. The
private stocks of the captain and
the crew. who came into port un-
warned Of the Daughsrty rule, were
sealed tight.
Dry Lecturer Pleased.
But, while they looked on in
Grieveds silence, there was one eX-
ultant passenger, Mrs. Lydia johnson
of Pierre. s. D.. who cheered the
officials in their task. She is a pro-
hibition lecturer just returned from
Norway and Sw eden dry.
Orders to turn the spigots and seal
the casks were received by radio
aboard the North German Lloyd ship
Hanover while she still was some dis
tance out. according to passengers
Not understanding the order. they
said. ship officials closed the bars long
before the three-mfl limit was
reached.
/, The general opinion Of local steam
ship men and experts in admiralty
law was that Attorney General
Daugherty's position was backed by
numerous precedents, some dating
back more than one hundred years
In some quarters the belief was ex-
pressed that by prohibiting all ships
from bringing liquor into American
ports Shipping Board craft would be
placed upon a more even competitive
basis with foreign owned vessels.
Booze Lighters Discussed.
Transatlantic passengers will shun
dry VOYAGES, however. was the opin-
ion of other shipping men. and may
result in some of the big foreign
companies docking at Canadian ports
instead of those OF the United States
Still others declared it would be pos
sible for large ships, such as the Ma
jestic and Mauretania, to establish
regular booze lighters outside the
three-mile zone. where they would
leave supplies on entering and pick
them up on sailing away.
IT also was pointed out that Amer
ica would in no case be able to pre-
vent ships bringing liquor from Eu-
rope as long as supplies were dis
posed Of before they touched the
three-mile line.
That Shipping Board craft would be
at some disadvantage under the new
ruling was indicated in a statement
issued by the American Steamship