New-York tribune., 1922-10-25
President Adams Is First
Boat to Face Law Re-
quiring Gallon of Brandy
for Each 100 Persons
France Involved
By Similar Rule
Six Lines Prepare Plea
for a Stay Pending De-
cision of Higher Court

Great Britain already Is refusing
clearance papers to American bone dry
ships from British ports. This WAS re-
ported yesterday simultaneously with
an announcement that FIVE big steam
ship lines in New York were preparing
application for supersedeas stay to
prevent government agents from en-
forcing ship prohibition under the de-
cision of Federal Judge Learned Hand
upholding the ruling of Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty. The stay will be asked
until final decision Of the United
States Supreme Court can be had on
the merits Of the shipping suits.
Counsel for the steamship lines
which brought the proceedings before
Judge Hand were preparing yesterday
at Washington for the submission of
the necessary papers to Associate Jus
nce brandeis, asking for an order re-
straining the government from enforc-
ing the prohibition law on vessels Of
European countries and other countries
arriving at ports in the United States.
An order granted by Justice Bran
deis, it was pointed out, would prevent
interference with such ships until the
Supreme Court could render q decision
ON the legal point at issue.
Government Not Hasty
It was indicated by Administration
officials at Washington, according to
Associated Press dispatches, that the
government was not inclined to enforce
strictly the liquor ruling promulgated
by the Department of Justice SO long
as the question of it's legality was be-
fore the courts
>, In the interim, France, like Great
britain, is trying to find a way to
straighten ST. out tangle of conflicting
shipping laws. Advices received by
French, shipping interests in New York
yesterday were in effect that M. Rio.
OF Paris, under-secretary of the French
Merchant Marine, has stated that
should the ruling of the Attorney Cen
eral be sustained in the. higher courts
the French companies will still be at
r loss to adjust this law with the
french law, which conlpels the ships to
carry and ration wine to the crews with
meals every day. The French advices are
that only friendly interest is taken
IN the clash of the laws of this nation
with other nations, and that the French
government is prepared to establish
qoays at Halifax and Montreal for un-
ioading. liquor stores from ships des
tined for United States ports This
pan, however, does not relieve the
French ships from the prescribed dutv
under their own laws of rationing
wines daily to crews.
British Law Requires BRANDY
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require every ship clearing British
port to carry one gallon of brandy foI
every 100 persons on board, is the most
interesting phase Of the situation to
ARISE since the ruling of the Attorney
ueneral. The same clash is bound to
arise under the Belgian law. which
requires each ship to carry one quart of
VINE Tor each person on board shin
clearing port of Jurisdiction. Aneri-
can ships cannot be held immune In
THESE laws, 1t is argued by marine legal
specialists, and the American ships.
IKE those Of France and Great Britain
VIII pc put to the inconvenience of
establishing quaXs at nearby foreign
The first case Of actual conflict bv
British authorities with an Amer;y.
can commander on this issue was re-
ported yesterday, when the President
Adams, of the United States Lines.
docked in New York. The incident NAV
serve as test to determine the han
ding of all American shipping out of
British ports in the future.
Captain Jonas PendIebury, of the
resident Adams, says that he was no.
tlfied by radio to unload all his liquor
stores while he was preparing to clear
the Tilbury docks in London. He un-
loaded 4,368 bottles of assorted liquors
and ll6 cases of ale while bands on
adjoining steamships played dirges and
while the bartender of the President
Adams wept.
Skipper Clashes With Law
Captain Pendlebury was congratulate
ing himself on a duty we'll done when
ne applied to the British Board of
Trade for clearance papers. He had
but short while to make his clearance
according to schedule. He was asked
II he had not unloaded all of his liquor
stores, and he replied that he had,
whereupon orders Of the British gov
ernment were issued to him to reload
one gallon of brandy for each 100 pas
sengers, according to British law. I'm
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