New-York tribune., 1922-10-15
Haynes Announces Date
for Enforcement Of the
Daugherty Ruling Will
Be Oct. q Instead Of Ii
Mellon to Apply
Law With Reason
Liquors for Diplomatic
Corps and Medicinal
Purposes To Be Safe

From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-The date on
which compliance with the Daugherty
ruling will be required Of all ship mas
ters was definitely set to-day in a
statement issued by Prohibition Com
missioner Haynes as October 21. This
is one week later than the date orig
inally set by President Harding, and
gives Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
that additional time in which to pro-
mulgate the official regulations for The
enforcement of the Attorney Generals
ruling. The statement from prohibi-
tion headquarters said:
Because of pending injunctions and
in order to give full time for compli-
ance with the terms Of the opinion Of
the Attorney General to the effect that
the transportation and sale Of liquors
on Americans ships and on foreign
ships in the territorial waters Of the
United States are unlawful, notice is
hereby given through the press that
the time for compliance Herewith Is
hereby extended from October IA to
October 81, inclusive, as applicable to
foreign vessels leaving their home
ports or American vessels leaving for
eign ports on or before October a."
Mellon to Act With "Reason,
Mr.. Mellon, in line with the attitude
Of the State Department, is expected to
interpret the Daugherty ruling in such
way as to permit and, in fact, direct
the employment of reason" in carry
ing out the provisions of the ruling.
Following out this lead the prohibition
unit Of the Treasury Department., it
was officially indicated to-day, is in
clined to take tolerant attitude, to-
ward liquors imported for medicinal
purposes and toward alcoholic ship
ments to foreign embassies in Wash
ington.
Diplomatic liquors will be taken
care Of" it was declared by one Of the
Leading. officials of Commissioners
Haynes's Office. The dry Headquarters
| it was said, is prepared to respect tho e
unwritten law Of diplomatic courtesy
| in this respect and regard diploma tis
liquor shipments in the same light az
the diplomatic mail pouches which
come into this country undisturbed In
any particular. 5 Il
Medicinal liquor importations will be
taken care of, it was said at Mr.
Haynesa office. Just what the regula.
tIons will be was not disclosed, but i,
was declared that the prohibition forces
are ready to accede to some form
winch VIII permit medicinal liquors ia
come into this country.
Reports on Cancellations
w. j. Love, vice-president of the
emergency Fleet Corporation, in charge
OF operations, submitted to Chairman
Lasker to-day B. preliminary report on
the number of cancellations of bookings
thus far received by operators of gov
ernment passenger lines. While the
information was not made public it is
known that large number of pur-
chasers OF passage on government ton
mage had requested the return Of their
passage moneK.
The change in the date of effective
ness of the regulations to October 21.
announced to-day by Commissioner
Haynes, it was said at the Shipping
Board, would not alter Chairman Las
ker's determination to make the gov
ernment vessels absolutely dry in
stantly. 1t was said that the orders
issued to operators Of Shipping Board
vessels to adhere vigorously to the
Daugherty ruling would NOS be modified
in view of the extension of time au-
thorized to-day