New-York tribune., 1922-10-16
Two More Lines
Ready to Fight
.BoneDryRuling g
Expected to File Injunc-
ton Suits To-day; Com
panies Will Carry Issue
to U. S. Supreme Court
May Appeal to The Hague
Say Edict Disrupts Inter-
national Treaties and
Act Violates Constitution

indications yesterday were that at
least two more foreign steamship COM
panies would file injunction suits in
the United States District Court to-
day against the Treasury Department
and, other government enforcement de-
partments in opposition to Attorney
General Daugherty's ruling that ships
entering United States ports must be
bone dry.
Should Judge Learned Hand decide
against the shipping companies, whose
SUITS are practically identical, it was
saie by attorneys that the cases will
oe o taken to the United States Supreme
Court. 1t is possible that the issue
hnally may reach the Hague tribunal.
Attorneys have expressed the belief
that the bone-dry ruling violated in
ternational treaties,
One Of the passenger lines that is
expected to-day to add it's suit to the
round robin started by the Cunard and
Anchor lines is the Holland America,
winch was reported on Saturday to
nave IT'S brief in readiness. This brief
VIII follow the general trend Of the
others, 1T was reported, and will charge
among other specifications that the
volstead amendment is unconstitu-
tional in that it abridges fundamental
rights upon which the United States
government is based.
Crews Permitted Rations -
The extension of time to October
Il, granted by President Harding and
announced through Roy A. Haynes,
P:lonlpltion commissioner, was given a
liberal interpretation by customs
guards stationed on foreign ships in
the harbor. The agents took the stay
TO mean that the ships officers had q
right to access to their own lockers
to obtain liquor rations for their
crews. The customs guards on the
various ships unsealed the lockers.
:. rms arrangement was not along the
lines laid down by John D. Appleby
prohibition zone chief and executive
representative in New York of the
", Washington prohibition headquarters
The matter has been taken out of the
hands of Mr.. Appleby, however, and
now rests IN the hands of the Col
iector of the Port and his customs
agents.
Mr. Appleby is stickler for rigid
enforcement and he openly chare ed
that since prohibition he has evidence
OF the sale of liquors by bars on for
eelgn ships to citizens of the United
States. He said that this evil must
be abated and that the very root OF
prohibition enforcement was attacked
when foreign vessels were able to sell
contraband to United States citizens
IN United States ports in defiance of
United States laws.
Il know of several instances" said
Mr.. Appleby,' where the foreign ships
cne German passenger vessel, have
sold drinks and bottles of whisky Ia
United States citizens, who were
visitors aboard"
Mr.. Appleby admitted that there had
been no such instances recorded re
Gently.
Investigate River Steamers
John S. Parsons, state enforcement
chief. was asked concerning river
shipping and excursion steamers,
against which Prohibition Agent Peter
Reager had been collecting evidence
1t was reported for some months.
"Reager has made trips from New
York to Albany Oh the day and night
boats and has taken other excursions
and has mingled with the crowds" ad-
mltted Mr.. Parsons, what evidence he
has been able to detect is of course a
matter that l am not willing to dis
cuss."
Since he took Office as state chief
enforcement officer, My. Parsons has
shown disposition not to act hastily
IN any raids or prosecutions. His
.dca IS not to clutter the courts with
a mass of litigation, wherein evidence
sufficient to convict might be lack
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