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Show LIQUOR RULING IS mm court INJUNCTION SOUGHT BE STEAM. SHIP LINES IS OVERRULED BY JUDGE HAND t Shipping Officials Reported to Have Declared They Will Carry Fight to Higher Tribunal For Final Decision New York. The right of the federal government to forbid tho carrying of liquor on ships of American roglstry and to prevent foreign owned ships from bringing liquor within the territorial ter-ritorial waters of tho United States was upheld Monday by Judgo Learned Hand In the United States district ceurt. The ruling of Attorney General Harry Har-ry M. Daughorty, declaring the carrying carry-ing of liquors on American and foreign ships, illegal, was upheld by Judge Hartd. The Jurist held that tho Vol. stead Act gavo tho government the powor to Impose such restrictions upon the maritime liquor truffle. Judge Hand's deciston carries with It a denial ot tho injunction naked by tho Cunard, Anchor, French lino and other steamship services which sought to have tho Internal revonuo officials restrained from enforcing the regulations promulgated by tho treasury treas-ury department on tho bias of Daughorty Daugh-orty 's ruling. Judge Hand's ruling, howovcr, does not settle tho fight as the stenmshlp officials already have declared they will carry their fight to tho U. S. supremo court for n final ruling. Judgo Hand ruled, however, that foreign ships might carry with them "on tiio east bounld voyngo" sufficient liquor to provide necessary rations for tbo crew Tho foreign ships, In arguing argu-ing for an injunction had contended that liquor on board was "sblps's stores' and was an essential part of the rations provided for the crews. This nhaso of the decision would prevent forolgn ships leaving American Ameri-can ports from earring a stock of liquor for salo over tho bar on the high aoas to passengors aboard the vessels. "So far as I can see," said Judgo Hand In Ids opinion, "in this caso, tho plaintiff has no chanco. Therefore I will go no further than to issue an Injunction against interfering with tho carriage of a stock nocossury for the crew's rations on the east-bound voy-ige. voy-ige. "Tho plalntiffB must (each give a nond, in tho sum of $25,000 conditional condi-tional against the uso of such stocks for any other purposes than as crow's rations." Tho offoct of this ruling, as Interpreted Inter-preted by shipping men, Is that ship's sailing to Amorlca from n foreign port may carry a stock of liquor for passengers to bo sold nt sea. ?hey may not, however bring this stock Into In-to American ports, and, upon leaving the ports of tho Unltod States cannot enrry a supply larger than is required for the needs of the crew. Washington The government will aid forolgn ships linos in clearing up tho question of their liquor rights by expediting n quick appeal of Judge Hand's decision to the United States supremo court, '1 anticipated the government would be upheld and we aro ready to movo expeditiously in getting tho whole question before the supreme court," Haynes said. "Moaawhlle, regulations reg-ulations enforcing the Daugherty ophalon will go into effect The ruK ings wlfl be ready In a few days. |