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Palladium. With PUBLIC FAITH IS HOOVER'S OliLY BACKING Lacks Legal Authority to i Keep Limit on Soft Coal ! Prices Operators Could Laugh at Him. NO SIGNTeT OF END By MARK SULLIVATT WASHINGTON, June 14. Whether Mr. Hoover's plaa to keep the price of coal somewhere within reason during the strike Is to be completely successful Is now in the balance. Mr. Hoover has no legal authority for his effort. It rests wholly on his energy and on the moral force of his positionWhen the strike began there was the usual cry for protection to the Innocent third party: namely, the public. The federal government, however, had no authority to intervene and any authority that might now be given by congress would necessarily be of such a nature that It would- Involve court proceedings and delays so long that It could do no present good. In this emergency Mr. Hoover undertook to bring the coal operators Into a voluntary agreement not to let prices go above approximately the standard arrived at during the government control of the mines while the war was on. That Mr. Hoover should have had any success at all Is due chiefly to the backing of public opinion which attends any position taken by him, and to the rather extraordinary good-will of the operators. Could Have Laughed The operators could have laughed at Mr. Hoover, and In doing so could have been well within their legal rights. They could have said to him. In effect: "When the conditions ar reversed and the supply of coal ex-i ceeds the demand, if we should then enter into an agreement to keep the price of coal up, we would be liable to prosecution under the Sherman Act But now when the demand for coal exceeds the supply, and when we have an entirely legal right to take advantage of the situation, you ask us to enter into a voluntary agreement to keep the price of coal down." However, in all but a few of the districts the. operators assented. The consequent saving to the coal consuming public is enormous. During the strike of two years ago, when the pinch came, the price of coal went to $12 and $15 a ton, which is three or four times the figure Mr. Hoover is now enforcing. And in the strike of some 17 years ago, the price went to something like $40 a ton before President Roosevelt took cognizance of conditions and did the only thing within his power, namely, the not very immediately effective step of appointing a commission. , The impediments that have been put in the way of Mr. Hoover's plan and the criticism directed at it have not come irom the coal consuming public. The buyers of coal know well how much Mr. Hoover's action has done for them. But among both the operators and the striking miners there are groups whose strategy would be aided in both directions by the kind of runaway rise in the price of coal. Sources Camouflaged Many of the striking miners would be aided through public pressure to end the strike arising out of public indignation over an excessive price for coal. On the other hand, many of the operators who sell what is known as "spot" coal would obviously be benefited by higher prices. It is from these sources, cautiously camouflaged, that most of the criticism of Mr. Hoover's action proceeds. There is no sign of any development from which it would be possible to predict an early termination of the strike. The production of coal Is about 60 per cent of normal, and if . the situations continue there must be a scarcity such as will result in very high prices unless Mr. Hoover's plan continues to be supported by a sufficient amount of public opinion to keep it effective. This backing and the moral force of his position constitute the only authority he has (Copyright, 1922, by the New York Evening Post, Inc.) YEN IS APPOINTED CHINESE MINISTER (By Associated Press PEKING, Juno 14 Dr. W. W. Yen, former foreign minister, has been reappointed to that post in the new central Chinese government of President Li Yuan-Hung. Dr. Yen also has been named acting, premier and is expected to be made premier in the event Wu Ting-Fang, the foreign minister of the southern government at Canton, re fuses to be President Li's prime minister. General Wu Psl-Fu. the outstanding military figure of China, by reason of his recent defeat of Chang Tso-Lin, the Manchurian leader, has been chos en minister of war in the Peking cab-j met. ur. Wang Chang-Hui, a lawyer of international repute, will be President Li's minister of justice. TRIUMVIRATE WILL TAKE LENINE'S PLACE

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(By Associated Press) BERLIN. June 14 The Independent Socialist Freiheit declares today that a Triumvirate will take the place of Premier Lenine of soviet Russia during a six months absence from Moscow A .which his health will oblige him to take. The three men who will hold the reins, according to this newspaper, are J. V. Stalin, Leo Ramsneff and A. I. , Rykoff.

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si PERSHING ROBBERS STAYED NEAR TOWN MONDAY, IS REPORT (Special to The Palladium) PERSHING, Ind, June 14. Information that the robber gang which looted the Pershing bank Monday forenoon and escaped from the village before a pursuit could be organized, spent the greater part of the same afternoon on a by-road west of Bentonville. onlv a few miles from the scene of their i efforts, was received by Lee Hartman, i president of the bank, 'Wednesday.- A neighbor who observed the car, but thought nothing of it at the time, after hearing a description of the gang, recognized the similarity of the party he had observed. No trace of the gang or of its possible destination has been uncovered as yet. Indianapolis detectives who visited the bank immediately after the robbery, however, are of the opinion that these were part of an organized gang of live members, which has been operating regularly for several weeks in the southern end of the state. The other two members are supposed to have robbed the Washington bank the same forenoon. The gang makes a practice of working in two units It is the opinion of investigators, judging from the reported route taken by the bandits in coming to and departing from the scene of the robbery, that the headquarters of the gang is in the country somewhere to the southwest of this town, and south of Indianapolis. The same gang is reported to have visited the Falmouth bank, three miles southwest of Bentonville, on Monday also, the cashier remembering seeing a band of that description in the lobby, but apparently they became frightened and did not attempt to repeat the Pershing feat. QUESTION SIX MEN IN POSTAL ROBBERY MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., June 14.-1 . . Six men were being questioned here today by postal inspectors investigating the $2,000,000 bond robbery at the New York City postoffice last October. The inspectors have been centering their inquiry in the Twin Cities since the discovery in Minneapolis several weeks ago of some of the stolen bonds. A small bonding company with offices here sold blocks of the stolen bonds to several large firms. The officers are going on the assumption that the purchse by the sreall company was innocently neglected. The man who sold the bonds to the latter firm is being sought. Whether he was one of those being examined was liot revealed. The face that six men were being held at the inspector's office here became known late last night. The officials would give no information as to the identity of those detained or other details of developments in the case. Ford's Railroad Rate Redaction Is Allowed WASHINGTON. June 14. Proposals of Henry Ford to reduce coal rates on his railroad, the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton railway, which originally were suspended by the Interstate Commerce commission were allowed to go into effect today under a final decision of the commission. Revised schedules were filed by the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton with the commission last April, proposing rate changes which would have reduced freights on coal from southern Ohio points approximately ten cents per ton. The commission upon the protest of various competing mine operators on other railroads ordered the schedules held up to await investigation, but today ruled that the new schedules might be put into effect July 1.

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Aldridge, Republican 1 L,eaaer, uies on Linus (Bv Associated Press! NEW YORK. June 14. The body of George W. Aldridge, collector of the port of New York, who died yesterday on the golf links at Rye, was to be taken to the Aldridge home in Rochester, N. YH today for burial. The veteran Republican leader had driven out to the Westchester-Bilt-more country ,-, club with Charles D. Hilles, Republican national committee of New York; Ralph A. Day, state prohibition director, and George nevThe foursome was at the ninth hole, Mr. Aldridge had driven off and was following his ball when the party saw his caddy waving his arms. They ran up and found Aldridge unconscious. Death was due to embolism of an artery of the heart. HARDING TO SUPPORT SENATE ENEMIES OF TARIFF SIDE-TRACK (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 14. Opponents of the plan of Chairman McCumber, of the senate finance committee, to sidetrack the tariff bill for the soldiers' bonus bill will have the support of President Harding when the question is brought to a discussion in laying the majority plans for consideration of the bonus bill. .It was stated officially at the White House yesterday that President Hard ing regards tariff legislation most important and worthy of the senate's at tention. ' Although Senator McCumber has given notice that he will call up the bonus bill in the near future, plans for its consideration remained indefinite today, with some Republican leaders desiring a party conference to pass on the question of prior ity as between the two bills Definite shaping of plans may lX)age, tne itepuoncan xeaaer. ououiu Party conference be called. Senator MfPumhpr nnrt nthpr nrnnnnents Of McCumber and other proponents of the bonus are expected to make a fight against delaying senate action on the measure. ANTHRACITE WORKERS WARNED ABOUT RUSE (By Associated Press) HASLETON, Pa., June 14. Anthracite workers were warned today by the scale committee in circular letters to the various branches to be on guard against agents who under the guise of preaching a new brand of unionism are engaged with the coal operators and enemies of the United Mine Workers of America in attacking the policies and officers of the union when such ac-; tion is designed to help the mine owners in their fight against the union." A letter was also sent to local unions today calling their attention to the presence of agents of non-union operators alleged to be working in the anthracite district in an effort to induce men to accept employment in the soft coal fields on promises of "good wages and the intimation that no trou ble exists." iiic uicuiucisuiii " uifiru iu icuder the work of such agents ineffective, The membership was urged to ren Deposed President Pat Back in Power (By Associated Press) VLADIVOSTOK, June 14. President Merkulov, who was deposed on June 2 by the constituent assembly here, has resumed his place as head of the central government. General j Dieterichs, who had the support of the j assembly, was offered the presidency! and refused it, swung his influence to aid Merkulov.

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Wolf FIRE WRECKS MILTON CHURCH, STORE: LOSS ON EDIFICES $12,500 (Special to The Palladium) MILTON, Ind., June 14. Fire, starting in the upper floor of the Personnette grocery, probably from defective wiring, destroyed that building and the Christian church adjacent, with a loss of about $10,000 on the church and f 2.500 on the grocery, The church parsonage on the same lot as the church, was damaged also. The church, a $12,000 building, car ried $2,000 in insurance and the contents were insured for $500. This was insufficient to cover losses as a pipe organ which was destroyed was valued at $1,200. Two pianos and some furniture were saved. Grocery Destroyed. The grocery with contents was valued at $2,500, with insurance of $1,300 on the building. Efforts of a volunteer bucket brigade were vain, as the fire gained too great a start before it was discovered. Workmen in a blacksmith shop across the street 'had seen the smoke, but thought it a burning trash pile until flames broke from the roof of the building. A message was sent to Cambridge City, but ordinances of that town prevented sending the engine out of town. a cnemical engine was sent by aj camnnage city factory and the Milton chemical engine was used. Connersville Responds. The Connersville fire department arrived at the fire within 10 minutes after notification, but it was impossible to do more than prevent the spread of the fire. The parsonage roof was ablaze several times, but the Diaze was kept under control. Steels Automobile From Toledo Police That Harry Gordon, who has been

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announced by Officer Rjnge cf the Toledo force, who arrived here Wednesday to take Gor j j , . . . , don and the car back to Toledo. Gordon was arrested here on suspicion recently and confessed that he had stolen a car in Toledo. Police Chief Eversman notified the Toledo department. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY Fair tonight; Thursday fair, followed by increasing cloudiness. Barometric pressure being relatively high over the central states and low in the West, indicates fair weather followed by unsettled conditions Thursday night and Friday. Summer temperature. Temperature Yesterday. Maximum 77 Minimum 51 Today Noon 80 Weather Conditions The storm center which caused the rain Tuesday morning has moved to the St. Lawrence valley. Thunderstorms were very severe in the 'Ohio valley and por tions of Nebraska. Wind velocity of 56 miles an hour occurred at Omaha, Neb., and 60 miles an hour at Louis ville, Ky. Another storm is developI j v tv. eolith WPit i mg over the soutn est For Indiana By the U. S. Weather Bureau Fair tonight and probably Thursday; not much change in temperature. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11, 572

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COURTS ABUSE POWER, SAYS LA FOLLETTE Wisconsin Senator Tells Labor Convention Federal Courts 14.,,. "Y7wvJ QA,rA;-mtir! wave wicu uuTwwBiuj From People.' CHARGES OLIGARCHY (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, June 14. Asserting

that by a "process of gradual en-tane part inciuaea a pageant parue croachments" the federal courts of: with the president participating enthe country have "wrested sovereign- route and the singing of the song trr ft-nm ncAni." Senator Tj Pol- written in the early morning of Sept.

lotto f witrnntin in on annrpss hpreil3, 1814, as the British fleet attempted i

today before the American Federation ' of Labor convention, proposed an .

amendment to the constitution deny- speaKers ior me o-jcasiun e,e dialing the power of lower courts to set ant Secretary Wainwright, presenting aside a federal law as unconstitution-j the memorial on behalf of the war deal and providing for the nullification ! partment, and Mayor William F. of any such decision by the supreme j Browning, of Baltimore. court by re-enactment of the statute. . T ,,,t, 77T t h .v . e I BALTIMORE. Md.. June 14. Fran-

preme court holding unconstitutional the child labor tax law as "typical of the conduct of the federal Judiciary and particularly the supreme coun whenever congress has sought to enact progressive and numane legislation which was offensive to great financial interests," Senator LaFollette declared the supreme tribunal of the country was "today the actual ruler of the American people." "The law is what they say it Is," the Wisconsin senator continued, "and not what the people through congress enact. Even the constitution of the United States is not what its plain terms declare, but what these nine men construe it to be. In fact, five of these nine men are actually the supreme rulers, for by a bare majority the court has repeatedly overridden the will of the people." In Power For Life. "The nine lawyers who constitute

the supreme court are placed in posi- j President and Mrs. Harding will be tions of power for life, not by the the guests of Senator and Mrs. Jovotes of the people, but by presidential j seph Irwin France at dinner before

annointment. Ex-President Taft was made chief justice by President Harding. That a man was invested with the enormous prestige and influence of chief justice by presidential appointment, who had been repudiated by the voters of the United States on his record. No one will contend that he could have been elected chief justice by vote of the people. And yet Chief

Justice Taft wrote the opinion thatjnif piinPinV nil I annulled the child labor law; he wrote : H IK lKljY HILL

the opinion in the Colorando Coal com pany case. " In. making this observation I level no criticism at the personnel of the court. I am not concerned with personalities. I am dealing with fundamentals. "It cannot be denied that we are ruled by a judicial oligarchy' " the senator asserted, adding tllyt while many of the minor federal judges, "sharing the sovereign power" of the supreme court, were "excellent and enlightened men, some of them, notably Judge Anderson of Indiana and Judge Mc- ( Continued on Page Twelve) LEADING REPUBLICANS ON ROLL OF WAYNE COUNTY G.O. P. CLUB Leading Republicans in all walks of life, and representing every sentiment in the party are to be found in the roll of the newly organized Wayne county Republican club. The list of charter members was made public Wednesday. A membership drive to extend over the entire county, will be started in a few days, according to Benjamin Ball secretary of the organization. "We expect a 100 percent Republican membership, and many who are anxious to join will enter as soon as they have been approached," said Mr. Ball, Wednesday. "We intend to have branch organizations in every town- ! ship." The membership list which is headed by the name of Howard Brooks and Linus Meredith, follows: W. Howard Brooks, Linus Meredith, Roy Fry, C. O. Williams, T. A. Fishback, Gath Freeman, A. O. Martin, J. C. Thomas, Will Reller, Clinton L. Chalfant, L. K. Fishback. John Howith, W. E. Pickett, Ate Gross, George Brehm, John Fosler, Jesse Bailey. G. A. Dwiggins, Paul Com stock, W. J. Baker, Frank Howells. R. A. Chattin, R. E Ashery, Henry C. Bentlege, Jacob W. Boyer, P. H. Robbins, Ozro Blose, H. E. Thornburg, Charles Rolph, William L. Morgan, A. M. Gardner, Robert E. Graham, F. F. Riggs. Carl C. Durkle, H. Shuman Jones, Baltz A. Bescher, George B. Hunt, Levi M. Jones, Everett L. Davis, Alva Study, F. M. Jones, Theo Hunt, Leroy Hodge, S. S. Conn. C. A. Harrison, A. E. Smith, J. O. Edgerton, Carl Wadman, Lee B. Nusbaum, Frank Benn, Ed Beeson, David Golden, L. C. Niewoehner, Demas Coe, E. H. Stegman, E. G. Stegman, Jr. Frank T. Strayer, Gib Scott, Ed Lamb, Omar Hollingsworth, I.. S. Bowman, W. F. Hoelscher, Charles Hodge, Cash Beall, E. M. Haas, Frank H. Schiller, Walter McConaha. H. S. Stellinger, Edgar Norris, Charles H. Moore, Charles Swischer, William R. Cheeseman, David L. Reed, Arthur Wilsdorf, J. T. Gist, Oscar Garrett, Leland S. Schaffer, WT. Cullem Squires, Ralph W. Hyde. E. M. Campfield, Harry T. Fisher, Thomas B. Hitch, J. Brandon Griffis, T. I. Ahl, Denver Harlan, Harvey Brown, F. N. Seigel, Park Gipe, A. O. Boyd. N. G. McKinley, Dempsey Dennis, Omar Breece, R. B Morrow, Lewis W. Matti, James A. VanNuys. L. C. Palmer, R. N. Price, H. G. Iredell, George Fox.

PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT MEMORIAL FOR . FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 1. Leaving for Baltimore early in the day by automobile, President Harding was on the program to deliver the principal address there today at the dedication of the memorial to Francis Scott Key, li ner," which has been erected by au-j thnrftv rf nncrpsa nn tho historical! site of Fort McHenrv. Elaborate cere-' mftniM hfw, Wn arneP(1 ror the oc casion as the center of the nation's Flag day celebrp.tion by an advisory committee appointed by the secretary of war and headed by former Mayor James H. Preston, of Baltimore. Features of the dedication program in which descendants of the author of the national anthem were invited to to close in on Fort McHenry by at great cnoir or cu t-uuureu. cis Scott Key's memory, honored today with the unveiling of a monument to him erected by congress near the spot in history Fort McHenry over which floated the "Star Spangled Banner," immortalized in his poem, made the fort the mecca of a throng which gathered there long before the hour fixed for the arrival of President Harding who was to accept the memorial for the nation. Motoring from Wrashington the presidential party was to be met at the city line by Mayor William P. Broening and members of the reception committee, and after a short tour of the city, proceed to the Emerson hotel for luncheon. Amplifiers were established to carry the president's word3 to all parts of the city and through the broadcasting station of the Baltimore American to the borders of Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. It has been announced that the starting on their return to Washing ton. Erected at a point on the main' driveway about 900 feet from the entrance to the fort, the Key memorial, designed by Charles H. Nishaus, of New York, commands a sweeping view of the Patapsco river and the harbor. INTRODUCED TODAY; DEMOCRATS OPPOSED WASHINGTON, June 14. The ad ministration ship subsidy bill drafted by the house marine committee was introduced by Chairman Greene, of the committee. The bill was referred to the committee, which will meet to morrow with the expectation of reach ing it as speedily as possible. Democratic members of the com mittee saw a draft of the measure to day for the first time, and it Is un derstood that they plan to file a mi nority report opposing it in toto SDecuIation on the prospects for the bill receiving final action at thin - .. - ..... . . .1 session, raiiure ot wnicn me presiaenti has warned would result in his calling a special session, centered today in the outlook for adoption of a special rule to give the measure right of way in the house. While majority members of the committee framing the bill declared the notice served by the president would ra'ly many Republicans to its support, the extent of Republican "dissatisfaction," reported chiefly among members from Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, added to the Democratic opposition, had raised doubt in the minds of several Republican leaders as to whether a special rule could be carried in the house. Explains Changes Passage of the bill as made ready for presentation today it was predicted by Representative Edmonds, Republican, Pennsylvania, chairman of the sub committee on merchant marine, would mean that "fifty or sixty per cent of our foreign commerce will again be traveling under tha lmori(gn flac" "R-rnl airline c Am a of the changeg in'the measure as or iginally submitted by the shipping board, Mr. Edmonds said these did not include elimination of the immigration provision as recently reported, but a substitute section providing that as nearly as practicable, half of the immigrants admitted to this country should be transported on American ships. One important addition to the bill was ' a section requiring that one half of tne aecK ana engine iorces on snips receiving its benefits should be American citizens. DEMOCRATS TO HOLD CAMBRIDGE MEETING A meeting to organize the western part of the county into a compact group to forward the interests of the Democratic party, will be held at Cambridge City next Friday evening. Frank McFail. Wayne county chairman for the Democratic party, has announced that Charles Hack, chairman of the Sixth district organization, will be present. Plans for a rally of Democrats of the county to be held early in September, are under way here. Definite assurance that James M. Cox, former govnrnor of Ohio, and Democratic candidate for the presi dency in 1920, will make his first speech in Richmond, on his return from Europe, is in the hands of the local speakers' committee. Efforts to get Mr. Cox to speak here last spring were fruitless, but before leaving for Europe early this month. he wrote local officials stating that he -vould make his first speech here.

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CHARGE U.S. BOOTLEGGER IS ANSWERED Busch, President of AnheuserBusch, Charges Shipping Board Vessels Are Floating Bars Lasker Replies. INQUIRY ISlEMANDED fBy Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, June 14. Charging that the United States is "incomparably the biggest bootlegger in the world," a letter written by August A. Busch. president of Anheuser Busch, Inc., while enroute to Europe aboard the steamship George Washington, ana which has been forwarded to President Harding, was made public here today to'gether with an accompanying letter by Adolphus Busch III, his son, a third letter by Anheauser Busch, Inc. addressed to members of congress, requests an investigation of the enforcement department of the government in relation to the pvohibition Act. The letter of August A. Busch, addressed to his associates, says in part: "We are now approaching the coast of France. As this vessel is operated by the United States shipping board, I was amazed to learn that the ship'ping board vessels are the 'wettest on the ocean.' "I learn that passage on these ships has been sold with a positive monerback guarantee that the bars for the sale of intoxicating liquors will be thrown wide open as soon as they pass outside the three mile coast line. "This makes the United States Incomparably the biggest bootlegger in the world. Points Out Reasons "There are two reasons which I believe should impel us to bring this information to the attention of the president; the chief executive is charged with the duty of defending the constitution and taking care that th? laws are faithfully executed, and should bfe Informed of this fact. "As manufacture of legal products. we have been forced for more than two years to meet unfair and unlawful competition in praltically every town and city in the United States. For the United States to set aside its constitution and laws in the operation of its own business enterprises, increases our difficulties many fold, because it encourages violators of the law to renewed and greater activity. "I understand that the shipping board has brought to the notice of high officials of the government the fart that it could not compete on the high seas with the ships of other nations and obey the constitution and the Volpted act. And either by direct or indirect means the shipping board is permitted to do in the dafk that which it is illegal to do, in order that it may make money. "We should submit to the President that the government's toleration of the violation of the law by the shipping board is proof that prohibition laws as now written are either impractical and non-enforceable or are being disregarded deliberately. "The fact that citizens of the United States would not buy passage upon ships or the united States so long as the Volstead act was operative upon . 1. : . , . '" buip us p a reai Benument of a considerable part of the American people with respect to prohiDition and we believe that a great ma

jority desire a modification of the Volstead act," Son's Letter The letter of Adolphus Busch III, which accompanied the letter of his father to the President, written from St. Louis under the date of June S, says In part: "I am transmitting herewith a letter we have just received from my father. ' August A. Busch, president of Anhaus-er-Busch, Inc., written on board the United States ship George Washington. Kindly note that he expresses astonishment that the prohibition laws of the United States are violated openly upon steamships owned by the United States and flying the United States flag. A copy of the wine list enumerating intoxicating liquors of every character is enclosed for your information.. "Because it is axiomatic that Amerl-' can ships wherever they float are

American territory and under the Jurisdiction of the laws of the United States, the government liquor policy with respect to the ships of the shipping board constitute a violation of the constitution and the Volstead act in at least three important respect: Claims Violation. , "As American sovereignty follows the flag it is a violation of the constitution and the enforcement act for the government to sell intoxicating liquors or permit its sale on board any ship of the United States anywhere in the world. "It is a violation of the constitution and the law for the government ships to transport intoxicating liquor within the three-mile coast line. - - - - "It -is a violation of the law for a government ship to possess intoxicating liquor within the three-mile coast line." "We are reliably infoiJmed that the advertisement of the United States lines, published in European newipapers announced 'choice wines and liquors, on ships of the United States. We are also reliably informed that during all the time that the govern ment has been violating the prohibition laws it has had public figures touring the country for the especial purpose of preaching respect for the prohibition laws to the American people. "We are- enclosing what appears to be a government inspired newspaper

editorial making a plea for the continued violation of the prohibition laws on board United States ships. We had authoritative information the day before this editorial was published that it was to appear the following day. "The government's disregard of.the prohibition law and Its policy of 1 ' (Continued on Page Ten) - ,