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The New Observer ; WEAtHEil. v Lots! Usast it itowiiK Friday ,4 SatsrtUy, ::- .'-v i' , WATCH ULI3L M rr Mti I'. ttntwil I tars ( ttfUsttoS sad St.J stissnf rial sr -, . VOL CX. NO. 18.' SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY; MORNING, JULY. 18, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE t FIVECENIJ. THREE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALL EFFORTS AGAINST DRASTIC FEATURES OF DRY BILL VOTED DOWN France Honors American Generals For War Work WITU II Willi REGARDING PEACE CONFERENCE yiLoun TREATY How Versailles, Conference Reached Many of Agree--ments Described By President .Ml ' ' SENATOR COLT ADMITS SHANTUNG SETTLEMENT APPEARS IN NEW LIGHT SenaU Adopts 3-esolntion Ask ing For Information Regard ing Negotiation! Effecting Chinese Penininla; Presi dent Opposes Making Any Beserrations in Batiflcation; Insists That Article Ten Is Essential To League ; Private Conversations With Pre miers Recalled for Informa tion of Senators; No Debate Today Washington, July 17. How the Ver satile conference reached many of the agreement! embodied in the treaty of peace waa described by President Wit Ma today to three Bepnblican Senator, invited to the White House at the head of a long list of Republican member! whom be purpoaea to take into hie eon Idenee. Afterward one of hia callers, Senator Colt, of Rhode Iiland, said Mr. Wilson had been able to place the Shantung settlement in a new light and had clari fied other diiputed points in the treaty. Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, and Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, the others who saw the President, were re ticent as to the subjects discussed but said the President bad given them much interesting information. , President Oppose ReServatloaa. Senator Colt, who announced hia gea 'eral approval of the League of Nations ia -a Senate speech' delivered shortly before be went to the White House, Indicated after the conference that' his doubt ever certain portions of the league covenant hid mot been removed He aid he waa not ready to express an epinioa regarding Shantung and Inti mated that the President might make public a statement toon on the tub jeet. Senator McCumber is the only Re publican member of the Foreign Eo lations Committee who has favored the league and it ia understood Mr. Wilson talked over with him committee action on the treaty and the general aituation oa the Republican aid of the 8c net u. Senator Nelson sever bsi made a pub lie declaration for or against the treaty. To all of his caller! the Presi dent ia said to have reiterated hia op position to reservations of any char acter in Senate ratification of tho treaty. The President, tomorrow will con tinue his talks with Senators inclined to be friendly toward the treaty pro visions, though it is expected that later ha will seek a conference with virtually every Republican Senator, including those who have most bitterly opposed ratification. Senators Kellogg, Minn., and Keayon, Iowa, both of whom have kept open minda on the treaty, have been invited to call on the President tomorrow morning and Senators Me Narry, Oregon, a league supporter and Capper, Kansas, who has taken no defi nite stsnd, in the afternoon. Senate Debates Shantung. The position of the foreign relatione committee with regard to meeting the President aa a body wai explained in a statement tonight by Chairman Lodge, who said no congressional committee ''hat any right or should have nny right to common" a President before it, and that Mr. Wilson had not ssked to appear. He made no prediction whether the committee would accept later the President's offer to receive it st the White House but pointed out that so. far committee consideration 01 ine treaty ia ia ita preliminary stages. While the President was beginning his Whit House conferences ths Senate debated Shantung aad the league and adopted without a record vote a resolu tion by Seaator Borah, Republican, Idaho, asking for information relative to the Shantung negotiations. Bpccifl eslbr the measure, which was not de bated, asks the President for any in formation aa to whether the Chiaesu delegates were "intimidated by the Jaoanese and requested a cony of a let ter said to have been written on behalf of General Bliss, Secretary Lansing and Henry White, protesting ngainst the Bhantung tettltoeat. Several Senators Speak. Ia hit address announcing acceptance of the league principles, Senator Colt declared the covenant would not con flict with the American constitution ' nor create a super-government, and as serted that "if it ia unthinkable for nt to desert Esglaad, Francs and Italy, when tho world ia 1a chaos thea wa must become a member of the league M providing th only machinery for the restoration of peace and order." He withheld judgment, however, at t th Viosros Doctrine and other fca- taret. ! . Senator Shermaa. Republican, of II' lissis, attacking the Shantung provision aa step- toward the dismemberment of CSina aad the enthronement of "as Asiatic. Kaiser at Toiuv declared Ja pas sever intended to- give ap the peninsula passing to .her control un der the pence treaty. Ha characterized NSURANCE IS TOO CENTRALIZED Hughes Advisory Committee Urges Establishment of Local Government Offices THREE-FOURTHS OF THE POLICIES DISCONTINUED Greatest Difficulty Presented Is That Thirty Per Cent of Ad dresses of Soldiers Are In correct; Publicity Campaign and Enlistment of Volunteer Agencies Are Recommended Washington, July 17. Systematic de centralization of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance by the establishment st suitable points throughout the coun try of local offices for the mora effec tive transaction of busineaa was rec ommended today by the adviatory com mittee of thirteen, headed by Charles Evana Hughes, which Led been in con ference for three days with Director Cholmeley-Jonea and his associate!. Work undertaken by the bureau wai declared to be "stupendous" in which the greatest difficulty at preaent was the fact that about SO per eent of the addresses of discharged service men are incorrect, so that the bureau li un able to communicate with them regard ing the continuance of their payments and conversion of the term policies to permanent issuance insurance. In tbii connection it was disclosed that ap proximately three-fourths of the holders of existing policies, which aggregated $40,000,000,000, have not continued their payments. Policies were written , for abost 4,000,000 men. Coaldenc la Needed. This vast undertaking," th Bushes report sald, "cannot be carried - oat merely ' thrgh sotreepondene with a eentraUofiic ia Washington. To at tempt to do so would inevitably cause delays and miaunderstandiaga and cre ate a widespread dissatisfaction with an enterprise which to be successful must command a high degree of confi dence. "We are informed that s considerable number of applications for permanent insurance have been received. It ia to be hoped that there will be a gen eral reinstatement of policies and an acceptance by all of the exceptional opportunity for insurance nt low cost which the government haa offered. To accomplish thlt it will be necessary to l in constant touch with the insured during the period of insurance." Reeommendstloaa Made. The recommendations of the com mittee were set forth as follows: ""First. We recommend that a qualified representative of the bureau be in structed to proceed immediately to the capital of each State to confer with the governor of the State for the pur post of securing the aid of the Stat nud the officers of eities and counties in obtaining correct addreasei of sol diers, sailors and marines and their dependents residing within the State We recommend further that in order to correct the address list, immediate effort be made to elicit the cooperation of all voluntary agencies available for the purpose, such as the Americas Bed Cross, the American Federation of La bor and the other association's which have so helpfully contributed their aid in connection with war activities. , ''Second! We recommend that the bu reau immediately proceed to establish local representatives in each State or in such districts as it may seem r visable to divide the country for this purpoje, to the end that there may be constant provision for personal con tact with the insured soldiers, sailors atl marines and their dependents for the procuring by them of information with respect to their privileges and ob ligation!, for the local payment of premiums and furnishing of proofs, and for whatever local business may be conveniently transacted within the dis trict. Urge Publicity Campaign. "Third. That tb cooperation of vol untary agencies desired to meet the immediate exigencies of the bureau should be secured to th fullest extent possible, to the ead that their aid may always be available for the purpose of reaching the insured. "Fourth: That in addition to the means already suggested, and the co operation of these agencies, there should be started a publicity campaign through adequate advertising for the purpose of giving information to sol diers, sailors, aad marine and their dependents, with respeet to allotments, allowances, and compensation and for the purpose of directing attention to the m porta ae of the reinstatement of policies and the continuance of their insurance, by the soldiers, sailors and marinei. - Baals Basis Needed. "Fifth: It is apparent that th ua dertaking of the government to pro vide permanent Insurance for th sol diers, sailors and marines ia s business undertaking which eaanot successfully be continued except upon bnsiaest prin ciples. W deem it of vital importase that Immediate step should be takes, and; appropriate legislation should h secured, for th purpose f adequately organizing th bursas apoa perms- (CBtlssed s Pag Twa.) fa & U ? e..v i V .hp - ilk?')) h.lkr, v - lj ) W- ,. ' " .P B fcininiM iiii T'lP''inni ihm - t laiiiiwn iw ini i rrrT mm i mm I JssjBjitBffisjaj Ambassador Jusserand of ton, D. C, with American Officers on whom he had conferred French Government. (2) Major eral Sibert. Head of Hungarian Communist Government Has Lost Con trol, Paris Hears Paris, July 17. - (By The Associated Press.)--Bela Kun, head of the Hun garian eommnnist government has been ousted, according to dispatches from reliable sources in Vienna re ceived by the peace conference. Troops returning from the Czecho frontier re ported entering Budapest in Urge num bers. Budapest waa in disorder. Herr Boehm and Iforr Lander have taken over control of the commuuist government. Bela Kun waa reported in a Budapest dispatch received Wednesday, to have broken off with nearly all the socialist Waders. Officers f the socle government leaders. Officers of the soviet army were aaid to be deserting at every op portunity. The communist leader was quoted aa having told his 'minister of educatioa that he was tired of trying to ride socialist and communist horses at the same time. Herr Boehm, who hat been com mander of the Hungarian armies, was reported in prison in a dispatch from Vienna Wednesday. This dispatch slso stated that Beta Kun was seeking tome exeuae to leave Hungary and that he would not return. Bela Kun assumed the post of for eign eommiasary, or minister of for eign affairs in the Hungarian soviet government, which succeeded the repub lican government set up by Count Ka rolyi. He took office in March, 1919, and immediately got in touch with the heada of the Russian soviet govern ment. He wss considered the founder of thn communist party in Hungary. The council of five st Paris, July reached the conclusion, it was stated, thst it was impossible to! make peace with Bela Kun's government. Conse quently it waa considered necessary to maintain the blockade. Recent events in Budapest have pre saged trouble. An sttnek waa made on the soviet headquarters by three mon itors In the Danube, (tided by "land foreei no July 2. As a result of this uprising forty youths from ths Buda pest Military Aeademy and three. offi cers were hanged. Bela Kun thea is sued a proclamation stating: "Blood s'ltll flow henceforth, if necessary to insure the protection of the proleta riat." Since Bela Kun's advent to power there have been much friction between the Hungarian government and the Al lied representatives. NATIONAL GUARD CAVALRY DIVISION GOES TO TEXAS Organisation of This Unit Will Be Pushed Vigorously, Says Department Washington, July 17. Organization of the extra ealvary division provided for in the War Department plnnl for th National Guard wiH be push. I Vig orously, it was aaid today. There ) no anticipation that he aixteen divisions of Infantry, corresponding to the war organization of the State' forces, will be completed this year but efforts will be msde to get the cavalry unit, six regiments of which will be raised In Texns, in condition to be mobilized against any emergency. The infantry divisions will be num bered .11 to 66. inclusive, instead of 20 to 42 as during the war. The num bers up to and including fifty are re served for regular srniy divisions, most of which would be created only ia the rent of war. Plant for the regular organisation esll for a cavalry division reeruited from the entire country, but also stationed in Texas. Th National Guard reorganization plans as announced make so Immediate provisioa for the special arms and auxiliary services such aa tank eorps snd air. service, these having beea laid side temporarily. Expected Transport Arrivals. Washington, July 17-Expeeted transport arrivals announced today wer , , Aequitania, New York, July SO; America, New York, July 2Z; Agamen sob, New Tork, July. 83 J Sierra, New UN REPORT DECLARES France (1) Standing; in front of General Coe. (3) Major General Kenly. (4) Major Gen STRIKE IMPENDS IN I Workers Decline Counter Prop osition of Company; New Statement Issued Winston-Sajem, July 17. The tobacco workers nnion here, composed of white and" colored operatives, numbering at least three thousand, st meetings held last night, voted unanimously to reject a proposition submitted to the- union by the K. J. Reynolds Company, the same being sn ans.rer to the demands submitted to tho eonipniy ten days ago for an eight-hour wjrt day with tea hours' pay. Thn action taken by the union means a strike, provided their vote in rejecting the counter proposition is accepted aad endorsed by th International Tobacco Workers' Union, which has its head quarters in Louisville, Ky.' ' President W. N, Reyaolda, of th B J. Reynold! Company, thit afternoon gave out a statement, the same being s proposition submitted and addressed "To All Factory Employee is Winston Salem." "This proposition is final, so far aa we are concerned," declared President Reynolds, whu added that he and his associates regarded it a fair on to all parties concerned, and he believed that i'. would so be accepted by those who stood for a square deal. The statement submitted by the com pany says: "Most careful consideration has bees given the suggestion! made by the reprcsentativea of some of you at a conference held on the 10th instant with officials of this company. At that con ference stress was laid upon three points, namely; complaints, the eight hour day and wago scale. "Dealing with these subjects in the order named, you are informed that each complaint Jiade by you is being thoroughly investigated, snd if just ca ise for the complaint be found to exist, the condition complained of will be remedied as rapidly aa practicable. We want you to know that it is our desire to have working conditions in our factories as favorable to yon as may bo reasonable. "In connection with the eight-hour day it was explained to you at the meet ing that this company is engsged in a business v. here the competition is pcr- hnps keener thsn in sny other business of iikt size in the country. To enable us to nii'ct that competition, it is abso lutely necessary that we produce our products at a cost no greater than the cost at which goods sold m competition sre produced by our competitors, l-abor cost, of course is one of the main items ontering into the cost of produetioa, but e are perfectly willing to pay those who work for us as much as those are paid who work for our competitors. That being true, the following proposi tion was made: "That our employees Mleet two men. th company would select a third and the three ao selected should visit sueJi plants of our competitors as they might select of those where tobaeeo aad cigar ettes that are sold in competition with our brands nre manufactured and, if they find that we pay less wages thsn are being paid by our competitors we would gladly pny ss much ss they puy or more, all eipeu.es of this iavestiat ing committee to lie borne by our coin- pan'. We thought this proposition waa absolutely fair to you and the only rca son that wc can sssign for your fuiiu' to then accept it is that yon already believe that you are reeeiving wages as great or greater than the wages that are being paid to men and women doing the same work for our competitors. "It has been the policy of this rom pany and its predecessors for forty years to pay wuget as high as the business would justify and in conse quence of that policy there ha beea so troubl between th employer snd employe. W fiesire to continue that policy, and to help yon as far aa we can meet the high cost of living. Af ter s careful consideration, w propos th following plan which w hop will be satisfactory to yos a it ia th beat w eaa do tinder existing conditions: "W will go on as eight-hour basis, allowing th existing rata. of. pay per hour for eight hours work, wfth time and a half fos ovtis -d doubl tim for Sunday and holidays, holiday to include ew Year's Day, Memorial Day. Independence . Day, . Labor Dst. REYNOLDS PLAN French Embassy in Washing Legion of Honor on behalf of (C) Underwood & Underwood. The Only Change in SoOthern Districts Is That Made in North Carolina Washington, July 17. Vast increase is the wo k of the Bureau of Internal Revenue has brought about reorganiza tion of the entire tax collection service, details of which were announced today by Commissioner Roper. Each Stat with the exception of Nevada will be made a separate collection district snd permanent personal service headquarters will be established in every important city t furnish blanks and advice to tax payer! as to how they may fulfill their obligations to the government. Ten collection districts ere abolished affective August 1, being consolidated srjth other districts to Derm it the ere atioa of the sew district ia States which heretofore have not had separate slistriets. Creation of the sew districta trill date from the appointment and eon firmation of the collector Is each. Ckasg la North Caroliaa. Appointment of s large somber of new employes is not contemplated as the Commissioner expects the more effec tive otiliration of tho present field force will obviate the necessity for tak ing on new men. The number of col lection districts is limited by law to 04 The only change in southern districts is that of the Fifth North Carolina Dis trict, which is combined with the Fourth District, with headquarters at JCaleigh to permit of the creation of a separate collection district for the State of Mississippi, which now forms a part of the Alabama District. An idea in the growth in the bureau's work is shown in the statement that the number of returns has increased in ten years from 300,000 to a total of 15.0011,000. ' ' The highly centralized ofitco organ ization of the internal revenue field service no longer meets the needs of the tsxpayers of the country," Com missioner Roper said. "Ths new plan contemplates that the people of every community, where the ntimlier of tax payers requires it, shall be awired that within eaay reach ia a branch reve nue office open at all times, where the taxpayer can obtain expert assistanre in making bis returns and paying liis tax. thus saving him worries and pen alties and relieving the aervire of the present congestion in the Central col lection office." It is expected by officials of the bu reau that qualified men now engaged ia supervising the collection of liquor taifs Hill be used in the enforcement of National prohibition. AMERICAN GENERALS DUE TO RETURN AT EARLY DATE Washinsrton, July 17. Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, former enm msnder of the American Army of Occu pation in Germany; Major General Jos. T. Hickman, and nine other general officers sre tlioard the transport Ae qnitaaia, due at New York July 20. the War Driartment today announced. Assistant Secretary of War Crowell and other members of the American mission also sre on board. The Acqtiitaaia and the America, due at New York July '22 are bringing prac tically all of the fifth division of reg ulars. (watchmen of course excepted.) This1 means that you get eleven hours pay for tea, hours' work. When work hour close at noon on Saturdays, piece workers as ncll as day workers ulio put ia five hour or more ahall he paid at the same rate per hour as it allowed on other days when ten hours are made "Only faithful service and co-operation, as well as co-operation in the mat ter of saving and preventing ssste, can justify this increase, and such service aad co-ope ratios we believe we have the right to espect at your hands." TALY WANTED A18TI1AN CONCESSIONS IN CHINA. . Pari, Jaly I7 (By The Asso ciated Press.) The later-allied CMBcil today refnaed Italy's re qaest that Aastrlasj cescessloss st Ties-Tsia, China, t transferred t her. . . .. i ' ii EERIE fi' REORGANIZED URGE BETTER PAY FOR COL. TAYLOR Bills Introduced in Both Houses of Congress To Increase Col lector's Salary MR. GODWIN OUTLINES REASONS FOR ADVANCE AU Other Collectors Receive From $5,000 To $12,000; Business of Office Has Grown Rapidly; Hurley Promises Ships To Relieve Cotton Congestion at Wilmington News and Observer Bureau, (Kill District National Bank Building. By FRANK W. LEWIS. (Special Leased Wire.) Washington, July 17. 8enator Bim mons today introduced s bill in the Senate and Congressman Godwin intro dueed one In the Rouse to increase the annual salary of the Collector of Cus toms of the District of North Caro lias. Senator Simmons' bill provides for fixing the salary at $5,000 and Con gressman Godwin's bill fixes it at 17,' 500. Senntor Simmont introduced a similar bill at the last session. It was reported unanimously by the committee and passed the Senate but wai defeated in the House. Col. Walker Tsylor, of Wilmington, it the official affected. Congressman Godwin, in behalf of th passage of his hill, said: "According to the annnal report I sued by the Collector of Customs for the District of North Carolina, Wil roingtnn jumped from forty-ninth plac to a position only eighth from tb top of th list of Americas ports of entry "Th expense of collecting this amount wa 113,4123, snaking th per dollar cost of collection less than one eent at againtt an average of tw cents throughout th country. This figure placet the North Carolina district at the head of the list in th item of col lection costs. The salary of the. col lector in the North Carolina district stands at the foot of the list, he re eeiving s compensation of 12,500 per year as against from $5,000 to $12,000 in other districts. It is the only district thst paye less than $5,000. "The increase in receipts is psrtly a result of the making of Wilmington a port of entry and diverting the re reipts of that office from New York In the central office of the .North Carolina district. This was brought about through the personal efforts of Colonc Taylor, who Is the preaent collector for the Wilmington office. Efforts sre now being made to have the Durham office diverted to the office there am' neit year's report will show sn even greater increase. i "III addition to handling he collec tion of nearly three million dollara of import money, the Wilmington office also looks after the Bureau of Immitcra- tion, Bureau of Navigation, the Civil Service Commission, and is Shipping Commissioner snd sd-measurer of ves sels. The entire work is done with a force of three clerks. The Collector ia also Custodian of .the Customs Home. Offices are mnintnined in Winston-Salem whero collections are made. "Col. Taylor ia the only Stnte-wi'c Federal appointee in N rtli Carolina, and is Dcnn oftFcdcrnl A. . ointces in the State. In my opinion he is the most competent and reliable Customs officer the State has had in a .long time." Cotton Congsstlon at Wilmington. Todsy Senator Simmons had s con ference with Chairman Hurley and As sistant Director of Operaiions of the Shipping Board on the matter of get ting relief from the cotton congestion at Wilmington. The serious facts of the ease were brought to the attention of these officials, and they now have the matter under consideration. It was pointed out by Senator Simmons that one of the largest exporters of cotton at Wilmington, Alexander Sprunt ft Son, had on the sidings in that city be tween TiOO snd 1,000 ears of cotton await ing shipment, and that this cnngist'on would continue until ships were fur. nihed. Assurances were mad that s ship would be provided for immediate use and to relieve the present conges tion ss soon ss it was possible to do so. Chairman Hurley said that he appre ciated thj seriousness of the situation, but that the difficulty in moving the ship at this time wss owing to the ei isting strike along the coast, hut imme diate action would lie taken in the mat ter, Mr. Hurley said, looking to giving the relief asked for. Nominations for Postmaster. Nominations for postmasters at twelve different places In North Caro lina were today sent to the Senate by President Wilson, as follows; . Mortimer H. Mitchell, Aiilander; John E. Brown, Boone; William E. Elmore, Bryion City; Albert W. Colwell, Clin ton: Thomas 8. Booth, East Durham; C. B. Daniels, Faison; Royall D. Jones, Fayetteville; Charles W. Bagby, Hick ory; Arthur O. Walton, Jacksonville; TVIlliam M. Hsaner, Liberty; Robert T. Wsde, Morehead City; Benjamin F. Dalton, Rutherfordton. North Csre'lBlsas at Capital. tteneral" Br S. RoysteT,-f Oxford, adjutant general of North Carolina; Cbas. A Binet and W. H. Wis, of House Races Through War Time Enforcement Portion To Constitutional Meas- ure Proper 'ROHIBITION FORCES ARE N CONTROL OF DEBATING THROUGHOUT THE SESSION Volstead . Puts . Through Ax Amendment Adding "Manu facture" To Things That-i Man May Not Do With Li quor in His Office or Homej Minority Were in Control for Brief Moment, Only To Be Thrown Out By. Demand Tor Tellers; Igoe's Amendment Again Defeated Washington, July 17. Frohibltios forces voted down la the House today every attempt to eliminate drasti pro vision! of the general enforcement bill, ; and whil in full and absolute control shut off debate at the word of their leader despite the violent protest of th minority. When they had raeed through th war-tlma enforcement portioa of ths three-part bill and got into th os stltutional prohibition rrresslirs proper, there were only 88 members oa th floor and so much confusion that s speaker ruuiu soi ma&a nimacix nearu. At was 7 o'clock tonight when tht long roll call to obtain a quorum was started snd member! had then gone home, after declaring there wai no good reasos for trying to fores through a hill to tak ears of a tituation that would not aria unm January. Before tho House got into s mart, however, the prohibition faction had : mugs va vvcry, imri ua tneir uui As amesdmest to strike sat th mini mum fine for those convicted of tiolat ing th war tim set was fought vr and defeated, 68 to IT. This waa ffeted by Representative Besvis, N brasks, prohibition mcmoer of tb jn dietary committee. ; Mad Evas Mors Drastic Chairman Volstead of th judiciary committee nad patron of the bill, pr seated an amendment which wai adopted without debate and which jsad ths measure a bit nor drastic in that 5 added the word "manufacture" to ths many things a mas may not do with liquor in his office or home. For a brief moment late is tb day the minority described by the prohibi tionists as the "Wets" swung into power, only to be thrown out by s do ninnd for tellers, which meant as se curate count on s vote to amend ths bill so that a person eharged with vio lating r. liquor-selling injunction might demand and obtain s jury iriaL This motion, offered by Representa tive Gard, Democrat, of Ohio, sad warmly supported by former Speaker Clark, had provoked an hour's debate, which a, bitter at times, whes ths House put on the lid snd started to rot. There was a noisy shout frtni th aye, who appeared to have won. Instantly there was a demand for a division and after member had beea counted, th result waa announced eyes 70, nay eft. The victory waa not expected, vea by the ws s, and they realized they could not have won except for th Isrgw number of absentees on the other aid. While the House was marching through the center aisle to be counted tftw th demand for tellers had bees mad, dis tress calls were sent out for prohibition members, who came piling ia ia auflJ cient number to beat the jury trial amendment by two votes 78 to 79. After lounding up a quorum th House took up the constitutional prohi bition enforcement bill set lows as part two of the measure, and def ated, 71 to 1.1, an amendment hy Rep.esents - Igoe, Democrat, Missouri, elimitiathg the definition of intoxicants. This ss. precisely what was done the other Jaw to the war-time act and waa ia seeord with expectations. Although debate was limited to five minutes for each member, It ran all the way from the old-fasblon attack oa ''John Barleycorn" to poetry, with s fen words of nesr profanity throws one by former Speaker Clark, to put a littU punch in a story he related to abow the importance of trial by Jury is is- junction eases. It remained, however, for Rcnresn. tative (loodykoontx, Republican, of W. Virginia, to enlighten the House a U the extremes to which some member! " of the judiciary committee wanted tf " go in reporting out a bill. Mr. Goody, koiiitz is a member of the committee and he started out by saying it wai composed of three groups, each with a different school of thought. One school," be said, "wanted t draw the bill so carelessly that if il were enacted into law it would carry " no force ami effect and would be in nocuous. Another school was so ex treme that it wanted to bind th jthol thing up so as to put every mas la manacles, so that he could sot tnovt Ir any direction. Ths bill as brought t - ... j . : . ... urn cirriru irovi3iuns 10 uie cuect inai it was unlawful to manufnetur or sell gripe juie or to manufacture a ay of these malt drinks, of which tbtr sr . hundreds sold uder different same and so that it would be illegal t manufacture or sell flavoring extracts. And one man, I believe, suggested that we put the preacher ander bosd for sacramental w4s . - The House was proceeding , rather rapidly with consideration sf th bill, ' railBJ mm P.H T.Im.I ' . (Ceatlnsed as Pag Fr) ,,, York, July S3. . , jTbaskiglving Day sad - Gkristsms (Oatlaaed s Pag Two.) I .
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