jji MKRCHANDISE ADYERjised IN THE TRIBUNE

\S GUARANTEED IVTctalOorK' SrUntiu WEATHER

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First to Last.the Truth: News ¦ Editorials . Advertisements

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1917 <I\K < BNT

fn r.rralT New York

tho i r> rs

M Hl.ln t nmmi.rinB DMaBBafl

I II K4 I ( r.>TH

KJaewfcveva

Kuehlmann on

Way to Join

Peace Parley

German Foreign Minister

Reported Procecding to

Brest-Litovsk

Bolshcviki Beaten

In Odessa Fighting

Sailors Divide Forces. and

Many Are Killed; Kaledine Not Captured

German Fai

-,-ry. «ays a Becourjf

pt»c» '

L0X1

rowr .

r.o one in

recommer.t |

aed only b;

«r.

tc-fai

ii

r

'rom

'obauails

reaily

II

couBolsheviki Beaten

By Ukrainians in

Odessa Street Battle

tailan

capa talcgTam 'aximalin troo:

Lha arsenal, where the

BJ . :i:!)led. The

af Kada aummonc

1'kra lartarcd

*«rr ..

'he|

| the

from

last »¦

;eral

h ( '¦ Hnd

with

Caaaacl

.We !.£..¦. .. h>

the

port«d

in a n

.ot;r»h

'

- W'fii

yr>jhe.

rounrv i. nc\<-r

tacra bi

oil ». ... aaid

... Man y

injured.

Ter ,¦ n nr-

«i«fK-'

Pope Condemns All

Who Aid Attempt to

Regain Jerusalem

i

tac

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v. i!l

|*m ,,ti nf

cay t r

li.r.

can11 d

"'

Hai ||j throujcho-.it Racac

.ara . ing ,,...,,

'**' r'- ninul li';;.'.

.a»»

House. in Washington,

Reports to Wilson

¦MSHINQTOM, too, 11 alaad I M *^ttm, EOraac, araera hc

real inter-Allied war .."¦?'"'M *< .i of lha American

"'?Men, arnved in W*,hin.rtun latr

Me diovo iirtcUy ta tl "«.«. to nuu m ,H.rh0nil] rfport to '.aaiBant Wils«n.

Hertling Declares

Just Peace With

Britain Impossible

German Chancellor Asserts

Speech of Lloyd George

Has Made Idea Useless

UIST1 1DAM, Dee,

GcnBaa « ancallor, Count von

llcrtlinp, clrclar-.! in

M'tbcackcra

Bota aad hcara that the

the- Lloyd

idership ia completely inacica of a juft pcao- l,y

undcrsUnding.

.I-. am ntmly co:v

..;>. prograaa toward tiie

ovcrthc very tnoment

drunk

great trual with which BB)

o hall way houac

,1 ilcfcat."

..-.»-

Morgan Gives

Art Treasures

To Museum

Collection of 3,000 Works

Greater Than Any Bestowed by Father

more than tkri a thouaand

works of ar* of ."rrat \ :.'..... by J. P.

Metropolita

f Art i i' rday aftertioon ;.

Eliha

lentin

placc of llie late Jo=rph 1!

collection ju t BCquired forms

roup of M

mui-eum. Tke

liaa in the l.iph qna

ita cor adoa aaai*jr of the

-, aluable thinga the late .'. P.

lected. Chief amonj:

are tho B an»l other

:nedia fin,i Ivoriea, Inelodniarvellous Srenlgorodskol and

tiona, each unfivallrd

Ckaara I p Miscomeption

traneement of the pift by

tor, read ai

"At the I»eeembc-r mrr-'lnj of the

i of the Metropolitan Museum

thia afternooa .Mr. J. J'. McVgaa

;::inounced hia gifl to the muaaotari of

has now on loan

with thr .-inp-le e\crption of the

B oreale,

ara tad in loreale

.trntly been Irnt ajrain for thr opening

art

I tk< le ing t.ition

"Morfi .' Ileetion"

i nneral impreasion

...,.. ha,l withdrawn everymd hmtself

thr thinga fiven by him laat

thal thr

ffjfi oni ista of upwai d of

b addit ion to

Greaa collection of ancient

plHSS | mentioned

aeparately bacau

re mainly fraffmenta, and

be thought to awell the namher

"Great ai thi of "

t '. ,'ta

many \]r. '

". ci.n.-r'i d, and that

ng thr

ed eollettlona .'r the arorld.

,.. Bj lantlne

and mediarval enamela and ivoriea, Inmarvelloui

each unri

valled and lorming to

mbtage «hich

ahead of all other

mi material of thi- charaeti r. ¦.¦

rooma

<if th.

H}10 .. thal exhibition will

re 1

and the i.rrrk

and Ro. bronaea, everyin tbe two rooma thus

ired for the city. paintinga lacludcd in thi

r thirty, among which are

,., the Nuraorj

many eonaidarad hia x«n

dei Weyden'a 'Annunciatiot

panel by Huberl R

.- trlptyca ...,,rr-rMt,!lK

bleaaing, aurroonded by the doi familv; R ftch o

Van Eyck'a head of Backat

and charming graep bj LoBghi.

Memi.rial to Hi** I'ather

«I. mskiag thia grlff on.- object af

Mr Morgan '' ". pcrpatuati tha menv

oryof bla fatfcer aa a

-': ",?n

rhieh th.- traatee. ol thj »«..«"«

firr vo.ed Bt thia aft.-ri.ooli a: me.-t. ng

the building da

vote,! ;¦"»" dacoratlve r

which ii already li.rir.-.y or.up.rd b>

MorgBn gifU, ahall here.fter be (Uajr ., the PUrpanl MorfB" wing. and

XX al thr Ujorta lacTndad In tha

>:1f, whiek belong arprnpriateb

.tarial now Ia lt ekall bo

brought togatfcar tkara. Mr. *.*" hav?iTr aarrVed that the otkan rhall n

k "*t.e drpartmrnt, when- they

"'.Vrna will B4KBBBIUU '« conaidrrabb

~.«a.fit of th, lower floor of thi rearrangement oi ii.<

wing, *o that lt pmt.ahn4a.il *

eralmontha before WB ahall fce ifl a

Bition to enable the public to appre-

.I.,.. the magnitadc o .thu Bcci

to the rauteani'a collcctions.

Draft Wins

In Canada By

Big Majority

Borden and Union Govern¬

ment Returned for Three

More Years

French Votes

Go to Laurier

Soldiers' Ballots Expected

to Swell Vote for the

Premier

01 iAWA. Der. 17. Tha 1 »g roTent hai bci n n tni ni d, aad cnacription eaaflraicd by tha t'anadian

doracctic vote.

reccircd from all over

Canada ladicatc that the ejorernment of

r Roberl Borden has hem clect

adrainiatar Canad .-¦ ancthcr and that Sir Wilfrid

defcati d

the reeiprocity elai I loa ol 1911.

Bctui ,'.»e that tl

portion of Canada bai trmie hcavily

for s;r Wilfrid Laurier and Eagliafc

COBBtitUcnclei have returned men who

will ^unport the i'nion government

aad iiiaintain Premier Bai

den ln oflice.

The vote has heen very heavy everyd thr niajoritii'S aro vi-ry

-oldier vote, which v. ill not

.rtained for ?omc daya, will inthe aiready heavy niajorit

government membera and will likely

the number of government

aetcd.

fore midnight abowed thal

rom and

four <U ferred, t he Vi

rj the Oppoaition 87.

ai Q taidc of

City Montraali want ahaalatclj

aolid for Sir Wilfrid Laarier, the itandinj; of the partiea being: Oppoaition, ¦¦. a

he three

adminiatration eleeted ara < .', Dc

ating

Sl \. 1'.¦ Ion of Montreal;

BallantyJ e, Miniater of M

Rt I awrenec Dtviaion '. and

I

thret eonatitaen-

,« a iarjre LuflMi -,

vote. Wherever t1" French V Otc BTB*

doniinated the majorltiea pilcd np for

laurier candidatea aratc

whelming. Wilfrid himaelf araa returned for

a Quel.ee aeat. Pwo b nlcter Colo-

-:. Blondin, Poatmai tcr G< neral,

oa on militarj Champli in and Laurii r 11

and J. P. A, Sei igny, who

.i.. portfolio of Miniater of Inland

.... arei.¦ di feal ed eael of the

ron«tituenciea in whieb thej ran. Mr.

i- beaten in Dorehaeter hy

ld rr.al, l.ucien Cannon. Among

th. -ii f« Bted la Q '" ra Arniu'id

Lav*rgnc, the Nauenaliat, who ran in

Montmagny, a itraipht Laarier eandiating bini b] ;» good majority.

Keferendum in Laurier Plan

Sir Robcrt Borden, head of the pres- Iminfatration and leader af the

I'nion forcea, ia committed to enforcing

eetive draft law bow a the

Tho Liberal leader, Sir

Wilfrid Laarier, hai promiaad a referi.ii the eon onand

haa deelarcd his party will aapport th"'

it ¦ plcbiaelte.

There »re t|6 aeat be Rllcd. Be

day'i ballol ng < teen Laurier

Borden aupportei i had been

rj a thonl oppoall oi ao thal

Borden atarted to-day with a handicap

.ii. Pour conteati had bai

ing deeiaiona to !.<¦ gi

I* estimated that tl.ere are a million and a qaarter male domeatie eotea,

three humlred thouBand o\

dier eotea aad prol.ably half a million

women whe are permittad to rote

through M latlonahlp with men in aei

The governmenl baacd II Ii,; < oi

the aoldier and wamen . lemai

being apeeially iBtaraated in the intro

dnctton of eonacripiion. li had

atrengthened Itaelf by taking the »ote

from eitiaeni born In enemj eo n

and Baturallacd ilnee IfOO and by givIng a vote to every man in the Canadian

army even

-

thoujr'h iinnat urali/.i¦<!.

»

Admiral Harris

Quits as Manager

Of Ship Board

No Reason Given for Sudden Action After Service

of Less Than a Month

WASHINGTON, Dce. 17. Reai Ad

aairal Pradcrich IL Barrie, receaUy ap

poiated general iimnacer of the Shipping Baard'a omargoney Beet eorpora

tn.ii, tn day asked to BC ri'lnved of that

,:h| returned tr. ehief

(.! the asey'a Burrau <>f Yarei aad

Docha.

ih.< recjacct will hc graatad, and

Charlca A. Piea, a Chicaaja eagineer,

ricc BTeaideal af thr Eaaerganey Plaet

..I; oratiaa, a ill bc aaaaed ta aac

ii. i him.

Whilr no offic al aaneuneement has

brrn matt" aa Ic Admiral Ilarrif's rea

aon for aaiTcaaciing the taah, whuh

ha u«aumed Icac than a moBth ai

hc did not lad tha wert eeo

I-= =

Germans Raid

British Convoy,

Sink 11 Ships

British Destroyer and Four

Mine Sweepers Lott With

Six Merchantmen

Second Warship Hit

In North Sea Attack

Vessels Prepared Only for

Submarines; Investigation Begun

LONDON, Dbc 17. -One Britiah and

u'ral merchantmen, a British dei fi.ur mii.e sweepers have

been aunk in thr North Sea by German

naval f<

The Bia the result of an atn n eonvoy bound from Scotland

to Norway, Sir Kric Ocddes, Kirst Lord

I -niralty, announced to-day.

The total toanaga of the lott merchant¬

men wa v.'.

Eigkty«eigkt Scandinavians, two of

when UM wonirn, and ten British were

,] by four British destroycrs, Herj from :. oruiscr ^quadron, which

waa haataacd to thr ?cene. Other surreacki .1 Nara ay in boats.

Convoy Sunk

.,, .,..-¦ r< leela were being

,(,l by tho deatroyera I artndge

.,,, .¦ Th. I'anr.dge waa sunk

waa dan.aged.

,. Macnacaara, tmancial sec-

.. Admiralty, alao announced

in , ,. bI two Bcatral mcrrei ela aad ¦¦< trawlcrr »«re sunk.

on Decombcr 11

McNaaaara'i mformation was

in ni.lv to a <iue<tion by Robert

r. \v. Hoaaton, Memfcor for Liverpool.

regarding an attack by "a

of larga German drstmycra.

Mr. MrNamftra added that another

., bad boaa daaaagad, and that

men had been killed on the two

tra*'' a .a. aa.

II. plying to a question why there

been an Admiralty communicaikjact, Mr. Mc-Namara

,k'incd thr Admiralty did not

foraaatiaa on the subject at

i.,: e Geddea, in contmuing tus

accounl of tke nttack upon the eonvoy,

I tke circomataacafl so far as

available were that tho I'artndge

1 four cnemv destrqyers ahortly

nnd, with th* Pciew, anwhile the convoy scattered The I'artridge was hit heavily.

ai't-iwaid BM cxplosion ocirTed aboard aad akc iaak. The

;n. rerd at the- araterline and

w< re dlaBbled, but eventaa- brotiirht safely to port.

The enemy thrr. attacked the eamvoy,

I thr iix oaarchaataiea and four

bj "'. .1 trawlera.

The entira ereaj af thr trawlat Lord

..ii waa avad in one of its BWB

ii.,- caaualtiea on the Pelew

and thrr" mrn kilb-d

and two wounded acrloualy. Information regarding the rrrw of the 1'ar

Sir Brie .-aid. was incomplrte,

bul a reporl fion; Ki'l told of the tak

ing there of Ihree officers and twenty-

>n from tke Partridaje and of one

officer aad ta 'Bl itjr-BTB mrn from the

trawler*.

Oprn Ia Surfare Altark

PartrldgB ar,d thr Prlew, {owith foui armad trawler--, ,-aid

sir Eric, eompaiaad tke ai.ti-submarine.

eacoii to the eonvoy. I-'or some raaaon. unexplained, he added, the force

was aant for the purpose of pro- tecting thr eonvoy aeainst surfBce attacka, waa not on the scrne in time to

prevenl tbe deBtraetion of the convoy.

\ eoarl of inquirj had baan appointed eetigate the eireuflaataaca*, he an¬

nounced.

\ cond convoy. which also was be-

;v.z COVered, was not attacked.

Thr GonaaB raid chiplicates the sucrnti rprisr of last October, carried oul bj two Gcnaan raiders which

attacked a eoavoy in the North Sea.

v ttiil. nim- nrutral merchantmen

and two of tke esrortinp British dehi\.- N'orwepian, three

I- and one Danish veasel

ink withoul warning, three other

antmen eacaplng. Tho raiders

armed heavily and succeeded in

cvading the Britiah watchcrs on the retuiti aa well aa tha outward trip.

By penetrating thr water* off the

mouth of the Tyae on Docambor 12 the

ittii-d their operations close

-,, .¦ Engllah caaat for tbe tirst time

0 ''ar aa the onVial communieationa have abowa. The Tyne

r,o\c through Northarn Fngland into rti .-> a al Smith BhiaTda.

( HIIISIIAMA, I»ec. 17. Sailors from

tt,,. (j Gei man warships in

that t'.re was opene.j

eking eraiaara at a rantre 0f

and th.at within « halfanaH -l ahiae, with the

txception of the deetroyer relaw, were

aunk. Crawa from ataajaara ia the conv,,v aaved ia all IM eailora. who were

londed on tke woat coast ot Norway.

r, ii. ef the rescued were

Britiah._

Mrs. Vanderlip Shuns

Any but War Dinners

KANBA8 CTTT, Mo., Per. 17. Mr

Frank A. Vanderlip. who m aidina; her

huaband <.u hia tnp to further warthrift, declinad to partake of the

r.n.-r in her honor at

the llo'.rl Macklkack on Saturdev. pro-

,,. nol a war dinner.

The Ineongruitica of elaborate menus

in a campaicn atrainat war-time luxBrioa have br«et the Vanderlip rarty

!ince it l.'ft Waohina-ton. In St I.oiik

la-t wi-ck Mr. \ anderlio had to make

bia pli-a for siniple livmr at a cosilv

dinner al which champatme was erved.

Mr \anderlip sought out a bankerand

nucirested there be no repetition here.

The clmner for Mrs. Vanderlip waa diat,prt from the one of plainer fare arraaged for her husband.

This Is Meatlcss Tuesday

House Adopts Prohibition

Amendment by 282 to 128

Powder Supply Low; U. S.

Just Begins to Prepare

Senate Inquiry Reveals aAmerica No Better Off

Than in April."Too Much Red Tape," Says

General Crozier, in Explanation

By C W. GILBERT

WABHINGTON, Dce. 17. The War

I'cpartment is only just takingsteps to

lecaTO an adeCjUatC powder supply with

which to pro.-eeute the war. There i?

a -carcity of lafrcdicatc for the mak¬

ing ot high explosives. »il General

Crcalce put it to the Beaatc Military

AfTairs Committ.-e ifl his testimony today, "We are now taking acMon to

increase the ?upply of TN'T."

The powder situation was not pursued by the caBUBittac, h^t it ii underst.ood to be serious. The same spirit

whieb has led to the vote tC report

General (ro/.ier's tiornination favorablv

to the Senate pravcatc any industriom

foiiowing of leada. The witaeaa ia permitted to tell bil story in bil BWB way

Great aaxiety aaiata to avoid all aPpaaraacc af trjrlH '" ***** " ****

against those in powr-r.

The result was that all tnat beeame

known about powder ifl that thia eOBBtry'a eapaeity to pradace BCWder is no

larcer to-day than it was on me day

¦re eatered the war, although General

cro^ier teatifled that vigaraaa ateai

are now being tahen ta inereaee tBe

powder producing eapaeity. Bc aaM

that the eountry'i apaeity wai

,.w bo.ng fully BCCapUd IB producing

powder for this country and pjllea.

and that the eapaeity nfp.ar.t4 'hould

be iaereaacd. Apparentlv, though no

one rnforeed this point by a ,,ueMion

direeted at th.- witneai Nina menthe

heen allawed to go by n

aaythlaa beinc me ta Inereaae

either the powder plante or t.. add

to the sourres of lagredieatl for

the making af hip* caploaivea. The

War Department auddenly awoke to the

Mriaaaneaa of thii ¦ituation within

.he la.nt few duy-. and a hurried effort

iB now being made to repair the results of the long delay. ....

,,

The Senate committee Inished witn

General t'rozicr to-day in an open eession For the most part, bc went over

ramiliar ground. touching bnefly on

powder and one or tWC BtheF items |B

. uppliev

Harness Also

Is Lacking

It br^ame known that harness waa

srarce, and this hl one th.ng l-rance

i.nnot supply. Jhere ia enough, harneaa for the batlene* servmg the

trcops already ln France. but even if

tlitre weie gun- with which to train

artillcrymaa here there uould not be

barneaa' available to usr in moving the

gun*. There are no rifle« with which

to arm home guardv The War De¬

partment la coraidering buj.ng the

Rcaa rifle for this purpo'e and for

tra;ning the National Army. Senator

i telinghviyai-n indicated that th.i rifle

Ind been rejertcd by the Britiah be¬

cause it was dsr.gcrous. General Crozier thought its only fault was that

u Jammed aaaily and waa dangerous

only in leavir.g the ..soldior with a uscle.-.s woapon.

Senator Wad^worth trien to get the

witncci to aay that the Engiiab lyatcai

ot aeparattng tha produrtion of arnis

from tho operation of the War !'¦.¦

partmaat araa dcaiiabla at this suge

of the war. Hc a«ked the witaaaa it

our system of producing niun:'

should no>, be revleed and eentralixed.

And GcBCTal Croxier replied that there

was "need of greatcr latitude of action

for the existing organization, not for

a new organiaation." Senator Wa.lwort'n asked, 'You have r.o luajgaationa

to make for ar,;. Baacatial ehange?"

Restrictions Should

Be Removed

G .! eral Crozier replied. 'TerUnn re¬

al rictions ;houli; be removed. ApproI.ri; tions should be gencrul rather than

peeific."

That repreaenta tho typical burrauriatu idea. There ii nothing th* mattrr with the orpanir.ation, but all the

troublf liea in Ceagreaa, ita failure to

i.ppropi ia*e or ita tendeney to make,

ita apprepriaticn in hard and fast

term«. Hu'. if Congrvaa can t;ot ap

enough eaaraga, there probebly will be

aame effati made tfi iplit up the gi" organiiatica in the eoatrol af

Baker, with ita *1,000,0

tc aaaed Samethiag of the temper of-Conjrresi may he gut from reraar.

Demccrata l.ko Senator (hamberlain

BBd Senator Ilitchcock and from Sena¬

tor Wadewoith'i pointed questions.

about the Britiah atiaietry of Munitions. Senator Charr.ber'.ain told the

aitaeac 'hat he was not satislied with

the eaplanatioai of delay to obtain

machine guns ar.d rifles. And Bd

Hitchcock aaid that it was the opinion

of the country thHt there waa too much

formality red tape and circumlotution in the wav business anal being

aceomplished. He asked if anything

was being done to speod the procesa.

General Crozier raatlcd that there

were thing* being done toward that,

nnd ga-e an Bmuaing illustration of

the t\ay tho ofTieial mind works. He

said \ery aaraceUy: "I ani now cperating sixtcen automobiles m my department. I was

driven to it. It is a new policy!''

It waa only necersary to hear Genrral Ciacleif teatify to know why there

had been delay. 1 he general has a red

tape brain. 11.s mind ia the onginal

cireunalocution office. The simplest

queation ;n the world started hinj on

a .V)0 word OOBIBO, Sometimea the

Senators grew weary and begged him

to alop. BuV he inaiated that bc

being brief, for if he should tell all it

would take weeks. N'ever onee did he

nn>wer a queation «i a business man

would, and yet he ia al the artad of a

UuMnes- spending $3,000,000,000 a year. |

Hoover Visits

Wilson After

Senate Rebuke

Faili to Get Permission to

Reply to Sugar King, Gives

Facts to President

WASBINGTON, Dec. 17. Food Adminiatrator Herbert ('. Hoover went to

IThita House to-night and laid be¬

fore thr President the aituation

brouirht about by tho failure of the

Senate Invaatigatiag Qaaatttaa to ailow

him to make a statcment in reply Ia

attack-s on he witneas stand by llaus

A. larackala. He would not discuss

the \i>it.

Thia ac'ion followed what amounted

to a personal rebuff given Mr. Hoov.-r

i,.. tke committee. The Food Adminitratai WBitod an hour in an anteroom while the committee in executi.e

I dcbated his request to be heard.

Then the committee recallcd Spreckel<

t.nid WrtkOWt answerintc the req«aat Bad Mr. Hoover left the buildinj.

Attorney Ia Blocked

Then H. Curtis I.indley, counsel for

tha food administration," tried to queaU«n Mr. Snreckels throufh members of

the committee, but was blocked by an

announcemoat .that the State Departtnen deemcd it inadvisable 0 discuss

further the ne^otiations which resulted

in thr f'uban raw sugar contracta. This

announcement followed B confer-nee of

Bsmittaa with Counaella* Folk of

tha State Department.

The committee toward the end of the

day'a aaaaioa had ajreed to permit Mr

I.indley to auggeat questions. Mr. I.indley iaaiatad that the committee allow

him to iry to controvert atatementa of

Spreckela. Finally. howavar, hc ^aid:

.I- we ranaol eaplaln the contracts

for the ("uhan crop we are placed on a

pillory whilo trying to solve B very

diffieult Rituaticn."

Price Too High

Mr. BMBCktla »iio ii preaidant of

tke Fedrral Sugi.r Kefining Company,

had rhargad that thr Cahfornia-Hu

S-jjrar Rafining I'ompany, of

B'bieh (i'-orjce M. Rolph. director of the

..dm,r>Utration's ufjar division.

prraidaat, would gain M.OOO.OOB ad-

,i;t.'>iHl revc-nue this year ir.directly

tr-reogh the pr,>. Bxcd for the Cuban

crop. which he declared was entirely

too high. The Hawanan price, he eaid,

was ba«ed on the Cuban price.

Through queationitif of Spreckela

hy J. Kreenun, counsel for Karl A.

Bab«t, president of the Amorican Sugar

ir Company, it Waa broutfht out

that tke Federal president did not

object to the appointment of Henry C.

Mott. buyer for the American Su*ar

Bg Company, as buyer for the

internatiaaal committee wh-.ch was to

pargkaae all the raw ugar available

and parcol it out to relinera, at the

time the appuii.tmtnt was propoaad.

Measure Goes to Confcrence.Period for Ratihcation Is Only

Difference

Parties Evenly

Divided on Vote

141 Democrats and 137

Republicans Join Independents to

Vote "Ye*"

W.ASHINGTON'. Dec. 17..Nationwide prohibition won in the Houae today, and only the adjustment of a

slight differenco in resolutiona between

the House and Senate now standa ia

the way of submitting to state legialatures an amendment to th* Federal

Conatitutlon forbidding the manufecture, saic or importation of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes in the

United States or its terntones.

The vote in the House, taken after a

day of debate before crowded galleriea,

was :s:> to ISt, with the partiea diwiding almost evenly.

The margin for prohibition was juat

cight \otes more than the neceaaary

two-thirds of the membcrship of the

House required for adoption and twenty-six more than two-thirds of thoae

voting.

Bryan Congratulated

Both wets ar.d drys had been predicting victory all day, and it was not

until the last few names had been

called that the anti-prohibition forees

conccded their defeat. When Speaker

Clarke announced the result the victora

were joined by the galleriea in auch a

demonstration aa ia rarely permitted

in the House. Fonner Secretary Bryan,

an i.U«reeted apectator naarly ali day.

appeared on the floor and joined iu receiving congratulationa with Representative Webb, of North Carolina, who

had led the fight.

The resolution adoptcd by the Houae

.1 ntical with that passcd by the

Senate last August, cMJept that it givea

the states seveti years laatead of aix

in which to ratify the amendment. Sen¬

ator Sheppard, author of the reeolution, predicted to-night that the Senate

would accept the amendment tomorrow.

He raid he had assurances that the

seven-year period would bo approved

and that he did not believe a roll call

necessary.

The Preaident's aoproval ia not re¬

quired and the state legislaUres ma*

BCt as soon aa they please after the

signaturea of the Yice-President and

Speaker C'lark have been attached to

the resolution.

"It will be aubmitted tomorrow aa

a ( hnstmas present to the American

people," aaid Senator Sheppard, "and

I believe it will be ratitied within

three years."

Every attempt to-day to put on

amendments to except light wines ani

beer wa3 beaten, aml III Iiemocrats

stood aligned with 137 FepublieanI

and four independents to win the flnal

victory for tha Prohibitioniat forees.

Prohibition Reaolution

Following is the reaolution aa adopted:

"Resolved, by the Senate and

Houae of Repre«enta'ivei, That the

following mnendment to the Gon

stitution be, and hereby is, proposed

to the states, to become ralid as a

part of the Gonatitutori when rati¬

tied by the legislature.i of the aevaral states aa provided by the tonstitution:

"Article . Sectior. I. After one

year from the ratineatio'i <>f thia

article, the manufacture, salc or

transportation of intoxicating liquora

within, the importation thereof into.

or the e*portation thereo.' from the

United States and ail terntory aubjecr. to the junsdiction thereof for

bevcrafje purpose il hereby prohib-

"Scetica t The Congress and the

several states shall have concurrent

power to enforee thia a:';c!c by appropriate U x ^ition.

.-tion :i Tl shall be

Inoacrativc ui.icss it ahall have b»en

.1 as an aaacadmeal to the Constitution by the kgialatures of the

several states, as provided in the

i'oii«titution, within aevea yeara

from the date of the submisaion

hereof to the atates by the Con¬

gress." Webb Reglna Debate

The debate was begun, amid a round

of applauae from the Democratie aide,

by Caairmaa Webb of the Judiciary

Commlttca. taaraacatativc Gard, of Ohio, leading the oppoaition. declared the ameiidinent propose un invaeiea of the polire power of the atatci ar.d threatened

the unr.nimity »f the American people

iu winning the war. The great bad>

of Amencans, he contended. want to

leave the whole malter juat aa It ia

now.

P.epre«entativc Gooper, of Ohio.. for

tho amendment, told the Houae:

"You iook into a hatbatid or a eoat

to m>» if it beara a union label, but

you can look in vain into the whiskey

bottle for a union label."

Kepresentative Dyer, of Miaaoun,

opposirg it, declared the iaaue nothmg

more or leaa than whether Congreas

ahall atand by "Dinwiduie and the

AnU-Saloan Lengue, who think more

of thia isaue of the wet and the dry

than they do of the iaaue of whether

America or Germany ahall will thia

great war."

War Iaaue Only New Argament

pozeni of membera made ehe-it

speechea, gomg over the famtliar

ground on which ehatnpiona of both

s.dea have fougl.t their battlea in the

halls of Congreca for many yeara. Taa