The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-05-22
BONE DRY" NAVY,
AS WELL AS ARMY,
PROPOSED IN BILL
Measure Asked by Secretary
Daniels Is introduced in
the House.
By Samuel M. Williams.
sV'~'i Staff o'"v$sSiaayy' e. rA' n''AlA'

aD'A'i staff o"HvssSsy' e. rA' B''aias
WASHINGTON. May .2s.-chair-
man Padgott OF the Houso Naval
Committee this afternoon introduced
a bill giving the President power to
enforce prohibition IN tho navy as
well as In the army.
The bill. suggested by Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels in a letter 10 Con-
gress, authorizes the President to
make regulations that shall forbid
any one 10 sell. furnish or give" In
toxicants 10 navy officers or men in
Uniform. A penalty Of $1,000 fine or
a years imprisonment or both is
provided for violation.
Temperance advocates. exhiIarated
by brighter prospects OF success than
ever before. are pressing their ad-
vantage along the line Of saving food
from being converted into alcohol.
They insist on attaching Prohibition
amendments to food conservation
bills. |a'Qt
But a significant statement was
made by Senator Simmons. Chairman
OF tho Finance Committee. himself an
advocate OF Prohibition, that proDo-
sitions OF this character should be
referred TO his committee. because
the subject OF restricting alcohol pro-
duction Is directly involved IN fnan-
cial measures. II will bo impossible
for the Finance Committee 10 report
a revenue measure until II knows
whether alcohol will be left TO tax.
Tho Government now derives
t350,ooo.00o annually from tax
on liquors and under the pend
inn revenue bill this sum will be
enormously increased.
Out OF the confused situation,
three Prohibition propositions have
evolved thus far. any ono OF which
might bo enacted into law;
1. The Webb bill, radically
prohibiting the use OF food pro-
ducts in tho manufacture OF all
alcoholic liquors.
f 2. The Lever bill. proposing TO
give tho President discretionary
power OF regulation according to
war necessities.
3. The Wadsworth bill. pro-
hibiting manufacture OF Hpirlt-
Gus liquors, but permitting light
wines and beers.
Food legislation, laid aside in the
Senate yesterday. Is TO be taken up
again at once. The Senate Agricul-
ture Committee to-day reported a re-
drafted bill dealing with production.
II amended the House bill introduced
by Representative Lever and made
plans TO bring II before the Senate
for action at once. BY Friday Il is
planned TO introduce the food con-
troll bill dealing with price -fixing,
FOOD administration, prohibition and
regulation OF grain exchanges.
The amended bin agreed upon to-
day by the Senate COMMITTEES pro-
vides for a national food survey and
appropriates for various measures TO
Increase food production.
Provisions OF tho House bill de-
signed TO prevent monopoly were
stricken out by tho Senate Commit
tee, leaving the now bill to cover
only questions OF production.
A provision in the House bill for
communicating seed supplies was
struck out by the Senate committee.
An appropriation OF 1000. 900 to com,
bat hog cholera and other livestock
diseases and TO conserve meat, poul-
try and dairy supplies was Increased
by the Senate committee to 1900. 900.
The House bills appropriation OF
N.500,000 for stimulation OF foodstuff
production and elimination OF waste
was reduced by the Senate committee