Arizona republican., 1917-02-16
PROHIBITION IS ADVANCED
 IN CONGRESS
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added by Senator Reed of Missouri to the Jones amendment barring news papers or other publications or letters and postal cards containing liquor ad vertisements from the mails in states which have laws against such adver uisements. It was adopted 45 to II.
 The Reed amendment adnDtea i7 committee of the whole, and which awaits a final vote in the senate prop CT follows:
 Whoever shall order, purchase or cause intoxicating liquors to be trahs ported in interstate commerce except for scientific, sacramental, medical or mechanical purposes into any state or territory the laws of which state or territory prohibit the manufacture or sale therein of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. shall be punished by fine of not more than S1 600 or i'm l prisoned not more than six months, or 1 both. and for any subsequent offense ] shall be imprisoned not more than one year"
 l This provision if finally accepted by 1 the senate and agreed to by the house. would make all prohibition states bone ! dry
 Ii would operate against provisions l in various states permitting importa- ] ton Of limited amounts of liquor for 1 individual consumption
 The original Jones amendment to bar newspapers and other liquor advertise ments from the mails in states having anti-liquor advertising laws attaches the same penalties as provided in the | Reed amendment Under thi~ p"o- , vision no newspaper, pamphlet, letter postal card, circular or publica ton Of any kind containing liquor advertise { ment could be mailed into the dry states. To prevent prosecution of in nocent persons, the measure explicitly states that S''if the publisher of any newspaper or other publication, or the agent of such publication or if any ] dealer in such liquors or his agent shall knowingly cause liquor adver- tisements to be mailed in violation of the proposed law, he shall he guilty of violating the law"
 In Colorado
 DENVER. Feb. 15.-Debate over a proposed bone dry prohibition bill enlivcneJ the session of the state sen lte today, the debate centering uro., two amendments proposed by Senator Schermerhorn to his own bill designed to make it illegal to possess intoxicat . ing liquors in the state. No action was taken on the bill or mendme.ts | 4He liEHl DclWtcn temperance 1dc
 tions who differ as to the wisdom of a
 bone dry measure or one permittine
 the use of liquor in private homes leaders said. has brought out a move to recommit all prohibition bills until such
 tune as the temperance workers car
 decide on common measure and re-
 lieve the legislature of shouldering the responsibility of determining the policy Reclamation of 1000 acres of Cobra 1 do lowlands is put up to the senate by the action of the house in passing
 unanimously on third reading Repre- 1 sentative Cannon's bill creating of each | irrigation district drainage dIstr:t.
 to cooperate with United Gates rec 1 lamation officials in reclaiming this
 land. most of which lies in the Sar
 Luis. Grand and Arkansas valleys Following a spirited debate, the
 house passed on second reading a b.I T which gives the utilities commission
 right to determine whether a compet-
 ing public utility corporation shall bs
 allowed to enter a given communit,
 and substituting an indeterminate per.
 init to do business for the customary
 franchise.
 The bill to extend the eight hour law l r. V"nnc- mniovad n hospitals amusement places and elsewhere, wa. defeated.
 ne house passed a memorial endors ing Senator Thomas amendment to th, bill now pending in Washington, fo
 expenditure of $500 1000 900 for muni
 tions by issue of bonds, to provide fo the payment to be made in treasur, } notes.
 It was disclosed that measures look ing to membership in the federal re serve system on the part of Colorad,
 banks had been pending in the senat ! some time when J. L. Cross, governo
 of the Kansas City reserve bank. ap
 peared in the senate chamber today The bills are by Senator B. T. Napier democrat, of Glenwood Springs