Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-10
By Vote of 55 to 32 Upper Branch of Congress Favors Adoption of Sheppard Bill for Washington.
FRIENDS OF MEASURE
 SAY PASSAGE CERTAIN
Personal Use Admitted in Dis trict of Columbia Under the Terms of the Act.--Demon- stration Follows Vote.
(By Review Leased Wire

1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The Shep-
 Dard bill to abolish saloons in the
 national capital after November l,
 1917, was passed by the Senate late
 today and now goes to the House
 where it's friends claim it is assured
 of passage. The vote in the Senate
 was 55 to 32
 While the measure prohibits the sale of liquor in the District of Col umbia, it permits personal use. An
 amendment which would have sub mitted the proposal to the referendum
 of citizens of the district was de
 feated just before passage by a tie vote of 43 to 43.
 For the bill itself there were 2S Democrats and 27 Republican votes with S3 Democrats and 10 Republicans against it. All the Progressives voted for passage.
 The prohibiting language of the bill says that after November l, No per son or persons or any house. com pany. association, club, or corpora tion or his agents. official clerks. or servants directly or indirectly, shall in the District of Columbia manufac- ture for sale or gift, import for sale, offer for sale, keep for sale, traffic in. barter, export, ship out of the Dis trict of Columbia or exchange for for goods or merchandise, or solicit or receive orders for the purchase of any alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes of for any other than scien- tific, medicinal. pharmaceutical, me chanical, sacramental, or other non- beverage purposes"
 Another section says the measure shall not be construed to prevent the manufacture. importation. exporta- tion of sale" of denatured, methyl alcohol or of ethyl alcohol for scien- titic, medicinal and like purposes. but their manufacture and a sale are linn ited to licensed druggists of manufac- turers. The so-called locker system is specifically forbidden.
 All common carriers bringing liq- uors into the Distrist are required to keep a record of the shipper and con signee. who must make affidavis that they are for personal use.
 Heavy penalties are provided for including provision aimed at physicians who prescribe liquor for patients without cause. A right to sue for damages on the person who is injured in person or property" in consequence of intoxication is given to blood relatives.
 Efforts absolutely to forbid manu- facture in the district and export from it were beaten without rec ord vote. An amendment by Senator Phelan which would permit sale of wine. ale. beer and porter" also was defeated.
 There was evident a spirit of bit. |. terness on the part of many senators [ and feeling of tension that was only | broken a few times when amendments | were offered or suggestions made | that the Senate and the galleries i thought humorous. The spectators, | half their number women. made only l. one real demonstration. that of hearty | approval when the final vote was an nounced Twice during the debate. however. the noise became so. great | that President Pro Tempore Salisbury had to threaten to clear the gal leries.
 While the Sheppard bill was under in the Senate legisla- tion to prohibit liquor traffic fin Hawaii was urged before the House territories communities by represen. tatives of the anti-saloon league of and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Tomorrow the will hear arguments in favor of a drastic liquor prohibition law in Alaska.