Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-24
WAR PROHIBITION
WINS, III TO "a
America Becomes Bone Dry Tuly
/, 1919, Until Demobili-
zation.
NO EXTENSION FOR WINES
House Passes Senate Agriculture
Bill With Dry Feature by
Overwhelming Vote.
10 EXTENSION FOR WINES

WASHINGTON. September 23.-The
war time prohibition amendment to the
food stimulation bill was adopted BY
the House to-day by the vote OF 1874
to 27. The bill was then passed and
sent to conference by the vote of III
TO "a. The final vote was not taken
until after 5 r. NJ. more than four
hours Of debate having been insisted
upon by advocates and opponents Of
the measure.
The bill as passed prohibits the man
utacture and sale of all intoXicants
after June 80 of next year. The i'm
portation of wines and other liquors
from foreign countries will be prohibit;
by the President. An amendment to
the bill, put in at the request of the
State Department. o permit the mpor-
was rejected by the House by the vote
of % TO l3l. upon motion OF Mr.. Kahn,
of California.
This amendment was requested be-
cause OF representations made TO the
state Department by the ambassadors
of Italy. France. Spain and Portugal
who contended the section forbidding
the Importation of such wines would
be in contravention of the treaty rights
Kahn insisted that II the sale of ma
tive wines were stopped on July /. it
was not fair to the American wine
makers to permit the markets to he
rilled with wine from other countries
UP TO within two months of the day
when all sales would be stopped.
HOUSE REFUSES MORE
TIME FOR WINE SALES
M. Kahn made hard fight TO have
the prohibition on the sale of wines
Postponed until December 81: 1919. but
failed: his amendment being rejected
All other attempts to amend the Sen
ate provision were voted down. bH
practically the same vote. MIR. Gordon
n n n NJ r.lf q j.
sion guaranteeing the payment OF com
pensation TO the LIQUOR men. and Mr..
sion empowering the President TO es-
plants and shipyards. He insisted that
This matter was already covered by
the Kellogg resolution which Congress
passed and the President has signed
but the majority of the House took the
re-cnacting the provision in another
way.
In the long debate on the hill. the
were made by Mr.. Kahn, Mr.. Meeker,
OF Missouri; Mr.. SABBATH, of Illinois; Mr..
Gordon. of ohio. and Mr., Gala gher. of
bate by. reading letters exchanged be-
tween Surgeon -Gcneral Braisted. Of the
Navy Department. and himself on the
subject OF the seizure OF 4 quantity Of
whisky in Seattle and it's utilization
by the navy.
The surgeon-general wrote in re-
the whisky had been taken over upon
tho order of Secretary Daniels and was
being used for medicinal purposes for
the men of the feet.
Mr.. Kahn quoted the letter by way
of refuting, the claim Of the prohibit
tion leaders that whisky is poisonous
MISSOURI MEMBERS
NEAR FISTIC ARGUMENT
Mr. Mceker and Mr. Decker. both
from Missouri came dangerously near
10 blows following utterances OF the
charge by Mr.. Meeker that the Anal
saloon League is financed by drug man
ufacturers. and that it has sought to
exact pledges in secret. from aspirants
for Office. Mr.. Decker declared that
the charge was untrue, and Mr. Meeker
advanced close to him. uttering the
statement that he could prove it. Mem
bers from adjoining seats started to
interfere as the two Missouri en,bers
glared at each other, but Mr.. Decker
held his ground and exclaim ed:
'Tll keep order here, even If am
a pacifist."
An amendment proposed by Mr.. Besh-
lin. of Pennsylvania. to move the date
up to December 81 OF this year was
voted down.