Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-24
WILSON'S ADVISERS DIVIDED
OVER WET AND DRY ISSUE
HEFoREcoNeREss.
HURLEsoN LEADS VETS,
DANIELS HEADS DRYs
Will Be Heard by Agricultural Conn
raittee Regarding Liquor Clause in
Pending NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Be.
lieved to Represent President - Sol
diers' Parcels Order Reiterated.
[E G.. Dougherty.]

w JullS " CT anu VI y
members Of the presidents cabinet will
be pitted against each other this week
before the senate agricultural commit
tee If plans outlined by members of
that committee materializes.
Albert Sidney Burleson, postmaster
general, will be summoned as the lead
er of the vets, partially as the result
Of his appeals on behalf, supposedly
Of the administration, for the commit
tee to drop the prohibition amendment.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels will be
summoned as the leader of the drys,
and thus will two factions of the presi-
dents own official family be at odds
over an important bit Of legislation
now pending. Mr.. Daniels will be
usually well fortified with prohibition
arguments, as he conferred more than
two hours last Friday with former
Secretary Of State William J. Bryan.
now the peerless leader" Of the dry
element.
The presence of the two cabinet
members on opposite sides is expected
to be unusually interesting in view Of
the statement made by Representative
Randall. father Of the original amend
ment, forbidding the brewing of liquors
and wine making during the war,
which was killed by letters from the
president and Food Administrator
Hoover. who objected on the grounds
that the Randall amendment would
place country on whiskey basis. Ran
dalls statement charged that the dem
ocratie party was following the die
tates Of conspiracy, the principal OBJ
ject Of which was to win the elections.
THE party in power" he asserted. lis
threatened by the liquor interests in
the large cities with loss of the next
house If prohibition is enacted now"
Must Have Orders for Parcels.
The necessity for every available foot
Of shipping space has prompted the
war department to again call the at
tention of relatives and friends of SOL
diers in France that no parcels will be
carried overseas until specifically or
dered by the soldiers. Persons DESTROYS
of sending gifts to soldiers will be re-
fused this permission in the future I'M
less the soldier himself procures the
consent Of his commanding officer and
the authority thus gained be sent in
company with the package to be trans
mitted.
'Adjutant General Mccain, Of the
army asserted today that he has re-
ceived thousands Of requests from rel
atives and friends of soldiers for per-
mission to send them packages, which
he has had to refuse because the SOL
der himself did not take the initiative
The action Of the war department was
occasioned first by the necessity that
room on ships should be utilized for
the transportation Of essential war ma
terials and supplies. and the secondly
because committee investigated 5000
sacks of parcel mail and found that the
articles destined for soldiers were for
the most part unnecessary and in many
cases very undesirable.
Relatives and friends" General Nc
Cain said today, will find they often
can do greater service to soldiers by
sending them money for the purchase
OF articles in France than by forward
ing the articles from this country. To-
bacco is now being supplied as part
Of the army ration. and merchandise Of
practically all kinds can be purchased
in France thru the general store es-
tablished by the quartermaster corps"
The restrictions governing the ship
ment Of parcels do not apply to news
papers and magazines. These can be
mailed without any request from the
intended recipient and without military
approval The postmaster general.
however, has sent out notices to all
postmacters that current newspapers
and magazines should be received only,
as stale news and ancient" magazines