Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-24
NATION WIDE LAW
 F0R PROHIBITION FINALLY PASSES
Congress Approving It Set ting July 1, As Date Elf fective-Lasts Dur
 ing War.
ov Associated Press.

By ASSoclllPu fIeSS.
 Washington, Sept. National prohibition effective next July 1, for the period of the war was approved tonight by the house which adopted i I'll to 24. the senate prohibition rid CT to the $l2 ,OOO.00O emergency agri- cultural appropriation bill. ] The measure now will be sent to conference for adjustment of differ ences between the two houses on ap- i priation items.
 l The house adopted. 1o3 to 6l, an amendment permitting the inporta- tion of wine until next May l, which i was inserted by the house commit tee to meet objections of Italian, French, Spanish and Portugese gov ernments.
 1 As originally drawn, the measure l would have prohibition the importa- <, tion of wine immediately after it's ap- prOval by the president.
 All other efforts to amend the leg islation also were defeated.
 A proposal by Representative Kahn 1 of California, Republican to extend the effective date for prohibiting the sale of wine and beer to December l! 31. 1919, was defeated 112 to 32, as was one by Representative Beshlin of Pennsylvania, Democxat. to change the date for stopping the manufac- ture of beer and wine from next May 1, to December 1, 1919.
 After voting in the committee of the whole to accept an amendment permitting the importation of wine until next May 1, the house later re- versed it's decision and by vote of 121 to 59 retained the original sen ate provision that importation of wine must cease when the measure be- comes effective upon it's signature by the president.
 The amendment was approved by the house agricultural committee to meet an objection by the governments of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Four other amendments, two of which sought to have the government pay for the liquor unsold when prohib- ition becomes effective, also were re- jected
 Representative Gordon of Ohio, pro- posed that the internal revenue bur- eau be authorized to make the pay ment, but was ruled out of order as was subsequent proposal by Repres- entative Sabath of Illinois to provide fund of $250, ,000OO0 for the same purpose.
 i The other amendments voted down were by Representative Igoe, of Mis- souri, who sought to limit prohibition to the declaration of peace instead of the demcbilization of the army, and by Representative Cannon of Illinois; who tried to have stricken out the provision recently enacted into law, authorizing the president to establish 'dry" zones about mines, munition
 plants and other factories. Debate on the bill was enlivened by clash between Representative Meeker and , Decker, both of Missouri, as result of an attack by the former on off, cials of the anti-saloon league. MT. Meeker charged that the anti saloon league is financed by drug firms and fosters the uses of drugs. l He also asserted that it's leaders are not engaged in war work because they are too busy looking after the legislation in Washington and thas they attempt to have candidates for congress sign secret pledges to vote for prohibition
 ! Representative Decker vigorously defended the anti-saloon league, de- claring it's members are war workers and that any statement to the con- 1 trarV was tO be resented