The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
SENATE PASSES
PROHIBITION ACT
Adopts House War and Peace
Time Dry BiIr With Few
-, : 5,,. Changes. j., sta.
VETS } MAKE LAST =. STAND.
Defines Intoxicating Liquor as All With
More than One-Half Per Cent Alco-
hoI- -Wadsworth Says President
Can Call Demobiization Ended.

Washington.-With a record vote
the senate passed the dry bilfeprovid'
ing for the legal enforcement of war
time prohibition Throughout the land
during the Intervening period between
the present and the coming into effect
of the constitutional amendment on
January. 16, 1920.
Owing to the fact that no demand
was made for a roll call the extent
of the opposition TO the measure as
modified by the. senate upon the frame
work of-the moderately drastic. meas
ure passed by, the house will never
be known. II | ! lbafa>tV 3s>l$
Toward the close of the considera-
ton of the dry, bill a contest was pre-
cipitated by Senator Shields (Tenn.),
who offered an. amendments providing
that the provisionsSof title, one Of the
proposed law, referring TO the enforce
meht of war time. prohibition, should
not apply except to states in which
no demobilizationT encampments are
situated.
The vote on Senator's Shields sug-
gested amendment disclosed him to be
it's only serious supporter.
An amendment by Senator Jones
(Wash) prohibiting importation or
sale of intoxicating beverages in the
Panama Canal Zone was adopted
without a diyision, b1rt. the senate-re-
jected Senator Curtis's (kan) amend
u6ent which. would have taken from the
enforcing authorities discretion as to
Imposition Of penalties ranging from
fines. Of 500 to 81 900 to Imprisonment
from thirty days to year.
AS it passed the senate, the dry bill
is but little changed in outward form
from the measure passed by the house.
1t comprises, tbreet sections, the first
dealing with enforcement of war time
prohibition, the second with enforce
ment of the constitutional amendment
and gthe. third with the production and
distribution Of alcohol for usein indus
try and art
Intoxicating liquor is defined as any
beverage containing one-half of one
per cent of alcohol or more.
Control is reposed in the commits
sioner of internal revenue, who Will
enforce both war time and -cpnstltu-
tional prohibition, backed up by the
Department of Justice. and the federal
courts.
Any building, beat or other place
where liquor is kept for sale or is sold
is declared a nuisance, and upon be-
ing denounced as such it's keeper is
subject to fine ands imprisonment.
Medicinal preparations made in .ac-
cordance with the .formul@ Of the
United, States .Pharmacopeia, patent
and. proprietary medicines, toilet and
antiseptic preparations and fiavoring
extracts are exempted.
Doctors Of medicine are permitted to
prescribe liquor as medicine by obtain
ing d permit to do se.t 80 r. =
Special permission is given for man.
ufacture and. distribution of sacra,
mental wines. 80. 60, l...!l t.i.-,. i.
Home made. cider. and root beer is
permitted to be manufactured.
Plants producing industrial alcohol
are required to- TeGistef- with the com
missioner Of Internal revenue, and the
PREMISES must be bonded: --~
Provision is made for storage. of in
dustrial alcohol lin bonded. warehouses
and for It's withdrawal from them.
The hill now gses back, to the house,
which already has passed it. 1t will
be sent to conference by that body.
The conferees on the part Of the SEN
ate. appointed by the chair, are Sena-
tors Sterling IN. d., Nelson -lMinn.)
and Overman IN. Co.