Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-07-18
|OUSE REFUSES
 ! TRIAL BY JURY
 ! INTRO. CASES ffort to Amend Drastic Meas ure Loses After Apparent Victory.
 AW's DEFINITION
 OF BOOZE" SfANDS
 4 Full Control Except for Brief h. teryal. Prohibiti0nists Defeat the Attempts to Change Measure.
AW's DEFINITION
 OF BOOZE" STANDS

Washington, July 17.-Prchibition Fees voted down III the house today ery attempt to eliminate drastic Divisions of the general el.force- mt bill, despite the violent protest 1.-the minority.
 When they had raced through the r time enforcement portion Of the and got into the constitutional Rhibition measure proper, there re only 6S members on the floor h so much confusion that a speaker kld not make himself heard. It s ' o'clock tonight when the long R-call to obtain quorum was &rted and members then had gone he after declaring there was no bd reason for trying to force thru kill to take care of a situation that lld not arise until January.
 Before the house got into snarl, vever, the prohibition faction had ght off every attack on their bill. amendment to strike out the himum fine for those convicted of lating the wartime act. was ght over, and defeated, 6S to 57. s was offered by Representative wis, republican, Nebraska, a hibition member of the judiciary hmittee.
 Chairman Volstead of the judiciary lmittee and patron of the bill, pre- ted an amendment which was pted without debate, and which Be the measure a bit more drastic that it added the word "manufac- e" to the many things man may do with liquor in his office or he.
 Vets Lose Advantage
 For brief moment late in the
 the minority described by the (hibitionists as the "wets" s"-swung
 power, only to be thrown out by demand for tellers, which meant accurate count on vote to amend bill so that person charged with lasting a liquor selling injunction Eht demand and obtain trial by Y. This motion, offered by Rep entatlve Gard, democrat, Ohio,
 warmly supported by former baker Clark, had provoked an ITS bitter debate when the house
 on the lid and started to vote. gre was noisy shout from the s' Who have appeared to have won. .tantly, there was a demand for lslon and after members had been nted' the result was announced. Is 70: nays 6e.
 ne ne victory was not expected, even me vets, and they realied they ld not have won but for the large lloer of absentees on the other nt n,enders 91 Cannot Have Jury Trial. nas n.ie tne house was marching thru
 center aisle to he counted after
 demand for tellers had been Shn!i. ae; !a.stress calls were sent out for "'''tlon who came ni1ir~ ;n in ''clent llent numbers to beat the iurv Fl amendment by two votes-78 to After rounding up quorum the ;t;. 1ook up the constitutional pro- 'slon al enforcement bill set down aa. part two of the measure, and nsa easea, 7l to 25, an amendment bv "s;esentative n; ,tiv Igoe, democrat. Mis-, or;o ,s. oellmlnatine the definition of s',snts: at waa This was precisely ia @ osa was o'ne recently to the war rt.t;e t ae.' and was in accord with ex- snna sreks in Home-Made Drinks.
 ;fore: ;fres:entative Kahn, republican of R'Or9'a. n', presented letter from
 icn,tub ,punbar of the denartment of t>oft'ure' of givinp the alcoholic con- pmol oi v. some ], of the more common mon Ear, ,A Mr the na' addition of alcohol or W conta;r ,; lumbar said. hard cider ume. e"'a1a a1a $ per cent of alcohol by
 ckbe;.pee.l te; pelderberrv wine 3 per l cent. J. errv ervefry o, cordial 8 to 5 per per ct: cent: pt. This n' peach each bounce, 4 to 7 pier pier
 added I'I h,e content can be increased.