The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-19
BEER LEGISLATION WILL PROBABLY GO
 OVER UNTIL FALL
Amendment Designed to Pro- tect Homes From Illegal Searches Regarded as
 Stumbling Block
Fly Associated Press

Washington, August 1S.-The stan ley amendment to the anti-beer bill, resigned to safeguard, through heavy penalties mans home and property from illegal searches for liquor-was regarded tonight as the stumbling block in the way of the measure's final enactment prior to the recess next week of Congress.
 The fight over this provision of the bill adopted unanimously by the Senate, broke unexpectedly in the Senate today and prohibition leaders declared it was more than likely that All beer legislation would go oyer until fall. with the possibility that the trade meanwhile might issue reg ulations under which beer could bs manufactured and prescribed for the sick tsss
 Because of the -evident intention of Senate conferees to destroy the ef- tect of the Stanley amendment Soma tor Ashurst democrat, Arizona, "bolt- ed'' the conference announcing that he would take no part therein or sign any report unless the amendments was retained precisely as originally written
 Would LeEaIixe Home Brew
 Senator Ashurst told the Senate the effect of the House substitute would legalise home manufacture of beer and liquor.
 At the end of an all day wrangle in conference and in the Senate, ac- cording to leaders, the whole course |. f .s-f- A hinged upon hope of agreement by Senate and House managers. While Senator Sterling. republican, South Dakota, chairman of the conference, declined to indicate how the mem bers stood, the result of the days deliberation was said to have been the virtual wrecking of the amend ment from the shap in which it re- ceived unanimous vote.
 House managers were said to have agreed to leave it intact so far as Iit related specifically to the search ing of q home on warrant obtained under the general law, with demand that severe penalties put there as means of protecting the home, be sharply cut.
 Want Property SafeEuarded
 During the Senate debate there iNcTS lHblsteIt EueDAHuS LnaI d TndH property. including his barn. his bag gage, automobile or garage, should be subjected to the same safeguards that surrounded his actual place Of abode. But the conferees were re- ported to have about agreed to a modification that a warrant would not be required to search ''other property providing a prohibition of ticer had reason to believe the suspect was guilty and if the search was not prompted by malice.
 In other respects the differences in the Senate and House measures were reconciied, but they had been ex- pected to provoke R fight. Leaders said the House would accept the changes indicated, although they possible attitute of the Senate man agers.
 So pronounced was the opposition of prohibition leaders to the Senate amendment that they indicated pri- vateIy a willingness to let the beer Regulations be issued rather than accept it as drawn. At all events. there were grave doubts as to whether the bill could be sent to the Presi- dent for his approval.
 The presence~of Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti saloon league, at the discussions between the Senate and House conferees which always are secret was denounced on the floor of the Senate by Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri. as unwar- ranted and unmitigated insolence Both. Senator Sterling and MT. Wheel CT denied that the latter had parti- cipated. After the Reed attack Mir. 1 Wheeler issued statement attack ling the senator. which the latter ob- tained and read to the Senate. This provoked another furry, Senator Reed and others indignantly denying trat any filibuster had been at- tempted by the Senate to delay pass age of the bill, Senator Reed said that when the league attorney charged lfilibuster. he knew 1t was a deliberate 1 and premedltated falsehood,