10 BOOZE UNABLE TO GET CONTROL IN THE HOUSE Prohibition Forces* Vote Down Every Measure in Its Behalf s Washington, July 18.—Prohibition forces voted down in the House yes terday every attempt to eliminate drastic provisions of the general en forcement bill, and while in full and absolute controj shut oft debate at the word of their leader despite the violent protest of the minority. When they had raced through the war-time enforcement portion of the three part bill and got into the con stitutional prohibition measure proper, there were only 68 members on the floor and so much confusion that a speaker could not make himself heard. It was 7 o'clock last night when the long roll call to obtain a quorum was started, and members then had gone home, after declaring there was no good reason for trying to force through a bill to take care of a situation that would not arise until .January. Before the House got into a snarj, however, the prohibition faction had fought off every attack on their bill. An amendment to strike out the mini mum line for those convicted of violat ing the war time act, was fought over and defeated, 68 to .17. Chairman Volstead, of the judiciary comihittee. and patron of the bill pre sented an amendment which was adopted without debate and which made the measure a bit more drastic in that it added the word "manufacture" to the j many things a man may not do with I liquor in his office or home. For a brief moment late in the day I the minority swung into power, only I to be thrown out by a demand for ini ini inr inr= inr==inr=inF=ini=im | ASTRICH'S I FIVE HUNDRED TRIMMED HATS Which We Must Sell This Month We have never offered such unusual values as these! Seeing them jl means a sure sale. Summer is not near over—Vacation Time is coming, [I and a new Summer Hat at a low price will be just the thing to top off your ijj Summer finery. 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Children's Wash and Lingerie Hats I AT SJ.OO AT so^o I v " Reg. prices $1.49 & $1.98. Reg, prices $3.98 &, $4.98, FRIDAY EVENING. HJLKRISBTJRG TEUEXIH3LPBC JULY 18. 1919. tellers. which meant an accurate count on a vote to amend the bill so that a person charged with violating a liquor selling injunction might demand and obtain a trial by jury. Court Upholds Increase of Trolley Fares in Lancaster Philadelphia, July 18.—The State Superior Court in an opinion by Judge Trcxler upheld the Public Service Commission in all the cases where orders by the commission fixed the rate of fares allowed to be charged by passenger railway com panies were appealed from the cities of Pittsburgh, Reading and McKees port, the boroughs of North Brad dock and Wilkinsb'urg and Harbor Creek township. The court held that contracts en tered into by any municipalities with such companies or local ordi nances cannot interfere with the police powers of the State vested in the commission. The court in the case of Charles S. Foltz versus the Public Service Comipission upheld the increase of fares made by the Conestoga Trac tion Company in the city of Can caster. This opinion was written by Judge Williams. Jeff Davis, King of Hoboes, Discharged By Jersey Police Atlantic City, N. J., July 18.—Jeff Davis, known as the King of Ho boes, was discharged by a United States Commissioner yesterday when he appeared before that official on a charge of posing as a Federal offi cer. The only testimony against Davis was furnished by a ticket seller who said Davis had flashed a badge on seeking admission to the pier. BIG CHANGES IN REVENUEBUREAU Ninth District Merged With Territory at Phila delphia Washington, July 18.—\ ast in crease in the work of tilt Bureau of Internal Revenue has brought about reorganization of the entire tax collection service, details of which were announced yesterday by Commissioner Roper. Each state, with the exception of Nevada, will be made a separate collection district and permanent personal service headquarters will be estab lished in every important city to furnish blanks and advice to tax payers. , Ten collection districts are abol ished effective August 1. being con- I solidated with other districts to permit the creation of ten new dis , tricts in states which heretofore have not had separate districts. I By one of the changes the Ninth (Lancaster) Pennsylvania district is consolidated with the First (Philadelphia) district to permit the creation of a separate collection district for the State of. Delaware. ROTARIANS PLANT TREES Among the Rotary Clubs through out'the United States planting trees in honor of their members who were in service is the Detroit Rotary Club which has set out eighteen such trees along the Seven-mile road opposite the Detroit Riding Club, is the re port from the American Forestry Association of Washington, which is registering all such trees planted. The official bulletin of the Inter national Association of Rotary Clubs heartily endorses the movement and urges that report be made of all trees planted for the permanent rec ord being kept in Washington. COURT WANTS BOOZE TRIAL Judge Dickinson Refuses to Either Sustain or Smash Suit Philadelphia, July 18. ' — Judge Oliver B. Dickinson, of the United States Coiirt for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, to-day handed down an opinion in the suit of the Govern ment against the Bergner and Engle Brewing Company declining to either sustain or quash the demurrer of the defendant who contendß that the Gov ernment's charge that it is manufac turing beer in violation of the war-time prohibition act is defective because it did not aver the beer was intoxicating. The court said the issue should be de cided at a trial. While United States District Attor ney Kane said he considered the opin ion of the court a victory for the Gov ernment and would take whatever action with regard to further prose cutions he is instructed to take by the Department of Justice, the executive committee of the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association decided that all saloons can reopen to-day and sell 2.75 per cent. beer. About 1400 of the 1900 saloons in the city had closed on the advice of the committee. The court in his opinion stated that he had read two opinions handed down by courts in which the Issues were the same, one sustaining the demurrer and gone overruling it, and added that he found himself in accord with the rul ing of Judge Thompson, of the West ern district of Pennsylvania. The only difference is. said Judge Dickinson, that Judge Thompson saw fit to oVcrrule the demurrer, while he did not see any occasion to make any formal ruling at thia time. "All that is really In volved," said Judge Dickinson, "is a regulation of the burden of proof and this is properly a trial ruling. The courl said that "no answer to the question before us can be given without giveing a constructin of the act of Congress. The law of the case would thus be declared in advance of trial. It is, indeed, frankly avowed that the securing of this construction itr tile rqal purpose of the present proceeding." Judge Dickinson said nothing could be gained by having two or more test cases to present the same question in view of the fact that the issue is go ing to the Supreme Court. "Let the man who chooses to take the risk of violating the law by doing what may be found to be a violation take the whole responsibility for so doing," said the court. "There is no call upon the court to share the responsibility with him." The court gave leave to the defend ant to withdrew the demurrer and to plead to the information, or if counsel preferred not to do so, the demurrer will be disposed of when the case is ready to be tried. "Speaking for both its members," said Judge Dickinson, "this court would willingly render all the aid within its power to uphold the law and compel its observance and to save the people from the scandal-of being obliged to witness attempts being made to ex periment with the criminal law In the effort to find out how far its violators could go before Inviting punishment "The people should also be saved, If possible, from the scandal of witnessing violations of the law by a large num ber of persons sought to be justified by the plea that there is a doubt of the criminality of what is" being done, whether the doubt is real or a mere pretense." Forest Fires Doing Big Damages in Northwest States Spokane, "Washington, July 18. — Forest fires fanned by heavy winds are threatening timber and live stock in Western Montana and Northern Idaho, according to re ports received yesterday by Federal forest officials here. Several small towns are also in danger of de struction. The flames have caused the fire fighting crews to retreat. Mont., July 18. St. Regis, Montana, which was partial ly destroyed in the forest fires of 1910, has been surrounder by the Nigger Hill fire, which has leaped the divide. The town is completely cut oft from help and is declared to be in danger of destruction. Two Women Give 4626 Hours War Service Omaha, Neb., July 18. Mrs. Thomas L. Kimball, eighty-seven years old, a member of the Omaha Branch of the League, has a service record of knitting during the war for 948 I hours. In addition to what she has done for the League, Mrs. Kimball has supplied a number of soldierß with in dividual outfits . Another exceptional war record was made by Mrs. W. R. Adams who, al though blind, is credited with 3,678 hours of work. Mrs. Adams knitted for the League 185 pairs of socks, twenty-one pairs of wristlets and four skirts. The period in which this knit ting was done was one year and twelve days. WALKS UPSIDE DOWN Because he walks upside down as well as right side up, the black and white warbler is also frequently called the black and white creeper, pays the American Forestry Associa tion, of Washington, which is con ducting the national bird-house building contest. This bird has been called a symphony in black and white because of the beautiful man ner in which these two colors are used over his body. His head is barred black and white with a white stripe over each eye, he has white wing bars on each wing and the inner webs of his outer tail feath ers are white patched. This bird .jjets most of his food by gathering insects and grubs from the crevices In the bark of trees, thus destroying pests which might work injury to fine trees. HE WEARS A NECKLACE Did you ever hear of a man wear, lng a necklace? Well, that is what the male Canadian warbler does, while on the female of this attrac tive bird there Is only the slightest Indication of a necklace, says the American Forestry Association, Washington, which Is conducting the nation-wide bird house building eohtest among school children. The warbler's necklace of black spots shows up very strikingly of his olive green and yellowish throat and breast. On the back the bird Is of a slate gray color with the tall more of an olive brown tone. This is a very lively bird. It is very seldom still for more than a few seconds before It dashes out at some tempt ing bit to eat. It Is partial to the wooded banks of streams, It usually keeps in underbrush near the I ground, , SEES TREATY IN NEW UGHT Senator Colt Says Wilson Has Clarified Some Points Washington, July 18.—How tho Versailles conference reached many of the agreements embodied In the treaty of peace was described by President Wilson yesterday to three Republican Senators invited to the White House at the head of a long list of Republican members whom he purposes to take into his confi dence. • Afterward one of his callers, Senutor Colt, of Rhode Island, said Mr. Wilson had' been ablo to place the Shantung settlement in a new light and had clarified other dis puted points in the treaty. Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, and Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, tho others who saw the President, were reticent as to the subjects discussed, but said the President had given them much interesting information. Senator Colt, who announced his general approval of the League of Nations in a Senate speech delivered shortly before he went to the White House, indicated after the confer ence that his doubt over certain portions of the league covenant had not been removed. He said he was not ready to express an opinion re garding Shantung and intimated that the President might make a public statement soon on the sub ject. Senator McCumber is the only Republican member of the Foreign Relations Committee who has fa vored the league and it is under stood Mr. Wilson talked over with him committee action on the treaty and the general situation on the Republican side of the Senate. Sen ator Nelson never has made a pub lic declaration for or against the treaty. To all of his callers the I resident is said to have reiterated his opposition to reservations of anv character in Senate ratification of the treaty. To Push Plans For N. G. Cavalry Divisions fi^ a^ 11 1? ton ' July —Organiza tion of the extra cavalry division provided for in the War Dcpart- P' ans ' or National Guard will be pushed vigorously, it was said at the department. There Is no anticipation that the sixteen divisions of infantry, corresponding to the war organization of the state forces, will be completed this year, but efforts will be made to get the cavalry unit, six regiments of which will be raised in Texas, in condition to be mobilized against any emergency. / The People's Verdict On the President's Plea Out and out opponents of the League of Nations Covenant are not converted by President "Wilson's plea that it is "a practical necessity," "the only hope for mankind," and that to reject it would be to "break the heart of the world." 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