Show if I PROHIBITIONISTS GIVE THEMSELVES II I 4 YEARS TO THIS WHOLE MAP Iv I L' L MONTANA S. S Y I I I UT L COLOR COLORA DO A S AS I i I I c J DR DRY ST STATES a WET STATES 1 1 Washington Jan 5 The rio The prohibition forces have havo completed their strategic withdrawal of the men who have been besieging the capitol for Cor months The withdrawal is a triumphant one ono and the forces will ill spread to la lay to lesser lessor In iii the states of the uhlon where the Hie dry question must bo be fInal finally settled In the forefront of the dry ry arm army if It not actually its leader is William Jennings Jennings Jen Jon Bry Bryan il Bryan Dran sees secs a dr dry nation in four tour years ears A campaign of or nt at least a year ear and probably more directed to securing a majority of oC favorable fa votes for tor prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- In the lie legislatures of or thirty-six thirty states will be pushed That is the Statement statement of ot Senator Morris Sheppard of of Texas author of ot the resolution passed b by Congress b by virtue of ot which the tho states are to decide whether the nation Is to go dry The Tho drys dryg believe e three-fourths three of oC the states will have ratified the proposed constitutional amendment In three years It is specifically provided that the dry amendment shall shaH not become effective until one year ear after aller Its rati rati- Klc glenn cn Slates SI SH Sli In 1118 WIS The fact tact that on only 1 eleven state le sit next year car has been heen tal taken as a n grain of comfort b by the opponents of ot tho the amendment but prohibition leaders leaden s see o cause causo for Cor jubilation In tho the fact that so o Pow en states will act on the proposed amendment In 1918 InS The failure of an any state to ratify the tho amendment would not end the matter in that state tato although ratification would woul be he final If It a state stale should re reject ro- ro the amendment the pressure to be brought by the drys could be redoubled and the tho matter matteI presented again at Lt the tho I next session of tho the state legislature The rho drys already have listed to their credit twenty nine states stale states Maine NeI New Ne' e I Hampshire Wc cSt I t Virginia Virginin i Virginia lnla North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Geor g gia gla i a Fl Florida 0 r I l a A Alabama I N Mississippi 1 I ss I ss I p i I Arkansas Tennessee Indiana Michigan Michi Michi- g gnu gan m Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Da Da- I kota icota uta Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Montana Idaho Wyoming Utah Colorado Colo Cob rado Arizona New Mexico Va Washing Washing- on on and Oregon The rhe wets vets still claim I tho the remaining nineteen but some somo of these states stales are dryer th than they thoy arc wet In that the majority of the counties counties coun- coun coun coun- ties tics are dry Dry States Must ItIn It In order to rall the constitutional amendment and m make ke It effective it is necessary that the twenty nine dry states tes shall take action as well as the tho wet states The fact that states al already already al- al ready have havo prohibition laws or forbid the sale manufacture or shipment of liquor within the t tat late borders through amendment nt to their constitution docs does not relieve them of or the necessity of or ratifying tho the amendment submitted b by Congress for a ar cry ary nation Every state now dry Is in expected to ratify raUf the tho amendment Very little of or orthe the time of or the prohibition worl workers ers will bo be spout in those states Assurances Assurances Assur Assur- ances have ha come to tho national prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- leaders lendor that Hint the dry states stales may maybe I Ilie be lie counted upon to lo ratify the amend amend- I i m men ment e n 1 It is only necessary for Cor the dry forces I to lo secure ratification for the amendment amendment amend amend- ment meat In the states now nos' dr dry which Is regarded as a foregone oreg-ope conclusion and then thon to secure ratification b by seven more states With the tho time limit for ratification set at seven soven years ears tho the dry worl workers ers have one ono year to secure each ench of ot tho the necessary states but there Is no expectation t that lat it will take so o long IonS WET WE El TES SI 1 I Tn In order to ratify the national constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- amendment It is necessary only to a bare balo majority of each branch of ot the state legislature where It Is under consideration while I If It It was purely a state matter mattel tho the lack hack of ot a two thirds vote voto in either olther branch of the tho state legislature by only one vote voto would h be he sufficient to defeat the effort to mako make the state dr dry In addition to the tho states already dry the prohibition leaders expect to get got Texas Nevada c Louisiana Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky Missouri nn and Ohio to ra ratify tho the constitutional amendment without without without with with- out much difficulty New York seems almost hopeless to tho dry lenders but a hard fight will vili be waged w there thure v- v does docs oc just the same Pennsylvania ania not appear as a bright spot to tho the hopes of the prohibitionists The re remaining remaining re- re wet states stales with the possible exception of oC California prohibition leaders will not claim or con concede celIe to their opponents Carl aged 3 and his bab baby sister of oC ofIS I 18 IS months slept In the same room ao S their parents Carl woke up early and tormented his still tilI sleepy sleep father r with questions I Father ather can a n cow speak No rn my child Father can a do dog speak The Tho father thinking Carl was going going go go- ing through the entire list of t animals that he knew said severely No animal can speak And you must now keep quiet for tor father fathel wants to sleep For FOI a long tIme the child remained quiet then being no lon longer er able to restrain his curiosity he asked timidly Father what kind of ot an J 1 animal is baby I The Ironwork plates of ot many factory factory- floors arc are apt to become slippery sUpper and ami unsafe and to obviate this powdered sal ammoniac Is used as a n corroding agent A small quantity Is mixed thoroughly thor thor- of ot fine with a largo large quantity sand and this mixture Is sprinkled over the tho floor so 50 that all parts are arc covered The Tho surface Is damped with a watering week-end week or can enn and left to lie lio over o a even overnight o The sand Is then thon swept up Uj and the rust coating formed b by the tho treatment Is In found to last for fOl several l w weeks ks after which the tho process is re re- re Instead of or being obsolete nn and simply an interesting relic the hour glass In ent day necessity various forms is a pre present sity An authority points out that for tor hardenIng and such purposes es as timing drill manufactured tempering heats In twist minutes must mut bo be tule wh where ro seconds or like gauged accurately nothing serves tho the hour glass with the this II right ht amount to the fractions tractions of ot ota ofa ofa of or sand und Accuracy be bo secured much moro more second can a of ot ofa ofa easily than b by watching the tho hands a a. watch TO of ot baseball editor orbiter Harry Williams several soy sev Times and nA md tor for tho the Los Log Angeles eral elal Los Angeles co correspondent era years ears to of the Chic Sporting News Is going France Franco for Cor his iris Los Angeles paper tf J |