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Show POSTOFFICE BILL PASSEDBY SENATE Measure Carries $332,000,-000; $332,000,-000; Prohibition Provisions Pro-visions Retained. WASHINGTOX, Feb. 16. With its added drastic prohibition legislative provisions, pro-visions, the annual postoffice appropriation appropria-tion bill, carrying $332,000,000, was passed by the senate today after a week of vigorous debate. It was sent back to the house, which will ask for a conference con-ference on the amendments. The senate wrote into the bill a provision pro-vision making it a criminal offense to ship liquor int6 states which prohibit its manufacture and sale, thus nullifying nullify-ing the statutes of certain prohibition states permitting the importation of limited quantities of liquor for personal consumption. Another provision would bar from the ' mail letters, postal cards, circulars, newspapers and other publications containing con-taining liquor advertising in states having hav-ing laws against such advertising; violation vio-lation to be punishablo with-a fine not to exceed $1000, or imprisonment not' to exceed six months for the first offense of-fense or more than one year for the second offense. An amendment was added making it mandatory on the postmaster general to renew for another year pneumatic mail tube contracts in large cities and providing pro-viding for a commission to investigate the tube .systems with a view to thir purchase by the government. Determined efforts made by the post-office post-office committee to increase second-class second-class mail rates and to establish one cent postage on drop letters were made and bitterly contested and the proposals propo-sals finally" were thrown out on a point of order. WASHINGTOX. Feb. 16. Another minority report from the house judiciary judici-ary committee on the proposed constitutional constitu-tional amendment for nation-wide prohibition pro-hibition was filed today by Representative Represen-tative Walsh of Massachusetts, who FTotested against what he termed an ef-ort ef-ort to convert the constitution into a mere criminal statute. y Mr. Walsh said the supreme court decision de-cision upholding the Weob-Kenyon law makes it possible to secure nation-wide prohibition through legislative enactment enact-ment and federal and state enforcement. |