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Show WOULD MAKE U. 5. ' DRY DURING WAR Senator Jones of Washington Introduces Proposal as Amendment to Pending Bill. WASHINGTON, Jnne 10. A proposal pro-posal for complete prohibition during the war was presented in the seuate today by Senator Jones of Washington, as an "amendment to the $11,0(10,000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill. It is designed to meet President Wilson's Wil-son's objections to the Randall amendment, amend-ment, which would prevent use of $0,000,000 of the appropriation unless the president should . exercise his authority au-thority to prohibit manufacture of beer and wines. The Jones amendment would prohibit the sale or transportation of distilled spirits during the war, prohibit manufacture manu-facture of beer and wines thirty days after passage of the bill, and, in addition, addi-tion, would provide that no whisky held in storage should be withdrawn for beverage purposes. |