| Show Saloon Five Steps Closer T To 0 Oblivion The house of the Utah legislature legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture this afternoon ratified the proposed constitutional amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment for national prohibition By Associated Press CHICAGO Jan 14 H. Ratification tion today of the prohibition constitutional con con- dm y 7 ate br ugh t dU have ratified to twenty The states states' which h took took- this e. e action ac- ac ec- ec tion today were Indiana Arkansas Arkan Arkan- rI ansas an- an sas Illinois Kansas and North Carolina Ratification by seven more states making thirty-six thirty in all is required to make the whole country bone dry unless the distillers distillers distillers dis- dis dis dis- tillers are successful In proving in court that the laws of fifteen of these states require a vote rote o of the people for ratification By Associated d Press INDIANAPOLIS Ind Jan 14 Indiana ratified the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution constitution constitution today Following the action of the state senate yesterday in ip approving ap- ap approving approving ap ap- proving the amendment the house today took similar action by a vote of 87 to 11 LITTLE ROCK Ark Jan 14 By a vote o of 32 to 0 O. O the senate of the Arkansas legislature today adopted the resolution ratifying the federal prohibition amendment The amendment passed the house yesterday Arkansas was the twenty-sixth twenty state to ratify the amendment By Associated Press Preas RALEIGH N. N C C. Jan 14 North Carolina has ratified the federal prohibition amendment The house today passed the resolution resolution resolution reso reso- lution adopted last Friday by the st senate nate By Associated Press Preas SPRINGFIELD Jan Jan- 14 By a vote of 84 to 66 the Illinois house of representatives today ratified the federal prohibition amendment The senate passed the resolution last week SACRAMENTO Ca Cal Jan 14 14 Reconsideration of its action completing completing completing com com- the California legislatures legislature's ratification of the proposed national national national na- na na na- prohibition amendment last night was refused by the assembly assembly assembly assem assem- bly today by a vote of ot 46 to 22 LINCOLN Neb Jan 14 A A joint resolution providing for ratification ratification rati raU- o of the national prohibition amendment was passed by the senate senate senate sen sen- ate of ot the Nebraska legislature today Only one vote yote was cast against the measure The house of representatives has not yet taken final action on the proposal to ratIfy ratify ratify rat rat- the amendment but is expected to do so within a few da days s Supporters Supporters Supporters Sup Sup- porters of prohibition say the amendment will be ratified by the house with little or no opposition TOPEKA Nan Jan Jan 14 The H.-The The senate and house of the Kansas legislature today ratified the federal federal federal fed fed- eral prohibition amendment CHICAGO O Jan 14 The H.-The The distil distillers distillers' le leis lers' s' s committee recently named to fight national prohibition effected a permanent organization here today to today today to- to day and announced the line Une on which an attack through the courts will be made The resolutions adopted stated that fifteen of the states which have already alread ratified the prohibition prohibition prohibition amendment or are about to do so have laws which require a referendum and provided that legal steps step s should be to taken ken to compel reC reference rence of the amend amendment ment in these states to the people |
