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Show WORLD TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE PROPOSED Washington, Feb. 8 A world temperance tem-perance conference, to be held within with-in a year. and possibly In Washington, Ik provided for in a bill introduced by Representative Sheppard, of Texas. The measure directs the president to invito the various nations now represented repre-sented at The Hague peace conference, confer-ence, to Bend no fewer than twelve delegates to the proposed conference, the purposo of which would be to de-vl60 de-vl60 and recommend methods by which these nations could co-operate with a view to lessening and regulating the International traffic In intoxicating liquors, narcotics and harmful druga. The president is empowered to name one hundred delegates to represent repre-sent tho United States. .. |