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ATTACK ON PENANG -SMBBI PASSED TORPEDO BOAT WHIT INTO HARBOR. mi 5 HOSTILE SHIPS Saak Russian Ouiser Circled Harbor While Three ' # ’ . r ' f . Boats Did Nothing to Stop Her—-Captain Stopped His Vessel to Rescue Wounded. A latter has just arrived in New Tort from Penang, Straits Settle ments, dated October 29. It follows: The German cruiser Emden called here yesterday and departed, leaving death and destruction behind her. Ton will doubtless have learned long before this story of her visit, carried by the slow malls of the Far East, is read In the United States, some ac count of the Emden’s raid, but the cable can hardly carry a detailed pic ture of the destruction wrought in a brief hour or so yesterday in this busy harbor, and It seems worth while to describe for you how ‘his sudden visloa of war burst ou j^uang. For those who do ujt know, the city of Penan lies on the western coast ef the Malay Peninsular, just below the Siamese border. It Is the shipping point of the Federate Malay States, where 66 per cent, of the world’s tin Is produced, as well as a great amount of rubber and copra. With a population of 246,000, it Is growing by leaps and bounds and gives every indication of soon be coming one of the largest ports in the Far Bast The thing that makes this city a point of importance in the present war Is the fact that it is the last port of oall for ships going from China and Japan to Colombo and Europe. As a result, it has been made more or lees sf a naval base by the Eng Uth government. Large stores of admiralty coal have been collected and all vessels have been commanded to stop here for orders before cross ing the Bay of Bengal. Might Have Been Worse. It was probably with the Idea of crippling this base from which her pursuers were radiating that the Em den made her raid. Had she found it temporarily undefended she could, at one blow, seriously have embar rassed the English cruisers patrolling these waters and at the same time caused a terrifle losa tor English com merce by sinking the many merchant ment at anchor In the harbor. It was on Wednesday morning that the Emden. with a dummy fourth funnel and flying the British ensign, In soma Inexplicable fashion sneaked passed the French torpedo host Moe- quet. which wss on patrol duty out side, and entered the outer harbor of Peaang. Across the channel lead ing to the Inner harbor lay the Rus- siaa cruiser Jlemtchug. Inside were the French torpedo boats Fronde and Pistolet and the torpedo boat destroy er D’Iberville. The torpedo boats lay beside the long government wharf, while the D'Iberville rode at anchor between two tramp steamers. At fall speed the Emden steamed straight for the Jemtchug and the inner harbor. In the semi-darkness of the early morning the Russian took her for the British cruiser Yar mouth, which had been In and out two ar three tlmea during the pre vious week and did not even "query” her. Suddenly, when lees than 400 yards away, the Emden emtied her bow guna Into tha Jemtchug and came on at a terrific pace, with all the guna she could bring to bear In action. Then she had comb within 250 yards she changed her course slightly, and as ahe passed the Jemt chug, poured two broadsides into her. as well as a torpedo, which entered the engine room but did compara tively little damage. Took Everybody by Surprise. The Russian cruiser was taken completely by surprise and was bad ly crippled before she realized what was happening. The fact that her captain was spending the night ashore, and that there were no one on board who seemed capable of act ing energetically, completed the de moralization. She was defeated be fore the battle began. However, her men finally manned the light guns and brought them Into action. Id the meantime the Emden was well inside the Inner harbor and among the shipping. She saw the French torpedo boats there, and ap parently realized at once that unless she could get out before they join ed in the action her fate was sealed. At such close quarters (the range was never more than 450 yards) their torpedoes would have proved deadly. Accordingly, she turned sharply and made for the Jemtchug once more. All the time she had been in the harbor the Russian had been bom barding her with shrapnel, but owing to the notoriously bad marksman ship prevalent in the Czar’s navy had succeeded for the most part only in peppering every merchant ship with In range. As the Emden neared the Jemtchug again both ships were ac tually spitting fire. The range was prsctlchlly point-blank/ Less than 160 ykrds away the Emden passed the Russian, and as she did so torpedoed her amidships, striking the maga zine. There waa a tremendous de tonation, paling into Insignificance by Its volume all the previous din; a heavy black column of smoke arose and the Jemtchug sank In less than ten seconds, while the Emden steam ed behind the point to safety. ^ No sooner had she done so, how ever, than she sighted the torpedo boat Mosqvet, which had heard the firing and was coming In at top speed. The Emden Immediately shells stmsltaaeonty end sank rapidly, The Genpaa had got a ond victim. It waa here that the chivalrous bravery of the Emdea's captain, which has been many times in evi dence throughout her meteoric *a- reer, waa again shown*..Jf the French boats were coming out, every moment was of priceless value to him. Never theless, utterly disregarding this, he stopped,, lowerpd boats and picked up the survivors from the Mosquet before steaming on his way. The English here now say of him admiringly, ‘‘he played the game.” So much of the story I am able to write from personal observation -and investigation. Here, however. Is an account of what occurred from an of ficer who saw it all from closer range and more intimate conditions, for he was on the French torpedo boat de stroyer Pistolet. I tell his story ex actly as he told it to me: “The captain of the Pistolet had invited Captain T. and myself to have a game of bridge whist on board. His ship was lying alongside the government wharf, Just inside the inner harbor. The game proved a most interesting one, and time flew by nnnotlced. Finally, just before 1 a. m., it came to a close, but, owing to the fact that our going home at that hour of the iporning would mean a ricksha ride of over two miles, the captain stretched a point and Invited us to remain on board, which we did. Little did we know what one decision was to mean to us. "At 6:25 the. next morning. Just as day was breaking, I was awakened by a deafenln 1 ; crash, followed by two others In rapid succession. With out waiting for more I pulled my ducks over my pajamas and hurried on deck. Rlgb} before us, at the en trance to tbe Inner harbor, lay the Russian cruiser Jemtchug. Steam ing toward her at full speed came the German cruiser Emden, her bow guns belching forth vast clluds of smoke, through which the flash of the guns could just be distinguished. She was leas than half a mile away. After what seemed to me an Interminable delay, the surprised Jemtchug start ed to reply with her small guns, and the din grew greater and greater. As the Emden came on she swerv ed slightly out of her course and steamed down the far side of the Channel, thus bringing her broad side guns to bear on the Jemtchug, which by this time was literally spit ting fire. The range now was less than 300 yards, and the execution being done must have been terrible. Wp noticed that the greater portion of the Russian shells were ‘carrying over’ Wouldn’t Ftke on Merchantmeut. “The Emden now changed her course again, to the right, and dis appeared behind a group of several tramp steamers, so as to enable ner to turn around without unduly expos ing herself. While she was doing this the firing diminished greatly, ow Ing to the disinclination on the part of either, I Im&gne, wantonly to dam age harmless merchant veaeels. No sooner had she started on her way out of the harbor, however, than the din arose once more. “Just at this time the French tor pedo boat Fronde dropped back from her position alongside us and started In to take part in the melee with machine gun. This caused the Em den to devote part of her time to us. and we were made the objective of a severe machine gun fire, which, owing to our position In the shadow of the pier and of the fact that’ the light wsa very poor, did little or no dam age. Nevertheless. It w|s rather dis concerting. to hear the rattle of lend on the corrugated iron sheds behind us. "By this time the Emden must have realized that at such close quar ters she waa subject to the danger of a torpedo attack, (although as matter of fact no effort seemed to have been made along these lines) and she accordingly started up the north channel toward the outer bar bor at full speed, firing broadside after broadside at the Jemtchug. now badly crippled. The Jemtchug Torpedoed. Suddenly, as the two cruisers were abreast and no more than 150 yards from one another, there was a tremendous crash. The Jemtchug heaved up amidships, there was an other detonation even louder' than the first, and she sai\k before I could realize what had happened. All that remained was a large pillar of smoke to mark the spot where she had been. A German torpedo had found Its mark, and the Emden sailed around the point without firing another shot. By this time—less than thirty minutes after the first shot had been fired—the Pistolet had cast of^.atid we started across the harbor toward the place where we had last seen the Jemtchug, witlji the Fronde close be hind us. It was slow work, as we had very little steam. “As we neared the scene of the disaster I received my first impres sion of the horror of modern naval warfare. The water was strewn with wreckage, among which heads were popping up and down like corks in a lilly pond. It seemed as If it were alive with men. They were every where, hanging on .to pieces of wood, clutching life preservers, clinging to debris of all kinds. "While the last few men were talt- en off the Pistolet, another cannon adlng was heard. I hurried ashore*- with no feeling of regret I might say, and took,a ricksha to the outer sea wall to see whatever fighting was going on. The ships were so far away that it was hard to tell with the naked eye exactly what was go ing on. We could see the little tor pedo boat Mosquet trying to get be yond the range of the Emden's guns while the shells were throwing'up water all around her. - The chase had kept on for twenty minutes I should say. when we saw the little craft sink by the bow. The Emden lowered boau to pick np any possible snMvors, but from the short time they were down, f^fmsglne most of It seemed like a nightmare after wards, although while it was actual ly going ea yon fait as if yon ware looking at a sham battle. Ersa wkea the fa allots started ta to rattle oa the Iron-covered sheds above o«r heads there was nothing terrifying about It After the effect of the first few shots had worn or I felt as If I were watching k play. That quiet staid Penang with her shaded streets and sampan covered harbor should be the scene of a naval engagement snch as I witnessed to-day Is almost unbelievable. Yet the sordid after effects are before our eyes. “Only the masterly manoeuvring of that gentlemen of the German fleet— the captain of the Emden—prevented the city from being the scene of a terrible carnage. His refusal to sink unarmed vessels while the crews were on board, his refraining from bom barding the town, his stopping to pick up the crew of the Mosquet, al though every minute was valuable to him, at once made him ‘that gentle man, the captain of the Emden.’ Ou all sides you hear, 'I hope they sink the Emden, but it will be a shame if any of her crew are lost.’ "While steaming away from Pe nang he met the tramp Glen. In stead of capturing her, he sent her Into Penang with the message: ‘I tried not to hit the town.. If I did so, I am very sorry, indeed.’ Well, he ‘played the game,’ and he has made me, for one, feel extremely doubtful whether the much-talker-of German ‘atrocities’ are true, except where the exigencies of war has made them unavoidable.” Here you have the story of an en gagement which will go down In his tory as a demonstration that, even under the conditions of modern naval warfare, It Is possible for two ships of almost equal armament to fight by daylight at almost point blank range without reeulting the disabling of both. A sight similar to that wit nessed yesterday would be consider ed by most naval critics.as impos sible, or, rather, suicidal. The sad, or, rather, disgraceful, part of the story has yet to be told. It was true that the Jemtchug was caught unprepared. Her captain was spending the night ashore, her decks were not cleared, she was slow to get Into action, \nd when she did so her marksmenship was poor. All this could hardly be excused, but it be comes Insignificant when we consider the case of th§ French torpedo boats and tbe O’lberville. whose help the Jemtchug had a right to expect. Hqye they lay in a harbor with fully ten minutes' warning that a hostile ship was approaching, yet they allowed that ship to enter the harbor, steam round It, turn, and make her escape without so much as firing a shot when, if tlie had gone into action the Emden could hardly have escap ed. The range was everything they could have desired. What yas the matter? Why did they remain silent? The answer Is this: Although It was a time of war a large percentage of tlV> officers of these ships had been allowed to re main ashore over night. Not one of the ships had steam up. Their decks wsre not even cleared for action. Yet even taking this into consideration It Is Inexplicable that when two or three torpedoes from any one of them would have saved the day, none was fired. The ships need not have moved an Inch to have done so. The range was ridiculously short—less than 200 yards at one time. But surprise, lack of discipline, and general Inefficiency seemed to hold them paralyzed. The prevailing opinion here Is that they did not wish to draw the Em den’s fire on themselves—although one did use her machine gun toward the end of the engagement. What ever is said, however* It Impos sible to get away from the Tact that the French navy yesterday sustained a blow to Its efficiency that It will take a long time to wipe out. Thelr’s was a "masterly inaction" caused by something which they do not attempt themselves to define. Both army and navy commanders here are one in their contemptuous condemnation of such ^ spectacle. MOVES FROM BORDER MATTORENA’S MEN FALL RACK FROM LINE NEAR NAOO. TWO XKGhOES KILLED. Four White Men Wounded In Desper ate Rattle near Fa'rplay. Advices Received Country Is In n State of ty 1 Both Sides Active. r Consular Agent Carothers tele graphed the state department Monday that Governor Maytorena, command ing the Villa forces besieging Naco, Sonora, was preparing to withdraw his troops ten or twelve miles from the border to eliminate the possibil ity of further firing into American territory. ’ i Brig. Gen. Bliss, commanding the artillery, infantry and cavalry con centrated about Naco, Arts., to en force the American government's de mand that firing acipss the line cease, reported that Maytorena ap parently had‘withdrawn. This, how ever, has not been verified. Enrico Llorente, representative of President Gulterrez, made public Sun day night a telegram from his chief quoting a message the latter had re ceived from Gov. MaytorSna Satur day, announcing that the force be sieging Naco had been ordered with drawn to a "convenient distance.” In obedience to instructions from the capital, Maytorena reported his troops did not fire a shot at Naco Sat urday, although several casualties in their ranks were caused by the.tire from the Naco garrison. ^ General Bliss said Sunday night at Naco, Arlz., that observers on duty along the border had reported no change in the positions of the Mexi can troops. The force attacking Naco kept up a desultory fire. A Dumber of bullets fell on the American side. Gen. Carranxa, in a statement at Vera Crux, Intended for the Ameri can press, said that, while it may be necessary for the Constitutionalists <o evacuate additional towns, he wished to maintain friendly terms with the United States and would give every possible protection to foreign Inter ests. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, commanding the American army forces at Naco. has sent to the war department a series of recommendations regarding the handling of the situation at that border point. Gen. Bliss' recommen dations were not made public by the department, hut are beli^g consider ed. Gen. Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the army, who was sent to Naco, at the suggestion of Gen. Bliss, In the hope that he might be (.ble to use his good offices with the warring Htlljmd Maytorena factions, arrived at Naco Saturday night. A dispatch from Naco. Arlz., says the usual morning bombardment of the Maytorena positions by Oen. Hill, commanding the Carranza garrison at Naco, Sonora, waa lacking Saturday. A few Mexican bulleta again fell on the American side Friday night. Three addition camps along the tactical line of defense covering the Mexican border for a distance of five miles were laid out for the reinforc ed American troops. The main cav alry camp, two miles north of the border, will consf.ute the reserve. A Mexico City dispatch says Jose Orltz Rodriguez was appointed Satur day night acting minister of foreign affairs by Provisional President Guit- errez,. Since the exacuation of the capital by Carranxa the post has been vacant. At tbe *ar department Saturday the official report of the capture of the City of Puebla waa received from Oen. Zapata, who said that a force of 10,000 was pursuing the Carranxa troops. Two thousand prisoners, sev eral pieces of artillery, and qther equipment were reported captured by Zapata. According tp official reports, Oen. Villa on D member 17 entered Guada lajara, which previously had been evacuated by the Cgrrauza garrison. The occupation of Puebla, the most important point betyeen Mexico City and Vera Crul, by Zapata forces, which was reported to the State de- Two negroes were kiRcd ano four white men wounded in a battle be tween the four white men ryid a party of r egroes at Fairplay tn Oconee ccunt^, Sunday night. A’.’en Green and Green uihson are the dead negroes. The white men suffering wounds arfrt . Mag'-,?rate \Y. C. FcClure, shot in the wn/: John VcLonald, shot in the eye - Wopdrow Campbell, suffering a wouul on>ke hand; Paul Marrett, sprinkled wltn 1 shot. It is said that a negro burned a barn near Knox’s bridge In Oconee county Saturday afternoon and that Magistrate McClure, Woodrow Chmp bell, John McDonald and Paul Mar rett went to the suspected negro’s house and, carrying him to the plare where the barn was burned, gave him a severe whipping. Returning they are said to have been attacked by a party of negroes led by Allen Green. Green was kill ed in the fight which followed, and Green Gibson died later from wounds received in the battle: None of. the white men is believed to be fatally wounded.; , a ———♦ ♦ » i Bofifcbe in Brussels and Dunkirk. Latest air raids have been carried out by the Allies who have succeetT- ed In dropping bombs In Brussels and Dunkirk. - • » » — Chile Sends Protests. Chile has protested to both Great Britain and Germany against alleged violations of her neutrality. Greatest Battleship Leaves U. g. The Rldavida* Argentine’s latest battleship, which is the biggest In the world, New York Monday. opened np on her thereby Ml her to turn around in an endeavor to I the crew were lost. ipe. It was -too late. After a I "I have triad to rannlng fight of tweaty ■lautee tkehltue Idea in the foregoing of the! (O.OO* cables each darn'd Mosquet seemed te be fait fay three frightful encounter I have wltaeeeed.' ment upon them. ** **** tore have to look over partment several days ago, was offi cially confirmed in a dispatch fror Consul John R. Silliman at Mexico City. The report to the department stated that it was estimated that the forces of the Constiutionalists, which abandoned Puebla on the approach of Zapata, numbered about 20,000 men. Gens. Zapata and Angeles, who com manded the expedition, sent against Puebla, have 20,000 men, and are planning to continue their march to ward Vera Cruz to drive out the Car ranza government. " ^be Constitutionalists, in abandon ing Puebla, abandoned a car of small arms and car and a half of mpiu nition, also seven locomotives which they had damaged^ve of these being badly damaged. The report said that they burned fourteen cur8,Sucluding one Pullman. According to the ad vices received there “were no norroi during the siege, and no fierce fight ing." The state department’s representa tive in Mexico City reported that the local situation there was about the same arrests were made on December 17 and that he had not heard of "any farther executions." The department was advised that the Gniterrex gov ernment has been buying exchange and that the price has fallen to 117.50; also that be a decree dated December December 12 the authori ties had provided for the expenditure of 15,000,000 pesos for the peclllqg- tion of the country. ' A dispatch to the department Xrom Consul General Canada at Vera Cruz stated that “ In the custom honse $3,000,000 worth of merchandise *■■■ accumulated, and there is no possi bility of clearance by t|e commis sion merchants on acconnt of the fact that since April there have been no transportation facilities to the inter ior.” The dispatch furthar reported that this "merchandise Is being or- under the provisions of the Taw which prides for seizure ana sale after a storage of at? months ” It Is stated that the non-clearance la net doe to any fault on the port of DR. DUNCAN'S The many friends of the Bov. Wat son B. Duncan, D. D„ pastor of St. Paal’s church of Orangeburg, are gratified at tbe recognition that baa come' to his literary work recently. During this year two additional books have appeared from his pen and both have received much attention ai praise. One book lb the revised edi tion of his “Twentieth Century Sketched' recently tseued fay The State company as publishers. This volume was brought out at the re quest of the South Carolina confer ence, Methodist Episcopal church. South, and at the recent seesion the conference unanimously recommend ed the book and paid a high compll ment to its merits. One intelligent layman made the remark that he would not be without his copy for $10. Several hundred copies of the book were sold within about ten days after It came from tbe press. The publishers did a splendid piece of work on the book. It Is almost In evitable to the intelligent laymen of the State who wish to know the mem bers of the Hi uth Carolina confer ence. The other book from the pen of Dr. Duncan is "Studies In Methodist Lit erature," just issued by the publish ing house of the church at Nashville, Tenn. The book has been adopted aa a study course book for the Epworth leagues 6f the Methodist Episcopal church. South. This is high com mendation for the merits of the book and will Insure a large circulation for It. Dr. Duncan has wonderful capacity for work. He has what la perhaps the heaviest charge In the South Car olina conference and does not neglect any department of the work, and yet some how or other finds time to do considerable literary wort. The In troduction to "Studlea In Methodist Literature was written by Dr. H. N. Snyder of Wofford college and in this introduction Dr. Duncain’s work Is very highly commended. Dr. Duncan s book, "Immortality and Modern Thought," which waa is sued while he was pastor of Bethal church. Charleston, Is having a good sale. It was published by the pub lishers of The Hlbbert Journal, Bos ton. Mass. FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS. State Health Officer Wants Every County to Have Hospital. Three hundred and eighty esses of tuberculosis have been reported to the State board of health this year from 37 of the 44 counties tn the State. Orsngeburj county had 14 re ported, being fourth In the counties of the State rated according to the number reported. A step, however, toward Its control was taken last year by the legislature through Its appropriation of $10,000 for the erection of a tuberculosis hos pital. which la to be located at State Park, near Columbia. The founda tions and framework of the ward have been finished, and It is thought that It will be ready for occupancy by the end of February. The building of the hospital was placed tn the hands of the State board of health. "This hospital," writes James A Hsyne, M. D., State health officer, “Is a small beginning, but one that we believe the State will foeter. We be lieve that the time Is coming when tuberculosis wlli not be the acoarge it now is to humanity, but that day Is yet far In tbe fnture. We believe that each county should have a hoe- pital for the care of advanced caa of tuberculosis and that the central hoepltal. of which we have a begin ning at State part, should be s school of instruction to all threatened by this disease. The trio of fresh air, sunshine and good food Is the only cure, but these must be Intelligently applied.” WHAT FRANCE WANTS. 1‘remier VlvUnl Tells When Nation Will Sheath Its Sword. Premier Vlvlahl In his declaration at tbe opening of the French parlia ment Tuesday, outlined the policy of France as embracing but a single tenet—"prosecution of the war with out mercy until such time as we can accomplish the definite liberation of Europe.” The ministerial declaration was loudly cheered and no opposition to any of the government’s acts devel oped during the short sitting. Par ticular enthusiasm greeted tributes to allies of France and declarations that the war must be pushed to a success ful end, no matter what its severity or duration. “France, acting In accord with her allies, will not sheath the sword un til she has taken vengeance for out raged right; until she has annexed fpr all time to the French father- land the provinces ravished from her by forces; restore heroic Belgium to the fullness of her material life and her political independence and until Prussian militarism hay been crushed to the end It will be possible to re construct, on a basis of jdsUqe, a Europe finally regenerated." Buy Aeroplanes and Armored Autos. The general appropriation bill in cludes $400,000 for aeroplanes and $60,000 for armored automobiles for the army. J Greece Buying Tents. 'Greece has ordered over a million dollars worth of tents from a Cleve land, Ohio, concern. They are said to be for peaceful uses. Slain la Fight With Burglar. W. M. Alexander of Loo Angeles. Cal., was shot to death Tuesday morning by burglars whom hs discov ered tn his home. Klllfl IN TIM NIU Tints 1 USER TVH TUBS to ed 01 Votes to Makn Up Two-Thirds. ubetltnU . which jn <U Hi r outride tuts for tho Hob- would prevent liquor late say source, ~ Tho Hobson resolution to a constltntional amendment tor tlon prohibition to tho State tures was defeated in the House Tuesday night, 197 members voting for and 189 against it. Aa affirma tive vote of two-thirds was reqnlred to adopt the resolution. ' South Carolina's delegation voted solidly for the Hobson rssolntloa. bat no member of the delegstion made any speech on the sabjeet Thera was no formal caucus of tho Pal metto representatives before tho veto was taken, and tho unanimous ro- suit wss reached by the accumulation of individual decisions, though It was known for some weeks that there would be a heavy majority for tha resolutloa, so tar as South Carolina was concerned. For tho Hobson resolution 197 votes were called, 114 of which Democratic votes; against the lution there wss 189 votes, I4f of which were Democrats. Although advocates of tho rooolu- tion predicted It would receive a ma jority vote, many of them, laeludlBC Mr. Hobson, conceded that it would not receive the two-thirds unseal IT for passage. First indication of the llao-up of the House on tho prohibition consti tutional amendment came to a ro 11- cell Tuesday night on an amendment * proposed by Republican Laador Mann, which wonld have submitted the amendment to State convsatioes Instead of to State Wglalatursa, as tho Hobson resolution prescribes. Two hundred and ten voted with Hobson against the amendment and 17$ voted for it. Proposing subs son resolution tho importation State from any tentative Morrison"Vf Indiana, leapt the House In an uproar of laughter. with a vigorous speech. ‘‘There are thirteen msa la Indiana delegation la this : will vote against this resolrntteo,” ho hs said, "and I caa point oat te on# man who will support tho son resolutloa who drinks morn B- quOr la twelve days than those thlr- aoa do la twelve years.” Representative Campbell of ranking Rspoblleaa of tho committee, argued la support of rule and of the Hobeoa resolutloa. He declared tkR 71 per cent of tho area of the Ualted States and 47,- 090,000 people now were Hvtag under prohibition. He read aa siHrtei by the Emperor of Germany to a naval cadet class, urglag that ths ass of al coholic beverages be curtailed. Rep resentative Bartholdt, of Missouri, la- term pled, remarking an argument for temg hlbitioe. Representative Cantrell of lucky, contended the meat would not accomplish prohibi tion because It would not prohibit tho ounufooturo of tlquer for pm- soaal use. Tho net result, fan said, woald be tho dsotroetloa of minions of dollars worth of property and tho Increase of taxes through tho oltet- nation of sums bow paid as internal revenue. Ho told tho Southern Dem ocrats that If they supported, thn Hob son resolution they would “turn over, to tho federal government the rights of the people of the various states te control their own personal sad ooetal jiablts.” RepresentgUro Murray of Oklaho ma supported the amendment. “We have been told that tho vote boro to night means political death YOr many of us,” said Representative Murray, “bat we can Choose whether we will have the preacher and the chunk choir chant * benediction over tho remains, or whether we will have a grave decorated with saloons, brew eries and distilleries." Before the passage of tho rale Ma jority Leader Underwood made It clear the Democratic leadership fav ored meeting the tssne. I assume," he said, "that the gen tlemen will support this rule. Later I will discuss the constltntional amendment on its merits. I now arise to address my remarks to those members of the House who will vote against the constitutional amendment and state why we should vote for tho rule. This Is not a temperance ques tion. It never has been. Prohibi tion has not produced temperance la the lands where it has been tried. I regard this ..question as aa attack oa the fundamental principles of our pvernment. If It la allowed to go h^yplthout being pact, It will mislead many of tho people. If allowed to proceed, without being combated tho day may come when It will be a se rious menace to government you and I believe la. WJtea the time has coma to face a f one way to fai^ lL That Is open. Yon caa not push It aside. "If you are right you should have tbe courage of your convictions and stand for the right Therefore I say to tho members who. like myself, are opposed to this reooluUoa, R M not only your right btUi face this question lu give the reasons why we ' should not bo daaontal law of the