The Independent . om the bill altogetherin spite of the evident desire of Presi-dent Wilson and his advisers that it beretained. Altho the influence of theadministration was exerted to securethe Espionage bill in its entirety thevote did not at all follow party Democrats and twenty-fourRepublicans voted to eliminate thecensorship, and eleven Republicansjoined with twenty-seven Democrats tosustain it. The most remarkable amendment tothe Espionage bill approved by theSenate makes it unlawful for a periodextending from the first of Septemberto the end of the war to use or em-ploy, d
The Independent . om the bill altogetherin spite of the evident desire of Presi-dent Wilson and his advisers that it beretained. Altho the influence of theadministration was exerted to securethe Espionage bill in its entirety thevote did not at all follow party Democrats and twenty-fourRepublicans voted to eliminate thecensorship, and eleven Republicansjoined with twenty-seven Democrats tosustain it. The most remarkable amendment tothe Espionage bill approved by theSenate makes it unlawful for a periodextending from the first of Septemberto the end of the war to use or em-ploy, directly or indirectly any cereal,grain, sugar or syrup in the productionof intoxicating liquor in any form orof any kind, with certain exceptionsas to wines and alcohol for industrial,medicinal ^and sacramental amendment, fathered by SenatorCummins of Iowa, practically makesprohibition the law of the land for theduration of the war under the guise offood conservation. May 19, 1917 THE INDEPENDENT 319. © International Film THE HERO OF THE MARNEAmericans may not be able to pronounceJoffre, but they are finding plenty of otherways to honor the man and the country of mostappeal to popular admiration here. This massof flag-waving humanity in Philadelphia istypical of the celebrations that greeted theFrench Commissioners thruout the country FresnoyLost The first setback the Britishhave received since theystarted their push was theloss of Fresnoy. This village lies eightmiles northeast of Arras and was takenby the Canadians on May 3. But theGermans still held the ground to thenorth and south of it, and five dayslater launched a ferocious attackagainst this dangerous salient. Twofresh divisions of Bavarians, some20,000 men, were concentrated on anarrow front and after a heavy bom-bardment with the gas shells as wellas explosives the English troops sta-tioned here were expelled from thevillage and the adjacent wood. But theCanadians to the north and the Aus-tralians to th
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