National Affairs: THE STATES

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INDIANA: The House passed by a large majority a tax of one cent on every package of cigarettes sold.

KANSAS: A bill is before the Legislature to make the possession of cigarettes or material for making cigarettes an offence punishable by imprisonment. Kansas already has a law against selling, or giving away cigarettes, but none against smoking them.

OHIO: An anti-cigarette bill was killed by the Legislature.

UTAH: Ernest Bamberger, Republican Senatorial candidate in 1922, and three of his friends were arrested for smoking in a Salt Lake City cafe. Other arrests were also made. Utah has a law prohibiting smoking in public and the sale of cigarettes. The Freeman's League is agitating for the repeal of the law. The Mormon Church is in favor of the anti-tobacco legislation.

WISCONSIN: The Assembly, led by Socialist members, passed by a vote of 61 to 17 a bill to abolish the Wisconsin National Guard. The bill will meet stronger opposition in the Senate and will probably be vetoed by the Governor, if it reaches him.

HAWAII: Governor Wallace R. Farrington in opening the legislature issued a warning against domination of the islands by foreigners. The population of the island is 42 per cent. Japanese, 9 per cent. Chinese, and only 16 per cent native.