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The Convention City.
The Heart of the South.
Grand Opera City of Dixie.
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The “Pinnacle City” in Climate.
Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters. l
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VOL. XVIII
SPOT COTTON HITS ITS HIGHEST FIGURE
SEVERAL TREATY RESERVATIONS PASSED BY SENATE;
HOKE SMITH REFUSES TO ENDORSE PRESIDENT BLINDLY
Letter on Treaty Sent by Presi
~ dent—Senate Adopts Cloture,
~ Rushes Through Reservations.
: (By International News Service.)
" WASHINGTON, March 8-—Presi
dent- Wilson has prepared a letter,
: stating nhis position on reservations
> I§sthe peace treaty, it was announced
" at the White House today..
X The letter is to Senator Hitchcock
g in reply to the request that the Pres
: jdent receive Senator Simmons, dele
~ gated to explain the Democratic sen
b ators’ position.
. The ' President's letter was deliv=
" ered to Senator Hijtchcock this aft
ernoon. It is understood that it will
be made public tomorrow.
The President's position will be
} piainly stated for the benefit of the
Senate, it was said. It is generally
. understood the President refused to
accept reservation to Article Xof the
lL.eague of Nation covenant.
CLOTURE ADOPTED.
The Senate today adopted cloture
on all the Lodge reservations to the
peace treaty stilb to be acted on ex
‘cept those involving Article X and the
equalization o fthe voting power of
the United States and the British
BEmpire.
The action of the Senate was made
unanimous.
Both sides agreed to speed up fur
ther discussion of the treaty by limit
ing debate to 20 minutes for each
Senator on all pending reservations
except those concerned with Article
X and the equalization of voting
power.
' The Senate readopted the eleventh
Lodge reservation by a vote of 44 to
28. The reservation provides: “The
United States reserves the right to
permit, in its discretion, the nation
als of a covenant breaking state, as
defined in Article XVI of the cove
nant of the League of Nations, resid
ing within the United States or in
countries other th&n such covenant
breaking states to continue their
commerciz], financial and personal
~gclations with the nationals of the
United States.”
By a vote of 27 to 45 the Senate
re-adopted the twelfth Lodge reser
vation this afternoon.
This reservation reads: “Nothing
in Articles 296, 297, or in any of the
42nnexes thereto, or in any other ar
ticle, section or annex of the treaty
of peace with Germany shall, as
against citizens of the United States,
be taken to mean any confirmation,
ratification, ors approval of any act
otherwise illegal or in contravention
of the rights of citizens of the United
States.”
THIRTEENTH RESERVATION.
By a vote of 44 to 27, the Senate
adopted the oriiginal thirteenth
reservation.
The reservation provides: “The
‘ t‘-nited States withholds its consent
to part XII, (Articles 387 to 42E in
tlusive) unless Congress by .a joint
resolution shall hereafter make pro
gigion for representation in the or
tanization established by said part
Xlll, and such event the participation
of the United States will be governed
and conditioned by the provisions of
such act or joint resolution.”
President Wilsen 18 convinced the
peace treaty will be the big issue of
tigi= year's presidential campaign,
whether the Senate ratifies it or not.
That the President has so informed
those close to him became known to
flay through official White House
channels.
% Attorney General Palmer, Senator
Hitehcock of Nebraska, the adminis
tration’s treaty manage-, and senator
Glass of Virginia, until recently a
member of the cabinet, are among
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24-Hour{ U 1 foteiniversar. News F Service
Conscience Directs
.
Former Carrier Boy
To Return Dollar
The Georgian has the nuclgus of
a ‘“conscience fund” now in its
treasury. It amounts to $4, and
it represents a dollar which a car
ried abstracted about five years
ago and which he has returned—
with interest heavier than even a
usurer would charge.
But there’s no way to return the
excess interest, for the money came
in an unsigned letter, reatly penned
upon paper which bears no mark
to identify the sender. The letter
told the story of temptation and
repentance—the true repentance
which begins with restitution. It
follows:
“About five years agc, while tak
ing a paper route 1n Atlanta, I
took from The Atlanta Georgian
about sl, which I am now return
ing with interest. Hoping this will
be satisfactory and 1 beg your par
don for the act.” :
Why, boy, whoever you must be,
it is more than satisfactory, and
the pardon you ask is gladly grant
ed. And The Georgian and Amer
ican ig proud - that one of its boys
who gouldn’t resist temptation one
day when the need moy have been
great, has realized that he never
could be square with the world and
with*himself until he lestored what
belonged to another,
Snow.in New Orleans
Makes March Record
‘NEW ORLEANS, La., March B.—
The firgt snow in the nistory of the
New Orleanss Weather Bureau in
March fell between 6 and 7 this
morning. It melted as soon as it
struck the earth and was recorded as
a trace by the bureau. There had
been no previous snow since Febru
ary 12, 1899.
SNOW AT PENSACOLA.
PENSACOLA, Fla., March B.—The
first snowfall of any consequence here ]
in twenty years came this morning. It
started about 9 o’clock, but meited as
fast as it hit the earth.
Blizzard May Bring
Food Crisis in East
(By International News Servics.)
BOSTON, March B.—Completely
isolated by snowdrifts, hundreds of
families in Northern Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont today faced
a food crisis as the result of the sus-l
pension of transportation.
Milk trains have railed to battle
their wa- through the drifts. Bos
ton faces a milk famine. Hun&?eds]
of passengers are aboard stalled
trains.
Millionaire Bergdoll ]
Registered as Farmer
(By International News Service.) 1
NEW YORK, March §.—A]though
popularly rated as a’ millionaire,
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll of Phila
delphia, had himself recorded as a
farmer when he was trying to evade
military service in the early days of
the war, it was brounght out Friday
at the ecourt-martial proceedings
against Bergdoll on Governor's Island.
George W. Gray, who filled out
Bergdoll's registration blank, testl
fied that the defendant had been reg
istered as “an owner and operator of
farms.” The witness could not re
member, however, whether Bergdoll |
had specifically claimed exemption
from service on the grounds of his]
occupation or for any other reason. ;
Atlanta Girl Is
Winner of No. 24
And, having got over the
hest last line to Limerick
« 24 in The Georgian’s
series, she is going to cele
brate with the other girls
in the office. A six-cents
a glass celebration, you
know!
It’s a right good last line—
the one about the High
Cost and ants Problem,
There’s another incom
pleted Limerick in The
Georgian today for you
to complete in the hopes
of getting over ‘‘the
best’” and getting that
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Central Board to Govern System,
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With Authority to Levy Tax
‘ Features Plan Agreed Upon.
Admitting that the schools situa
tion is desperate, city and coufhty
officials early Monday afternoon de
cided on a plan of consolidation of
both systems under a centralized
control, which they determined to
strive with all the force at their
command to have enacted into law
by the Legislature this summer.
The chief features of the plan are
these:
1. Abolish both present city and
county boards of education.
2. Substitute a board of five mem
bers, three of whom shall be resi
dents of the c¢ity and two of the
county; all to be elected hy the
county at large.
3. Authorize ithe board to levy &
school tax of 75 cents on the SIOO of
property .aluations for operation
and maintenanece, and to levy, when
necessary, an additional tax of 25
cents on the SIOO for building pur
poses. The tax to be levied on the
county assessment basis,
4, Give the board absolute control
of the schools,
MORE MONEY NEEDED.
“The schools are doomed unless
we can raise more money,” declared
Mayor Key, who arranged the con
ference at the instance of the clty{
board. ‘“We have reached the point‘
where ‘we have got to do business‘
or quit. I am willing to assume my
part of the responsibility.” i
“If Atlanta is going to start for-l
ward, and I don't know of a better !
place to start, let us do it in a broad‘
way,” urged Chairman J. Oscar Mills‘
of the county commission, who
staunchly supported the plan. *“I
would rather have my children wad
ing knee-deep through mud to school
for an education than to walk over
the finest highways and not have
that education.”
Dr. W. L. Gilbert, chairman of the
Finance Committee of the commis-‘
sion, introduced the measure, which
was adopted. It was supported byi
Virlyn B. Moore, chairman of the
subcommittee which drew the origi-’
nal plan; Mrs. Harry P. Hermance|
of the City Planning Commission, the
city ana coanty superintendents, W.
F. Dykes and J. W. Simmons, and
members of the city and county
boards.
TERRELL SCLE OPPONENT.
The sole opposition came from.W.
H. Terrell o! the City Board of Edu
cation. He departed before the votel
was taken. i
It was estimated by Mr. Moore, who |
explaiend the plan at length, that
$1,500,000 would be raised annua]ly|
through the 75-cent tax. This, he;
said, was $400,000 more than thei
present income of trce two systems.
Various statutory and constituuonali
objections pointed out by Mr. Ter
rell are to be met by the city and!
county attorneys, who will be in
structed to draft the measure for the
Legislature. The combined act will
be considered by the conference be
fore it is placed in the hands of the
wocal legislative delegation. |
The plan accepted by the confer
ence varies from the original in three
particulars, reducing the suggested
number of members of the consoli
dated beoard from eight to five, wip
ing out the proposed eight school
districts and eliminating the clause
suggesting that the city amnd county
reduce their tax rates proportionately
as they are relieved of financing the
scHools.
First consideration was given the
fusion }nore than a month ago. The
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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920.
;
Russian Forces Reported De
feated by Roumanians and by
Poles—Great War in East
(By International News Service.)
~ LONDON, March B.—According to
}Central News dispatches received to
day from Copenhagen and Berlin,
Russian soviet armies have opened
~offensives against Roumania’ and
Poland.
The Central News correspondent at
Copenhagen reported that 150,000
‘Russians had crossed the Dniester
River, but were defeated by the Rou
manians, |
Another Central News dispatch
from Berlin said the Russians at
tacked the Poles north and south
of the Pripet marshes, but were re
pulsed with heavy loss. ‘
Paris Sees Big War
Threat in East |
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' By C. F. BERTELLI/ }
~ Universal Service Staff Corres:
PARIS, March B.—The conviction
is gaining hére that the danger of a
new war in Turkey is real and im~l
mediate. The situation is regarded
as extremely serious by diplomats
here, especially in view of the con
flicting interests of France and
Britain. .
The question whether Turkey is
likely to become another Egypt is
the main concern of French states
men. The sudden dispatch of a
fleet and army to Constantinople by
Great Britain to coerce the Turkish
government to accept the British
views with regard to Turkey’s future
status is causing great anxiety here,l
since France is not only opposed to}
the expulsion of the Turk from Con
stantinople, but although compelled
to join Britain in sending troops to
the Turkish capital, has made it per
fectly clear that she does not in
tend carrying on any hostilities ex
cept merely a military demonstration
calculated to impress the Turks with
the necessity of fulfilling the armis
tice clauses. :
WILL CHECK ENGLAND,
Politicians here do not conceal their
view, however, that France's sharing
in this military demonstration against
Turkey is a double-edged weapon {n
the hands of France, for while tech
nically adhering to the armistice con
ditions, she will thus have sufficlem‘
forces there to prevent Brit:nn/froml
going further than is strictly ‘necqs
sarv to achieve the avowed purpose
without in any way encroaching up
in the future settlement of the Turk
ish problem. y .
Gabriele D’Annunzio’s example at
Fiume is freely mentioned here as an
instance showing the necessity of
rushing two divigione to Turkey im
mediately, since it i 8 Lelieved that |
once England has established her- |
self in the Bosphorus no power will
be able to dislodge her later.
The excitement here over the
Turkish case is intense, even men out
of politics discussing eagerly the
various possibilities arising from the |
present situation. The press and |
public are urging the French govern- l
ment to take a firm stand and send |
enough troops to protect French in- |
terests against any encroachment.
The news of the recent massacre of |
Armenians is taken as fully justify- !
ing France's share in military inter- |
vention. There are some reports that |
French blood was spilled in the latest |
slanghter of Armenians,
Two French divisions now in the;
neighborhood of Constantinople will)|
proceed to the Turkish capital im- |
mediately, while several warships al- |
so have left Freneh ports with nea)edi
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THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair, slightly warm
er tonight; Tuesday, fair and
warmer.
Temperatures—6 a, m., 16; 8
a. m, 21; 10 a. m., 28; 12 noon,
36; 1 p. m, 37; 2 p. m., 38.
Sunrise, 5:58 a. m.; sunset,
5:40 p. m.
Diamond Rings
As Engagement
Tokens Taboo
(By Universal Service.)
CHICAGO, March B.—Diamond
engagement rings will not
be acceptable to the unattached
members of the Chicago branch
of the Daughters of Martha
Washington. Unanimous agree
ment to taboo this stumbling
block to matrimonially inclined
swains was reached by the 1,700
members of the lodge,
A circular, signed by Mary T.
Mahoney, president, and Anna
E. Murphy, secretary, explains
the cause.
“The diamond mines of the
world today are controlled by
the government of England,
which arbitrarily determines
the prices that are paid for them
in this country,” the circular
states. “We decline to pay tri
bute to any foreign power and
therefore advise our sisters
against accepting diamond rings
as engagement gifts.”
Construction Records Will. Be
Broken, Says Leader of
‘ Builders' Exclange ;
The year 1920 will be a record
breaker in construetion in Atlanta,
according to R. 8. Wessels, president
of the Atlanta Builders’ Exchange.
More residences and business struc
tures are being constricted now than
ever before, according vo figures from
the city building inspector.
Mr. Wessels obtained information
from A, C. McDanie!, assistant city
building inspector, that 1,800 new
homes are being erected here with
plans for double that number in a
few months. If the labor and ma
terial situation improves Mr. Me-
Daniel estimates 2,500 residences will
be erectad in the early spring.
Some of the new buildings to be
started soon are shown in reports of
building permits issued in January,
February and March, tabulated as
follows: i
January -— Seventy-eight frame
dwellings, $541,000; brick dwellings,
$45,000; five apartments, $3063,000;
frame church, $200; two frame busi
ness houses, $7,100; twelve brick
business houses, $568,700
February — Thirty-three frame
dwellings, $173,200; three apartments,
$110,000; three factor‘es, $170,700;
two frame stores, $725, and twelve
brick business houses, $142,750.
March—Sixteen frame dwellings,
$87,700; one frame apartment, $50,-
000; one brick office buiiding, $15,000,
and a four story office puilding, per
mit to be issued Monday, March B,f
costing $25,000. '
Here is an interesting table of
building statistics for January, print
ed in The Georgian February 17:
Atlanta, $1,721,566; Augusta, SIIZ,- |
297;° Macon, $103.085° Lexington,
$137,695; Louisville, $515,510; New |
Orleans, $338,160; Chattanooga, $558,-
032; Knoxville, $72,927, Memphis, |
$447,975; Nashville, $535,456. |
Americus Visited by
Meanest Auto Thief
AMERICUS, Ga.,, March B.—The
meanest automobile tnlef has visited
Americus. He stol a (Cole car be
ionging to Dr. B. F. Bond, county
health officer. As a result, Doctor
Bond will be unable, temporarily, to
attend to his duties. With an in
fiuenza epidemic, this may result
seriously In any community
The car bore a United States Pub
lic Health Service tag
Clark Is Chairman
of Commerce Board
WASHINGTON, March SB-—Edgar
E Clark was elected chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
Monday for a period of one year. Mr.
Clark is the seniok¥ member of the
commission. His ierm as rndp'mnn‘i
will begin on .\l:n'(’a 3
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Anti - Administration Forces
Will © Enter a Candidate.!
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| Washington Correspondent of The |
l Georgian. l
| WASHINGTON, March 8.-—Because
'he can not give his unqualified en-{
dorsement to every act of Prenideml
Wilson, which A, Mitchell Paimer
takes as the predominating issue io
his platform, Senator Hoke Smith
will not support the atorney gen
eral's presidential candidacy in Geox'-l
gia, he declared today.
| Senator Smith denies, in a s(ulw!
‘ment issued today, the report that nej
favors Palmer's candidacy, and as
serts he is taking no part in the mm-!
jing (;eorgia‘prt-sidonlia] primary bc-l
cause he has no fixed opinion as to
[whom should be selected. ’
.~ He is proud of the record ofi
~achievement of the Democratic party |
in the past seven years, Sennlorf
Smith says, but he differs with many |
acts of the President, especially those
committed recently.
“Not having a fixzd opinion as to
who should be selected us our stan
dard bearer at the Democratic Na
tional Convention.” says Sonntor’
Smith in hig statement today, “I hav.
sought to avoid any part in the com
ing Georgia presidential primary, butl
Holleman of the Atlanta Constitution
seems determined to force me lntol
it.
“In a telegram to the Constitution
of Wednesday, he stated that the
members of the eGorgia delegation
are lining up almost selidly behind
Attorney General Paimer for the
‘Democratic nomination for President,
and that I have repeatedly expressed
my high regard for him 'The obvious
purpose of this article was to create
the impression that 1 favored Mr.
Palmer's candidacy. 1 wish te correct
any such idea. My personal relations
with Mr. Palmer have bheen very
pleasant and I trust will remain so.
but when he announcad as his plat
form an unqualified endorsement of
every . unet of President Wilson, he
made it impossible for me to support
him for the nomination.
“The Wilson administration has
many splendid achievements to its
credit. Tt has also done a number
of things especially in the latter
vears with which I was forced to
differ,
“Only a small percentage of the
voters‘of the country approve every
act of the administration. The wise
course for the party is to plant itself
on its great achievements in the last
seven yvears and not to insist upon
blindly following those policies of the
President of which the public have
shown they disapproved.
“It has been, and is. myy desire to
take no side in the Presidentiai pri
mary. But I have no hesitation in
expressing the hopes, since we are to
have a primary. that all Democrats
may have an opportunity without re
straint to vote for whatever candi
date they wish.
“To denv this privilege will cre
ate discord in the party, and espe
cially so if a large number feel that
their rights have been taken from
them.
“Without regard to any candidate,
the only way to run the party is to
let every Democrat express his pref
erence and let the wishes of the ma
jority _r-ontrol.". g :
Anti-Administration .
Democrats to Run
Thomas W. Hardwick. former
I'nited States senator, returned to
Atlanta from the East Mgnday with
announcement that an anti-adminis
tration Democrat will be entered in
the Georgia presidential nrgterence
primary April 20. Democratic oppo
nents to the League of Nations will
be given an opportunity to set forth
their proeition, he said, without going
outride the party
Mr. Hardwick made the announce
ment in outlining plans for a sveak
ing tour of Georgia by Senator Jam :s
A Reed, foremost opponent of the
League of Nations in the Democratic
wingz of the Senate. Mr. Hardwick
said:
“Receiving manv requests to re
turn to Georgia after speaking in At
lanta last July. Senator James A.
Reed has consented to make speeches
in Georgia prior to the April primary
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IMORNING
EDITION
Issued Dadly, and Entered as Second Class Matter st
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
Turks Roast
Armenian on
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- A Slow Fire
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March B.—Details of
the recent butchery of more
than 100,000 Armenlans shows
that the massacre was the most
barbaric yet recorded. Ten
Catholic bishops were among
those tortured to death.
Mgr. Tchelebian, Bishop of
Diarbekir, it is learned, was
buried alive with only his head
left above the ground, while
Mgr. Katchadourlian, bishop of
Malakia, was roasted to death
over a slow fire. s
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1. C. C. Called Upon To Furnish
Copies of Letters and Com
plaints Bearing Upon Case _
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March B.—The
fight being waged between the Mid-
West, Southern and Southeastern
States against freight rates which, it
is alleged militate against those sec
tions, was advanced a step w,day,
wheh Representative Benjamin F.
Welty of Ohio filed a resolution in the
House calling upon the Interstate
Commerce Commission to furnish all
copies of letters and complaint bear
ing upon the case.
Under rates established by order
~f the director general of railroads
the territory comprising Ohio, In
diana and Southern Michigan was
granted in 1919 the same export rate
via New Orleans as New York. The|
Eastern railroads have given notice
to the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion of a demand that these rates be
changed to conform with what they
were prior to December 31, 1919, when ‘
the new rate went into effect,
Welty's resolution was referred to
the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce,
The Southern Traffic League, after
naming a ('bmmm?e of fifteen to con
fer with the Interstate Commerce
Clommission in the preparation of a
rate classification revision plan, an
nounced its intention of being repre
sented by the same committee at the
foreign trade conference at Greens
boro, N. C. next Friday, meeting
there with the producers, shippers
and commercial bodies from North
and South Carolina, Georgia and’
Florida. More than 150 cities will be
represented, it was sald.
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McAdoo Defends His
Tax Reduction Paln
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March B—Will'am G.
McAdoo, in a statement Monday,
characterized as “absurd” the asser
tions that the reduction of taxes
which he recently proposed would
cause a panie.
His statement follows in part:
41 have seen the statements of Mr.
Mondell (Republican leader of the
House) and Mr. Kitchin (Democratic
leader of the House) concerning my
suggestions for the amelioration of
the tax burden for the next two
vears,
“I have muech respect for their opin
ions, but it is absurd to say that a
beneficial reduction of taxes through
rigid economies in expenditures, post
ponement of the sinking fund for two
years and the issue of not exceeding
$1.500,000 of bonds, as | have sug
gested, will cause a panic.”
Bishop Calls Governor
Edwards ‘Foolish Boy’
(By International News Service.)
ATLANTIC €ITY, N. J.. March B.—
Calling Governor Edward 1. Edwards
“a foolish boy,” Bishop Joseph How—.}
ard Berry of Philadelphia, presiding
at the eighty-fourth New Jersey
Methodist Ep‘scopal conference, in
session here, in a sermon before a
great religious mass meeting on the
Harden pier, declared:
“He is getting a little cheap noto
riety throughout the nation. He
shoud not be too severely blamed
for that” He added: “If Mr. BEd
wards imagines he represents decent
citizens of the State of New Jersey
he will wake up some day in the
near futvre and find out to the con
trary.” |
CLERK FLEES WITH $30.000. |
HERMOSILLO, Mex., March 8. —-|
Enrique Espanosa, a clerk in the of
fice of the State of Sinaloa. has dis
appeared with $30.000 of the State's
funds. 't was reported here today., A
Fren-h woman left with him. i
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‘Supreme Court Decision Was
i Eagerly Awaited by Big Corpo
- rations—lssues Are Expected.
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1 Spot cotton was quoted by the At
lanta Commercial Exchange Monday
‘afternoon at 41.26 cents a pound,
‘basis good middling.
i This is the highest price on record
in Atlanta.
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~ (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March B.—Stock
‘dividends are not taxable under the
1916 income tax law, the United
States Supreme Court decided today.
A test case was brought by Mrs.
Myrtle H. Macomber in the New York
Federal Courts to recover taxes paid
on 1,100 shares of stock of Standard
| Ofl of California given as a stock
ldividend. The lower courts decided
in her favor and the government,
' through Mark Eisner, collector of in- -
’tornul vevenue for New York, &p=
pealed the case to the Supreme Coutt.
The decision of the lower court was
sustained by the Supreme Court.
The decision upholding that of the
lower court was handed down by
Justice Pitney. e
Justices Holmes, Day, Brandeis and
Clark dissented from the decision.
The decision has been eagerly
awaited for months by the big finan
cial interests of the country. It will
be followed by the declaration of
stock dividends by many great cor
porations which have been withhold
ing action pending the announcement
of the view held by the Supreme
Court.
News of the ecurt decision was
followed by a great rise in stocks
on the New Yerk exchange. General
Motors jumped, more than 30 points
and most of the other stocks rose
sharply.
Court to Hear Attack At
On Prohi Amendment :
. WASHINGTON, March B.—Another
‘attack on the constitutionality of the '
}prohibition amendment and porum
‘of the enforcement act was sched
‘uled today in the Supreme Court,
when argument was to be heard on
the original proceedings brought by .
the State of Rhode Island to have *
the amendment' declared invalid and
its enforcement enjoined.
Appeals from Kentucky and Mas
gachusetts, where Federal Courts
have sustained the constitutionality
of the prohibition amendment, were
also to be argued. ;
Attorney General McCran of New
Jersey, was to ask the permission of
the court to bring proceedings simi
lar to those brought by Rhode Island
and to be heard in argument. g
Solicitor General King and Assist- !
ant Attorney General Frierson ap
peared for the government. S
Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun
gel for the Anti-Saloon League, made
application to file a brief in the Ken
tucky and Massachusetts cases.
The brief set forth that the eight
eenth amendment was legally sub
mitted by Congres to the States for
rejection or ratification; that the
people of a State can not reserve
power to act In tiie matter of ratifi
cation of a federal amendment with
out further amending the federal con
stitution; that the ratification of an
amendment to the constitution is a
legislative act and can not be sub
ject to a referendum; that concur
rent power to enforce the eighteenth
amendment by appropriate legisla
tion authorizes both State and nation
to -enact prohibition laws, but does
not allow license or permissive laws:
that a State prohibition code may
contain more drastic provisions than
the federal code, but such State en
actments can not permit what the
federal act prohibits; that in case of
conflict between the federal and
State laws, the courts are bound to
support the authorized federal Sta.tus '%_
as supreme laws; that Congresseh he
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