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The Era-leader., 1919-01-23
sss FRANXNToN THURSDAY,

House on December II, by 282 to
1913.
The Legislature of Mississippi
was the first to ratify, taking this
action January s, 1918. Fourteen
other states took similar action
during that year, the last of them
being Florida, which ratified on
November q, 1918 at a special
session.
In the fall elections the wet or
dry question was paramount in
most of the remaining states, but
the vote left no doubt that the
United States was destined to be
the first great nation to veto
liquor. The ban on vodka in
Russia never was completely
effective, nor did it interfere
materially with the consumption
of more expensive liquors by
those by those who could afford
them. Russian advices state that
the Bolsheviki have restored the
vodka traffic.
Michigan, having by a state
law made itself dry,in 1918, was
the first state to ratify in 1919,
the Legislature voting on the
second day of the new year
From that date to today Legis.
lstures have acted rapidly. Five
states ratified yesterday, bringing
the number up TO thirty-five.
Other Legislatures worked at
feverish speed to be the thirty
sixth with Nebraska and Mime.
sofa contesting in the lead.
Nebraska's vote was followed
by a similar action today in the
Legislature of Missouri and Wyo.
ming, making thirty eight states
in all which have approved
t"dty" America. Affirmative
action by some of the ten state
legislatures yet to act is predicted
by prohibition advocates.
Even if there is a reaction from
the extreme centralism represent
ed in the surrender by the states
of rights they ouce jealousy re.
+ served. the possibility that a re-
pealing amendment could com
, mand the required thirty.s
4
. states is remote indeed. An up
. hill fight faced the drys in thei
attempt to persuade thirty -siz
a states to agree to the prohibition
aud sale not only of whiskey, bu'
of light wines and beers by Fed
eral amendment. But once 1t j
ratified, the prohibitionist will
need only thirteen states to blocl
repeal of the amendment, an
few will doubt their ability t
hold them.
The liquor interests have no
, been without hope that th
y amendment could be successful,
attacked in the courts. In
legal contest their strongest pie
was to be that the amendmen
lad failed to ruceive a full two
thirds of the members elected t
Congress. But the Suprem
Court has already disposed o
that point in its decision OF severs
v days ago. holding that two-third
of the members present meets tn
requirements Of the Constitution
Other points may be raised
and if they have merit the cou'
probably will consider then
= But the liquor interests cal
\ hardly expect that the court wi
. bs inclined even to resolve
doubt in their favor after th
states have spoken SO overwhelm
ingIy in favor of the ameno
>AaPpent.
One dusky citizen was
INFORM. The other clung to h
. ,nL on1 poilod oroin
The Era-leader., 1919-01-23

The army casualty list issued
Friday at Washington contained
591 names of which 125 were
killed in action.
State Highway Engineer Buie
promised completion of the
Louisiana link in the Jefferson
Highway within a year.
The Era-leader., 1919-01-23

ratify.
Chicago, Jan. 16.-The United
States, by constitutional amend
ment, has outlawsd the sale of
intoxicants and declared itself
son the wagon" Action of the
Nebraska Legislature, the thirty
sixth state to approve the amend
ment, was taken today. With
its vote, the necessary three
fourths of the state assemblies
had approved the plan to make
the nation dry.
Immediately following, it be-
came clear that American social
reform movements are not to end
here. Virgil G. Hinshaw, nation
al chairman of the prohibition
forces, announced that it is pro-
posed to extend the anti Liquor
campaign to the whole world.
Miss Anna A. Gordon, Presi-
dent of the W. G, T. u, announc.
ed that it's work has not ended
and that its machinery is set
| for other social reforms.
Predictions were made that
perhaps the first domestic attacks
will be made upon tobacco, espec.
tally cigaretts, with the probabil-
ity that certain "soft" beverages
also will be brought under fire.
The amendment to the federal
constitution prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxi.
eating beverages becomes effect
i've one year after the date of its
final ratification. Meanwhile thu
nation goes dry,July l next, BY
presidential proclamation as
war measure unless the Presiden
resc;nds it before that date.
Congress passed the resolution
submitting the amendment to tn
various State Legislatures in th'
midst of the seething preparation
for war in 1917. The Senat
adopted the resolution August !
The Era-leader., 1919-01-23
Nation Votes Itself Dry AS
Nebraska D. KS Clause.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 16-The
Nebraska state Legislature at
1882 a. m. today completed ratifi-
cation Of the federal prohibition
amendment when the senate
voted to concur in a house amend
ment to a senatejoint resolution
providing for ratification. Ne.
braska is the thirty-sixth state tc
ratify.
The Era-leader., 1919-01-23

Continued on last page.)
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Fiction for Juries.

We are somewhat puzzled to read.
In an account Of theatrical lawsuit,
that, despite their earnest protests"
the twelve good men and true on the
jury were forced" to hear read long
passages from Mr.. TARKINaToN's
Seventeen" We wonder just what
a Juror would like to hear.
Perhaps a man drawn on jury
develops a passion for unauthorized
legal lore, wants to learn to know
the torts from the trespasses and the
misprisions from. the mandamuses.
Maybe he acquires an appetite for
courthouse oratory and likes to COM
pare Counsellor JINKs OF Nassau
street with what he has heard of
DANIEL WEBSTER. In such cases II
may well be that the Juror dislikes
to have his studies interrupted by
the reading Of the comparatively friv-
olous words Of the Indiana master.
The romantic adventures Of William
Sylvanus Baxter, Jr., are not condu'
Give to knowledge about anything ex
cept boys and human nature.
If Juror objects to Seventeen
what would he think II the Judge
were to order the reading Of half OF
one Of Mr.. DREIsER's novels, or a
full chapter out Of Mr.. wELLs's lat.
est effort7
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at the mercy Of Japan's military at
tack In war.
Because this country will have to
accept great stores Of foreign goods
in payment Of the debts which the
outside world now owes us and in ex-
change for the materials which the
outside world must have from us, the
producing countries Of the Old World
are going to get into our home mar
kets In dangerous force anyhow. We
must reckon with that import bust
ness. Before Secretary REDrIELD or
anybody talks about throwing the
gates Of our nation wide open to all
the rest that may food and will flood
US II we give the world free rein to
come grasping for our prodigious
treasure, we would better walt to see
what happens to us from the unes-
capable invasion.
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EVENTS TODAY.

Victory Liberty Loan Drive. day and
aSnua I,S dinner .. The Municipal Art So
Memorials, Vanderbilt Gallery o, the
Fine Arts Building. AIS West Fifty-seventh
Meeting, of the New York Branch Of
the American Fund for French wounded.
talk by Mrs. BENJAMIN Girsult Lathrop,
Hotel Comm odore. $50 p NJ
Twenty-eighth annual meeting Of tho
General Society Daughters OF the Revolu-
'io m Hotel Commodore. all day;
Parx avenue and Fif,y-ninth street I
Get together luncheon o, the Woman,
Republican Club. Hotel Astor. 1 p. NJ.
Conference OF the National Association
for the Study and Education Of EIosp-
Launching OF the battleship Tennesses,
Brooklyn Navy Yard. morning.
One hundredth Anniversary Of tho Gen
Chancellor Brown. ST. Peter's Church,
Twentieth stree, and Ninth avenue, I
Mass meeting to consider housing issis-
lation. Board Of Estimate rooms. 1850
Dr.. David A. MacMu-ray vii, sneak on
Some FundAnentals 0, the League OF
Nations" al the Open Forum Of the
Walter Lippman will speak on Peace
Table Impressions" at a viyitss luncheon
a, , The M n2nta ciTb EIAth .ysnus and
Or. Thomas McTiernan will lecture on
Franklin. the Practical Man Of An.irA"
cation at Public School IFS. I77th street,
near Audubon avenue. 8 p. NJ.
II. H. Muirhead will lecture on Con
Quoting Troops Through the War Zone"
under the auspices OF the Board Of ndu-
cation at the Hamilton Orange Library,
DR.. VIII Durant will speak on Japan
tenth street and second avenue. p, N.
There will be meeting OF the Church
Club and tho General Committee OF the
Every Name Campaign at the club. So
East Fifty sixth street, $50 p n
Electric Club meeting and luncheon,
Waldorf Astoria, 10 A. NJ.
Manhattanville Alumnae meeting, Wal
dorf Astoria, L, II.
Jute Manufacturers meeting. 4 p. ~. ;
dinner, I +. NJ. Waldorf Astoria
Hotel Pennsylvania: Sixth Masonic
District dinner. T. M; Fordham Univer-
sity School OF Medicine. dinner. p. NJ.
Eleventh Engineering, luncheon. about !
Z. NJ.
Bakai Convention. Hotel McAlpin. all
United Cloak and SUIT Designers meet
ing Hotel McAipin, I +. NJ.
First Field Hospital dinner. Hotel Mo
Alpin. p. NJ,
Polish American Navigation dinner
Hotel McAlpIH ! p, NJ.
Parade Of the Eleventh Engineers
Sinety-ninth street to Thirty fourth
street on Fifth avenue, 10 A. NJ
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SOFT DRINKS TAX IN
EFFECT TOMORROW
Revenue Bureau Issues Rules
for Guidance.

WARRINGTON, April 2s--Soda water
ice cream. sundaes. root beer and all
other soda fountain drinks become tax
able Thursday under the revenue act
Five and ten cent drinks or dishes will
be taxed J cent. while Is or 20 cent
drinks will he taxed cents and the tax
will be collected from the purchaser
unless the soda fountain keeper chooses
to reduce his prices to include the extra
tax item.
The uu '-.oin Of when drinks are tax
able and wnen they may not be taxable
and the precise methods of collecting
the tax were discussed In statement
issued to-day by the Internal Revenue
Bureau for guidance OF proprietors and
patrons OF soda fountains.
These examples were given OF taxable
drinks when mixed and sold at the
fountain for consumption on the
premises:
Orangeade. lemonade. pineapple Juice
coca cola. root Deer. TT0xTe, TT0spTTvs
fruit and navoring syrups mixed with
carhonated water or plain water. mill
shakes, matted milk shakes. cream AMI
aundaes. ice cream sandwiches, favored
ices.
These drinks are not taxable: Hot
beef tea. coffee. tea. buttermik, milk
hot chocolate. hot clam broth. tomato
bullion and bottled drinks sold direct
from the container. Separate manu-
facturers' taxes are imposed on drinks
of the latter class.
Ice cream Is not taxable when sold
in containers 10 be carried away from
the selling place to be eaten. Ice cream
cones are taxable. Bromo settler
Rochelle salts, seidlitz powders, castor
oil. EPSON salts and similar medicines
often served at soda fountains are moi
subject to the tax.
Soft drink stands or push cart enter,
prises are subject to the tax, but res
taurants or other places serving ice
cream or soft drinks as an incidental
feature of tho business are not required
to collect or TO pay the tax. Church
"sociables" and clubs are exempt, bu,
booths Mt country fairs c!rcuses or bal
games must collect tho tax.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

| II was reported in Copenhagen that the
/ Danish engineer Ohrt and the Swedish
engineer ouistEaard had applied to the
| Railway Minister with proposal for = al
| rect railway connection between Sweden
and Denmark by = tunnel under the sound.
| The manager OF tho Swedish State Rail-
ways Mr.. Granholm. says that the matter
! 10 under favorable consideration. but that
/ conditions at present are not such as to
| allow Its realization.
! TIL. American consul at St Gall. swits.r-
| pie books and price lists OF American
cotton goods OF every description.
Declared exports from Genoa, ITALY, to
| the United States decreased from ;22sl,-
| Bei in 1917 TO tl.2is.2ae IN 1913. The
, principal decrease occurred In exports OF
! olive oil. OF which b1a,s46 gallons valued
! at 1905. 3<3. were shipped In 1917 az
against $40 gallons. valued at sseT. in the
past year.
Cuba Is the United ststeas best pain,
customer. except Canada. In the Western
Hemisphere. Our paint exports to Cuba
are more than TO all OF the other Latin
| republics of North America: they are 50
| per cent. more than to Argentina. our best
customer in South America.
Tho retail dealers OF Denmark for sew
| eral years have been working for tho or.
/ gnniEation Of a cooperative association for
making purchases, to enable them to com
pete with the so-called Consumers CO.
| operative Association. The result Is tn,
I recent formation OF tho Danish Merchants
Commercial Company. Ltd. which will I'M
dertake to eliminate some OF the middle.
men wholesalers.
Tho Bureau of Fisheries reports tina,
U
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The Reason why q Hotel Was Named
After O. Henry.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: A
short time ago you printed an article
under the heading OF Naming Hotels
for Writer'S" which was copied by the
Literary DIgest and q number OF other
publications. The article in question
went on TO say "A North Carolina hotel
builder. weary of the general run OF
names. has boldly called his new million
dollar hotel the o. Henry" This 10 the
ss
the home OF his boyhood. and the hotel
10 named for the love our citizens cherish
for tho memory OF the boy. the man and
the greatest short story writer the world
has ever known.
In naming our hotel for q writer we
did not initiate new idea. Your at
tention Is directed to the Washington
Irving hotel in your own city. the J.
Fenimore. Cooperstown. N. Y. and tho
Hotel Lsnier at Macon. Ca. all OF which
were named for literary geniuses.
E. NJ. OETTINGER.
GREENSBORO. N. c., April 20.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MASHATTAS.

"AlSace-Inrraine" John Seumarker lei
lllth street, west Of Lexington avenue
Franklin. the Practical Man Of Affairs"
Thomas McKi-rnan. Ph. n OF De wat
Clinton High School. the nrst NJ course
Of three LECTURES on Eminent Statesmen"
Public School !l5, i77'h street near Audi
bon avenue,
"La.ayctts National Park" Or. Henry
Rose Central Jewish institute, i2S East
fifth street
Canadian wonders" Frederick W
johnson Cooper institute, Eighth street
and Fourth avenue.
denomination" Illustrations BY ian.
tern slides and motion pictures prepared
by the Government. Charles S. Crchsmar.
Hawthorne School. Hawthorne. y. Y,
THE Greatest Creative Genius NJ French
Fiction" Frederick Pau!dink. Hunter COL
lege. sixty-eishth street and Lexington
avenue.
Conducting Troops through n. Var
Orange Library, sos West lt6G street.
"0uns and ships in Modern war"
Charles l.. Harrington. Seamsns Church
Institute. rs South street.
Mountaineering in North America,
IIe1loy Jefrers, F. r. q. s., Harlem Y. IL.
c. A., West l25th street.
BRONX.
China and Her People Mrs. winitrei
q. HSwley, Public school 49, Brown place
and l3sth street.
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WHERE TO GOLF.
Country Club Exclusivenoss Ma,
Smother Many . Champion.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: ]
read with interest an article which APP
peared in THE Bun q few weeks ago
written by John q. Anderson, which
compared the golf courses IN this ooun-
try with those OF other countries. 1t
would seem from the article that our
courses compare very favorably in one
respect. however. II seems to me
that our clubs do not truly represent
the spirit Of tho country and do not
further the game as they might.
With the exception Of a compare
lively few municipal courses in the
larger cities, where one has to sit up
all night or at least wait perhaps an
hour or 30 before teeinE up. and the
large hotel courses In tho South and
elsewhere (which OF course are out OF
reach OF the middle class people on &C
count of the expense) the golfer with
no club connection 10 not welcome In
any OF the country clubs II ono 10 .
golfer who loves the game. and yet has
no friend who 10 a member Of the club
he Is denied the privilege Of playing
though willing to pay for the days
privilege.
The city Il. which live has no
course / used to play years ago. and dc
now when on my vacation In a little
town where there IL q six hole COM
munity course. But speaking Of our grea'
courses. would It not advance the game
to allow the stranger or people living
near the use OF tho course (not the
clubhouse) at a moderate rate for each
day?
There is a nine hole course ten miles
from here tiny home town. run by the
wealthy summer people of the place
During the middle of tho week there
are many days when not a round OF
golf is played on the course. yet It would
be Impossible for a stranger or a native
of the town to secure privilege OF play
ing on the course.
There may be many 4 Ou!met In
the country who will never have a
chance. HOWARD II. DAVIS.
DANBuRY, Conn, April 20.
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or Nero and the Burning OF Rome"
Whether Babylon fell or Rome burned,
Il was magnificent catastrophe which
reached Its climax in the sweep of a
ballet, in size such as New York had
never before seen, down the great
stage from the backdrop to the foot
lights, in a laundering clash of Gym
balls, roar Of brasses and q glorifed
display Of fireworks
Mr.. KIRALrY gained his national
reputation by the spectacle called
America" given Mt Chicago during
the Columbian exposition. The pro-
duction became the greatest side at
traction Of the exposition and was
seen by visitors from all parts of the
country. America" It was said, was
KIRALFY's most successful financial
adventure. He returned to Europe
soon afterward and assisted in the
direction Of several important exhibit
lions and pageants In England and on
the Continent.
The peculiar form Of amusement
which Mr.. KIRALrY introduced seems
to great extent to have passed In
this country. The elders generally
pronounced his entertainments great
shows" but the critical youth in
search Of historical data was 90 be.
wildered by what he saw, that he
wondered IL the catastrophe to Rome
or Babylon or Pompell might not have
resulted wholly from too much ballet
and wild music. We have turned for
outdoor performances more to the
Greek drama or to psgeants Of local
or historical interest. The ballet has
put roof over its head and the war
has extinguished the fireworks.
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declared in 1906 that 1t ratified the
Algecirns net only on the distinct un-
Outstanding that this nation was
without purpose to depart from the
traditional American foreign policy
which forbids participation by the
United States in the settlement Of po-
litical questions which are entirely
European in their scope"
Is this, too, President WILSON'S I'M
Outstanding Of the Significance and
force Of tho Monroe Doctrine which
he has inserted by name In the cove
nant? In the absence Of information
from him, that is for the Senate to
ascertain when the treaty reaches II
for final scrutiny from the American
point Of view. But II the President
Is soundly American as to the neces-
sity Of maintaining the Monroe Doc
trine In full vigor for the sake Of our
national future. 1t is a great mlsfor-
tune that he should have said not one
word about 1t when he stood up to
explain with such metlculous particu-
larity to the conference, to his fel-
low citizens at home, and to the whole
world the bearing and meaning Of
vastly less important alterations in
the text Of the document.
Likewise and almost In the same
degree unfortunate IL the gap In his
explanation which yawns 90 wide at
tho place where he referred to the
new third paragraph Of Article L.,
permitting any Government a mem.
Der Of the League to withdraw after
two years notice, provided that all
its obligations under this covenant
shall have been fulfilled at the time
Of its withdrawal"
What obligations are referred to?
Who Is to be the Judge Of whether
those obligations have been fulfilled
or not at the dine of withdrawal 7
What process, coercive or otherwise,
is to be undertaken by the remaining
members Of the League to enforce the
continued membership Of a Govern
nent which believes that 1t has full
filled all Its obligations and desires
to withdraw. II the majority of the
Council. or Of the Assembly, or the
Permanent Secretariat, or some other
supernatural authority within the
I.eague's administration, decides to
the contraryl And yet Article XVI.
strangely enough. provides for the e1-
pulsion OF the Government which has
failed to fulfil It's obliga lions under
the covenant; for the same default,
In fact, which by Article I. would
keep that Government In.
This nebulous and dangerous and
manifestly unsatisfactory provision
for the abrogation of a treaty was
jumped by President WILSON in his
explanatory remarks with the same
agility and apparent insouciance
which he displayed In the case of the
Monroe Doctrine.
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Imre Kiralfy.

A despatch from London brings the
announcement of the death of IMRE
KIRALrY, the producer OF spectacular
plays and the director and organizer
of pageants, at Brighton Sunday.
KIRALFy was born in Hungary, but
he lived for quarter of a century
in New York, and he attained his
greatest success in this country.
Americans took kindly to KrRA1FY
from the first and he liked America
because as dreamer Of big things
he found that here his dreams could
be realized.
He was the first producer In this
country on large scale Of the spec
tacular play. Twenty-Five years ago
New York, Its visitors and guests
poured out to Staten Island. Manhat-
tan Beach or the top OF the PAIL
ssdes 10 see 'SThe Fall Of Babylon"
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Advocates Of Sunday baseball will
not overlook the great point In their
favor. demonstrated by an incident
enlivening the dispersal Of the audience
which had echoed in frenzied shouts
DIR. SCOTT HEARINGS cry OF "Revolu-
ton" in the Century Theatre on Sun
day. 1t was an American boy return
ing from a vacant lot ball game and
carrying his bat who, sensing the Boil
shevism Of the Nearing mob. made a
perfect batting score as his good stick
fell and sharply and resoundingly re-
bounded from the heads OF stampeding
Meaningless.
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Light Sought on the Suspension Of 1
Port-au.Prince Newspaper.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sn: I
am informed by a citizen OF Hayti OF
the following incident. which seems not
to have been mentioned by the Ameri-
can newspapers o. the time, but which.
II his report Is authentic, certainly de-
serves publicity:
On December l, 1918. the publication
Of the Haytian newspaper Lo NoureI-
Hstc at Port-su-Prince was suspended
BY the United States authorities for
about three months, that Is, to the end
OF February, 1919. No reason for this
action was given At the time or after
ward. and the people OF Hayti are to
this day a prey to a not unreasona Bile
curiosity,
Enlightenment on the subject. and
especially on the source OF the Admins
tration's authority for proceeding
against the Haytian press as Lcnine
proceeds against the Russian. might
perhaps be welcome to your readers.
c. NJ FERGUSON
NEW York, April %,