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Evening star., 1921-03-21
DRY EAW ATTACKED.
FR0M;NEW ANGLE
Supreme Ceurt Hears Brief.
Questionings Validity of
Prohibition. {

An entirely new attack ON the iva
hdtty OF thu prohibition amendraent
based uuon the reQuirement thsrt IL
be ratified within. seven years, was
made today in the supreme Court
The attack YEAS made in q brieftnled
by counsel for J. u. Dillon of san
FsHndsco. charged" with violation of
tho prohibition tenforcsneut act. Dill
lonsis seekingAA writ of haheas>cor-
pus.
The provision attacked was on1ered
first by then Senator Harding when
the amendment was being proposed
in the Senate
Thetssetfon, maAing the entire artf-
Gle imperative unless ratified within
seven 1eass. the bz6ef asserts. specifi-
caliy vaonses art1c1e I've of the Con
stitutaou, which gives Congress no
powef to impose = Nmit on ratification.
'or to otherwise aktempt to control
whzst the lsgisineuns.s Of the xtates
shall do in their deliberations"
Evening star., 1921-03-21
ROBBED on STREET CAR.

Edward L Hoover, - Sherman
avenue, Clarendon. Va. was robbed
Of his pocketboek. eoataininG $l3.
while on a 9th street car last night.
Abraham Ma1lino6. 1856 9Th street.
reported the taking Of two suits.
valued at $40. from his home Satur-
day night.
william Wym1n. z4f5 10th street
reported his apartment was robbed
last week Of $50 worth of jeweiry.
John ID. Huster. 1921 7th street,
told of burglars entering his store
and stealing an Overcoat valued at $40.
Entrance was gained to the bust
ness house Of N. A. Leese. 6l4 sth
street, by breaking a glass in a side
window. Tho cash register was rob-
he'd of $50,
Evening star., 1921-03-21

Lovely Spring. after giving, real
demonstration of. power here yester-
day and this morning. is 'dne to be
nipped in the bud this afternoon and
night, the weather bureaM predicting
showers this afternoon with much
cooler. weather tonight and tomor-
row.
Spring. who was not officially due
here until 1881 pm. last night. ar
rived yesterday in full glory Of green
and flower shades houEs ahead of
schedule, akker having givemmore or less
intimate grAmpses of her lovely self
for days past.
When the official thermometer
SCARED to 81 degrees yesterday after
noon. the hottest March 20 weather
ever recorded here, people knew that
SprinR had really arrived.
Cherry Blossoms Hail Spring.
The Japanese cherry trees and the
grass and the dogwood and the other
trees and flowers knew it, too. Be
tween pm. Saturday and 2 am.
sunday the thermometer at the
weather bureau registered 5s degrees.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
fEN|N Makes MOVE.
fOR COALITION RULE.
Red Leader Said to Have
I Opened Negotiations With
I Social RevoIuti0narieS.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, March 31.-Negoti-
atoms locking to the formation OF a
coalition government for soviet Rus
sia have been opened by Nikolai
Lenin. bolshevik premier. with lead
er8 Of the men nsheviki and social
revolutionAries says dispatch from
Revzl to the Beriingske TidenIe.
Reds Now Govern Georgia.
RATUM, Georgia, March 2o.-The
Turks who recently occupied Batum
have left. and a soviet Georgian gov
ernment has been established. Rus
sian and Georgian ships in the har-
Dor have been declared state prop
erty. The Turks are shelhng Batum,
doing damage to residences.
Rebels Advance on Chita.
PEKING, March 19.-Persistent reports
from Harbin state that Gen. Baron
Michel Ungern Sternberg. leader OF a
ferce of Russian revolutiOnaries and
MongDlians. is advancing toward the
Lake HaikaI region. evidently intent on
cutting of the Russian soviet forces at
Chita The soviet leaders are reported TO
be conducting a haSty mobIlization.
but to be meeting with considerable
opposition owing to the popularity or
Ungern-Sternberg, who commands a
large force of Buriat cavalry.
warsaw ReJoic-~ Over Peaee.
WARSAW March 10. - Premi er
Witos, standing on the stage OF the
Grand Opera Hous- lasr night. inform
ed the audience that peace had been
signed in Riga between soviet Rus
Bia and Poland
The premier's speech. which had
been intended for delivery in the dit1,
wao received with cheers by the
gathering, among whom was Hugh s.
Gibson. United States minister to Pe-
land, the diet having adjourned be-
fore news Of the signing of peace
had been received.
The treaty with the soviets, Premier
WitoS said. brought peace not only
to Poland, but to the whole of Europe.
Po5And'S energy, he added. which for
the past seven years had been de-
voted to war. would now be directed
toward peace and bringing Poland to
her proper place in the world
YrYH DADc rnMHnNIcN
Evening star., 1921-03-21
SEEKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE

Etheibert q. Frey. member Of the
bar. was cited today by Justice STAT
ford to show cause Thursday whv he
should not pay temporary alimony to
his wife. Gertrude l.. Frey The court
also enjoined the husband from mo-
Testing or interfering with his wife
or children.
a suit for an absolute divorce dIed
by the wife. She tells Of the MAJ
riage September II. 1905, and that
they have two children. ATTORNEYS
LIE Roy Pumphrey and J. d. Eason
jr, appear for the wife.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
1920 Cotton Crop
Greatest Since 1914,
Figures Disclose

The largest cotton crop since
1914 and the sixth largest in the
history OF the country was
grown last year. Ginning sta-
tisticx for the 193O-21 season,
announced today by the census
bureau, show q total of 13,36S,-
754 equivalent JOO-pOund bales
comprise the I9et crop. That il
about :.5S9,O equivalent 800
pound bales less than the record
crop Of 1914, and is slightly
xm a Her than the 1904 crop.
The census bureaus figures OF
cotton actually Einned. which
are accepted ns the final pro-
duction statistics, show the crop
to be- 37S,.5f bales more than
estimated by rhe Department of
Agriculture last December In
it's final forecast Of the year.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
WOMAN DIES IN THEATER.
Mrs. Pauline Wassung, Forty, Vic.
tim Of Heart Disease.

Mrs Pauline Wsssung. forty years
old. wife of Henry Wassung. 1913 Bu-
chanan street. died suddenly last
night while attending a show at a
local theater. Two physicians reached
Mrs. WassunE shortly after she was
stricken, but were unable to do any
thing for her.
Coroner hewitt viewed the body and
gave q certificate of death from heart
disease. Funeral services for Mrs.
Wassung were conducted in Hines
funeral parlor at sac o'clock this
morning. and the body was taken to
Paterson, N. J.. for intsrment4
Evening star., 1921-03-21
U. S. SEARCHES RECORDS
FOR OLD FRENCH CLAIM

Treasury officials dug through mus
~ records of revolutionary days to-
day and announced afterward that
they had been unable to find any rec
ORD OF the United States owing France
any money on account of loans ad-
vanced during the revolutionary war
Their activity resulted from th,
publication yesterday by the Paris
Eclair OF a statement by Jean Ber-
naru setting up counterclaim for
80. 600 OO0. 600 francs. alleged to be due
France on account Of aid given by
France in the revolutionary war
against the $4,000. .000.0 900 owed thu
United Statostby France on world WA
loans.
NJ Bernard also claimed that Amer
lea never had paid 0.0O0, 900 francs o.
the purchase price of Louisiana Off
cials said references to the Louisiana
purchase and payments on that dea
were few in the Treasury files. bur
that none indicated unpaid balances
Evening star., 1921-03-21
EDITORS WIN STRIKE.
Binghamton Papers Beat Printers
After Two-Week SUSPENSION.

BINGHAMTON. y. y, March 81. -
BiHghamton newspapers under an
open-shop policy today published dis
play advertising after nearly two
weeks suspension, due TO strike Of
union printers seeking to enforce de-
ma nds.
The striking printers expressed con-
fidence that they would be able to
break into the ranks of the n0n-union
men when the publishers attempt to
replace strikebreakers with men seek
ing permanent positions.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
JAMES D. SABINE DEAD.
Civil War Veteran Suceumbs to
Heart Disease.

James D. Sabine, IN old resident Of
this city. died in his apartments, on
H street near 18th, Saturday after
noon. from heart disease. Funeral
services were held at Gawler's chapel,
1870 Pennsylvania avenue. this aft
ernoon. and burial was made at the
Arlington national cemetery.
Mr.. Sabine was a veteran of the
civil war. having served as q pay-
masters clerk in the Navy from No
vember. 1862. until September, 1868.
In Novembe 1868, he was appointed
4 general service clerk in the adju-
tant generals once, War Depart
meat, and served there until 1888.
when he resigned to engage in pri-
vate pursuits in this city At one
time he served AZ private secretary
TO Adtt. Gen. Townsend and aft
erward was closely associated with
Adjt. Gen Drum. He reached the
highest clerical grade In the adtu-
tant generzrs ONCE and for many
years was in charge of the miscel-
l2peouD division.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
SHOOTS MAN DEAD.

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. March 21-While
on his way home from church service
last night, D. I. Ambrester. well known
planter Of this county. shot and killed
Guy Odel. who. according to Ambres-
ter's report to authorities, renewed a
long-standing feud.
The killing took place at Yizgah, in
the Sand mountain section. Ambres-
ter came here and surrendered.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
M0YER MUST GO TO JAIL.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 21,-
Ralph T. Meyer, former cashier of
the North Penn Bank. a state insti
tuition. was today refused an appeal
by the state supreme. court and must
begin serving an fndeterminate SEN
tence OF from twelve to fifteen years
for his connection in the wrecking
Of the bank two years ago.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
FIRE RAZES CITY BLOCK.

SIDNEY. Ohio. March 2I.-Fire o.
unknown origin early today destroyed
the Thompson block. in the heart %
the city. entailing a loss estimate
at 100000. The exchange of the Sid
ney Telephone Company was con-
pletely destroyed, with 100000 loss
The PiQua fire department was
Evening star., 1921-03-21
LEVIN RAPs COMMUNISM
BY PAUL SCOTT NOWRER.
~ Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New
CoDyright 1921.

PARIS. France. March 21,-Almost
simultaneously with the signing of a
peace treaty or so-called commercial
agreement between Britain and Rus
sia, dispatches from Reval announce
that Lenin has persuaded his asso-
ciateS that Russia must abandon COM
muHism for the next ten years 1t
least and invite foreign bourgeois
st4fes to assist in Russia's economic
development
Opinion is divided here as to
whether these important events will
We1ken or strengthen the boish evist
dictatorship. French leaders say that
Lloyd George personally believes that
boa1hevfsm is about to fall and that he
0aened the Russian agreement merely
- sop TO the British radicals, who
are angry because Britain joined with
France in extending the occupation Of
German territory.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20
New Tissue Ginghams

patterns special yard quality of Tissue Ginghams-32 wide; choic patterns and coorings special, yard .A lection of checks plads stripes; all fast colors; special yard
 (Main Floor)
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20

Finest Imported Zephyr Ginghams -32 inches wide finest S1OO goods that are ab- solutely guaranteed to wash and wear; French and English weaves in broad assortment of plaids and stripes; extra special, per RQc
 FIoor)
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20

Lonsdale and Berkley Cambric The very best qualities, for finest Under musins, yard wide, extra special, OIc per yard
 (kdain Fioor)
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20
Hope Muslin

36 inches wide, at the extra special 1Eo price of ACN
 (Main FIoor)
Arizona republican., 1921-02-20

The very best quality in solid colors and big variety of wanted patterns, light and 9Ec dark; extra special, per yard. coS
 (Man Foor)
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
AMERICAN VALUE
TARIFF ISOPPOSED
Rubber Expert Says 1t Would
Increase the CosS Of
Tires.
BLOW TO MUSIC LOVERS
Importation Of Instruments
Would Cease Under Plan, Says
Editor Of Music Publication.

The National Council of American Ex-
porters and Traders. continuing its CAM
paign against the American valua-
ton" plan In the Fordney tariff, gave
out yesterday expressions from Edward
F. BabcoclS OF the IadiG Rubber Revie,o,
Charles f. Oursler Of the Music Trades
Revte,o and F. b. Webster of the Marine
Engineering aud shipping Age.
In Mr.. Babcock's opinion the plan
would curb the use of motor vehicles
through the higher cost of rubber tires,
and because of its uncertainty in opera
ton would hinder foreign trade, increase
manufa cturing costs and increase the
cost Of living.
Its burden on the musical merchan-
disc industry" said Mr.. Oursler. will
principally be felt by the poorest class
of people, who buy violins and other in
struments for their children, because of
the large and inevitable rise in price 1t
would produce. 1t will be impossible
for thousands Of poor people to have
their children educated musically. The
importation Of musical instruments will
cease under the plan."
Another barrier against foreign
trade" Mr.. Webster called it. He said
the surplus marketed In foreign coun-
tries would determine future American
prosperity, and interference with foreign
trade would prove costly. The "Ameri
can valuation" plan would cause irrita-
tion and protests from foreign govern
ments, he said. at time when the
United States was trying to cultivate in
ternational good will.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
BISHOP DUNN TO TAKE
CHARGE OF OLD PARISH
Begins at Church of the An
nunciotion on Thursday.

The Right Rev. Bishop John J. Dunn,
recently named by Archbishop Hayes ir
removable rector of the Church Of the
Annunciation. 131st street and Convent
avenue, will take charge Of the parish
next Thursday.
1t was on that day a year ago that
the late Mgr. William L. Penny, seventh
rector. died. after a long illness. and in
commemoration OF that event Bishop
Dunn will officiate at a solemn mass of
requiem. AS the latter was one of Har-
lem's best known priests, it is expected
that the church will be filled with his
friends.
The parish which Bishop Dunn takes
charge of this week Is an old one, hav-
ing been founded sixty years ago by the
late Rev. Arthur Donnelly. The founder
built his church on part of the site OF
what Is at present Manhattan College.
Broadway and 131st street, but when the
new church, rectory and school were
erected they were put UP two blocks east
of the original site.
There are about 1000 parishioners in
Annunciation and the church property is
valued at three-quarters of million.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
Y. M. G. A. TO ERECT
BUILDING FOR BOYS
West Side Branch Is First
Ever to Undertake Such
an Enterprise.

The West Side branch of the Y. NJ.
C. A. has launched campaign to raise
funds for the erection of a new building.
costing with it's site nearly 100000. and
designed to house the boys work pro-
gramme Of the branch, according to an
announcement by William M. Kingsley
yesterday afternoon at exercises cele-
brating the twenty-afth anniversary Of
the West Side branch. Accompanying
this announcement, Mr.. Kingsley made
known that four gifts, aggregating $40,-
900. have already been made.
Philip lie Boutillier, in charge of the
boys work at the West Side Y. NJ.
c. A., and J. B. Mabon have given
$4,000: Gilbert College has donated S1o,-
900, and an anonymous donor has added
$3.50 to the building fund. The total
to be raised Is S25O000. the balance re-
qured for the purchase of a site and for
building operations to be amortized by
the branch organization. Mr.. lie Boutil-
iier is chairman Of the committee In
charge Of the project. He is assisted by
John Sherman Hoyt Vanderbilt Webb.
Mr.. Colgate and William Sloane Coffin.
Tentative plans for the building al
ready have been drawn. The site OF the
new structure has not yet been deter
mined. 1t is said, but 1t will not be
far from the present branch building at
31S West Fifty-seventh street
The enterprise is the first of its kind
undertaken by any branch OF the Y. NJ.
c. A. The new building will be an
eight story structure. the home and
centre OF all the activities among boys
who are less than eighteen years old.
The building will have sleeping rooms
for 1876, facilities for 1000 regular mem
bers, and provisions for the physical.
social. educational and employment SER
vice features OF the work.
"The projected plans and aims of this
building mark new development in
Y. NJ. G. A. work." said Mr.. Kingsley, in
commenting on the expansion. Hereto
fore, the Y has dealt chiefly with young
men over eighteen years of age. The
~ however. has recognized the large
returns Of work undertaken with the boy
under eighteen years of age. It is the
belief Of its sponsors that this building
will mark a new area of service to the
New York boy, whose needs have not
been clearly appreciated in the past, and
that this building is destined to be the
first of a series in New York city de-
voted to a similar purpose"
The work OF the West Side branch was
viewed In retrospect and In forecast by
other speakers 1T the anniversary exer-
cises. John II. Mott. the principal speak
err. referred 10 Il as 'the most cosmopoli-
tan OF all branches in this and forty
seven other nations"
The present enrolment of the branch
is S,100. Several members of the COM
mittee of management, including Mr..
Kingsley. Mr.. Colgate. and Mr.. Mabon,
have served since the branch was estab-
lished.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
COURT HOUSE ZONE
PLOT TO BE SOLD
j. P. Day Will Auction Vacant
Parcel on December 9Th;
Other Sales Pending.

Three LIQUIDATION sales for estates In
apartment and tenement properties will
be offered at absolute auction are
scheduled by Joseph p. Day to De held
in the vesey Street Exchange on Thurs
offerings is the vacant plot on the cas-.
side of Lafayette street. from Duane to
Pearl streets, between the Municipal
Building and the new county court house
site Another important Offering for the
estate of Emile Moser includes the tene-
ments at Gao to 644 Fifth street
adjoining the northwest corner of Avenue
c and at 1473 Second avenue, between
Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth streets.
The properties to be sold in liquida-
ton. by order of /. L. Schlesinger, In
clude the tenements and apartment
houses at 301 and 303 East 10th street ;
S26 and 328 East 126th street, near Sec
ond avenue; 145 and 147 West 127tn
street near Lenox avenue, and b31 and
SAG West 179th street, near st. Nicholas
avenue. Other properties in Manhattan
include the four story store and loft
building at 24O West Twenty-seventh
Street lue uWtiihE it LOU ISdSt Joy ciisS =
ninth street, with immediate possession,
and the vacant plot at SO to 40 West
Twenty ninth street. Properties In The
Bronx include the apartment houses at
S16 to $40 East 10th street. between
Mapes and Marion avenues, and the
vacant plot at the northeast corner Of
linton avenue and East 151st street.
In Brooklyn Mr.. Day will sell the tene-
ments at 706 Quincy street, near Reid
avenue, and at 392 Tompkins avenue
adjoining the southwest corner of JEFF
ferson avenue. The frame dwelling 50x
1857 at the southwest corner of Fifth
avenue and Sixth street, Pelham. West
chester county, New York, is also to be
sold.
The holdings of the late James A.
Mahony In Manhattan, Bronx and
Yonkers will be sold by Mr.. Day for the
NJ Morgenthau. Jr. Company, agents,
on Tuesday, December 6, at noon in the
Vesey Street Exchange. The properties
are vacant lots in sections that are
being rapidly deNIoped and the offer
ings have excited much interest among
speculative builders, investors and
SPECTATORS.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
SURPRISE EXPECTED
MIR. 7. INQUIRY
Examination of Minutes Will
Begin To-day Before the
Transit Commission.
AFFECTS RECEIvERSHIPS
Directors Who Controlled in
Days of Big Dividends VIII
Be Called.

Examination of the minutes of the
Transit Company and of officers of tho
company will begin at to-day's investi-
cation of the traction situation by the
Transit Commission. Horace NJ. Fisher
the first witness to be examined by Clar-
ence j. Shearn, special counsel.
Other witnesses to be called are Job
Hedges, receiver for the New York Rail-
ways Company; Morgan j. O'Brien.
Brig.-Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, L. j.
Rerwind, August Belnont and Daniel G.
Reid, directors OF the Interborough Rap
id Transit Company during the days
of big dividends, but II is not expected
they will be called before tomorrow.
The minutes of the meetings are expect
cd, N was intimated last night, to re-
veal important facts which probably will
cause sensation regarding certain re-
ceverahips of subsidiary surface lines.
Relief in the shuttle service in Forty
second street and a material improve
ment in the Greensboro subway will be
effected as soon as the new subway ex-
tension from the Grand Central station
10 Eighth avenue and Forty-first street
is completed. Last week the Transit
Commission awarded the contract for
the extension of the greensboro subway.
which will cost s3,S67.13S.
The extension Is regarded as one OF
the most important links Of the dual
system still to be constructed. The plans
can for two track subway, beginning
ri a low level underneath the existing
shuttle tracks near Vanderbilt avenue
und extending west under Forty-second
street to point short distance east OF
Sixth avenue. From there the line will
bend south underneath Bryant Park into
Sixth avenue and thence turn west into
Forty-frst street and continue along
that thoroughfare to terminal point
just west of Eighth avenue.
There will be stations at Fifth ave-
rue and Forty-second street and under
meath the Times Square station of the
marlborough Seventh avenue line. 1t
will be possible to connect the new line
with the proposed north and south SUBJ
way under Eighth avenue. 1t Is estimat-
ed that If the Board Of Estimate takes
prompt action the work can be completed
within three or four years.
Upon the completion of the extension
persons who daily use the Greensboro
subway will be able to board trains at
Seventh avenue, taking them direct to
destinations in Queens or from points in
Queens to the theatrical district without
change.
The construction OF this extension will
constitute one Of the most difficult engi-
neering and construction Jobs ever un-
dertaken in New York. 1t involves the
removal Of $500 yards Of earth and
$4,000 cubic yards OF rock. There will
be $4,000 yards of concrete used in the
construction and $500 tons of steel. It
will not only be necessary to underpin
tho existing subway at the Grand Cen
trail station. but the entire end of the
New York Public Library. four theatres
end number of hotels and Office build
ings along the route.
The New York herald., 1921-11-28
CHINESE TAKE NOVEL OATH.
Point to the Ceiling Before Testf-
flying in Gambling Case.

Magistrate Peter A. Hating observed
the niecties in Tombs court yesterday
when seven Chinese were arraigned on
charges of gambling in tailor shop at
40 Mott street and informed attendants
that he was in doubt as to what oath
the defendants properly should be re-
quired to take before testifying. The
Bible was presented to several Of the
defendants, but they displayed no curl
osity in It. and Magistrate Hating de-
cided that they might not regard an
oath so taken with due respect.
An attempt was made TO ask the Chi
nese what deity they were accustomed
to accept. but the court interpreter was
out, which impeded the transference of
thought on the deeper question Of re-
ligion. The matter was settled finally
when each of the defendants pointed
solemnly ceilingward upon taking the
stand. They were fined 81 each on the
charge.