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THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1918. “EAA VEIN TG 9.009.000, 000 EXERPTIONS Livi WANING U. 9, DOUBLES GENERAL TAX HERE Pretty N. Y. Society Girls ' be Giscovered, systematic robbery would cease, Accordingly, the Miss- ing Property Bureau, working with ‘ dotective force tn harmony started to get the company off 11th Avenue and the validity of the fram. \chises under which the company op. erates has bee. attacked, all without BEGIN NEW SUNT own _ Alarming “Raids "of a Year Ago Reduced to Mini- | mum—“Fences” Gone. the bank tax law, whion removed from | The result bas been that of sixty-five ™ weneral taxation over $500,000,000; the STH WARY ‘The losses of silk in transit 5Y oases taken to the Federal courts, Thirty-three States hanging on the | mortgage recording tax law, $7,800,000,- The City Administration has reopen- 0 ” freight and express throughout this forty-five have been tried, ending if wall, 000; the secured debt tax law, $1,000 oa the tight inst the New York in VIRTUOUS WIVES eountry have been reduced to a min- one nequittal, two disnxrecmente and des _— aa 000,000, and other lawa of smaller aa oe oe A First National Production gmum in the last few months, accord- oe Waders pearance a Ube to inte It twenty-one vote dry, go0d-bYe— | in cunts, Central Rallroad with a suit for efect- SCENES IN in VERSAILLES” ing to John J. Hamil, head of the Missing Property Bureau of the Silk t $2,000 5 from 72d Stree: 7 Rs Violinist “Amociation of America, Organized — “Silk thieving ts practically stopped amendment to the Federal Constitu- a oxsar'ats fave cr Stead wee path - tN ha Adhd Aah STRAND SYMPHONY V ORCHESTRA fobbery, which flourished up to about BOW.) says Mr. Hamil, “We began to tion making the Nation bone-dry will| $1000, But for tho above exemptions th Avenue,” ag Eleventh Ave CORI GOPUARDE Consucter @ year ago, bas been kicked to pieces, Fyly the better of tne lessee of silk be ratified by enough States to make | ie ould have rid only $28, oF tax08 nue for the portion of ita length o¢- ance he says. : in express transit have averaged not it law within @ few ecks, Wartime of 18 peotaften Ls arthsdly Anata Mr. Hamil’s bureau was organized early (np this year at the suggestion of Ramsay Peugnet, Secretary and Mreasurer of the Silk Association, & means of putting a stop to the Josses of silk in transit, which at that time amounted to hundreds of thous- ands of dollars a month. It was Mr. Pougnet's veliof that tf the “fences,” who made a business of receiving the t voted on the question, Of the dollars every month, bas Nute title by advers: session and stolen goods and solling them to care. TGF" C\ery MON. a atwaye be States remaining to vote, the follow. | LONDON, Dec. 28.—Postera will ap-! thiol dnds Pv Cana Swhack Jess or criminal manufacturers, could more or lews thievery. Only last jing are already dry: bear in every parish tn Ireland to-day Tuesday five of our mon, with two ‘Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, |®"MOuncing that the Irish Republic has This contention is disputed by the Federal detectives from — Newark i “MOTHER KNOWS” Villam J, Flynn, head of the detective force of the United States Railroad Administration, pald special attention to these particular culprits, At about the same time a forgotten United States statute which had been on the books since 1898 was discov- ered, permitting prosecutions for thefts cf goods in {ransit between States to be begun in Federal courts, Thus tHe cases were removed from {leat political and other influences which hac previously made successful | prosecution at least probiematical, imprisonment, the offenses running from petty larceny to murder. more than $5,000 a month. At the Present time they will not run to more than $500 a month. In Jersey City, where there were formerly a large number of ‘fen: ‘it is now im- possible for any of the crooked man- ufacturern to obtain silk, That city was the natural place for these re- ceivers of stolen silk to congregate, because of the number of railroad terminals there, They used to do a businews of hundreds of thousands of raided a place in Secaucus, N. J | arrested three men who were ope At ‘Carnaval de Victoire’ » West ~BONE-DRY LIKELY /_INAFEW WEEKS |State Li pastes to Meet Next Month and Ratification Appears Certain, | that's all. | Indications are that the proposed Prohibition will then go into effect next July 1, Practically every State Legislature will meet next month, and nearly every one of these bodies which will |vote on ratification of the: Federal |Amendment is pledged to vote for it Fifteen States already have ratified the measure, Thirty-three have not Virginia, Maine, Towa, ‘Kansas, | Colorado, New Mexico, Okla- Big Part of State's “Intangible”, Wealth Pays Nothing to | Government, { ALBANY, Dec, 28.—Over $9,000,000,-' 000 of tho State's taxable Fine tom! as-| alent to three-quarters of the total as- sessable property—escaped general tata tion last year because of exemption privileges extended to certain entablished | classes of intangibles, Comptroller Travis | pointed out to-day. This 18 sald to be due largely to epecial tax laws, such as Ituation,” explained the Comp- eans that the taxpayer owning POSTERS TO-DAY ANNOUNCE IRISH REPUBLIC FORMED Sinn Feiners Plan to Establish Par- liament of Their Own in Dublin, come into being, says the Express. The newspaper adds that the Sinn result, TO OUST CENTRAL FROM RIVER FRONT City Now Attacks Attacks Railroad’s Title to Land North of 72d Street. 'DANED iN (RA ANI ANE A ment affecting its river front Mnes ALNS ICHOT] YON YON COLIGNON}CUNRE Aine known, {s not directly affected by the new action. The railroad company insists that ts possession of the land and land under water’ occupied by its tracks between 72d Street and Spuyten Duyvil ts lawful. To part of the land and land under water it claims abso- DADWAY | AND DNB SCHUYLER U +D, ‘Magnificent Presentation DUS! IN FARNUM 4 In 21 G ri ( NEXD Thu, FRE, SAL, UN NOT A WAR PICTURE, The Charming Grace clty. The suit in ejectment 1s wholly i SESSUE HAYAKAWA Feiners in th elect vi @ first ‘drop, that is the first ‘fence’ Nevada, Orogon, ‘Washington, | onty member . = = — CHARLIE CHAPLIN in ence’ 5 |e embers of Paritament were elect- When I feel scrappy and mean, to which goods stolen at the Jerecy | a Indl Might PHOTO PLAYS, City terninals were taken, There the Idaho, Wyoming, Indiana, Michigan|ed by the party, but they will not take mother never scolds, She usually goods Were to be. bold. wo other |and New Hampshire, The following | their seats. finds my tongue is white, my breath (A A di sy 2 a « are wet, but dry In spots: Missouri,| It is stated by the Express that a bad, then she says, “My Pet needs a arhese the moods wer aold ca ee Vermont, Iillinois, California,’ New cli Sinn Fein Council will be es- ” acturers, who € fn Because they taste like candy, Next! }\. ayved the fabric to make it unrecog: | Jersey, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and morning 1 wake up feoling dandy.’ nisabic. | If the Government orders its disband- De you give your children Cascarete or nasty castor oil, pills or calomel? Oascarets never hurt us kids | Qascareta, candy cathartic, cost aly 10 cente and mothers will find Wirections for children’s dosage at all ‘ages on cach box. Cascarete work like Bebarm when the child’s little stom- eh, liver and bowels need cleansing and regulating. —Advt. 17,000,000 in 1917, The construc- e o the entire amount Cecil B, De Mille's Production The highwaymen followed, but turned] In the greater elty alone the total p21. tal of $8,575,000 wtands Se a as “sdministratrix mands regular | ” A: * 1 back at sight of soldier guards outside | was $874,488,300. It stands against! against $12,500,000, ‘from deceased's employer for bis habits. Take one or “THE SQUAW MAN way with the debarkation hospital in the old Richmond was the only borou t ‘alse Teeth garage and stole an automobile, which | its $32,030,000 comparing with $ futher had abandoned deceased, leav- WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST the police say wus later found in front | Measure of the restrictive plage} 200,000. It scored $23,900,000 in 4,900 ing maintenance and support | to ANALAX paatilles T 5 of Byrne's home. Te the war during the past year. But|sales, against $21,000.00 mother, held, under the facts, tha| i oubl es Me eR cial Mad Mig dsl i in mortgages, against $5 tonight. Bake your dental plate fit snug and Germ instantly wid get reliel from the tortures caused by a loose, wabbly y lete reaction from normal ts calcu- Where a railroad sought to con- dropping plate. eucernas ABC Hin by Al fos a 1 peeling TION SELLING LESs, demn land and Commissioners added MCKESSON 6 ROBBINS, Inc. NewYor DR. WERNET’S POWDER For Fatee Teeth ‘fences,’ Who had ‘drops’ of thelr ow “We pretty well broke up the busi- | ness of ‘fencing’ in New York City| when we arrested tho biggest receiver | of stolen silks here about a month }ago. He was indicted for having $5,000 worth of silk which had b {stolen three days before from the| Schwartzenbach and Huber C fompany | 4 West Hoboken, “Lott robberies, too, in New york| have practically ceased since Hend- quarters Detectives Oliver and Fen Melly took charge of such cases for us. And as for thefts of silk from \freight trains, we haven't had one “Not many cinema attractions are saf- | since jast Apri. Every car contain-| IRTUALLY all of New York society ts expected to be out to- fictently ulluring to Induce hard working eusaba Be Ot heated tenis ee night at the Rita to entertain and to be entertained at the Car- people to stay up ‘till after midnieht, but eu |e¢ y our association’s men “ ‘THE HEART OF HUMANITY vost from start to destination, In many naval de Victoire to be given for the benefit of the Free Milk for op 4 hee cases our men have prevented and in gome cases discovered thefts of other goods than silk. Not long ago, in| Tunning down a silk theft they re-| covered a very large consignment of expensive furs and arrested oe thieves, “In short,” Mr. Hamil concludes, | “organized robbery has been broken | up in all parts of the country, with the exception of one district, which obviously it would not be wise to gente, since we are now working AD TWO-BARRELLED PISTOL Queer Weapon Like That Which Scared Watchman Found on Arrested Suspect. The oddest weapon found by tho from John Byrne, thirty-three, of No. 113 Seventh Avenue, charged with rob- bery and violating the Sullivan law. Five men entered the garage of the Astor Taxi and Garage Company, No. 130 West 18th Street, Christmas morn- ing, and one pointed a double-barreled pistol at Dawson Carter, the negro watchman. Carter breeze@ out and through 18th Street, Greenhut store. They went back to the arrested Byrne he had the double- barrelied pistol. Detectives Stephens and Renton, who made the an quote Byrne pasate Admits $136,231 Debt. Charles Pfizer, formerly noted as a HA UY Marsonie even I'rance Fund, Noted New York beauties in colorful costumes and taking part in many tableaux will be the principal entertainers, Miss Marjorie Byrne, whose picture is shown in the costume of a French milkmaid, will be one of the fifty programme girls who will be similarly dressed for the event, ET $1,048 488300 IN METROPOLIS YEAR OF REALTY DEALS i Rs ee $874,488,300 for Greater City, Manhattan Leading With Metropolitan realty is closing @ $1,043,488,300 year. ‘This compares with $1,410,700,000 in 1917, $1,549,529,000 in 1916, $1,483,700,000 4m 1915, $1,312,000,000 in 1914, $1,468,- 000,000 in 1913, these totals embracing sales, mortgage loans and outlays for | construction, $1,215,200,000 for 1917, The shrinkage | of approximately 25 per cent. is a fair} this reaction was a continuation from the preceding year, 1916, when the total was $1,608,000,009, and the com- Sales of real estate in the entire Metropolitan district have involved {of manufacturers with ¢ 000 and $28,500,000 in 1917. Home buying in that borough has been a distinctive feature recently, and large amounts of private investment sav- ings have come into the market, making buyers independent of mort- resumption in the metropolitan realty field. QUEENS PASSES THE BRONX WITH $105,660,000. Queens passes the Bronx with $105,660,000. Luyers there took 11,250 Parcels at $74,300,000, their invest- ments during 1917 having come close to $100,000,000, Mortgage borrowers available having been due to the rush vernment contracts. Builders spent $8,860,000, in comparison with $9,600,000 for 1917, The Bronx has taken $66,539,300, in comparison with $102,000,000 for 1917. There were 4,490 sales at $45,214,300, against $75,000,000 in the preceding year. Borrowers on mortgage got 50,000, after having taken only pass its total of the preceding $5 2 building, Pe $169,000,000 OUTSIDE CITY—AUC- 0,000 10,000, for against Outside the greater city, the sub- urbs of Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and Jersey rolled up $169,000,000 from Minnesota, Minnesota held an elec- tion a short time ago and a recount is now being made to determine the status of the State, About the only States which are not expected to ratify the. amend- ment are New York, Connecticut and Wisconsin, New York probably’ will submit the question to a referendum. Illinois and Oklahoma probably will have strong wet delegates, but are not expected to be strong enough to | ment, it is stated, it will establish it- self elsewhere, and if necessary move from place to e. cancers, Out Cash Bonuses and Insurance Policte: ‘The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. an- nounce that in addition to a cash bonus given to their employees, each was pre- sented with an additional Christmas gift in the shape of a paid-up life insumnce uffect the dry strength, Latest Decisions of the 1 Pup: a The Evening Wo The determination of a local draft board in @ case where it has au- thority to act is final, unless ap- pealed to the district board or’to the Dynamite, as a legitimate subject of commerce, while in transit to a foreign country may be lawfully brought into any harbor.—City of Seattle vs, Lloyds Plate Glass Ins. Co, U. 8 C. C. A, of Wash. whether arising from peril of the sea or otherwise,” does not apply to | excess freight paid for forwarding on stranding of the ship, for which the insurer is lable—Firemen'’s Fund Ins. Co, vs, Trojan Powder C 305, | In controversy between father and mother of deceased, a single man, in |which the mother claimed that she |death, less cost of suit and funeral expenses, on the ground that the the entire fund would be awarded to (the mother—In re Paris, 172 N, ¥. 8. 607, to report allowing for land taken that it was made With understanding that the railroad was to build crossing for SYNOPSIS OF NEW LAWS Compiled by William McMahon, | policy in amounts ranging fom $600 to $1,87 | - \ Courts of Last Resort.: a We adays and Saturdays. husband had been previously mar- ried, and without cohabitation, re- | turned to her own home and there’ resided, her marriage should be an- | nulled on the ground of fraud—Weill | gage considerations. Brokers there pe 72 N. 589. r —N. ¥. HERALD, GARAGE. HOLD-UP MAN say the section shows strong indi President—Bx parte Platt, U, &. D./ vs, Welll, 173 N. ¥. B. 4A Aiminct ' chievement of motion picture tions of leading the reconstruction | C. of N. Y. Where defendant offered buy . ereation.” —N. ¥, TIMES, land from plaintiff, initial payment in escrow to be released after receipt of clear title, but plaintiff's accept- ance was conditioned that payment in escrow becheck to his order, to be; released on certification by’ trust, company holding it as to clear title, there was no binding contract of sale| <Douaworth vs. Christofter Hannevig | Co,, 172 N. Y. 8, 572. | police since the orgy of hold-ups started cpenane $ a 400, has thus exceeding | A clause of a marine cargo policy: CONTINUOUS 10 A, M, to midnight, {8 @ double-barreled pearl-handled pis- ¢ heir .000,000 of the preceding | “freight warranted free from ai tol of ancient make, Yaken early to-day $407,740,000. |year, the ter amount of money | claim consequent upon loss of se |g oe EES OSS OOD health de- two delicious pink At your dregaies Mater f Cal Toth Prusder have been the exceptional pictare, for the Broadway Theatre was packel to overs flowing by an auilence that never mixed @ thrill skipped a dramatic sitaation.” —NEW YORK TELEGRAPH, “The Heart of Humanity” “THE HEART OF HUMANITY’ thrills.” ¥. JOURNAL, “Spectators thrilled to it. “Panoramas unsurpassed on the screen.” —N. ¥. WORLD. “Our advice ie—GO SEE ‘THE HEART OF HUMANITY!” —N, ¥, TKIBUNE. BROADWAY Theatre, BROADWAY at 41st St, Commencing To-Morrow, FIRST ANNIVERSARY, Adapted from the Famous Play of the Sam “WASHINGTON’S SKY PATROL” A Skylark tn @ Warplane Over the Nation's Capitol, “ KILAUEA» —HAWAIIAN VOLCANO NEW PWOOBSS PRIZMA NATUKAL ERNO RAPEE Will Conduct addition, horne dhow CERibior contend sayy | $789,448,800, at assessed valuation, for] $13,000,000 on 16,4 Raley, $38,100,000 | owners, “understanding” was equiva- THE R RIVOLI ORCHESTRA tom ment for #36331 inthe Supreme Court | 68,225 parcels, ‘This compares with) Mottgaxes and $11,250,000 uilding op- [ent to agreement’ whlch, andar the “ine fan it well thi yesterday in favor of Emile Pfizer, Thi, erations, hey compare with §$195,- | Eminen’ main - * from powder is nount debtn which Euutle | $!081,000,000 in 1917 Borrowers 0M} 99.000 for 1917 on $135,000,000. sales, |bodied in the report, and, if con- CHARITY, so-par ats He” SAAN zt eptc, Pfizer numerous mortages received $179,050,000, against | $43,000,000 mortgages, $17,300,000 con- | firmed, will censtitute a ‘covenant . TIMES 5 GUAR oe mens Charles | Fas Sublioin18h6 $264,000,000 during the preceding year, | struction, running with the land—Southern | CHPLE | ROTO 4. he iven though you: Nate fits well use this vowder to keep it clean. Guaranteed by Wermet Dental Oe, 1) Mie 6 New York. testifle been stripped of his ‘wealth through unfortui promotions, the severe reduction explaining much of the reaction in the eelling and building branches of the market be- Auction selling reached five-sev- enths of the volume of the preceding year, The Manhattan total of $26,- 000,000 stands agajnst $34,760,000, In Ry. Co. vs. Powell, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Proof of a deed to defendant, duly Lexington Theatre res ss Eves 8.15. Matinees Wed. @ Sat. 215 OF SLROTHAPE is ing To: Morrow. direction Com ‘ ' y in “STRING f at all “Ging Dewrnlete Departmen cause lenders were too busy in sup-|the Bronx, properties on the block |acknowledged and recorded, . placed i - oe hak STOMACH UPSET? aixine (Gaverinantal nesta ta 1a brought 5,605,000, the 1917 total having | the title and right of Possession prima 4 ” Cc HAR L FS RA i BEANS" ‘ % g-| been | $8,600,000, Brooklyn receipts | facie in bim, but the burden of proo 1_Inee-Paremount_Pic % o "[Pemey Get any of thelr money. Bulld-| 7224 06 195,000 in comparison With fr. |ahitted to tim to akow a dalivery in| RIALTO ANIMATED MAGAZINE . {ng outlays were $68,940,000, against! 15,000, In suburban sections, salcs | grantor's lifetime, when it appeared SUNDAY WORLD WANTS Pape’s Diapepsin at once ends sourness, gas, acidity, indigestion. When meals upset you and y belch gas, acids and undigested food, When you have lumps of indigestion pain or any distress in stomach you can get relief instantly—No waiting! ” ite N Ss Raw iawanl ing in an automobile is bound to look . . . DONALD BRIAN DE WOLF HO?PER age loans and $42,000,000 in construc- New ee menlD OS Tetee ene approachem artes accppiuw put, | Winner, BN adway will whis- LUCILLECAVANAGH 2 Gus Edwards’ R tion, ceceentne . is not required to again stop before |I tle them all winter. L x Cus Edwards’ Revue Brooklyn has held nearer tts ol4| GUPPNSTOWN, Dec, 28 (Assoctat- | Crossing—Wingert Va P. & Re Re Co, EVA GAUTHIER Choruses from “THE | volume, its sales for the year involving | ° F'Fess)—Thg steam yacht Corsair | Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, $20,000 worth of costumes. BESSIE McCOY % CANARY” and “The | $196,584,000 on 23,275 parcels, in com=| ty B'S, Nclville; dere ye tte] Ag gtate Constitution ta not a grant| , 150 Soldier show girls, All SAM ASHE % Gir! Lehind the Gan,” Melville, a destroyer tender, c . AS soon as you eat « tablet of | PATi8on with $25,000,000 in 1917, Total] which has been’ the rl ee Sr iit | of power, but only restriction of | former professionals. i Nida ban Pape's Diapepsin all the indigestion | T@nsactions have been $262,519,000,/ American destroyer squadron base at| powers otherwise practically —un- Staged by Jack Mason. g! 1 b » stops, Gases, acidity, heartburn, latulence and dyspepsia vanish, Pi 's Diapepsin tablets it aise, Gemini fabieis epet recy ‘| alterations. $110,000,000 for 1917. Sales in the greater olty reached $676,448,300 for 49,825 parcels, conipar- ing with $896,000,000 for the preceding year, ntracts called for $140,350,000, against $22,000,000 for the year before. Bullding outlays stand at $57,690,000, against $92,700,000, $407,740,000 IN BOROUGH OF MAN- HATTAN SHOWS BIG SLUMP, Manhattan leads, as usual, in total transactions, although {ts $407,740,000 under the hammer amounted ‘to §3,- 010,000, against $3,691,400. ——— NEGROES TO STAY IN NORTH. Deparment of Labor Finds They're ch Wages, Dec, 28,—Represen- rtment of Labor Em- ployment Service have found that many thousands of the negroes who migrated from Southern States to the North and West during the war will not return to thelr old homes, but that deed was found in grantor’s safe unrecorded after grantor’s death— Kanawell Miller, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Where Canvassing Board declared | an election a tie and court ordered | that certain votes thrown out be counted for petitioner, it is not nece: sary Uhat all the votes be recounted, | the only question being as to the | validity of votes thrown out—State | vs, W. Warwick, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, A Sensation with IPT. FRANK TINNY “Atta Boy is a wonderful show— the audience remained seated to ap- plaud for more uhtil the lights went out.” —N. ¥. Tribune. “Atta Boy a riot—the audience “THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD.” THE RIALTO ORCHESTRA HUGO RIESENFELD Conduct! : Today—Lan Timee—MANGUERITE CLARK in’ "LITTLE MISS HOOVER CHARITY. | CHARITY, HIPPODROME—Special Holiday Concert nous, Lt 0-200 Ky 18-206. tne tam t retire simply rocked with laughter.” YEAR'S looks small beside its $659,000,000 of fare, for the. higher | While partnership realty ts consid- =N. ¥, Eve, World. | ||/TO-MORROW S U N D 4 BIGGEST 1917, It recorda 5,910 sales at §336,500,- |'ind the better condi tions’ they” lve uns ered personalty for Partnership pu “Captain Frank Tinney keeps NIGHT BILLI | rage: rs ye Poses, it ts realty so far as the heirs|} the audience constantly convulsed” $37,380.000 pels A bepsemioer ge peerotes pric , rag rw sain and legal representatives of the part- —Eve, Teleeram, Follow the example of these Celebrated Sta | $17,250,000 for building operations, of | \ land, India ners are concerned—Kreis ys. Cart- j which less than 180 new structures took $8,750,000, the rest going into In 1917 the gales reached $495,000,000, with $122,000,000 in mort- against $293,000,000 a year ago, its mortgages having amounted to $45,- “ind ether Middte 8 to take the places of Monte nd others who went back niries to Mght, Queenstown, The Melville will sail for home Jan. 6 and the executive staff will take quarters on the Cor- $10,000, and pbuilding to $20,675,000, ‘These two last items stood at $57,000,. sair until all business here has been Vorcolnaled. ledge, vania. Supreme Court of Pennsyl- One approaching a railroad, cross- | limited, Strawberry Hill Land Corp. vs, Starbuck, 97 8, EB 362. “Atta Boy made up of laughs— full of surprises.” —N. ¥. American. 20 new songs. Everyone a Box Office Ovens 9.80 A, M, ife discovered a few dour after her marriage that ber and be a BIG BROTHER to a Boy AL JOLSON % GEO. M. COHAN WILLIAM COLLIER 9 JCHN BARRiMORE ENTIRE PROCEEDS FOR THE toBeRemem- | CATHOLIC BIG BROTHERS