The evening world. Newspaper, November 20, 1919, Page 3

Saeateetinenadl _. Ment was necessary IN SUPREME COURT NATION'S DRY LAWS Argument ‘Begun on Appeals From Decisions in. Ken- tucky and New York. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—Pr ident Wilson will make no move to rescind the war-time Prohibi- tion Act until peace has been de- lared formally, it w: ied offi- ially to-day at the White House. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Tho Su- Preme Court was asked to-day to de- termine the constitutionality of the War-time Prohibition Act as well as the Volatend Prohibition Hnforcement Act during arguments on appeals Brought to test Congress's right to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxtcants, While many conflicting sions have been. rendered in various parts of the country upon the question, to- day's arguments involved only three cases, one from Kentucky, In which the war-time act was declared un- constitutional, and two from New York in which the authority of Con- gress not only ty make the country dry, but to enforce it was sustained. Failure of the Senate to ratify the treaty of Versailles was regarded by attorneys in the $48 only com- pliicating the situation because of the delay in the termination of the tech- nical state of war, but the Court's willingness to expedite the cases was regarded us indicating the Court's in- tention to decide the question as quickly ‘as possible, Arguments will Rot be concluded until to-morrow. The first case argued was that of the Kentucky Distilleries and Ware- house: Company,’ in which Federal Judge Evans of Louisville declared the Wartime Prohibition Act to, oe invalid amd enjoined Internal Rev- enuo otfiiwls from preventing the withdrawal of a large quantity of whiskey from bonded warehouses, Before the arguments began, Wayne B, Wheeler, counsel for the Anti- Saloon League was given permission to file a brief in support of national * prohibition, Assistant Attorney General Frier- son, opening tor the Government in the Kentucky case, argued that Con- «ress under its war péwers had au- thority to enact war-time prohibition legissation. He said the courts had held that some act by the Govern- to fix the time of the termination of war and re- minded the court that the Civil War was not ended legally by Congress until lev6. Mr. Frierson said only two ques- tions were involved—whether the facts existed that brought Into play the war power of Congress and whether the Prohibition Act had some sinbstantial relation to the result to be uscomplished, Both, he sald, were to be answered in the affirmat! Contentions that the act conflicts with the Fitth Constitutional Amend- ment prohibiting the taking of pri- vate property without just compen- sation were opposed by the Assistant Atternes General, who declared the effect of the act was limited in that it only prohibited the domestic sale of intox‘cants, “That is merely restricting the sale ot aistilied spirits and is not destroy- ing them,” suid he. “Wasn't Wartime — Prohibition signed after the armistice?” Justice McReynolds asked. “Yes,” replied Frierson, “And you contenil it was the exer- cise of a war power?” “Yes, sir, because the war is not onded until the treaty is adopted.” “Suppose that the treaty is never put into effect, would you continue a forever?” Justice McReynolds di. ““aIt must be continued until there is ‘ome act of the President or the Con- as officially ending thew Wrierson plied. In a bi 4 fiicd by the Anti-Saloon Teague it Is med that prohibition 4 necessary to the wel of th country “The brewers," the brief says, were using 64,000,000 pounds of sugar a year, and enough grain to feed 7,000,000 people a year, ‘Th brewers in 1917 used 3.000 090 tons of coal and required 13,500,000 teams and cars, including 200,000 freight cars, U, §. SUBMARIE GOES 0 ROCKS 0 HELL GATE)” The Welter Stotes Novy submarine R23. In command of Lient, Ro D_ Lee, went on the rocks at T nee Point entrance to Little Holl Gate. this morn ing about 9 o'clock The tux Dictator of the Newtown Creek Towing Com- pany helped the submersible two hours later and it procee’ed under It* ow power to Now London, The extent of {he damoge has not yet been report The Hell Gite channel hae been a parteutiriy unfavorable pase war vascels, although It 1s pavigetsd py Sov mora Deep W n¢ town, > and Nav provem ni James B. We th Boneh to-day filed an answer Supreme Court to the gep rition aetion of Mra. Wood, re plying that their m Vfe for the past four years has & continual round of quarrels. Wood asks for the custo’y of their five-year-old daughter, hs wife upbraided him nd struck at him with a tryink to ward off the at severely bruised, Rig 31 ta1t. Wood charues, his wite joined al theatrical company, The Flame,” and was absent on a ‘tour to tne Pacific until Bob. iy; 1918, the.r daughter with her, before other: hammer. tuck, he says, Pe a | | MRS. WILLIAM MOORE. is! DROVILLARD GRAFT OHARGED IN RESALE OF CITY'S MOTORS Employee of City Accused of Keeping -Money in Trade of a Truck. David Hirshfield, Commissioner of Accounts, submitted to Mayor Hylan to-day a report alleging that motors which cost the city $95,000 in 1917 were traded back Jast March for a $5.230 motor truck, which was sold back to the automobile concern the following day for $3,000, by a city employee who {sg accused of keeping the money. According to the report, the Street Cleaning Department bought thirty- four motors and equipment from the ford Motor Truck Company, Inc., and paid $190,577.51. Last March, it is charged, seventeen of the motors were returned in exchango for the motor truck, valued at $5,230, The truck wns delivered to the} Street Cleaning Department stable, No, 133 West 9th Street, and the fol-| lowing day, it is alleged, Raymond B. | Cagver, examining engineer in the department, sold the truck back to the Garford Company for $3,000 and} gave a bill of sale. The truck then sold to a Brooklyn concern for 000. accordigg to the report. Commissi Hirshfield he has been unable to learn what be- came of seventeen of the original thirty-four motors. Carver has been} suspended. Mayor Hylan gent a copy of the re- port with a letter to the District At- vorney, Hirshfield alleges that W. H. Moore seneral manager of the truck com- pany, has testified under oath th: the resale of the truck was arranged before it was delivered to the city Hirshfield declares neither the St Cleaning Dopartment nor the city re- ceived any part of the money, says | Street Ciwaning Commissioner Me- y refused to make any statement | sher than t he had ‘suspended | arver from duty until the investi- ation by the Commissioner of Ac- a, counts is In a state! to Mayor H ‘arding his report | an, Commissioner Hirsh- fleld watd: “My report to the Mayor merely preliminary one, It just a part of our invostigation wh.ch | we ave continuing, The Mayor has sent my r rict Attor. ney aid further action will be up to for the wrtmi nt. has been onne ted with that buveu yn Januar y 1915, His salary is $3,500 a s, s, POMAL IW DISTRESS 350 NILES OFF SANDY.H20K' The French American Line steam: ship Roman, bow from New York to} Marse le with a $!,00,000 cargo Vy 8 ciew of forty, Is In listress 350 miles | ast of Sundy Hoo, and the 1 States Coust Guard Cutter Itasca has been ordered to the rescue from her, Tanchor mT kinsville, 8. L. An “3, 0, 5." call from the Kornme | Indicated that th veering getr had boken down and that the ship was out) of ontrol, although eiforts were being wade tO get her turned about and foe bak for New York, Later advices to the owners were that terhporary repairs might be mage at sea, but that the siip would have | to turn back for permanent repairs, | It was sald she might head for Port: | land, Me. instead of New York. Sie Konan Was built at Cleveland, | ©, in 1901, and passed Into tne hands of the United States Shipping Board, which recently sold her te the French: American Line, Inc. No. 18 Broa way, She bv a stvel vorsel of 2,348 fons, 206 | feet long, all her machinery ie aft, TENANTS IN RIOT SP ORY aa HALT MARSHAL EFFORT 10 EVICT Brooklyn Mob Battles Police- men Who Arrest Pair—Re- serves Called. A riot broke out this afternoon when City Marshal Mayer tried to evict eight families in the five-story tenement at No. 168 McKibben Street, Brooklyn. ‘The tenants were on a rent sttike and when they refused to pay an additional increase in rent, the eviction orders were signed, The marshal started his work in the apartment of Mrs. Bertha Picklin, who lives on the thir dfloor, despite the woman's protest that she had three sick children, When the rarshal's as- sistants started she screamed and fed to push the men out Her screams attracted the attention of the other tenants, who tried to help her. They finally got the men in the street and the noise attracted the attention of two patrolmen from the Stags Street station They started to take Mrs. Picklin to the station and the crowd hooted and jeered at the officers. Joseph | Schleger, of the same address, tried | was put. under arrest. The mob, wee- | ing that the police were firm, then| endeavored to use force. A call was sent in and Btagg Street Station re- serves rushed to the scene, The crowd was dispersed and the two prisoners were taken to the sta- tion whore they were charged with being disorderly persons. ARABIAN HORSES FEATURE AT GARDEN SHOW T0-DAY Breed Is Shown at Garden for First Time in Twenty- Four Years. Arabian horses and polo the features to-day at the Tt was the first time in years that full bred Arab hors appeared in the Garden, ‘This breed was shown first in 1883, when former President Grant exhibited steeds given ponies were horse jhim by the Sultam of Turkey on his tour | of the world, The first class judged was of ten stal lions, for a cup presented by John B Maiden, The winner was the chestnut stall'on Daylight, bred In England a Nhibite? by Emlen Wood of Wayne, Mn, Sty Thomas Lipton has envised sox at te show for to-nivht and Y le 1 by Augus: Belmont show given, In 1983, iors this morning troke Jo vr LE MARS, . Killed One. © fo Five Dayw, Nov. 20.—Five Ia, men vho escaped from the county jail tast |Wriday night, after fatally shooting William Maxwell and seriously ing his fathei wound- Sheriff Hugh Maxwell, were t y on their way to serve Ife sentences in the penitentary at Fort Mudison, The men were recaptured last Mon- day, indicted and brought here late last [night from Sioux City, where they had been held to prevent Aynching, They aleaded guilty and at midnight were sentenced to life imprisonment, pa Harvard Fund Pasnen $10.000,000, ‘The subscriptions to the Harvard En- dowment Fund passed the ten millions mark to-day, but not with much to spare. The folal at noon showe 000,168. Boston was leading with bot New York, second, 3 other cities subscribing $3.4 SEARS. WAGSTAF! | — |Velvet Worn by Many and Short Sleeves Are Again Prominent. LFORD. i Mildred Lodewick. ‘With the Prince, our rgyal English visitor, as the drawing card yester- day at the Horse Show, society turned out tn full, and the costumes noted were expressive of the lates: caprices of the mode. For instance, afternoon frocks of velvet and duve- tyn dominated all others. and the short sleeve that reached anywhere frum halt way to the elbow pre- vailed, though long ones were seen here and there. Noticeable also were the gloves that completed the short sleeves, for they were as often of tan, brown, or black, as they were of white, In many Instances the gloves anu spats matched if color, and some- tinies the trdck also matched, achiev- ing @ one-color scheme. One brown velveteen frock, with gloves and spats to match, was embroidered with gold threads in a large all-over pattern Whose motif was repeated only at distances far apart. A cloth-of-gold brimmed hat was worn, Another, pretty short-sleeved frock was worn by Miss Dorothy Norris, It was of dark blue velvet trimmed with narrow bands of kolinsky and suggested the Oriental in ita one sided opening. A turban of the same inspiration was of metal cloth in which green, bluc and violet were mingled. It was draped to one side, where an enormous silk tassel of vivid jade green swayed agains the shoulder. Miss Norris was @ member of a gay party in Mr, Harry Holloway's box. The party consisted of Gov. and Mrs. Slaten, Miss War! McAllister, Mrs. Clark Prichett, Mis» Jane Drouillard and Mr, Norris Bagely. Mrs, Slaten appeared at- tractive in a gown of black satin heavily embroidered and cut to a low V which was inlaid with cream lace. She wore a string of pearis and o dull blue feathered hat. DISTINCTIVE FROCKS TO AT- TRACT THE EYE. Miss Drouillard attended the eve ning session wearing an especially becoming frock of pale rose silk draped and held to one side with a garland of shaded pink velvet roses It would be impossible to describy all the distinctive frocks that at- tracted the eye: thero were Moyen- Men’s Fur and 126 West 42nd Street 8 colors: C. C. SHAYNE & CO. Importers and Manufacturers of Strictly Reliable Furs THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 191 BATTLE GN TO TEST One-Color Scheme Dominates Society Leaders’ Frocks JANE MISS ELEANORE MRS DAVID MiSs. Augerre MISS ROLAND MRS. JOHN MISS KATHERINE | HARRIMAN, TOD. McE. BOWMAN, When Prince of Wales Aitends Horse Show at Garden| FOR MILK PLAN OF MRS. DELANCEY NICOLL JR. , FOOD CHIEF EVENING WORLD. Ac ninistrator Williams Urges City Regulation of Industry by Commissions. State and city commissions to reg- ulate the milk industry along lines advocated by The Evening World for the Inst two years are favored by Arthur Williams, Federal Food Ad- jMinistrator, In teatimony given Be- | fore the Pair Price Committee in the City Hall Mr. Williams urged the ere- jation of such commissions, and the division of the city Into zones, whicn he sald could be supplied by two bie companies Instead of the fourteen which now share in the distribution One commission Mr. Williams would have look after agricultural matters and the other would handle tho tr portation and local distribution of milk, Hig plans for solution of the city’s milk problems are based on his study of the work of the Federal Mitk Commission's Investigation of last year. “My advice to the distributors,” he aid, “is to make their figures public and to advertise in the papers, show- tight-fitting bodices that belonged to flaring skirts;. there were tunic blouses of all characters from em- broidered French voile, to embrol- dered cloth of gold; there were skirts accordion plaited, and skirts made ull of fringe, mounted over satin o1 georgette; there were (ringes made of one-inch strips of the dress fab- rie, swayed over the skirts; there were over, or equipped with numerous pockets formed by the skirt drapery that was outlined with white or- andy plaitings; there was much em brojuery of all kinds and much meta! brocade, A beautiful combination of blue and wold vrocude awd black velvet evidenced in Mrs. . Her hat was of blue duvetyn faced with black velvet and trimmed with a huge black velvet rosette. in the evening Mrs, Bowman wore \ black an brocade wrap over @ green velvet gown that was of simple lines with shoulder straps of green sequins, Mrs, David Wagstaff also showed a liking for brocade in her evening wrap that was combined with mole, ith her in her box was Miss Annette iIford, a winter debutante, whose blonde ‘beauty of fresh coloring was fetchingly emphasized by green of her taffeta frock. Orchid nition trimmed with silver lace formed the underskirt and orchid chiffon the sleeves. A deeper toned ‘aille ribbon surrounded the waist- ther pretty blonde was Mrs. De vet flower co ' left side of the back at the Mrs, EB. H. Harriman, in hin- chilla’ wrap, entertained Mra, Neigon Brown, Mrs, Alexander Brown, Miss nthering Harvey and | Misa Roland hi ing a henna n trock with huge collar | of beaver fur and a deep band of the at the hem H waistline, MISS MORGAN DECORATED. Made Che ia of Honor for © ane. Miss Anne Morean, of the American Committee for Devastated France, No. 4 West 40th Street, has been made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French Government. This Is one of the highest distinctions that ment ern bestow, and is given in recog- nition’ of vital service to the nation. "8 wns cabled to the com- y by M. Tardieu of the inet, Miss Morgan, will okors to-morrow afters Pine nest showing of "The Here ement of the honor age bodices, and blouse bodices, anal whatever that might be, and | | the apple govern: | NAVY FOOD SALES DROP OFF $8,000 HERE A DAY Attributed Dr. Day Says, A decrease of more the daily enles of navy foods by thb wan reported this morning to Dr, Jona- velvet frocks dripping jet tassels all|than C. Day, Commissioner of Markets. by the ten elty distributing centers, The drop to $17,760 from the $25,000 attrib= fimire of Tuesday's sales was uted to delay in getting shipments from the Navy warehouses in Brooklyn, As rapidly s+ consignments arrived they were bought up by patrons waiting in lines. The day's sales been doubled, comers. is caused by congestion and Dr. the trucking system will smoothly and all the food y will be on hand tn ample quanti The principal demand has been strawberry Bi kidney jam? ard Leaders From All Over % Workers’ Conference. Demovratic reception | * salon this n The womert a luncheon at Hotel Astor ath oielock this at Mrs, Smith, night roving Fur-Lined Coats Cloth Coats; silk lined, with Fur Collar In great variety for street and evening wear. FURS OF ALL KINDS FOR MOTORING Comprising a large assort ment of Fur and Fur-lined Coats. ROBES AND RUGS OF ALL KINDS: New York to Warehouse Delays Which Will Soon Be Remedied, than $8,000 could easily have | it was stated, had there | been enough food on hand to supply all ‘The delay at the warchoures said he believes that in a couple of days for canned prunes, raisins, pineapple, pear condensed milk shipments of dried lima, navy and re on the way to-day, DEMOCRATIC WOMEN MEET. omen from all parts of | the State gathered to-day for a con- (erence at the headquarters of the New and a noon. ing the actual profit per quart of milk.” Mr. Williams declared the distribu- tors were receiving less than one-half cent & quart profit, but sald there was great waste in distribution. He said the delivery of milk at apartment doors, while desirable, is an expensive juxury, and he favors a plan of de- livering all milk in bulk at stgres, Capt. Harry A. Bly, Chairman of th, Audubon Community Council, te- day denied a story printed in several morning newspapers which sald the council was to sell eighteen to twenty cent grades of milk at eleven cents. “The story is ab.olutely false,” sad Capt. Ely. “I did not even see @ Fe- porter yesterday, The council had @ meeting Tuesday, night, but the only action wis @ decision to join tn t! general boycott und re:use to ouy mik on Mondays, Tuesdays and | Wednesdays. “ Milk co. mers in general throug’ out the city are showing a t odenoy t abandon the milk boycott. Meetings in Manhattan, tronx and In olty Day be running | Que ns_are planned for this evening tes by the Community Councils of Greater |New York to enroll men and women jin the fight to reduce the high cost of living and to Mascuss the milk sit- uation, The Manhattan meeting will be [held at the Hotel Biltmore at 8.30 P.M. Mrs, Casvar Whitney will pre- [nide, ‘The Bronx meeting will be held at the Borough Hall in the Bronx. e Held The Queens meeting will be at the rt House. Queens County € Fox, Vice President of Patrick D. [the Bord y Inc, will attend the Biltmore meeting Sunday night, York Democratic State League, No. 27/ would present a concrete plan for West 824 Street. Mra. John Sherwin ‘6 economic distribution of milk. Crosby has charge of the meetings,| ‘This plan, Mr. Fox said. contem- There was a workers’ conference yes- Plates public participation in the profits of uhe milk business: changes in the hours of milk deliveries so drivers can work eight hours a day; increase In the amount of milk hai died at country depots, pasteurization plonts, and the payment of a deposit on bottles, the For Friday FRANKLIN siMON & CO. 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