The evening world. Newspaper, January 7, 1920, Page 1

a! yr eh . Ys ASSEMBLY OUSTS 5 SOCIALISTS TO-NICHT’S WEATHER—Rai warmer. VOL. LX. NO. 21,323—DAILY. Copyright, 1920, by Co. (The New ——S— York Wi YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1920. GOV. SMITH IN ASKS FOR A MESSA DIRECT VOTE ON ORY LAW RATFICATON Doubts Legality of Constitutional ve on « rsorion presenter vy Amendmentand Wants Assembly to Rescind Ratification — Urges Immediate Approval of Treaty— Other Recommendations. (Special to The Evening World.) ALBANY, Jan. 7.—Goy. Alfred E, Smith in his message tu the Legis- lature which convened at noon to-da of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution be re urged that New York's ratification inded and the question submitted directly to the people at the general election in 1920. The Governo: grave doubts as to whether “the pro- posed Amendment” has been legully adopted, and he asks for its submis- | sion to the popular vote not only as| 4 matter of fair play to the'peopld of New York but also as an example to other States which may have been misrepresented in the same way as | New York. The part of Gov. | ernor’s message dealing with the Ameadment is as follows: | “Many of the best constitutional au-| | the thorities in the country seriously que#- tion whether the Eighteenth Amend- | ment to the Constittuion was ever legally adopted. Some of those qu tiens are now before the Supreme Court of the United states; some pre- sented by citizens, and some by at | tes of the Union, I least one of the S' shail not enter into any discussion of| the various grounds upon which this contention is based, but simply pre- sent to you some phases of the ques- Non and ask for your consideration P and action upon them. “There is grave doubt power of & number of the State latures that the \ teenth Amendment to do so in view of | the referendum provisions of their re- spective constitutions yesting legisla- tive power in the electorate. The ques tion seems to depend upon the con- stitutions of the different States, “Two of the most eminent consti- tutional lawyers in this St ie considered this question \ud as to it n haye ratiti have given written opinions in regard to in which they state “Until the question of the ef- fect of these referendum pro- visions ig finally decided, it seems to us that it would be proper and prudent to assume that it may be held by the courts that adverse action on the referendum will nullify the ratification, and that therdlyy the number of States duly ratifying may be reduced to less thun the three-fourths re- quired.’ “It ls my understanding that this question is to be paswed upan by ref- erendum, in, several of the Slates Pending their action, and the ulti-| mate decision thereon, the question (Continued on Second Page.) _ | GO UP AFTER BILL OF | oscar tndemvood and ALMANAC 35c NOW ON SALE 50c ON STANDS IMPORTANT BY MALL FEATURES: { Statistics of Cittes, States and the Drofi, { Financtel, I urance, Crop, Trade, Population, Strikes, and ALL THE VITAL FEATURES OF OTHER YEARS. Pubtished by New Yark World, | Princes holds that there ate @—————$_$___________ SENATE GETS BILL TO RESCIND DRY LAW RATIFICATION Measure, Which Also Calls Referendum on Question, Goes to Cominittee, ALBANY, Jan. 7 BNATOR JAMES J. WAL- S KBR, minority leader of the Senate, this afternoon intro- duced a bill to recall the resolution for of ratification of the Pederal Pro- hibition Amendment ‘The tll aiso provides for a referendum on the question, The iil! was re ferred to committee The Anti-Saloon League an pounced that Senator George § Thompson of Niagara, semblyman John V ®, Would introduce th bill for Prohibition enforcer > EX-KAISER’S SONS SAID TO SUE WIVES. August and Joachim ported Asking for Decrees of Divorce. (H Re- PARIS, Jan August and Prince J the fourth and wixth so Emperor William of brought suit Berlin advices to the Matin, Prince August was murried to Prin- cess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig- Holstein on Oct. 22, 1908. His broth marriage to Princess Marie Augustine of Anhalt occurred Mareh 11,1916 HELD FOR BROWN KILLING. Uvely former have or divorces, uccording to jermany, Lloyd Prevont In Accused Beatrice Vester Released, MOUNT CLEMPNS, Mich., Jan. 7.— Lioyd Prevost was arrested last night charged with sinying his friend, J, body was found on a road cousin of and Stanley Brown, whose 24 in his automod! Prevost Trown's w MacComb County authorities believed stant a chain of which to preas st cireum- { came vuthorit adys Summit, was dre unlikely’ immedj- aa RESTAURANT PRICES FARE IS MADE OUT “‘] the bill Honor You Nathan uchsman told = Magy trate Schwab in Essex Market Court to-day regarding his ex perience in the restaurant Alexander Ola: at Avenue A, “and I herring, fifteen t fer, five vents’ and I eat theni Then the ch § for twenty five conta | the proprie what is the matter with his ad dition, He says prices have gone up since hie made out the dill of fare in the morning. He mives ms ono change and throws me he door out into the street.” rate ned Olan far ng * a ing Entries on Page & ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR OUSTING OF FIVE SOCIALISTS Members Will Be Given Oppor- + to Appear Before Committee Later. By Martin Green. (Special Staff Correspondent of The| Evening World.) ALBANY, N. Y., Jan, 7, unit ‘The As- | drastic sembly (ook unprecedented and dr Ne action against Com- and d tion against m. . munism ternoon when by a} Floods Follow Volcanic Erup- tions Sweeping Many Away in Rushing Torrents. WHOLE VILLAGE BURIED Majority Leader Adler the five So- declared olalist members were in- | eligible and prevented from taking | ts, They sal to a tribunal appointed iby the their have the right of Assembly Government Hurries Relief; Soldiers Seeking to Rescue Victims in Many Places. | ‘The Socialists denied seats because |aof their adherence to revolutionary | doctrines as determined by the piat- form of their panties are: MEXICO CITY, Jan. Samuel A, Dewitt and Samuel Orr —Thousands Jof the Bronx, Charles Sotomon of|f lives are reported lost as a result Kings, and Louis Walliman and Au- |! the earthquake which shook the State of Vera Cruz Saturday night So widespread was the damage done by the shock and so wild are some of the sections that suffered from it that it ty probable tne number of cusualtios will never be known. Private despatches received here from Vera Cruz and Jalapa state that 1,000 persons lost their lives at Couztlan. These reports, whieh are said at both citias to be reliable, gust Classens of Manha\ WILSON'S LETTER T0 DEMOCRATS 1S confirm information given out by Presidential military headquarters. Thirty lives were lost at Teocelo, where three churches and forty houses were destroyed. Sevoral oi] wells near Tuxpam have been spouting petroleum since the earthquake, according to advices trom Jackson Dinner. Vera Cruz. Floods have inundated | ~ great districts. F Rellef was started from the | By David Lawrence. of Vera Cruz almost immediately (Special Correspondent of the upon receipt of word of the death and 7 ning World.) destruction wrought. The govern- WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (COPY-| ment sent out forces of men and }right, 1920.)—Should President | trains to bury the dead and care for Wilson discuss the treaty fight in his|the injured and homeless letter to the Jackson Day dinner of| One of the most tragic features of the Democratic Party which is being|the disaster was the engulfing of the held here coincident with the meet-jentire village of Caleahuuleo, which jing of the Democratic National Coni.| formerly nestled in the slopes of ‘he mountains. Its 200 residents mostly families of rebel leaders Leaders Divided in Opinion on What He Should Write to city Eve- wore mittee? Two views prevail—those who be- lieve that the silence which the Pres- ident has maintained since the pact and region. Natives from that vicinity re- port nothing left of the hamlet exe failed of a two-thirds vote in the last}4 pit filled with debris which t session of Congress should not be|were unable to even approach, A broken at a purely partisan gather-|tachment bf soldiers has n sent ing, but to the Senate; and those from Huatusco to bury the victims ——_—_—- ALLIES TO DEMAND WILLIAM JAN, 15 who say the Republican banquets and political meetings recently, including the Ohio Society dinner in New York, have given the impression that the President is standing out against the socalled Americanizing of the treaty ee land League by reservations, and Then—He Will Not Give should use the occasion to explam ' Himself Up. his position AMERONGEN, Jan. 7—Allied is as et, for the simple reason that) \) i, known America will not. partici- he will reserve till the last minute] pate, are expected at The Hague about the opportunity to pen his thoughts] Jan, 15. to the banquet Recent despatches have said Count DEMOCRATS MORE LIVELY THAN Hohengollern might surrender rather than embarrass the Netherlands jov THE REPUBLICANS, ernment, but it is now authoritatively declining He wie rely on the protection of ats are putting up an even demand, Ont: lowest nt than the when they wer Committee me Hague Expects Formal Request President For a supposedly party, the Demo: era know definitely it is known he hopes to settle down Doorn, where his house is being rushe |to completion livelier hove tional —— Possibly it is because the Democrats have a sort of fre all contest on, ind perhaps it is hecwuse there aro|? RECORD BREAKING PURSES to be present suen veteran figures as OF PAST BIG FIGHTS; |Willlam Jennings Bryan and Senator ator Gitbert |} $400,000 TOPS THEM ALL. M. Hitcheock and Attorney General | sities Palmer, all of whom have made the} are the record breakins tomina onventions of recent | and stakes fought for by 1 years Very interestin | rain the past. but that | Anyway, the Democ ve man Livi Uneh ah by Jamon Cof Jest in the National capital and each |{ \™yentn’: tops them al | ar candidate for the Prest ae MWerd-Dempacy | den his friends are on the job|f 11, tre what not. In con-| Joffrivs-Corbnt cc ) the Republican meeting. || 4 Corbett-MeCoy |where it was considered better} 1 Netaon-Hritt stratony suppress talk of individ. |] 1892 Corbett-Sulliva Is and concentrate on party har-|[ '8%! — Pitzsimmons-H pposite—a talkauivenena about every-|] tse,” Corpett-stitene | thing 1905 Nelaon-Brit | Judging by the number of apecches| Fitzsimmons-Corbot | —nearly four hours of them—which ts MoeAuliffe-Billv At Way. tx to be held in twa separate te TAKE BELL-ANS B MEALS und 9 (Comlsued om Bintesath Page) Wet bet GOUM DIGESTION Manes You [en Agr their followers operating in the Gulf} THOUSANDS LOSE LIVES IN MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE: ENTIRE TOWNS WIPED QUT > CARPENTER WIL MEET DEMPSE $400.00 PURSE Manager Accepts Coffroth Offer but Wants Fight Lim- | ited to 15 Rounds. | Oe PARIS, Jan. 7.—M ager cabled the | Descamps, man- for has orges James Coffroth, manager of ping Carpentier, Juana race track, @ | the latter's terms for a championship bout between Carpentier and Jack The only ex- ception taken was to the length of the battle, Carpentier being unwilling to fight more than fifteen rounds and | favoring ten rounds. The decision to accept Coffroth’s. offer of a $400,000 purse came after a | long consultation with French pro- motera in which the latter expressed their inability to meet the offer of the American “This talk of a forty-five-round |flght is stupid,” sald Descamps to-day. "If the championship cannot be settled inside of fifteen, then neither Dempsey nor my boy is worthy to be champion of the world.” Descamps offers to split the purse “fifty ning Carpentier is as big a drawing card us Dempsey, whether the battle is held in America, England or France French promoters were disheart- ened by the spirited bidding of Amer jeans and have given up the idea of holding the fight in this country, one saying: “The Americans knocked us out before we entered the ring.” TIA JUANA WILL GET BIG FIGHT SAYS MANAGER KEARNS Dempsey in America, Conditional Acceptance of Terms by Carpentier Is Received at Los Angeles. LOS ANGEMius, Cal. Jan. 7.—"The Juana, Mexico, will get the Dempsey- Carpentier fight of the champion, when advised to-day by the Associ- ated said Jack Kearns, manager world's Press of Georges Carpentier's conditional acceptance of Promoter Coffroth's ofte Kearns sald he would prepare a fur- ther statement within a few hours, tegarding the date |Coffroth, in a for the match tatement given out San Db aid he could not fix Jofinitely alththug pressed re to hold it as s« areng w plans could be constructed at ‘Tin Juana, This arena, he announced, Would seat 50,000 persons. Construe he declared, would’ take several T f arena will be neir ie track ind of the or Ca Chul erring to participation tn the ations by ¢ ey Harvey, epresentative in Paris, Coffroth said the only instructior en to Harvey were offer t wa vi ‘ uid, “To shall be m ' p i . the will total $1.50" The division ¢ mone un juestion wh Ve boxers must - oq ING BELLS —Hortis Theatre Rae 16d Wat ane dave Commenly Buvente = adr CClorld, “Circulation Books Open to All.’’ Entered as Second-c Post Office, New ¥ ES ASD AILEY RERUNS SAOENS 24 PAGES. | PRICE TWO CENTS, ANNA MANSON, “RED | SUNLIGHT,” ON WAY | TO ELLIS ISLAND | MOTHER WITH GUN TRES 10 SHIELD A DRAFT DODGE Grover Bergdoll Arrested in Philadelphia After Parent Is Disarmed. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7,—Grover Bergdoll, one of two brothers accused of draft-dodging and who have been sought by the police for the last two in his | years, was arrested to-day mother’s home here. ‘The arrest was made after Mrs. Emma ©. Bergdoll, mother of the two accused men, had kept the police at bay for several hours with a revolver, and she also was arrested, broke house by the front and rear entrance. Detectives finally Into the While one of the men wrestled the Bergdoll, while through the house and found Grover Bergdoll wrapped in a blanket, hiding in a box seat He was without coat, vest or collar, revolver from Mrs. the others went Mrs. Bergdoli was placed in a cell of the city station house near hor home She was charged with agera- vated asmult and battery with intent to Kill Although born in this country, the Bergdolls were of German descent and declared they would never fight against Germany. Grover Clyeveland Bergdoll and his brother Erwin Bergdoll, have been wanted by the Government since the early days of the Administration of the draft laws, Heirs to a great Phil- adelphia fortune emassed by a suc- cessful brewer, cach was provided with ample funds when he fled Bergdoll arrived at Manhattan June- tion at 1 o'clock, handcuffed to James H. Sparkes, ‘The prisoner was taken to the barge office and over to Gov- ernor's Island by boat. The deserter wore a dilapidated slouch hat and an old army over comt much the worse for wear, He was unshaven and had the outward arance of a tramp, Under the was a neat and fashion f fine texture, a natty daoine stickpir Island the million: | uder was turned over Advocate Major William put him tn jail te t martial | Um very glad thin whole thing is] r" Hergdoll si ng over bout. "The reason for it all Hex the fact that T was adjudged a| aft evader and deserter too quickly they had given me giore time T wouldn't have chased all over the 1 ate was never out hat T am pro t my bonds und mother | Milwaukee on evader hi the cou we the detec. | uit 1 jumped mack window of the ga n tro beat it » an-| wn, bought MARTENS ORDERED DEPORTED FOR WORK AS LENINE AGENT: HUNTED BY U.S. AGENTS HERE + Watch for “Soviet Envoy” Kept Up at Brooklyn Home and on Trains for Canada—Suspected of Fleeing After Leaving “Dummy.” WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—A warrant for the arrest and de-. portation of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled Ambassador of the Russian Soviet Government, has been ordered executed by the De- partment of Justice.’ Martens, regarded, officials said, as the real leader of the Com- munist Party in the United States, was said to be in Washington, His arrest was expected soon. Determination of the Government to take Martens into cus tody was definitely made after all evidence which had a bearing on activities of the Russian Soviet Bureau in New York had been assem- bled by Assistant Attorney General Garvan, Word that a warrant for the arrest of Martens had been issued at Washington increased the anxiety of Department of Justice agents here to ascertain the exact whereabouts of the self-styled “Soviet Ambassador.” Notwithstanding circumstantial accounts of his presence in a Washington hotel, the local agents acted as though tHey believed he might be found in this vicinity. MINERS ACCEPT WILSON PROPOSAL * <A watch was put on his home in Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, and other agents were sent to overlook the de- parture of trains bound for Canada. Tt was understood that’ trains cross- ing the Canadian border were also under surveillance, At the offices of ent Plan Is Adopted by a Vote of 1,634 to 221. COLUMBUS, 0., Jan, 7.—By the over= whelming vote of 1.634 for to 221 againat, the convention of the limited Mine ¥ America to- duy yoted aMrmation of the action of) the interna}iona) oMcers in accepting President Wilson's proposal to settle the the Department of Justice here no information as to the | Whereabouts of Martens was to be | had except that he was “understood” to be in Washington. It was appar- ont that the officials had in mind the possibility that Martens, after actual- ly going to Washington had installed cou! strike another man as a “live dummy” in According to Acting President Lowis.|the hotel to be watched for ty gov- thé affirmation carries with It 40 4gtee- ernment agents while Martens him- ment to ubide by the decision of (he | uele wus free to go about bis coa commission named by the President t0 | torences or to escape 3 arbitrate the differences between miners | “°Tnea of : and operators, e distress of the three hundred- odd radical aliens awaiting deporta- Yon at Bilis Island was inflamed to- MEXICANS MURDER (ai, iy tie discovery that some ot ANOTHER AMERICAN) tieir number were actively alding the Government guthorities in segregating advocates of the Soviet regime in the United States and in telling “inside of the management of the campaign. REDS TOLD FOLLOWERS THEY NEED FEAR NOTHING. Certain of the persons under arrest 4 been recruited to the communist cuuse, they told agents of the De- partment of Justice, by assurances sreconvened kers of Oil employee at Tuxpam Slain by | Federal Army Officer, State Department Hears, WASHINGTON, Jan, 7.—Gabdrie! Por- ter, an American citizen in the employ | ot Penn-Mex Compary, was shot and killed by a Mexican Federal Army offices at Tuxpam on Dec, | | stories’ | cord Ing to advices received by the State De-|that the Communist Party was so partment to-day from tho American|strongly intrenched, not only by (ae eRe eer ‘borens-in” in labor organizations but ‘The Consul immediately as ordered | by “borers-in” in the government or- to report further Information and if the] sunization itself that no harm or real circumstances warranted to urge the | dis ert could come to those who focal authorities in the Tampico dis-|jcined the ranks of soviet agitators, trict to arrest and punish the guilty pers | ‘They were told that would come ids and arrests » nothing except to ads “on ‘This makes a total of twenty Ameri-! vertine t arrested as “leaders in in the Tampico district #100") the naw cause for huma: April 7. 1917 nt of them were em-| Mies promises have picyaas: 08 Oh acacia vusly diveredited by the The State Depirtment is awaiting a] omplete report on the murder near | hOrbtons tthe prospe int Labow of W. J Rolle and Eurle|second consignment of repatriated s. American Employees of the [troublemakers from the 8,000 persons International Petroleum Company. The {collected by the Government raids n Embassy at Mexico City also | throu, it the country since last hag been directed to make urgent rep: | Priduy resentat ho“Mexican Government Information from one disgruntled r the pun: Ai pies murderers would-be | led yesterday to the olisalon mess aid on the office of Novy Mir, the organ of the Communists in this ise ty The informant volunteered the * of the meeting of the Cae F Dp to that time unarrested, 4 5 wh could be found at yesterday's aaa meeting at the office of the Novy mornibe at 10 ool jMir, and (ook particular pains to naling hen cukdal’ sr pecify the charges which might be » New York, and mad against certain individuals ss "i fox a who, as he put it, “got him into thig egiegy and panels cpen das and borne out when the raid wag peo ¢ end Warcliers’ checks for Numerous “courts” were in sesaiem ip | | | | |