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, CHAIRS
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ROBERTS & QUINN,
W1 ?rsdge St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
State Income
Tax Dishonest,
Says Travis
Controller Points Out Six
Basic Features as Un?
fair to Public and a
Handicap on Business
?Quotes Expert in Attack
Opinion of Seligman, Who
Drew Up Measure, Used
in Proving Its Flaws
Special Corrcupondence
ALBANY, April 8.?Eugene M. Travis,
State Controller, appearing before tho
Davenport committee on tax legisla?
tion to-day, characterized the proposed
state income tax law as dishonest and
quoted from writings of Professor E.
R. A. Seligman, of Columbia, one of
tho tax experts who drew up the bill,
to support his attack on the proposed
law. Professor Seligman, who was
present, admitted that the quotations
used by the Controller were true.
The Controller entered into a per?
sonal row with tho tax experts em?
ployed by the Davenport committee,
which sponsors the income tax and
four other new revenue producing
measures, and in a tilt with Professor
Charles J. Bullock, of Harvard, he
said:
"I challenge this committee to sub?
mit the question to a vote of the peo?
ple as was done in Professor Bullock's
state. The peopio of this state do
not want this bill."
Controller Traps, among other
things, said:
"Students of jgpnomics all agree
that n tax shouldtbe so simp'.e that
the taxpayer can wfederstand what he
is paying for. Thej^roposed state in?
come tax law does^xiot follow these
lines. It was taken almost bodily from
the Federal law, which, it is quite gen?
erally conceded, is so complicated that
those charged with the duty of admin?
istering it do not understand this stat?
ute.
Would Decrease Special Taxes
"It is the judgment of the Control?
ler's, office that neither property nor
income need be subjected to further
taxation, but that the needed amount
may be raised by increasing certain
special taxes.
"The Federal government went the
limit in fixing the income tax rates.
In the common parlance of the day, it
exacted all that the traffic would bear.
Because of the urgent and compelling
need for funds, it fixed the rates so
high that it was feared the eco
B. R. T. Union
Employes Vote j
To Call Strike
: ontinued from page !
wo beg to remain, yours respectfully."
The letter waa signed by James
Sheridan and fifteen others. ?\lembers
of the committee declared that the
union comprised between 7.000 and 8,000
members, out of the 12,000 total of
B. R. T. employes. There were about
fifty women in the hall last night, who
participated in the strike vote, and a
large number of others will be af?
fected if the walkout is finally called.
"Nothing can now slop a strike ex?
cept a change of front on the part of
Mr. Garrison," said P. J. O'Brien, in?
ternational vice-president of the union,
after the strike vote had been taken.
"We hope to see the Mayor to-morrow
and present the matter to him. We
hope his influence and the pressure of
public opinion will compel Mr. Garri?
son to see that in declining to meet the
men he was inviting paralysis of the
transportation systems of Brooklyn.
"If there is a strike the responsibil?
ity will be squarely on Mr. Garrison's
shoulders."
William Collins, the A. F. of L. or?
ganizer, who presided at the meeting,
made this statement:
"We are considering the public first,
and only the public. We know the ter?
rible catastrophe of last November is
still fresh in the minds of the people
of this borough. We are sure tho
travelling public are with us in this
matter.
Garrison'? Next Move
"More than 2,000 men and women
voted to-night to give tho committee
of sixteen power to can tnc strike
when they see fit, but there will be
no strike until Mayor Hylan has liad
an opportunity to confer with Receiver
Garrison. When wo hear from the
Mayor, it will be our time to act. It
in Receiver Garrison'? next move."
Others of the B. R. T. employes will
vote on tho strike question during tho
day, an they come from their work.
Following is tho letter of Receiver
Garrison to James Sheridan, local rcyi- :
retentative of the union, refusing to
deal with that organization:
"April 8, I?U!),
"Mr. James Sheridan,
1713 Gates Avenu??,
"Brooklyn, N. V.
"Dear Sir: I duly received yours of
April ij in reply to mine of April 4.
"I note that in your letter you state
that the committee of which you aro
chairman, wan selected by the em?
ployes of the various branches of the
system, at mass meetings of the em?
ployes, and that the members of the
committee are also employes of the
lailway system.
"I am informed that the committee
of which you are chairman, is the
executive committee of Division >.G7
of the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway Employes
of America and that the mass meet?
ings referred Uj by you were meet?
ings of tho members "f your associ
ali on.
"It is the fact, therefore, that your
committee directly represents ' the
Amalgamated Association ami indirect?
ly represents only some of tho em?
ployes of tho system.
"The matter of wages, working con
I % PER MONTH m
* PLEDGE OF
gJgSOWAf, PROPERTY
fHE F?OVl?fcNT LOAN SOCIETY
_ OF NEW YORK_
vmh?ufBi 9 A* M. to a P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.;
mm firtt Saturday In Juna to first
%*ftufdmy '" September, both In.
lagyfo??- ? A. M. to I P.M.
MANHATTAN
Fourth Avenue, cor. 25th Street
Eldridg* St., cor. Rivingtoa St.
Eett Houtton it, cor. Esiez St.
Seventh A?., bet. 48th & 49th St*. :
Le*inr,(on Av., cor. 124th St
ijr/ind St., cor. Clinton St.
?.. 72<i 5f? bet. Lexington & 3 At?.
F-fhth A?., cor. 127A St
IJUO>JX - ?
Courtlendlt At., cor. 148th St
HKOOKI.YN
Smith St., cor, Liviagstoa St,
Grab?? At., cor. Orberoiie St
Pitit?n At.? cor. Rockewer At.
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nomic life of the country would be
seriously jeopardized.
"It is reported that the individual
income tax at 2 per cent is expected to
yield 550,000.000. I am convinced that
the estimate is entirely too high. I
do not know upon what basis it was
made. It is the opinion of the Con?
troller's office that such a law will re?
turn not more than $26,000,000."
Briefly stated, the Controller's ob?
jections'to the Davenport bill are:
First, because no deduction is al
; lowed on account of income taxes paid
; to the Federal government.
j Second, income from state and muni
1 cipal obligations heretofore issued is
; exempt, but income on future issues
is to be taxed. That may be correct
in theory but in actual practice the
effect will be to tho detriment of the
slate and its political subdivisions.
Third, income from mortgages on
real property and of investments upon
which a secured debt tax or an invest?
ment tax was paid prior to June 1,
1917, is to be taxed.
Objects to Tax on Bad Debts
Fourth, the failure to allow a deduc
| tion on account of bad debts not ac?
tually charged off is unreasonable, and
: not in sympathy with business custom
j or good accounting practice.
Fifth?It is provided in Section 35?
? that net incomes shall be computed ir
| accordance with the method of account
| ing regularly employed in keeping the
I books of the ta'xpaycr, but in Sub?
division 7 of Section 350, it is said
with reference to the deduction of
worthless debts charged off during the
year, that a taxpayer shall be allowed
to :deduct only the amount of "debts
ascertained to be worthless and charge
off within the taxable year." Such ar
arbitrary rule is unfair. 1 realize thai
in this respect the provision of the
Federal statute has been followed;
nevertheless, that does not make it
right.
Sixth?The provision regarding the
withholding of income of non-residents
at its source is complicated and op?
pressive. It requires every person whe
pays rent or interest on a mortgage
or salary or compensation, or income
of any nature, to a non-resident of the
state, to withhold 2 per cent thereof
and to render reports to the Tax Com?
mission.
Discourages Outside Capital
This provision will have the effect
of discouraging dealings with non-re. i
dents, or deterring residents of othei
states from being employed or invest?
ing capital in New York, and of callinp
mortgages on real property within the
state. Our state is so situated that
non-resident capital should be en?
couraged to invest in industry, busi?
ness and commerce within the state
not discouraged.
Laurence McGuire, of the New York
Real Estate Board, said the measure
was so replete with iniquities and in?
sufficiencies that it should be re?
jected.
Suggests More Economy
"What the state needs is not more
extravagance and more money, but
more economy,'' said Mr. McGuire.
"Such a measure would b; fairer than
this state income tax.''
Controller Craig of New York City
and others interested in the finances
of the municipalities and the state
were also on hand to speak against
the state income tax. They did not
get an opportunity to speak to-day.
They will be heard to-morrow.
dition?*; rtc., are matters which di?
rectly affect the employes of the
! system and the managers of the sys?
tem. They do not concern outsiders,
and I will not deal with outsiders con
i cerning them.
"Nothing is to be gained by either
side by an evasion or pretence. You,
and those who are advising you in this
matter, desire to obtain a recognition
by the managers of the system, of the
Amalgamated Association, and the de?
mands for increased wages and de?
creased working hours, etc., put for?
ward by you are obviotT_?l?- used as a
1 means of attaining the end you desire.
The Present Conditions
"It is hardly conceivable that our em
| ployes, in any great number, do not ap
! prec?ate the present conditions, and
? that unaffected by any outside agita?
tion, they would think at this time of
j formulating and presenting demands
I for general wage increases or other
: things which increase operating ex?
penses. They are fully "aware that
within a year wages have been in?
creased in a sum totalling four millions
of dollars annually, and that as a rule
our men receive as high, or higher
I wages than those received by those in
j similar employment throughout the
United States.
"They know that their wages have
'been increased in a larger proportion
I than the increase of living cost.
| "They know that $20,000,000 must be
! borrowed by the management to finish
, the construction and equipment neces
; sary for the proper operation of the
system; that for lack of money tho
? company bad to default^ in interest pay
? ments on its obligations, and that its
| operating expenses lire so high now
: that it cannot earn enough above them
, to meet its other fixed charges, irie
; spective of any return whatever to
! stockholders.
"No one could possibly justify or
! vindicate demands by our employes for
increased wages or other increased
! operating expenses at this time, and I
do not believe that any considerable
number of our employes think other?
wise.
"What outside organizations think Is
best for their own purposes I, of course,
do not know. But I do know that on
the question of attempting to force tho
management to deal with euch outside
organizations, the right j.i all on the
side of the management, and I am con?
vinced that our men will be slow to
engage in an issue of that kind, which
could not possibly benefit, them and
might be seriously to their disad?
vantage.
"Am tor your suggestion about, nrbi
tratioM, I urn of one mind with tho au?
thorities m control of tlic Amalga?
mated in hclieving thai that question Is
not susceptible of arbitration. A. to
the arbitration of other matters, there
must be two part ?en before there can
be any arbitration, and since I will not
recognize tho right of an outside or?
ganization to represent our men there
are not two parties here who disagroo
on any mutter, and therefore there is
no basis for any arbitration.
"Sincere] y yours,
"I.IMlU.Y M. GARRISON,
Receiver."
Conference of OfHciais
Previous to the dispatcn of the leite,
Mr. (?arrisen had a long conference
with the officials and operating heads
of the B. R, T., including Timothy S.
Williams, president; J. .1. Dempioy,
vice-president, und Frederick Roycc,
general manager.
The demands of the men, which were
recently sent to Mr. Garrison by the
executive committee of Division 807,
include these specific claims:
"The company iif;rees to meet and
treat with tho duly accredited com?
mittees representing the party of the
second part (the union) upon all ques?
tions arising between them, and should
any difference arise between thorn
which cannot be mutually adjusted the
same shall be submitted at the request
of cither party to a board of arbitra?
tion, to be selected in tho following
manner:
"The company shall choose one arbi?
trator and the employes shall choose
one arbitrator, and the two thus chosen
shall meet daily to select a third arbi?
trator, who shall act as chairman of
the board. After thin said board has
been completed they shnll meet daily
for the purpose of adjusting said dif?
ference?, und the decision of tho ma?
jority of said board, submitted In writ?
ing to both partie?, shall be binding
upon both parties to this agreement.
"The company will do nothing to
prevent on discourage any employe
First Salvation Army
Saloon Open in Chicago
CHICAGO, April 8.?Scores of
"-* khaki-clad men turned in to-day
nt the si^n of an o'.dtime saloon only
to find themselves in the first sub?
stitute saloon opened in Chicago by
the Salvation Army. The swin?ing
doors, the long mirrors and the back
, bar were in evidence. But the '"freo
lunch" counter had changed to a coffee
; and doughnut stand, while bizarre
; pictures had yielded to the camou
flour's brush. Some nymphs -were
\ given garb and beer steins wero
j turned to flower pots.
Besides the Salvation Ias3le3, sev
! eral other young women were pres?
ent. Some met their sweethearts
1 there?one couple started from the
j place on their honeymoon.
The social centres?intended to take
I the place of saloons if prohibition be?
comes a reality?are the outgrowth
of the overseas "hunt." Others tire
to be opened throughout the country.
from becoming or continuing to be a
member of the association and will in
no way discriminate against a member
thereof because of such membership.
"Entries will not be placed against
the discipline record of any employe
until such employe has been given
the right of a hearing and the defence,
if any, is briefly recorded with the
charges on the record.
"When the name or number of any
employe is listed or posted, or ho is
otherwise notified to come to the office
to answer any charge, it shall be with?
in twenty-four hours after a specific
offence alleged, or in case of a charge
involving continuous or repeated
negligence or misconduct for which lie
is reported.
"Such employe shall be given a
copy of the charge or charges to which
he is to answer, and upon request of
such employe adjournment shall be
granted him before answering to the
charge or charges.
Free Transportation Demanded
"All employes of the company cov?
ered by this agreement shall be fur?
nished freo transportation over all
lines of the company. This section is
intended to include surface, elevated
and subway lines.
"No employes of the mechanical, car
house, shops or terminal shall be used
in the operation of trains and cars
( on the elevated, subway or surface
I lines, when motormen, conductors and
guards are available. No employe
will be required to do extra work more
than twice each week, unless ho so
desires.
"A day's work for all conductors,
guards, ticket agents, section men shall
be eight hours straight. All work in
excess' of eight hours shall be con?
sidered overtime and paid for at the
rate of time and one-half. Where
swing runs are made, covering a period
of eleven1 outside hours or more, the
company agrees to pay time and one
: half for every hour outside of eleven."
Concerning rates of pay the pro
i posed agreement specified: Subway
and elevated conductors, first three
months of service, 53 cents an hour;
next nine month;:, 54 cents; after one
year, 56 cents; guards, ?!'.->, 50 and 1,2
I cents; men and women ticket, agents,
. station men and collectors, a minimum
; of 45 cents an hour.
In the midst of the strike confjrence
Mr. Garrison left for his home in
I Seabright, N. J. When called on the
telephone last night, he indicated that
he would stand pat on the programme
: outlined in his letter.
"I have nothing more to say than was
said in that letter," he added.
4,000 Bakers Start
Movement to Abolish
Their All-Night Work
Concerted action is heinsr planned by
about 4,000 bakers of this city to bring
about the abolition of night work.
Italian, French, Polish, Jewish and
German-speaking bakers are distribut?
ing among their organizations mani?
festoes in three languages inscribed
"Night Work in the Bake Shops Must
Go," and all the bakers' unions arc in?
dorsing legislation introduced at Al?
bany which would prohibit work in
bakeries after 9 p. ?m.
"Bakers of All Nationalities," runs
one manifesto, "the propitious hour for
the liberation from the murderous
night work has come; such moral and
material slavery shall cease, and thus,
by working by the day hours, the sani?
tary and labor inspectors will bring the
social laws in our favor, laws which
have been forgotten.
"For years many of our comrades
have worked in putrid and anti-hygenic
basements, and thousands of them lie
in the cemeteries, victims of tubercu?
losis, or languish in the hospitals,
while, others? though in poor health
work among us, thus constituting a
menace to our health."
Another manifesto, ?.sued by tr?e
Journeymen Bakers' and Confectioners'
International Union of Greater New
York, says the baker has been the
slave of slave:;, and that in Scot
! land, Norway. Italy, Finland, Greece
\ and other countries night work in
? bakeries has been abolished.
The movement against night work is
' divided into two parts, one of which
i is merely indorsing tho bill at Albany,
j the other threatening a strike if it is
: not passed,
Tho more aggressive faction among
the bakers ?3 typified bv the Italian
Bakers' Federation, of 123 West Fif
j teenth Street., a branch of the I. W. W.,
which threatens a strike if the bill is
not passed.
Spain kin?; Promised
Striking Scholars
I hi less They Behave
Jusl when 'he boy and Hrl punibi
of the Emerson High School, of West
Hobokon, N. J.. had their little utrlko
all organized tho strong arm of tho
mean old law ruined their propaganda,
Now it's likely the only striking dono
in tho ranks of tho pupils will bo of
the old-fasioned woodshed and slipper
variety, unless tho beys and j/irlo
behave,
It, all carne about because of tho dis?
missal of George W. Robbins. who lias
been principal of tho school for ton
years and who attained moro or less
popularity with tho students in that
timo. When protests proved futile, the
scholars emulated tho recent "no beer,
no work" tactics of their elders, and
paraded tho streets of tho town carry?
ing banners reading "No Bobbins, no
school."
l?ut they were wrong.
Tho police stepped in and snared
Florence Fisher, seventeen; Walter Mc
I George, sixteen; Charles Ilunscarfer,
? sixteen, and Henry Halz, seventeen, nil j
: of West Hobokon. Yesterday they were
1 arraigned before Recorder Culler on ;
? charges of disorderly conduct. Re
is rder Cutler told them to go to school
: and behave or they would go to a re?
formatory.
But the "comrades" of the arrested
ones are still defiant. Yesterday when
the roll was called about ICO pupils
were absent.
I ruant ofllcora and the police imme?
diately began a round-up of tho de?
linquents, arid they will be taken be?
fore the "juveniio court. Threo of tho
alleged ringleaders already hnve been
suspended. Thoso who stay away to?
morrow will bo prosecuted under tho
school act.
Principal Smith In Investigating a
report that teachers Instigated the
walkout. Alumni of Emerson School
hnvp added their protest against Bob?
bins'* dismissal. They met last night
and prepared to tnko up bis fight with
he School Board.
War Still On,
U.S. Contends
In Beer Suit
Federal District Attorney j
Asks Court to Dismiss
Action by Brewer to In?
validate the "Dry" Law
Wilson's Speech Quoted
Plaintiff Holds Hostilities
Are Over and Brewing
Industry Can Resume
The brewing of real beer now turns
upon the question whether America is
still at war.
Assistant United States District At?
torney Earl B. Barnes in the Federal
District Court yesterday in the action
begun by Elihu Root and William D.
Guthric for the Jacob Hoffman Brew?
ing Company to test the validity of
? the law prohibiting the manufacture
I of beer after Julv 1 next, set up as
i answer to the complaint that the war
existing on August 10, 1017, and No?
vember 21, 1918, still continues.
One of the points in the complaint
of the brewing company is that war
prohibition, following the signing of
the armistice, is invalid. The com?
plaint quotes President Wilson's state?
ment to Congress:
"The war thus comes to an end, for
having accepted these terms of armis?
tice, it will be impossible for the Ger?
man command to renew it."
Mr. Barnes appeared yesterday in
behalf of Mark Eisner, named as a
defendant in the ".njunction suit
brought by the Jacob Hoffman Brew?
ing Company and sued as Collector of
Internal Revenue of the Third district.
Mr. Barnes's answer says that on
March 10 last, President Wilson ac?
cepted Eisner's resignation as Collec
j tor of Internal Revenue, and on March
! 2,'i he severed his connection with the
j Treasury Department.
Caffey Asl;3 Dismissal
With the answer also was filed, by
! United States District Attorney Fran?
cis (... Caffey and William C. Fitts,
special assistant to Attorney General
Palmer, the papers in a motion to dis?
miss the complaint, as far as it con
corns Prosecutor Caffey, It is as?
serted among other tilings that the
suit should be dismissed because it is
in effect an action against the United
I States, and that the complaint does
I not aver or show that the United ;
i States has consented to be sued; also
; that the complaint shows it is
sought to enjoin and restrain the
i United States Attorney for the South
i ern district of New York from per
; forming his officia! duty with respect
! to the enforcement of criminal stat
ites of the United States of a gen
i eral and puoiic cnaracter.
It is asserted further that the Fed
j eral court has no jurisdiction to grant
! the relief prayed for and that the com
! plaint does not disclose a cause of ac
I Con equitable in its nature*.
The papers say also that "the war ex?
isting on August 10, 1017, and Novem?
ber 21, 1918, still continues and there
has been no proclamation of the ex?
change of ratifications of the treaty of
I peace and demobilization has not ter
? minatcd, nor has the President pro
; claimed the date of the termination of
I demobilization, and of these facts the
! court should take judicial notice to
i negative the allegation in paragraph
j 9 of the bill of complaint that the war
was practically concluded prior to No
j vember 21, 1918, and this allegation
j should be stricken out and dismissed
from the bill of complaint as mani
! festly unfounded and impertinent."
President's Speech Quoted
The browing company, contending
that the war ended when the armistice
was signed, says:
"The complainant further alleges
I that at the time the net of Congress of
i November 21, 2918, was approved by
1 tho President, the armistice of Novem
i her 11, J9J8, had been signed by Ger
; many and was immediately thereafter
. accepted and acted upon both by Ger
; many, and the President of the United
States addressed both branches of the
! Congress, and after reading to them ?
the terms of tho armistice stated as i
follows:
"'The war thus comes to an end---|
for, having accepted these terms of j
armistice, it will bo impossible for the
j German command to renew it. It is !
I not now possible to assess tho conse?
quences of this great consummation.,
i We know only thai this tragical war,?
whose consuming flames swept, from |
, one nation to another until all the I
i world was on fire, is at an end, and I
! that it was the privilege of our own ?
! people to enter it at Us most critical
i juncture in such fashion and in such;
i forco a? to contribute In a w,ay of]
i which we aro all deeply proud of the :
, great result. W? know, too, that the j
object of the war In attained, the ob- I
ject upon which all free men had sot !
; their hearts, and attained with a
? ?weeping completeness which, oven
! now, tve do not realizo,
Copy of Armistice Exhibited
; "A copy of the armistice an actually
signed is hereto annexed us exhibit 1,
und reference thereto is prayed. ( om
plainant. is advised by counsel and
therefore avers that, although tedtnl- !
cally the state of war with Germany ?
and Austria did not cease upon thd |
signing of the armistice, nevertheless ]
? the war was thereupon practically con- I
! eluded because fighting was at an end
? and Germany and Austria were pros
i trato and their military and navul |
i power had been overthrown and i
dc t royod."
Paragraph 9 of the complaint fur- I
ther says that "there was not, on ?
1 November 21, 1918, or at any time
i.sinco then, any emergency or neces?
sity, military or otherwise, calling I
for the prohibition throughout the
United States of the use of grains, ;
cereals, fruit br other food product !
in the manufacture of beer or other
malt liquor for beverage purposes aft- j
or May 1, 1919, nor any emergency
nor necessity calling for the prohi?
bition of the sale of beer or other
malt liquor for beverage purposes
after June r>,0, 1919, and that neither
of said prohibitions was necessary or
nroper in any sense within tho in?
tent and meaning of the Constitution
for carrying into execution any power
vested by th Constitution in the gov?
ernment of the United States."
The Jacob Hoffmann Brewing Com- ?
pany asked the Federal Court to enjoin ?
Prosecutor Caffey and Collector Eisner j
from enforcing the nets of Congress or I
regulations of the Commissioner of J
Internal Rovenuo, or seizing or at- |
tempting to solto or otherwise inter I
fering with its business, property and
affairs on the ground or claim that
the manufacture and sale of becra con?
taining not to exceed 2% per cent
alcohol by weight aro contrary to law
jersey Senate Passes
Tunnel Committee Bill !
SI,000,000 Appropriation
Measure To Be Introduced
in Kou?e To-day
TRENTON, April 8.?The Senate to- j
day passed House amendments to the I
bridge and tunnel improvement legis?
lation whereby the New Jersey Bridge
and Tunnel Commission is empowered
to delegate working power to a small
committee, such committee to act in
conjunction with a similar committee
from the New York and Pennsylvania
commissions having charge of the
bridge and tunnel projects. The bill
is now ready for the signature of
Governor Edge.
One of tho important bills passed
by the House was that of Assembly?
man Cochran authorizing Atlantic
City to provide a site and to erect
thereon a building or buildings for
the permanent headquarters of the
league of nations. Under the bill
Atlantic City may arrange for the
headquarters and present them to the
state, to be turned over to the league
of nations.
The annual appropriations bill,
which will appropriate about $13.500
000 for all state purposes for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, will bo in?
troduced in the House to-morrow
morning. Among the large items is
$1,000,000 for preliminary work in
connection with construction of the
Philadelphia-Cam-.'. ? .i bridge and the
New York-Jersey City tunnel.
Miehigan Votes to
Remain Bone Drv
By Big Majority
Special Correspondence
DETROIT, April 8.?Overwhelming !
defeat of the beer and wine amend
meut, which has been beaten in most
i counties by a larger vote than that j
? which carried the prohibition amend- j
! ment in 1916, is assured by returns j
| from a:! parts of Michigan. The peo- ?
i pie of Detroit voted wet by a majority !
: of some 85,000. but the heavier state !
j vote defeated the measure.
The majority for the state can only
! be estimated but it is believed 125,000 :
j will be a fair figure. This majority out j
! in the state is more striking because
] Detroit voted wet in a dry state. The
county of Wayne, which went wet by .
I 6,426 in 1916, voted by several times ?
! this majority Monday for the beer and
J wine amendment.
In Wayne and Detroit 329 out of
i 361 precincts gave the wets 89,203;
? drys, 56,494. One thousand and fifty- i
three upstate precincts outside De- ;
troit gave the wets 117,382; drys, 244,
: 715. A total of 1,382 precincts, in-;
'? eluding Wayne, gives the wets 206,- !
?585; drys, 3t)l,209. Drys majority is:
: 94.000 plus.
The results of Kalamazoo, Grand
Rapids, Flint, Lansing. Jackson and
Detriot were beyond the drys' strong
? est expectations, and they now ac- ;
: count for the returns only on the :
basis that the widespread and open
! defiance of law in Detriot and along :
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of making more determined the senti?
ment of the state for law enforcement.
The women voters receive their
share of credit for the dry victory.
It is stated at dry headquarters that
as far as an analysis can be made.
the male dry strength remained just
about what it was and that the women
supplied the overwhelming end of
the victory.
The results from Detroit show a
slight increase in male wet sentiment,
and reports from the foreign inhabited
districts are that the women were as
strongly for the wet amendment as the
men. But results in ail other manu?
facturing towns in the state show that
the women were with the drys.
Accused Inder Drug Act
A charge of prescribing narcotics in
unlawful quantities to drug addicts
was entered yesterday against Dr. Max?
well Kaufman in the Bridge Plaza
court. Detectives Duinan and Pas
telini, of the 16th Inspection District,
testified that they arrested Dr. Kauf?
man Monday night after they had ob?
tained prescriptions of forty and thirty
grains each of heroin from the physi?
cian. He pleaded not guilty and was
held in S500 bail.
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