Washington, March 1. President
Wilson has begun work on his answer
to the British and French premiers or
the Adriatic situation. In preparation
for the actual drafting of his note he
has written to Acting Secretary Polk
at the State Department. The nature
of the communication was not dis
closed. Mr. Wilson apparently was planning
to make prompt reply to the pre
miers' suggestion that the United
States join with the British and othel
governments in seeking to bring aboui
a solution of the Adriatic problem
through direct negotiations betwees
Italy and Jugo Slavia. It was noted
here also that Rome dispatches indi-
cated that Premier Nitti of Italy ai-
ready had opened conversations with
i the Jugo Slavia authorities to this
end-
CANNOT TAX
NON-RESIDENTS
OF NEW YORK
Washington, March 1. The supreme
court in an opinion today held the
New York state income tax act of 1919
to 'be unconstitutional.
Federal court decrees declaring the
law discriminatory and permanently
enjoining state officials from enforc
ing it against non-residents were sus
tained. In declaring the act invalid,
the lower court held that it conflicted
with article four and the 14th amend
ment to the federal constitution.
TAX CONSTITUTIONAL
Washington, March 1 Constitu
tionality of the Oklahoma income tax
act of 1915 was upheld today by the
Supreme Court in deciding appeals
brought by Charles B. Shaffer of
Chicago, from federal courtd ecreea
denying an injunction sought to en
join state officials from taxing undei
the statute Shaffer's oil holdings in
that state. He claimed the state had
no authority to tax non-residents' in
comes.
