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Show oo COLUMBUS. O., June 1. Action of the supreme court at- Washington today to-day in holding that federal constitutional constitu-tional amendments cannot be submitted submit-ted for ratification to a referendum ' in states having referendum, provisions! in their constitutions, means that the vote of the Ohio legislature 1n iratify-ir.g iratify-ir.g federal prohibition and the federal woman's suffrage amendment will stand. i Tile decision doej not affect the pending prohibition .cases. Ohio Case Definitely Decided. The court's opinion, however, puts an end to any controvor.iv as to whether Ohio has ratified' both amendmentsand pul3 Ohio definitely! in the list of states approving each of the amendments. j Power to ratify a federal amend-1 ment, according to the court's opinion,' which wa.s rendered by Associate Justice Jus-tice Day. is derived from tho federal constitution, and a .-tare has no authority au-thority to designate the mean.-, ot ratification. rati-fication. Justice Day said that, by requiring i ratification to be by "legislatures," the! frames of the constitution meant the recognized - legislative bodv in each ! state. Albers Case to Re Reviewed. The supreme court today agreed to review the case of Henry Albers, convicted, con-victed, at Portland, Oregon, under the espionage act. |