Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 102, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1921 — Page 6

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ENCAMPMENT OF G. A. R. HERE THE LAST IN STATE # Indianapolis Proud to Welcome Veterans Who Helped Bring Fame to Indiana. REMINISCENCE OF WAR BY GRIER M. SHOTffEUWhen the Grand Army of the Republic returns to' Indianapolis for its fiftyfifth national encampment. Sept. 23 to 20, it will be the fifth time the veterans of the Civil War have come to Indianapolis for the annual gathering. The approach of the encampment week.- and tne resultant activity of the committee, preparing for the accommodation of thousands of visitors who will come to the .city, serves to renew a public interest in the period and events in which these old soldiers of the Grand Army played the leading role. It is fitting that the men of the G. A. R. should choose Indianapolis again for i"'-*ir annual encampment, not only because this is. in a way, the home city of the Grand Army, but also because of the part which Indiana played in the CiTil War. No other period in the history of the State has such a proud record of accomplishment. According to the report made •t the close of the war in 1865 by W. H. H. Terrell, adjutant general of the ■ State, “Indiana" sent into the field more Lthan two hundred thousand troops, the Mnajorlty being for three years' service. Bln addition,” he says, "fifty thousand Bate militia have been called into service brief periods during the war to proenr Southern border from invasion HI raids Seventeen thousand one and fourteen military oommissklns hare been Issued since the out- • break of the Rebellion." STATE RESPONDS TO IJNCOEN'S CALL. Lincoln's first call for troops met with a State-wide response from Indiana. Companies were everywhere rapidly recruited and called into service. Although the minimum age for enlistment was fixed at 20, 13 and 16-year-old boys were often passed by recruiting officers and served along with the older men. There were many boys se anxious to enlist for short periods of service that every sort of trick was resorted to by them to make the recruiting officers believe that they were of enlistment age. The story is told that some Indiana boys, who lacked several years of enlistment age. wrote the numerals "20” on slips of paper which they put in the bottom of their shoes. On being questioned by the recruiting officer as to their ages they replied that they were "over 20.” In another Indiana company organized near Indianapolis, there was a boy who had been mustered in. although considerably below the enlistment age. The outfit had seen some strenuous campaigning during the one year enlistment period for which moat of the men had signed up. When the compiny was mustered out some of the men were ready to accept their discharges. but when it came the turn of this boy. who had still several years to serve before attaining the ripe age of 20. his answer was "‘I lied three times to get info this Army, I'm not going to ask to get , out.” I There Is such a wealth of history cen- ■ tering abont the operations of Indiana ■ roops during the early days of the war Bhat it is possible to mention only a few Bistances which are typical of the part Hthers played in the opening stages of the

vconfiict. SIXTH INDIANA IX UR ST BATTLE. The Sixth Indiana, which was organized And mustered Into service for three months at Indianapolis, April 25, 1861, was one of the regiments of three month men organized under Lincoln's first, call for 73,000 men. This Indiana regiment arrived in Western Virginia on June 2. IS6I and participated in the first battle of the war at Phlllipi on the following day. The 7th. Bth, 9th, 10th. and 11th Indiana Volunteers were organized iu,.lndianapolis at the same time the 6th was mustered into service and all took part in opening engagements. At the end of their three month's term of service, these regiments returned to Indianapolis and were mustered out to be immediately reorganized for three year's service. The 16th Indiana, which was mustered In at Richmond, in May. 1861, had the distinction of being the first regiment to march through Halt'.more. Maryland, after the 6th Massachusetts had been fired on in April, there as # was passing through on its way to the defense of Washington. The 16th was under the command of Col. Pleasant A. IXackelman, the only general officer from Indiana who was killed during the war. lie was killed in action at luka. Miss., during the siege of Corinth. The command of the 16th then passed to Lieut Col. Thomas 3. Lucas, who was later advanced to he rahk of brigadier and brevet major general, winning fame as a leader of cavalry. Not enly were Indiana regiments engaged lu the first battle of the war at Phlllipi, In western Virginia, at least one Indiana regiment participated in the last pitched battle of the war. Singularly < ough, this battle, which occurred on the evening of April !>. 1865, took place after the surrender of Lee to Grant in the courthouse at Appomatox. COLONEL FERRY WOUNDED IN ACTION. Col. Oran Perry, now superintendent of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument, Iras in command of the 69th Indiana at this closing battle of the war, and was wounded while leading his men In a victorious assault on Fort Blakely, which was ons of the strongholds in the defenses around Mobile. The* Union Army, Colonel Perry says, numbered about 75.000 men. The defenses of Mobile were extensive and of a formidable character. The Confederates had cut down great numbers of trees In front of the fort, and had dug pits and planted torpedoes to impede the progress of the Northern armies. “We made the assault on that evening." says Colonel Perry, "knowing nothlDg of Lee's surrender. It was almost a week later that we learned that the war was over. The attack on Ft. Blakely," which was 'he last pitched battle of the war. was Important because the immediate result of It was the surrender of the rebel troops in the gulf territory which lnclndcd Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas.” . It was many years after the close of the war. Colonel Perry says, that there same into his bands a copy of Harper's magazine for the year 1860 containing tue pen drawing which is reproduced here of tFfb final engagement of Indiana troop!. The sketch, which was made by one who witnessed the attack, truthfully pictures the assault, Colonel Perry, says. Due to its age, the clipping has now faded, and the lines are some what indistinct, but in the original it is still possible to see on the flags which are )>etng carried in the battle the numeral? of the 69th Indiana. Another record of the final attack on Mobile was contained In a message to the Cincinnati Gazette from a press cor--reapondent, who was with the Indiana troops at the capture of Ft. Blakely. This clipping, which has been framed by Colonel Perry along with the pen drawing, gives the following vivid narrative of the assault: PAPER GIVES ACCOUNT OF FIGHT. "At 6 o’clock p. m. the advance of ■nr skirmish line had fairly begun, and ;ia 1 looked the scene was a strange one. Wrecks of thin blue smoke were curing nround iho rebel ramparts, lit up

continually by spurts and flashes of vindictive fire. "Our whole line is slowly moving, not in line of battle or in mass, nor In confusion or pell-mell. Each man has his own obstacle to encounter and each glances a:: his own regimental flag, ready to form when the nature of the ground permits. At this point they can be seen climbing over the fallen trees and creeping and pushing through a wilderness of brush and tangled timber, but whether climbing, leaping or creeping, they still hold their faces steadily toward the foe, still looking In the face of that line of angry fire. It is 700 yards from where our men have started 10 the real rebel fortifications; the whole distance is strewn with fallen timber, ditches and sunken torpedoes. Now they have reached the abatis and are pushing the sharpened branches aside with their guns. "The whole rebel line is ablaze with artillery and small arms, and the blood of scores who passed through other gory fields here stain the ground. The brave men of Andrew's division, composed of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois troops, urge their way through the apparently impenetrable network of fallen timber, but. it is a fearful trial to stem that flood of angry fire'and our losses are greater than upon any other portion of tfie field. "A ringing cheer resounds along the lines, a short, sharp struggle takes place at the foot of the rebel ramparts. Our men hare flung themselves across the ditch and are climbing up the outer slope of the works. “Another momemt and something flashes like a meteor through the smoke and fire. Thank God! it is the sacred banner of the stars; it floats as ever amid the storm of battle and in an instant long lines of bine-coated soldiers are standing proudly erect upon the crest of the hostile works It is the Ting of the 69th Indiana, and it tells that victory has been won. which sends a thrill through every heart.” This regiment, which hart been organized for three years served at Richmond, led.. on August 19. 1562 fought in the battle of Richmond. Ky., Chickasaw Bluff's, Arkansas Post, Thompson's Hill, Champion 11iU, Black River Bridge, the Siege of Vicksburg and Jackson before it joined in the campaign against Mobile. ,It was an Indiana soldier, Capt. David Van Buskirk, of Company F, 27th Indiana. who was known as the tallest man in the Union Army. Is his stocking feet ‘"aptaln Bnakirk measured six feet, ten i.ud a half inches, and with his boots on towered up a full seven feet. Captain Buskirk. who was prominent in Indiana affairs, both before and after the war, was a delegate to the Republican oenvention of 1860 which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the- presidency the first time. During the war he was wounded twice, and once was taken prisoner. While a prisoner, he was treated with unusual consideration by his captors, who had such confidence ’in his honor that they gave him the freedom of the city of Richmond, Va., and allowed him to have his meals at a hotel. Captain Buskirk died at Bloomington in 3SS3. Comparatively few of the old soldiers from Indiana have survived the ravages of time, but those who now remain are looking forward to the reunions of Indiana regiments which will take place in Indianapolis during the week es the Na cional Grand Army encampment. Never again will Ipdianapoiis have a national encampment of the Grand Army The rapidly thinning ranks of now grayhaired veterans will soon be gone, and we shall have only the rich menioxy of what they did. and a consciousness of the priceless heritage that lias descended to us of this generation, because they fought so victoriously in order that the union of States might endure forever.

Graduates of Hope Normal in Reunion Special to T> Time*. COIitTMBIJS, Ind., Sept B.—The second annual reunion of the former studfllt* of the Hope Normal School eras held In the chapel of the old school at Hope Wednesday, More than fifty former students attended the meeting and a plcnlo dinner was served. The following 1 officers were named for the reunion association: Miss Alta Snyder of Hope, president; Mias Zerilla Rambling of Norristown, vicepresident; Mrs. Jennie Guffey of Hope secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. Louise Smith of Westport, corresponding secretary. \ The Hope Normal School was founded In the early eighties and was abandoned In the late nineties. The chapel of the school Is the only building yet standing the main school building having been torn down and the campus having been plotted as part of the town. Boy, Who Broke Legs in Fall,JVlay Recover Special to The Times. GREENSBt'RG. Ind , Sept. S—Arthur Harrison, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hay Harrison of near here, who was seriously injured when he fell thirty-five feet from a tree while attempting to dis- i lodgs a raccoon, has a fighting chance to recover, according to physicians who are attending him. Harrison had both legs broken and Is suffering from a blood clot near the brain. He has been unconscious since the acicdont but is showing some signs of improvement. Service Commission Resigns Robert D. Armstrong, examiner” and librarian of the public service commission, has resigned to complete bis studies in an Eastern law school, tie will be succeeded by Frank Faris, who has been his assistant. Mr. Armstrong was connected with tue commission before the war, bus entered military service. He has beii, with it continuously since the war. Prior to his service with the commission he was an instructor at the Emmerich Manual Training High School. MARRIED FIFTY TEAKS. NOBLE SVILLE. Ind., Sept. S.—Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mitchell observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary Wednesday. Two special jjuests at the event were Elbert Manlove, who was best uian, and Mrs. Martha W, Goss of Tipton, who was a guest at the weddin. So far as known they are the only two persons living besides -Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell who were present at the wedding.

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G. 0. P. POLICY DESIGNATED TO ISOLATE U. S. (Continued From Page One.) reduction of the taxes of thoso most able to pay and a redistribution of taxa- I tion so as to impose upon the masses an undue of the burden.” Much of the past and present unrest ! and unemployment could have been I avoided, the speaker said, if the Unite I States had ratified the treaty of Versailles and become a member of the League of Nations. He pointed out Ihn the treaty provided for the withdrawal of any member upon two years' notice. Had the United States ratified, he said, the result would have been that, Instead of "facing a future full of uncertainty,” as the United States and the whole world now does, “wo would have been safely launched upon a period of I recuperation and prosperity.” OBSERVATIONS AFTER 0 MONTHS OF HARDING. Mr. McAdoo’s address follows; "The Administration ha? occupied the national ‘stage for six months and w are beginning to get a clear picture of the policies which are to control its conduct of national and international affairs In a sentence those policies seem to lie de* ignated to secure the lelriTt possible po j litical and commercial Intercourse with ! the rest of the world. "Apparently this is to he accomplished: ! '*( a) By non-cooperation with the forty-four nations now bound together In a league for the purpose of preserving the peace of the world through arbitration of international disputes; and for the purpose of cutting down naval and military armaments which are crushing the life and prosperity out of people* everywhere; “(h) By patting Into effect a tariff' so high that it will restrict our foreign trade and in large measure destroy it. "Economic disaster will be the So eritable consequence of such slier* sighted policies. Already wc are fee ing the effects. Tile gravest business le presslon in our history Is upon and It will grow more acute as the policies of International isolation arc further and veioped and enforced. "Our domestic policies are a corollary of the foreign policies. Excessive mill- , tary and naval expenditures are con tinned because we must prepare to tight j the world In order to remain 'isolated.' "Our new high tariff Is. In effect, j declaration of economic warfare on Unrest of the world and a step toward war. "The promised reduction in taxes cannot be made because the principal part 1 of our tax load is due to the wars wc hnTe already fought and to the preparations we are now making for tinnext war. NO REAL REDUCTION MEASURABLY IN SIGHT. "Suffering business and Individual taxpayers already bled white by war taxes, will get none of the relief promised for the year 1921. The MY bill which recently has passed the House and is ; now pending in the Senate takes as much money out of the pockets of the har rassed business, professional and work ing men in the year 1921, as It did In the year 1920. No real redaction of tax burdens is measurably In sight. An analysis of the Government’s obligations and future expenditures based upon the [ policies already defined gives no promise 1 of substantial reductions In the annual j expenditures of the Government for some years to come. "This is true notwithstanding the claims that are from time to time made of great savings ip the expenses of Government. The margin for sm-h sav lugs is very small unless we deal vigorously with a reduction of our naval and military establishments-- a thing we manifestly cannot do if the policy of isolation as against international eo operation Is adhered to. "The Fordney tariff bill gives the trusts and favored interests more com plete control than ever before of our home market by .shutting out imports or Reducing them to negligibility. “It is a discouraging facj, that after thirty years of tha Sherman onti-trust law and in spite of all the other laws since passed to prevent or curb trusts and monopolies, we have In America today the greatest and greediest monopolies that have ever been organized. Opening our markets to a reasonable amount of healthful foreign competition is a better regulator of monopolies than all ■of our anti-trust laws, but more than that, reciprocal trade with all nations must be encouraged If we ore to have domestic prosperity. The Fordney bill violates these principles. If it become a law the masses must pay higher prices for every necessity- of life. Already The cost of llvli.g has begun to rise again. High tariff and high taxes are producing their inevitable effect. New t.\x mill fits COMPANION PIECE. “The new tax bill, which has just passed the House of Representatives, is a fit companion piece to the tariff bill. Its underlying principle Is reduction of the taxes of those most able to pay and a6 redistrlDutlou of taxation so as to impose upon the masses an undue proportion of the burden. For instance, the reduction 111 cur-taxes benefits only those w-ho have Incomes in excess of $66,000. There is substantially no reduction In the taxes of persons having Incomes ranging between SB,OOO and $66,000 per annum. These constitute the largo class of successful business, professional and working people whoso incomes are derived from tlieif own personal 101 l and effort. There ere small Increases in the exemptions, such as allowances for minor dependent children and in other respects, but these are not material. "Under the present law the surtaxes on Incomes begin with 1 per cent 0:1 $6,000 and progress gradually up to 65 per cent on incomes ot $5,000,000 and • over. It will be seen that the present I graduation of surtaxes between 1 per i cent and 32 per cent on incomes be- j tween $6,000 and $66,000 was based upon the imposition of aurlaxes ranging from 1 32 per cent to 65 per cent on ail incomes between $66,000 and $5,000,000 or more. The new tax bill gives relief, therefore, only to people whose incomes ri-uge from $06.000 per annum to $5,000,-

BRiGHT-HUED UMBRELLAS OFFSET GLOOM OF NATURE NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—Bright-hued umbrellas are twice as much in demand a# a year ago. manufacturers declare. They look expectantly for the day when street crowds in rainy weather will !>• Just as vivid as those who sally forth with cheerful garb on fair days. Eainy days In New York this summer have not presented such a dull picture on the streets as in the past, when the black umbrella was the only kind to be seen. The working girls, who must go Into the business thoroughfares In any weather, have developed a penchant for umbrellas of purple, brown orange and particularly blue, and others have taken up this cheerful challenge to the darker side of nature.

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000 or more per annum. There are some incomes In tills* country of $20,000,000 or piore per annum or more, hence under j the tax bill just passed by the House i reduction in surtaxes applies to the incomes only of the wealthy and veryrich. If a reduction in surtaxes to 32 per cent is made, then Justice demands that anew graduation shall be adopted so that small and moderate Incomes shall bear a just proportion of surtaxes to the tug incomes ranging from $66,000 Ito $5,000,000 or more per annum. In other words, if the maximum surtax is reduced to 32 per cent, then it should be (regraduated and spread oyer all incomes beginning with SB,OOO per annum and ending with $5,000,000 or more per an Hum, so that small and moderate incomes will get some relief. I NEARNED INCOME SHOULD HEAR LARGER BURDEN. "The principle should be kept constantly in view of the equitable dislribution of the entire burden so as to impose the largest share upon those most able to bear the burden. “There might to be an express recognition In the new tax bill of the principle that the unearned income—that is. the income derived purely from invest ments and without any effort on the part of the owner—shall bear a larger proportion of taxation than the earned incortie—that is, the income derived frjm the effort and toil of the laboring ma i, the salaried man, the farmer, the buxi ness man and the professional man. “An amendment to the constitution should be pushed through with all pox- ; sihle speed tT> prevent the further Is- \ suance of tax-exempt securities. Every ! tax-exempt bond thflbws upon the people at large a greater proportion of the burden of taxation "than they ought to bear. These tax exemptions arc pernicious lu every way. They were one of tbe most serious handicaps I had to encounter as Secretary of the Treasury In fluatu-lng tl World War. Already we have a prefensvl or tax-exempt class of wealthy people who are bearing literally no part of the burdens of Government except in ; so far as consumption taxes are concerned. "We are In the mid t of one of the gravest economic crises that the world has ever faced Widespread business de- j presslon prevails and the decline has been steady and progressive for tbe last eight m >ntiis The situation is particularly ’; acute for the farmer and the laboring man. the farmer because Ids great industry is prostrated and the future Is full of doubt and discouragement; and labor, because 6.000 000 men are out of employment, factories are closed or running on short time, and winter, with its s-rlois menace for Hie unemployed, rapidly is approaching. What can be done to Improve the sit nation V "The first thing we have got to learn j Is that prosperity is international; that j it is not merely local, and that it cannot ! be secured to America through political : or economic isolation. If cannot be re i pea ted too often that civilized society as j now organized, has forced an intcr-de pendencs of nations as never before in human history and that no great nation j like America, with its preponderant flnati vial power and Its excess of production over consumption, can live apart or curb i or cease Intercourse with other nations without bringing disaster upon Itself. Once wo eon<*ede that America Is a part j of the world, that business prosperity amt j the happiness of its people are luextrlo ably hound up with other nations, that we must accept our full share <>f the re-1 sponalbllitles which those relatioushlo? Impose, and that we must courageously j do our dutv as a member of the family 1 of nations, w-e shall haxo taken a lotxg Step toward on intelligent, understanding j of the problems that confront us. POLICY OF ISOLATION SHOULD BE ABANDONED. "The policy of isolation should bo, abandoned. The policy of International cooperation should bo substituted and j our domestic economic policies hannon ized as far as possible therewith Economic equilibrium of the world would gradually follow and in due time return of general prosperity would lie assured. In a crisis so grave the great j and courageous leader will not hesitate to put the public welfare above political ! consistency or party promises. "Here we are a Nation of more than 1 100,000.000 people, with one third of all the gold in existence, with the greatest , financial resources ever possessed by a | single power, with immense surpluses of ; goods, raw materials and manufactured products wo nro anxious to SKI and, on the other side of the Atlantic is Europe —with 250,u00,00< people still torn and bleeding from the wounds of tbe greatest wur In all history, in dire need of the surplus products of tho United States which they need, l>ut cannot buy. "This anomalous situation largely has boon produced by the short-sighted I policy of attempted Isolation forced upon ' the American people for tho past three; years. The resulting failure to cooperate With other nations in securing effective | peace, promoting Industry and order and] encouraging beneficial International | trade, has delayed vital recuperative I processes In Europe. Her people , al j ready prostrated by four years of eolos sal war, have been further weakened j since the armistice and we are suffering from the loss of the "broad foreign mar I kefs which we should have made secure ! by assisting Europe to recover her strength "Now that the violent passions aroused by flu- late political campaign have subsided somewhat, so that wc can begin to see straight and think dearly again, it becomes more and more obvious that it would have been the (*art of wisdom to promptly ratify the Versailles treaty and take our place in the League of Na tions. By the very terms of that treaty wc could have withdrawn from the league upon two years’ notice. All we had to do was to notify the other powers con- I tetnponaneously with the exchange of ratifications that wc would withdraw two years thereafter, reserving, however, the right to continue in the -lcagtia provided the experience of two years' membership convinced us it was to our interest to do so. U. M. LOST GREAT OPPORTUNITY. “Suppose we had gone on this condition, what, would have happened? Already tho two years would bavo expired and wc would be out, if we had wanted to be; but America, during these two years, would have been the ino f powerful influence in the councils of tl. eaguc. She could have shaped the desti..y of the world, because all the nations would have been so anxious to keep her In I the league that they would have deferred | more than ever to American views, Ameri can policies and American ideals.w Stand I

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This pen drawing, which shows the 69th Indiana Volunteer Regiment attacking the defenses of Mobile, Ala., in tho last pitched battle of the war, April 9. 1865, appeared in Harper's Magazine shortly after the battle took place. The drawing is now a part of a collection of war pictures which has been made by 001. Oran Perry in the base of the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument. Colonel Perry himself commanded the 69th Indiana in tbU assault on Ft. Blakely. The lower photograph shows ("apt. David Van Buskirk. who was the tallest man in the Union armies. Captain Van Buskirk enlisted at Bloomington and lived there after the war until his death In 1885. lie went, as a delegate from Indiana to the Republican convention of Is6o, which nominated Lincoln for the presidency the first time. .

ing in such a powerful relationship to world affairs. America could have thrown her Influence immediately in behalf of i those,measures which would have satisI fled the Idg and little nations of Europe ; alike that peace wgx secure. These ua | tions could therefore have proceeded ; safely lo make large reductions In military armaments (the League of Nations specifically provides for thisl and that j la turn would hnve released for produci live purpose* large forces of men now held in military' idleness at great eX- : pense to the State. If these Idle men. still held in armed camps in Europe, hud. 1 for the last two years, devoted their energies to the production of wealth there would have been a great transformation 1 In European conditions, prosperityesvi.iild abide where exhaustion is now .supreme 1 and Europe would be in position to buy f our products at prices which would have | kept the American farmer, laboring man | nrid manufacturer busy and prosperous. I The European nations would be pa* ing. in part, at least, Interest on the (. tits they owe tho United States and our tax burden would be correspondingly re I dueed Instead of facing a future full ]of uncertaintlls. as we In the United States now do, and as the entire world | now does, we would have been safely , launched upon a period of recuperation and prosperity. Tho world would have entered upon anew era of peace and ordered society, under conditions which would hnve reduced the menaeh of war lo a minimum. Unhappily, political par tiaaiiship made sport of these great opportunities and we are now paying the price. "Forty-four nations are already members of the League of Nations. This | takes In all of Die civilized world except ! tiie United States, Germany. Austria, Hungary and Russia. Already Germany, 1 Austria and Hungary arc disarmed by L the conditions of iioiu'e. and. it is to be hoped, soon will be admitted to the League of Nations. Russia Is not at present a serious menace to peace. When she gets established government which the other powers recognize she will, no doubt, be taken Into the league. Then the United States will bo the only nation out*!do of It. LEAGUE HELPLESS WITH U. 8. PLAYING LON E HAND. “Can the League of Nations effect a reduction and limitation of military armament* with tho United States on the outaide? No, because so long as we play a lone hand and continue to in crease our naval power and maintain a large potential military establishment (even though our standing array itself I be small) xve become a possible menace to the peace of other nations and they in ; self protection must go on competing ; with us In military and naval strength. On the other hand, so long as forty-four nations are bound together in a league by the very terms of yvbich they must make common cause dn serious clreum stances for their mutual protection, they become a possible menace to us. Therefore. we must continue huge military and naval expenditure* to protect onrselvs against them. These expenditures approximate $800,000,000 for the present fiscal year, or about one fifth of ail the expenditures of the Government. Every dollar of that money comes from the pockets of the people of the United States. It is not the Incomo taxpayer nloue who bears this burden. It Is the common people who bear most of it. It is taken from them in the form of consumption and other concealed taxes which Increase the coat, of living und Lives them ft smaller net return each year than would otherwise lie necessary. Make no mistake abont it —if the United Htutes wastes money on unnecessray military and naval armaments or in other fashion, it is the mass of the people who pay. The invisible hand of Uncle Sam reaches into your pockets every hour of tlie day and night and takes your proportion of the inevitable toll. "Is it not a senseless thing for tho Anieriean people to permit this thing to continue ? | “Is this not an extraordinary position for America to find herself in, when she has always been the champion of arbttrai tion in the settlement of international

disputes and the greatest apostle of peace among the powerful nations of the world? America lined up on one side, refusing to cooperate for world peace, and all the other nations lined up for what America has heretofore championed. FULLEST APPROVAL FOR ARMS PARLEY. “Undoubtedly it was in recognition of those facts that Senator Borah introduced a resolution in the Senate for a conference between the three leading powers. Great Britain, Japan and the United States for the purpose of agreeing upon a reduction of naval armaments so as to prevent the Criminal and wasteful competition in the building of battleships und naval craft which become in a large measure obsolete before they can be put into commission. From the outset I have strongly approved Senator Borah's proposal because it is practicable for those three nations to agree to stop senseless naval competition and thereby reduce the burdens of their over-loaded taxpayers. But the President has enlarged the conference to six powers, Great Britain, France, Italy. Japan. China and the United States, and has broadened its scope so that political questions affecting policies in the Pacific and the general problems of disarmament, military as well as naval, will be discussed.- Every citizen hopes that great good to huinanty may come out of this conference; that concrete results will be obtained. It is to be regretted, however, that it was not confined to the question of naval armaments as betwdbn Great Britain, Japan and the United States, because agreement between these powers for reduction of ! tbeir naval programs is attainable whereas agreement, on a program of military disarmament docs rot seem feasible with out bringing in the forty-four nations already bound together in the league. This great thing of reduction of naval armaments by agreement with Great Britain and Japan is possible even if we remain out of the league, and the United States ought to secure it regardless of other quest ions that may come before the conference. "Discussion of naval reductions brings up the larger question—why should civilized nations have navies at all? What would follow their complete abolition? Security, of course, for every nation against hostile attack by sea or water. Would not this be one of the most powerful of ail influences for peace between nations? "Are not navies the parents of imperialism. Is it not through ihern that dominion over weak and detached peoples lias been maintained by the strong powers? Have not navies been the chief instrumentality through which the great powers have competed with each other In the exploitation of the weaker nations of the earth? Do not navies perform an effective part in the economic warfare or trade competition between nations? It is through powerful naTies that the great nations have gratified their predatory instincts and imperial ambitions. If navies were completely abolished hy agreement between all the powers the sphere of possible xvarfare would be reduced to contiguous States which would be unable to fight except on land and such navies as were retained would be confined to small and light craft necessary for police purposes aud for protection against smuggling and other forms of lawlessness. it is no more unreasonable to seek an agreement for the abolition of navies than for a reduction of naval strength. Reliance would have to be placed upon the sacred obligation of the contracting parties In either ease. Knglightened statesman ship has been struggling for decades through the Hague conferences and otherwise to limit the horrors of war through the adoption of certain rules of civilized warfare It is generally agreed that the unanchored floating mine and the submarine, for Instance, should he outlawed. It is carrying the principle to it? logical conclusion to abolish navies* altogether. ANOTHER REASON WHY NAVIES NO LONGER NEEDED. "It will be argued that nations with colonies most have navies to protect In tercourse between their possessions; but if all nations are without navies such protection is unnecessary. Where ail are restricted to merchantmen all will stand on the same footing and Intercourse between them and their colonies will be fully protected. “It may also be argued that warships

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•re required for protection against piracy on high seas, but this argument fails when all merchantmen can, by agreement between the natious, be armed with light guns that will offer adequate protection against this inconsequential peril. Moreover, wireless telegraphy is an added safeguard against piracy. "We should secure, out of the forth coming conference, agreement for reduction of naval armaments, but this should stimulate us to take the lead In affecting the next great step toward peace, a transcendent reform in the relations tween nations which will make the seas the great highways of peaceful commerce unmenaced and unaffected even by land wars wherever they may here- j after, unhappily occur. Let us not stop ; at a mere reduction of naval armaments j —let us strive for a navy-less world. "The American people are interested — j vitally interested —in the maintenance of ' world peace. They want arbitration of ' International disputes because only , through a generally accepted and effen- : live policy of arbitration can the menace , of war be removed. They want world disarmament, not only because it is an additional guaranty of peace, but because reduction of military burdens w'll promote European prosperity and therefore contribute to American prosperity. They know that a reduction in the mill tary and naval expenditure of the United States will lift a vast burden from their shoulders and they know that our military burdens cannot be lifted unless Europe lifts hers. They are interested in all these problems, not alone for material reasons, but also because of tbeir love of humanity and their reverence for the great iirinelples of Christianity upon which our civilization is founded, and which, if truly observed, are the greatest guarantors of peace aud good will throughout the world. “War has been the greatest scourge of mankind. !t has brought civilization to the verge of moral and material bankruptcy. Let us insist the statesmen of the world rise above the passions of xvar and the debasing influence of political intrigue and find an enlightened solution of this great problem.” SHELBY PIONEER DEAD. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Sept. B.—Mrs. Elizabeth McDowell, 82. is dead at her home, south of this city. The husband, John MDowell, and one daughter. Mrs. William Mount, both of this county, survive.

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38th Anniversary at B. F. KEITH’S Singers Mijlgets World’s Biggest Show of Little s People 30 Tiny Actors'and Artiste 25 Trained Foniee '• 10 Clever Canines Presented in 10 Scene* The Bill Also Includes’ Nestor & Vincent Lew and Paul Murdock Tracey & Mcßride Swor &. Westbrook Howard <&. White Pathe News Weekly Literary Digest Topics Aesop's Fables Ba sure and bring tha children Se the bargain matinees. siiiil STATE FAIR WEEK —GALA BILL—ARTHUR ANDERSON PRESENTS DOLL FROLICS A Breeiy Girl and Music Concoction MOREY, SENNA & DEAN 6 OTHER SNAPPY /* BIG FEATURES O Dancing in the Ijric nallroom Afternoon ami Evening. PARK JKL Lena Daley and Her Famous KANDY KIDS ■ ■■■■■■"■ ■- . . iw, n MOTION PICTURES.

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