Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 265, 21 August 1919 — Page 20
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1919.
ERZBERGER IS ATTACKED FOR TAX MEASURES
Antagonism to German Minister of Finance Grows Helfferich Declares War.
(By Associated Press) BERLIN, Aug. 21. In an open letter to President Ebert, Dr. Karl Helfferich, the former vice-chancellor. Bets forth the reasons which prompt him to wage publio warfare against Mathlas Erzberger, whom he designates as "a menace to the purity of public life," and declares to be a most unsulted and at the same time, dangerous Incumbent of the financial ministry, In view of the far reaching Jurisdiction given to him by the government Dr. Helfferich says he feels It his duty to enlighten the German people because of the prevailing confusion with respect to certain events and suggested that President Ebert and
I the government take official cogniizanco of the charges and proceed to i disprove them If they can. Liberals Make Protest. Berlin dispatches early In July reported that Dr. Helfferich blamed the Reichstag's peace program of July, '1917, fathered by Erzberger for the ; moral collapse of the German people. Later he announced that having failed to Induce Erzberger to sue him, 'he would enter suit against Erzberger 'to prove him a traitor ond to bring the truth to light. Under the slogan "Away with Erzberger!" the national Liberals Tuesday night staged a noisy meeting of protest in which the speakers subjected the minister of finance to a vicious verbal grilling. Erzberger's public activities from the time he conducted the armistice negotiations down to the present enactment of radical measures of taxation, were made the subject of attacks from the ; floor rostrum. "Traitor." "scoundrel," camouflaged corruptionist" and similar epithet were heard. Borne of the speakers demanded that Erzberger be strung up to the nearest lamppost. At the meeting a resolution was adopetd demanding Erzberger's retirement. PROSECUTE HELFFERICH. BERLIN, Wednesday, Aug. 20. The ministry of Justice has received Instructions to examine into the evidence obtained against the former vice chancellar. Dr. Karl Helferich, with a view to prosecuting him.
56 Men Have Returned From War on Richmond Division of Pennsy Statistics Issued by the Pennsylvania railroad show that the Richmond division had three employes killed in action, out of 152 who were given furloughs for army service. Until June 1, 1919, 56 had returned to their positions here. The Michigan division had two killed in action. 70 had returned up till June 1, 1919, and the total was 136. From the Logansport division had 326 employes In the service, two were killed and 127 returned to this country. ' The lines west of Pittsburgh supplied 6,933 employes to Uncle Sam, with 82 killed and 2924 returned by June 1. Many saw Bervice In France !but many have returned after long service on this side.
A new electrical call bell for hospital
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All the pariffin wax for candlemaklng in South Africa has to be imported.
Centers of Illinois Community and Industrial Life to Be Connected by Great Roads System; Program Now Under Way
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Mrs. Barbara Stanley, 83 Years Old, Is Dead Mrs. Barbara A. Stanley, 83 years old. died Wednesday morning at her home, one and one-half miles southwest of Boston. She was born August 17, 1836, in Boston township and had been a resident of Wayne county her entire life. She was the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Bulla, pioneers of Boston township. Surviving relatives are the husband, Francis M. Stanley, two sons, Lewis and Marion Stanley, two daughters, Mrs. Flora Osborn and Mrs. Bert Packer; two sisters, Mrs. Wlnfield Smelser and Mrs. Manson Fouts, and one brother, Dr. J. M. Bulla. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence. Burial will be in Boston cemetery. Friends may call any time.
PREMIER BACK IN PARIS
(By Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 21 Premier Clemenceau returned to Paris today from his vacation in La Vendee. He proceeded at once to the war office and took up work that had accumulated during hid absence.
In Japan all mineral deposits are government property.
Shoeing horses was unknown to the Greeks and Romans.
In the White House there are about 175 miles of electric wire.
FRENCH PRINCE HEADS AERONAUTS
Prince Roland Bonaparte. Prince Roland Bonaparte is president of the International Aeronautic Federation which recently held in Paris its first meeting since the outbreak of the world war. A resolution was passed that enemy aeronautic federations should be excluded from the International Federation until their countries are admitted to the League of Nations.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Local self-government for Korea and reforms; looking toward home rule, are an-, nounced in an imperial rescript issued' in Tokio and received today at the. Japanese embassy. The military government has been1 displaced and succeeded by a civil" one. ;s The military gendarmerie, so much, under criticism of late, is to be re-, placed by a clvilain police force entirely under civilian control. " A system of village and town muni-j cipal government based on popular' suffrage also is to be undertaken. ? Given Equal Rights Possibly the most Important of all. from the Korean point of vjew, the rescript by the Emperor of Japan provides that Koreans shall have the same privileges and legal rights as Japanese. Heretofore Japanese have been a privileged class.
Water passes diametrically through a double action turbine invented by a Hungarian engineer.
Above: Concrete roa construction In Illinois (left) and laying brick for Illinois state roads. Below: W. G. Edens; crushed stone for state roads In Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, III., Aug. 21. Illinois, this month, launched the most stupendous program of road building in the history of the world. It comprises 6,000 miles of a vast trunk line system, conectlng all of the important cities, and the cost will be $60,000,000. Not a cent of it will be borne by public taxation. The tin license tags at the front and rear of every motor vehicle tel the story of the financing. There are now 600,000 automobiles and trucks in Ilinois. The license fees wil produce about $7,000,000 per annum. In twenty years it will be sufficient to pay off the principal and interest of the bond issue of $60,000,000 which guarantees the payment for construction. The Illonols plan, first suggested a year ago and which was approved by the voters at the polls November 5 last, a majority of 509,000 being given the proposition, has attracted nationwide attention and similar movements have already been launched in Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia and other states, with likelihood of favorable action. In years gone by Ilinois expended about $7,000,000 per annum for road improvement through the medium of 4,800 township highway commissioners. Most of the work performed one year had to be done over again the succeeding, as it was purely temporary in character. The same old mud holes received these millions and the public waste became the subject of a campaign of reform launched by the god roads and motor vehicle associations. The advent of the automobile brought a new understanding of highway problems. It was realized that the city man, driving his car for pleasure or on business through a rural comunity, should be made to pay a part of the expense of maintaining the roads traversed. It was argued that it was unfair to saddle all of the expense upon the townships. How Movement Started.
Illinois boasts of 96,000 miles of highway. Seven years ago 16,000
miles of the most important were set
aside for improvement by co-opera
tion between the state and county. The legislature agreed to pay onehalf of the cost of building hard roads and also permanently maintain them
after construction. This was the first
movement in behalf of good roads, but there were disadvantages through lack of uniformity and co-ordination, ond it. was found that there could be no stretches of trunk lines across the
state, but simply a patch work systern of god and bad roads. A tourist who found a stretch of good road in one county was apt to find that it connected with a bottomless mud hole in the adjoining. In this crisis, the proposal was made that a higher unit be established under state control, that it be constructed by a state bond issue, and that the
routes be selected by the legislature. Gov. Frank O. Lowden opposed a
bond issue which would require additional taxation. A compromise was then effected by which the license fee for motor cars was Increased sufficient to take care of the bond issue.
The owners of automobiles and trucks aproved the idea and there has been no oposition. The campaign in behalf of the bond issue was supported not only by the motorists, but by bankers, merchants, farmers, worklngmen, women's clubs. In fact all interests. Now, one year after the campaign was first launched, tangible results are being seen. There has been delay, due to the scarcity of labor and the high price and scarcity of materials. With the return of the soldiers the former handicap has been alleviated, and the work is actually under way. Illinois will soon enjoy the unique distinction of a complete highway commission with the state building and controlling the main roads and the counties and townships, the feeders or laterals. The cost is borne by all of the people, those of the city as well as those of the country, but only by people who own motor vehicles. Financiers assert that the amortization plan by which the bonds and the interest are to be liquidated, is absolutely safe. How Money Will Be Started
What Illinois has done, other states
can do, with, of course, varying modi
flcations to conform to local conditions
and to meet local requirements. The
Illinois plan bids fair to become uni
versal as its merits are realized. The
distinctive feature is the scheme by which the motor license fees take care
of the principal and interest.
This year cars of ten horsepower or
less pay a license fee of $4.50. Next year and thereafter it will be $6. Cars
of horsepower between ten and twenty-five now pay $6; next year the fee will be $8. A proportionate increase is fixed for larger type of machines. Motorcycles have been taxed $3. Next year the fee will be $4. The smaller type of electric cars now pay $10. Next year they must pay $12. The larger type of electrics now pay $20.
Next year the rate will be $25.
Owners of cars have cheerfully ac
quiesced in the increase when they found that every dollar would be devoted to a permanent system of road Improvement.
To William G. Edens, of Chicago,
president of the Illinois Highway Im
provement Association, is due a
large measure of credit for the successful campaign in behalf of a state aid road system and the payment through license fees.
The bulk of the roads now under construction will be of concrete, laid upon crushed stone. In many instances for a mile or two adjoining the principal cities where the traffic is of the heaviest, brick will be used for the upper surfacing with a bed of concrete. As yet there has been no convict labor requisitioned. In 1913 the legislature adopted a law, requested by Governor Dunne, permitting the employment of prisoners under the honor system. One day is commuted
from the sentence of each prisoner for every three devoted to road work. In miscellaneous road work for a number of years several thousand convicts have been utilized and it is expected that a large number wil be employed in building the $60,000,000 trunk line system, just inaugurated. The utilization of convicts will be governed to some extent by the labor situation. In twenty years it is hoped that 60 per cent, of the roads of the state will be improved, equalling the record of Massachusetts at the present time. Illinois is now forced to admit that only 10 per cent, of her highways have been macadamized.
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