Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 23, 8 December 1919 — Page 10
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAH. MONDAY, DEC. 8, 1919.
VAR PRESENTS MANY CASES TO DEPARTMENT I SAYS PALMER REPORT V - , v. .;' 2 (By Associated Press) '
t. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The de
partment of Justice is confronted with
increasingly dangerous radical activ
ities," Attorney General Palmer -said fa his annual report submitted today to congress. .
Mr, Palmer did not go into details as to "fed" activities in general, but
aid that of the total of 365.295 index
record cards, 71,000 Bertillon records
and 262,712 finger print records now
In the department, some 60,000 repre
sented data concerning 'Teds" ana their work. He mentioned that the
department had increased steadily Its
contributory sources of investigation, adding that this meant better facili
ties for running down persons whose
lives bore marks of crime. 1 Heavy Work Ahead.
Mr. Palmer said that while other
government agencies during the past
rear were rounding out their labors ncident to the war. his department
found itself only half way through its scores of Investigations and litigated
Questions. Countless hundreds - of
claims growing out of the war have been made against the government, he jtaid. and must be fought through the
Courts. Cases in which the govern
tnent seeks to recover funds paid out
Jhrough error or fraud provide another source of supply for litigation.
Alleged infringement of patent rights py the government In Us manufacture
of war materials as well as similar
claims arising from private manufac
4ure of war supplies on the cost-plus (arrangement . also puts litigation on
shoulders of the department's stair,
Mae aepanmenc poucy oi leoumiuR prosecution of trusts has restored to Activity other investigations ' and crime proving machinery, the attorney "general added. 1 Other Prosecutions.. In addition to these. Mr. Palmer Mid, the department will be burdened for months to come with its prosecution of violators of the Sedition and Selective Service Acts. Under the latter, the number of cases runs high, 3e said. Department agents are engaged now in gathering all neceisary data through records of local drift boards which have been assembled in Washington and prosecution of the cases r ill proceed immediately upon completion of that work. ' Investigations and trial arguments during the year have shown loopholes in many statutes, Mr. Palmer said. He railed attention to the fact that, under existing law, it is not a crime to send threatening letters through the mails unless in furtherance of a scheme to dnfraud or as a means of extortion. Pointing out that letters threatening personal injury or destruction of property may be sent with impunity, he urged revision of- the law to cover tuch cases. Needs Lew Change. , - Pr. Palmer said also there was great need for a statute providing punishment for an individual attempting to defraud the United States. Present statutes, he said, provider punishment oaly in the evene that two. or more pereons conspire to drfraud the governmert. S
Recommendation also was made I that criminal procedure be changed ; to iTiftfcv rinr simple the removal of ' iofiirie.j persons to the districts where: hc indictments were turned. He tfeecni'c ti the present system as "griv-: ov.giy defective." und as making re-! moval proceedings "infinitely more J ';mnbersome" than extradition. j The attorney general recommended j creation of a pardon and parole board i
or ; three ful'y empowered to handle all pardon and parole cases thus relieving the attorney-general's office of duties" which are becoming increasingly heavy and onerous." Jurisdiction of penal institutions also should fce vested in this board, he said.
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Michigan Sportsmen Seek1 v Closed Season for Deer
The Forum
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PayRollTkeftls Frustrated hy Girl . SAX FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 8. Quick presence of mind and daring of Miss Alice Woods frustrated an attempt of four robbers to hold up the People's bakery and secure the company's payroll, amounting to $20,000. The robbers entered the bakery office and thrust revolvers into the faces of several girls. Two fainted. Two of the robbers stepped into an outside room and covered 12 drivers with their pistols. The robbers in the office then made for. the sale, but halted when Miss Woods grabbed a telephone. One of the' bandits wrested the telephone from her and threw her to the floor. She then sprang up and pressed a button that rang a bell in an outer office. Believing that she had given a burglar alarm, ihe quartet fled in a waiting automobile.
ARMY PAY MAY RISE A 20 percent increase in the pay of enlisted men oi the army was recently favorably voted upon by the Senate Military committee. This would mean that the minimum pay for an enlisted man would be around $42.00 per month, said Recruiter Wright, Monday.
A. M. Roberts Monday submitted
the folowing communication to the Palladium. "If these sentiments meet with approval, I may run for mayor," he said. Richmond. Ind.. Dec 8. To whom it may concern: That according to our constitution and God and nature all men are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to pursue these rights gov
ernments are instituted among men, deriving their Just powers from the consent of the governed; that law, deriving Its existence from the consent of the governed, should be made so plain that a child of some experience could understand ; that nations, states, county and cities and municipalities should be controlled by representative power subject to the governed and the law; that a representative is, by oath, supposed to be servant of the people by the people and for the people; that no intrigue that caters to get In to defraud or corrupt in any way the whole people's interest in regard to the constitution of the United States of America; that any representative of law should go purposely wrong be recalled and taken from bis trust of office; that we need but few laws for nation, state or municipalities; that a nation be sure it is right should be independent as to its own wants, make its own laws, regardless of other powers to dictate to us. That we as a nation of people are able to govern and contract ourselves; that we be so honest, right and inno
cent and give charfty to whom it should belong; with the flag of stars and stripes of our nation that we have fought for and retained through all the bloody battle fields and prison pens; with the soldiers that stood true to the last that rise with our nation and nation's flag. That if we find a law bad, get rid of it, if good keep it; that we are not here to dethrone humanity but to elevate man that we are created with such a spirit that differences coming up to be settled should be settled by arbitration as near as possible; by fair jury trial; that our labor question now presents that we have had the most difficulties to confront for the last three years that we have ever experienced; that high cost of living, wages had to be
raised; as to operators of capital whether they are getting the lion's share or not is a. question and should be carefully looked into; that all production is produced by brain and labor; that our citizenship is beholden one to another; that labor of any kind is honorable and should be fostered, with a high aim that without it we are nothing; that it should be taught and practically experienced to the present generation and children of the land. We know nothing but what we learn by experience and interchange of thought; that man is responsible to a great extent as to the kind of government he teaches to his children and fellowman; that all nature teaches a lesson, if we could hear its silent voice we could profit thereby; that all people should' build upon such principles that is lasting, tbat would be the most good to the most people, thereby we would be driving the defaulter away from the doors. It appears that soon the women of our land will have their sovereign right to vote. Well, why not? Our mothers were women. Gladstone once said: "Tell me the kind of laws a nation
has and I will tell you the kind of people you have." Last and not least let us put our shoulders to the wheel of time, still achieving, still pursuing for the better future of mankind. A. M. ROBERTS, 18 South Eiehth Street.
(Henry W. Kinney, In ; the Transpacific, Tokio.) " Owing to the fact that a typewriter to be of any use at all in writing the Japanese language must' have more
than 3,000 characters, it is odvious that only the most general principles of the ordinary American machine could be applied. It was necessary to build a machine which contains so many special features as to be to all Intents and purposes a new Invention. In the writing of the Japanese language three distinct sets of characters
are employed. Of these two, the Katakana and the Hirakana, are phonetic, each character designing a syllable. The third is the Kanji, or Chinese
characters ideographs of which one must know 3.000 or more in order to write the language at all well. Thest characters convey the same Idea to both the Chinese and the Japanese, although the pronunciation is entirely different. In this, Kanji resembels our numerals, which mean the same to a number of different nationalities, though they are pronounced altogether differently in the various languages. This fact has an advantage in the case of typewriter making, as the same machines may be used by the Japanese and the Chinese, the only difference being that in the machines made for the Chinese no Hirakana nor Katakana characters are provided, as the Chinese do not use them. When K. Sugimoto set about building his typewriter it was obvious from the first that the foreign model could not be followed. A machine having more than 3,000 key arms would be
as cumbersome as a grand piano. He solved the difficulty by providing a
movable arm which picks up the type
from Its section in the type tray,
strikes it against the paper- and ther.
deposits It back in Its proper place,
This arm is operated by means of a
key resembling that on a telegraph
Instrument.
The main type tray of the Japanese
machine measures 17 by 9 inches. In writing, the machine 1b placed so that
this tray is directly In front of the
operator. It contains 2,315 sections, a
few of which, however, are left va
cant to receive less frequently used
characters from two additional trays,
, placed one on either side of the main
tray. Each contains 429 characters,
wnicn, when they are needed, are picked up by means of a pair . of
tweezers and transferred to the va
cant sections of the main tray.
The standard machine contains two
sets of Katakana characters, one heavy
and one light and one set of Hirakana
cnaracters. Japanese numerals are
also provided, while the possibilities offered by the side trays allow the
addition of Roman numerals, English
characters, or any other characters es
pecially required.
The average speed of experienced
writers is from sixty to seventy words
a minute, and one speed marvel has
set a record of seventy-nine.
(By Associated Press) CALUMET, Mich., Dec. 8.Tbere were four fatuities In the UDDer nen-
1 insula of Michigan . during the deer
nunung season which ended Nov. 30.
This toll is considered light in view of the . large number of deer hunters, estimated to be about twelve thousand. It Is believed that fully 8,000 hunters crossed the straits into the upper peninsula this year. Most of them came from the lower part of the state, although neighboring states were well represented. Weather conditions
were ideal for hunting, and there was
an unusually heavy slaughter of deer.
sportsmen alreadv are demanding a
closed season on deer next year, be
lieving this Btep to be necessary if the animals are to ,be saved from extermination. In some counties petitions
aiv ueuig circulated ior asaing ror a
closed season until 1921.
The movement to prohibit deer hunt
ing for a year or more was begun even
Derore tne opening of the season just
ciosea.
Everybody Has Private
Still in Mississippi
MERIDIAN, Miss.. Dec. 8. Prohi
Diuon nas created an entirely new
kind of criminal, say federal officers,
"Monshine" has become a habit
in all parts of the state.
One officer said that he would be willing to wager there were more
than 50 stills in operation in Lauder dale county, and that the same con
ditions existed in other counties in
the state. N The "white lightning" of various grades is selling at $3 to $6 a pint. Some of it is declared to be better than the so-called high grades of "red licker." Federal officers have made numerous arrests and expect numerous others to follow, but this seems to exercise little check on the business.
LIZZARDS' EGGS USED FOR ..
FOOD BY EAST INDIANS
(Scientific American)
The water monitor affords one of
the food standbvs of the natives of
India, Ceylon and the Maylay penin
sula. The eggs of this lizzard are more highly prized than hens' eees.
The monitor is equipped with a
long, forked tongue, extending from a sheath like a snakes. It is one of
the largest of existing lizzards, reaching a length of seven feet; although Its nearest relative,' the gigantic Australian monitor, grows from 12 to 30 feet long. The monitor lays 20 or more white, soft shelled eggs in holt low trees and in Burma these bring a much higher price than hens' ekks. The monitor often startles hunters
by crashing through the jungle, mak
ing as much noise as large game. It
climbs trees for squirrels, birds and their eggs. At other times it may he found digging along the stream banks for the eggs of the crocodile, of which, it is most fond. Either In running or swimming it can leave its enemies far behind. If surprised when up a tree, it drops into the water swimming with powerful strokes of its flattened tail, which acts as oars and rudder. When captured. It fights with teeth, claws and tail.
OWEN HEADS WATSON BOOM
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NOBLESVILLEJ nd.. Dec. 8. The campaign of James E. Watson, United States senator for Indiana, who has announced his candidacy for renomination at the Republican ' state primaries rext spring, will-be managed by Joha. Owen, of Noblesville. It became known, here today.
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RECOGNIZE REPUBLIC. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dee. 8. A wireless dispatch from Berlin announces that tba Spanish and Bulgarian governments have recognized the Austrian republic.
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At the School of Occupational Therapy established in Philadelphia, a wide range of arts and crafts is taught to .omen pupils who will later teach disabled soldiers.
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