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AH Opposition as Unimportant. PALMER (Mt7 FEARED BY DAVID LAWRENCE. (Copyright, 1920, by The Palladium) WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 William Gibbs McAdoo says he isn't a candidate for the presidency, but will accept the nomination. He will not permit his name to go on the presidential preference ballot, but his friends will continue to work for him. He will have no organization or headquarters and will not engage in controversy with other candidates. Yet he will serve if chosen. Were this a normal year in presidential politics, the McAdoo method of approach to the presidency would be distinctly novel, more so indeed te' iban the Hoover method. Bui from

w- iriends of Mr. McAdoo in the national

V'llt 1.1.1 t LI Ul llJllUCi 1U11 UL what the former secretary of the lieasury has in mind First of all, he is represented as feeling that it would be undignified for him to go out and seek the presidency. He doesn't intend to be an active candidate in any fcen.se. He will bo passively receptive, that's all. "Family" Question Answered. Of course, there is no concealing the fact that opposition to Mr. McAdoo among Democrats is based to some extent on the theory that he might be unacceptable to the country because of his family relationship to President Wilson. To this the McAdoo men make answer thus: McAdoo was one of the managers of the Wilson campaign in 112 and was selected to be secretary of the treasury because of his ability shown in large business enterprises. He had already helped in the drafting of the present federal reserve act and made a record as secretary of the treasury when he married the president's daughter. This, therefore, (he friends of Mr. McAdoo assert, was. an incident in his career which has nothing to do with his political status. They contend that as a member of the cabinet he frequently argued with the president and openly expressed his differing opinions. But their main, faith is that no . man ever suffered In politics from attack based on personal grounds that were inherently unobjectionable. Their candidate will be accepted or rejected at San Francisco on other counts. All Others Waved Aside. It Is interesting in talking to some

of these McAdoo supporters and Kj-some of them have high official positions in the government to find how easily they seem to eliminate all the other candidates for the. Democratic nomination. Mr. Hoover, they insist, has eliminated himself by expressing innocence of any party affiliation and to get a Democratic nomination an individual must in their opinion have been a Democrat at least as far hack as 1912 though he might be forgiven lapses in the period before that. As for Governor Cox. the McAdoo people think he is unfortunately on the wrong side of the prohibition question and will not be a strong contender. Senator Pomerene of Ohio has already withdrawn from the race. Mr. Bryan, say the McAdoo disciples, doesn't really want the nomination for himself but wants to have the pleas

ure of dominating the convention.! The big question is whether or not Mr. Bryan will bo a delegate. Nebraska in all probability will settle that in the negative very soon. Palmer Most Feared. Admittedly, A Mitchell Palmer is the most powerful opponent of William Gibbs McAdoo. Both are strong Wilson followers, but among the McAdoo men, one hears serious doubts expressed as to the attorney general's availability because of his unhappy contact with union labor in the coal strike. In contrast there is pointed out the record of the former director general of railroads, who gave the railroad brotherhoods a square deal and per- - t, haps ever, more sympathetic treatment in the matter of wages than ' they have received from the hands of anybody else in the Wilson administration. The idea seems to be that the brotherhoods will not forget and that labor generally will be affected by the contagion of brother McAdoo's zeal for the cause of the workingman. To hear it from McAdoo boosters, the former secretary of the treasury will commend himself to the Democratic convention because of a series of acts which, however devoid of po litlcal intent they may have been while he was in office, can not but be counted upon to get votes. Mr. McAdoo, it is insisted, worked hard for women suffrage, and did a great deal for the soldiers by fathering the war risk insurance act; helped business by his part in the Federal teserve act as well as in the smooth operation of the federal reserve system; did his part in moving crops when the farmers needed -money, put the rural credits law into running order and did a lot toward urging a firm policy in handling Germany, and did his share in fighting the war. v Has Won Many Friends. The philosophy of the McAdoo group seems to be that the Democratic convention will choose a candidate who has the largest potential strength in the matter of vote-getting. Thus Is Mr. McAdoo trotted out as the friend of the suffragists, the farmers, the ' soldiers, the union labor organizations, CI . the business men and bankers of the country, and the advocates of Americanism. On one thing, however, the McAdoo candidacy will not be ambigious. Others may say, as Mr. Bryan has (Continued on page twelve)

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ALBION, Ind., Feb. 23 Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Wrigley, 89 years old, mother of Judge L. H. Wrigley, were conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church here Saturday afternoon. Death was due to senility. Interment was in the Albion cemetery. Mrs Wrigley came to Albion three years ago to make her home with her son. Judge Wrigley. She came from Richmond, where for thirty years she had served as librarian. Because of failing eyesight, which eventually resulted in total blindness, she was compelled to give up this position. She was a brilliant thinker and though totally blind she did her bit for the country's soldiers during the world war by scraping lint for hospitals.

Mrs. Sarah Wrigley was the oldest daughter of John Finley, at one time mayor of Richmond, and author of a number of poems, including the "Hoosier Nest" from which Indiana received its name "Hoosier" state. She was born in a small cottage at the top cf Whitewater gorge at a spot near where the corner of South Second and B streets is located, on March 6, 1830. At the time of her birth, there were few houses in the town of Richmond, and all of them were made either of logs or of prepared lumber, brought from the Ohio river at a great expense Went to School at Four. She started to school when four years old, going to school in the mornings and staying for lunch. Her first teacher was a private tutor who had to solicit for her pupils and who taught only- the rudiments of learning, such as the letters and the work that is now taught in kindergarten. Later she attended a private school in the Warner building, located where the city hall now stands. It was here that she received her common school education. After finishing the course in that school she attended a Friends' f-chool and received a higher education. . In-1864.- Sarah Finley iwas-married to L. H. Wrigley, a young man who came to his city as a school teacher. After their marriage they moved to Newcastle, where Mr. Wrigley was publisher of the Newcastle Courier.

Alter staying there only a tew years.

"KEEP TREATY OUT

OF ELECTION" PLEA OF HERBERT HOOVER BALTIMORE, Feb. 23 Herbert C. Hoover, former food. administrator, declared today in an address at Johns Hopkins university his opposition to making the ratification of the treaty with Germany an issue in the presidential campaign. He insisted the injection of the arguments for and against reservations would "obscure our pressing domestic issues by conflicting over a question in which the country already has made iin its mind, and adding: "It is my im

pression that there is no party in this position."

Hone for immediate rauiicauon or

the treaty rested, he said, in the acceptance by the "lesser reservationists" of the proposals of the "mild reservationists". The two combined, he said, could secure ratification. "It also appears to us," he continued, "that ever from the point of view of the 'lesser reservationists' they will have secured all of the major functions and values of the league. If It be put into being and if it prove its living value in the world, no one .can doubt that any necessary changes will be eranted to it by common consent

as the years go on. For my part, if!

the league cannot prove its value under the latest proposals of the 'mild reservationists' it will never prove them under the proposals of the 'lesser reservationists'." Europe Face Degeneration The present danger Europe is facing, Mr. Hoover said, is not so much a revolutionary cataclysm as the "steady degeneration of the standard of living and the slow decay of the forces of stability." Restored productivity, he insisted, is essential if the allies are to receive the maximum reparation. "Until then we shall not have real peace," he said. "It will be delayed as long as we hang the treaty in the air, 'for we are a part of it." "1 do not believe the adherence of the American people to the league requires any demonstration," he continued. "It has been under discussion for eight months. It has been given able debate and consideration in its every complexion. I believe that the majority of our people are convinced of the necessity of reservations with the league. Both parties to the conflict appear to concede this. The conflicting groups over the character of the reservations have gradually abandoned their extreme ground and have come closer and closer to a common mind. Great Ideas in Accord. "It would appear to an outsider that both sides were in agreement on all the great major ideas of the league and the major ideas of reservations, but that they are in disagreement

mostly over secondary questions in

the .reservations. - - -' : "In the meantime the world is held

in suspense

GUERDONS OF FRANCE COVER GOLDEN STARS

William Dudley Foulke Makes Stirring Address at Honor Services in H. S. Auditorium Memorials Given.

LIBERTY TO BE GUARDED

Gold star heroes of Wayne county were honored at memorial services featured by the presentation of memorials from the French government, under the auspices of the local American legion, Sunday afternoon, in the high school auditorium. William Dudley Foulke made, the address of the occasion. Dr. George B. Hunt, head of the Richmond legion, presided and made a short talk. Will Reller read a poem by Edwin Markham. and the names of the dead were read by Paul Beckett, while the audience stood. Dr. J. J. Rae gave the opening benediction, and the Rev. James Ryan, of St. Mary's gave the closing one. Mrs. Fred Bartel sang. In his address, Mr. Foulke said the best tribute to the memory of the men who had died, was to preserve the things they brought to us. Liberty, both for ourselves and for the world and closer union with our allies, he said, he believed the most important results of their sacrifice, which we Eihould guard the more closely. Crazy but Harmless. He said that America in the last few months in her anxiety to keep the form of liberty had seemed to forget the spirit of it. "Radicals and Bolshevists, although Bolshevism is an insane thing," said Mr. Foulke, "when they don't advocate armed violence and overthrow of the government by force, have a perfect right under the constitution to say what they please, and this right has been abrogated. He doubted, he said, whether the violent measures of search and deportation had done any good in the fight against radicalism and denounced the attempt to unseat five New York assemblymen because they were Socialists. Founded on Martyrs. "Powder is only dangerous when it Is confined, and the church was founded on the blood of the martyrs," said Mr. Foulke. "By imprisoning these men we are making martyrs of them. We can not help them more.

U. S. Knows "All" in Steel Business, Says Schwab

Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, took occasion on his 58th birthday, which he celebrated recently, to discuss reports from France and Belgium that cbemiste there had discovered new processes of steel making. Said "Charlie:" "The new process amounts to nothing more than we have been doing for years in this country. They say the Frenchmen and Belgians have invented a secret process by which they can manufacture nickel, chrome, and similar steels at a cost amounting to not more than a high grade Bessemer steel plus the cost of the alloy. And

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Let them blow off. so long as they

J adYPcat9k.nq:armed-violence. By do

ing mis we sr.an nest ne ooeying ana

Infinite misery goes on i preserving the precepts of our con-

accumulating. Forces are set in motion that may yield new conflicts. Already the distrust and undermining of confidence and credit in the world

stitution."

Mr. Foulke made a strong plea for the League of Nations. "The league which was brought from Paris had many serious defects, but it was better than no league at all," he said. "We are bound to have a League of Nations. We ourselves know the benefits of union. At the time of the foundation of the United States there were many prophecies of disaster, but we laugh at them now, and some day

to! those who prophesv disaster to come

. .. ... . . ... 'hprspif. tv,e other contends lor at ; rrom a league or .Nations -win oe mna volunteers and upon his being nerseu , tne omer c-oiiitaus iu

least moral uuuiuiauuu as a lumoiuu .....

Iets trust our allies, iney were

they returned to Richmond and later cnppieu our export marsei. Mr. Wrigley went to Nebraska during: Regarding the part the United states a big land boom in that part of the 'm take in the rehabilitation ot Eur-

country.

Active in Relief Work During the Civil war, Mrs. Wrigley was active in the relief work of the Union army. Her brother, John H.

Finley, was a mnjor in the 69th Ind

tion. "We have two extreme views among . our people," he said, "upon the policies we should adopt in all

these matters. One contends that the

ideal is isolation leave Europe

Vic ksburg, Mrs. Wrigley went south iof international justice. Many of u3

end returned with her wounded broth- WilUL ueiu,B'

another

er ana anomer wounaea union of

ficer. Through her father, who was at that time mayor of Richmond, she was able to do much active work in relief and sanitation. Her husband died during the Civil war, behind the Confederate lines in Texas, where he had gone to visit some relatives, "and his body was buried in Texas. The exact date of his death could not be, learned then as it was impossible to communicate with his Texas relatives during the war. It was later learned that his death occurred in 1S63. Served as Librarian From 1S64 until 1903, Mrs. Wrigley was librarian of the Morrisson-Reeves

library.

MARCH 14, DATE OF CITY CHURCH SURVEY

The Richmond city survey of the

Inter-church World. Movement is to bescorP(j an entire victory

good enough to be our comrades during the war, they are good enough to be our comrades now."

Mr. Foulke recalled much of the war

history, and the way America's armies had turned the balance. He said that the war was a great one, not from masses of men engaged, but from the pres

ence of two opposing ideas. Autocracy and Liberty, and that the latter had

made on Sunday, March 14, if plans announced Monday morning before

the Richmond Ministerial association materialize. It is planned that the survey shall be made under direction of the Interchurch World Movement committee

Dr. Hunt pledged the American

Legion to preservation cjf the memor

ies oi tne great war. "Upon his arrival in Paris," he said

General Pershing visited the grave of the French General of 1776, and, echoing the lasting gratitude of the Ameri-

ot the Church Federation of Wayne : can people, as a pledge for the future

county, and that a meeting for the in-' eai(j Lafayette, "we are here." So

today in voicing to you the sympathy and condolence of every member of

the American legion, this organization

When the library, a gift of j strnrf inn of WOrkers shall be held on

Robert Morrisson. was being collected j-May evening. March 12. and put on the shelves, Jesse Brown, Th t TniPhlood of Whitine.

a friend of Mrs. Wrigley, assisted In j Irul f who s assistant state director of whose greatness of purpose is as truly

thf work and was given the office of

ciiy survey of the world movement, : great as its membership, I would say

librarian. He later accepted the posi-i bably wiU meet with the survey j to you: 'Fathers, Mothers, we are

tion of superintendent of schools, however, and the position was given to Mrs. Wrigley. Mrs. Wrigley was the last link between the Richmond of the pioneer days and the Richmond of today. Many details of historical importance, which were not set down by the historian, were transmitted by her to posterity in the form of interviews with newspaper men and members of the history department of Earlham college. A few years ago, Mrs. Wrigley wrote for the Palladium a number of anecdotes about men that were prominent in Richmond a half century ago. Owing to the prominence of her father Mrs. Wrigley knew intimately many of the founders of the city.

workers at that time. ' here.' We are here as well as for all

The Rev. E. E. Davis is chairman time,, the memories and incidents of

of the Inter-church World Movement our associations in the great war. We committee of the federation, but on ' are here to commemorate, forever, the

Latest photo of Charles M. Schwab.

this is what has been 'going on in the mills in this country right along, except

that we don't make such a secret about it. They don't know anything over

there that we don t know yet.

INVASION OF

Sweeping Changes Announced in Pennsy Division; Stimson to St Louis Announcement of several important mond will be In the northwestern

account of his leaving the city, a new

chairman will be appointed.

Sabotage Charge Against Shellmaker is Dismissed

U. S. Rejected Salmon; Passed on to Public, Is Charge Made by Prober (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Charges than canned salmon, which the war department rejected during the war was sold to the American public by the eanners at' a profit of $13,000,000 after it had been passed by the department of agriculture's bureau of chemistry, were made today before a house committee investigating army food purchases, by D. E. Bennett, investigator for the committep. Mr. Bennett said the department rejected the salmon, which was of the 1918 pack, because it had "swelled" or was otherwise defective. The packers, he testified, contended that the salmon was in good condition and federal food experts agreed with them. In returning the salmon, the witness said, the war department agreed to pay the freight and costs of deboxing and labelling, a total of about J3.000.000.

(By Associated Press) KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Feb. 23. Charges of fraud and sabotage against William J. Oliver and nine co-defendants, in connection with war-time shell contracts were thrown out of court by Federal Judge John E. McCall. a verdict of not guilty being ordered after the government had occupied six days in taking testimony, only to move today that the cases be dismissed. The defense did not present any evidence. The court said the government had made no showing that the defendants were guilty on any count, the case having broken down through admission of the government's witness that they had seen or heard nothing of any intent to obstruct prosecution of the war. Mr. Oliver and pine of his superintendents and foremen were arrested jus't after the armistice on charges of turning out defective shells, and Oliver has maintained the case grew out activities of labor agitators, troubles having been experienced previously at the plant.

deeds of the dead as well as the living

and most of all, to see to it that what your dear ones fought and. ,Ied for, whose sacrifices secured th, victory, shall always be preserved, protected and cherished." A concert by the Garfield orchestra was given before the services.

ARMY PROPAGANDA CUT. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Because of the acute newsprint shortage, the recruiting publicity bureau of the army announced today that it bad decided to discontinue temporarily its syndicate service to 2,800 newspapers and rely entirely upon its paid advertising.

WESTCOTT MEN ARE m FOR GAMING

A. C. Disher and A. A. Brown, manager and clerk of the Westcott hotel, were arrested Saturday night on a charge of keeping a gaming house, following an alleged tip from two men who had been ordered out of the hotel earlier in the evening. Four other men, James Braxton. A. Bishop, Henry Gauter and Herbert Haustetter, were arrested on charges of gam"-,,. The two men "boiii uisher clainW were gambling in the hotel, were o dered out of the hostelry. They then went to the police station and tipped off authorities to the gaming, which they said had been going on for some time. Prosecutor Freeman issued affidavits for the arrest of both Disher and Brown, and a search warrant for the hotel. The hotel was immediately searched and two crap tables and several card tables are alleged to have been found. Trial Is set for the city court Tuesday morning, but the case will probably be bound over to the circuit court. All the defendants are cut on $50 bond. Policemen Kendall, Coleman, Longman and Bennett made the arrests.

changes in the personnel and organization of the Pennsylvania railroad system was received today by officials of the railroad here. The most important change. In per-, sonnel here is the promotion of F. J. Stimson, superintendent of the Richmond division, to the position of chief engineer of maintenance of way of the southwestern region, with headquarters at St. Louis, and the appointment of A. C. Watsdn. former assistant division engineer of the Richmond division, as superintendent of the Richmond division. L'nder the new plan, official notice of which has been received by local representatives, the operation, of the system will be conducted under organization units in four regions, the eastern, central, northwestern and southwestern. All Richmond lines except the G. R. & I. are included in the southwestern region, which includes the territory extending from Columbus to Cincinnati, Louisville, Peoria and South Bend including the line from Cincinnati to Zanesvllle. Headquarters at St. Louis. Headquarters of the Southwestern region will be located in St. Louis in charge of Ben McKeen, vice president; I. W. Geer, general' manager; F. J. Kron, general superintendent of transportation, and Mr. Stimson. The traffic organization of the region will be under the direction of C. B. Sudborough, traffic manager, J. D. Couffer, freight traffic manager; S. C. Mathews, assistant freight trafficc manager; W. W. Richardson, passenger traffic manager; F. A. Bauchans, general passenger agent and J. C. Millspaugh, assistant general passenger agent. P. C. Sprague, now Richmond Division freight agent, will become general freight agent of the region, and B. H. Dally, assistant, with offices In St. Louis. Mr. Sprague will be succeeded by H. C. Oliver, of Pittsburgh. Two Grand Divisions. For operating purposes, the southwest' V region will be divided into two grat a divisions, the Indiana, embracing the lines west of Indianapolis and including the Louisville division, and the Central Ohio, embracing the lines east of Indianapolis, to Columbus, Zanesvllle and Cincinnati. Each of the grand divisions will be in charge of a general superintendent. W. C. Downing, brother of Harry Downing, of this city, will be in charge at Indianapolis and R. K. Rochester at Columbus. The divisional freight office at Rich-

region, and will report to the Chicago office. Details of the territory to be covered have not been received, but local officials believe that a part of what Is now the G. R. & I will be included, as that road will become the MlcUfgan "division" arid will be a part of the northwest region. Changes in subordinate officers and employes are expected, and these probably will be announced later. The changes will become effective when the roads are returned to private ownership, March 1.

$19,985 SAVED TO WAYNE BY NEW TAX LAW, SAYS ZOERCHER

The present state tax law is of great value to Wayne county taxpayers, and will Bave them approximately $20,000 this year, says Philip Zoercher, Of the state tax commission. Mr. Zoercher addressed the township assessors Monday afternoon. "Looking over the abstract of assessments for the years 1918 and 1919. I find that Wayne taxpayers will pay to the state funds, which includes state tax, state benevolent institution fund, school tax, educational fund and vocational fund, $10,082 less this year than in 1919," said Zoercher. "It Is admitted that this year there

is an increase of 4 per cent on the

IRON COUNTY IS STARTED

Michigan Bailiwick, Which

Revolted Against Seizure of Liquor,' to Be Brought to Submission.

ARMED PARTY TO START

(By Associated Pre) CIHCAGO. Feb. 23. Major A. V. Dalrymple federal prohibition commissioner for the United States, received word at 12:30 o'clock that telegraphic authorization for him to lead an armed expedition of United States agents into the upper peninsula of Michigan, had been sent from Washington. Prohibition Director Kramer, at the capital, was in communication with Mr. Dalrymple by long distance telephone. Dalrymple, with about 30 men. will leave Chicago at 6 p. m., for Negaunee, Mich., where they will be joined by a party of Michigan state constabulary. CRYSTAL FALLS. Feb. 23 The situation was reported quiet today following the report of revenue agents of an incipient whiskey insurrection l.ere. Crystal Falls is the county seat of Iron County. No new developments have occurred and officers who were reported to have been sent here from Chicago, had not arrived early today. J. N. Jacobs, a former brewer here said: "Everything is quiet today. Nothing has occured since last week and no armed officers have arrived from Chicago. Officer Gareau, of Marquette, accom

panied by another officer has gone to Chicago, probably to report to Major Dalrymple, federal prohibition director for the central states." Assumes Responsibility P. A. McDonough, prosecuting attorney of Iron county. In a statement issued alst night assumed "all responsibility" for taking the wine from the federal agents, and denied that the. county was in "open revolt." Statements to McDonough and Leo J. Grove, supervise r of federal prohibition enforcement in the upper peninBula. on whose report Major Dalrymple based his appeal to Attorney General Palmer for aid in arresting the prosecutor, two deputy sheriffs, two police

rmen and three owners of the wine,

agreed in part as to the steps that precipated the present status in Iron county. Grove, accompanied by Lieut. R. G Strope and two troopers of the state constabulary, had seized 11 barrels of wine at the Virgil location, a mine two miles from Iron river, the statements of both men agree, when Grove and his party were met by prosecuting Attorney McDonough and the officers That the federal officer's right to have confiscated the wine was questioned and the liquor was taken from him by force, statements of the two further agree. Maintains Right of Seizure There, their stories diverge, however. The prohibition agent maintained that he acted within his authority in seizing the wine, which was the property of John, Joseph and Stephen Stalcussl, brothers, principal directors of the Peninsula packing company at Iron River and owners of Little town's largest store. Grove asserted that the liquor was in the store and because of that was subject to government seizure. Mr. McDonough said the wine was maintained in the men's home, their residence being above the store, and that the brothers had been dismissed recently after having been brought to trial in the state court in connection

total of the state funds. If Wayne j with ownership of the same wine. He

Weather Forecast

Today's Temperature Noon 33 "-Ium 29 Maximum 4 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Mostly cloudy, colder with light rain turning to snow, this afternoon or tonight. Considerably colder tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy. General Conditions The storm which is slowly moving eastward, has caused some rain over the central states, snow over the midwest and lake region. It is now below zero in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and North Dakota. The Influence

of the cold wave will be felt as far

south as Kentucky and Tennessee. It

will be below freezing tonight. An

other storm of great size, covering the

entire western states, indicates a period of unsettled weather lasting for

several days, with occasional rain and

snow. There will probably bo only brief periods of sunshine.

county had to pay this increase there would be added an additional $5,790.

"Under the old assessment the 10

said the Stalcuzzls were found not

guilty of violating prohibition laws.

The prosecutor added that he "took

cents on each $100 for state highway j little stock in this latter" referring to

purposes would have netted $40,453

from taxpayers of this county. However, under the new assessment she pays only $36,520. Taking the difference of these two amounts and adding it to the other amounts a saving of $19,985 is shown, he concluded.

Talks to Assessors. "The lowest rate in Wayne county last year was in Harrison township," Mr. Zoercher told the assessors Monday afternoon. "With a rate of $1.64

on each $100. This year the county

low rate of 67 cents Is again in Harrison township. "The taxpayers ta this township, if they will put in everything they have including money on deposit in the bunk, can reduce this rate still further. With a 67 cent rate no taxpayer should hesitate to give in everything he has. "The real object of this new tax law is to secure full valuation, thereby Insuring low tax rates. High rates tend to drive property into hiding, while low rates have the opposite effect. "The taxpayers are asked to be as fair and conscientious in making out their tax returns as the assessing officer is in making his returns to the United States government. Asks Co-operation. "Local taxing officials are entitled to the co-operation of every citizen. Good citizenship demands respect for the state law t,he same as for the federal law." Zoercher spent half of his address in acquainting the township assessors with the state law and with reference to their actual work. The other half was spent in defending the new state law. He said:

"This is the best tax law the state

of Indiana has ever had. I was in the legislature in 1891 and helped pass the former measure, which, at that time.

was considered the best." The secret of why the old tax law failed, lay in the inability of the state board to enforce it, concluded Zoercher. .

a letter carried by Grove in which it

was stated that he had been appointed a district deputy prohibition enforcement officer. "He could not produce the regular credential card carried byfederal officials," Mr. McDonough said, "and could not show a warrant for a raid on a private home."

Billion More in Income Taxes Expected to Roll In From New Audit WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Collection of at least one billion dollars additional income and war profit taxes. Is expected by internal revenue officials to result from an audit of consolidated tax returns of affiliated corporations. Seven hundred expert accountants and 600 clerks will be employed. Funds for perfecting the accounting organization are provided in the executive -appropriation bill now before the house. Revenue officials say no fraud is Involved, but it is simply a case of errors In calculations. Already '200 of the 14,500 returns of this class have been audited and show, additional taxes of $41,600,000, leading the revenue collecting officials to believe that their estimate of at least a billion, dollars, is conservative.

FIRE FRIGHTENS GUESTS - FROM NEW YORK HOTEL (By Associated Press) . . NEW YORK. Feb. 23 Four hundred guests at the Marie Antionette hotel, Broadway and 67th street, were driven from their rooms early today by a fire which started in the apartment of William H. (Big Bill) Edwards, collector of internal revenue and former princeton football captain. Many of theguests were frightened and ran Into the streets, but the majority remained in the lobbies and watched the firemen who confined the blaze to a few rooms on the eighth floor. The hotel was damaged by water to the extent of $25,000.

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