Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 70, 31 January 1921 — Page 1

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ASSEMBLY TO GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS Legislature Begins Active Stage of Session Sentiment Favors Early Adjournment Discuss Home Rule.

Ex-President and Mrs. Taft Return

BERGER CASE IS REVERSED BY DECISION Conviction of Milwaukee Socialist Publisher on Charge of Violating Espionage A c t Upset by Supreme Court. DEBS DENIED LENIENCY

Pretty Relative of Coolidge in Movies

RAIL STATUS LAID BEFORE LABOR ROARD W. W. Atterbury, Chairman of Labor Committee of Railway Executives,- Urges Immediate Change of Rules. SEES GRAVOaNGERS

QUESTIONS ARE LISTED

BV PALLIDUM CORRESPONDENT INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 31. With Its work this week the legislature may be said to be beginning the active stage of the session. Usually the first half of the 60 days is devoted to the introduction of important measures and the killing of bills of less importance. It is true in this session as in previous sessions that many of the most consequential measures have not been prepared until the middle of the session. As an example the bill to straighten out the tax law has only recently been introduced, and the preparation of, the governor's budget bill, the bill for the removal of the state reformatory and the measure for the disposition of the state fair ground have just been completed and all will be introduced this week. Fix Appropriations. The coming week which by the way will see the legislature pass its half way mark should bring about the completion of work on the general appropriation bill. The bill alter passing the senate should get to the conference committee early in the week and should easily be disposed of by Friday. Incidentally it might be said that the most conservative members of the legislature seem certain in their prediction that the Cravens amendment to give the governor power to dismiss members of boards and commissions will die in conference committee. The rpeeit'ic appropriation bill also should be introduced this week and probably action on it m the house will be completed before the end of the week. Important Tasks. As a matter of fact the important tasks that this legislature had to meet were the fixing of the general and specific appropriaions, the straightening out of the general tax law provisions and the fixing of tax levies lor various state departments the three levies that arouse the most discussion being those for the state highway commission, the common schools, and the three educational institutions. The status of bills for the appropriations have been noted above. The question of the levy for the common schools hag- nefcreaeaed the bouse but the issue is being thrashed out by committees of educations and legislators. It is believed that the bill when it is introduced in the house will call for a levy of 10 cents. The amount desired by the state board of education and others was 20 cents. The Lake county crowd has been leading the tight, for the lower levy for reason.; which will be discussed later in this letter. Proposes Road Levy. A bill for a 20 cent road levy for the state highway commission has been introduced by Representative Anrlerson, chairman of the house roads committee. The bill for a five-cent levy for the state institutions has been presented by Representative Fifield and probably will come up for discussion in the house soon. The educational institutions desire a f oven-cent levy but it is generally believed they will be satisfied with the five-ccrrt levy. The matter of a separate levy for the Purdue Agricultural experiment station is already on its way, discussion in the house this week having resulted in a compromise on three-eighths of a cent levy. The first request was for a one cent levy and as the bill was introduced it carried a one-half cent levy. Not to Waste Time. It can be seen rather easily that when this week has passed somewhat more ,than one-half of the work on important bills will have been completed. And if the temper of most of Ihe legislators as they express themi elves in private conversation is any indication, the assembly in its last days is not going to waste much time on unimportant bills The fact that in the two houses something like 25 bills were put ot sleep by various methods Curing the last week is significant. In fact the sentiment among the leaders of the legislature is such that considerable talk of early adjournment is heard. It Is true that in every session cf the legislature for the last 20 3 ears there has been talk of early jidicurnment. But in this session it Appears that there is no reason why early adjournment, can be brought about if the legislature so desires. May Adjourn Early. In every other session of the leg's'ature fcr a great many years the talk of tally adjournment has been hooted at ly outside observers because they saw that it was an impossible accomplish ment. Such is not the case in this session. Some Republicans believe it would be an excellent thing to adjourn two weeks early. Such action they ay would counteract to a ureat extent the expenses of the special session last summer and would be a good thing for the party as well as for the jn'ople. If is believed that the great bulk of the bills under consideration have been introduced. In the house the int rod Hero: of bills up to this time falls about l"0 behind the usual record for this time in the session. The senate also is behind in the number introduced. May Rush Work. This situation of course is another reason why the remaining work of the session may be completed quickly. At the end of last week only 159 bills had been introduced in the senate and tC9 in the house. During the last v.'eek 62 bills were presented in the Itouse and ?3 in the senate. It is hardly likely that as many will be presented this week and the num- ( Continued on Page Ten) a

Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Taft,

i "We're back from our second honeymoon," said ex-President Taft, smil-1

lugiy, wuen ne anu jurs. i an stepped on tne uoai at mew iui k reccuuj from a month's visit in Burmuda. Taft looks well but considerably thinner than he did when America's chief executive. His first work will be to serve on the arbitration committee in Montreal which Is to settle the value of approximately $64,000,000 worth of stock of the Grand Trunk railway, which has been taken over by the Canadian government. WtYNE COUNTY'S ROADS RANK THIRD INlTsT" CONCRETE ROAD HOLDS INDIANA RECORD

Wayne county ranks thirds among the counties of the United States in the matter of good roads, according to County Superintendent W. O. Jones. Six years ago tnere were IP miles of macadam roads in the county and five miles of concrete. Today there are 21 miles of concrete road and 10 miles of macadam. Construction of hard surface roads has been discontinued for the present, but county officials have several miles under contemplation that will be built, as soon as conditions are readjusted. There are more than 700 miles of roads in the county, most of them gravel, and in good condition. During 1920 no money was spent In constructing roads, contractors being unable to float the bond issues, and as a result no bids were received on roads advertised. Wayne county advertised for bids on two miles of roads. The passage of the county unit road law-let the construction program die down for considerable time, until Its constitutionality was argued before ZIMMERMAN OPPOSES HOME RULE MEASURE; ACTION IS EXPECTED Opposition to home rule in Richmond is beginning to center with Mayor Zimmerman taking the lead against the measure. Organization of a party to be present at the hearing before the house committee of the legislature at the meeting Thursday evening is " being discussed quietly under Zimmerman's leadership. C. R. Richardson, colored attorney, said to be close to tho mayor on this subject, is known to be opposed to the home rule bill. He may be selected to be pre.-ent at the hearing Thursday. Mayor Zimmerman stated that he had been ill for the past two weeks und was unpble to take any active interest In the proceedings. Predicts Defeat. "The people urging this measure are anxious to get control of the city or want to break into politics. If this comes up for a vole here in Richmond it will be defeated .1 to 1," the mayor stated. Mayor Zimmerman further stated that he would "worm around" in some of his favorite wards here in town to explain why these people were trying to put the home rule measure across. He says that this will seal the fate of Ihe proposed legislation should it come to a vote in trie primary here this sprins?. Mayor Zimmerman's action !n opposing home rule has been expected since he is a candidate for re-election according to those most active In promoting the project in this city. They state that his objection will not prevent them from making a determined effort to have the measure passed by the legislature and ratified by the citizens of Richmond. Weather Forecast MOORE'S SPECIAL FORECAST Portly cloudy and unsettled weather will prevail tonight and Tuesday with occasional snows. Cold weather will continue but there will be no low temperatures until a storm now over the Rockv Mountains moves east across the Great Lakes. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau. Unsettled tonight .tnd Tuesday; probably local snows Tuesday; not much change in temperature. Temperatures For Yesterday. Maximum 43 Minimum 2Ss Today. Noon 30 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday: continued unsettled with occasional snows. Weather Conditions- The general storm of Sunday Is now over the eastern states. Snow and cold weather from Canada south to the Mason and Dixon line. Thirty degrees below zero in Saskatchewan. Another extensive storm is now in the west. -

photographed on return to New York. the supreme court and the special session of the legislature, made some changes in the form, county road men said. "Things are straightening out now, and some steps should be taken in the next year to bring the county further to the front in good roads," according to County Surveyor Horton. Holds State Record. Wayne county has 15 miles of continuous concrete road which is the longest, single stretch in the state. This I was all built under the township three mile law with the exception of one and a half miles, which was filled in by the state. , The roads now under contemplation are the Hagerstown and Richmond pike, the Boston pike and the New Paris pike, which would aggregate 31 miles. The problem of making country roads pleasant for automobilists and placing them where they will be of the greatest utility js the biggest task that facec the .road superintendents and engineers, hey state. . Legislation to help accomplish this is being worked out, and the formation of the state highway commission is said to be for this purpose. Peter Lctwall Succumbs at Son's Home, Sunday Peter Lawall, 82 years old, died at the home of his son, 244 South Fourth street, Sunday at 4 p. m. Mr. Lawall was born In Bavaria, in July, 1813S, and came to this country in 1854 and lived in Tamaqua, Pa. He worked for the Philadelphia and Reading railroad for 30 years, coming to Richmond in 1908, where he made his home with his son, Lewis Lawall. Funeral services will be held from the home of his son, Tuesday at 2 p. m. Rev. Ken worthy will have charge. The body will be shipped to I Tamaqua. Pa., immediately after the funeral Tuesday. Friends may at any time. call TWO MEN KILLED BY PENNSY TRAIN NEAR CENTERVILLE W. W. Roberts, of Cleveland, O., was instantly killed, and Fred Baker, of Los Angeles, Cal., received inuries which resulted In his death a few hours later, when the two, walking on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Centerville, were struck by an eastbound passenger train Sunday evening. The train, due in Richmond at 6:32, was late and was running on track No. 1, which is seldom used. A workman, seeing the two men walking on the track, warned them of their dan ger, but they laughed at him, thinking themselves fafe on this track. Roberts' face was mangled almost! beyond recognition. Baker, who wasj alive when picked up, was brought to Reid Memorial hospital here, where he ! died at midnight. j Papers on Roberts' body showed he was a member of the Structural Ironworkers' union of Lb3 Angeles, Calif. Baker, who was aged about 23 years, i had on his person an army discharge; which showed that he had served in j the army as a baker. He, with his i companion, evidently was working east to the iron mills of Pennsylvania, ! according to documents found in their! clothing. Both legs were cut off and ; he sustained injuries about the head. ! WILSON REFUSES LENIENCY FOR DEBS (Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. President Wilson refused today to commute, the 40 year sentence imposed on Eugene V. Debs for violation of the espionage act. The president disapproved a recommendation of the department of justice that Debs's sentence be commuted to expire on Feb. 12.

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The conviction of Victor L. Berger, Milwaukee Socialist publisher, on charges of violating the war time espionage act was reversed today by the supreme court on the ground that federal Judge Landis should not have presided at the trial after his eligibility had been attacked in an affidavit filed by Berger and charging prejudice. Within a few minutes after the court's decision had been announced President Wilson refused to commute the 10 year sentence imposed on Eugene V. Debs, many time Socialist candidate for president, for violating of the same law. The court divided 6 to 3 In Berger's case. Justices Day, Pitney, McReynolds, dissenting. Mc Reynolds Dissents. 1 Mr. McReynolds added to the dissenting opinion a strong approbation of Judge Landis s sentiments as merely showing his detestation of the "Hunnish warrare vhich was beinc

backed by compatriots in America under our too indulgent laws." Those convicted with Berger in the federal court at Chicago were Adolph Germer, national secretary of the party; William F. Kruse. editor of the Young Socialist Magazine; J. Louis L'nKdahl, and Irwin St. John Tucker. Next to that of Eugene V. Debs, the case of Victor Berger. publisher of the Milwaukee Leader, a Socialist paper, attracted more attention than any other brought by the government under war-time espionage act. Berger was accused of disloyalty and was convicted at , Chicago, on January 8, 1919. Subsequently he was twice denied a seat in the house of representatives by that body, and the third time he offered for re-election, he was defeated. The defendants were charged specifically with having conspired to obstruct recruiting and interfere with the successful prosecution of the war againtvGermany through the delivery of speeches and the circulation of articles intended to cause "insubordination, disloyalty and refusal of duty" among naval and military forces of the United States. Numerous articles written by Berger for the Leader were presented as evidence against, him. A movement to bar Berger from the seat in congress, to which he had just been elected from a Milwaukee district, was at once started. Representative Mann, former Republican house leader, being one of the few influential members of the house who came out in behalf of the Socialist editor. A new election having been ordered. Berger was again returned and again the house voted to bar him, 328 to 6, within an hour after he had presented himsejf to be sworn in. MILK PRICE CUTS ARE ANNOUNCED HERE Evidence that old man H. C of L. has stopped "aviating' 'and is making his way to a firmer base was seen Monday in the announcement of two local dairies that prices on milk would be reduced one cent per quart or more, effective Feb. 1. The concerns making the announcement were the Himes Dairy company and the eBall View Dairy. According to their announcements, milk which has sold at 15U cents per quart heretofore, will sell for 14 cents hereafter. Both announced that milk would sell for eight ce.pt s per pint. Other dairy owners who were asked if they expected to announce reductions in the near future were noncommittal when questioned Monday. Dairymen of Richmond and vicinity will hold their first public meeting since their organizaton was formed, when they convene in the office of the county agent at the courthouse Saturday afternoon. Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Each day . a Palladium reporter (Till Interview per moo a at random (o (Ind oat why they like to live berr. "I like Richmond because its boys and girls are clean, with but few exceptions." said a school teacher Monday, who has taught in this city during the last two terms. "I have taught in many other cities of the state and I may say that the boya and girls of this city compare very favorably with the other youths of Hoosierdom. "Youthful Richmond seems to have been bred in an atmosphere of culture and refinement which is reflected in the classroom. 1 am glad t8 live in a city where the proper environment is thrown about children." .

Miss Ethel Ruth Coolidge. Miss Ethel Ruth Coolidge of Andover, Mass., is about to make her bow

! to the public just as Calvin Coolidge, vice president elect, is about to make his bow to the public on March 4. Miss Cooltdge is related to Vice Presi- ! dent-elect Coolidge and is very proud of her kinsman. She hopes to be equally well known, but her field will not be politics, but motion pictures, i She will be under the direction of Stuart Blacktcn. Miss Coolidge is a des- . cendant of John and Priscilla Alden.

MILLER TELLS LEAGUE OF IT IS A MENACE ALBANY. N. Y.. Jan.31. Governor ; Nathan L. Miller told the members of the New York State League of Women Voters in a speech here that the; league had no excuse for existence. In ' a speech at the banquet at the Hotel Ten Eyck, held in conection with the league's annual convention, the governor declared that groups, not organized as a political party, constituted a menace to the institutions of the republic. He asserted that the attempt of a non-party group to exercise political j OPPOSITION GROWS TO INCREASED LEVY FOR STATE SCHOOLS (By Associated Preys) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31. Opposition to the increased appropriations for the Indiana state schools, including Purdue and Indiana universities, has cropped out in both houses of the legislature and may bring on a fight before final action is taken on the appropriations. The general appropriation bill, as it passed the house, and which ha3 been advanced to second reading without opposition in the senate, carries a greatly increased amount for the schools. However, members of the two bodies contend that the educational Institutions have failed to divulge the uses to which this money is to be spent and indicate that when the specific appropriations are asked that there vsill be opposition. Accounting Lacking. One senator who declined to be quoted said this morning the various members of both houses have asked the finance committee for a detailed account of these appropriations which had been refused. None of the shools has furnished such an accounting he said, although the law provides that it shs'l be published. "I do not think there is much opposition to the schools aving their needs," said the senator. "But I know that members of both houses are anxious to know where the expenditures go. There has been a great amount of propaganda about the increased needs of the institution but so far as I can find there has been no itemized statement of these needs. I. for one. want to know why so much additional money is needed at this time." Neither branch of the assembly was in session this morning, both having recessed until this afternoon. So lar as can be learned there is no set program for the day, only minor routine matters being up for consideration. HARDING BEGINS HIS FISHING EXPEDITION (By A8S'iclated Press) MIAMI. Fla., Jan. 31. Entirely cut off, from communication with the outside world, President-elect Harding began this morning a two-days fishing expedition among the Florida Keys With headquarters at the island of Cocolobo, forty miles south of here, the president-elect and his vacation party will spend today and tomorrow trolling over the neighboring fl3hlng grounds for baracuda, amberjacks and sail-fish. In their trips out from the island they are using the yacht Shadow V, on which they left Miami last night. A small clubhouse on Cocolobo, built by a Miami game club, has been turned over for use of the presidential party. The building is the .only one on the island, which, according to tradition, once was a pirate's rendezvous.

WOMEN VOTERS TO OUR INSTITUTIONS

power was an evil, because it sought by intimidation or by promise of political support to gain the support of public officials, either legislative or administrative, for measures which might not be for the public Interest. He declared that the league could not be nonpartisan, as it claimed to be. and said It was not, nonpartisan at the last election. He referred to Its attempt to defeat Senator Wadsworth, and said he regarded the failure of the attempt to punish a man for standing for his principles as the most hopeful recent sign of the vitality of American institutions. Not content with the criticism of the league as an organization. Governor Miller made it clear that he was opposed to most of the so-called special welfare legislation which the league has advocated. He referred specifically to the law forbidding the employment of women at night in certain lines, the proposal for health insur(Continued on Page Three) RICHMOND FACTORIES REPORT IMPROVEMENT IN INDUSTRIAL STATUS In sympathy with the resumption of industry in all parts of the country, Richmond factories in the main report improvement both in orders and the number of men employed. Some industries that felt the slump worst last year are displaying more activity and are slowly approaching normality. Both automobile plants are employing about 50 per cent of their normal working forces. One believes that it will be working at normal capacity by March 1. Both are encouraged over the number cf new orders and contracts that arrived last week. Two iactories making automobile parts report that business Is picking up and indications are for continued improvement. The casket factories, despite a low mortality generally over the country, are working about normal forces. The underwear and glove factories are employing the usual number of men and women. The underwear factory is working on light garments, and reports to the glove factories show that depleted stocks are being filled by merchants. The lawn mower factories are busy filling orders and contracts placed some time ago and are pleased with the outlook for business. The foundrys report a slight improvement in the business outlook. About 85 per cent of the employees of a factory producing hay balers, slleage cutters and castings are at work. A general trend for the better is noticed in this line. A fence factory is working full single time and may soon put on full double time. Improvement was noted in the manufacture of pianos and talking machines. Considerable progress was made toward normalcy in the wood working industries. Factories making kitchen cabinets, tables and chiff orobes are showing marked activity. One of the plants has about 75 per cent of its employees back at work and the other one is preparing to take tack a number of men. Deny Motions to Dismiss M order Charge tBy Associated Press) MANLA, P. I.. Jan. 31 Motion for dismissal of murder charges against constabulary soldiers convicted of, sedition in connection with riots Dec. 15 in which 11 persons were killed was denied here today by the court of the first instance.

(By Associated Press) , CHICAGO, Jan. 31 Immediate change in rules and working conditions on railroads as a means of starving off bankruptcy of the roads was proposed to the railroad labor board today by W. W. Atterbury, chairman of the labor committee of the asssueiation of railway executives. So urgent was the situation, he declared, that he rejected from the wit-

t ness chair a proposal from Judge E. M. Barton, chairman of the board, that roads and employees confer ou the subject. Mr. Atterbury said that "a few days" might see the entire situation brought to a focus where orderly procedure would become difficult if not impossible. Cannot Get Together. Henry T. Hunt, iormer mayor of Cincinnati, and public representative on the board, told General Atterbury thai he had assurances from union leaders that they were willing to enier a conference but Mr. Atterbury rejoined: "So far as the railroads are concerned we can not get together." The solvency of the railroads of the country must De as.ureo by iuu.Hon in operating expenses, Mr. Atterbury declared. Unless prompt action offords relief to the roads, he said, many of the lines of the country may be forced into insolvency. Urges Prevention. "The labor board can prevent this catastrophe." Mr. Atterbury said "vv declaring that the national agreements, rules xnd orK" coming over from the war period are terminated at once; thai .u of reasonable and economical rules and working conditions shall be reS manded to negotiation between each carrier and its own employees and that j as the basis for such negotiations, the ; agreements, rules and working condi tions in eirect on eacn railroad a or December 31, 1917, shall be reestablished." Touching upon the question of wage reductions in connection with the requested action by the board, Mr. Atterbury said: . , .- - Gauge Economies. "If the board will do this, the labor committee of the Association of Railway Executives will urge upon every railroad company a party to decision number 2, that no proposal for th reduction of basic ages shall be made within the next succeeding 90 day. This will afford an opportunity to gauge the economies which can be accomplished through more efficient rules and working conditions. It will also afford additional time in which to realize the benefits of a further decline in the cost of living." "The national agreements, rules'and working conditions forced on the railroads as war measures." the statement says, "cause gross waste aud inefficiency." Would Reduce Waste. "I estimate that the elimination of this waste would reduce railway operating expenses at least f 3uo,u . 000 per annum. It would be far better to save this sum by restoring conditions of efficient and economical operation than to reduce wages. "We believe that as the wages of j railroad employees were the last to go up, they should be the last to come down, but we do insist that for an ample wage, an honest day's work shall be given. Public Has Right. '" "The public has a right to Insist that this must be obtained. ' The publice has also the right to expect that the railway executives, with the cooperaion of the regulatory bodies and the employes, will as rapidly as possible reduce the cost of railway operation so as to eventually insure a reduction in rates. Ultimately, a readjustment of basic wages will be required. Meantime, it is to the interests of all cencerned. including labor, that the rules and working conditions shall be made conducive to the highest efficiency in output per man. "The railroad committee presenting evidence lor the abrogation of the national agreements have far from -exhausted their evidence on this subject. But it will be dangerous to continue the consideration of these agreements rule by rule. If the board follows its present procedure, monthts will elapse before it can render its decision. Cannot Wait. 1 "The urgent financial necessities of the railroads will not permit them to wait any such length of time for relief. Long before the present detailed hearings are concluded, the board will be flooded by appeals from individual railroads from all parts of the country for reductions in basic wages. It will be impossible for the board to hear and dispose of these separate cases upon their merits in time to avoid numerous receiverships and the possibility of a national panic. Losses of railway net operating income are irreparable. You cannot make retoractive tomorrow the savings that should have been made today. . M 'Adoo's Visit to i Mexico is Unofficial MEXICO CITY, Jan. 31.WIlllam G. McAdoo. former secretary of the United States treasury was not coming to Mexico on a mission, of , a political character, a high official of the-for-" eign relations department said last night. He stated - further that McAdoo was' a representative of -American stockholders ot the National Railway company and would take part In the negotiations with the Mexican government regarding the return of the National lines to their owners.

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