Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 107, 15 March 1921 — Page 1

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CHANCE FADES OF SEPARATE PACTBYU.S. Knox Reiterates Intention To Introduce Resolution Passage Unlikely Washington May See New Parley.

WOULD PLEASE PUBLIC BV MARK SI 1. 1. IV AX WASHINGTON, D. C, March 15. The senate probably will adjourn today, and what is said here aims to be a summing up of our situation as regards peace with Germany, the league of nations, and our foreign affairs generally at a time when on chapter is about to close and another cannot be opened until the senate meets again in April. To the procession of reporters who have entered his-office during the past week Senator Knox has said that he has not changed his position about bis resolution for a separate peace with Germany, and that he still intends to introduce it in substantially the same form in which he read it to Mr. Harding at Marion on January

i, ana gave it 10 tne pumic on tne WJ - same day.

But while Senator Knox s reiteration has been consistent, it has been apparent that there has been on his part an increasing disposition to end the interview with a deprecatory gesture meant to implay that "Of course, I only speak for myself." Speaks for Himself If Senator Knox still expects to bring about a separate peace with Germany in the near future, he most certainly does speak for himself alone. It is true that one of the subtle aspects of Senator Knox's move lies in the fact that it is cast not in the form of a treaty, but in the form of a resolution. It can, therefore, be passed by a simple majority of the senate and without a two-thirds vote. Also it is conceivable that if a sharp issue should arise between the senate and the president. Senator Knox might command the following of enough senators to put his resolution through. Rift Unlikely. But the truth is no such rift on the foreign policy is likely to arise between Harding and the senate, and the project for a separate peace with Germany is not likely to take on any vitality, certainly not for a considerable lime, and not until several other things bave happened and some other things have been attempted. For this likelihood, while there are sevral reasons, no better reason need be given lhan. in the words of a friend of the administration, "The present psychol-i oay is not favorable to it." So long as the amount of German reparations and the other issues between Germany and the allies remain unrte-rMpri. a movement, toward sep-

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favorable to the allies and to the sit- ' nation of the world that it. will be , avoided by general assent on the part of both the senate and the administration. Nothing in Report. For the same reason the public can take it for granted that there is noth ing in the report, recently emphasized j vi nknAirl and of linma that a k n A-' UJ Li l oui uau auu tit uwu.. i - - cial commission, representing the new administration, is about to go to Europe under the leadership of Eiihu Root Previous to March 4, and especially during the campaign and about the time of the election, there was much talk of such a project, and President Harding himself made allusions to it which might reasonably have been interpreted as a vague expression of intention on his part. But conditions have changed. What is now more likely to happen is the reverse. In the course of time we are likely to receive in Washington several individuals and delegations represent ing European nations, and possibly! representing the league of nations as a league. It may readily happen during the course of the coming monihs that Washington will be the scene of i conferences which, in their import-1 ance, will be only less spectacular j than the peace conference iL&eir. Washington Best Scene If foreign diplomats in Washington are as quick to grasp the atmosphere of Washington as the newspaper men

are, they must have observed that in V the building of the new bridge between ourselves and our late allies itl is better that Washington should be! the location of the conversations and' negotiations than that they should j take place on the scene where the, previous negotiations came to such an , unhappy ending. j The public that needs to be con-i

verted to any new association or nations and needs to be reassured by watchful understanding of the negotiations leading to such an association, is the American public. Would Allay Suspicions The best way to allay the unfortunate suspicions that arose in America over the secrecy and other aspects of the peace conference is to hold the rew negotiations in the plain view of the American people and accompanied bv the- aerating processes of American newspapers, processes which dif fer greatly from what happened ini

Paris. Moreover, the situation is now reversed from what it was at Paris. It takes temerity to name one thing and say that one was the fundamental mistake that Wilson made at Paris. One of Mr. Wilson's associates on the American delegation believes Wilfon's fundamental mistake was his "falling for" the European practice of fecrecy. Lost Advantage Even more important than that, however, was the fact that Wilson, jl,. out of his eagerness and out of his C lack of Bkill as a trader, allowed the others to manueuvre him into a position where he was begging Europe to v 'Continued on Page Three)

At His Famous

Col. Theodore Roosevelt not only is following in his famous father's footsteps but now is occupying the desk his daddy once used. Young Roosevelt was named assistant secretary of the navy by President Harding, the post in which the famous "Teddy" first attracted national attention. The photo shows young Roosevelt at his desk in the navy secretary's office.

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Col. Theodore Roosevelt, sitting at his desk in his office

NEGROES ROB STORE, CAUGHT BY POLICE, CONFESS TO CRIME "Leave the register open, sir, drawled a voice across the counter at the restaurant and soft drink store of Trais Lazoff, 313 North D street, at 11 o'clock Monday night. Lazoff looked up into the face of a revolver and a tall, slim colored man and decided that he would comply with the request. Another negro was also looking over, the counter. Keeping the revolver toward Lazoff, the negro looted the cash drawer and secured about $31 in change. The two colored men then bade Lazoff good night and left the store leisurely, according to Lazoff's story. Lazoff Identifies Bandits Two colored men were arrested at the Pennsylvania station early Tuesday morning and identified by Lazoff as the bandits. These men later admitted their guilt. Prlice were immediately notified and given a description of the two men, neither of whom was masked. Officers over the city were notified of the hold-up. At 4:45 o'clock Tuesday morning police were notified by the agent at the Pennsylvania station that two colored men had purchased tickets to Cincinnati. Officers were set to watch the Cincinnati train which leaves about 5 a. m. As the train was ready to pull out of the station two colored men hurried out of the shelter of the baggage rooms to board the train. They were nabbed by Officers Kendall, Yingling, Weihmeyer and Fields. On Way to Cincinnati At police headquarters they gave their names as Charles Franklin of Richmond, and William Pratt, of Montgomery. Ala. Lazoff identified the two as the men who held him up in his store. About $25 in cash and two tickets to Cincinnati were found on the men. After questioning by Prosecutor Beckett and Chief of Police Wenger Tuesday morning both men admitted having staged the hold up, and said they would enter pleas of guilty. They will be arraigned in circuit court Wednesday morning. Lazoff stated that the men entered his store shortly before 11 o'clock and ordered some pie and pop. They gave him a bill in payment and as he started to get the change from the register one of the negroes pulled the gun and made the demand for money. USE GOLDEN RULE , TAX BOARD MEMBER URGES ASSESSORS Establishment of the Golden Rule in assessing, was the idea expressed by H. C. Todd, special representative of the state tax board, who spoke to the township assessors and their deputies at t lie court house Tuesday morning. There is a cert.iin amount of funds to be raised and in order that this may lie distributed equirable it is necessary thai full valuations be secured from all people assessed, Mr. Todd stated. Several asessors stated that they were having difficulty in gettins? supplementary blanks filled out, and that in many cases they did not believe the returns were correct. Mr. ToC.d stated that assessors had the right to place their own valuation on property and corporations, and that if the owners did not agree they could appeal to the board of review at its meeting. He also s'aled that it was rot. necessary for assessors to make more than one trip to a person, that after making this one trip they could place a value on the property according to thir own opinion. Urges Square Deal. A square deal for every one was urged. An educational campaign which would show that if one person dodges a tax levy all others are forced 1o make this up, was proposed by Mr. Todd. An average of assessments from townships will be compiled to see whether local assessors are coming up to standards set by the state. William Mathews, county assessor, returned from St. Petersburg. Fla.. late Monday evening and will take direct charge of the assessing. He was chairman of the meeting of assessors Tuesday morning.

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Harding Files Income Tax; Job Hunters Wait (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 15 While job hunters cooled their heels around the White House offices today. President Harding toiled over his income tax returns. Like many other Americans he had left the job to the last moment and only folks with urgent business got in to see him until he had told the income tax man all about himself, his family and his means of livelihood. . SOVIET AUTHORITIES LOSING CONTROL OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS (By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, March 15 Russian Bolshevik authorities seem to be losing control of the soviet troops, it is said in despatches received here from Finland and Esthonia. These messages for the most part confused and unreliable, were pouring into this city yesterday and last night. . Artillery fire from the fortress of Kronstadt was directed yesterday along the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland between Oranienbaum and Petrograd. Bolshevik artillerymen in Krusnaya Gorka shelled and destroyed the lighthouse at Tollbaaken, off Kronstadt, during the day. A man who had just arrived from Kronstadt was interviewed on Sunday night, and he emphatically denied Bol- ! shevik reports that some of the Kronj stadt forts had been captured by the Bolsheviki. He said the revolutionjary leadership was wholly in the I hands of laborers, and he declared the (fight for the fortress would be a long one as the garrison of Kronstadt was relying on getting foodstuffs from the American Red Cross station at Vlbore, Finland. Refugees reaching Stockholm from Petrograd say that the streets of that city are strongly patrolled by soviet troops, and they declare that the ordinary Bolsheviki soldiers are no longer to be trusted. LONDON, March 15. Disturbances are reported to be occurring hourly in Moscow and the soviet authorities in rounding np sympathizers with the revolutionary movement bave massacred several hundred persons with machine guns, says a Helsingfors dispatch to the Central News today. The majority of the reports regarding the situation in Moscow are most gloomy, the dispatch adds. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 15 Russian soviet cavalry, part of the forces which recently occupied Tiflis, the Georgian capital, has been recalled to the Kuban region, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, where insurrectionists hold the towns of Aramvir and Tutgovis. The Bolshevik submarines have appeared in the Black SeaRelations between the Turks and the Bolsheviki have become strained. The Moscow government has sent a note recognizing the government of Premier Makharady, of soviet Georgia. The note also stated that any attacks made on Georgia would be considered tantamount to attacks on soviet Russia. LEGION COMMANDER SCORES PROPAGANDA fBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON. March 1Z. -- UnAmerican and disloyal propaganda. j much of it of foreign origin and in I foreign interests, is being openly preached in the Lnited States. Colonel Frank W. Galbraith, Jr.. commander of the American Legion declared here today, speaking at the opening session of the national conference on Americanism of various patriotic and civic societies. "We have gone to sleep," he said. "Our enemies never sleep. They are alive and working to accomplish their end." About 50 delegates representing more than a score of societies, are in attendance on the conference, which will work out a program for joint action.

SENATE ENDS ITS SESSION UNTILAPRIL Confirm Nominations Delay in Shipping Board Recommendations Causes Adjournment Sine Die. URGE ANTI-DUMPING

(&v Associated Press) "WASHINGTON. March 15 The extra session of the senate, which began March 4, ended shortly before noon today. After confirming a few additional nominations by President Harding the senate adjourned sine die. The. last day's session of the senate was convned at 11 o'clock in the expectation that the president might be able to send in the nomination of shipping board members. . The White House, however, telephoned Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. Republican leader, that (he was delay in selecting the personnel of the board and then Senator Lodge moved sine die adjournment. Announcement of the final program for fiscal legislation at the coming special session of congress in April, involving a decision as to whether tariff or internal revision shall be accorded second place, was expected to be made Tuesday, following, a conference with Chairman Penros.3 of the senate finance committee and Chairman Fordney, of the house ways and means committee, with President Harding. The question of priority in the fiscal program was left undetermined at the conference which Republican members of the two committees held yesterday with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. To Rush Anti-Dumping A decision was reached at the conference, however, to rush through as speedily as poss'ble at the special session an anti-dumping bill to protect American industries from European competition. Such legislation would provide a special tax on foreign goods offered in this market at below the American cost of production, and both Chairman Penrose and Chairman Fordney of the senate and house committees, respectively, predicted that it could be gotten through both house3 within a few days after convening. Anti-dumping legislation was agreed upon in lieu of an attempt to put through an emergency tariff measure, it being the unanimous opinion of the committee members that any tariff enacted should be of a permanent nature. While final decision on the question was left to today's White House conference, a majority of the members were said to favor giving permanent tariff revision right of way in the fiscal program. ASSASSIN OF DATO CARRIES DEATH LIST fBy Associated Press) MADRID, March 15. Police officers who searched for Pedro Mateo, young anarchist who yesterday confessed that he was one of the assassins of Premier Da to, found a list of the names of prominent Spaniards, and they believe the persons named had been marked for death by the anarchists. In his confession Mateo said he bought the motorcycle in which the assassins were riding at Barcelona. He went to Saragosga by train and from that city rode the machine to Madrid. He blames his landlady for betraying him, and said to the police: "You had better pay her the money she earned in denouncing me. for possibly she will not live long to enjoy it." WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD. O., March 15 All national guard troops, who have been on guard here since last Friday night, as a protection from racial disturbances growing out of the mistreatment of a little white girl by an unknown negro, and the shooting of a policeman while he was attempting to disperse a crowd of negroes on the streets, were withdrawn today. City authorities announced that they j were prepared to deal with any fur- ; ther disturbances. More than 100 forI mer service men and city firemen helpj ed the police patrol last night carrying I shotguns and rifles, while a dozen squad3 of machine gunners manned motor trucks ready for not calls. There were no disorders. Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Each day a Palladium reporter nlll Interview prmiim at random to find out why tbey like to lire bere. The thriftiness of local citizens was pointed out Tuesday by a resident as her reason for liking Richmond. "One of the reasons I like Richmond." she said, "is because so many people try to own their own homes They then take an interest in beautifying them, which adds to the attractiveness of the city. "This feature encourages people to stay in the city longer. Those who stay, are those who admire the improved conditions, which means that a desirable class of people Is to be found here. "Richmond is accessible from .nearly any point in the surrounding country.

Paris Chooses Typist

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Mile. Yvonne Baclu

Paris has a new ruler. Mile. Yvonne Baclu. She was chosen by public ballot as "La Reine des Reines." or "The Queen of Oueens." This means '

that she is accounted the year's most brown hair and eyes, Is 21 years old Unpaid Insurance Factor in Supreme Court Case WASHINGTON, March 15.-Whether credits allowed by a life insurance company on premiums due from a policy holder is "income" is the latest tax question to be presented to the supreme court. Decisions of New York courts, holding the internal revenue authorities were wrong in assessing such credits were appealed today by the government in filing a petition for review. AMERICAN PEOPLE ENRICH GOVERNMENT BY $500,000,000 TAX (Hy ' Associated Press) WASHINGTON. March 13. The American nonnln tnriav had thpir annual day of reckoning. Their laboriously reckoned incomes and business profits for the year of 1920 were presented in the form of business aHd excess profit tax returns to collectors lof internal revenue throughout the country. The United States government as a j result will be richer tonight by ap- ! proximately $300,000,000 according to !an estimate by secretary of the treasi ury Mellon. But the riches will not be for long, for the receipts will be needed immediately to retire short term borrowings or certificates of indebtedness issued by the government amounting to $500,000,000. Expect Extra Funds. Some fiscal experts at the treasury expect today's income and excess profits receipts to approximate $600,000.000. If such is the case, the extra funds will find a ready use in application to the public debt and redemption of her savings securities. - Payments to the railioads under the guaranty provision of the transportation act also may absorb a portion of receipts over the half billion total. Receipts a year ago today were I 500,000 but the general depression exjperienced during the last half of 1320 j was counted on to decrease the total I incomes and profits reported. The present financial situation was considj ered as likely to cut down also the : number of tax payors who pay their j entire tax in one installment, j Collectors of revenue faced the usual ibusy day. Many of the offices will re main onen until late tonight 1o accommodate late tax payers. For perisons or ousiness concerns taxable i under the law who fail to make p. j return todav with at least a payment j of one-fourth of the total tax, a penal ty is prescribed. Returns ent by mail postmarked today will be considered as having been made today. FIVE POLICE RECRUITS WOUNDED IN IRELAND fBy Associated Press)' DUBLIN. March 15 Five police recruits were wounded by the explosion here last night while searching a house in Great Brunswick street. Three civilians were killed and several were wounded by the explosion. All troops in Dublin were confined to their barracks last night, officers fearing that there might be disorders as a result of the execution of six men in Mount Joy prison early in the day. The Dublin corporation, which ad'journed last week owing to the mur der of several men in Limerick, readjourned yesterday because of the executions. CORK, March 15 Several British officers who were wearing citizens clothes were held up by unknown per-

sons at Cross Haven last night, iniweainer now prevails rrom the Great'

the righting Thomas Hennessy and Michael Murray were killed. John Moyasta, a farmer of West Clara, waashot and killed when he ' opened his door in response to a knock. Several other murderous attacks were reported here during the night. '

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beautiful Parisienne. She has dark and is a typist. LANE TO REPRESENT PACKER EMPLOYES AT WASHINGTON HEARING fBy Associated Press) CHICAGO, March 15. Dennis Lane, secretary-treasurer of the Amalgamated meat cutters and butcher workmen's union and another labor representative not yet selected will repre-

sent the packing house workers at Tntti t t. nJ In opposition to the railroad executheir conference in Washington March tives" request for abrogation of shop 21,. with representatives of the five agreements, pending the response of

leading packers and secretaries of the departments of labor, commerce and agriculture-, ft -was announced today. Strike ballots were being mailed out by union leaders today to the packing centers in the middle west, asking heir fibers to vote upon the eight hour day question involved in the wage reductions and rearrangement of hours which the packers placed in effect yesterday. Gompers In Chicago. President Samuel Gompers of the American federation of labor, is ex pected to arrive in Chicago late today, Lane announced, to address a mass meeting Tomorrow at headquarters of the Chicago federation of labor. Conditions were reported normal In dispatches from the leading packing centers yesreraay and a much greater; number than usual applied for jobs at tne stock yards here yesterday, packing officials said. They issued a statement warning men not to come here from other cities seeking work in the stock yards. Plans of Armour and company, announced yesterday, to organize a council representing the employes to settle matters involving working conditions were characterized by Lane as "bunk." "The packers go ahead and cut wages and then announce the workmen will be given a voice in the management," Lane said. "But you notice the order comes a day too late too late for the employes to have anything to say in the matter of the wage cuts.' Similar plans for a council of employes are expected to be announced by others of the packing companies soon. Movies are Censored via the Telephone J CBv Associated Press) ! PITTSBURGH, March 15. The Pennsylvania Board of Moving Picture Censors in session yesterday at Philadelphia, employed the telephone to censor a picture in Pittsburgh. A movie billed by a Pittsburgh theatre for Monday had not been passed by the board, and in order that the show might be held, it was decided to do the censoring by telephone. A telephone circuit between this city and Philadelphia was set up and duplicate films were displayed at both points. As the picture was censored in Philadelphia, the changes desired were telephoned to Pittsburgh. Weather Forecast GENERAL. FORECAST. Showers, colder; partly cloudy. After a brief period of showers eith - er Tuesday afternoon or night weathtr win turn comer, annougn nounng severe during the next 24 hours. South winds will shift to westerly winds tonight or Wednesday. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Cloudy and colder tonight with rain in east and south portions: Wednesday fair and colder. Temperatures for Yeaterday Maximum CO minimum 35 . Today oon 64 : Weather Conditions Unsettled) ! i-ks -eoumwara- witn showers. The Rocky Mountain storm is now crossing the Great Lakes, cold weather is moving in behind the storm. Barometer 7 a. m. ;',0.13 1 p. m 30.05

WAGE CUTS ' REJECTED BY RAIL LABOR Representatives of Conimon Labor Promptly Turn Down Proposal R o ad. Notifies Cut Effective April" 1 . ; r ARE BUSYlfCHICAGO

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 15. Representatives of common labor employed by the New York Central railroad today promptly rejected wage cuts proposed by the road and declined to join in a joint request to the railroad labor board to adjust the matter. Thereupon officials of the roads natfr fied the men the reductions would become effective April 1, in any event. In flatly rejecting the proposed wage cuts amounting to 17 to 21 per cent, and affecting 35.000 to 40.000 unskilled workers. 29 labor representatives arose one after tn other, and declared they did not believe the reductions justified. The labor men asserted the next move was up to the road. Tbey declared that if the cuts did become effective April 1, labor then would appeal to the federal board. According to the union leaders, company officials told them the road would abide by any decision reached by the board, and in the event it was ordered to restore the present scale. t would make tie restoration retroactive to April 1. Union representatives of employes of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western also were expected to meet with officials of that road today to discuss proposed wage reductions. The management of the New York and Long Branch railroad called a l meeting today with representatives of jits employes to submit to them, it is said, a wage revision proposal similar to that made by the New York Central. Several hundred men will be affected. CHICAGO, March 13. The United States Railroad Labor board went into executive session today while the repI resentatives of the railroad employes ralUoad executives to subpoenas summoning them to appear before the board Friday. T. Dewitt Cuyler. chairman of the Association of Railway Executives, and Robert S. Binkerd. his assistant, were requested to bring books and records of the association. W. W. Atterbiiry, vice-president of the Pennsylvania railroad, chairman of the association's labor committee and who filed with the board the executives' request to abrogate the agreements, was subpoenaed, as was Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific. Thirteen other railroad executives were notified to appear later, among them Hale Holden, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy: C. H. Markham. president of the Illinois Central, and H. E. Byram, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. The action followed avowal by the unions through Attorney Frank P Walsh that the employes could not present their arguments in favor of the shop agreements until the witnesses were called. TUESDAY ADDS 70 TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROSTER Results announced by team captains in the Chamber of Commerce membership campaign showed that 70 new members were received in Tuesday's canvass, up to noon. This is 30 less than the number reported Monday, but despite this fall over the preceding da's total, the courage of the commanding forces has not been shaken. To date, the Chamber of Commerce claims a membership of 495. The lead taken by the workers cf the left wing in the first day of soliciting has lessoned but little. Their report Tuesday was 28 members, whilo that of the right wing was 21. Walker E. Land 13 "general" of the left wing, and J. A. Brookbank heads the right wing. Mr6. A. W. Roach, commander of the women's division of 10 teams, reported the receipt of 21 new members for Tuesday's efforts. R. M. Allen's team of the left wing of the men's division, and Mrs. Walter Fulghum's team of the women's division, each reported a total of eight pledges for the morning's work. Collect Nearly $10310. Total value of the memberships na reached $10,810. Of this amount, nearly $5,000 has been collected by the solicitors. Time is allowed for payment of the pledge fee where' it is desied. Men's memberships are $23 and those of the women $10. - -- With the Rotary club meeting at , noon, many canvassers were absent j from the noon luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce. It is expected, how ever, that Wednesday, the third day or the campaign, will be one of full attendance and large gratifying reports. While the keen rivalry of divisions Is a spur toward greater endeavor, there was less of the boastful and more of the determined quality In evidence when the opposing divisions met for reports. Adjournment was early. ; and team -captains met for mapping out further plans of the drive. ... SHROWDER FUNERAL TO' BE HELD AT DUBLIN THURsniv DUBLIN. Ind.. March 15. Mrs, W.. H. ShrowdeT, age 46. daughter of Mr and - Mrs. Henry Myers,.-of Dublin. died at her home in Pittsburg, Pa.. Sunday night. Funeral at the home of ber parents at Dublin . Thursday at t o'clock. She leaves a husband auc two dadgnters. , : . . . . . , . . .