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MANY SIGN HOME RULE PETITIONS Ward Chairmen Meet With

C..,cc Prprinrt Am,8aid to be the first of hl3 race ever OUCCCsa I ICVIlltU niC Un havo reached thin vnra1 rievelnn.

Subdivided Every Voter To Be Canvassed. AROUSE MUCH INTEREST Ward chairmen in charge of the circulation of petitions favoring adoption of the city manager form of govern ment in Richmond report that they i are meeting with success in the secur-

lng of signatures. Virtually all the j ol i "ioe- n , . .. . . After a son, Caupolican, was born, chairmen have sub divided their Pre- however, the old chieftain died. The clncts to such an extent that every I tribe mourned and would not be comvoter In the city will be canvassed 1 forted until his only son, Caupolican's .... , , . . ; , father, promised to come and be their to determine whether they are -chlef and leader. Finally reversing vor of the proposed special election. : hl3 promi8e to nls pnd, wlfe he First reports from the petitions will j consented, le turned in to Benjamin Johnson. Jr., The mother, however, took the little Friday morning. This will only be the j Caupolican. bk to southern

initial repart and circulation of the pe- j titlons will not be stopped at that time, but will continue in an effort to secure as many signatures a3 pos'sible. Several chairmen stated that people were trapping into their places of business to place their names on the list. This Is gratifying, leaders state, and is being urged upon many others who cannot be found at home, to make it a point to try and see one of the people circulating the petitions and sign. Propose Election. The petitions that are now being circulated are for the purpose of determining whether people of the city favor the holding of a special election to determine whether there shall be a change of government from the present mayor and council form to the city manager plan. Leaders state that the signing of the petition is not binding a person to vote either way when the question comes to a vote. A thorough educational campaign to outline to every voter of the city just what the city manager plan i?, its workings and effect is being planned by various agencies In the city. Many .organizations that have never before taken any. active part In political mat ters have signified their intention of taking an active part in getting before their members a complete understanding of the plan before the election. "The non-po?ltc'aI . character of the proposed plan allows many organizations to participate that would otherwipe be constitutionally barred from flaking an active part In putting over i uch a plan," the president of one organization stated. Reouire 1,100 Signatures. Approximately 1,100 signatures are required to the petitions to make the! holding of a sprcinl election legal. Leaders hope that this number will be reported by ward chairmen and their assistants Friday morning. The petitions will be filed with the city clerk SO days from March 10 IVL 'uni Vrv. IZ. .,V4u,R v"i

,Vwid hV . l-Z YV Z flCUS5 me of takinS somebody out and 1 ? ?f y u h y., m killing him. I wouldn't do anything signatures after which time the peti- that" tions will be presented to the city necker' exDlanation of his insurcouncil at its first regular meeting. L-TkL8. fJff!'

The council will then make provision for a special election to be held not less than 30 days after the first of May, not more than 60 days. This provision indicates that the special election will be held in June. At this election the electors will express their preference as to the futureform of government to be employed in Richmond. Local Man's Father is Dead in Anderson Jacob Smelser, 93 years old. of Anderson, died at the home of his son in Anderson Wednesday morning. He is survived by three sons. Thomas, of Anderson : James, of North Dakota: and Winfield, south of Richmond. He was born in Boston township, but had been living in Madison county for about So years. Funeral services will be announced later. Attend Sunday School is Urge to Children A special effort is to be made the week of April 24 May 1 to get the children of this community to attend ! Sunday school, and if the effort is sue-1 cessful the churches of Indiana will I hardly be large enough to take care of ! the youngsters, for there are now only 127,626 of them enrolled in Sunday school, while 77S.7S6 go to the public schools Thia 'Crr.trt.KiinHnv Qr-Wl" mntt ment is under the general direction of the Indiana Sunday School assoelation, and is to be spread and is to be spread over each county by active leaders of the county associations. A similar movement last year brought great results in the form of increased enrollment in children's classes, more interest on the part of parents, who also joined Bible classes and pastors and other community leaders have since taken .more active interest in religious education for the young, while Sunday schools have been provided with better equipment. Lena M. Hiatt is county children's division superintendent. DEPORTED 12.C00 MILES (B.v Associated Presal NEW YORK. March 16. Frederick De Chaine, a German, deported as an undesirable alien, was on the high seas today bound for Calcutta, India, on what immigration officials said was a record deportation voyage. The voyage is approximately 12,000 miles. De Chaine was arrested several months ago at Douglas. Ariz., charged with seditious and radical utterances against the government and having entered the country surreptitiously WiroiiKh Mexico.

Indian Chief Who Sang Here Now in Grand Opera

The chasm between nnmelodious I Indian war-whoops and the smooth strains of operatic singing was bridged recently when Chief Caupolican. a j native Araucanian Indian of the Chilian Andes, made his debut with the I Metropolitan Opera company in the I leading role of "The Polish Jew." I The stentorian voice of his Indian i father and the musipal appreciation of his French mother have been blended into an operatic baritone of rare richness. The Indian chieftain is ment. Chief Caupolican's grandfather was the chief conductor of the jangling orchestra of primeval Indian Instruments in the foothills of the Chilean mountains. At that time, according to custom, his son Caupolican's father was adopted by a French family of Im migrants, and was taught the ways and customs of the white man. When he grew up he fell in love with the daughter of the French family, and they were married, the Indian solemnly promising to forsake the traditions ma vcai auimy was developed, and later he visited his father's tribesmen in Chile. He afterDECKER BOY CHARGED WITH MURDER; PROBE CONTINUED BY POLICE (By Associated Press) WARSAW, Ind., March 16. Formal charges of murder against Virgil Decker, 20 years old, were made today by Prosecutor H. W. Graham in charge of the investigation here of the death mystery of LeRoy Lovett of Elkhart, Ind., whose body first identified as that of Decker was found Sunday on a railroad near here. Decker's half brother, aged 16, also was arrested on the prosecutor's order. Meanwhile the investigation of the death mystery was continued at a half dozen scattered places in northern Indiana. C. B. Moon was sent to Marion, Ind., to take custody of Virgil Decker arrested last night and held for investigation. His half brother, Arthur, was held by the Elkhart police and also was to return here for investigation. Mrs. Lydia Decker, mother" of the youth, who was ordered held by Coroner N. B. Aspinall as a material witness, has been released and was said to have gone to the home of a son near Atwood. , The coroner's verdict was that Lovett had been murdered by unknown parties. Explains Insurance. Awaiting the arrival of Sheriff Moon at Marion Virgil Decker was submitted to a long examination by authorities who said little information was obtained from him. When told the Warsaw sheriff had been sent for him the prisoner was quoted as saying, "It PPtra that someone is trying to ac doub', indmnitv in case of accidental ou' i11?. C !Li .v.! ucatil WAS Bdiu lu u c a. n ia ltt iai cut inai he wished to be well insured. The policies were made payable to a brother, Fred Decker. MARION, Ind., March 16. After more than an hour of questioning. Sheriff Fowler said be had obtained little information from Virgil Decker, who appeared evasive and gave con fusing answers. Decker was arrested here last night In connection with the Warsaw death mystery. "You hired a car at Elkhart; didn't you?" asked Sheriff Fowler. "Maybe 1 I did and maybe I didn't," Decker replied. "But you were in the automobile," continued the sheriff. "I guess I was," was the answer. Decker said he did not remember of asking Lovett to go to Albion with him in the car, and also repeated that he did not remember where he was last Saturday. Sheriff Fowler told Decker the Warsaw authorities were coming to Marlon for him. "It appears that someone is trying to accuse me of taking somebody out and killing him," said Decker. "I wouldn't do anything like that." "Why not tell us then where yon were?" he was asked. "I don't remember only that I was in Warsaw," the youth replied. ELKHART. Ind., March 16. Carrie ! V.trtTc1 fT QTl PMlrhflv Chnnl ri v-1 ; -CV w a anui&Bt, uv&wa qII 1) tAT" I J 1 1TJ It TA t A. oa? aeniea v irgu ueKers siaiemeni that .he was witQ her ta8t Saturday evening. 1 '. lasl . saw Decker on Thurfdav picture show," said the girl here to day. "At the theatre Decker showed me four or five insurance policies that he had made payable to his brother, Fred Decker, and his mother. He often invited me to visit him at a cottage on the Tippecanoe river." Elkhart police say that Lovett, the murdered youth, was paroled from Plainfield in 1916, only to be returned there the same year following his arrest for the theft of $83. Lovett's funeral will be held at his home here Friday. Arthur Decker, 16 years old. halfbrother of Virgil, was arrested here last night at the request of the Koscisko county sheriff and was taken today to Warsaw. The full text of the home rule law will be found on pages eight and nine of this issue.

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Chief Caupolican ward became a sailor, saving enough money to come to New York to study. He was "discovered" here by a member of the Metropolitan Opera company. 150,000 MEN GATHER AT RUSSIAN FORTRESS (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, March 16. Fifty i thousand men have been gathered at the .Russian f ortres at Kronstadt and this number is increasing daily, says a Helsingfors dispatch quoting an American Red Cross worker who has just arrived there from Kronstadt. An organization of Russian emigrants in this city haa been informed in a wireless dispatch that Kronstadt is receiving necessary provisions and has sufficient ammunition for three years ' l

Victor M. Tchernoff, who was minis-fM0"

ter of agriculture in the Kerensky cabinet in 1917,. was the organizer of the counter, revolution, it is declared by the Poliken. He is reported negotiating with the right wing of the Bolsheviki with a view to making the methods of the Soviet government more democratic. AUSTRIAN MANDATE AGAINST PLEBISCITE IS DEFIED BY TYROL (By Associated Press) VIENNA, March 16. Tyrol has defied the mandate of the Central Austrian government forbidding the plebiscite relative to fusion with Germany, which is to be held on April 24. The provisional government in its reply to the federal administration has declared there is no federal law prohibiting a vote of expression of sentiment and that it means to go ahead. It is asserted that the holding of the plebiscite does not necessarily mean that action will be taken by the province. The city of Salzburg has decided to hold a plebiscite at the same time that Tyrol votes. It fs understood that Chancellor Mayr, who is a Tyrolese, has advised Vienna from London to try to prevent the holding of the plebiscite, in view of his negotiations there relative to allied relief for Austria. PREPARES INSTRUCTION FOR HAMON TRIAL JURY (By Associated Press) ARDMORE, Okla., March 16. Introduction of testimony in the charge of Clara Hamon, charged with the mur-j der of Jake l. Hamon, was completed after a brief morning session and court was recesf-ed until 3 p. in. to permit Judge Thomas W. Champion to prepare his inanitions to the jury. Each side was allotted five hours for argument. The court will charge the Jnry on three points: Murder, which upon con viction would carry a sentence of death or life imprisonment; first de- j gree manslaughter, the sentence upon ' conviction which would be four years to life imprisonment; and second degree manslaughter wilh a minimum; fine of $1. I S. Prince Freeling as state attorney general, in charge of the prosecution, said that H. H. Brown, special prosecutor, would make the opening argument, ! and that he, Freeling, would close for the state. I W. P. McLean, of Ft. Worth. Texas, leading counsel for ihe defense, anrounced three of the defense corps of six attorneys would speak. James H. j Mathers, of Ardmore county, attorney of Carter county, who was retained by Clara Hamon before he assumed office, will make the opening argument; Joe Ben Champion, twin brother of the presiding judge, will speak next, and ; Mr. McLean will close. j Mr. McTean said that the defense had submitted a prooosal to the stale, counsel to permit the case to go to 'he Jury Immediately after the judge reads his charge and without argument but that the state had declined. Great Britian Lauds Harvey Appointment (By Associated Prt-ss) LONDON, March 16. The British government today gave formal approval to the appointment of Col. George B. Harvey as United States ambassador to Great Britain to succeed -Toh W. -Davis, who reslsmed.

MISS TRADE PACT SIGNED BY ENGLAND

! Agreement Under Which Commercial Relations will Be Resumed Formulated by Representatives. NEWSPAPERS DIFFER (By Associated Press) LONDON. March 16. The trado agreement under which commercial relations will be resumed by Great Britain and Russia was signed here this morning by representatives of the government of the to countries. It was reported the board of trade after having carried on negotiations with Leonid Krassin, representative of i the Russian Bolsheviki government i had rewritten several clauses which I had presented considerable difficulty I in the past. The principle that Russia will cease all propaganda outside of that country and that England will observe neutrality regarding Russian internal affairs, was given due recognition in the clauses which were altered. Newspapers Differ The fact that the trade agreement was about to be signed revived in this morning's newspapers the controversy! regarding the expediency of such a move.. The Morning Po3t, in an editorial captioned "The Unclean Thing," vehemently inveighed against the agreement and argued that- Its signa

-0 evangelistic campaign in tuenmona tore would "inevitably involve re?og- during tne latter part of March and nition of the soviet regime, which Is j protably all of April in 1922. That blackened by every crime and thewas Rettled Tucsday when the evanagents of which are actively Plotting: gellstic committee of the Ministerial the destruction of every Civilized . nasn-iaHn hM on intervw tth Mr

! state." Under this agreement." the newspaper continued British traders eveuiuaiiy win oecome receivers stolen goods." The Chronicle, on the other hand, approved ' the agreement on the

ground that "the world can no longer , rabernacle Trying to calch hTs words, afford to leave Russia outside the pale'.j,n0 lricM ,ollni0 wM

fri.. t-:i i",j ""'j .Tit.i CAvfot PllCtJo rcHaVo iin nmnlAV. I - " v.m.i iu it rAv,nu -i cuio "tm ment in Great Britain saying, "Talk about blood-stained gold is the meaningless metoric of blind hatred." Has Paralytic Stroke While Diestinz Own Grave HAZLETON, Pa.. March 16. Death from a paralytic stroke yesterday prevented Frank Marterill from completing the digging of his own grave, it became known today. Friends fald he had often expressed fear he would 1 not live much longer, and two days j before he died he began digging his j fgrave in the Precious Blood cemetery.

S3 vpptb ae-n from Rnerms Air Ar'Packlng Companies.

gentina. CHICAGO TENANTS VISIT LEGISLATURE CHICAGO. March 16. Hundreds of 1 ChlcRfirn tenants denartod at 9 o'clock i in a special tram to visit hpnnnim i 3 . e 41 t-:i-. i ' : , X?lUXr?rV: granting cities the right to fet Ulll girt up rent cases where excessive rentals are alleged. Several hats were filled with contributions at the mas3 meeting of tenants last night, to pay the expenses of the trip and cheers greeted the announcement that the house had passed the Dailey joint resolution providing for an investigation of a "plot" to keep up building costs. "This meeting is an answer to the sneers of the Chicago rent hogs," said I President J. R. Patterson of the Chijcago Tenants Protective league. "Four nundred tnousanu American citizens who are tenants in Chicago are on the brink of the greatest crisis they have ever known," said the resolution read by Mr. Patterson which was adopted. The Lockwood commission in New York sent grafting building leaders to the penitentiary," he continued. "Building was started in New York and temporary legislation is protecting the tenants during the housing shortage. Why can't this be done in Chicagoi Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Earh ifar a Palladium reporter will Interview peruana at random lo find out Ttbr I hey like to live here. "Almost daily we read stories of accidents which have occurred in Richmond and in surrounding towns," said one citizen, "and near the end of the story a laconic sentence says 'the injured were rushed to Reid Memorial hospital.' Few stop to think what it means to the city to have such an institution here and what it means to the many smaller towns within a radius of many miles which, not being equipped with a hospital, rely on aid here in times of emergency or illness. "The hospital is one of our greatest assets which is cared for by a nucleus composed of an efficient corps' of nurses and groups of citizens, interested in giving aid to the various departments of the institution. "Not only have we a hospital but the medical and surgical talent of the city is of the best, some of the doctors having a reputation that extends throughout the middlewest." -

Billy Sunday Opens Another Drive

Rev. Billy and "Ma" Sunday, photographed outside tabernacle at Cincinnati. Billy Sunday has started a new drive against sin. He recently opened a six weeks' campaign in Cincinnati, O., and dispatches say that he has sinners "hitting the sawdust trail" with his usual rapidity.

BILLY SUNDAY COMING FOR CAMPAIGN HERE "Billy" Sunday will conduct an !c n The Reva H s Jameg E Howard Brown and R w stoakes, the com-

or;mittee, returned to Richmond early j

Wednesday morning enthusiastic over, the nmsnMa it is said that snoo

npmnns Rtrtnri nn tho rmtsirio nf thp " '" . v 0 7'000- The Place for holding i thA mPPtlT(r will hP rifvtPrm nod later t I PACKING FIRMS ARE AWAITING OUTCOME OF LABOR DISPUTE (BV Associated prftn CHICAGO. March 16 While international officers of the unions involved in the packers' wage controversy were assembling here for conference today it waa iearned that eieht lndenendent in or near the main stockyards here, have closed down or greatly reduced their forces, throwing nearly 2,000 men out of work. "We want to see how the labor controversy is going to come out," said j Patrick Brennan, president of the Independent Packing company, the larg"st of the eight companies. "We would be affected by a strike. When condiwnimm ... "t -sy:Z.::: :T Uaferio -f enma snr tha ft nor nrm names Jvf product have made v ' profitable just now. 1 wo men are 10 up cnoatn ai lue ... a. conference today to represent tne em - ployes at a conference in Washington Marcn t with two representatives or 1 1 z aV'B.T- l a auu tjvi v 1 u 1 j i .awu-ivi Davl. Two representatives were designated by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, to represent him at the conference. Delegates from tne allied unions in-

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volved in the packers' wage contro- chairman under the old law. to conversy also planned to attend the con- tinue in that capacity. It was Indiference to discuss their attitude in!cated that some weeks might elapse case a strike is voted by the butcher j before the entire new membership workmen. could be chosen and that in the mean

Abdication Intention Denied by Constantine (By Associated Press) ATHENS, March 16. King Constantine last night declared there was ab solutely no foundation for reports pub. lished in the United States that he was considering abdicating in favor of his son. Prince George. I tine exclaimed, when asked if the re ports were true. "I have no intention of abdicating in favor of George or any one else." German Delegate Speaks on Question of Transit (By Associated Press) BARELONA. March 16. Articles of the Transit convention being framed by the International communications conference in session here, were again discussed today by delegates to the meeting. Yesterday's debate centered around the definition to be given the term "Liberty of transit." A German delegate took part in the debate for the first time supporting the French proposition that all nien - tion of the mails be omitted from the convention, leaving them to the International postal convention which meets soon. Changes in List of Army Recommendations (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. March 16. A revised list of those recommended for pron.otion to the rank of general officers will be submitted to President Hard ing bv Secretary Weeks, to be present ed at the coming special session of congress. It would show several changes, Mr. Weeks said today, from Ihe list, of nominations sent in by President Wilson, but which failed of confirmation. The secretary would ni?t

J I indicatevwhat chaneea had been mad.

URUGUAY INSISTS ON RIGHT IN SHIPS INTERNED IN WAR

MONTEVIDEO. March 16 Uruguayan delegates on the reparaitons commission will sustain the rights of Uruguay in eight German ships which were interned in harbors of this country during the war. This statement was made in a message sent to the opening session of the congress here yesterday by President Brum. Alk .tA u i An n niinn. "nd he expre srtheope 0 f" v... w . 10 us nooie eaus , mis ul mc peace conference would become a 1 L J . It is anticipated that the Uruguay an foreign office will soon publish a report of its activities in negotiating with the United States in behalf of a normal constitutional situation in San Domingo. The president referred to i a mission of confidential agents of the i president "de jure" of San Domingo. and said that declarations made by President Wilson before he left office gave reason to believe that the action of the United States would be "satisfyins to the whole American continent. President Brum referred to the visit to Uruguay of Bainbridge Colby, former American secretary of state. He said the incident served to proved the friendly attitude of the Uruguayan people toward the United States. HARDING HAS TROUBLE FIXING SHIPPING BOARD WASHINGTON. March 16. The de lay in shipping board selections which t -., hiw1 bpPn ,tnp..Pl1 , 1 o - - r . rey for senate consideration Tueswas attributed to a technicality 1 that all seven members of the new board must be named before any of; 1 it. u . i,: j... j r,-: i kUdiJ V'JUIU Assume ilia uuuro. 1 icar dent Harding i3 understood to have ; prepared to nominate two or : three men for board membership( but! was not ready to send in the whole list. Under the circumstances the president decided not to hold the senate in

session and renewed his request tOdential candidate, was concerned. It

Admiral Benson, now aetine as hoard time the bodywould function under the same tenure as In the Wilson administration. The only nomination to a high administration post sent to the senate at its closing session was that of Rob-! ert Woods Bliss of New York, to be

third assistant secretary of state Mr luuuuuauuu Un .uc p, itJ7.,i?i'" .niP0" or military and to guarantee to Bliss has had a long experience In . ' . . freelv cait the diplomatic service, which has tak-1 fTf1. f L At 'L. . . . , , t. , m ' his ballot. It was declared by persons en him Into many parts of the world i, . , , ... ... " and he now is chief of the state ds- "ty Kfam,1i1,artl w,thi tbe, fc8tep8 partment bureau of western Europe keD in this direct on since the ar-

affairs. His confirmation was voted. without delay. Weather Forecast MOORE'S GENERAL FORECAST. Unsettled; Rain; Warmer. Unsettled weather asain will develop tonight and Thursday, with rain tonight or Thursday, due to another storm which now covers the northwest and is spreading southward and eastward. Temperatures will begin to rise again Thursday with winds shifting from east to south. For Indiana, by the United States . Weather Bureau Increasing cloudiness followed by rain late tonight or Thursday; rising temperature Thursday. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 71 Minimum 37 TodayNoon 43 Weather Conditions Storms are now crossing the United States in rapid succession. Colder weather is general this morning from the Great Lakes southward to the southern states. General rains and thunder1 storms have occurred during the past 36 hours over the central states and Ohio valley. It is getting warmer over the west. Barometer Reading. 7 a. m. 30.20. 2 noon 30.27.

ALLIES ASK ONE BILLION GOLD MARKS

'Reparations Commission in Note to Germany Demand That Amount Be Paid Before March 23. - DEM ANDlOAN PLAN I By Associated Kreis; I PAIUS, March 16. The allied rei parationa commission in its note to Germany demanding fulfillments of Article 235 of the peace .treaty notified the German government it must pay 1,000,000,000 gold marks before March 23, it was announced today. The money must be deposited in the bank of Fiance, Bank of England, or the Federal Reserve bank in the United State, Germany was told. It must complete the payment of 20,000,000.000 gold marks by May L The commission gave Germany until April 1 to submit a proposal to pay the balance of the 20,000.000.000 marks otherwise than in cash. Germany must submit a plan for a foreign lpan by April the proceeds of which shall be payable to the commission. The commission announced that Germany had virtually refused to pay the balance asserting the 20,000,000.000 had been fully paid. COBLENZ. March 16. Principles to be followed In collecting customs in the new tariff zone eftablished along the Rhine by the entente forces have been outlined In a report sent to the allies by the Rhineland commission. The report also outlines the one. which would begin at Mulhelm.- and runs along the Rhine to the extreme outposts of the newly occupied territory and of the bridgeheads established by the entente. General Allen, commander of American forces here, has participated unofficially in discussions of questions relative to the tariff and the limits of the new zone. DUISBURG. March 16 New French forces have arrived here from sections of Germany occupied by the French army, and belief is expressed that their coining may foreshadow the occupation of Mulbeim-on-Ruhr, a town about four miles east of here toward Essen. Although the allies recently occupied the rural commune of Hemborn, garrisons have not as yet been established. COALITION CANDIDATE MAKES CLEAN SWEEP IN CUBAN ELECTIONS (By Associated Pres) HAVANA. March 16 Dr. Alfredo Zayas Alfonso, former vice president and candidate of the ConservativePopular coalition (National League) party, made practically a clean sweep of the partial elections held yesterday in several hundred precincts of various nrn m rh .m-vj Unofficial and incomplete figures given out by the department of com . ing show that in the four provinces outside of Havana where elections were held the Liberal party obeyed the order of its executive committee to remain away from the polls, only 44 voting A total of 12,419 votes was j cast for Dr. Zayas. this demonstrating j the Mtent to which th T.theral nartv's j withdrawal resolution was obeyed at j ipaR insofar as Oen. Gome, the nresiIs probable a much creater number, of Liberal votes were cast for provincial or municipal candidates. Although the Liberals carried Havana province in the regular November elections and partial elections aro set for Oriente province on March 26 yesterday's election was considered final as regards tbe presidency. Take Precautions Every possible precaution was taken to remove all possibility of violence iM:in,iAn nv. , 1 m .v 1 cial representative of the American government. Men of. the highest standing, including judges from the bench were sent by the central electoral board into every precinct several days before the date set for holding the electionsGeneral Crowder personally made a tour of inspection last week into several provinces and was reported to have personally investigated several minor clashes between the opposing; parties, including the killing, of-the police chief and his assistant at the town of Colon. He visited - several polling places at points near Havana yesterday. Reports received at the various governmental departments and' by the central electoral board state there were , no serious clashes anywhere during the day. - . -. - Pays Four Cent Tax in Four Installments (Bv Associated Pre) '- .; . AUGUSTA; Ga March 16. A tax payer whose total tax is four cents, and w-ho insisted on his, right to pij it in four installments.- and who bought a one cent money order for which 1 paid three cents, was revealed bere today. The taxpayer, : a ;talL lank, farmer, who "gave his address as Lincoln county, but whose name waa not divulged, personally submitted bis return to. the deputy collector of internal revenues,, using the' one. -cent mofy order to.oav tf flint Jntanm.