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LEADERS FEAR NEXT STEP ON TAXESTARIFF Agree Surtaxes Work Harmful Effect Feel Gross

RAIL HEADS Assistant Secretary

EMBARGO ON FARM STUFF IS REQUESTED Harding Has Before Him Request for Immediate Restriction Importation Wool, Hides, Meat and Butter.

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QUESTIONED AT HEARING Frank Walsh, Attorney for Labor, , Unions, Seeks To Prove Roads Are' Insincere in Dealings. v

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Repealed. SALES TAXTFAVORED DV MARK SULLIVAN WASHINGTON, D. C, March 18. The Republican leaders who are responsible for the coming tariff and tax legislation do not give an impression of being sure of themselves. They are not agreed among themselves as to just what is to be done, they don't- realize how great is the country's expectation of them, and it is doubtful if they are as fully aware as some businessmen are of what th3 conditions are. ' Longworth wants to take up the tax legislation first, Fordney wants to make the tariff first. On this point some western leaders suggeoi a. compromise m L"D" & brief and presumably quickly passed emergency tariff first, then tax revision, and then a leisurely and thorough protective tariff. As to taxation. Fordney and Smoot "believe in the new gross sale tax, j while Longworth does not. Penrose Uncertain. Where Penrose "stands isn't certain, he had an experience during the reent session which has made him wary about taking strong positions. When he first arrived in Washington after his year's illness he laughed publicly at the idea of wasting time on an emergency tariff measure. Then gome of the western Republican senators stood him on his head and made him go solemnly through the motions of leading the fight for the bill he had laughed at. Penrose will be cautiously sure of what he can put through beFn t.iroa a itmnr nnhlip nnsition I igain All the Republican leaders feel in their hearts that the gross profits tax ought to be repealed, and a few of them have the courage to be willing to do it. But the others think it would look too much like exempting the corporations from a burden that individuals still must bear. They want merely to reduce it. ' Harmful Effect. In the same way- It is generally agreed that the surtaxes of -over- 40 per cent, on incomes over $80,000 a year work a harmful economic effect in that they tend to cause all the great fortunes of the country to take refuge in tax free municipal bonds, thus limiting the amount of investment money available for ordinary enterprises. But some of the leaders fear to reduce the high surtaxes lest the act be unpopular. Most of the tax discussion is in terms of popularity and political effect. With a tenure of four full years in the White House ahead of them, with a majority of twenty-two in the senate and over two-thirds in the house, the Republicans are still unwilling to take a chance. Lack Courage. They are unwilling to find out what is sound and do it courageously. They talk as if there was danger of losing their dominance next month. Aside from their lack of courage, they don't have the information or insight into conditions that many business men have. The Republican leaders think they can leave the income tax where it now is, and that the public will go on paying cheerfully as much as they have in the past. These Republican leaders, and everyone responsible for the conduct of the government's business, are going to get a shock when we learn the amount of the income tax and profits tax turned In on Tuesday. Amount to Fall Short. It will be far short of past amounts and far short of enough to meet the government's bills. And if they continue to rely on these taxes next year, he disappointment will be greater yet. Probably Mellon, after he has had time, will be able to give the Republican leaders a correct view of how things stand and what must be done. But Mellon can't supply the Republican leaders with courage or with cooperation, or with the kind of personality that alone makes leadership. There's an opening in congress for an Aldrich. Copyright 1921 by the New York Evening Post, Inc. EUGENE DEBS HALTS WHITE HOUSE PICKET (Bv Associated Press) ATLANTA. Ga., March 1?. Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader, has halted I he plans of socialists to picket the White House in an effort to attract attention to their demands that he be released rom the Atlanta federal prison, his attorneys, Samuel M. Caslleton, announced here today. V nation-wide campaign tp obtain ! Debs release will be undertaken how ever, the attorney said Woman Seeks Information as to Father's Home Here Lucinda Van Pelt, of Wilmington, Ohio, who was in Richmond today, wonders if there is an old pioneer that could tell her th local ion of the house in which her father, Ryan Van Pelt, was born in 1S22. Her grandfather, Elijah Van Pelt,, resided here lor several years, leaving because of his health, if a reader has any Information regarding the location of the Van Pelt home, which he may have heard from his parents or grandparents, the Palladium will be glad to forward the data to Miss Van Pelt.

Fred Morris Dearing. Fred Morris Dearing, Missouri man, will fill the assistant secretary of lips was named minister to the Netherlands two years ago by President Wilson. The appointment of Dearing was announced recently. STRIKE SENTIMENT GROWS AMONG UNIONS IN PACKING PLANTS (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, March 18. Official result of the strike vote taken Wednesday by packing house employes in many middlewest cities were to be announced today at headquarters of the Amalgamated order of Meat cutters and Butchers workmen. In a few cities union leaders said the vote had not been complete but unofficial reports indicated almost unanimous sentiment in favor of a strike unless the packers wage reduction and rearrangement of working hours was suspended pending arbitration. Reports of almost unanimous strike votes were received from Cleveland, Fort Worth and Cedar Rapids. Tabulation of the vote taken at the Chicago stock yards last night showed 13,297 -votes favoring a strike out of the first 14,819 votes counted. At Omaha, 6,841 votes were cast 5,109 of them favoring a strike. Only two of the first 100 ballots counted at Kansas City were against a strike. Forced to Shut Down. A staement by six of the smaller packers made public today through the American Institute of meat packers, announced that most of them have been forced to shut down their plants to avert further losses due to material cost sand wage rates under the wartime agreements. "Packers can stand very little more hammering," said James S. Ager, of the William Davies packing company. "If the larger packers fhould be persuaded to make any unfavorable revision of the wage reduction they have just effected it would artificially peg up the wage rate of all Chicago -packing houses to a point at which many establishments probably would be compelled to remain closed indefinitely." Lane Favors Deliberation A telegram from Dennis Lane, secretary-treasurer of the butchers workmen to Secretary Davis of the department of labor, charged that the packers were attempting to stampede the employes into a runaway strike. "I appeal to you to immediately request the representatives of the packers now in Washington to convey to their clients a request that they stop all efforts to aggravate the situation pending our conference next Monday," Lane's telegram said. Miller and' s Message to Obregon, Explained PARIS, March 18. The French foreign office announced today that the letter written recently by President Millerand to President Obregon of Mexico, out of which grew the report that steps were being taken by the French government to recognize waa simply acknowledgement of receipt of a letter from Senor Obregon announcing his coming into power. It waa stated in official circles that there was nothing more than this in rumors of recognition of President Obregon by France. Weather Forecast MOORE'S GENERAL FORECAST Warmer.. Showers on Saturday. The fair weather of Friday will be followed by partly cloudy on Friday night and showers on Saturday. Warmer weather with southerly winds tonight and Saturday. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Increasing clondi ness followed by showers late tonight or Saturday; warmer tonight and in north and east portions Saturday. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum , 63 Minimum 32 Today. Noon 64 Weather Conditions The storm which caused the unsettled weather of Thursday with light showers over Wayne and adjacent counties Thursday noon, has moved to the Atlantic coast this morning. Another storm is spreading southward from the Canadian northwest and as a result warmer weather now covers the western plain states. Barometer reading 7 a. m., 30:30; 1 p. m.. 30:18.

FACE RUIN, IS CLAIM (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 18. President Harding had under advisement today an appeal from western senators and representatives that he place an immediate embargo on the importation of a number of farm commodities including wool, hides, meats and butter, represented as most keenly affect

ed by foreign competition. When the request was made in con-; ference late yesterday President Hard- j ing after being told that many producerg in those lines faced ruin unless relief was"i forthec'aing, indicated that he desired to confer with certain members of his cabinet before acting on the appeal. Other products on the proposed embargo list were lemons, cottonseed oil and long staple cotton. Adhering to its program for rushing through at the special session of congress an anti-dumping bill together with an added American valuation measure possible to be combined in one bill the house ways and means committee, referred to treasury depart ment officials today its resolution i adopted yesterday requesting them to frame a rough draft for its consideration. May Get to Tariff. With the committee also still hold-1 ing firmly to the view that a permanent tariff bill should have priority over tax revision on the legislative program, it was intimated by Chairman Fordney that the actual work of writing the tariff measure might be begun late today. Meanwhile there had been no intimation as to whether President Harding who expects to confer in a day or two with western members ot the committee favoring tariff priority, had approved the program agreed upon at the recent conference between Republicans of the house committee and the senate finance committee. At the treasury department although although Secretary Mellon publicly has expressed no views on the question of j nrwitv tr t.rifF rr- ., .-icirvr. lation of a tax revision policy. A detailed survey of revenue sources and the extent to which each mieht 1 be drawn upon for federal income is under way in order to have all necessary tax data ready for early submission to congressional committees should they call for it. MAY DRAW ANOTHER INTO MURDER NET (By Associated Press) WARSAW, March 18. While the: funeral of LeRoy Lovett, 19 years old, for whose mysterious death Virgil Decker, aged 18, is being held in the ! Kosciusko county Jail here was being held today at his home in Elkhart, county authorities were marshalling the evidence which they will submit to grand jury to be called to meet In special session next Monday. The authorities were working to round out the story of Lovetts death, which they said when completed probably would involve another person. Their express opinion was that they would develop a murder plot that extended over a period of two or three months and that, as planned, it was wholly complete but that when it wasl executed, it was bungled BODY OF CHARLES BONNER IS RETURED FROM FRANCE The body of Private Charles F. Bonner, of Company C 108 Field Signal Battalion, a member of the A. E. F., who was killed in action on August I a s ' 18, 1918, arrived In this country on March 17 and burial will be in Troy, Ohio. Mr. Bonner was formerly of Richmond, having resided here for IS years.

Divert Immigrants to Farms, Policy Announced by Husband

PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU WASHINGTON, March 18. A policy to divert immigrants from the industrial centers to the agricultural districts is announced by William W. Husband, the new commissioner general of immigration. It is his idea to co-ordinate agencies of the departments of interior, agriculture and labor to place newly arrived aliens on small farms throughout the country. Husband's policy has received the indorsement of his superior, Secretary of Labor Davis,. Coincident with the announcement of the new immigration policy of the department of labor is the action of Frederick A. Wallis. immigrant commissioner at New York, in making public some startling facts connected with the immigration service in the metropolis. Wallis asserts that when he assumed his duties he found that detention rooms had not been cleaned for four months; that the floors were covered with filth and that children were playing around in it; that diseased aliens slip through the guards by the hundreds' because of lack of facilities and working force to prevent it; that recently two men, lepers, were on the point of being passed when the skin odor of one of them attracted a physician's attention; that hundreds of stowaways get ashore and disappear. Most of them are "Reds" or criminals. Bring Pressure; Much pressure is being brought to bear on members of congress for the reenactment of the immigration meas-

A typical Knowing that in getting the maximum crops out of their land lies the only way out cf the suffering and hard SOLDIERS PATROL MEXICAN BORDER AFTER SKIRMISH

j fond of home made mince pie, wrote By Associated Press) j to Congratulate Mrs. Harding on the EL PASO. Tex.. March 18. United ,etio.n; I1?3, Jo elated over the . ,.. . , , . (fact that it had insured a regular flow States soldiers and immigration offi-jof pieg all winter at n,8 nome in Hay. cers early today were patrolling the wards, Calif. Mrs. Ciphers, her husMexican border near here where from band said, cast her first vote when 10 o'clock last night until 1a.m. they 8he marked her ballot for President had exchanged shots with a party be- Harding, and promised In case of viclieved to be Mexican smugglers, in tory to keep the home fires burning which three Americans were wounded, j in celebration with pies as the fruits The Mexicans opened fire on three ; cf victory. She has kept her promise, American immigration officers who h aAdod dnuhlins? hid own nlensure

discovered the Mexicans fording the ; Rio Grande, which is about 50 yards 1 of the immigration officers apparent ly wounded one of the three Mexicans wading the river and was immediate ly answered by riflemen concealed Jai bushes on the Mexican side. Respond to Call Five more inspectors and 100 soldiers of the 48th Infantry from El Paso responded to a call for assistance and for more than an hour the firing continued briskly, the Americans firing at the flashes of the Mexican guns. An occasional scream of pain from the Mexican side indicated that the American fire was not with out results

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down, and a dim light was visible 1 moving about on the Mexican side. C. A. Perkins, inspector in charge! of the Immigration men, said he be-! lieved the Mexicans were attempting , to smuggle over liquor or drugs. The three Americans wounded 1 were: Private M. J. Keller. Comrianv D, 48th Infantry, shot in left arm, and scalp wound; Private Petreaki, shot through hip, believed serious; Joseph Thomas, immigration inspector, scalp . wound. FILIPINOS NOT READY TO BE FREE, IS CLAIM (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, March -Independence for the Philippine Islands at present was opposed by George M. Fair-child. nnhliPhpr of Manila Times. In a Rtnt.pment tod a v. Mr. FnirchPd declared that he did not believe the . Filipinos were advanced to such a stage that they wculd benefit by independence. He urged, instead, the establishment of a territorial form of government for the islands. ( WILLIAM W. HUSBAND. ure which passed the last congress but was vetoed by President Wilson at the closing hours of the session. It is expected that this measure will be (Continued on Page Three)

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ships they are . suffering as a result of the war the farmers and peasants of central Europe are working to plant every available foot of land to some Harding's Election Insures Mince Pies For Civil War Vet fRv Associated press) WASHINGTON, March 18 When D. E. Ciphers, civil war veteran and very In Mr Harding's election. , PERSHING TO ADDRESS, TONIGHT'S MEETING ON AMERICANIZATION (By Associated Press) NEW YORKj March 18 Five hundred policemen have been detailed to handle the 30.000 or more persons expected to turn out tonight for the American Legion's all-American meet auditorium with a seating capacity of about 13,000. Applications were received for more than 100,000 tickets and 30,000 have been issued by the legion. First arrivals will get the Eeats. Arranged as a protest against the recpnt "Horror on Ihp Rhine" meet-

ing, held in the same hall, legion of- j for some change seems to have come fiois' declared th gathering tonight !wiHl the Passage of the bill by the would express disapproval of all1 state legislature which gives a city the "hyphenated propaganda" and thatiPtlon of deciding the form of govern-

thpv honed to make It the createst patriotic demonstration since the close of the war. Pershing Speaks General Pershing will be principal speaker at the meeting over which F. W. Galbraith, national commander of the American legion will preside. Among those invited to sit at th speakers' table are Major General Robri T oo ciia-H Do.n imii Hcrr McLnUgei William. H Taft, George W. I Wickersham, James W. Gerard, Henry ! L. SMmqon. Cornelius Vanderhilt. Alton B. Parker. Miss Anne Mnraran. Car-; rie Chapman Catt and leaders of var- .... ious patriotic societies. CONFIRM CAPTURE OF RUSS FORTRESS fRv Associated Press' STOCKHOLM. March 18. Reports! that the Russian naval fortress of ( Kronstadt. the center of the vevolu-' tion against the Soviet government. has be-en taken by Bolsheviki appear . to be confirmed In dispatches -reach-J ins here from Finland. Leon Trotzkv, J Russian Bolshevik minister of war, di-1 rected the assault on the fortress, and It is said, hurled upwards of sixty thousand men at its defenses. Advices would seem to indicate that communists within the fortress and town of Kronstadt assisted the Bolshevik forces when the latter had broken into the outer defenses of the place. The garrison, numbering approximately 15 000, is declared to have boen exhausted by the constant bombardment of the place and were poorly equipped in some Important points along the defense lines. Many of the defenders of Kronstadt, together with the commander .of the revolutionary troops are reported to have escaped into Finland across the. ice. ,. , GERMAN OCCUPATION PERPLEXES HARDING WASHINGTON, March 18. Allied occupation of the additional German territory is understood to have presented to President Harding - a new problem arising from a regulation of these changed conditions to previous plans for .early declaration by con-! eress of the ending of (he state of war between the United States and Germany. .1

shows A girl member ot the family is driving the oxen. 2,200 PERSONS SIGN HOME RULE PETITIONS: SENTIMENT IS STRONG Over 2,200 signatures have been placed on petitions for a city manager form of government in Richmond, according to reports turned in to Benjamin Johnson, Jr.. head of the citizens committee that undertook the circulation of petitions for a new form of government for Richmond. Two wards have not reported. This number of tigners assures an election to "determine whether . ..JC luauager iuriu wi sureraent shall be adopted here or whether the present system of mayor and council shall continue. This election probabl.y .wjll be held, early in June if the remaining 'steps are carried through without a hitch. ' - ... Reports from ward chairmen over the city indicate tbat the obtaining of signatures has been a comparatively easy matter. Two wards had not reported at noon Friday and with their report it is expected that the number of signers will number over the 2,000 mark. To Carry on Work. Leaders in the movement state that the work of obtaining signatures will not be discontinued today but will be carried on in an effort to obtain at least 3.000 signatures to the petition The irawt encouraging thing in the outlook for city manager form of government for Richmond is the general interest that has been taken in the movement by all organizations and interests of the city, those chiefly interested state. A spontaneous demand u"al " fPioy m auairs. Interest Large The fact that the bill is only one week old and that already an election is assured is pointed to as indicative of the interest manifested in Richmond. The petitions that have now been signed will be presented to the city i c'erk on April 9, which 1 is 80 days after '. the signing of the bill, and is in ac- ! cord w,th the statute. ' An educational campaign setting lonn tne pian 01 government. Known the city manager form will be started in the city, leaders in the ' rvt iwotm aw 4- pfotfl Ivcv AffnM ttrll 1 Ha . made to inform all voters as to the function of the plan Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Rnrh day m Palladium reporter rtlll Interview peraoaa at riadoa . In find eut Tfby they like to lire here. ' ; . , "I like' to live in Richmond because it is a home-town" said a well-known city man Thursday who is known to every farmer in the county. "There is an opportunity in a town of this size to know a great many people personally. Without acquaintanceship a large city is necessarily a lonesome place. ' There is a neighborly feeling in Richmond that make3 me feel at home here." v "I like Richmond because there' is no heterogeneous mass of population here. The people are practically all .of the same class and there .are no 'dirty . slums. , , "I like Richmond because it is a good home-market town and. ' has been mentioned several times in this column, because of . its rail facilities, whereby farmers and merchants alike, may take advantage vof the opportunity to receive and send shipments quickly. " "I have Intended - for - some time to tell you 'why I like to live in Richmond because I wonder sometimes " whether my neighbors, the men and women whom I ' know so well, realize how fortunate . they are to be living here."

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PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN

(By Associated Press) CHICAGO, March 18. Cross examination of high railroad officials by labor leaders began today before the railroad labor board. T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of the railroad executives' association, Robert S. Binkerd, his assistant. Carl Gray, president of the Union Pacific, and W. W. Atterbury, vice-president of the Pennsy lines, appeared at today's hearing, In response to the requests Issued by the board at the demand of the labor side. Frank Walsh, attorney for the labor union, conducted the cross examination, announced that be planned to bring out evidence which would prove the roads had not been sincere in their dealings with the union on the national agreements question and that the matter could have really been settled with a conference without coming to the labor board. Warns Representatives. Judge R. M.- Barton, chairman of the board, requested both sides to confine their statements to relevant matter and said that questions dealing with financial control of the road or with matter which belong to the Interstate commerce commission would not be permitted. Mr. Binkerd was the first witness called to the stand. Eleven basic principles satisfactory to labor and on which labor would be willing to negotiate agreements, were laid down before the board today by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employes department of the American Federation of Labor. "These fundamentals, upon which the national agreements are based consist only of those elementary principles and safeguards which enlightened public opinion has sanctioned and nffifiatlir ... I "."'-i'.' ucuaim unxBsiirj 10 me well being of the men and women employed not only in the transportation industry, but in all basic industriea," Mr. Jewell said. Pending Since January. Arguments upon the proposal of the railroad executives to abgate the national agreements has occupied the attention of the board since Jan. 21. when the request was submitted by W. W. Atterbury, vice-president of the Pennsylvania railroad. The fundamentals which are the basis of the national agreement are as follows, Mr. Jewell said: The eight-hour day; proper overtime rates for work in excess of eight hours; arrangement of working shifts for reasonable living arrangements by employes and their families; reasonable rules for the protection of health and safety of employes; definition of the work of each, craft to be performed by mechanics and helpers; formulation of apprenticeship rules; four years apprenticeship requirement for mechanics; right of the majority of each craft to determine what organization shall represent them; right to select a committee to handle grievances; limiting of craft seniority to local shops and not permitting interchange of seniority with other shops or crafts, and right to organize without discrimination. , - Necessary Principles "If machinery Is to be successfully established for the peaceable settlement of disputes." said Mr. Jewell, "these fundamental principles are an absolutely necessary - preliminary. "We have no doubt that the railroad labor board will sanction these fundamantals. We know, the public . will support them when it really knows the truth. Our reason for summarizing these fundamentals at this time is to demonstrate how easy it would have been had the railroads been sincere, to meet with those who have been selected and Instructed by the rank and file of railroad employes to adjust the whole matter of national agreements. "Well rounded and smooth running j machinery would now be In operation i and peace on railroads and good will I between management and employes would prevail where now exists growing distrust, dissension, dissatisfaction and increasing rumblings of a fast approaching, costly and riclous conflict. Even now if the representatives of the railroads were sincere In their attitude and not engaged in a misguided attack upon railroad employes, all questions as to national agreements and national adjustment boards could be quickly settled." richmondThIese aid famine relief The following translation from the "Chinese World" published In San Francisco, has beerv submitted: I tuennona, . ma., jwarcn iz. me follow ing letter has been received from Chinese of Richmond. Ind.. accompanying a contribution of $52 for the relief of famine In North China: This Is the second contribution from that city, these samo donors having given $150 some time ago. . ". .. . . "Reading in the. paper recently that conditions in North Chtna are still bad snd there is ranch suffering from the famine, which we learn with tfeepest commiseration, we still wish to do all within our power to. help, and we again contribute $52. which we send herewith. Please acknowledge, and send to the Chinese Relief association for us." - " --'" ' y : rf ' LONG POY.:V'W, V-:-- " ; CHARLES LF.UNG -TTJ,:f v.; . , LONG CHONG. - :' DON WOXO LESS. ' , ; 5 LOY CHIN. : . , . "