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RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1921.

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REPUBLICAN RULE BEGINS FULUWING Party Takes Full Possession of Government Monday with Franchise from Practically 70 Per Cent of Voters.

Vesuvius, Grumbling Once More, Photographed From U. S. Dirigible

HAS BIG OPPORTUNITY

BY MAHK Sri-MVAN WASHINGTON, D. C, April 9. On Monday the Republican party takes complete possession of the government. It takes possession with a franchise from substantially 70 per cent of the voters, and with majorities in the house and senate rarely equalled by any party at any time in our history. For two years with mathematical certainty the party can carry out its v. ill. And for at least four years the only thing that could possible interfere would be a practically unforseeable reverse in the congressional elections in 1922. A reverse which would T' &- tn hp cr lnrcp n in ho nmst

Ath improbable.

; The Republican party takes possession of lis power with enormous

Kecurity. It is oDe of those occarions when a party, if it has great and courageous leadership, can afford to ignore a temporary unpopularity and do what is sound and far seeing in the sure confidence that time will justify it. What, now, does the Republican party plan to do with its power? Every epoch like the present, in which one party or the other comes strongly into power after a lapse of years, is marked by legislation of such importance as to constitute a shift in the direction of our national history in 1896, it was the revision of the tariff in faor of the manufacturing and other propertied classes. In 1912 the Democrats took the direction of revising our banking and currency laws in the interests of the borrower and pdonting the federal farm loan law in the interest of the borrowing farmer. To Better Housekeeping. This present Republican eonerress is going to mark its beginning with legislp.tlon in the direction of what may be called better housekeeping by the national government. One of the first rets which congress will pass and which the party will denend upon for the approval of the miblic will be the budsret bill. This bill has been described as the most important act in the field of government business and finance since the civil war. excepting only the Federal Reserve banking act. - In brief the budget will bring to the business of the government the same compactness economy and centralized responsibility thai has been discovered to be essential in private business. The bill picks out the secretary of the Vr, treasury and lifts him out of and above ' the rest ft the cabinet and makes him responsible for all renuests for monev m?de to congress and for the spending of that money. Other incidents of the bill being a corresponding compactness and centralized responsibility to the apnropriation of money by congress. The budget bill was first passed over a

year ago. President Wilson, while! iieartily endorsing the spirit of it and ! the great bulk of its details, vetoed it, i because of what he conceived to be I

a constitutional objection to one ot the details of the bill. Repass Bill

After this veto the lower house of congress made the requested change and repassed the bill. In the senate, however, the second passing of the bill was prevented by a filibuster on ihe part of one man. Senator Reed, of Missouri: now however, the bill will be passed by a Republican house and senate and signed by a Republican president and will be given to the country as the first performance of an administration dedicated to "More business in government and less government in business." The second measure to pass in this field will be known as the government reorganization bill. This is meant to be a supplnaent to the budget bill and has the same object of compactness economy centralized responsibility in the government business. The bill will cure that utterly slipshod archiac incongruous distribution of bureaus and heads of the departments, which Q results, for example, in the publica-'-tion of "Sixteen different cook books by 16 different bureaus" or as Mr. Hoover put it. In the Commercial Department having charge of polar bears, while the Interior Department has control of grizzly bears and the Agricultural Department of brown bears. Two Big Measures These are the two big fundamental measures that the Republican leaders have in mind. Aside from these measures congress will turn promptly to the subject of tariff and taxation. The pragramme to far as it has crystallized at thi3 writing is to pass immediately three measures which belong in a group, which are emergency in their conception and temporary in their intention. The first of these three measures is the emergency tariff bill to last for a period of six months until a permanent tariff can be made. The second is an anti-dumping measure designed to protect Americau producers against the importation of foreign goods un der the familiar conditions known as "dumping." The third is known as the "American valuation bill" intended to prevent the practical nullification of our tariff by the present chaotic difference in exchange between our own money and that of foreign governments. With these three emergency meas- ' V ures out of the way, congress will turn to the two subjects of revising the tariff and writing a permanent 1 tariff bilL Outlines Changed In revising of the taxes the changes now in sight are these: The income v taxes and surtaxes on very large inf Continued on Page Five)

MAY ABANDON CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS Richmond May Lose Chance for Institution Believe Report of Dawes Will Be Unfavorable to Building. BOYS PROTEST TAXES

1 VM.APH M JIETMI Rl'RFAV WASHINGTON, April 9. The board of medical experts appointed by Secretary or Treasury Mellon, to consider hospital requirements for disabled

! veterans of the late war and possible

locations ror new Hospitals, is expectea

1to submit a report to the soldier relief

commission, headed by General Dawes, fidvisirg against new construction at this time, according to reliable information. The soldier relief commission, which was appointed by Preidnt

I Harding. ha. been in session in Wash

ington this week and has formulated a

Saw Lincoln Shot

HARRY HOOVER. Thursday, April 14. commemorates the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in Ford's theatre, at Washington, at the hands of John Wilkes Both. Harry

i Hoover, of this city, believes he is the : niilw ciir-vfvrtr rif t h 1 fi TTnirm vilHlprs

comprehensive policy for the protec-, who were In the theatre that night. tion of the interests of former service , Hoover was passing down the aisle at mn- , , , . the moment Booth shot the EmanciIt is understood that the board nP- Hft was one the first to clear pointed by Secretar- Mellon advises a n9t)l thmns-h the rrAwrt that

. that the govemmenfs hospitalization President Lincoln's bed could be car-

Ktuviues ior tne time Deing connnea i to the expansion of existing institu- (Continued on Page Ten) lions for the purpose of providing) adequate a-cco mod a.t ions for disabled j CklPI A Mil DDCDADCC veterans with as little delay as possi-! LilULAllU I nLrAllLu

Die. i ne recent congress proviaea appropriations for fhe enlargement ofi

fxisting govemment hospitals and

A view of Vesuvius, threatening eruption; map showing location near the Bay of Naples of the volcano, and the giant dirigible Roma, built in Italy fcr the U. S. government, from which tho aerial view of the crater was taken.

also authorized the construction of five large ins ilu tion s in various sections of the country. Expect Abandonment. Several days ago the board appointfd by Secretary Mellon met with rep

resentatives of a large number of .cities, including Richmond, Ind.. which j desired to have these new hospitals

These located in their communities. It was

Recent dispatches state that Vesuvius is threatening again is belching forth smoke and steam

photos iust received from Italy are, therefore, dcubly interesting. The Rcma. giant aimv dirigible, just completed understood at that time that the board

in Italy for the U. S. army, will soon be shipped to the U. S. Before work of dismantling it, after trial flights, was members would visit a number of these begun the ship was flown over the mouth of Vesuvius and a closeup of the crater, emitting steam and smoke, wa3 places to inspect the sites which had taken. i fcn offered, but it is presumed the

i ooard has now abandoned its proposed i inspection tour because of its report

ed decision not to recommend new construction for the time being.

METHODISTS APPLAUD DR. LIGHT'S REPORT; HONOR LOCAL PASTOR ELWOOD, Ind., April 9. The Rev. E. L. Gates, pastor of the Third M. E. church of Richmond, won the highest grade in the Methodist graduating class examinations, conducted at the North Indiana conference session here. It was the fourth year examinations being taken by the Rev. Gates. Many pastors from all parts of the Methodist conference district took part The Rev Gates has been pastor or the Third M. E. church of Richmond for two years, and as all Richmond

pastors are to be returned to theit j

pastorates for the coming year, he will soon start his third year as a Richmond pastor. He will be ordained as an elder Sunday afternoon. Dr. Somerville Light, superintendent of the Richmond district, made bis district report Saturday morning amid great applause. He has been district superintendent of the Richmond district for 12 years and there is little

doubt what what he will again be appointed as head of the district. Bishop Frederick D. Leete presided at the North Indiana conference today. Rev. R. J. Wade, D. D., formerly of Elkhart, Indiana, corresponding secretary of the committee on conservation and advance, Chicago, Illinois, gave the principal address. "During the past eighteen months

comprising the first year and a half of the great Methodist Centenary Campaign, there has been paid on the Centenary subscription $24,473,515.39" declared Mr. Wade. "This means that Methodist contributions have been trebled and quadrupled since this huge undertaking was begun less than two years ago. The Chicago area has contributed over one-tenth of the entire amount, and the Rock River conference which includes the City of Chicago, has contributed nearly one million dollars. Most of this money is to be expended in Centenary projects within Chicago and vicinity. It is confidently expected that Methodist people will contribute larger amounts in coming months, enabling the church to more rapidly complete the reconstruction program. An immediate program of added publicity will be inaugurated in all the churches. Men who are conversant with the results already achieved will carry this information to practically every Methodist and community. "This is no time for a pessimistic not. There is unrealized power in the Methodist dhurch. Our church was never more alive and prepared for Christian undertakings than at this hour. A quarter of a million new members this year can be duplicated in 1921.

GRAIN SELLING PLAN IS FINALLY RATIFIED; HARMONY PREVAILS

Aged Negro Dies Today Without Telling Location of Seal of Confederacy (F.y Associate.! Press) WASHINGTON, April 9. Th whereabouts of the official seal of the confederacy, an unsolved mystery for more thr.n half a century, probably

wu. ever .ema.u untnowii. . j f th d ay session ths rfn Jones, aged negro employe in the ' senate office building, said to be the marketing plans of the committee cf only person with a knowledge of! seventeen were finally ratified, and where the seal was buried, died today! the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc.. was finwithout disclosing the secret. ' y ,auDchpd. xhe dissatiSHed eleJones was serving as a Fervant of . ... . Jefferson Davis, president ol the con- jments composed of various gram pools federacy when Davis was captured. ; and tentative marketing organizations As the story goes, Jones buried the which had fought a strenuous battle seal before the federal authorities j for compulsory pooiing. were finally

erate leaders' effects and to his death never revealed the spot.

TRAVELERS TO BOOST HIGHLEY CANDIDACY

With the baseball season right at lipnd it world seem that the American

boys would b too greatly absorbed with the national game to take interest

. m such a dry subject as the federal CHICAGO. April 9-At the conclu- JEJ IJL P!"

"terferes with Young America's beloved

basetw.H and his other sports. Hugh Fullerton, one of the best known sports writers in the country, recently visited Washington to plead with members of congress for the repeal of that provision in the revenue law which assesses a tax of 10 per cent on sporting goods. Fullerton carried with him power of attorney to represent Young America, signed by more than 300,000 boy sports enthusiasts. Youngsters in every section of the country are now deluging members

FOR GENERAL STRIKE; WORKERS ARE DIVIDED

won over and all differences harmonized on th? final vote. The desire to start the f!o-.v of grain through new

CBv Associated Press) LONDON, April 9. Recruiting of volunteer workers and 'safety units," was energetically begun by the government today, and other plans were perfected to meet the threat of a widespread industrial tie-up next Tuesday, growing out of the miner's strike and involving directly approximately 2,000,000 workers . Meanwhile, however, re ports from various parts of England, Scotland and Wales indicate that the. triple alliance executive board may have more to do than the mere issuance of its strike decree in order to bring about a general cessation of work by the railwaymen and the transport workers, who. with the miners make np the membership of this big labor organization. From the Glasgow, Liverpool. Cardiff, Edinburgh and several other important locals of the National Union of Railwaymen comes word that the rank and file are challenging the right of the railwaymen's national executive

! body to call a strike without ballot

ing by the men. Some Are Reluctant Some of these local bodies of railway workers declare the miners resistance to the cuts in their wages, which brought about the strike in the coal industry, is justifiable, but they do not consider that they have any

thing to thank the miners for, and

nmrtotinff fharmelfc: maHp far harmnnv

land the organization was thus com- " -b 'lu"ull! wmi therefore should not be stampeded

pleted. ! V"- l" "u srwi into a sympathetic walkout

The new corporation will be con-' ul "luVr .pia' The general purposes of these mes-

; trolled by a board of 21 members. J. . " , "

. K. Mason, of Indiana, is th3 eleventh1 "''l l" 'v a , Han to boost the candidar-v of 'district director, and J. Nicol of Mich-! wKhlch tne' d,d and hicj tL: Ju,-.. ",f5Jn? 1: ,?n-. will present that state and the ! tey were denied the pleasure of par-

j 'jii ii iuj;uit-v iui pi cniuriu ui .uv j u-; -c - - -r-- I tifina.tin In Hinna riUicinn nf tho Travolprs' Pro-1 twelfth district. The number Cf (II- l

i &r-tivo "sctApiatinn w ill hp niarip nt .rectors for any certain district is gov-'

campaign smokt r in Hie social rooms erned by the amount of grain grown i.L of Post C, North Ninth street, Satur-! therein, one director being assigned , l"' Bw, dav ni-ht 'for each 60.000,000 bushels marketed. nf,av straltL

day night

Every member of the post has received an invitation to be present

The campaign committee has informed j

the other Indiana posts tiiat the Richmond organization has a candidate. Their support has been solicited. Richmond will send a large delegation to West Baden with instructions to land the election. Literature tell ing about Mr. Hishley's work for the

T. P. A. will be distributed to delegates, i Officers of Po?t C urge every member to ba present tonight. j

sages from important centers was that

the railwaymen and transport workers do not present a solid front on the strike issue. This, it was commented by observers, may account for the silence which the labor leaders maintained after the conference they had this morning with the prime min

ister. After a two hours' conference

Many of these letters emphasize the

fact that the present price of sporting

ithout any war tax, puts a

upon the average juve-

as near as may be. C. H. Gustafson j .r'uV"e ' y " the onlv statement for the press was is temporary chairman of the new ba-s do without the necessary equip- that a deputaUoa might return to

executive Doarn. ana a general mana- ;v ... ger will soon be aopointed. It is ex- ung America the greatest athlete ntoH that via win ho the m--t fnm. '. the world has ever known.

petent man available and will be paid

a large salary, as- tne tanners (Continued on Page Five)

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PENNSY PROPOSES CUT FOR CLERICAL FORCES

(By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH. April 9. Reduction in wages averaging 15 to 20 per cent was proposed to representatives of the clerical and station forces of the Pennsylvania by the road's managers' committee in conference here today. Approximately 46,000 employes in these departments .of the system would be affected by the plan. The proposal contemplates the reduction of 25 a month, $1 a day, or 12 s cents an hour, depending on the basis of the pay for store keepers and their assistants and foremen and their sub-foremen.

M'NAMARA IS STILL UNDER INDICTMENT

CBv Associated Press) ' INDIANAPOLIS, April 9 John J. I McNamara, who is to be released May ! 10 from the penitentiary at St. Quen- j tin, Cal., where he is serving a sen-j tence for murder in connection with . the dynamiting of the Los Angeles j Times building, October, 1910, is still ; under indictment in federal court here,

Frederick Van Nuys, United States district attorney announced today. Mr.

Van Nuys said he was not prepared to j

say what action the government would take in McNamara's case. McNamara was indicted nearly a year after his trial at Los Angeles on the murder charge. He was indicted with other members of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron workers on a charge of conspiracy in transporting dynamite. After a trial of nearly three months officers of the organization were sentenced to terms in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas.

WINTER WEATHER AGAIN

Get out that set of winter furs! ! Predictions of Weatherman W. E. j Moore forecast a return to wintry; temperatures for a time. j With the temperature verging on

the freezing stage for Saturday night, and probably below, ice will again be seen in this community, according to the weather forecaster. This change is not expected to last long, however, and a return to the balmy days just experienced again will be enjoyed. But meantime, remember that heavy clothes are not out of style.

Why Richmond is the Best Place in Which to Live Enrh Any a PnllniHom reporter nlll InlrrvlfTT peraon at rantlnn lo find out why they like to live here. "The work of the juvenile court in Richmond is something that very few people know anything about or appreciate. The number of children brought before this branch of the law every year is appalling. The successful administration of justice to these children is a matter demanding keen consideration, and Richmond is indeed fortunate In having a head for this work who understands chil- . dren and human nature to such an extent that the child and society can loth be benefitted." This statement was made by a social worker who is recognized as an authority on child welfare. "The court, in dealing with the multitude of children who come before it each year, views each as a prospective citizen, an individual potentiality for good or evil. The thought of individual salvation is ever uppermost in dealing with each child. "If. in the best interests of all, it i3 possible to rescue the child without commitment to an institution, this is done and he is saved to his home and the state at the same time. Ample time is taken for investigation of home and other conditions. Frequently It is the delinquency of the parent rather than the child which is responsible. "The methods used by the local juevenile courts are designed to benefit both the child and the parents. The successful plan used here has been followed all over the country."

Boys Hit Hard The letter campaign the American boys are now conducting, backed by the testimony of sporting goods dealers, has developed that 70 per cent of the sporting goods business in the United States is with boys under IS

years of age. These boys all admit

Downing street later in the day.

GEORGIA FARMER GUILTY OF MURDER

COVINGTON, Ga., April 9 John F. Williams, plantation owner, was found

they have been hard hit by the war guilty by a jury here today af murder

tax. and they find it especially ob-! m connection with the Jasper county noxiou3 right at this time with the ' r"ona?e cases. The jury recommend, sandlot season just starting. The tJ mercy. The verdict carries with boys are not buying sporting goods ( it automatically a life imprisonment, now, and if they do not play their games a physical problem results. J0hn Smalley, Farmer, Dies; Several nationally known sporting! , in t r i writers have called the attention of j f Uneral SeTVlCeS to be DUnday congressmen to the fact that boys' j DUBLIN, Ind,. April 9. John Smallaseball outfits are taxed three time3 ey farmer, aged about 60 years, who as much as chewing gum and twice! jjVed west of here, died at 12:30 as much as jewelry. j o'clock Friday afternoon. He lived It is reported that in the event Mr. nere about nine years. Fullerton fails in his mission the boys He is survived by the widow and one will consider putting Babe Ruth on the ; son, Carroll.

job on the theory that no congress

man would deny anything the homorun king asked for.

Announcement has been made at the post office department that the post office at Milton, Ind., has been advanced from fourth to third class, the receipts for that office for the past year having exceeded $1,500.

Funeral services will be held at the M. E. church, Dublin, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev. S. C. Knowles officating.

Weather Forecast

WILLIAMSBURG K. OF P, CELEBRATES 23RD YEAR

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WILLIAMSBURG, Ind., April 9. The twenty-third anniversary of the founding of the K. of P. lodge her'? was celebrated Friday. The lodge was organized with 18 charter members

end although some have moved out of j night

the neighborhood, and others have been called by death, a very fair number of the original founders survive. Membership now ranks over 100. Attorney J. C. Ball of Richmond, Frank Brown were speakers. The newly organized K. of P. saxophone band of Williamsburg rendered a musical program. The band, which is the only one of its kind in the state, furnished one of th most unusual and interesting features of the meeting. Refreshments were served to over 200 guests.

GLOOM HANGS OVER ATHENS AFTER LOSSES

Reversion and Casualties In

flicted by Turks Cause Depression Cabinet Councils Held Hourly. ARMY ISlETREATIMG

(By Associated Press) ATHENS. April 9 Reverses differed by Greek forces in Anatolia ajid the casualties inflicted on them by the Turkish nationalists have caused a great depression here. Official statements on th situation are very meagre and are Interpreted to mean that the government may be withholding the truth from the people. Army and government officials are absolutely mute, but there is a decided note of alarm and pessimism noticeable here among all classes of Greeks. News that the army Is retiring toward the positions It originally held near Brusa caused profound disappointment and sent the drachms tumbling, quotations reaching 14 to the dollar. Soldiers Silent The first wounded soldiers arriving here would not speak, their Bps having been sealed by the government Several large buildings have been requisitioned as hospitals and a number of the largest steamers available have been commandered to bring more wounded men from Moudanla, the port of Brusa. All available motor trucks In Athens, Including cars owned by foreigners, have been seized by the military authorities and sent to were made to requisition American trucks, but when their owners said they would appeal to Washington the authorities changed their minds. Cabinet councils are held almost hourly, and King Constantine is reported to have abandoned his plan for a trip to the front. Mobilization is proceeding slowly, it being reported that only 25 out of every hundred men have answered the call to the colors. It is said that in many parts of Greece there have been flat refusals on tho part of the reservists to report for military duty. Burn Pictures. In some localities in Greece and in Crete, pictures of King Constantino are reported to have been burned. It is probably the govrnment will call five additional classes to the colors this week. Confidential advices received by allied legations here indicate the Greek officers in Anatolle, the majority of whom are royalists who were reinstated in their commands at the instance of Constantine, showed lack of leadership, resource and initiative in the fighting. It is said their deficiency was due to the long period they were inactive and their ignorance of modern methods of warfare. The supply service of the army is being severely criticised, and the intelligence work is condemned as weak and inefficient. There is also criticism regarding the lack of co-ordination among units in the field, but the Greek soldiers have been highly praised for their bravery. High commanding officers are blamed for many tactical blunders

SUSTAIN LEGALITY OF SUFFRAGE ACTION

NASHVILLE. Tenn.. April 9. The Tennessee supreme court sustained today legality of the process by which Governor Roberts certified to the federal state department ratification by the legislature of the women's suffrage amendment to the constitution. The court affirmed the action of ChleT Justice D. L. Lansden In issuing writ under which the governor acted.

Cold Wave Gripping Middle West Today CHICAGO, April 9. A cold wave, following mild spring weather, gripped sections of the middlewest today, with freezing temperature forecast for tonight. The cold weather, accompanied in places by freezing rain and snow, struck northern Illinois, central Missouri, southern Kansas and eastern Nebraski last night from the west. Temperatures as low as 25 and 30 degrees were predicted for Illinois tonight.

MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Freezing and Below Tonight. Partly cloudy weather is in prospect for tonight and Sunday but fair at intervals. Rain or snow will precede the climax of the cold spell. The

area of high barometric pressure over the northern and western states has increased in size and extent and the above forecast is made for that reason. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Generally fair to-

and Sunday except probably

snow flurries; extreme north portion colder tonight with freezing tempera

tures. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 66 Minimum 45 Today Noon 45 Weather Conditions The center of the Rocky mountain storm has moved to the St. Lawrence valley. Temperatures are now near zero in the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. Local snows are in progress over the western lake region.

War Risk Insurance Director Re-Appointed WASHINGTON, April 9. Re-appointment of Col. R, G. Cholmeley Jones as director of the war risk- Insurance bureau was announced today by Secretary Mellon.

Find Missing Balloon: No Trace of Crew PANAMA CITY, Fla., April 9. The naval balloon which has been missing with five men since it left the Pensacola naval station March 22. wa picked up In the gulf late yesterday

by a fishing boat and brought here today. No trace of the crew was found. ' ":

Find Columbus Man

Guilt of Manslaughter

COLUMBUS, ma., April 9.J; Weber i t Smith, who bas been on trial here fori ft.

first degree murder In connection witli

the shooting of Miss Irma HanchetU:l aged 29. was found guilty of voluntarVv" . manslaughter by a Jury which reporfVf ed today. The verdict carries .a sen- ' tence of 2 to 21 years in the state frlson at Michigan City. Smith claimed

I that the Ehooting was accidental,"