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VOL. XLVI., No. 138 Palladium. Est. iML Consolidated with 8un-Telrraja. 1MT. RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1921. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS

HARDING IDEA FOR SHIPPING BODY IS NEW

Wants board r resident to Look at World as Whole and Consider Marketing of Our Surplus Goods. MENTIONTHREE MEN BV MARK SUL.IJVAJT WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. The three men whom President Harding is publicly credited with having considered for the position of chairman of the shipping board are James A. Farrell, of the United States Steel corporation; Walter C. Teagle, of the Standard Oil company; and Alexander R. Legge, of the International Harvester company. It will be observed that no one of these men is primarily a shipping man. Each is a man whose experience p.nd ability is in the lines of selling American . goods in foreign markets. Farrell grew up in the export si eel business. Teagles experience has been largely in the export of oil. and Legge's'. in the selling of American farm implements in Russia and other foreign countries. This reflects something that is not only in President Harding's mind as respects the shipping board, but is a part of the widest and most fundamental business policy of the new administration. President Harding is seeking for the shipping board not a sailor, but a merchant, a man of large administrative and merchandising ability, one who has knowledge and experience of international markets and who understands commerce in all its phases. Want General Manager. The theory Is that whoever shall be chairman of the shipping board shal': regard himself as, so to speak, general manager of the export business of the United States in all its phases. The actual management of ships is to be but a subordinate incident of his job. He is to look at the world as a whole and consider how the surplus of goods produced In the United States overthe needs of our , own people can best be marketed.'' This is a conception of the shipping board and its chairmanship which, has not, hitherto prewaiHsd- - In th?Dt the position has been looked upon as purely a shipping one. The present chairman of the board is an admiral, and all the previous chairmen except one have been admirals or men otherwise chosen for their knowledge of shipping alone. Idea to Prevail. The law does not make it easy for President Harding to carry out his idea. The conception of the law under which the shipping board now functions was that the purpose of the board should be to develop our ports. Having that conceptien in mind, the result was that in many cases the law was given a sectional turn and looks to the seven members of the board being chosen from various sections of the country, so that each one can look jealously after the interests of his local ports. It is certain, however, that President Harding's conception of the shipping board and its chairman as tne custodians not mereiy or snips or of ports, but of America's whole exportable surplus will prevail. This picture of the business policy of the administration come up again and again. It is shown in our passing the Colombian treaty in order to create good will for our oil interests in Latin-America. It is shown in Hoover's leadership of co-operation among American business men for foreign trade. It is shown in the resurrection of the war finance corporation for the purpose of facilitating exports. It is shown in the fact that the greatest vehimence of manner which President Harding showed in his re cent address to congress came wneu he expressed the determination that the United States shall have a mer cantile marine adequate to its share in the foreign trade of the world. This policy, in its working out, will have historic consequences too large to be dealt within this space. (Copyright, 1921, by the, New York Evening Post.) NORTH CAROLINA MAN GETS REVENUE JOB (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 21. David H. Blair, of Winston-Salem, N. C. was nominated today by President Harding to be commissioner of internal revenue. Claudius H. Houston, of Tennessee, was nominated to be assistant secre lary of commerce. Charles F. Marvin was re-nominated to be chief of the weather bureau. LANDIS IMPEACHMENT CHARGE IS DROPPED By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 21. Irapeacnment charges against Federal Judge Land is, growing out of his acceptance of the post of supreme arbitor of baseball will be dropped in the house unless new charges are made on the floor, Representative Dyer. Republican, chairman of the sub-committee in charge of the matter, announced today. The charges were filed by Rep. Welty. Democrat, of Ohio, at the last session and passed on to the present congress by the Judiciary committee to which they were referred. Mr. Welty is no longer a member of the house.

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William D. Rlter. William D. Riter of Salt Lake City, who has been named assistant to At torney General Daugherty, had never held a public office until named to the post in the department of justice. He is a prominent attorney in the western city. MONDAY SEES ACTION ON KNOX RESOLUTION; MINOR CHANGES MADE t ("By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 21. The Knox resolution to end the state of war was taken up by the senate foreign relations committee, but final action deferred until Monday. Senator Knox said he expected the resolution to be reported to the senate at that time, and debates begun almost immediately. Brief discussion Is in prospect, he added, with sentiments generally for adoption of the measure in a few days. Some minor changes in the resolution were decided upon today by the committee. The most important one. Senator Knox said, was to write a new clause for that now in. the resolution relating to termination of the status of the war with the imperial Austrian government. In the original resolution the situation with Germany was dealt with at length while that with Austria was discovered in a brief paragraph. Members of the committee were of the opinion today that the portion dealing with Austrian relations should be covered with as great care and detail as those relating to Germany. KELLEY, WINCHESTER, GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE WINCHESTER. Ind.. April 21. Eddie Kelley, convicted of being a habit, ual criminal and guilty of the robbery of the Ridfeeville bank December 3, was taken out of here Wednesday evening and started on his journey to the state prison where he will serve a life sentence. This fact became known Thursday morning. Wednesday, Kelley's attorneys argued on a motion for a new trial. The motion was overruled. Officials at that time refused to say when Kelley would start serving his sentence. He was taken from Winchester under the custody of Sheriff Lunda Fisher and Edward Durr, a deputy. FREIGHT RATE CUT IS URGED FOR RELIEF (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 21. The need for immediate reduction in 1 freight rates as a measure of relief for the farmers was to be submitted to President Harding today by delegates to the National Farmers Union convention here. A number of Senators and congressmen were also expected to accompany the delegates to the White House. The conference with President Harding was arranged yesterday after the farmers had conferred informally with members of the Interstate Commerce committee on the rate question, his conference was described as unsatisfactory. It is understood that they will urge the president to call a conference of representatives of labor, capital and the. basic industries in an effort to affect a reduction in rates. The convention was to be addressed today by Senator Calder, of New York, on the coal and housing situation. Three Men are Killed When Locomotive Explodes CANANDAIGUAM, N. Y., April 21 Three men were brown to pieces and a foqrth severely injured in an explosion of a Lehigh Valley locomotive, a mile west of Victor today. The dead are Edward Sweeney, 40, engineer, of Siortville; Neil Smith, 37. fireman, of Shortville; Robert Berry, 30, brakeman, of Manchester. Earthquake Shock Felt in Los Angeles (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, April 21 An earthquake shock was felt here at 7:37 this morning. The shock was slight and of brief duration. No damage was j reported.

FEAR MAY DAY RIOTS IN MEXICO AS RESULT OF DEMONSTRATIONS

(By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, April 21. Elaborate preparations for May Day demonstrations throughout Mexico are being made by radical elements here and in some quarters there is apprehension that the observance of the day may lead to disorders. Government authorities have been amply informed as both plans being formulated, however, and while inclined to look on the demonstrations as mere outlets for radical enthusiasm, they are prepared to meet any emergency. President Obregon has stated he does not consider present radical activities in thes lightof being a menace to the peace of the country. May day probably will And the industrial situation in Mexico quite disturbed. At present there exists almost a dozen labor controversies which have developed in actual strikes or which threaten walkouts. The strike of railway apparently settled some time ago is declared to hold possibilities of a sudden eruption and employes of traction lines in this city are said to be far from an agreement with their employers relative to working conditions. Issue Ultimatum. Bakers issued an ultimatum to their employers yesterday, threatening strike, and weavers emplowed in mills located in the federal district are holding daily meetings at which a walkout is discussed. Linn A. Egale, an American radical who was expelled from Mexico on April 1, as a pernicious foreigner, has returned to this city according to an apparently well authenticated report. He was sent to Gautemale and advices received since his arrival in that country have declared he was passed along to countries further south by the Gautemalan government. There are rumors that large quantities of Russian Bolsheviki money have been finding its way into Mexico and was being used for propaganda purposes. RESERVE BOARD HEAD WOULD CHANGE FUNDS TO LAND BANK USE (By Associated Press CHICAGO, April 21. Legislation directing the secretary of the treasury to turn over $100,000,000 of the profits of the Federal reserve bank to federal land bank 8 to be loaned by the latter Institutions on stock cattle for the purpose of assisting.. cattle producers, has. been recommended as a part of the congressional program by W. P. G. Harding, governor of the Federal reserve board, according to a statement today by Everett C. Brown, president of the National livestock exchange. Enactment of such legislation in the opinion of Mr. Brown, would enable a multitude of livestock men, "who might otherwise have been forced out of the business," to continue production. "Consumers should receive a benefit from the increase in production thus made possible" the statement' declared, adding: "This plan for adequately financing livestock production follows a suggestion of M. L. McClure, former president of the national livestock exchange, to the international farm congress." Five Youthful Bandits Get $25,000 Haul By Associated Pi-ess) CHICAGO. April 21 Five youthful bandits in an automobile held up John Amberg, vice president of a real estate firm, and escaped with $25,000 he was taking to a downtown bank. WILSON LEAVES CITY; INVESTIGATE AFFAIRS James B. Wilson, of the firm of Manlove and Wilson, automobile dealers, left Richmond Monday night iu company with his wife stating that he was going to Indianapolis. Since that time all efforts to locate him have failed. Irregularities in business dealings are thought to exist. An investigation is being conducted. Officials of a locai bank state that an exact duplicate of a note, held by Wilson, for a considerable amount of money has been discounted, money being collected on both notes at local banks. Police have been trying to locate Mr. Wilson since last Wednesday morning when his absence began to cause concern. Wilson and Manlove came to Richmond from Cambridge City, where they were engaged in the automobile business for the past several years. Both are highly respected in Cambridge City. The firm moved into a new building on South Seventh street last December. CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.. April 21. James B. Wilson and family left here Monday morning, and the last trace of them was when they were seen at the Pennsylvania railroad station in Richmond about noon Monday. It is thought they left on some train from there. Wilson left word for Mr. Manlove at the automobile agency iu Richmond stating that he had goue to Indianapolis to attend to some special business and would be back in the evening. He did not show up in the evening, neither did he attend to the business referred to, according to Mr. Manlove. The first indications of his having absconded was on Tuesday afternoon when George Scott, of Straughn, came here with teams to take away the household goods from the flat where Wilson lived. An order by letter with key to the rooms was sent Mr. Scott. The letter was mailed at Richmond. Mr. Manlove says that he contemplates continuing business, but is not in a position to give any information at this tlne.

PERSHING TO DIRECT ARMY IN ALL WARS Staff Headed by A. E. F. Commander Will Have Charge of Field Operations Separate from Chief of Staff.

PROVIDES QUICK ACTION 'By Associated Hressi WASHINGTON. April 21. Organi zation of a war staff headed by General Pershing to take charge of field operations or tne army or the unlteu States in time of war was announced i today by Secretary Weeks. Instant praparation in time of peace for active military operation was given by the secretary as the reason for the new organization. The organization, headed by General Pershing will be entirely separate irom the office of the chieff of staff, Mr. Weeks said, which will continue to direct the administration of the military establishment in time of peace. General Pershing will have a skeletonized staff which will correspond to that at Chaumont during the world War and Which Will rnnocrn it coif on. tirely with problems of strategy, tactics, and war organization. DISABLED VETS' CASE TRANSFERRED TODAY TO WAR RISK BUREAU fBy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 21 Trans fer from the public health service and the consolidation with the bureau of war risk insurance of all work, offices and personnel of the public health service connected with the medical treatment of disabled war veterans was ordered today by Secretary MellonAn exception is made, however, in the operation of hospitals and dispensaries, which will remain under the public health service. The consolidation ordered was recommended by the president's special committee of which Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, was chairman and Mr. Mellon said it was a step toward the consilodation of .the government agencies which deal with former ser. vice men and women. The treasury secretary announced that air field officers of the public health service over the country engaged in examining and finding suitable beds for the service men would be talfn over by the war risk bureau as would all contracts with private institutions for the treatment of such men. "The bureau," he said. Vill establish an adequate force of medical inspectors to insure proper and effective treatment of patients in whatever institutions they may be placed. "The fourteen district supervisors who have heretofore been a part of the public health service are in conference at the bureau of war risk insurance with the directors and other officers so that the re-organization may be put into active effect throughout the country without delay or complication." DAVID HOOVER FOUND DEAD UNDER BUGGY HAGERSTOWN, Ind., April 21. David Hoover, 53, unmarried, a prominent farmer living west of here was found dead under a buggy in the barnyard at his home Thursday morning. Coroner J-ond said he believed death had been caused by a fainting attack followed by choking. It is believed that Hoover fainted while in the buggy and fell to one side, his neck comingbetween the bows of the buggy top. Mr. Hoover had been in Hagerstown Wednesday evening attending church service. It is believed that he died in the buggy on the way home. He was a member of the Wayne county council and well known in Richmond and vicinity. Survivors are: Three brothers, Horace Hoover, of Hagerstown, a banker; Elias and Frank Hoover, of west of Hagerstown, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie Smith, of Hagerstown. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning in the church of the Brethren west of town. E. 0. Paul, Cambridge City, Resigns on Easthaven Board E. O. Paul, of Cambridge City, submitted today to Governor McCray his resignation as a trustee of the Eastern Hospital of Insane, giving ill health as the cause of his action. No successor has been appointed. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST, j Rain; Colder by Friday. Mostly cloudy weather Is in prospect for tonight and Friday with intervals of showers and probably thunderstorms It will be colder after the storm center crosses the Great Lakes tonight. v For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Showers tonight and Friday; cooler Friday and in northwest portion tonight. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum 69 Minimum 40 Today. Noon i. 65 Weather Conditions. The western storm has developed into one of marked energy and is moving across the 6tates adjacent to the Great Lakes. It is attended by strong winds, rains, and is being followed by cool weather."

FRANCE STILL LACKS GERMANY'S PROPOSAL; EXPECT HER FAILURE

fBy Associated Press) PARIS, April 21 Germany's proposal relative to reparations had not been received by the French government late last night, but officials declared they expected they would be the same as those published in German newspapers. For this reason, they said, they believed the Berlin government's terms would be "insufficient and unacceptable." Louis Loucheur, minister of liberated regions, has completed a plan for the economic penalties to be placed upon Germany in default of her payment of reparations. The Echo de Paris declares that his plans include a tax of 10 gold marks on each ton of coal and a similar tax on lignite and perhaps manufactured gocds. A tax of 40 per cent, payable in foreign money, would be levied on all exports. Germany would be allowed to manufacture certain prod ucts and deliver certain materials to the allies, the value of the products being credited to the reparations account. STATE DEPARTMENT DENIES ASKING FOR IMMIGRATION CHECK WASHINGTON, April 21. A formal statement issued late Wednesday by the state department, said that Secretary Hughes "did not make and did not intend to make any recommenda tions whatever regarding immigration" in transmitting to congress reports from American government agents abroad dealing with the movement of emigrants to the United States. It was stated In an Associated Press dispatch last night that Mr. Hughes had made such a recommendation and he also was quoted as saying that "our restriction on immigration should be so rigid that it would be impossible for most of these people to enter the United States," reference being made "especially to Armenians, Jews, Persians and Russians." From U. S. Consul. As a matter of fact that quotation appeared in a paraphrase of a report from the American consul at Tin. Is, relating to people in that district which was among the number of similar reports transmitted to the house and senate immigration committee by Mr. Hughes after Chairman Johnson of the bouse committee bad asked for information on the subject Publication of extracts from the government reports was the subject of discussion today in the house. Representative Chandler, Republican of New York, who formerly was counsel in the United States for Letvia and Lithuania, took exception to an official government report which said that Letts and Lithunians seeking to leave for the United States were largely people from the slums, the vast majority of the "Jews of the undesirable type." He declared that whoever made the report "communicated to this government that which is absolutely false." SAWYER ADVOCATES WELFARE DEPARTMENT fBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 21. Brigadier General Sawyer, President Harding's physician, was prepared to lay before the senate education and labor committee today, on opening hearings on the proposal to establish a new federal department of public welfare, the results of his survey of government health and public welfare agencies, conducted at the president's request, with a view to their co-ordination under a single department. The committee has under consideration a bill by Senator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa, embodying the proposal for a centralized department. Data and suggestions prepared for the committee by Dr. Sawyer are the result of an intensive study of the duties of all public welfare agencies at work in Washington, including those draling with soldier relief, which total nearly 150. Since being delegated by the president to undertake the survey. Dr. Sawyer has conferred with ranking officials of the federal health agencies and prominent medical experts from all sections of the country on plans for securing greater administration efficiency in the government's public welfare work. HEBREWS TO OBSERVE FEAST OF PASSOVER Hebrews of Richmond and vicinity will observe the Feast of the Passover Friday night. A special program is being prepared by the local people for the celebration here. Special services will be held in the K. of P. temple. Dr. Englander, of the Hebrew Union college of Cincinnati, will officiate at the celebration. A dinner will be served after the services and about 55 people are expected to attend. Jews from Connersville and Milton also will participate in the celebration here. Gay Moore Davenport Answers Death's Call Guy Moore Davenport, 39 years old, died at his home south of the city on the Boston pike at 11:35 o'clock Wednesday night. . He is survived by the widow, Gertrude and one daughter, Dorothy; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Davenport, one brother, Frank, two sisters. Miss Nellie Davenport and Mrs. Ruth Hilbert. Funeral services will be held from the home at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. Dressell will officiate and burial will be in the Luther an cemetery. Friends may call any time.

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T9" , , , - Earl Crawford Earl Crawford is being advocated by farmers and other citizens of Wayne county and adjacent counties, t for the position of secretary of the Indiana Federation of Farmers association to succeed Maurice Douglas, who was recently appointed to the state public service commission by Governor McCray. The Fayette county farm bureau would be glad to see Crawford in that position, according to Clyde Piper, highway commissioner of the county and member of the farm bureau. The Wayne county bureau also is mentioning Crawford favorably. Crawford lives south of Milton and is a member of the Wayne farm bureau. Farmers of Henry county also expressed themselves as being in favor of the local man as state secretary. HAYWOOD IN RUSSIA IS REPORT; SCHEDULED TO BEGIN SENTENCE (By Associated Pres) CHICAGO, April 21 Federal officials today received confidential information that William D. Haywood, secretary of the Industrial Workers of j the World, and scheduled to begin a sentence at the Leavenworth, Kans., penitentiary this week, had fled from the United States and now is in either Moscow or Riga. Charles F. Cline. U. S. district attorney, announced that a search bad been started for Haywood. "He is not at Leavenworth. Chicago Or New York, and we have been privately informed that he has landed at either Moscow or Riga." says Mr. Cline. "That is all we know about it but we expect to have definite information very quickly." Otto Christienson. attorney for Haywood, said that he had been informed that Haywood palled from New York on the Oscar II about April 1 and landed at Riga about April 16. He said he thought Haywood had gone to Russia on a personal mission and i that he was not fleeing from the peni tentiary sentence. No Increased Deductions in Pay at Soldiers' Home (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. April 21 No changes whatever in the amount or portions of pensions which may be deducted by officers in charge of the state soldiers' home at Lafayette as a condition for admission were made by a new law enacted by the recent legislature. Attorney General Lesh said today in a letter to Governor McCray, whose inquiry asserted that there "seems to be a great deal of unrest" at the home. Many letters have come to the governor and the attorney general from veterans at the home indicating that larger deductions from their pension paid by the federal government is proposed and as a result many are threatening to leave the institution. IRISH SOLON LIST OF CANDIDATES READY fBv Associated Press) DUBLIN. April 21 Official lists of candidates for the North of Ireland parliament which has been created by the Irish Act put into operation April 19, have been completed. There are 42 unionists, 14 nationalists and 19 Sinn Fein candidates selected and from them will be elected the occupants of the 52 seats in the parliament. Joseph Devlin has been chosen for the West Belfast, county Antrim, county Armegh constituency, but in the event of his election is pledged to ignore the summons to attend meet ings of the body. It may sound contradictory but Donegal, the most northern county of Ireland has been the first to select a candidate for the South of Ireland parliament. , He is Major B. L. Moore, master of the Londonderry Orangemen and he was selected yesterday as the official unionist nominee. NOTED PRESBYTERIAN DIES (By Associated Press NEW YORK, April 21. The Rev. Dr. A. Woodruff Halsey, 69, secretary of the board of foreign relations of the Presbyterian church since 1899, died at his Home here last night. A native of Elizabeth, N. J., he was graduated at Princeton in 1879 and three years later completed a course in Princeton theological seminary. He was pastor for 17 years of the Spring street church in this city. He was president of the alumni association of the seminary. . "

FLAYS CHOICE OF HARVEY AS AMBASSADOR Senator Harrison, Democrat, Waxes Bitter in Denuncia tion of Appointment of Envoy to Great Britain. PLEASEDW TREATY

fBy ' Associated Press) . " -' WASHINGTON. April 21. Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Miscissippi, charged today in the senate that the appointment of George Harvey by President Harding as ambassador to Great Britain was a "reward for hia efforts" to discredit the Wilton administration. The Mississippi senator Eald Mr. Harvey's "pursuit of Wilson through ni(l journais and otherwise ara only comparable to Milton's hell hounds that were stationed at the gates of the infernal regions." Zls aaaed tnat the ambassador had "no equal as a creator of prejudice and a stirrer of strife, and that he was "a vindictive, selfannointed, intolerant, political accident." Senator Harrison said he feared Colonel Harvey's arriTal in London would cause Great Britain and other nations to believe that "he will use whatever influence he may possess and the power of his position in an attempt to destroy the league of nations." Pleased With Treaty Expressions of gratification - were general today in administration circles over what was regarded as a significant test of senate support for administration foreign policies In that body's ratification of the long pending Colombian treaty. At the close of a final session of heated debate, the treaty, which grew out of the partitioning of Panama and provides for payment by the United States of $25,000,000 to the south American republic, was ratified with a margin of 11 votes over the necessary two-thirds majority, 15 Republicans and four Democrats opposing ratification. The vote was 69 to 19. In rejecting all amendments to th pact, the senate turned down proposals of Senators Poindexter, Republican. Washington, and Wadsworth. Republican. New York, to restrict the rights of Colombia under the treaty as to use of the Panama canal, and another amendment offered by Senator Borah, Republican. Idaho, to insert a clause declaring the treaty was not to be construed as implying tho United States had aided in the Panama revolt. Other amendments defeated included that of Senator Ransdell. Democrat. Louisiana, proposing an alliance with Colombia and the cession by that country to the United States of several islands. Senate in Lull. With the senate in a lull today after clearing its program of the first major business of the extra session, the house was prepared to resume debato on the immigration restriction bill, with probability of reaching a final vote before adjournment. Although a safe majority was predicted for the measure, proponents believed it would not be as large as that given In the last congress. Probably the next business to come before the senate, the Knox peace resolution, was to be taken up today by the foreign relations - committee. Whether the committee planned to report the resolution out today, however, remained in doubt. SOLONS DRAG OUT NEW SPRING BONNETS

raUDU'M SEWS BtREit WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. Some admirers gave "Jim" Good chairman of the house committee on appropriations, a sombrero this week, the size of which would make any Mexican turn green with envy. It appears that when Rep. Good was on an inspection tour of the national parks and reclamation projects last summer his hat blew off and waa lost down a precipice. Some one loaned him a sombrero and be got to like it so well that the gift this week was the result. When Uncle Joe Cannon 6w Good wearing his new spring bonnet he went to his closet in his office and dug out a big beaver "stoveripe" that was presented to him 40 years ago when he first became chairman of the appropriations committee; Then the two went out together and had their pictures taken. It was remarked that since Uncle Joe has been chairman -of the appropriations committee, nearly a half century ago, that important committee had authorized. the expenditure of $60.000.000,000. , But Rep. Good was not the only member of congress to blossom out this week with a unique skull cover. He had to share honors with Senator John Sharp Williams, of MississippL He surprised his associates by com-, ing to the senate wearing a nifty straw hat on a day when, overcoats were being generally worn. : John M. Lontz, of Richmond Ind.; J. S. Bonbright, of Philadelphia, and .. J. C. McCarty. o fNew York, compos ing a. committee representing the American lawnmower manufacturing industry, appeared ' before the ways ' and means committee of the house pf , representatives today and "urged that 7 a tariff on lawnmowers be provided in, . " the permanent tariff measure , which is now being drafted. "..-.. f-t There never ha been a-duty tm lawnmowers.- They have always . bea A" listed as an agricultural implement ; Lawnmower manufacturers now" cob- '- tend that a tariff., on their product-. Is necessary, if. they, are . ta ajpiti

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