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VOL. XLVL, No. 141 Palladium. Eat. 1U. Consolidated with Sun-TaUffram. 1907. RICHMOND, INQ., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1921. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS SCHOOL NEXT PROBLEM ON M'CRAY LIST

BOILD HOUSE, BRING DOWN RENTS, PLEA Government Strives To Stimulate Construction of Homes Shortage Still Is Acute Is Serious Problem.

LOWER RATE

LONG DELAY IN RECEIVING GERM NOTE State Department Officials Have Not Received Counter Proposals on ReparationsMay Withhold Text.

Bomb Suspect May Get New Post

Where's Haywood?

ON FREIGHT, SAYSCAPPER Introduces Resolution Proposing Repeal of 67o Guarantee to Railroads Will Stimulate Business, Claim.

Governor May Appoint Five:

Commissioners This Week To Make Educational Survey Favors Amendments. THINKS TAXES UNFAIR HY PAM.ADII-H COIIRESPONDE.NT INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. April 25. It is expected that Governor McCray when he returns the middle of the week from Virginia, where he has pone to attend a livestock sale, will give his attention to a joint resolution adopted by the last legislature which provides for the appointment of a commission to make a survey of the educational facilities of the state.

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the governor before the end of thelDOmDln& outrage, he is being held in j

week may name, the members of the

commission. There are to be five commissioners and while it is expected that the governor will wish to r.ppoint men who are experts in edurational lines he wi'l also want som.i -lien on the commission who have inside knowledge on handling business affairs for one of the main thing3 to be considered by the commission according to the wording of the resolution is the cost of education in Indiana. The governor, it is stid. has given much thought to the personnel of this commission as jt i.s to be created by him, bu there has been no hint as to who will receive r.ppoiritments although it is believed that one and possibly more than one woman will be selected for the work. The manner in which the resolution for the comission came about indicates that finances will be one of the main subjects for consideration. In the last legislature an. unusually strong drivo for money for the educational institutions was made, Purdue university getting a very satisfactory levy for the institution proper and a separate levy for the Purdue egricultural experiment station. Indiana university and the State Normal also came in ior a generous share of the levy and the State Normal received separate appropriation for a new construction. Think Balance Wrong. In the senate it was intimated that higher education in Indiana was costing too much and special reference was made to the State university. Arguments also were mado that the ' : amount that was berng"gtventtlevbtgncr institutions was disproportionate to the amount vhat was granted the common schools. It was this situation that led to the resolution for the survey commission and it is this, together with the fact that he is stressing economy in public affairs that is causing the governor to give much attention to the selection of the members of the commission. It was said also at the statehouse today that the governor in all probability would soon appoint a director of the state highway commission and that there was little doubt that the man named wculd be Lawence Lyons of Brook. This information was surprising because it had been reported that the governor might hold up this appointment for a considerable time, the understanding being that Mr.

Lyons might, seek the Republican ...... i. .. ; ui. 1 . i . if i j:j i ludiiuuiDomp u uwi u uc u.u ne ou.u uui lu Vi. nignway posiuon. Thinks Taxes Unfair. Developments of the last week indicate that Governor McCray proposes lo make p live i?sue of the pending; constitutional amendments and that J tie also intends to defend the amend-1 ments. particularly the taxation .1 . T 1 J..m,,. . 1 . i hampioned by the real estate dealers of the slate and it is expected that the amendments will meet with the favor iu3 La. a i luii auiriiuiurius aie utius f the farmers. The governor rays that he has been informed that the j alue of real estate and the value of! 'tangible securities in Indiana are) about equal but. in spite of this he J : ays real estate is bearing So per cent of the taxation burden and the. intangibles the remaining 15 pgr cent. The governor admits franklv that most of his money is invested in real estate and says that he believes he!

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Hut tfiat lher will w strong opposi tion to the taxation amendments was indicated by the conference an the amendments which v, as held w. Indian-! opolls list week. Argument against the rroposals was led by William L. Taylor) who is ona of the mon important cor-j poration lawyers in the city and who lias taken an active part in politics l aving made the raci for the soveri;orship nomination several years ago. Mr. Taylor favors sticking to the property tax. Gives Illustration. One of those who favored the taxation amendments in the conference pave as an illustration of the need of

t n income tax instead of a straight property tax the case of a man whose income he says is $25,000 a year but who pays tax on a property valuation r f only a little more than $1,000. Real estate men of course favor ihe taxation amendments because they believe that since an income tax would lighten the burden on real estate it would lead to the buying of more homes and therefore would greatly stimulate the real estate business. Theoretically the income tax would hit hard the "man of considerable salary who spends all of his income in living end who does not save or has not saved enough money to own a home or any other kind of property of consequence. Those who have talked ith the Governor say he is very sincere in his desire to call immediately an extra pespion of the legislature in case the taxation amendments meet with favorable action at the election Sept. C. (Continued on Page Fourteen)

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Tito Ligi While New York and federal officials are tracing the movements of Scranton, Pa., on a charge of wilfully violating the selective service act dur-1 ing the war. So far witnesses brought from New York to Scranton have failed to identify him as being at the scene of the explosion. LIVING MEMORIAL IDEA IS COMMENDED BY E. 6URNEY HILL "I can think of nothing finer than an avenue of trees from here to Centerville." was the comment of E. Gurney Hill, local florist, when approached on the subject of planting trees a a living memorial in honor of Wayne county's soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the world war. It is the plan to place one tree for every rervlce man, along the national highway. "Elm, or hardwood maple would be desirable trees because of their lasting qualities." said Mr. Hill. In Washington they have an avenue of Japanese Saliburia trees. This tree is used for planting about the Japanese temples in Japan. It is claimed that it is a good tree for planting in cities, because it is unusually hardy even in communities where there is much smoke and sewer gas. "Peach and cherry-trees are to be found along many of the' highways of South France, and of Germany. I would thafcJthatwr,ttne variety of tree should be planted in this county, so that there would be uniformity. "While most of my study has been

confined to shrubbery, I have been in-! over a score of years. He was a pristerested in tree life. I have noticed; oner of war on parole during the per-

many trees alon; highways in some portions of the New England states. I believe the planting of trees an excellent idea." TYROL PEOPLE FAVOR UNION WITH GERMANY (By Associated Press) VIENNA, April 25. Residents of the province of Tyrol, who took part yesterday in i "sentimental plebiscite" relative to fusion of that province with Germany, voted overwhelmingly in , favor of ?uch a qti. it is indicated in advices received here from Innsbruck Innsbruck was very busy today. At least 95 per cent, of the peorle participated in the plebiscite. PARIS, April 25. Ninety per cent, of the votes cast in the province of Tyrol, Austria, yesterday in the plei biscite to express the sentiment of the fnKi ,,v. , I acC0rdin j parjs ted i to information reaching tcday noon. AIR FORCES NEEDED BY NAVY, SAYS DENBY (Bt Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 25. Aviation has been given insufficient attention 'by the people, the congress and the ! navy Secretary Denby declared to day before the house naval committee. ! He advocated enactment of Representu H5cks bm to create a separate . . . . nav" bureau of aeronautics, as a first step towards remedying the deficiency, "A modern fleet is blind unless it has r.ir auxiliaries," he said, "and we hope that by working out present plans we can always be assured that an Amer ican fleet will never meet a hostile force which overmatches it in the air." HIGH LIVING COSTS HIT SKIDS IN FRANCE (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 25. Steady declines in the cost of living in France are shown in figures made public here today. They were based on the avercge struck for 45 articles, and were prepared by the French general statistical bureau. Taking 100 as an index figure reprerenting the average of prices for the period from 1901 to 1910, the maximum of the price advance was reached in September, 1920, when the Index was C07.5. Since then the Index has dropped gradually, that for March being 411.9, or a fall of 32 per cent from the maximum. These figures, however, apply to wholesale prices, the fall in retail prices being on?y about 15 per cent.

TARIFF ACTION URGED

. PALLADIUM SEWS BUREAU WASHINGTON. April 25. "Food prices have been reduced, when are rents coming down?" is a question being generally asked. Government experts answer this query with the statement that at the close of last year that national dwelling house shortage was placed at the appalling figure of 1,250,000. They add that the figures showing the amount of new residential construction in the United States for the first quarter of this year does not indicate that building activities for 1921 will greatly exceed last years figures. which were considerably below normal The period of high rents will continuo throughout the country, government authorities anticipate, so long as the housing problem remains in its present acute stage. In normal times between 850,000 and 400,000 dwellings are built in the United States- each year. In 1919 only 85,000 family residences were erected in this country and In 1920 but 63,000 were reported. One-Fourth Renters. One-fourth of the population of the United States are either living in rented quarters or own property which is below the standard of satisfactory housing. Today, the country is confronted with the most acute dwelling shortage in its history. The government realizes that homeless people are not potentially the best American citizens, and it is striving in every possible way to stimulate home building on the theory that every additional home owner makes an additional credit possibility to the j nation's wealth, and an additional urge ' for all other forms of permanent cont cf rnMrti " The f tate department has announced that application for passports for Eli Hirschfield, a native-born American citizen, and bis family has been received and that the American commissioner in . Berlin has been directed to permit Hirschfield and members of his. family to return to the United States. Hirschfield is a brother of Charles - Hirschfle1dr""4of Richmond. Ind., and he probably will go to that city on his arrival in this country. He has resided In Germany tta TTnltorl States TV-ns. t war with . . j nnr daily to Bremen. the police authorities at Republican senators from western states are impatient over the prospect of a delay in considering the emergency tariff bill in the upper house, and they have joined In a demand upon the senate finance committee for prompt action on the measure Asking that this measure be given precedence over all other legislation in the senate this week, the western senators call attention to the fact that President Harding in his address to congress asked for the Immediate enactment of the bill. However, the prospects are that there will be further hearings on the emergency tariff by the finance committee throughout the week, making it doubtful that the bill will be reported to the senate next week. Expedite Action. The western senators have been assured by members of the finance committee that everything possible is being done to expedite action on the bill, but that the disputed equalization of exchange and anti-dumping provi sions of the measure present difficulties which must first be straightened out. Hearings on these contested provisions have already occupied several days and experts are engaged in redrafting them In an effort to meet the objections raised. Even though the bill is passed promptly by the senate following the prospective delay in the reporting of it the measure is likely to be delayed in conference between the two houses owing to the changes the senate is certain to make in it. WEEKS URGES CHECK ON PATENT GRANTS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 25. Activity of German citizens in obtaining patents from the American government embodying many of the principles of American railroads, artillery and other ordnance, led Secretary Weeks to ask congress today for legislaion limiting the granting of patents to foreigners. The war secretary said 201 ordnance . patents had been obtained here by German citizens since July 1, and all transferred to Frederick Krupp, the great ordnance manufacturer at Essen. Two Armed Bandits Grab Hand Bag, $1,500 CLEVELAND. O.. April 25. Two armed bandits snatched a hand-bag containing $1,500 from Miss Margaret Tallett, restaurant cashier, as she was entering a bank in a crowded section of Euclid avenue this morning to deposit the money and escaped. One of the robbers knocked Miss Tallett down and . then grabbed the bag.

Most recent picture of "Big Bill" Haywood. Department of justice officials, : while continuing the search for "Big Bill' Haywood, convicted leader of the I. W. W., believe that he has fled to Russia to escape serving a twenty-year sentence for violation of the espionage laws. Reports coming to government agents from Russia report him as being In Moscow or Riga. It is said he sailed on the Oscar II. He was out on $15,000 bond. His friends deny he fled and say he went to Russia "on a mission" before he was ordered to Leavenworth prison. WAUKEGAN MAN WOULD CONSOLIDATE ROADS INTO FIVE SYSTEMS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 25. A plan to consolidate all of the railroads of the country into five great transcontinental systems was filed with the interstate commerce commission today by Fred Brown Whitney, of Waukegan, 111., as a citizen of the United States and a stockholder in various railroads. - Mr. Whitney expressed strong opposition to regional consolidations, declaring such a plan seemed (national for the few roads most fortunately situated but that it did not "seem to be the preferable method for marshal.uuun. o icsumuca behind hardly our foreign trade and it squares with the wholesome, national spirit with which the people and congress attempted to provide adequate relief for all the roads within the United States. It is suggested that the preferable scientific method, insofar as foreign trade is involved," he added, "is to provide great transcontinental main lines of traffic and insofar as it is possible to incorporate therein a3 laterals the roads running from the Grgat ,ake PROPOSE SURVEY OF FARM CONDITIONS CBy Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 25. Creation of a joint commission of agriculture to investigate conditions affecting the farming industry and to suggest remedial legislation is proposed in a resolution introduced today by Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, and i Representative Strong, Republican, Kansas. The measure was presented at the request of associated farm or ganizations which met here last week. The resolution said that unless the condition of agriculture is remedied, "the United States within a few years will be forced to impart much of the food necessary for its own inhabitants." Knox Peace Resolution is Reported Favorably WASHINGTON. April 25. The Knox peace resolution was reported favorably today by the senate foreign relations committee. . A few of the Democratic committee members voted in opposition and indicated that they would carry their fight to the senate floor. j Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST. Rain. Rain in the form of general showers and thunderstorms is due some time Monday. The unsettled weather with occasional rains, heavy at intervals, will continue Monday night and Tuesday. Cooler weather will follow this storm and is expected to arrive Tuesday afternoon or night. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Showers end thunderstorms late tonight or Tuesday; cooler Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum SO Minimum 52 Today Noon 68 Weather Conditions A storm of creat. intensity covering most of the Mississippi valley states today is moving steadily eastward. This storm is the one whieh was anounced In Saturday's bulletin as being central over the west. Rain has already reached portions of Indiana at 7 o'clock this morning. Local snows In Wyoming and freezing and below in South Dakota.

FARM BODIES ENDORSE;

eBy Associated Pret) WASHINGTON. April 25 Repeal of the six per cent rate guarantee section of the transportation act is proposed in a resolution introduced by Senator Capper, Republican, Kansas, and referred to the interstate commerce committee. The. proposed repeal is designed to deduct freight rates. Senator Capper said, and is indorsed by practically all farm organizations. "The most pressing question in the United States at this moment," said the senator, "and the greatest obstacle in the way of a retjurn to normal conditions and the restoration of business is the high transportation." "We have placed an embargo on ourselves and must find a speedy means of removing it if we are going to get business out of its dead center and save the railroads from receivership and bankruptcy." Congress Is Buey Congress re-assemhied today after a brief respite and immediately plunged into a mass of work. In the senate the foreign relations committee prepared to report the Knox peace resolution while Senator LaFollette, Republican, Wisconsin, was delivering a prepared address in support of his resolution proposing recognition of the "Irish republic". At the same time, senate committees considered the emergency tariff, foreign loans and the Sheppard-Towner "better baby" bill. The house had before it the CapperTincher bill to restrict gambling in food stuffs. Chairman Porter, of the foreign affairs committee, prepared also to Introduce a peace resolution similar to the Knox measure. ARRANGE MEETING FOR WOMEN VOTERS Two members of the national organization of the League of Woman Voters, Miss Hawkins and Miss Peshakova, will speak before the women of Richmond at a gathering in the Hotel Westcott at 4 o'clock Wednesday. Their talks will include news from the Cleveland convention and of the accomplishments of the national organization and its plans for the future. Word was received Monday by Mrs. W. W. Gaar. from Mrs. Elizabeth Claypool Earl, of Muncie, sixth district chairman of the Indiana League of Women Voters, that the two young women would be in this city Wednesday, and Mrs. Gaar is arranging the meeting so that all women interested may hear them. The talks will be given at 4 o'clock so that school teachers may attend. The League of Women Voters is an all-partisan organization having a four, fold purpose, namely: . To educate women to their civic responsibilities. 2. To urge them to enroll in th political parties of their choice. 3. To get them to register and to vote in all elections. 4. To distribute information to them on civic questions, on records of candidates for office, and to supply other literature pertinent to topics considered at election time. WORKS BOARD ORDERS OFFICIALS TO ATTEND BOND ISSUE HEARING Mayor Zimmerman and City Attorney Reller were instructed by the board of works Monday to attend the Indiana Public Service commission hearing on the petition of the City Water Works company to issue $50,1 000 worth of bonds Thursday, April 28.' The hearing will be in the state l house. Bids for coal for the City Light plant and for other city buildings are to be advertised for, according to a decision of the board. Coal for the light plant is to be advertised for separately. An opportunity to buy a carload of coal for Glen Miller park at a saving of about $100 over contract price was seized by the board. ; Primary assessments on property taken in by the widening of North Third 6treet were approved. Employes of the City Light plant complained of nauseating odors from the creamatory. The matter is to be investigated. GENERAL WOOD'S SHIP IS TOWED TO SHORE (By Associated Press) YOKOHAMA, April 25. A wireless message today from the steamer Wenatchee. aboard which Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is coming to Japan on the way to Manila to investigate conditions a3 the representative of President Harding, announces that the Wenatchee which recently suffered engine trouble is being towed to this port by the freighter Edmore of the Admiral Steamship line.' At 11 o'clock last night the Edmore wirelessed that she was 115 miles from Yokohama.

Ai'.-- .v. s.v&.vy Peter A. Jay Peter A. Jay has just been nominated by President Harding for the post of minister to Roumania. He is at present minister to Salvador and his promotion was urged by Senators Lodge and Colt. THREE MEN ARE HELD AFTER COMRADE DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT William Gearan, 55 years old, of Connersville, was killed when an automobile in which he wag riding turned over one mile south of Pennville about 4:30 p. m., Sunday. Three other men in the car escaped with minor injuries. The men in the car are alleged to have been drinking, Sheriff Carl Wadman finding a small quantity of liquor when he arrived on the scene. James Lorman, owner and driver of the car, Paul Cabaugh. and Frank Worlane, all of Connersville, occupants of the car. were brought to Richmond by the sheriff and held on a charge of drunkenness, pending investigation. Death Cause Unknown. Coroner S. E. Bond investigated the accident Sunday night. He was unable to state whether Gearan was killed by being crushed when the car turned over, or whether he was drowned in about a foot of water in the ditch in which the car landed. An autopsy was held Monday to determine the cause of death. James Lorman, driver of the car, told the police that he was crowded over the embankment by a large touring car which passed him going south The Lorman machine .was headed north towards Cambridge City. " He 6tated that he could not describe the touring car, nor give the numbers. He said that it made no effort tc stop. ' The men were found by Mrs. Ann Savage, of Connersville, who came by the scene soon after the accident. Mi. Cobaugh stated that he thought it must have been ten minutes before they were found. Passengers Held by Car Mrs. Savage called an ambulance from Cambridge City which removed the body of Gearan to the undertaking establishment of C. T. Wright, where an autopsy was to be held Monday afternoon. Gearan was riding !n the back seat and was pinned down by the back of the front seat. He was laying face down in the water when the car was finally lifted off him. A . large cut was found on his left temple which is thought to have stunned him to such an extent that he was unable to get his head out of the water or to have caused his death. Gearan was a painter and employed in Connersville. He is survived by his widow and a small daughter. The body was taken to Connersville after the autopsy Monday. The other men in the car are employed in various shops in Connersville and are unmarried. According to the decision of Coroner Bond following an autopsy held Monday, Gearan came to his death as the result of concussion of the brain. Dr. Blossom, f Richmond, assisted the coroner. It is probable that charges of involuntary manslaughter will be brought against Lorman, the driver of the car. according to the statement of Coroner Bond, Monday. ... Gearan was employed by the Connersville Blower works. Lorman owns a grocery store in Connersville. RED OFFICIALS BEGIN REPATRIATION WORK (By Associated Press) WARSAW, April 25--Thirty soviet officials, making up the repatriation commission which will attend to the details of the exchange of Russian prisoners and refugees now in Poland, arrived here yesterday. The commission, six of whose members are women, will be called upon to repatriate more than 100,000 persons. There was great curiosity In the arrival of the Bolsheviki, and a great crowd met them at the station and followed them through the streets. There was no trouble, however, and the Russians, after having dinner, attended a moving picture show. The Bolsheviki will have complete freedom of movement in Warsaw, and will be attended only by a representative of the Polish government when engaged in official business.

OFFER $47,600,000,000 fPv Associated vr) ' WASHINGTON. April 25. There has been an unexplained delay In the transmission from Berlin of the German counter proposals on reparation, which were banded last night to American Commissioner Dresel at the German capital. State department officers has expected to have the document before them at the beginning of business today, but when they reachad their offices they found It had not reached the department. The German memorandum was understood to be a lengthy one, and If such was the case, it probably was not put on the cables until last night, as considerable time would have been required for codincc it. Probably an equally long time will be necessary for its de-coding after its arrival here. In advance of the receipt of the document, administration officials declined to comment on its reported contents nor would thst indicate whether it woud be made public immediately after its arrival. It was generally expected, however, that th text would be withheld until Secretary Hughes could confer with President Harding and with the French and British ambassadors. BERLIN. April 25. The German government is refraining from making public today its note to the United States on reparations in order to give President Harding, it is explained, an opportunity to consider and make inquiries concerning it, if he desires, before forwarding it to the allies. Indications were today that next Saturday's meeting of the supreme council would be held in London. It developed that the Belgian and Italian delegations had been invited to come to London that day. The Reichstag will not be given the text of the communication until Tuesday. Foreign Minister Simons an

nounced today that he would merely present to the Reichstag this afternoon "the status of Germany's foreign relations," not divulging the new counter-proposals on reparations. The payment by Germany of 200.000.000,000 gold marks. $47,600,000,000 normal exchange for reparations, is roughly the proposal submitted by Germany for transmission to the allies, according to sources close to the government. The payments will be spread over a period of from 30 to 42 years, or less, according to Germany's economic recoveryGermany's counter-proposals on reparations, it was learned today, refrain from proposing the assumption by Germany of the allies debts to the United States. LONDON. April 25. Premier Lloyd George stated in the house of commons this afternoon that if the new German reparations proposals which had not yet been received, proved unsatisfactory, Great Britain would support France at next Saturday's allied conference in her proposals for the occupation of the Westphalian coal fields. Unofficial advices from Berlin declare Germany has offered a "liberal compromise" between the allied reparation demands, as formulated at Paris last January, and the German counter proposals laid before tb entente leaders in this city early in March. The German government "was to submit the text of its note to the foregin relations committee of the Reichstag today and then go before that legislative body to explain Its position and perhaps demand a vote of confidence. Discussing the situation editorially today, the Morning Post rejoiced at the failure of what It called "Germany's intrigue to get the United States committed to the German viewpoint on the Ruhr question." "President Harding is too good an American to embroil himself in the European situation," the newspaper continued. "We should be foolish to expect any help from him. but we may at least count confidently on his neutrality. LYMPNE. April 25. Final arrangements for the meeting of the supreme allied council to be held next Saturday were made by Prime Minister Lloyd George and Premier Briand before they separated here this morning following their conference relative to German reparations. Both the premiers rose early and had a long conversation relative to details of the situation they were unable to discus. yesterday. Should the report of the allied commission which exercised control over the plebiscite in Upper Silesia be received in time, the future status of that' district will be brought before the supreme council at its meeting Saturday. Premier Briand left Lympne during

the forenoon, planning to embark at Folkestone at noon for the channel crossing. Before leaving he expressed ; . satisfaction over his consultations with Mr. Lloyd George. He expects to return lo England Friday or Satur- - v day for the meeting of the allied eu- r" preme council. ' PARIS, April 25. Entire tatlsfac-- ,,- tion with the result of yesterday's', conference at Lympne, Eng., between f " Premier Briand and Prime Minister f 'V Lloyd George was expressed by news-1 papers here today; The Echo 4e ' .; , Paris declared the energy of -MJ-.4;. Briand had convinced Mr. Lloyd , George of the justice-of the French: point of yJUuk. '-'-" ' '.