Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 143, 27 April 1921 — Page 8

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"-"- A boy "on South Tenth "street came 'within-&, hair's breadth' of losing bis " life by being run" over by an automobile this -week. Another boy on the same street was arrested shortly afterward for breaking a !'wndow.: The "fault; in "both cases was a desire on the boys' part; to play ball. Not only this, but both boys live near

- Ihe park, where they might have played in safety had they not been forced to play in the street, or not at all, by a city ordinance which prohibits ball playing in the park. These incidents were told at the forum , meeting of the Chamber of - Commerce by men who live in the .neighborhood, one of them the father 'ct one Of the -boys. A strong plea "t.was made i for the 'provision of ade'1'quate play space for children and a repeal of the ordinance "prohibiting r playing in the small parks of the city.

Safety is Emphasized Richmond needs playgrounds to keep the children off the streets, to protect life and property, and to permit motorists to drive without having their hearts perpetually "in their mouths" for fear of running 'over som youngster.1 "Our children should be our greatest public improvement," says Elizabeth Sears, "and play i3 the greatest factor in character-building and health building for young - people. To 'play fair,' 'to get jnto the game,' 'to be a good loser,' and "team loyalty' are so many expressions borrowed from boyhood and girlhood play to denote some of the., finest lesions that can be learned frOm life." Following the plea for more play facilities, .C. B, Root, of the national community service organization, was asked to outline' the plan for organized recreation in Richmond under " the local community service lody. It Avas recognized that this was the logical organization to handle the problem, and article 11 of the civic platform favored active co-operation of the Chamber of Commerce in securing community service for Richmond. MISS BLANCHE WAIT FASCINATES JUNIORS Working in an improvised studio, Miss Blanche Wait, head of the high school art department, gave a fascinating demonstration of portrait painting before the Junior art association at its meeting in the Public art gallery Tuesday, afternoon. ' Miss Carolyn Muegel. a member of. the association, posed-for the' picture. Another feature of the day's program were the musical numbersgiven by Rhea Crandall, soprano, assisted by Helen Roland 'cellist, and Jeraldine Harter, pianist. A letter of appreciation and commendation for the art department of the Woman's club to the Junior association was read. QUIET REIGNS TODAY AFTER SOLONS' STORM f?v Associated Press) HARRISBURG. Pa.. April 27 The rroverbial calm after the storm settled e ver the Pennsylvania legislature .today. After yesterday's hectic sessions of the house during which the majority averted itself, overthrew the speaker ?nd named a new one, the lower l-ranch of the general assembly pro ceeded with the routine work of cleaning up for final adjournment tomorrow. Robert S. Spangler, of York, the de- ! osed speaker, accepted the will of the majority and took a seat on the floor of the home last night, while Samuel A. Whitaker, of Chester county, kept ihe legislative machinery in motion. The state administration is in control f f both houses and ihf bills which it favors are on the calendar for tinal r.assage today. Efforts to keep thesr bill? in committee was the cause of .yesterday's rumpus. MISSING STUDENTS RETURNED TO HOMES (Bv Assoi-lated Press) I.ONO BRANCH, N J.. April 27. Ruth AVhite, 14. Garrett Oisbrow. 16. and Bradford Zicglcr, 15, high school students whose mystery trip in an automobile from Long Branch Friday ended last right vith their detention at Haddonfield were returned here to3ay The three were taken to the police station by Chief Detective Jospph MtGarvcy who drove to Haddonfield when notified of their arrest and returned with the truants in his automobile. With: police and boy scouts of many eastern cities enlisted in the search for the trio, they were takeu into custody by George Baxter, Haddonfield chief . of police, who became suspicious when they attempted to purchase, "gasoline and. au inner tube from a garage man on credit. Rotorians and Guests Plan "Big Doings" Tonight Places for 120 have been reserved for the baaieiuet to be served Rotariar.s and thc-ir wives and guests preceding their attendance at th "Old Swimmin' Hole," picture, at th Murrette theatre, Wednesday night. Through the courtesy of the Weisbrod Music company, the entire floor nf the store is to be cleared and tables arranged. The French delicatessen rhoi jls to serve the party. Members of the- Rotary club are to stage a school room comedy skit at the Murrette. The picture showing is from the poem of the same name, written by James Yh;tcomb Riley. Heironimas to Address Convention of Principals

' N. C. Heironimus. principal of Garfield junior high school, leaves for Muncie. Thursday, where he will address the state junior high school principals' convention on "The Standard Junior, High School." - The convention will continue over .?VMarV-Tfbsi: ot the day will be demoted .ioVteltat ion among the "Muncie aoboolawl ' Hei ronimus will return

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President Harding Leaves i to Review Atlantic Fleet WASHINGTON. April 27. President Harding was to leave Washington late today for Old Point Comfort, where early tomorrow he will review the Atlantic fleet for the first time. The trip will be made on the presidential yacht, Mayflower, and the president wil lreturn to Washington Friday morning. The Atlantic fleet was reported today off the North Carolina coast on its way op from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Eight battleships, 18 destrowers, 13 submarines, and 26 auxiliaries make up the force. After the ships pass the Mayflower, Pres ident Harding will board the Pennsyl vania, where a reception will be held for the officers of the flleet. WAYNE COUNTY TAX VALUATIONS EQUAL TO THOSE ELSEWHERE Wayne county tax valuations compare favorably with those of other counties, according to averages compiled in the county assessor's office this week. Personal property valuation is considered rather low on some things, and as a result of this a horizontal increase might be made in this county. Township assessors have been urged by County Assessor Mathews to get true cash value on personal property. If this is done an increased levy would not be necessary, it is stated. The necessary revenue must be raided and the rate will necessarily be higher if the valuation is low, the county assessor stales. It was pointed out that there is a column for the use of assessors in making valuations, and if they believe the value given by the individual is not high enough they can place their own estimate of the worth of property. The tax payer has recourse with the board of review, Mr. Mathews states. Public Misunderstands ' One assessor stated' that people complained because their tax rate was high but at the same time they are un able to see that if the valuation placed upon their operty is low the rate must necessarily be high in order to furnish the necessary revenue for county government. The value placed on horses in Wayne county is higher than in any of the neighboring counties, their value being placed at $160 in Waynr county compared with $80 in Henry and $98 in several other counties. The average for cattle in Wayne is $35 while in Henry county it is $36 and in Hancock $43. The difference in the valuation of hogs is more, being placed at $10 in Wayne. $12 in Henry and $13 in Hancock. Sheep are considered low, being taken at $3 here, $6 in Henry, $4.30 in Rush and $4 in Hancock. Wide Range In Values. A' wide rang is shown in automobiles particularly. Here they are valued at $383, in Henry at $J05, $362 in Hancock, and $351 in Rush. Farm implements also vary as to value, in Wayne they are placed at $120, in Henry, $126, Rush, $195, and Hancock, at $175. Household furniture shows the greatest range in valuation. Wayne assessors place the average at $156, Henry county takes $146, Hancock, $203, and $206 in Rush county. It is the farm implements and household furniture which the township assessors are cautioned to be careful in possessing, Fince it is the general opin ion that value is beins placed too low in this county. SEND TURKISH ENVOY TO DEAL WITH REDS (Bv Asoelated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27. Closer relatons between the Turkish Nationalist government and soviet Russia are being sought by the nationalist assembly at Angora, which has conferred broad powers on a delegate who will be sent to Moscow. Bolshevik agents in Angora are declared to be opposing a reconciliation between the Constantinople and Angora adminstrations and they seem to have been successful thus far. Coventions which were concluded with the French and Italian governments by Bekir Samy Bey, Nationalist foreign minister, have encountered sharp opposition in the National assembly, where the extremists hold complete power as a result of the defeat of the Greeks at Eski-Shehr. Centerville, Ind. CENTERYILLK, Ind. Mesdames Noel Mathews and Earl Able gave a shower for Mary Katheryn Hartly at the home of Mrs. Ed. Smith Friday afternoon. The afternoon was pleasantly spent in social conversation and in admiring the new baby, Mary Katheryn, who was the recipient of many beautiful presents. Owing to the rain many who were invited were unable to be present, but sent gifts to the babe. Dainty refreshments were enjoyed. Those present were Mesdames Fred Hartly and baby Mary Katheryn, George Farley, Earl Able, Noel Mathews, Ernest Clark, Ed. Smith, Miss Bessie Buhl, Mrs. Perry Hartly and Mrs. Charles Bunch, of Richmond.... The Aid society of Friends church here has decided to serve meals at Richmond this fall during the yearly meeting. .. Mrs. Groves, of Dublin, was the guest a part of last week of Mrs. Nels Carleson. . . .Mr. and Mrs. Julian Dunbar visited relatives and friends in Indianapolis the latter part of the week. . .Mr. and Mrs. William Conkle entertained Mr. and Mrs. Marion Martin and Mr. Walkup and family, of Richmond, Sunday . . . Cecil Stevens was called last week from Phoenix. Ariz., to the bedside ot bis brother, whose health is in a critical condition Next Sunday will be observed as Americanization day by the pastors of the Friends and M. E. churches. Soldiers are invited to attend these services. . .Rev. Gates and seven young men from Third Methodist church, Richmond, visited Kappa Sigma Pi here Saturday evening, and were given the first degree work by the local team William Spotts and family attended a birthday surprise dinner-for Mrs. Spotts' brother, My. Brown, at Richmond,. Sunday.

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RAIL LABOR UNIONS BOOST WASTE CHARGE QUARTER OF BILLION (Br Anwoclated Press! CHICAGO. April 27. The railway labor unions fighting wage reductions before the railroad labor board increased their charges of waste and inefficiency on the part of railroad managements by a quarter billion dollars today. In a supplemental exhibit to that filed last week, setting forth al leged waste of a billion dollars, the! employes charge that possible savings tatalling $1,275,500,000 could -be effected by the railroads if they would introduce modern methods in maintenance and operation of the railroad industry. The large American railroads spent nearly six billion dollars for operating expenses last year, the exhibit showed carrying 47 billion passengers one mile and 450,000,000.000 tons of freight one mile. "It can be demonstrated that six billions is altogether too much to move the traffic in hand," the report said, "that failure to introduce savings rests primarily with the railroad management and that the public accordingly is not getting a dollar's worth of service for the dollar it spends in rates." Allege Inefficiency Freight cr performance, due to inefficiency, leads to "startling deductions," the report continued, saying that a freight car travels an average of only 20 miles a day, is loaded about two-thirds of the time and five, six to seven per cent of all freight cars are chronically unserviceable. A table on car performance showed that of the New England roads, the Boston and Albany averaged 32.2 miles per day while the New Haven got 12.8 miles. In the Great Lakes section the Grand Trunk western averaged 52.7 miles and the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie 10.3 miles, while in the Western region the TTnion Pacific averaged 50.3 and the Denver and Rio Grande. 17.6 miles. Cite Fedealr Rule. National unified control or regional control offers large possible economics, the exhibit said, and cited federal control during the autumn of 191S "when traffic was at its heaviest, with practically a complete absence of transportation stringency, in contrast to the years immediately preceding, when such stringency had almost amounted to railroad paralysis." Sixteen reforms inaugurated under the unified control of the railroad ad ministration and advocated by Director General McAdoo, which should be continued under peace conditions, are set forth in the report. The exhibit said there were nearly two thousand different types of locomotives in American railroad equipment before the war and 2,023 styles of freight cars, which the railroad administration cut to 12 standard types. HARDING NOMINATES xf, JJ.WI5 FOR PLACE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 27. E. I. Lewis, of Indianapolis, chairman of the Indiana public service commission and J. B. Campbell, of Spokane, Washington, lawyer and rate expert, were nominated by President Harding to be members of the interstate com merce commission. INDIANAPOLIS. April 27. E. I. Lewis, chairman of the public service commission, will be Indiana's first member of the federal interstate commerce commission which was created in 1887. He will resign his state position as soon as the senate confirms his nomination which is expected soon. His retirement from the state commission will create one vacancy to be filled by Governor McCray who has not stated his choice. The state commission will also re-organize next week and John McCardle is slated to be chosen chairman. Mr. Lewis was supported in his candidacy for his federal position by many Indiana shippers and carriers but protest was made to President Harding against the nomination b Lieut. Gov. Branch, who declared ewis had not been of great service to the Republican party. Short News of City Garfield Field Meet Garfield Junior high school is preparing for a field meet to be held on Reid field, June 4. The school is divided into two colors, the white and the purple. It is these two groups which will contest for honors. A teacher will coach each division. Girls are eligible to compete. Fathers', Mothers' Meeting Regu j lar Fathers' and Mothers' meeting will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock at the corner of Sherman and Butler streets. The subject will be "What Our Sunday School is to the Child." Everyone ' is welcome. j To Address Hiflh Boys Boys of the I senior class of the high school are to j be the guests of the local Y. M. C. A. j Wednesday night. They will hear a ) lecture by T. M. Elliott, international j Y. M. C. A. worker, who has returned j after years of association work in China. Elliott Addresses Kiwanis T. M. Elliott, International Y. M. C. A. worker, is to address the Kiwanis club at noon Thursday. Music will be furnished by the brass quartet of the local high school. C. of C. Meeting Monday All members of the retail classifications of the Chamber of Commerce are to meet at the Chamber headquarters, Monday, to discuss retail plans and problems. Legion Meeting Tonight rMembers of the Harry Ray post of the American legion are urged to attend the regular meeting, to be held in the club rooms, Wednesday night. One Flyer Killed, Another Injured When Plane Falls (By Associated Press) HAMPTON. Va.. April 27. Sergeant Noble C. Bryant, army air service, was killed and Lieutenant Thomas H. Ward, probrbly fatally injured ar. Langloy Field when their machine crashed to earth whtle emerging from a low hanging cloud bank. The machine was demolished.

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Mexico Makes Attractive Offer to Mennonites (By Associated Press) WINNIPEG, Man.. April 27. Rev. John Wall, of Neujanla..ge, Saak., leading a delegation of Mennonites from Hague, Neujanlange, Swift current and old colony Mennonites of Manitoba, Is i now on his way to Mexico to discuss a contract for land with the Mexican government, according to word from Kegina. The report said an attractive offer had been made to the Mennonites to settle in Mexico. GOLD DISCOVERIES IN SCOTLAND FAIL TO DRAW PROSPECTORS (By Associated Press GLASGOW. April 27. Rumors of gold discoveries in Scotland are renewed, but so far there nave been no rushes to spots where finds are reported. That the precious metal is to be found in that country has from time to time been shown by discoveries in Kildonan. Sutherlandshiie, and Lanarkshire but the quantity seldom has been equal in value to the cost of extracting it. Gold thus far has been found in alluvial reposits, but the miners believe that a gold-bearing reef exists somewhere in the country as pieces of quartz containing gold have been picked up at different times. One Rush in Sixties. In past centuries, notably the fourteenth and fifteenth, gold was found in Lanarkshire sufficient to make crowns for ruonarchs. and bowls, sometimes empty, sometimes filled with coins minted from the same source, were presented to foreign and friendly sovereigns. There was a rush to Kildonan in the sixties of the last century and some hundreds of prospectors flooded the district. The present gold rumors come chiefly from the Lowther Hills in Lanarkshire, where for centuries lead mining has been the occupation of the villagers of Wanlockhead and Leadhills. In ancient times the district was known as "God's Treasure House." because considerable quantities of gold were discovered there. For some months a wage dispute has made the miners idle and they have spent their time in the burns and hollows searching for gold, washing the soil in wooden troughs and occasionally finding gold in small quantities. American C. of C. Head Legion of Honor President (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 27. Walter Berry, president of the American chamber of commerce" of Paris, has been made commander of the Legion of Honor, according to the Journal Official today. The list also inchf.ed Mrs. Herman Harjes, Dr. Robert Turner and Frank Jay Gould, who have been made Knights of the Legion. PILOT

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DISABLED VET CARE CRITICIZED BY WALSH IN INTRODUCING BILLS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 27. Treatment of former soldiers in the matters of hospital care, compensation, vocational training and insurance was criticized severely today by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of ' Massachusetts, who introduced a sheaf of bills to rem edy conditions about which the war veterans nave complained. Senator Walsh pronounced "incred ible" some of the conditions in administering soldier relief laws. In many soldier hospitals, he declared, there is "lack of sanitary accommodations, uncleanliness, disorder and filth," a3 well as inadequate medical care. Insuiance benefits are curtailed, the Massachusetts senator said, and vocational training denied. Government "bureaucracy" and "red tape" was ascribed as reasons for the conditions, which, the senator said, reproach the government for which the soldiers had done so much. Veterans, he said, were "discouraged and despondent at the government's treatment." That the three principal agencies of soldier rehabilitation, the war risk insurance bureau, the federal board of vocational education, and the public health service, had "failed miserably" in co-ordinated efforts, was asserted by Senator Walsh. PHILIPPINE PARTY URGES INDEPENDENCE (By Associated Press) MANILA, P. I., April 27. The national committee of the Nationalist party adopted resolutions yesterday, re-affirming its attitude in favor of immediate independence for the Philippines and instructing its executive officers to prepare a memorial to be submitted to the Wood-Forbes mission, asking that the pending independence problem he immediately solved. The mission is composed of Major General Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes. The committee also adopted a resolution opposing any policy which would tend to make the islands a permanent part of the United States, either as a territory or as a state. This resolution was the result of a Washington dispatch stating that resolutions had been presented in congress authorizing that representation in congress of overseas possessions be fixed when they are admitted as states. ELECT RAIL HEAD (Bv Associated Press) GREENVILLE, S. C, April 27. Directors of the Piedmont and Northern railroad have elected as president W. S. Lee, of Charlotte, for some time ice-presidsnt of the road, it was announced today. He succeeds the late iz. V. Taylor.

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Employment Revival . Aids Detroit Needy (By Associated Press) DETROIT, April 27. Improvement in the employment situation here has reduced by 50 per cent the number of families receiving aid from the city welfare department, according to Harry Lurie, assistant superintendent, who announced today that only 15,000 families had been given financial assistance during March. Many persons who borrowed money from the city have been re-cmployed and are paying eff their loans. Mr. Lurie estimated that thousands of persons had left the city during the past few months, most of them going to the south. OBREGON'S SUCCESS HINGES ON U.S. ACTION SAYS M. E. OFFICIAL (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, April 27. Success of the Obregon administration in Mexico, depends upon recognition by the United States, according to the report today of Dr. George M. Fowles, treasurer to the executive committee of the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has just return ed to this country after a Mexico. tour of Dr. Fowles expressed himself as Impressed with the primose of the new administration and with the fact that the Mexican congress as now constituted really represented the Mexican people. "Fear of intervention by the United States is responsible for some of the disagreements in the congress of Mexico," Dr. Fowles said, "there being radical groups who are so affected by this possibility that they advocate an ultra-aloof attitude toward this country. The power of the Obregon administration in its efforts to enact legislation which will make for a rapprochement with the United States is thus lessened.The necessity for recognition by this country is imperative so that trade may be resumed.' Alleged Auto Case Opening at Detroit (By Associated Prses) DETROIT. April 27. The defense opened its case today in the trial in federal court here of five men charged with conspiracy to violate the Byer act, and whom the government alleges were members of an international automobile theft "ring". The remainder of the week, it was indicated, would be taken up with examination of defense witnesses. A number of the persons to be called are from Bridgeport, Conn., and other eastern cities where the "ring" is alleged to have altered automobiles for shipment abroad. The prosecution's last evidence, introduced yesterday, con sisted of alleged confessions by James G. Burroughs, Bridgeport automobile dealer and Douglas Moore and Joseph Galbo, of Detroit. service requirements be met by

NEWS MARKET SLUMP , WARNED AGAINST BYLEADING PUBLISHER

(Bv Associated Press) NEW YORK. April 27. Warning against possible future demoralization in the newsprint market, T. R. Williams, president af the American Newspaper Publishers association, in i his address opening the thirty-fourth convention of that body today told publishers newspaper rstes should nor be allowed to descend.. He urged upon newspaper publishers the need of co-operating with government forces in restoring world peace and bringing business condition back to normalcy and especially in iopesUing unnecessary wartime legislation and obnoxious features of federal taxation laws. These, he said, have admittedly been greatly responsible for the upsetting of sanely conducted business. ' "With these fundamentals established," he declared, "it will be with more telling effect that newspapers can continue preaching the gospel of optimism, the restoring of confidence, the bringing back to normalcy of our country's business. Production Cost High "Obviously the accomplishment of i there things forms the solution of our J present newspaper problems, which gainerea logeiner ana Donea aown iu a phrase is abnormally high cost of production." He pointed out that newspapers must meet the problems in both materials and labor since the average contract price of newsprint for the first six months of this year is higher than the average contract price for all last year, and labor is at the highest point known. POLICE WOUNDED; OUTBREAK AT DUBLIN (By Associated Press.) BELFAST, Ireland. April 2 7. Seven members of a police party were wounded in an ambush at Newry. county Down, last night, in which the attacking force employed bombs and revolvers. The town's inhabitants were panic stricken as a result of the bomb explosions. Shortly afterward another police patrol intercepted and captured three members of the ambush party upon whom loaded revolvers and bombs were found. The prisoners were taken to the military barracks. DUBLIN, April 27. A headquarter? statement today announced that be cause of the murder of Sergeant MatFadden and an attack on the crown forces at Kilrush, the bouses of John Ieddy and William Lough bad been destroyed as a military operation. An attack on unionists is reported from Armaugh, where an attempt was mac' to burn the Ballyrea Orange hall. Two houses were destroyed with bombs. The official statement rt tributes this destruction to the Irish Republican army. the same loyal

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