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BELIEVE RAIL BILL WILL AID UNEMPLOYED Official Government Estimate of 5,735,000 Idle Perhaps Principal Element in Administration's Efforts. RELIEF IS NOW INDIRECT BY MARK StXUVAX "WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 19 The official government estimate of 5,735,000 as tha number of unemployed men is perhaps the principal element in the administration effort to pass the io-called railroad bill. In advanced nations unemployment is now largely looked unon as a thing which governments should make their concern, in several European nations, is handled by direct government subsidies of weekly sums to the unemployed, agitation for the same sort of treatment for unemployment has frequently been urged in the United States. But with us this theory of direct government help for persons out of work has never reached a momentum that promised success. The theory that the government should remedy unemployment by starting large government works has also frequently been urged in the United States. But in the present condition of the coun try's finances it is not likely that any. proposal for direct aid from the treasury to the unemployed would get anywhere. The theory of those who are urging the railroad bill is that it will provide an indirect relief for unemployment much more helpful than any direct form of relief, their theory is that the payment of this J500.000.000 to the railroads now will start a cycle which will work out in the following order: Indirect Relief The railroads will get the money; they will use it in the direct employment of more workmen on the roads and in the indirect employment of more workmen by the purchase of

equ.pment, the money thus. laid out!lgan TmeT3 vho will at Glen

in wages for men now unemployed will express itself in a larger consuming capacity, and this in turn will Increase the-market for agricultural products not new salable, and for commodities of every kind. The next step in the cycle is tht thij increased consumption In commodities will cause greater activity and volume in general trade. Greater activity and volume in general trade will result in a greater volume of traffic on the railroads. The final steo in the cycle Is that the increased vol(Continued on Page Eight) RAIL LABOR BOARD APPROVES IN EFFECT 7 SHOP GRAFT RULES CHICAGO. Aue. 19. The United States railroad labor board today approved in effect the seven shop craft rules relating to overtime payment as provided in the national agreement of the wartime railroad administration, but directed that the railroads need not pay overtime for absolutely necessary work performed on Sundays and holidays. For the first time in the history of the board a minority member made public a dissenting report. A. O. Wharton, former president of the railroad division of the American Federation of Labor, on recognition of the national agreement rules without change. The majority report was signed by Judge R. M. Wharton and the other five members, two of whom represent the public to the roads and one the unions. Apply to Overtime The feeven rules of the shop crafts' national agreement all apply to overtime payment. The general rule, amplified for particular instances by other rules, follows: "Rule 6. All overtime, outside of bulletin hours, up to and including the sixteenth hour of service in any on ' 24 hour period, shall be paid for at the rate of time and one- half, and thereafter at the rate of double time, up to the starting time of the employe's regular shift. This to include work performed on Sundays. NewYear's Day. Washington's Birthday. Decoration Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and such state holidays as are now recognized as punitive overtime days." Minimum Payments Rule 7 sets minimum overtime payments providing that one hour's pay shall be made for 40 minutes or less service, if the service is continuous after regular working hours. "Employes called or required to return to work will be allowed 5 hours for 3 hours and 20 minutes less." Employes who work during the lunch hour receive pay for one hour straight time under Rule 9. but are allowed necessary time for lunch without loss of pay for the time taken. Under Rule 10, employes called for emergency service road work are paid Continued on Page Eight) If you stay away from the poles next Tuesday the men who will be appointed to manage the city affairs for the next four years will be chosen by the politicians who want to hold city jobs.

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Lord Byng inspecting guard of honor at Quebec

s Lord Byng, the new governor general of Canada, famous during the war as the hero of Vimy Ridge, is on the job in the Dominion, as the photo shows. While in Quebec, where this picture was taken, a few days ago, he was given a great ovation.

Large Delegation Will Greet Michigan Tourists at Eaton Reception Committee to Meet Sunday Afternoon Visiting Party is Studying Farms and Farm Practices, Studying Geography and History Getting Acquainted.

Members of the reception committee to welcome the party of 900 MichMiller park Sunday night will meet at the K. of P. building at 1:30 o'clock Sunday, says an announcement Friday. The exact hour of the arrival of the tourist at Eaton will be known Saturday, and it is proposed to send a large delegation to that town to meet the visitors. The local committee consists, of the following: H. R. Robinson, president Rotary club; Robert E. Heun, secretary Rotary club; K. M. Allen, president Kiwania club; Ray Weisbrod, secretary Kiwanis club; A. W. Blickwedel, president South Side Improvement association; J. H. E. Bode, secretary South Side Improvement association; Mayor W. W. Zimmerman; Will W. Reller, city attorney; Ed Holleran, park superintendent; Mrs. A. W. Roach, chairman Women's division; Mrs. E. F. Hiatt, vice-president, Women's clubs; Maude Flanagan, assistant secretary chamber of commerce; Guild Copeland, Fred Bethard, E. M. Campfield, W. B. Fulghum, Isaac Wilson, C. D. Slifer, Miss Sarah Hill. Timothy Nicholson, Rev. E. Howard Brown. Dell Davis and Walter McConaha. The Michigan Farmer's Automobile WILLIAMSBURG SCHOOL BOND ISSUE OPPOSED: REMONSTRANCE FILED Remonstrance against the issuance of bonds for the construction of the proposed new high and grade school building at Williamsburg in Greene township was filed with County Auditor Brooks Friday morning. There are about 275 voters In Greene township. The remonstrance is signed by 212 taxpayers of the township. The first ten of these who will be notified of the hearing are Frank C. Williams, William A. Boyd. Harold Thorp, Ossian W. Hartup, M. H. Lacey, C. E. Boyd, Frank L. Lemmons, Edward R. Miller, Dan Steven3 and John W. Brooks, all of Williamsburg. The advisory board of the township has advertised its intention of issuing $5S.460 of bonds to erect the new building. A hearing will be held before a member of the state tax board probably the second week in September. The remonstrance states that the building of a new building at this time is unnecessary and unwise, maintaining that the old building can be repaired to meet requirements. It further states that if the pro-

service or ' P8ea ouuuing is uuui il wm necessiI tate another building soon to accom

modate the pupils. The present building conditions are also pointed out as being bad and states that this is not the best time to make improvements and extensions. GROVER C. BERGDOLL SAFE IN SWITZERLAND GENEVA, Aug. 19 Grover C. Bergdoll, the American draft evader, says the Thurgovie Zeitung today, arrived in Constance from Munich three days ago, and now is stopping in a hostel at St. Gaul. Bergdoll came from Germany to avoid extradition to the United States, the newspaper asserts. He has an American passport, it adds, and now is perfectly safe from extradition.

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tour, which is following a route through Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Indiana, is under the direction of J. H. Brown, agricultural editor of the Battle Creek Enquirer and News. It has the following purpose: To note variety in farm life and practice in various sections and states; study' geography and history of the country; to participate in programs at night; to develop the so cial qualities of tho participants, r - The first tour took in Michigan (Continued on Page Five) REVIVE OLD MEMORIES AT SETTLER'S PICNIC TO BE HELD SATURDAY Memories of the early days of the county will be recalled by more than one of eastern Indiana's pioneers when they gather at Jackson's park Satur day. Harry G. Hill of Indianapolis will be the principal speaker on the program arranged by the Wayne Coun ty Old Settler's association. The program is as follows: 1:30 Music band. Music High school orchestra. Invocation Rev. E. T. Clark. Music High school orchestra. Greetings Thomas R. Jessup. Secretary's report Mrs. S. P. Pike. Music Hagerstown band. Reading Miss Edna Johnston. Music High school orchestra. Address Harry G. Hill. Music High school orchestra. Reading Bessie M. Buhl. Two minute speeches by all old settlers present. Benediction Rev. E. T. Clark. Music Band. Deaths in Wayne county from Aug. 1. 1920 to Aug. 3, 1921 of old settlers, 60 years and more follow: . July John Wesley Hort, 84. August Rachel Malinda Sugort, 79; Franklin M. Hetreck, 69: Rachel Frazee, 60; Seth Brown, 90; Milton L. Davis, 75; Lyndsey Conaday, 90; Martha Malinda Koons, 80; Emily Jane Elliott, 78; Amanda Mathews. 67; Christena Miller, 73; Obed Williams, 83. September Millard Fillmore Warfel, 65; Louis Reichle, 84; William (Continued on Page Fourteen) CLOUDBURST FLOODS TOWN IN NEW MEXICO; FARMERS GUARD GATE CBy Associated Press) LAS CRUCES, N. M.. Aug. 19 Relief was being rushed today to residents of Katch, N. M.. 38 miles north of here, who fled thinly clad to the hills when a wall of water from a cloudburst flooded the town and destroyed every building in it early yes terday. No loss of life was reported. The cloudburst struck Santa Tereza. a village in the foothills, two miles west of Katch, destroying all but one building, the water then rushing down the arroyo into Katch, a town of 500 inhabitants. Today from three to seven feet of water lies in the stricken village. Officials of the United States reclamation service said there was no" way to drain the water off except to dig a deep canal as the town lies in a basin below the level of the arroyo. Farmers, armed with shotguns, last night guarded the bank of the Rio Grande south of here to prevent raising of the flood gates. The farmers insisted that raising of the gates would ruin their crops without being of material benefit to the flooded district. 1-

IND., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1921.

APPOINTEES HINGE UPON VOTE RESULT Voters Are Urged to Weigh Carefully Possible Selections That Mayoralty Candidates Would Make., POSTS ARE IMPORTANT STANDING OF CANDIDATES. First Bescher Second Strayer Third White Fourth Zimmerman Fifth v . Pelts Sixth Potter Seventh Morzan Eighth ....Mitchell TODAY'S VOTE. Men Women Total

Bescher 9 7 ic Mitchell x x x Morgan x x x Peltz x x x Potter x x x Strayer (5 6 12 White 3 4 7 Zimmerman x x x Not Voting 6 1 7 Total 42

TOTAL VOTE TO DATE. .Men Women Total

Bescher 69 68 " 137 Mitchell 4 4 S Morgan 7 6 13 Peltz 12 14 26 Potter ...8 7 15 Strayer 47 48 95 White 29 41 70 Zimmerman 32 29 61 Not Voting ..32 SI 63 Total ......488

The success or failure of any city administration depends largely on the men selected to fill the numerous appointive positions which fall to the lot of the mayor when he assumes the duties of office. Selection of efficient men who have some ability to fill the offices assigned to them, and not professional political "iob hunters." is one of the highest aims any group in control of city affairs could hone to accomplish. Voters should weigh carefully the possible selections that candidates for the mayor's office would make in picking the heads of the Tarious city- departments. The backing that is being given each mayoralty aspirant is a good indication of the kind of men that will be put in office by them. Important Places Probably the most important ap pointees of the mayor are the members of the board of public works. They are the ones chiefly responsible for the spending of the taxpayers' money. It is the board of works that passes on all bills. They investigate all complaints of a general character made against the administration of the city. They are supposed to be a kind of go-between for the mayor and council. Their powers are limited because of their responsibility to the mayor who can bring pressure to bear on them strong enough to make them comply with' his requests or resign, if he so desires. It is very seldom that a member of the board resigns, however. Have Power The power that might be exerted by a board made up of men of good busi ness judgment and executive ability is easily recognized. Superintndent of the municipal light plant is another important post for the mayor to fill. The debates that have been current in Richmond during the past few years have made citizens here recognize the necessity of securing a man familiar with all phases of the management of a corporation such as the city plant The controller's position is another post demanding a man with ability to sense the financial problems that face a city. His direct contact with all money paid out by the city puts him in a position to advise departments of the city regarding extravagance and waste. Other Officials The city attorney, city engineer, market master, building inspector, dairy inspector, health officer, street commissioner, chief of the fire department, police commissioners who in turn select the chief of police, are all virtually under the control of the mayor, the board of works generally (Continued on Page Fourteen) Daily Interview Everr T rrtrtr Trill Interview a pernon. picked at random, on what he regard nn the moil Import nut action to bring; baek prosperity to the whole country. "As to the future outlook for busness," said R. A. Campbell, "dealing in commodities and studying economic conditions, brings me to this conclusion: We have a buyers' strike. absolutely. The public has ceased ! buying, claiming there id too great an inflation in prices. We enjoyed this inflation during the war period, and for some time after. But we now know that world conditions have constantly been changing, and we are once more in competition with foreign nations, and that the United States must compete with all of them in the world's markets. "It is simply a case of reduction. Reduce the taxes on real estate 35 per cent; tax bonds and the stocks that the public i3 buying and locking up in safety deposit vaults to escape taxation. - Open the way to bring thlM money out of hiding and get it into circulation in trade channels. This will give labor employment and develop conditions leading us back to normal times and to normal price lev-3ls."

Woman's Place Not at Arms Parley, Say These Two

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Rep. Alice Robertson (left) WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 Should President Harding name a woman as one of the members of the American delegation to the disarmament conference which opens here Novenibr 11? Yes, says the National League of Women Voters. No. emphatically declare Representative Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, the only woman in congress, and Mis3 Florence King, president of the National Woman's Association of Commerce. "I don't know of a woman in the United States possessed of the qualifications to sit on that commission," said Miss Robertson in an interview. "She would have to have experience in international affairs. "She would have to have experience in diplomacy and diplomatic affairs. "She would have to be familiar with foreign languages and conditions. "She would have to have social standing. "She should not be a climber so cially. "She would have to be prepared to listen much and talk little. "I do not know of a woman who fills that bill, do your "As I see the coming conference said Mis3 King, "the results of it will be founded upon a cold business proposition. True the mothers of the world have the most at stake. They provide the 'cannon fodder for all wars. They are as a unit. I believe, for disarmament. Their position is AGREE TO ELIMINATE PATENT MEDICINE TAX; APPROVE 60 CHANGES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Elimination of taxes on proprietary medicines was agreed upon today by the house ways and means committee which approved more than 60 changes In tho Republican tax bill. . Subsequently the majority members of the committee voted to reduce the tax on cereal beverages from the procontinued on Page Fourteen) RETURN OF RAILROADS SAVED $376,000,000 TO TAXPAYERS, CLAIM CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y.t Aug. 19 Surrender of the railroads to private operation Sept. 1, 1920, when the government guarantee expired 6aved the tax payers at least 5376,000,000 during the next 10 months, at the expense of the roads, Samuel O. Dunn, editor of Railway Age declared today in an address at the Chautauqua institute. "If the government guarantees had been continued, Mr. Dunn said, the rental paid by the government for 10 months would have been $742,500,000. In these same 10 months the roads actually earned a net operating income of $366,800,000. which was $375,700,000 less than the rental the government would have had to pay. If government operation had continued and the rates not been raised, there would have been a deficit of $1,150,000,000 to meet through increased taxes, he said. ' . SPEEDING AUTO GOES THROUGH BRIDGE SIDE FOUNTAIN CITY. Ind., Aug. 19. A bridge on the road from Fountain City to Richmond was damaged Thursday evening when a speeding automobile Etruck one side, went i through the railing, turned completely over, and alighted right side up in the water below. The occupants, two women and three men, were only slightly injured and were able to continue their journey to Richmond in another car. According to the story told by one of the members of the party, they were returning from Funk's Lake to Richmond and were driving at the rate of about 30 miles per hour. The car struck the side of the bridge and carried away a portion of the structure, weakening it for heavy traffic. Two of the men in the party gave their names as Darby and Bradley, both of Richmond. The identity of the other occupants of the car could not be learned. The machine will be taken in charge by Sheriff Wad man. Efforts were being made Friday to remove it from the bed of the stream

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known, but I have seen no reason for the appointment by President Harding of a woman. It would be the height of folly to appoint a woman just because she is a woman. "There is not a nation in the world that takes issue with the woman's sentimental reasons for stopping war. Then what new thought could she bring to the conference?" 200 MEN AND WOMEN SEEK JAILED NEGROES; GUARDS REPEL CROWD ' - Br Associated Press) BARNSTABLE. Mass., Aug. 19. A mob of nearly 200 men and women car rying ropes early today stormed the jail threatening to lynch three Cape Verde island negro prisoners charged with highway robbery and criminal assault on a young white woman at Buzzards Bay. At 2:30 this morning 25 automobiles whose occupants included women as well as men drove up to the local jail. Others came on foot and together they marched on the jail entrance. They demanded the three negroes, Johnies, Benjamin Gones and Joseph Andrews, from Sheriff Irving L. Rosenthal. There were shouts of "let's get them," as the mob approached the brick, but when the jail defenders, five men in all, fired in the air, the crowd came to a halt. Chief Warden James Boland warned the mob back, shouting that at the first attempt to attack the jail they would "be shot down like rats. Warning Has Effect. The warning had its effect but the crowd remained outside the jail nearly an hour and a half, still threatening an attack, while Sheriff Rosenthal, Chief Warden Boland and three others stood guard with shotguns. There are 10 prisoners in the Barn stable jail. Usually two men re considered sufficient to guard it. Last night because of the Wareham incident the sheriff personally took command and augmented the force to five. Today more guards will be added, and Sheriff Rosenthal estimated also that he might ask for state troops to help him. The second regiment of field artillery of the Massachusetts National Guard is stationed five miles away on its summer encampment. Dies and Gomes were held in $15,000 bail each yesterday and An drews was to be arraigned today. All three have been identified by Miss Gertrude Butler and William Eldredge as the, men who held them up and criminally assaulted Miss Butler at Buzzard's Bay early in the week. Today's was the second early morning threat of violence against one of the negroes, a crowd having attempted yesterday to get John Dies from the Wareham lockup. He was brought to the jail here after the Wareham police had dispersed the crowd by firing over their heads. Brakeman Decapitated Falls Between Cars (By Associated Press) SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Aug. 19. Harvey E. Wiles, 46, was instantly killed here today when he fell between two freight cars on the New York Central lines. He was decapitated. Wiles was a brakeman. , Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST. Showers ard thunderstorms late tonight or Saturday; cooler Saturday and Saturday night. Weather wil become unsettled ' tonight in view of the eastward advance of the storm center which was over the north and west yesterday. Rains followed by cooler weather some time during the next 24 hours. For Indiana, by, the United States Weather Bureau Partly cloudy to night; probably showers in north portion. Saturday unsettled and cooler. Probably showers and thunderstorms. : Temperatures for Yesterday. Meximum 73 Minimum , Today. Noon .v ........ . .'. ..... t . 82 Weather Conditions Generally fair weather wil prevail over the central and southern states. A storm extending southward from Canada to thi Gulf. Rainfall is at present confined to the northern district, but is spreading south and east. A cool wave follows the storm in the northwest, temperatures as low as 36 degrees above zero. - - - . ' -

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ENGLAND CAN GIVE NO MORE, LLOYD GEORGE Says Britain Concedes Every thing Possible Hopes Ireland Will Not' Accept Renewal Responsibility. DISCLAIMS-7 MEN ACE Bv Associated Press) LONDON. Aug. 19 The British goveminent in its Irish peace offer had conceded everything it was possible to concede. Prime Minister Lloyd George declared in the house of commons today in his expected statement on the Irish peace negotiations. It embodies the largest measure of freedom ever offered Ireland, he said, and he hoped the Irish leaders would not reject it and take the responsibility of renewing a conflict which would be robbed of all glory and all gratitude by its overshadowing horror. Lloyd George disclaimed any menace for his words. He declared however, that the government in making its terms had done all it could to secure peace and the good will of the people of Ireland and that it was faced with the possibility of soma things that had been said that its terms would be rejected. In that case, he said, the country would face a graver situation regarding Ireland than ever before. ' Says Limit Reached - Therefore, he said, provision had been made for the summoning of parliament on 48 hours notice if negotiations broke down and the prospect of peace became hopeless. He hoped, however, that reason would prevail and the government's desire for the long misunderstanding between England and Ireland would be realized. The prime minister's words were paralleled in the house of lords by Lord Curzon, the foreign secretary, as to the government's offer bavlng al ready gone the limit. All that could be given without compromising the safety of the realm, the sovereignty of the crown, and the dignity of the empire, had been offered, be said. Holds Nothing Back. The British government, declared Premier Lloyd George today, in making its settlement proposals to Ireland, has decided on puttin? the whole o' its terms into the letter to Eamon De Valera, without keeping anything back, and the sequel had proved, he said that he was right in adopting that course. He had heard no suggestions front any part of the world except Ireland, he remarked, that the proposals had not gone the limit of possible concession. "I want to make It clear. continued the prime minister, "that the government did not put forth haggling terms, but put forward everything they possibly could concede to purchase peace and the good will of the Irish people. In Ireland itself, so far as I can see, the doubt is not so much as to tho terms, but as to whether the government really means them. Cannot Alter. "That Is a question of working out the terms of elucidation and elaboration, and not the changing of terms. The -outline cannot be altered nor the basis changed.. "In vtew of the fact that the house is about to separate, and the fact that very disquieting statements have been made, and even a sfew disquieting facts, we are bound as a government to take thought of all possible contingencies, however unpleasant they mav be. "The first is the possibility of an agreement ,in which case the details will have to be threshed out, which will take time. There is always apt to be an atmosphere of suspicion surrounding relations between two countries a suggestion of bad faith, if there is a misunderstanding on the slightest particular." Delay Disastrous. It would thus be the duty of th executive, said the premier, to place a bill embodying the details and principles before the parliament for Immediate action, because delay is disastrous, once an agreemnt is reached. . "I wish it was not necessary to deal with the other contingency, but we are bound to take notice of certain things which have been said. This contingency is that our terms are rejected. DUBLIN, Aug. 19. The leaders of the Sinn Fein today centered their attention on London, awaiting the expected statement on the Irish negotiations by Premier Lloyd George in the house of commons and the government's reply in the house of lords to the recent invitation by the Marquis of Salisbury for an official outgivins on this subject. Meanwhile the rank and file of the deputies were engaged in committee work on Irish Internal affairs. . The fact that the Dail put off discussion of the reply to the British prime minister's peace - offer until Monday, as announced yesterday, w3 indicated to be due to the expectation that Mr. Lloyd George would say something meanwhile, or possibly that some move would be made to induce Ulster to join forces with the south. Pessimistic View These, at least, are the reasons generally accepted here, although there are pessimistically inclined quarters which gave expression to the view (Continued on Page Fourteen) The selection of a mayor and city council is vital to every citizen. The time to express your opinion is at the polls next Tuesday, i