Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 256, 7 September 1921 — Page 1

ICHMOND' PALLADIUM VOL XI VT Kft 9R MlUdlum. Kst. 1831. Consol vvij. ALV1., I0. DO wUh sun.xeiegram.- 1907. Ida ted RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 7, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS RAILROAD AID MAY PRECEDE LEGISLATION Belle of France Acting in London BRITISH REPLY Chief of U. S. Aid to Russia Off to Stricken Land

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COUNTY SAYS 'YES' ON SIX AMENDMENTS Two Tax Proposals Turned Down by Commanding Majorities First Gets Favorable Reception. VOTE SMALLEST EVER

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Administration Considers Providing Financial Relief

Without Awaiting Congres sional Action, Indicated. HARDING HAS POWER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 The ad ministration is considering the possi bility of providing financial relief for the railroads by beginning the funding of railroad claims without awaiting congressional action, it was indicated today by high government officials. President Harding, it was explained, has the authority to fund the railroad claims without further legislation. The president, officials declared, may sell the $380,000,000 worth of car trust certificates held by the railroad administration, whenever market conditions permit of their disposal at par. He could make the 6ales, officials added, either with or without the asbistance of the War Finance corporation, which under pending legislation is the agency designed to handle the funding operations. The re.turns from the sale of the certificates, amounting in the neighborhood of $400,000,000. then would be available for further railroad financing. Completing Work Majority members of the senate finance committee hoped to complete today preliminary consideration of the house tax bill and to get under way the actual drafting of a new measure after hearing Secretary Mellon tomorrow. It is understood that the treasury secretary will suggest retroactive re peal of the excess profits tax for which there is said to be a growing sentiment in the committee despite the action of House Republicans in voting to postpone the effective date until next January 1. Treasury experts are assisting the senate committee in its study of the House measure and have prepared for the committee's information tables showing the estimated amounts of revenues to be derived from the various sources under the house bill in L 11 o laicuuu i j cat a oiiu a ...... , compared with the amounts that probably would be realized under the present law. ! For 1922 the return under the house I bill is estimated at $2,960,490,000 as J against $3,390,000,000 under the act of 1918. while in 1923 the total would he $2,644,370,000. compared with $3.450,000,000 under the existing btatute. In 1922 the corporation income and excess profits tax is estimated at $650,000,000, the same as under the present law, but in 1923 this would be reduced to $560,000,000 through repeal of the profits tax. Taxes Slashed Individual income tax returns would fall off $70,000,000 to $830,000,000 in 1922 through increased exemptions to heads of families, while in 1923, the total would be cut $150,000,000 to $750,000,000 as a result of repeal of the higher income surtax brackets. Collections of back taxes next year would be $300,000,000 under these estimates, and $340,000,000 in 1923. The house bill would cut miscellane - ous taxes from $1,340,000,000 under the present law to $980,490,000 in 1922. The changes include: Repeal of the transportation taxes $262,000,000. Repeal of the insurance premium taxes $19,000,000. Reduction in the cereal beverage taxes from $19,000,000 to $18,000,000. Reduction In the tax on soft drinks, fruit juices, syrups, etc., from $41,000.000 to $12,000,000. Reduction in the levy on sporting goods from $4,000,000 to $1,000,000. Reduction in the tax on candy from $22,000,000 to $14,000,000. Reduction of the tax on fur articles from $9,200,000 to $4,690,000. Repeal of the tax on toilet soaps, etc.. $2,100,000. Reduction in tax on luxuries from $20,000,000 to $5,000,000. Repeal of the levies on perfumery, ; cosmetics, proprietary medicines, etc., $6,000,000. COTTON PRICE JUMPS S10 PER BALE TODAY (By Associated Press) NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 7 The most remarkable exhibition of strength in the history of cotton trading, accord-! ing to exchange experts, was given on the New Orleans exchange today when all months in the future markets opened $10 a bale over yesterday's close. NEW YORK. Sept. 7 The cotton market had another wild opening today and on first prices showed an advance of 130 to 172 points over last night's close, equal to about $7 to ?i a bale. The markpt was full of overnight buying orders at the start, partly based on another sensational advance In Liverpool, but met heavy realizing sales by Wall street, the south and foreign houses. This pressure eventually weakened prices about 70 to 123 points from top. At the highest level on the opening distant deliveries crossed the 23-cent mark. PETERSBURG. Va., Sept. 7. After a suspension of nine months the Pocahontas and the Matoaca cotton mills, two of the largest textile plants in this section of the state, will resume operations, as soon. as there is sufficient water In the Appomattox river to supply power, officials said today. Orders are being received in increasing numbers, it was said, and full time operations are contemplated.

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Green, Iowa, Explains Rail Bill; Says Roads Must Have Cash Soon

Confusion in Public Mind Due to Financial Terms and Propaganda; NTew Measure Not to Increase Tax Burden Reduction of Rates Demanded.

PAIXAimM ES Bi nEAU i WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Representative William R. Green, of Iowa, Etates that he has found that a great deal of confusion exists in the public mind regarding the "railroad funding bill," which will be one of the pieces of "unfinished business" before the senate after the rece.ss. The bill was passed by the house shortly before the recess. He believes that most of this confusion is due to the fact that up-to-date what discussion there has been of the bill has been couched in financial terms rather than translated into the language of the everyday citizen. Representative Green, who is a close student of railroad problems and one of ablest advocates of the funding bill, aiso asserts mat propaganda aistriDuted by interests who want the railroads forced back into government owner ship is, in a measure, responsible for the public's uncertainty in regard to 1 1 he bill. Representative Green gives jthe following explanation of the mea- ; sure. No Donations Made. "The bill provides in effect that not to exceed $500,000,000 of the amount owing to the government may be funded by taking securities of the railWESTMINSTER ABBEY RITES HONOR VICTIMS OF BALLOON DISASTER (By Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 7. Memorial services for the victims of the ZR-2 dinaster were held in Westminster Abbey today, that venerable edifice being crowded to its utmost capacity. Bishop Ryle, dean of Westminster, officiated. King George was represented by Sir Hugh Trenchard, British air marshal. Queen Mary was represented by Col. Sir A. Davidson, and the Duke of York by Wing Commander Louis Graig. George Harvey, American ambassador to Great Britain, Robert B. Skin ner, U. S. consul general in this city; vice admiral Albert P. Niblack, in command of American Naval forces in European waters; Read Admiral Nathan C. Twining, and United States Military and Naval attaches and members of the American embassy staff were present The United States navy (Continued on Page Ten) Weather Forecast Moore's Local Forecast Fair tonight and Thursday, followed by increasing cloudiness; moderate temperatures. Generally fair weather is expected to continue tonight and most of Thursday, although it will become unsettled before 48 hours have passed. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair weather and moderate temperatures tonight and Thursday. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 75 Minimum 60 Today Noon 74 Weather Conditions The weather Is now generally fair east of the Rocky mountains, excepting over the southern states, where there are showers. Heavy frosts Tuesday morning over northern Wyoming, with a minimum temperature of 34 at Sheridan. Temperatures are about normal over most of the country.

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is now aproads for that amount which may be purchased and sold by the war finance corporation. The bill makes no donations and does not give the railroads a cent. It does not provide for a dollar to be given out of the goernment treasury, nor can it in any way increase the burden of taxation. The war finance corporation will sell any bond? that it receives without recourse and neither it nor the government will be liable upon any bond sold. The war (Continued on Page Seven) RAIL LABOR BOARD CONSIDERS REFUSAL OF PENNSY RAILROAD (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Sept. 7. The United States railroad labor board met in executive session today to consider the action of the Pennsylvania railroad in refusing to abide by one of its orders. The differences grew out of an election held by the employes of the road to name representatives to act for them in a conference with rail officials regarding company rules and working conditions. The road held that all representatives elected must be employes of the road while the workers claimed the right to have the names of their organization officers appear on the ballot. Members of the six shop craft unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor refused to vote and the board ordered the road to call a new election on or before Aug. 15. Ask For Time. The road asked for more time and was given until Aug. 25 to comply. The road then announced the board had exceeded its authority and requested that it reverse its decision. This the board refused to do and insisted that the order be complied with. In a statement, Elisha Lee, vicepresident of the Eastern division of the road accused the board of "gratuitous and unwarranted interference" and said the road was willing to leave it to public opinion as to whether the board was right. He intimated that the road would continue to refuse to abide by the board's order. Beyond censuring officials of the road the board has no authority to take any direct action when its decisions are violated it was said. CAR THIEF CAUGHT BY HAROLD MUELLER A flying chase to Eaton, O., in a borrowed automobile was staged by H. P. Mueller. 1703 Main street, to catch the I automobile thief who had taken his machine from its parking place on North Ninth street. Tuesday night. Lewis Floyd was caught by Mueller at Eaton and turned over to the authorities there. He was returned to Richmond Wednesday morning by Sheriff Wadman. Mueller was standing on North Nintli street when he saw his automobile driven away. He borrowed a car from W. M. Bailey and gave chase. He overtook his machine when Floyd stopped in Eaton. V

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ment Answer to Last Communication From Ireland Courier Off for Dublin. MAKE PUBLIC THURSDAY 'Bv Associated Pres) " INVERNESS. Scotland. Sent. 7. British cabinet at its meeting here to day unanimously approved the reply of the government to the last note from DeValera. The reply was handed to Robert C, Barton, the Sinn Fein courier, who started for Dublin at 4 o'clock this afternoon with it. Lloyd George sent a courier to Moy Hall, near here, where King George is staying, to acquaint the king with the cabinet's decision, which will be made public Thursday night. Settlement of the Irish question appeared to hang in the balance whei members of the British ministry met Prime Minister Lloyd George here today, although a decision was reached later. It was said the ministers were not all in agreement as to the best method of proceedure to be adopted, tavonng further exchange of notes with the Irish Sinn Fein. utners were said to be proposing mat a virtual ultimatum be sen Earaon deValera, giving him and his colleagues a fixed time in which to accept or reject the British offer of Dominion status for Ireland. Serves Notice. Mr. DeValera had apparently served notice in a statement issued yester day that such an ultimatum would be tantamount to a denunciation of the truce which has been in force in Ire land for the last two months. He stated that an ultimatum would be "the imposition of force, and would mean war, not peace." This statement did not tend to make easier the task of the ministers who arrived here today, from London, but I prime minister Lloyd George was rep resented as Deing opposed to breaking off negotiations with the Sinn Fein. King George is staying at Moy hall, and his presence in the immediate neighborhood is looked upon as most opportune, as he has in the past few months played a particularly influential role in the work of handling the Irish question. Mr. Lloyd George and the king have Deen in close touch during the Irish negotiations. JAPAN NAVAL EXPERTS ANNOUNCE MINIMUM By Associated Press) TOKIO. Sept. 7. Japan's naval ex perts wish to insist upon a positive limitation principle at the Washington conference, says the press, and they plan to announce Japan's willingness to reduce the present "eight and eight" capital ships program to one of eight battleships and six battle cruisers. This is described as the minimum limit of safety to the empire and would be advanced as the Japanese standard provided the United States and Great Britain made similar reductions. According to the Asahi, the Japanese naval delegates will insist on the abandonment of all fortifications on all Pacific islands and at the same time will propose that the United States suspend her present naval program, spread over the next three years. Learn How To Make Good Brea( The annual consumption of flour in the United States is over a barrel per person. Bread is one of the two or three most important foods. Our Washington Information Bureau offers you free an official government booklet telling all about bread. There are three reasons why you should have a copy of this booklet: First: It tells you what part bread should play in your diet, and how to recognize good bread. Second: If you bake your own bread, it tells you the best way to bake it not only white bread but potato bread, rice bread, corn-meal bread, and nut bread. Third: By learning to use potatoes and corn and rye and rice and rolled oats in your bread, you not only add I variety you supply necessary food elements in which your diet is otherwise deficient. This is a free Government publication and our Washington Information Bureau will secure a copy for any one who sends two cents in stamps for return postage. In filling out the coupon print name and address or be sure to write plainly. 'Do not send thp coupon to The Palladium. Mail it direct to Washington, D. C.) Frederic J. Haskin, Director, THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. I enclose herewfth two cents in stamps for a free copy of the booklet "Baking in the Home". Name Street City . State

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Col. William N. Haskell, Mrs. Haskell and their only daughter. Col. William N. Haskell is now on his way to soviet Russia to direct the work of the American relief administration mission there. Mrs Haskell and their daughter accompanied him.

Complete Official Figures Amendment No. Amendment No. Amendment No. Amendment No. Amendment No. Amendment No. Amendment No. -Veto 6 County terms Amendment No. Amendment No. Amendment No. 8 Lawyers 9 State Sui 10 Taxation Amendment No. 11 Income Tax Amendment No. 12 Militia For fAgainst.

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CHICAGO, Sept. 7 Building trades workers were given slight wage decreases and new working rules were set up In the arbitration decision Judge Landis handed down today. The decision opened' the Chicago territory to all contracting firms, and according to contractors and union men, opened the way to renewal of millions of dollars worth of construe tion. A top price of $1.12 for fire proofers and $1.10 for bricklayers, against the former hourly rate of $1.25 was fixed by the decision, which affect3 about $50,000. FRANKLIN BOND ISSUE DECISION WILL GOME AFTER SEPTEMBER 19 No decision on the application of the Franklin township advisory board for permission to issue bonds for the building of a new high school building at Whitewater will be made by the state board of tax commissioners until after Sept. 19, according to an announcement made by C. O. Williams, county superintendent, after appearing before the boad at Indianapolis Tuesday. A hearing on the application of Greene township for permission to issue bonds for the building of a grade and high school building at Williamsburg will be held in the county auditor's office Thursday. Decisions from the state board on the applications of both Wayne county townships probably will be made about the same time, it is said. The state tax board has adjourned its meetings for a week while the memDers attend a national conven tion in New Hampshire. CRUSHED AVIATOR HAS CHANCE TO LIVE; SPEAKS OF CRASH (Bv Associated Press) CHARLESTON, W. Va".. Sept. 7. Declaring that "anyone with that fellow's nerve has more than an even chance to pull through," Dr. William R. Laird, chief of staff of the hos pital at Montomger, today held out some hope for the recovery of Corporal Alexander C. Hazleton, Eole survivor of five army aviators who crashed in the wilds of Nicholas county last Saturday. Although dangerously injured internally, Corporal Hazleton today was strong enough to speak briefly of his experience. He paid a tribute to the courage of Lieut Harry L. Speck, pilot of the ill-fated bomber. Speck, he declared, until the last, resorted to every known trick of flying to bring the big machine out of the fatal tail spin. Corporal Hazelton said his last conscious moment until he woke up in the hospital, was one during which he averted his eyes from the agonized faces of his four companions, who realized a moment before the nose of the plane crumpled under the terrific impact of the crash that they were j doomed.

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TO SUSTAIN LIFE IN VOLGA DISTRICT (By Associated Press) . SEMAYSNKENA, Russia, Sept. 7. Desolation is written large on the roiling prairies which stretch away on every side of this little village in the heart of the famine region of the Volga. Cattle and horses have cropped the sparse herbage until the very grass roots have been eaten, and the hot winds that blow across the waste raise great clouds of dust from the parched fields. The winter wheat must be sowed soon, but nowhere has there been any preparation for the fall seeding. It is the general practice for the farmers to sow their wheat by Sept. 15, but that date will find the fields lying fallow, for there are no horses to plow the ground and the people are unable to secure seed for the next harvest. So the fields are not made readv to receive the seed, and the country lies stark and gray, withered by the drought. The leaves that still clin? to the trees are gray, and even the peasants look gray, being clad mostly in khaki uniforms and grain sacks, and wearing sandals made of birch bark. Over One-third Leave. This village formerly had a popula tion of 1,000, but 40 per cent of the people have left. Deaths from hunger have been numerous, the peasants say, but there are no detailed figures available. Cholera has not been epidemic here or in the other villages of Samara province, but there have been a few scattered cases in the city of Samara, and in other crowded centers, however, hygenic conditions have been bad because of the influx of great numbers of refugees. Peasants here are pessimistic over the coming of relief. They say that aid will come too late. Pure rye bread costs 3,000 rubles a pound, while meat costs 3,000 rubles a pound, and only a few of the wealthy people are able to buy. Everywhere the Associated Press correspondent has traveled through Samara province, he has seen ragged women and children gathered in groups discussing the famine. Food is the sple topic of conversation. Th men are busy hauling loads of tree boughs to use as fodder for their starving cows and horses. INCORPORATION VOTE AT ECONOMY SEPT. 19 I Special election on the question of! incornoration of Economy has been set for Sept. 19 by the county commissioners. The election will be held from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The ballots will be cast in the Cranor hotel. The petition was filed with the commissioners Monday morning by B. F. Mason, of Hagerstown. The action was taken immediately after the presentation of the petition. Mountain Village Destroyed by Fire (By Associated Press) ROME, Sept. 7. The mountain vil lage of Molteno, near Trente, in the Italian Tyrol, has been destroyed by fire. Seven hundred persons were made homeless.

Featured by the smallest vote erer recorded in the history of Wayne county, six proposed revisions to the Indiana state constitution received a majority of the vote cast in this county in the election held Tuesday. The two tax amendments, amendments 10 and 11, were turned down by commanding majorities by the voters, who expressed their opinions. The first amendment, which is designed to require aliens to have full citizenship before they can vote, was given a favorable reception with a

majority of 2,022 voting for it About 14 per cent of the total vote of the county was registered in the election. There are said to be 23,000 voters in the county. The most votes cast for any one amendment waa 3,352 for the first amendment. Thoughtful Vote The vote as registered Tuesday would indicate that those who did go to the polls had given the proposed changes considerable thought The narrow majority by which some of the amendments were carried or rejected in this county was surprising to those particularly close to the election. The proposed amendment which would make the position of state superintendent of public Instruction appointive Instead of elective was turned down by a heavy majority, 2,127 voters disapproving this, while only 923 favored it. The proposed extension of the prose cutor s term from two jears to four was defeated by the narrow majority of 29 in this county. The extension to state officials terms to four years scraped through by 48 majority. The official result of the ballot in Wayne county -was canvassed by County Clerk Meredith Wednesday morning. The results were compiled at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. INDIANAPOLIS, Sent. 7. Adoption of amendment No. 1. to the consti tution .of Indiana and rejection of Amendments 10 and 11, today appeared to be certain on the face of unofficial returns from yesterday's special election. Amendment No. 1 was proposed in order to enfranchise women and to require foreign born residents to be fully naturalized before they could vote. No. 10 and 11 were the socalled tax amendments. With approximately one-sixth of the 3.3S4 precincts in Indiana reported, it was not possible to give an accurate report of the total vote cast in tha special elecion. In returns from 578 precincts the total vote cast on Amendment No. 1. was 37,722. While the vote on the registration amendment proposal No. 2, and one or two others was running close, it seemed on the basis of the incomplete returns, that these and the other amendments would be defeated. Little Interest Shown. Reports from over the state were that little interest was shown in the elecion by voters generally, it being estimated that not more than a 40 per cent vote was cast. Returns were slow in coming in last night, only two counties, Wayne and Marion, report ing complete returns. HARDING HOPES BILLS PASSED SOON FUNDING RAIL, FOREIGN DEBTS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 The hope is expressed by President Harding in a letter reviewing the achievements of the Republican administration that congress before the end of the extraordinary session will enact in addition to tariff and tax legislation the foreign debt funding and . the railroad debt funding bills as well as other import ant measures. The letter addressed to Senator McCormick of Illinois was made public last night and it is understood will be used in the campaign in New Mexico, where Senator Bursum, appointed to fill the unexpired term of Secretary of the Interior Fall, is a candidate for election. is also considered by Republican le ?a ters as a reply to recent attacks byf Democratic leaders on the record ofl the Republican party in congress. We have made much progress towl :a retrenchment and greatly incn ased efficiency," the president asts in reviewing tne aenievemnis oi c igress. "I cannot but account it a n) inumental accomplishment which h; s marked the work of the extraord lary session dow-n to the time of its recess." In discussing the problems confrontIne the administration he says that surveying the situation as a wnoie it is plain that we are working our way out of a welter of waste and prodigal spending at a most impressive rate." Cardiff Union Meeting Demands Change in League (By Associated Press) CARDIFF, Wales. Sept. 7 The trades union congress at today's session adopted a resolution demanding re-organization of the League of Nations, in such a manner to provide the fullest opportunity for democratic representation of all the nations, which the resolution says is necessary If they are to be preserved from the catastrophe of another war. 4