Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 265, 17 September 1921 — Page 1

PAI JL Jl VOL. XLVI., No. 265 palladium. Est. 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING,' SEPT. 17, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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PEOPLE WANT TAX, TARIFF, PASSED SOON

Harding Hopes to See Both Measures Out of Way at Once Long Period of Debate Likely. TAXATIOfTCOMES FIRST BY MARK SllUV.(V WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 17. When congress comes together next Thursday it will have exactly 10 weeks in which to complete tire program laid down for it. President Harding speaking of the two most important items of that program, taxation and the tariff, expressed a "confident hope," on his part, that congress will pass both or these measures during the 10 weeks. President Harding sincerely holds this belief; but in holding it. he is almost alone. That the taxation meas ure will be passed, everyone believes. As to the tariff, the decidedly strong er expectation is that this will not be on the statute books when the present session of congress adjourns on Dec 5. Would Mean Vast Change. If these were the only two meas ures to occupy congress, they might conceivably be rushed through, but it woud not only be necessary for con gress to have nothing else to do, it would also be necessary for congress to achieve Jmmeditaely upon reassem bling a solidarity of party action and a vigor of leadership, which it has not yet shown. The thing Is not likely to happen It Is commonly said that, S3 soon as the senate reconvenes the taxation measure will be turned over to it and will be kept to the front until it is finally passed. Broadly speaking this is true. The Republican leaders know that business men and the country gener ally have become peevish over the long delay in letting the country know what their taxes are to be. They are eager to get something on the book, and it is just this wish to get something done that will probably color the final passage of the tax schedule. There is not yet, and there is not likely soon to be any real coming together of the several factions who are of diverse minds on this subject. What now looks probable is a fairly long period of contentious debate in the senate, followed by some kind of rough and ready action, coupled with the intention to take the whole subject of taxation up again next year and make a more thorough job of it. Must Ratify Treaty. Actually, it is probable that taxation will not be the first subject taken up In the senate. It is more than likely that in the beginning right-of-way will 5e given to the ratification of the German Treaty. The administration wants this matter cleared up, and nearly everybody ?lse has a tired feeling of acquiescence In the same view. Ratification of the treaty should not take much time. All the elements that might have made for aelay in considering the league of nations are absent. Some of the Democrats will have pointed speeches to make, but there is no apprehension that the ratification of the German treaty will take any considerable quantity of time. But there are other measures that will take time. Want Rail Bill Settled. One which will come up for early consideration is' the so-called railroad till. The administration is eager to ?et this bill passed early, because it is oelieved that it constitutes the most practicable available remedy for unemployment. The purpose of the bill is to advance half a billion dollars to the railroads an account of claims not yet fully determined, which the railroads have against government. It is proposed to raise this money by selling securities of the railroads now In possession of the government. The merit of the bill, in the eyes of the administration is, that it makes it possible to furnish half a billion doV ars to the railroads without any appropriation or any taxation. The further merit of it in the belief 3f its proponents, is that this five hundred million dollars will be spent by I he railroads in ways which will era- ' ploy labor and make business; and :hat, in the end will have the result of a greater volume of railroad traffic, !ollowed by a reduction of freight -ates. made possible by an increase In he volume of traffic. See Fight on This Bill. The administration is earnest in its idvocacy of this bill because, obviously inemploynient is the most serious letriment to contentment the country low has. The weight of the adinistraion will probably be put behind the Jill strongly. It is equally certain, that trong opposition will be made by Senator La Follette, and others and hat a good deal of time will .be consumed in a crimonious debate. v Related to the railroad bill, in a way. is the bill for refunding the debts owed to us by various European governments. In a more fundamental way than the railroad bill, this foreign loan refunding measure promises economic muri, mn oniy 10 ine Lnnea states, but to the world. Would Straighten Foreign Debt. The purpose of the measure is to give the secretary of the treasury wide ruthority and discretion to handle these loans in the way that appeals to his judgment as being to the best interests of the United States. These loans are now, substantially, in the form of demand notes. As demands notes, they are overdue. Not only are they overdue, but there is three years accumulated interest overdue. It is a simple matter to say, as a good deal of current agitation does say. that we should collect this money, but every business man knows that we cannot collect it now and that (Continued on Page Six)

Legion Founder Weds Beautiful Girl

Miss Ethel Charles H. Duell, one of the found ers of the American Legion wno served as first vice chairman of that organization at the first national convention, is to be married this fall to Miss Ethel Tucker, former actress, famed for her beauty. Miss Tucker is said to be one of the most beautiful women in America. News of the engagement came from SENATE HEARS SMOOT ON SALES TAX PLAN, CALDER ON BEER TAX (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. Having practically completed revision of the bouse tax bill, the senate finance committee was ready today to receive Senator Smoot's proposal for a manufacturers' 6ales tax and Senator Calder's plan to tax 2.73 per cent beer at the rate of $5 a barrel. The sales tax is embodied in a bill which Senator Smoot had given notice he would offer to the committee today as a substitute for the revised house measure. Under the Utah senator's plan all internal revenue would be obtained from five sources: Incomes of individuals and corporations; estate taxes, tobacco taxes, and a three per cent levy on manufacturers sales. Senator Smoot estimates that these taxes would yield $i,S80,000,000 annually and that this sum wtth the amounts received from the tariff, through collection of back taxes andj from salvage and miscellaneous sour-j ces would be sufficient to meet the government's revenue needs for this and succeeding years. . See Rejection Ahead. The general opinion at the capitol seemed to be that the committee would reject Mr. Smoot's bill. In that event the senator expected to bring it forth in the senate as a substitute when the house bill is under consideration. His proposals has been endorsed by a number of manufacturers associations and is looked upon by favor by some Republican leaders, who however, have indicated that they did not deem this the proper time to consider. Senator Calder's beer proposal has drawn fire from the Anti-Saloon league, which has announced, through its general counsel, Wayne B. Wheeler, that it would be strongly opposed by the prohibition forces. Catch Up Loose Ends Only a few loose ends of the revision of the house bill remained to be caught up today by the senate committee. Revision of the levy provisions of the house bill as previously agreed upon were expected to stand. The committee, bow-ever, had decided to delay a final vote until next Wednesday after the legislative and treasury experts had completed the actual drafting of the measure. Democratic members are expected to vote Bolidly against the bill and to carry their fight to the senate floor. Their fire will be directed chiefly against the provisions repealing the excess profits tax and reducing the income surtax brackets to a maximum of 32 per cent. M.E. BENEVOLENT AID REACHES $33,000,000 fBy Associated Press) CONNERSVILLE. Ind., Sept. 17. More than $33,000,000 has been paid into the treasury of the Methodist Episcopal church for benevolent purposes and the denomination's centenary funds in the last three years, it was announced here today by Dr. R. J. Wade, of Chicago, in a report to the 90th annual Indiana conference. Dr. Wade is corresponding secretary of the committee on conservation and advance. "This is the most remarkable example of increased benevolence giving in the history of the Methodist Episcopal church, he said. LEGION MEN CALLED TO ATTEND FUNERAL All ex-service men are requested to meet at the American Legion rooms Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock to at tend the funeral of Private Merle Gross. Sunday afternoon at 2: SO o'clock. , . Gotham Organizations Observe Constitution Day NEW YORK. Sept. 17 Constitution day, commemorating the adoption of the United States constitution 134 years ago was celebrated by many patriotic societies here today. The principal celebration held at the old Federal hail, now the subtreasury, was arranged by the Sons of the American Revolution. The profram of music and addresses at the sub-treasury was preceded by a pa-

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France where Miss Tucker has been passing the summer. . Duell is a cousin of former Senator Elihu Root. He served during the war as a lieutenant in the navy. He was assigned to the destroyer Wilkes operating from the Queenstown base. Miss Tucker appeared last season in "Three Faces East." INDIANA DEMOCRACY EXPECTED TO EXHIBIT POLITICAL ASTUTENESS PALLADIUM SEH J Bl RKAtT WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 Indiana Democracy is expected to be largely represented at the meeting of the Democratic national committee which is to be held in Washington next month. It will be the first important Democratic conference since the crushing defeat administered to Candidate Cox at the polls last November. pemocracy will in particular discuss its plans for next year's congressional contests. A third of the membership of the senate is to be elected and members of the lower house also will be elected in 1922. But members of the Democratic national committee and lesser politicians will find plenty of time to discuss prospective candidates and policies in the 1924 presidential campaign. William G. McAdoo is regarded an active entrant in the race for the next Democratic presidential nomination and it is believed that Mr. Cox again will enter, the contest. Members of the McAdoo organization have been very busy this summer. Their first activity was the organization of a McAdoo club in Missouri, now regarded as one of the most important pivotal states. Lately the former secretary of the treasury has been introduced as a critic of the Harding administration. Recall McAdoo Strength Democratic politicians recall that McAdoo made-a remarkable showing at the San Francisco convention last year. He was the only candidate who gave Cox a real run for his money. Democratic politicians in Washington are curious to know how the party organization in Indiana will line up in the event the forthcoming national (Continued on Page Four) LLOYD GEORGE FIRM IN REPLY TO LATEST DEVALERA MESSAGE (By Associated Press) LONDON. Sept. 17 Premier Lloyd George replying today to the communication of Eamonn de Valera on Friday says that to receive the Sinn Fein delegates to the proposed conference as representatives of an independent and sovereign state would constitute formal and official recognition of Ireland's severance from the King's domain. Sinn Fein acceptance of membership in the British commonwealth as" the basis of negotiations with Prime Minister Lloyd George is seen as the only way out of the present Irish sit uation and deadlock by London newspapers, although the prospects regarding the conference are considered irnproved by Eamon De Valera's latest note to the prime minister. The Daily Chronicle today said that such action by the Irish republicans would mean that peace was in sight the newspaper adding that "until the Sinn Fein does accept peace is unattainable." "There is satisfactory evidence in both English and Irish newspapers" declared the Daily News, "that the avrtf tfimJ:raro ahani1nm-nt f a temporary the Inverness conference Is not likely to have any very serious or permanent effects." Flay Phrase Juggling. , Th Daily Express, asserts that jug gllng with a "phrase" led to the deadlock but said there was little doubt that since receiving Mr. DeValera's latest letter the prime minister "would find means to accommodate Mr. DeValera and his friends.' "Public opinion in Ireland' the newspaper added, "made this step on the parf of the Sinn Fein leader Inevitable." The Irish situation assumes a more hopeful appearance since Mr. DeValera - in his telegram yesterday seemed to place a different construction on his own words in the opinion of the London Times. This newspaper said patience and good will should solve the immediate problem and it believed Mr. Lloyd George might well accept Mr. DeValera's contention for a conference without conditions, and name the earliest possible day for it. GAIRLOCH, Scotland. Sept. 17. The receipt by Prime Minister Lloyd (Continued on Page K'even)

DEATH SINKS ICY FINGERS IN VOIGAJALLEY Officials of Near East Relief After Survey of Provinces, Say Conditions Indicate Wholesale Starvation.

DISEASE. TIGHTENS GRIP T5 Associated Press) TSARITSYT, Russia, Sept. 17. Hunger is tightening its grip on the lower valley of the Volga. Officials of the near east relief who reached this city today after making a survey of 10 provinces in famine wasted, southeastern Russia, said conditions indicated wholesale starvation by January if outside help on a large scale did not arrive immediately. The situation at Samara was found to be grave, but further south it became worse. There the soil is poorer and starvation is already at the door. The relief workers suggest the purchase of grain in Bulgaria and Constantinople and vigorous steps to get it to the famine district before the Russian winter comes and binds fast the Don and Volga rivers. There are in normal times 100,000 workmen employed in the province or Saratov, but only 4.000 are now en gaged in the factories. During the past three months there have been 600 cases of cholera in this city and 40 percent of them have been fatal. Disease Reported. During the same period 1,250 cases of this dread disease have been reported from Saratova province. Also hundreds of deaths from starvation have been reported officially in the last fortnight. Black bread, made largely from acorns is selling at the equivalent of one cent an ounce. The relief officials visited the provinces of Kazan Samara, Simbirsk, Penza, Tampbov, Saratov, Astrakan, Don. Kuban and Stavropol, and previously had inspected conditions in the Georgian republic. "In the southern Volga provinces where the soil is thin starvation has I already set in," said Albert E. Johnson, chairman of the Near East relief. "Even in the provinces of Pensa and Voronezh, which do not touch the Volga, were constant streams of peasants wending their way westward. I saw 83 wagons and 400 persons pass through one village in eastern Voronezh in a few hours. - Soviet Promise Grain "The soviet government, is attempting to encourage those wishing to migrate by sending committees to villages and promising food and grain to those peasants who remain in their homes. "It is difficult, however, to organize sparsely settled sections and check migrations. Provinces which escaped the terrible drought are being scoured by peasant deputations for seed grain. Officials say that they have secured enougn gram to plant 100,000 acres, provided it is not eaten during the hard winter that is coming." At Filonovo refugees from Saratov climbed all over the near east relief car attempting to escape to districts where food might be obtained. There are 1,000 of these homeless ones in Tsaritsyn at present. They have no lu 6 auu iuc ff'juuu ls ready on short rations, and is unable to feed the emigrants. The Tsaritsyn soviet is feeding 20,000 children at orphanages, giving them seven ounces of bread and 16 gams of sugar dally. They receive soup three times a week when meat can be secured. This work, however, cannot be carried on later than January. LONDON, Sept. 17 Twenty American relief administration workers, transportation experts, doctors and warehousekeepers, who arrived in England from the United States last Saturday on board the liner Olympic, have left for Riga. From that city they will go to Moscow, where definite assignments will be given them. RECOMMEND AMERICA BUY GERMAN BALLOON ' (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Procurrment of a dirigible of the Zeppelin type from Germany if possible to replace the lost ZR-2 and continuation of construction of the ZR-1 now buildins at Lakehurst. N. J., was recom mended today to President Harding and Secretaries Denby and .Weeks by the official national advisory committee for aeronautics. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST. Thunderstorms this afternoon or evening, followed by clearing and cooler: Sunday generally fair and cooler. The weather will continue unsettled Saturday night with occasional thundershowers, and will be followed by a change to cooler and generally fair weather. The storm center will cross Indiana before midnight. -For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair and cooler tonight, except probably thundershowers in extreme South portion; Sunday fair and cooler. Temperatures For Yesterday. I Maximum 74 j Minimum 60 Today Noon 76 Weather Conditions The general rain storm continues to move steadily Eastward and is now central over the lake region. It is cooler in the west behind the storm, but not so cool as a week ago when temperatures were below freezing in Western Canada and Montana. The heaviest rainfall has been over the states adjacent to the Great Lakes.

Noted Beauty to Appear in Camille

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A charming photo of Consuela Flowerton. Consuela Flowerton, who won fame with her beauty as a Follies girl and who is now making her first step in the cinema world, will appear on Broadway in "Camille", taking the part of "Olympa." STATE CHARITIES HEAD AND LOCAL SECRETARY URGE MORE INTEREST IN SOCIAL SERVICE WORK

Greater activity for the Social Service bureau during the coming year will be necessary because of the social unrest and unsettled industrial conditions existing in this city as well as throughout the country, according to the report of Miss Ethel Clark, secretary of the Richmond bureau in her report at the annual , meeting of the bureau Friday night. "What the coming months will bring forth no one can foretell, but assuredly ever greater opportunities for service lie before us in safeguarding human life," Miss Clark stated. "The people of Richmond simply do not know their own city and its needs. They do not know how the other half lives. The bureau needs more friends, more interest in these needs more best thought and consideration of those who can look beyond the problems of relieving the ever present distress of today to the ways and means of preventing its continuation," Miss Clark said in her report. "There are no bigger-hearted people to be found anywhere than in the city of Richmond." Butler Discusses Problem. Amos W. Butler, secretary of the state board of charities, declared in hie clrlrace Vi o Yi a e-raotact TirfiKlflm . facing the people of Indiana today is SOLEMN CEREMONIES HONOR MEN KILLED IN ZR-2 DISASTER (Ey Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 17. America today mourned her fighting men who fell with the ZR-2. . Into the New York navy yards in drizzling rain pressed thousands of sorrowing men and women to gather around the biers of 15 blue jackets and their officers who met death in the English river Humber when the giant airship took its fatal plunge. . England honored the American dead as well as her own sons with solemn ceremonies in West Minister Abbey and elsewhere but this afternoon Americans gathered to pay their own tribute to the heroes whose bodies were brought back to the home land yesterday on the British cruiser Dauntless. Journeying here from Washington to be present when the words of parting were uttered was the secretary of the navy while British, French and Brazilian sailormen whose warships were in port were invited to the ceremony. High Officers Attend. ' Secretary Denby accompanied by attaches of the British embassy arrived early bearing with him 15 bouquets personal tributes from the president of the United States and his cabinet. The British embassador " also sent flowers. The secretary decided not to deliver an address preferring that the cere monies be confined to the solemn ritual prescribed by navy regulations and accorded America naval heroes ever since men-o'-war flying the stars and stripes have sailed the seas. The white washed walls of the mess hall were draped with American flags when the guards of honor, picked men, and marines marched into the auditorium headed by a band. With bay onets fixed, seamen in navy blue and marines in khaki took their places around the caskets of their comrades. Their officers wore mourning bands on their sleeves and crepe on their sword hilts. . RELIEF f ROM MOT SPELL Relief from the present hot and sultry spell will arrive here tonight if not before. The. wind will shift to the northwest. This change is due to a cool wave over the Rocky mountains.

that of decreasing feeble-mindedness. He stated that there were over 44,000 feeble-minded in the state today. "It is. the next generation we must look after. The children must be the center of our activities. We must determine what agencies are working for vice, immorality and crime; then see what agencies are working against them. "Money, personal effort, power, influence and effectiveness mast be centered on these latter forces and (Continued on Page Eleven.)

21 OUT OF 28 COUNTY TAXING UNITS SHOW INCREASE IN LEVIES Twenty-one out of the 28 taxing units of the county show an increase in their levies for 1922 over that of this year, according to the certificates filed with County Auditor Brooks Sat urday. Seven units showed decreases. A decrease of two cents was made by the county levy in each unit. ! The certificates given the auditor will be forwarded to the state tax board. The state tax will be added and then the complete tax levies returned to Auditor Brooks. Reports from Indianapolis Indicate that the state tax will be in the neighborhood of 23 cents. This year's state tax was ,20 cents. Higher School Levies Increases in school levies occasioned the higher levies in many of the tax units. Center township and Centerville corporation both were assessed a levy of 32 cents for school bonds. Centerville corporation drew a total increase of 41 cents for school purposes. Richmond's levy will remain virtually the same as this year. Wayne township showed a slight increase. The construction of two macadam road 3 brought about an eight cent ini crease for all the units In Wayne ! township Hagerstown Reduces. Hagerstown brought about a -reduction of 23 cents in its levy. The tuition funds for schools was lowered 41 cents and the special school fund was raised 20 cents there. A comparison of the taxes for the county for the various townships and corporations for 1921 and 1922, less the state tax is as follows:

1922. 1921. $1.13 $ .97 1.34 1.3:1 1.49 1.11 .99 1.02 1.24 1.35 . 1.33 1.V3 . 1.32 1.26 . .80 1.11 . 1.05 .90 . 1.06 .95 . 1.20 1.18 . 1.27 1.31 . 1.02 .95 . 1.55 1.41 . 1.08 1.04 . 2.31 2.2S . 2.89 2.5S; . 1.91 1.55 . 2.88 2 C'J . 1.59 1.53 . 1.51 1.56 . 1.37 1.39 . 1.76 1.99 . 1 38 1.2S .1.26 1.09 . 2.66 2.C0 . 2.06 1.95 . 1.85 1.71

Clay Cambridge City Green's ML HARDING PARTY ASHORE (By Associated Press) NORFOLK, Va., Sept. - 17. President Harding and members of his vacation party who arrived In Hampton roads on the Mayflower during the night came ashore here today, the I president going to the Norfolk country club for a round of golf.

TINY VESSEL TO EXPLORE SOUTH SEAS Sir Ernest Shackleton and Party Leave Thames Today for Uncharted Sections and Frozen Mysteries.

TO FIGHT THROUGH ICE CBy Associated Press) -LONDON, Sept. 17 The Quest, the small ship on which Sir Ernest Shackleton will explore the uncharted sections of the South Atlantic, the Pacific and Antarctic seas, left the Thames today on the start of her two year voyage. Large crowds gathered on the docks to wish Sir Ernest and his party a successful voyage. The voyage of The Quest, the quaint little 200-ton ship which is carrying Shackleton and his party to frozen mysteries in the South Polar seas, has for its objectives not only oceanographic research but the exploration of a petrified forest and the location of a "lost" island Tuanaki the adjacent waters of which have not been sailed for more than 90 years. In addition, soundings will be taken of the ocean plateau surrounding Gough's Island in an effort to determine the truth regarding a supposed underwater continental connection between Africa and America. Nineteen persons, representing each of the British self-governing dominions, ere expected to be aboard when the tiny but stanch craft, "built for tight corners," leaves Capetown. South Africa, for two years of buffeting its way through the Antarctic ice. The Quest, which uses both sail and steam, and which may cover more than 30,000 miles before its return home, was constructed according to the personal ideas of Shackleton, who has made several voyages to the Antarc tic. He commanded the British expedition of 1907-09. which reached within 97 miles of the South Pole and also the expedition of 1914-15 to Weddell sea. His present ship Is 111 feet long, 25 foot beam and 12 feet in .depth. She was built in Norway in 1917 of oak. pine and spruce and has been tested in heavy ice. Her sides are two feet thick and her bows are of solid oak sheathed with steel. Her steaming radius is 9,000 miles and, under sail, in a stiff breeze The Quest can make eight knots. " She carries wireless equipment and an airplane with a 25-foot wing spread. She has a glass enclosed bridge and a lookout that resembles a flour barrel. ,To Fly Above Fogs Major C. R. Carr, an English soldier of fortune, the aviator of the expedition, plans to fly above the Antarctic fogs to scout out passages between the floes through which The Quest may pass. He is also the photographer and naturalist of the expedition. The biplane he will use is one of only three that were ever builL The other two were flown, respectively, by Colonel Borten V. C, th pioneer flyer from England to Mesopotamia, and by Sir Ross Smith, the first man to fly from England to Australia. Other members of the Shackle'on party, besides those already mention ed, include Frank Ttild, second in command; Frank Worsley, commander; Major A. H. Macklin, biologist; R. Stenhouse, Lieutenant commander; Captain L. Hussey, meteorologist; J. S. W. Marr and N. E. Mooney, cabin boys. To Explore Forest The petrified forest that will be explored was found by Shackleton on the island of Trinidad at a certain point where he landed from Captain Robert F. Scott's ship, the Discovery, more than 12 years ago. Gough's Island is eight miles long and 4,000 feet high, and in 1904, when visited for the first time on record by members of the Bruce expedition, was found to have at least four hitherto unclassified species of birds. Tuanaki, the "lost" island, has been mentioned In old nautical records but apparently has disappeared. A spot in the Pacific where it is supposed to be will be dredged for evidence to show that it is recently submerged land. There Is already In the South Polar regions, another British expedition. It is led by Commander John L. Cope who left Norfolk. Va., on Oct. 27, 1920. for a six years' sojourn in the Ice fields. The party Is aboard a 7,000-ton whaler, the Thor I, and three auxillary ships and numbers more than 100 men. One of its purposes is the commercial development of the mineral wealth of Antaractica. PASTORS NOT ALLOWED TO MARRY REV. GRANT (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept 17. Bishop Manning has ruled that no clergyman of th Protestant Episcopal church may perform a marriage ceremony for the Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, rector of the church of the Ascension and his fiancee, Mrs. Rita de Acosta Lydig, a wealthy parishioner, who has been divorced twice, the New York Times says it has learned from a reliable source. Before the engagement was announced Dr. Grant communicated his purpose to the bishop and was informed that the proposed marriage was contrary to the canons of the church, and the bishop has not receded from this position, it is declared. Dr. Grant's vestrymen are not inclined to interfere with his matrimonial plans, and he is the only one who has taken up the question of its ecclesiastical regnlarity with the bishop, it is stated.