Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 287, 14 October 1921 — Page 1

MOND PAIXABIUM to VOL. XLVI., No. 287 palladium. Est. 1S31. Consolidated with Sun-Telugram, 1J07. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. 14, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS PARTY FEAR SPOILS TAX RILL ACTION "Michael Strange" Returns

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Sales Tax is Certain Sooner or Later Has Put Hard Work into Measure. senatorsTack nerve Br MARK Sl'LLIVAN WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 14 Sooner or later Senator Smoot's sales tax will be adopted: And when that happens he will take the position which belongs to him as the one Republican leader who has put hard work and sound thought into the consideration of tax revision. The man who dominates the writing of the first permanent peace-time tax bill next year may well make a place in our history like that of John Sherman, or some of the other statesmen, who gave leadership to the country's fiscal affairs after the civil war. Senator Smoot has believed in the sales tax from the beginning of the year. Most of the other Republican leaders have believed in it also, but have refrained from expressing their belief because they did not believe It was popular and did not think it would be possible to put it over just now. Much of the moral and intellectual paralysis which has marked the Republican party's management of the tax bill has been due to the very fact that so many leaders believed in a form of taxation which they did not have the courage to advocate, and have been advocating a kind of tax in which they do not believe, nothing could be so fatal to good legislative work as this kind of moral and intellectual timidity. Afraid of Phrase. One thing the Republicans are afraid of in connection with the sales tax is the phrase "consumption tax." At least, they are afraid of a direct and frank and economical consumption tax, but take cowardly comfort in the camouflage of an indirect consumption tax which is cumbersome and waste ful and really takes more out of the consumer in the long run. The Republicans know that it is a cardinal principle of the. Democratic party to lay no direct taxes on articles of food, fuel, clothing, or housing, and they are afraid that if they pass a sales tax the Democrats may use that slogan in the campaign next year. It 13 true that a few of the Republican leaders who believe in the sales tax have refrained from advocating it this year, not so much because of cowardice as because of honest expediency. The thought of these believers in the sales tax who have been honest but silent is that there is not tin., thi mr tn makfi such a funda-i mental change in the mechanism for! bringing in the money. Machinery Working We now have a machinery for collecting taxes which is in working order and which will bring in the necessary funds. To attempt to switch over to another form of tax In so short a time might leave us without enough money. Next year, of course, this argument will not apply. Of these radical members of congress and the senate who oppose the sales tax many do so on familiar radical grounds. They regard the tax measure not primarily as a system of bringing in enough revenue to run the government with the least injury to private business, but rather as a m?ans for what they regard as social reform. Their primary consideration about the tax measure is not the amount of money to be collected and the means of collecting it, but rather the bringing about of a more even distribution of wealth in the country. To this is added a certain amount of fear of what the Democrats will do. Fear Party Issue Some of the Republicai leaders fear fhat if they reduce the rate of taxation on the very rich without making a corresponding reduction in the rates on moderate incomes, the Democrats

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win iaKe advantage oi mat iaci in inei campaign next year. They foresee the Democrats making a campaign issue of the fact that men with incomes of upward $60,000 a year have had their taxes reduced, while men with smaller incomes have not benefited by the reduction. I As one Republican expressed It: "We will get the $60,000 a year vote, but we may lose a lot of other votes." j Persons who look at taxation in this; way are not movea ny tne nara tact upon which the secretary of the treasury and his tax experts agree, namely, that the high rates on very large incomes do not really penalize the rich, because they adopt the device of taking their money out of ordinary investments and putting it into free in come bonds What might have been expected reaxonable from a Republican party with an immense majority in both the house and senate would be a sound business-like point of view towards the subject of taxation, without regard to political capital that can be made out of false interpretations of what is cnnnmicjllv hound Ponvrip-ht 1Q91 by the New York Evening Post, Inc.) m A a it mi niiMifiMH I I :AI KANK P K HAI-V kWUni. unill I UllUlinUUU $39,000 PLANT BONDS Completing the saleof the entire municipal electric light plant bond issue of $257,000. a local bank bought the remalnding $39,000 worth of bonds Friday. RUSS LOAN $100,000,000. (By Associated Press) RIGA. Oct. 14. The proposed international labor loan in Russia, says the Rosta agency, is to be for $100,000,000. The plans have been worked out in Moscow by Russian trade unionists and a representative of the Italian nmrnnnlpt'".

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"Michael Strange"

Mrs. John Barrymore, wife of the famous actor, and well known under the nom de plume of "Michael Strange", has returned to the United States after some months in Paris and Venice. She has won note a3 a poet and playwright.

SENATOR WATSON RECOGNIZED SPOKESMAN OF HARDING ADMINISTRATION IN SENATE

PAM.AD1VM SEWS BIRE XV WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Senator .Tames R Watson, nf Indiana, is now ministration in the senate. He aiso is acting as . Republican leader although Senator Lodge still retains that title. Washington is still commenting- on Senator Watson's address delivered ir the senate last Tuesday. The Washington Post referred to this speech as "the first note of aggressive party leadership that has been heard in the senate this session," an opinion generally shared by the politicians on Capitol hill. In his address Senator Watson challenged the minority and sounded the rallying call to the Republicans of all factions to stand together. It was a speech which Watson is capable of ut his best, an unmistakable assertion of party leadership. In a previous ad dress, when the debate on the revFOGH WILL DELIVER PRINCIPAL ADDRESS AT MEMORIAL RITES ; By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 14. Marshal Ferdinand Foch will be the principal speaker at the cornerstone laying here on Nov. 4 of the proposed ,

World war memorial building planned j policed unless the policeman continto be erected by the state of Indiana, jues to carry "the big stick." according to an announcement today The newspaper declares that it is nuiujusi o j encouraaring that America does not made at national headquarters of t&e; , t Utom-an idls suf,h a3 at)l,ear

American Legion. Plans for the memorial project propose that part of the building will be used as national headquarters of the Legion, and the stone to be used aa a cornerstone was the one taken from

the bridge over the Marne at Chateau I tlve committee. The memorandum, Thierry and given to the Legion. I discussing the Washington conferFunds for the building are now being ence, says:

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coming convention at Kansas City, are expected to attend the cornerstone ceremonies, according to the announcement. AMERICA'S NOTABLES PAY TRIBUTE TODAY TO KNOX'S MEMORY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 Representatives of every department of the government and of the diplomatic corps gathered today to pay tribute to the. memory of the late t'nnanaer i,. Knox with services in St. John's Episcopal church. Cabinet members, senators and representatives and others prominent in political and professional life were among those in attendance. The services here will be followed by the funeral at the late senator's home at Valley Forge. Pa... on' Satur day. Among inose woo win antruu will be Vice6 Prident Coolidge. the entire foreign relations committee, I Senator Penrose and Senator Under ! wood of Alabama, the Democratic lead er representing the senate and the following committee from the house: I Rnrpspntatives ButJer. Focht. Graham. Vare. Edmonds, Watson, McFadden, Temple, Porter. Morin, Cambell, Crago, Darrow, Kiess, of Pennsylvania, and Flood, Virginia; Summers, Texas; Cockran, New York, and Wise, Georgia. Because of the death of Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, the senate agreed today to defer until Monday final consideration of the treaty of peace with Germany, Austria and Hungary. Votes on ratification of the pact are expected not later than Tuesday and the senate then will resume consideration of the tax revision bill.

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enue bill, Watson virtually served notice that he was acting as spokesman for the administration by stating that he spoke well knowing what is in the minds of those higher in the councils of the government. Peculiar Situation. The situation in which the senior senator from Indiana is a central fig ure is a peculiar one, in which he has been promoted to the party leadership without assuming the title. It was anticipated that 4 Senator (Continued on Page Three) HARDING IS PRAISED ; BY LONDON PAPER. FOR STAND ON ARMS (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 14. The London Times in an editorial this morning designates as "the wise words of a practical statesman" President Harding's statement that what he wants through the Washington conterence s "something practicable that there is a chance to accomplish." repeating also his assertion that the desirability of universal disarmament at this time! W!.T?B- ..! , ,n tw , a meditation of all who fancy that this mperfect worid cannot be effectively to be suggested in the curious incon sequential manifesto from the British navy league, which it publishes in another column. This manifesto was submitted to the Times by officials of the Navy league as a memorandum I adopted by the organization's execu- , is moral r-roDiem "he principal problem, the limitaly as a material one, does not appear possible of satisfactory solution on those lines, for we are forced to the conclusion that it is not a material problem at all, but a moral one." It then proceeds to emphasize that science may so alter the ship of today as to change completely the relative international positions, according to the ingenuity of the various nat'ons' inventors, "though the rations kept strictly to the letter of the agreement." It asserts that it is also impossible to assign a mathematical factor of strength to any ship. It is in the exercise'of power that most of the difficulty lies," adds the memorandum, which advocates the sea be regarded as a "field for almost unlimited service" rather than with a view to possibility of exercising the greatest power in the world." Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday and probj ably Sunday Indian Summer Fair weather will prevail for an other 36 hours and probably longer. Temperatures will probably rise to a point between 75 and 80 degrees Saturday afternoon. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair and somewhat warmer tonight and Saturday. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 45 Minimum 26 Today Noon 61 Weather Conditions Fair weather now covers a vast area. Heavy frosts as far south as Tennessee and West Virginia. It is much warmer in the west, temperatures ranging from 75 to 85 in the shade, due to an extensive area of low barometric pressure over southern and western Canada.

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(By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 14. The conference of Sinn Fein leaders and members of the British cabinet convened at 11 oclock this morning in Prime Minister Lloyd George's official residence in Downing street, with the view of reaching an agreement as to a basis for settlement of the Irish question, adjourned at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, until 3:30 p. m., Monday. The utmost secrecy has been observed by both parties involved in the negotiations and little information has been gained by the public regarding the subjects under discussion in the meetings already held. It was understood, however, that violations of the truce in Ireland had been considered and that financial arrangements between Ireland and England in case the government's offer of dominion status should be accepted had been taken up. There seemed to be considerable optimism in both the Sinn Fein and British circles here over the continuance of the conference but it was recognized that the vital matters at issue had not as yet come before the negotiators. SPEEDING ARRESTS ARE ALL JUSTIFIED, SAYS POLICE CHIEF Much of the scare about the arrest of alleged speeding motorists is but a "bug-a-boo" according to Police Chief Wenger. The chief said Friday that the only arrests having been made have been justified by the motorists traveling at the rate of more than 30 miles an hour in the residential districts, or more than 18 miles au hour in the business district. His statement follows: "All sorts of misleading reports have been printed and circulated, about the arrests for speeding and tho instructions which hare been given to the" motorcycle officers until the people outside of Richmond are afraid to come to the city. As a mat ter of fact no arrests have been made in which the driver of the automobile has been going under 30 miles au hour. "The instructions to the officers are that no arrests are to be made unless the driver is going at least 30 miles an hour in the residential district, and 18 miles in the congested business district. A speed in excess of 18 miles should not be permitted in turning comers. "Our campaign against reckless driving is only a part of the state-wide campaign to limit reckless driving. Every day the lives of children are endangered by fast driving and we I intend to do what we can to make the people be more careful. We have instructed the officers to be courteous nann,a onf, fro!,t thnao ,ivi-np. nilt. to people and treat those living out side of Richmond with every possible consideration." RUSSIA WILL OFFER MEDIATION BETWEEN CHINA AND MONGOLIA (By Associated Press) PEKING, Oct. 14. Bolsheviki Russia intends to offer its mediation between China and the Mongolian republic in an effort to establish amicable relations, it is asserted in a statement issued by the Posta News agency, the official soviet organ -in Peking. The agency makes public a note addressed to the Mongolian revolutionary government now controlling outer Mongolia under the military auspices of soviet administration in Moscow. This note from the soviet capital follows: "The Russian government shares the Mongolian republic's conviction of the necessity of establishing peaceful business inter-relations between ! Mongolia, based on the Mongolian people's right of self-determination Want Conflict Removed "A soviet commercial delegation now enroute to Peking will act as mediator between Mongolia and China with a view to establishing ChinoMongolian relations on this basis and removing the possibility of further conflict, according to the Mongolian government's request of Sept. 19." Peking regards unfavorably the presence of a soviet array at Urga, the capital of the Mongolian revoluuuiiaiy ami ouviri iiiiiuriiuc lucre, it is declared not to be disposed to accept Russian mediation, but to be willing to negotiate with Mongolia on the basis of autonomy clauses of the Triparite agreement signed in 1915. Fifty Persons Poisoned at Elwood Banquet (By Associated Presst ELWOOD, Ind.. Oct. 14. Fifty persons were recovering today from poisoning which followed an Americanization day banquet Wednesday night Baked beans are blamed for the trouble, it is said, guests who did not eat them being spared any of the symptoms. A number of others were only slightly ill.

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most beautiful girl in Central America at a contest at Balboa, Panama canal zone, recently. She is an American girl. Her father is a govern

ment employe m tne zone. MISS FREED' URGES PRESIDENT SUGGEST ONE HALF ARMS CUT ' (By AsrecWUd Fres) " NEW YORK, Oct 14. Another chapter of the correspondence between President Harding and Miss Ella "Freed"' concerning the coming conference on the limitation of armament was made public today by "Miss Freed," who added that the president had misread her name, which really is Mrs. Ella L. Fried. The president made public on Wed nesday a letter in response to one lrom ner m wnicn ne gave nis nrst exienueu puonu uuuiue oi wuai ue hoped to see achieved at the confer ence. Mrs. Fried said she had written a reply urging him to propose a reduction by one half of present armaments. The letter read: "I asked you what you meant by 'reasonable limitation.' You said you mean 'something practicable.' ' That is exactly the same thing you said before in other words. Synonyms are not definitions. Suggests One-Half. "Permit me to ask you whether you consider a reduction of the world's military burdens by one-half reasonable .or practicable. If everyone of the nations at the conference agrees to reduce its armament one-half, their relative strength would remain as great as before. That is clear I hope. "Then why not suggest one-half re duction? When that has been done the women of the world will furnish you further suggestions as to what is reasonable and practicable. Mrs. Fried, aged 23, lives in Pitts burg. She has been serving as a speaker 'for the Citizens' disarmament committee. . PETITION TO VACATE G00DS0N ROAD SENT TO COUNTY OFFICE Residents of Greene township filed a petition to vacate the Goodson road in the office of the county auditor Friday afternoon. The road under discussion is a connecting route and is graveled about half its length. Advocates of the change claim the road will not benefit the township if completed any more than it does at present. Property owners affected are: John Blake. Charle3 R. Waltz, William R. Goodson, Edgar H. Tubesing, William R. Bogue, Austin L. Johnson, Bert Johnson, Alpheiis Williams, ' Ruth A. Williams. Martin D. Steel and Hattie Steel, and J- S. Alyea. The petition will be presented to the county commissioners Nov. 7. Notices have been sent out to all property owners affected to be present at the hearing on that date. If (the commissioners see fit to close the road, viewers will be appointed at that time. Mexican Rebel Band Stages Train Holdup (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY. Oct. 14. Fifty armed men under the leadership of the rebel captain, Castillo, yesterday heldup a passenger train from Vera Cruz to Mexico City near the small station of Signoret, seven miles from Pueblo, robbed the passengers, and escaped with considerable boo.ty.

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Authorize Negotiations For Peace Work Restoration CHICAGO, Oct. 14. The United States railroad labor board today authorized railroads to open negotiations with the onions for the restoration of piece work, barred by rule one of the shop crafts national agreement, entered into under the former railroad administration. COLLAPSE OF WIZARD OF KU KLUX KLAN PREVENTS HEARING (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. William J. Simmons, imperial wizard of the Klu Klux Klan, was prevented by illness today from appearing before a house committee for examination by mem bers, as to the activities of the order. The imperial wizard collapsed yesterday at the close of a five-hour statement and later was placed in charge of a, physician who ordered him to stay in bed. Announcement of Mr. Simmon's illness was made by Chairman Campbell, who stated that he had been advised that the wizard was too ill to appear. Dr. W. G. Manning, the physician attending Mr. Simmons, reported that he was suffering from acute bronchitis and general exhaustion. Adjourns Hearing Chairman Campbell adjourned the hearing after stating that Dr. Manning had informed him Mr. Simmons could not possibly appear earlier than Monday. Should his condition improve, however, the hearing may be resumed tomorrow. Simmons was found to be suffering from "bronchitis and nervous exhaustion," it was said yesterday after his collapse on the stand and the attending physician doubted whether he would be able to -undergo the crossexamination which was scheduled. The all-day session yesterday was seldom without a moment of unusual interest. The Klan's founder, palpably not in normal health, seemed eager to continue his denunciation of those who had filed charges of lawlessness and bigotry against the organization. His references to former members among the attackers was particularly bitter. GUARD TO REPLACE COAL FIELD TROOPS (By Associated Press) CHARLESTON. W. Va., Oct. 14 Federal troops on duty in the South ern Western Virginia coal fields recentlv the scene of disorders alone the Logan-Boone county border will be withdrawn orobably within the next month according to Adjutant ! General John S. Charnock, who announced"yesterday that he expected the West Virginia National guard would be completely equipped and organized by that time. The organization of seven companies already has been completed, General Charnock said, while three companies will be inspected next week for acceptance by the federal government. The work of organizing three other companies at Huntington is also in progress and is-expected to be completed within a month, y The maximum strength of the guard for 1921 was fixed by the government at 1.426 officers and men and the minimum at 846. With the exception of the company at Weston, all will be in the southern part of the state.

(By Associated Press CHICAGO, Oct 14. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, today requested a conference with railroad executives in session here in behalf of the six big railroad unions, which have voted to strike. Officers of 16 railroad unions went in session shortly before noon at one hotel, while more than 100 railroal presidents met at another. The railroad presidents notified Mr. Stone by telephone, that his letter would be considered at their meeting. Immediate reduction of freight rates on agricultural products for a trial period of from 60 to 90 days, pending further wage reductions, was one of the proposals presented to high railroad officers at the conference of the association of railway executives today. A general policy of wage and freight rates reductions was the dominating topic under discussion. Reali

zation that the legal steps necessary to lower wages and transportation charges would delay any benefits to agriculturists. According to railroad officials a temporary reduction of rates on farm products was thought to be possible with comparatively little delay. A tentative reduction of eight per cent was suggested. Meanwhile the roads would take up wage negotiations with their employes, and if unable to obtain an agreement to reductions would take the question to the railroad labor board. Crisis More Acute. The crisis was rendered more acute than ever when the labor board handed down a decision providing for rest or action of piece work. The railroad presidents were Jubilant while union leaders feared the effect on their men, more thaJl SO npr.rpnt nt vhnm Viqvo t already voted to strike, rather than to accept further wage reductions or rules which they oppose. The railway executives, It Is reported, also will consider a proposal to seek an amendment to the transportation act, transferring to the Interstate commerce commission the wage adjusting authority now invested in the railroad labor board. The railway executives declined to indicate what definite steps were under discussion for proposing further wage reductions, which under their plan would be necessary before shippers could expect freight reductions. The July wage reduction of 12 percent ordered by the railroad labor board, the executives declared, merely staved off bankruptcy for many roads. Thinks Vote Bluff. The strike vote of the brotherhoods and shop crafts resulting from this wage cut. it was declared by the executives, was but a force to ward off any further wage reductions. Some of the union leaders admitted that the vote did not mean a general walkout of the railroad employes, although tt was reported that October 30 had been tentatively agreed upon by the union heads for sectional strikes of the employes if strikes were finally decided upon. "The men do not want to quit work." said W. G. Lee, president of the brotherhood of railway trainmen. The officers of the various unions do not want to declare a walkout, because thev know such action would be foolhardy." The special committee of the Association of Railway Executives which, conferred last week, with President Harding and other government officials on the railroad situation will present the plan to lower freight rates. The committee included President Cuyler, representing security holders; Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania system; President Smith, of the New York Central; President Halo Holden, of the Burlington, and Julius Jruttachnitt of the Southern Pacific board of directors. JAPAN IS INCLINED TO IGNORE CHINESE SHANTUNG REJECTION PEKING. Oct. 14. Japan is inclined to ignore the Chinese note rejecting her proposals relative to negotiations involving the Shantung question according to most reliable information here. This would leave the position of Japan as it was following the presentation of the Tokio memorandum by M. Obata, Japanese minister here in September. It is declared that 'Japan expects China will attempt to bring the Shantung problem before the Washington confernce but Tokio is relying upon the solid support of the signatories to the Versailles treaty in opposing such a move, because if China's claims were recognized it is asserted, other non-signatories would be encouraged to protest against clauses distasteful to them, and thus the treaty might be Invalidated. Japan expects her stand in this matter will leave Shantung open to future, direct negotiations with China,

May Publish Documents. While ignoring the Peking note relative to China, Japan Is likely, however, to publish all Chinese and Japanese documents regarding Shantung, provided China's consent can be obtained. If this should be impossible, i she is expected to issue an official resume, including probably a statement that Chinese officials definitely had assured her that China would negotiate, provided Japan would make the first move. " 4