Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 8, 10 January 1922 — Page 1
MOM) PAIJLAM H Mi VOL. XCII., No. 8 Paliacllurn. Est. 1S31. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 10, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS SENATE GAINS BY PEPPER'S Seeks Governorship
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DELEGATIONS ARE STUDYING TREATYDRAFT Tentative Pact Understood to Contain a Number of New Features Extension of Time Rumored.
Pepper Able Man
THINK BRITISH WILL ENDORSE FREMCIf PACT Notification of Endorsement of Pledge to Aid France Against German Invasion is Expected Tonight. FRAME" RUSS MESSAGE
Cowgirl to Opera Star ELECT GRIFFITH PRESIDENT OF
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mg Intellectual Standards Sproul Submerges Self-interest in Choice of Lawyer. PERSONALITY OF MAN
By MI1K Sll.MVAV WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 From the national point of view and from the non-partisan point of view, the outstanding fact about the selection of George Wharton Pepper as the new senator from Pennsylvania is that it is a beginning toward restoring the intellectual standing of the senate. As such it is the first step in a nationwide policy recently inaugurated by tb management of both parties. It would be difficult to find terms loo elevated to describe either Pepper personally or the manner of his appointment. 14 For Governor Sproul it was one of those acts which are not only patriotic in the impersonal sense, but which also involve the submersion of self interest. Sproul was urged to re-.-ign (he governorship in order to take the office himself. To refrain from !
that was not so much, perhaps, but in naming pepper. Sproul also makes : rPllfm flllTfl TIITTTO bis own advancement in the future im-! rfWf K oil I II IHpMN nnsftihle. PullllPr' anointment kil HIUI TJ I U MIL! IU
only to serve out the unexpired term of Penrose. Sproui Unselfish Tn the Republican primaries next May, and in the election next November, the Pennsylvania senatorship will be filled. Sproul will not be able to get either of them, for he comes from the same and of the state as Pepper. Sproul's self-abnegation coupled with the kind of man Pepper is. is such an action as gives a sense of fxaltation and makes one feel the country is headed in the right direction. Peper is. in every sense, a nonpelitical appointment. It is unpol able to every one of the organized i interests that have dominated the seleetion of Pennsylvania senators for more than thirty years. It gives no comfort now, and Pepper will give no comfort in the future, to any interest of any sort that can be described as political. Poth in the size of the man he is pnd in his previous public activities. Pepper cannot be described in the ordinary terms of political affiliation. He was about the only lawyer of his standing in Philadelphia who was sympathetic to Roosevelt. When RoosPvelt began his preparedness agitation in 1915, Pepper not only gave sympathetic support, but actually went to Plattsburg and became a color sergeant in the first provisional regiment, Rlihough he was then within two years of fifty. Stands High as Lawyer It is just such strikingly individual wct., based on the deep conviction of a naturally retiring man, that have always marked him as a public character. He is constantly turning up as the unpaid attorney for the weaker side in some sort of litigation. As a hlAVVPr tip fetMnila :i hip-h na tvnnv r-
even Hughes, or Root. It is only a i on Lake SuPerior, has been authorized prodigious capacity for work that has j by Governor J. A. O. Praus. Tugboats enabled him to keep this position atjto scout around the numerous sm?,t -he tar. and at the same time be thejjsands , authorized by the hardest working, though olten the J least conspicous, figure in a wide var- j governor. ietv of activities for the public good, j Maher left Grand Portage on Dec. He is probably the most active and I 27 for Port Arthur, Ont., He was last :-'.ongrst layman in the organization won,.,i f , in the Episcopal church in America. hfa,d of at Cloud Bav- Becoming
When the "later of our joining the League of Nations came tip, he was deeply moved and became the vicepresiden'. of the counter league for the preservation of American independence. Recently he organized and became the most energetic leader in the Philadelphia movement for better pay tor school teachers. Modesty Inherent. All this sort of thing Mr. Pepper
iocs without taking on the color of ! Maher will not be found alive. He - hat is commonly meant as a 'prom-inad only food enough for one meal inent character." Retiring modesty is when h started in an open motor ne of his most pronounced personal j boat- Maher was unarmed and it la qualities. He was a professor of law I -""i'1 that if he had landed at any in the University of Pennsylvania for ! r,oint on the north lake shore wildersoventeen years, and is now a trustee t ness or on an island his chances of t.f the same university, and ha3 hon- escape would be hindered by timber orarv degrees conferred for eminence wolves, which are reported to be more
in his profession from several univer-' .- ities. In the senate Pepper will stand out like an oak, both for his intellectual strength and for hio independence or ordinary political considerat irn. Pepper's f election as a beginning in 'lie strengthening of the senate leaves two things to be done. One is to abol ir-h the seniority rule which makes it impossible for an able senator to give the country the full benefit of his talent until he has undergone a long experience ...r, .-r..M U lw n.u.t- i..-.. nr Pepper to the senate. On both these points the leadership of both political parlies is agreed. Right now the Democrats ar seeking earnestly to have Ex-Vice President Marshall make the race for the senate from Indiana. They are also seeking men of the highest caliber to make the fight in .Massachusetts, New Jersey, Marylad. California and elsewhere. It is not too much to say that the turning i T i i n t in ttitf HpruflpnrA nf tho ern'jta ' ban been reached. (Copyright 1921 by the New York Evening Post, Inc.) HOOVER CONFERRING ON RAILJ3UESTI0NS WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Secretary Hoover, acting with the approval of General Harding, has entered upon a series of conferences relative to railroad labor questions. In which meetings chiefs of the railroad labor unions and representatives of the railroads of the country are participating.
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Miss Alice Lorraine Daly Miss Alice Lorraine Daly, educator and public speaker, nominated by the Non-Partisan League to run for governor in South Dakota, is preparing her campaign. She says she will make that campaign against "existing conditions. WITH UNIFORM ENGINE NUMBERS, IS BELIEF (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 10. The annual standards meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers today had before it recommendations for a uniform system for numbering engines which would go far toward making the theft of cars perilous. The number plate would be an inl8 1 (pi?,rt of the engine and so stamp- , j. . UB.' ,u iiupua&iuii.to eradicate the original number and substitute another. A standard form of identification b'ank would be used and one suggestion was made that the number plate be cast with the engine so that an X-ray photograph would show the original number assigned at the factory. . . It was declared the theft insurance rates would be reduced 7s per cent of the recommendations were adopted. - AIRPLANE USED TO SEARCH FOR- MISSING COOK COUNTY OFFICER (By Associated Press) ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 10. Use of a national guard airplane to aid today in the search for James Maher, county commissioner of Cook county, missing for 14 days, and believed lost "aimeu at nis fathers prolonged absence, Donald Maher, 15, walked 47 miles from Grand Portage to Port Ar thur to start a search. Donald Confident. Today young Donald was hiking back to his home, confident that with the aid of the airplane and the tugboats, his father will be found. "Old timers" at Lake Superior porta expressed the opinion that the elder numerous than tor several seasons TEN ARE PARALYZED BY POISON LIQUORS (By Associated Press) TARENTUM, Pa., Jan. 10. Ten persons in this community are partly paralyzed and others are suffering j from mental disorders as a result of practicing physicians. -j have examined some of the stuff Tarentum neonle have been drinkingsaid Dr. F. K. Cooth. "and some of it is rank poison. I don't know what is going to happen if people do not quit drinking this rotten booze. I know of some men who are nearing insanity from home-made stuff." GIRL BITES THUMB OF NIGHT PROWLER INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 10. Police today were looking for a man with a lacerated thumb, caused when Miss Helen Ludwig, 16, bit him after he bad carried her from her home after robbing it. The burglar gained entrance to thw Ludwig home through a window, and after stealing several dollars, approached the girl, who was sleeping downstairs, picked her up and carried her to the street. He dropped Miss Ludwig when she bit his thumb. Miss Ludwig was unable to tell the police whether the robber was white or Mack.
TURNING TO SHANTUNG
CHv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Delegations of the five naval powers continued today their separate study of the draft treaty prepared by naval and legal experts to cover their naval limitation agreement preliminary to a meeting later in the day of delegation j heads to compare opinions on detailed ) provisions of the draft. The treaty was give nto the several delegations for study lato yester day and the time required for this of the full naval committee orginally planned for today until tomorrow. The committee was expected, however, to reach final agreement on the text within two or three days and the treaty to be ready for publication to the world at a plenary session of the conference on Thursday or Friday. New Features Although a carefully guarded secret n both substance and text the tenta-!
live: draft is understood to include aruulL" ica.
number of wholly new features, chief ' among these a proposal to extend the, duration of the pact until 1937, this not to anect, nowever, me len-year penoa of the naval holiday. Another new provision would authorize construction of warships on foreign account wihin the jurisdiction of the five powers, the size limitations on such ships to conform, with those in the treaty. The treaty draft would settle the merchant ship problem by limiting the armament of merchantmen to six-inch guns, thus making armed merchantment definitely inferior to regular or converted naval auxiliary vessels which may carry 8-inch guns, and also it is understood by prohibiting the conversion of any commercial vessel of more than 10,000 tons into a naval auxiliary. Still Question Although it was expected these provisions would be finally accepted, the merchant ship problem was still one of the questions of definition which were understood to be the chief concern, of the delegates in their efforts to agree on a wording acceptable to everyone. With the armament program of the conference nearing final disposition, the delegates were preparing today to press to an early conclusion also the Far Eastern discussions and to this end it. was apparent that Shantung negotiations were being turned into new channels with revived hopes of agreement. The nature of the latest move had not been revealed, but both the Chinese and Japanese implied that new and promising elements had been injected into the negotiations. Some Optimistic. Believing that the other remaining elements of discord in the Far East were not ot a nature to lead to extend a ji,. ji to predict a plenary session for Saturday or Monday to announce completion of the Far Eastern treaty. Arthur J. Balfour, head of the British delegation had completed definite arrangements today to sail for home next Tuesday and his colleagues on the delegation said it was entirely probable that he would sign the Far Eastern agreement before his departure. STORE DISTRICT FIRE CAUSES $250,000 LOSS IN PITTSBURGH fBy Associated Press) PITTSBURG, Jan. 10. Fire, which swept the Eichbaum building in the Fifth avenue retail district today, caused damage estimated at $250,000. For two hours after the firemen responded to a general alarm, they were unable to enter the building, being driven back again and again by great volumes of dense smoke, which rolled from the floors, occupied by a five and ten cent store. The flames were finally brought under control by water poured from tops of adjoining buildings. URGES LEGION POSTS PRESENT BONUS CASE fBy Associated Press CHICAGO. Jan. 10. Hanford MacNider. national commander of the American Legion, issued instructions last night to all legion posts to present the cases of adjusted compensation for ex-soldiers before Chambers of Commerce in every city of the United States In connection with the referendum on that question now being conducted by those bodies. The campaign Is to begin immediately, as the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, which submitted the referendum to its members, has set Feb. 12 as the time limit in the voting. PEPPER TAKES OATH AS U. S. SENATOR WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. George W. Pepper took the oath of office today as a United States senator from Pennsylvania, succeeding the late Senator Penrose. The oath was administered by Vice President Coolidge, at 12 o'clock.
George Wharton Pepper George Wharton Pepper, appointed Senator Penrose, brings to the senate a high quality of ability. His selection is expected to be a beginning toward restoring the intellectual standing of that body. Pepper stands high as a lawyer. His prodigious capacity for work has enabled him to maintain an elevated position at the bar. He is also one of the most active and strongest layman of the Episcopal . i i . , VIRGINIA SOLDIER SAYS HE SAW OPIE SHOOT MAN IN BACK fBv -ssooiated Press1 WASHINGTON Jan. 10. Charles E. Fox, of Richmond, Va testified today before a senate committee, that he saw Major H. L. Cpie, of Staunton, Va.. shoot a soldier in the back north of Verdun in 1918. "The man shot was wearing an American uniform." said Fox. "I war, 150 feet away. A3 the boy was shot he threw his hands in the air and toppled over. I do not Know if the man died. Sergeant Kane also saw the shooting." Fox declared the soldier was within six feet of the major when the shooting took place, and he had ap proached the officer and was moving off. "Do you know Opie?" c .Chairman Brandegee asked. "I was positive it was Major Ople. There was much talk In the company Company B, 116th infantry. The men wondered why the boy had been shot, but they were afraid to ask about it." "You made no complaint?" "No sir; I was afraid." Asked why he did not report the: case to Lieut. Moring, of Richmond, Fox said: "That guy would shoot me; he wouldn't take any foolishness." Used to "Rough Stuff" Fox gave Chairman Brandegee a letter from Moring, writen from Caspar, Wyo., saying he was "sorry to hear annul ftiainr llnie" tavuiK il vuiua-iueu some roucn stuff." "I am used to rough stuff in this case," the chairman said. The letter quoted Moring as saying he had heard the soldier wa3 running away and that Opie had a right to shoot, and advised Fox not to say anything about the case "unless you actually saw the shooting," adding that rumors did not stand up in court. Banging the table, Fox shouted that he saw Opie shoot. "I saw it with my own eyes." "For Moring's letter, he believed that Opie was justified," said the chairman. "Well, I don't." Fox declared. Four Go to Penal Farm Wednesday Morning Mike Papp, Harry Goodwin and Charles Carliu, all sentenced to terms on the state penal farm for violation of the liquor law, will leave for that place Wednesday morning. Howard Mann, of Fountain City, convicted of petit larceny a short time ago, will accompany them. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; rain or sleet tonight; rain or snow Wednesday. General cloudy weather will prevail for the next 24 hours excepting for possible brief intervals of fair. There will be rain and snow or sleet, turn - ing to colder Wednesday but no severe cold weather is in sight. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Unsettled weather; I probably snow in north and snow or rain in south portion tonight and Wednesday; somewhat colder Wednesday. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 44 Minimum ..... 25 Today Noon 34 Weather conditions Moderate tern-1 peratures for the season continue for the season over most of the United States. There is a small area of cold weather, zero temperatures in portions of Nevada, Wyoming and Utah. General rains are in progress over the Ohio valley and southern states, and are moving northeastward, and another storm is crossing southern Canada. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,620
Hy Associated Press) CANNES, France, Jan. 10. Notification of endorsement by the British cabinet of the written pledge binding Great Britain immediately to aid France to the full extent of her military and naval resources in case of aggression by Germany is expected from London tonight. The pact agreed upon by Premiers Briand and
I Lloyd George, was telegraphed to the jjriusn capital last nisht. The council planned to recess to-' day until 5 p. m., while a sub-corn-! mittee engages in the delicate task of framing an invitation "to the forthcoming international financial and economic conference to a country which already has formally accepted. This situation arose from the action of the Russian Soviet government, which in its eagerness to be reprc sented at the Genoa meeting, sent, a regular acceptance to the council's tentative query if an invitation would be acceptable under certain conditions. Awaiting Results Meanwhile the French delegation is awaiting results of consultations in Paris regarding settlement of the German reparations question. The program agreed upon by the experts here provides for payment in 1922 of 720,000,000 gold marks and at least an equal sum annually thereafter. The supreme council is to discuss this matter with a German delegation headed by Dr. Walter Rathemau which is expected to arrive from Berlin tomorrow. After this is disposed of the council will have left to consider only the question of the Angora agreement between France and the Turkish nationalists. The council plans to impress upon the German delegates the fact that the allies cannot longer tolerate disorder in Germany's finances, Germany will be asked immediately to reduce the number of public fuctionaries, increase railroad freight and passenger rates, and pass laws preventing exodus of capital. Upon the assurances the German delegation is able to give of carrying out these reforms depends the. final decision of the council as to whether to reinforce the guarantees to the allies as authorized by the treaty of Versailles. Propose Commission. The French have proposed that the allies appoint a commission to take charge of the German debt in case she defaults in the reparations payments. Mr. Lloyd George, however, prefers to give the Germans a chance to put their finances in order and balance their budget before adopting further measures of control. PARIS. Jan. 10. The German dele gation which is to discuss the Ger man reparations question with the su . . ' ui" -uiprising 16 members headed bv Dr. Walter Rathemau, found an invitation from the supreme council to proceed to Cannes awaiting them at their hotel. 3 CHILbFNliLLED, 21 HURT AS PENNSY TRAIN STRIKES BUS (By Associated Press) VAN WERT, Ohio, Jan. 10. Three children were instantly killed and 21 others were iniured shortlv before 9 oclock this morning when a school bus was hit by a Pennsylvania fast i freight three miles east of here. Three ambulances and all available physi - cians in Van Wert were rushed to the scene of the crash. Nine of the children were seriously injured, and two of them are not expected to live. Twelve or the children were only slightly injured and were taken to their homes. The dead are Lucile Fackler, 9, Jessie Fackler, 14, sister of Lucile, and Mary Imler, 7. Those fatally injured and expected to die are Joseph Overholt, 17, the driver, and John Stegeman, 12. Preparations were made at Van Wert county hospital here to receive the injured children as soon as they i were given first aid and could be re moved. There were 33 children in the 1 bus when it was hit, it being one of j the four which take pupils each morning to the township school. Jaseph Overhalt, driver of the bus, did not see the approaching train on account of the heavy fog, it was said. POISONOUS LIQUOR BRINGS DEATH TO 5 (By Associated Press) HOBOKEN. N. J., Jan. 10 Five men died today from drinking poisonous liquor. The authorities believe the liquor had been obtained from sailors on an incoming steamship. The victims were Emil Lange, a saloon keeper; Rudolph Ederle and Paul Schmidt, who boarded at Lange's home; Henry Of fen and William Bergen, boarders at lodging houses near the water front. The police believe that James Sheehy, a longshoreman, who died in Jersey City Saturday from drinking poisonous liquor, obtained it from the same sailors, who sold it to today's victims. The police started to. search piers and steamships here in an effort to
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Mary McCormic From cow camp to grand opera! This epitomizes the career of Mary McCormic, Arkansas girl, who has just scored successes in the Chicago Grand Opera company. She had drifted west to the ranches of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, where she had made good as a cowgirl, when the ambition for a musical career obsessed her. NEW GAS RATE PLAN TO CUT CHARGE OF AVERAGE CONSUMER (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 10. A new system of charges for gas is being worked out by the Indiana Gas association and if approved by the public service commission, will be put into effect general throughout the state. Bills of small consumers would be increased while those of the average and large consumer would be reduced according to association officials. LaFayette may De the first city where the new system is applied. The system comprises three principal charges with perhaps one or more divisions of the last charge. The first charge would cover the cost of the utility's readiness to serve a consumer and obtain regardless of quantity of gas consumed; the second, known as a consumer's charge, would cover cost of meter reading continuation of service and other items; and the third, a scheduie of rates, reducing in cost with the greater consumption. Gas consumers generally in Indiana now pay on a schedule of rates which vary according to consumption with a monthly minimum charge being applied in most cities.' OFFICERS ELECTED BY RICHMOND BANKS AT ANNUAL MEETINGS National banks of Richmond elected officers and directors Tuesday, and the Dickinson Trust company selected its executives Monday afternoon. No changes were made at the Second and First National banks. Officers elected by the Second National bank are: S. W. Gaar, pres'dent; A. G. Matthews, C. W. Elmer and G. W. Miller, vice-presidents; D. N. Elmer, cashier; E. G. Crawford, assistant cashier, and A. L. Smith, assistant cashier and trust officer. The directors are: W. Z. Carr, C. W. Elmer, D. N. Elmer, S. W. Gaar, C. A. Gaar, E. G. Hibberd, E. G. Hill, J. H. Hill, J. M. Lontz, J. J. Harrington, E. W. McGuire, G. W, Miller, H. C. Starr, A. G. Matthews, and Henry Gennett. The First National bank elected the following officers: A. D. Gayle, president; F. M. Taylor, vice president; S. E. Swayne, vice president; James A. Carr, vice president; Clarence Gennett, vice president; A. T. Hale, cashier; E. B. Calvert, assistant cashier; C. A. Hoover, assistant cashier. The directors are F. S. Bates, S. J. Beebe, Clarence Gennett, Dr. J. J. Rife, I G- L. beldel, S. L. Swayne, John H 1 Jackson. James A. Carr, A. D. Gayle, i A. T. Hale, W. D. Foulke, Richard Sedgwick, R. K. Shiveley, F. M. Taylor. Union Bank Officials. At the Union National bank, George L. Cates was elected president; Charles A. McGuire and E. H. Cates, vicepresidents; and Henry J. Koehring, cashier. Two new directors were elected, Atwood Jenkins and Henry J. Koehring. The old directors re-elected were: E. G. Hibberd, W. D. Loehr, Charles A. McGuire, George R. Hart, E. H. Caies, George L. Cates, Elwood McGuire. H. J. Hanes retired as cashier. Edgar F. Hiatt, president of the Dickinson Trust company since 1911, was re-elected to that office. E. R. Lemon, vice-president and secretary since 1909 retained his office. Other officers re-elected were: J. A. Wiechman. vice-president and treasurer; R. H. Wiechman, .assistant treasurer; L. Krueger, assistant secretary. Members of the executive committee elected were-: E Gates, E.- F. Hiatt. E. G. Hibberd, P. W. Smith, and H. C. Starr. The board of directors of the Dick -
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Hiatt, Elgar F. Hibberd. Everett It. Lemon, Charles. McGuire,. George -W.l Miner, t. VV. Smith, Henry C. Starr and Jesse A: Wiechman: POSTHUMOUS HONORS AWARDED OKUMA TOKIO, Jan. 10. Marquis Okunia, who died early today, has been given posthumous honors by Emperor Yoshihito. He is given court rank, junior grade and is decorated with the grand cordon of. the chrysanthemum, with collar, in recognition of his services for the state.
De Valera and His Followers Walk Out While Vote is Being Taken in Protest Against Nomination. ;, . APPOINTMENTS MOVED
(By Associated Tress) DUBLIN, Jan. 10. Arthur Griffith was elected president of the Dall Eireann today. Eamon DeValera and his follower walked out while the vote was being taken in protest against the nomination of Griffith. Speaker MacNeill put the motion Tor Griffith's election and he was unanimously chosen. Griffith moved the appointment of the following: Minister of finance, Michael Collins; foreign affairs. George Gavan Duffy; home affair?, Eamon J. Duggan; local government. William T. Cosgrave; economic affairs, Bryan O'Higgins; defense, Richard Mulcahy. Read Popes Messape. The Dail resumed its sittings ;t 11:30 o'clock with the reading bv Speaker John MacNeill of a cable message from Cardinal Gasparrl. on behalf of Pope Benedict, saying his holiness rejoiced with the Irish people at the agreement that had bien reached and his blessing to them aflet they had passed through their lony period of sorrows, faithful to the Catholic church. Another message was read from the Irish labor party, asking the Dail to receive a deputation for a conference regarding the economic and industrial situation. Michael Collins then rose and suM the Dail must organize immediately some form of government to prevent I 9 Ktata rf anapfliv - Tlia rnimake Ihe treaty a success, he declared. Ho referred to the' difficultie the nev government would meet and urgeo. harmonious co-operation to curmount them. "Unless we show we are not hostile,' be said. "England will have i :i excuse for continuing in Ireland." Collins moved that Arthur Griffith be appointed president of the Dai! Eireann. The Irish nation has no captain continued Collins, who proceeded tc tell the Dail tha he had received a letter from the proprietor of the Co;k Examiner, saying the management of that newspaper had been held up tbi.-: morning at 2 oclock, and compelled to publish a proclamation. Collins said he called such meahods "black and tan" methods, whoever employed them. Anxiety was expressed in some cir cles as to the attitude of the Irish Republican army. It was said that, al though its leaders uphold the treaty, a large section of the rank and file especially in the southwest, continue irreconcilable against it and this p"ti tion is regarded as holding unpleasant possibilities. Another fear is that some republicans of a political bent notwithstanding the dail vote are firmly set upon establishment of their cwn government at any cost with the purpose ol making a failure of the treaty. Encouragement for supporters of the treaty arrived last night with the announcement that organized labor in Ireland had resolved to throw its influence into the scale in behalf of the new government. GOVERNOR EDWARDS URGES VAN NESS ACT REPEAL IN ADDRESS (By Associated Press) ' ; TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 10. Repeal of the VanNess prohibition enforce ment Act which he charcterized as "an instrument of oppression," an'l substitution of a less drastic act providing Jury trials for all alleged violators." was urged by Governor Edwards in his second annual message to th New Jersey legislature today. "The belief that the surest protection against judicial and other formi of oppression and tyranny lies In the right of trial by jury," said the message, "is so well settled in the minds of our people that attempts to encroach upon or destroy that privilege can have but one effect, namely io breed suspicion of the motives of legislators and contempt for law." The governor suggested adoption fif a resolution calling on congress to prohibit hearing by federal judges of cases decided by the state utility ; board; urged a one-cent tax on gasoline for motor vehicles for state highway purposes; and asked for abolition of the state police act and enactment of a law providing for trial before a state chancellor of persons held In contempt by the chancery court as a result of labor troubles He also advocated a law prohibiting night work for women 'and limiting their hours of !. - ork tr eijrht hours. DELEGATES NAMED (By Associated Tress) . ,.; WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Names of 43 additional delegates to the rational agricultural conference were announced today by Secretary Wallace, bring the total number of acceptances to date to 90. John G. Brown, of Monon, Ind., president of the Indiana Farmers' federation, was Included In the list. , : FAVOR BIG LABOR UNION. (By Associated Press) MELBOURNE. Jan. 10. The Australian workers' unions have voted, seven to one, in favor of one big union!
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