Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 86, 11 April 1922 — Page 1

RICHMOND AIX ABI UM H b VOL. XCII., No. 86 vanadium. Est. 1S31. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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SENATE GETS TARIFF BILL; RATES HIGHER Administration Measure Presented to Be Taken Up

Harding Will Speak to Nation by Radio from General Grant's Birthplace

CURE SOUGHT, IS STATEMENT OF DAUGHERTY Attorney ' General Says Government Seeks Some Way to End "Chronic Trouble" in Coal Industry. RESUMES CONFERENCES

Cowgirl Singer Sails

ADMISSION OF RUSS.GERMANS CAUSES FIGHT Both French and Belgian Representatives Strongly Oppose Their Admission to Genoa Parley. PREMIERSlNTERVENE

April 21 Effect on Living; . Costs Unknown. j

LONG TRIP IS AHEAD (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 11. The administration tariff as re-written by senate finance committee Republicans on the basin of fortVjn valuation with provisions for flexible rates and proclaimed American valuation as recommended by President Harding, was presented today to the senate. It was announced that it would be taken up April 21. A long trip is in prospect with some estimates that it might contuiue for three months. The bill averages slightly higher than the Payne-Aldrich law, the last Republican protective tariff act. As compared with the house measures the specific rates generally are higher, but the ad valorem rates gen erally are lowpr a Kllrh rates In 1ha house were passed on American valu - ation. Treasury experts have estimated roughly that the bill will raise from 5300,000.000 to $350,000,000 on revenue Annually, but they have not yet had 1 time to complete accurate calculation. I The house measure was estimated to raise $300,000,000, while the Underwood law yielded between $200,000,000 and $300,000,000. There is a division of opinion among Ihe framers as to the probable effect the measure would have on the cost of living. In the official report accompanying the bill it stated that the committee majority had "endeavored to recommend ratesthat will afford protection to American industry and permit them 1o pay wages sufficient to enable our workmen to maintain an American standard of living." EFFICIENCY REASON FOR BUREAU CHANGE, NOT POLITICS, BELIEF By MRK Ill.MVljr WASHINGTON, April 11. It i3 fair to wonder whether the country far from Washington is as excited about ihe civil service as Washington itself is. Washington keeps up the talk for two reasons; one is that this is the home of some hundreds of thousands of civil servants, and with them the topic is closely related to bread and butter. The second reason is that the Democrats think they see a campaign issue in it. At least some of the Democrats see it this way. From other Democratic quarters. quarters somewhat more elevated there has lately , come an admonition ! that the Democrats must find a big issue and drop the practice or picking t tip one small issue after another. Undoubtedly the dismissal of a large group of rather important and relatively highly paid civil servants J by President Harding personally was done in a manner nothing less than brusque and peremptory. Whether anything will come out later on to justify these methods remains to be feen. Reason Is Seen. Most competent judges believe the present investigation into the department from which these civil servants were removed will show adequate reason for the action taken by the president. Mr. Harding is about the last man to act in so brusque a manner without good cause. Everybody who listens to Harding talk observes that suchwords as "becoming," "proper" and "fitting" and "th.e proprieties" appear in his vocabulary with emphatic frequency. They reflect Harding's point of view about his relations with other human beings. He is not a man to "blow up" without cause. Harding a Patient Man There are stories about Washington to the effect that on a few occasions since he has been president, Mr. Harding has shown strong feeling in finally putting over a program determined upon. But he has only done so after a degree of patience so prolonged as to make it clear to everybody . that the methods of patience and gentleness would not carry the program through. ' Nineteen times out of twenty it seems to be a fixed principle with Harding to go the limit of patience. Some of his former associates say that when he was editing the Marion Star, and was moved to write something in strong feeling, it was frequently his way to put the manuscript in his desk over night and then not print it. On at least one occasion since he has been president he is said to have followed an analogous course about a letter which he was moved to write at a moment of feeling. Was Deeply Moved All in all it is incredible that Pre: ident Harding should have dismissed these civil servants in just the way he did without having had enough contract with the situation to be deeply moved by it, and without feeling sure that the subsequent investigation would justify him. That these particular removals were made for the purpose of giving jobs to Republicans cannot be argued successfully. If the motive were to "slip something over" on the civil service it would have been done with the deliberateness of guile. There is a strong feeling on the part of many business men who have recently come into the government to the effect that many of the higher officials of bureaus should not be within the civil service, but should be within (Continued on Page Twe'.ve.)

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cf tne memorv ot Ulysses S. Grat, soldier and . president. President Harding will make an address to the assembled jcelebrators which will be broadcasted over the country by wireless telephone. The celebration will be held April 27, The nouse ,n which General Grant was born has been removed to the Ohio State Fair grounds at Columbus, !

wnere u nas been encased in glass. 1 fl K X Nh flhN WUHL UUOIIILUU lfll.ll MM m a IBM k a a n LOOKING AHEAD WITH RENEWED CONFIDENCE Business men of Richmond are looking forward to the summer months and the rest of the yea. with a renewed confidence that is stronger than has been evidenced in several years. These same men are not of the opinion that a great boom is just ahead, but after a tour of the business district. And talks with a large number of representative business men, the conclusion that things are moving is inescapable. Generally speaking Richmond finished the last two years of depression in excellent style. The very conservative spirit that kept the industries from over expansion in the flush times, saved the city in the slack years that followed, and is making the j recovery now easier than would otherwise be the case. ' Nearly, all trades report that the first three months of this year have resulted in a greater business demandthan the same three months of one year ago. Certain of the trades report an increase In cash business for their goods, while nearly all of them report a more ready complicance with the payments on time purchases. Demand Growing. In the automobile business reports of increase in business from double that of last year to a third more are reported, the smaller increases coming from the businesses that have been established the longest. Nearly all of the companies report that they arP nrarticallv clean of secondhand cars an(j that the demand for cars is beyond their ability to fill for a month or so. Prospects for summer sales are particularly plentiful they report. Trade in musical instruments reports the same change for the better. with the added qualification that cash payments are more frequent, in some instances the almost whole trade being on a cash basis. It is necessary, however for the salesmen to go outside of the stores for prospects for the larger instruments more than in the more flush spending of the boom times of a few years ago. Building Slow. The building trade is still sluggish, although there are considerable inquiries as to prospects. Several projects are said to be dependent on the success of the bids for the new First! National bank building, and the allied trades, as plumbing, heating, etc., are watching develoipments with interest. While some houses are being built, the number does not nearl ycome up to the normal rate of growth for Richmond. Activities among the real estate agents have continued much the same as usual, it is reported by the operators, the demand for houses to rent or buy has been steady, and the supply sufficient to keep things moving. Signs of increased activities for the summer months are being noted by most agents. Ordinarily businesses dealing with staple goods and necessities do not respond to depressions and recoveries of the business world as readily as the trade in less needed articles, and Richmond is no exception to the rule. Change For Better The dry goods stores in Richmond report a change for the better, one store reporting on one. single day the largest day's business in five years, excluding holidays. Greater sales on other days have indicated that the single record is not a "flash in the pan," but an indication of much better days to come. The merchants are uniformly optimistic. . They feel sincerely that every business is on th eupward trend. That they have good ground for their belief is evidenced by the Bales of the last . three months, or by the evidenco that i they have found in their own business. IftrrnP IRfll I lllllfril jurrnL will uihi.il BUST OF U. S. GRANT (Bv Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 11. Marshal Jof ifre has accepted an invitation to un veil a bust of General U. S. Grant in the Hall nf Pump at New York uni versity on April 27, the centennial of the general s "birth. The bust is by Henry Shrady, whose equestrian statue of General Grant is to be unveiled in Washington on the same day. The bust will be placed in the Hall of Fame colonnade aboard the Grant tablet.

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Ohio, will be the center of the nation Hundreds of visitors from all over the To Hold Egg Rolling On White House Lawn (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 11 President and Mrs. Harding have given their consent for the opening of the White House grounds Easter Monday for egg lolling a time-honored, -custom to which the children look forward annually. On these occasions the president and the first lady of the land usually entertain friends on the south portico where they can watch the children. Each year thousands of children with basket filled with varicolored egg throng the grounds and eagerly watch for the president. BOSTON TAXPAYERS PROTEST PROPOSED SCHOOL BOND ISSUE Remonstrance against the establishing of a new school building in Boston-township and the town of Boston, was presented to the county auditor, Tuesday morning. The remonstrance was signed by 103 taxpayers of the township. Stating that it is their belief that the expenditure of $43,500 for a new school building is unwise, excessive, and unnecessary, the' remonstrators set forth the facts in the case as seen by them. They object to locating all the township schools within the limits of the town of Boston, stating that it is not the center of the township and such a school location would result in considerable expense in the way of transportation of pupils. The township had 248 pupils at. the last school enumeration, the document states. Of these, 127 were in Boston and the remaining 60 were outside the corporate limits. The present tax levy for school pur poses is given by the remonstrance at!

io cents per $100 in this township. The! venting periodical suspensions of a baremonstrance claims that the legal J sic industry; certainly it will not come limit of taxation would be exceeded 1 unless the government is forced to

n tne levy is put on with present real i estate valuations. The school indebtedness of the township is over $10,000 it is stated. URGES JOBLESS VETS TO GO BACK TO HOME TOWNS TO GET WORK INDIANAPOLIS, April 11 Ex-service men of the country were asked to go back to their home town and gel a job, in an appeal which Hanford MacNider. national commander of the American Legion today asked the Associated Press to broadcast to jobless veterans who he said are congregating in the larger cities, where the unemployment situation is becoming worse. The legion's effort to find employment for the 700,000 jobless ex-service men, begun three weeks ago, is gaining in effectiveness, Mr. MacNder said. "But the stiffest problem with which the legion has had to deal from the inception of this effort,' Mr. MacNider continued, "has been the floater, or tourist class of unemployed. In ordor to benefit the worthy the fiirst principle of our effort has been for every community to take care of its own. I can not emphasize too strongly that the first obligation of a community is to the men who claim that community as their home." "Get Back Home, Advice. "The drifter who has not thought enough of any community to. become identified with it and assume his fair share of the obligations of citizenship and community responsibilites has no reason to believe that community to be under any obligation to him now. "There is congestion in the great cities.- Here unemployment is at its worst. He is a poor man indeed who in his own home town has not a job waiting for him if he will but put himself in the way of getting it. The legion's advice is: "Get back home. Get back among your own comrades. Get back among the people who have watched you grow from boyhood to manhood and who naturally feel the greatest grati tude toward you for your service in the war. Back with the home folks lies your chance of honest, profitable employment among friends. Among strangers you cannot expeet to be treated other than as a stranger. Other things being equal, the boy from home will always be preferred and the stranger will be passed by."

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- wide centenary celebration in honor country are expecting to attend. INCLINED TO WAIT FOR HOUSE PLAN TO SETTLE COAL STRIKE PALLADIUM SRffS BUREAU WASHINGTON, April 11. What is the government going to do about the coal strike? What can it do? Such questions are pouring into the offices of Indiana members of congress. Indiana being one of the largest coal producing states in the union, the strike is regarded with particular concern there. At this time congress i3 inclined to wait and see if the house committee now investigating the coal strike is able to develop some plan to end the intolerable situation. Incidentally, a resolution introduced by an Indiana congressman. Representative Oscar E. Bland, was responsible for the congressional investigation now in progress. A large part of the Indiana coal fields are located in Bland's district, and he has a thorough knowledge of the industry. He is taking an active part in the investigation and has indicated that he is completely .out of patience with the attitude assumed by a larger part of the operators. Three Plans Mentioned Three plans for dealing with the coal situation have been called to the attention of congress: 1. A tribunal, similar"to the federal railroad labor board, to act as mediator in controvers'es arising between mine operators ani miners. .," 2. Government regulation " of coal prices. - 3. Government ownership of the coal properties. The average member of congress considers the government ownership proposal too drastic. It is not likely to be accepted as the remedy for preadopt it. A board of mediation for coal industry disputes now looms as the plan most likely to meet" with congressional approval. The creation of the railroad labor board represents the federal governmentjs nearest approach to setting up (Continued on Page Twelve) Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Partly cloudy; cold and blustery this afternoon, tonight and Wednes day; occasional rain or snow, with westerly winds. The above forecast is made because of the severe storm which is now crossing the central states and Great Lakes. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum -. 78 Minimum 61 Today Noon 53 Weather Conditions. The warm spell which has preceded the present storm is now rapidly breaking up as far east as central Ohio. Torrential rains are amounting to almost cloudbursts have accompanied this storm from Kansas eastward. It is much colder over the plain states and eastern Rocky mountain region, where temperatures are decidedly below freezing, and snow storms have occurred several places over the northern plain states. Severe wind storms also have swept all the central states and Great Lakes and the center of the storm this morning is over the lower lake region. Another storm is now moving southward from the Canadian Rockies and is increasing in size. Its influence probably will be-felt over this district the latter part of the week and will be preceded by warm weather with generarains. For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau. Cloudy in south and probably rain in north portion tonight; colder, tonight; Wednesday cloudy; colder in east portion; west and northwest gales. Paid Circulation . Yesterday, was ' 11,551

(By Associated P?e,ss) INDIANAPOLIS, April 11. Conferences with federal officials here were resumed today by Attorney General Daugherty In furtherance of hia efforts to open the way that difficulties in the coal mining industry may be settled in the nation-wide suspension of work called by the miners union may be ended. Mr. Daugherty reiterated today his statement that no action might be taken while here and indicated that the government is interested only in

settlement or the nrpspnt etrllro citna. tion, but arriving at some cure for what he said seemed "a chronic trouble" in the coal industry. Dismissal of indictments charging operators, union leaders and others with conspiracy to monopolize the coal industry in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, which was discussed by the attorney general with Federal Judge Anderson, seemed improbable at present. Judge Anderson was said to oppose such action, and Mr. Daugherty said he did not know whether "this was possible or practicable at this time." Begins Conference Mr. Daugherty began his conferences today by meeting District Attorney Homer Elliott and later L. Ert Slack, special government prosecutor of the Sherman anti-trust cases, and lat,er was scheduled to meet Judge Anderson for a second conference. Mr. Daugherty was expected to conclude his. work here late in the day and go to Columbus, Ohio, for a brief visit. Operators have declared that the pending cases prohibit participation in any wage conference with miners. Mr. Daugherty indicated last night that dismissal of the indictments was under consideration. He declared no decision had been reached. "I may do nothing while I am here," he said. The situation in the coal strike is a "continuous controversy," Mr. Daugherty said. "It is nothing but a continuous struggle with periodical rests, that come around like a circus, but with not half so much fun to the people who pay the price." Government Interested ""The government isn't taking sides, but it is interested. We are not deciding now who is right or who is wrong. The government is interested in seeing that the people enjoy the natural resources of the country and get fuel at a reasonable price. It wantd the miners and the owners of the mines to get a fair return on the capital and labor invested. The public is willing to pay a fair return on both. "The government is very anxious to know all it can of the situation," said the attorney general, explaining his visit here. "I am here to investigate certain things that cannot be investigated in the regular course of affairs." WASHINGTON, April 11. The house labor committee todav has con cluded its hearings on the nationtl coal strike for a time at least. Announcement that the committee had o pl?nc at present for a further investigation of the strike was made by Chairman Nolan yesterday, after several labor spokesmen had been heard at the final session in a general denial of charge by operators that contract-breaking by the miners' union had been a factor in the walkout. The committee, however, will hold an executive session tomorrow to consider action on the Bland bill, which would set up a federal coal commission to deal with situations as the present strike. Meanwhile members of the committee appeared to be holding in abeyance any further plans pending the outcome of Attorney General Daugherty's trip to Indianapolis to look into the question of the antitrust law indictments against a number of operators, union leaders aud others, as affecting the prospects of a coal strike settlement. - PITTSBURGH, April 11 Influence of union organizers and the strike are being more strongly felt in the coke regions ofPennsylvania where nonunion labor is employed, events of yesterday demonstrated. Approximately 1,000 miners in the Connellsville region quitting their work, left eight of the H. C. Frick Coke company plants idle or greatly hampered, and six independent plants. Headquarters of the United Mine Workers also announced their determination to send additional organizers into the territory. WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 11. Released by the suspension in mining operations from the. dusty confines of the great, gaunt structures that dot the anthracite coal regions, the break er boys are having the time of their young lives in revelling in the fresh air and" sunshine. CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 11. A federal court injunction issued by District Judge George W. McClintic yesterday against officials and members of the United Mine Workers of America, fori the purpose of enjoining them against further attempts at organizing the miners and to abolish the tent colonies in Mingo county after 30 days, will be tested in the courts. Har- ! old W. Houston counsel for the union announced that an appeal would be taken to the circuit court at Richmond at once. Sixty-three coal companies signed the petition out of which the injunction grew, the issue being known as the Borderland Coal company case. A

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Miss Mary McCormic waving farewell from Adriatic. Mary Garden's famous protege, Miss Mary McCormic, whose "Texas greeting" almost caused a riot in a fashionable New York hotel, has sailed for England, where she expects to pursue vocal studies. LOCAL MEN TO BACK EFFORTS OF C. OF C. TO SEEK FACTORIES 0 "Following the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce, Secretary Lewis C. Tingley will try to secure a service from the Central Press Bureau, of Pittsburgh, Pa., which consists of a bulletin of industrial prospects published every other day for Chambers of Commerce and other commercial organizations. This service gives from 300 to 500 definite reports every month about manufacturing concerns of all kinds which want locations. The service may be obtained from the hureau for a very nominal yearly cost. Secretary Tingley said Tuesday that after the chamber had been reorganized, he would send out at least 10 letters each day to manufacturers, asking them to locate here. He believes 6mall industries employing from 30 to 75 men are the most desirable f6r a city the size of Richmond. Back C. of C. Work Twenty members of the campaign executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce met with Secretary Tingley Monday night and all expressed their willingness to back the chamber to the limit to expand its influence in the city's welfare. Robert E. Heun was . elected chairman of the committee and the following were elected vice chairmen: Tom Tarkleson. Tom Jenkins, Fred Bartel and Joe Hill. . The above chairmen will meet with the secretary and -will act as a special working committee when the entire membership can not be present at the meetings. Another meeting of the committee will be held in the near future. Campaign plans will be drawn up and ne gotiations started for a lively start. BOWMAN CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE TO GREET BOOKWALTER The Republican meeting in behalf of the candidacy of United States Senator New, to be held in the high school hall Wednesday night at 7:45 o'clock, will be presided over by Attorney Will W. Reller. rThe principal address will be delivered by Charles A. Bookwalter, formerly mayor of Indianapolis, whose speeches during the present senatorial campaign have been highly interesting to all voters. V Mr. Bookwalter will arrive from Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon and will be met by a reception committee, of which Lewis S. Bowman is chairman. . The committee, in charge of the Bookwalter meeting announced that preceding the address by the former mayor of Indianapolis a musical pro gram will be given and one of the fer tures will be a woman's glee club from Hagerstown. 4 The address of Mr. Bookwalter will be made promptly at 7:45 and the doors of the high school auditorium will be open at 7 o'clock. There will be no reserved seats and the meeting will be opn to the public in general. Vice-presidents' of the Wayne county New organization, representing all townships in - Wayne county and all wards in the city of Richmond, will be present.

(By Associated Press GENOA, April 11. Admission of Russian and German representatives to the principal committees of the conference was strongly opposed today by both French and Belgian representatives. Premier Lloyd George together with Premier Facta and Foreign Minister Schanzer, of Italy intervened, however, and their conciliatory attitude finally resulted in the admittance of . both the Russians and the Germans. The opposition to the presence of the delegates from the two countries was an outgrowth of the Franco-Russian incident at the opening session of the conference. M. Barthou for France but more especially M. Theunys for Belgium placed themselves in opposition to the German and Russian representatives being admitted to , the principal committees, while the representatives of the smaller countries which fought with the Allies were excluded. -Discussion Heated Premier Theunys in his argument declared the Germans were unworthy of taking a part in the work of a committee of such importance in association with the representatives of honorable countries. The discussion became so heated that Mr. Lloyd George declared emphatically that if such an intransigeant spirit was going to prevail it might be as well immediately to break up the conference, the principal object of which was to re-admit Russia and

Germany to the European family. The work of conciliation undertaken by Premier Facta and Signor Schanzer was finally successful in bringing the crises and securing the admission of the German and Russian repre sentatives. ' Clash Still Topic ' The clash between the Russians and French at the opening session yesterday was still the subject of excited comment as the delegates gathered today. Allied diplomats believe that only the prompt intervention of Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain and the firm attitude of the chairman averted a break which would have seriously affected the coming deliberations, t Announcement by George ChitcherIn, head of the soviet delegation, that Russia was prepared to support any proposals that wdUld avert war or lighten the burden of armament was accepted as a fling at the French military policy by Louis Barthou, who heatedly declared that France would refuse to discuss disarmament at Genoa. While Mr. Lloyd George appealed to the delegates to adhere to the agenda as adopted by the supreme council at Cannes, he made the flat declaration that "unless the Genoa conference leads to disarmament it will be a failure." Need Durable Peace "But before you get to disarmament," he added, "you must have a durable peace. With the present agenda we will have all the cargo th? ship can carry." ." , . M. Chitcherin made another attempt , to gain the floor, but was refused tbo privilege by the chairman, who insisted the discussion had gone far enough and ruled thart. the agenda must be followed. After quiet was restored, appointment was announced of the commissions on verification of credentials, the Russian question, finance, economic questions and transport. I t The keynote of the conference was sounded by Mr. Lloyd George when he outlined the "only conditions on w hich we can consent to deal with others," this, supposedly,' referring specifically to the Russians. Outlines Conditions. "The first is, "he said, "when a country enters into contractual obligations with another country or its nationals for value received, that contract cannot be repudiated whenever the country changes its government without returning value. The second is that no country can wage war on the institutions of another. The third is that one nation shall not engage in aggressive operations against the territory of another. The fourth is that the nationals of one country shall be entitled to impartial justice in the courts of another." Any nation which regretted these "emementaray conditions of civilizedintercourse," he declared, "could not be expected to be received into the comity of nations. Police Precautions Extraordinary police precautions were taken at the palace and forces, of military and carabinierl lined the main street leading to the meeting place. A large crowd assembled along Via Balbl to. witness the arrival of the delegates. . , v ,. , (The Palazzo Reale was erected about 1650 by the Durazzo family and was restored in 1842). It is announced that the representatives of the states composing the little entente are to hold a further meeting to decide upon their precise attitude toward the problems before the conference.. The delegates today made every preparation to settle down to the serious technical work of the congress, accepting, for the moment at least th. idea expressed yesterday by Mr.

Lloyd George and Premier Facta that the agenda as arranged at Cannes provided a sufficient cargo for the conference ship ' with the danger, of wrecking it if new and controversial problems were added. , Louis Barthou, head of the French (Continued on l'aje Fourteen)