South Bend News-Times, Volume 39, Number 25, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 25 January 1922 — Page 1

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BEVERIDGE ARE ACTIVE IN STATE .Many "Beveridge-for-Senator" Clubs Formed as State Primary Approaches. AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN Hoosier Republicans Attach Great Significance to 1922 Senatorial Ticket. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24. -- With ' ! i ai i i n g of t 1 1 I ! ' 1 1 a 1 1 a );' r .! ; '. .1 ppi 1 1 1 ' v i . i ( n v ' t - o ti " m .i- th" -tat- pi ii - v J 1 1 1 i -i r i ' p 1 1 b 1 i - j i " ;u'- 'lis. u ing ' 1 1 :).. it or h i and; 1 1; . r an II. Fnited " tii. n ' i t i!i;;iitii tha a Ki: ro-i r f afl 1 inail'- m thr , M la! r. 1 2 , for th fr.r 1 i i . I i .'I i 11 t P nn i f the t publi .in party in na I '.en and mi 1 1 . The s-t, itorial ti'kft this year has a bit, M-n i tb a m m ry b.r-alit;.'. T?;! campaign toad by th"- r'publi'.an n'-nut ori.il !ujr;iinrc in th- pondi:iK battb- 1 u i I t a ff p' t very U-fintHy th" fats and frotuns of i'publlan a rid i la t bi and lltt , rna.lor an! minor, .-tat" atxl loal. tout)t and tnwnlup. all up and ili ii th liri". (hi On miic. At th- ! tait Ml" jioiitii.il ai ti -Pi and I'oiitiial sp'iiilation, it is l-i bo Hiinl Mh tiuth that rtpubln ans i;eii-ra 11'. th pr.u ti il j-arty orkers and liro.-nn t i ramlida t.s for Dul'lir of!';. , at" m in 1 that! t!i- republican party in Indiana this u-.if must ' on tho a utcri-Hsive ulth th" 1 t b-adc-r.-h ip it ran roniniand; that the firht rntist b carried to the opposition; that it would bo fatal to avnm any sort of d"fonsir atti1ud, and that th utmost vipnr must 1'' put Into tli atfarK. An invnliirrable, rnTKti'. har.l-hitttni;. eonhtrtitie leadership 1. th- demand of the eniiTponry, and this clonuirnl i beint: oiid not only hy prospective c.indiiiati'H anil thir mj rind frinds rveryw here, but by rank and fin rrpuldira n and by t!m nverape ' ftins who sincerely toli-e that it wLJI be wi' to Keep republican prineiplos and t piiblian polirlos on the bltr job iio- r(nfrontin the povrntiif nt. Flight lure i where tin movement for Albert .T. I'veridtro f'r I'nlted States senator lit into the situation. Men and women who are orK'anizlTir " erldt:e-for-senator' lubs tip and down the state point out that tb iintion iiomIs Mi'li men a Mr. H-'eridi:e to help work out tin tremendous problems of a por-l-ntou period. The eitizens urj;e also that th" republican party needs Mich in-n a I'.everidjre to srrvo activly as raptalns in the ini,,J stru--!e for political Mirvial. Splendidly ;juiprd. There is i,.. attempt in any qU't't r to niinimi7.o ,,p to belittle Um 1 lÜHctilties that li" ah.' id for the ornment and for the republican party. There is agreement on all sides that Albert ,T. Heveridire. by ep.rienc". b- training, by profound Mtidy and bnu: preparation, through hi- remarkable powei-s a spokesman and as a convincing hirivian. and by reason of hi capacity fci h.Md work and constructive effort en practical legislative lines, j splendidly equipped to b-ad a victorious ampaign and to assist in the senate by wise counsel, informed and studious app;ili.-a;in. and unusual knowiodge of American fundamentals, in v crkiiu: out the problems tht niUSt be Mied. l'e eridge's place js m the I'nited S'itte? senate. This conclusion lias 1 en i t ached by many thousand.'1'. ... rIini I tl.e :oi mates f the P "ridge I,io ement . Then is a-, intensely praitiral -.de to tp.e ','l.riiin,: which urges t .ev er; ' .11. I O J I i 1 - -v'i"s c;,t tim Mar.r.n ronn. Indianapolis. f(.:- .atnn:. tha. t ta at o.p t .1 city ;md ,he seventh u sIiict' ))u 'h "",l,:r:s M l5i( n t ,,un i . w w i n 1" ' tip- F.everidTei ' the !a prim a w . t u is a'i ppo;- . t hree ; , . ;, : ; 1 t II. Sec IU riilgc S ITI. This. :mprv.-st e . i m '.-.-. t i;e ;s iio ma in. d r of . ut hori:.iti e a ;:d t 1 'glv-al pokt ng c.i rriert to tr.o i stat- :n a nl j -t: ;:p ;:ig fasq- j n by men ar.i v.v Tiie pra et i . a 1 pol: : i ; l.e ?;.ite i- ti .m , . . :ity. n n-i :h" r: " o 1. '.on . ,, c. ,. ti, I 1 s 1 41 1 1 1 ai situation . situation . i i . 1 o Pag. A Quick Sale For Your Real Estate When :-.. il ,y deis ".on dispose of your !'.-::if, i !' to seU a lot. U ".".. I Ii;. e"! W .it,: .(uick The- t : :-.! h nd t etcd 'uetb.od for stliir.k: real " ta-v i s through the i 'a ssifled columns of The New -Times. n"'.ii:.' the wan: ad colur.iP.s ,f The News-T:m-s c o n t a i n much wort h-while information. they are re id carefullv e-icli ii.iv by trge numher of popl". Phone your real estate for sale ad to The NewsTimes. An experienced ad tkr will fake care of jour advertisement. The News-Times Where! Bayer and Keller Mrot."

Dail Orders End Of Irish Boycott

Against Belfast By Associated Press DUBLIN, Jan. 24.--The boycott rain?t Fister was definitely calle-j off Tuesday night in a statement issued by the juhlirity dpa rtment ef the Da 11 Hireann. The statement .-.1 ys : "The Dail Fireann cabinet, having f otisidored the repott of the meet-' ing of Michael Collins with Sir i James Craig In London, hereby o!i- i ie. t a discontinuance of the I5clfat boycott . "The bojeott originally was insti1 1 1 1 1 n aeeount of the imposition of religious and political tests. These tevts are now to be withdrawn." HUGHES OUTLINES U. S. ATTITUDE ON SIBERIAN PROBLEM Expects Japan to Withdraw Troops From Russia as Soon as Practicable. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--The att'tud" of the American government toward Japaneeo occupation of Eastern Siberia was presented at the openirs: of Tuesday's metinic of the far eastern committee and was follnU"'H bv iwtoiition ff tbe iliori:n I t evolution, by submission by the Chinese (,f summary of the TXuoChinese alhince of 18!' and by a dNcus-sjon of cfdlateral 'hinese .jueMions. I Tile American statement on Sibe- ' ria. n document of upwards of 2.000 words, was read by Sec'y Hufches. At the outlet he referred to the Japanese fleclaration of intention presntel Monday, and continued: "These assuranees are taken to mean that Japan does not seek. throiiRh her military operations in Siberia, to impair the rights of the Russian people in respect, or to obtain any unfair romrnerri.il advantacres. or to nbsorb for her own u the Siberian ficheriei, or to set up nn exclusive exploitation either of the resources of Sakahalin or of th ! maritime provinees. "It must be frankly avowed that this correspondence has not always disclosed an identity of views betu eon the two governments. The I'nited States has not been unmlnd- 1 ful of the direct exposure of Japan to bolshevism in Siberia and the special problems which the conditions isting there have created for the Japanese government, but it has been sirc.ngly opposed to the policy of the Tnited States government. Questions Prolonged Stay. "As to the occupation of Sakahalin, in reprisal for the massacre of the Japanese at Nikolaievsk. the I'nited States was not unimpressed by the serious character of that catastrophe, but, having in mind the conditions accepted by both govern ments nt the outset of the joint expedition, of which the Xikolaievsk massacre must be considered an Incident, it has regretted that Japan should deem necessary the occupation of Russian territory as a meirs of assuring a suitable adjustment with a future Russian government. "The government of the I'nited States must in candor explain its position and say to the Japanese government that the government of the United States can neither now nor hereafter recognize any claims or titles arising out of the present occupation und control, and that it cannot acquiesce in any action taken (Continued on Page 2.) FIVE LYNCHERS GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT Justice Speedily Administered to Self-Confessed Members of Party. OKLAHOMA CITV, Okla., Jan. 24.--Justice was speedily administered in district court here Monday when five self-confessed members of the party that lynched Jake Brooks, negro packing house worker here, on the night of Jan. 14, pleaded guilty before Judge James L. Phelps and were sentenced to life imprisonment. The five are: lee Whitle. 2,'J years old: Charle Polk. IS: i:imcr Warta. 1?. white men, and Robert Allen. -. and Nathan Rutler. 4", negrc Whitlcj' and Yarta are members of th.e l?utc'ne:- Workmen's union on strike at the packing riant here while Polk is an admitted -strike svmpathizer. den :s a cimsin lyr.ch.ed. he negro wno was The speed of the?e f;(- men were disposed öf Tu -iiay as well the lir.ivv pen tepee impeded et a record for i:aN of alleged members of lynching partb. according to K. K. Wi-od. a.-sis;ar.t attorney general. Mr. Wood said Tut May he knew of no cam in which the partieipart. of a lynching: were tried Hpcd ily and Kven such heavy sentences. Judge Phelps told the defendant their conduct warranted the electric chilr but upon recommendations of County Atty. Hughes and George F. Short, an assistant attorney general, appointed by the governor to as;t the rnunt in the ca5?f. y.r.ten(d the itcfendar.tH ti ltf imp rLvnment. Fach defendant toll the jude he did not know whether union ofaoa'.s had any knofc-ledfe, of the intention or acts cf tbe men in th ! nchlng.

RAIL SHOPMEN OPEN DISPUTE OVER OVERTIME

Committee of 100 Rejects All Rules of United States Labor Board. SIX CRAFTS INCLUDED Order Institution of New Disputes to Restore Time and a Half Pay. By Associated Press. VhICA'Io. Jan. 2 i . J jrcj mn of nil railroad shoj rubs recentlj- pro mulgated by the Tinted State- Kailroad Hoard, which rut time and onehalf pay for etra wink from the shopmen's w-iues wa.s ordered Tuesday by the committee of Km acting for the six lailway shop crafts. In ac ordince to 0 t) shopworkers in the country the committi ordered new disputes instituted with the railway UKinaireinents immediately over the rules, and failing an agreement, the disputes were ordered taken to the labor board for hearing. The circular was .signed by the international presidents of the six shop crafts unions. Of the sveii rejected rules, th. greatest dissatisfaction centered on Hille X. providing" straight time lor regularly assigned work uti Sundays i find holiday. This work was previouslv paid for at time and onehalf. The committee proposed a substli tute rule reinstating time and orehalf . The board's new rule covering employes nscjned to emergency rood work and to fill temporary va cancies at local points were also re-J jected by the committer. Srrk Overtlmo Hclnstntemont. The union committee directed institution of a dispute to reinstate timA and one-half and double time! to cover all time pent on the emergenry assignment,. whetUer working. waiting1 or traveling. Similar provisions will he asked in disputes to b created over Rules 12 and 14. applying to men assigned to tempora ry points, and vacancies at outlying to men on road work xyhn leave and return to their home stations daily. The hoard's new rule allowing the carriers to re-examine All employes. wa favorably reported ly the committer. The committee directed that the dispute be instituted to have this rule modified in the interests of the employes. Another Important rule on which the board rnndo Its report '.van that pertaining to over-time work. A new tule was proposed over which the car men are directed to open negotiations. Th proposed rule would allow helpers and helpers apprentices with less than four years experience to b advanced to mechanics grade, and if more men are needed, men with experience in the use (Continued on Page 2.) WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM STRIKE DUTY Kentucky Governor Orders Sheriffs to Preserve Order at Newport. FRANKFORT. Ky., Jan. 24.--Na-tional guard forces, which have been on eluty in Newport, where V steel mill -strike is in progress, will be withdrawn Saturday. This announce ment was made here Tuesday night by Gov. Morrow. The governor said that he had notified Sheriff Louis Tieman. of Campbell county, and W. Case Thomason. commissioner of public safety at Newport, that the troops would be withdrawn and that they must be ready to guard the Newport rolling mill", where a strike is in progress, and keeping order in the vicinity of the plant. The withdrawal of the troops will mark the end of more than a month of duty for approximately 4 on guardsmen. Pec. '2i, four companies of guardsmen, under Col. H. H. Icnrdt. of Rowling Green, took i,.),.ir... after many sheds had been f.red into the plant and mill guards had returned th- fire. Officials of! v- . - j. i . i iui i o ii 1 1 v, ti u 1 1 1 1 o willies i e fused to ask for troop.-. Gov, Morrow received requests from c-fticials of the plant, labor union men and itizens. Finally, after nearly two weeks, he acted on his own initiative and sent troops to the fc?ne. There were continued disturbances, according to reports of Ced. Ienhardt, and several other detachmei;ts of troops were sent to Newpol t. Comparative quiet lias been reI stored.

AVIATORS ESCAPE WHEN

PLANE DROPS 8,000 FEET CHICAGO, Jan. 24.--In one of the rr.es: thrillir.it falls in tb.e history ol .aeronautic., Lieut. John Iir?or.s, F.it.vl States Army aviator, a-s-ncned to Maywood Held, and hi- observcr, fell v.i.mVi f,et Tuesday . and ther walked away from the wrecked plant uninjured. Th plar.e plurced downward unti. within a fw feet from the ground. Then the no? turned up slightly, the wing 'aught the air and the plar.e lar dc l easily. The plane D. H.-4 type. It developei engine trout'.e at the altitude of $.000 fet-

Where Pope's Body Lies in State [image]

The body of Pope Benedict lies in state in the Sistine chapel. The above picture of the chapel was taken when the body of pope Pius X reposed there.

POLITICAL ISSUES TO BE FACTORS IN VATICAN CONCLAVE Alignment for Closer Relations With Government Now Under Way. By Associated Press. ROME, Jan. 24. -- For another day the body of Benedict XV will lie in state. The funeral ceremonial will thus be delayed until Thursday.

An official announcement to this effect was made Tuesday afternoon

with the qualification, however,

that . huu M previous burial be ad-!jn the senate hy Sen. McKellar, visible, the final rites would occui I Dem.. Tenn., u ho declared acceptV'ednesday. as originally arrangec. i ance of the offer will mean a great Benedict'. tomb will face that in thing to the south, which Pope Pius VI iics. It adjoins j The Tenncssoo senator in th that of Queen Christiana of Sweden, j course of his a. hires.; attacked the who having abdicated the throne inj national fertilizer ass, .elation, which

1 o" 4 settled iti Rome, where he oiled in 1 6 SO. Fully half a million people have lllrd pa5l the atafalque in St. Peter's to view the body of the pate pope and while the great procession has been orderly very a3tnes has entailed strenuous labors on the part of the gendarme8 and guards for the stream moved .slowly .amid scene of griei and ir ourning. !ath Formally Hrcordtd. The formal registration of th death of Benedict took place thn .morning in the Roman rapitol when , Mayor Valli himself received Prince

Ahiobrandini. commander of th--; Sen. McKellar read into the rec-nobl-i guard, who with McrquiAlord the text ef the original Ford

IS cchetti acted :ts witness. The th record was entered in a spe -

o.ally prepared register. lined in j proposed. This offer provided in satin auel was engraved in silver. j brief for completion of the Wilson An alignment of , forces and opin-tdam by the government to 00.000 Ions which are likely to clash in the.; horse power capacity to be leased by

conclave lor the election of the new pope was plainly discernable Tues(Continued on Page 2.) SYNTHETIC GOLD INVENTOR A FRAUD Prof. Irving Fisher Abruptly Ends Quest of Genuineness of "Moonshine" Gold. By Associated Press. BERLIN, Jan. 24. -- The search of Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale University for "moonshine gold" came to an abrupt end Tuesday when he was informed by an unidentified scientist that the German who had claimed the discovery of such gold was a fraud and had a prison record. Ir. P isher will leave for home. He c ame the German currency problem. Iii j investigation into gold was inciden-! 4 ! tal. In a typewritten statement to the r.ewspaper correspondents he said Tuesday that the. purported inventor ciemor.stratf d his process for making synthetic gold, but that for some unexplained reason Prof. Fisher did not i . - . w accept it. The alleged inventor sub mitted samples of gold to a n k . Pres't which Hau-tir.e of the Reichs1 but why rest Haustin did not investigate further rrof- r-sher doS no: rla n in his statement. Atter re counting his investigation Prof. Fisher says, he does not think it was true that uca sold had been manufactured. 10 PERCENT OF CITRUS CROP REPORTED RUINED l.'-S ANtlELES. CALIF.. Jan. 24 As high .ls 40 per ce.-.t of the citrut crop in some sections of California hLfl been damaged or destroyed as a ' result of the recent cold wave, no th . raclfic coaet, according to report- j gathered by various orT.cial bureau.'

SAYS FORD OFFER TURNED LIABILITY INTO GREAT ASSET

Tennessean Says Muscle Shoals Project Means Much to South. WASHINGTON, Jan..24.--The proposal of Henry Ford for purchase, and lease of the government properties at Muscle Shoals which was embodied in contract form by the was department and forwarded to the Detroit manufacturer for signature, was praised Tuesday he asserted wa engaged in spreading propaganda throughout the hearing; on the Ford offer. "When Mr. Ford made his offer. Sep. McKelhr said "it galvanized the alleged liability of the government at Muscle shoal in to a splended asset. .Mr. Ford's offer is the only prospect that ha any materia substance. It mentis million of dollars to the government for its property. It means cheaper fertilizer for the farmers and it means the upbuilding of a ;reat section of the J country." ' Read Pnx,sii Into Record I proposal in order, he said, that the ! country mav know e xactly the terms the Ford Company for 100 years upon payment of six percent an(Continued on Page 2.) PORT OFFICIALS FEAR INFLUENZA Disease, Relieved Imported From Europe. Increasing Alarmindv. XEW'TORK, Jan. 2 1. Influenza, feared by authorities to lie Imported 'from Furopean cities, where it is i . . ... . alarmingly prevalent, is reported e.n I ine im ii-ase 111 -' ioik auu ouier eastern cities Tuesday. In the last two d ivs r.4 cases of j'?nu,"2:i1 have h"n V' V Health department olh-'ials declare, however, that the sP-knes is not yet tpidemi'-. Health Commissioner Dr. lloal S. copeiand has sent ;nsjectors to watch incoming ships, although lie pays port othclals report that the number of cases of ir.Huenza. grippe ' ana com among passengers is no : greater than normal. lies id es ir.fluer.'.a. bronchitis is unusually prevalent with other diseases of the respiratory tract, in'iudin? pneumonia. Dr. Copland sai-l. 1 T: Ml VPTi: A.'L-W 7'." -11 H 1.1. -L YORK COURT S RECORD NCW Y O I IK. Jul.. 24. Magist rate Norman J. Mtrs!i broke all speed records in trf-fHe court today when he snot 311 o Tending autoists past his revlvin? sianfl in 2fiJ minutes on everv forty seconds. Th f:rat speeder flash.ed ncr'"ss the hr.e t a f : 1 o a . 4 2 p. mural hering in. and the at at 12: -the court's) bookmaker Jf1' as they broke the tape at the judce's stand 4.7''. for etch minute tiie i.;.u:t wa-j i:i sb n. Tin; wi:tiii:k: Indiana: lowir Michigan:cienerally fair Wednesday and Thursday: slowly rising tcmpeia-ture.

CLAIMS PARLEY AIMS TO CRUSH FARMERS' BLOC South Carolina Delegate Declares No Real Relief Can Be Expected.

COMMITTEES ORGANIZE Plan for Financing of Commodities Is Given Keenest Consideration. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--The national agricultural conference which was opened here Monday with an address by Pres't Harding got down to work on details Tuesday afternoon when the committees appointed at the first session held their first meetings The morning was given over to an open session marked by addresses by Kngvne Meyer Jr., managing director of the War Finance Corporation: J. F. Warren of Ithaca. N. V., who has just completed a stuely of Furope and conditions, nid Herbert Myrhk of Springfield, Mass.. editor of Farm and Home. Another open session is to be h Id Wednesday. Some signs of differences in the (inference appeared after the defeat Tuesday of a motion by J. S. Waiinan aker. of South Carolina, for appointment of a committee on resolutions. This motion was defeated on the greiund that the committed already appointed were- expected to onsider resolutive p Mr. Wannamaker issued a formal statement later, attacking the conference ind declaring "about all the farmers and farm leaders have to do in this conference is to shake hands with the president, meet some odieial digt itaries, partake of a little ice cream and cake and then go home." Aimed At Tarm Woek "Selections of committees has been made, in B-uch a manner," Mr. Wannamaker said, "as to suggest that those responsible for such service are cither totally ignorant of the qualifications of the delegates or have lent themselves to a cut and dried and well-baked scheme to prevent tho forward looking farmer repreresentatives from bringing any good whatever from out of the conference." He was "confident" he continued, "that it was the purpose of those responsible for the conference to de t-troy tl e, farm bloc." "The president's address in opening the conference," he continued, "indicated very clearly that such was the puipose." Commute Organize. The committee in organizing Tuesday provided in many cases for distributing the, Fubjects before them to sub-committees. Probably one question in which the delegates are most irterested is that of commodity financing. One member of the committee on agricultural credit and insurance, which has this subject (Continued on Page 2.) OVER $700,000 OWED FOR 1920 CAMPAIGN Republican National Treasurer Reports on Party's Indebtedness. I'.y Apsoriated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 2 4. The republican national committee still owes f TOS, 16 1.32 for the campaign of 192e, which resulted in the election i f Pres't Warren G. Harding, according to figures maxie public Tueslay by Fred Y Fpham, national tre asurer. This amount will be reduced Thurnday. however, when Mr. Fpharr. meets the New Ilngland f.n ance. committee at Boston. The New llnglard committee will report funds raised since their last report. Mr. Fpham will sail from New York Saturday to spend a two months' vacation in Furope and Africa and final reports will not be made until he return.s April 6. The outstanding indebtedness ineludes $o21.2a0 borrow ed from frnn, the N-w York trust, Fmpire Trust and I chase National Pank of New York : ; J 'rT .5)0 borrowed from the First j National and Old Colony Trust of Postor, and $l4."ll.r.2 borrowed I from th Frieker National Bank of j Sa n Francisco. j At the close of the campaign in November, 1920, the committee v.as $1,6SC O0 in debt. Including $ 1.406.I'CO in loans; $192.000 in unpaid bill! ami ?5',0r) owned to various täte con.m.ttees. In ll month $1.4 00. 'I'') ha been collected, of whieh $74t.S0' was applied to the loans; the state committee paid off; unpaid bills settled; $SS.K'G interest paid, and $2C2,000 spent for the operation of th.e rational committee, leaving j about $3'?,f,00 cash on hand. 1 M'CRAY NAMES RATTS TO SUCCEED BARN-VRD INE'LVXAPOLIS. Jan. Zi. Word was receive! h-ere Tu-lay from -IIoa-. Mc t'rcy who L attending the airrlcul firal conference at Washington thit Sen. Cs-ar Itatts to receive the a p. pohntrnent on the public service ,omtnis'sicn to succeed Commissioner Cprgn Parnard. Go-. McVrny in makirg the announcen'.ent aide" that he considers Mr. Ratt has the capacity and experience to gave a good account ef himself on the ner--pre -ommI-non.

G. O. P. Leaders Agree on New German Treaty By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--A new treaty between the United Stales and Germany to create a commission for arbitration of private damage claims growing out of the world war probably will be negotiated under a decision reported to have been reached Tuesday night at a dinner conference at the White house between Pres't Harding, Sec'y Hughes and republican leaders of the senate and house.

OFFER BONUS BILL AS AMENDMENT TO REFUND MEASURE Sen. Simmons Formally Presents Compensation Measure to Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. -- The question of a bonus for former service men again was formally presented to the senate Tuesday through the introduction by Sen. Simmons, dem. North Carolina, of the five way adjusted compensation plan as an amendment to the pending measure providing for refunding of the war time loans to the alllied powers. With th.e ex' epiioTi of pro; ilori.for pa ment of the hor.us. the s.mjmuns amendiiu-nt. is- identical with mo Ponus i'iA wnu ti wa.si take-: up by th senate last sumno r ottly to P. recommitted to the nuance (ouiniittee after Pres. Harding had addressed the senate before adjournment. In offering the amendment Mr. Simmons a.-veired the seriate that hi warf "in earnest" and declared that If1 was bringing the subject up be. cause former service men d-scrvd the bnniH and because ine prance committee, v,f which l.e is the ranking democratic member, had tn.-n "seiiouri cor..sideration" to atta'diing it to the funding bill before the latter was reported to the senate. It was said that as a result of ini formal conferences among democrat: Mr. Simmons had been assured that his democratic oollc-aguen would -support his measure. Altaeks Fiincliiig Plan. Mr. Simmons, in the cour.'e of hispeech, declared that when the senate committee agreed to rtrike out the provision fur a Hat Jive per cent interest rate, it had left the way open for "the international .-pe. u ! a : ors to gather the fruit." The republican majority on the committee in his opinion, he added, had in mind a rc-duction in the interest rates to be demanded of the foreign governments- in the future. Senator Wat.on. re-publican, Indiana, interrupted to riv that 1c. a a majority member, had fir that the flat rate provision was unneces-ary inasmuch an "your party" addressing, Mr. Simmonp, "when in power wrot. in the Liberty loan issues the provisions, which have governed ir.t'-res: rates en the Jeiau.-s up te. this time.' He declared that the provisions inquiring a rate from the for- ign governments approximately equal te th-v. paid by the United Slates ein P own bondn was the only "rational way" t disposeof th? eiuestion. "As for th.e contemplated reduction." Mr. Watson continued. "I have always had such vi-ws both a. to th interest of our own bonds and or. thoco of the foreign government, but (Continued on Paco 2.) FOUR KILLED IN TRACTION CRASH Automobile Driver Fail to See Approaebinji Train From Enclo-ed Car. INDrAXAPOLlS, Jan. 24. Four persons were killed when a four-car Indianapolis! and Cincinnati traction freight train struck an automobile in whb.h they were riding a a ei-o.--in here Tuesday night. The d---i fre Calvin S. 'sinith, 4 1 years old. h.s wife. Ma;,- 'mith, 15 years old; Ne-al Trestor, '.) jean-: old of t..;-' ;ty, and John J. Wright, ag Fl. of Martinsville. The occu; ants of the m-jehir.e wery strewn along the trae!-: for niany yards. Mrs. smith's body v. .-. hurled nearly luO feet from tr.e sa-r.t of the accident. The automobile, a rKe-pa---.- r.ger touring car. was hurled a.'-out 1 " feet against a trolley pole which u?..i broken off at the as-- arid torn h'9--from the trolley wire. Iewis Frit::, motorman t: traction car, said the automobile v. as entirely enclosed with curtain.-, ar. 1 the driver evidently did .ot see the approaching traction train. The oceupant.i of the automobilwer re turning to Ir.diar.ipoP.s aft n visit with at Ont, Ky. ASSAILANTS OF GIRL FINED $23 AND COSTS POPLAR ULUFF. Mo.. Jan. .4. six of --ven men accused by Miss Her:. Ice Phillip.". 19. ot r-'ivir. g dragged her from her bed the n.giit ol Dew. 15 at her Komi in Matth' ws rand of taking her .".to th -(..ur.: r;. and beating her with roj-s. werTuesday flnel $25 end c'.- xuuh in the circuit courL

DECLARES FUND CAN BE RAISED ONLY B Y TAXES Say Maturing Obligations Will Tax Country's Resources to Limit. SEES TREASURY DEFICIT States Law Provides Use of Foreign Payments for Liberty Bonds Only.

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